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VOL. LVI No. 88 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1954 Per Copy—15^
Sen. Lyng Heads
Committee Probe
Of Health Needs
The operation of the Territorial
Dept, of Health, its activities and
needs in the Second Division, have
been under study and examina
tion during the past week by the
Legislative Examining and Inves
tigating Committee through a sub
committee consisting of Senator
Howard Lyng of Nome, chairman,
and Rep. Harold Stringer, An
chorage, assisted by Examiner
William Moran of the committee’s
Juneau office.
The focal points of the investi
gation were Kotzebue, Nome and
Unalakleet, at which places all of
the professional personnel associ
ated with health matters in the
widely scattered Second Division
villages and towns, as well as
interested citizens, native and
white, were interrogated concern
ing local health conditions and
problems.
Information obtained by the
subcommittee will be submitted
to the Legislature at its next ses
sion in line with the Legislative
Examining Committee’s assign
ment to present factual reports on
the operation and activities of all
subdivisions of territorial govern
ment and the manner in which
the departments are serving the
interests of the citizens and tax
payers of the various districts and
divisions. Other members of the
six-man Legislative Examining
Committee are holding hearings
elsewhere in Alaska.
Subcommittee Chairman Lyng,
through the Nugget, wishes to
convey the appreciation and
thanks of the Legislative Examin
ing Committee for the close and
friendly cooperation of the many
Second Division residents who
appeared before it. The informa
tion furnished will be of great
assistance in compiling the report
and recommendations for the next
Legislature, which we earnestly
hope will result in both expand
ing and improving the health ser
vices to the people of the Second
Division.
3rd Division Voters Must
Elect Senator To
Replace John Gorsuch
From the Office of the Governor
JUNEAU—Gov. B. Frank Heint
zleman has signed a writ ordering
ing a vacant seat in the Territorial
Senate filled at the next general
election. The vacancy resulted
from the recent death of John F.
Gorsuch, member of the Senate
from the Third Division.
Candidates for the office must
file declarations of candidacy
with the Third Division clerk of
the court on or before Aug. 10,
under the provisions of the writ.
PIRACY OFF THE BRONX
NEW YORK, UFi—Piracy isn’t
dead yet—but it sure isn’t what
it used to be.
Two young robbers early tod^y
boarded a 52-foot yacht tied up
at an island off the Bronx, awak
ened Skipper Charles Robbins and
took $50 from him. Then they
hopped in a rowboat and rowed
away.
Sitka Mother Charged
With Manslaughter In
Death of Small Daughter
SITKA, Iff)—After a coroner’s
inquest yesterday Mrs. Elizabeth
Lawson was charged with man
slaughter in connection with the
death of her daughter, Jo Ann
Lawson, 6.
The jury found the litle girl
died “of a perforated intestine
due to blows being administered
to her body.”
One witness, Mrs. Azzie Sava
gen, chief nurse at Mt. Edgecumbe
Hospital, told the jury that prior
to Jo Ann’s death the youngster
said her mother had beaten her.
The victim’s brother, Larry 8,
testified last week that Mrs. Law
son, his mother, had beaten Jo
Ann with a broomstick, kicked
her about the body and finally
removed her shoe and struck the
girl with it.
Medical testimony indicated Jo
Ann’s body was a mass of scars,
healed wounds and bruises, and
that in the past she had sus
tained a fractured skull and brain
injuries, both of which had heal
ed.
The father, Herbert Lawson, is
employed in a laundry at Mt.
Edgecumbe.
Unexplained Hunger
Strike By 1,400 Convicts
At Wash. State Prison
WALLA WALLA, Wash., (ff) —
An unexplained hunger strike by
1,400 prisoners caused tension but
no violence at the Washington
State Penitentiary today.
The inmates, who started skip
ping meals yesterday, spent the
night quietly in their cells and the
normal breakfast hour passed
with no demands from the men.
