Fire Destroys Part
OfWoolwortli
NEW YORK, <P> — Fire swept
part of the 23rd floor of the Wool
worth Building early today, and
flames from the windows could
he seen for miles.
Firemen carried hoselines in
elevators to the 23rd floor and
rigged them to standpipes. Two
pipes burst, and heavy water dam
age *was caused in the 60-story
skyscraper.
Two workmen were overcome
by smoke, and a fireman was in
jured slightly.
The f:re was discovered short
ly after 1 a.m. in the executive of
fices of the F. W. Woolworth
company, owner of the building
on lower Broadway.
The northwest portion of the
23rd floor was gutted before the
fire was under control.
About 100 employees fled from
the building, once New York’s
highest structure and a mecca for
sightseers for many years.
Tournament
Proves Pilots
Learned to Shoot
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Las Vegas Air Base, Nevada, i/P)
The men who teach fighter pilots
to shoot have done just that in the
air force fighter gunnery tourna
ment.
The 3525th Aircraft Gunnery
Squadron, composed of three
sharpest shooting instructors at
the Airforce Gunnery school here,
flew off with top honors yester
day in the jet class of the world
meet. Their score also topped that
of the 27th Fighter Escort group
from Bergstrom airbase, Austin
Texas, winner in the propellor
class.
Two teams dominated the
worldwide air forces fighter gun
nery tournament which ended yes
terday. The 3525th squadron of
the Las Vegas Aircraft Gunnery
School took the jet class title, and
the 27th Fighter Escort group
from Bergstrom Air Base, Austin,
Texas, was high in the propellor
division.
Individual honors went to Lt.
John W. Roberts, jet pilot, of the
3525th Sc. Iron, and Lt. Charles
McWhirk, 27 th Group, in propellor
planes.
Nineteen teams from throughout
the Unit d States and Air Force
bast's in Japan, Alaska and Ger
many participated in the nine-day
gunnery meet.
The jet plane scores included:
57th Fighter Group, Elmendorf
Air Base, Anchorage, flying F-HO’s,
76.32 points.
Don’t speak straight from the
shoulder—start a little higher up.
1950 Fishing
Regulations
WASHINGTON — Power boats
in the Bristol Bay region will be
permitted during the 1951 fishing
season, according to the Alaska
commercial fishing regulations
issued recently by the Interior De
partment. This permission, which
will apply to boats less than 32
feet in length, has been long
sought by Delegate Bartlett and
other interested persons.
Motors will be allowed in gill
net fishing boats in the Kotzebue
Yukon-Kuskokwim area this year,
as well as in the Chignik area of
the Alaska Peninsula region for
the first time in the history of the
modern Alaska fishery.
Operators will be required to
give notice to the Fish and Wild
life Service before moving to a
new fishing area or district, which
the Service states is desirable so
that accurate statistics may be
kept on the amount of fishing gear
in operation in each district for
effective management of fisheries.
Among other regulations are:
1. King salmon trolling in out
side Alaska waters will be pro
hibited from November 1 to Mar.
15 and coho trolling will be ban
ned from October 31 to June 15.
2. Fall trolling closure in inside
Alaska waters will extend from
September 20 to October 5. This
season has been shortened, ac
cording to Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice, to conform with the special
seining season which opens in sev
eral places in southeastern Alas
ka on October 5.
3. The taking of undersized
king salmon will bo prohibited by
all forms of gear, not just by
trolling methods as previously ap
plied.
4. King crab in Bering Sea will
have to be one inch wider to be
taken legally The old minimum
width was 5Vi inches which has
been increased to 6’g inches.
5. In the Bristol Bay area, meth
ods of marking and registering
fishing boats have been amended
to require that the numbers and
letters be at least 12 inches high
and that each boat be lettered to
indicate the district in which it
operates. Boats must be registered
with the Fish and Wildlife service
prior to the fishing season and
must be re-registered in advance
of moving to another district. It
will be illegal to' set any net at a
distance greater than 150 yards
from the mean high tide mark.
According to the Service, the
regulations for 1950 in this area
are based on a recommended
maximum of 42fi drift gill net
boats operating in the entire Bris
tol Bay area.
The name of China’s Hainan Is
land means “Sea-South,” says the
National Geographic Society.
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SCHOOL NEWS
April is noted for a great ex
plorer, Commander Robert E.
Peary, who discovered the North
Pole on April 6, 1909.
