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Expedition to Saipan Finds Evidence
Japs Executed Amelia Earliart In 1937
(Congress ()verrides
Eisenhower's Veto
Of Federal Pay Bill
WASHINGTON, i* — First the
House then the Senate brushed
aside President Eisenhower's veto
of a 7l2 per cent pay raise for
112 million federal employes today.
The House rolled up a .945-69
tally against the President or 69
more than the needed two-thirds.
The Senate vote was 74-24. a
margin of H votes.
This was Eisenhower's 169th
veto since taking office, and the
second time he has been overrid
den.
The House action sent the bill
on to the Senate where Demo
cratic Leader Lyndon Johnson
said he would seek a vote as
quickly as possible.
The vote was taken before gal
leries packed with postal em
ployes and other federal work
ers. An entire section was filled
with blue-uniformed mailmen
who took their places a half-hour
before Congress convened.
The bill affects 595.000 postal I
employes and one million white !
collar federal employes. It would
fatten paychecks by from $350 to
$1,500 a year, depending on pre
sent pay scales. The bill would
take effect on the first payday
after it becomes law.
The President sent a veto mes
sage to Congress on the pay bill
yesterday, declaring it was "un
just and indefensible.” He pointed
out that government employes re
ceived a 10 per cent pay raise two
years ago and said the cost of liv
ing had advanced only 2.1 per
cent since then.
Republicans charged Democrats
with election year politics in put
ting through the bill.
Japan Scorches
Soviet's Objection
To Security Pact
TOKYO, i# — The Japanese
government strongly endorsed its
new military alliance with the
United States today in a scorch
ing diplomatic reply to Soviet ob
jections. It accused the Soviet
Union of undue interference in
Japan’s affairs and rejected neu
trality in the cold war.
Reaffirming its faith in the U.
S.-Japan security treaty despite a
month of riotous left wing pro
tests, Prime Minister Kishi’s gov
ernment told the Soviets:
“In view of the grim realities
in the Far East the stationing of
U.S. forces in Japan is necessary
for securing the safety of the na
tion and contributing to world
peace.”
Using unusually strong lang
uage, the Japanese note charged
the Soviets were guilty of “will
ful misinterpretation” of the
treaty, “one-sided and dogmatic
views,” slander, attempting to
weaken Japan’s defenses and “dis
tortion of facts.”
The note also indirectly accused
the Soviet Union of helping insti
gate the recent riots.
SAN FRANCISCO, t/P1—A rusty
pre-war plane generator, recov
ered by divers off Saipan, was
shown at a news conference here ;
today in support of a theory that j
Amelia Earhart crashed there in j
1937 and was executed by the Ja
panese.
The Columbia Broadcasting Sys
tem and the San Mateo Times,
joint sponsors of an expedition
to Saipan, said a dozen natives
said they remember “seeing the
famous aviatrix crash-land in the
water in 1937, watching her taken
to jail by the Japanese and then
disappear.”
At today’s news conference,
Paul Mantz, the famed flier who
outfitted Miss Earhart’s plane,
said the generator looked like one j
he installed. But he said he would ,
have to check his work order nu- |
bers against those on the recov- J
cred generator.
When Miss Earhart and navi
gator Fred Noonan left Lae, New
Guinea, their announced destina
tion was Howland Island far to
the east. Saipan, almost due north
would have been far off course.
The CBS account quoted one
native as saying he was invited
to witness the hanging of a white
woman” but refused to go.
Absentee Voting
For Aug. 9 Primary
Opens Yesterday
JUNEAU, i/f — The absentee
voting period for Alaska's Aug
9 primary election opened yes
terday.
Secretary of State Hugh Wade
said the number of requests al
ready received by his office and
by magistrates throughout the
state indicate a large vote in
prospect in ail election districts.
The state's new election code
provides three ways in which a
voter can cast an absentee ballot.
1. He can vote an absentee bal
lot in the office of any magistrate
or deputy magistrate in his own
election district at any time up
to Aug 8, one day before the
primary.
2. He can request, by letter or
postcard to the Secretary of State
or magistrate or deputy magis
trate, that a ballot be mailed to
him.
