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The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
CHENA RIVER, FLOODING COUNTRYSIDE IN
MIDWINTER, MYSTIFIES FAIRBANKSIANS

FAIRBANKS, IA river that
is flooding the countryside at tenn
peratures down to SO below zero
had residents of this city mystified
yesterday.
The Cinema River has gone over
its bank and flooded $50 feet of
road about 10 miles south of CART
Ordinarily, Alaska rivers are just
a big ice cube at this time of year.
The flooding started about a
week ago when the thermometer
was in the vicinity of so degrees
below. Just a trickle of river
water was spouting out of the ice
then and the water froze almost
Immediately after it spread over
the river bank.
But yesterday warm spell sent
thermometers up to 80 degrees
above zero and the trickle became
a flood.
The road was covered and high
way patrolmen were called out
to assist motorists whose cars
were wallowing in the mixture
of water and ice.
1t. A. P. Brandt Of the high
way patrol said he belived the
the flood was caused by the fact
that the river had frozen solid
in some places where it was shall
low.
The tiny current that normally
passes under the thick ice was
blocked and the water had to
find another channel.
At any rate, residents Of this
city feel the problem will end
as soon as the temperature re-
turns to normal sub-zero levels.
Then they can chop up the
flood and throw it back in the
river.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
EXPLOSION AND FIRE OF
UNKNOWN CAUSE CRIPPLE
AMERICAN SHIP OFF JAPAN

TOKYO, Up 49, Nine American
passengers, including seven wo-
men and two injured crewmen,
were taken off the burning
freighter President Pierce yester-
day after an explosion rocked the
vessel about 100 miles southeast
Of Yokohama
Late reports said the crippled
ship of the American President
Lines was limping toward Yoke
hama, escorted by two US Navy
ships. A raging fire that Quilted
three of its holds was extinguished
after a battle that lasted several
hours.
The Navy said it had no details
on what caused the explosion and
fires.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
Jury Indicts Twelve for
Shipping Arms to Mexico

DALLAS, Texas, Up - Twelve
men were indicted here Thursday
by a federal grand jury for al
legged shipment of arms to Mexico.
Two Of those indicted were
partners in the Thurman Randle
& Company of Dallas, firm that
deals in arms.
They are charged with having
conspired to violate the arms ex-
port provisions of the Neutrality
Act, relating to the export in COM
mercial quantities of arms, am
munition and implements Of war.
Mexican law enforcement Off
Gals worked on the case below
the border and a number of the
persons indicted were Mexicans.
Shipment of more than $4,000
in arms and ammunition was
charged.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
MAG REPORTS RUSSIA
BUILDING AIR FORCE
IN EAST GERMANY

WASHINGTON, R- American
Aviation Magazine said Thursday
Russia is building an East Ger
man air force and has reopened
every former Luftwaffe air base.
The trade publication said its
reports from behind the Iron Cur
tain also indicate that the Reds
are building a system of air bases
near the US.-0Wned Aleutian Is
lands and are starting to produce
''in every category of combat air
craft, models comparable or SUI
perior to American and British
types"
The magazine said Communist
Russia has built the "air section
of the Peoples Police" in East
Germany into a tactical air army
by training more than 800 Ger
man pilots in Mig-15s, the jet
fighters now in action in Korea.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
Dulles Says There Is
Good Chance For
European Defense

WASHINGTON, R- Secretary
Of State Dulles says "There is a
good chance" for formation of a
European D. fense Community
(EDC but he hopes that CON
crete evidence" of progress will
be forthcoming promptly.
Dulles gave that report of his
impressions Of a flying trip to
European capitals, from which he
returned Monday, in a radio and
television broadcast to the nation
Thursday night.
He cautioned that the alterna-
tives to formation Of a European
Defense Community are consid-
cred by President Eisenhower to
be weak, and he said the security
Of Europe itself and in some de-
gree the security of the, United
States against the power of Russia
depend upon successful accom-
plishment of the undertaking.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
Mildred Keaton Visits
Alaska, Will Come Here

JUNEAU "Just back for visit
to my old stamping grounds" says
Mildred Keaton, former and we'll
known Alaskan, as she greets Ju-
neau friends.
Miss Keaton, who was for years
engaged in the nursing profession
in the territory, surprised her
friends here when she came into
town unannounced for a few days
visit before continuing north.
Since last October Miss Keaton
has been teaching polio nursing
and coordinating nursing service
for civil defense in Seattle. Prior
to last fall she was for some time
director of the Visiting Nurse AS
ISOLATION in northwest Washing
ton, with headquarters in Everett
In Juneau, Miss Keaton is the
house guest of Miss Ernestine
Z0llman. She plans to go from
here to Anchorage, Fairbanks and
Nome before returning to the
States to resume her work in polio
and civil defense nursing.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
BRITAIN AND EGYPT
SIGN AGREEMENT ON
FUTURE OF SUDAN

