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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL~LvT~No. 30 NOME, ALASKA,. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1954 ~ Per Copy—15c
Eisenhower Asks Hawaii and Alaska
Statehood Bills Be Kept Separate
So Each Be Considered On Merits
WASHINGTON, (#> — President,
Eisenhower said today he wants
administration leaders to do the
best they can to keep separated
the questions of Hawaiian and Al
askan statehood.
Eisenhower was asked at his j
news conference about a Demo
cratic move to link together these j
two statehood bills. Republican !
leadc-rs have brought the Hawa
iian measure before the Senate
but are contending that Alaska’s
bid should be delayed until later.
Eisenhower said that he wants !
Hawaii and Alaska kept separate, j
He said that was the way the j
matter was handled in the Re
publican platform.
A Senate showdown is set for i
tomorrow at 4 p.m. and Senate
sentiment appeared to be split al
most evenly.
As debate was resumed in the
Senate, Sen. Hugh Butler <R-Neb> j
told his colleagues that a Demo- j
cratic move to tie the Hawaii and
Alaska bills into one package is
“a political trick.”
Butler said he himself is in
favor of statehood for both Ha- |
wail and Alaska but that he is
vigorously opposed to the pack- J
age move since it would prevent
consideration of statehood for the
territories “on the merits” in each
case-.
The Nebraska senator said the
package move would not permit
senators favoring statehood for
one territory and not the other
to be in a position to vote as their
consciences dictate.
Sen. Cordon (R-Ore) said that
by combining the two bills, “each
bill will inherit the opposition of
the other.” He urged that each |
bill be considered on its own '
merits.
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H-Bomb May Be Exploded
At Pacific Proving Ground
Sometime This Month
HONOLULU, UP) — A combat
designed hydrogen bopnb may
produce history’s greatest man
made blast in the Marshall Is
lands late this month.
There are mounting implica
tions that an H-bomb will be ex
ploded between March 16 and 28.
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of
the U.S. Atomic Energy Commis
sion is scheduled to visit the
atomic proving grounds in the
Pacific between those dates.
The first blast in the current
series was March 1. The AEC an
nounced that an atomic device
had been detonated, indicating
that the H-bomb has yet to come
since hydrogen weapons normally
are referred to as thermonuclear.
American Bar Assn.
Rejects Alaska Statehood
ATLANTA, —-’The House* of
Delegates of the American Bar
Association endorsed statehood
for Hawaii but rejected similar
action for Alaska at their closing
session here Tuesday.
J. Garner Anthony and Samuel
P. King, territorial delegates from
Hawaii, offered the statehood res
olution which was supported by
the House of Delegates draft com
mittee.
Alfred Schweppe of Seattle,
said the Hawaii and Alaskan situ
ations were distinctly different.
He argued that Alaska is not ec
onomically prepared for statehood
and that this was the reason the
two issues had been separated
by Cohgress.
Ike Calls “Nonsense’" Democratic
Charge Republicans Are Divided
WASHINGTON, UP) — President ■
Eisenhower tackled two hot issues
Wednesday by (1) describing as
nonsense the Democratic charge
that the Republican party is a div
ided camp and (2) announcing he
will speak to the nation on taxes.
In a far-ranging news confer
ence, Eisenhower also said he ag
reed generally with what Sen.
Flanders (R-Vt) said yesterday in
a Senate speech, Flanders accused
Sen. McCarthy of trying to shatter
the Republican party; he also said
he found much to praise as well
as to deplore in McCarthy’s act
ivities.
The President used the word
“nonsense,” permitting direct quo
tation, in commenting .on Adlai
Stevenson’s charge that the Re
publicans are split “half Mc
Carthy and half Eisenhower.”
Eisenhower’s .announcement of
a speech on his tax program came
amid efforts in Congress to cut
taxes more than the administra
tion thinks can be done safely at
this time.
On other matters, the Presi
dent:
1. Declared he sees no parti
cular need for TV and radio net
works to' grant free time to any
one other than Vice President
Nixon for a reply to Stevenson’s
criticism of the Republicans. Mc
Carthy is demanding time to make
a reply of his own to what Stev
enson said about him.
