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Filibuster Not
Unlikely On The
Alaska Bill
WASHINGTON, UPl — Sen.
Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif) said
yesterday he would not be sur
prised if a filibuster developed
during Senate consideration of
the Alaska statehood bill.
Kuchel, ranking Republican
member of the Senate Territor
ies Subcommittee, said he was
firmly opposed to any move to
tie together statehood for Alaska
and Hawaii.
Although he personally favors
statehood for both, Kuchel said
in a recorded radio interview
that there is no chance of taking
in the islands unless Alaska is
admitted to statehood. He urged
Democratic Senate leadership to
allow Senators to vote on both
propositions separately.
Kuchel said he feared extran
eous amendments will be offered
to the Alaska bill provoking con
troversy over unrelated issues.
“I would not be at all surprised
if the amendments gave members
of the Senate who were in oppo
sition to statehood an opportunity
to speak, as they say, ‘at very
great length’ and thus take up
that much more time of the Senate
as we drive toward a final ad
journment,” he said.
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House Passes
$665 Million For
Emergency ESC
WASHINGTON, (A — With
record speed, the House passed
and sent to the Senate today a
bill appropriating $665,700,000 to
finance the emergency unemploy
ment compensation law Congress
enacted last Wedesday.
The action by voice vote came
after a brief explanation of the
measure and less than an hour
after the House Appropriations
committee had recommended
the allotment.
The amount approved includes
640 million dollars for additional
payments to unemployed insured
workers who have exhausted
their benefits. The amount pay
able depends on the terms of
state programs and will range as
high as 15 weeks in several states.
The committee said it had no
doubt that the amount recom
mended would be sufficient to
carry out the emergency program,
since some states may not par
ticipate. The money advanced
by the federal government is re
payable by participating states.
Popularity of Alaska As Tourist
Spot Even Reaches Penitentiaries
SEATTLE, (A — Alaska, with
its fighting game fish and scenic
grandeur, is a sure-fire tourist
magnet during the summer season.
But officials of the Alaska Vis
itors Association did a “double
take” the other day when they
sorted through the heavy inflow
of inquiries from potential tour
ists.
The letter-writers included
hopeful inmates of Joliet, Leaven
worth and Lewisburg penften
tiaries.
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Nine U.S. Army
Men Prisoners In
East Germany
BERLIN, UP — Russia refused
today to take responsibility for
the nine U. S. Army men taken
prisoner by the East German
Communists Saturday when their
helicopter made a forced laitding
inside the satellite.
Keeping up its campaign to
force Western recognition of the
puppet Communist government,
the Russian embassy in East Ber
lin declared the East German re
gime has jurisdiction over the
American prisioners and their
aircraft because the helicopter
came down outside the three
allied air corridors to West Ber
lin.
The Soviet embassy statement
indicated the United States and
Russia were heading into a big
diplomatic wrangle over the nine
Americans.
A Russian embassy spokesman
said the nine Americans were be
ing held by “responsible organs
of the German Democratic Re
public.”
He said all were well and none
was injured when the helicopter
came down.
The United States does not rec
ognize the East German Commu
nist regime and had demanded
that the Russians in East Berlin
promptly return the eight Army
officer, one sergeant and their
aircraft.
The Western allies contend that
in accordance with the postwar
four-power agreements on Ger
many, all their dealings con
cerning East* Germany must be
with the Soviet Union.
The helicopter belonged to the
3rd Armored Division and had
been on a military exercise. It
came down at Zwickau, 30 miles
east of the border.
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‘Mr. Chips’ Dead
After Twenty Year
Battle with Asthma
LONDON, (ff) — Actor Robert
Donat, an Oscar winner for his
performance as the gentle English
schoolmaster in “Goodbye Mr.
Chips,” died today after a 20
year battle against asthma.
The 53-year-old British Star
won Hollywood’s academy award
as 1939’s best screep actor for Mr.
