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Troop Train Hits !
Freight Train
Draftees Not Hurt
SCREVEN, Ga.(>P) — A troop
train carrying aborut 300 draftees
and recruits smashed into a freight
train at this small town depot to- j
day and both engines burst into
flames. Several trainmen were
hurt but all the soldiers escaped j
serious injury.
Most of the soldiers were just
arousing in Pullmans when the
accident happened shortly after
7:30 .m. Officer in charge of the
train said all were accounted for
quickly. Some suffered bruises
and minor cuts.
Fuel oil from the diesel engines
sprayed over cars of both trains
and over the small depot, and in a
few minutes a tremendous fire
was raging. The engines were tel- \
^scoped into an arch. The first
three or four cars of each train
were badly damaged.
Rex Layne Now
New Heavyweight ;
Title Contender
NEW YORK (#>)—Rex Layne, a
22-year-old bruiser from the Utah j
sugar beet farms, has become a j
heavyweight contender overnight |
by his upset-of-the-year win over !
Jersey Joe Walcott.
Layne punished Walcott’s body
with straight right hands through- i
out the fight. Despite a smeared
eye that became a circle of blood
in the late rounds, he pressed the
attack all the way.
Walcott, a peppy guy of 37, was
a 5 to 1 favorite to whip this kid
who had been fighting pro only
18 months. But Jersey Joe was
not at his best, to put it mildly.
The two judges, Frank Forbes
and Bert Grant, had it 6-3 in fa
vor of Layne with one even. Ref
eree Ruby Goldstein saw it 6-3-2
to make it unanimous. The U-P)
scorcard had it for Layne 7-2-1.
Walcott was penalized the eighth
round for backhanding.
BOY OUTMANEUVERS
BOLD BURGLAR
SEATTLE, (TP)—A 31-year-old
man was being held without
charge in the city jail today—
probably still trying to figure out
what hit him.
The man, who gave his name as
Joseph T. Trammell but would
say no more; had the misfortune
to mix with eight-year-old Robert
Dixon.
Little Robert was home alone
at 4:30 a.m., yesterday when he
heard someone attempting to
force the locked front door. Un
successful, the man broke a front
window and started to climb in.
But Robert, undauted, clipped
him twice on the head with a
monkey wrench and for good
measure took a slice at his hand
with a butcher knife.
When police arrived, the prcfwl
er was still unconscious.
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Rare, Old “History
Of Alaska” Can
Now Be Acquired
Acquiring the only supply of
copies in existence of Dr. Jean
nette Nichols’ “History of Alaska t
Under U. S. Rule,” the Guild of
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
in Fairbanks has gone into the
book business temporarily for the
benefit of the Church Building
Fund.
Although this book has been out
of print for many years, occasion
ally a copy is advertised on the
booksellers’ market for $15 to $20
a copy. The Guild is offering its
copies for $12.50 each.
Described as “the geratest book
ever written on Alaska,” “History
of Alaska Under U. S. Rule” is
the bible of the political history
of the Territory. Its author, Mrs.
Nichols, was Secretary of James
J. Wickersham while he was Alas
ka’s Delegate to Congress. The
book w’as published in 1924 as
part of Mrs. Nichols’ requirements
for a Ph.D. degree at Columbia
University.
The books being sold by the
Guild are important both as
source material and as collectors’
items. They are the only copies of
a special edition ordered by Co
lumbia University, with title
pages containing a special inscrip
tion making them important to
book collectors.
Columbia University ordered
about 100 more coies than it could
use, and the flat sheets were put
away in a warehouse. They were
“re-discovered” recently, assem
bled and bound. The Episcopal
Guild acquired all of these copies.
The Rev. Albert N. Jones, rec
tor of St. Matthew’s Parish, said,
“This is an unexcelled opportun
ity to acquire a most valuable
book of original source material
on the history of Alaska. I antici
pate that the supply we have will
be sold quickly, as Dr. Nichols’,
book is very much in demand.”