CAIRO, Up - Britain and Egypt
Thursday signed an agreement
covering the future Of Sudan, and
Prime Minister Naguib's office
said evacuation of British troops
from the Suez Canal has been
agreed upon in principle.
These are the two issues that
have been separating Britain and
Egypt. Their solution could 60 a
long way toward enlisting Egypt
in the proposed Near East defense
command being framed by the
West.
The Sudan is million square
mile area which the two countries
have been running jointly since
1899. The agreement gives the
eight million Sudanese the right
to decide their ultimate future
within three years.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
Report Pope Intervenes
In Behalf of julius and
Ethel Rosenberg

VATICAN CITY, POSER
vatore Romano said today Pope
Plus XII has interviewed in behalf
of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg,
in the United States.
atomic spies sentenced to death
The Vatican newspaper indica-
tied the pontiff has asked that, if
possible, their lives be spared.
The newspaper said its state
ment was printed in reply to ac-
cusations in some newspapers
notably the Communist press
that the pontiff had remained
''impassive' to pleas directed to
him to intervene in the case.
st is well known" said POs-
servatore, "that his holiness, even
without being able to enter into
the merits of cases, never refuses
his interest when asked to save
human life for superior motives
of charity proper to his apostolic
mission"
President Eisenhower declined
Wednesday to commute the Ros-
enberg sentences and a new date
for their execution at Sing Sing
Prison is expected to be set in a
few days.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
Eisenhower Refuses to
Spare Rosenbergs' Lives
|. u President

WASHINGTON, IL President
Eisenhower has refused to spare
the lives of the Rosenbergs, whose
controversial death sentences for
atomic spying he termed just pun
ishment for a crime which "could
very well result in the death of
many, many thousands of inno-
cent citizens"
A New York attorney for the
husband and wife, Emanuel Bloch,
said he would carry a new appeal
to the Supreme Court, which on
two previous occasions has re-
fused to review the case. The
court almost never changes its
mind in such circumstances.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-02-13
THREE KILLED IN CRASH OF
B IS BOMBER IN LABRADOR

FORT WORTH, Texas, R- A
Carswell based B Sc bomber
crashed and burned 16 miles from
Goose Bay, Labrador last night.
Three crew members were
killed, six suffered major injuries
and eight others were slightly in
jured, Carswell Air Force Base
officials said here Friday.
The giant bomber, returning
from a flight to England, was
making scheduled stop enroute
to Carswel1. First reports from
Goose Bay indicated the bomber
was preparing to land when the
accident occurred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

on the radio. Mary sang 1t. the
program went off the air, Mr..
Wilson went home to bed. About
3 o'clock the phone rang.
"ThiS is Charlie Tranfo oyer
at the studio" said his caller.
Heard the arrangement Of TIA
Ra Ra' last night with Mary
Like to use 1t in her new
picture. How much do you want
and we'll send q boy right over
for it?"
! "Mr. Tranfo, it's 3 o'clock -"
/ Three hundred? Good. Well
pick it up right away >"
That's fine"
Holding out for five. Ell?
Okay. it's deal. Pick it up
right away. Can't turn a wheel
till we get it."
In 20 minutes a young man
was pounding on Mr.. Wilson's
door with a check for $500 in
his hand. The $500 is long gone,
but Mr.. Wilson carries with him
always a clip Of film with that
/ $500 chord on the sound track.
Retrieved it from the cutting
room floor, where the chord
ended up.
IN DEMAND-Marie Wilson
may be a zany type as the hero
inc of MY Friend Irma," but
she Is more in demand, appar-
emily, than a lot of more sem
sible secretaries. AS you know,
she already is committed to work
a day for the Resort Hotels
Committee of Las Vegas, New,
the $22,500 high bid to go to
the March of Dimes. Now an
other bid has come along, too
late to be considered, but too
good to turn down. Miss Wilson
will work day for Donald Doug
las and March of Dimes will be
made SIS. ZOO richer by Douglas
Aircraft employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