2. Said his primary interest,
during all his years in the Army,
and since, has been for the secur
ity of the United States. That
was in comment on Stevenson’s
criticism of the “new look” de
fense program. Eisenhower de
clared he will never do anything
he feels is against the best secur
ity interests of the U. S., and
added with much emphasis that
he was not going to demagogue
about it.
4. Re-peated that he favors con
sideration of Hawaiian and Alas
kan statehood bills separately.
5. Confirmed that he is telling
everyone he can reach, as he put
it, that he wants emphasis on the
positive aspects of the adminis
tration’s program. Negative things
he added, never make for happi
ness among people.
Unusual Cadmium,
Manganese Ore
At Lost River Mine
JUNEAU—Samples of what was
first thought by some mining men
to be a new mineral, but which
turned out on analysis to be only
one hitherto unknown in Alaska,
have been sent here from the U.S.
Tin Corporation mine at Lost Riv
er, on Seward Peninsula.
The black, crystal chunks found
in a part of the mine which is
being investigated under a De
fense Mineral Exploration Admin
istration program have been iden
tified as a variety of marmatite.
They contain both cadmium and
manganese, according to prelimi
nary analysis by the Bureau of
Mines and Geogogical Survey.
The ore, which occurs in pods,
is valuable, but a quantitative an
alysis has not vet been made of it.
It is a zinc-iron sulphide carry
ing cadmium and manganese.
A sample which C. L. “Pete”
Sainsbury, geologist in charge of
the Alaska geology branch of the
Geologic Survey, brought back
from Lost River recently is black,
heavy, crystalline and about the
size of a baseball.
A report on the components of
the ore has been received here
from the Survey’s geochemistry
and petrology branch in Wash
ington.
The first specimens of the mar
matite were brought out by John
Mulligan of the U.S. Bureau of
Mines laboratory here for prelim
inary analysis.
Seward Penisula
Uranium Strike
6Very Important'
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ANCHORAGE, typt — Assays of
uranium taken from two strikes
made in Alaska last fall show
“very important radioactive ma
terial,” the Territorial Commis
sioner of Mines said Tuesday.
Phil Holdsworth cautioned,
however, that it still has not been
determined whether the uranium
is available in commercial quan
tities.
The strikes, made a widely sep
arated points in the territory,
were made by two prospectors
searching for other minerals.
Holdsworth said locations will
not be revealed until the prospec
tors have staked their claims.
One of the strikes was in the
Brooks Mountain range on Sew
ard Peninsula, Holdsworth said.
Nanooks Lose First Game
To Valdez By 45-44 Score
FAIRBANKS, (Special! — The
Nome high school Nanooks lost
to Valdez, 45-44 in their first
game in the Class “B” basket
ball tournament Tuesday.
Quarter scores were: Valdez 13,
22, 36, 45 and Nome 4, 19, 37, 44.
Individual scores: Bobbie Herman
19, Buzzy Swanberg 12, Korky
Kost 6, Dave Bell 4, Sam Mogg 3.
Kost and Swanberg fouled out.
The Nanooks were scheduled to
play the Cordova team this after
noon at 2 p.m.
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Diane Wells Chose Suicide Rather
Than ‘Terrible’ Publicity of Trial
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U.S. Experiencing Peace
And Prosperity For First
Time Iti A Generation
PHILADELPHIA, UP) — Vice
President Nixon told a Philadel
phia Bulletin forum audience last
night the United States has ad
justed its thinking to the point
“where we will now fight on our
own terms.”
Nixon, in the forum’s keynote
address, said U.S. armed strength
and military planning is being re
arranged “to carry out that pol
icy,” a plan he said has already
borne visible fruit. '
“In not one area of the world,”
he said, “have the Reds gained
this year—and in many areas we
have made- gains. For the first
time in a generation we are ex
periencing peace and prosperity
at the same time.”
