Former ANS Employes at Reunion
Elect Mildred Keaton President
Butler Says Alaska
Could Prosper
With Demo Party
FAIRBANKS, 04)—The hope of
Alaska for achieving statehood,
and its future prosperity through
development of its own resources
are geared to the fortunes of the
Democratic Party, Party Chair
man, Paul Butler said Monday.
More than 200 local Democrats
greeted Butter when he stepped
from a plane here after a trip
from Chicago. Butler is scheduled
to visit most of Alaska’s major
cities on a tour of the territory.
Butler told a news conference
on his arrival Alaska has fared
best when Democrats controlled
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the White House. He said the
present administration isn’t likely
to develop Alaska’s vast water
power resources and other un
tapped natural wealth.
The present administration, he
said, has shown a desire toward
restriction of public power devel
opment.
Butler declined to comment on
the possible Democratic nominee
in the 1958 presidential race but
he said no matter who was nom
inated .the Democrats had every
chance to defeat President Eisen
hower if Ike runs again.
“We have to change the minds
of only about 3 million Ameri
cans,” he said. “Stevenson (Adlai,
1952 Democratic presidential can
didate) was defeated by about 6
million votes. We have good is
sues and I don’t believe the Dem
ocrats have done anything in the
last two years that would turn
away voters.”
Bob Groseclose Accepts
Chairmanship of Alaska
Chamber Convention
FAIRBANKS—Bob Groseclose,
Fairbanks and Big Delta business
man, has accepted chairmanship
of the program committee to plan
activities for the forthcoming Al
aska Chamber of Commerce con
vention. The convention is sched
uled to be held in Fairbanks
November 3-5.
This will mark the first time
Fairbanks has played host to the
Alaska Chamber. Lack of suitable
hotel accommodations in previous
years made it necessary for the
interior to utilize Mt. McKinley
Park for these gatherings.
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» SEATTLE—On the Saturday
each year before the MS North
Star of the Alaska Native Service
leaves for the arctic and Pt. Bar
row trip, former employes from
far and wide gather for a reunion
in Seattle. At the informal meet
ing held at the Hotel Stewart on
July 30 Miss Mildred Keaton, the
“Dog Sled Nurse” of the Interior
and the arctic for a quarter of a
century, was elected president.
Mrs. Pauline Stenson, also of
the arctic and other sections, is
the new secretary-trtasurer.
Among other guests present at
the banquet were E. R. and Emily
Stone, who spent ten years in
Mellakatla; C. Thurston Stenson
of many posts; Mrs. Nellie Col
lard, Shaktoolik; Etta E. Jones,
Attu; Mr. and Mrs. Walter H.
Knape of Tanacross; Miss Lucille
Wright, Tetlin; Mrs. Ruth Far
rell, Nome; Solvig Zavier (Mrs.
H. M.) 13 years in Candle; Mar
guerite B. Smith (Mrs. Ray Ed
ward), Kotzebue; Pauline R. Wil
liams, Barrow; Bernie M. and Vic
Hill, Nome; H. W. and Margaret
Starling of the Koyuk, Kotzebue
and other towns.
When Mr. Aimer Rydeen first
went to Nome in 1900 it took him
65 days to make the trip, < which
has been cut to eight hours with
the advent of the plane. He was
clerk of the federal court, Second
Division. Mrs. Beatrice Stanley
spent 15 years at Ft. Yukon, going
there first as matron for the Hud
son Stuck Memorial Hospital. It
was here that Thomas Henry
“Harry” Burman operated a store.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Whit
tacker of the Little Diomede, and
Mr. and Mrs. Cortez L. Crutcher
of Wales, Kake and Wrangell met
many mutual friends. Clara Gad
die, field nurse for ANS, sailed
north on Aug. 1 and carried with
her messages to all the stopping
points enroute.
Happy Chandler Wins
Nomination for Office
Of Kentucky Governor
LOUISVILLE, Ky., ItfV—Former
Appelate Judge Bert T. Combs
yesterday conceded A. B. (Happy)
Chandler’s Democratic nomina
tion for governor of Kentucky.
Comb’s statement said:
“Congratulations and best wish
es. You and the other Democratic
nominees have my full support in
the coming general election.
Gov. Lawrence W. Wetherby,
whose state administration backed
Combs, said, “Our great Demo
cratic Party has chosen its nom
inees to represent it in the No
vember election. I have always
supported the nominees of my
party, and I shall do that this
November.”
At the age of 57, the former
baseball commissioner has cap
tured the Democratic gubernator
ial nomination after one of the
stormiest party primaries in Ken
tucky history.
In the Nov. 8 election, Chandler
will face former U.S. Dist. Atty.
Edwin R. Denney, 51, winner of
the Republican nomination.
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Mother Hears How
Son Died at Hands
Of GI in Korea
NEW YORK Ufi—A mother yes
terday heard a soldier’s story of
how her son met death in a Chi
nese Red prison camp in Korea—
allegedly at the hands of a fellow
American.
Mrs. Loretta Jones of Detroit
maintained her composure during
the grim recital but wept later
during a recess in the court-mar
tial olo Sgt. Gallagher, 23, of
Brooklyn.
Gallagher is charged with col
laboration with the enemy and
the “unpremeditated murder” of
three sick American prisoners.
Sgt. Donnell Adams, 27, of Cot
tonwood, Ala., now stationed at
Ft. Lewis, Wash., gave his version
of how Cpl. John William Jones,
ill and unable to walk, was eject
ed from a shelter and into freez
ing weather outside.
“I saw Gallagher come in the
door,” said Adams.” He came over
and slapped Jones twice. He said
something in harsh and angry
tones.”
Adams said Gallagher then
picked up Jones and carried him
out the door “like a bartender
bouncing a drunk.”
“Why didn’t you say some
thing?” the court asked.
“Hell, I was scared,” replied
Adams, who said he himself was
ill at the time. He said that with
the freezing temperature outside
“I wouldn’t have lasted long.”
A previous witness said Galla
gher once advised a Communist
instructor to shoot captives who
resisted Red indoctrination.
In Ethiopia, it is possible in a
single day to travel from a region
of oppressive heat to one of in
tense cold.
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