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VOL. LVI No. 43NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1954 Per Copy—15^
37 Die In Collision
Of Trainer With
Cana cl ian A i rl i ne r
MOOSE JAW. Sask., (^ — Can
adian officials pressed an investi
gation today into the nation’s
worst commercial aviations disas
ter, the collision-crash here yes
terday of a Trans-Canada Air
lines North Star and a light mili
tary training plane in which 37
persons were killed.
Mayor L. E. Lewry called a
special meeting of the city coun
cil to renew protests against stu
dent flights from the nearby Roy
al Canadian Air Force base over
this city of 25,000.
The dead included 31 passen
gers and a cew of four in the
westbound airliner; a British RAF
pilot training here under a NATO
program, and a cleaning woman
who died in the wreckage of a
house struck by the airliner’s
flaming debris. There were no
survivors.
As it hurtled to the ground in
flames, the big four-engine North
Star came within 100 feet of 'a
school where 350 children were
in classes.
Among the dead passengers
were Rodney Adamson, 52, a lead
ing Progressive Conservative
member of parliament; Pat Reid,
58, a leading northland bush pilot
and oil company executive; Geo.
Sweny, president of the Vancou
ver Iron Works, and -their wives.
Retired U.S. General
Offers $100 To Non-Com
Who Socks Pvt. Schine
FRANKFURT, Germany, Uf) —
A retired U.S. major general said
today he has offered a reward of
$100 to the “first non-com who
socks Pvt. Schine in the nose.”
Maj. Gen. Arthur R. Wilson, 59,
who retired from the Army in
1946, referred to' Pvt. G. David
Schine, wealthy former investi
gator for the subcommittee head
ed by Sen. McCarthy.
“It’s a hell of a note,” Wilson
said, “when the Army gets itself
into a fix where a private can
tell the generals in the Pentagon
what to do.”
“Incidentally,” Wilson added,
“I’m for Joe McCarthy. I think
he’s doing a great job, and I
contributed to his campaign.
AFRS Auctions Musical
Requests Tonight For
Benefit Junior Red Cross
Representing the Junior Red
Cross, several members of the
student body of Nome High
School will be in the broadcasting
studio of AFRS this evening at
8 o’clock, to receive telephone
calls for musical requests.
Dedications and disks, whether
classical, popular, or Western, will
be auctioned to radio listeners
in the vicinity of Nome and at
Nome Field. The basic bid of a
quarter for “pops” may be outbid
by a request for a lengthier num
ber.
Station AFRS is donating half
the proceeds to the Amercan Red
Cross at Nome Field and and half
to the Junior Red Cross in the
Nome Public Schools.
| Sen. Bridges Calls For
Ite-Appraisal Of Whole
! Foreign Aid Situation
WASHINGTON, UP)—S e n a t o r
Bridges (R-NH) said today that!
Congress ought to “reappraise the
whole foreign aid picture in the
light of the current world situa
tion,” particularly the Indochina |
crisis.
Bridges, chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, made
the statement to newsmen at the
White House after a breakfast
conference with President Eisen
hower. He said, however, that he
did not discuss foreign aid or the
situation in Indochina with Eisen
hower in any detail.
Earlier, Sen. Humphrey (D
Minn> had said that any effort by
Congress to use foreign aid to
pressure Britain and France into
a united front against Commun
ism in Southast Asia would boom
erang.
Bridges said Secretary of State \
Dulles had cancelled a scheduled
appearance before the Senate Ap
propriations Committee this after
noon because of the secretary’s
plans to fly to London and Paris
to appeal to the British and
French for support of his program
of “united action” against any
new Communist aggression in
Southeast Asia.
Bridges said the American pro
gram of foreign aid should be
continued, but that the emphasis
in the future should be “on the
more critical situations” and that
aid should be channeled to na
tions willing to help themselves.
Court Action Ends
In Ouster of Peters
As ANICA Manager
SEATTLE, UP)—The final court
chapter was written Wednesday
in the government legal action
that resulted in the ouster of
Louis C. Peters as manager of the
Alaska Native Industries Cooper
ative Assn.
