Thirty Sailors Killed
In Gun Explosion On
Cruiser St. Paul
TOKYO, (iP)—Thirty American
seamen were killed in an explo
sion in a gun turret on the cruiser
St. Paul off Korea Monday. The
Navy said it was the worst naval
disaster of the Korean wnr.
The announcement said ‘‘a gun
powder fire of undetermined ori
gin” set off the explosion in an
8-inch forward turret. A board is
investigating.
The St. Paul was firing on
Communist positions on the Ko
rean east coast. It continued firing
after the blust and still is in Ko
rean waters.
Communist shore guns were not
firing at the American warship.
The blast racked the heavy
cruiser. All 30 victims were killed
the Navy said, most by asphixi
ation due to burning gases. There
were no injuries. All victims were
in the turret.
NEIL F. MOORE
Candidate For
AUDITOR
OF ALASKA
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Stictly Follows the Law
School Play, ‘Tiger House’
Rated A Success With
Lots of Laughs, Thrills
“Tiger House,” mystery com
edy, which was given by Nome
High School last Friday night, was
full of suspense, thrills and
laughs.
Although Mrs. William Cam
eron didn’t take a bow with the
cast, the community is well aware
that it was through her excel
lent coaching and directing that
the play was so successful. Mrs.
Cameron has directed the annual
school play for the past several
years, giving the students a wide
variety of character parts to work
at, and the community good en
tertainment.
Leading lady was Katherine
Bjornstad and the hero, Vernon
Olson. Principle character parts
were played by Bill Boucher, who
turned out to be the Tiger mystery
man; Betty Hurlbert, the maiden
aunt whose false teeth caused
much hilarity; Lawrence Okpe
aluk, African high chief; and Lo
lita Havercamp as an elderly
housekeeper. Comedian Robert
Summers kept the audience in
constant laughter. Others in the
cast were Diane Swanberg, Elmer
Greene and Jeri Fagerstrom, who
also played their parts well.
Following the show, the cast
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Cameron at an after-theater
party, at which time the students
took the opportunity of present
ing Mrs. Cameron with a lovely
nugget butterfly pin as an expres
sion of their appreciation for her
untiring efforts in their behalf.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commerce,
Weather Bureau
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Partly cloudy tonight. Generally
clear Tuesday. Light variable
winds. Lowest temperature expec
ted tonight '5, highest Tues. 25.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
21, low 1. Max. wind 8 mph. from
the WNW. Sunrise 3:42 am., sun
set 8:19 p.m.
Temperatures one year ago to
day: high 34, low 25. Extreme
temperatures this date since 1907:
high 46 in 1912, low -9 in 1924.
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RE-ELECT
EDWARD ANDERSON
FOR
SENATOR
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AVA To Compile List
Of Housing and Hunting
And Fishing Places
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SEATTLE, (JP)— Plans for in
creasing tourist travel to Alaska
were mapped at a conference of
the Alaska Visitors Association
and transportation company exec
utives Thursday at the Chamber
of Commerce.
Ed Coffey, Anchorage insurance
man and president of the associ
ation, and James Chadwick, Ju
neau, executive director, said they
hoped to make Alaska more popu
lar.
Concensus of the group was
that the Visitors Association
should compile a list of housing
and places to hunt and fish
throughout Alaska. The list would
be supplied to all travel agencies
likely to book passengers to the
Territory.
The group decided an intensive
publicity campaign of the Terri
tory is the best means of realiz
ing its objective. In addition, full
time tourist information centers
will be operated during the sum
mer in Fairbanks, Nome, Anchor
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age and Juneau.
The Alaska legislature has al
located $40,000 to finance the Visi
tors Association for the present
biennium, Chadwick said. The
statute, however, states the money
may be used only to buy adver
tising space in publications.
The Territorial Treasurer, in
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cidentally, cannot issue the money
to the Association unless matching
funds raised from private sources
are on hand. The provision, Cof
fey explained, was to make cer
tain the Association did not be
come a political football.
OKLAHOMA CITY, (/P)—There
was no doubt the marriage be
tween H. L. Huddleston, 78, and
Mrs. Will Rcrdman, 72, will* be a
tremendous success.
“I’ve been making biscuits for
51 years,” said the new Mrs.
Huddleston, “and he’s an old bis
cuit eater.”
NOTICE
Glenn Carrington and Co. has
sold all building materials, glass,
paint and small hardware to Bill
Gillis.
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A stock of tractor parts will
be carried for the convenience of
the miners. For any tractor parts
call Main 44 after 6 p.m.
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GLENN CARRINGTON & CO.
DONALD LYLE
VOTE FOR
bert McCarthy
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
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for
House of Representatives
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Vote April 29 Primary Election
VOTE FOR
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Robert C. Reeve
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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
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Elect an old time Alaska Bush Pilot and
business leader and employer as your REP
RESENTATIVE in Washington.
Let me help cure our present difficulties.
They are many—and a strong and fearless
fighter and producer can lick them by an
honest approach and strong - willed deter
mination. That includes everything, fishing
problems, land problems, new roads, better
schools, a better chance for natives, the
development of our land, a good Statehood
bill with the people taken into confidence.
better care for the old and needy, immediate
settlement of native claims, keeping foreign
nations out of our fishing, and development of
our minerals—just to mention a few.
Free enterprise made Alaska and pulled us
out of the doldrums many times in the past.
Government spending and subsidies can't last
forever and time passes fast. Plan NOW for
the future. >
Elect a man who has helped build Alaska
with his own hands and blood and sweat and
knows the bad along with the good.
VOTE R AND R
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