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VOL. LX .No. Ill NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1958 Per Copy—15^
Two Nationalist
Vessels Rim
Quemoy Blockade
By ROBERT TUCKMAN
TAIPEI, Formosa, UP) — The
Chinese Nationalists succeeded to
day in delivering two more ship
loads t>f supplies to the besieged
Quemoy Islands through a hail
of Communist fire.
» The Nationalist Defense Min
istry said two LSTs unloaded all
their cargo without suffering
damage.
The ships were escorted across
Formosa Strait by Nationalist
warships and by vessels of the
U. S. 7th Fleet, which remained
•outside the three-mile limit.
The giant American aircraft
carrier, the 33,000-ton Essex, ar
rived in Formosa waters after
steaming a quarter of the way
around the world from the 6th
Fleet off Lebanon.
Red shelling went into its 26th
day and apparently is aimed now
at knocking out Quemoy’s artil
lery, which has been trying to
silence Red guns on the mainland.
The cargo landing followed a
similar successful supply mission
by one LST yesterday. It was un
loaded in 20 minutes. This was
in sharp contrast to supply mis
sions last week which failed to get
ashore more than a fraction of
their load in 40 minutes under
shellfire.
On Formosa, opposition contin
ued to the U. S.-Communist Chi
nese talks in Warsaw in which a
settlement of Formosa Strait ten
sion is being sought.
Phillips Searches
For Sahara Oil
NEW YORK, UP) — Phillips Pe
troleum Co. is broadening its
search for oil in Africa’s Sahara
Desert. ,
The company said yesterday it
has been awarded exploration
permits on two additional con
cessions in the desert region of
Algeria. One comprises 1,748,260
acres and the other is a 25 per
cent interest in exploration per
mits on 1,433.203 acres near the
Tunisian border.
Phillips will cooperate with
French interests in developing
the new fields. The company re
ceived a concession covering 815,
430 acres in the same area earlier
this year.
Heart Trouble Contributed To Death
Of Engineer In N. J. Train Disaster
I By ROBERT FARRINGTON *
BAYONNE, N. J., UP — An au
topsy shows that heart disease
contributed to the death of the
engineer on the Jersey Central
train that plunged into Newark
Bay.
Another finding indicates that
the train’s brakes were not ap
plied until it was within 300 feet
of the open drawbridge.
The third coach of the train
was recovered from the water to
day. Bodies of three men and a
woman were taken from the
coach. Divers found two other
bodies floating nearby.
Recovery of the six bodies
orought the death toll in Mon
day’s disaster to 27. Another 19
persons, including the train’s fire
nan, brakeman and' conductor,
ire missing nd presumed dead.
The railroad originally estimated
iO persons died in the crash. If
ill the missing are dead,, the toll
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will reach 46.
An autopsy was performed yes
terday on the body of the engin
eer, Lloyd Wilburn, 63, of Red
Bank.
Dr. Chester R. Rydwin listed
the contributory causes of death
as “hypertensive heart disease,
pulmonary edema and congestion
of the lungs.”
A hypertensive heart condition
is a weakened heart caused by
high blood pressure. Pulmonary
edema is congestion caused by
fluid in the lungs which can de
sult from a heart condition or
drowning.
The assistant medical examin
er said the edema did not result
from drowning^in Wilburn’s case.
A spokesman for the Jersey
Central said its trains with two
men in the cab are not equipped
with a “dead man’s , control,” a
device that halts an engine im
mediately if the engineer releases
his grip on the controls.
TUESDAY BASEBALL RESULTS
i Bu The Associated Press)
American League
Detroit 4, New York 2.
Chicago 4, Baltimore 3.
Clev land 5, Washington 1.
National League
Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 1.
Pittsburgh 2-3, St. Louis 1-1.
Cincinnati 5-7, Los Angeles 3-5.
Chicago 10, Philadelphia 8.
Runaway Navy Blimp
Soars Six Hours Along
’One of Busiest Airlanes
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Iff) — A- run
away Navy blimp soared free and
unmanned for six hours in one
of the nation’s busiest airline
routes yesterday and then settled
back to earth by itself.
The big craft came down about
25 miles east of nearby Glymco
Naval Air Station, start of the
strange joy ride, just as authori
ties considered shooting it down
as a mehace to planes on the
New York-Miami route.
The blimp’s escapade began
when the pilot lost rudder control
during takeoff and brought the
craft in for an emergency landing.
The blimp hit the groud so hard
that gasoline tanks ruptured and
the fuel drained out.
