Pilot Steers His
Rudderless Plane
With Doors
SEATTLE, — {IP) —“If I’m Go
ing to crash, I want to be close
to home.”
That was the explanation given
last nifeht by Grover C. Greimes
of Seattle why he and a compan
ion flew a rudderless small plane
across the Cascade Mountains af
ter striking high-tension wires
near Yakima.
The plane lost its rudder and
damaged its propellor when it
struck the wires on a flight from
Kennewick to Seattle. Greimes said
he was “blinded by the sun” at
the time.
A few moments later when
Greimes flew low over the Yaki
ma field to drop a note telling
his destination, Civil Aeronautics
Administration officials said the
plane’s course was so “erratic”
that all crash equipment at the
field was mobilized.
Similar precautions were taken
at Seattle’s Boeing airport.
But Greimes brought his crip
pled craft to a safe and unevent
ful landing at Lake Air Park, a
small private air strip east of
Lake Washington’s Mercer Island.
Greimes said he steered the
plane by “opening and closing the
doors” during his cross-mountain
trip.
W. W. Laws Home
After Attending
GOP Convention
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W. W. Laws, who has been in
the States on a short visit during
which time he attended the Re
publican National Convention in
Philadelphia, returned last Friday
to assume his duties with the
Nome Fire Department as Chief.
“Chief” Laws as he is known
by his many friends, while in
charge of the fire department from
1934 to 1943, and who did so much
toward the development of the
Nome Volunteer Fire Department,
was the only Nomeite to attend the
convention. Two other voting del
egates, one from Fairbanks and
the other from Juneau.
He states that the convention
was a tremendous affair with
thousands of people milling around j
the centers o feach of the can- j
didates.
Stassen had a whole floor with
band and banners and cold drinks
for all. Dewey had cold drinks,
banners, favors, buttons, shopping
bags, and even fans to cool the
sweating brows when the temper
ature reachel 112 degrees for two
days of the convention.
Warren had all the oranges and
orange juice for everybody who
wanted it.
Mr. Laws states that during the
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Pres. Truman
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At Convention
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, veloped at convention headquar
ters that perhaps Supreme Court
Justice William O. Douglas might
get the assignment.
Rep. John W. McCormack of
Massachusetts arrived in Phila
delphia and told a reporter he
would take the vice presidential
nomination if it came his way.
But he said he wasn’t asking for
it. James Roosevelt also came
to town. And some of his warring
California delegates promptly took
steps to rebuke him for leading
a drive against Mr. Truman.
The son of the late president
said that probably the caucus he
had called for Saturday night to
try to promote Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower for president, now
was called off.
Another anti-Truman man, Sen
ator Olin D. Johnson of South
Carolina, abandoned a plan to
bring before the Democratic Na
tional Committee a resolution cal
ling on the President to withdraw
as a candidate in favor of Eisen
hower.
Since Eisenhower has eliminated
himself “completely and finally”
as a presidential possibility, John
ston said it would be “useless”
to press the resolution.
But, he said, “the South will
not vote for Truman.”
And it looked as if there would
be no chance to vote for Douglas,
at least for president. At his
Oregon home, the justice said—
again—that he isn’t a presidential
candidate and would make a state
ment later.
John P. McEnery, vice chair
man of the Democratic Central
Committee of California, started
the backfire against Roosevelt. He
said he would ask California dele
gate to demand at a caucus Roos
evqlt’s withdrawal as National
Committeeman-Designate.
intense heat three persons drop
ped dead during the convention.
New York had the most dele
gates with 97 votes, all of which
were for Dewey in the final count; 1
the State of Washington had 19
and California 57.
Hawaii and Alaska each had 3
with Porto Rico having the least
with 2 delegates.
During his stay in the States
“Chief” Laws visited most of the
major eastern cities taking in all
the baseball games and fights that
he could.
He observed that the Easterners
do not observe traffic rules as
carefully as the Westerners and are
always jaywalking and crossing
traffic lanes.
He also noted the lack of beau
tiful flowers and gardens in the
parks and although Philadelphia
has the second largest parw in
the United States it had no flow
ers like those in smaller parks
on the Pacific Coast.
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ARMY OFFICIALS
MAKING TOUR
ALASKA BASES
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assistant secretary for the Army, \
and Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler!
Chief of the Corps of Engineers.
It was the first trip to the Terri
tory for all of them.
Both Gray and Collins said they
did not see any immediate danger
to Alaska as an outgrowth of tense
relations between the United States
and Russia in Berlin. They ad
hered, however, to the conviction
expressed by some other military
leaders that in event of any hos
tilities with foreign powers, Al
aska would be in a position both
strategic and, from a defense
standpoint, vulnerable.
That vulnerability, Collins said,
will be deminished by two factors,
approval by Congress of appro
priations for increased military
housing in Alaska, and the draft
act itself.
Even had foot soldiers been av
ailable previously to send to Al
aska for regular * tours of duty,
Collins said, there were no hous
ing facilities to accommodate them.
Appropriations totaling more than
$40,000,000 for the Army, Air
Force and Navy quarters in Alas
ka were included in bills passed
by Congress along with the con
scription measure in the final days
SHIPPING* NEWS
The Jumper Hitch is standing
by in Nome roadstead waiting for
favorable weather In order to fin
ish unloading.
The Standard Oil Tug and Oil
Barge are standing by for weather.
The USCGC Cutter Northwind
departed yesterday for King Is
land and it is reported, will re
turn with a load of King Island
ers.
Early Sunday morning, the M/S
Kotzebue, with Captain Jack Bul
lock in charge, arrived from Adak
with a large steel oil barge in tow.
The barge, and others, was
purchased from army surplus by
Archie Ferguson, who owns the
M/S Kotzebue and the Kotzebue
Sound Lighterage Company, and
will use the barges in his business.
The vessel is loading supplies
and freight for the north and will
depart as soon as weather per
mits.
SEATTLE, — (/P) —Alaska Gov.
Ernest Gruening suggests investi
gation by an “impartial agency”
to ascertain the truth of Water
front Employers’ charges that CIO
Longshoremen here are engaging
in “slowdown” tactics in loading
cargo for Alaskan and other ports.
Continuing its charges, the Em
ployers’ Association last night de
clared that American relief car
goes for Greece, Italy and Okina
wa are being subjected to “slow
downs.”
before adjournment June 20.
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