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VOL. LVI No. 123 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1954 Per Copy—15^
Distinguished
Concert Artist
Coming to Nome
For the past five years the Al
aska Music Trail has been bring
ing distinguished artists into the
territory and this year, through
the efforts of the Rotary Club,
one of these artists will be brought
to Nome for a concert on Nov. 26.
The Rotarians have chosen an
outstanding artist, Olga Coelho,
of South America.
A picturesque figure on con
cert stages all over the world,
Olga Coelho has toured extensive
ly in Europe, the Americas, New
Zealand, Australia, the East In
dies and South Africa. She is a
gifted linguist, and is fluent in
English, Portuguese, Spanish,
French, Italian and German. In
her recitals, she precedes each
native folk song with a charming
and witty description in English.
The Brazilian soprano lives in
Now York with her two young
children, Miguel and Gloria
Maria, both born in the United
States. She has made numerous
radio and television appearances
in the Americas and in Europe.
She has recorded for R.C.A. Vic
tor and for London Parlophone.
Olga Coelho’s undisputed repu
tation as the greatest singer
guitarist of the day is the result
of a career radiating, in terms off
critical salutes and audience ova
tions, from every leading music
center of the globe.
Ticket sale will be announced
soon.
Historic Session To End
Allied Occupation
Of West Germany
PARIS, UP)—The three Western
powers sat down today with the
leader of the Bonn Republic to
transform West Germany from a
former enemy into an equal and
nearly sovereign nation.
A historic session to end the
Allied occupation of West Ger
many and put German manpower
into Western defense began in the
Palais de Chaillot shortly after
5 p.m.
U. S. Secretary John Foster
Dulles, British Foreign Secretary
Sir Anthony Eden and French
Premier Pierre Mendes - France
met West Germany’s Chancellor
Foreign Minister Konrad Ade
nauer to take this step.
Dulles arriving earlier by plane
from Washington for a series of
meetings expected to enlist a re
armed West Germany both as a
member of a revived Brussels
treaty and NATO, called upon
Allied leaders to transform “the
hopes of London” into “the real
ities of Paris.’
RUSSIAN LUMBER STARTS
TO ARRIVE IN JAPAN
TOKYO, UP)—The first shipment
of Russian lumber since World
War II is expected to arrive next
week.
The shipment, 250,000 cubic
feet, will be used as samples by
nine Japanese trading firms inter
ested in doing business with the
Russians.
The deal was arranged by the
Russian trade mission in Tokyo.
GOPs Take Aim
On Two Demo
Candidates
(By the Associated Press)
Republicans took aim at two
Democratic candidates last night
and sought to link one with Com
munism, the other with a New
York waterfront scandal.
These developments came on
the eve of President Eisenhower’s
departure from Washington for a
two-day talking - and - politicking
tour of Connecticut and New
York.
A “nonpartisan” Eisenhower
address tonight at a New Y’ork
celebration marking the 300th an
niversary of the founding of the
Jewish faith in America will be
broadcast nationally on TV and
radio.
Sen. Irving M. Ives, GOP can
didate for governor of Now York,
accused Averell Harriman, his
Democratic-Liberal opponent, of
being involved in a reported
$250,000 pier lease payoff in the
mid-1920’s.
Harriman replied by repeating
a denial given under oath at the
time to a federal grand jury.
Target for the other volley was
Glen H. Taylor, Democratic Sen
ate candidate in Idaho who was
the Progressive party’s nominee
for vice president in 1948.
The Senate Internal Security
subcommittee, headed by Sen.
Jenner (R-Ind), released sworn
testimony by two men who said
Taylor and Henry A. Wallace, the
Progressive presidential candi
date, knew the party was Com
munist-controlled when they ag
reed to head its ticket.
Both witnesses said they didn’t
believe Taylor or Wallace were
Communsits.
In Idaho, Taylor commented,
“If there were any Communists
in the Progressive party, I never
recognized them as such. He chal
lenged the subcommittee to get
his statement under oath.
