“It’s Easy To Fly A
B-17” Say Sgts.
BALBOA, C. Z., (/P) —Appar
ently it isn’t very hard to fly a
B-17.
Two American sergeants, ac
cused of taking an unauthorized
1,700-mile joyride in a flying fort
ress across some of the roughest
terrain in the world, said today
they didn’t have much trouble on
their little jaunt, although neither
had ever been at the controls be
fore,
M/Sgt. Glen D. Woods of Mun
cie, Ind., and S/Sgt. Theodore S.
Havens, Jr., of Washington, N. J.,
arrived at U. S. Caribbean Air
Command headquarters Wednes
day night from Caracas, Venezue
la, where military authorities said
they landed the B-17 Monday af
ter a flight across the Andes from
Galapagos.
They can be charged with mis
appropriating army property, an
offense which carries a sentem e
of up to five years in prison.
But apparently they weren’t
greatly worried. Said Woods:
“This was the most fun I’ve had
since the war!”
Both said they had observed pi
lots in flight—Woods in 17 mis
sions over Europe, Havens with
the airforce in New Guinea—and
it looked pretty easy.
Woods said he handled the con
trols the whole way—just did ev
erything he had seen pilots do.
Unions Charged
With Unfair
Labor Practices
SEATTLE, (>P) — Three unions
face charges of unfair labor prac
tices today for refusing to negoti
ate with the Alaska Salmon In
dustry.
The unions named in the indus
try statement are the Internation
al Association'of machinists (Inde
pendent', the CIO-Alaska fisher
men’s union, and the ClO-Cordo
va district fisheries union.
The three labor groups refused
to negotiate recently in support of
bargaining right claims made by
local 7, ClO-cannery workers
union.
W. C. Arnold, managing director
of the Alaska Salman Industry.
Inc., said last night he considered
this refusal an unfair labor prac
tice. He said the charges were
filed with the national labor rela
tions board.
John Hudort, superintendent of
the Road Commission in this dis
trict and his assistant A. Storm
foils, returned on the Pan Ameri
can .from a four day conference
held in Juneau, of all superintend
ents including 3 from Anchorage,
1 from Valdez, 1 from Glenallen,
2 from Fairbanks and 1 from
Nome.
Mr. Hudert states that mainten
ance will be carried on as usual in
this division with an extension be
ing made to the road from Solo
mon to Council.
PIONEER HALL
SERVICES CONCLUDED
The evangelistic services in the
Pioneer Hall, conducted for the
oast three months have come to a
close.
These meetings have been held
bv Fred H. Wagner of the Seventh
Day Adventist church. Pastor
Wagner is inviting all interested
friends to his home at Fourth and
Division Street for Sunday night
meetings. On Saturday at eleven
o’clock an interesting Sabbath
school is conducted for adults and
children of the community.
Aurora, 111., Girls
Hunt Bachelors
AURORA, 111. (iT*) — Aurora’s
bachelors made themselves scarce
today—if they didnH want to ride
in a brand new paddy wagon.
Eighty-six girls. 18 years old
and over, made up the “potfc’der
puff” administration which ran
this city of about 50,000 on its an
nual leap year day.
They ran the whole works.
Twenty-three were members of
the police force. With a new paddy
wagon borrowed from Chicago—
Aurora didn’t have any—they
planned to raid clubs, taverns and
other likely spots and bring bach
elors into court. In court police
magistrate Irene Youngen — a
drug store clerk on other days—
Printers Stop Work
In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, </P) — Union
printers failed to report for work
yesterday in Philadelphia’s 23 ma
jor commercial printing firms.
Sinclair Muir, president of the
AFL international typographical
union’s local 2, refused to call the
action by the 900 printers a strike.
He said they merely were “not
desirous of continuing their em
ployment under the present low
wage scale.”
The work stoppage—first here
in 27 years—was decided upon
last night by a vote of 1,110 to 58,
Muir reported.
was to fine them silk stockings,
candy, or other dainties.
Prisoners Escape
During Services
—
CLINTON, Mo. i/P)—Three pris
oners escaped from the Henry
county jail while a religious serv
ice was being conducted for them
last night.
Rev. Allen Pontius and his wife
were conducting the regular
Thursday night service in the jail
lobby for 11 inmates. They said
one ecsapee went out the jail door
into the hall about 15 minutes af
ter the service began. The othqr
two followed him a short time
later. Sheriff Bob Eberting iden
tified the three as William Lee
Berry, 21, Kansas City: Laverne
Weese, 22 and Walter Bartel, 22.
Kirill Escape from
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MERIDIAN, Tex. UP) — Four
members of a 12-man crew were
killed in the crash of a B-29 bom
ber near here Wednesday night.
The eight other crew mem tiers,
including Col. Alan D. Clark of
Fort Worth, Tex.. 7th bombard
wing commander, parac h u t c
through the rain and fog to safety.
One of a flight of 20 B-29’
bound for the West Coast, the
b mber crashed in flames shortly
after taking off from Carswell Air
Base at Fort Worth, Tex. Clark
was commander of the flight.
Besides Clark, the men who
bailed out included Lt. Col. Harry
E. Goldsworth, Spokane, Wash.
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