Persons interested in acquiring
a copy of the book may contact
Mrs. Donald MacDonald, or may
write P. O. Box 752, Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Civilian Defense
Committees Named
(Continued from Page One)
plan of action in case of trouble.
Steve Anderson, Liason officer.
A Polet, Publicity.
Dr. Fred M. Langsam, Medical.
Larry Galvin and Dewey Good
rich, Supplies.
Carrie McLain, Housing.
William Angell, Policing by Na
tional Guard.
Howard Jonish, Luther Dun
bar, Utilities.
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Mes
senger .Service.
NWA Amateur Radio Club,
Emergency Communication.
Axel Edman, Elmer Straub,
Sanitation. f
Grant Nelson, Lester Bronson,
Water.
Carl Glavinovich, H. F. Harper,
Transportation on Ground.
Lester Bronson, CAP Transpor
tation by Air.
Marie Grant, Women's Auxili
ary.
IT.S. Commissioner's Court
Frank Ahnangnatoguk and Edna
Eyuk of Nome have applied for a
marriage license.
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Anchorage Has |
Fair Results In
Blackout Attempt
•
ANCHORAGE, »(£>) — Civil de
fense officials checked over the
results today of Anchorage’s sec
ond practice blackout in as many
nights last night.
It still wasn’<t perfect but offi
cials indicated satisfaction, com
menting:
“We can learn passive defense
pretty quickly.”
Violators were few in number,
contrasting sharply with Satur
day’s 37 violations. There were!
few repeaters.
Theoretically, last night’s simu
lated attack was to test the city’s
preparedness against fire and the i
ability of engineers to find substi
tutes or replace bombed out utili
ties and roads.
The three-day “operation stop
gap” concludes today.
Ten per cent of Anchorage
failed to conform in the blackout
Saturday night—and bomber pi
lots said that was enough to make
the city a sitting duck in an aerial
attack.
Officials agreed. They praised
the 90 per cent of the population
which conformed but pointed to
some glaring discrepancies report
ed by pilots who made a simulat
ed bombing run over the city.
Observers aboard the “attack
ing” aircraft spotted two-dozen
lights. Five of them were flash
ing neon signs left at closed stores
and in front, of a realty company.
A lighted church cross in the cen
ter of the city made a perfect
aerial guide.
From two thousand feet, a pilot
said, “The city was lit up like a
Christman tree; like guide posts
telling us to come on it.”
“Bomber’s Moon” and aerial
flares completed the lighting-up
process and umpires said theoret
ically bridges were damaged and
air field installations well worked
over.
Civilian defense patrols report
Strong Words Fly
About Acbeson
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WASHINGTON, (/P)—“Acheson
jackassery” snorted Senator Milli
kin (R.-Colo.)
The chairman of the conference
of all Republicans in the Senate
was giving reporters his reaction
to Secretary of Acheson’s recent
attack on Republicans who want
to re-examine U. S. foreign pol
icy.
Acehson compared “re-examin
ists” to farmers who pull up their
crops to see how they are growing.
Later he explained he did not op
pose a review of foreign policy
but only such a re-examination as
would “uproot” it.
Asked if he were a re-examinist
Millikin replied that he was like
the former who goes into the
fields to pull up weeds. He de
fined weeds as “bad policies.”
WASHINGTON, {JP) —Republi
cans brough President Truman di
rectly under fire on foreign policy
Saturday as they launched a new
criitcal broadside at Secretary of
State Acheson.
Chairman Millikin )R.-Colo.) of
the conference of all Republican
Senators told reporters he holds
Mr. Truman directly responsible
for what the Senator said are “bad
policies” that need weeding out.
Senator Hickenlooper (R.-Iowa)
a foreign relations committee
member, said in a separate inter
view that he blames the President
for “blunders” which involved the
United States in the Koeran war.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morton left
yesterday for California where
they plan to make their home.
The Morton children who have
never been in the States, are look
ing forward to living on a farm
and riding real horses.
ed that many persons crowded
against windows of hotels and
homes to watch the operation—a
I suicide position in event of actual
attack shattering glass.
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