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The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Family of Four Rescued
By Snowplow From Car
Stranded at Mountain Pass

SNOQUALM1E PASS, Wash. R
Trapped in their automobile on
the Snoqualmie Pass Highway
when sliding snow covered it to
depth of several feet, the Don D.
Buchanan family of Thermopolis,
Wyo., prayed"
The answer, Buchanan said yes
terday, came in the form of a big
snowplow and a road crew which
soon dug away the debris which
hemmed him, his wife and two
little children in.
The frightened family first
heard the pillow, then noticed it
was getting lighter in the car.
cit sure was a wonderful light"
Buchanan said.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Some Days Are Like That

NORTON, Va, R-Accldents
will happen-and happen they did
at this western Virginia mountain
town yesterday.
A fire engine, on its way to a
house blaze, went rushing down
us. SO. Paul Carroll, approaching
in a pickup truck, swerved to get
out of the way.
The truck skidded on an icy
spot and dropped Is feet over a
bank.
An ambulance came to take
Carroll to the hospital for treat
ment of cuts and abrasions. AS it
pulled out, passenger car
slammed into the left side.
The passenger car blocked the
flow of traffic.
Then another car skidded into a
ditch trying to avoid vehicle No. 3.
A fifth car missed the ditch and
got No. 8.
All five vehicles suffered heavy
damage. And the house? That
burned down.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
JAVA VOLCANO IN
FIERY ERUPTION

JAKARTA, Indonesia, R-Thou-
sands of villagers living on the
slopes of Meram Fire Mountain
central Java's killer volcano, have
fled their homes following a thun-
derous eruption.
Glowing masses Of superheated
lava continued racing down the
eastern slopes Today and the sky
remained darkened by clouds of
ash. The volcanoes cone was OBJ
scured by red gaseous clouds.
Merapi towers above one Of the
most thickly populated areas in
the world-abou 500 people to
the square mile. About 10000 peo-
pie were killed Wnen Merapi blew
its top in 1880.
The last erupt on was in 1854,
when hundreds. Ct villagers were
wiped out.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Air Force Seety. Quarles,
On Far Eastern Tour,
Rules Out GlobaI War

HONG KONG, LR-U. S. Air
Air Force Secretary Quarles said
today global wal could be ruled
out 'for the pfec ictable future
The secretary, who is on Far
Eastern tour, tolel a news confer
ence he was confident the Com
munists woulei not start a war
unless they could make it global
one. The price they would have to
pay for that is toe great, he added,
and they realize it.
Quarles declared the United
States was re-examinin., the For
mosan situation n this light.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Seattle Transit Giving
Away Bus Rides In Hopes
Of Attracting More Riders

SEAT T L E, R-The Seattle
Transit System, plagued with
higher and higher costs and few
err and fewer customers, hopes to
Increase its revenue by giving
away rides-with your favorite
morning or afternoon newspaper
thrown in free, too.
Hoping to stimulate transit rid
ing, the Transit Commission, who
operate the publicly owned sys-
TEN, will put a free bus in service
next Thursday. It will be one of
hundred new "air-ride" coaches
purchased by the system.
Anyone will be able to board
the conspicuously marked bus
without paying a fare from am.
to 6 pm. each day. Those who
board it will save a 20-cent fare.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
There Is Reason To Believe
Russia Has Missile Capable
OF Hitting Targets In US.

WASHINGTON, R-Sen. Jack
son D-Wash) said today "there is
reason to believe" Russia may
have a supersonic missile which
could deliver a hydrogen warhead
to targets 500 miles away.
jackson, who heads the Senate
Armed Services subcommittee on
atomic weapons, said such a weap-
on could strike at any country in
the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
cation, and at virtually ALL of
this country's overseas air bases.
The senator termed this a ma
jor development in the race to be
first with an accurate interconti-
mental ballistie missile. capable of
carrying an atomic Warhead 5000
miles in 80 minutes.
Jackson said Kremlin leaders
have limited in speeches to the So
Wet parliament that they have de-
veloped or are about to attain the
intercontinental missile.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Secretary Wilson Inspects
West Coast Missile Plants

WASHINGTON, R-Secretary
of Defense Wilson returned today
from an inspection of West Coast
aircraft factories where some of
the nations new and secret weap-
ons are made He said he was
pleased with what he saw.
But in meeting newsmen, he
talked only graphically of his tour
of factories in California, declin-
ing even to list all plants visited.
When asked if he inspected
progress on the intercontinental
ballistics missile project at the
Convair plant, Wilson replied,
Naturally, I looked around when
l was out there"
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Lippy Wuz Robbed-Really