Rocket Expert Tags
Billion Dollar “If” to
Space Station Prediction
BALTIMORE, UP) — Tagging a
billion dollar “if” to his predic
tion, a government rocket expert
said last night we’ll be able to
circle the globe in two hours at
100,000 feet in 8 or 9 years and
push on to the moon in 15 or 20.
That is, “if the money is avail
able,” said Cmdr. Robert C. Truax
of the Office of Naval Research.
For about one billion dollars,
he said, the United States can
have a permanent “space station”
500 miles up to serve as a launch
ing platform for space flights. He
made it plain he referred to an
earth satellite big enough to be
inhabited by a small group of
men.
Shrugging aside the engineer
ing difficulties, Truax said, “the
only real problem is where in
the devil are we going to get the
money.”
The commander, addressing the
Baltimore chapter of the Ameri
can Rocket Society, proposed a
government allocation of 100 mil
lion dollars a year for 10 years.
That would amount to about $2
per taxpayers, he said.
Democratic Senate
Will Be Able To
Override Vetos
<By the Associated Press i
H. J. Lannen's narrow up again,
clown again lead for territorial
Labor Commissioner slipped be
low the 200 mark again today on
additional scattered returns from
Alaska’s election of a week ago.
His lead over Henry Benson,
the Republican holder of the of
fice, dropped from 237 to 174 on
the basis of a handful of small
precinct reports from the 1st and
2nd Divisions.
The unofficial tally for 234 of
the territory’s 264 precincts was:
Lannen, a former Cordova fisher
man’s union agent, 12,434; Ben
son, the long-time incumbent,
12,260.
The missing small precincts are
scattered generally throughout
the territory and there appeared
little chance of Benson catching
up before the opening the ab
sentee ballots next week.
There will' be several hundred
absentee ballots to be counted in
the official canvass. There were
nearly 700 in the 1952 election,
but the figure is likely to be
smaller this time. The 1st Divi
sion's 173 absentee ballot total is
only half of what it was two
years ago.
The 2nd Division remained the
only one in which legislative races
are not definitely settled.
Two Democrats, Beltz and Fos
ter, continued to hold their leads
for the two Division Senate seats
and two Democrats, Fagerstrom
and Bronson, appeared the win
ners of two of the three House
seats. Edith Bullock, Republican,
is assured the other seat.
If the final count coincides
with the present standings, the
election result for the Legislature
on a territory-wide basis would
be:
Senate — 9 Democrats elected;
no Republicans. Holdovers who
were elected for four-year terms
in 1952; 4 Republicans and 3
Democrats.
House—21 Democrats and 3 Re
publicans elected.
Nine newly elected Democratic
senators and the three holdovers
will give the party more than
enough to override any vetoes by
the Republican-appointed gover
nor — provided the Democratic
ranks stand solid, which probably
would be doubtful in many cases.
Eleven senators are required to'
override a veto so the Democratic
majority would have the power
if it didn’t lose more than one of
its members. The holdover Demo
cratic senators include Marcus
Jensen of Douglas and Howard
Lyng of Nome, who haven’t seen
eye-to-eye with the party major
ity on many issues in the past.
DIPLOMATS WALK OUT ON
RED-ATTENDED DINNER
MOSCOW, UP>—A Moscow din
ner party given by the Burmese
ambassador Tuesday saw the ab
rupt departure of seven Western
diplomats. They walked out when
they found he guests included
represen atives of European So
vi . sa Lit • nations and the Chi
ese aists.
Man’s Suicide In Kotzebue Leads
To Finding Murdered Wife Here
“I had to do it—bye Kathy.'
Good Luck. —Ralph Hess.”
Such was the note found on the
kitchen table in the Nome cabin
recently occupied by Ralph and
Katherine Hess. The cabin, owned
by Eli Mulch, was entered by re
moving a padlock from the front
door. There under the bed, Fire
Chief W. W. Laws and Eli found
the body of the week-long missing
girl.
The girl, Katherine Hess, had
been the object of a cursory
search since her failure to show
up for work Saturday night, Oct.
9, at the Alaska Cab lunch count
er. The house was broken into
Oct. 18 after official word had
been received from Kotzebue that
the body of Ralph Hess had been
found on Oct. 17, with a picture
of his wife, Katherine, beside him.
