Fibber McGee Gets
Irish “Oscar”
HOLLYWOOD, I/Pi—Oscar is a
iood Irish name when applied to
the likes of Fibber McGee and his
Molly.
The Ancient Order of Hibern
ians announced Wednesday night
oat its 1949 Irish Oscars will go
to the radio comedians, who in
jriv^ate life have been Mr. and
Mrs. James Jordan for 30 years.
Charles J. Horan, Jr., the or
ganization’s award chairman, said
the couple was chosen by ballot
from members throughout the na
tion.
“Wholesome family entertain
ment” won the McGee’s the
award, Horan said. The Irish Os
cars will be presented at a St.
I Patrick’s Day ball here March 17
: by singer Dennis Day, last year’s
i winner. I
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the technique. The raid‘netted as
much as some of the Missouri
gang’s forays except when they
happened upon a money shipment
in thq express car.
Some afficers thought this job
was pulled by drunken amateurs.
The victims were so dazed they
couldn’t tell exactly what hap
pened. The plot went something
like this:
The Ambassador, with 100 or so
passengers was picking up speed
out of Martinsburg and was about
two miles northwest.
Someone pulled the emergency
cord and engineer C. C. Moore
stopped the big diesel locomotive.
Apparently the cord was pulled
by two men who had been drink
ing in a snack car and moved into i
the first vestibule behind the loco
motive
The two men pulled guns and;
started through the cars.
Morton W. Peskin of Cumber
land. Md., felt a gun at the back
of his head
“Give me your money or I’ll
shoot” said a voice behind him.
The gunmen slapped and shoved
hesitant passengers around. They
used their revolver butts on some.
The pair moved through the:
coaches to the club diner, which
had been locked by a trainman
who saw what was going on.
One of the bandits shot through
it. A Negro steward was nicked on
the ankle.
Engineer Moore went back to
see what the delay. When he did
not return immediately, diesel me
chanic Robert L. Mort of New
castle Pa., went back.
The two gunmen rounded them
up and shooed them to the loco
motive cab. Moore was forced to
back the train up to a grade cross
ing.
The two men commandeered an
automobile which had been stop
ped at the crossing. They took
fireman R. B. Perdue of Baltimore
with them. The car turned up at
the nearby Clover Rail Tavern,
which was robbed of about $200
as some 75 to 100 customers sat
by as dazed as the train victims.
Perdue got away there.
Paul Kakaruk. Eskimo dog-team
owner from Igloo, arrived in
Nome via PAA from Fairbanks
where he had entered his team in
the carnival races. •
Kakaruk stated that the wea
ther was soft for the races and
the teams made rather poor show
ing as to time, but that he and his
team came in third place on one
of the races and that prize money
for that place paid expenses of
his trip.
Color experts say yellow has
the highest visibility among colors.
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Laural and Hardy
Also Chap. 9 "Tha Lone Ranger"
1 Show, Saturday, 7:30 pjn.
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"TOPPER TAKES A TRIP"
Roland Young - Constance Bennett
Also "Ants in the Pantry"
Capture Two Train
| Robber Suspects
WASHINGTON, (£>)—Police re
ported a confession yesterday
j from two suspects seized in the
daring Martinsburg, W. Va., train
robbery. The two were trapped by
police yesterday in a Washington
pawnshop near the White House.
! One was shot when he drew a
pistol.
Police Lieut. John E. Winters,
who said the pair confessed,
named them as Luman Ramsdell,
23, Youngstown. Ohio, and George
Llewellyn Ahston, 21, also of
Youngstown.
Winters said policeman Elwood
Lomax fired when Ramsdell drew i
a .45 caliber revolver.
Ramsdell was taken to a hospi
tal with a bullet wound in the
stomach.
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The two were captured 15 hours
after two young gunmen halted
the Baltimore and - Ohio’s west- i
bound Ambassador train Wednes
day near Martinsburg, terrorized
passengers and escaped with more J
than $1,000.
Ramsdell and his partner were
found in the pawnshop by officers !
searching the area on a tip that j
two young men resembling the
train robbers had got off a bus
from the train robbery area.
The two men police said, were
talking about purchase of a suit
case in the S. and W. pawnbrokers
exchange when Lomaw and Police
pvt. James D. Kennedy entered.
The two officers said the pair j
answered the descriptions given
for the train robbers, and they
approached to ask for identifica
tion.
Lomax said Ramsdell made a
gesture toward his hip pocket as
if to produce a wallet.
Instead, the policeman said, he
came out with a pistol.
GIRL SCOUTS WILL TAKE
.OVER AFFAIRS OF CITY
Tomorrow morning the Girl
Scouts Troops Senior and Inter
mediate will take over the official
duties of city officials and run the
city for a period of two hours af
ter which the girls will be guests
at the Officers Club at Marks
Field.
The luncheon at which the
members < > the women’s groups
of the N.CIU. Club and Officers
Club will -*ach sponsor a girl in
commemoration of the Girl Scouts
37th anniversary will be held at
one o’clock with the members of
the Girl Scout Council also pres
ent. They are Mrs. Luther Dun
bar, Mrs. L. D. Bronson, Mrs. H.
C. Burkhalter. Scout leaders are
Mrs. M. W. Staudemayer, Mrs. R.
B. Long, and Mrs. J. L. Peterson.
The following girls will hold
sway over the affairs of the city
tomorrow; Mayor Alice Miller;
Police Chief, Donna Miller; Fire
Chief, Geraldine Fagerstrom;
City Attorney, Ruth Fagerstrom;
City Clerk, Bunny Fagerstrom.
One of the council will be Mar
garet Steinwandel in charge of
streets and alleys; Mary Louise
Lyle, police and jail committee;
Carol Marie Castel, Fire and Wa
ter; Kitty Bjornstad, Health and
relief; Ella May Long; Laws, or
dinances, and Printing Carolyn
Glavinovich. J
June Dunbar, scribe reports
that the Senior troop will have a
cake and pie sale on Saturday,
March 19th, at the U. S. Mercan
tile Store. She also reports that
both the intermediate and senior
troops are busy sewing on articles
for a bazaar and silver tea to be
held sometime in May.
The radio broadcast scheduled
for Saturday evening has been
postponed due to the fact that the
local station is off the air for re- j
pairs.
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