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VOL. LX No. 96 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1958 Per Copy—154
CAB Recommends SAS Be Given
Permanent Anchorage-Europe Route
WASHINGTON, UP) — A Civil
Aeronautics Board examiner rec
ommended today that the tem
porary transpolar route of the
Scandinavian Airlines System
between Europe and Los Angeles
be made permanent.
Examiner Leslie G. Donahue
also recommended that SAS be
given a permanent route "be
tween Europe and Anchorage.
The CAB will consider the
examiner’s findings in making its
own report to President Eisen
hower, who must rule on all
CAB cases involving foreign
countries.
SAS started service between
Scandinavia and Los Angeles,
by way of Greenland, Nov. 15,
under a three-year permit which
has been extended pending a
decision on renewal.
In February, 1957, SAS opened
a new polar route between Scan
dinavia and Japan by way of
Anchorage, but without right to
pick up or discharge traffic at
the Alaskan city.
Donahue presented traffic re
ports to show that SAS has oper
ated the Los Angeles route with
increasing success.
The examiner added that the
Alaskan service proposed by SAS
would make possible travel be
tween Alaska and Europe on a
1614-hour non-stop flight. This
would reduce the travel time be
tween Anchorage and Copenha
gen or Amsterdam by as much as
two days.
Politics Given
Reason For Lag In
Missile Research
WASHINGTON, UP) — A Demo
cratic-controlled house committee
said today the United States lost
several years in missile research
because of money cuts by the
Government Operations Commit
tee in turn accused the Demo
* era tic majority of “carelessly
playing politics with national
defense” and spending public
funds for an investigation pro
moting what they called “Demo
cratic political propaganda.”
The GOP members said the
Democrats hit right at President
Eisenhower and his former Sec
retary of Defense, Charles E.
Wilson.
The conflicting views were in a
report on an inquiry into De
fense DepartmeyP research and
development efforts. The inquiry
was begun after Russia beat the
United States in launching the
first earth satellite last fall.
The report’s 22 recommenda
tions generally called for (1) cut
ting down on red tape it said
was holding up research pro
jects, (2) a steady course instead
of stop-and-go efforts, (3) pushing
competitive endeavors a t early i
stages rather than banking on a I
single line of research, (4) use by
Secretary of Defense McElroy of
wider powers under the new re
organization law to streamline
research efforts, and (5) a study to
be made by nongovernment man
‘ agement consultants.
Navy Blimp Enroute
Home After Trip
To Arctic Ice Island
SOUTH WEYMOUTH, Mass.,
(£">—The Navy blimp ZPG-2
headed southward today from a
polar ice island after complet
ing its mission of demonstrating
supply and observation possibil
ities.
The Navy said the blimp, with
its crew of 14 and a team of
International Geophysical Year
scientists, is expected to arrive
at the air station in South Wey
mouth tomorrow.
A Navy spokesman said the
blimp hovered over T-3, a float
ing ice island less than 500 miles
from the North Pole, for about an
hour last Saturday.
It headed toward Ft. Churchill,
Manitoba, after demonstrating
airships could be used for supply
and observations purposes at the
pole.
Khrushchev Sends New
Note To MacMillan
LONDON, {ffi — Soviet Premier
Khrushchev sent British Prime#
Minister Harold MacMillan a new
note today expressing hope the
special session of the U.N. Gen
eral Assembly would clear the
way for an East-West summit
conference.
Khrushchev said in the note,
broadcast by Moscow radio, that
an urgent need for summit talks
was “becoming even more ap
parent in the light of recent
events in the Near and Middle
East.”
British officials, who dis
closed arrival of the note earlier
today, said Khrushchev had no
really new proposals to make
concerning the Middle East or
summit talks.
American Women Have
22% More Children
WASHINGTON, UP) — Ameri
can women now in their child
bearing years have 22 per cent
more children on the average
than in 1950, the Census Bureau
said today.
Each 1,000 women between
the ages of 15 and 44 average
1,606 children at the time of the
most recent survey, in March
1957, the Bureau said. In 1950
the average was 1,395.
The report said the gain in
average number of children was
greatest among women 30 to 44
years old. It noted they “lived
through their years of maximum
children bearing during the war
and postwar years, when birth
rates were especially high.”
