Pension Bill Ami
Insurance Bill
Loom Imminent
' WASHINGTON, (/P)—A pension
bill in the Senate -and an insur
ance bill in the House are the top
priority items for veterans in the
Congressional session starting a
week from yesterday.
A bonus bill for World War II
veterans is in the background..
Even its strongest supporters
among veterans’ organizati o n s
don’t expect this multi-billion dol
lar measure to get anywhere in
the next session.
The House already has passed a j
liberalized pension .bill for veter
ans of both world wars. Now it’s
up to the Senate to aA.
There have been estimates that
over the next half century the bill
would set the taxpayers back
^ around $8,500,000,000.
) One of its major features p ro
ly vides that any veteran would be
considered permanently and total
ly disabled upon reaching the age
of 65. He could get a $72-a-month
pension if he had no dependents
and an income below $1,200 a
year, or if he had dependents and
an income below $2,500.
Chariman Rankin <D.-Miss.) told
a reporter the first bill the House
veterans’ committee will consider
probably will be an insurance
measure supported by the Ameri
can Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, disabled American Veterans
and Amvets.
Inventory blanks at Nome Nugget.
Air Force Says
‘•No Flying Saucers’
■
WASHINGTON, (A3) — After
checking up on 375 rumors of
weird and wondrous sights in the
sky, the air force has concluded
that there aren’t any “flying sau
cers.”
It took two years, a special team
from the USAF’s science staff, and
help from university consultants
to track down the rumors of
strange discs whizzing through
the air.
Last night the air fc ^ce said
“project flying saucer” — the in
vestigation started by the air ma
teriel command at W- ght Base,
foayton, Ohio, on January 22, 1948
—has been ordered ended because
there is nothing to show that the
repoits were “not the results of |
natural phenomena.”
All eviutnce, it added points to
three factors —“mininterpretation
of various conventional objects; a
mild form of mass hysteria; or
hoaxes”—as the origin of the fly-1
ing saucer reports.
The effect of last night’s air
force’s announcement was to deny
a story appearing in the current
edition of the magazine “True.”
The magazine said it had learned
that “a rocket authority stationed
at Wright Field has told ‘project
saucer’ personnel flatly that the
saucers are interplanetary and
that no other conclusion is possi
ble.”
About 2,100,000 permanent
homes were built in the United
S:ates between 1940 and 1945.
A Friendship Tree For Christmas
Here is a new and novel way to show off those many Christmas
greeting cards you’ll be getting soon. Make a “Friendship” tree by
hanging the cards on your Christmas tree where all the folks who drop
in can see them. You’ll be amazed at the amount of sparkle-and color
they add to the tree and how well they complement the other decorations
It is easy to do. Just tape them on the tree with loops of transparent
cellophane tape.
Boy Scouts (lamp 1
At Big Delta
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—Boy Scouts
in a holiday camp at Big Delta
tried out skis and tracked buffalo
yesterday in a temperature 45 de
grees below zero.
The Scouts are experiencing a
six-day training program at the U. |
S. Army Arctic Training Center.
They live in the camp’s huts and
eat regular army fare.
The older explorer Scouts biv
ouaced last night near Donnelly
Dome, a prominence in Tanana
Valley, trying their hands at real
Arctic outdoor living. With them
were army Arctic experts. The
party used the newest in Arctic
clothing and equipment, including
heated tents. I
The Scouts are learning to use i
the compass to find their way on
tralis through the spruce woods
and, witht he army, sampling Arc
tic warfare. Russell Apple, Boy
Scout field executive, is directing
the encampment.
Dewey To Relire
From Polities
NEW YORK. (/P) — The New
York Times today said it is likely
that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will
retire temporarily from public life
at the end of his present term as
Governor of New York.
Waren Moscow, political writer
for the Times, said there are indi
cations that Dewey will not be a
candidate for Governor in 1950 or
for President in 1952, but may
come back into the Presidential
race in 1956 or 1960.
Dewey would be only 54 years
old in 1956.
Moscow said there were “tangi
ble developments” tending to con
firm the prediction.
One was an announcement from
Priceton University that Dewey
will deliver four lectures on the
“American Political System” there
in February and April.
POSTPONE BUILDING OF
SKATING RINK
The Arctic Club has announced
the postponement of the installa
tion of the skating rink which
they have been planning for sev
eral months. The main reason the
project has been delayed, it is re
ported. is the lack of a suitable
site, near enough to town to be
convenient to the young skaters.
Several lots have been offered,
but only on a temporary plan and
the club desires to invest in some
thing of a permanent nature and
big enough so that tennis courts
etc., can be erected in the future, i
The money already raised will be
kept on deposit in the bank until
actual construction of this recrea
tional center can get under way.
The board of directors of the
Arctice'Club are open to sugges
tion and invite anyone to write
them. Box 399, with ideas on the
subject.
The C.A.A. however have com
pleted a skating rink which they
have made available to the young
people of Nome school at specified
hours.
Nugget Ads Bring Quick Results
Fisherman Has
Frozen Feet
Amputated
JUNEAU, (/P)—The two frozen
feet which took a fisherman bare
footed over a barnacled, rocky
beach to an isolated cabin after
his trolling boat sank in a storm
Dec. 7 were amputated Monday.
D. B. “Mack” Mercado’s leet
were amputated after several
transfusions failed to save them.
Mercado’s trollor sank in a
storm at St James Bay. He ra
mained for five days without food
or water before being rescued
from the cabine shelter he reached
by swimming ashore.
Uis partner, Andy Haffner, was
Ids* His body has not been recov
ered.
The coast guard raised Merca
do’s troller and brought it here.
Fishermen generously put it into
shape so Mercado can go fishing
next season.
Apples stored at temperatures
very close to the point at which
they will freeze will keep for
months longer than apples stored
at temperatures even four or five
degrees higher.
500 Violent Deaths
Over Holiday
J
<By The Associated Press)
Black crepe replaced the green
holly in the homes of more than
500 persons killed in violent acci
dents across the nation over the
extended Christmas holiday.
Nearyl 400 of the deaths result
ed from traffic accidents.The traf
fic toll—387—was under the esti
mated 435 made by the National
Safety Council for the period from
6 p.m. last Friday to midnight
Monday
But the total soared far above
500 with other violent deaths. 65
persons were killed in fires and
92 others lost their lives in acci
dents of miscellaneous, causes.
These included shootings, falls,
electrocutions, plane crashes, ex
posure and asphyxiation.
Tragedy came to many homes in
place of Santa Claus, a mother
and her six children perished in a
fire which swept their small home
in San Antonio, Texas. Another
I Texas family of five was wiped
i out in an automobile-gasoline
! truck accident.
Texas led the nation with 55
! violent deaths.
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