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St. Lawrence Island Natives Brave
Winter Storm to Rescue Three Airmen
Heroism is where you find it. <
Three grateful American air
men found it in a blinding snow
storm on a mountainside—among
the natives of the St. Lawrence
Island village of Gambell.
The stoTy of the Gambell vil
lagers’ heroism was revealed re
cently in a letter sent to Hugh
Wade, area director of the Alaska
Native Service, by Brig. Gen.
Donald B. Smith, commander of
the 5001st Composite Wing, Ladd
Air Force Base.
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Lost in Storm
According to the letter, the
story began last January 19 when
three Air Force men stationed at
Gambell became lost in a blind
ing snow storm-while climbing a
mountain to their post.
Sub - zero temperatures and
winds that reached velocities up
to 93 miles an hour enveloped the
three, the letter continues. When
their predicament became known,
a call was sent out to* the natives
for help in locating the lost air
men.
Searching Parlies
Twenty native men reported to
the Air Force camp immediately.
They were organized into search
ing parties and then disappeared
into the raging storm to search
lor the three men.
General Smith’s letter pays trib
ute ta these men, who met their
“trial by fire’’ with unassuming
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courage, in these words:
“With a great show of personal
courage and stamina in the face
0 f extremely adverse weather
conditions, the native people of
Gambell located the lost person
nel and saved them from certain
death by freezing.
Adds Postscript
“It is with pleasure that I bring
this matter to* your attention and
1 request that the native people
of Gambell be informed of .pur
appreciation of their untiring ef
forts and cooperation.”
In a postscript to that state
ment, Wade said that “The Gam
bell villagers probably did noth
ing spectacular in the eyes of
their fellows. Their feat was just
an example of the fortitude and
resourcefulness most Alaskan na
tives are capable of when the
thin wall of civilization is
breached by nature and their tal
ents are called upon.”
Culture Comes to Alaska
.Via Street & Park Names
YAKIMA, Wash., (^P)—You can
motor down Grandma Moses
Street and not be within thous
ands of miles of the famed New
England artist, and Arturo Tos
canini has a lot of drive besides
that shown on the podium.
Proof if this is to be found in
Anchorage. Credit for it is due
the National Arts Foundation of
New York and its director, Carl
ton Smith.
Smith said here Friday -that pay
dirt was hit in wholesale fashion
in Alaska as the foundation ac
quainted that territory with its
drive to name streets, parks, clubs,
schools and other buildings after
famous creative artists, living and
dead.
In Anchorage, Smith said, they
found a real gold mine—12 streets
had the same name. Local author
ities explained they had exhaus
ted their source of names—from
presidents, mountains, rivers —
and needed more.
They offered to take 120 artists
names for greater Anchorage.
Potatoes are about 75 per cent
water.
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15 Killed As Two
Air Force Planes v
Collide in Flight
MOBILE, Ala., (>P) — Salvage
crews dug through the smoulder
ing wreckage of two entwined Air
Force transports Saturday in a
grisly search for the bodies of 15
crewmen and passengers.
They were killed when a C-124
Globemaster II, biggest operation
al cargo plane in the U.S. Air
Force, and a C-47 collided in
flight over Mobile Friday night.
The transports spun earthward
in flames and landed squarely
atop parked railroad box cars,
setting 12 of them afire.
The crash took place inside the
city limits a mile north of Mobile’s
business district and a few blocks
west of the Alabama state docks
industrial area and a battery of
gasoline storage tanks.
Tornadoes Claim More
Heavy Losses in South
NEW ORLEANS, (/T>>—The deep
south, hit twice in two weeks by
terrifying tornadoes and wind
storms, counted its newest losses
Saturday—seven dead, 65 injured
and more than 11 million dollars
damage.
The destruction came from
wind and rain storms carrying
four tornadoes that tore at Louis
i a n a, Alabama and northwest
Florida Friday.
Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas,
Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee,
and Kentucky were raked by tor
nadoes that killed 233 persons on
March 21, injured 1,100 or more
and did multi-million dollar dam
age.
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