Chamber Plans
Shaping Up for
Visit to Fairbanks
- By RUTH McLEAN
'' At the regular weekly meeting
of the N.W.A. Chamber of Com
merce President Jim Walsh dis
cussed tentative plans for a visit
to Fairbank the last of Septem
ber. This trip would give the
Nome Chamber members an op
portunity to visit Fairbanks
Chamber members and continue
the close friendly relationship es
tablished between the two groups
when a delegation from Fair
banks visited here in July. Regis
trations for the trip may be made
ki;' the office of the Bureau of
Public-vRoads:
A communication was received
from Alvin Polet, president of
the Alaska Chamber of Com
merce, advising of that organiza
tion’s annual meeting in Juneau
Oct. 25, 26 and 27. The main topic
for consideration at this meeting
will be “Mining.” Also at that
time new officers for the coming
year will be elected*
A letter from Sen. John Mc
Nees was read protesting the re
cent removal of the public health
nurse from St. Lawrence Island.
Sen. McNees pointed out the ur
gent need for a' nurse on the is
land because of the isolation of
-both Gambell and Savoonga. The
Chamber was also advised of Sen.
McNees’ communications to Dr.
Hayman of the U.S. Public Health j
Dept, and to the village councils j
of Gambell and Savoonga.
It was noted that the reason|
given for removing the nurse was
lack of suitable living quarters in
either of the two villages. The
matter will be referred to the
Board of Directors for consider
ation and action.
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Army Trainee Killed By
Machine Gun Bullet On
Infiltration Course
FT. DIX, N.J., (*>—A 21 -year
old Army trainee, crawling with
60 companions under fixed ma
chinegun fire in schooling opera
tion, was killed Monday night by
a wild shot.
The Army announced the death
of Pvt. Frederick H. Sylvester
III, 21, of Braintree, Mass., and
said it believed the accident was
caused by defective ammuniton.
Sylvester and other trainees
were crawling across an infiltra
tion course in the darkness with
a rifle and light pack. Rounds of
.30 caliber machine gun bullets
whined over their heads.
Suddenly, an Army spokesman
said, Sylvester cried out, and shot
in the chest was dead on arrival
at the base hospital. He was in
his fifth week of training.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Ethel Thomas and1
Hans Jemewouk.
Discharged: Joe Amarok, John
Analook, Audrey Analook and in
fant, itnd Danny Rockne.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
Rajah Chandra, Promising Artist,
Unmasked As One-Eyed Parrot
At Los Angeles City Art Exhibit
LOS ANGELES, W—The jig is
up for Rajah, the one-eyed parrot
who dabbles in art.
He was unmasked Monday
after his ninth showing at a city
sponsored art exhibit. An anony
mous telephone tipster said his
paintings were not only for the
birds, but for any one.
“A parrot?” exclaimed officials,
many of whom had acclaimed
Rajah’s abstract oil, “Cathay
Laos,” as the work of a promis
ing artist.
“A parrot,” sadly confirmed
Rajah’s owner, Miss Chandra
Poweris, a writer and illustrator.
She had entered the bird’s paint
ing under the name “Rajah
Chandra.” 1
“Now that people know Rajah
isn’t human he won’t be able to
exhibt at art shows,” said Miss
Poweris, who has supervised the
parrot’s three-year art career.
She began by giving Rajah a
first hand appreciation of the
masters.
“I’d put him in my handbag
and sneak him into museums to
see famous paintings,” she said, i
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j Fish and Game Officials
| Speak At Rotary
Clarence Anderson and Ed i
Marvich spoke at Rotary lunch- j
eon today on their work with the I
Territorial Dept, of Fish and
Game. Mr. Anderson is director
of the department and Mr. Mar
vich is biologist in charge of the
sports fish division. Mr. Anderson
I traced the history of the depart
i ment since it was organized in
1949 and Mr. Marvich spoke
about conservation of sports fish.
Announcement was made that
a local group have applied for a
charter from the national Isaac
Walton League and that the ap
plication has been approved. A
representative is expected soon
to set up the local club of sports
men.
Other guests were Dr. Paul
Haggland and Jim Crawford, Ro
tarians from Fairbanks, Maj. Gil
lespie, Army advisor to the 1st
Scout Battalion of A.N.G., Dr.
Tom McQueen, ANS dentist, and
Mr. Rogers of Anchorage.
Eisenhower Denounces
Russian Attack on
Disarmament Proposals
WASHINGTON, Uh—President
Eisenhower today denounced Rus
sia’s attack cm Western disarma
ment proposals as “deeply disap
pointing.” He said Soviet rejec
tion would “condemn humanity to
an indefinite future of immeas
ureable danger.”
The President counter-attacked
two Soviet statements claiming
Russia had successfully tested an
intercontinental rocket and at
tacking Western arms proposals.
Eisenhower called the Soviet
claims on missiles developments
“boastful,” and said the assault
on disarmament proposals of the
U.S. and its allies was couched in
“scornful words.”
As far as the United States is
concerned. Eisenhower said, “we
shall never renounce our efforts
to find ways and means to save
mankind from that danger (of
atomic conflict) and to establish
a just and lasting peace.”
At a recent Van Gogh exhibit
the Asian - bred dwarf parrot
peeked out of the bag and began
muttering in Chinese, Miss Pow
eris said, “So we left quickly.”
“Other times he’d just look
and absorb,” she added.
When painting, Rajah holds the
brush in a claw and squints at
the canvas with his one good eye.
When he develops claw-cramp,
he switches to his beak. Some
times he works three hours with
out a cracker break.
To a layman, Rajah’s daubings
look just like that—a lot of mixed
up dots and lines.
Does his mistress ever lend a
helping hand?
“Absolutely not.” her only con
tribution is the titles and sig
natures.
The parrot—a member of sev
eral art associations, whose meet
ings he doesn’t attend—has paint
ed more than 759 watercolors.
“Cathay Laos” was his first oil,
Miss Poweris said, and presented
problems.
'“Turpentine on the palette
made him a bit giddy,” she said.
“Is this the end of Rajah’s
career?
“No, he likes to paint,” Miss
Poweris said. “Recognition will
probably come harder now be
cause Rajah will be limited to
private showings.”
“But,” she added, “who ever
heard of a good artist who didn’t
suffer?”
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