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greatset measure of well-being
and prosperity that any segment
of mankind has ever developed on
this earth. It may be said, without
any doubt, that the freedoms and
liberties which brought our pros
perity grew directly from the re- j
ligious foundation laid by our
forefathers.
A "Secure" Future
After traveling . around the
world and living for a time under |
more than 20 different flags, 11
concluded that wherever the
greatest percentage of the popula-,
tion is dedicated to the rules and
laws of the Bible, right there you
will find freedom, liberty, and
prosperity in greatest measure.
Wherever the least is known of
God’s laws as revealed through
the Bible, there you will find civ
, ilization at its lowest ebb.
Consequently, I am glad to feel
that we Americans are so dedi- j
cated to the basic concepts of law
and practice as they are found in
the Bible. If we will look to God’s
instruction book for guidance at j
* all times in the future, making it
our source book for living, then
our future is secure. Only in that
way may America preserve liber
ty and freedom—and even civili
zation, through the coming dec
ades and centuries.
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The new evening gowns are lit
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a zipper.
164 Perish Climb- 1
ing Swiss Alps
During 1947
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(By Ernest G. Fischer)
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ROSENLAUI, Switzerland, <>P)
The 1947 season of climbing in the
Swiss Alps has been marked by
several notable feats, but an un
official tally indicates the sport
took 64 lives.
The dead include 52 Swiss,
eight Eiglishmen, two Frenchmen,
one Scotswoman and one Ameri
can. Victims ranged from ama
teurs to veteran climbers, from
seven years of age to 80.
In addition, some 30 persons
were seriously injured.
The unofficial death list of 64!
compares with a toll of 57 official- ,
ly reported for the summer of.
1946.
Drought conditions which made
rocks brittle and opened crevices
in glaciers were blamed for the in
creased toll. Reports from Mont,
Blanc in France and from the
Italian side of the Matterhorn in
dicated similar conditions there
led to an increased'number of ac
cidents. The Swiss figures do not
include more than 20 who lost
their lives in the Mont Blanc area,
just across the Swiss-French fron
tier.
While no definite figures are
available, the number of climbers
in the summer of 1947 far sur
passed the figure for 1946 because
the number of tourists had in
creased. Also, a minimum of snow
and ice on the Alpine peaks at
tracted many who otherwise
might not have ventured up.
In one single day. at the peak of
the season, 150 persons climbed
the 13,700-foot Matterhorn from
the Swiss side. Never, since an
Englishman. Ettward Whymper.
conquered the Matterhorn 82 years
ago. had so many individuals and
so many nationalities tackled the
peak.
Meanwhile, hard-bitten climb
ers continued the conquest of
more difficult peaks Swiss Moun
tain Guide Jakob Hefti blazed a
new trail up the north wall of the
Eggstock. Two other Swiss Alfons
Voit and Robert Cecchet* scaled
the east wall of the Hohensturm
at Braunwald.
Two Frenchmen, Lionel Terray
and Louis Lachenal, climbed the
north wall of the Eiger, the second
time that feat was accomplished
in ten years. Another Frenchman,
Pierre Deagules, and a Hungar
ian, Eric Kink, did the second as_
cent in a decade, up the north
wall of the Lonzahoarner.
More difficult still, the descent
from the north wall of the
Moench was negotiated by two
Swiss, Walter von Allmen and
Ernst Feuz.
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Base Sidelights I
The Hq. Det. basketball team is
coming along fine, thank you—
copping a victory over Nome High
School, 30-23 last Thursday night.
Cpl. Tom Siler, a member of the
team isn’t often seen around the
barracks any more . . . he’s put
ting out a newspaper now. His ef
forts are bulwarked by Cpl. G.
Clemente and Pfc. Jack Stringer.
Congrats on the first issue of the
i Bering News, fellas. . . .
The Engineer basketball team
started off their season with ' a
‘bang when they crushed the Ord
nace team, 56-10, Friday, October
24. They were stalled temporarily
however, when they played 53rd
Airways this past Monday. It was
a rough and tumble game and,
1 when it ended, after three over
i time periods, the Engineers were
on the short end of a 31-29 score.
T/5 Smith, who has been with
i ’
j Signal for almost eighteen months,
will clear the field Friday and
I will be on his way home to the
i hills of Colorado. Leaving at the
same time is Cpl. Buscher, who
was expecting to spend the winter
here. He will be a great loss to the
Signal-Quartermaster basketba 1 1
team. We wish these two boys lots
of luck on the long trip home to
the good old U. S. A.
We wish to welcome eight new
men to the 10th Rescue Squadron
“Tricks or Treats”
Yields Food For
European Aid
SANTA MONICA, Calif., UPh~
Therd was a new variation in this
community Friday night on the
Hallowe’en “trick or treat” theme.
David Benjamin found out about
it when he answered a loud rap
ping at his door. There stood a
junior high school youth loaded
down with an overflowing sack of
canned food.
“Trick or treat—food for the
straving people of Europe,” said
the boy, adding that rice would
be preferred. Benjamin didn’t
have the rice but he produced a
large can of corn.
The youth said he and his class
mates at Lincoln Junior High
School had decided to celebrate
Hallowe’en by gathering food for
| people abroad rather than sweets
for themselves.
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this week. They are: M/Sgt. In
mann R. Grady, T/Sgt. Robert W.
Martin, T/Sgt. Russell W. Weckel,
SSgt. Cauldwell T. Baker, S/Sgt.
Jack A. Brunnworth, Sgt. Robert
B. Carlson, Sgt. Vincent P. Dom
inic and Sgt. Alfred R. Miller. The
boys have started to enjoy the
I winter sports, such as skiing and
skating.
Several members of the 761st
MP's have been practicing up reg
ularly on the game of chess and
1 this week it really paid off. Cpl.
Rea and Pfc. Arkoian both won
places on the team to represent
I this base at the Alaskan Depart
ment Tournament to be held at
Anchorage soon. Our basketball
team got off to a bad s’.art last
week losing to the QM-Signal
team, but one loss certainly hasn’t
■ downed the outfit’s spirit a bif.
They expect to give all opposition
■ a tough fight and take their share
! of the victories.
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