The hunger and sitdown strike,
described by Warden John Cranor
as a “passive” resistance move
caused by idleness, started in the
prison laundry Monday. By noon
yesterday it had spread to vir
tually all the men within the pri
son walls. Cranor said the mini
mum security prison outside the
walls and the women’s section
were not affected.
No, Trace Found Of Tug
Reported Sinking In
Wrangell Narrows
JUNEAU, l/P)—The Coast Guard
called in air and surface craft
late yesterday after a day - long
search for a vessel reported sink
ing in Wrangell Narrows in a
mysterious radio message inter
cepted Monday night by a Can
adian tugboat.
Headquarters here said no trace
was found of the vessel, identi
fied as the tugboat YTS190 in
the distress call picked up by the
tug Blackbird and relayed here
by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The Blackbird, in its report to
the RCAF, said the distress call
reported the YTS190 was wallow
ing, decks awash, in the Narrows
between Petersburg and Wran
gell.
The Coast Guard said the mes
sage was not on a standard dis
tress frequency and the identifi
cation YTS190 did not fit any
vessel in the area.
In Eisenhower’s
Press Conference
At Capitol Today:
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower said today the Chi
nese Communist attacks on Am
erican and British planes are part
of the Red plan tc/ split the
Western allies. He declared the
United States means to defend its
rights.
The President told a news con
ference the American rescue
planes were which attacked by
the Chinese Communists were en
gaged in legitimate business.
The President also dealt with
these other matters:
Legislative Program — Eisen
hower said he would be more
than bitterly disappointed if Con
gress should adjourn without ap
proving such administration mea
sures as those dealing with for
eign aid, farm policy, tax re
vision, housing, social security.
And he added, in reply to a
question, that he feels an increase
in the 275 billion dollar national
debt ceiling is inescapable.
Anglo-Egyptian—He said he is
highly pleased with the agree
ment reached by Great Britain
and Egypt on terms for settling
their argument over the Suez
Canal Zone.
The agreement reflects states
manship on both sides, he said,
adding that he hopes Egypt now
will be able to' advance with her
friends from both economic and
security standpoints.
Food Prices—The President ex
pressed the hope that food prices
will stabilize if Congress passes
the administration bill calling for
a flexible farm price support pro
gram instead of the rigid support
plant now in effect.
Atomic Power — The President
said he was not ready to express
his views on the matter of the
government’s role in constructing
atomic reactors to produce elec
tricity. He said atomic power still
costs much more than conven
tional power and is a matter
which needs much more study.
Robber Snatches $750
From Counter of Bank of
Fairbanks At Eielson AFB
FAIRBANKS. UP) — A tall man
in military “fatigue” clothes
snatched $750 in currency from
the Eielson Air Force Base branch
of the Bank of Fairbanks Monday
after using a ruse to get the
woman teller away from her cage.
The teller, Mrs. Beatrice Rudd,
said the man gave the fictitious
name of Harry Goldwin in ask
ing her to check his account. As
she walked into the bookkeep
ing room he leaned over the
counter, grabbed a bundle of $10
bills, walked briskly to the en
trance and then escaped on the
dead run.
Eielson AFB, where the rob
bery occurred, is about 21 miles
from here.
By coincidence, Judge Harry
Pratt Monday sentenced Airman
Dwight Robinson to 3V6 years in
Federal prison for breaking into
the same branch bank, and steal
ing $2,001 in silver dollars on
March 2.
Syngman Rhee Proposes U.S. Back
Asian Army of Two Million Men
In “Counterattack” on Red China
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Gadgety Auto To Attempt
Non-Stop Run From
Anchorage to Mexico City
SAN DIEGO, UP)—An automo
bile with many gadgets, including
equipment for changing tires
without stopping, left here yester
day for Anchorage, and a 9,000
mile nonstop run from there to
Mexico City.
Elias (Louie) Mattar, 43, mech
anic whose '1947 car has such
items as a television set, dash
board bar, fender shower and
folding back-seat toilet service
including hot water and electric
razor, said he expected to reach
Anchorage about Aug. 5 or 6.
