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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TCL~LVI No. 31 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH \2, 1954 ~ Per Copy—15^
Hope Abandoned For Early Vote
On Statehood Issue As Alaska And
Hawaii Bills Are Linked In Senate
McCarthy Blasts
Edward R. Murrow
And Stevenson
WASHINGTON, UP) — Sen. Mc
Carthy has accused commentator
Edward R. Murrow of having
been connected with a Moscow
school described as revolutionary,
and Adlai Stevenson of dealing
in untruths.
Murrow said he actually was an
adviser in an international educa
tion experiment the Russians can
celled in 1935 before any school
sessions were held.
Last night McCarthy fired some
broadsides at Murrow, who de
voted his CBS television show
Tuesday to a critical review of
McCarthy, and at Stevenson, who
sounded off against “McCarthy
ism” when he spoke to Democrats
in Miami Beach Saturday.
Saying that Murrow, “Week
after week, feels that he must
smear McCarthy,” he suggested,
"maybe Mr. Murrow is worried
about the exposure of some of his
friends.”
Murrow, in New York, termed
the broadcast statements “Mc
Carthy’s latest reckless handling
of the truth.”
As for Stevenson, McCarthy
centered on the 1952 presidential
candidate’s statement that the
new administration had turned up
only one alleged active Commun
ist among more than two million
federal employes.
That, McCarthy said, “of course
is strictly untrue and either Ad
lai knew it or should know it.”
The senator said a long list could
be made. He cited the names of
three persons he said were drop
ped as a result of investigations
by his Senate Investigations sub
committee.
Fifteen U.S. Travel Agents
To Tour Alaska And Go
On Pt. Barrow Bear Hunt
SEATTLE, li?) — Fifteen travel
officials from throughout the na
tion will leave Seattle March 31
on a tour of Alaska that will in
clude a polar bear hunt, Eskimo
style, at Point Barrow.
The trip will be sponsored by
the Alaska Visitors Association
and transportation companies
serving the territory. It will be
coordinated by Charles B. West,
Seattle, a director of the Associ
ation and operator of the Arctic
Alaska Tours.
West said the Association hopes
to promote more tourist travel to
Alaska. He said this year is the
first time since the second World
War that tourists have been al
lowed to travel north of the Endi
cott mountains, in the Brooks
range.
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, UP) — Repub
lican leader Knowland of Cali
fornia abandoned hope today of
reaching agreement for an early
vole op the Alaska-Hawaii state
hood issue.
Shortly after the Senate voted
46-43 yesterday to link statehood
for the two territories, Knowland
announced he would seek a vote
Monday. But later the GOP
Senate leader announced the
statehood legislation would be
laid aside today and possibly early
next week for other matters. Sen.
Smathers (D-Fla>, who opposed
statehood for either territory, said
he knew of “at least 10 senators
who want to debate the matter
fully.”
Opinion was divided as to whe
ther the combined bill will pass
the Senate, with both sides pre
dicting another close vote.
Knowland told the Senate be
fore the vote that combining the
bills would jeopardize the chances
of either territory achieving state
hood this year. He said he favored
both bills, but predicted that if
Hawaii only should pass the con
gress this year, Alaska would fol
low within two years.
It wasn’t so much what the
Senate would or wouldn’t do
about Alaska that worried Demo
crats and influenced the vote yes
terday. The maneuver they put
across to harness Hawaii and
Alaska was aimed at the House.
The House has passed a bill
to let Hawaii enter the Union—
the bill to which the Senate added
Alaska. But the House Rules Com
mittee has been sitting for months
on a bill to let Alaska come in.
Consequently, many Senate
Democrats were convinced the
only way to make sure of House
action on Alaska at this congres
sional session was to tie it to a
ballot on Hawaii.
Air Force To Evaluate
Training Techniques
In All-Jet Meeting
OMAHA, <JP)—The first all-jet
fighter, gunnery and weapons
meet will be held at Ellis Air
Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev., be
tween June 7 and 13, the Air
Force said yesterday.
