‘FRESHMAN' PREXY ARRIVES i
Gneral Dwight D. Eisenhower, wearing a civ
ilian gray pin-striped business suit, walks by
students as he mounts steps of Columbia Uni
versity, New York. Eisenhower ,who on June
7 will be installed as president of the Univer
sity, said he felt just like a "freshman” in his
new endeavor. (AP Wirephoto)
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•"Robot Brains" Ready for 1950 Census
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'I his 'Electronic Brain" does multiplication problems for the
Census Bureau. The switchboard that Mary McCully of Chillum.
Md.. Is fitting into the device sets the pattern by which the "brain"
^ will solve the problem. The cabinet in front of Miss McCully will
"read" the problem to the mathematical "wizard" in the round box
at the right which will "reply" to the cabinet where the answer
is printed.
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Towns In Alaska
Worth 90 Million
JUNEAU, — Property within
the incorporated towns of Al
aska is assessed currently at ap
proxima‘ely $90,000,000, the Al
aska Development Board report
ed today on the completion of a
stiAly of assessment and tax prac
tices in the various municipal-!
ities of the Territory.
A total of $38,455,853.11 was re
ported by 22 incorporated towns.
This does not include proper y at
Cordova, Hydaburg. Klawock,
Po-4 Alexander or Yakutat, from!
which towns no informati >n was
''or hcoming.
Ketchikan rates as the second
largest town in the Teritory from
the standpoint of total assessed
vakm ion, exceeding both Fair
banks and Jun .au in this respect,
he s’udv discloses. The $15,222,
z io assessed vamafon ot property
in the First City ml ce> ! r ghi
behind Anchorage w: b $25,5':3,
142. Fairbanks reported valuation
oT $13,030,035, and June u $12.
317,790.
With few except: tn-n all ho
major communities of Alaska ;i
taxing at the lull 20 mi.Is maxi
mum rate permit*, d under the
! Organ:c Act. the Develo,v~r*n
Joard found. The exceptions are
Wrangell with a rate of 17 mills.
Seldovia with 13 mills, Nome wi'h
12 1/2 mills, and Sev. ard \v :h
.2 on real property, although per
nal property is taxed at 20 mills.
Tax rates in the ■ ,ai!er e >m
munities are generally low, : . X
nnna has a rate of 15 mills, -Vli
can City 14. Eagle 10. ^.ind Kla
woek 5. The last taxes reel p
perty only. Hoonnh, whin i rate of
10 mills, taxes improvements on
ly, making no levy upon land.
Metlakatla levies no taxes what
ever. but supports the t nvn on
proceed ■ from the community
owned cannery and other snn
av sources.
AMERICAN LEGION BART f
WAS QUITE NICE AFFAIR
The American Legion dancing
party held in the Legion Hall on
Saturday night for members and
guests was a peppy affair.
Good music and lunch kept the
folks dancing and enjoying them
selves for many hours.
Committee for the party was
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Kelliher.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ullrich
and Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh.
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FLOWER ETIQUETTE . . . It is
corfecf to wear a corsage on
the left shoulder, with stems
down, as the flower grows.
6Mr. Smith’ Gives
Over a Million
To Miehigan U.
ANN ARBOR. Mich.,—(^—Un
iversity of Michigan students pre
sent and future—are the recip
ients of more than SI,009,000 left
them by a modest 79-year-old
batchelor.
They have seen him strolling
around the campus for 11 years.
Most of them knew only that his
name was Mr. Smith and that
he lived irt a small room in the
Michigan Union, cnt >r f com: pi •
civitie .
live donor \va* C. i Hrr.b\
ones a prominent Detroit a,;or
"c.v, who cti i h
more than $1.0 x n > in
securities.
Smith speckled -it
t■ ms be 1: < 1 i >y h ■ V.eh'•• •
Hoard of Re; en‘
fund—without name- >r v 1 .
loans, scholarships
of mor : for l.T:t! vers'* r ki ;h
igan students."
TOWN HR LEAVES FOR
EUSTER CREEK CAMP
Earl To oner left for h.^ camp
on Duster (' or', to ase ■ •* do c n
iitions a* the cat p f the K >u
garok Freight and M ;d Ho. He
wi’l return to Nome b ore • n
:n;.» camp !' '• tke v mr.• v.
FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED
TWICE ONE NIGHT
The Fire Department was called
out two times on the nigh: of
Saturday and Sunday, both calls
being overheated stoves.
The first alarm was >■•••• 7
clock from the home Si void
Cl ytten, n >ar the V d ted
Medical Teams To
’Train in Swamps
IMMOKALEE, Fla., </Pi —12
grizzled Air Force rescue experts
slogged through the Everglades
swamp today on a 2fi-m:le trek
in some of nature’s meanest ter
rain.
The hike is to train doctors
medical corpsmen and rescue
teams h >w to traverse swamps
::n: 1 jungle on rescue missions.
The “jungle pHasd'” however,
is jus* the firs4 part of a rigor
ii's ‘ u 'ling planned for the sol
lie:-'. La4er they will practice
the Flor
ida Gulf CM trim o to Alaska
1 .* Arc* c surv v «1 st 11
n insert <*r» .i * t i :\uv. ■>
. e there.
<•
ny
F r ‘he past
•l ive lived off nature.
Thev first pa rack i ted into a
'• v no ted area, snagging their
• vu es in trees and lowered them
< '".s to the ground with 150-foot
rope.-.
They then hacked a clearing
•• unde: brush and caught
. on’ e ■. racoon-, 'possums and
. Th- y a e roots and the hearts
cabbage palms. At night they
fashioned hammocks for sleeping
and ate and cooked with lit.• nils
r 1 ? from bamboo : >ints.
Churcli and the second at two
A. AI. Sun lay »n > .rag from the
tl ven Anar merits. There was no
’:i either ease.
Kotzebue
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Lv. ANCHORAGE 8:00 a.m.
Ar. MOSES POINT 12:00 noon.
Ar. NOME 1:00 p.m.
Ar. KOTZEBUE 2:40 p.m.
SUNDAYS
Lv. KOTZEBUE 2:00 p.m.
Ar. NOME 3:10 p.m.
Ar. MOSES POINT 4:10 p.m.
Ar. ANCHORAGE 8:05 p.m.
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