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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVIII No. 29 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1956_Per Copy—15^
Soviet Leaders
To Arrive Apr. 18
For British Visit
LONDON, (Jf)—Soviet Premier
Nikolai Bulganin and Communist
Party Boss Nikita S. Khrushchev
will arrive April 18 for their
much discussed . trip to Britain.
And they will stay 10 days, two
days longer than were originally
planned.
The British Foreign Office and
the Moscow radio disclosed the
arrangements in identical an
nouncements today.
Even as the Foreign Office an
nouncement was issued, loud
speaker vans toured London blar
ing “Keep the Red Beasts Out.”
The protest was organized by
the non-party league of Empire
Loyalists, which said it also plans
a march on the House of Com
mons.
During their visit, Bulganin and
Khrushchev will hold political
talks with Prime Minister Eden,
be received by Queen Elizabeth II
and tour farms and industrial
plants.
Neither the Foreign Office nor
the Soviet Embassy would say
how “B and K”—as the British
call them—would travel.
But there has been speculation
they will sail up the Thames Riv
er in a Russian cruiser to be
greeted by Eden at Westminster
Pier, in the shadow of the House
of Commons.
Northeast States
Fight Late Winter
Floods, Blizzards
By the Associated Ppess
The northeast states fought back
today a late winter punch of tor
rential rains, Hoods, blizzards and
chilling winds.
Flood waters were receding and
snow had ceased falling, but many
persons still were homeless. Many
homes were flooded or without
heat in the blizzard area where
the storm disrupted power lines.
The strange range of weather
of a dying winter caused at least
nine deaths—two in New York
State and seven in Canada.
The rampaging Alleghany River
was dropping from record heights
after threatening Salamanca, N.Y.
and Warren, Pa. yesterday.
In Salamanca the river was
down almost a foot from the crest
of 14 feet 11 inches—nine inches
above the previous high-water
mark set in a disastrous flood of
1942. During the night the tem
perature dropped to 20 degrees
and four inches of snow fell un
der blizzard conditions.
Reports of higher water up
stream indicated it would be days
before many of the 500 evacuated
families could get back into their
• homes.
The weather bureau said com
munities below Pittsburgh along
the Ohio River “can expect trou
ble” late tonight and tomorrow.
Eastern Canada was digging it
self out of a blizzard while the
weatherman warned of possible
new storms.
Welfare Headquarters for
3 2nd Division Villages
Transferred to Fairbanks
The Public Welfare Department
announces that as of March 1,
1956, the public welfare work in
the villages of Barrow, Point Lay
and Wainwright has been trans
ferred from their Nome district
office to their Fairbanks district
office. Although these three vil
lages are in the Second Division,
the change was made because of
travel and communication cover
age from Fairbanks.
The Alaska Department of Pub
lic Welfare agent in Wainwright
is Mrs. Bonnie D. Hahn, ANS
teacher. In the Barrow the agent
is Mr. Guy Okakok, who is the
correspondent from Barrow to the
Fairbanks News-Miner. The agent
in Point Lay is the postmaster,
Mr. Billy Neakok.
Mr. Eugene Pugh, district rep
resentative in Fairbanks, will be
responsible for the supervision of
the territorial welfare program in
these villages in the future. Miss
Mary Elizabeth Jolley, district
representative in Nome, has had
the responsibility in the past.
Report Says Nixon
Is Urged to Wait
On Big Decision
NEW YORK Ufl—The New York
Herald Tribune said today it had
learned authoritatively that Vice
President Nixon is being urged by
administration aids and top Re
publicans not to make any final
decision before Aug. 20 in chart
ing his political course.
A Washington dispatch to the
newspaper added that the purpose
is to prevent impairment of the
freedom of action of the Republi
can nominating convention, which
opens August 20.
The story also said:
The matter of timing has be
come important because Nixon
has told some close friends that
he is considering the possibility of
“not being available” as the vice
presidential candidate.
