Lyricist of Many
Popular Songs Is
Apparent Suicide
YONKERS, N.Y., WPi—The death
of Mort Dixon, 64, lyricist of nu
merous popular songs, was de
scribed by police Saturday as an
apparent suicide.
Dixon died Friday shortly after
«he was found unconscious in bed
at his Yonkers home by his wife,
Marion.
Police said two empty bottles,
one of which had contained sleep
ing pills and the other a liquid
sedative, were beside his bed. His
wife told police the medicine had
been prescribed for him by a
physician the day before.
She said he had been ill and
worried about alimony payments
to his previous wife.
Dixon wrote the words for such
songs as “The Lady in Red,” “That
Old Gang of Mine,” “Marching
Along Together,” “Bye, Bye,
Blackbird,” I’m Looking Over a
Four-Leaf Clover,” and many
others.
Photos of Hiroshima
Victims Covered During
Hirohito's Visit to Exhibit
TOKYO, Ufi—Pictures of atomic
bomb damage and victims at Hir
oshima were uncovered Saturday
at the “Family of Man” photo
exhibition.
The pictures were draped with
white cloth Friday when Emperor
Hirohito visited the exhibit. There
was no explanation for the deci
sion to put the pictures back on
view.
Local sponsors said Friday’s
cover up was “not for his majesty
alone.”
“We stopped showing the (Hiro
shima! pictures to anyone,” they
said, “because they had created a
furor.”
The spokesman said the pic
tures had been added for the local
showing at the suggestion of Ed
ward Steichen, famed American
photographer who assembled the
collection for the New York Mu
seum of Modem Art.
In New York, however, Stei
chen said he had no part in the
display of atomic bomb victims.
Fate Is Unkinder to Boy
Second Time in Rowboat
JERSEY CITY, N.J., OP)—Four
weeks ago a rowboat carrying a
13-year-old boy began to fill with
water in Newark Bay. He was
rescued.
Friday the same boat carrying
the same boy and his cousin cap
sized in almost the same spot. This
time he was drowned.
The young victim was John
Forgos of Jersey City. His body
was recovered by police emer
gency crews. The cousin was
saved.
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Statehood Committee Defends Its
Using Public Funds for Propaganda
As Charged by Wood and Paul
ANCHORAGE UP)—A defense of
the Alaska Statehood Committee
and its expenditures came yester
day from Victor C. Rivers, an ex
ecutive board member.
Rivers, an Anchorage engineer
who is a Democratic candidate for
the Senate, said he was answering
criticisrrt leveled in the territorial
capital of Juneau by Peter Wood
and Alaska Native Brotherhood
President William I. Paul Jr.
Wood is a Democratic candidate
for delegate to Congress.
Rivers defended Territorial Fi
nance Director John McKinney,
who had refused to conduct pub
lic hearing on Statehood Commit
tee expenditures.
Paul had supported Wood in a
demand for a public hearing. They
had charged the committee with
using public funds for propaganda
purposes in connection with the
constitution for the proposed State
of Alaska.
Rivers said the Statehood Com
mittee is carrying out its duties
and obligations under the law. He
said:
“Through the press, radio, tele
vision and the mails, the commit
tee is trying to give full, unbiased
nonpartisan information to Alas
kan citizens so they intelligently
can make their decision as to how
to vote on ratification.
“Our activities are governed by
the act establishing the committee
and by interpretations by the At
torney General’s Office. Expendi
tures are approved by the com
mittee, audited by the Finance
Department, and will be subject
to a further audit by the legisla
tive auditor.
“As usual,” Rivers said, “we
1 find a few opportunists seeking
publicity; foes of statehood, or
just plain obstructionists trying
to create a smoke screen to ob
scure the issue of ratification of
the constitution.
“Woods accuses the committee
of spreading propaganda. If so,
our founding fathers were guilty
of propaganda when they sought
ratification of the Federal Consti
tution. So, also, were all people
who assisted in the ratification
work of the 48 state constitutions.
“If Woods or Paul have some
good reason to demand a public
hearing, regular legal channels, a
grand jury or the legislature are
open to them.
“It is not the duty of the finance
director or other public officials
to hold a public hearing if a pub
licity-seeking citizen demands it.
The records of the Statehood
Committee are public documents,
and, as such, are available for
public inspection.”
Scientist Cuts Red T^tpe
Using Light, Electronics
NEW YORK UP—An electronics
expert has shown a scientific way
of cutting red tape.
Disdaining scissors, D. Vladimir
K. Zworykin used electronic
means to snip the red tape across
the entrance at the opening of the
1956 Career and Job Show Friday.
Zworykin unveiled a solar bat
tery. Lights activated the battery,
sent current through the tape and
ignited a strip of flash powder
that cut the tape.
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Tuna Fish Traced
Ac ross Pacific
WASHINGTON, UP*—'The gov
ernment knows about a tuna fish
which traveled 2,370 miles across
the Pacific in 471 days, growing
from 15 pounds to 40 in that time.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
said today the albacore tuna was
tagged 1,300 miles north of Ha
waii on Oct. 5, 1954. It was re
captured near Japan.
Recalling that about three years
i ago another albacore tagged off
California was taken near Japan,
the service said the inidents may
provide evidence that northern
Pacific albacore tuna may belong
to a population which migrates
between America and Japan, But
the service cautioned that the evi
dence is not concdlusive because
only two have been tagged and
traced.
The tuna migration study is
aimed at finding out as much as
possible about the life history of
the fish so as to be able to predict
abundance, probable best fishing
seasons and locations and to help
the industry develop new high
seas fisheries.
THE JOHNSONS ARE COMING
, NOTICE OF
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that the
annual Municipal and School
Board Election will be held April
3. 1956. at the City Hall. Nome.
Alaska, for the purpose of electing
the following officers, viz.:
Mayor; three members of the
Nome Common Council for a
two-year term; City Treasurer;
City Clerk; one member of the
School Board for a five-year
term; and one member of the
Nome Light & Power Utility
Board, for a five-year term.
Polls will open at 8:00 o'clock
a.m. and close at 6:00 o'clock p.m.
Carrie M. McLain
City Clerk
Publ. Mar. 21, 26, 28, 1956
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MONDAY and FRIDAY
Leave Arrive
Fairbanks 6:00 a.m. AST Nome 10:10 a.m. BST
Nome 10:30 a.m. BST Fairbanks 3:30 p.m. AST
WEDNESDAY
Leave Arrive
Fairbanks 6:00 a.m. AST Nome 12:40 p.m. BST
Tanana, Hughes, traffic warranting. Scheduled slop Kotzebue
Nome 1:00 p.m. BST Fairbanks 6:30 p.m. AST
Stopping at Galena and Tanana, traffic warranting
THURSDAY and SATURDAY
Leave Arrive •
Fairbanks 6:00 a.m. AST Nome 9:00 a.m. BST
Slopping at Galena, traffic warranting
Nome 9:20 a.m. BST Fairbanks 3:40 p.m. AST
Scheduled stop Kotzebue. Hughes, Tanana, traffic warranting
Connection PAA 904 Monday, Wednesday, Friday
BUSH FLIGHT TUESDAYS
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Arrive Nome 11:40 a.m. Depart Nome 12:45 p.m.