Two Dieln
Pasco Hotel Fire
PASCO, Wash. (/P) — Two men
died and four others were injured,
two seriously, in a $50,000 fire
that swept the Lewis Hotel and
two stores here early today.
All 36 occupants of the 25-room
hotel were made homeless. The
fire started on the ground floor a
few minutes after midnight.
The dead were C. T. Hillman
and Clarence Heath, both of Port
land. They were both found lying
in water in the hotel while the
fire w'as being brought under con
trol. Heath was dead when found
and Hillman died shortly after be
ing taken to the hospital.
Firemen said that smoke prob
ably knocked the men down as
they tried to escape.
The two most seriously injured
were Norris Farringer, 20, Yaki
ma, who was badly overcome by
smoke, and Fred Dux, 49, Belling
ham. who suffered a possible
broken ankle and possible back
injuries.
Girl Scout News
The fourth law of the Girl
Scouts of America says that “A
Girl Scout is a friend to all and a
sister to every other Girl Scout.”
You will find that spirit of
friendliness at our big Musical
Revue and Bazaar. It is being pre
sented at the Nome High School
Auditorium, Friday evening—the
20th of May. Plenty.of entertain
ment for all! A bazaar you will
long remember! Presented by your
own Nome Girl Scouts! Plan now
to be there at eight p.m.—Remem
ber the day—the 20th of May! Buy
your tickets from any Girl Scout
or any Nome merchant displaying
our Girl Scout poster.
CHARLES FAGERSTROM
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
Friends of the Charles Fager
strom family will be glad to learn
that he has improved and x-rays
indicate that the accident which
occurred Tuesday on the post
where Mr. Fagerstrom is employ
ed, was not as serious as indicated
earlier in the week.
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be a matter of policy for higher j
authorities than the Russians in
Germany to decide.
Meantime, fresh food shipments j
from the western zone were pour
ing into West Berlin without in
terference from the Russians. Rail
shipments of food and coal also'
were moving smoothly.
The western allies approved
with reservations last night the
new West German Federal Repub
lic's draft constitution. This gives
I them a trump card for use in the
May 23 Paris talks with Russia
i seeking a solution to the entire
j German situation.
The Americans, British and
French also ordered an interim
peace treaty for the western occu
; pation zones’ 45,000,000 Germans
1 to come into force the day the
k
: West German government takes
office.
In London, labor and conserva
tive members of the House of
Commons joined last night to rati
fy the North Atlantic Treaty by
333 to 6. Foreign secretary Ernest
Bevin and opposition leader Wins
ton Churchill joined in hailing the
pact.
Chinas communist forces crept
, closer to the great city of Shang
hai today, despite stout nationalist
resistance.
One battle raged about 25 miles
southwest of the city, centering
around the village of Sungkiang,
on the Shanghai-Hangchow rail
road. Another developed to the
northwest, around the village of
Tainsang, near the banks of the
Yangtze river. The nearest Red
lines appeared to be about 20
miies from Shanghai.
Inside Shanghai, soldiers were
busy piling sandbags at street cor
ners and building entrances. Traf
fic was light, as hundreds of civil
ian and military vehicles already
have evacuated.
At Lake Success, Russia ac
cused the United States and Bri
1 tain of making a “deal” to keep
control of strategic parts of Raly’s
one-time African empire. The
charge came from Soviet deputy
minister Andrei A. Gromyko as
the U. N. assembly’s political com
mittee neared a showdown on dis
posal of the colonies after six
weeks of bitter debate.
: Britain’s labor party lost heav
| ily today in returns from big city
elections, continuing a trend tow
( ard the right begun last month in
county council balloting.
British Press Association re
turns from ’81 of the 420 boroughs
which voted for councilmen yes
terday showed labor suffered a
net loss of 437 seats, while con
servatives chalked up a net gain
of 528.
GIRL SCOUTS GUESTS
OF NOME ROTARY CLUB
Two Girl Scouts, Lois Ann Gif
ford and Bonne Jeanne Burkhal
ter, with Mrs. H. Burkhalter, a
member of the Girl Scout Council,
were guests at the noon luncheon
of the Nome Rotary Club on
Thursday.
Following introductions the two
girls presented a little skit in the
form of advertising for their com
ing Girl Scout Revue and Bazaar,
which is being presented on the
evening of May 20th.
Each girl in turn took one of the
Girl Scout Laws and told how it
pertained to the coming affair, in
that the girls were working hard
on their program and would sure
' ly give a good account of them
selves in dancing and showing
their patrons a good time.
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Choosing
the successor to Dr. Charles Er
nest Bunnell, president of the Uni
versity of Alaska, will be the prin
cipal item of business for the an
nual three-day pre-commencement
session of the school’s board of re
gents. The meeting opened here
Thursday.
Andrew Nerland, board presi
dent, said 15 or more applicants
are seeking the post. Dr. Bunnell
resigned after serving as president
since the university was founded
in 1922. He will be named presi
dent emeritus at elaborate cere
monies planned for July 1.
Nerland did not identify any of
the applicants for the post.
The regents will adjourn their
session Saturday to attend Mon
day’s 27th annual commencement
exercises, Degrees will be confer
red upon 32 candidates.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GLEE
CLUB IN PLEASING CONCERT
A very attentive and apprecia
tive group of parents and friends
were* pleasantly entertained Thurs
day night at 8:00 o’clock in the
Nome High School gymnasium, by
the High School Girls Glee Club.
The group, under the most able
direction of Mrs. Wm. Cameron,
presented a musical program con
sisting of a piano solo by Juanita
Fagerstrom, a piano duet by Olga
Hay and June Dunbar, vocal num
bers by Jenny Sayers, and “a
! capella” choir numbers by the
j group.
Girls in the chorus were: Kath
erine Bjornstad, Margaret Bjorn
stad, Juanita Fagerstrom, Jenny
Sayers, Joan Engstrom, Mary
Louise Lyle, Lois Swanberg, Lois
Overbough, Olga Hay, Irene Gray,
June Dunbar, Alice Miller and
i Clara Jorgensen.
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