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VOL. LVIII No. 39NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1956Per Copy—15*
Bartlett Proposes Experimental
Atomic Power For Alaska Instead
Of Underdeveloped Areas Abroad
First ANG Units ]
“Overseas” At Ft.
Lewis for Training
FORT LEWIS, —’The two in
fantry battalions and the head
quarters detachment of the Alas
ka Army National Guard arrived
from Alaska yesterday for two
weeks of field training here.
Led by Col. Elvis M. Farmer,
the acting adjutant general who
will also serve as camp com
mander, the Alaskans came from
the north in chartered commercial
•planes.
This is the first time units of
the ANG have made the “over
seas” trip for field training out
side the territory.
Authorized in 1948 and organ
ized the following year, the Alas
ka army guard is a youngster
when compared to older comrades
in the states.
The two infantry battalions at
Fort Lewis have their units in the
more temperate and populous sec
tions of Alaska. The 207th, com
manded by Maj. Thomas P. Car
roll of Anchorage, has units in
Anchorage, Seward, Homer, Ko
diak and Fairbanks.
The 208th, concentrated in the
coastal cities and villages of
southeast Alaska, is commanded
by Maj. Lauris S. Parker of Ju
neau and has units in Juneau,
Ketchikan, Sitka, Haines, Hoonah,
Kake and Angoon.
The field training at Fort Lewis
April 1-15, will emphasize wea
pons firing and small unit tactics.
World-Famous Racer
Dies at 73 of Cancer
SOUTH PASADENA, Calif., (*>
—Ralph DePalma, one of the
greatest automobile racing drivers
of all time, died Saturday of can
cer. He was 73.
An associate said cancer origin
ated at the site of an old racing
injury in his hip and spread to his
spine and other parts of the torso.
Bom in Biccari, Italy, DePalma
came to the U.S. when he was 10
years old. His career began in the
days when a mile a minute was
top speed. But in 1920 he attained
a speed of 149.875 mph. in one of
his special racers.
REMEMBER TO VOTE
AT CITY ELECTION
All citizens of Nome are re
minded of the annual municipal
ejection to be held tomorrow from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City Hall.
The candidates are: ,
For mayor, Steffen Andersen;
for city clerk, Carrie McLain; for
city treasurer, James McLean; for
school board, Lorena Gray; for
utilities board, Allan Doyle and
Pearse Walsh;' and for the city
council, Wilbyr Arnold, Lester
Bronson, Fred Cavota, Chuck
Frazier and Bob Lewis. Running
as a write-in candidate for the
city council is Martha Stephenson.
> SEATTLE, (#) — Delegate Bart
lett proposed yesterday that the
United States should make early
use of experimental atomic power
in Alaska instead of planning the
pioneering work for underdevel
oped areas abroad.
The Post-Intelligencer, in a dis
patch from its Washington cor
respondent, also quoted him as
proposing a federal “five-year
plan” for developing the northern
territory. He cited efforts Russia
has made to develop its northern
regions under its five-year plans.
Bartlett suggested that atomic
energy might be used to develop
an Alaskan newsprint industry to
free American newspapers from
dependence upon Canadian pro
duction.
“An Alaskan five - year plan
would refute the claim that the
territory has no future as a state,”
he was quoted. “Furthermore, en
couragement of industry in Alaska
would increase the tax revenue of
the United States. What we re
gard as wastelands today might
be found enormously valuable to
morrow in event of war.”
“Everybody has a plan but
Alaska,” he added. “Instead of
developing the territory, a natural
bulwark in protecting the U.S.,
we’re actually slipping back
ward.”
The congressional delegate
noted a marked reduction in fed
eral funds for road construction
and maintenance. After World
War II, he said, everyone wanted
better roads for Alaska. The war
itself proved the need. But com
pared to the 27 million dollars
authorized by Congress for Alas
ka’s roads in 1951, he noted only
$6,300,000 for 1956.
