VOL. LVIII No. 77 Per Copy-151*
30,000 POLISH WORKERS RIOT;
REVOLT CRUSHED, 38 KILLED
City of Ponsan Put
Under Tight Curfew
BERLIN, (£>—A bitter workers’
uprising in the major Polish city
of Posnan took 38 lives and left
270 wounded, Warsaw’s Commu
nist government announced today.
The revolt has been crushed
and today the industrial city was
reported back to normal.
In the West, diplomats specu
lated what the effect would be on
the Kremlin leaders’ campaign to
downgrade Stalin and ease the
steel glove grip on the Soviet’s
satellite subects.
The trouble exploded with a
fury which recalled the uprising
of East Germans of June 17, 1953,
and the pro-Stalin student demon
strations in Tiflis this year when
up to 100 persons were reported
killed.
Western Witnesses
Western businessmen in Posnan
to attend a big trade fair in the
industrial city of 300,000 were
amazed eyewitnesses to the vio
lent outburst that began at 7 a.m.
and evidently continued all day
yesterday.
Solid lines of marchers 20
abreast waving banners demand
‘Near Riot’ When
Flag Cut Down
JUNEAU, <*>— Fists flew here
in a “near riot” that followed the
cutting down of an American flag
last night.
Police said the trouble started
when one of five men identified
~s the crew of the Canadian Ves
sel S.S. Prince George climbed a
• pole in front of a downtown cafe
and cut a rope holding the flag.
Passersby tangled with the men
and police were called.
Officers said the men fled when
they arrived.
Names of the men were not
learned, but the skipper of the
Prince George said the “guilty
parties will be found and pun
ished severely.”
The flag was one of many being !
flown for the July 4 celebration.
Eisenhower Signs $33 Billion
Bill for Highway Construction
WASHINGTON. J*—President *
Eisenhower today signed the *33
billion highway construction bill,,
setting in motion the govern
ment's biggest peacetime spend
ing program.
News Secretary Hagerty. in an
nouncing thJ signing, said the
President "was highly pleased " j
The funds provided by the bill
are designed to give the nation a
41,000-mile system of super-high
ways linking every state w th
fully modern, controlled access |
rands, mostly of four lanes or
mere *
Hut well before the new tugh
ways arc built, motoustf will feel
t tnc effect of new Uifi to help j
pay for them. These take effect j
Sunday . Th*- teggot money raiser.
b a one cent bow* m the federal j
gasoline tax to 3 cents a gallon
Within minutes after the Presi
dent acted. Secretary of Com
merce Weeks moved to pat the
pay-as-you-go’ roadbuilding pro
gram into action. He announced
apportionment of $1,123,000,000 to
the 4£ states, the District of Col
umbia. Alaska. Hawaii and Puer
to Rico for the fiscal year begin
ning Sunday
Of this money, one billion will
go U» the states to begin -'oo
n true ting units of the interstate
superhighway system. The rest
will go for budding primary, sec
ondary and urban roads.
Weeks said he expects “some of
the first projecu financed with
the new funds will be under con
struction within 90 or to days
»
ing “bread” swarmed through the
streets,, captured and burned se
cret police headquarters, de
stroyed the jamming station that
interferes with Western broad
casts. They raised a white flag
over the city hall.
Tanks, Jets, Curfew
The businessmen told of tanks
rolling through the streets, of bul
let blasts at the milling workers,
of jet fighters winging overhead
and of a tight curfew clamped on
the city by Polish authorities.
In some instances, it was re
ported troops and police failed to
take action against the demon
strators and even gave up their
arms to them. Some of the march
ers were well armed, and returned
the fire of troops. They succeeded
at one ime in capturing some of
the tanks.
Rumors of Other Cities
There were persistent rumors
of other uprisings in the cities of
Szczecin (Stettin), Gdansk, Gdyn
ia, Allenstein (Olsztyn), Katowice
and Lodz, but Warsaw radio men
tioned only the events at Posnan.
