ARCTIC CLUB MASQUE
BALL GREAT SUCCESS
The masque ball staged at the
High School auditorium last Sat
urday evening turned out to be
one of the most enjoyable events
of the winter.
Mrs. Larry Galvin, entertain
ment chairman of the Arctic Club
for the year, successfully carried
out innovations to overcome the
handicaps which come with ar
ranging a dancing party here, the
principal one being the lack of a
good dance orchestra, and a hall
of suitable size for the members
of the group and their friends.
The event brought out a variety
of costumes, all attesting to the
ingenious and original thinking of
the masquers and indicated many
hours of work in the making of
same.
Some of the costumes that were
outstanding, in addition to those
winning the prizes were:
Man about town—1890, Capt.
Ed Malband; American Indian
woman, Mrs. Karl Dewey; Alaska
Prospector. Jack Bullock; Jungle
Soldier Chuck O’Leary; Rosie the
Riveter, Mrs. T. Morcom; Ship
yard Worker, Dr. T. Morcom; Mr.
and Mrs. Devil, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Long; Dance Hall Girl,
Mrs. Clarence Richter.
Prizes were awarded as follows
by the judges: Mrs. Jack Bullock,
Gordon Osborne and Sgt. Miller.
Best Costumed Lady, Eloise
Beacom; costume—Chorus Girl.
Prize, gold nugget lizard pin.
Best costumed man, Capt.
Hiemlich, Spanish don. Prize,
fountain pen.
Best matched couple, Mrs. Don
Lyle and Fred Hyde, the Sultan
and his wife. Prize, Blanket.
Best costumed group, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Love, cannibals. Prize
18^ i>ound turkey.
General Strike
In Trieste
TRIESTE. Mar. 11, (/P)—A gen
eral strike has been started in the
whole zone of the Allied military
government in the Venezia Giulia
district at the head of the Adriatic
where the Allied boundary com
mission continued secret hearings.
The stnke was called in protest
of the slaying of two persons in
Servola a suburb of Trieste,
while police were removing the
Slovene flag from a church. The
strikers blamed the police.
Newspaper reporters are barred
from sources of information on
the activities of the experts of
United States, Britain and France,
who are investigating the Italian
Yugoslav boundary dispute. Tri
este was quiet, with a Sundaylike
atmosphere. All shops and busi
nesses were closed by the strike.
The annual deathrate for U. S.
troops overseas is one in 2,000, as
compared with the World War I
rate of 15.6 per 1,000.
Best comedy costume, Mrs. Lar
ry Galvin, barrel. Prize electric
clock.
Best representation of actress,
Lillian Leyba, Carmen Miranda.
Prize Alaska picture.
Best sustained character, Don
Lyle, boy. Prize $10 fresh vege
tables.
The door prize of $5.00 cash was
won by Sgt. Miller.
Many of the members of the
club were spectators and viewed
the fun from the balcony.
Music was furnished by “Bud”
Richter’s auditorium type record
playing equipment, and the ex
cellent dance records were kindly
loaned by Wilbur Stevenson and
proved very satisfactory.
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Chinese Battle
In Mukden
CHUNGKING, Mar. 11, </P)—
Chinese Nationalist and Commun
' ist reinforcements are reported
moving on Mukden, where the
I Central News Agency said the
rival forces were battling after
the sudden withdrawal of Soviet
troops.
Chinese press dispatches said
the Communists were heavily out
numbering the Nationalist troops,
: also in the northern district other
! reports said the central govern
ment had proclaimed martial law
; in the skeleton city, whose once
great industrial plants have been
' picked clean by the Russians.
The suddenness of the Soviet
I withdrawal is blamed for the “se
! rious” street fighting in Mukden.
WALTER DOWD HOME ON
TERMINAL FURLOUGH
Another of Nome’s sons return
: ed Friday evening on a thirty-day
: terminal furlough. Radio Operator
i 2nd Class, USN, Walter Dowd, ar
. rived directly from Yokohama,
where his experiences have been
many. After visiting his family,
J Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dowd, he will
return to San Francisco, where he
i will spend about another thirty
days before his navy service will
be terminated. He then plans on
J returning home for the summer
i and may enter college in the fall.
For Good Printing Call Main 125
6,000,000 Demobilized
Since V-E Day
Headquarters Alaskan Depart
ment—More than 6,000,000 mili
tary personnel have been released
to civilian life since the Army
started its streamlined demobili
zation program on V-E Day, the
War Department disclosed today.
The six-millionth person was pro
cessed out on February 12.
The total number of Army per
sonnel discharged now exceeds by
nearly 2,000,000 the estimate
made last Septemebr. General of
the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower
recently reported that the .actual
discharges for the period from
September through December had
exceeded estimates by 1,665,000.
T’he February e>timates called for
the discharge of 500,000 during
tnis month. Returns from separa
tion centers for the period Febru
ary 1 through February 8. reveal
that 220,000 have already been
| separated, thus indicating that
February estimates may well be
exceeded also.
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In running 100 yards a first
class sprinter does sufficient work
to lift himself 240 to 270 feet in
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the air, according to the Encyclo
paedia Britannica. He will bring
into play approximately eight
horse power and attain his maxi
mum speed at 60 to 70 yards from
the start when he may be travel
ing as fast as 24 miles an hour.
BLONDE — Frances Lang
ford, singer and movie actress,
was named their “bamboo blonde’’
by GFs on Pacific Island bases.
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