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VOL. LIX No. 22 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1957 Per Copy—15^
President Confers with Lawmakers on
Mideast Problem, Will Broadcast to
Public over Radio and TV Tonight
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower discussed the grave
Middle East situation and the
sanctions-on-Israel question with
Congressional leaders today, and
decided to go on the air tonight
with a report to the American
people.
The White House said time was
toeing asked on all major TV and
radio networks.
A score of Congressional lead
ers, tooth Democrats and Repub
licans, talked with Eisenhower,
Secretary of State Dulles, and
U. N. Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge Jr., for two hours and 20
minutes.
Vice Pres, for Alaska U.
First Time in History
FAIRBANKS, UP) — For the first
time in history, the University of
Alaska is going to have a vice
president, effective April 1.
Dr. Ernest N. Patty, university
president, has announced that the
new post has gone to Dr. Robert
R. Weighman, 43. Weighman has
been with the University of Ore
gon and the General Extension Di
vision of the Oregon State System
of Higher Education. He served as
joint coordinator of the Oregon
Master of Education program.
He is a graduate of Hastings
College and the University of Ne
braska and received his doctorate
from the University of Oregon.
F. Whaley Resigns
As AVA Director
Frank Whaley, former Nome
resident and mining man from
Rainbow Mines in the Kougarok
who has been director of the AVA
and whose intensive work and
program has been keeping Alaska
in the spotlight for tourists thru
out the States, has resigned after
serving in that capacity for the
past 18 months.
It is reported that the AVA
headquarters at Anchorage will
be closed and only the Juneau of
fice maintained due to curtail
ment of funds.
Following a tour for the AVA
which will take him to every
state in the Union, Whaley will
be associated in private business,
i<t is reported, in Fairbanks. He
plans to continue, however, to
promote interest in AVA in his
new position.
Fur Rendezvous
Show Features
Nome Dancers
The Nome Eskimo Dancers left
yesterday for Anchorage, where
they will perform during the Fur
Rendezvous with showing twice
daily.
In the party were Mary and
Jean Mogg, Vincent and Edward
Ahkolik, John Kiminock, Leo
Kunnuk, Tony Pushruk, John
Kokuluk, Clara Sirloak, Frank
Elanna, Bernard Kazinoc, Thom
as Asila and Joachim Koyuk.
Sam Mogg and Olaf Piscoya
left earlier to make the necessary
arrangements.
The lawmakers came away
grave and with some apparent
differences of views as to just
what conclusions could be drawn
from the meeting.
Ode of the Democrats, Sen.
Hennings of Missouri, said his
impression from hearing Eisen
hower was that the Administra
tion is prepared to support the
United Nations if the U. N. im
poses sanctions on Israel.
The issue of sanctions has
arisen because of Israel’s refusal
to withdraw its troops from the
Goza Strip and the Gulf of Aqaba
area as demanded by the U. N.
But Sen. KnowLand of Cali
fornia, the Republican leader, told
reporters no decision about pos
sible support of sanctions had
been “finalized.”
Democratic leader Johnson of
Texas, asked whether he thought
the Administration would support
sanctions, replied:
“The Administration is well ad
vertised as being able to speak
ably, fluently and abundantly
for itself.”
Asked then whether the Con
gressional leaders and the White
House were “any closer together.”
Johnson replied “the meeting was
constructive and helpful.”
Ambassador Lodge said he ex
pects Eisenhower to outline in
tonight’s broadcast a positive
course of action for this country.
Lodge said there will be no
U. S. request for delay in tomor
row’s scheduled meeting of the
U. N. Gneral Assembly. He said |
the United States will be ready |
for action cm th Israeli question 1
at that time.
Virtually all the Congress mem
bers attending the White House j
session in the Cabinet Room had !
spoken out beforehand against ap- j
plying sanctions to Israel without I
invoking them agaiinst other na- j
tions which have ignored U. N. I
resolutions.
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Or Sachmo Unperturbed
By Tenn. Dynamite Blast
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., UP) — A
dynamite explosion outside
scarcely caused Louis (Sachmo)
Armstrong and his Negro-white
band to miss a beat last night in
a jazz concert before a segre
gated audience.
