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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV No. 69 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1953 Per Copy—151
Eisenhower Says
U.S. Cannot
Stand Alone
MINNEAPOLIS, UP — President
Eisenhower said Wednesday all
the free nations of the world must
stand together in the “total de
fense” against Communism.
He declared the United States,
even though the strongest nation
on earth, “cannot make our own
decisions, fight and stand as only
we ourselves may choose.”
“There is no such thing as par
tial unity. That is a contradiction
in terms,” Eisenhower said in a
speech prepared for the National
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The President also took occa
sion to defend his controversial
cut in the Truman administra
tion’s air force budget, declaring
his program will mean “fewer
planes in theory, more planes in
fact—more swiftly and less ex
pensively.”
In pointed words, Eisenhower
declared that the insistence of his
critics on “magic words” — an
apparent reference to those in
sisting on a 143-wing air force—
is “not reasonable.”
The President named no names
in Wednesday’s speech, his first
on a five-state tour that will keep
him away from Washington until
Sunday night, but he elaborated
some on the views he expressed
after Sen. Taft’s recent speech
proposing that this country “for
get the United Nations” if cur
rent armistice talks in Korea fail
to stop the fighting.
Outlining what he called “our
whole concept” of the conduct of
world affairs, Eisenhower ham
mered on the theme that unity
with allies of the free world is
necessary the globe over.
He said:
“A total struggle—let us never
forget it—calls for a total defense.
As there is no weapon too small—
no arena too remote—to be ig
nored, so there is no free nation
too humble to be forgotten. All
of us have learned—first from the
onslaught of Nazi aggression and
then from Communist aggression
—that all free nations must stand
together, or they shall fall sep
arately.”
And this “essential, indispens
able unity,” he declared, “means
compromise.”
Jabara Shoots Down Two
More MIGs To Become
Sixth Double Ace In Korea
SEOUL, lS’) — Maj. James W.
Jabara of Wichita, Kas., Ameri
ca’s first jet ace, shot down two
MIGs today to boost his score to
11 and become the sixth double
-- jet ace of the Korean war.
Jabara, on his second combat
tour in Korea, is credited with
three probables and eight dam
aged MIGs in addition to the 11
kills.
Thunderjet and Sabre jet
bombers hit two *Red airfields in
North Korea.
Only brief skirmishes flared
along the muddy battle front. Pat
rols prowled through no man’s
land to make sure no surprise at
tack was in the offing.
Council Approves of Loan
For School Construction
"Phe City Council met in regular
session last Monday and formal
ly approved of applying for an
Alaska Public Works loan for the
construction of eight classrooms
and improvements to the present
school building, following the pat
tern set by most of the other over
crowded schools in Alaska. The
council voted with five in favor
of the project and one dissenting
vote.
Sidewalks are to be improved
with the arrival of material on
the first boat and a new sidewalk
constructed from the Bank to
Steadman Ave.
Health—Mrs. von der Heydt at
the Health Center reports that 29
X-Rays were taken during the
month of May.
Police Dept.—A total of $583
was collected in fines with a to
tal of 49 arrests reported. There
were three fire calls during the
month.
Fire mains are now open again
with only the B Street lateral
reported still frozen.
Anchorage Policeman
Shoots It Out With Trio
In Stolen Automobile
ANCHORAGE, GP — A police
man and two airmen he had stop
ped to question because they were
riding in a stolen car were ser
iously injured in an ensuing gun
battle early yesterday on the
streets of suburban Spenard.
A third occupant of the auto
mobile, a 15-year-old youth, es
caped but was captured later.
The wounded were William
Pfalmer, 27, the policeman; A2c
George R. Trombly, 19, of New
Bedford, Mass., and Airman Joe
B. Underwood, 20, Lufkin, Tex.
The airmen both were stationed
at Elmendorf Air Force base.
The youth, who escaped unin
jured in the hail of bullets, was
identified as Mike Murphy.
Pfalmer said Underwood start
ed the gunfire, shooting himself
in the leg as he pulled his weapon
and then nicking Pfalmer in the
arm. The policeman returned the
fire, hitting Trombly in the groin.