HOLLYWOOD, R-Leo Gippy)
Durocher, former manager of the
NY. Giants, isn't kidding these
days when he says: II was
robbed"
He was closing the garage door
at his Beverly Hills home last
night when a voice said:
Don't move"
Leo turned his head just enough
to see man holding pistol. Then
Lippy did a rare thing: 81 said
nothing. I was too scared to talk, :"
he said. "The gunman said Give
me your money" l gave him $40,
all I had on me. If I had had
$500 I'd have given him that"
Durocher, now a $50, 000-a-year
NBC executive, said his wife, act
ress LARAMIE Day, was asleep in
the house.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Incendiary Device
Found Aboard
TWA Airliner

PITTSBURGH, R-An Army
bomb disposal expert said today
that small metal object found
aboard TWA airliner carrying
80 persons was "some sort of in
cendiary device" and that it was
"loaded"
Capt. c.. A. Sather of the 145th
Bomb Disposal Detachment said
the object was similar to shot
gun shell in that it had to be set
off. He said that no firing device
was found in the instrument.
The device was discovered yes
terday afternoon in an aisle of the
plane by the pilot, Lyle Ryan,
soon after the craft took off from
Columbus, Ohio.
Sather said the object contained
magnesium powerful incendi-
airy element-and yellowish
powder, not yet identified.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Eisenhower Dinner Checks
To Be Paid For On
Installment Plan

KANSAS CITY, R-Republican
leaders planning a salute to Essen
hover at a dinner Jan. 20 are
aware the date comes on the heels
of Enthusiastically speak
ing. And with tax time rolling
around, they figure, it might be
tough getting a crowd for the
$100-a-plate dinner.
The solution? Tickets will be
sold on time plan: $25 down,
monthly installments of $25 each.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Bartlett Seeks Eliminate
Screening of Alaskans
Under immigration Act

WASHINGTON Rl-The admin
istration was asked today to seek
elimination of requirements that
persons entering the continental
United States from Alaska be sub
ject to immigration screening.
There does not seem to be a
single, sound reason why a person
travelling to or from Alaska should
be required to be examined .
any more than when he travels
between two States" Delegate
Bartlett said in a letter to Atty.
Gen. Brownell.
Bartlett wrote the attorney gen
eral after learning the admins
tration will seek amendment of
the McCarran-W Walter immigration
Act. The screening of Alaska trav
elers is one of the requirements of
the act.
The delegate introduced with
out success last year bill to re-
peal the Alaska provision. In
writing Brownell, he expressed
hope the administration will in
clude repeal of the Alaska pro-
viso in any recommendations sent
to Congress.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Lily Pons Observes
18th Anniversary
Of Her Debut

NEW YORK, R-The Metropol-
itan Opera staged a Lilly Pons
Gala last night to mark the 25th
anniversary of the night the petite
and sparkling French soprano
made her debut there.
A tremendously enthusiastic
audience heard Miss Pons sing a
program of choice selections from
her coloratura repertoire.
Associated Press Arts editor w.
c.. Rogers reported the perform
ance would long be remembered.
miss Pons proved again that she
is an actress with grace and ele-
gance and singer who is abso-
lutte mistress of all the secrets of
her great calling" he wrote.
Miss Pons was clearly moved
during an intermission award Ger
emony. Called back again and
again for curtain calls, she threw
kisses with both hands.
She was born in Cannes in 1904,
has been an American citizen
since 1910
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Goth Century-Fox to Film
Picture "Sitka" Based On
The Purchase of Alaska

HOLLYWOOD, R-Twentieth
Century-Fox Studio has signed
author Louis L'Amour to write
novel, "Sitka," based on the
wrestling of Alaska from Russia
through a $7,O00,000 purchase.
The story will show conditions
prevailing in Washington, at the
Imperial Court of Russia, and in
the turbulent Russian-Ameriean
capital, Sitka. Some of the char
acters will be out of history, 9TH
ers fictional.
L'Amour has been doing re-
search and will go to Sitka soon
for a month of on-the-spot re-
search.
His writing credits include
"Hondo," "The Burning Lands"
and "To Tame a Land among
many others.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Interior Supports
Proposal Eskimos
Man Radar Sites