Truman Says Margaret’s
Hubby-To-Be Will Vote
—And Vote Democratic
NEW YORK, UP>—Former Presi
dent Harry Truman today vowed
■his future son-in-law, E. Clifton
Daniel, “will vote from now on,
and vote Democratic.”
Truman, during his early mor
ning walk, made the “promise”
when asked about the nonvoting
record of Daniel, who is to marry
Margaret Truman at Indepen
dence, Mo., later this month.
He said the nonvoting record of
Daniel, assistant to the foreign
editor of the New York Times,
was understandable since he had
been out of the United States for
many years.
The former President said he
thought it was “fine” having a
newspaperman in the family.
“He’s a working newspaper
man,” Truman said. “There’s a
difference between them and edi
tors, publishers and columnists.
When they get personal I don’t
like it.”
Truman reiterated he would
not seek office in the future.
“I have had every honor my
country can give me,” he said.
Two Nome Girl
Scouts to Attend
Fairbanks Camp
The Girl Scout Council has an
nounced that two girls from the
Nome Girl Scout troop will have
the opportunity of attending the
summer encampment at Camp
Cleary, at Fairbanks, in June.
The girls competing for this
wonderful opportunity must be
first class Scouts and will be
chosen on the basis of merit.
The Council explained that the
girls selected will assume their
own camp expenses which will
amount to $34.75 for the 12-day
trip. Transportation from Nome
and return will foe paid by the
Girl J^cout Council of Nome.
The program at Camp Cleary is t
based on skills and experiences of
Girl Scouts and includes hiking,
nature craft, singing, exploration,
ceremonies, swimming, camp gov
ernment, boating, informal dra
matics, games, homemaking, and
sleep-outs.
The camp staff is composed of
trained personnel and includes a
camp director, a nurse, American
Red Cross water safety instructor,
unit leaders with assistants, a
cook and maintenance staff.
The two Nome girls chosen will
attend the Fairbanks encampment
and return in time to help with
the local Scout camp at Dexter.
There are several girls eligible
and they are urged to contact
their leaders and make applica
tion for this wonderful treat,
stated Mrs. Frank Morris, leader
of the local group. •
Strife In Jerusalem
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Darkened Easter
As new strife cast darkening
shadows over the Holy Land this
Easter, Christians throughout the
world celebrated the resurrection
of Jesus with prayers for peace.
Fresh shooting incidents marred
the peace around Jerusalem,
where Protestant pilgrims from
many lands crowded the quiet
garden outside the Old City’s
walls. Standing before an empty
tomb, they heard the ancient
words “He is not here for He is
risen.’’
Fear of a major Arab - Israeli
outbreak together with raw wea
ther resulted in a relatively small
attendance at this year’s Jeru
salem services.
In Vatican City, white - robed
Pope Pius XII warned that man
kind is racing forward on the
road of suicide and extinction
from atomic bombs and guided
missiles.
Addressing some 350,000 per
sons in St. Peter’s Square below
his balcony, the 80-year-old pon
tiff spoke of how the atom’s vast
energy might be put to peaceful
use.
An estimated 10,000 Washing
tonians lined the sun - drenched
streets to watch President and
Mrs. Eisenhower arrive at the Na
tional Presbyterian Church for
Easter services. During the day
the President posed on the White
House lawn for a family picture
including his son and grandchil
dren.
TWO AIRLINERS CRASH
22 Perish In
Flaming Crash
At Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, — A twin
engine TWA airliner with 33 pas
sengers and a crew of three
crashed and burned seconds after
taking off last night from the
Greater Pittsburgh Airport. Twen
ty two persons perished.
There were 14 known survivors.
One said she felt she was “going
to bum to death.” But she es
caped with only minor injuries.
The plane smashed into a hill
side a little more than a mile from
the airport’s administration build
ing and not far from the end of
the runway. Within minutes it
was reduced to a mass of burned
debris.
It was a bright and clear Easter
Sunday evening as the plane lift
ed from the runway. Flying con
ditions were ideal.
Thousands of persons were at
the airport to watch a colored
fountain illuminated to climax the
city’s Easter celebration.