are featured in Lady in the
Dark"
$500, WRC-Telephone Hour:
Ezio Pima is guest soloist.
9:O5, WASH Reporters
Roundup: Senator Homer E.
Capehart is interviewed.
9:35, WWDC-Reporters'
Roundup.
1900, VOL - FAC Dinner:
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson and Norris Dodd,
FAC director, are speakers.
1918, WWDC-Heart of Amer
lea: DR.. E. Cowles Andrus speaks
on "Coronary Disease"
Television Today.
1880, WNIAL - Hollywood
Screen Test: Alfred Drake stars
in "Mightier Than the Sword -
$500, WTOP-Video Theater:
The drama is Miss Marlowe at
Play" with Binnie Barnes.
$3.50, WNBW-Voice of Fire
stone: Dorothy Warenskjold is
guest soloist.
$3.50, WTTG-Johns Hopkins
Science Review: The topic for
discussion is 1.-THE Cosmotron. ("
800, WMAL-Perspective: Jo-
seph C. Grew, A. Berle, jr., and
Dudley B. Bonsal discuss "Ameri-
can Foreign Policy and the Com
munist Menace"
800, WNBW - Hollywood
Opening Night: Gloria Swanson
stars in 1.-THE Pattern"
$3.50. WTTG-Boxing: Cesar
Brion meets Bob Baker in the
10-round feature bout.
$3.50, WNBW-Robert Mont
gomery Presents: June, Gene
and Kathleen Lockhart star in
"The Buttons"
1890, WTOP - Studio One
Jane Wyatt and Mary Orr head
the cast Of 1.-THE Walsh Girls. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

variety of problems besetting
stations with no hometown
competition.
Item: Viewers of WBAF-TV,
Kansas City, Mo-. were forced
to forego one half hour Of "Your
Show Of Shows" Saturday night.
The NBC affiliate is the only
TV station in town. the only
channel on which ex-President
Truman could see Adlai Steven
son speaking at the Jackson
Jefferson Day dinner, on CHS
TV.
Item: Milton Berle threw quite
a scare the other night into
those on duty at WJIM-TV,
Lansing. Mich. He started "Star
Theater" without warning with
Gertrude Berg in the familiar
"Goldbergs'" opening. WIN
Tv gets programs from all net.
works and the quick assumption
was that someone had plugged
in the wrong one. The program
was cut off and apology made to
the viewers. Shortly, shamefaced,
WJIM-TV returned to Star
Theater."
X y
SCATBACK? - Elaine Shep-
ard of stage, screen and WTTG's
Hollywood Showcase" (Thurs-
day, 1880 p.m). made a speech
at a Lions Club luncheon the
other day. Couple of Redskin
football players also were pres
ent. Things have changed, COM
mented Miss Shepard to Jack
Blank, the automobile man.
Time was. she said, when you
could distinguish the linesmen
from the backs by their size, but
not any more.
Mr.. Blank professed astonish-
ment that this frail beauty
would know anything about foot
ball. He did not realize how
much he had been marked until
he stood up to introduce Miss
Shepard to the audience, con-
cluded: II want you to meet a
great football star :"
/ II X 4 +
LOST CHORD - Meredith
] Wilson, who has a number of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
On the Air
Come On-o My House. Not
For Her, Argued Rosemary
By Harry Macarthur

Postscript - There is one
further note which might as
well be appended today to yes
terday's report on the adventures
of Rosemary Clooney, girl singer.
Miss Clooney, as anyone ever
exposed to one of the Nations
100 million radio sets knows,
leaped into singing prominence
with one record. 1t was a lively
version, to Stan Freman's harp
sichord accompaniment, of a
song called Come on-a My
House"
Here's how it happened. The
man in charge of such things
for Columbia Records called her
in one day. He handed her a
copy Of sheet music and told her
he'd like to have her record the
song. She took it and looked at
1t, somewhat blankly.
HE sometimes forget that I
can't read music" Miss Clooney
recalls. II don't like to keep re-
minding him every time I see
him that I can't read music. So
/ read the lyrics. You know the
lyrics. Come on-a my house.
my house-a come on, come on-a
my house, my houSe-a come on.
What kind of q song is that?
I told him it was no song for
me-"
The man protested further.
It was just the song for her. II
can hear it," he told Rosemary,
with harpsichords." With harp
sichords. yet, she said, but to
herself.
Well, they argued back and
forth, more and more heatedly.
Finally the man in charge said !:
Look! We're still friends, but
I'm the boss here. I say who Is
going to record what and you
are going to record this. Be here /!
On time!"
And that. so help her, is how
Rosemary Clooney latched onto
the ditty which made her IA
nous.
4 \
MIXED CHANNELS-The TV
station personnel in a four
channel city wouldn't believe the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
! elevision omorrow Tuesday, Februory II