Robert E. Peary was born in
Cresson, Pennsylvania. He be
came a lieutenant and a civil en
gineer in the U. S. Navy. At one
time he directed a survey of a
proposed canal through Nicara
gua. This project was followed by
a trip to Greenland in 1886. From
that time on, he devoted his time
to explorations in the Arctic. In
1891, he led a polar expedition to
northwest Grenland. Four other
expeditions were taken in later
years. On one of thees trips he
discovered the Cape York Eski
mos, the most northerly people in
the world. Peary proved that
Greenland was an island. He
found three huge meteorites, one
of which is now in the Museum
of Natural History in New York
City. His wife accompanied him
on several trips and his daughter,
Marie, was born in northwest
Greenland.
In 1908, he used the ship Roose
velt built especially for the Arc
tic. Six men made the final dash
of 140 miles to the pole. The party
remained thirty hours making ob
sercations. From Newfoundland
he flashed the message “Stars and
Stripes nailed to the Pole—Peary.”
He was promoted to a rank of
rear admiral. Three books have
been written by him, namely, <1>
Northward over the Great Ice,
(2> The North Pole <3> Secrets of
Polar Travel.
We are all happy that Isaac
Larson has recovered from his ill
ness and is doing good work at
school again.
Peter Kowchee had the misfor
tune of burning his face by an ex
plosion. He has been in the hos
pital for one week and is now
rapidly recovering. There, per
haps, will be no permanent scars
on his face.
There was an eclipse of the
moon Sunday, April 2, which was
visible in the Arctic and Antarc
tic. The moon is at the nodes at
this season which means its
plane of revolution intersects the
earth’s so the sun, earth, and
moon are in one straight line
•causing the eclipse .
G. R. Jackson, of the Miners
and Merchants Bank who has
been away on business for sev
eral weeks returned home Wed
nesday on Pan American.
NEWS IN BRIEF
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to States for unemployment pay
ments and employment service
administration.
WASHINGTON </P). The United
States and Canada are setting up a
new Arctic weather station, about
500 miles from the North Pole. It
is at the northeastern tip of Elies- (
mere Island.
SEATTLE, i/P)—The navy’s at
tack cargo ship Andromeda will
make the annual Pribilof Island
expedition this year.
The vessel arrived on Puget
Sound last week, and was taken
immediately to the Bremerton na
val shipyard for overhaul and re
pair. Tentative plans call for the
Andromeda to sail for the Pribil
ofs early in June.
WASHINGTON, i/Pi — Bernt
Balchen, hero of spectacular res
cues in the frozen north, will be
come a regular colonel in the air
| forces if Congress accepts recom
mendations of retiring secretary of
air Symington.
Balchen, now 51, is in the air
i force as a reserve officer, but
special legislation is necessary to
■ give him the permanent grade of
! colonel.
Symington told the Senate arm
ed services committee today that
Balchen “is perhaps the foremost
; living expert on the subject of
j cold-weather air operations.”
BOSTON, </P) — Gov. Paul A.
Dover suspects young soap-box
racer enthusiasts of stealing his
“S-l” automobile registra t i o n
ORDINANCE 342 PASSED
IN RECENT ELECTION
Citv Clerk Carrie McLain an
nounced this morning that the
statement made after the election
on Tuesday that Ordinance 342
had laded to pass was incorrect.
At 'he time the statement was
made it was believed that 55 per
cent of the voters were required
to vote iu favor. However it has
been determined that only a ma
jority vote was required. The
ordinance received a majority
vote, she stated, in favor of va
cating Water Street.
FIRST QUARTER REVENUE
COLLECTIONS 5152,674,210
Income tax refunds have been
issued this year to nearly one
third of a million taxpayers in
Washington and Alaska, Internal
Revenue Collector Clark Squire
reported recently in Tacoma.
Refunds to 324,708 persons to
taling 517,364,552. The average
amount of the refunds made dur
ing the first three months this
year is $53.48 as compared with
$57.14 for the corresponding peri
od last year.
Total internal revenue collec
tions for the first quarter in
Washington-Alaska district ex
ceed 150 millions. Through March
30 the amount was $152,674,210.
About 43 tons of food are con
sumed bv the average person in
■ a lifetime.
plates. The plates disappeared
from his official car at Orleans
Wednesday ‘night.
“If the plates are found,” he
said, “they had better be attach
ed to a soap box.”
The governor will use card
board copies of the plates until
duplicates are issued by the regis
try of motor vehicles.
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