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Young Society Matron
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. M
—Police sought clues today in the
mysterious slaying of a pretty
young socialite was was brutally
beaten in her $100,000 home and
then dumped into a water-filled
tub.
Doris June Bowman, 32, wil
lowy honey-blonde mother of
three and a community leader in
this swank Southern California
sea coast town was found dead
yesterday. She was the wife of
Dr. Frank Potter Bowman, 39,
medical director for the South
ern California Edison Co.
A neighbor who brought one of
Mrs. Bowman’s children home
from nursery school shortly after
noon found her fully clothed body
in the tub. Dr. Bowman was sum
moned home from his office in
downtown Los Angeles.
Police said an intruder ap
parently hit Mrs. Bowman sev
eral times with a blunt object,
dragged her 40 feet from the kit
chen into the bathroom and put
her body in the tub. She was
wearing blue capri pants and a
black blouse.
Investigators said the house was
not ransacked. Bloodstains and
fragments of teeth found in the
house showed that Mrs. Bowman
had battled for her life. Blood
stains on the bathroom basin in
dicated the killer took time to
wash before fleeing. Blood
smudges were found in several
places, including near the front
door.
A watch on Mrs. Bowman’s
wrist was stopped at shortly after
10 o’clock. Neighbors said they
had seen no strangers during the
morning, nor had they heard any
sounds of a struggle in the house.
The doors were locked and there
was no evidence of forced entry.
Maj. John Gillespie Baing
Retained lor Active Duty
Maj. John Gillespie, who head
ed the Armory Advisory Board
of the ANG here and who was to
have retired this year is being
retained, on active duty for an
other year.
Larry Gillespie, his son, is now
with the National Guard in An
chorage and an active member of
the Sky Diving Club there.
Maj. Gillespie and family make
their home at Fort Lewis, Wn.,
where he is stationed.
FILM TO BE SHOWN
The film “All for Him” will
be shown at the Covenant Church
this evening at 7:30. The show
ing of this film is part of the
regular Prayer Week services held
at the Covenant Church this
week. The public is invited.
Andrea Hudert. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Hudert, will be
come the bride of Dr. James Ost
lund of Seattle on February 10 at
Vancouver, Wn.
Calendar Of
Community Methodist Church
Woman's Activities for January
Jan. 5 — WSOS monthly meet
ing. Hostess CLM Circle, Fellow
ship Hall. Program: Mrs. Wm.
Cameron will present a travelog
with pictures. Devotions, Betty
Shamblin.
Jan. 9 — Sisterhood Circle
chairman, Virginia Atuk, Fellow
ship Hall, 2 p.m. Hostess, Irene
Kakik, program, Irene Kakik.
Jan. 9 — Omie McCarthy Circle,
Chaiman, Esther McCoy, Hospital
nurses home, 6 p.m. Hostess. Bar
bara Wilson, Study Boqk of Mark.
Jan. 19 — CLM Circle, chair
man, Joan Hudgins, hostess, Opal
Baldwin, 7:30 p.m. Program, Mary
Barrow.
j™. 20 - Northerner's Circle
in, Lena Hoogendom, Fel
pjm. Hostesses
J and Betty
Tungwenuk
MUSHIN’ THROUGH WASHINGTON
By Frit* Witti
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON UFI — The pos
sibility of expanding truck mail
service in Alaska will be the sub
ject of a meeting in Anchorage
Jan. 10.
(Meeting with the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce will be
William Hartigan, Assistant Post
master General who rode the first
mail truck over the Alaska High
way from Seattle to Fairbanks
when the service started last Sep
tember.
Hartigan told Sen. E. L. Bartlett
he would not be able to visit other
communities but he hoped repre
sentatives of interested towns will
attend the meeting.
The department las received a
number of comments for and
against proposals to expand the
service to the South-Central and
other parts of the state, Hartigan
said.
The four-times-weekly Seattle
Fairbanks run has proved speed
ier than expected — rather than
the 96 hours anticipated, the aver
age time has been less than 88
hours.
Colored Totem Poles
Visitors to the office of the Sec
retary of the Interior are greeted
by two brightly colored totem
poles from Alaska standing on
either side of the entrance.
The eight-foot poles were re
quested in early 1931 by Secretary
Ray Lyman Wilbur who served
under President Herbert Hoover.
They were installed in the old In
terior Building in April of that
year and later were moved to the
new building where they now
stand.
The poles tell the legends of
the chief’s daughter and the ra
ven as interpreted by John Wal
lace of Hydaburg who carved
them from specially selected logs.
The totems were ordered by
Alaska Gov. George Parks who
assured Secretary Wilbur In a
letter that et $90 apiece, “the
totems will be well worth the
pfic6.n .
U of Hawaii Scholarships
Sen. E. L. Bartlett is hoping the
University of Hawaii finds takers
for the two scholarships it is of
fering in Alaska for its fourth
Eskimo Contests Held
At Lutheran Church
Eskimo contests were held dur
ing the holidays at the Lutheran
Social Hall with the Church
Council in charge.
Last Wednesday after the mid
week meeting and prayer service
a large group gathered in the So
cial Hall to watch contests of
strength for youths and adults.
The winners were:
Finger Pull — Youth, John At
tatayuk. Adult, Stephen Tock
too, Ira Ahnangnatoguk, Frank
Ahnangnatoguk.
Arm Pull — Youth, John At
tatayuk, Tom Walluk, Raymond
Scott. Adult, Stephen Tocktoo,
Teddy Tocktoo, Frank Ahnang
natoguk.
