Yesterday Was
20th Anniversary
Of Japanese Attack
On Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii UR— i
“In missile and thermonuclear
age, it would be foolhardy indeed
to assume that surprise attack
will never be a possibility.”
This warning was delivered
by Adm. John Sides, Commander
of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at cere
monies marking the 20th anniver
sary of the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor. i
Ceremonies were held on a plat
form above the wafers along
“Battleship Row.” Activity
throughout the Naval base halted
momentarily in memory of that
Black Sunday — Dec. 7, 1941.
The ceremony was timed to co
incide with the exact moment—
7:55 am.—when the first Japa
nese planes swooped low over the
battleships lining the northeast
shores of Ford Island.
Below the memorial platform
for the U.S. Arizona, center of
yesterday’s ceremonies, was the
rusting hulk of the warship and
the remains of 1,>102 crewmen who
went down with her. The Ari
zona and her crew are symbols
of those hours when war came
to the United States.
South of the Arizona the old
Battleship Row was vacant. But
between the flag flying above the
Arizona and one beside Ford
Island’s administration building—
less than a mile away—nearly
2,000 men died on a Sunday morn
ing.
“The lessons learned that day
are recorded in blood.” said Sides
gin his memorial address.
“The important thing for us
here today, and for all Americans,
is to pledge anew that our country
shall always remain strong and
shall always be ready to defend
the freedoms for which, we stand
and for which these men fought
and died.”
Taking part in the memorial
tribute were military leaders,
Congressmen, and representatives
of veterans organizations, includ
ing 108 Pearl Harbor raid survi
vors from New England. A group
of 60 Gold Star Mothers, many of
whose sons died on the Arizona,
K~lso were on hand.
In the front rank of partici
pants was Lt. Gen. Alan Shapley,
Pacific Marine Commander and
one of the Marines to survive the
Dec. 7 attack.
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Interior Dept Gives Reasons for
Ending Fur Contract with Fouke Co.
State Chamber Charges
Monthly Employment
Report Is “Misleading”
JUNEAU (Jf> — The State Cham
ber of Commerce charged Thurs
lay that the State Employment
Security Division’s monthly re
port on the status of the unem-1
ployment compensation fund bal- ;
ance was misleading.
“The monthly report does not,
present a true picture of the fund '
in that it never lists the loans
outstanding against the fund,” Don
Dickey, general manager of the
State Chamber, said.
Dickey said the report on the
fund balance as of Nov. 30 list
ed the balance as $6431,000.
“It is important for Alaskans to
recognize that this balance is just
the ‘cash’ balance in the fund
and does not give recognition to
the large loans outstanding against
the fund,” Dickey said.
“These loans are the Reed A t
loan amounting to $8,765,000 and
the 1958 temporary unemploy
ment compensation p r o g ram
which cost Alaskan employers
$933,000 and remains unpaid to
day.
“When recognizing these two
loans outstanding against the
UC Fund, the fund actually re
flects a deficit balance of $3,
572,000.”
QUICK CHANGE MADE . . .
DETROIT UPt — Edward Land
1 representing a group buying the
old Chrysler Imperial plant here,
almost picked up a $300,000 bonus
’ with the property Wednesday,
j Land said the contract for the
| sale was already for signing. It
f provided that all machinery, etc.,
r on the property would go to the
buyers.
Then someone from Chrysler
L Corp. discovered that 52 brand
- new Imperial autos were stored
* in the building. A quick change
' was made in the contract.
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* Blind Golfer Scores Hole-in-One
| ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. UP) —
’ Charles Tooth, blind since the age
of 9, scored a hole-in-one Wed
nesday.
[ Tooth, 57, of St. Petersburg and
[ Hamilton, Ont., recorded what
is believed to be the only ace
ever scored by a blind golfer. He
used a five wood on the 167
yard hole at the Pasadena Golf
Course.
He formed the Canadian Blind
Golf Assn, in 1948 and was its
president until 1957.' He was
Canadian champion in 1945-56 and
1957.
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WASHINGTON MP> — D. Otis
Beasley, Administrative Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, said yes
terday the Fouke Fur Co., St.
Louis, contended less than two
years ago it could not relocate its
operations in Alaska because it '
needed the skilled labor avail
able in St. Louis.
Beasley said that was one fac
tor taken into account when the
company recently was notified
its 40-year-old arrangement for
processing and selling Alaska fur
seal skins was being terminated
because it was relocating from
St. Louis without consulting with
Interior.
Beasley said the fact that
Greenville, S.C., was the relocation
site had no bearing on the ter
mination action.
“When Alaska became a state,
the Governor asked the Secrrta —
of the Interior to explore the pos
sibility of having the fur proces
sing plant relocated to Alaska,”
Beasley told a reporter.
“The company advised it would
not be feasible to relocate because
of the necessity of using the skill
ed labor available in St. Louis.
“Then, less than two years later,
the company reached a decision
to relocate, without consulting
with us.
“The company advised us . . .
that it did not plan to transfer
all its skilled employes to Green
ville, even though it said less than
two years before that such em-1
ployes were necessary.
"There had also been other dif
ficulties with the company in re
cent years.”
The government said its busi
ness under the negotiated Alaska
fur contract comprises more than
■ 50 per cent of Fouke’s total vol
ume of business.
! Beasley said the difficulties
with Fouke included financial
terms for handling the skin, par
ticularly skins from female seals.
He added that the company’s
f**iancial situation led to a recent
suggestion from the Comptroller
General that the Fouke’s net pro
fit seemed excessive and proposed
that the Interior Secretary review
very carefully the company’s share
of the proceeds.
Beasley also said difficulties had
been caused by company com
plaints that it should have more
skins to process. He said manage
ment of the seal industry has to
be carried out under terms of an
international treaty and cannot
be altered to meet the desires of
a company which has contracted
to handle the skins.
Beasley said he was making
additional background informa
tion available because of some
statements which had been pub
lished concerning Interior’s posi
tion.
The termination action has been
challenged by Gov. Ernest Hol
lings of Soufh Carolina «id some
members of the state’s Congres
sional delegation.
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Ike Takes Post on
Advisory Board of
Encyclopedia Americana
NEW YORK — Former Pres
! ident Dwight Eisenhower has ac
cepted the post o< chairman of
the Editorial Advisory Board of
the Encyclopedia Americana.
In an announcement Wednes
day Vincent Sutliff, publisher of
the Encyclopedia, also said the
Dwight D. Eisenhower Interna
tional Scholarship Fund was being
set up.
The fund will provide 10 an
nual scholarships of $3,000 each
to graduate students here and
abroad.
As head of the Advisory Board,
Eisenhower will meet periodically
with Americana editors to dis
cuss broad editorial policy. He also
will be consulted on administra
tion of the fund and in the se
lection of students. Neither post
pays a salary.
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165-Pound Wolf Prowls
About New York Suburb
GREENWICH, Conn. UR — This
is a wealthy New York suburb—
but the wolf at the door was real.
Mrs. John Green called police
Tuesday and said a wolf was at
her home on Greenbriar Lane.
Sure enough, there was a 165
pound wolf, but police couldn’t
catch it.
Later, another resident called.
The wolf now as at his door.
Police found the animal was
owned toy Adalbert Von Gontard,
a New York banker, who kept it
as a pet. The animal went by the
name of Tommy.
Chief David Robbins had shot
Tommy, saying, “my decision was
based on the approach of night
fall. It was dangerous to have a
wolf prowling the neighborhood
after darkness.”
You are actually safer at work
today than at home. Accidental
deaths on 'the job have fallen
from about 34 per 100,000 em
ployes in 1939 to 22 in 1960.
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