Willard Barber, counselor of
the American embassy in War
saw, said as far as he knew riots
had occurred only in Poznan.
He reported that three or four
U.S. businessmen were known to
have been in Posnan during the
riots. He could not identify them,
but believed they have left the
city safely.
At least 30,000 persons were
reported in the marching, milling
crowds which started the demon
stration by upsetting cars.
“Out With the Russians"
“Out with the Russians,” one
of the marchers was heard to
shout in German. Posnan was a
German city, Posen, before World
War II.
Warsaw radio indicated a wide
roundup of instigators of the up
rising was under way.
Soldiers, police and officials
were killed “while defending tne
public buildings against diver
sionary gangs,” it said.
Moscow radio has made no
mention of the riots.
Nome Kids Success in New York
i
Full Day of Activity
Slated for Nome
Fourth of July
A full day of activities is
planed for the 4th of July accord
ing to Wilbur Arnold, one of the
chairman for the celebration.
A parade is planned with as
many organized groups as pos
sible "participating, including
girls’ and boys’ groups.
The highlight of the program
will be an address by Gov. B.
Frank Heintzleman, who plans to
arrive the morning of the 4th.
A full slate of sports for the
young people will be sponsored
by the American Legion under
the chairmanship of Bob Emmons.
Eskimo sports will be in the
afternoon with Joe Amarok and
Sam Mogg in charge.
A band from Ladd Field has
been promised and a concert is
scheduled for the afternoon.
There will be no dance, due to
the fact that the school gym, the
only hall large enough for such
an affair, is filled with school
and building supplies.
The committee in charge urges
car owners and bicycle owners to
help make it a colorful 4th by
decorating their vehicles.
The City Council committee,
Wilbur Arnold and Fred Cavota,
remind the public that business
houses have made generous do
nations and anyone who wishes to
contribute to the prize money for
the children’s and Eskimo sports
may leave it with the City Clerk.
Bad Weather
Stops* Assault
On Mt. McKinley
SEATTLE Ui—-Bad weather and
running out of time were the
principal obstacles which pre
vented their reaching the top of
Mount McKinley, four members
of a six-man party which tried
the ascent said on their return
here yesterday.
‘Arriving here were Pete Schoen
ing. At Randall, and Al Krupp,
all of Seattle, and Leon Blumer
! of V ancouver, B.C. The last of j
them to go north left here only'
three weeks ago
The usual route up Mount Me-!
Kmiey, 20,JO© feet and the high-1
est on die North American conti
nent, is via Karstens Ridge, lead- j
ing to the South Peak, the higher
of die mountain's twin tope
This party, however, went up
| the Muidrow Glacier and near its
upper end climbed onto the lower
extension of Pioneer Ridge, which
m opposite to and parallels Kar
siena.
They made a series of camp , on
ghe ridge and reached an altitude
of 13.400 feet until high winds,
estimated at 4© miles an hour or
better, plus cold that resulted m
touches of fraatoite. made climb
ing unfeasible
Keith Hart, of Collage. Alaska,
was leader of the party and the
sixth member was Don Claunch,
Seattle climber now in Alaska
NEW YORK, (/P)—Three teen-age Eskimos arrived
by plane from Nome, Alaska, yesterday and sweltered
in New York’s 70-degree heat.
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Pilot Held Responsible
For Crash in Which He
And Boy, 12, Were Killed
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., 'JH—
A pilot from Van Nuys, Calif.,
killed with his young passenger
in the crash of a fast photo-survey
plane, has been found to blame
for the accident.
A coroner’s jury ruled Wednes
day night that Frank S. Pynn died
“through his own neglect and
complete disregard for the aero
nautical regulations of Canada.”
Killed with him was Jimmy
Clarke, 12, of Prince George, who
had come along for the ride.