Benny's Daughter
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Is Married In
Fabulous Wedding
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., UR—
Joan Benny and Seth Baker em
marked on a Hawaiian honey
moon Wednesday and her father,
Jack Benny, was faced with an
estimated $25,000 bill for one of
the most fabulous weddings in
Hollywood history.
Benny, wearing white tie, tails
and glasses, last night led his
19 - year - old adopted daughter
through the flower - festooned
Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills
Hotel.
He gave Joan in marriage to
Baker, 26 - year - old New York
stock broker and son of indus
trialist Harry Baker, before a
crowd of stars of stage, TV and
movies.
Billed as a tightwad on his
radio and TV programs, Benny
spared no expense in the wedding.
White lilacs were flown from Hol
land to add to the white and green
motif that converted the Crystal
Room into a spring garden. De
signer Don Loper, who staged the
affair, flew to France to arrange
for an exclusive train of brocaded
white satin for the bride’s gown.
Thirty-five yards with lily of the
valley figurings were used.
The wedding went off without
a hitch.
Top Officials Say U.S.
Military Power Not Based
Solely On Atomic Power
WASHINGTON, UP) — The na
tion’s top defense officials, uni
formed and civilian, say the ad
ministration’s new military pol
icy is a complex thing which does
not rely solely on atomic power
or any other single factor.
“It is not correct to say that
we are relying exclusively on one
weapon, or one service, or that
we are anticipating one kind of
war,” Adm. Arthur Radford said
in a New York speech Tuesday
night. “I believe that this nation
would be a prisoner of its own
military posture if it had no
capability, other than to deliver
a massive atomic attack.”
' HOLLYWOOD, UP) — Diane
Wells who was to go to trial next
month for the slaying of her hus
band, cho'se suicide Tuesday ra
ther than subject her young son
to “the terrible widespread pub
licity of trial,” she said in a note
to a Seattle woman.
The note, addressed to Mrs.
Reuben J. Tarte of Yarrow Point,
near Bellevue, was found in the
Hollywood hotel room of Mrs.
Wells, 31, who ended her life by
taking an overdose of. sleeping
pills.
The note to Mrs. Tarte said:
“Clara, they can say what they
wish now and I can’t object. But
they would have anyway. I’ve de
cided this is no worse for Mar
quam than the terrible, wide
spread publicity of a trial which
is sure to' crop all his life (ap
parently meaning ‘crop up all his
life’). This will be less publicity
and over sooner.”
Mrs. Wells, one - time Seattle
resident, left another note appar
ently referring to John C. War
ren, 33, Negro jazz drummer in
dicted with her by a grand jury
in Fairbanks for the fatal shoot
ing last October 17 of her wealthy
husband, Cecil Wells.
The note read:
“For one thing—I am guilty,
too, for ever seeing Warren and
if Warren is guilty . . . One thing
is for sure, Cecil is dead and I
must be the cause of it one way
or another.” The note was signed
with a “D.”
After learning of Mrs. Wells’
death, her sister - in - law, Mrs.
Edna Westbrook, left Fairbanks
by plane to take custody of the
Wells youngster. Wallace Aiken,
attorney for the Cecil Wells estate,
also flew here from Alaska.
Police said both had arrived
here and were planning to come
to headquarters to discuss the
case. Officers said the Well’s
young son is living temporarily
with Mrs. Joan Mansfield and
her husband. The boy was taken
to that home from the nursery
school where his mother recently
placed him, detectives said. Mrs.
Wells had been staying until re
cently with Mrs. Mansfield since
going to Southern California dur
ing the winter.
It was reported erroneously yes
terday that juvenile authorities
had taken the boy into custody.
In Fairbanks, Warren had no
comment on Mrs. Wells’ death.
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Attorney Says Malicious
Lies Drove Her To Suicide
FAIRBANKS, (ff> — Walter
Scuzdlo, attorney for Diane Wells,
commented that he was “shocked”
by her suicide in Hollywood yes
terday.
“This tragic news is so shock
ing,” he said, “that until we have
further information there is little
we can say. However, we are
convinced of her innocence and
we are certain that the cause of
her death was malicious gossip
and unfounded rumors.”