U. S. District Judge William
Lindberg approved dismissal of
the action under an agreement
that was announced a month ago.
It was reported at that time that
Peters was receiving a $2,500 set
tlement.
ANICA is a purchasing and
marketing organization owned by
33 Alaska native villages.
Virgil Farrell, an administra
tive assistant in the Alaska Native
Service, now is acting manager.
He said the organization will be
returned to private management
as soon as a new manager is
found.
The Interior Department had
disapproved of Peters’ adminis
tration. Peters contended he had
a good case but said “I couldn’t
afford to fight it in court.”
Four Airmen Killed When
Two Jet F-94Cs Collide
OXNARD, Calif., U’)—Four air
men are dead, the Air Force says
in the air collision of two F-94C
jets last night.
The mishap occurred near the
Oxnard Air Force base, where the
planes were stationed.
Territory To
Hospitalize All
Active Tit Cases
FAIRBANKS, \R—Dr. C. Earl
Albrecht, director of the Terri
torial Health Department has ad
vised the Health Center here that
emergency arrangements have
been made for hospitalizing all
acute tuberculosis cases.
Holdover legislators were poll
ed to get their nods of approval
on meeting the problem by run
ning up a deficiency before a
big majority was reported to have
approval.
Many TB cases have been with
out hospital care. The financial
squeeze has been attributed to
increased costs since the budget
was drawn by the economy mind
ed 1953L legislature.
Sen. John Butrovich, chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee,
commented actually the depart
ment will experience no shortage
of money. The budget runs until
next March 31. He said, “We will
be appropriating funds in Jan
uary so the Health Department
will still have a budget cash bal
ance when we grant more money.
Japanese Negotiating To
Buy Sawmill For Sitka
SEATTLE, UP) — The Japanese
consul in Seattle said today his
country is going ahead with plans
for a lumber and pulp operation
in Alaska’s Tongass Forest re
serve.
He spoke out in rebuttal to an
article in the April issue of a
magazine called Pulp and Paper.
The article said it was reported
at a recent paper week conven
tion in New York that the proj
ect had been dropped.
Japan, said the consul—Shizuo'
Saito—is going to have a saw
mill in Alaska. “We are negotiat
ing to buy one.”
In December the Japanese filed
articles of incorporation in Ju
neau for the Alaska Lumber and
Pulp Company. The concern was
expected to file an application for
Tongass timber with the U.S. For
est Service, but it was not known
in Seattle if this has been done.
Japan was left short of timber
when Sakhalin Islands was ceded
to Piussia in the peace agreement.
Alaska Steam Readying
To Resume Twice-Weekly
Passenger Boat Sailings
SEATTLE, UP) — The Alaska
Steamship Co. is getting ready
to resume its summer schedule of
two passesger vessel sailings from
Seattle to Alaska each yveek thru
Sept. 3.
The firm said its steamer Den
ali will sail for Ketchikan, Ju
neau, Sitka, Seward and Valdez
today. The Denali joins the Alas
ka Line steamer Baranof, which
has been on a bi-weekly schedule
throughout the winter.
On May 16 the Aleutian will
join the active Alaska Line pas
senger fleet, with the Alaska
going into service June 2.
The line’s general passenger
agent, R. C. Rose, expects “an
outstanding year on the basis of
reservations already in.”
Reds Prepared For
Another Assault On
Dien Bien Phu
HANOI, Indochina, (ff) — The
Communist-led Vietminh unleash
ed a “violent artillery bombard
ment oti Dien Bien Ph.u today in
what might be a prelude to a
new infantry asasult on the be
sieged French fortress in north
west Indochina.
A French communique said the
defenders answered back with
tremendous barrages as the rebels
rained down thousands of shells
from their 105 and 75-millimeter
artillery and heavy mortars in the
hills encircling the French - held
plain.
Such artillery stepups have
heralded the Vietminh’s two pre
vious attempts to overrun the
fortress.
It was clear the Vietminh
would have to' strike soon if they
hope to win a big victory before
the East-West conference on Asia
opens in Geneva April 26.
