36 Paratroopers
Jimip From Plane
In Seven Seconds
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26-year-old combat veteran said
the plane was too low for him to
jump.
“I braced, sat down in a canvas
jump seat, and thought This is it.
What of my wile and child’?”
The beetle-bodied plane a C-82,
sloughed into the scrub pine and
sandhills and “we probably would
have made it except for two lousy
trees,” the sergeant said.
The plane sheared off one t-^e
at the base and uprooted anothr
and then caught fire.
“I ran to the front of the plane
and got one of the crewmen oul
of the burning compartment but
it was too late. He was dead."
EBERLE-HINES NUPTIALS
AT BASE CHAPEL
Dallas Eberle, radio 'echnician
at the Marks Field for the Gilfli
lan Radio Co., and Mary Lou
Hines who recently arrived from
California, were united in matri
mony yesterday afternoon at one
thirtv at the Post Chapel by Chap
lain A. Darling with an informal
ceremony.
Attending the young couple
were Mis. M. W. S'aubenmayer
and Capt. James C. Ray.
Last evening the Eberles held
open house at the Bering Sea Club
for about 75 guests from eight un
til 12 o’clock.
They will make their homo at
‘he Wallace cottages on Second
avenue. ,
Hodgkiss reia ed.
Only one of the 36 jumpers was
hurt seriously.
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Standing House
Committees
JUXEAU, itV)—Two members of
the House, one of them a "fresh
man,” have been elected to multi
ple committee chairmanships for
‘he special session of the Legisla
ture Both are Democrats
Rep Warren Taylor, Fairbanks
attorney and veteran legislator,
has been elected by the members
as chairman of two potent com
mutes—ways and means, which
has the key special session job of
processing the tax measures, and
the judiciary committee. On ways
and means he succeeded Rep.
Stanley McCutcheon, the Demo
1 cratic floor leader, who was serv
ng as temporary chairman until
Taylor’s late arrival.
Rep. Clarence Keating, youthful
former mayor of Seward and now
an airlinse representative in An
chorage, was named chairman of
he municipal affairs and roads
and highways committees for the
special session.
The chairman of the powerful
rules committee, which decide
what measures actually reach the
floor for action, has not vet been
named.
Other committee chairmen an
ti mnced in the House are:
Banks, Banking and Corpora
tions: Aimer Rydeen. <D>, First
Division.
Educa ion: Essie Dale 'D\ 4th.
Public Health: Amelia Gunder
son <D>, 4th.
Elections, Election Laws and
Mileage: None announced.
Engrossment and Enrollment:
Frank G. Johnson <R», First.
Fisheries, Fish and Game: An
drew Hope <D>, First.
Agriculture: C. A. Pollard <D\
Third Division.
Lab >r, Capital and Immigration:
G. E. Almquist (D>, First.
Mining and Manufacturing: Glen
Franklin <D\ Fourth Division.
Printing and Purchasing: Mar
cus Jensen «D\ First Div’sion.
Territorial Ins :tu!i >ns: Doris
Barnes <R>. First Divis on.
Veterans Legislation: Jack Cun
right 1 D>, Third Division.
Public Welfare: William Beltz
H3>. Second Division.
Permanent Help: Frank Anger
man «D*. Fourth Division.
ANNOUNCING
i
AS
G. E. SNYDER, OWNER
NEXT DOOR TO ALASKA STEAM
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Standing Senate
Committees
Hanks and Banking, Jones, En
gebreth, Dawes and Butrovich.
Education, Public Health and
Morals, and Veterans’ Affairs:
Nerland, MacKenzie, Huntley and
Lyng.
Elections, Election Laws, Per
Diem and Mileage: Dawes, Lyng,
McCutcheon, Barr.
Engrossment and Enrollment:
MacKenzie, McCutcheon, Lyng.
Merland
Finance and Corporations: But
rovich, Munz, MacKenzie, Enge
oreth.
Fisheries, Game and Agricul
ture: Huntley, Peratrovich, Jones,
Barr..
Judiciary and Federal Relations:
Collins, Jones, Garnch, Rivers.
Labor and Commerce: Garnich,
Butrovich. Anderson, McCutch
eon.
Mining and Manufacturing: An
derson, Dawes, Collins, Huntley.
Muiicipal Affairs and Public
Utilities: Engebreth, Barr, Ander
son, Dawes.
Printing, Purchasing and Con
tingent Expenses: McCutcheon,
Jones, Peratrovich, Nerland.
Rules: Lyng, Butrovich, Enge
i breth, Garnick.
Taxation and Revenue: R've-s.
Munz. MacKenzie, Butrovich.
Territorial Offices and Institu
tions: Munz, Garnick, McCutch
icon, Collins.
Transportation, Highways and
i Navigation: Barr, Munz. Peratro
vich, Hunt lev.
> *
George Bourdon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Bourdon of Nome has
enrolled in the William Hood
Dun woody Industrial Institute at
Minneapolis. Minn., for a course
in Air Conditioning and Refriger
ation on January 3. according to
i letter received today.
George, who graduated from
Nome High School Iasi spring lef*
Nome right after Christmas and
plans to be gone one and possibly
two years.
Marines To Get
Cold Weather
Training In Alaska
SAN DIEGO, Calif. f/Pi-T,\
thousand U. S. marines will leav
late Tuesday or early Wed:.« -c.a
for Alaska cold weather rr. — • >
vers, the 11th Naval District - ii
tonight.
They will continue practice off
Coronado strand prior to the
parture.
Two transports—the Bronx and
the Skaget—moved out tonight to
anchor off the strand and par ic
pate in the final warm weather
drills.
The marines, commanded
Brig. Gen. Harry B. Liveruedge.
compose the seventh battalion
landing team from Camp Pen cEt
ton.
They have been training out of
the Pacific fleet’s Coronado am
phibious base for two weeks.
Scheduled to sail wtih 'he .ran -
ports are the supply ship Georgo
Clymer and the command ship
Mt. McKinley.
Other fleet units, including 'h<
carriers Boxer and Baroko. vi .
leave here and Long Beach a. nr
Feb. 1 o take part n t ie ‘‘at. *c’<
n Kodiak Island.
About 54 ships of the first task
fleet and >3,000 sailors will par
■ icipate.
OLD TIME NOMEITE
DIES IN KODIAK
A copy of the Kodiak Mirror ol
January 8th tells of the death o
Yk J. Erskine. aged 68. well
known Alaskan figure and pionee
ousinessman of Kodiak for man
year'. Mr. Erskine died on Christ
mas eve from pneumonia.
Besides being an active business
man Mr. Erskine was an authority
>n Kodiak history, and a collecto
f Alaskan ivory and baskets.
Mr. Erskine was cashier in th*
Alaska Commercial Co. store at
Nome from 1900 to 1902.
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Legislative Session in Juneau
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