SCHOOL NOTES
October 12th was Columbus
Day. Christopher Columbus was
born in 1451 and died in 1506. At
a nearly age, he read the romantic
adventures of Marco Polo. He was
convinced that the world was
round, an idea shared with scien
tists of that day. With financial
aid from King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella, Columbus set sail
with three vessels, Santa Maria,
Pinta, and the Nina. For seventy
days they sailed in fear of sea
dragons.
A variation in the compass and
a meteor hissing into the sea near
by startled them. Many of his sail
ors had been dratfed from crim
inals in prison. On various occa
sions, they had planned to mutiny
and to throw him overboard.
Early on Oct. 12th, 1492, land
was sighted. It is believed that he
landed on one of the Bahama Is
lands.
Students in typing I are work
ing on lessons which show prog
ress in their work. One minute
tests are taken regularly by the
students.
The world history class has been
ocsupied in the study of Roman
history especially the three Punic
Wars. Other topics of discussion
have been the first triumvirate,
Caesar in Gaul and the crossing
of the Rubicon.
Words of appreciation for the
last High School annual, the Po
laris, have been received from
Loretta Snyder, Margaret Bjorn
stad, Bertha Fiscus, Corinne Syn
der, Marilyn Dowd and George
Bourdon.
William Boucher has returned
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Air Force-Navy
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armed services committee agreed
yesterday to hear the airforce next I
week in reply to the navy’s bitter j
criticism of its B-36 bombber pro- 1
gram. Secretary of defense John
son also will testify then.
Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.) and
Secretary Johnson held a long
conference yesterday morning.
Afterwards, Vinson announced the
schedule for the next phase of the
committee’s inquiry into military
policy.
Vinson said that beginning next
week the committee will hear Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Omar
Bradley, secretary of air Syming
ton and air force officers.
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Then, he added, “Secretary
Johnson will give the committee
and the country” his views.
! Johnson, as civilian boss of all
the armed services, is caught
squarely in the cross-fire of the
angry controversy over military
policy.
He also has come in for harsh
words from some Congress mem
bers because, by executive order,
he has cut back appropriations
that the lawmakers made for the
navy.
Vinson publicly accused John
son Wednesday of making “a
grandstand play” by economizing
on navy funds. He said the com
mittee “is to have a lot to say
about this.”
to school after a brief spell of
illness.
Gilbert Ozenna has painted the
vertical boards on the north side
of the building while Louis Kost
repainted the letters of Nome Pub
lic School on the west side of the
building.
The phenomena of the Harvest
Moon is very pronounced at the
far northern latitude. Towards the
equator it practically disappears.
Last evening, the moon shown
brightly at five o’clock in an exact
true north direction. Such an ap
pearance is impossible in the
States.
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Communist
Leaders Convicted
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retary.
Henry Williamson, 45, labor sec
retary.
Carl Winter, 43, Michigan chair
man.
Dennis is 44 years of age.
Gates, Hall, Thompson and
Winston all served with the U. S.
armed forces during the war.
Stachel, Potash and Williamson
are foreign-bom.
No date was set for their sen
tence. The jury had deliberated
approximately seven hours.
Sentences were set at once for
the attorneys.
Sacher and Gladstein received
six months. Crockett was con
victed under nine specifications
and sentenced to four months n
each to run concurrently. McCabe
was given 30 days. Isserman was i
sentenced to four months.
Dennis was sent to prison for
six months on the contempt
charge.
The contempt judgments came
as no surprise. Throughout the
trial Judge Medina frequently
warned the attorneys and Dennis
about their conduct.
Mrs. Thelma Dial, foreman of
the jury, in announcing the ver
dict said, “We find each and ev
ery one of the defendants guilty.”
The verdict was returned to
federal judge Harold Medina at
11:28 A.M.
The jury entered the courtroom
at 11:27 A.M. after deliberating
exactly seven hours. It received
the case at 3:53 P.M. yesterday
The maxamum penalty possible
for each defendant is 10 year im
prisonment and $10,000 fine.
The jury was polled at the re
quest of defense attorney Harry
Sacher.
In taking the poll, the court
clerk, William Borman, asked ev
ery juror how he found.
He asked them one by one,
what the verdict was. All an
swered, “guilty for all 11.”
The courtroom was crowded
and across the front barrier sep
arating spectators from the rest
of the room there were about 15
deputy marshalls. About 10 other
deputies stood inside at each side
of the bench, at the back of the
room and at the side of the room.
There was a solid wall of dep
uties at the entrance to the room
in which the defendents, counsel
and jury were stationed.
Mania Grizzly Bear
Severely Glaws
Fairbanks Man
FAIRBANKS, (A'> — Dan Lud
dington want sthe hide of the bear
that bit him.
Luddington, owner of the Sum
mit Lodge roadhouse 18 miles
southeast of here, told his story in
a Fairbansks hospital yesterday.
He had 200 stitches taken in his
face, scalp, arm and leg after a
terrific mauling by a she-grizzley
with her cub, which Dan met head
on near Summit Lake last week.
“My rifle failed to fire the first
bullet,” he recounted, “and she got
me down, she was pawing, maul
ing and raking me with her claws
and I was trying to get away and
at the same time reload my rifle.
“It seemed like my head was in
her mouth when I got another
shell in the chamber. I managed
to get my rifle around while she
was dragging me by one leg.
“The bullet hit her in the chest
and she dropped.”
Luddington painfully inched
himself a mile to a road where he
was picked up by an Alaska
Freight Lines truck.
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not have believed it if William
Oskam of Creamer’s Dairy at Fair
banks hadn’t brought along a
bath of exhibits. Seven of the
giants weighed 10 pounds.
PARIS, OP)—It’s official, movie
fans. Rita Hayworth is really and
truly a princess.
Some in the international society
set have been scoffing that Rita
didn’t deserve the title she’s been
using since she married Alv Khan.
Their argument: Aly’s title of
prince usually has been regarded
as a courtesy handle because his
father is the Aga Khan, spiritual
leader to a large Moslem sect.
But yesterday Iran’s ambassa
dor informed the Aga Khan that
the Iran government considered
him as a prince of the last dynasty
of Iranian kings.
SEATTLE. f/P)—Pan American
World Airways reported yester
day September was the fourth con
secutive month in which it flew
more than half a million pounds
of cargo to Alaska.
The September total was a new
i high mark of 562,373 pounds.
Frontier Night
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ON SCHEDULED DOUGLAS FLIGHTS FROM FAIRBANKS
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