Winnie Living It Up
On French Rivierra
NICE," France. UP) — Sir Win
ston Churchill is living it up on
his Riviera vacation.
The former British Prime Mini
ster yesterday boarded the
Christina, a yacht owned by mil
lionaire Aristotle Onassis. in
Monaco Harbor and lunched with
film star Greta Garbo. Onassis
and his wife also invited Church
ill’s Riviera host, Lord Beaver
brook, and George Schlee, a
friend of Miss Garbo.
Following the lunch, Church
ill stayed on to play cards with
Miss Garbo, Schlee, Onassis and
Mrs. Onassis on the deck. A
crowd of curious persons strained
to watch the game from the
shore.
Committee Differs
On Interpretation
Adams Report
WASHINGTON, UP) — Some
Democratic and Republican mem
bers of a House subcommittee
differ sharply on whether their
report vindicates the conduct of
Sherman Adams in a military
contract settlement case.
The report by the House Armed
Services Investigations Subcom
mittee, said it found no evidence
indicating Presidential assistant
Adams intended to influence the
$40,382 refund, after nearly 17
years, to Raylaine Worsteds Jnc.,
Manchester, N.H.
But when interviewed, mem
bers of the subcommittee divided
along party lines in putting
their own interpretations on
their findings.
The report, adopted unani
mously, was described by Rep.
Porter Hardy (D-Va), as a mini
mum in the way of conclusions,
but a maximum on which the
subcommittee could agree.”
Republicans hailed the report
as vindication of Adams, who
has been involved in two Con
gressional investigations of ' re1
ports that his prestige was used
to get favored treatment for
others. Adams has denied bring
ing and improper pressure to
bear.
In its report, the subcommittee
determined that Sen. Styles
Bridges and Rep. Chester E. Mer
row, both New Hampshire Repub
licans, and Sen. Irving M. Ives
(R-NY) at various times made
inquiries about the Raylaine case.
But there was no criticism of
these Congress members in the
report or in interviews.
On the Adams aspect of the
case, Hardy suggested the public
read the transcript of the sub
committee’s closed door hearings
and “judge for themselves wheth
er the conduct disclosed in the
subcommittee hearings conforms
either to their personal standards
or to the preachments which have
been voiced in high places.”
Rep. William E. Hess (Ohio),
Senior Republican member of the
subcommittee, said, such a read
ing would show not one scintilla
of evidence of any attempt to
influence the Armed Services
Board of contract appeals either
by Sherman Adams or members
of Congress.”
Fairbanks Baseball
Team Leads Juneau
In Legion Tourney
JUNEAU, (#> — The Fairbanks
American Legion Baseball team
took both games of a doublehead
er from the Auke Bay-Juneau
team yesterday 6-4 and 3-2. This
put Fairbanks ahead two games
to one in the best three of five
series.
Juneau defeated Fairbanks 6-3
Saturday.
The teams meet again today.
SUNDAY BALL SCORES
National League
Milwaukee 8-14, Philadelphia 7-3
San Francisco 12, Los Angeles 8
Chicago 9-2. St. Louis 4-6
Pittsburgh 3-4, Cincinnati 2-3
American League
New York 7-3, Boston 5-9
Cleveland 11-2, Kansas City 2-4
Chicago 5-3, Detroit 2-4
Washington 6-1, Baltimore 2-6
Pacific; Coast League
Portland 3-7, Salt Lake City 2-3
Phoenix 1, Vancouver 0
San Diego 4-4, Seattle 2-3
Spokane 3. Sacramento 1
Secretary Seaton Labels Native
‘Reservations’ Rumor Wholly False
JUNEAU, Saturday, Iff)—Inter
ior Secretary Fred Seaton has
called “false and malicious ru
mor” reports that Alaska Natives
would be moved onto reserva
tions if the territory becomes a
state.
Gov. Mike Stepovich made
public a letter received from Sea
ton, replying to an inquiry the
governor received from the Alas
ka Native Brotherhood.
ANS Director James Hawkins
described the circulated report
“an especially vicious rumor.”
Stepovich said he . did not
know how the reports began. But
he said he was told by ANB
leaders that such statements were
being circulated throughout vil
lages in all parts of Alaska'.