Chips. But his wide range of
successful performances included
the coldly vindictive Count of
Monte Cristo, the resourceful ad
venturer of “The 39 Steps,” the
polished courtroom orator of
“The Winslow Boy” the dashing
Scotsman of “The Ghost Goes
West” and many other stage and
film roles.
Only last month he finished his
first feature film after five years
of retirement due to illness. Fol
lowing his doctors’ advice to re
turn to acting, he accepted a
starring role as an autocratic
Chinese mandarin in “The Inn
of the Sixth Happiness” with
Ingrid Bergman.
Donat suffered a severe asthma
attack on the set but carried on
with the aid of a nurse and a
prompting board on which his
lines were written in large letters.
Legislative Council
Starts Four-Day
Session Here
The Alaska Legislative Coun
cil, a permanent interim com
mittee of the Territorial Legis
lature, was scheduled to open its
public hearings at 2:00 p.m. to
day in the District Court Room
of the Federal Building.
This will be. the first time a
committee of the Alaska Legis
lature has met at Nome and all
area residents who wish to be
heard on matters affecting leg
islation are invited to attend the
public meetings being held to
day and tomorrow.
Subjects which will be dis
cussed and on which testimony
of local and visiting witnesses
will be taken at the public por
tion of the Council meetings in
clude: completion of the hear
ings* begun at Ketchikan last
January on Workmen’s Compen
sation law problems; the Alaska
tax structure and possible other
revenue sources and needs; prob
lems of fisheries; reorganization
of the Territorial government;
and revision of the Alaska pro
bate code.
The Council expects to be in
session here at least through
Thursday and hopes to hear as
many witnesses who may be able
to attend. It is expected that
the subject of workmen’s com
pensation problems including
rates will be discussed first
with early witnesses to include
representatives of firms writing
the compensation insurance, .and
Alaska industry and labor
Legislative Council members
already here or expected here
for the meeting include Sen. John
A. McNees and Rep James A.
von der Heydt of Nome; Senators
Paul B. flaggland of Fairbanks,
Frank Peratrovich of Klawock,
and Victor Rivers of Anchorage;
and Representatives Seaborn J.
Buckalew of Anchorage and
George McNabb of Fairbanks.
Council staff members present
include Henry J. Camarot, exec
utive director, and John C. Doyle,
research analyst, both of Juneau.
It was ■ uncertain at press time
whether Anchorage attorney Sen.
Ralph R. Moody, Council chair
man, could attend the meeting
due to the press of court business.
If he is absent, Rep. Buckalew,
vice-chairman, will preside at
the public and executive sessions.
The Alaska Legislative Council
was created in 1953 and is simi
lar to the councils now operating
in most of the states. It is the
duty of the legislators on the
Council to work through their
full-time professional staff and
study information on problems of
interest and concern to the Ter
ritorial government between ses
sions of the Lgislature and to
publish reports and make recom
mendations for the consideration
of the Legislature when it meets
in regular or special session.
A dinner is planned in their
honor Tuesday evening at Sea
view Dining Room.
A tea is planned to honor the
wives of visiting members of
the council.
Smithsonian Institute Offers Proof
Eskimos Came from Europe and Asia
WASHINGTON, UP) — Life was
not always so cold for the Eski
mos.
The Smithsonian Institute re
ported today that the Eskimos
originally reached the Arctic
North from the warmer climates
of Europe and inner Asia.
Their migration began more
than 10,000 years ago in the Mid
dle Stone Age.
Thus, said the Smithsonian, the
Eskimos can claim the distinction
of being the first American people
whose culture has been traced
to a specific time and place in
the old world.
The Smithsonian’s report was
based on the studies of Dr. Henry
B. Collins, specialist in the In
stitution’s Bureau of American
Ethnology. Collins’ belief that
the Eskimos migrated from Eur
ope and Asia was based on a
close study of artifacts of the
Middle Stone Age period.
In some anthropological circles
a view has prevailed that the
Eskimos were merely one branch
of the North American Indian
who went north to the icy waste
lands some 2,000 years ago.