Witnesses saw the plane’s lights
shining as it roared down the run
way. Then came a rumble, a flash
and the brilliant column of flame
which spelled disaster.
TWA officials said cause of the
crash could not be determined
but a preliminary investigation
indicated no engine trouble. One
of the survivors said, however,
that she had heard sounds “like
an engine conking out” just be
fore the crash.
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Wisconsin’s Primary
Seen As Test of Popularity
Between “Ike” and “Keef”
(By the Associated Press*
The possibility it may show a
trend in farmers’ voting directed
political attention today toward
Wisconsin’s primary election.
Otherwise tomorrow’s presiden
tial preference voting there
shaped up largely as a popularity
contest between President Eisen
hower and Sen. Estes Kefauver.
Wisconsin voters are not bound
byt party affiliations in the pri
mary, and can vote for either a
Republican or a Democratic can
didate.
Kefauver has no opposition for
the state’s 28 convention votes,
and Eisenhower has only to over
come what is generally regarded
as a token entry to assure himself
of the 30 GOP convention dele
gates. No write-in votes are pro
vided under Wisconsin laws.
Democrats forecast a shift from
Republican to Democratic ballots,
especially among the 30 per cent
of the state’s voters who are
farmers, as a protest against ad
ministration agricultural policies.
RED CHINA DEFEATS U.S.
5-4 IN WORLD TABLE
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
TOKYO, (ff)—Communist China
defeated the United States 5-4 to
day in the world table tennis
tournament.
As far as is known, it was the
first athletic meeting between
the two countries.
34 Survive
i Stratocruiser
In Puget Sound
SEATTLE, UP — A New York
bound Stratocruiser crash-landed
in Puget Sound after its takeoff
here today and the Coast Guard
reported half an hour later that
34 of the 37 persons aboard had
been picked up.
The Northwest Orient Airlines
luxury liner went into the water
after taking off from the Seattle
Tacoma International Airport.
The crash scene was between the
two cities.
The Coast Guard listed three
persons as missing. The 34 known
survivors were picked up in two
Air Force amphibian planes. They
were transferred to other rescue
craft because the two planes were
unable to take off with such
heavy loads.
The survivors have been able
to clamber to the wings of the
double-deck plane in the several
minutes it remained afloat.
It was the nation’s second air
liner crash at takeoff within 16
hours. A Trans World Airlines
plane crashed last night after
takeoff from Pittsburgh, with 22
deaths and 14 injuries.
The crash - landing in Puget
Sound came after the pilot had
radioed of trouble and that he
would try to return to the field.
The plane had taken off at 8:06
a.m. The crash-landing was re
ported to have occurred at about
8:20 a.m., with the big plane sink
ing at 8:27.
The Coast Guard said it had no
reports of any serious injuries
among the 34 rescued persons.
The passengers included three
Japanese who could speak no
English. One of them was a 2
year-old child.
Great Names of Past
Movie Generations Meet
At Mary Pickford Party
HOLLYWOOD, \JP\ — Memories
of the silent movies are made of
the people who attended Mary
Packford’s party given for “no oc
casion — just a party for old
friends.”
Madge Kennedy threw her arms
around Mae Marsh and exclaimed:
“We both worked together at the
Goldwyn Studio about 1918.”
There were the great names of
past movie generations — Harold
Lloyd, Marion Davies, Ramon Na
varro, Antonio Moreno, Ken May
nard, Hoot Gibson, Johnny Mack
Brown, Bill Boyd, Buster Keaton,
Joe E. Brown, Jack Oakie, Irene
Rich, Gilda Gray, Gertrude j^tor,
Raymond Griffith, Edward Ever
ett Horton, Charles Ruggles,
Laura LaPlamte, Jetta Goudal,
Zasu Pitts, Louise Fazenda, Don
ald Crisp, Annette Kellerman,
Clara Kimball Young, Viola Dana.
Some of these are names known
personally only to newsmen with
long memories and middle aged
years. But a youthful reporter
was amazed, "not at how bad they
look, but how good they look.”