WORLD DIGEST
Snowflake crystal forms, caught
in the air in quick-drying plastic,
are preserved for scientific study.!
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More than 34,000,000 Orientals j
in the heart of an erea of 4,000,000
square miles in Asia have not yet
been reached by Christianity.
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Exasperated because her chim-1
ney failed to draw properly, Mrs.!
Charles Kyte of Virginia, Minne-!
sota, opened the flues—and spent i
three hours cleaning out the nests
of 576 swallows.
Traffic accidents which happen I
after dark average one fatality forj
every 24 mishaps. For those which1
occur in daylight, the average is!
in in 37.
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Wool is expected to become aj
round-the-year fabric now that
materials of three-ounce weight
have been made into shirts, lin
gerie, and bed sheets. Men’s wool
suitings usually range from 12 to
14 ounces a square yard.
Many of Britain’s pint-sized au
tomobiles may grow up into the
conventional proportions of Amer
ican cars after the first of next
3rear, as a result of a new plan to
lower the tax rate. Since 1920
British vehicles have been assess
ed according to their horsepower,
which made the taxes run from
$40 to $130; therefore most Bri
tons bought small cars. However,
the strait jacket has now been re
moved, with the standardization
of the tax rate to $40 on all new
models, regardless of horsepower.
More British-made automobiles
ma3’ hereafter appear in America
as a result of closer price competi
tion.
March 31, 1947, will hardly be
remembered as so important a
date as October 29, 1940, yet it
marked the close of an era that
affected the lives of millions of
men in the United States. On Oc
tober 29, 1940, 6,642 Selective
Service Boards opened their doors
for business, sending out the fa
miliar “Greetings” to 10,200,367
young men. At the height of their
operations 27,371 regular workers
and 184 325 volunteers were em
ployed. With inductions now at an
9 end, recruiting officers are polish
ing up their most convincing sales
talks to keep the Army’s strength
at 1,000,000 and the Navy’s at
more than 500,000.
Flying Frogs
TOLEDO, OHIO — It was leap- j
ing Rana from Heaven which
showered sections of Toledo re- j
cently during a steady downpour. J
* Anticipating skepticism, the two- i
inch frogs were scooped up and put I
In jars by many residents. Known (
as the genus Rana, they are being
Inspected here by Kent and Monty
Heed, who were not overly im
pressed by the scientific explana
tion that frogs and fishes often are
sucked up by high winds and drop
ped miles away from their normal
habitat.
“SOFAR” Stations
Being Installed By
U. S. Navy
PRINCE RUPERT B. C. I/P>—j
Preliminary surveys were started
today for establishment of a long
range air-sea rescue signal sta
tion on the Queen Charlotte Island
group.
The station will be one of four
SOFAR signal stations to be in
stalled under international agree-,
ment at widely separated points
in the North Pacific Ocean. The
survey is being carried out by
the United States naval tug U. S.,
S. Hidatsa, which left this North
ern British Columbia port early
today.
One station is expected to be,
erected in the vicinity of Cape
St. James at tl\e southernmost tip i
of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
The remainder will be near Port
Arena, near San Francisco; Ha
waii and Adak Island in the Aleu
tians.
EASTERN STARS INITIATE
CAPT. AND MRS. GAMMON
Monday evening the initiatory
degrees were conferred onCapt.
and Mr. William Gammon at the
Order of Eastern Star.
Following the ceremony the
Star Points were honored with
corsages of beautiful flowers!
presented by Mrs. Joe Wallace
in appreciation for their fine
woi% <The flowers were grown
in Mrs. Wallace’ greenhouse.
Those receiving the flower and
a gift from the Worthy Matron
Grace Mahan, were Olive Fults
and Eda Dewey. Luncheon was
served by Mis. Rose Silverman
and Mrs. Fred Hyde.
MRS. CHESTER MILLIGAN
IN FROM COUNCIL ON VISIT
Mrs. Chester Milligan of Coun
cil, is in Nome for a few days on
a visit. She will return to the
Council dredge camp today to fin
ish the season which will take
about a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Milligan intend
to winter in Nome.
Gov. Dewey Calls
Increased Aid For
Columbus*’ Land
ALBANY, N.Y. UP)—Thomas E.
Dewey called today for increased
American aid to Italy to prevent
establishment of what he termed
a ‘‘Red Police State” in the former
fascist land.
Dewey, potential 1948 repub
lican presidential candidate, said
a triumph for “communist totali
tarianism” in the heart of the
Mediterranean area would be a
“world wide catastrophe.”
Dewey's third broad slap at
communism in recent weeks came
in a proclamation designating
Oct. 12, Columbus Day. He said
it was an occasion on which “we
reaffirm our old and imperish
able friendship for the peaple of
the land” that gave birth to the
15th century mariner who discov
ered the western hemisphere.
“Ghost Bombs**
A<*ain Reported
Over Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, </P)—
The newspaper Aftonbladet de
clared mysterious cigar-shaped
missiles were seen flying high
over the city of Hudiksvall, in
northern Sweden, at noon yester
day.
The objects emitted a sound
similar to a motor noise and
streaks of fire from the tail, Af
tonbladet said. They came from
the north, it reported, and disap
peared at a slow speed in the
southwest.
•Reports of “ghost bombs” over
southern Sweden developed dur
ing the summer of 1946, but of
ficial Swedish sources discounted
them after investigation. Ob
servers suggested a possibility
that meteors were responsible for
some of the reports.*
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LARRY GALVIN-Nome, Alaska
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