Magaets kitchens TO- Ding Dong
L.; H. Guest Book
21 Industry PaFa
Travellers; Kate Smith; HAWKINS
Hayes; $780, noWN Doody -.
Cartoon Early sra
the Matinee
40 jockeys 49,
5, Jockey
8 0csek Iheaer 49,, :.
Mso 11 Strike II
Of 124 eWd
Mike and
Buff $50 the Hassi $780, The Early
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

TV, radio and musical enter
priSes, was telling his NBC radio
audiences the other day about
the $500 chord. He wrote it
originally as part of an arrange
ment of TIA Ra Ra Boom De
Ay," for Mary Martin to sing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
HighIiehts
Radio To-day,

$500, WTOP-Suspense: Victor
Mature stars in joaquin Muri-
eta, California Outlaw"
$500, WRC- Railroad Hour:
Nadine Conner and Gordon Mac
Rae sing the leading roles in
Romberg's Blue Paradise"
900, WTOP-Radio Theater:
Judy Garland and John Lund
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

Evening news broadcast
direct from The Stars news
room Monday through FRI
day over Stations WMAL
and WMAL-FM, 6 PM.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Wakefield PTA 10 Hold
Teenaqe Behavior Panel

A four-night panel discussion
on the Patterns of Social Be-
havior Among Our Teenagers'
will be held this week by the
Wakefield High School Parent
Teacher Association in the
school cafeteria, 4901 South
Chesterfield road. Arlington, Va.
Don Patterson. parent of a
10th grader and chief of the
elementary school section of the
Federal Office of Education, will
moderate the initial 10th grade
panel tomorrow. The panels will
be composed of parents. teachers
and students. All will begin
at 8 pm.
Moderator for the Tuesday
seventh grade session will be Mrs.
Robert Rawls, a former YMCA
worker and teenage teacher.
Wednesday the ninth grade ses-
sion moderator will be Mrs.
Blaine Kimball, parent of three
Wakefield teenagers and a staff
assistant to the Secretary of De-
fense. Mrs. Kathryn Stone, par
ent of an eighth grader and
member-elect to the Virginia
House of Delegates, will moder-
ate the Thursday eighth grade
session.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
County Jewish Group
To Dedicate Library

The Montgomery County Jew
ish Community will highlight its
celebration of Jewish Book
Month tomorrow with the dedi-
cation of new library at the
community center.
The dedication program at
8 pm. will include brief remarks
by Samuel B. Groner, president
of the community; Max Schrei-
ber, library chairman, and Rabbi
Tzvi H. Porath, spiritual leader
of the community.
The program will also include
musical selections by Cantor
Norman Gewirtz and narra-
ton by Mrs. Rita Hoff, Mrs.
Alma Lewis. Mrs. Betty Engle-
man and Mrs. Eleanor Levison.
The library. at S402 Freyman
drive, Chevy Chase, Nd, will
specialize in Judaica literature
for all ages.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Rites Held for Boy,
Gun Accident Victim
BY the Assoeioted Press

LEXINGTON, Va. Nov. a.
Funeral services were held here
today for a 12-year-old Laurel
(MdD boy who was mortally
wounded in an accidental shoot
ing after Thanksgiving Day
squirrel hunt.
The victim was Lester Robert
son, jr., son of M/Sergt. and
Mrs. Lester Robertson, who were
visiting during the holiday at the
home of Mrs. Clarence Gordon
here.
Police Chief A. E. Rhodenizer
Of Lexington said he and DR.. E.
v. Brush, Rockbridge County
medical examiner, investigated
the shooting and the latter ruled
1t accidental.
Chief Rhodenizer said the Rob-
ertson boy was shot in the left
temple with % caliber rifle in
a room at the Gordon home
about 7 pm. Thursday after re-
turning from a squirrel hunt
with Mrs. Gordon's son. He said
Mrs. Gordon was in the base
ment cleaning squirrels at the
time of the shooting.
The police chief said young
Robertson apparently picked up
the rife belonging to young
Gordon. The Robertson boy was
alone in the room and the rifle
was found beside him.
His parents were visiting at q
home in Brownsburg. The boy
died yesterday morning at jack
son Memorial Hospital here.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Arlington Board Names
Committee on Legislation

