U.S. Expedition
To Antarctic
Proposed
WASHINGTON, UP)—A new
United States expedition to the
Antarctic, the first in six years,
was proposed Thursday to open
new sources of mineral wealth
and validate territorial claims of
this country in the Antarctic re
gion.
A bill by Sen. Case (R-SD'.and
Rep. Tollefson <R-Wash>, pre
pared for introduction, would
authorize an appropriation of
8200,000 for the expedition and
loan of equipment by government
agencies.
In a joint statement, the two'
sponsors said the expedition
would leave the United States
Dec. 1 under sponsorship of the
American Antarctic Assn., a non
profit, scientific agency which
conducted the last U.S. polar ex
pedition in 1946-48.
It would be headed by Com
mander Finn Ronne, who led the
1946 party and was with Adm.
Richard E. Byrd on his second
expedition in 1933-35.
The expedition would have three
main purposes, its congressional
sponsors said. These would be
11' exploration for mineral re
sources, <2> establishment of
ground control points for addi- |
tional mapping and <3> the vali- !
dation of territorial claims of the !
United States.
Three Votes Cast at Woodchopper
FAIRBANKS, OR—It was a soft
life for election judges in the
Yukon River village of Wood
chopper.
Only three persons in the set
tlement were eligible to vote in
Tuesday’s territorial primary elec
tion. They cast their ballots, then
took over their duties as election
judges and tallied the vote. The
village went Democratic, 2 to 1.
93-Year-Old Fairbanks Pioneer
Woman Dies In Tacoma, Wash.
TACOMA, (R — A 93-year-old
woman believed by surviving rel
atives to have been the first white
banks effective May 2, the com
pany announced today.
Mrs. Mayla V. Gius and her
husband Celestin moved to Fair
banks in 1903 to search for gold.
They lived there until 1926 when
they moved to Tacoma.
Mme. Kai-Shek In U.S. Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO, (R — Mme.
Chiang Kai-Shek, 56, entered a
hospital today for treatment of a
recurring skin ailment traced to
an allergy when she was treated
for it here in 1952.
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Congressman Asks Elimination
Of Roadblocks To Statehood
Demo Victory Claimed in
4th Division Senate Race
FAIRBANKS, —Two Demo
j cratic candidates for the territor
ial Senate nomination polled 50
percent more votes than the three
Republican candidates in Tues
day’s primary election and obser
vers said it could be construced
as an “overwhelming Democratic”
victory.
The two Democrats, Mayor
Ralph Rivers and ex-Sen. Frank
Barr, got 1,270 and 1,174 votes
respectively, compared to 815 for
George Miscovitch, speaker of the
House in the 1953 legislature, 695
for Sen. W. L. Lhamon and 351
for George Kings as 25 of the
division’s 73 precincts were count
ed. This included all of the Fair
banks precincts. •
MASSACHUSETTS TO ALASKA
IN HEARSE IS YOUTHS' AIM
NORWOOD, Mass., t'P—Four
youths are leaving here today in
a $60 hearse—1937 model—for
Alaska.
George Burns, 20, Cornelius
Seastrom, 19, Theodore MacCar
thy, 19, and Thomas Hillman, 18,
have a $400 stake for gasoline and
food. They plan to sleep in the
hearse en route.
The boys said they hope to get
summer jobs as construction
workers in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Mrs. Conrad Haugen, known to
Nomeites as Myrtle Modini, pass
ed away on April 19 in Tacoma,
Wash. She is survived by her
daughter, Hazel and two grand
children.
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Cloudy with intermittent light
snow and fog and SSE winds
10 to 15 mph. Low temperature
expected tonight 30, high tomor
row 35.
Data last 24 hours as of 7
a.m. today: highest temperature
34, lowest 30. Maximum wind 19
mph from the S. Sunrise at 3:35
a.m., sunset at 8:26 p.m.
A year ago today: high temper
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date since 1907: highest 51 in
1953, lowest -2 in 1945.
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Kotzebue 31 Cloudy
Wales 31 Fog
Nome 32 Snow
Unalakleet 37 Cloudy
Bethel 34 Cloudy
McGrath 35 Part cloudy
Anchorage 39 Cloudy
Fairbanks 43 Part cloudy
Whitehorse 32 Cloudy
Edmonton 30 Part cloudy
Juneau 38 Cloudy
Ketchikan 41 Cloudy
Seattle 44 Clear
San Francisco 54 Clear
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h WASHINGTON, UP)—Rep. Pass
man (D-La) Thursday called for
elimination of roadblocks which
are preventing the House from
acting on legislation to admit
Hawaii and Alaska as states.
He told the House that if it
weren’t possible to get action
through normal procedures, he
would ask House members to join
him in signing a discharge peti
tion to permit the legislation to go
to a House-Senate conference
committee.
The House has passed a bill
which would grant statehood to
Hawaii. The Senate amended the
measure to add Alaskan state
hood. Normally a bill in this posi
tion goes to a Senate-House con
ference to compromise differen
ces. Sending a bill to conference,
however, requires unanimous con
sent and thus far objections have
been made to such action in the
House.
In addition, the House Rules
Committee has failed to act to
bring the Senate version before
the House.
To be effective, a discharge pe
tition must be signed by 218 mem
bers.
“We need only bring the House
and Senate measures into confer
ence and then before this body
for an expression of its will,”
Passman said. “Because the time
element is so vital to success, it
is essential that this action be
taken promptly.”
“If it is not, then I shall ask
each of my colleagues who share
my shame over the colonialism
we are imposing upon our Alas
kan and Hawaiian citizens to join
me in signing a discharge petition.
I ask this not simply to render
belated justice to our 700,000 fel
low citizens in Alaska and Hawaii
but because, to an even greater
degree, our best interests as a
nation require this action.”
Passman declared that in 1950
President Eisenhower, in an ad
dress in Denver, advocated state
hood for the two territories.
“If the present administration
will base its action on principle,
then we will have statehood for
Hawaii and Alaska during this
session of the Congress,” Passman
said.
“On the other hand, if political
expediency is the order of the
day, then statehood for Hawaii
and Alaska may again be denied.”
Passman charged that “for al
most 100 years Alaska has been
looted and blighted as a conse
quence of federal stewardship”
and said it is high time “we aban
don this miserably performed task
of absentee-management and turn
the job over to the people of Al
aska.” ,
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