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VOL. LVIII No. 110_NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1956 Per Copy—15^
Eisenhower Says He’ll ‘Carry the
Farts’ to Farmers; GOP Senator
Sees Upswing in Farm Economy
Research Plane
Starts 90,000-Mile
World Flight
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE,
Mass., UP*—A huge Air Force
plane, loaded with special in
struments, today was on the first
lap of a 90,000-mile flight around
the world to probe the magnetic
fields which extend thousands of
miles beyond the earth’s surface.
The trip, which began yester
day, may provide data to help
launch America’s planned man
made moon and may yield infor
mation valuable for guided mis
sile research. Air Force scientists
would not comment.
The scientists would say only
that the expedition is “of purely
scientific interest” with no imme
diate application.
Measurement of intensity of
cosmic radiation is expected to
help disclose whether the earth’s
magnetic field at high levels is
different from that deduced from
ground level data.
The plane carries a crew of 10
and a 1,500-pound cosmic ray
monitor. It will fly a zig-zag path,
criss-crossing the equator a thou
sand miles to the north and south.
I By the Associated Press
The welfare of the U.S. farmer
—and how he votes in November
—appeared to hold the attention
of both presidential candidates
and their parties today.
GOP Sen. Bourke B. Hicken
looper of Iowa reported to Presi
dent Eisenhower there is a “gen
eral upswing” in the farm econo
my. He predicted Republicans
will carry the farm belt in No
vember.
Facts for Farmers
Hickenlooper, who faces stiff
Democratic opposition in his bid
for re-election, quoted the Presi
dent as saying Republicans are
going to “carry the facts” to the
farmers and other voters in a vig
orous campaign.
Hickenlooper saw Eisenhower
after the President had ^conferred
with Dr. Milton Eisenhower, his
brother who has served as an ad
visor on farm matters as well as
on other issues.
The Hickenlooper conference
was obviously a preliminary to
the President’s scheduled appear
ance Friday at the National Field
Days and Plowing Contest at
Newton, Iowa.
Program Returned Unused
Eisenhower’s Democratic oppo
nent, Adlai Stevenson, is booked
to speak at the Iowa celebration
the day after Eisenhower’s ap
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Kentucky Racial Tension Eased
As Four Negroes Give Up Efforts
To Enter All-White School at Clay
By the Associated Press
Four Negroes bowed today to a
school board order and dropped
efforts to enter school at Clay,
Ky., thus easing racial tension
and halting a white boycott of
classes in the little western Ken
tucky town.
The climax came quickly and
quietly when the principal, Mrs.
Irene Powell, read the board’s
order to the Negroes who had
been escorted to the school by
Adjt. Gen. J. J. B. Williams and
were accompanied by their moth
ers.
When Mrs. Powell finished
reading, Mrs. James Gordon, the
mother of James, 10, and Thereas,
8, shook hands with the principal,
said “Tbankyou for your kind
ness," and added she was taking
her son and daughter back to
Rosenwald, a Negro school in
nearby Providence.
Another woman said she also
would take her sons back to Ro
senwald.
As the Negroes departed, about
190 white children trooped into
the school which has an erollment
of 580 and which was boycotted
last week after the Negroes were
admitted.
While integration received a
setback in Kentucky, it went for
ward another step in North Caro
lina when John O. Slyon, a 23
year-old Negro from Durham, en
tered Gaston Technical Institute
at Gastonia.
In Washington, two opposite
segregation views were expressed
Sunday. Atty. Gen. Brownell, in
a filmed television interview 'Re
porters Roundup), said that prog
ress so far in school desegregation
has “been remarkable and fine.”
Sen. Sparkman <D-Ala\ on the
other hand, appeared on an NBC
TB program (Youth Wants to
Know) and said he believed the
Supreme Court’s decision on
school integration “set back for
many years progress being made”
in the South.
130 U.S. Seamen
Feared Drowned
As Freighter Sinks
BODOE. Norway, The body of
a second man killed in the sinking
of the American freighter Pelagia
was pulled today from the icy sea
off Norway. All the ship’s 37
crewmen save five men plucked
yesterday from- a bobbing lifeboat
were feared dead. Among the
missing were three men from the
Pacific Northwest.
The lifeboat also contained the
body of a steward who died of
exposure.
Rescue officials privately ex
pressed their doubt of finding any
of the 30 men still missing alive.
“No one could live in this icy
water,” one said.
The survivors said they last
saw their shipmates on the deck
of the sinking freighter. They said
a gale smashed the ship’s three
other lifeboats and that they were
afraid the others were unable to
get away.
The Pelagia, a World War II
Liberty ship loaded with 10,000
tons of iron ore, was bound from
Narvik for Baltimore.
President’s Grandson
Sports Confederate Cap
GETTYSBURG. There was
some speculation today—none of
it serious—that eight-year-old Da
vid Eisenhower may be angling
for southern support in his
grandfather’s presidential cam
paign.
David set off the flurry of po
litical analysis yesterday by ap
pearing at President Eisenhower’s
nearby farm in a jaunty Confed
erate forage cap.
