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_j_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV NO. 90 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1953 Per Copy—15^
209.000 Refugees
To Be Admitted To
U.S. Next 3 Years
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Sen
ate today passed legislation to'
admit 209,000 refugees to the
United States in the next three
years, giving President Eisenhow
er a major victory in a hotly
disputed issue.
The 63-30 vote climaxed a long
and bitter controversy that once
threatened plans for adjournment
of Congress by the end of the
week.
The compromise measure falls
short of Eisenhower’s original re
quest, submitted last April 22, for
opening the United States to 240,
000 iron curtain refugees and
other special immigrants in the
next three years.
Administration leaders, how
ever, struck a compromise with
Sen. McCarran (D-Nev) and other
opponents before calling the bill
up.
The House last night passed a
companion bill under which
217.000 refugees and other non
quota immigrants would be ad
missable to this country in the
next three years.
The differences between the
House and Senate measures will
have to be reconciled before the
legislation can be sent to Eisen
hower for ris signature.
Congress Shelves Higher
Postal Rates Til January
WASHINGTON, LT!— President
Eisenhower’s request for higher
postal rates Tuesday was shelved
for this session of Congress. The
House Post Office Committee de
cided to give it no further con
sideration until January.
However, the group stamped
approval on another bill aimed to
lift from the Post Office Depart
ment the burden o“f carrying mail
free for other government agen
cies and members of Congress.
It provides that the cost of such
mail shall be paid from appropri
ated funds and not charged as an
operating cost to the Post Office
Department.
WISEMAN RESIDENTS SAY
HIGHWAY IS WASTEFUL
JUNEAU, liP)—The 25 residents
of the Arctic village of Wiseman
have petitioned for the withdraw
al of Alaska Road Commission
equipment, complaining mainten
ance of a 7-mile highway to one
gold placer operation is wasteful,
Commission officers said Tuesday.
A. F. Ghiglione left for an in
spection trip of the area and will
hold hearings at Wiseman.
TUESDAY SCORES
American League
New York 4, Cleveland 2
Chicago 4, Boston 2
Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 7
Detroit 8, Washington 5
National League
Brooklyn 13, Chicago 2
Milwaukee 2, New York 0
Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 4
St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 4
Coast League
Oakland 1-1, San Francisco 0-12
Los Angeles 5, Hollywood 4
San Diego 6, Sacramento 5
Portland 4, Seattle 3
Arrests by Red Police
Fail To Check Food Gifts
To Hungry Berliners
BERLIN, LP>—Communist police
arrested scores of East Germans
who accepted gifts of Western
food today but they failed to
check the hungry throngs .surging
through the iron curtain.
Those arrested were released a
short time later. Their food was
not confiscated but in many cases
identity cards—vital in the East
Zone—were taken away.
The biggest'crowds yet jammed
West Berlin’s food relief centers
on the third day of the big Am
erican - financed relief program
which has put the spotlight on
food shortages in the restive So
viet occupation zone.
The Communists also harassed
but did not halt the movement of
food to' West Berlin by truck.
Other food arrived by plane.
Officials estimated 150,000 food
packages would be given away
today in addition to the 250,000
already handed out in the first
two days.
Sen. Taft’s Condition Is
Reported Improved Today
NEW YORK, UP — Sen. Robert
A. Taft was reported “somewhat
improved” today.
New York Hospital issued a
bulletin in mid-morning saying
the Ohio Republican had a rest
ful night and was comfortable.
He has been in the hospital
since early this month suffering
from an unspecified hip ailment.
Yesterday, the hospital said his
condition had taken a turn for
the worse.
This morning’s bulletin read:
“Senator Taft had a more rest
ful night. This morning he re
quested breakfast and ate it with
relish. He is having no pain and
his condition is somewhat im
proved.”
1st Japanese Transpacific
Liner Sails For U.S. West
Coast After 13-Year Lapse
YOKOHAMA, UP) — Japan re
sumed transpacific ship passen
ger service after a lapse of 13
years yesterday when the liner
Hikawa Maru left Yokohama for
Seattle.
