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Show SATURDAY, JANUARY 2$, ld52 Pitt I THE JOURNAL $ v V - r' ? I OLD SAWTOOTIf HURLS CHALLENGE . . .' This hill ascends back from Grand Marais, Minn., and rises to an elevation of 1,700 feet. Known as Old Sawtooth, It presented a challenge to ski enthusiasts of Grand Marais. In 1948, a handful of men, led by Howard Joynes, then president of the chamber of commerce, decided' to accept the challenge. How well they met the challenge can be decided from the fact that on Feb. 7 Old Sawtooth will be host to the central United States downhill and slalom champion' ships. The purpose mainly was to build a recreation area for the folks about town. civic-mind- V ' y ' '' t 'V f j '''4'; ed 16-1- AGONY AT SEA . . . Mrs. Belva note tossed In Hall, Norfolk, reads sea, in bottle in 1942: "This Is the end . . . middle of nowhere . . Lost compass . . . God, O help vs . . Goodbye to our loved ones . . Thomas Gowan EM2." President Truman, REVENUE BUREAU . , shown conferring with Treasury Secretary John Snyder, recently internal revof the scandal-rocke- d ordered "sweeping enue bureau," wiping out the offices of all 64 Internal revenue collectors. Mr. Truman directed the treasury secretary to proceed immeof the bureau, where widespread graft diately with and bribery scandals have been bared. TO RELAXING BEAUTIES . . Everyday comes siesta time down south In sun land, and just to show yon how the warm sea breeses make the best overcoat, here are six relaxing beauties with nothing to do but show you how to soak in the soothing sunshine on the shores of Daytona Beach, Florida they say down there. They are having a wonderful time wish you were there? Such photos as these start an annual trek southward, the publicity boys contend. ZE ... GUARDIANS OF CAPITAL The U.S. air force has disclosed that the famed "white house" squadron at Washington, D.C., assigned to air defense of the nations capital, has been equipped with Lockheed 4 jet fighters. The planes can operate around the clock In darkness and bad weather, using radar to find their targets at night or in the clouds. Afterburning in their jet engines gives them extra power for combat maneuvers or for faster climbing. F-9- ' yAV. A V. j ' r, v sV '') '.r' Vw all-weat- h.:. ' V'. , 'tssLLJLez Z4 STRANGLED . . . Donna Isbell, Los Angeles, was strangled to death by her baby sitter who explained she was watching a horror film on television and started daydreaming. She said she had a vision of Donna with a green necktie around her neck. , SAYING GOODBYE r DEATH IN A SAFETY BELT . . . The body of a stewardess of the big airliner that crashed near Salamanca, N.Y , recently hangs from her safety belt, still fastened in the wreckage of the plane. She was one of the 26 persons who died In the crash of the hig air transport. The back of her seat Is resting on her back. Fourteen persons survived the crash of the aircraft,' the cause of which is now t beln investigated. ... NIEMOELLER GOES TO MOSCOW The Rev. Martin Niemoeller (right), with daughter Herta and Prior Heinrich Gruber, arrives In Berlin en route to Moscow where he was greeted by Archbishop MaCary on behalf of the Russians. There is speculation that his visit may have some bearing on the expectation that the Russians may start releasing a large number of Germans held in the Soviet for various reasons since the end of the war. His wife and daughter went with him. Gen. Clifton B. Gates, right, foreground, retiring commandant of the Marine Corps, says his farewell to honor guard at Navy Headquarters. |