The verdict of the Kotzebue coro
ner’s jury was suicide, using a .22
rifle.
Testimony at the Nome inquest,
with Coroner Robert Oliver pre
siding, developed the fact that
Ralph left for Kotzebue on Oct.
Red Police Arrest
Members of Sen. Smith’s
Party in East Berlin
BERLIN, W)—Communist police
took four members of Sen. Mar
garet Chase Smith’s party into
custody during a tour of East
Berlin today, then turned them
loose after an hour’s detention.
The police stepped in as Colum
bia Broadcasting System camera
men were filming the touring
Maine Republican as she looked
into a state - owned department
store.
Mrs. Smith was whisked away
from the scene as soon as her
party was approached by an East
German plain clothesman. She
learned details of the incident
only after she returned to Allied
West Berlin.
Germany is one stop on Mrs.
Smith’s European tour, which will
include a visit in the Soviet
Union.
Italian Premier Wins
Vote of Confidence in
Trieste Agreement
ROME, W)—A brawling Cham
ber of Deputies gave Premier
Mario Scelba a 295-265 vote of
confidence today on Italy’s ag
reement with Yugoslavia for the
division of the Trieste territory.
Fights between Communists
and Scelba’s coalition government
supporters broke up the session
twice and it was nearly dawn
before the vote was taken. Six
deputies and five ushers were in
jured in the fighting.
The fisticuffs started when
Christian Democrat Deputy Gui
seppe Togni accused the Commu
nists of “serving another nation
other than Italy” and of having
among their number “a lot of for
mer fascist spies.” The Commun
ists members charged from their
benches and grappled with ushers
in an effort to reach Togni.
12, after cleaning up the cabin,
leaving the note and padlocking
the door. Upon arriving at Kotze
bue he told friends he was going
to join a brother over at Shish
alik, eight miles distant.
The brother came into Kotze
bue Oct. 17, reported he had not
seen Ralph, which led to' the dis
covery of the body.
Both Ralph and Katherine were
.full-blooded Eskimos. Katherine
belonged to the Bailey family,
was born and raised in Noatak
and was 27 years old. Ralph was
the son of Dora Hess, now Mrs.
Eli Mulch. He was born and
raised in Kotzebue and was 26
years old.
The coroner’s jury rendered the
following verdict:
“Katherine Hess came to her
death on or about the 11th of
October, 1954, cause being head
injuries inflicted by Ralph Hess.
Members of the jury were:
Earnie Gustafson (foreman), Jack
Reed, Rube Cremer, Herb Jenks,
Tolbert Scott, and Fred Rohn.
It’s “Sir” Now for Eden
As Queen Dubs Him Into
Order of the Garter
LONDON, Wl—Queen Elizabeth
II today knighted Anthony Eden
in the Order of the Garter. His
elevation to England’s order Of
chivalry came at a time of tri
umph for the 57-year-old foreign
secretary, regarded by most as
the ultimate successor Prime Min
ister Churchill.
In a 15-minute private cere
mony at Buckingham Palace,
Eden knelt before his young
queen, felt a light tap of a sword
upon both shoulders, and heard
her say “Arise, Sir Anthony.”
Native Filipino Finds
Visit Home Too Hot,
Returns to Anchorage
MANILA, Wl—Leoncio Likit, a
native Filipino vacationing here
for the first time in 25 years, cut
short his visit and flew home
today.
It was too hot.
He spent most of his 12 days in
an air-conditioned hotel room. He
visited his native village, Hinun
dayan on Leyete Island but had
to “jump in the river every day”
to cool off.
“But still it was no good,” he
said, “so I decided to leave.”
For 10 years, Likit has been a
railway construction worker in
Anchorage, Alaska.
Debbie Reynolds, Eddie
Fisher Betrothed
HOLLYWOOD, U) — The ro
mance of actress Debbie Reynolds
and singer Eddie Fisher has flow
ered into an official engagement.
The betrothal was announced
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Reynolds of Burbank, thru
her studio. It had been all but
official for some time but neither
of the young performers had con
firmed it.
The parents said Miss Reynolds,
22, and Fisher, 25, plan to be mar
ried next June in Hollywood.