That lightened the 287-foot
craft so much that the harried
10-man crew had to release he
lium to get the bucking blimp to
earth again — then the engines
failed.
The crew leaped out, tried to
moore the blimp, but it slipped
free and was gone.
A Navy spokesman said that
apparently a helium escape valve,
which the crew pulled, finally did
its job, bringing the blimp down
without assistance.
White House Still In
Dark on Adams’ Plans
NEWPORT, R. I., UP) — James
C. Hagerty, White House Press
Secretary said today he still has
no information indicating Sher
man Adams will quit or be fired
as President Eisenhower’s chief
aide.
Hagerty made the statement at
Eisenhower’s vacation headquar
ters in replying to questions about
published reports that the resig
nation of Adams, under hot*new
fire in the Bernard Goldfine case,
is imminent.
Americans
And Canadians
Exchange Gripes
BANFF, Alta., UP) — Americans
and Canadians exchanged gripes
here Tuesday as the Pacific North
west Trade Assn, concluded a
two-day meeting.
Businessmen from both sides
of the border reached no firm
solution to their problems but
agreed that airing pet peeves
cleared the way for greater un
derstanding and cooperation be
tween the two countries.
“We all have a thorn in our
side,” S. F. Ericsson of Portland,
Ore., said. “Edmonton has Cal
gary, Canada has the U. S., and
the U. S. has Arkansas.”
Canadians were particularly
critical of U. S. import restric
tions on Canadian oil and exclu
sion from active participation in
U. S. projects being developed in
Canada.
L. W. Markham, manager of
the Spokane Chamber of Com
merce, said he thought few people
on either side of the border were
aware of the basic problems be
tween the two nations.
Cecile Is First of Dionne
Quints to Become a Mother
MONTREAL, UP — Mama and
Papa Dionne made plans today
for the baptism of the first child
born to one of their famous quin
tuplets.
Cecile gave birth Monday
night to a chubby, black-haired
boy. With the proud grandparents
standing as godparents for the
baptism next Sunday, the baby
will be christened Claude after
a middle name of his father, Phil
ippe Langlois.
Eight Crewmen Survive
Crash of Giant C-124
OKLAHOMA CITY, (P> — A
giant Air Force cargo plane
crashed and exploded on landing
at Tinker Air Force Base early
today. There were no fatalities.
Base officials said there were
eight men aboard the Cl24 Globe
master from Donaldson AFB at
Greenville, S. C. Four men were
listed as cditically injured, and
four were not seriously hurt.
FRANTIC FRIEDA
FINALLY FINDS FRIEND
OKLAHOMA CITY, (Pi—Frieda
the giraffe has a boyfriend now,
and Lincoln Park Zoo officials
feel certain they’ll get along just
fine. Roger II, a $3,500 11-footer,
arrived from East Africa to be
greeted with a downtown parade
and a none-too-shy Frieda. “But,
after all,” one official remarked
to a newswoman, “If you hadn’t
seen a man for more than a year,
you’d be excited too.’
SHIRLEY TEMPLE CHILDREN
TO MAKE TV DEBUT
HOLLYWOOD, (P) — Shirley
Temple’s three children will make
their acting debut on one of their
mother’s television shows.
Susan, 10, her daughter by ac
tor John Agar; Charles Black Jr.,
6; and Lori Black, 3, appeared
for the first time before motion
picture cameras Tuesday. They
will be on a filmed Shirley
Temple Storybook show Dec. 21.
GOOD EXCUSE?
DENVER, (P) — Because it was
his first day on the job, Ray
Curry asked his wife not to tele
phone the office. She did any
way, to say the house was on fire.
It burned to the ground. Curry,
26, his wife and five children,
spent the night at a neighbor’s.
Federal Court Orders Arlington, Va^
School Admit Four Negro Students
A federal court today ordered*®
a white school in Arlington,
County, Va., to admit four Negroes
next semester and two Charlottes
ville, Va., schools awaited a ruling
on their plea for a dely in in
tegration.
As court action brought the
threat of school closings in Vir
ginia, Little Rock, Ark., prepared
for a special election Sept. 27
on school integration. Gov. Orval
Faubus who closed four Little
Rock High Schools, advanced the
special election date by 10 days.
The Stratford Junior High
School in Arlington County, Va.,
was ordered by U. S. Dist. Judge
Albert Bryan to take in four Ne
groes. He turned down applica
tions of 26 others for transfer to
various other white schools. The
Former Disk Jockey
Walking 1,163 Miles
Enroute To Alaska
TACOMA, UP) — A former disk
jockey with a good pair of feet
says he plans to walk to Prince
Rupert, B. C., 1,163 miles away.