The request should include the
voter's name, permanent address
and his temporary address. The
request must be postmarked at
least four days before the elec
tion and the completed ballot
must be returned with a post
mark not later than election day.
2. The voter can use a ballot
obtained by a personal represen
tative. Application* filed in this
manner may not be made until
within 20 days of the election.
Northwest and PNA
Airlines Authorized (o
Raise Fares to Alaska
WASHINGTON, l/P>—The Civil
Aeronautics Board today author
ized Northwest Airlines and Pac
ific Northern Airlines to increase
fares between Seattle and Alaska
immediately.
The airlines said they would in
crease the fares by 4 per cent
plus a SI additional charge for
each ticket.
Castro Seizes Esso
And Shell Oil
Refineries in Cuba
HAVANA, I* — The refineries
of Esso Standard and Shell Oil
were taken over by the Cuban
Petroleum Institute today. Both
firms had refused to process Kus
sian crude oil.
Seizure of Esso and Shell puts
Cuba's whole petroleum industry,
valued at nearly 150 million dol
lars, in the hands of Castro’s revo
lutionary government.
Two days ago, Castro seized all
Texaco Oil Co. property in a sim
ilar step.
Castro acted through identical i
resolutions which accused both
Esso and Shell of violating a 1938
Cuban law requiring refineries to
process state-owned oil. All com
panies have held that the law
means oil produced in Cuba and
not oil imported in competition
with their own suppliers.
The American oil companies, in
refusing to handle the Soviet
crude, said they had to continue
using their usual sources of sup
ply — Venezuela. Castro claimed
he could get the Soviet oil —
which he pays for with surplus
Cuban .sugar—for SI a barrel less
than Venezuela's cost.
Some American experts pre
dicted a shortage of gasoline
would result from Cuban seizure
of the three refineries, claiming
the Soviet Union does not have
the tankers to send enough crude
oil lor Cuba’s needs. The island
needs about 60,000 barrels a day.
U.S. Property Worth 300
Million Seized by Castro
WASHINGTON, — Officials
estimated today that United
States-owned property worth 300
million dollars has been seized by
the Cuban government of Prime
Minister Fidel Castro.
They said the estimated total
value of American-owned proper
ty in Cuba is about a billion dol
lars. Other foreign investments
there are relatively small, and
there was no information avail
able on value of seizures of other
property.
Reds Charge U.S. Seeks
To Lend U2 Spy Planes
To Allies In Europe
MOSCOW, I* — The Soviet
Navy newspaper Red Fleet today
charged that U.S. Central Intelli
gency Chief Allen W. Dulles is
currently touring Western Europe
to get American allies to take over
the U2 spy plane flights.
The flights were abandoned
after the Russians captured U.S.
pilot Francis Powers in the high
flying reconnaissance jet deep in
side Soviet territory May 1.
Red Fleet said Washington
wanted to “lend" intelligence
planes to American “satellite”
countries so that spy flights over
the Soviet Union could be re
sumed.
Anchorage Gels Go-Ahead
On Slum Clearance
WASHINGTON, tip—Anchorage
will begin work on its 34-acre
Westchester slum clearance proj
ect with the aid of a $968,638
loan and a $590,338 grant, the
Urban Renewal Administration
announced today.
The area contains 81 dwelling
units of which 79 are substandard.
Safety Council Predicts
370 Will Be Killed In
Traffic Accidents on 4th
CHICAGO, uP< — Americans I
loaded their cars with resort garb |
and gear, hitched on their boat |
trailers and headed onto the high- 1
ways today for the long July 4
weekend.
This was the second of three
Saturday-Sunday-Monday holi
days of the tourist season. Mem
orial Day weekend was the first,
Labor Day will be the last.
Danger lurked for travelers In
the 73 million cars that are ex
pected to be on the road some
time during the holiday.
The National Safety Council
said accidents during the Inde
pendence Day weekend could take
a toll of 370 traffic deaths, or 60
more than would be counted on
a non-holiday weekend of the
same length.
NO PAPER MONDAY
There will be no paper on
Monday, July 4. The Nugget staff
will observe the holiday.
