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VOL. LX No. 126 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22,-1958 Per Copy—154
Dulles And Chiang Confer As U. S.
Warns Reds We Will Resume Escorts
By SPENCER MOOSA
TAIPEI, Formosa, UP — Secre
tary of State Dulles and President
Chiang Kai-Shek held new crisis
talks today as a fierce artillery
duel raged between Communist
and Nationalist big guns.
On this second day of Dulles’
visit, the United States warned
Red China it will resume escort
ing supply ships to Quemoy if
that becomes a military necessi
ty. But the Reds stepped up their
bombardment of the Quemoys,
raining nearly 1,000 shells an
hour on the offshore stronghold.
The Nationalist Defense Min
istry said their guns on Quemoy
answered the Communist barrage
but gave no figures on what AP
correspondent David Lancashire
on Quemoy called a shell-for-shell
return.
Lancashire reported nine civi
lians have been killed and seven
wounded during the three days of
Communist shelling.
Dulles and his aides held three
meetings with Chiang Tuesday, a
45-minute session this morning,
and meet tonight for another state
dinner, to be followed by talks.
The first announced result of
the conference was a statement
authorized by Dulles and issued
by U. S. Ambassador Everett F.
Drumright warning that U. S.
warships may return to escort
duty to Quemoy.
There were indications the Na
tionalists had hoped for a stronger
statement saying convoying will
be resumed immediately.
The U. S.-Formosa Defense
Command’s spokesman said no or
ders to resume convoying have
been issued because during the
15-day cease-fire Quemoy was
stockpiled with food and ammuni
tion enough for a winter’s siege.
Walter S. Robertson, assistant
Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs and No. 2 American in the
talks, took pains* at a news confer
ence to deny rumors of a rift
during the session.
The rumors were reported cir
culated toy low-level Nationalist
officials who fear the United
States wants Chiange to reduce
his garrisons on the offshore
islands.
'Robertson said that in the face
of the renewed Communist offen
sive “I doubt whether the Presi
dent or Secretary would recom
mend reducing troops on the of
shore islands.”
President Eisenhower’s and
Dulles’ criticism of the manpower
maintained in the Quemoy Is
lands garrisons was strictly from
a military point of view, Robert
son asserted.
Eisenhower, Nixon, Truman Blast
Opposition In Stumping Campaigns
(By The Associated Press)
President Eisenhower carried
his vote-Republican offensive in
to the Midwest today after rak
ing the Democrats in a California
foray. Former President Truman
said Eisenhower and Vice Presi
dent Nixon are jittery over elec
tion prospects.
Eisenhower flew to Chicago
Tuesday night from San Francis
co, where he blamed Democrats
in Congress for preventing enact
ment of his proposals to “fumi
gated' corruptly run labor unions.
The President a so said Demo
crats have given impetus to what
he called a “dangerous drift
toward centralization” of gov
ernment.
In a speech prepared for a ral
ly at the Delaware city of Wil
mington, Truman scoffed at Eis
enhower’s talk of running a sound
government.
He said “a sound government
to the Republicans is the kind of
government in which the Presi
dent makes nice sounds while the
vice president snarls.”
Truman said the Eisenhower ad
ministration was responsible for
heavy unemployment, record liv
ing costs, a drop in farm income,
a big federal deficit, dangerous
delays in defense buildup and
what he called “a decay of our
world position through blunder,
bluster, and brinkmanship.”
Truman accused Eisenhower of
having “surrendered to the Com
munists” in the armistice which
ended fighting in Korea.
He was renewing — in sharp
er words — his contention that
he could have had agreement on
the same terms years earlier.
Truman said he didn’t do it be
cause he knew the result would be
to free Communist forces to apply
pressures elsewhere.
The former President has cau
tioned Democrats to run scared.
But he seemed to ignore his
own advice last night. He told a
party dinner at New Castle, Pa.,
that the November 4 election will
bring the biggest Democratic
landsciled since 1922.
Nixon, whose stumping has
taken him across the country, was
bound for New England today.
Speaking in Baltimore Tuesday
night, Nixon moved to woo what
he described as Democratic mod
erates who back Eisenhower’s
foreign policies. He singled out
for special mention Sen. Lynden
B. Johnson of Texas, the Senate
Democratic leader.
