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VOL. LX No. 108 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1958 Per Copy—15^
U. S. Ready To
Support Chiang
In Event Of War
WASHINGTON, UP) — Secretary
of State Dulles hinted Tuesday
that the United States is ready
to offer concessions if Red China
will renounce the use of force in
the Formosa Straits.
Dulles told a news conference
he could not go into details in
advance of expected diplomatic
talks with Red China at Warsaw.
At the same time, Dulles em
phasized again that the United
States believes it is essential to
the free world’s defense posture
in the Far East to maintain a
firm stand against Red Chinese
threats to conquer Nationalist
held islands in the Formosa
Straits.
Dulles indicated that if Red
China were to attack today the
United States would help the Na
tionalist defenders, *lt first logis
tically and later with American
fighting men if the Nationalists
were unable to beat back the
Communist invaders.
But Dulles refused to spell out
precisely what the. United States
would do in any given circum
stance.
And he stressed that despite the
tension he expected no war.
He acknowledged, however,
that the situation could be com
pared with Korea and the block
ade of Berlin.
Mary Martin
To Overnight
Here Saturday
Mary Martin, the irresistible
■ Texan'star, famous for her act
ing and singing in “South Paci
- fic,” with such songs as “I’m Gon
' na Wash That Guy Right Outa
\ My Hair,’ and who rode to fame
on “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,”
f and many other popular songs, is
< expected to spend the night here
j Saturday while on her tour
<- through Alaska.
The Queen of Broadway is the
j second Texan to visit here, close
I ly following the visit of the broth
c er of the Governor, Bill Daniels,
4 who made so many friends last
t week. ^
Anchorage residents will see
Miss Martin perform for the
J Alaska Crippled Childrens Assn.,
on Sept. 17.' She is putting on
( more than 50 performances for
the various bases in the Terri
tory, after which she will return
to the States to prepare for her
1950 sh«fw, “The Singing Heart.”
F Mary Martin and her party will
w be guests at the North Star Hotel.
ei_
g Local Red Cross
Chapter Elects
± New Officers
j] The local Chapter of the Amer
,f ican Red Cross has announced
new officers with the cooperation
of John Rogers, Red Cross repre
sentative here from Ladd AFB.
The new chairman will be Car
v> rie McLain, vice chairman M. J.
lo Walsh, Beverly Morgan, treasur
,c er, Stan Morgan, home service
chairman, Carolyn Reader,' First
ir Aid; Ash’ Craft, Water Safety;
a Lloyd Draper, Disaster Chairman,
>e Jim Blanning, Military Advisor;
a; Bob Grant Jr., Red Cross Chair
r< man, and Emily Boucher, Publi
city Chairman.
0 The new board will hold a
II meeting at noon Friday at the
Bering Sea Club with Mr.
Rogers.
TUESDAY BASEBALL RESULTS
iBy The Associated Press')
National League
Philadelphia 6-4, Los Angeles 2-3.
(First game 10 innings).
Pittsburgh 4-2, San Francisco 3-1.
St. Lo rs 8, Chicago 7.
Milwaukee 3, Cincinnati 2.
American League
Cleveland 9, New York 2.
Chicago 4, Boston 1.
Detroit 7, Washington 1.
Kansas City 8> Baltimore 6.
Weather Halts
Supply Ships But
Not Red Fire
By SPENCER MOOSA
TAIPEI, Formosa, (RD — Bad
weather kept Chinese National
ist supply ships from trying to
reach Quemoy today but didn’t
stop the Communist bombard
ment of the offshore island.
It was the second straight day
that inclement weather in the
Formosa Strait halted movement
of ammunition and other supplies
under U. S. Naval escort to the
beleaguered outpost.
In Taipei, sharp resentment
was stirred by the proposal of
Sen. John Sherman Cooper (R
Ky.) that the United States per
suade the Nationalists to with
draw from the Quemoy and Mat
su islands during the projected
U. S. diplomatic talks with Red
China.
An official of cabinet rank who
would not be quoted by name
said, “We’ll never abandon Que
moy and Matsu. No matter what
happens, we’ll hold on and fight
for them. We’ve made our posi
tion clear time and again, and
it’s unchangeable.”
13 Die In Crash
Of C47 At
Elmendorf
ANCHORAGE, UP) — Thirteen
servicemen were killed here yes
terday when an Air Force C47
transport plane carrying 20 per
sons faltered at 800 feet on take
off, dropped to the ground and
burned.