Aboard the 11,632 -ton liner
were 193 passengers, including 99
students going to the United
States to study under the Ful
bright Program.
The Kikawa Maru is due back,
in Yokohama Sept. 8 'with 100
American students who will study
in Japan.
The liner is scheduled to cross
the Pacific every other month.
Information Received That
3rd Division Judge To Be
Appointed Within 30 Days
ANCHORAGE, LP) — Territorial
Sen. Paul Robinson said Monday
he has received information from
Washington, D.C., that a judge for
the Third Division will be ap
pointed within 30 days. Mean
while, the Anchorage Bar Asso
ciation is working on the possibil
ity of a local lawyer serving as
judge in the interim to dispose of
a backlog of cases.
Tonv Schwamm
Says Alaska Needs
Aviation School
Tony Schwamm, Territorial Di
rector of Aviation, was a guest of
the Chamber of Commerce Tues
day noon, giving an interesting
and revealing talk on the devel
opments of aviation in Alaska.
He declared that it was esti
mated that 20 per cent of the in
come in Alaska-is dependent in
some way, more or less, directly
with aviation, with new fields
needed in more places every year.
' “God made Alaska for air
planes,” he said. “They can land
anywhere in this vast territory
where roads are impossible.”
“When you talk about aviation
it means CAA, Weather Bureau,
taxi cabs and buses, freight hand
lers and other branches of busi
ness, too many to itemize, but all
part of the development of avia
tion.”
He explained that the money
for building fields is derived from
a 2 cent aviation gas tax and that
$200,000 has been spent in the
Second Division with completed
fields at Kotzebue, Teller, Solo
mon, Elim, Golovin, Koyuk and
Shaktoolik. Under construction or
being engineered are fields at
Mountain Village, Stebbins, St.
Michael, Selawik, Quartz Creek.
Before the season is over the de
partment hopes to complete Kiva
lina, Kobuk, Shungnak, Lost Riv
er, Gambell, Hooper Bay and
Kiana.
Steel matting from the Navy field
at Pt. Barrow has already been
moved to the village for a com
mercial field there.
Looking ahead, Schwamm sug
gested that civic bodies should
start planning a school of aviation
within the territory as more pilots
and more mechanics are needed
every year to carry on the devel
opment. It is necessary for stu
dents at the present time to take
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Christian Dior, Father of
“New Look” Raises Skirts
From Floor to “Live Line”
PARIS, UP — Christian Dior,
father of the new look, charged
full speed anew at feminine wind
mills and hubby’s pocketbook to
day. The man who covered most
of milady’s calf in 1947 said this
year she should show nearly to
the knee.
Dior christened his new skirt
length—16 to 17 inches from the
floor—the “live line.”
And he tried to make sure that
not only will the wolf caller liven
up at the additional cheesecake.
He decreed a whole new cut —
more bosom, different waistline,
new skirt draping—to make ob
solete last year’s wardrobe. Ob
solete, that is, if the “live line”
revolutionizes the fashion world
as did the “new loo'k.”
For his new silhouette, Dior
draped most waistlines loosely be
tween the bottom of the bust and
the top of the hip. Bosoms were
exaggerated and two kinds of
skirts prevailed — tight sheaths
and inflated bells. The former he
calls “Eiffel Tower,” the latter
“Cupola.”
Polio Immunization Of
1,500 Juneau and Douglas
Children Starts Tomorrow
JUNEAU, (#! — The Gamma
Globulin and the lollipops were
ready today for the first mass
immunization program outside
the continental United States.
Some 1,500 children ranging up
to 15 years of age here and in
nearby Douglas will be given the
injections starting Thursday.
The merchants are putting up
the lollipops. The Gamma Globu
lin comes from the U.S. Public
Health Service. It was flown here
Wednesday in an effort to halt a
polio outbreak which has hospit
alized 16 persons.
All doctors and nurses, plus 40
local women, are donating their
services. The doctors have divided
the town into sections and the
children will report alphabetically
a* designated centers, st-thing a+
9 a m. Thursday, until the project
is completed.
