Sky I ilot Rev. (Jifton Buchanan
Rev. Clifton Buchanan. Monday<
afternoon, flew his small plane
from Fairbanks to Nome. The trip
started last August, from Tonca
City, Oklahoma, a distance of
nearly 5000 miles of hazardous
flying, to Fairbanks, where the
plane was left to be overhauled,
State of Emergence
In Iv iiigston
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 20—
bP>—Widespread strikes and dis
orders led Sir John Huggins, gov
ernor of Jamaica, to proclaim a
state of emergency here today.
Huggins said the critical labor sit
uation threatened to interfere with
the supply and distribution of food
and with the means of transporta
tion. He issued orders forbidding
the possesion of firearms in pub
lic places by any persons except
police officers, or those with spe
and to put on a pair of skis.
Rev. Buchanan plans to con
tinue his missionary work in the
north country, work which he had
begun 7 years ago, but was forced
to discontinue because ol poor
transportation facilities.
cial permits, and banning all pub
lic meetings and processions m the
metropolitan area.
Government officials, me a n -
while, pressed an investigation ol
a fire Sunday night which caused
the death of 15 male inmates of
the Kingston mental hospital,
where attendants struck last Fri
day.
NOME BOY
OUT OF NAVY
Hugh C.’ Durgman. motor ma
chinists mate third class, was dis
charged January 31, at the Per
sonnel Separation Center at Brem
erton, Wash.
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SHOWERS TOO COLD
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20—uV)
Even in sunny California, com
plains pianist Iturbi, it's too chilly
for a steady diet of cold showers.
He filed suit yesterday for $3000
damages against his plumber, ac
cusing him of failing to return a
water heater removed lor repairs.
LIGHTS FAILED
CHURCHILL, Man., Feb. 20—
—This village of 123 popula
tion, point of departure for the
Canadian army’s “musk ox” ex
pedition, now pushing into the un
charted wastes of Arctic Canada,
entertained its first winter tourist
last night.
She was a middle-aged matron
from Cleveland, Ohio—identity
u n k n o w n—who remained in
Churchill about 14 hours.
“She said she came to see the
northern lights,” said the railway
agent. “She got in on the train
last night and left when it went
back this morning.” From Church
ill to Winnipeg by train is a five
day trip, with nightly stops in
small villages to permit passen
gers to sleep in hotel beds.
PS.—The northern lights were
not on last night.
TIGHTEN UP
MINEOLA, N. Y., Feb. 20—(>P)
—Motorists suspected oi intoxica
tion will be put through an addi
tion to the standard sobriety test
by Nassau County police, begin
ning tomorrow.
The suspect—besides walking a
chalkline—will have to recite:
,.Around the rough and rugged
rocks the ragged rascal ran.” And
it he can't recite—he's tight.
MARTIAL CUPID
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 20—
—Daniel E. Sullivan. Empori
um, Pa., farmer told an army re
cruiting officer, “It’s up to us old
er fellows to get the younger men
home so they can get married and
raise families.” But the army
turned a deaf ear. At 63. he was
too old.
DRESS REHEARSAL
BUHL. Idaho, Feb 20— </P) —
Buhl's firemen, dressed in their
Sunday best for their annual Val
ent;ne ball, were about to begin
the dance when the fire alarm
rang. Out they ran and extingush
ed a small house fire. Then they
returned to the hall, washed the;r
hands and went on with the ball.
Sno Joke: Pansies
Are Bloomin’ Tough
BRAZIL, Ind.—(IP)—If the re
cent snows were too much for you.
You can’t even qualify as a pansy.
Miss Mabel Kidwell str oiled
through her garden and found a
crop of pansy blooms had blos
somed out where heavy snow had
lain only a few days before.
\V ork Production
Still Signed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—(A>t—
President Truman signed the em
ployment production bill which
Congress passed as a compromise
to the so-called ‘full employment”
legislation aimed at establishing
a government policy of promoting
employment, production and pur
chasing power.
The President’s original mea
sure was toned down sharply on
Capitol Hill. In its final form it
provides a council of three econo
mic advisers, with salaries of fif
teen thousand dollars, who will
assist the President in the prepar
ation of periodic ‘‘economic re
port” to Congress.
Japanese-Americans'
Utah Colony Grows
SALT LAKE CITY—f/P)—Utah’s
Japanese-American population has
jumped nearly 300 per cent in five
years—from 2,210 in 1940 to 6,565
at present. However, Saburo Kido,
national president of the Japan
ese-American Citizens’ League,
which reported the figures, be
lieves many of these residents
will return to the Pacific Coast in
another year or so.
Old Oaken Bucket Bows
LAFAYETTE, Ind.— f/P)—Pur
due University’s foresty depart
ment, eschewing sentiment, says
modern commercial evaporators
are more successful for making
maple syrup than the open kettles
1 of the traditional “sugar camps.”
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