The accident happened at El
mendorf AFB. The twin-engined
craft plunged to earth only 100
feet off the main runway.
Eyewitnesses said the C47, on
a routine courrier flight to isolated
posts, apparently stalled at 800
feet, veered off to the right and
then crashed to the ground.
The seven survivors, all treated
at the Elmendorf AFB hospital,
were all reported in satisfactory
condition.
Oregon Rancher
Plans To Catch
Kobuk Reindeer
PORTLAND Ore., UP) — Ranch
er John Zumstein leaves here to
day for the Arctic, where he
hopes to catch some more rein
deer.
Zumstein said he plans to get
10 or 20 reindeer to add to his
present herd of 19 on his ranch,
near Redmond, Ore.
The rancher said he will enlist
Eskimo hunters to help him cap
ture reindeer near the mouth of
the Kobuk River on the Arctic
Ocean.
Zumstein said he will have the
reindeer flown back to the States.
He plans to calm them with tran
quilizer drugs.
S’Francisco Plans
Pacific Festival
September 12 - 21
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — While
rumblings of war echo across
oceans, San Francisco will host
a gay, big and colorful Pacific
Festival here from Sept. 12
through 21.
The city where the United Na
tions was born and the 1951 peace
treaty signed with Japan this
serves notice it will continue ac
tively to foster peaceful, pleasant
contacts with other nations of the
Pacific.
There is even talk of making
these contacts permanent, pos
sibly in some new form of Pacific
Union.
The festival is a short-notice
affair. Emphasis will be on the
fiesta spirit, with plenty of pa
geantry, parades, pretty girls,
music, dancing, feasting and
fireworks.
Festival sponsors say Alaska’s
Statehood and Hawaii’s . high
hopes for it were among factors
which helped spark the event.
Mike Stepovich, Alaska’s gover
nor until he resigned to run for
the U. S. Senate, and Gov, Wil
liam Quinn of Hawaii will share
the rostrum at a luncheon for
1,000 Sept. 19 at the Sheraton
Palace Hotel.
White House
Denies Rumor Of
Adams Resignation
NEWPORT, R. I. UP) — The
summer White House today de
nied a published report that Sher
man Adams, target of hot fire in
the Bernard Foldfine case, has
resigned as President Eisenhow
er’s chief aide.
“It is just not true,” Press Sec
retary James C. Hagerty said in
comment on a resignation story
in the Laconia, N. H., Evening
Citizen.
“There has ben no resignation
in any shape, form or manner sub
mitted by Governor Adams,” Hag
ertay added.
The Hagerty denial came
against the background of the
Republican political disaster in
the Maine elections Monday.
There had been reports in Wash
ington and elsewhere that Adams
will leave soon as Eisenhower’s
chief aide because GOP candi
dates regard him as a major po
litical liability.
Iceland “Codfish
War” Flares Anew
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, OR—'The
codfish war flared up in Iceland’s
no-fishing zone today. The Coast
Guard charged that British traw
lers were ramming Icelandic
gunboats to avoid arrest.
At the same time, Iceland took
new s^pps to settle its 10-day dis
pute with Britain over the uni
lateral action that extended the
territorial waters 12 miles from
these rocky shores. *
Foreign Minister Gudmundur
Gudmundsson rejected a British
call for £ new conference of the
sea to settle the issue. Gudmund
sson said the issue should be
settled by the U, N. General As
sembly which convenes Sept. 16.
Gudmundsson plans to leave
for New York Saturday to lay
his country’s case before the
Assembly.
The Coast Guard said at least
11 British trawlers are still fish
ing inside the 12-mile limit.
Democrats Poll Unexpected
Strength In 10 State Primaries
By the Associated. Press &
Democrats, turning out in rec
ord numbers, posted major voting
gains in Tuesday’s 10-state upri
mary elections.
The party upsurge stood out
particularly in Wisconsin, Minne
sota and Utah. It came on the
heels of Democratic victories in
Maine on Monday.
The strength of the Democratic
turnout featured what was other
wise true-to-form voting in the
year’s last big series of primary '
contests for Congress and gov
ernor.
Hot party contests may have
played a big part in getting out
the Democratic voters.
In Wisconsin, Democrats topped
the combined GOP vote, for the
first time in this century. An un
precedented turnout in some ,ci
t i e s, particularly Milwaukee,
rolled up the Democratic total.
Rural Wisconsin still favored the
Republicans.