Mr. Nixon has expressed a
feeling of letdown—not specific
ally with any lack of endorsement
by President Eisenhower, but be
cause he has been the butt of
political attacks without^ seeing
any substantial number of Repub
licans rise to his defense.”
Police Catch Up With
Man Who Stole Car
The Hard Way
BIRMINGHAM, England, UP>—
Delemark Adams, 38, was sen
tenced to six months in jail yes
terday for stealing a car the hard
way—piece by piece over a period
of two years.
The prosecutor said Adams, an
employe of a Birmingham auto
mobile plant, intercepted spare
part shipments intended for ex
port and hoarded them up in his
barn.
He was just putting the finish
touches on his assembled car—a
100-mile-an-hour sports type—
when the police caught up with
him.
Nanooks Play
Crucial Game With
Cordova Tonight
The Nome High School Nanooks
defeated the Valdez basketball
team Wednesday 48 to 36. Chuck
Fagerstrom made 17 points, Bob
Dunbar 10, Willie Willoya 9,
Corky Kost 8, and Sam Atuk 4.
Yesterday the Nanooks downed
the Kodiak Naval team 50 to 33.
Fagerstrom scored 14, Dunbar 14,
and Kost 12.
Tonight the Nanooks will play
the Cordova team again. They lost
to Cordova, 58 to 53, in the
Tuesday game.
The Nome team has thus won
three and lost one. They must
win tonight’s game in order to
stay in the tournament for the
Class B championship.
If the Nanooks lose tonight
they will have lost two games
and that will put them out of
competition. If they win tonight
they will apparently be tied with
Cordova at four wins and one
loss apiece and will play the de
ciding game tomorrow.
Senate Votes to Extend
Hearings on Donation to
Case’s Campaign Fund
WASHINGTON —The Senate
voted today to extend until March
31 the life of its four-member spe
cial committee named to investi
gate a $2,500 campaign contribu
tion offered Sen. Francis Case
(R-SD) during the gas bill debate.
Action was by voice vote and
with no debate. Sen. George <D
Ga) has explained that the group
needed extra time to draft its
report. The original deadline was
March 1. Then it was extended
to tomorrow, March 10.
In today’s vote, the Senate also
doubled the funds given the com
mittee, increasing them from $10,
000 to $20,000. The group con
ducted more extensive hearings
than it originally planned, and
costs of printing the hearing rec
ord will be more than anticipated.
SIZEABLE LAYOFFS
IN AUTO INDUSTRY
DURING FEBRUARY
WASHINGTON, UP>—Employ
ment slipped by 314,000 in Feb
ruary to a total of 62,577,000 be
cause of wintry weather and
“sizeable layoffs" in the auto in
dustry, the Commerce and Labor
Departments reported today.
Automotive employment dropped
85,000 from January, the monthly
report showed, and the resulting
production cut was reflected in
layoffs in industries supplying the
motor companies, including met
als and rubber.
However, unemployment across
the nation remained virtually un
changed at 2,914,000. Joblessness
was up only 29,000 for the month,
a barely perceptible change, sta
tistically speaking.
The joint statement said most
of the persons who left seasonal
jobs withdrew from the labor
market instead of seeking other
work. They were not counted as
unemployed.
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CINEMASCOPE C
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Report That Sec. McKay
Will File for U.S. Senate
Doubted in Portland
PORTLAND, (£>—A report from
Washington saying Interior Secre
tary McKay plans to file for the
U.S. Senate brought quick ex
pressions of surprise here.
And in Salem, McKay’s home,
his closest political confidant. Bill
Phillips, said he was “absolutely
certain” McKay was not going to
file.
However, McKay was headed
for Oregon and a daughter said
he was expected at Salem today.
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British Deport
Enosis Leader
From Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus, —British
Governor Sir John Harding today i
ordered the deportation of Arch
bishop Makarios, leader of the
Cypriot Union-With-Greece move
ment.