The Arlington County Board
yesterday voted to establish a
committee to formulate legiSla-
tive proposals for the next ses-
sion of the Virginia General AS
sembly.
The board acted after receipt
Of a citizens association letter
which described the county's
property tax system as archaic"
In the letter, E. j. Holcomb,
president of the Waycroft- Wood
lawn Citizens Association, wrote
that his group favorS legislation
to alter property tax laws which
tend to discriminate against
home ownership"
The County Board, while not
indorsing any specific legislative
proposals, agreed to appoint
six-man legislative committee at
its meeting December IA. The
Legislature will convene in Jan
urary.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Hagerstown 10 Be Asked
For Sanitary Project Funds
RY tha Associnied Pra,,

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. %.
City officials said today they will
ask for more than $500,0O0 in
the city budget next year for i'm
provements to the municipal
water and sewage disposal sys-
TENS.
Richard c. Wilson, water SUI
perintendent, said he would need
$255 600, most of it to raise by
Is feet the dikeS at HagerStoWn' S
pumping station on the Potomac
River to prevent flooding. It was
knocked out in the flood of 1856.
Claude Williamson, head of the
city sewer department, said it
will need $3.50, 900 next year to
enlarge sewage treatment facil-
tiles.
If they are not expanded, he
said, Antietam Creek, and in turn
the Potomc, will be polluted by
partly treated sewage.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Boonsboro Zoo Is No More:.
d. c. Owner Auctions 1t off

apiece where they were cubs. p"
he said.
The buyer was F. S. Ambrose,
who runs a wild game exhibit
near McConnellsville, Md.
He was jubilant. II figure
they're each worth $780," he said.
Mr.. Edmonds' wares on the
hoof included a brace of Rhesus
monkeys, two foxes. a couple of
coyotes, three deer and a buffalo.
All were advertised as tame.
Mr.. Edmonds demonstrated his
veracity by cooling the lions over
to his side 0f their cage and
scratching them behind the ears.
1000 Attend Auction.
Someone asked what would
happen if the things got loose.
They'd just follow me
around" he said.
OF the 1000 customers who
were there for the auction, not
one wanted to test whether the
host was right.
The Buffalo, a bull. brought
5000. A livestock dealer bought
it for advertising purposes.
Mrs. Adrian Roland, Clear
Spring, Md. paid $3.50 for a
buck deer and doe to decorate
her summer home.
c. w. Everitt, Boonesbcro,
bought the other doe. He belongs
to a sportSman's club. He said
he was going to turn the deer
loose.
One monkey was bought by
Jack Welty, of Woodpoint, near
here, who intends to make a
house pet of it. He already has
one monk at home.
The foxes are in for pet status,
too. One buyer said: You can
train 'em like dogs"
The ZOO had been operating
about two years.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
ST. John S 10 Build
Women's S Dormitory
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. %. - st.
Johns College announced today
contracts have been signed for
construction of new $450,000
women's dormitory on the his
toric college campus.
President Richard D. Weigle
said Stehle. Beans & Bean of
Annapolis will coordinate the
work of a group of sub-con-
tractors who will build the
dormitory on a cooperative
basis. Completion date has been
set for January l, 1855.
Mr.. Weigle said approximately
$50, 900 remained to be raised in
a building campaign, which will
be equaled by the Old Dominion
Foundation of New York.
The new building, which will
house 73 women, is designed in
modified Georgian architecture
to harmonic with the other
campus buildings.
Ground breaking ceremonies
will take place next Saturday
when the Board Of Visitors and
Governors Of the college meet.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
By Richard Rodgers
Star Staff Correspondent

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. 2S.
They auctioned off a farms
livestock today, critters like lions
and buffalo and deer and
Yes, that's right. There were
cattle and hogs too, of course.
but the spieler also was knocking
down cut-rate big cats and the
other wild beasties.
1t marked the end of The
Boonsboro Zoo, a homegrown
menagerie on the farm of Samuel
Rust Edmonds, aged 73, who said
he's getting too old to take care
of lions and the like, and can't
find a hired man who'll treat
them right.
Mr.. Edmond's farm is in Ap-
pletown, about 13 miles south
of here.
Retired 10 Years Ago.
9 Mr.. Edmonds lives in the
District. at 2701 Seventeenth
street, NE, when he's not up
country tending his furred
friends.
He used to operate a cinder
block and stone company in
Washington, but retired about
10 years ago to loaf-if that's
the word-on his Washington
County Zoo-farm.
Today's sale brought him about
$4,000.
He said he was satisfied with
it, except for the price of the
lions.
He had two of them-year- old
females. big tawny beautS he
hoped to get $500 for, and they
brought only $3.50 for the pair.
Mr.. Edmonds baked at that.
But the cats were sold, and he
accepted the loss with resigna- :
ton.
Cost me about a hundred