Eskimo Wrestling — Youth,
John Attatayuk, Tom Walluk,
Carey Avessuk. Adult, Robert
Iyatunguk, Allen Ahnangnatoguk,
Ira Ahnangnatoguk.
On New Year’s Eve more con
tests were held during the social
hour. The bean picking contest
for ladies was won by Beatrice
Davis, second was Pauline Tock
too, third was Anna Henry.
In the ladies nail driving win
ners were: Esther Herman, Holly
Sockpick, Della Walluk.
Men’s Sewing Contest — Roberl
Iyatunguk, Washington Olanna
I Andrew Tlngook.
, Eskimo High Kick — Youth
John Attatayuk, Dick James, Rus
sell Walluk
, look, Ira
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I East-West Center Summer Insti
! tute on Asian studies in 1062.
The scholarships will cover the
cost of tuition and include $100
toward the cost of transportation
to the institute in Honolulu. The
awards are intended for elemen
tary, high school and college
teachers, school administrators and
librarians.
“As an early supporter of the
East-West Center,” said Bartlett,
“I am delighted that Alaskans are
being offered this opportunity to
study in Hawaii.
“Because of Alaska’s location
and close ties with nations of the
Pacific rim, the Asian studies pro
gram should be of interest not only
to the inividuals involved but to
the state as a whole.”
The course is designed to offer
“a concentrated introduction to
Asian civilization through lec
tures and activities and direct
contact with institutions of Asian
origin which lie readily at hand in
the Honolulu community,” the in
stitute announcement said.
The institute is offering two
scholarships to each state and the
District of Columbia during 1962.
Greeting Cards
Along with your holiday greet
ing cards, you probably received
your equally regular but not-so
welcome letter from the Internal
Revenue Service wit»* forms and a
reminder for settling your 1961
income taxes.
The service stands ready to help
with its annual “best seller” —
this year’s 144-page edition of
“Your Federal Income Tax” which
you can get for 40 cents.
In a recent announcement, the
service said the booklet contains ]
“simplified non-technical explana
tions and examples of thousands
of problems confronting individual
taxpayers.”
“Almost any problem of the in
dividual taxpayer pertaining to
the federal income tax may be
solved through use of this book
let,” it adds. 'Jjfe.
Recalling past editions of the
publication, we are assuming it
again fails to solve that key prob
lem of the average taxpayer —
how to pay the bill.
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JUNEAU <*> — Warren Taylor,
Fairbanks attorney and Speaker
of the State House of Representa
tives, yesterday became the sec
ond person to file his candidacy
for Governor of Alaska.
Taylor’s declaration of candi
dacy, accompanied by a $100 filing
fee, was submitted to Secretary
of State Hugh Wade.
David Newton Boyer of Anchor
Point was the first to file for the
office now held by Wm. Egan.
Boyer, Taylor and Egan are all
Democrats.
Taylor has lived in Alaska for
52 years and has practiced law
in Fairbanks for 24 years.
The veteran lawmaker has
served in nine sessions of the
’ Legislature and was also a dele
gate to Alaska’s Constitutional
Convention in 1956.
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EIGHTH CHILD EXPECTED
BY t>\RLIE CHAPLIN
WHO WILL BE 73 IN JULY
VEVEY, Switzerland W*—Char
lie Chaplin’s wife Oona is ex
pecting the couple’s eighth child
next summer, it was announced
today.
A member of Chaplin’s house
hold said the birth was expected
some time in July. At that time
Chaplin will be 73 years old.
His wife, daughter of the late
American playwright Eugene
O’Neill, will be 37.
They have five girls and two
boys.
MIAMI HIT BY COLD
MIAMI, Fla. —Ice formed on
bean fields and 19 cars piled up
on a foggy highway in the Miami
area today as winter slapped Flo
rida for the third time since
Christmas.
Miami’s airport temperature
skidded to 38 degrees, a record
low for the date. The previous
low was 49 degrees in 1957.
Growers sent up airplanes to
spray crops with sulphur dust
and kept their smudge fires burn
ing. Sulphur dust raises the tem
perature and the planes stir up
cold air hugging the ground.
Americans now spend about $15
billion a year on medicine, hos
pitals and doctors—only $1 bil
lion less than they spend on to
bacco and alcohol.
Indian Population Shows'
Increase of 2.5 Per Cent “
WASHINGTON UR — The Bu
reau of Indian Affairs say^ the
Indian population of the United
States increased 2.5 per cent be
tween -1050 and I960, compared
with a 1.7 per cent increase in
the -population as a whole. ;
The Bureau, in releasing the
figures Monday, noted that a sub
stantial part of the increase •‘in
the Indian population resulted
from unions between Indians and
white persons.
The Bureau said there were ap
proximately 523,000 Indians in
the United States in 1960, in
cluding 14,000 in Alaska. 'His
torians estimate there were about
850,000 in the area of the present
United States, not counting Alas
ka, in 1492.
200,000 East Germans
Defected to West in 1961
BONN, Germany (JR — More
than 200,000 refugees from East
Germany fled to West Germany
in 1961, the ministry for refu
gees reported Tuesday. It added
that many more escaped, tout did
not register.
The figure was an increase over
1960 when 199,188 registered. But
the Communist wall erected
across Berlin in August largely
stopped the flight. Only 2,420
were registered in December,
lowest monthly total for the year.
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