Chris Berg Tells Chamber of
Early-Day Nome Visit
Chris Berg, who heads the con
struction firm which is building
the big new A'NHS hospital in
Kotzebue, was a visitor in Nome
today. At the Chamber of Com
merce noon luncheon he said that
he first came to Nome in 1915
as a crew member of a ship for
the Alaska Steamship Co. He com
mented that he findg Nome quite
changed from those early days.
32nd DEGREES TO BE
CONFERRED HERE
Robert Rogers and Art Hedges
of the Alaska Consistory of Scot
tish Rite Masons of the Juneau
Valley are scheduled to arrive to
morrow to confer 32 Degrees on
five candidates in Nome in a
series of meetings scheduled for
(May 24, 25, 26, and 27 at the
Masonic Temple, starting each
evening at 7 p.m.
American League Highlights
CLEVELAND, UP) — Four-hit
pitching by Jim Perry led the
Cleveland Indians to a 6-1 vic
tory over Boston Saturday, giving
the Red Sox their seventh straight
defeat.
DETROIT, UP) — The Baltimore
Orioles jammed all their runs into
two middle innings Saturday and
overcame the Detroit Tigers 7-4,
behind the sparkling relief pitch
ing of Gordon Jones.
The selection of May 30, the
Memorial Day of the North, may
have been the inspiration of a
Virginia woman of French orign.
Cassandra Oliver Moncure, one of
the first to celebrate the holiday,
may have chosen May 30 because
it is “The Day of Ashes” in France,
commemorating the return of Na
poleon Bonaparte’s ashes to
France from St. Helena.
SCOTTISH RITE DEGREES
— TO BE CONFERRED —
May 24, 25, 26, 27
— 7 p.m. —
at Masonic Temple
Pravda Continues Post
Summit Attacks on
U. S. President
"^MOSCOW, UP) — The Commu
nist party newspaper Pravda said
today that President Eisenhower
had “proved unable to change the
law of his class, of his imperialist
surrounding, capable of any dirty
play.”
Continuing its violent, post
summit attack on the President,
the paper said during his Camp
David talks with Premier Khrush
chev last September, 'Eisenhower
was “least of all thinking of
friendship.”
“As its loyal servant, he repre
sented his capitalist class, his pre
datory system of imperialism
whose leader the United States
of America is justly regarded to
toe,” Pravda said.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with intermittent rain
tonight and Tuesday with vari
able winds 10 to 20 mph.
In the past 24 hours: precip .39
inches—-monthly total l.G-6 inches.
Sunrise 2:16 a.m. sunset 9:43'p.m.
GRINSELL DIVORCE GRANTED
On Friday, May 20, Ann Grinsell
was granted a divorce from Don
ald Grinsell, in the State Superior
Court.
Jens Forihaug. relocation offi
cer for the RIA, is scheduled to
arrive here tomorrow. Those in
terested may call at the BIA
office.
Pakistan Premier Warns
War If Reds Attack
KARACHI, Pakistan, —Pres
ident Ayub Khan said if the So
viet Union attacks Pakistan or any
country of the free world there
will be a world war.
Ayub was replying to a ques
tion at a news conference on the
Soviet threat to blast Pakistan if
any planes fly from there over
Soviet territory.
Ayub said in the case of any
nuclear attack from the Soviet
Union, Pakistan would be under
the umbrella of U. S. nuclear
forces.
BURGLAR SIGNAL
'MEMPHIS, Tenn., UR — Michael
Krasner heard a signal on a ham
radio in his car, leaped out and
telephoned police that somebody
was breaking into his father’s
store.
Police captured a burglar at the
store.
Krasner had rigged a micro
switoh to a window so that if the
window were broken or opened it
would broadcast a signal to which
he tuned ham radios in his car
and at home.
Martha Teayoumeak and Gor
don Dimmick were married by
Rev. John Maakestad on May 18.
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, UR —
Cyrus Eaton, American million
aire industrialist, today received
an honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws from Charles University in
a special ceremony on his visit to
Communist Czechoslovakia.
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Soviets Pull Into
East Coast City for
Ailing Seaman
ATLANTIC CITY, <*> — Tlie
Coast Guard escorted a Soviet
fishing trawler into Atlantic City
early today trf permit hospitaliza
tion of a sick crew member.
The seaman, Ivan Baluik, 26,
was taken to Atlantic City Hos
pital, where doctors diagnosed his
ailment as an acute infection of
the upper respiratory system, the
Coast Guard said.
The trawler was identified as
the Masalsk, with a crew of 26
men and two women. The crew,
other than the sick man, remained
aboard upon reaching Atlantic
City.
The Coast Guard said the ves
sel had been fishing off Nova
Scotia and had aboard five tons
of herring and one ton of perch.
Another Soviet trawler, iden
tified as the Vega, recently was
discovered cruising off Long Is
land within a mile of where the
new U. S. Navy Polaris submarine
George Washington was conduct
ing dummy missile firing tests.
The Coast Guard said it did not
know how the Masalsk happened
to be in the vicinity of Atlantic
City, inasmuch as the fishing area
was far to the north at the. Grand
and Georgia Banks off Nova
Scotia.
In Washington, a Navy spokes
man said the Navy had been
aware of the Russian trawler’s
presence in the area.
Hula Dancers Start Hawaii
On First Presidential Binge
HONOLULU, Wl — Hawaii’s
first Presidential campaign opened
Saturday with hipswinging hula
dancers, soft music, floral leis —
and a strong contingent of Ken
nedy forces, flush with their vic
tory in Oregon.
From all over the island, Ha
waiians came for the two-day
Democratic state convention. Ed
ward Kennedy, a brother of Sen.
John Kennedy, was here too,
angling for Hawaii’s nine conven
tion votes.
The biggest known bloc at the
convention is deeply split between
John Kennedy and Adlai Steven
son.
The Republicans will hold their
convention June 8 to determine
who will cast the 12 votes at their
party’s convention.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pearse Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
BYRON O. REED, WM.
Norvtn W. Lewi., Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
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NOME ROTARY CLUS
Ash Craft
President
Herlj Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
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Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
MINA BACHELDER, President
JANE FOSTER. Secretary
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