Nome’s Old Courthouse
Declared Surplus
The old Postoffice and Court
house at Nome has been declared
surplus to the needs of the fed- ,
eral government, Sen. Gruening \
was advised by John L. Moore,
administrator of the General
Services Administration.
Administrator Moore, respond
ing to a request which Sen.
Gruening placed with the GSA
on behalf of state officials, said
consideration will now be given
to the assignment of the property
to the secretary of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare for disposal
to the state “without considera
tion or at substantial monetary
discounts” if it is needed for
school, classroom or other edu
cation uses.
Associated Contractors,
Construction Unions
Fail to Reach Agreement
ANCHORAGE UP) — Negotia
tions between representatives of
the Associated Contractors and
six counstruction unions have
broken off after failure to reach
an agreement, Albin Peterson, fed
eral mediator, announced here.
Peterson was called into the
negotiations April 10, when previ
ous contract talks deadlocked.
Negotiating for new work
agreements are the Teamsters,
Operating Engineers, Laborers,
Bricklayers, Lathers and Plasters
and Cement Mason Unions.
Peterson said the contract talks
have been recessed indefinitely,
subject to recall by either party
or the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service.
JFK Asks Congress to
Create New Cabinet Post
WASHINGTON UP) — President
Kennedy Tuesday asked Congress
to create a new cabinet of Urban
Affairs and Housing.
Kennedy said the secretary j
heading this department “will be
in a position to present the na
tion’s housing and metropolitan
development needs to the cabinet '
and will by virtue of his position
provide the necessary leadership j
in coordinating the many federal
programs in these fields.”
The President made his request
in a letter addressed to Vice
President Johnson, the Senate’s
presiding officer, and House
Speaker Sam Rayburn, rather
than in a formal message.
With his letter he sent a draft
of a proposed bill.
Govs. Egan and Quinn
Exchange Souvenirs
HONOLULU UP) — Gov. Wil
liam F. Quinn of Hawaii and Alas
ka’s Gov. William A. Egan traded
Statehood souvenirs yesterday.
A Naval reserve squadron from
Seattle acted as official ambas
sador of the exchange.
Quinn received a “poke of gold”
from Fairbanks, containing state
hood commemorative gold-bronze
coins. In return, he sent Egan a
gold-bronze Hawaii statehood coin
mounted in a piece of lava from
the island of Hawaii.
Cmdr. Ray Stockard, head of
the anti-submarine squadron, VS
894 of Seattle, represented Egan
as he gave Quinn the “poke of
gold.” He will carry Quinn’s gift
to Egan.
The anti-submarine unit is un
dergoing training at Barber’s Pt.
Naval Air Station near Honolulu.
\ome to Apply
For Sanitation Aid
With C.F. Agency
Members of the City Council |
and representatives of other or- i
ganizations met last night with
Paul Emmert of the Community
Facilities Agency to discuss the
need and possibility of financing
a sewer and water system for
Nome.
The fact that all other build
ing development, both home and
business, is dependent upon this
needed modernization was
brought out as well as the fact
that the preliminary planning and
feasibility study has been done
for some time.
The method of procuring the
funds from the Community Fa
cilities were explained by Mr.
Emmert who also brought up the
fact that President Kennedy has
asked that the program be set
up to aid communities such as
ours. A study was also recom
mended to find out if according
to certain formulas Nome might
be considered a labor surplus area
due to seasonal unemployment
and benefit under another act of
Congress as well.
Application forms were given
to the Council and explained by
Mr. Emmert who stated that un
der ordinary conditions they could
be processed within six weeks
after their presentation.
Council members stressed the
importance of getting the project
rolling so that equipment and sup
plies could be brought in on the
last boat this fall.
Actor Gary Cooper
Reported Gravely III
HOLLYWOOD UP — Actor Gary
Cooper is gravely ill, a spokes
man said today. But he declined
to disclose the nature of the ail
ment.
The spokesman, publicist War- I
ren Cowan said, Cooper is con- :
fined to his home in traction be
cause of a pinched nerve in the j
back of his neck.
Cooper has said the nerve was
injured during a movie fight scene
in London last winter.
At last Monday night’s Aca
demy Awards ceremony, actor
James Stewart emotionally nre
sented a special Oscar to Cooper
— in absentia — for his long
contribution to the movie indus
try.
