State Prisoners Will Be
Kept in Federal Jails
Until June 30, 1960
JUNEAU — Governor William
Egan announced agreement with
the Federal Bureau of Prisons for
continued care of prisoners at
Alaskan institutions through next
June 30.
The Governor’s announcement
followed a telephoned report from
Washington, D. C., where Attor
ney General John Rader and Com
missioner Paul L. Winsor have
been consulting with James V.
Bennett, director of the federal
bureau.
The two state officials said Ben
nett, on behalf of the bureau, has
agreed to continue care of prison
ers at federal jails in Fairbanks
and Anchorage and the prison
farm at Elmendorf AFB through
next June 30 for $1.19 a day for
each prisoner.
The figure, well under the av
erage daily rate, will result in
savings to the state of an esti
mated $70,000 over the six-month
period, the Governor said.
ALASKA RANKS FIRST IN
FORET SERVICE HOLDINGS
WASHINGTON, UP) — Alaska
is listed in a new report as first,
and Idaho a close second, among
the states in the amount of land
administered by the National
Forest Service.
The service report said Alaska
had 20,742,280 acres in national
forests or other lands administered
by the service as of June 30. Ida
ho had 20,344,103 acres.
Oregon had 14,938,785, and
Washington 9,714,465 acres.
DANISH REDS CONVICTED
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, GP> —
Seven Danes, including admitted
Communist Party members, werft
convicted today of serving as in
telligence agents for East Grmany
and sentenced to prison terms
ranging from 18 months to 5
years.
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Secret Report
Shows Soviet Arms
Race Accelerated
By HERB ALTSCHULL
PARIS, UPi — Authoritative in
formants said Saturday the West
ern alliances has been given a
secret intelligence report showing
Soviet military might is increas
ing at an enormous rate.
These informants said the re
port was presented to the foreign
and defense ministers of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion Wednesday by U.S. Admiral
Walter Boone. He represented the
American-British-French military
standing group which plans NATO
strategy.
“The delegates were alarmed
and shocked,” one informant said.
Among the things Boone re
portedly told the ministers:
1. The Russians have a missile
which can fire a, 1,800-pound
atomic warhead up to 5,000 miles.
2. The Soviet Union has opera
tional missiles of relatively short
range which can be fired from
submerged submarines. These
missiles are relatively inexpensive
and are being stockpiled quickly.
Boone was said to have ex
i pressed concern that while j they
were preaching peace, disarma
I ment and relaxation of tensions,
the Russians were building their
i military machine at an ever in
; creasing rate.
No Trace of California
P’ane Lost Near Annette
1 JUNEAU, (#> — No trace was
found during the weekend of
a twin - engine PBY amphibian
plane which vanished Thursday
night near Annette Island, with
three California men aboard.
Coast Guard headquarters here
said today two cutters were con
tinuing the search and would be
joined by two planes if weather
! permits.
The pilot, Philip Gray of Sausa
I lito, Calif., radioed near the end
of the 250-mile flight from here
to Annette Island that the plane
had developed trouble in one
engine.
GORY SHOCK TREATMENT
LONDON, (#) — A letter from
the Batersea City Hall arrived for
19-year-old Victor Broker on the
day after his funeral.
It demanded payment for sand
used in cleaning up bloodstains
after an auto accident.
Victor’s widow collapsed when
she read it. Her husband was
killed in the accident.
Last Civil War !
Veteran Dies at
Home in Texas
HOUSTON, Tex., UP) — Hun
dreds passed the bier of Walter
W. Williams today to pay homage
to the last veteran of the Civil
War. The Confederate forage mas
ter died Saturday.
He lay in state in the gray, gold
braided uniform of a Confederate
officer in the paneled and draped
rotunda of the County Civil
Courts Building.
Williams won countless battles
against sedious illness in recent
years. He died Saturday of com
plications that followed his fourth
attack of pneumonia since
summer.
The nation’s flags flew at half
staff by executive order in honor
of the Civil War’s last survivor,
his comrades and the soldiers of
the Union.
Relatives placed his age at 117.
“The wounds of the deep and
bitter dispute which once divided
our nation have long since healed,
and a united America in a divided
world now holds up on a larger j
canvas the cherished traditions of |
liberty and justice for all,” Presi- j
dent Eisenhower said in a state- j
ment released by the White House.
“No longer are they the blue j
and the gray. All re§t together as
Americans in honored glory. An j
era has ended.”
The old soldier will rest in the
rotunda for 48 hours, an honor
guard of 4th U. S. Army soldiers
at his side.
A military procession will es
cort the body to the Baptist
Church for funeral services at 11
a.m. Wednesday. Graveside mili
tary rites will be held in the small [
town of Franklin, Tex., about 125
miles northwest of here.
Williams listed his service con
nection as a forage master in
Company C, Fifth Regiment of
Hood’s Brigade during the closing
months of the Civil War.
He had more than 200 surviving
descendants, including five sons
and five daughters.
DR. PATTI TO BE PRESENT
AT SEATTLE U. HOMECOMING
COLLEGE — Dr. Ernest N.
Patty, University of Alaska presi
dent, has received an invitation to
Seattle University’s homecoming
week, January 30 to February 6,
1960. The university has selected
Alaska as its theme.
CAVOTA'S WILL BE OPEN
Until 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday
Until 9 Wednesday and Thursday
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Scouts Planning
Big ’60 Jamboree
At Colo. Springs
WASHINGTON — The Theme
for the Fifth National Jamboree
will be “For God and Country.”
It will be held at Colorado
Springs, Colo., on 2,000 acres
situated eight miles north of Col
orado Springs, adjacent to U. S.
Highway 85-67 and across the
highway from the U. S. Air Force
Academy. Rich in historical back
ground, this area is representative
of the new frontier of America.
The Jamboree will be held on
the dates of July 22 to 28, with
50,000 Scouts and Explorers and
their leaders participating in a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Any Boy Scout who is at least
12 years of age, or an Explorer
who has been registered for a
minimum of three months, can
qualify as a member of the local
Jamboree Troop.
Each Troop and Post will have
the privilege of sending one can
didate to the Jamboree.
Flight Records Indicate
Higher Cargo, Less
Passenger Traffic in State
ANCHORAGE — More aircraft
departures and fewer passengers
marked the record of scheduled
air transport in Alaska in the year
ending June 30, 1959, according
to a recent report by the Fed
eral Aviation Agency.
Nationally, the communities now
numbering more than 500, served
by scheduled carriers, recorded
3,232,866 aircraft departures, with
45,531.467 passengers emplaned,
156,304 tons of airmail and 474,157
tons of cargo. Each of these fig
ures showed an increase over the
previous year, the passengers in
creasing from 43,568,139.
Alaska carriers handled more
tons of air mail, 7,749 to 6,502;
and less cargo, 10,958 to 11,545.
Cargo is likely to vary consider
ably in Alaska, where one large
construction job in a remote area
will cause a big increase in a
year’s figures.
Figures for Nome are: Aircraft
departures (1958 given first, then
figures for 1959) — 2,202, 2,301;
Passengers emplaned — 9,974,
5,639; Tons, air mail — 210, 305;
Tons cargo — 417, 384.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dur.bai
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS. W.M.
Norv in w. Lewis, Sec
Meets First end Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ash Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA SUNDSTROM. Secty.
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