Thousands Mourn
Babe Ruth At •
Funeral Service
(By Charles Mercer)
NEW YORK </P)—Funeral serv
ice for Babe Ruth in towering St.
Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday. cli7
maxed the nation’s mourning for
the king of baseball.
Silent, thousands of persons —
the famous who knew him in per
son and the obscure who admired
him in spirit—thronged the Ro-»
man Catholic cathedral and over
flowed into Fifth Avenue.
Francis Cardinal Spell man
presided at the requiem high mass
for the “big guy” with the happy
grin who rose from a Baltimore
orphanage to undisputed monarch
of the national sport.
The great doors of the cathe
dral were open to the public—
symbolic, said friends, of the
Babe's open heart -to the people in
the bleachers and the kids in dis
tant places to whom his name
meant great sportsmanship.
About 6,000 persons crowded
the cathedral to the doors. 9 po
lice-estimated 60,000 others stood
gravely outside under grey skies
Fly Polio Victim
To Seattle
SEATTLE, (/P) — The coast
guard reported a Catalina flying
boat was due at Annette Island,
near Ketchikan today to pick up
a woman stricken with poliomye
litis.
It »said the woman, identified
only as a Mrs. Hamilton of Craig,
Prince of Wales Island, would be
flown to Sand Point naval air sta
ion here and taken by ambulance
to St. Joseph’s hospital in Bel
lingham for treatment.
The flying boat was held over
night at Port Hardy B. C., by poor
weather but was expected to
reach Annette by noon today.
Mrs. Hamilton was flown to An
nette in another plane yesterday.
on hushed Fifth Avenue and sur
rounding area. A 250-man police
detail was on duty for the largest
funeral in New York in,years.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey headed
the list of honorary pallbearers
who included prominent sports
men and sports writers.
Msgr. Joseph E. Flannelly was
celebrant of the high mass for the
great Yankee batter who died of
cancer Monday night in Memorial
hospital at the age of 53.
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NOME REPUBLICAN i
CLUB ADOPTS
PLATFORM
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—
The Republican Club of Nome
and the Second Division adopted a
platform of eight planks during a
called meeting on Wednesday
night in the City Hall.
The steering committee had
compiled the first seven of the
planks which were read and dis
cussed when an eighth plank to'
assist fisheries in the Bering Sea
area adjacent to the Seward Pe
ninsula was introduced.
The proposal was made by
Ralph Lomen and the plank was
written into the platform and
adopted with the other seven.
The general coverage of the
platform takes in roads, schools, I
airports, econortiy in government,!
health problems, assistance to
aged ^nd dependent, mining, and
fisheries.
Senator C. D. Jones told the
group he had something to get off
his chest. He stated that he was
burned up at all of the press re
ports of the activities of the Re
publican legislators in the last
session of the Alaska Legislature.
Jones also brought up the sub
ject of taxation and lack of credit
to the Second Division for the
portion of gas and oil tax collect
ed in the Division and paid direct
ly to the Territorial Treasurer in
Juneau. He said it was generally
believed the First Division was
getting credit for the taxes on
their road and small boat harbor
works. A letter had been dis
patched to the capital city to as
certain the status of Second Divi
sion road credits for funds.
Chairman R. E. Long, president
of the club, apologized for^ being
a few minutes late for the meet
ing as today was his wedding an
niversary and he was unable to
leave the dinner-party ^ooner. All
present wished the Longs a long
and happy wedded life.
The campaign for election was
planned to begin at once with all
the vim and vigor of the organ
ization in an effort to win all
seats in the coming election.
After several new members
had signed the register and were
welcomed into the club, the
meeting was adjourned.
ROTARIANS SEE FILMS
ON POST-WAR WORLD
The Nome Rotary Club was
shown films depicting w o r 1 d
events which followed World War
II, at their regular meeting Thurs
day noon. The scenes were from
all parts of the world depicting
the strife and troubles of a war
torn world.
Guest at the luncheon meeting
was R. J. Foord, purchasing agent
for the U. S. Smelting company,
in Salt Lake City, Utah. He will
be stationed in Seattle for the
company.
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Expensive To Be
Good Samaritan
SHAWNEE, O. </P) — Dwight
Bowen, 18 isn’t so sure today it
pays to be a good Samaritan.
The effort cost him $1.50 yes
terday, here’s how:
Ha saw a large dog sieze a prize
game rooster belonging to Dr.
George Myers, a dentist-neigh
bor. Bowen threw a stone at the
•
dog. The stone hit the dog, who
dropped the rooster. The stone
richocheted from the dog’s back
and hit a window of Woodrow
Thomas’ residence nearby.
Bowen paid $1.50 to replace the
window pane.
Destroyer Tows
Fishing Boat
SAN DIEGO. Calif. r/P) — A
badly-leaking fishing boat— the
Allenel—was being towed into
San Diego today by the Destroyer
Perry, which answered her dis
tress call 75 miles to the south
yesterday.
The Allenel, a boat less than 30
feet long, developed a dangerous
leak and another small fishing
boat, the Ginger, took her in
*ow. But, because of the serious
ness of the leak, the Allenel con
tinued sending out SOS calls over
a hand-cranked radio until the
Perry arrived.
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands
(/P)—A projected union of the
Netherlands and its colonies on
an equal footing moved a step
nearer reality today.
A constitutional amendme n t
authorizing the union was rati
fied, 76 to 22, by the second
chamber of the Dutch parliament
last night. It still must be ap
proved by the first chamber or
senate.
French Kill Many
Indonesians
SAIGON, Indochina bP) —
French planes, troops and naval
forces have killed 500 Indo-Chin
ese insurgents in a week-long
battle which resulted in an "im
portant victory” for the French,
it was announced today.
A communique from the French
high command said the Viet-nam
seventh army, was routed.
French losses were reported as
nine French soldiers and 39 pro
French Viet-Namians killed.
W. F. DIETRICH HERE ON
MINES BUREAU BUSINESS
VV. F. Dietrich of Capitola, Cal
ifornia, arrived in Nome today on
the Panam plane, and is staying
at the U. S. Smelting company
building.
Mr. Dietrich is on temporary
! assignment with the U. S. bureau
of mines to follow up on past
mineral surveys and reports. He is
a chemical, metallurgical and
mining engineer.
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