But Collins found that imple
ments of early Eskimo culture
bore strong resemblance to prim
itive tools found among remains
of European and Asian homesites
of stone age man. *
He noted specific resemblances
in specialized cutting tools, micro
blades and cores^ and general re
semblance in the small size of
the implements.
Crude relics found in such pla
ces as Scandinavia, India, Ceylon
and Mongolia were strikingly
similar to artifacts taken from
early Eskimo sites, Collins said.
A Soviet archeologist, Dr. A.
P. Okladnikov, was1 credited with
important finds near Lake Baikal
and along the upper Lena River
in Siberia which gave indication
the earliest . Eskimos settled
down in this area.
But, said Collins, they soon
hopped across the way to North
America.
They weren’t known as Eskimos
in those days. The name came
later—from Indian neighbors to
the south.
Canada’s Prime Minister
Proposes Establishment
Of NATO Food Bank
MIDDLETOWN, Conn., —
Canadian Prime Minister John
Diefenbaker says Canadian-United
States economic relations could be
improved by establishment of
a NATO food bank.
He said the food bank would
both eliminate food surpluses and
make strategic food reserves
available in the event of war.
In an address at Wesleyan Uni
versity’s 126th commencement,
the Canadian leader said the plan
of a four-pronged “imaginative
policy that could improve Cana
dian-United States economic re
lations.”
Diefenbaker received an honor
ary Doctor of Laws degree.
His other proposals:
1. Creation of legislative Cana
dian-United States relations com
mittees in Parliament and Con
gress.
2. Removal of “overhanging”
surpluses of wheat and other
storable farm products.
3. Joint action by Canada and
the United States on unemploy
ment problems.
DA Refuse To Prosecute
Pupil-Spanking Teacher
HOUSTON, Tex., — The Dis
trict Attorney has refused to pros
ecute a teacher charged with as
sault in the spanking of a student.
“I believe prosecution would
be a great disservice to the boy
involved and school teachers gen
erally who have the responsi
bility for maintenance of proper
discipline in our sohools,” Dist.
Atty. Dan Walton said Friday.
Mrs. S. O. Norregaard, the boy’s
mother, said “my lawyer will see
about this.” She signed a com
plaint last Friday against T. F.
Crocker, principal of the Red
Bluff Elementary School, after
her son, William, 10, was spanked
May 29.
Juneau Is Chosen Host
City For 1959 American
Legion Convention
SEWARD, UP) — The Alaska
Department of the American Le
gion named Juneau for the 1959
sessions and elected William San
ders, Anchorage, as commander
at its convention here Saturday.
Betty Sampson, Ketchikan, was
named president of the auxiliary.
The other legion officers elected
are Calvin Anders, Ketchikan,
first vice commander; Floyd
Johnson, Seward, second vice
commander; Jack Smith, Ketchi
kan, judge advocate; Richard
Eliason, Sitka, chaplain; Tom
Mayer, Palmer, historian; C R.
Huber, Fairbanks, sergeant at
arms; W. H. Poe, Anchorage and
Axel Neison, Auke Bay, depart
ment executive committee; Har
old Stringer, Anchorage, national
executive committeeman; Jack
Lee, Skagway, alternate commit
teeman.
Three Expeditions To
Study Glaciers In
Alaska This Summer
NEW YORK, UP) — Three ex
peditions set out this month to
continue studying and mapping
the glaciers of Alaska, the Amer
ican Geographical Society of New
York reported today.
All three of the expeditions
are part of the society’s partic
ipation in the International Geo
physical Year.
The frozen glacial areas may
provide information about past
climates on the earth, and pos
sibly hints as to the future cli
mates.
Measurement of the glacial ice
also offers a good idea of the
current balance between the
ocean’s water and the captive
water of the glaciers. Glaciolo
gists estimate that if the gla
ciers were to melt all over the
world, the oceans v«ould ris<
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