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GOP Hope For
Hawaii Statehood
But Not Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP)—GOP con
gressional leaders expressed re
newed hope after a White House
conference today that Congress
will grant statehood to Hawaii
this year. Alaska would not be
included in the plan.
“There is a better chance for
Hawaii to become a state than
we had hoped earlier,” House
Speaker Martin told newsmen
after the regular meeting of Re
publican leaders with President
Eisenhower.
Sen. Knowland of California,
Senate Republican leader, com
mented that “We hope that a bill
with only Hawaii in it will be
passed.”
Neither explained the basis on
which they hope to reach settle
ment of the long deadlocked issue,
but Knowland said the matter
will be “further discussed” during
this week and considered at next
week’s conference with the Presi
dent.
New Aviation
Policy Draws Both
Praise, Criticism
WASHINGTON, (® — The ad
ministration’s newly - completed
aviation policy statement is draw
ing both praise and criticism.
Many in the aviation field have
approved the 83-page report in
general on the basis that even
though many of the policies set
forth are not new, it is helpful
to have them set out formally.
Seaboard and Western Airlines,
a trans-Atlantic all-freight air
line, said the statement provides
a solid foundation for growth of
the international air cargo in
dustry.
On the other hand, the Aircoach
Transport Assn., an organization
of non - scheduled airlines, com
plained that it “plays into the
hands of big trunk lines that al
ready do two-thirds of the busi
ness.”
The new statement in general
emphasizes the need for reorgan
ization of airlines and airline
routes to reduce government sub
sidy co'sts. It recommended that
many uneconomical air services
be eliminated or assigned to es
tablished carriers which could ab
sorb the losses without subsidies,
and that further government pay
ments be limited to temporary
aid . needed to develop services
which could not otherwise ad
vance properly.
Eisenhower said the report
could represent a milestone in the
progress of America’s aviation.
But the sharply critical Air
coach group said it appeared in
stead to be a “tombstone with an
epitaph for little business chisel
ed deep by henchmen of the big
trunk airlines.”
SAliEM, Ore., (®—Two Alaska
girls are among 46 students who
will receive honor scholarships to
attend Willamette University at
Salem this fall.
They are Anna Mae Groseclose
of Anchorage, and Shirley Susan
Platt of Ketchikan.
20,000 Vietminh
Troops Threaten
Red River Delta
By LARRY ALLEN
HANOI, Indochina, UP) — Viet
minh troops which crushed Dien
Bien Phu have wheeled back into
position all around the defense
lines guarding the vital Red River
delta, the French high command
announced today.
The rebel forces form a giant
pincers threatening an all-out as
sault to drive the French from
their north Indochiria bastion.
Barring the slim chance the
Geneva conference might stop the
war by ordering a cease-fire, in
dications increased that the Com
munist-led rebels will hit the Del
ta with everything they have be
fore the end of June.
A French army spokesman said
rebel infantry units—estimated at
upwards of 20,000 troops — had
completed their movements back
to the bases from which they
moved to capture Dien Bien Phu.
The French continued to build
up their forces in the strategic
area, pouring in reinforcements
from other parts of Indochina and
from Europe.
In an all-out assault, the French
expect the rebels to try first to
isolate Hanoi by severing the road
and rail ties linking the city with
the port of Haiphong, 64 miles
to the east.
These routes are the lifeline for
continued resistance to the Com
munist-led tide, for they carry the
bulk of U.S.-supplied war mater
ial from Haiphong to Hanoi and
the fighting fronts.
Police Arrest Sex-Maniacs
In New York City
NEW YORK, (ff)—A school girl
rape victim died yesterday short
ly after her alleged attacker was
jailed without bail on charges of
committing the assault and three
other murders.
John Francis Roch, 27, a husky,
good-looking steamfitter, was the
first of two alleged sex - killers
seized by police over the week
end. Police first got their hands
on him when he was stopped Sat
urday for driving through a red
light.
