Four Distinguished Ladies
See Sights Around Nome
The members of Beta Sigma
Phi were hostesses at a lovely tea
given yesterday afternoon honor
ing Mrs. James H. Doolittle, who
is on her first visit to Alaska;
Mrs. T. Alan Bennett, whose hus
ban dis the commander at Ladd
AFB; Mrs. Bob Reeve of An
chorage; and Mrs. Noel Wien of
Fairbanks.
All four visitors were present
ed with billikens and millikens
as souvenirs of their visit. The
presentation was made by Bar
bara Anderson.
The visitors all expressed their
appreciation and told how much
they have been enjoying their
visit to this part of the territory.
Mrs. Doolittle stated that she had
been anticipating the trip for 41
years.
This morning the ladies were
taken on a sightseeing tour and
this noon they were guests of the
Chamber of Commerce.
This afternoon they shopped
and visited around town. They
hope to take a trip on the Ber
ing Sea ice.
This evening they will be the
guests at a no-host dinner at the
Bering Sea Club and it planned to
show pictures of an Arctic wal
rus hunt.
The guests return to Fairbanks
tomorrow with Wien Airlines.
Publishers Called On to
Oppose Any Increase in
Price of Newsprint
NEW YORK, (iP)—The nation’s
newspaper publishers were called
on today to “raise their voices”
against any increase in the price
of newsprint.
Richard W. Slocum, president
of the American newspaper pub
lishers Assn, told an open meet
ing of the organization’s annual
convention, “You know it (an in
crease) is being talked about.”
The head of the association as
serted that the economy of the
newsprint manufacturers is “a
healthy one—far healthier profit
wise than most newspapers’ and
there would seem no economic
necessity or justification for an
increase in price at this time.”
The price of newsprint at pres
ent is $126 a ton, delivered in
New York, the highest level in
history. The last increase was $10
a ton in June, 1952.
In recent years, Canadian man
ufacturers Rave provided more
than 80 percent of the newsprint
used by U.S. publishers. Produc
tion of newsprint in this country
was boosted substantially last
summer with the opening of the
60 million dollar Bowaters south
ern plant at Calhoun, Tenn. The
U.S. industry, however, remains
about one-fifth the size of Cana
da’s newsprint business.
DOG-WALKING DANGER
HADDON HEIGHTS, N.J.,
—Leonard Allen, 45, was walking
a friend’s boxer, Queenie, when
the dog saw a cat and took off in
hot pursuit, dragging Allen be
hind. Allen is recovering today
from five broken ribs suffered
when Queenie banged him up
against a curb.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Mary Walker.
Discharged: Floyd Walluk, Bill
Lehman, Mickey Grotha.
Salmon Industry Chief Opposes Bill
To Let Alaska Borrow From Federal
Government To Rebuild ESC Fund
Dulles Questions
Red Chinese Offer To
Talk Over Formosa Crisis
(By the Associated Press)
Secretary of State Dulles said
Tuesday the U.S. could hold di
rect talks with Red China on the
Formosa crisis but questioned
whether Peiping’s offer was only
propaganda.
“Whether or not that was a
sincere proposal remains to be
seen,” Dulles told a news confer
ence in Washington. “Perhaps the
Chinese Communists were merely
playing a propaganda game. But
we intend to try to find out.”
In Peiping, the offical people’s
daily accused the State Dept, of
raising “unreasonable prerequis
ites” for a conference. One of
the “unreasonable prerequisites”
no doubt was U.S. insistence that
Nationalist China be represented
at any conference on the Formosa
crisis.
The Red China daily said that
“the Chinese government is will
ing to sit down and enter into
negotiations with the United
States government to discuss the
question of relieving tension in
the Far East and especially in the
Taiwan (Formosa) area. . . .
“This peaceful desire of the
Chinese people would not in the
least affect their struggle to lib
erate Taiwan. . . .”
Dulles told his news conference
that direct talks with Red China
could be held provided National
ist China’s interests are not di
rectly at stake. He said National
ist China’s interests would be pro
tected in probing of Red inten
tions.
Sen. George (D-Ga), chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said the absence of
Nationalist China from the con
ference table should not prevent
peace talks with Red China.
In Taipeh, Formosa, Nationalist
newspapers expressed alarm at
the prospects of U.S.-Red Chinese
talks and urged the U.S. not to
“sell out its ally,” as one paper
phrased it.
Male Dancer Out Cold
From Ballerina’s Blow
NEW YORK, (M—Svelte, dim
inutive ballerina Nora Kaye last
night knocked out her male part
ner while dancing a scene of “A
Streetcar Named Desire,” an ad
aptation of Tennessee Williams’
play.
While she was making a quick
pivot, Miss Kaye’s elbow caught
Igor Youskevitch in the left eye.
The dancer fell unconscious to
the stage.
However, the scene ended at
that moment and the lights went
out. The audience at the Metro
politan Opera House did not no
tice the incident.
Water From
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“Best in the West”
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> WASHINGTON, i&—An objec
tion by Rep. Saylor <R-Pa) Tues
day blocked consideration by the
House Insular Affairs Committee
of a bill to permit Alaska to ap
ply for a loan to rebuild its Un
employment Compensation Fund.
Chairman Engle (D-Calif) said
the bill probably will be consid
ered next Tuesday.