Nixon said he distinguishes be
tween Democrats of the Johnson
type and “the leadership which
presently controls the Democratic
National Committee, which is rad
ical in its approach to economic
problems and . . . bitterly parti
san on its criticism of the Eisen
hower foreign poliy.”
The Vice President’s remarks
about moderate and radical Dem
ocrats came amid a row between
Democratic National Chairman
Paul B. Butler and some southern
Democrats over the civil rights
issue.
Banfe Up Again
For Juneau-To-N. Y.
Non-Stop Flight
JUNEAU, UP) — Distance flier
Charles Banfe Jr. set out again
today hoping for a 25-hour, 10
minute nonstop flight from Ju
neau to New York.
The flight plan of the pilot, 39,
was to set a course for Seattle
then eastward to New York.
Banfe landed here yesterday
from Yakutat with a rough en
gine still fouled by heavy oil
added over the Aleutians last Fri
day. An all night cleaning job
flushed out the sludge.
Engine trouble and icing forced
Banfe down at Cordova Friday
and ended his hopes of a 7,022
mile nonstop distance record for
single engine planes, from Tokyo
to Miami.
Nuclear Power
For Nome . . .
Why Not?
Phil Holcjsworth, Commissioner
of Mines, arrived yesterday on
his annual visit to this area and
to confer with the local represen
tative Burand who has been here
during the summer months, and
who is scheduled to leave soon
for a winter assignment.
Mr. Holdworth stated that one
of the interesting papers heard
at the Legislative Council meet
ing at Kodiak was presented by
Dr. Wilson Frank of the Radia
tion laboratory of the University
of California, which was concern
ing the plans for the nuclear
blast at Cape Thompson. The
blast, which is planned for 1960,
is to create a harbor for the huge
deposits of coal known to exist
in that rea.
Holdsworth also said that he
wondered why the people in
Nome and vicinity did not get
behind a movement to secure a
small nuclear power plant for
this area, where power is of such
vital importance, and it would be
of such economic value. “No
where in Alaska is it more
needed than on Seward Peninsu
la,” he stated.
Muskie And Maine
Leaders Welcomed
At Anchorage Airport
ANCHORAGE, (ft — Maine’s
Governor Edmund Muskie and 23
leading businessmen from the
Pine Tree State began their good
will visit to the nation's newest
state today.
Muskie was to address'a Cham
ber of Commerce meeting during
the day.
The party arrived by plane from
Seattle yesterday afternoon and
were greeted at the airport by a
parka-clad welcoming committee,
a band and a large crowd of An
horage residents.
A dinner and reception was ar
ranged at the Ebnendorf Air Force
Base last evening at which for
mer residents of Maine now sta
tioned here with the military were
given a chance to meet the vis
itors.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy tonight and to
morrow. Lowest temperature ex
pected tonight 5, high tomorrow
15 to 20.
This Is No Time For Army To
Surrender Its Brains, Says Missile Chief
By C. YATES McDANIEL
WASHINGTON, UPl — The Ar
my’s missile chief said bluntly
today that this is no time to stir
render its best scientific brains
and resources to the new Civilian
Space Administration.
This widely-held Army view,
hitherto muted by Pentagon poli
cy restrictions, was voiced by
Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris, chief
of the Ordnance Command at
Huntsville, Ala.
Medaris said “There is a time
to paddle and a time not to rock
the boat.”
His comment came in response
to a question asking the Army’s
opinion of the Space Administra
tion’s announced proposal to ab
sorb some 2,100 top Army scien
tists and engineers and the Army’s
key missile and space laborator
ies.
Medaris said any effort to di
vide what he called the Army’s
patiently built up scientific team,
including top German scientists,
would interfere with the momen
tum gained.
“If this momentum is interfered
with for any reason,” he added,
“the results will not toe so good.”
The proposal by J)r. Keith Glen
nan, the new Civilian Space Ad
ministrator to absorb the Army
scientists- and laboratory facilities
is one to be decided at the White
House. President Eisenhower told
a news conference a week ago
that he was having studies made
of what missile facilities should
be transferred to the civilian
agency.
The Army’s chief of research
and development, Lt. Gen. Ar
thur Trudeau, called for a vigor
ous push in the field of chemical
and germ warfare.
Trudeau said defense against
chemical and biological agents
was most vital because of “indi
cations of Russian intent to em
ploy some or all of them in war.”