Since then, the world has won
dered what was wrong with the
tall, taciturn film hero—Holly
wood’s most durable leading man.
There have been Hollywood
rumors Cooper is suffering from
cancer.
Last April, Cooper underwent
prostrate gland surgery and the
following month he was operated
on for an intestinal disorder.
Six Naval Reservists Killed
In Transport Plane Takeoff
FAiLLON, Nev. UP —Six Naval
reservists were killed and 12 in
jured when a Navy transport
plane crashed on takeoff from
Fallon Naval Air Auxiliary Sta
tion yesterday.
All of the dead and most of
the injured were Michigan men,
on a two-week training flight.
The two-engine aircraft was en
route to the Alameda Naval Air
Station in California from Grosse
lie Field near Detroit.
A Navy spokesman said the
plane suddenly nos^ ' *,,r> and
crashed moments ar ' ^off.
Invaders Reported
Linked Up With
Uid >an Guerrillas
Invasion forces have linked up
with guerrillas in the Escambray
mountains of central Cuba and
completed the first phase of their
drive to topple Fidel Castro, Cu
ban exiles reported today.
Rebel planes struck at Havana
and Cuban air force headquar
ters.
Cuba’s radio said four planes
were shot down, one of them a
North American military aircraft
piloted by an American who was
killed.
Cuban Foreign Minister Raul
Roa told the United Nations:
“This is another proof of the di
rect participation of the U.S. gov
ernment in its mercenary action
against Cuba.”
The linkup of the invaders and
guerrillas in the old revolution
ary battleground of Escambray
was reported by the Cuban revo
lutionary council in New York.
Guerrillas in the mountains
i have been holding out despite
I months of attempts by Castro’s
| army and people’s militia to dis
I lodge them. They once numbered
j up to 5,000 men but how many re
] main is unknown.
The invasion force landed on
swampy beaches Monday about
I 80 miles west of the Escambray
1 mountains.
Castro Regime Accused
Of Executing Two U. S.
Citizens Without Fair Trial
WASHINGTON UP — The State
Department today accused the
Castro government of executing
two U. S. citizens without fair
| trial, in violation of “elementary
standards of justice practiced by
civilized nations over the world.”
The department also sought
new assurances of safety for U. S.
citizens in Cuba, but reported
: a communications blackout had
cut the normal diplomatic chan
nels to Havana.
It noted press reports of arrests
of a number of Americans, in
cluding news correspondents.
The two Americans whom the
pro-Communist Castro govern
ment announced today it had ex
ecuted had been arrested before
the current outbreak of fighting.
They were charged with anti
Castro activity. They were An
gus McNair of Miami and How
ard Anderson of Yakima, Wash.
Both had been in business in Ha
vana.
Senate Hands Kennedy
Major Victory on Wage Bill
WASHINGTON UP — The Sen
ate handed President Kennedy a
major victory of his minimum
wage bill today by killing an
amendment of Sen. Mike Mon
roney, (D-Okla.), to whittle down
the new coverage.
The roll call vote was 56-39.
Democratic Sens. Bartlett and
Gruening of Alaska apposed the
amendment.
The Oklahoman proposed to
strike from the bill provisions
covering about 1,600,000 of the
4,086,000 workers it would bring
under the Wages and Hours Act.
Last August Kennedy led the
fight against the same amend
ment as a senator and succeeded
in beating it 50-48. However,
Congress did not in the end enact
that bill. /
Soviets Find Little Support
From U. N. Charging U. S.
Aggressor Against Cuba
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. UP—
The Soviet bloc pressed hard to
day for a U. N. condemnation of
the United States as an aggressor
against Cuba, but the harsh de
mand was expected to find little
support.
Kuzma V. Kiselev, Foreign
Minister of White Russia, pushed
the Communist campaign with a
charge that the United States was
waging an undeclared war against
the government of Fidel Castro.
Kiselev spoke in the 99-nation
Political Committee which was
considering four resolutions deal
ing with the fighting between the
forces of Castro and the anti
Castro invaders. These ranged all
t.he way from the Soviet condem
nation proposal to a Latin Ameri
can resolution calling for a ne
gotiated settlement with the aid
of Latin American countries.
Kiselev told the committee
! that President Kennedy, in his
j note to Soviet Premier Khrush
| chev, said the United States
! would not intervene in the Cuban
conflict. But, said Kiselev, the
President’s words are contradicted
! by his deeds.