A spokesman for Strategic Air
Command headquarters said the
purpose of the meet is to provide
the USAF with an evaluation of
training techniques, pilot and
ground crew proficiency.
It is expected that jet fighter
teams representing the Air Train
ing Command, Strategic Air
Command, Tactical Air Com
mand, Northeast Air Command,
Alaskan Air Command, U.S. Air
Forces in Europe, Far East Air
Forces, and the Air National
Guard will participate.
7V2 Pet. Increase
In Freight Rates
For Alaska Trade
WASHINGTON, UH —- The Fed
eral Maritime Board has approved
a general increase in freight
rates in the Alaska trade of up
to 7Vfe per cent.
In Seattle, Alaska Steamship
Co. and Coastwise Lines an- j
nounced they would put the 7V£ I
per cent increase into effect on I
March 15.
The Board noted that it would !
remain the pi'ovince of the ship
ping lines to prove, upon request,
that the new rates were “just and
reasonable.”
In Seattle, D. E. Skinner, presi
dent of Alaska Steam, said the 10
per cent increase originally re
quested was necessary “to cover
increased operating costs and per
mit us an opportunity to earn an
allowable return.”
“By the decision of the Board
to reduce the increase to IV2
per cent,” Skinner added, “we
have lost 25 per cent of the re- |
quired additional revenue plus
the loss sustained due to the
board’s suspension of the tariff
since Feb. 12, their origfnal ef
fective date.”
He said Alaska Steam “will at
tempt to maintain the frequency
of service heretofore provided.”
Personnel Unexpectedly
Exposed To Radiation In
Pacific Atomic Tests
WASHINGTON, — Twenty
eight Americans and 236 natives
of the Marshall Islands were sub
jected to some radiation during
recent atomic tests, the Atomic
Energy Commission said Thurs
day night, but all are “reported
well.”
AEC described the tests as
routine.
“The individuals were unex
pectedly exposed to some radi
ation,” it said. “There were no
burns.”
At Sharonville, suburb of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, Mrs. G. R. Whitaker
said her son, Don, had written
her that he had seen natives, who
were affected by radiation. His
letters were dated March 3 and 5.
Mrs. Whitaker said one of the
letters told of two destroyers ar
riving at Kwajalein Island and
bearing natives who were “suffer
ing from various burns and radio
activity.”
TWO KILLED IN MASS JUMP
OF 9.000 PARATROOPERS
ET. BRAGG, N. C., UPI — Two
members of the 82nd Airborne
Division were killed in a mass
jump of 9,000 paratroopers here
yesterday. Thirty were hospital
ized and about 50 other men re
ceived minor injuries.
The Army declined details of
the fatal accident pending com
pletion of an investigation.
The casualties marred the
Army’s latest peacetime para
trooper and equipment drop since
World War II.
Nanooks Win Second And
Third Games, Downing
Cordova And Wasilla
FAIRBANKS, (Special) Wed
nesday — The Nome Nanooks
edged the Cordova basketball
team 51-50 in their second ap
pearance in the “B” tournament.
•Quarter scores were: Nome 15,
27, 45, 51; Cordova 17, 35, 44, 50.
Invidual players’ scores: Swan
berg 21, Herman 15, Kost 12, Bell
2 and Mogg 1.
Thursday—The Nanooks down
ed Wasilla 55 to 33. Quarter scores
in Nome’s favor were 14-9, 29-14,
34-26, and 55-33.
Players’ scores: Kost 16, Swan
berg 16, Herman 13, Muller 4,
Mogg 3, Fagerstrom 2, Summers 1.
At 2 p.m. this afternoon the
Nanooks were scheduled to play
their second game against Valdez
to whom they lost 45-44 on
Tuesday. ,
Platinum, Alaska, Couple
Adopt 7-Year-Old Twin
Boys From Norway
SEATTLE. (/P! — Seven-year-old
twins have arrived in Seattle from
Norway on their way to a new
home with foster-parents near the
Bering Sea.