He has already left with three
other leaders of the Enosis—or
Greek Union—movement. All of
the four deportations were or
dered unter emergency regula
tions instituted after this British
colony was torn by violence—
bombings and shootings.
An official announcement said
the fotar departed “under escort
for a destination which will be
announced later.”
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Britain’s deportation of Arch
bishop Makarios spells bigger
trouble for the island crown col
ony, which already has had more
than its share of strife.
The Greek orthodox prelate is
a symbol of the passionate Greek
feeling on the island of union with
Greece—Enosis.
Archbishop Makarios, a hand
some black-bearded and intense
man, wielded a great deal of pow
er among the 400,000 people of the
island who are ethnical Greeks
and consider themselves bound to
Greece. The remaining 100,000 of
the native population of the island
are of Turkish extraction.
Second U.S. Jet
Lost in Pacific
TOKYO, (#—A second U.S. Air
Force jet pilot went into the Pa
cific Ocean off Okinawa today.
At about the same time, the Air
Force called off an air-sea search
for another pilot missing almost
24 hours.
An Air Force spokesman said a
Thunderjet pilot based at Kom
aki, Japan, radioed at 10:31 a.m.
he was bailing out of his crippled
plane about 13 miles southwest of
Naha. Air Force rescue boats and
search planes began combing the
area.
The Air Force announced mean
while that the search had been
stopped for a Thunderjet pilot
from Kadena Base, Okinawa, who
disappeared during a training
flight off Okinawa yesterday.
OMES TO NOME
> “The Theater” in Nome has
been remodeled to provide its pa
trons with the latest, most mod
ern type of motion picture pres
entation. The new kinds of film
to be presented will be Cinema
Scope, Vistavision, Superscope,
and 2-D wide screen.
This was revealed today by the
management of The Theater along
with these other details which
will be of great interest to the
theater-going public:
The equipment being installed
is of the “High Candescent” car
bon arc light source. The sound
system is a high fidelity two-way
horn reproducer set-up. All fre
quencies from 40 cycles to 15,000
will be audible to the audience,
who will see some of the most
spectacular Hollywood produc
tions. The Theater management
says these will be presented on
the latest type of lenticulated,
silver surface screen, making ev
ery seat “the best in the house.”
When the installation is com
pleted in a few days, a preview
of one of the future Cinemascope
greats will be flashed on the
screen from the upper booth. The
Theater’s management says this
will be a sample of the really
great shows to come, and every
one fortunate enough to attend
on the evening of the “sneak pre
view” will be amazed at the beau
tiful color, fidelity of sound, and
the clear presentation of the gi
gantic image.
For the special Cinemascope
presentations all seats will be re
served, the management stated.
Every person attending, children
included, will have a ticket that
shows the exact seat in the thea
ter where they shall sit. The best
choice of seats, therefore, will be
for those who buy their tickets
early.
12 MEMBERS OF
ONE FAMILY DIE
IN HOUSE FIRE
OXFORD, Pa., (tf)—Twelve mem
bers of one family were killed last
night in a fire that destroyed their
two-room tar-papered home in
this rural southeastern Pennsyl
vania Community. An investigator
said today “it looks like it could
fee foul play.”
The victims of the blaze were
identified tentatively as the wife,
children and grandchildren of
John Twyman, 36, a truck driver
and a long-time resident of the
“bottoms” section of Oxford.
Twyman, police said, appeared
at the scene of the blaze as the
last of the bodies of the Negro
family were being recovered from
the 20 to 30-foot home. Patrolman
Claude Swift said Twyman was
shocked into mumbling incoher
ency but told him'he had just re
turned from Baltimore.
Firemen were looking for Twy
man’s body when he appeared.
Fire Marshal Robert Brown
said most of the victims, all ap
parently asleep when the blaze
started, were charred beyond im
mediate identification. He and
Swift said the victims “didn’t
stand a chance.”