Witnesses said Pynn was flying
well below the 1,000-foot mini
mum level established for flight
over populated areas in Canada, i
Testimony also disclosed that j
the pilot had been drinking.
Pynn, a former RAF bomber j
pilot, was acknowledged to be a
competent flyer and held licenses
to fly in England, Canada and
the United States.
Conference Endorses
Longer Term for Judges
PALO ALTO. Calif., GPU-The j
9th Judicial Circuit Conference j
has endorsed House Resolution ;
8937, which would increase the
term of Alaska judges to eight |
years. The action came yesterday |
during the second day of the an- \
nual conference of some 90 feder
al judges, lawyer delegates and
law professors from the seven
western states, Alaska, Hawaii
and Guam.
Irving Reed Savs Highway ()7 May Be
Extended to Grand Central This Year
Irving Reed, Territorial High
way Engineer, arrived from Ju
neau Thursday and re negotiated
a contract with the Q Trucking
Co for work on Highway 97
The new contract is for $90,000
or about $2.30 per cubic yard, j
Reed said work under the con
tract wii start at about the 22
Alex McIntosh, Who
Discovered Tin At Lost
River. Dies In Seattle
SEATTLE. wH—Ale* F, Mein
tosh, a pioneer Alaska resident,
died here yesterday.
He discovered die tin lode at
Lost River, Alaska, which was de
veloped by the US Tin Corp He
waa a member of the board and a
former vice president of the com
pany.
McIntosh, born n Nova Set it .a,
came here about $0 years ago Af
ter living here for 10 years, he
went to Alaska to prospect in the
Nome area He returned from Al
asks about four years ago
Survivors include his widow,
Gertrude
milepost
The extension planned for this
season is to Grand Central if con
ditions and weather are favor
able The new road will Ifeave the
old railroad roadbed at Rooky
Mt. Creek and be built along the
north side of Salmon Lake with
a steel bridge spanning Grand
Central river.
Attending the meeting with
Irving Reed were Dewey Good
rich, Second Division Road Com
missioner, and Pete Reader of the
Chamber of Commerce road com
mittee
Irving Reed who grew up m the
Nome area and who knows every
•'reek in the area and the poten
tial value of roads Aram personal
experience, stated that s steel
bridge is to be built across Penny
River on the road to Teder also
additional work done in that dir
ection, possibly as far aa Oregon
Creek This work will be flnan
ced by an additional a p propria
tiocv
A map showing these road
developments will be put on dls
play in the Nugget for those wh«
are not acquainted with the a. ea
Johnny Kimonok Jr., 18, son of
a King Island walrus hunter;
Jeannie Mog'g, 15, daughter of an
other walrus hunter, and Alan
Attatayuk, 16, son of an ivory
carver, were accompanied by Carl
C. Webb, chief of police of Nome.
They came to raise funds for a
Nome youth center and in re
sponse to an invitation to appear
on a television show, today (CBS
TV “Good Morning Show,” 7 to 8
a.m. Eastern Daylight Time).
They brought, parkas, but car
ried them.
“The heat is really getting them
here,” Webb said. ‘‘They’ve never
been farther than Anchorage be
fore. They’re walking around in
a daze, getting a big kick out of
it.”
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The following telegram, sent
from New York by Chief Carl
Webb, was received by the Nug
get this morning at 8:30.
“Program success. One hour to
east coast, second hour telecast to
Chicago and the Middle West.
“Kids holding up under heat
well. This afternoon Will Rogers
Jr. will take kids in his car to see
the sights. Will go to ball game
tonight. Yesterday we were at
United Nations and attended Quiz
Kids program.
“Are now at Gary Moore show.
Attend Big Payoff show Saturday.
“We leave New York (tomor
I row) at 11:30 a.m. via Northwest
: Airlines.
"Will Rogers Jr. went all out •
with (publicity for the) newspa
pers and AP. Will bring New York
papers home. (We are staying) at
Commodore Hotel.”