Actor Dick Powell
Heins’ Treated for ( ancer
HOLLYWOOD T '1 always
insist on the thith because there
is too much at stake." said actor
producer Dick Powell. Then he
calmly told newsmen that he's
under treatment for cancer.
The versatile show business vet
eran was cheerful throughout the
discussion of his condition Fri
day and said he was confident of
making a full recovery.
Alluding to his apparent good
health, he asked with a smile: “Do
I look like a terminal case?”
Powell, 57, and his wife, actress
June Allyson, met with newsmen
in the couple's Beverly Hills home.
The actor-producer, who heads
tlte highly successful and prolific
Four Star Productions, then dis
closed that he has been receiving
radiation treatments for a malig
nancy on a gland on the right side
of his neck and another in a
pocket in his chest.
1,000 Nazis Hold Reunion
B A D WINDSHEIM. Germany
U* — More than 1.000 former mem
bers of the Nazi SS Elite Guard
6th Mountain Division held a re
union here Sunday behind closed
doors. Then marched in silence
through this small Bavarian town
to a war memorial for a ceremony
in memory of fallen comrades.
Fred Erickson has been trans
ferred to the Fairbanks hospital
STEVENS . . .
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railroad corporation who will as
sume management and control of
the railroad and agree to specific
! improvements.
"These incentives would be de
signed after the incentives that
| brought about the construction of
i the railroads to the west one hun
1 dred years ago. . .
"Congress granted those rail
wads almost 100 million acres of
j land to induce private organiza
i turns to build those railroads,
i "I feel that if the Congress
could appropriate $40 million 100
years ago. which it did. to st'imu- I
; late the development of western j
| railroads, we can and should ask
j for a similar appropriation and
| similar incentives to further the
| development of our railroad svs
i tern."
Stevens said the specific im
1 provements which would be re
quired would be:
"The extension of the railroad
| from Fairbanks to the Canadian
i border to meet the planned ex
j pansion of the Canadian National
| Railroad.
! "The extension of the railroad
to the Rampart dam site.
"The construction of a railroad
from Fairbanks to Nome.
"The extension of the railroad
from Portage to Homer."
Birds sing 18 hours a day dur
I ing most of the year.
Alaska Steam Will Not
Get Train-Ship This Year
SEATTLE r F.ilure to got a
law through Congress to permit
transfer of the trainship City of
New Orleans to American registry
was characterized by D.E. Skin
ner. president of the Alaska Steam
ship Co., as “a first-round victory
for California and the tug-and
barge operators."
Alaska Steam has an option to
purchase the ship. The company
planned to run her between Seat
tle and the Alaska rail terminals.
The ship carries railroad cars,
which could be transferred to rail
roads at both ends of the ship run,
permitting cargo to move through
ports without rehandling.
Sen. Mike Mansfield. Demo
cratic leader in the Senate, said
Friday the bill permitting the City
of New Orleans to be put under
the American flag had been laid
aside for this session.
The ship, built in Japan, is now
under Liberian registry. She could
not be put into the Alaska trade
without transferring her registry.
Mariner Still Venus-Bound
LOS ANGELES — Scientists
say the Mariner 2 spacecraft was
knocked out of its orientation to
sun and earth on Sept. 8 but
quickly regained its proper posi
tion. A micrometeorite apparently
his the Venus - bound craft and
spun it on its axis but automatic
devices righted it. Jet Propulsion
Laboratory officials said.
Longshoremen Strike
All Ports on East Coast
NEW YORK l/P—Longshoremen
quit work from New England to
Texas today, prompting the start
of White House efforts to end the
strike under Tuft-Hartley machin
ery. By midday, shippers said till
Atlantic and Gulf coast ports were
paralyzed.
There appeared to be little pos
sibility of ending the work stop
page before Thursday, even if a
Taft-Hartley injunction is granted
and an 80-day cooling off is put
into effect.
The longshoremen’s contract
with American-flag ship owners
expired at midnight, and pros
pects for quick agreement on a
new pact appeared dim.
Giants Win First Game
Of Play-Off With Dodgers
SAN FRANCISCO dP — Willie
Mays blasted two home runs and
Jimmy Davenport and Orlando
Cepeda chipped in with one each
to lead the San Francisco Giants
to an 8-0 victory over the Los
Angeles Dodgers today and a 1-0
lead in their best-of-three playoff
series for the National League
pennant.
The playoffs now shift to Los
Angeles where tomorrow’s and
Wednesday's game, if necessary,
will be played.
Mrs. Max Gray and infant dau
ghter were discharged today from
the MMM Hospital.
A K C H I E
SECRET AGENT X9
Two Men Survive
I ft Hours Adrift
In Stormy Pacific*
ABERDEEN i/P> — A tale of IK
hours adrift in a small dory in a
Pacific storm was related Satur
day by two survivors, who saw
a companion die during the ordeal.
Capt. E. A. Quenn, 51, a Colum
bia River pilot, and Don Nelson,
34, a crew member of the pilot
ship Peacock, were hurled through
surf Friday night onto a beach
near Westport, on the coast near
here.
They had lashed the body of
William Wells, 35, another Pea
cock crewman, into the dory but
it was washed away as the 16-foot
boat capsized four times being
driven ashore. The body was not
recovered.
The three men were from As
toria. Ore.
Quinn said in an interview at
an Aberdeen hospital that Wells
died, apparently from exposure,
about 10 hours after the storm
swept them away from the Pea
cock at 12:40 a.m. Friday.
They were returning to the
pilot ship from the Japanese
freighter Olympia Maru, which
Quinn had piloted over the Colum
bia River bar, when the dory cap
sized and threw them into the
water.
“We righted the boat and climb
ed in, but were unable to get
back to the pilot ship and started
drifting,” Quinn said. “We just
had two oars, but if we had had
six they wouldn't have helped us.
We finally drifted 40 miles.”
As dawn came they saw they
were being driven northward still
in sight of the Washington coast.
For a time they tried to bail but
soon gave up and used the bailer
for an anchor.
With winds up to 50 knots and
seas from 8-10 ft. high, the boat
became later-logged and was near
ly awash but did not sink.
“The boat capsized four times,
but Don and I hung on for dear
life to ropes on the side,” the pilot
said. “Eventually we hit land and
were darned glad to sec it.”
“People will buy anything that’s
one to a customer.”
— Sinclair Lewis
Nome Oirectorv
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pete Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Pearl Bohrer
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Carl Mlckvlson, W. M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
(M Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
fiio&U Boy Snyder
*"s Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Inst Tuesday of I Very
Month at School
Dorothy Grant, President
Harriet Amundsen, Secretary
—VISITORS WELCOl—
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Chae. D. Jonas, Secty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northweetera Group
Nome Cadet Squadron
1st Lt. Jeese Jones, Omdr.
Meetings . Each Thursday 7:00 pj&