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VOL. LVII No. 51 _NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1955_ _Per Copy—15^
Gruening Asks $1,567 For
Aid In Presentation Of
Statehood To Congress
JUNEAU, MPI — Vouchers sub
mitted to the Territorial Auditor
Thursday showed that former
Gov. Ernest Gruening was hired
by the Alaska Statehood Com
mittee to assist Delegate Bartlett
in presenting the statehood case
to Congress.
The committee put in vouch
ers for Gruening totaling
$1,567.36, for 31 days’ employ
ment at $50 a day, and $17.36
worth of stationery and sup
plies.
The Grliening vouchers were
labeled ‘"for research work au
thorized by the Alaska Statehood
Committee for benefit and use
of congressional committee.”
Work done by Gruening in Wash
ington was in March and April
this year.
At a meeting here at the start
of the 1955 legislative session,
the Statehood Committee author
ized its executive committee to
hire an assistant to Bartlett in
Washington in presenting' the
Alaska statehood arguments. The
assistant was not named at that
time.
Auditor Neil F. Moore said he
has taken the vouchers under ad
visement, along with one for $821
from Robert B. Atwood of An
chorage, Statehood Committee
chairman, for an 18-day trip to
Washington on behalf of state
hood.
AMA Protests Continued
Drafting by Armed Forces
Of Doctors and Dentists
WASHINGTON, (iP>—1The Am
erican Medical Assn, protested as
“unfair” today the drafting of
doctors to care for civilian de
pendents of military personnel.
Dr. Walter B. Martin of Nor
folk, Vaf, president, and other
AMA spokesmen urged the House
Armed Services Committee t o
end the draft of doctors and den
tists when the present law ex
pires June 30. The committee is
considering a measure to extend
the law for two more years.
Dr. Martin described the law
as “discriminatory.” It makes
doctors and dentists subject to
enforced military service until
they are 51 years old. The regu
lar draft law applies only to men
up to 26 years old.
As an example of the growing
amount of dependents' care, he
said more than 145,000 babies
were born in military hospitals
in 1953, compared with 42,000 in
1948.
Hepicopter with Three
Aboard Missing In
Canadian Snowstorm
EDMONTON, UO—A helicopter
piloted by an airman from Wyo
ming has been missing for three
days in storm-whipped bush land
about 100 miles southwest of Ed
monton.
The craft took off in a snow
storm with three persons aboard
late Tuesday, enroute to Edmon
ton from an oil drilling site 35
miles south of Drayton Valley.
Continuing snow and rain pre
vented fullscale search for the
helicopter, which carried no
radio.
Those aboard the craft were
identified as Roland Maier of
Casper, Wyo., James H. Goalder
of Edmonton, and Goalder’s nine
year-old son, Terry.
Viet Nam Premier
Defies Chief Of
State Remove Him
By JOHN RODERICK
SAIGON, South Viet Nam, Uft—
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem claimed
victory in bloody civil strife to
day and defied the authority of
chief of state Bao Dai to remove
him.
Diem’s American - backed gov
ernment, in the second day of a
shown-down battle with the Binh
Xuyen Society, said the premier
was “indispensable” to the coun
try.' Despite the victory claim,
fighting which had caused cas
ualties of perhaps 1,000 killed or
wounded, continued in the area
between Saigon and its Chinese
suburb of Cho Lon. One clash
flared only four blocks from the
U.S. Embassy. Fires raging the
past 24 hours made thousands of
persons homeless.
Bao Dai, who lives on the
French Riviera, summoned Diem
to confer with him there by Tues
day. This was regarded as virtual
dismissal for Diem. ‘Bao Dai also
ordered military authority trans
ferred from Gen. Le Van Ty to
Gen. Nguyen Van Vy, a French
supported general opposed to
Diem.
In Paris, the French govern
ment, which has been seeking
Diem’s replacement for some
time, apparently was supporting
Bao Dai in his efforts to get
Diem out of Viet Nam. Premier
Edgar Faure told a news con
ference it was evident Diem’s
government was no longer equal
to its tasks.
There was no indication Bao
Dai would return to Viet Nam.
He has not set foot on Vietnam
ese soil for more than a year.
Canadian Air Force Calls
Off Exercise In Deference
To Mink Breeding Season
MONTREAL, US) — The Royal
Canadian Air Force has called
off Operation Clobber in defer
ence to the mink.
