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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVIII No. 74NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1956 Per Copy—15#
Two Convoys Will
Sail July 16 and 21
For DEW Line
SEATTLE, UP — The sailing
dates from Seattle of the two con
voys which will carry equipment
and stores north to the Distant
Early Warning radar line in the
Arctic this summer have been
set as July 16 and July 21.
Upwards of 50 ships will go
north with the faster convoy,
which leaves on the later date, to
catch up and rendezvous with the
other in the north. Some ships are j
ndw loading at Seattle piers.
The Seattle Army Terminal put
on a demonstration of a beach*
head loading operation at Fort
Lawton yesterday. The landing
ship LST 521 was run onto the
beach, her ramp let down and
tractors, amphibious cargo craft
and other heavy equipment taken
aboard.
Congress Asked For
$100,000 For Campsites
Along Alaska Highways
WASHINGTON, UP — The In
terior Department has asked Con
gress for $100,000 to launch a new
program of building campsites
along Alaskan highways.
Edward Woozley, director of j
Bureau of Land Management, in
testimony made public yesterday
by the House Appropriations
Committee, said the money will
be used for 28 campsites.
He said the request is the first
installment under a five - year
campsite building plan that is ex
pected io cost a total of half
a million dollars. He said it is
not yet known how many new
campsites will become available
under the whole prrgjram.
‘The work will be under the
supervision of our foresters and
will be done either by temporary
forces or by employes of the
Alaska Road Commission, since
these sites will be adjacent to
the road system.’ Woozley said.
He said only two employes
would be needed to maintain the
1ft campsites planned to be built
during the next year.
Charles Burnett, Former
Nome Newspaper Man,
Dies In Seattle, Aged HO
SEATTLE, i# — Chartes Pye I
Burnett Sr, SO. pioneer Seattle
real estate broker, died here Wed-1
aesday night
He came to SeattU in the Wi j
and worked on both the Times
arid the Poet-Intelligencer
After die discovery of gold in
Alaska. Burnett went to Nome in
a machinery business venture He
established and operated a new*
paper there for a short time be
fore returning te Seattle.
15 Girl CAP Cadets
Will Visit Nome
Next Tuesday
The Civil Air Patrol Cadet
Commandant, Sgt. August, states
that 15 girl Cadets will arrive in
Nome on June 26. They will be
the guests of the local organiza
tion.
The Cadets coming to Nome
have been chosen from some 50,
000 Cadets throughout the States
during the Intra-National Ex
change Program.
An interesting program has
been set up for entertainment.
The itinerary is planned thus:
Arrival at 3 p.m., shopping until
5:30. Buffet-style dinner at the
Pioneer Hall from 6 to 7:30 and a
dance there from 8:30 to 12.
The next day, Wednesday, they
will be breakfasted at the Polaris
Coffee Shop at 8 a.m. From 9 to 11
they will be taken on a tour and
have lunch at the Polaris at noon.
They will leave for Anchorage at
3 o’clock.
The buffet dinner is being put
on by senior members and Cadets.
All senior members and their
wives are invited to attend. Those
who have not been contacted to
bring food are asked to help de
fray the expenses. This charge
will be 75 cents. This will go for
accessories for the dinner.
The senior members and their
wives are also invited to attend
the dance, along with the Cadets
and their dates. As the CAP is an
auxiliary to the Air Force, the
local Air Force personnel are
invited to attend the dance.
Cadets and their chaperones
will be quartered in the front
room of the Pioneer Hall.
Arctic Club Benefit Tonite
Will Help The Youth Fund
The Youth Center Committee
reported today that donations are
still lagging. The following addi
tional contributions have been re
ceived:
Rotary Club $50, Anonymous
$6, the Barber Shop $50, Carrie
McLain $5, Otto Schmidt $5, and
the Nome Nugget $10 advertising.
Bud Ellis of the Board of Trade
put out a jar for contributions
and in two days netted $16.06.
It is gestures such as this that
leads the committee to feel that
the goal can be reached if the
effort is put forth# said Sgt. R.
August of the committee.
The Arctic Club is sponsoring
an entertainment this evening to
help support the drive. It will
begin at 8 o’clock and last until
10:30. Many beautiful and useful
prizes will be given away during
the evening.
Girl Scouts To Camp
At Dexter July 9 to 16
Plans for the summer encamp
ment of Girl Scouts have been
completed with the announce
ment that carpp will be heid this
year at Dexter from July 9 to
July 16.
All girls interested in attending
must register Tuesday or Wednes
day morning, June 26 and 27,
with Mrs. Walter Glavinovich at
her home.
Judy Morris, Girl Scout lead
er, requests that all the girls
complete their registration on
either of these mornings, if pos
sible, and that they contact other
girls not in town who are known ;
to-Wish to attend camp.
President Holds 45-Minute ’Sitting I p
Conference With White House Aides
WASHINGTON. Iff*— President
Eisenhower held a 45 minute
"sitting up” work conference
with White House aides today but
remained aloof—officially at least
—from a metting of Republican
convention planners a few blocks
away.
Today was the longest period
Elsenhower has sat up in a chair
since his June 9 abdominal oper
ation His press secretary. James
C. Hagerty, said the President is
no! particularly tired after htt
daily meetings with staff mem
bers, but added:
"He knew when he got back
to bed that he had been sitting
up for a long time.’
