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East Germany
Will Attempt To
Gain Control
By SEYMOUR TOPPING
BERLIN, UPl — Comunist Ger
many dropped a strong hint today
it expects to get control over the
allied air corridors leading to iso
lated West Berlin. These would
be the allied garrisons’ only life
lines if surface routes were closed.
The hint came in the East Ber
lin newspaper Neue Zeit.
It declared the United States,
Britain and France are violating a
four-power agreement that the
air corridors — stretohing be
tween Berlin and Frankfurt, Ham
burg and Hanover — would be
used only for allied military pur
poses.
Pan American, Air France and
British Europen Airways use
them for regular passenger flight.
These airlines also carry out the
thousands of refugees that stream
into West Berlin every month from
East Germany.
Neue Zeit contended the West
ern Big Three were using the cor
ridors “for purposes of the cold
war,” and the time has come for
new negotiations on their use.
This article fits another piece
into the pattern of the Soviet
bloc’s campaign — touched off by
Premier Nikita Khrushchev last
week — to turn over control of
supply lines to the East German
Communists and force the allies
out of Berlin.
Soviet withdrawal from the
four-power occupation of the old
German capital is now considered
a certainty, although authorities
here had no idea how soon it
would come.
The Western Big Three were
already getting set to cope with
the impending transfer of control
over surface supply across 110
miles of East German territory.
These were cut is the 1948-49
blockade that was broken by
airlift.
Prospects Look Good
For Start On International
Pact On Outer Space
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., UP)
—The prospects looked good today
for unanimous U. N. agreement
to get started on an international
study of ways to explore outer
space for peaceful purposes.
Russia’s sudden shift toward
the Western position brought de
mands from several quarters that
Western and Soviet delegates
meet to iron out their remaining
differences and formulate a uni
fied resolution for the U. N. As
sembly.
Western delegates were heart
ened by the new Soviet proposal,
which dropped earlier demands
for abandonment of U. S. bases
overseas and a ban on military
space missiles. This appeared to
eliminate the chief hurdle to
agreement.
In presenting his new plan, So
viet Deputy Foreign Minister Val
erian Zorin made plain the Soviet
Union would continue to press for
abolition of American overseas
bases and a ban on sending mili
tary missiles into outer space. But
he indicated this would be done
through the new 81-nation U. N.
disarmament commission.
Air Transport
Assn. Hopes To
Stimulate Traffic
HOUSTON, Texas,( OB — A
$450,000 advertising budget to
stimulate cargo and passenger
traffic was approved today by
sales executives attending an air
traffic conference sponsored by
the Air Transport Association.
The budget authorizes a $250,
000 campaign to promote use of
commercial airlines for cargo and
parcel post shipments and a $200,
amnugn to encourage do
mestic airline use by military
personnel.
The sale executives also dis
cussed the possibility of eliminat
ing odd-cents charges on passen
ger fares, possible renewal of $3
n1 ins for failure to ' claim
flight reservation, and possible re
duction of the 66-pound Alaskan
travel baggage allowance to 40
pounds.
Stewart G. Tipton, association
president, said the $3 penalty was
revoked last year but that a new
survey indicates increasing abuse
of the reservation privileges.
He said the even-dollar passen
ger fares would ease bookkeep
ing procedures. The possible low
ering of the Alaskan baggage al
lowance, he said, results from
Alaska’s change from an overseas
area to Statehood.
Miss Wool of ’59 Presents
Gov. Hendrickson With
49-Star All-Wool Flag
JUNEAU, UPi — A 49-star flag
— all wool and three yards wide
— was presented yesterday to
Acting Governor Waino Hen
drickson. *
The presentation was made by
Miss Wool of 1959, Beverly Bent
ly of Albuquerque, N. M.
The flag, which Hendrickson
said was six-by-nine feet, was a
gift to Alaska from the National
Wool Bureau. A new star offi
cially will ibe added to the na
tion’s flag next July 4, after ad
mission of Alaska as the 49th
State.
“I’m wearing a wool suit, too,”
Hendrickson said as he accepted
the flag in brief ceremonies at
his office.
