Seaton Says He’s Certain Alaska
Statehood Will Involve Partition
Seaton to Visit Alaska *
Later This Month
WASHINGTON, Uft—Secretary
of the Interior Seaton said Satur
day he plans to visit Alaska later
this month.
Seaton told a reporter he had
not yet made firm plans. Other
sources said it was probable the
secretary will go to Alaska about
January 24.
Seaton told a news conference
Friday that he has under consid
eration a number of men for pos
sible appointment as governor of
Alaska—including three recom
mended to him by the Alaska
Central Republican Committee.
He expressed doubt, however,
that the appointment of the new
governor would be made this
month. The resignation of Gov.
B. Frank Heintzleman was effec
tive last week.
Seaton declined to say Friday
what form the administration’s
bill for Alaska statehood might
take until he received suggestions
from Delegate Bartlett and the
unofficial Alaskan congressional
delegation on how defense re
quirements might be met.
Asked if it was his concept in
a general way that a partitionship
of Alaska might be involved, Sea
ton replied:
“That is one word you could
use. But I am certain when things
are eventually worked out that it
will involve partition.”
Alaska’s “congressional delega
tion” had protested last week to
Seaton against any plans to par
tition the territory in connection
with statehood.
“Sen.” Gruening said, “We
were sent here to get statehood
for Alaska and not for a part of
it,”
“We would have no objections
if there were reservations within
the boundary of the new state.
“There are reservations now,
including military reservations,
with the military having most of
the 90 million acres withdrawn.
“We see no reason the same
procedure cannot be followed
without sentencing one bit of
Alaska to continued colonialism
and conferring full citizenship on
only a part of Alaska.”
First A-Plane
Will Be Unveiled
In Six Months
WASHINGTON, Lf’i—Rep. Pat
terson (R-Conn) has predicted the
Air Force will unveil the first
atomic-powered aircraft “within
six months.” He gave no details.
The congressman, a member of
the Senate-House Atomic Energy
Committee, made the prediction
in his weekly newsletter.
Air Force Secretary Quarles
has indicated such a plane is in
the development stage, but that it
is still several years from being
flown. Nuclear aircraft engine re
search has been cloaked in se
crecy.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
Jimmy Dorsey Recovers
From Lung Operation
NEW YORK, (ffi—Band leader
Jimmy Dorsey, 52, was reported
in good condition today at Doc
tor’s Hospital after an operation
to remove a wart from his lung.
Hospital authorities said Dor
sey is expected to remain under
observation for about 10 days. He
will convalesce in Florida. He
underwent the operation Friday.
The lung condition is fairly
common among musicians using
woodwind and brass instruments,
said Dorsey’s agent, Tino Barzi.
Some birds run a temperature
of lil2 degrees; the sloth heats up
only to 94 degrees; the elephant
at 98 degrees approximates man’s
temperature.
ON EXHIBIT
THIS WEEK
for a short time only
A^ Selection Of
Sketches and Oils
BY
robert mayokok '
Eskimo Artist and Writer
Red Skelton’s
Son Will Die
Of Leukemia
HOLLYWOOD, U?i—Comedian
Red Skelton is reported “so brok
up that he can’t tall:" over the
diagnosis of his 9-year-old son’s
illness as leukemia.
Doctors at UCLA Medical Cen
ter have given the boy, Richard,
from five months to a year to live.
Skelton’s grief was described
Friday by his agent, Milton Weiss.
Neither Skelton nor his wife,
Gloria, were available for com
ment, but relayed thru Weiss
their thanks for the hundreds of
messages of condolences they
have received.
Hospital officials said Richard,
who is unaware of the serious
ness of his illness, will probably
be released to his home in a few
days.
Daughter of Former
Chinese Premier to Wed
U.S. Airline Pilot
TAIPEH, Formosa, CP>—A grand
daughter of Sun Pat-sen, founder
of the Republic of China, was
married Saturday to an American
airline pilot.
Eleanora Caroline Sun, 20, the
daughter of one-time Nationalist
Premier Sun Fo, and Connie W.
Seigrist, 35, of Gore, Okla., were
wed at the U.S. military chapel
here.
Seigrist works for Civil Air
Transport, the airline run by re
tired Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chen
nault, World War II Flying Tiger
chief.