“That’s all right, folks,” the
gravel-throated Negro quipped,
as the sounl of the blast echoed
through the Administration
Building at the city’s Chilhowee
Park. “It’s just the phone.”
Nobody got excited, only a few
persons got up to see what hap
pened, and the show went on.
There were no injuries and
scarcely any damage.
A single stick of dynamite
tossed from a passing car, ripped
a four-foot hole in mud about 200
yards east of the builling.
About 2,000 whites and 1,000
Negroes were in the building at
the time. The explosion came just
after Armstrong, his five-piece
combo and girl singer, had re
turned from an intermission,
striking up “Back O’ Town
Blues.”
There were three Negro and
two white musicians in the band,
in addition to the Negro song
stress and Armstrong.
Record ‘'Spring
Day’ in Town
Nome enjoyed a warm, spring
like day today with temperatures
in the high 30s and clear skies.
The Weather Bureau at Nome
Field says this is the wannest day
on record with a high of 39 de
grees. The previous high was 38
degrees, recorded in 1934.
Higher Percentage
Of Mines Profits
Sought for Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP) — A bill
increasing Alaska’s share of rev
enues from minerals on public
ands in the Territory was ap
proved today by the House Inter
ior Committee.
The bill, by Delegate Bartlett,
provides 90 per cent of the net
profits from operation of govern
ment coal mines and coal leases
be deposited in the Alaska Treas
ury. The remaining 10 per cent
would be retained by the federal
Treasury.
A 1914 law, which the bill
amends, provided that the rev
enue from coal be devoted to
Alaska railroad construction and
operation. The railroad is now
constructed and is operating at a
profit.
The Bartlett bill also provides
that an additional 52 Vz per cent
of the revenue from petroleum
leases on Alaska Public Domain
be turned over to the Territory.
Alaska now gets 37 Vz per cent
for roads and educational pur
poses and 52V& per cent goes to
the Federal Reclamation Fund in
which Alaska does not share.
BLM Asks For
$250,000 Building
Program in Alaska
WASHINGTON, (£> — The Bur
eau of Land Management (BLM)
wants to spend $250,000 for build
ing throughout Alaska.
The request, outlined recently in
tdktimony before a. House Appro
priations subcommittee, includes
combination office-quarters, ga
rage-warehouse, gas-oil house,
firecrew barracks and necessary
water systems at Palmer, $53,000;
Glen Allen, $34,000; Fort Yukon,
$40,000; Northway, $21,000; Buf
falo Center, $JJO,OOQ; Paxson, $25,
000; Chicken, $14,000; Eagle,
$3,000; Central, $6,000; Tok Junc
tion, $8,000. Another $15,000 will
be spent on the station office at
Fairbanks.
BLM spokesmen told the com
mittee buildings now under use
are operationally inefficient with
excessive heating and maintnance
costs.
‘Bacon and Eggs’ Order
Brings Divorce Action
SYDNEY, Australia, i— Mrs.
Gwendolyn Kelly, 37, told a di
vorce court today she returned to
her apartment two days early
from a vacation and a woman in
bel with her husband ordered
bacon and eggs.
The woman, Mrs. Kelly said,
had mistaken her for the maid.
After the bacon ahd eggs order,
Mrs. Kelly said she locked her
husband and the woman in the
bedroom “until they started to
break the door down.”
Mrs. Kelly was granted a di
vorce from her husband, Donald,
44, on grounds of constructive
desertion.
C. of C. Meeting Gets Down to Facts
On Modernizing Nome Airport for
j Heavier Airline Traffic and Big Planes
At the regular luncheon
meeting of the NWA Chamber of
! Commerce yesterday, Bill Gol
den introduced Alaska Airlines
Company officials as guests,
Ralph Starkey, Vice President in
charge of sales and traffic; Kel- j
ley Weiss, Asst. Vice President;
in charge of operations and main
tenance; anl Edward Higgins, dis
trict sales manager in Anchorage.
A major portion of the meeting
period was devoted to a discussion
of the local air field and the pos
sibilities of improving its pres
ent condition. Mr. Starkey told
the Chamber members that re
cently he and Larry Galvin met
in Anchorage with Mr. Albert
Hulen, Regional Administrator
for C.A.A. Thd C.A.A. holds a 96
year lease on the air field from
U. S. S. R. & M. Co., and is now
the sole government agency re
sponsible for the maintenance of
the field. It is of concern to the
air lines that the position of the
mining company’s new dredge at
the end of this coming season will
shorten the usable length of the
Painting of Gov’s. Mansion
Objected to as Too Costly
WASHINGTON, UP) — Alaska’s
new governor, still unnamed, may
have to put up with the same old
paint job on the gubernatorial
mansion.
