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More pen pals are shaking
hands across the sea, these days,
reports the International Friend
ship League of Boston, Mass. But
the society, which is sanctioned
by the State Department, says it
still needs 150,000 unofficial
American ambassadors. The
league has that many letters on
hand from young people in Eu
rope, all waiting to be answered
by American teen-age pen pals.
The league thinks that through
these pen friendships young peo
ple here can learn about life in
other countries and young people
abroad will learn about life, work
and play, here in America. Kids
are asked to send self-addressed
stamped envelopes to keep post
age costs down.
Have you ever been a pen
friend?I asked Mary Kelly about
her experiences writing to people
she never had seen and she thinks
it is delightful fun. She has struck
up a fine acquaintance with two
girls—one in Seattle, Wash., and
the other in London, Eng., and
has been carrying on a corre
spondence with them for years. It
has got to the point where Mary
knows their glove and stocking
sizes and the girls exchange pres
ents of hand knit wearables and
other gifts, and never forget each
other’s birthdays, Christmas and
Easter. Says Mary:
“Pen friendships are wonderful
for lonely people especially.
Sometimes you can pore out your
loneliness in a letter and feel so
much better. The only trouble is
that occassionally it can be em
barrassing. For instance when you
describe yourself, it really stym
ies you. How can you say whether
you are homely, gaunt or fat?
Once when I was asked whether
1 was pretty or not, I just sent the
girl my picture, and let her make
up her mind what I looked like.”
STUDENTS JOIN RED CAMPS
HONG KONG, (/P) — Reports
from Communist Shanghai say
that thousands of university stu
dents are joining Red indoctrina
tion camps. There they are fed on
rice and Marxism.
These camps, operated in many
parts of China, train students in
Communist political theory for
three months to two years in
preparation for jobs helping con
trol the peasant sand industrial
workers.
Philip Lynch, of the Veterans
Bureau arrived at the Wallace Ho
tel yesterday and will be available
until Saturday to discuss various
veterans’ problems and to help
veterans .secure aid as well as de
pendents of veterans.
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greater Winnipeg area, whose
' population is 350,000.
WINNIPEG, Man., </P> — The
: level of the Red River remained
unchanged for six hours today but
a high army official warned resi
dents of gerater Winnipeg “We
are still in danger.”
Brig. J. W. Brice, deputy army
commander of Red River flood re
i lief, said there is “no proof that
I the peak river level has been
| reached.” He urged those who
were planning to join the stream
of refugees out of the stricken
area to “proceed immediately
with their plans.” The river was
stationary for six horns at 29.7 ft.
There were light early morning
showers—.07 of an inch in the six
i hours ending at 7 a.m.—but the
! weatherman said that wouldn’t
complicate the situation.
The Red River at Winnipeg was
at its highest in more than a cen
tury. One-eighth or more of the
70-square-mile metropolitan area,
and about 640 square miles of
southern Manitoba, were under
' water. The Winnipeg Tribune es
timated that 40,020 residents of
I the flooded areas had taken refuge
j in the twin cities.
I Authorities said unless more
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blooms, got loose when a cylinder
they were encased in was jarred
open.
A professional beeman rounded
up the winged creatures before
anyone was stung.
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FRANKFURT, Germany, </P>—
The U. S. high commission ap
peals court today affirmed the
conviction and 15-year sentence
of Mrs. Yvette Madsen of Brook
lyn in the slaying of her air force
husband last October 19.
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SAN FRANCISCO, (^-Radio
marine station KPH today picked
up a distress signal from the Nor
wegian Motorship Talisman say
ing she was battling a bad fire in
her engineroom.
The 6700-ton vessel expected
the U. S. Navy tanker Shawnee
Trail and the Japanese freighter
Tokatisan Maru to come alongside
to assist her. Both vessels were
reported speeding to the Talis
man. The position given would
rain or snow fell, andtthat was not
expected—any further increase in
the river level should be small
and of short duration.
The threat remained critical for
several residential areas.
FISH AND WILDLIFE TAG
KING AND SILVER SALMON
JUNEAU, (/Pj — If anyone
catches a silver or king salmon
i with a numbered red and w’hite
, disc attached near its dorsal fin,
j C. L. Anderson, director of the
Alaska department of fisheries,
wants to know about it.
The director said Wednesday a
i number of the tagged salmon have
i been released and may be caught
J anywhere from Kodiak Island to
Monterey, Calif.
It’s part of the department’s bi
ological research designed to help
increase the fish runs.
Among the things Anderson
would like to know are where,
how and when the fish is caught,
its length and sex.
Thirty-three states have adopt*
ed official birds.
place the ship almost 300 miles
due east of Yokohama.
ARCTIC BIRCH TREES
HEAD FOR STATES
FAIRBANKS, </Pj— Birch trees
arc winging their way today tow
ard 11 colleges and universities
in the United States who have en
dorsed an exchange of friendship
tokens with the University of
Alaska.
The trees left here last night
aboard an Air Transport Associ
ates plane. Other shipments are to
follow.
Among initial tokens being sent
are ones to Idaho State College,
Pocatello; Montana State Univers
ity, Missoula; University of Maine,
Orono; Iowa State University,
Iowa City; Vassar College, Pough
keepsie, N. Y.; Portland Univcrs
| ity, Portland, Ore., and the Uni
versity of Washington, Seattle.
The gift to the University of
i Maine will be planted on the
j school campus during the tradi
tional Maine Day ceremony May
| 17.
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