Six Lost Antarctic
Fliers Rescued;
*ree Dead
ontinued From Page One
only to explode, scattering aircraft
that Dec, 30 photo mission, they
related; earth and sky had merged
into a dull white mass, with no
visible horizons. The accident
fragments and men over 100 yards
of the frozen waste.
Visibility had suddenly faded on
came just as the co-pilot, Lt. <jg>
William H. Kearns, Jr., of Boston,
turned to return to the Pine Is
land.
Five of the six rescued men suf
fered minor injuries; the sixth,
the pilot, Lt. (jg) Ralph Paul Le
blanc of Martinsville, La., was
more severely hurt. He was drawn
on a sled as the group followed a
trail blazed by the discovery plane
to open water eight miles away. It
was there that a second seaplane
landed yesterday to pick them up.
Reports of their physical condi
t on were not immediately avail
able.
The fact the survivors huddled
grimly in the wreckage, as instruc
ted, was reported a major factor in
their eventual rescue. The search
v.as concentrated upon the known
course their plane was to have
covered in its photo and mapping
mission.
W ings and engines broke free as
the plane exploded, the survivors
related. The fuselage broke in two.
But the plane was skimming the
icy, snowy surface and the fall
was a short one. Only six lived
through the crash and the flames.
Lopez and Henderson wrere dead
when found. Williams, thrown
from the wreckage, died two hours
later of multiple injuries.
Pilot Lebianc was pulled un
conscious from the cockpit, but
survived. McCarty extricated him
sell from the tangle of metal; tiie
other four survivors were thrown
clea of the plane.
Gasoline in one section of the
plane burned for nearly an hour,!
but fuel in another tank was sal
vaged and used, in rationed drib
bles, to give survivors some de
gree of warmth and to provide a
smoking signal fire for search
planes.
No matter how blind love is
girls, it will be sure to find you if
you wear that new phosphorescent
lipstick.
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Sign in a restaurant: “The sil-'
ver is not medicine. Please do not
take it after meals.”
j Northeast Held
Clutch
i
(By The Associated Press)
No prolonged relief from wintry
weather was in prospect for the
northeastern Section of the United
States today.
While temperatures were due to
rise in some sections, snow was
perdicted to follow. In other sec
tions a cold wave was expected to
move in.
Northern New York and sections
of inland New England states were
beset by sub-zero temperatures
which moved in with a cold mass
of air that swept eastward along
j the Canadian border. Another cold
mass was moving into Montana
from Canada, causing the temper
1 ature to drop from 34 yesterday
afternoon to seven above early to
day at Havre, Mont. This mass
was expected to move southeast
ward, encountering a low pressure
area moving northeastward from
Colorado and Wyoming. As the
two air masses meet, snow was
predicted, with heaviest falls ex
pected today in Minnesota, upper
Michigan and northern Wisconsin
—areas already covered by a snow
blanket ranging from four to 18
inches.
Light rizzling rain fell in some
sections of Illinois, lower Michi
gan and Wisconsin early today,
sometimes accompanied by freez
ing temperatures which made
driving hazardous. Temperatures
of 40 degrees were expected to
last 24 hours in Chicago, followed
by a drop tomorrow.
In lower New York, Pennsyl
vania and New Jersey, where low
temperatures have prevai led,
warmer weather—accompanied by
snow was anticipated.
31 Surplus Trucks For
Sale At Anchorage
Thirty-one surplus trucks which
have previously been offered to
priority claimants are now on sale
at the Anchorage Surplus Proper
ty office on Palmer Highway.
They are all two and one-holf
ton GMC trucks. There are twen
ty-seven cargo trucks, two dump
trucks, and two tank trucks each
with a capacity of 750 gallons.
Sealed bids on any or all of the
trucks, with a ten per cent deposit
will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. on
February 7 194',, at the Anchor
age office where sales lists may
be obtained by written or tele
phoned request.
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Cleaned. Phone Main 113 and let
us pick them up.
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War Investigating
Committee May
Be Continued
(By Edwin B. Haakinson)
WASHINGTON, (VP)—'The Sen
ate Republican policy committee
tody voted unanimously to con
tinue the special war investigating
committee through 1947, and de
crease the special small business
committee for eight months.
Announcement of the decision
was made by Chairman Taft of
Ohio as the Senate Republican
membership went immediately in
to conference apparently in an at
tempt to close ranks behind the
move. It is expected to stir the
first legislative battle of the ses
sion.