Rep. Kirwan (D-Ohio), chairman
of a House Appropriations subcom
mittee handling appropriations for
the Office of Territories, objected
strongly to a request for $8,000 for
painting and other repairs to the
mansion.
In testimony made public today,
Kirwan recalled that Congress in
1953 appropriated $20,000 for re
pair of the mansion.
“My home is about the same
size as that, maybe not as large,”
Kirwan declared, “and I have not
spent $20,000 on it since 1929 . . .
that’s too much money.”
Actually material submitted to
the subcommittee later showed
Congress has appropriated $30,670
for repairs of the Governor’s Man
sion in the past 14 years.
Who Lost Totem Pole?
SAN FRANCISCO, ffl - An 8
foot totem pole was found on a
Telegraph Hill sidewalk yester
day by police patrolman Frank
McFarland.
He asked a number of house
wives in the neighborhood if they
were short a totem pole. He de
scribed • their replies as “nega
tive.”
McFarland and three other
officers loaded the 350-pound
pole into a paddy wagon and
hauled it off to the Hall of Jus
tice. A check with what passes as
the local bureau of missing totem
poles showed the city’s entire
pole population accounted for.
However, nearby San Mateo had
reported one missing.
McFarland telephoned Sain Ma
teo police, who confirmed they
hnal sought in vain for a local to
tem pole.
McFarland described his find.
“Nope,” they said. “Ours wasn’t
that big.”
field for the larger planes. In
this connection, Carl Glavinovich
stated that the position of the
dredge will depend upon its prog
res during operation; however it
should be away from the end of
the field by the close of the 1958
mining season. Mr. Starkey un
derstands that C.A.A. has funds
available now to repair the other
runway and it is expected that
bids will be let in time for the
contractor to bring in supplies
on the first boat.
There seems to be no consider
ation for another site for the
field. At the present time Alaska
Airlines is bringing into Nome
four DC-4’s and three DC-3’s each
week. This daily schedule, toge
ther with the other air traffic at
Nome Field, makes runways of
maximum length very important
to the economy of the entire Sew
ard Peninsula.
Anyone who has watched the
crowded conditions in the pres
ent terminal building at plane
time can appreciate the need for
larger accommodations. Mr. Star
key stated, however, that it
would take an act of Congress to
change the status of Nome Field
and there is no hope of a new
terminal building under the pres
ent classification.
• President Walsh assured Mr.
Starkey that the Chamber and
' other airlines will support his
efforts in regards to improving
the local field. His suggestion that
letters be sent from the Chamber
to Mr. Hulen and to Delegate
Bartlett will be brought to the
attention of the Board at its meet
ing this week.
The Board will be asked to
communicate with our delegates
to the Legislature in Juneau ap
pealing to them to make every
effort to return the Land Office
to Nome. Mr. M. J. Walsh spoke
to the Chamber members on this
matter and pointed out that the
land office was as important to
day as it was during the period
from 1900 to 1953 when the office
was maintained here.
Several bills pending in the
Territorial Legislature were
briefly discussed by Russell R.
Hermann, U. S. Attorney. Many
are of particular interest to the
Nome merchants and all of them
of interest to the community as
a whole.
Larry Galvin was welcomed
back after a lengthy absence dur
ing which he visited with his fam
ily in the States.
Interior Employes in Terr.
WASHINGTON, UR — The De
partment of the Interior had 2,506
employes in Alaska on Dec. 31.
A breakdown, supplied a House
appropriations subcommittee by
Secretary Seaton, shows 1,440 were
employed by the department’s Of
fice of Territories and 460 by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Other Interior agencies with em
ployes in Alaska were:
Bureau of Land Management,
120; Bureau of Reclamation, 31;
Geological Survey, 39; Bureau of
Mines, 32; National Park Service,
14; Fish and Wildlife Service, 360,
and miscellaneous other depart
mental offices, 10.