The second alleged killer, ar
rested Sunday, was Norman Roy
al, an 18-year old Negro who po
lice said admitted raping and
killing three negro women.
The most recent victim charged
against Roche was Dorothy West
water, 14, who died without re
gaining consciousness four days
after she was raped, stabbed and
bludgeoned. Her crumpled body
was found last Wednesday in the
hallway of an apartment house.
SUNDAY BASEBALL SCORES
American League
Cleveland 2-7, Philadelphia 1-5
Chicago 5-6, Washington 3-0
Boston 7, Detroit 4
Baltimore 7-2, New York 5-5
National League
Brooklyn 1, Chicago 4
New York 3-2, Cincinnati 2-3
Philadelphia 11, St. Louis 8
Milwaukee 5-4, Pittsburgh 0-6
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 12, Hollywood 6
Portland 8-6, San Francisco 4-10
San Diego 11-1, Oakland 4-2
French Remember
Americans Who
Died In Invasion
By HAL BOYLE
OMAHA BEACH, France, UP) —
What was it like on the beaches
of Normandy 10 years after
D-Dav?
The French people showed yes
terday they haven’t forgotten the
9,485 Americans still in St. Lau
rent cemetery and those thou
sands of others who died here
but are buried in their homeland.
French tricolors decorated ev
ery small town to welcome visit
ors. More than 25,000 turned out
to hear speeches at Utah Beach
by France’s President Rene Coty
and U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge, President Eisenhower’s
personal representative.
There were bands, lines of
marching men, and speeches
about unity at a half dozen cele
brations in NoAnandy, but in the
end it was the 9,485 crosses at
St. Laurent, just behind Omaha
Beach, that gave the deepest les
son in unity.
They presented, row on row,
one of the major costs of the
Normandy landing, a mighty Al
lied effort that saw 326,547 men,
54,181 tanks and vehicles and
104,428 tons of material poured
across the beaches in six days.
In the first 24 hours of the
assault, American forces suffered
some 18,000 casualties on Utah
and Omaha Beaches.
Lt. Col. Russell R. Raab of East
Orange, N.J., estimated 95 per
cent of the visitors to the ceme
tery yesterday were French. They
are still friendly to Americans, he
said. Almost every French fam
ily in this area lost someone dur
ing the war.
Heintzleman Promises
To Take Steps To Aid
Bristol Bay Natives
ANCHORAGE, UP — Governor
Heintzleman has promised “to
take what steps I can” to assist
natives in the stricken Bristol Bay
area.
“There is a problem, a bad sit
uation there. I will have no defin
ite comment to make until I give
the problem a complete study.”
“I went to the Bristol Bay
area,” he continued, “looking fot
information; trying to find out
what might be done. I wanted to
get in touch with the canneries
about the employment of more
people. We would, of course, hope
to alleviate the situation by urg
ing the companies to provide
more employment.”
Heintzleman said there is a
definite need to broaden the in
dustrial base in the area.
The governor reportedly will
ask the packers to hire all avail
able local help before sending
outside for workers.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that a
Special Municipal Election shall
be held June 8, 1954, in the City
Hall from 8:00 o'clock a.m. to
6:00 o'clock p.m. Purpose of the
election is for submitting Ordin
ance No. 367 for ratification.
Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Mayor Urges Nomeites to Vote
‘Yes’ Tomorrow on School Issue
Law; Children’s Welfare at Stake
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About 60 Nomeites
Make Courtesy
Flight In DC-6B
About 60 local citizens enjoyed
a courtesy flight of the Pan Am
erican DC-6B last Friday on its
first scheduled flight to Nome.
Many of the older residents
who were among the guests en
joyed visiting with Chief Pilot
Ralph Savory who has been a
pilot in this area ever since PAA
started operations in Alaska back
in the early air pioneering days of
the early 1930’s.