Taft and Senator Brewster <R.
Me.), ^ho heads the special wfar
commitee, said they did not ex
pect the fight to break out on the
floor today. It probably will be de
ferred until Wednesday when a
full membership is on hand and
battle lines can be drawn.
Opponents of the plan to con
tinue the special war committee
have contended the work properly
should be done by the armed serv
ices committee, set up under the
Congressional reorganization act.
This act did not provide for spe
cial committees.
Taft told reporters, however,
that the regular committees had
not yet had time to gather their
staffs, while Brewster’s committee
is ready to proceed at once. It has
projected an inquiry into war con
tracts.
Taft also expressed the view
that any special committee, other
than the war investigation group,
should be authorized only for the
life of the session, or eight months.
NEWS IN BRIEF
MEXICO CITY, (/P)—'The agri
cultural department said today
with good weather Mexico would
produce her largest wheat crop in
history this year. The department
said 41,167 acres already had been
planted in the northern wheat
growing states with 2,788,436
pounds of seed.
NEW YORK, (/P) — Fifty-foot
waves and westerly gales of more!
than 50 miles an hour slowed
shipping today in the busy north
Atlantic lanes, the U. S. weather i
bureau reported. The fury of the!
storm which began last Tuesday,
Iceland and Greenland where
“very deep low pressure areas”
were charted by the bureau’s ma
rine department. Heavy seas and
other weather conditions were re
ported to be delaying liners and
freighters alike, fom one to six
days including the America, queen
of the American merchant marine,
originally due Saturday and now
scheduled to arrive tonight.
SEATTLE, UP) — Coast Guard
officials announced that Capt.
Niels Haugen, chief operations of
ficer for the 13th oCast Guard Dis
trict, will be transferred to the
17th district at Ketchikan, Alaska,
as chief of staff. He will be re
placed here Jan. 22 by Capt. R. M.
Hoyle, former commanding officer
of the North Wind.
MISS LILLIAN LEYBA
LEAVES FOR STATES TRIP
Miss Lilliam Leyba, of the Polar
Curio Shop departed Friday eve
ning on the P.A.A. for Seattle on
a combined business and vacation
trip, she plans to be gone for
about one month.
Chiang Approves
Marshall’s Speech
(By Harold K. Milks)
NANKING, i/P) --Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek said today Gen
eral Marshall’s statement on Chi
na, blaming extremists on both
sides for continued strife, was
“filled with constructive criticism,
showing good will toward China,"
an unofficial source reported.
Chiang gave this first formal re
action to Marshall’s statement and
departure from China at a memo
rial service for Dr. Sun Yat-Sen,j
founder of the republic. Newsmen
were excluded.
An informed source said Chiang
told the audience that Marshall’s
statement should not be viewed i
separately but in conjunction with
President Truman’s declaration of
policy toward China.
“We should reflect over the evil
conditions Marshall mentioned—if
1 they exist we must correct them,”
the generalissimo was quoted as
saying.
He predicted China’s rehabilita
tion program and general economy
would improve with financial aid
from the United States, and he
praised the recent adoption by the
national assembly of a coalition
constitution.
LETTER RECEIVED FROM
MRS. THORULF LEHMANN. SR.
Mrs Christie Waldheim is in re
ceipt of a letter from Mrs. Thorulf
Lehmann, Sr., stating that they
spent Christmas in Bergen, Nor
way, with relatives of Mr. Leh
mann and were glad to be there
as most of Europe is very cold,
Bergen being warmed by the Gulf
stream.
Shortly before Christmas they
visited in Stockholm and enjoyed
shopping, although there was very
little in the stores and what was
available was of very poor qual
ity.
Mrs. Lehmann stated she did
not realize how different the Swed
ish and Danish languages were
until she tried shopping in Swe
den.
Mr. and Mrs. Lehmann plan to
return by boat to the Pacific Coast
some time in February.
MRS. PRESTON STOCUM
RETURNS TO MOSES POINT
Mrs. Preston Stocum, wife of
Preston L. Stocum, maintenance
technician in charge of the CAA
station at Moses Point returned
home with her new little daughter,
born in Nome on Dec. 11. The new
Moses Point resident has been
named Diana Lynn and weighed
seven pounds, 8 ounces.
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