Hi NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVI No. 77 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1954 Per Copy—15^
Armed Forces, Beta Sigs and Nome
Legion Backing Plans for Big Fourth
Because the Fourth of July falls'
this year on a Sunday, the holiday
will be celebrated on Monday,
July 5. The program, as planned,
is patterned closely after those
held in former years. Races will
be run on Front Street.
This prograin would not be pos
sible without the earnest help of
many people. Probably most out
standing in their efforts are the
members of Beta Sigma Phi who
have so generously contributed
their time to the task of collecting
money necessary to finance this
celebration.
As in former years, the military
is offering assistance to help make
the Nome celebration a memor
able occasion. On Sunday, a huge
C-124 Globemaster will bring the
774th Air Force Band and the
5001st Air Police Squadron Drill
Team from Ladd Air Force Base
to participate in the parade. Also
from Ladd Field will be the
speaker of the day, Lt. Col. Earl
H. Butler, U.S.A.F.
The American Legion is again
sponsoring the children’s sports
and these will be under the direc
tion of Robert Emmons, com
manding officer of American Le
gion Post No. 19, Clyde Kammer
er, Robert Scott, Maurice Kelliher
and Henry Ullrich.
No' program would be complete
without the bill of Eskimo sports.
Again this year Sam Mogg, assist
ed by Joe Amarok, has a fine
program planned.
New to the program this year
will be a baseball game on the
new ball field on Steadman Ave.
It will be played by the Little
League, and we hear from Bill
Barber and Dan Fritz, who have
been doing some coaching recent
ly, that Nome has some mighty
fine material for a ball club.
Chairman of the Patriotic Exer
cises, Judge Walter Hodge, has
outlined an excellent program.
Outstanding among the many
numbers will be the group singing
of our national anthem and “Am
erica.”
Last but certainly not least is
the food part of the program. No
one can handle this with the abil
ity of Chief Laws and he is again
in charge of dispensing the tradi
tional ice cream cones. After run
ning in the many races scheduled
the children should have keen
appetites for the ice cream.
The American Legion dance at
the school will be an outstanding
part of the program. Music will
be furnished by an orchestra from
the 774th Air Force Band, and
they are masterful music makers.
President Asks 7 Million
More For The Indian Bureau
WASHINGTON, (£> — President
Eisenhower asked. Congress yes
terday for additional appropria
tions of $7,050,000 for the Indian
Bureau in the fiscal year starting
July 1. Most of the money would
be used for schools, roads and
bridges.
The President also requested
additional funds for the CAA and
the Weather Bureau to’ operate
aeronautical and meteorological
services at Cold Bay.
112-Day Civil War
In Guatemala
Is Over
GUATEMALA, UP) — The fight
ing was over today in Guate
mala’s 12-day civil war, and the
U.S. embassy hailed the outcome
as a victory over Communism.
The new military regime called
on all civilians to surrender any
arms in their possession. It pre
pared for talks with the anti
communist insurgents on the fu
ture course of this Central Am
erican republic.
Former President Jacobo' Ar
benz Guzman was reported to
have taken refuge in the Mexican
embassy here, along with Com
munist and leftwing leaders who
had supported his regime.
Col. Elfego Monzon, the leader
of the new junta, called on all
persons to surrender their arms
or face severe punishment. The
Arbenz government was said to
have distributed arms to farmers
and workers prior to his ouster
on Sunday.
Monzon and Castillo Armas
were expected to meet today or
tomorrow in neighboring El Sal
vador to- work out details of both
the armistice and a new govern
ment.
Though no formal cease - fire
had been proclaimed from either
side, all fighting was believed to
have halted.
It was generally conceded that
the army’s resistance to Castillo’s
forces had collapsed.
(In Washington President Ei
senhower said it would be deceit
ful if he tried to hide his pleasure
over the ouster of the Commun
its and their supporters in Guate
mala).
The Mexican embassy bulged
with leftists and Communist re
fugees, just as El Salvador’s dip
lomatic home here had been
crammed with fugitives from Ar
benz’ government before the army
forced him to resign Sunday.