WASHINGTON, R-Delegate
Bartlett yesterday reported Inter
iol Department support for his
proposal that Eskimos be given
preference in manning arctic air
plane warning stations.
Such policy was urged by Bart
lett in a letter to Defense Secre-
tary Wilson early in November.
Bartlett today made public
letter from Wesley A. D'Ewart,
assistant secretary of the interior,
to Wilson stating that the Interior
Department "concurs wholeheart-
edly" in the Bartlett proposal.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Singer julius La Rosa
Becomes Engaged To
Secretary Of Perry Como

NEW YORK, 'R-Singer Julius
La Rosa, who bounced into the
headlines WREN he was bounced
from Arthur G,ifrey's TV show,
became engaged New Years Eve
to the secretary of singer Perry
Como.
La Rosa is 26. His fiancee, Rosy
Myer, is "a. ;ihe came from Mani
toWoc, Wis, to New York four
years ago to stuoy psychology and
liberal arts at Columbia Univer-
sity. She dropped her studies for
secretarial jobs, becoming secre-
tary to Como tn years ago.
She won Il Local publicity con-
test a year ago as the girl most
similar in altpea rance to film star
Ava Gardner. She and La Rosa
met through mutual friend last
February.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Weather Delays Students
Returning To School

Students returning to school
were delayed by weather this
last weekend. George Bell, Rob-
ert Summers and Glenn Tweet
left early this morning for the
University of Alaska. Mary 10
Swanberg left at the same time
for high school in Fairbanks.
Mary Jeanne Boucher left Mon
day for Portland. June Dunbar
and Loretta Snyder departed ear
Eer to return to the University
of Washington Medical School.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Missing" New York Ferry Boat
Found When Heavy Fog Lifts

NEW YORK, "a four-hour
search for a missing" ferryboat
ended today when a heavy fog
lifted slightly and police launch
found the 100-foot craft tied up a
half mile from its slip.
The ferry captain had tied up
his craft when he could not locate
his regular slip. The ferry was re-
ported missing after it failed to
reach its City Island berth on a
14-minute run from Hart Island.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
APPLEJACK WITH A KICK

LANSING, Mich, IA glass
jug of apple cider left over from
Gov. G.. Mennen Williams Christ
mas office party exploded while
stenographers were working in
the office reception room Tuesday.
The explosion shot the neck of
the jug 80 feet across the room
and showered frightened office
workers with glass and cider.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-04
Three Killed In
Crash of BIZ Jet

AMARILLO, Tex, R-Three
airmen were killed near here yes
terday in practice instrument
landing of BAT jet bomber. Air
Force officers have launched an
investigation in an attempt to dis
cover the cause.
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New O'NeiII Play
Hailed in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM. Sweden, Feb
IL ga glittering first night
audience gave almost unprece-
dented ovations last night to
Eugene O'Neill's "A Long Days
Journey Into Night" the play
its author once said should not
be produced until 25 years after
his death.
| Critics hailed the premiere as
one of the greatest evenings in
sSweden's theater history but
some found flaws in the four
hour length of Mr.. O'Neill's play
and its ''agitating. self-exposing
photographed nature.
/ King Gustav VI and Queen
Louise were among the packed
audience in StockAolm'S Drama
ten Theater. where Mr.. O'Neill
wanted the premiere staged.
/ Mr.. O'Neill. who died in 1858
wrote the play in 1871. 1t tells
of the tortured lives of a famous
actor and his family in small
American East Coast town In
1912.
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Eisenhower Receives
Bronze of Lincoln
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower yeSter-
day received a bronze sculptured
likeness Of the head of Abraham
Lincoln from the executive COM
mittee of the National Republic
can Club In New York.
The gift was received at the
White House for the President by
his chief aide, Sherman Adams
1t was presented on behalf of the
club by its president, Daniel j
Riesner. and the chairman OF the
executive committee. Charles H
Tuttle.
The bronze sculpture, by Dor
Mavros. is a duplicate of one
presented to Thomas E. Dewey
former Governor of New York
at Lincoln dinner last year.
Another copy will be presented
Monday night to Vice President
Nixon when he addresses the
clubs 10th annual Lincoln Day
dinner in New York.
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The officers, parked near the
restaurant were attracted by
rapidly flashing headlights of an
auto that a motorist had just
entered. On checking they found
Frank Jackson Truell, of 1916
North Vernon street, Arlington,
behind the wheel.
Mr.. Truell said he owned the
auto. The auto occupant. Dick
ems, of the 5000 block Taylor
street. Mr.. Truell declared. had
no business being there.
Pvt. Bishop said Dickens
maintained he had entered the
auto. one similar to his own. he
alleged, by mistake" Once out
of the car he ran.
He was found shortly after
ward lying in some bushes. po-
lice said. A check Of Mr.
Truell's car disclosed the igni-
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Friends Catch Chief Scott
Top Detective Off Guard