Rep. Patman Says Gold
Purchases Serve to Finance
Red’s Military Potential
WASHINGTON UP — Rep
Wright Patman, <D-Tex.), said to
, day U. S. gold purchases now
I serve indirectly to finance a build
Russian and Red Chinese
rial and military potential,
j Despite the fact that the gov
1 ernments of Western nations, in
cluding the United States, have
| vast quantities of gold stored
away, Patman said, they continue
to buy up gold at a tremendous
high price.
In a speech prepared for the
I 70th Continental Congress of the
Daughters of the American Re
volution, Patman said:
“In this process, the govern
ments of the Western nations are
buying Russian gold, which means
that we are sending into Russia
and Red China vast quantities of
food and machinery which the;
slave world desperately needs,
and cannot produce in sufficent
quantities, in exchange for a
metal which we do not need.
“. . . The Communists feed this
gold into the grey markets of
Europe,” he said, “and from there
it infiltrates our banking system.
I think we ought to re-examine
this matter very thoughtfully and
ask ourselves whether it is really
a wise policy for the Western
World to continue subsidizing a
build-up of Russia’s and Red
China’s industrial and military
capabilities.”
He suggested that U. S. gold
reserves might be put in the safe
keeping of the international mone
tary fund.
Nuclear Power Plant Kit
Would be Used in Arctic Region
BALTIMORE UPI — The Martin
Co. demonstrated yesterday a nu
clear power kit destined for use |
by Air Force units in the Arctic.
Engineers said the uranium
generator has power equivalent
to 16 million gallons of diesel oil
it will replace as a power supply
for radar stations.
The new equipment — built in
16 pieces — can be transported
to remote areas by air and then
assembled as a power plant with
in 90 days.
Kennedy W arns
Khrushchev:
Hands Off Cuba
By Lewis Gulick
WASHINGTON GP — President
Kennedy has fired a straight from
the shoulder warning to Soviet
Premier Khrushchev to keep
hands off Cuba.
Kennedy made it clear in a
message to the Soviet leader last
night that the United States will
take immediate steps to counter
any military intervention by out
j side force in the Cuban fighting.
The President declared moral
support for the “Cuban patriots
in their struggle for freedom”'
and said again that the United
States intends no military inter
vention.
As Kremlin reaction to Ken
nedy’s message was awaited, of
ficials here reported no evidence
of any military follow-up by
Khrushchev to his threat to sup
ply “all necessary assistance” to
Cuba’s pro-Communist Fidel Cas
tro regime.
Khrushchev’s threat to aid Cas
tro came early yesterday in a
message to the White House.
In a tit-for-tat on Moscow’s
publishing Khrushchev’s note be
fore it reached Kennedy, the
White House made public Ken
nedy’s answer at the same time
last night that Secretary of State
Dean Rusk gave it to Soviet Am
bassador Menshikov.
Authoritative sources said Ken
nedy personnaly devoted much
time to wording his reply and
conferring with advisers.
The result was a comparatively
' short message sheared of usual
diplomatic verbiage and using
stronger terms than the restrain
ed language Kennedy has used so
far in his effort to get along
with the Soviets.
“What your government be
lieves in is its own business,” Ken
nedy said. “What it does in the
world is the world’s business.”
Guantanamo Naval Base
On Round- the-Clock Alert
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba OB
—The big U.S. naval base on the
eastern tip of Cuba is on a watch
ful, round-the-clock alert, but for
the most part the fighting going
on beyond the fence might as well
be on another continent.
All is quiet in the immediate
vicinity. The usual peace of the
base is marred only by a slight
increast in tension because of the
stepped-up precautions and the
lack of news of the invasion by
anti-Castro rebels.
Rear Adm. E. J. O’Donnel, base
commander, said that his opera
tions office is operating around
the clock that a constant radar
watch is being maintained and
that fighters on the runways are
ready to scramble skyward in less
than five minutes.
O’Donnell said he also has on
call 10 or 11 destroyers that can
pump five-inch shells at the rate
of one a second from twin
mounts.
“We have an enormous amount
of firepower here,” the admiral
said.
There have been reports that
the Cuban air force has at least
seven Soviet-built jet fighters. If
there are any Migs around,
O’Donnell said, they have not
flown over the eastern end of the
island.