Singers Dedicate
My Blue Heaven to
Wrong ‘Governor’
SEATTLE UP! — “Our next num
ber is My Blue Heaven,” said the
spokesman of a singing group in
Seattle’s Olympic Hotel. “We dedi
cate it to the next governor of
Nevada, Gene Austin.”
Gov. Albert Rosellini of Wash
ington stood up and protested in
suri. 'se. “My guest,” he said, “is
the present governor of Nevada,
the honorable Grant Sawyer.”
The incident drew a chuckle
from Austin when he stopped off in
Seattle after a singing engagement
in Fairbanks. (“I’ve got to rest a
couple of days,” said Gene. “That
Alaska daylight doesn’t know when
to quit. The sun just goes round
and round; it goes behind a moun
tain and you dive into bed, but
before you can pull the covers
over your head it’s out again.”)
My friends in show business
are boosting me everywhere,” he
grinned. “I’m running real good in
Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
People in Fairbanks were trying to
contribute to my campaign fund. I
have to get back to Las Vegas and
see how I’m doing at home.” ... L
Austin raised a lot of eyebrows
when he announced his intention
to oppose Sawyer for the Demo
cratic nomination. Now 62, he has
been a singer so many years that
many old friends did not know or
had forgotten that Gene is a gradu
ate of the University of Maryland
Law School.
What prompted his decision to
try the switch from piano to poli
tics? “Old age,” laughed Gene, who
looks not older than 50 despite his
graying hair.
‘It’s time I settled down. I’ve
' lived in Nevada since 1947; I’d like
tO stay hnAo o Swilffi.il i a 1 r
--^ «* w««»ic uiatCQu iu
galivanting all over the country.”
The man who sang My Blue
$40,500 FOR STUDY OF
NATIVE ARTS & CRAFTS
JUNEAU W) — The Bureau of
Indian Affairs has allocated the
University of Alaska $40,500 for a
study of Alaska native arts and
crafts, Gov. Wm. Egan said today.
The study will cover means of
increasing the number of outlets
for native products and for creat
ing consumer interest in native arts
and crafts.
Heaven into a sentimental success
said he would like to see Nevada,
often called the divorce state, be
come known as the marriage state.
Austin, who has written more
than 200 songs, may write another
for his campaign — which natu
rally, will be musical. Before the
election in September he expects
to sing in a lot of out of the way
places.
“There are only 87,000 votes in
Nevada,” Gene said, “and the old
whippoorwill will have to raise his
voice to reach them all.
“I have one thing going for me.
Never having run before I haven’t
made any political mistakes. I’m
an undefeated politician.”
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Walk on Water
WASHINGTON w — Three men
dressed in battle uniforms and car
rying carbines walked on the water
of the Pentagon lagoon yesterday.
A group of spectators including
several Army generals who appar
ently came to the demonstration
out of curiosity since the military
so far has no official interest in
the “water shoes” sold commercial
ly for recreational purposes for
the past three summers.
Spokesmen for the manufactur
ing company said no contracts with
the armed forces have been award
ed — but they also explained and
demonstrated in detail how the
shoes might be used by soldiers
for river crossing or jungle water
way maneuvering.
A pair of shoes, each five feet
long, can support a weight up to
350 pounds. The material is the
so-called urethane foam, produced
by the National Aniline Division
of Allied Chemicals, and contains
tiny air cells to produce the flo
tation effect. It is used for a
variety of purposes, including
safety flotation for boats.
The walking actually is a shuff
ling motion, similar to skiing. It
is possible for a man using these
shoes to move at a speed up to
three miles an hour.
Diamond comes from the Greek
word “adamas,” meaning “un
conquerable” and “unchanging.”
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[EDWARD M. GILBERT
INDICTED ON CHARGE
OF STEALING $1,953,000
NEW YORK UP) — Edward M.
Gilbert, the Wall Street financier
who ran away to Brazil after the
recent stock market crash, was
indicted yesterday on a charge of
stealing, $1,953,000 of his com
pany’s funds.
Gilbert, 33-year-old high living
playboy, and hard-boiled indus
trial operator, was president of
E. L. Bruce Co. at the time he took
the money to try to protect his
financial assets as they melted
away in the May 28 stock market
crash.
He admitted to his stockholders
June 12 that he had withdrawn
nearly $2 million in company
funds without authorization. A
few hours later, he fled by air
to Rio De Janeiro.
The federal grand jury handed
up a 15-count indictment accusing
him of unlawfully converting the
company funds to his own Use.
"Outboard Motor" . . .
OXNARD, Calif. Uf) — The Rail
way Express delivered to Jack
Evans a big crate labelled “out
board motor."
Inside sure enough, was an out
board motor — stolen from Evans’
garage in 1947 — and this note:
“I did not think I would be so
long in getting this back to you.”
It was signed “Bill J.”
The motor, shipped prepaid from
Alhambra, Calif., was in good
condition. Evans said he has no
idea who Bill J. is.
NOTICE
The fiscal year for Nome Public
Schools ends on June 30, 1962.
Please see that all accounts accu
mulated by the School District are
received at P.O. Box 131, Nome.
Alaska oft or before July 5, 1862.
Victor F. Charles,
School Superintendent
U.N. General Assembly Demands
Southern Rhodesia Enact New
Racial Equality Constitution
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. UP> —
An Asian-African and Communist
majority in the U.N. General As
sembly yesterday overrode strong
British objections and demanded
that Britain force Southern Rho
desia to enact a new racial equality
constitution.
Britain announced beforehand
that the resolution was unaccept
able and refused to participate in
the voting. Sir Patrick Dean, Brit
ish delegation chief, stalked from
the hall as the balloting began, but
his aides remained in their seats.
The vote cn the resolution, spon
sored by 38 African and Asian na
tions, was 73-1 with 27 absten
tions. South Africa cast the lone
negative vote. The United States
was among those abstaining.
HOUSE OKEHS ONE-MONTH
APPROPRIATION MEASURE
WASHINGTON UD — An emer
gency one-month appropriation bill
for all government agencies was
passed by the Hi>«se by voice vote
yesterday and sent to the Senate.
It followed the standard form of
past years in which the new fiscal
year, starting on July 1, arrived
without the annual money bills
having been sent to the President.
The bill would provide limited
funds for the month of July. An
other measure probably will be
necessary late in July because the
outlook is that many regular money
bills will not have been passed
by that time.
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