Other Reds and former govern
ment officials holed up in the
Argentine embassy.
Large Mineral Deposits
Needed By Alaska To
Attract Manufacturers
FAIRBANKS, UR—Alaska must
discover large mineral deposits of
native ores requiring cheap pow
er to attract manufacturing plants,
the Fairbanks Chamber of Com
merce was told yesterday.
Dr. William Dittmer, power
manager for Kaiser Aluminum
Co., told the Chamber that Alaska
someday will have a high voltage
power grid such as now covers
the Pacific Northwest.
He made the comment after
flying over the Ramparts on the
Yukon River, the largest single
potential source of power in Al
aska.
“Just now,” he said of this area,
“It is too far from industry. And
if you had plans and specifica
tions ready today, it would be
six or seven years before power
would be available.
Hearings In Govt. Loans
To U.S. Tin Corp. To
Start On July 7
WASHINGTON, OP) — An open
hearing into government loans
made to the U.S. Tin Corp. in
Alaska will begin July 7, chair
man Capehart (R-Ind) of the Joint
Committee on Defense Production
said yesterday.
The company operates at Lost
River on Seward Peninsula.
Capehart would not elaborate
upon the purpose of the investi
gations which will inquire into
some three million dollars in gov
ernment loans received by the
company. Nor would he identify
possible witnesses who might be
called to testify.
The investigation is one to
which Sen. McCarthy referred on
several occasions during the re
cent televised Army - McCarthy
hearing as having been delayed
by his committee’s ruling that it
would conduct no further hear
ings until the Army - McCarthy
controversy was cleared away.
Congress Passes Three
Final Appropriation Bills
Amounting $3,278,506,255
WASHINGTON, OP) — Hurrying
to beat a midnight deadline, Con
gress today passed and sent to the
White House the final three an
nual appropriations bills foV the
new fiscal year starting tomor
row.
The Senate completed action on
the measures within an hour
after the House had passed them.
The bills were compromises of
different measures passed pre
viously by the House and the Sen
ate.
They make their appropria
tions:
Legislative dept., $70,695,754;
Federal judiciary, $27,501,740;
Labor dept, and related agencies,
$311,784,500; Welfare dept., $1,
163,413,761; State dept., $114,110,
000; Justice dept., $176,864,500;
Commerce dept., $837,022,000;
U. S. Information Agency, $77,
114,000.
The total of $3,278,506255 in
the bills cleared today is approxi
mately $100,000,000 less than
President Eisenhower requested
last January.
THE STANDINGS
W L Pet.
National League
New York .46 23 .667
Brooklyn .44 25 .638
Philadelphia .36 30 .545
Milwaukee .34 33 .507
Cincinnati .34 35 .493
St. Louis . 32 36 .471
Chicago .23 43 .348
Pittsburgh .23 47 .329
American League
Cleveland'.47 22 .681
Chicago .46 25 .648
New York .45 26 .634
Detroit .30 37 .448
Washington .29 39 .426
Philadelphia .27 41 .397
Baltimore .27 43 .386
Boston .24 42 .364
Pacific Coast League
Hollywood .52 34 .605
San Diego .47 38 .553
Oakland .47 40 .540
San Francisco .43 43 .500
Seattle .39 44 .470
Sacramento .40 46 .465
Los Angeles .37 47 .440
Portland .35 48 .422
Hope Of World Lies In Peaceful
Co-Existence With Communists
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Congress Would
Transfer Indian
Hospitals to P.H.S.
WASHINGTON, UP) —The Sen
ate yesterday passed a House bill
transferring the operation and
maintenance of Indian hospitals
from the Interior Department to
the Public Health Service.
The measure approved by a
57-27 vote, now goes back to the
House for concurrence in a, Sen
ate amendment making the ef
fective date of the transfer July
1, 1955, instead of this Thursday.
Supporters of the legislation
said it was designed to give the
Indians better health service, at
larger, better staffed hospitals.
Opponents argued it would force
on the Indians a change they
don’t want.
