House Delays
Statehood Vote
<(/Pt Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Legisla
tion to grant statehood to Alaska
and Hawaii probably will not be
called up in the House until
Thursday, due to House rules.
The Alaska bill was to have
come up yesterday for a vote but
consideration of other legislation
consumed the entire day.
The bill cannot be taken up to
day, except by unanimous con
sent, because it is Calendar Wed
nesday, when unopposed bills on
the House calendar are consid
ered. I
I If the legislation on the calen-1
dar is cleared early tnough the
Alaska bill may be called, but this
is doubtful.
The national science foundation
bill, which was given priority
over the Alaska measure, occu
pied the House most of yesterday
but action was not completed.
Due to the rules calling for calen
dar bills today, the science bill
was carried over until tomorrow
for a final vote.
Majority leader McCormack
K iD.-Mass.* tried yesterday to get
unanimous permission to dispense
with the usual calendar Wednes
day, but an objection by Rep.
<D.-Miss.> prevented.
If the McCormack request had
been agreed to, the Alaska bill
could have been called up today
after final action on the science
measure
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO
EMMA LYLE
The many friends of Emma
Lyle are sending greetings to her
today on her eightieth birthday.
Mrs. Lyle, one of Nome’s oldest
residents may be an octogenarian,
but she is as active as many of
her friends twenty years or more
younger than she is, and always
has a cheerful word for her many
friends.
The staff of The Nugget joins
in wishing her a happy birthday.
Playing of Star
Spangled Banner
Heals Insult
GUATEMALA, Guatemala, (/P)
The strains of the Star Spangled
Banner have soothed diplomatic
tempers. U. S. ambassador Rich
ard C. Patterson said he is will
ing to forget what he called an
insult to the American flag a| the
Central American and Caribbean
Olympic games Saturday.
Patterson protested to foreign
minister Ismael Gonzalez Arevalo
because the Guatemalan band
blayed a Puerto Rican folk song
instead of the U. S. national an
them Saturday when Puerto
I Rican athletes presented the
American flag. Puerto Rico is a U.
S. Territory.
Monday a Puerto Rican athlete
won first prize in the broad jump
at the games and the band made
amends by playing the Star Span
gled banner. Patterson stood
smilingly at attention.
ALASKANS TAKE ALL
Alaskagram Contest was originated and planned for
Alaskans; all the generous prizes go to those living in
Alaska. It’s lucky to be an Alaskan.
MONEW PRIZES FOR ALASKANS
First Prize .$1,000.00
Second Prize .$500.00
Third Prize .$250.00
Fourth Prize .$100.00
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Prizes .$50.00
TOTAL PRIZES .$2,000.00
And to every contestant who takes part 10 weeks,
a copy of the ALASKA ALMANAC.
ALASKAGRAM No. 51
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must trek 120 miles across country to an
isolated district.
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SAVE THIS PUZZLE AND SUBMIT IT WITH THE
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ALASKAGRAM No. 52
CLUE: Best farming possibilities of an entire re
gion may never be realized if this place is
incorporated in a National Monument.
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Mickey Finn Aids
In Capture Of
Escaped Leopard
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ed an intensive “big game” hunt
that used marine reserves, heli
copters, two-way radio, airplanes,
thousands of nimrods and dozens,
of trained dogs.
But the stealthy leopard out
witted the posse which had or
ders to “shoot to kill.”
I The leopard hunt was better or
j ganized and more intensive than
j any seen in this state of south-1
j western badmen.
j Frazier said the beast definitely
I had roamed as far away as 18
| miles from the zoo, located on the
northeast city limits, since he es
caped Saturday afternoon at 1 p.
1 m.
Guards patrolled the 40-acre j
zoo area, but using all his jungle
cunning, the beast slipped by the
armed guards early yesterday.
Four-pound chunks of horse meat,
filled with knockout drops, were
placed about the pit from which
he escaped.
He ate three pieces, became:
woozy and hid in a corridor at the
side fo the pit which leads to the1
den where his mate was caged.
Offers of help and hundreds of
suggestions flooded in to Frazier
from all over the country on how
to capture the animal. While it
was being caged, a dozen hounds
were on their way by plane to aid
in the search.