A report from the 401st RCAF
Auxiliary Fighter Squadron,
noted that the mink-breeding sea
son is at hand. That is no time
for jet fighters to be screaming
in low -^level flight over local
militia regiments because the mo
ther mink panic at the noise and
the whole mink family is en
dangered.
Therefore, a joint exercise in
volving the auxiliary squadron
and the 17th Royal Canadian
Hussars has been postponed until
later, probably in July.
15 Austrians Returned
Home From Red Prisons
VOESLAU, Austria, US) — Fif
teen Austrians returned home
today from Soviet prison camps
—the first released since Russia’s
recent promise to release Aus
trian captives.
The Austrians, war prisoners
and civilian internees — includ
ing one woman — said they had
met prisoners from many nations
in the Soviet camps.
ALASKA BOATMAN DIES
SEATTLE, US)—Isaac Hayes, a
retired marine engineer who
worked for many years on
Alaska river boats, died this week
at a nursing home here. He was
77. He went to Alaska originally
in 1900 and worked for the Alas
ka Rivers Navigation Co. from
1910 until he retired in 1950.
Danger of Radioactive
Fallout Causes Further
Postponement A-Test
SURVIVAL CITY, Nev., UB —
Fear that three Nevada com
munities might be engulfed in a
fallout of radioactive dust Thurs
day caused further postponement
of this spring’s major atomic test.
The delay, the third in a row,
came less than half an hour be
fore the scheduled shot time, 5:15
a.m. Atomic test chiefs had
gambled that the weather would
remain favorable and nearly
5,000 observers and participants
were at their stations.
Instead, the wind shifted and
“Operation Cue,” the big test of
this nation’s Civil Defense
against atomic warfare, was dub
bed “Operation Miscue.”
The main fallout danger was
to Alamo and Elgin, two com
munities which already have re
ceived considerable radiation in
this series of explosions. There
was also some danger of fallout
at Caliente, northwest of the test
site.
Suit Tying Up ESC Funds
Dismissed by Judge Folta
JUNEAU, (— District Judge
George W. Folta Thursday dis
missed a suit by Frank Sheldon
of Ketchikan, seeking an injunc
tion against the territory trans
ferring $2 million from the Terri
torial general fund to the de
pleted ESC fund.
Sheldon had contended that the
territorial Organic Act and terri
torial law were not heeded in
passage of the huge loan bill by
the special session of the 22nd
legislature.
Householders Who Hire
Domestic Help Must Make
Social Security Payment
WASHINGTON, UP*—Tomorrow
is the first deadline for some
thing like a million of Uncle
Sam’s new tax collectors — the
householders who pay a domes
tic helper an average of $4 a
week or more.
The new Social Security law
that went into effect Jan. 1 quali
fied domestic help for Social Se
curity if they make $50 a quarter,
from any one employer. That fig
ures to about $4 a week.
The householder is required to
make the Social Security pay
ments, and the first one is due
no later than tomorrow.
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Secretary Weeks Tells
Germans U.S. Faces
Record Prosperity In 55
HANOVER, Germany, US)—U.S.
Secretary of Commerce Sinclair
Weeks said here today 1955 may
bring all-time record prosperity
for the American people.
In an address at the Hanover
Industrial Fair, Weeks alsp said
that in view of the boom devel
opments the United States will
have to step up its imports, parti
cularly of raw materials and
food.
He told German economic lead
ers not to listen to voices saying
that American private economy
is headed for a depression.
MARYLAND LAW LIMITS
SALE OF HORROR COMICS
BALTIMORE, MV—‘The sale of
horror comics to anyone under
18 in Maryland was banned today
under a bill signed into law by
Gov. McKeldin.
U.S. Considers
Establishing Bases
On Formosa
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, W) — The
United States is considering es
tablishing an American base on
Formosa under its treaty guaran
tee to defend the Chinese Nation
alist island under any Commun
ist attack.
The base plan is part of a
series of arrangements being de
veloped by the State Department,
Defense Department and White
House which would be factors in
negotiating a cease-fire and pos
sibly an eventual settlement of
the whole Formosa problem.
Further decisions on the actual
steps to be taken are due to be
made following the return this
weekend of Asst. Secretary of
State Walter Robertson and Adm.
Arthur W. Radford, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They
have conferred at Taipeh in the
the last few days with General
issimo Chiang Kai-Shek and
other Chinese Nationalist offi
cials.