The bride, a flight stewardess,
works for the same airline.
In Commissioner’s Court
Ralph Walters was arrested
on a vagrancy charge and lined
$100 and sentenced to serve 25
days in Federal jail.
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Letter-size and legal file folder? i
available at The Nome Nugget
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce V/eather Bureau
Cloudy tonight and tomorow
with occasional snow and blow
ing snow. Strong gusty east winds
diminishing Tuesday. Low tem
perature expected tonight 10 to
15 degrees, rising slightly Tues
day.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 8, lowest -14. Max. wind 38
mph from the east. Sunrise at
9:50 am.; sunset at 2:26 p.rn.
Temperature a year ago today:
high 11, low -20. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 46 in 1942,
low -37 in 1932.
Other Stations as of 7 a.m. Today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -32 Cloudy
Kotzebue -14 Blowing sno
Wales 0 Cloudy
Gambell 9 Snow
Nome 8 Cloudy
Unalakleet -6 Blowing sno
Bethel 7 Cloudy
McGrath -32 dear
Anchorage -5 Clear
Fairbanks -43 Ice fog
Whitehorse -20 Clear
Edmonton -8 Blowing sno
Juneau 12 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 25 Cloudy
Seattle 39 Rain
San Francisco 44 Fog
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Warm (38 Degrees) in Antarctic, So ,
Boys Go For Swim in the Bay
By DON GUY
McMURDO SOUND, Antarctica
(5)—Four of the boys went swim
ming with the penguins today,
and the icy water warmed them
up instead of cooling them off.
It was a sunny summer day
here, where the seasons are the
reverse of back home. The air
temperature was 38, about as
warm as Antarctica ever gets.
The water was a fraction above
28 degrees, the freezing point of
salty McMurdo Sound.
In the background, snow-cov
ered Mt. Erebus volcano puffed
white steam into the deep blue
sky. Seals basked in the sun on
ice floes in the sound, and a
flock of penguins seemed to be
having a fine time frolicking in
the water.
A fine day, someone suggested,
to try out the new exposure suits
the Navy had developed for pilots
who might have to ditch their
planes in frigid seas. One of the
jobs of the Navy’s Deep Freeze
operation is to test newly devel
oped cold weather survival equip
ment.
So the four men put on the
rubber protective suits and then
smeared grease on their faces—
the only part of their bodies the
suits left exposed to the water.
LL Lester J. Halsema, of Mi
ami, Fla., won the unofficial
swimming championship of Mc
Murdo Sound by staying in the
water 20 minutes—swimming
and splashing.
A tiny radio device taped to
Halsema’s body broadcast his
body temperature to a recording
instrument watched over by Dr.
Sidney A. Schwartz of Brooklyn.
The. radio’s frequency varied with I
the body temperature. *
Helsema’s body temperature
was 98.6 when he jumped ini
After 12 minutes, it rose to lOO.d
as a fever developed in an effort
of the body to fight off the bitter
cold. In the last five minutes, hiS
temperature dropped a tenth of
a degree a minute.
"When the body starts losing'
temperature after reaching the'
fever peak," said Schwartz,
"the person must come out of
the water, since no amount of
swimming exercise will enable'
him to rewarm sufficiently."
Dr. Schwartz turned over his
radio equipment to an assistant
and went for a dip, too.
One man stood on the shore
with a cocked pistol, ready to fire
if any of Antarctica’s killer whales
should venture into the small
harbor. The noise of the pistol is
considered more effective than a
bullet in scaring away whales.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Wm. Cole
man, Karl Hertig, Darrell Trigg,
Hazel Thompson, Sally Jo Lee,
Dize Jones.
To Anchorage: Agnes Clohes
sey, Joseph Egelak, Nick Nuss
baumer, A/2c Frederick Klauer,
Walter McDonald, Melvin Fau
cett, Robt. Lee Jr., James Britt.
Harold Alterman, Wm. E. Hunt,
Wm McClauchan, Charles Esch,
Chas Luckaiby.
From Unalakleet: E. Brown,
Robt. Spykhoven, Elmer Koton
gan, Albert Anagik.
To Unalakleet: Emily Brown.:
Blind fish and crabs live in the
depths of Echo river, 360 feet
underground in Mammoth Cave,
Kentucky.
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