Belief was being expressed,
however, that the reports were
started in an effort to swing
Native votes against statehood
referendums in a special elec
tion scheduled Aug. 26.
“There is no truth at all in
the rumor that the Alaska state
hood law will require Natives
to live on reservations,” Seaton’s
letter to Stepovich said.
“As American citizens, Alas
ka Natives have, and are en
titled to, all the rights of other
American citizens.
His letter added:
“The law makes no change
in the right of Alaska Natives
to live where they are living now.
The Natives, if they wish, may
stay where they are and they can
use the same lands they have
been using.”
Seaton said the Department .
of Interior - is opposed to the
creation of reservations for Alas
ka Natives. “We do not want
any more reservations,” he said.
“There is no question,” Sea
ton said, “that the Natives will
be better off after Alaska be
comes a state.”
Hawkins, who just last week
took over as head of the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs agency in
Alaska, said statehood would
usher in a new era for the Native
people of Alaska.”
Hawkins .said statehood would .
give Natives “a voice in the State
Legislature unknown before this
! time.”
Charge Weight Reducers
Bilk U.S. Public Of
$100 Million Annually
WASHINGTON, UR — Take it
from House investigators: if you
want to lose weight, eat less.
This advice is contained in a
strongly worded report saying
U.S. consigners are being bilked
out of roughly 100 million dol
lars a year for preparations ad
vertised as weight reducers.
The report, issued yesterday by
House Government Operations
Committee, put much of the
blame on the Federal Trade
Commission.
It accused the FTC of a 12
year paralysis in cracking down
on false advertising claims in the.
weight reducer field.
Oil, Gas And Coal
Lands In Alaska
To Be Opened Up
WASHINGTON, UR — A bill
opening up opportunities on oil,
gas and coal lands in Alaska was
passed by the Senate today.
Occupancy of such lands now
is limited to claims under the
General Homestead Law. The
bill would permit occupancy un
der laws dealing with homesites,
headquarters sites, trade and
manufacturing sites and soldiers’
additional homestead entries.
The bill was returned to the
House for action on a Senate
amendment.
Five Persons Killed
In Head-on Crash
Of Passenger Trains
STERLINGTON, N.Y., UR —
Five persons were killed and at
least 25 injured today when two
Erie Railroad passenger trains
crashed headon as the result of
a missed signal.
Two of the victims were pas
sengers a man and woman.
Their bodies were cut from the
wreckage of the first car on a
four-coach commuter train bound
from Monroe. N.Y., to Hoboken,
N.J.
The other victims were all
members of the crew of the same
train.
Hawaiian Bids
For Texas’ Help
In Statehood Try
FORT' WORTH, Tex.. UP) — A
Hawaiian who has been tolling
a Liberty Bell replica for state
hood across the United States of
fered Texans a deal yesterday for
statehood support in Congress in •
Congress.
Jackson McBride of Honolulu
rolled into Fort Worth on a truck.
It’s adorned with the bell, a 50
star flag and snappy slogans.
His proposition goes like this:
If House Speaker Sam Rayburn
will back Hawaiian statehood,
McBride will get Hawaii to help
Texas beat out Alaska for the
title of largest state.
McBride claims Hawaii has
enough submerged land in the
Pacific to return Texas to the
No. 1 status. He said he’d work
for such a land grant.
When McBride rang the bell
three times recently on the capi
tol grounds in Washington, he
was run off by Capitol guards, »
he said. McBride said he then
applied to Rayburn for permis
sion to ring the bell some more
and the request was denied.
McBride, a native of Atlanta.
Ga., said he found southerners
along his way favored statehood:
“Southerners have never been
opposed to a state managing its
own affairs, which is what Hawaii
wants to do,” he said.
Bing And Kathy
Parents of 7-Pound Boy
HOLLYWOOD, UP) — Bing
Crosby’s new son and Kathy
Crosby will leave the hospital
Wednesday.
The 7-pound 9-ounce young
ster, born Friday, has been named
Harry Lillis Crosby III after his
celebrated father and _ grand
father.
The name was selected by
Kathy’s mother, Mrs. Olive
Grandstaff of West Columbia,
Tex,, who came to be with
daughter and grandson.
Bing has been a daily visitor
at Queen of Angels Hospital in
Los Angeles.