Parents or guardians must ac
company the children and give
their consent to the immunization.
The young subjects of the experi
ment won’t have much to say
about it—officially — and that’s
where the lollipops come in as
a lure.
The immunization program is a
continuation of one started recent
ly in eastern and southern states.
28-Year-Old Mother Beats
3-Year-Old Son To Death
CHICAGO, UP) — Police said a
28-year-old mother related early
today she tied her 3-year-old son
to a water pipe, then beat him
to death with a chair—breaking
his arms, legs and nose.
The child’s body was found
Tuesday night by police who went
to the family’s South Side apart
ment to investigate a neighbor’s
complaint the mother, Mrs. Vero
nica Burowsky, was trying to
conceal an injured child.
Police said the woman related
she beat the boy, Peter, Jr., be
cause he Wcfs disobedient. s!ie said
she used a chair as a weapon until
it broke—then used pieces of the
chair.
Mrs. Burowsky and her 35
year-old husband have three oth
er children—Georgann, 6, Paula,
5, and Linda 18 month. The po
lice said Georgann also had been
beaten and bore numerous bruises
Prison Work Camp For
Alaskan Wrong Doers
Slated For Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, UT — A prison
work camp for civilian wrong
doers in Alaska will be established
at nearby Elmendorf Air Force
base this fall.
Roy Casey, superintendent of
the Alaska Jail System, said funds
for the farm would come from
the $600,000 fund granted the
system this year.
The capacity of the camp is ex
pected to be 100. Prisoners would
come from all over the territory,
depending on the length of sen
tence and distance from Anchor
age.
This first federal work farm for
Alaska is expected to save the
taxpayers money. At present pri
soners are flown to the States,
accompanied by paid guards.
U.S. Will Veto Any
Move to Seat Red
China In The U.N.
WASHINGTON, UD — Secretary
of State Dulles said Tuesday the
United States will not buy Korean
unity at the price of Red Chi
nese membership in the United
Nations. He added this country
has the right to veto any move to
grant the Chinese Communists a
U.N. seat.
Dulles announced that he will
fly to' Korea next Sunday to con
fer with South Korean President
Syngman Rhee. They will discuss
problems coming up in a Korean
politick conference, and the ne
gotiation of a U.S.-Korean secur
ity pact.
Dulles disclosed for the first
time officially—although it has
been publicly known for two
weeks — that the United States
had agreed with Rhee to walk out
of the political conference if after
90 days it appears to be a sham,
with the Reds negotiating in bad
faith.
Talking at a news conference,
Dulles also disclosed officially
that the United States has indi
cated it would be willing to in
clude in the defense pact with
Korea a provision giving this
country the right to station forces
in or around Korea for the pur
pose of preserving peace. Rhee
had asked such a provision.
Allies Dismiss as Minor
Communist Charges Of
Buffer Zone Violations
MUNSAN, UP)—The Communists
today charged the Allies with 3
violations of the two-day-old
Korean armistice — allegations
promptly labeled by the Allies as
minor and lacking information.
The Reds made the charges at
today’s second meeting of the
joint Korean armistice commis
sion. They asserted three aircraft
flew over the demilitarized buf
fer zone, %and that four artillery
rounds and one burst of three
machinegun bullets were fired
after the cease-fire became ef
fective.
At Tokyo, Gen. Mark Clark,
U. N. and Far East commander,
left today for the United States
and as he boarded a plane he told
newsmen: “We haven’t violated
the armistice as far as I know.”
Clark and Mrs. Clark will visit
a daughter in San Francisco and
attend the wedding of their son
in New Orleans Aug. 3.
13,000 Air ROTC Cadets
Must Take Flight Training
Or Get Out of ROTC
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Air
Force decided today to tell 13,000
college juniors in its reserve of
ficers training corps that they will
be dropped from ROTC unless
they take flight training.
An additional 1,000 third-year
college men in vital categories—
engineers was the only example
cited — will be continued in the
program and commissioned next
year. But for all others in the
air ROTC, it will be: take flight
training or get out.