He will start the non-stop run
Aug. 10, he said, and expects to
reach Mexico City, Aug. 18.
The car will be refueled on
the run and tires changed by
means of special hydraulic jacks
on wheels and an emergency cat
walk for the mechanic to work.
Mattar was accompanied by
Vern Christiansen, a U.S. Coast
Guardsman on leave, and Joe
Henderson, retired Navy man. He
made a New York and return
non-stop run in 1952 but without
the tire changing gadget.
Russian Explorers Are
Busy In The Arctic
LONDON, UP)—Russian explor
ers and oceanographers are in the
Arctic regions in force, the Mos
cow radio said today.
An English broadcast reported
radio contact had been made with
“one of the Soviet expeditions on
an ice floe in the central Arctic.”
“They are now floating thru a
part of the central’ Arctic seldom
visited by Arctic explorers,” the
broadcast said. “One of their jobs
is to establish the relief of the
ocean bottom and study the
water. The range of their explor
ations has been increased by the
use of a helicopter.”
The top of the world is im
portant militarily. It provides the
shortest air routes between strat
egic centers of North America,
•Europe and Asia.
Catholic Missionary
Compiles 4,000-Word
Eskimo-English Dictionary
OTTAWA, Ont., UP)—Now you,
too, can speak Eskimo!
The Rev. Arthur Thibert, after
27 years in the Arctic, has pro
duced a 4,000 - word dictionary
much like the Spanish-made-easy
texts Americans use in Latin
America.
The Roman Catholic mission
ary says his aim is to provide a
suitable tool for missionaries and
others working in the Arctic. The
dictionary is elementary, he adds,
since the Eskimo language is full
of gimmicks. A single root word
may have 160,000 variations.
The new book is English-Eski
mo. A French-Eskimo version is
planned.
► WASHINGTON, W> — South
Korean President Syngman Rhee
proposed today that an Asian
army of more than two million
men, backed by U.S. guns, planes
and ships, launch a “counter
attack” on Communist China.
In a speech before a joint ses
sion of Congress, the fiery 79
year-old Korean leader said:
“Let us remember that peace
cannot be restored in the world
half Communist and half demo
cratic.
“Your momentous decision is
needed now to make Asia safe for
freedom, for that will automati
cally settle the world Communist
problem in Europe, Africa and
America.”
Rhee told Congress the essence
of Soviet strategy for world con
quest is to lull Americans into a
“sleep of death by talking peace
until the Soviet Union possesses
enough hydrogen bombs and in
tercontinental bombers to pulver
ize the airfields and productive
centers of the United States by
sneak attack.”
Rhee has long advocated re
suming hostilities in Korea to
drive the Communists out of the
northern half of his divided land.
But this appeared to be the first
time he proposed an all-out at
tack on the Chinese mainland it
self.
He did not call for the use of
U.S. foot soldiers.
“The American air force as well
as the navy would be needed to
insure the success of the counter
attack on the Red Chinese re
gime,” Rhee said, adding: “But
let me repeat, no American foot
soldiers.”
And, the South Korean leader
asserted:
“The Soviet Union will not stop
of its own volition. It must be
stopped.”
House Passes $5 Billion
Bill For Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON, UP»—'The House
formally passed and sent to the
Senate today a bill appropriating
$5,208,419,979 to finance the for
eign aid program, for the present
fiscal year.
The bill is the last of the ap
propriation measures to be con
sidered by the House this year.
Its total is $812,213,554 less than
President Eisenhower requested,
but his House leaders, with Dem
ocratic support, beat back efforts
to trim it further.
TUESDAY BASEBALL SCORES
American League
Cleveland 6, Boston 3
Chicago 4, New York 0
Baltimore 7, Washington 5
Detroit 3-3, Philadelphia 2-8
National League
St. Louis 7, New York 4
Brooklyn 7, Chicago 6
Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 2
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 8, Seattle 7
San Diego 11, Portland 2
Oakland 8, Hollywood 5
San Francisco 9, Los Angeles 2