But David’s grandmother damp-1
ened the political significance of
the rakish headpiece with a cas
ual remark.
"We never know whether he is
a Confederate or Union. Today’s
he’s Confederate.”
Gen. Armstrong Named
Chief, Alaska Command
WASHINGTON, UV-President
Eisenhower named Maj. Gen.
Frank A. Armstrong Jr. to the
rank of lieutenant general and
designated him as commander in
chief of the Alaska Command to
day.
Armstrong, who formerly was
commander of the Alaskan Air
Patrol, was given a recess ap
pointment.
Last Freighter for Nome
Postpones Sailing Date
To September 25th
The sailing date for the last
scheduled freighter to Nome has
been changed from September 20
to September 25, W. W. Sipprell,
Alaska Steamship Co. agent here,
announced yesterday.
The SS Tonsina will call at
Nome and St. Michael.
Suez Canal User Nations Plan New
Meeting; Traffic Regulation Idea
Likely To Get Major Alterations
LONDON, OB—Sixteen out of
the 18 nations which originally
backed the plan for international
control of the Suez Canal were
reported today to have accepted
invitations to a new conference
here Wednesday to set up a Suez
Canal user’s association.
Still to be heard from, British
officials said, were Ethiopia, ex
pected to say “yes" soon, and
Spain. Spain is reluctant to join
in the talks because of its desire
to remain on good terms with its
Navy’s New Icebreaker
Enjroute to Antarctic for
U.S. Research in IGY
BOSTON, lift—’The USS Glacier,
the Navy’s newest icebreaker, is
enroute to the antarctic to kick
off Operation Deep Freez II, the
United State’s contribution to the
1956-58 International Geophysical
Year polar expedition.
The Glacier sailed yesterday
with a 340-man crew for an eight
month tour of the antarctic.
The remainder of the expedi
tion of more than 50 ships will
leave West Coast ports Nov. 1.
Visitors Assn.
Needs $250,000
For Next 2 Years
HAINES, Alaska, WV-The Alas
ka Visitors Assn, ended its an
nual mid-year board of directors
meeting here Saturday with a
resolution stating that $250,000
would be needed to carry on tour
ist promotion the next two years.
The resolution proposed that
approximately $166,667 of the
sum be appropriated by the terri
torial legislature and that AVA
members provide the remaining
$83,333. The request will be put
to the legislature, which meets in
January.
Noel Wien, Fairbanks, was
elected to the board, succeeding
the late James P. Whaley, killed
recently in an airplane crash near
Nome.
The board also considered a re
quest to hold its next meeting at
Sitka in February, but acted in
stead to hold the session at Ju
neau and during the meeting to
make a trip to Sitka.
Other resolutions urged the
paving of the Alaska Highway by
the U.S. and Canadian govern
ments, recommended formation of
a visitors association for the Yu
kon Territory, requested federal
and territorial road agencies to
put access roads to areas of spe
cial scenic interest, and recom
mended construction of roadside
camping facilities and marking
sites of historical interest.
| Arab neighbors in North Africa.
While the acceptances' poured
in, many of the countries ex
pressed misgivings about the idea
of the user’s association and made
it plain they were not committing
themselves in advance to adopt
ing the plan, denounced by Egyp
tian President Gamal Abdel Nas
ser as a step toward war.
It appeared likely the first idea
of the association—to regulate
traffic thru Suez—would be rad
ically changed before the new
London conference, successor to
the 22-nation Suez conference of
mid-August, is finished.
Some sources speculated that a
complete boycott of the canal was
the new long-range Western
scheme to force Egypt to give up
control of the waterway.
U.S. Secretary of State Dulles,
who fathered the association idea,
was reported ready to offer a
half billion dollars and American
oil aid to soften the increased cost
to the other nations of sending
ships the long way around the
Cape of Good Hope. He will ar
rive here tomorrow.
Such a boycott would leave
Nasser in control of the canal but
with few customers, since the 18
nations invited here for Wednes
day’s talks represent form 90 to
95 percent of the shipping thru
Suez. It would also avoid the use
of force.
British papers began warning
their readers of possible oil ra
tioning and higher food prices be
cause of the increased costs of
shipping around South Africa.
In South Africa, port officials
in Capetown began round-the
clock work to handle the in
creased shipping they expect as
a result of the Suez crisis.
The London Daily Telegram,
a staunch supporter of the gov
ernment of Prime Minister Eden,
said editorially:
“As a device to keep the canal
open while international consul
tations continues its course, in
the United Nations or outside, the
user's association is likely to be
stillborn . .
“The next step will be to con
cert economic measures against
lEgypti"
At the same time, the Soviet
Union warned the Western pow
ers they were playing with fire.
Pravda, organ of the Soviet
Communist Party, said in an edi
torial broadcast in English by the
Moscow radio:
_ “The most frank expression of
the colonial nature of Western
policy on Suez may be found in
the idea to set up a so-called as
sociation of Suez Canal users—
rightly described in Arab coun
tries as an association for a dec
laration of war on Egypt.”
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