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VOL. LVIII No. 104 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1956 _Per Copy—15^
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French Army Troops Move to Cyprus
To Bolster Military Position in Crisis
NICOSIA, Cyprus, JV-The first
sizeable contingent of French
troops was expected to reach this
Mediterranean island today to
bolster the French-British mili
tary position in the tense Suez
area.
An advance liaison party flew
into Nicosia last night to prepare
for arrival of the French forces,
while a cargo ship reportedly car
rying military supplies and about
150 troops dropped anchor off
Famagusta.
Unofficial sources said three
shiploads of French soldiers were
expected today. More vessels car
rying French troops are expected
Russia Held
Nuclear Tests
August 24 and 30
LONDON, —Soviet Russia
announced today it had held nu
clear weapon tests Aug. 24 and 30
“to evolve new types suitable for
the arming of different kinds of
troop formations.”
The Moscow radio said the
tests, like previous ones, were
carried out “to perfeot nuclear
weapons."
The broadcast said Soviet nu
clear tests take place as a rule at
a high altitude, which “makes it
possible to reduce considerably a
radioactive fallout.”
“With this in view, the mini
mum possible quantity of radio
active substance is used in the
tested charges” it said.
President Eisenhower announced
in Washington that the Russians’
Aug. 30 test was more powerful
than that of Aug. 24, which had
the force of almost a million tons
of TNT.
Asst. Secretary of War
Here To Obeserve A.NG.
Preparations for Camp
Franklin L. Orth, deputy to the
Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Manpower, accompanied by
Major Von T. Bartfoot, from the
Anchorage military headquarters,
and other officers have been here
for the past two days to observe
the preparations for the Alaska
National Guard encampment to
start this weekend at Dexter.
About 80 guardsmen are ex
pected to participate in the en
campment and are now coming
in from the villages.
During the. past week a training
school has been in progress here
for the men who will jerve as
instructors during the encamp
ment.
to reach this uneasy British bas
tion before the week ends.
These were other developments
in the continuing Suez crisis:
1. Britain announced the North
Atlantic Council will meet in
Paris next Wednesday “to con
sider the Suez Canal question.”
2. Egypt objected to statements
by President Eisenhower and Sec
retary of State Dulles describing
the Suez canal as an internation
alized waterway.
3. The five-member Suez com
mittee headed 'by Australian
Prime Minister Robert Menzies
met again in London to further
plans for its meeting in Cairo
Monday with Egyptian President
Nasser.
4. Britain ordered two attaches
of the British embassy in London
to leave British soil in retaliation
for Egyptian expulsion of two
British diplomats the Egyptians
charged were mixed up in a spy
ring. The British denied the spy
charges.
5. Egypt pushed its drive to
recruit pilots from abroad to
guide ships thru the Suez. There
was no indication what luck she
was having.
Labor Day Holiday
The usual observance of La
bor Day will close most of
Nome's business houses Mon
day as well as federal offices,
including the post office.
There will be no publication
of the Nugget on Monday.
Russian Woman Discus Champion
Accused in Britain of Shoplifting;
Soviets Withdraw From Track Meet
LONDON, Wt—Russia cried
blackmail today in the shoplifting
charges against the Soviet woman
discus throwing champion, Nina
Ponomareva, and cancelled a
trackmeet with Britain.
The star-studden Soviet track
and field team withdrew from a
two-day meet against British stars
due to open tonight “in protest
against this dirty provocation
against Nina.”
The red-haired Soviet champ,
27, was still missing while the
furore reached top diplomatic
level.
She is regarded as a fugitive in
Britain for failing to appear in
court yesterday to answer charges
she stole five hats valued at a
total of $4.60 during a shopping
tour in the West End store Wed
nesday.
After being booked, Nina was
released under $14 bail in the
care of a Soviet embassy official.
Then she disappeared. There was
a strong suspicion she has flown
the coop aboard a Russian freight
er.
A Soviet embassy spokesman
described Nina’s arrest as “a very
unfriendly act.”
He said he did not believe she
stole the hats and considered it
would indicate guilt if she ap
peared in court.
■'Under Russian law a person
does not appear in court unless he
or she intends to plead guilty,”
the spokesman said. “A person
comes to court solely to to receive
the judge's decision. In Russia it
is up to the police to prove that
the person is guilty before going
to court.”
The official Soviet News Agen
cy Tass declared Nina’s trouble
stemmed from the fact she had
not asked for a receipt.
Nome Gospel
Radio Station
To Start in Spring
Surplus property buildings are
being moved this week for the
studio of the Nome Gospel Broad
casting Co.. Inc., directors for
which are Everett Bacheldor,
James Harshaw Jr., and Glynn
Dean.
The radio broadcasting station
will transmit international pro
grams and wiy start operation in
the spring, it has been announced.
The sponsoring organization has
offices at London, New York,
Aukland and Sidney, Australia
and has stations of this type all
over the world. It is supported by
many organizations including Sky
Pilots International and interde
nominational groups.