Air Commission
Reviews 1959
Construction Plans
Rev. Roald Amundson, Pastor
of the Nome Covenant Church,
leaves today to attend the Alaska
Aeronautics and Communications
Commission fall meeting, origi
nally scheduled for November 12
and 13, which will toe held on No
vember 20 and 21. Delay was ne
cessary to allow all members of
the Commission to attend. The
primary business of the meeting
will be to review the Department
of Aviation’s construction pro
gram for the past year, establish
a program for the coming season,
and to lay plans to insure con
tinuation of the Federal Aid to
Airports Program.
The Commission will review
plans for the 1959 construction
program as well as requests for
new maintenance and construc
tion. Asyone interested in the air
port construction program of the
Department is invited to attend.
The place of meeting will be the
office of the Department of Avia
tion at Room 202, Glover Build
ing, in Anchorage. Chairman of
the Commission is Wyman Rice of
Anchorage, representing the 3rd
Division, Secretary, Richard Mc
Intyre of Fairbanks, Commission
member representing the Terri
tory-at-large. Other members in
clude Afton Coon of Sitka repre
senting the 1st Division, and Noel
Wien of Fairbanks, representing
the 4th Division.
American and British Jets
Race Across The Atlantic
LONDON, tf)—A British Comet
IV and an American Boeing 707
raced across the Atlantic Ocean
Tuesday. Jet airline passenger
competition was in full swing.
The comet of British Overseas
Airways Corp. was due in New
York with 33 passengers at 2:35
p.m. Pan American’s 707 was
scheduled to land 110 passengers
in New York at 1:45 p.m.
The Comet left London Airport
with a 35 minute lead.
BO AC started daily New York
London jet service . last Friday.
Pan American’s inaugural was de
layed 13V£ hours Monday toy fog,
which trapped it in Ireland.
Ralph Rivers To Speak On Campaign
Issues At Pioneer Meeting Tonight
Ralph Rivers, Democratic Can
didate for the House of Represen
tatives, U. S. Congress, is in
N. W. Alaska, where he will wind
up his campaign. In the last two
months Mr. Rivers has traveled
to all other principal points in
Alaska in behalf of his candidacy,
and to familirize himself with the
problems of each area.
Since his arrival here, Mr. Riv
ers has commented on the many
promises recently made by Re
publican candidates and Secretary
of Interior Seaton. Mr. Rivers
said. “The Village Armory pro
gram which will erect 51 armories
and community centers in villages
in Alaska, is the result of appro
priations made by the Democratic
85th Congress as part of the Na
tional Defense program. These ar
mories are to be constructed by
village labor and serve as much
needed community centers
throughout Northwestern Alaska.”
“The Nome Armory, which is
assured for the 1959 construction
season, is the product of action
by the 1957 Democratic Territorial
Legislature.”
High Schools for Kotzebue,
Unalakleet, Hopper Bay, and Bar
row, long known to have been
sorely needed, have passed the
planning stage, and inasmuch as
money is now available through
appropriations by the 85th Con
gress, there can be no issue on this
subject in this campaign. The
same pont appiies to the new hos
pital for Kotzebue, which is -al
ready assured.
The bill to extend the Alaska
Public Works Act failed in the
last Congress with 81 per cent of
the House Democrats voting for
the bill and 87 per cent of the
House Republicans voting against
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Only Two Men Found Alive After
Sinking Of Great Lakes Freighter
1
Jury Awards $4 Judgment
Against Emery Tobin,
Ketchikan Publisher
KETCHIKAN, UP) — A federal
court jury has awarded a $4 judg
ment against Emery F. Tobin, de
fendent in a civil libel suit in
which damages of $45,712.76 were
sought.
The jury deliberated five hours
before awarding a verdict in fa
vor of C. A. Zaruiba and .setting
$1 punitive and $1 compensatory
damages on each of two causes
in the action.
Zaruba accused Tobin of libel
in connection with a letter sent to
city officials here in March, 1957,
when the city council was con
sidering a liquor license applica
tion by Zaruiba. Also involved
were comments attributed to To
bin in a newspaper story pub
lished at Juneau.
Tobin Is former publisher of
the Alaska Sportsman Magazine.
He is a Republican candidate for
the first Alaska State Legislature
in next Tuesday’s election.
Alaskan Indian Sentenced
To Death for Axe Slaying
TACOMA, UP) — Judge John D.