He said Murphy opened fire on
him with a pistol from the back
seat, then escaped. Sometime dur
ing the exchange, Pfalmer was
struck by a bullet which shattered
and lodged in his spine.
Doctors said they cannot re
move the bullet and officials said
it will not be possible to deter
mine who fired the shot. Pfalmer
is paralyzed from the waist down.
TUESDAY SCORES
American League
New York 3, Detroit 2
Cleveland 2, Washington 1
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 1
Boston 6, St. Louis 5
National League
Milwaukee 4, New York 2
Brooklyn 10, Cincinnati 6
Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 4
Philadelphia 10, Chicago 0
Coast League
Hollywood 3, San Francisco 1
San Diego 1, Sacramento 0
Oakland 7, Los Angeles 3
Portland 3, Seattle 1
Tornado Takes 85
Lives In Eleven
Communities
WORCESTER, Mass., UP) — Na
tional Guardsmen patrolled the
rubble - filled streets of 11 Wor
cester county communities today
as searchers dug through ruins
left by a death - dealing tornado
that took at least 85 lives, made
2,500 homeless and caused up to
$50,000,000 damage.
Authorities feared the death toll
might rise. Police said ruins of
200 houses still remained to be
searched.
Frantic families visited morgues
and hospitals in search of missing
relatives and friends.
The worst tornado ever to visit
New England whirled in a twist
ing, destructive path through cen
tral Massachusetts during the sup
per hour yesterday. It spent its
fury in 30 minutes.
About 400 of the injured were
either hospitalized or treated at
first aid station. All sight seers
were warned to keep away from
the devastated districts.
At dawn, eyewitnesses said, the
smashed area resembled pictures
they had seen of the damage
wrought by the atom bombs on
Japan in World War II.
The tornado struck here less
than 24 hours after a similar
storm hit sections of Ohio and
Michigan with a toll of 139 dead
and 1,000 injured and 15 million
dollars in property damage.
Big houses were lifted com
pletely off their foundations and
dropped yards away. Automobiles
were tossed as much as 150 feet.
In Holden, Mrs. Ruth Oslund
hysterically tojd police the wind
whipped her two'-weeks-old dau
ghter out of her arms and out of
sight after she ran from her house
in the belief she would be safer
in the open.
Hip Ailment Will Cause
Taft To Relinquish
Senate Floqr Leadership
WASHINGTON, UP)—Sen. Taft
announced today his hip ailment
“is a serious one” that will keep
him from being active as Senate
floor leader for the rest of this
session of Congress.
Returning here from a four-day
checkup by doctors in a New York
hospital, Taft hobbled onto the
Senate floor on crutches and said
his administrative assistant, Jack
Martin, would issue a statement
later.
Sen. Knowland of California,
chairman of the Senate GOP Pol
icy Committee, acted as Senate
leader today even though Taft
was on the floor briefly.
The majority leader, who regu
lates the flow of legislation to
the Senate floor, operates from
an aisle seat and as a matter of
practice gets preferential recogni
tion by the presiding officer.
Hence the position is one of
great power over the law-making
machinery.
The Taft announcement caused a
minor sensation among senators
and colleagues because of the key
role he has been taking in the
Eisenhower administration.
Delegate Says Two-Thirds
Of Senate Membership Is
For Hawaii Statehood
NEW YORK, UR — Joseph R.
Farrington, delegate to Congress
from -Hawaii, said tonight that
nearly two-thirds of the U.S. Sen
ate have declared individually
that they favor statehood for the
territory.
In a nationwide radio broad
cast Farrington said the senators
would vote for Hawaiian state
hood if they were given the op
portunity to vote.
The Hawaiian statehood bill,
passed by the House in March,
“has been pending before the
Senate committee on Interior and
insular affairs ever since,” said
Farrington.
The press of the country is al
most unanimous in demanding
statehood for Hawaii,” said Far
rington, “Close to 40 of the lead
ing patriotic, civic, professional
and labor organizations are on
record as favoring it.”
