Miss Winchell
Back Home Safe
NEW YORK, (/P) — Walda E.
Winchell, 20-year-old daughter of
Walter Winchell, who had been
the object of a wide police search
since she was reported missing
Wednesday, was back home Sat
urday, Ernest Cuneo, attorney for
the Winchell family, announced.
Cuneo, who asked the missing
persons bureau of the police de
partment to cancel the alarm for
Miss Winchell, said she had been
“visiting friends” and was “back
home again.” He did not elabor
ate.
Miss Winchell’s disappearance
was reported to police by her
mother, Mrs. June Winchell, who
said her actress daughter was ill.
In Hollywood, her columnist
father said several doctors had or
dered immediate hospitalization
for his daughter. The nature of
her illness was not disclosed.
Miss Winchell, who used the
stage name of Toni Eden, has ap
peared in three Broadway shows.
ECONOMIC
ROUNDUP
WASHINGTON </P)—Wholesale
prices, retail sales and the wages
j of 13,000,000 Americans all have
j climbed higher during the past
| few weeks.
j Figures from two government
agencies show:
1. The prices of wholesale goods
hit a new postwar peak during the
week ending Nov. 22. They were
: 59.2 per cent higher than in 1926,
and only 4.8 per cent below the
j all-time record of May, 1920.
j 2. About 13,000,000 workers in
manufacturing plants earned an
average of $50.97 a week in Octo
ber, for a new all-time record.
3. Retail stores sold an estim
ated $10,025,000,000 worth of
, goods in October, about $700,000,
000 over the figure for September
and about $1,100,000,000 over the
mark for October, 1946.
The wage and wholesale price
figures, both from the bureau of
I labor statistics, were peaks over
weeks of steady rising.
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Six Dead In
Dormitory Fire
In Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA, (/P> — Wind- |
lashed flames whipped through a
dormitory for homeless men today,
killing six persons and sending to
hospitals 17 other men, some with
critical injuries. I
Some of the victims—many em
ployed as street corner Santa
Clauses—died or were hurt leap
ing from their quarters as the sub
freezing weather turned the water
from firemen’s hoses to ice.
Mrs. Edith Gallant, who lives
across the street from the dormi
tory operated by the Volunteers of
America, Inc., said she looked
from her home and saw men,
hopelessly trapped, at the win
dows.
“The fire was in back of them.
I knew it was going to get to them.
It was all too much to look at. I
turned away.”
Fifty-one-year-old William G.
Wilson, who was asleep on the
second floor of the building when
the fire began, told of staggering
to a window, aiding another man,
and stumbling down a fireescape.
“We went down,” he said.
“Thank God we got down. I saw
some of the poor devils who were
trapped at the windows. They
couldn’t make it to the fire es
cape. When you see anything like
1 that you feel all tied up inside. But
; you’re thankful you’re alive.”
The search for bodies ended at
! 10 a.m., about 10 hours after the
blaze was first discovered. Forty
persons were listed as safe or
j slightly injured.
The dead were listed by police
as Stanley Bush, 45; Patrick Al
len, 70; William Snead, 63; Mich
ael Boyle, 59; Charles Kenney, 45;
j and Thomas Wallace, 50.
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Council Holds Special
Meeting On Engineers’
Breakwater Report
—
! At the call of Mayor Luther
Dunbar, as requested by council
men Lester Bronson and Keith
Hedreen, the City Council met in
| the office of city clerk-Carrie Me
j Lain Friday at 8:00 p.m.
The purpose of the call was to
act upon the report 6f the corps
| of engineers turning down the
I proposition of the “breakwater for
| Nome,” and to settle the amount
of wages due A. L. Montgomery,
former assistant chief of the fire
| and police department.
To the latter question Montgom
ery was allowed pay to and in
cluding November 25th.
On the “breakwater” question,
it was decided to appoint a perm
anent committee to check into the
report of the Engineers and to pre
sent such facts and features of the
original proposal as have been
misrepresented or have become
distorted in the final reports.
The engineers department letter
stated that copies of the report
would be forwarded to G. R. Jack
Ion, Carl Lomen, the Portland.
Seattle and Anchorage offices of
the engineers department for those
who are interested in reading the
summary report.
The committee appointed by the
mayor is C. Dewey Anderson and
Richard Webb.
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MRS. CONRAD YENNEY
INJURED ON ICE
Mrs. Conrad Yenney has been
in bed over the week-end, having
slipped on the ice in her front
yard last Friday and injuring her
leg and shoulder. She is much im
proved today.
ARCTIC CLUB
TO HOLD PARTY
Here is your chance to be Baby
Snqpks or one of the Katzenjam
mer Kids at the Arctic Club “Kid
die Party” to be held Saturday
night, December 6, at the Pioneer
Hall, starting at 9:00 p.m. A hilar
ious time is in store for all mem
bers who might wish ot let their'
hair down in braids or do it up in
curls. Costume parties are always
worth the effort as they have al
ways proven to be fun. Be sure
and come around 9:00 so as not to
miss out on the high lights of the
evening.
VD CASES ON INCREASE IN
NOME, REPORT SHOWS
The monthly report of the Divi
sion of Communicable disease con
trol division of the Territorial De
partment of Health shows a sharp
increase in the number of VD
cases in Nome. For the month of
September there were 21 new
J cases and for the month of Octo
j ber there were 18 new cases. In
j October two cases of chicken pox
also were reported.
Eskimo Garments
Best Protection
In Arctic Climate
WASHINGTON, <&)—The navy
admitted today that the furs of
the primitive Eskimo are still su
perior to army and navy cold
weather combat clothing.
Lt. Comdr. James W. Haggard
of the navy supply corps explain
ed why at a meeting of civilian
scientists with naval research ex
perts:
“To keep warm, men must wear
layers of cloth, and in so doing'
perspire at the least provocation.
The Eskimos’ clothing fits more
loosely, allow for free circulation
and provides maximum warmth.”
Haggard said it obviously is
impossible to mass produce
enough furs to outfit an army and
navy, so the armed services are
working on substitutes.
“The use of fibre glass and
other plastics,” he said, “seems to
present some promise of success.”
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