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Captain /. Ramsauer, master of the S. S. Batanof,
looks into the Sperry Radar scope aboard the r es
se!. 7 he S. S. Baranof was the first ship of The
Alaska Line to be equipped with Radar.
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The Sperry entenne or ti enmer, u bii b rotetct etop
m iprciel itnb most, trees mitt pulses of electro
megnetie energy into ipece, re tenet echoes from
objects et fer euey et 40 miles, eud reproduces
the objects et imeges ou the Reder tcope.
The Alaska Terminal—Pier 42—the newly ac
quired modem headquarters of Alaska Steamship
Company, now handles all sailings of The Alaska
Linda pat of ships.
The Radar-equipped S. S. Baranof sails into the
newly acquired modern docking facilities at Pier 42
—the Alaska 7crinitial.
Improved transportation service for Alaska—especially
during the winter months when weather is uncertain—
will result from the installation of Sperry Radar on the
passenger steamers of The Alaska Line fleet. The S. S.
Baranof, Aleutian and Denali are now fully equipped
with Radar.
Radar—the eye that sees in fog, smoke, rain, snow and
total darkness—increases the efficiency of ship operation
.. . aids vessels in meeting schedules . . . affords better and
more efficient year-round steamship service. Sperry Radar
presents an image on a viewing scope of all ships, land
contours, buoys and other above-water objects—distance
from any object is clearly indicated ... a ship’s position
is easily-determined.
Alaska Steamship Company is pleased to be one of the first
steamship companies in the nation to install Radar on pas
senger vessels. Since its return to private operations four
months ago, the Alaska Steamship Company has been de
voting its efforts for better facilities and better service.
The Alaska Line fleet of seventeen vessels is now operat
ing from the new facilities at Pier 42. The installation of
Radar on passenger ships is only the beginning—in the
near future all The Alaska Line ships, including freighters,
will be equipped with Radar.
Alaska Steamship Company
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Frank Nicholson
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Wed Hurriedly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. <^)-Ra
dio disc jockey Frank Nicholson
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says he and his third wife had
agreed last week to a divorce and
when she died Friday evening, he
and heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt
“got married so quickly it would
make your head swim.”
Nicholson—“Rodeo Roy” to his
radio fans—took Ann to Mrs.
Nicholson’s funeral at Sacramento
late yesterday. At Nicholson’s re
quest the ceremony was held up
a few minutes because the bridal
couple were a little late driving
up from San Francisco.
Nicholson and the 33-year-old
Ann, the “sterilized heiress” who
charged her mother and two doc
tors in 1936 with “tricking” her
into an operation to deprive her
of motherhood, were married late
: Saturday.
Less than 24 hours earlier Nich
olson’s wife, Gertrude, 37, died
from what was diagnosed in a
coroner’s preliminary report as an
overdose—200 grains—of a head
ache remedy.
Ann, who was divorced last
Wednesday in Reno by John Whi
taker, Nevada mining man, told
reporters at an impromptu press
conference that she and Nicholson
had planned to marry as soon as
they could.
Mrs. Nicholson knew of her ro
mance with “Rodeo Roy,” she
went on, and “we all agreed that
I would marry Frank as soon as
she withdrew from the scene.
Well, she withdrew.”
Nicholson and Ann sat in the
rear of the chapel during funeral
services for the bridegroom’s late
vife and viewed the body together
Nearby was a plainclothes police
man whose protection Nicholson
had sought because somebody, h -
said, had telephoned him that h<
was “going to be bumped off a‘
the funeral.”
Home Defense Mav
Have A Single
Military Head
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(By Elton C. Fay)
WASHINGTON, (/?)—'The pro
posal that a single military com
mander be made responsible for
defense of the Continental Unite 1
States is under study by the new
unified high command.
Secretary of defense Forrest.*'!
told a news conference yesterdav
that the plan, proposed Severn’
, months ago as a part of the arme ’
J forces unification program, still is
being scrutinized but that no dec.
sion has been reached.
The new national defense ad
makes no specific provision for
i such a command, but it leaves the
way open in a section coverine
the joint chiefs of staff, the mili
tary commanders of the army,
navy and air force, plus the chid
of staff to the President. The du
ties of the staff, that section say
includes the establishment “n:
unified commands in strategy
areas when such unified com
1 mands are in the interest of n.i
I tional security.”
In some military quarters, th s
I is interpreted to mean that the s<
! called “zone of the interior”
i meaning the Continental Unit '
States, could be considered a str
tepic area reouiring an over- ’>
1 command.