Rev. Hegland of Teller
Attends Tacoma Meeting
Of Lutheran Church
TACOMA, UR—A pastor of an
Eskimo parish flew here from
north of Nome, to set the long dis
tance travel mark for the Pacific
District Convention of the Evan
gelical Lutheran church.
The Rev. Norval Hegland was
able to come for the current four
day session under the church con
vention expense-sharing policy by
which all pastors, even those from
Tacoma, pay the same travel ex
pense.
The far north pastor came south
as an airplane passenger but in
his home parish he flies his own
plane.
Flying a Piper family cruiser,
the Rev. Hegland covers a parish
of five communities, with Teller
as his home base. Other towns in
the circuit and their distance from
Teller are Teller Mission, 7 miles;
Shishmaref, 75 miles; Lost River,
35 miles; and Nome, 75 miles. Ex
clusive o-f Nome, Hegland’s parish
totals 500 Eskimos.
Prior to the advent of the
“bush” pilot these distances had
to be negotiated by dog sled in
the winter and by boat in the
summer. There are no roads.
“Last year one native made a trip
to Nome by do'g team,” said Heg.
land, “but this winter no one
tried it. For transportation pur
poses the dog sled is a thing of
the past.”
Forest Fire In Interior
Blackens 20,000 Acres
FAIRBANKS, LP)—A huge for
est fire which blackened 20,000
acres of interior Alaska game
range during the past week of
record-breaking heat was under
control Tuesday.
The Division of Forestry said
rain over much of the interior
aided crews battling the big blaze
between Chicken and Tanacross.
The flames threatened to de
stroy the watershed which fur
nishes water for the hydraulic
mining operations at Chicken.
Temperatures were generally
cooler after mounting to 85 last
week. It was 76 Monday.
Signs Point To
Korean Cease-Fire
Within a Week
PANMUNJ OM, UP) — United
Nations and Communist truce ne- ^
gotiators — their work apparently
all -but finished — today handed
staff officers the job of putting a
Korean armistice into final form,
then recessed indefinitely.
All signs pointed to a cease-fire
within the week, tout these de
velopments clouded the picture:
1. Switzerland announced it
would not serve on the five na
tion prisoner repatriation commis
sion unless South Korea approves
the truce.
2. South Korean leaders reiter
ated bitter opposition and anti
armistice demonstrations raged in
Seoul for the second straight day.
3. A spokesman for Syngman
Rhee dashed reports that the
South Korean president will fly
to Washington 'to make a personal
appeal against the truce. Rhee, he
said, will not leave Korea “at this
time of grave situations.”
Details of what went on at to
day’s plenary session at Panmun
jom were not disclosed, but the
delegates presumably completed
their work.
House Resolution Would
Free Indians From
Federal Supervision
WASHINGTON, Iff)—Rep. Har
rison (R-Wyo) has introduced a
resolution which would make it
the “sense of Congress” to give
the American Indian freedom
from federal supervision at the
earliest possible date. He said in
the resolution that “All of the
Indian tribes and the individual
members thereof . . . should be
freed from federal supervision
and control and from all disabil
ities and limitations specially ap
plicable there . . .”
He said it should be the policy
of Congress to make the Indians
subject to the same laws and en
titled to the same privileges and
responsibilities as citizens.
Perle Mesta “Hopes” To
Throw a Party In Moscow
LONDON, U*) — Perle (Call me
madam) Mesta left for Moscow
Wednesday “doubtful but hoping”
she can throw a big party in the
Soviet capital.
The former U. S. minister to
Luxembourg, now a self - styled
woTld tourist, told newsmen at
London airport she, was “rather
doubtful” about parties in gen
eral in Moscow.
“But” she added with a twinkle,
“I’m hoping and wondering.”
Mrs. Mesta took along a “small”
wardrobe consisting of a fur ccfat,
a black Astrakhan coat, three
suits, three evening dresses and
“a minimum” in shoes.
Russia To Re-establish Full
Diplomatic Relations with Austria
VIENNA, UPl — Russia has de
cided to appoint an ambassador
to Austria and re-establish full
diplomatic relations with this oc
cupied country, it was announced
here today.