Establishing an American base
of jet fighter planes and Marine
units, as it is presently contem
plated, would have importance in
several respects, officials said.
First of all, it would be a
symbol of American determina
tion to prevent the island’s fall
ing to the Communists.
I Interior Dept. Support
Promised For Re-Opening
Of Mt. McKinley Hotel
FAIRBANKS, Ufi — Wallace
Hickel, of Anchorage, said last
night he has been promised sup
port by the new Assistant Direc
tor of Territories in a campaign
to have the McKinley Park Hotel
opened for the summer.
Hickel said the assurance came
from Kirkley Coulter, although
no specific promise of what ac
tion would be taken was in
volved.
Hickel said he thought it ap
peared that the most likely pos
sibility would be operation of the
hotel by the National Park Ser
vice on a non-profit basis. He
estimated it would cost $65,000
to replace boilers which have
been condemned plus another
$85,000 to “do it right.”
ELEPHANT DIES DESPITE
GALLONS OF MEDICINE
HOLLAND, Mich., (A*)—Gallons
of medicine including six million
units of penicillin failed to save
the life of Roxie, a five-ton cir
cus elephant, yesterday.
The average human dose of
penicillin is 300,000 units.
The elephant died while being
lifted from her highway van in
a sling moved by a derrick. Roxie
was 35 years old, a tender age
for elephants.
The owner still has a big prob
lem on her hands—how to bury
Roxie.
THURSDAY BASEBALL
American League
Boston 3, Chicago 1
Detroit 4, Washington 1
New York 11, Kansas City 4
National League
Brooklyn 4, Chicago 2
New York 6, St. Louis 4
Philadelphia 3, Milwaukee 2
Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2
Pacific Coast League
San Deigo 7, Seattle 2
San Francisco 9, Oakland 6
Los Angeles 4, Hollywood 1
17 California Children
Contract Polio After
Salk Vaccine Inoculation
WASHINGTON, (*> — Califor
nia’s post - inoculation outbreak
of polio stood at 12 cases today,
raising to 17 the number of treat
ed children in the nation who are
known to have contracted the
disease.
But Surgeon General Leonard
Schoole, who heads the U.S. Pub
lic Health Service, reiterated his
| confidence in the Salk polio vac
cine and added:
“There is nothing unusual
about the polio picture across the
nation. It follows very closely the
five-year median.”
Without reference to the vac
cine, the health service said it
had reports of 106 ^new polio
cases in 47 states last week, com
pared with 117 for the nation in
the comparable week last year.
In a specific tabulation, the
service listed 11 cases in which
children who had received their
first shot of the vaccine had con
tracted polio, but the California
State Health Department re- „
corded six additional cases on
which reports had not yet reach
ed Washington.
All except one child had re
ceived inoculations with vaccine
prepared by the Cutter Labora
tories of Berkeley, Calif. All un
used supplies issued by that com
pany have been withdrawn.
A spokesman for the National
Institute of Health emphasized
that “there is as yet no proof that
the Cutter' vaccine was involved
in bringing on the disease.
Yakima Child Comes
Down With Polio Six
Days After Inoculation
YAKIMA, Wash., UR — Three
year-old Vicki Barrett who be
came ill six days after getting
her first Salk vaccine inoculation
has been diagnosed as a definite
poliomyelitis case, her attending
physician said today.
The physician said the girl is
suffered from the non-paralytic
type of polio and is coming along
well. The doctor said the girl
may have had the polio virus
prior to being inoculated. He said
she became ill six days after the
serum was administered and the
common incubation period is 14
days. •
Aircoach President Says
Pending Bills Will Kill
Independent Airlines
WASHINGTON, UR — H. B.
Johnson, president of Aircoach
Transport Assn., Inc., told Con
gress today that bills by Sens.
Magnuson <D-Wash> and Bricker
(R-Ohio) would put independent
airlines out of business fast.
Johnston said he spoke for 38
of the 45 independents. They
carry more traffic and provide
more service to the military than
all the scheduled lines, he added.
The bills, Johnston told a Sen
ate Commerce subcommittee .
would change the provision of
the Civil Aeronautics Act which
exempts independents from ob
taining certificates of necessity
and convenience, and would de
stroy the basis for their existence.
But Harold F. Hammond, exec
utive vice president of the Trans
portation Assn, of Amerioa, con
tended it is unfair to allow the
independents exemption from a
requirement that they “prove
their services are needed in the
public interest.”