Saylor objected to considera
tion, he said, because of a conflict
in committee hearings yesterday
which prevented his attendance
at a session called by Engle to
hear opposition to the Alaska bill.
He said he had not hac| time to
read the transcript of that pro
ceeding.
The proposal was approved by
the House Territories Subcom
mittee Monday despite an appeal
by W. C. Arnold, Seattle, director
of the Alaska Salmon Industry
Inc., that it be defeated.
The bill would set aside debt
limitations in Alaska’s Organic
Act. Atty. Gen. Brownell has
ruled the limitation bars the ter
ritory from borrowing from a
federal fund set up to make loans
to state unemployment funds.
In opposing the bill, Arnold
protested proceeds of the loan
would be used *to pay benefits
under an act “which discrimin
ates sharply against our (the sal
mon industry) employes. . . .”
He protested seasonal restric
tions applied to the salmon indus
try workers do not apply to con
struction workers who, he said,
“receive a thousand dollars a
month for six or eight months,
then go to California and draw
$70 a week until the next con
struction season.”
He contended the bill would j
“set aside” actions of the Alaska
legislature. He said the legisla- J
ture had refused to “authorize” j
the governor to apply for a loan, j
He said the industry would like I
to see employers’ contributions
based on the employment experi- *
ence of their particular industry.
Benefit payments, he said,
“should be reduced across the
board.”
“WTe feel the governor should
convene the legislature and pass
a workable compensation law,”
he declared.
George Rohrlick of the Labor
Department told the subcommit
tee Alaska should be included
under the loan because “if the
program goes on the rocks in one
state it has an adverse effect on
other states.”
He said the territory would be
limited in its loan to $3,498,579—
the largest total of unemployment!
benefits it paid out in any quarter!
of last year.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
NOME, ALASKA
WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS
IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE THE MANY LINES WE REPRESENT
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. Tractors, Pumps
Belt Drives, Electrical Equipment
Baker Manufacturing Co.Dozers and Plows
DeLaval Steam Turbine Co. Pumps
Detroit Diesel Engine Die. .Diesel Engines
Gar Wood Industries . ’Dozers
Gates Rubber Company . Belts
Hobart Manufacturing Company . Welders
Hydraulic Supply Mfg. Company . Pipe
i Jaeger Pumps, Compressors, Concrete Mixers
A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. Wire Rope
Lincoln Engineering Co. Greasing Equipment
Mallory . Blocks
Onan . Light Plants
Owatonna Tool Co. Hand Tools
Power Machinery Co. Power Saws
S K F Industries . Bearings
Smith Welding Equip. Corp. Welding Tools
Thew - Lorain Shovel Co. .... Cranes & Shovels
Thor.Pneumatic Tools, Electric Saws
Timken Roller Bearing Co. . Bearings
Willard Batteries . Batteries
Wisconsin Motors . Motors
ALSO DEALERS IN LUMBER, STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS,
LIGHTERAGE AND COASTWISE WATER TRANSPORTATION
Susan Hayward
Attempts' Suicide
HOLLYWOOD, (# — Susan
Hayward, one of the movies’ top
box-office stars, attempted sui
cide early today by gulping sleep
ing pills.
Two detectives who had to kick
in the door of her swank Sher
man Oaks mansion saved her life.
The 35-year-old Brooklyn-born
redhead, gave warning of her in
tent in a hysterical call to her
mother, Mrs. Ellen Marrener, 65.
Her mother telephoned police,
who battered in a patio door
and found the actress, clad in
pajamas and a housecoat, sprawl
ed unconscious on the living room
floor. Near her were two empty
bottles of sleep-inducing medi
cine.
Police Det. G. W. Wilkerson
said she was breathing so hard
he and his partner decided not
to wait for an ambulance. They
sped in a squad car to North
Hollywood Receiving Hospital
where a doctor pumped out her
stomach.
After a half-hour’s emergency
treatment, the doctor pronuonced
her condition fair and said “it’s
just a matter now of sleeping it
off. It was a close one. We acted
on the premise it was an over
dose of sleeping pills.”
The only explanation for the
death try came from the actress’
brother, Walter Marrener, who
blamed her despondency on a re
cent tiff with her divorced hus
band, plus overwork.
Two days ago, actor Jess Bark
er called a peace meeting to stop
what he called “a tug of war”
over the couple’s twin 9-year-old
sons.
Russia Agrees To Big-4
Ambassadors Meeting To
Settle Austrian Treaty
MOSCOW, Uf)—Russia agreed
Tuesday to a meeting of Big Four
ambassadors in Vienna to settle
final details of an Austrian state
treaty.
Representatives of Austria also
would take part in the talks that
were proposed by Britain, France *
and the U.S. in identical notes to
the Soviet government April 22.
The western powers had set
next Monday as the date for the
meeting of ambassadors. This date
was agreeable to Russia.
The Soviet government an
nounced it has agreed to open
negotiations with Japan in Lon
don June 1 on a peace treaty.
Japan suggested these talks about
normalization of relations take
place in London after the Soviet
Union objected to an earlier sug
gestion that they take place in
New York, and Japan ruled out
either Moscow or Tokyo.
The Attid spider “lives high.”
It is found on Mount Everest at
an altitude of 22,000 feet.
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Dancing Every Saturday Nite I
to the music of our new pianist
J I M R Y A N (
with “ SH - BOOM v on the drums
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