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AIR FORCE CAPTAIN GETS LIFE
FOR TRY AT SELLING A-INFO
MOUNT VERNON, New York,<
Uft—George A. French, Air Force
captain, has been sentenced by
court-martial to life imprison
ment for trying to sell atomic se
cret information to the Soviet
Union.
Franch’s wife, Mrs. Dorothy G.
French said yesterday her hus
band owed thousands of dollars
in gambling debts. The court
martial and life sentence were
disclosed Saturday.
“George was a gambler,” said
Mrs. French, “not the racetrack
type, but a devoted poker player.”
Mrs. French said she wrote to
her husband about the gambling
but that he denied it.
“All he told me,” she said, “was
‘Stick by me. I am in trouble and
I will need you’.”
The Frenches have three chil
dren, Bonnie 14, Jane 9, and Lin
da 22 months.
“I should have been informed
of the charges against him, ac
cording to the democratic way,”
she said. She said she will “stand
by” her husband.
French was a combat bombar
dier during World War II and the
Korean War. He received decora-1
toins for his missions.
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Council Meeting
Tonight Will Discuss
Juvenile Problem
A discussion of the juvenile
problems and responsibilities is
scheduled for one of the special
topics to come before the Nome
City Council this evening.
Meeting time is 8:00 p.m.
ROCK ISLAND RR.
SPILLS OFF RAILS,
INJURING 24
PEABODY, Kan., UP>—The Rock
Island Railroad’s Twin-Star Rock
et, headed from Minneapolis to
Houston, piled off the rails at the
south edge of Peabody early to
day. At least 24 were treated at
hospitals for injuries.
Rescue workers search for over
three hours and reported they
had found no one dead in the
wreckage.
Initial examination of the in
jured showed only one man in
serious condition.
There was no indication of the
:ause of the wreck.
Prince Charles, 8, Leaves Palace
To Attend Austere Boarding School
LONDON, W—Prince Charles*
-seid farewell to a palace nursery
desk today and went off to attend
an austere boarding school.
At eight, he became the first
heir to the British throne to leave
home so early for schooling away
from the royal parents. Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
have paid the equivalent of $794
for a three-term year.
With seven other little boys he
will share a simply furnished
room and sleep on a plain iron
bed with no springs. If the king
to-be is naughty, he will be caned
—in the usual place.
The school is Cheam Private
Preparatory School, 50 miles from
London in the English country
side. The school is 300 years old.
Elizabeth and Philip may not
see Charles again until after they
return from their October trip to
the United States and Canada.
Scores of people flocked to the
hamlet where Cheam is located.
Said the host of a pub near the
school: Princes are good for trade.
I’m right out of beer.”
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Senate Probers
To Explore Report
Of Hoffa Loan
WASHINGTON, UR—Senate in
vestigators of rackets said today
their new hearings will explore
reports that James R. Hoffa lent
a million dollars of Teamster
.Union funds to a Minneapolis de
partment store struck by the re
tail clerks union.
Public hearings by the special
committee under Sen. McClellan
(D-Ark) are to open tomorrow.
In New York, a U.S. district
court judge today set Oct. 15 for
the wiretap conspiracy trial of
Hoffa, a vice president and aspir
ant for the presidentcy of the
Teamsters Union.
Hoffa’s attorney told Judge Syl
vester J. Ryan he intends to move
for a “trial date continuation for
a long period of time.”
It is impossible for Mr. Hoffa
to receive a fair trial now, while
the atmosphere is saturated with
prejudice,” the lawyer said.
Washington State’s
Foreign Water Commerce
Has Not Recovered
SEATTLE UP>—Washington’s
foreign waterborne commerce has
yet to recover from its postwar
slump, researchers reported Sat
urday.
The report, by a business exec
utives’ research committee, shows
the state is still handling a small
er percentage of foreign com
merce than was loaded ki and out
of her seaports in the 1920s and
1930s.
The report shows exports ffom
Washington points of 1,700,000
short tons of cargo in 1955, while
tonnages moving out of other
customs districts in the same year
were; Oregon, 2,857,000; San
Francisco, nearly 3,000,000; Los
Angeles, 5,430,000; New Orleans,
7,281,000; New York, 8,444,000.
WESTERN STATES
SEE BRIGHT AURORA
(By The Associated Press)
Another brilliant display of
northern lights illuminated the
sky Sunday night from the Cali
fornia border to British Columbia.
Weathermen attributed the phe
nomenon to a heavy outbreak of
sunspots.
The aurora borealis showed
brighter than at any previous
time this season.
Among points which reported
seeing the display were Medford,
Portland, Seattle, Everett, Spo
kane, Victoria, and Vancouver.
The “Okanagan Arch” was vis
ible at Osoyoos, in the southern
Okanagan valley of British Col
umbia. The arch colored the en
tire sky with hues varying from
bright red to green instead of
being limited to the north.