Utah Democrats displayed un
preceddhted strength in nominat
ing Frank Moss to oppose veteran
Repubican Sen. Arthur Watkins.
And in Minnesota the Demo
crats rolled up substantially big
ger votes than the Republicans in
almost all contests.
Generally, the established poli
tical pattern prevailed as Repub
licans and Democrats tapped their
candidates Tuesday in Florida,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Arizona, Colorado, Utah and
Washington.
These were the major results:
1. Sen. Spessard Holland de
feated former Sen. Claude Pep
per in the 58-year-old Liberal’s
bid for a return to the U. S. Sen
ate in the Florida Democratic pri
mary, equivalent to election in
that state.
2. Gov. Ernest McFarland of
Arizona was en route to clearing
the first hurdle in his attempt to
return to the Senate by rolling up
an early 2-1 lead over Stephen
Langmade. McFarland’s Novem
ber opponent would be Repub
lican Sen. Barry Goldwater, the
man who ousted him in 1952.
3. Two senators — Arthur Wat
kins (R-Utah) and William Prox
mire (D-Wis.) handily beat back
intraparty challenges but may be
faced with serious trouble in No
vember because of heavy vote to
tals polled by the opposition par
ties in their primaries. Watkins
will be pitted against Democrat
Frank Moss and former Gov. J.
Bracken Lee, running as an Inde
pendent.
4. Rep. Coya Kutson (D-Minn.)
the lady legislator who defied her
husband’s demand that she give
up politics and come home, was
locked in a tight struggle with
Marvin Evenson in Minnesota.
Tuesday’s contests involving
8 Senate seats, 59 House berth*
and 7 governorships, completed
the 1958 primary elections except
for Georgia and Rhode Island.
Georgia comes up today, hold
ing a Democratic primary for
governor and 10 House seats.
Rhode Island has a split deal pri
mary — the Democrats holding
their next Wednesday and the
Republicans Sept. 25.
N. Y. Atty. Gen.
Will Help Alaska
Protect Investors
NEW YORK, 0?) — Atty. Gen.
Louis J. Lefkowitz today for
warded to Alaskan authorities
a revised and up-to-date edition
of New York State’s securities
law, known as the Martin Act.
He said it was another move in
his efforts to assist Alaskan au
thorities in the formulation of
strict regulations to protect se
curities investors! Lefkowitz said:
“Alaska, with its vast untapped
natural resources, presents a new
frontier of great possibilities to
enterprising young industries.
“Unfortunately, however, it un
doubtedly will also attract a
swarm of unscrupulous get-rich
quick * promoters who will prey
upon the investing public. New
York, as the financial center of
the world, is deeply concerned
with helping Alaskan authorities
to curb these phony operators be
fore they can even get started.”
In a letter accompanying the
securities law edition, Lefkowitz
said members of his staff would
be available to confer with and
help Alaskan officials.
Lefkowitz, who has campaigned
against out-of-state and Canadian
stock swindlers as well as those
within the state, said:«>
“Alaskan representatives have
evidenced their awareness of the
dangers that may arise and have
-made plain their eagerness to be
cooperative. I am confident that
joint action by Alaskan authori
ties and my office will provyle
maximum protection for investors
from New York and elsewhere.”
Eisenhower To Make
Nationwide Address
On Far East Crisis
NEWPORT, R. I., UPl — Presi
dent Eisenhower will make a ma
jor nationwide television-radio ad
dress from Washington tomorrow
night on the Far East crisis.
Announcing this today, White
House Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty refused to say whether
any emergency development in
the Formosa Strait situation had
prompted Eisenhower’s decision
to go on the air. ,
Eisenhower will speak from
his White House office in Wash
ington tomorrow evening for
half an hour starting at 9 p.m.
(EST).
Network details had not been
worked out yet when Hagerty
made his announcement, but
there will be both “live” and de
layed broadcasts.
Round-The-World Pilot
Resumes Journey
ROME, UPl — Capt. Charles F.
Banfe Jr., whose New York-to
Rome non-stop flight ended Mon
day in a Corsican vineyard, flew
into Rome today in his^single
engine plane.
Banfe, a Pan American pilot
from Palo Alto, Calif., said he
still planned to complete his solo
flight around the world.
Fuel line trouble forced' him to
make an emergency landing in
the vineyard.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with occasional rain or
drizzle. Southeast winds, 10 to
20 miles per hour. Low tonight,
45-50. High tomorrow, 50-55.
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