Nation's Population
Reached ISO Million Today
WASHINGTON, UP) —The Cen
sus Bureau estimates the nation’s,
population at 180,526,640 as of 7
a.m. today.
This was the calculation made
by the Bureau’s “census clock,” a
counting device installed in the
Commerce Department lobby.
The clock’s figures change min
ute by minute to reflect esti
mated population changes because
of births, deaths and immigra
tion.
At the start of the year, the
population estimate was 179,254,
194.
First Operational Titan ICBM
Is Destroyed By Explosion
CAPE CANAVERAL, UP— The
first operational prototype of the
Titan Intercontinental-Range Mis
sile exploded shortly after lift
ing from its launching pad today.
The Air Force announced the
Range Safety Officer destroyed
the missile when his instruments
detected a malfunction.
CITY OF NOME
4TH OF JULY
i 10:00 A.M. — CHILDREN'S SPORTS
American Legion Post 19, Maj. James O’Rourke, chairman
Assisted by Bob Emmons and Les Keller
25-yard Dash (Girls 5 to 7).$3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Dash (Boys 5 to 7> . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Dash (Girls 8 to 9' . 3.00 2.00 1.00
50-yard Dash (Boys 8 to 9 . 3.00 2.00 1.00
50-yard Dash (Girls 10 to 11) .. 3.00 2.00 1.00
75-yard Dash (Boys 10 to 1 1.)-.?. 3.00 2.00 1.00
30-yard Dash (Married Men Only) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
(Over 35 years of age—Have your I.D. Cards ready, gents)
Hula Hoop Contest (Boys 5-10, Girls 5-10) .... 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard 3-Legged Race (Boys 10 to 12) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard 3-Legged Race (Girls 10 to 12) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard 3-Legged Race (Girls 7 to 9) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard 3-Legged Race (Boys 7 to 9> . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Sack Race (Girls 10 to 12) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Sack Race (Bovs 10 to 12) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
15-yard Tricycle Race (For 3-year-olds) 2.00 1.00
20-yard Tricycle Race (Boys 4 to 5> . 2.00 1.00
| 20-yard Tricycle Race (Girls 4 to 5) . 2.00 1.00
| 25-yard Tricycle Race (Married Women) .... 3.00 2.00 1.00
I 25-yard Tricycle Race (Single Women) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
50-yard Bicycle Race (Boys 6 to 7) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
50-yard Bicycle Race (Girls 6 to 7) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
75-yard Bicycle Race (Boys 8 to 9) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
75-yard Bicycle Race (Girls 8 to 9) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Slow Bicycle Race (Boys) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Slow Bicycle Race (Girls) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
Shoe Scramble (13 years and under) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Egg Race (Married Women) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Egg Race (Single Women) . 3.00 2.00 1.00
Pie Eating Contest . 3.00 2.00 1.00
FREE ICE CREAM FOR THE CHILDREN
Dispensed by Volunteer Fire Dept., Bob Lewis, Chairman
12:30 P.M. — ESKIMO SPORTS, Bob Harwood, chairman
Arranged by Tourist Committee of Chamber of Commerce
High Kicking (Men) . 6.00 4.00
High Kicking (Women) . 6.00 4.00
Blanket Tossing (Men) . 5.00 2.00
Blanket Tossing (Women) . 5.00 2.00
2:00 P.M. — PATRIOTIC EXERCISES, Maj. Flanagan, chairman
Invocation . Father Laurence Nevue
Address of Welcome . Mayor Steffen Andersen
Speakers: To be arranged.
2:80 P.M. — PARADE, Bob Morse, Parade Marshal
Assemble on Steadman — Special Prizes for Children’s Bikes
3:00 P.M. — SPEEDBOAT RACES — NOME RIVER
See Les Keller or Bob Morse
7:30 P.M. — SOFTBALL GAME — NOME BALL FIELD
9:00 P.M. — DANCE, Sponsored by the American Legion
A STREET DANCE WILL BE HELD
— COMMITTEE IN CHARGE —
Mayor Steffen Andersen and Councilman Don Perkins
Fund raising—Rotary & Rotaryanns, L. Sundstrom, Chmn.
Additional announcements courtesy Art Zylstra and KICY