The boys, Rolf and John Krog
saeter, have been adopted by Mr.
and Mrs. Einar Homstad of Plat
inum, Alaska.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Bjornstad of
Seattle met the boys here. They
are friends of the Alaska couple
and heped them find the boys for
adoption through on Olso news
paper advertisement.
The boys will fly to Anchorage
tomorrow to be met by their fos
ter mother. The Holmstads have
wanted to adopt children for sev
eral years. They got in touch with
the twins’ mother through an ad
vertisement.
The twins’ mother has three
other children. Their father died
in 1949. The mother has been ill.
Holmstad is a machinist and
winter maintenance man at the
Goodnews Bay Mining Co-, in
Platinum.
Red Jets Heading For
South Korean Run From
Intercepting Sabres
SEOUL, (J) — Four south-bound
Communist jets turned tail at the
Korean demarcation line today
and fled north when American
Sabre jets streaked up to meet
them, the Air Force said.
The Red planes apparently
were headed toward Inchon, port
city for Seoul in South Korea,
the spokesman said. But there was
no way of knowing if the Com
munist pilots actually intended to
cross into South Korea or were
testing Allied radar and air alert
practices.
JUNEAU, (#>—Jack and Douglas
Boddy are brothers. Both are elec
tricians. Both became fathers four
hours apart on the same day this
week.
Court Denies Aunt
Custody Orphaned
Marquam Wells
LOS ANGELES, UP> — Superior
Judge Roy N. Herndon has set
March 22 as the date to deter
mine custody of 3 Vz - year - old
Marquam Wells, orphaned when
his mother, Diane Wells, commit
ted suicide in Hollywood Tuesday.
The Judge denied a plea for
immediate custody of the boy by
his aunt, Mrs. Edna Westbrook of
Fairbanks. She is the sister of
the boy’s late father, Cecil Wells.
Judge Herndon turned down
the plea of Mrs. Westbrook for
the child’s temporary custody,
saying that Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Mansfield should not be com
pelled to give up the child with
out sufficient time to prepare a
defense. The Mansfields, who live
here, were friends of Mrs. Wells.
Mrs. Westbrook’s petition said
the Mansfields have taken excel
lent care of Marquam but kaid
the boy would feel most at home
in Alaska, where she said the boy
has lived with her and her hus
band, Clarence Westbrook.
Reuben Tarte, a trustee of
Wells’ estate whose wife, Clara,
was asked by the boy’s mother
in a note to raise him as her own,
also is here from Seattle.
The aunt’s petition said further
that both wills left by the parents
nominated her as guardian in
event of their deaths.
Charges McCarthy
Used Influence
For Drafted Aide
WASHINGTON, Oft — Sen. Mc
Carthy cried “blackmail” today at
an Army report he and his chief
counsel, Roy Cohn, applied pres
sure for special treatment of G.
David Schine, a drafted aide..
From other senators there were
demands for a quick investiga
tion.
Sen. Potter (R-Mich) said Cohn,
should be removed if what he
called the “shocking charges” as
to the chief counsel were true.
The report said Cohn voiced
threats that Army Secretary Rob
ert T. Stevens would be “through”
and the Army “wrecked” if
Schine were sent overseas.
Potter said he wanted a meet
ing today to go into “all the facts.”
The Army report said McCar
thy applied pressure to get spe
cial treatment for Schine and
charged that Cohn used threats in
frequent calls to top Army of
ficials.
Schine, 26, is a former commit
tee consultant who was drafted
into the Army. He is the son of
a wealthy New York state theater
chain operator.
The Army Chief of Staff, Brig.
Gen. L, W. Truman, said that
since coming under 3rd Army
jurisdiction Schine has been
“treated just like John Jones.”
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