Equipment and engineers are
scheduled to come next spring.
The engineers will be from La
Toumeau Technical School in
Longview, Texas.
Four Killed in Escape
Of Greek Extremist
At Cyprus Hospital
NICOSIA, Cyprus, l«—Four
persons were shot dead today in
a gunfight at Nicosia General
Hospital while friends covered
the escape of an EOKA Greek ex
tremist. One of the men killed
was a British police sergeant, one
of the prisoner’s guards.
The EOKA man had been taken
to the hospital for treatment.
EOKA is tre fighting arm of the
Greek Cypriot movement to oust
the British from Cyprus and unite
the island with Greece.
CANADIAN AIRLINER CRASHES
ON UNIMAK ISAND, KILLING 15
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DELEGATE BARTLETT
DUE HERE SATURDAY
Delegate Bob Bartlett, who is
now making a trip through the
territory, is scheduled to arrive
from Kotzebue Saturday and visit
with his many friends in Nome.
An open non-partisan meeting
with Delegate Bartlett has been
planed for Saturday evening at 8
o’clock at the City Hall to discuss
the needs of this area.
D.A. Mobbed
By 400 Angry
Segregationists
MANSFIELD, Tenn. UP)—An as
sistant district attorney, was
mobbed, shoved and cursed today
when he appeared in the middle
of the angry crowd of white men
who for two days have dared
Negroes to enter Mansfield High
School.
Grady Haight, the county’s as
sistant D.A., was white and shak
en when the mob finally released
him. One person in the mob said
Haight was “looking around so he
would know who to prosecute.”
The school was ordered inte
grated recently by federal court
order. Registration began yester
day and continued today.
If any Negroes register, they
were expected today. By late
morning none had appeared.
Haight and two others from the
D.A.’s office had parked about 200
yards from the school. Haight
started walking to the school.
When about 50 yards away, some
action by Haight or the mob of
400 suddenly angered the crowd.
The men packed and milled
around him, shouting and cursing.
At one time he tried to shake
away, and members of the mob
pushed and shoved him. Two
sheriff’s officers fought their w,ay i
thru the crowd and rescued him.
Egypt Accuses Israel
Of Killing 13 Soldiers
JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector, UP)
—A U.N. truce supervision spokes
man announced Egypt accused Is
rael of killing 13 Egyptian sol
diers in Israeli raids early today
on Egyptian territory.
He said the Egyptians charged
two of their men were killed and
two wounded in. a raid between
Der Balagh and Gaza City; five
were killed near Rafa, in the
southern part of the Egyptian
held Gaza strip; and six were
killed in the El Auja area, across
the Sinai border stretching from
Rafa to Elilat.
I KODIAK, Iff)—A flaming Cana
dian Pacific Airlines DC-6B
crashed on bleak, desolate Uni
mak Island at the tip of -the Alas
ka Peninsula Wednesday night.
Six of the seven persons who
survived the crash arrived in Van
couver early Thursday.
The bodies of 13 of the other
15 persons who were aboard the
DC-6B were aboard another plane
scheduled to arrive here later in
the day.
Two of the 22 persons who were
aboard the ill-fated plane still
were missing.
The airline’s office at Vancou
ver said 10 of the passengers were
Orientals and four were Western
ers.
The pilot of the ill-fated craft
radioed Cold Bay, Alaska, just
-before the crash that his ship was
on fire. He did not give the cause.
The plane was seven hours out
of Vancouver, bound for Tokyo,
when it went down at 9:58, Kodi
ak time. Fourteen of those aboard
were passengers; eight were crew
members.
The crash scene was about 500
miles southwest of Kodiak.
Canadian Pacific maintains a
refueling station at Cold Bay, 45'
miles to the northwest of Unimak
Island, which is separated from
the Alaska Peninsula by a thin
strip of water.
Arriving in Vancouver amid the
glare of TV lights and milling
relatives and newsmen were:
Sharon, 16, and Patricia Edel
stein, 8, of Hong Kong, the daugh
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Otto Geist To Investigate
Old Eskimo Caves
Uncovered Near Candle
Otto Geist, archeologist from the
University of Alaska is enroute
to Candle to investigate some re
cently uncovered caves. He ex
pects to determine their age and
to what use they had -been put.
He will also inspect some large
mammoth tusks and skulls re
ported found in the Candle area.
Of the cave discovered this
spring on Sledge Island, he said
it was not as old as some of the
other finds in this part of the
country but it probably had stood
untouched until this year, as it
was guarded by an idol which
had kept the superstitious away.
The eyes of the idol he states are
of obsidian, which like jade, has
been traded from continent to
continent for hundreds of years.
PUBLIC MEETING
SATURDAY EVENING B P.M. .
— CITY HALL —
Delegate Bob Bartlett, speaker
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Showing at The Theater Sunday and Monday
and
Special Matinee for the Kids at 10:00 a.m. Saturday
Admission: Up to 12 Years—25 cents. 12 to 16 years—35 cents