REPRESENTATIVES OF PIONEERS
AND CHAMBER PREPARE FOR
WEEKEND VISIT TO FAIRBANKS
The members of the Chamber
of Commerce who are represent
ing the Chamber at Fairbanks
this weekend and the members of
the Pioneer Igloo and Auxiliary
who are attending their Grand
Igloo meeting in Fairbanks are
getting off to a very early start
Saturday morning. They will
leave here at 4 a.m., which will
give them two full days in Fair
banks for the many functions be
ing planned.
The trip is a goodwill trip given
through the courtesy of the Wien
Airlines repaying a visit made
this summer from the Fairbanksr
Chamber of Commerce.
Promotion of Highway 97 which
will link Fairbanks and Nome is
the prime objective of the get
together for a 'better understand
ing between the two communities
who will in a very few years be
united.
It is understood that the dele
gates will see the end of the road
from the Fairbanks side, probably
going as far as Livengood.
Wien Airlines has made the
trip possible and will take the
delegates to Fairbanks and return
them early Monday morning.
It was originally planned to re
turn late Sunday evening but due
to the fact that Nome Field has
no field lights at this time the
flight cannot leave Fairbanks
until 4 a.m. Monday morning.
For Chamber and Pioneers
Representing both the Cham
ber and the Pioneers are Mr. and
Mrs. James Walsh, PAA manager
and Chamber president; Emily
Boucher, owner of Nome Nugget;
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sipprell,
Alaska Steamship Co.; Frank
Morris, Bureau of Public Roads
engineer and president of the Pi
oneers; Mrs. Edith Arnold, Arctic
Sanitary Service.
Chamber Representatives
Representing the Chamber of
Commerce only are Eunice Berg
lund, Territorial Dept, of Health
nurse; Mrs. Johnnie Stephenson,
Music Store; Mr. and Mrs. James
von der Heydt, Nome attorney;
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Goodrich,
N.C. Co. manager; Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Bachelder, minister; Mrs.
Lester Bronson, Bronson Water
Delivery; Mrs. Clinton Gray, wife
of territorial representative; Mrs.
Ben Young, Dorothy’s Store; Dick
Miller, Wien Airlines Nome sta
tion manager; Jerry Manning,
Miners & Merchants Bank.
Pioneers' Representatives >
Representing the Pioneers only
are Mr. and Mrs. Mike Walsh;
Mr. Charles Jones; Mary Hons
berger; Russell Hermann, U.S.
district attorney; Christie Wald
heim; Alvin Poison; Mrs. Tolbert
Scott; Ellen Waldheim.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Walsh,
Charles Jones, Dick Miller and
Dorothy Young plan to leave
earlier but will return with the
group.
Radar Network
For Spain, U.S.
Gets Under Way
MADRID, (if)—The first units of
a radar network to protect U.S.
jet bomber bases and Spanish
cities have been installed near
Madrid. <
The Air Force announced yes
terday that the units are in oper
ation at Villalatobas, about 50
miles south of the capital. The
871st Aircraft Communications
and Warning Squadron mans the
stations. 1
Spain, not a NATO member,
previously has been without a
radar warning system. A radar
warning network stretches across
NATO countries from Norway to
Turkey.
Construction is about three
fourths completed on four U.S.
Strategic Air Command bases in
Spain.
Arkansas Governor Obeys Order,
Removes Troops Barring Integration
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., UP>—<Iov.
Orval Faubus, in a lightning move
Friday night, withdrew the Na
tional Guard from Central High
School. President Eisenhower Sat
urday called it “a necessary step
in the right direction.”
Faubus’ action came shortly
after issuance of a federal injunc
tion commanding him to cease
using troops to block school inte
gration. His attorneys immediate
ly began exploring various aven
ues of legal appeal.
"As long as this order is in
effect and until its certain re
versal on appeal, I will com
ply," Faubus said.
Eisenhower, commenting on the
Little Rock integration dispute:
“I am confident that the citi
zens of Little Rock and the State
of Arkansas will welcome this op
portunity to demonstrate that in
their city and in their state prop
er orders of a United States court
will be executed promptly and
without disorder.”
After a meeting of the high
school board Saturday morning,
Virgil Blossom said all adults, in
cluding newsmen and photog
raphers, will be asked to stay out
side the school building Monday
morning.
Events that transpire inside the
building if Negro students enter
will be relayed to newsmen about
an hour later by school officials,
Blossom said.
Whether the nine Negro stu
dents who were turned away by
troops Sept. 4 would try to enter
Monday was not known.
Parents and ’Peacli.ers ALL parents and teachers invited
8:00 P.M. AT SCHOOL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
fiPt-TncyptKpr TiiMrlav REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED
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