Hagerty replied "sure" when
asked tf Eisenhower knew about
today’s meeting of 40 GOP lead
ers to complete arrangements for
the national convention In an
swer to a further Question, Hag
erty said Eisenhower would “pro
bably” get a report on the meet
ing tomorrow from his chief aide,
Sherman Adams.
This would be the first appar
ent political discussion for the
President since his hospitaliza
tion began, although Hagerty de
clined to classify Adams’ report
as political.
There still was no word on
whether the President will stand
by his Feb. 29 announcement that
he will seek re-election
Nor was there any official
word on when he would leave the
hospital, although there were in
formal indications Eisenhower
might be released late next week.
In today’s work session Eisen
hower signed 11 bills, He also ac
cepted "with the greatest reluc
tance,” the resignation of Joseph
M Dodge as head of his council
on foreign economic policy
Dodge, a Detroit banker and
former federal budget director,
asked to be relieved gf ius cur
rent government post in mid-July.
Hawaiian Statehood Group Pledges
Financial Aid to Alaska Delegation
Under The ‘Alaska-Tennessee Plan’
! Communist Party
Employes Eligible
For Social Security
WASHINGTON, UR— A referee
of the Social Security Adminis
tration ruled today that employ
ment by the Communist Party in
the United States is covered
under the Social Security Act.
His decision reversed • a ruling
made last year by the Bureau of
Old Age and Survivors Insur
ance.
That bureau held that the Com
munist Party was an arm of a
foreign government, • and that
hence service performed for it
could not be used as a basis for
payment of Social Security bene
fits.
The Social Security Act ex
cludes from coverage “services
performed in the employ of a
foreign government.”
Referee Peter J. Hoegen made
the new ruling on cases involving
Seven Communist Party employes
whose eligibility for Social Secur
ity benefits has been under re
view.
Hoegen said the sole question
in determining Social Security
coverage in those cases was whe
ther an actual employee-employ
er relationship existed between
the wage earners involved and
the Soviet Union. He considered
the evidence before him was in
sufficient.
Former Male Killw
New Husband Of
Fairbanks Woman
FAIRBANKS, <* — A 24-year
old Ladd Air Force Base civilian
worker was shot to death Wed
nesday night in what police said
was an argument with another
man over the victim’s wife.
Shot in the near-midnight quar
rel m his Fairbanks apartment
was August Matt, bridegroom of
less than a month. Charged with
first degree murder for his kill
ing is Harold G. Mattonen, 34, an
iron worker who lived at Mile 34
on the Richardson Highway.
Police Mid Matts and Mattonen
apparently were arguing over the
affections of Matt’s wife, Vivian,
whom he married May 24 Of
ficers said she was married pre
viously to Mattonen. Court rec
ord* snow divorce proceedings
between Vine main* Theresa Mat
tonen and Harold G. Mattonen
were filed on May 2t The action
stiU la pending.
Mattonen* bail has been set
at $20,000
> WASHINGTON, UP) — Hawaii
and Alaska have moved closer
together in their campaign for
statehood.
Dr. Gregg M. Sinclair, presi
dent emeritus of the University
of Hawaii and chairman of the
Citizens Advisory Committee for
Hawaiian Statehood, announced
yesterday his full support for a
new statehood step being taken
by Alaska.
The support is expected to in
clude financial aid, Sinclair said
at a news conference which he
held with Delegate Bartlett of
Alaska.
Under the “Tennessee Plan”
Alaska this year will elect two
“senators” and a “representative”
and send them to Washington to
“knock on doors” and press for
the territory’s admittance as a
state.
Sinclair said expenses of the
“senators” and the “representa
tive” are expected to be consid
erable, especially for secretarial
help, and that is where his Ha
waiian committee will attempt to
give financial assistance.
Anything that will serve to
bring statehood to Alaska will
also benefit Hawaii’s own cause,
Sinclair said, adding that the two
territories must go “arm in arm”
in the statehood fight.
Statehood bills have made no
: progress this year. A bill to give
I statehood to both Hawaii and
Alaska was sent back to commit
tee by the House. A similar bill is
still resting in Senate committee.
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Venezuelan Inspectors To
Investigate Crash Of
Airliner Near New York
NEW YORK, (if — Venezuelan
government inspectors flew north
Thursday to try to find out why
a giant four - engined airliner
burst into flames and fell into
the sea within sight of New York,
carrying 74 persons to their
deaths
The Venezuelan Superconstel
[ lation crashed 32 miles off the
New Jersey coast early Wednes
day, beyond the territorial waters
of the United States.
It was out of the jurisdiction
of the U S Civil Aeronautic*
Board, but the CAB quickly went
into action, collecting what evi
dence it could and standing ready
j to help its Venezuelan counter
part probe the tragedy
Twenty of those aboard were
1 Americans. Of the Venezuelans,
24 were students in this country,
ranging in age from 12 to 20, re
i turning home for summer vaca
I terns.
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YOUTH CENTER BENEFIT
MANY. MANY VALUABLE
TONIGHT at VRCTIC (LIB—8 to lfc3# pan. PRIZES WILL Be given
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