$617,413 Allocated For Second
Division Road Work in 1959-60
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Seattle Chamber
Members Arriving
Here Today
The Wien Airlines plane was
scheduled to arrive at 2:00 this
afternoon with the delegation of
the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce members who are making
an overnight stop in Nome.
Those on the flight are:
Dean Eastman, president of the
Seattle Chamber, Mrs. Eastman,
Mr. and Mrs. John Hale, Robert
Gage, Jack Anderson, Gordon
Wilson, Hugh Corbett, Robert
Fletcher, John White, Fred J.
Hofman, Mrs. Blanche Wolman,
Mrs. O’Rourke, and Mr. Spring.
Dinner in their honor will be
at the Seaview Room this eve
ning at 7:00 pm. preceded by a
cocktail hour at both the Bering
Sea Club and the Polaris.
Alaska Flag To Be
Presented At Army
Association Convention
WASHINGTON, UP) — Alaska’s
flag, symbol of the 49th State,
will be presented today to the
Association of the U. S. Army,
now meeting here in annual con
vention.
Jack Anderson of Anchorage,
representing Alaska’s acting Gov
ernor Waino Hendrickson at the
session, said he had arranged the
presentation at Hendrickson’s re
quest.
The flag was to ibe given this
afternoon to Major General An
thony J. Drexel Biddle of the
Pennsylvania National Guard, As
sociation president.
Ed Sullivan To
Make TV Films In
Alaska And India
NEW YORK, UP) — Ed Sullivan
plans to go to India late in Jan
uary to film a one-hour television
program, to be shown on the
CBS network.
He will use Indian talent, in
cluding dancers, singers and in
strumentalists.
The TV producer and host
leaves here tomorrow for another
trip to Alaska, where he is re
cording a television show for pres
entation from here December 7.
JUNEAU, UP)—The Second Div
ision was allocated $617,413 for
four secondary road projects in
the 1959-60 federal aid construc
tion program, the Highway De
partment announced Tuesday.
The funds represent 8.7 per
cent of a $7,096,700 total avail
able for construction from $15,
212,869 federal apportionment for
Alaska, he latter figure includes
10 per cent territorial matching
funds of $1,382,988.
The total of $7,328,200 goes for
road maintenance, BPR adminis
tration, planning, building con
struction and guard rail installa
tions. Another $788,000 is set
aside for survey uses.
The Third Division gets $3,328,
352 for eight primary and seven
secondary projects. The Fourth
Division gets $2,114,817 for three
primary and three secondary
projects. The First Division gets
$1,036,118 for three primary and
three secondary projects.
The largest single project calls
for paving 35 miles of the Alaska
Highway near Northway Junc
tion for $1,150,000.
The Second Division projects
are: $300,000 for grading and
drainage on 16.7 miles of the
Norn e-Teller road to the Sinuk
River area; $200,000 for grad
ing and drainage of 6 miles of
the Nome-Kougarok road from
the Kuzitrin River to Coffee
Creek; $75,000 for rock protection
at Mile 17 on the NomerCeuncil
road; and $42,413 for the Quartz
Creek Bridge on the Nome
Council road.
Airlines Face
Economic Day
Of Reckoning
HONOLULU, m — Commercial
airlines will face an economic day
of reckoning in 1960 and 1961 as
the costs of new jet aircraft pile
up, United Air Lines President
William A. Patterson said today.
As a result, he predicted, there
will be mergers.
“Every airline in the country >
will have to be thinking of some
thing,” Patterson told a news con
ference and added that the tag
question will be “survival.”
Patterson said it is economically
unsound for commercial jets to
operate at speeds faster than
sound.
He did not think commercial
jets capable of flying faster than
sound <760 mph. at sea level)
would be built for at least 20
years, possibly even longer. /
Patterson said United Air Lines
plans to start jet service with
Douglas DC8s between the Pa
cific Coast and Hawaii sometime
between September, 1959, and
January, 1960. The flying time
would be four hours and 23
minutes.
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Education Office
Approves $2,310,993
For Alaska Schools '
WASHINGTON, UPi — The Of
fice of Education yesterday ap
proved immediate’ payment of
$2,310,993 to Alaska for operation
of schools in federally affected
areas.
Delegate E. L. Bartlett said he
was advised the sum is part of _
more than 3 Vi million dollars to
which Alaska has been certified
as tentatively entitled during the
current school year.