church: Lloyd Knestrick, presi-
dent of the Men of Ninth Street
Club, and Mrs. Scott.
President Eisenhower's COM
imendation "for his many years
of excellent service" came by
telegram and was read by Mr.
Martin.
Chief Murray described Chief
Scott as lone of the reasons the
District has a fine police force. y
The dinner was held at the
Ninth Street Christian Church
lin No. 9 precinct. This is the
precinct where Chief Scott, who
entered the department in 1881
got his start. He remained there
through 1888.
The former Marine. who served
in Japan and China in the 1920s
hasn't found the climb an easy
job. During his second year al
No. 9. his skull was fractured by
a blow inflicted In a skirmisf
with marchers in the Bonus
Army. The injury laid him ur
for two months.
A remarkable memory fol
names and faces later led to his
appointment as a precinct de-
ttective. The same talents, plus
devotion to duty and knack fol
hard work. got him a lieutenancy
| in the homicide squad in 1913
Later he became head Of the
robbery squad.
/ He was made a captain in 1850
The next year he was named
assistant chief Of detectives. Hi
took over as head Of the bureal
when Mr.. Murray became heac
of the force.
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~ Million Listed
On Rolls of VA

The United States now has
more than % million veterans of
all wars, ranging in age from
under 18 to 100.
! A Veterans Administration
survey revealed the oldest vet
eran to be Albert Woolson of
Duluth. Mimi. the lone surviy-
ing Union soldier from the Civil
War.
The average age of all veterans
is 38l2. There are only 1000
veterans over IS. and l76 of these
participated in the Indian Wars.
The largest group on the VA
rolls are the, l5.4 million World
War II veterans averaging So e
years. There still are 3.105. 900
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Drummer Boy
In Civil War
Is 1909 Today

DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. IL (P).
Albert Woolson, a Civil War
drummer boy, tackles the happy
chore of opening hundreds of
greetings on his 109th birthday
today.
The only survivor of the Union
forces of the Civil War, he had
already received a congratulatory
note from President Eisenhower
and a special Minnesota vet,
Grams medal from Gov. Orville
Freeman.
ION your 109th birthday" the
President wrote. please accept
my congratulations. This ami
Versary. I am certain, will be
rich like its predecessors in
memories and in warm wishes
from friends in many parts of
the Nation. With them l am de-
lighted to join once again in
Saluting you.
Mixed in with the bundles of
cards were gifts Of flowers,
cigars, fruit and clothing.
The old soldier has almost
completely recovered from re-
.currences of lung congestion, but
will observe the anniversary at
home with no public appear
IanceS during the day.
Tonight he will be surrounded
by IS members of his family at
Ia turkey dinner, prepared by his
daughter. Mrs. John Kobus, with
whom he lives. The birthday gift
from the Kobuses will be a green
wool sweater.
A brightly decorated birthday
cake presented by the Duluth
IWomen's Relief Corps will top
of the dinner.
Mr.. Woolson enlisted when he
was II and served with the
Union forces for slightly less
than a year. doing occupation
duty in the South. He has out
lived some 2,675,o0 of the boys
in blue.
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HOLLYWOOD CNANA).-van two black poodles Roxbur
johnson receives $l50000 and drive.
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SUNNYBRooK
TEMPLEToN knobs
TEMPLEToN MANOR
UNIVERSITY PARK
WILDERCRoFT
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Woman, IS, Hit
BY Streetcar

