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CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Father of a Great Nation
George Washington’s great-grandfather was
a farmer, who arrived in America with little
money like the millions of immigrants who were to
follow him. In 20 years he owned 5,000 acres of land
which is now Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Our George Washington was a farmer too, who
seit aside his own career when called upon to serve
his country and become the first President of the
United States, respected in his own country and re
vered all over the world.
The traditional observance of the anniversary of
his birth is not merely an occasion to honor and attest
the respect and reverence and affection in which his
name is held, but an occasion for remembering the
great faith with which he served his country.
Even during his Presidency there were tax prob
lems in this land of peace, security and freedom as
Washington had to send troops to crush the Whisky
Rebellion when farmers refused to pay tax on whisky.
Little did he dream that had he lived almost two hun
dred years later he could not have inherited his vast
estate without losing most of it through inheritance
tax.
Probably more important than his ability as a
great soldier was his belief in equality and brotherhood
•with his fellowmen, which made him the Father of
a great nation. ___
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Islands of the lest Indies—the
only places where nutmeg, and
cloves grew—and they jeal
ously guarded a monopoly on
these spices As a young mis.
nonary in Chins. M Potvre
became obsessed with the idea
of stealing some seeds from
the spies plants in the nearby
and planting
them elsewhere. He fraterniz
ed with certain Dutch mal
contents; learned the native
language and even shanghaied
a native interpreter Aftei
many unsuccesf ul attempts—
several of them hair-raisini
because of the fierce Dutch
attitude toward their precious
commodities—he succeeded ir
smuggling out some seedlings
These he tended lovingly ir
a botanical garden on a French
island in tbe Indian Ocean
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to other French colonies am
to the islands fa the Wes
Indies. fhT Dutch mowpolj
was broken and subnet K*s
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on the spier shelves of th
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U.S. Marks Its Greatest Day In the Space Age As
Glenn Rockets Three Times Around the World
• • •
By Howard Benedict
j CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (A -
j Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr
| rocketed three times around the
world Tuesday, gave a master
ful demonstration of man’s ability
to operate a space ship, and was
recovered safely after landing ir
the Atlantic Ocean.
The spaceship parachuted tc
within six miles of a recovers
vessel, the destroyer USS Noa
landing in the water at 2:43 p.m
and was picked up at 3:01 pm
His flight took four hours, 5f
minutes.
Carrying the United States ban
ner on this nation’s greatest daj
in the space age, the daring Ma
rine lieutenant colonel took ovei
partial manual control of hi:
Friendship 7 spacecraft for mon
than three hours when troubh
developed in the automatic sys
tern.
Firmly in command of his spac<
chariot, Glenn himself made th<
decision to complete the full three
orbit mission at a time whet
ground officials were considerinj
terminating the flight after tw<
orbits because of the difficulty.
"Ready io Go"
"Affirmative . . . I’m ready t<
go,” was Glenn’s quick reply whet
asked if he wanted to continu*
on his 17,530-mile an hour jour
ney at altitudes ranging from 10<
to 160 miles.
Officials said the capsule woul<
have been commanded back t
earth after one orbit if a humai
had not been aboard to overrid
the control problem.
For Glenn, it was a fulfillmer
of a long-time dream and a gres
I personal triumph as he mastei
fully performed a series of ei
I 4<>sVc linear VilixVt a»avt!
pressures, weightlessness and
other extreme conditions of space
flight.
Along the way, he ate a meal
of beef aiHd vegetables from a
squeeze bottle, conducted simple
exercises by pulling on an elastic
cord, observed breath-taking
views of the earth below and
made continuous instrument read*
ing reports to ground stations.
“Tremendous . . . beautiful
sight,” was the he described
his spectacular view of the
earth.
Real Fireball
After his spacecraft fell bach
through the fiery heat barrier ol
the atmosphere, Glenn commented
by radio: “Boy, tbit was a real
fireball.’'
Then his parachute opened anc
the craft eased gently to a land
ing in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ten months behind Russia, thi;
nation—had at last put a man li
orbit and President Kennedy
Glenn’s family and millions o
Americans hailed their new spaa
hero as they had astronaut Alai
Shepard and Virgil Grissom afte
sub-orbital rocket rides last yeai
Glenn’s journey began at JM
a.m., when an Atlas roeke
throbbed to flaming life on launch
. ing pad 14 at Cape Canaveral.
Rising on a massive thrust of
£60,000 pounds, the 93-foot rocket
assembly performed with ma
chine-like precision and hurled
the two-ton space capsule into
orbit.
Glenn received additional moral
i and emotional boosts from hun
dreds of newsmen and project
people at the Cape, from thousands
of persons on the beaches to
the north and south, and from
millions across the country who
watched the lift-off on television.
Among those watching were
President Kennedy at the White
House, Glenn’s wife and two chil
• dren at Arlington, Va., and Glenn’s
; parents at New Concord, Ohio.
; Unleashed from the Atlas, the
• bell-shaped capsule automatically
■ turned around 180 degrees so
Glenn was riding seated upright
! and backwards.
■ Shout Encouragement
Shouting encouragement to
i Glenn as he passed more than
l 100 miles over Cape Canaveral
> was another astronaut, Alan B.
Shepard Jr., who manned the
important capsule communicator
post in the Mercury Control Cen
> ter. Shepard made the first of
i two U.S. sub-orbital space flights
i last year to pave the way for
“ Glenn’s mission.
1 Another astronaut monitoring
the flight here was Donald K.
1 Slayton, who has been picked to
> make America’s second orbital
i flight, probably in about two
s months.
Glenn reported he was having
t no difficulty performing tasks or
t making observations in the world
- of weightlessness which he en
> tered when flung into orbit.
Russian cosmonaut Titov re
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ported he suffered a verdigo sick
ness, or dizziness, on his 17-orbit
trip last August. He said this was
especially pronounced when he
turned his head sharply or ob
served fast-moving objects outside
his cabin.
Glenn said he felt no such dis
comfort.
As Friendship 7 raced around
the world, it passed from daylight
to nighttime and then back to
daylight again, making the switch
approximately every 45 minutes.
Glenn reported entering the first
period of darkness over the In
dian Ocean.
He also passed from winter in
the United States to summer over
Australia, and he jumped from
Tuesday to Wednesday and then
back to Tuesday when he crossed
the International Dateline in the
Pacific.
Only two other men in history
—the Russians Titov and Gagarin
—have had such a stunning look
at the earth.
Cigarette Vending
Machine Bill Killed
JUNEAU UP) — The Senate yes
terday killed a bill which would
have boosted the license fee for
each individual cigarette vend
ing machine to a top of $150.
Under the present law, each
cigarette vending machine opera
tor is charged a fee of $25, re
gardless of how many machines
he owns.
Under the measure, introduced
by Sen. Dester Bronson, there
would have been a $60 fee for
each cigarette vending machine
under constant observation by the
owner or an agent and $150 for
each machine not under constant
observation. "/ '
Bronson said when he intro
duced the bill it was intended to
halt the purchase of cigarettes
by minors from unattended vend
ing machines.
WASHINGTON UP) — The In
terior Department said today
Alaska will receive $2,060,050 as
its share of receipts during the
test half of 1001 from mineral
teasing activities on federal tend
within its boundaries
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