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U.S. Navy Transports
To Evacuate Thousands
From North Viet Nam
HANOI, Indochina, UV—'The
United States backed up its prom
ise of aid to free Viet Nam Tues
day with American Navy trans
ports to evacuate thousands from
the future domain of the Viet
minh Communists.
An unspecified number of Am
erican transports arrived in Hai
phong, north Indochina’s chief
seaport, Monday night to begin
transfer of Vietnamese civilians
seeking to escape to South Viet
Nam.
They came in the wake of
Washington’s announcement that
the U.S. government had agreed
to South Viet Nam Premier Ngim
Dinh Diem’s request for help in
speeding up the transfer of more
than 100,000 refugees from the
northern areas cecjpd to the Viet
minh under the Geneva cease-fire
agreement.
Balkan Nations Sign
Military Pact Against
Communist Aggression
BLED, Yugoslavia, lift—Yugo
slavia, Turkey, 'Italy and Greece
signed a military pact Monday
aimed at welding a Balkan wall
against any aggression by Russia
or her Cominform satellites.
The historic pact implements
the Balkan friendship treaty that
President Marshal Tito’s govern
ment signed in 1953 with her two
neighbors who are members of
the North Atlantic Alliance and
brings Communist Yugoslavia a
step closer to the Western orbit.
It also links Yugoslavia indi
rectly with the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, although she
is not a NATO member.
Cautiously warded, the pact
pledges the three countries’ alle
giance to the United Nations and
protects Greek and Turkish obli
gations to NATO.
HARVARD BOTANIST
VISITS WALDHELMS
Edith Scammon is the house
guest of Christie Waldheim while
awaiting transportation and fav
orable weather for a flight to
Wales.
She will be remembered by
many in the community who are
interested in flowers as the bot
onist from Harvard who came
several years ago and also about
three years ago. She is working
all over the territory collecting
specimens for the Gray Herbar
ium of Harvard.
Ensign Irving Fisk, who is
• here awaiting the arrival of the
U.S.C.G. Storis, has had an inter
esting background of sailing, hav
ing traveled from New York to
Norway in a 50-foot sailboat with
four other young men.
The trip is reported to have
taken 24 Vi days and, being off
the regular air and sea lane, only
one plane was sighted during the
entire trip.
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McCarthy To Be
Given Dignified
Senate Hearing
WASHINGTON, Off)—Sen. Ful
bright (D-Ark) said Tuesday he
would not object to discarding
some accusations against Senator
McCarthy so long as the Senate
gets a chance to vote on whether
the Wisconsin Republican has
shown “disregard for the whole
orderly conduct of government.”
A six-member Senate commit
tee decided Monday to give Mc
Carthy the right to cross-exam
ine witnesses in public hearings
to begin Aug. 30 on accusations
that his conduct has tended to
bring the Senate into disrepute
and merits formal censure.
Members said the special group,
headed by Sen. Watkins (R-Utah),
is aiming at a 10-day hearing and
a mid-September report. The
Senate might reconvene Oct. 1 to
act on such a report.
Watkins said the group, com
posed of three Republicans and
three Democrats, hopes to conduct
its hearings much as a court trial,
with evidence limited to that
which the committee holds is rel
evant and with most hearsay tes
timony barred.
“The testimony will have to be
relevant,” Watkins said. “It will
have to be given by competent
witnesses. We intend to conduct
the hearings as a judicial inquiry.
The charges are rather grave. It is
a serious matter and we want to
conduct the investigation in keep
ing with the dignity of the Sen
ate.”
HORSEHEADS, N. Y., UP) —
Three cars collided at an inter
section yesterday and the drivers
found they had more in common
than dented fenders.
Police identified the motorists
as Mrs. Margaret Robinson, Ralph
L. Robinson, and Clifton G. Rob
inson. They were not related.
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French Assembly Backs
Premier Mendes-France’s
New Recovery Program
PARIS, UP*—The French Nation
al Assembly Tuesday approved by
a massive majority Premier Pierre
Mendes-France’s economic and fi
nancial recovery program.
The deputies not only gave
Mendes-France a new vote of
confidence but also accorded him
large special powers to deal with
France’s financial situation until
March 31, 1955.
It was another victory for the
Premier who was given the Pre-;
miership almost two months age*
on a three-fold program of reach-|
ing a truce in Indochina, working
out a compromise on EDC and
giving France’s economy a thor
ough going over.
The unofficial tally gave the
vote as 362 to 90.
The Communists, who had pre
viously supported Mendes-France,
voted against him Tuesday. But
he picked up the votes of many
previously hostile members of the
Popular Republican movefnent.
DOG SELLS HIMSELF
PUEBLO, Colo., UP*—John Rice
of Penrose has just the dog he
wants.
Rice appeared at the Pueblo
dog pound Monday and asked for
a watch dog “that would bite.”
He explained he was tired of
marauders molesting his chickens.
The poundmaster selected a
dog and asked Rice to watch him
while he went out to unload a
truck. When the poundmaster re
turned Rice’s face and right ear
were bleeding.
“That’s the dog I want! Sure he
bit me,” said Rice.
Fairbanks Grill and Bar
Destroyed by Fire
FAIRBANKS, UP—Flames that
could be seen in downtown Fair
banks destroyed the Village Grill
and Bar in South Fairbanks Mon
day.
Firemen worked desperately in
a space only eight feet wide be
tween buildings to save two adja
cent stores. Flames spread rapidly
along the varnished plywood
walls and the whole building was
a mass of flames soon after the
fire was discovered.
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Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comerce
MEETS EVERY TUESDAY NOON
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
486 First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
John Cooley, WJd.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.