Further south in Indochina,
King Norodom Sihanouk of Cam
bodia ordered general mobiliza
tion in his kingdom and announ
ced he would appeal to the United
Nations against Vietminh aggres
sion there. French observers said
they considered the king’s decree
an appeal to world conscience and
not a formal request for U.N. ac
tion.
The young sovereign’s moves
were prompted by a small-scale
invasion of Cambodia by about
two battalions of Vietminh from
Laos eight days ago.
Marquam Wells
Placed In Custody
Of Mrs. Westbrook
LOS ANGELES, (ff)—Marquam
Wells, 3x/z—orphaned by the slay
ing of his father in Alaska and the
suicide of his accused mother in
Hollywood — was placed in the
custody of his father’s sister to
day.
A judge turned him over to
Mrs. Edna Westbrook, 46, of Fair
banks despite a tearful declar
ation by his maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Florence Yvonne
Ward, 55, of San Francisco, that
she wanted to care for him.
“Oh, yes, sir, I do!” wept Mrs.
Ward, a twice-divorced ceramics
designer, when asked by her at
torney whether she wanted the
boy.
Superior Judge Roy Herndon
observed that the aunt is younger
than the grandmather, has an es
tablished home and an excellent
reputation in her community and
has successfully reared four chil
dren.
A Fairbanks probate court last
month named Mrs. Westbrook
guardian of the boy and his $250,
000 trust fund paying $2,000 a
month.
Relative merits of living in Al
aska and California, so far as the
boy is concerned, were argued
before the judge made his ruling.
Mrs. Westbrook, a native of
New York State, moved to Alaska
three years ago. Her husband,
Clarence, 51, is a Fairbanks ac
countant.
Free Nations Will
Trade With Soviets
If They Want Peace
WASHINGTON, UP) — Foreign
Aid chief Harold E. Stassen said
today the free world stands ready
to' trade with Russia if the So
viets shift their economy toward
“the paths of peace.”
Testifying before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
Stassen also said that 1953 was
“the most successful year for U.S.
foreign economic policy—includ
ing East-West trade — since the
war.”
“We have attained a position of
economic strength in the free
world versus a position of econ
omic difficulty in the Soviet
world,” he said.
Stassen was before the commit
tee to report on the agreement
he made with representatives of
Britain and France in a London
meeting last month for a recon
sideration of control on Western
trade with Russia and her satel
lites.
In a brief opening statement,
Stassen said that west European
shipments to the Soviet bloc are
31 per cent below the rate before
World War II. Imports, he said,
are down 22 per cent.
“In effect,” Stassen added,
“what we are saying is that if
the Soviets, responding to con
sumer pressure within and the
contrasting rapid advance of the
free world, will turn its econ
omic approach toward the paths
of peace—then trade can be car
ried on.”
Racketeer Joe Adonis
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Sentenced to 8 to 24
Months on Perjury Charge
WASHINGTON, MV- Racketeer
Joe Adonis today was sentenced
to 8 to 24 months in jail for
falsely swearing before Senate
crime probers that he was an
American citizen.
Adonis, 51, whose name long
has figured in organized crime,
was sentenced by U.S. District
Judge Walter M. Bastian. He was
convicted by a jury March 25 on
a single charge of perjury.
The government offered evi
dence that Adonis was born in
Italy Nov. 22, 1902, was brought
to this country as a seven-year
old boy and never obtain citizen
ship.
180 Wolves And 60 Polar
Bears Killed This Spring
Kotzebue-Pt. Hope Area
JUNEAU, HV-The Far North is
providing a happy hunting ground
this season.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
reports that a kill of 180 wolves
in the Kotzebue area indicates the
second biggest concentration of
recent years.
Maurice Kelly, chief of the
FWS predator control in Alaska
who recently returned from Kot
zebue, said 60 polar bears have
been taken between Point Hope
and Kotzebue.
The biggest wolf bag has been
by two gunners flying with pilot
Bert Beltz. They have bagged 58
from the ait.