And,, true to his former profes
sion, Donald Pole, 25, says he’ll
ilke a sponsor, to pay for meals.
If no sponsor is forthcoming,
Pole plans to make the trip any
way. He’s on his way to Ketchi
kan where his wife and 21-month
old daughter, Lori Ann, are
awaiting him.
Pole said Tuesday he planned
to leg it to Prince Rupert and
then try to catch a fishing boat
headed for the Alaskan city.
He said he worked for KABI
radio station in Ketchikan until
last February. He became ill then
and returned to Tacoma where
he has been recuperating at the
home of his parents.
SLEEPING SICKNESS SPREADS
TO PHILIPPINES
MANILA, UP) — Mary Johnson
Hospital physicians have reported
the death of three patients appar
ently from encephalitis known
as “sleeping sickness.”
In Korea, Formosa and Japan,
some 2,000 deaths have been re
ported from the disease.
Leonard Seppala, Greatest Dog Team
Racer, Celebrates His 81st Birthday
SEATTL.JS, Ltr) — Leonard bep
pala, who became 81 last Sunday,
is rated the world’s greatest sled
dog team racer. For many years
he had the best dog team in Alas
ka, figured in exploits such as
taking diptheria serum to Nome
in 1925.
But he is equally remarkable
as the only man. among thousands
who went to Alaska in search of
gold who is glad he didn’t strike
it rich.
“1 went to Nome to make my
fortune in the gold fields,” he
reminisced yesterday at his Se
attle home.
“I had no luck, and I’m glad
I didn’t. Most of my friends who
struck it rich now are dead and
gone. And I still can dance a waltz
or even a polka!
“Maybe it was the easy living
that comes with wealth that
caused the earlier deaths of my
friends.”
Sep, as he is called familiarly,
was a small man even in his
prime. He then stood only 5 feet
4 inches tall, weighed 144 pounds.
Not puny (Sep developed iron
muscles working in his father’s
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blacksmith shop in his native Nor
way) he is as glad that he was
not big as he is that he didn’t
find a lot of gold.
“My success in dog team racing
was due partly to my light
weight,” he said. “I also had en
durance, which a big man usually
doesn’t have.”
Still hale and hearty in a di
minutive way — he thinks he has
shrunk four inches, now weighs
130 — Sep celebrated his 31st
birthday while on a train, return
ing from a visit with a brother
and other relatives in Alberta.
Sep and his wife, whom he
married some 49 years ago in
Alaska, are looking forward to
their golden wedding anniversary
next year.
He began driving a dog team
in 1901, probably traveled a quar
ter million miles in 45 years of it.
He won 43 silver trophy cups and
bowls, and eight gold medals.
When Sep “came outside” and
into retirement in 1946, he drove
an auto for awhile.
“Driving a dog team is more
fun,” Sep observed sadly. “There -
is companionship in the dogs!”
four ordered admitted will not
be transferred until January.
Bryan said his ruling could not
be translated into a final decree
until next month, and it would be
unwise to make the transfers that
late in the term.
Virginia law provides for im
mediate closing of schools admit
ting Negroes. If a delay is not
granted in the case of the Char
lottesville schools they are ex
pected to be closed.
The Arkansas school controversy
brought new criticism of the Eis
enhower Administration from
Faubus. He said the federal gov
ernment hoped to avoid using
troops again to enforce racial mix
ing in schools because “they know
it is illegal.”
Seveh Crewmen Perish In
Crash of B52 Jet Bomber
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn., ‘JFl —
A B52 jet bomber on a training
mission crashed in flames on a
farm last night. The copilot para
chuted to safety. Seven other
crew members were missing and
presumed dead.
The giant plane, based at Lor
ing Air Force Base, Limestone,
Maine, missed the densely popu
lated Minneapoiis-St. Paul metro
politan district 'by three miles,
and an oil refinery by a similar
distance.
Exploding fuel tanks of the
plane fired the house, barn and
outbuildings on the August Kahl
farm three miles south of here.
Eight members of the Kahl fam
ily were hospitalized with burns,
three in serious condition.
The plane was on a practice
bombing mission to Minneapolis.
. Witnesses reported seeing the
plane streaking flame as it roared
toward the ground. Fuel from the
crash fired several acres of brush
and grass.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy tonight with light rain.
Decreasing cold Thursday. Low
tonight 35-40. High tomorrow
45-50.