An S5-year-old pedestrian,
struck yesterday by a street car,
remained in critical condition
today at Emergency Hospital.
Police said the injured woman.
Mrs. Roberta B. Moore. of 1851
Columbia road NV, was struck
as she crossed the street near
her home yesterday afternoon.
Operator of the street car was
listed as Robert l. Pike. 40. OF
the 300 block Of Eighteenth
street NV. He was charged with
failing to yield the right of way
to a pedestrian.
+ The motorman told Accident
Investigation Unit policemen the
woman walked from behind a
parked auto into the path Of
his street car.
In another accident, William
Welborn, IA. of 1880 South Thir-
'teenth street, Arlington. was seri-
ously injured in a three-car col
lision at Fourteenth street and
Constitution avenue NV.
Police said the boy was pas
isenger in a car driven by Sher-
man G. Embrey, 10. of the 1900
block of South Monroe street, Ar
llington.
The younger boy was admitted
at Emergency Hospital for treat
.ment of chest injuries.
Other drivers involved in the
Icrack-up. police said, were Will
liam N. James, %. of the 500
block of Sixth street NE, and
Andrew w. GARFIELD, IL, Of the
1000 block of Woodlawn drive,
Falls Church.
A Corporation Counsel's hear
ing has been scheduled for
March Z.
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After IS years of sleuthing anc
10l concentrations, Deputy Po-
lice Chief Edgar E. Scott finally
was outfoxed.
The unprecedented event
he's the Districts No. / detective
occurred last night when "Mr
Scotland Yard" of the city's po-
lice force was taken unawares
by a testimonial dinner in recog.
milton of his outstanding service
Although it wasn't intended al
such, the dinner, given by the
members of his church, Ninth
Street Christian Church. a
Ninth and D streets NE, seryet
as his 5lst birthday party.
With no idea that anything
but business was at hand, Chic
Scott was taken to the church
hall by Police Chief Robert v
Murray. Chief Scott believed HI
was going to discuss boys club
work with the Rev. Frederick
M. Martin, rector.
The tall. dignified chief o,
detectives, whose physical ap'
pearance, modesty and soft voict
lend a great deal Of accurac.
to the Scotland Yard nickname
was lauded by President Essen
hover. Chief Murray. Distric
Commissioner Robert e. Nc
Laughlin, his Lions Club group
and his other friends.
More than 200 persons wer,
at the affair. including Mr.. Nc
Laughlin. Julian Cardin, presi
dent of the East Gate Lion
Club; Byron B. Seath. chairman
of the official board of thu
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HOLLY WOOD
From SIS to $4,000
By SHEILAH GRAHAM

two black poodles on Roxbury
drive.
When Joan Crawford picked
Jack Palance to menace her in
Sudden Fear" three years ago
his salary was $4,000. For his
current Paramount film, THE
Lonely Man." he receives 10
times as much. Can you wonder
that Hollywood is the mecca for
dreamers?
Talking with John Wayne
when he arrived back from his
selling tour for THE Conqueror
in Europe, he admitted being
pushed from SO much travelling.
IN be marking time to catch
my BREATH" said he. When ]
asked John what he wanted the
new baby to be-a boy or a
lgirl?-he replied simply, Just
healthy"
Lana Turner celebrated her
early 30-ish birthday on We'd
inesday. Husband Lex Barker
gifted her with a miniature gold
cigarette lighter. engraved For
"a Matchless Wife"
/ $50
/ Kirk Douglas and wife Anne
returned to Hollywood after a
mouth in Palm Springs. They
are house hunting for a larger
home because, in addition to
their new baby boy. Kinks two
sons by his former marriage are
living with them full time. Anne
and Kirk are tossing a cocktail
party for Anne's former boss,
Favre lie Bret, head of the Cannes
Film Festival, now visiting Hol-
lywood.
Pert Phyllis Kirk, happy with
her Johnny Concho" movie. is
buying a home in Beverly Hills
and will stay here to concentrate
ON pictures. She'll commute to
New York for television shows.
instead of vice versa.
Howard Hughes has moved out
of the Beverly Hilton's presi-
dental suite which he had rent
ed since the hotel opened last
year. He spent approximately
two weeks in it. but never passed
through the hotel lobby, prefer
ring to use the freight elevators.
| David Niven has rented a boat
and he and his wife will live
aboard the vessel next week.
while David makes added scenes
off Catalina for Mike Todd's
i"Around the World in 80 Days. .
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Suburban Pastors Meet

The Suburban Ministers
Union of Prince Georges County
will hold its quarterly meeting
at noon on Monday at the
Branchville Methodist Church,
900l Fifty-first avenue, College
Park. Nd.
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ton wires had been crossed with
strip of tinfoil.
Also. mud on the upholstery
matched that on Dickens shoes
A check of the painters record
matched the policemen's sus-
.picions. Dickens has been ar
rested for car thefts dating back
to 1888.
He was released on $3.50 bond
pending trial on charges of
tampering with an auto, at
tempted car theft and disorder
~ conduct.