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Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona. Friday, December 13, 1946. Alaska GIs Pan Old Claims For Fun And Occasional $5 the expression means a "screwball" idea. B. C.

Answer: The dictionaries define "brainstorm" as "a temporary mental derangement; violent confusion of mind." Kansas City: Can you imagine my amazement at hearing commentator Frazier Hunt refer to the famous plane. The Truculent Turtle, as the "TROOSS-uh-lent" Turtle? Mrs. C. H. R.

Answer: I feel sure that "Mr. Hunt's fan mail has set him right by now. Truculent, meaning "cruel, savage, brutally aggressive," is correctly pronounced: Take My Word By FRANK COLBY Readers Want To Know Rochester: Colby, It's your duty to do something about people, who insist on mispronouncing the word bronchial. Sick 'em! C. O.

Answer: Very well, people, cease at once your naughty ways. Bronchial is pronounced: BRONG-kee-Ull. Milwaukee: I recently saw a snapshot made somewhere in Mexico. It showed a building on the front of. which was painted: "Aguascalientes con Aleman." As near as I can figure, this means, "hot waters with German." Am I seeing things? H.

G. Answer: Your translation is quite correct. Aguascalientes does mean "hot waters." It also is the name of a Mexican city about 300 miles south of Monterrey. Aleman 3s the Spanish word for German. It also is the surname of the incoming president of the Republic of Mexico Miguel Aleman, pronounced: mee-GELL.

(hard ah-lay-MAHN. He defeated Manuel Avila Comacho in the recent election (mahn-WELL AH-vee-lah kah-MAH-choe). Obviously the picture was snapped in Aguascalientes, and the legend was a political slogan to the effect that the town was with (for) Aleman, the then candidate. Kansas City: Untangle this one, please. The majority of the office force insists that a "brainstorm" is an unusually brilliant idea or scheme.

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Messinger of Blaine, pans Xor gold in I'nited Service Organization leased claim near Fairbanks. Oclavia Pratt, a I SO junior hostess, tries for a few elusive gold nug-jets herself. S4th and E. Jneola Rt. Ph.

4-384 the claims. On the last part of the trip, the GIs have to pack their pans and shovels through the gorges to the claims. LIVING NEAR BV is an old-timer McNatt Drugs PHONE 3-8411 2829 WEST VAN BUREN who supplies the prospectors occasional advice on panning gold between tall tales of the Klondike's history. In recent months, the number of American service men in Alaska has materially increased as more troops are sent in to join the air Up to the minute muiG shopping center force and to work with task forces FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Dec.

12 OJEA) There is a new gold rush in Alaska that rivals in enthusiasm, if not in rich strikes, the famous rush of '49. Today's prospectors are Alaska stationed GIs. Their gold rush is sponsored by the United Service Organizations and Is classed as off- recreation. That doesn't keep 0 of every 100 GI "sourdoughs" from hoping to strike it rich although the best of them have been Br.able to pan more than $5 worth of gold a day so far. BV soldiers, freshly arrived in Alaska from II.

ft. for postwar duty, who demanded the shortest way to an undiscovered gold mine," the USO leased ight old mining claims. The GI miners travel in comfort. Native Alaskan USO junior hostesses pick them up in station was-ns and drive them most of the ay over rough mountain roads to Ball Bearing Roller Skates. mum vxiMw "Frigid" and "Weather," which are testing the army's cold weather equipment in temperatures that range to 30 below zero.

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