Nome Audience
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Acclaims Singer
From the opening group of re
ligious songs by Bach and Handel,
Estaleah Baker, spinto soprano,
held the full attention of her au
dience at the School Auditorium
last Saturday evening.
Her concert, sponsored by the
Northwestern Alaska Fair Asso
ciation, will long be remembered
by many in the audience who had
never heard a concert singer of
such rare talent and exceptional
range. It was probably the first
concert in Mrs. Baker’s career
where complete families includ
ing infants in arms, came to hear
her.
A well-chosen program brought
out the versatility of the artist
with such numbers as “Ombra
di Nube” by Refice; “Adele’s
Laughing Song” by Strauss; the
modern number “Break o’ Day”
by Sanderson and the showy all
time favorite “Ah, fors e lui” and
“Sempre Libra” by Verdi.
Mrs. Baker’s interpretation of
the “Last Rose of Summer” by
von Flotow held the audience
spellbound.
Her unusually nign voice was
demonstrated in “Una Voce Poca
Fa” from the opera Barber of
Seville, where she reached F
above high C and in “Break o’
Day” by Sanderson and “Adele’s
Laughing Song” where she sang
D above high C.
Mrs. Baker was most generous
with her encores, taking curtain
calls four times after a very ar
duous program. Encores included
the favorites “Second Minuet,”
the “Star” by Rogers, “Summer
time” from Porgv and Bess by
Gershwin and “Napoli” from the
operetta Naughty Marietta.
An unusual tribute of appreci
ation by the entire audience was
expressed at the end of the con
cert when the applause had died
away, not one person moved from
his chair. The audience knew she
had given a wonderful perform
ance and was reluctant to see it
come to a close, but did not wish
to impose on her for more. Being
a real artist, she responded to the
enthusiasm of her audience with
more encores.
Mrs. Baker w^as assisted by a
splendid accompanist, Capt. L.
Mordecai whose interpretations
supplied many things that a full
orchestra does for many of the
numbers used.
Sunday morning Mrs. Baker
graciously accepted an invitation
to sing at the Community Method
ist Church where her performance
of “He shall feed his Flock” from
the Messiah by Handel was a real
inspiration.
FEDERAL INCOME
Federal tax collections totalled a
record $50,386,682,288 in the fiscal
year 1951, which ended June 30,
according to the Internal Revenue
Bureau. This was a 15 percent gain
over the previous record of $43,
800,387,575 in 1945, and 32 per
cent above the $38,957,131,768 col
lected in 1950.
CAA Presents Series
Movies To Foster
Aviation Education
A series of weekly movies will
be held in the Nome High School
beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
evening, August 14. The purpose
of these movies is to acquaint the
general public with present-day
aviation operations and to provide
a means of fostering aviation edu
j cation in this community.
The following movies will be
shown Tuesday evening:
Safe Flight Operations, which
relates some of the steps taken by
CAB, CAA, and the aviation in
dustry to further safe flight oper
ations. Specific activities of the
CAA aviation safety agent in this
endeavor are highlighted.
Safe Airmen, which deals with
! CAA’s aviation safety agents’
work toward improvement of
flight safety through insistence
upon and certification of the pro
ficiency of all airmen.
Damage Control—the Chemis
try of Fire, which demonstrates
how the elements of fuel, oxygen,
and ignition temperature must be
present in order to have fire; dif
ferentiates btween flash point and
ignition point of fuels, and gives
two ways in which a fire may be
extinguished.
These movies will take about
an hour and a half to show. All
firemen are especially urged to at
tend this shownig. There is no
admission charge as the pictures
are here through the courtesy of
CAA.
Statistics show that a girl need
neither be pretty nor rich to be
popular—it’s no handicap, though,
to be pretty rich.
Cannot Build Up Military
Defenses and Cut Military
Spending At Same Time
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Senator
Connally (D-Tex) said Saturday
Congress can’t provide for a build
up in the free nation’s defense
strength and cut military spend
ing at the same time.
Connally’s comment was made
to a reporter in announcing that
the Senate Foreign Relations and
Armed Services committees will
go to work Monday on revising
the $8,500,000,000 foreign aid au
thorization bill.
“We have to build up military
defenses and we can’t cut down
on military spending at the same
time,” he said.
The bill pending before the
Senate committee would authorize
1 $6,300,000,000 in military outlays
and $2,200,000,000 in economic
assistance to the free nations.
Human Projectile Is
Inducted Into The Army
FORT SHERIDAN, 111., (JP) —
If Donald F. Nothdorft, 22, a new
army recruit, winds up in the ar
tillery, he’ll have to change an
old habit.
A professional human projec
tile for three years, Nothdorft has
crawled into the business end of
a cannon and been shot through
the air more than 2,800 times.
Nothdorft, who uses the pro
fessional name of Donaldo Zac
chini, said yesterday on his ar
rival to begin his army training:
“I don’t think I want to be in
the artillery.”
The Lorelei is a rock in the
Rhine near St. Goar, which gives
off a remarkable echo.
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