Oklahoma’s two Democratic
senators, Kerr and Monroney,
said the Indians in their state
were definitely against the bill,
preferring to keep the hospitals
they have.
Kerr said there was no showing
that the government would be
better off and, he maintained, the
Indians would be “much worse
off.”
Sen. Watkins (R-Utah), floor
manager erf the bill, said, how
ever, that most Indians favored it.
He also said it had the support
of the American Medical Assn,
and numerous other organizations
that have studied the problem.
Kerr said that even if the
transfer should bring about bet
ter medical and hospital service,
it should not be “inflicted” on the
Indians if they don’t want it.
Missing Anchorage Flier
Found Tired But Safe
ANCHORAGE, W—Pilot James
Wesley Blakely, sorught two days
since he failed to arrive on a
flight from Lake Chelatna Sun
day, was found yesterday after
noon, tired, grimy but uninjured
near his overturned' plane north
of Wasilla.
A civilian pilot, one of some
30 planes engaged in the search,
had spotted him from the air.
Blakely said he was flying
from Lake Chelatna to Talkeetna
when his engine died. He headed
for a clearing and landed but his
plane flipped over.
Planes from the 71st Air Res
cue Squadron, the Civil Air Pat
rol and a score of private pilots
had joined in the search.
TUESDAY BALL SCORES
National League
New York 4, Brooklyn 3
Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 0
Cincinnati M, St. Louis 4
Milwaukee 7, Chicago 0
American League
Cleveland 5, Baltimore 1
New York 14, Boston 5
Philadelphia 3, Washington 2
Pacific Coast League
Oakland 5, Seattle 0
Portland 6, Hollywood 5
San Francisco 7, Sacramento 0
Los Angeles 10, San Diego 4
’ WASHINGTON, UPl — President
EisenhoWer said today the hope
of the world lies in peaceful co
existence with the Communists
but declared “I will not be a party
to any agreement that makes any
body a slave.”
In a news conference, the
President endorsed broadly the
concept of a peaceful co-existence
—stressed by British Prime Min
ister Churchill in their talks
which closed here yesterday. But
Eisenhower said this approach
must not mean appeasement, and
it must mean that no nation in
the world should be subordinated
to an outside power.
Within these bounds, the Presi
dent said, the hope of the world
lies in peaceable co-existence. The
nations off the world must find
ways of living together, he said.
Eisenhower’s remarks were
touched off by questions about his
talks with Churchill. One raised
the possibility of whether the
United States, as a result of the
talks, might go along with parti
tion of Viet Nam which would
leave the northern part in Com
munist hands.
Eisenhower defended Vice Pres
ident Nixon when asked about a
speech Nixon had made last week
end to the effect that the foreign
policy of former Secretary of
State Dean Acheson was respon- ,,
sible for the loss of China, Korea,
and led to the crisis in Indochina.
A reporter said the Democrats
didn’t like the speech very much
and asked whether Eisenhower
had any observations on it.
The President replied that well,
first of all, every individual is
entitled to his own opinion. Sec
ond, he said, he likes and re
spects his vice president. Third,
he said, he thinks that it is his
job to look ahead and not turn
back.
Eisenhower said he wanted to
enlist the help of news media in
trying to cut the highway toll
over the Fourth of July weekend.
He said 400 Americans were killed
last year, and he would like to see
what newsmen could do about
cutting it in half, by working at
it every day.
Two Staff Members Of
McCarthy’s Subcommittee
Denied Security Clearance
WASHINGTON, UP) —Members
of the Senate Investigations sub
committee said today that two
staff members have been denied
clearance by the Defense Depart
ment to handle classified mater
ial.
The subcommittee members
asked Sen. McCarthy ter call a
meeting of the group to consider
the matter and “other staff prob
lems.”
The identity of the two was
not announced and Sen. Mundt
said the Defense Dept., had de
clined to inform the subcommittee
of the “nature of the accusation” »
against them.
Sen. McClelland said the letter
from the Defense Dept., reported
there was affirmative evidence
that did ncrt warrant the clear
ance of the two employees.