’Copier Spots Field
Of Moored Mines
WASHINGTON (/P)—American
destroyers have destroyed two
more floating mines off the east
coast of Korea, the navy said Sat
urday. Three U. S. vessels have
been damaged by mines in recent
days.
A helicopter also has spotted a
field of about 15 moored mines in
the same general area, the navy
added.
A navy spokesman said that
one floating mine, apparently
new, was sunk by the destroyer
Swenson in the Sea of Japan off
Korea 31 miles north of the 38th
parallel.
The destroyer Maddox was re
ported to have destroyed another
floating mine about 41 miles north
>f the 38th parallel.
The navy spokesman said that
a helicopter on a reconnaissance
flight spotted the field of moored
mines near the shore, the area
was described as east of Kosong.
It was not known if the mines
were of Russian type.
Terri t o rv-Wide
Election Campaign
Ends Today
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the Democrats have upheld the
financial deal between the Terri
tory and the Palmer Airport As
sociation as a proper one to get
added federal money with ap
proval of federal officials.
There also have been a tangled
string of other issues tossed into
the hot political skillet.
While all the House seats are
to be filled, six of the eight Sen
ate seats to be filled are now held
by Republicans. They were the
Senators elctd in the 1946 Repub
lican. Three of them did not run
for re-election and a fourth was
beaten in the primaries. Lively
scrambles are underway for the
Senate seats in all four Divisions.
Polio Extends
Ketchikan North
To Point Barrow
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al health commissioner, said the
Point Barrow Eskimo woman had
the bulbar type of polio, which
strike directly at the brain.
The latest hospital case at Fair
banks is the mother of a stricken
child.
In New York, the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis said a request for an iron lung
was received from Point Barrow.
Basil O’Connor, president of the
foundation said an air force
transport would take one of the
eight which already have been
sent to Alaska.
O’Connor said Dr. Albrecht
would administer foundation sup
plies in Alaska. He said a $14,000
fund was on hand from March of
Dimes contributions in the Terri
tory.
The two nurses ordered north
are Miss Louise M. Suchomel,
chief consultant in orthopedic
nursing for the national organiza
tion for public health nursing, and
Miss Helen Anderson of the Uni
versity of Washington Nursing
School.
Miss Suchomel flew from New
York to Anchorage and Fairbanks
it was reported from Seattle.
Miss Anderson was flying from
Seattle to Ketchikan. ,
Win. Duckering, 69
Dean of U. of A.,
Dies Suddenly
FAIRBANKS, </P) — William
Elmhurst Duckering, 69, Univers
ity of Alaska dean and . faculty
head, died suddenly Saturday at
his home on the campus. His wife,
who had been in the States for
| medical treatment, was on her
way back here.
Duckering was a brief visitor
to Nome in 1900 as an engineer
ing student at the University of
Washington, whence he was grad
uated in 1903.
He returned to Alaska perman
ently in 1932 to become head of
the department of civil engineer
ing and mathematics at the Uni
versity of Alaska. Last year the
board of regents bestowed an
honorary degree of doctor of en
gineering on him.
Survivors include the widow
and a daughter, Mrs. A. J. Schai
ble. Fairbanks.
Masonic services will be held
here tonight, after which the edu
cator’s body will be flown to Seat
tle for burial Tuesday.
His death came less than a
week after he was inducted into
the Pioneers of Alaska lodge.
R. N. ROSS SURVEYING
NOME HOUSING PROBLEMS |
R. N. Ross of the Public Hous
ing Administration on the slum
clearance project under the Alas
ka Housing Authority, arrived in
town yesterday with Pan Ameri
can to confer with city officials
on Nome’s share of this project.
Mr. Ross, whose headquarters
are in Fairbanks, stated this
morning that although his trip is
primarily a survey trip it will ac
quaint the people with the prin
ciple involved. Congress has au
thorized the building of 810,000
units in the United States and j
possessions, to be built over a pe- j
riod of six years. This project has
already become part of the na
tional budget and it is only fair
that the Alaskan taxpayers get
their share in the project, he
stated.
The projects are financed by
sale of bonds, guaranteed by the
United States government and in
sured by them. The government
buys the property on which the
homes are constructed and are
paid for by the individuals at a
very low cost.
Mr. Ross will speak before the
council tonight and also at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting
tomorrow noon. He is a guest at
the Wallace Hotel.
Navy Works On
A-Powered Ship
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LOS ANGELES, iff)—The navy
is experimenting with two nu
clear reactors to drive ships and
a project is on to power an air
plane with atomic energy, says
Gordon Dean, chairman of the
atomic energy commission.
He admitted, however, that de
velopment of these nuclear reac
tors is in the early stages.”
The commmission’s main aim is
to continue stockpiling processed
radio-active ore, Dean told the
State Bar of California, to be
ready for any emergency—come
war or peace.
INSTALLATION OF CHURCH
SCHOOL STAFF AT FEDERATED
Teachers and officers of the
Church School staff at the Meth
odist Church-Federated were for
mally installed during the Sunday
morning worship service yester
day. Staff members include: Nurs
ery, Omie McCarthy; Cradle Roll,
Mrs. Dan Jones; Kindergarten,
Miss Eileen Utech; .Primary
grades: Bertha Fiscus, Lennie
Mae Nerland and Mildred Har
wood; Junior grade: Mr. Earl
Clark; Intermediates, Mrs. Irma
Clark; Adult, English-speaking:
Mr. Olaf Halverson! Adult, trans
alted, Rev. Robert S. Treat. Su
perintendent: Raymond H. Tve
ter; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs.
Mary Nelson.
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