A detachment of walkie-talkies,
airplanes, and two-way radio po
lice cars were brought into the
i big ;game hunt. Frazier said the
j 175-pound leopard would* be
I turned into the den. with its n|ate
j some time' during the day but it
would not be on public exhibi- j
tion “until we dig a deeper pit.”
—
OKLAHOMA CITY, (jP) — The
excitement of the hunt proved too
much for-the leopard who escaped
from Lincoln Park zoo, was gone
61 hours, crawled back to his den
—and then died.
That was the autopsy report to
day of veterinarian W, O. Bower
man on the beast which kept zoo
officials and hunters on edge for
nearly three days.
Bowerman said the leopard
died of a collapsed lung brought
on by extreme exertion and de
pression following the excitement j
of the chase.
The veterinarian said a drug;
used in bait which the animal ate
when it returned to the zoo early
yesterday did not cause the death, i
Bowerman also added that his
examination disclosed that the
animal had pneumonia a year or
two ago while in the India jungle.
He discovered scar tissue.
And he added that the leopard
would have required much hand
ling because of his ailment and
being a mean beast might have
hurt someone working on him.
“It is better that he died now,”
Bowerman said.
The crafty beast escaped from
his prison pit at the Lincoln Park
zoo Saturday. His leap from the
18-foot deep pit, as a group of
children looked on, set off a wave
of excitement which had a nation
gasping for hours at the hunt
which followed for the jungle
killer.
The 175-pound cat, fresh from
India’s jungles, came sneaking
home after midnight ’ yesterday
like a runaway boy—hungry.
Water constitutes 60 per cent of
meat, 87 per cent of milk, 55 per
cent of poultry flesh and 65 per
cent of eggs.
Atomic Research
Betrayer Gets 14
Year Prison Term
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defense. He said Fuchs had coop
erated fully with authorities and
that without the confession, could
not have been charged.
The owlish, bespectacled genius
was given the maximum sentence
for violation of Britain’s official
secrets act. At no time were any
details of the secrets he betrayed
disclosed publicly. He was charg
ed on four counts.
Fuchs, in a statement to the
court, said he had committed
“other crimes” than those detailed
in the indictment, and indicated
he was repentant. The reference
was not clarified, but presumably
he meant contacts with Russian
agents other than those listed in
the four counts of the indictment.
The scientist’s attorney told the
court that a repentant Fuchs had
given “valuable information” and
“every information” to the author
ities almost certainly this meant
Fuchs named Russian agents he
dealt with in Britain and the
United States. If such agents
should have diplomatic immunity
they could not be prosecuted, but
either country could demand that
the Kremlin recall such persons.
The courtroom was jammed for
the trial. Representatives of the
U. S. embassy were present, as of
ficial observers. Spectators in
cluded the Duchess of Kent, King
George’s sister-in-law, and Vis
count Portal of Hungerford, chief
of Britain’s air staff during the
war. About 80 reporters were
present, including representatives
of the Soviet News Agency Tass
and the official Czechoslovak
news agency.
News of the W oriel
At A Glance - - -
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history.”
Chiang also resumed his posi
tion as commander-in-chief and
promised to intensify the war
against the communists. As a
token of this promise Nationalist
I bombers raided power installa
i tions in Red Nanking.
In New York, a spokesman for
vice-president Li who has been
acting President said Li has no
! intention of stepping aside for
Chiang.
Li went to New York last De
: comber for a stomach ulcers oper
I ation. His spokesman said Li con
tends he is President and will
challenge Chiang’s latest move.
Russian newspapers and radio
stations exploited to the full the
Soviet announcement that the
ruble has been pegged to gold and
its value In relation to foreign
i currencies has been increased.
; Prices of consumer goods were
1 also cut.
The newspapers said life was
getting easier in the Soviet Union
with dropping prices while in
! western countries money is in
j flated and costs are rising.
A London financing newspaper
said the move was “a piece of fi
I nancial window dressing designed
! to impress the Russian people.”
j Washington officials forecast
I Russia has entered an epoch of
“ruble diplomacy” to exploit her
satellites. They pointed out the
announcement was timed for the
Russian election and was a propa
ganda weapon to show, the Rus
sians hoped, that the ruble can
hold up to the dollar in interna
I tional trade.
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