Co - pilots on the flight were
Jack Burke and Duke Campbell;
Paul Kline was engineer; Betty
Turnball, stewardess, and Paul
Griffen, purser.
The flight took the guests west
ward to Cape Prince of Wales,
then out over Bering Straits to
King Island where they looked
down on the lonely little village
from a height of about 5,000 feet.
Many of the guests experienced
for the first time flying in the
clouds at 11,000 feet altitude and
were unaware of how high they
were until it was announced over
the speaker system.
Souvenir packets were given
each guest and ice cream and
cookies were served.
The return flight to Seattle was
made in exactly night hours, it
has been reported.
John White, well known execu
tive of the company who made
the flight, reported that he had
left Seattle at 7:30 Friday morn
ing and was back in Seattle again
at 5:45 a.m. Saturday morning,
having made the round trip to
Nome and return in less than 24
hours, including a stop-over in
Fairbanks.
Joe Must Go Club Fails
To Get 403,904 Signatures
On Recall Petitions
SAUK CITY, Wis., ®—'The Joe
Must Go Club announced today it
failed to obtain enough signatures
on petitions to recall Sen. Mc
Carthy.
The club issued a statement
signed by its officers declaring
the drive to secure signatures,
which ended at midnight Satur
day, did not reach the 403,904
signatures required by law.
The club did not report on the
number of signature it did ob
tain.
“Although the 403,904 legally
required petitioners were not ob
tained, the members of the recall
group are very heartened and
pleased at the tremendous re
sponse they received from their
efforts,” the statement said.
Officers of the club, who last
week indicated they felt the
movement would not succeed, re
iterated they would not give up
their efforts to unseat McCarthy
and would investigate and study
the possibility of a future recall
movement.
' Mayor Steve Andersen made
the following announcement to
day in reference to the special
election being held tomorrow:
Tomorrow the citizens of Nome
again go to the polls to vote cm
the ratification of Ordinance 367.
I would like to remind the people
of Nome of some of the grave con
sequences if this ordinance is not
ratified by a majority of the vot
ers.
1. In all probability Congress
will not appropriate the money
for the Nome School project be
cause we have not made sufficient
property to build the school addi
tion on available. Thus, the APW
will drop the project from their
program and use the money on
other much - needed projects in
Alaska.
2. The taxpayers of Nome will
lose $7,500 which has already
been spent on advanced planning
and architect’s fees.
3. If more room and facilities
for the high school are not made
available by this project, we may
lose our standing as an accredited
school, which would mean Nome
High School graduates would not
be eligible for college entrance.
4. Of the total cost of $680,000,
a good portion would be spent in
Nome which would bolster our
economy. Of the total cost, the
people of Nome are responsible
for only half and only a small
portion of this will come directly
from the Nome taxpayers’ pockets.
The majority of our half will be
derived from the Tobacco Tax.
5. Our children are getting their
education in a poorly lighted,
over-crowded school now and if
we do not make more space avail
able we will be jeopardizing their
health.
These are only a few of the rea
sons this project must not fail.
Much work has been done to
make the school addition a reality
and if it fails now because we
do not ratify Ordinance 367, I
feel we will have failed in our
responsibility to our children. I
I sincerely hope the parents of
Nome will vote yes in tomorrow’s
election if for no other reason
than to give their children that
which is justly theirs.
Bartlett Asks Wilson tc
Halt Air Force Plan for
Troop Labor at Naknek
WASHINGTON, iffi — Delegate
Bartlett Friday asked Defense
Secretary Wilson to halt plans of
the Air Force to undertake con
struction work at Naknek, Alaska,
with troop labor.
He said the plan would violate
a department directive that such
work should be done by civilians
when possible.
Bartlett said Alaska has “an or
ganized, competent construction
industry . . . willing and able” to
build the Naknek project.
He said he was particularly
concerned because Naknek is in
the Bristol Bay region which
President Eisenhower has declared
a disaster area as a result of poor
salmon runs.