U.S. and Iceland Reach Agreement
On Continued Operation of Base
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A TRAVELER IN OUTER SPACE
CL .v n mini i
A Tribute to Alaska’s Pioneers
By A. BAIRD
Past Grand President of the San Francisco-Oakland Sourdouyh Assn.
To the old-timers of the Northland, the word
“Sourdough” recalls unforgeta'ble memories—memor
ies of the men who dared to leave the beaten trails and
venture into unknown country.
The Sourdoughs of yesteryear asked nothing from
anyone. They blazed their own trails, packed their
own goods and chattels over them and pushed the
frontier of civilization hundreds of miles back into the
arctic wilderness. They truly were members of the
Legion which Kipling extolled so highly, “the legion
that never was listed, that carries no colors nor crest,
but split in a thousand directions has opened the way
for the rest.”
Our way of life in those days was very different
from what it is today. There were no social services,
no unemployment insurance. No one could coast along
between jobs on handouts from the Government. It
was a matter of work or else, and the alternative in
those days wasn’t a pleasant one. But there were com
pensations. There was no income tax, no sales tax, no
deductions from our earnings to pay for the unearned
blessings so many enjoy today.
When old timers foregather and recall the earlier
days we don’t speak of hardships or difficulties; we
stress the good times we had.
Grand Igloo President
Regrets He Can’t Attend
Pioneer Roof Garden
Pioneer Grand Igloo President
Sidney Raynor of Anchorage has
wired his regrets at being unable
to attend the Roof Garden:
Raynor sent the following wire
to Pearse Walsh, president of the
Nome Igloo:
"Am unable at this time to
make trip. Hope to at some fu
ture date. Best of holiday greet
ings to all Igloo and Auxiliary
members as well as yourself
and family. Best of everything
for your Roof Garden party.
"S. C. Raynor
"Grand President"
BARTENDER GETS
A MENTAL HOTFOOT
LANDER, Wyo., (£>—Bartender
Jack Clark had just opened the
tavern where he works. He looked
up and there—four feet away—
was a mountain lion, crouched as
if to spring.
Friends report Clark did a hasty
job of scaling the side of a cooler
cabinet—backward.
Then the jokesters entered and
rescued him. Belatedly, Clark
learned the mountain lion had
been shot by hunters, frozen into
an upright position, and placed
in the bar during the night.
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Yugoslavia Scores
Hungary for
Puffing Off Visit
LONDON, UP>—Yugoslavia yes
terday criticized Hungary for put
ting off the visit to Budapest of
U.N. Secretary General Dag Ham-;
marskjold.
Borba, organ of the Yugoslav
Communist Party, declared in an
article broadcast by the Belgrade
radio:
“The new postponement of
Hammarskjold’s visit on the part
of the Hungarian government
shows that that the Hungarian
government lacks understanding
of the efforts of the U.N. secre
tary general and of all those who
through him are trying to influ
ence a positive development in
Hungary.
"... The sooner this visit takes
place the more effectively will it
influence the normalization of the
situation in Hungary . . . and in
particular the lessening of anxiety
in the world.”
Relations between Marshal Ti
to's government and the Hungar
ian regime of Premier Janos Ka
dar have deteriorated since for
mer Hungarian Premier Imre
Nagy was abducted by Russian
troops after quitting his asylum
in the Yugoslav embassy in Buda
pest. Nagy now is reported to be
in Romania.
GOVERNMENT
IN BRITAIN WINS
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
LONDON UP)—Britain’s Conser
vative Party took a new hold on
the reins of government today
alter weathering a parliamentary
squall over the Suez invasion. But
whether Sir Anthony Eden would
remain in the driver’s seat was
still in doubt.
In quick succession in the
House of Commons last night the
government beat down a Socialist
motion censuring the Suez mili
tary intervention 327-260, then
won a vote of confidence in its
Middle East policy 312-260.
Defeat on either motion would
h^ve forced Eden and his Cabinet
to resign and make way for new
national elections which might
have put the opposition Labor
Party in power.
Acting Prime Minister R. A.
Butler said, “This government
has a long life before it.”
POLICE GET ANNUAL CARD
FROM "GUEST" IN 1933
REDDING, Calif. Iff)—Since 1933
Redding police have received an
annual Christmas card from Phil
Goldfaden of 36 2nd Ave., Long
Branch, N.J.
“Back in 1933 as a hobo I’ll
never forget the kindness of your
police and people and so I wish
to send my thanks,” this year’s
card said.
Chief Scott Lincecum said no
one remembered Goldfaden.
“But,” Lincecum commented,
“in 1933 we put a lot of itinerants
in the lockup so they wouldn’t
starve.”
BIG BIRD LIVES ON DIET
OF A WOLF A DAY
McALISTER, Okla., (At—A gold
en eagle which was lassoed and
captured by the wife of a US.
trapper several weeks ago, is far
ing well on a strange diet—wolf
meat.
Mr. Dub Fite says the big bird
eats a wolf every day. He traps
the animals.
Mrs. Fite roped the eagle after
it made a threatening pass at her
young son.
A patent gives an inventor or
his heirs the exclusive right to
make, use and sell his invention
for 17 years.
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publication.
. By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, UP*—'The United
States and Iceland have reached
complete agreement on continued
American operation of the stra
tegic air base at Keflavik, half
way between Moscow and Wash
ington.
Under the agreement, which is
expected to be announced soon,
the U.S. government is expected
to provide economic assistance to
the island republic whose govern- i
ment faces a prospective $30 mil- I
lion deficit.
Informants said the understand- j
ing provides for quick resumption [
of work on expansion of the Ko- I
flavik base, a project costing
about $12 million a year.
Work was interrupted several i
months ago after the government
of Iceland notified the United I
States and the NATO council that
it wanted U.S. troops withdrawn
and the base put in stand-by con
dition with Iceland—which has
no military force—taking respon
sibility for its maintenance. About
4,000 men make up the U.S. mili
tary force.
Another feature of the agree
ment is that American authorities
at the base will try to give maxi
mum permanent employment to
the Icelanders.
The agreement for U.S. forces
to stay on constitutes a reversal
of the Icelandic government’s po
sition. The shift is attributed by
diplomatic authorities as well as
political leaders in Reykjavik to
Russia’s tough behavior in the
Hungarian and Middle East crises.
The use of Soviet troops to
smash the Hungarian revolt and
the threat to send Russian volun
teers into the Middle East was
said to have convinced Icelanders
that world peace was not as se
cure, and world tensions had not
declined as much, as they estimat
ed last spring when they demand
ed that the strategic air base be
put in reserve with U.S. forces
pulling out entirely.
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