Cochran yesterday sentenced Har
old William Jones, 22-year-old
Alaska Indian, from Kasaan, to
death for the slaying March 26
of Travis Gookter Holstead, 49,
transient, in a hobo jungle axe
mutilation killing.
A jury last month recom
mended the death penalty for
Jones. Judge Cochran did not sign
a death warrant or fix the day
for the execution, since the court
appointed attorneys for Jones say
they intend to file an appeal.
Warm Weather In Offing
After Midwest Cold Snap
*By The Associated Press»
Strong northwest winds from
the violent storm which raked the
Rockies and northern Midwest
fanned cold air across the eastern
half of the nation today.
At least 10 deaths were attri
buted to the snow storm which
pounded sections from Idaho,
Utah and Arizona northeastward
to Minnesota.
However, skies cleared and tem
peratures rose from sub-zero and
freezing levels in the storm-strick
en areas of the West. Warmer
weather was the outlook in all
areas west of the Mississippi
River.
Never Look A Gift
Plaque In The Type
CARTHAGE, Mo., UP> — E. L.
Dale, editor and publisher of the
Carthage Evening Press, was hon
ored for his 50 years as a commu
nity leader.
Many of the 175 gathered at a
luncheon for him yesterday paid
tribute with speeches. Congratu
latory telegrams were read, and
he received a plaque from the
Carthage Chamber of Commerce.
Dale looked at the plaque, then
rose to speak.
“I am a proof reader and this
reads November 8th. You’ve left
out the one.” That was all he said.
By ED MARKAITY
CHARLEVOIX, Mich., — wo
men were found alive today in
angry waters of Lake Michigan,
which it was feared had claimed
the lives of 33 others from the
freighter Carl D. Bradley when
she went down in the cold, storm
tossed lake late yesterday.
Unofficial tabulations indicated
18 bodies had been recovered.
Some veteran seamen expressed
amazement even two had sur
vived overnight In 50-degree water
in howling gale winds that piled
up mountainous waves on the
Great Lakes. The air tempera
ture was 40.
The 615-foot Bradley, longer
than- two football fields end-to
end, went down off Gull Island
at the top of Lake Michigan in
60-mile winds. Split apart, she ap
parently exploded when incom
ing water hit her hot boilers.
The German motorship Chris
tian Sartori, which battled for
more than an hour to cover the
three miles to the sinking site,
found no survivors, no life boats;
nothing except a tank that came
from deep inside and indicated
explosion.
First Mate Elmer Fleming, 43,
and deckman Frank Mays, 26,
both of Rogers City, Mich, were
found alive today off High Island,
north and east of where the Brad
ley went down.
A sea plane reported sighting
eight bodies on a raft, but was
unable to say whether there was
life in any.
Rescue craft, with waves still
running high in 30-mile winds,
were reported having difficulty
getting into shallow waters where
the bodies were reported sighted.
Toastmasters International
Read Up On Alaska
JUNEAU, UPl — The 3,000 local
clubs of Toastmasters Interna
tional were promised all sorts of
background information about
Alaska yesterday.
Acting Governor Waino Hen
drickson told Aubrey B. Hamil
ton that his office would supply
all the material needed to permit
75,000 members of Toastmasters
to talk about the 49th State.
Hamilton, a lawyer from St.
Louis, Mo., and president of the
international organization, visited
the governor shortly after his ar
rival on a six-day trip to Alaska.
He told Hendrickson local Toast
master clubs would be discussing
Alaska during meetings in De
cember and January.
Hamilton, accompanied by his
wifs, was scheduled to visit
Toastmaster clubs at Sitka today,
Fairbanks tomorrow, nd Anchor
age Friday and Saturday.
SHE BANKS Otf SAFE
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — Helen
Lazzari put this note on the safe
at the fuel company office where
she works:
“Attention, safe crackers: Only
papers are kept in this safe. We
keep our money in the bank.
Thank you.”
When she opened the office
Tuesday the safe was open and
$1,000 was gone. Beneath her
typewritten note the yeggs had
used her own typewriter to add:
“Can’t read.”
IMPORTANT PIONF.FR MEETING TONICHT - 8 P. M.
PIONEER IGLOO —REFRESHMENTS— ELECTION OF OFFICERS — AXEL EDMAN, President.