ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVIII No. 109 ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1956 Per Copy—15*
Parris Island Recruit Operated On
For Hernia After Stomach Blow When
He Failed, to Say ‘Sir to Corporal
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. M—Ma
rine Corps officials said today a
report has been filed in the case
of an Ohio recruit who said a
corporal slugged him in the stom
ach for failure to say “sir.”
Contents of the report were not
disclosed immediately. The public
information office said further
proceedings must await the re
cruit’s personal testimony.
In Navy Hospital
The recruit is Donald Hamis
far, 20, son of Mrs. R. L. Hamis
far of Norwalk, Ohio. She said
the alleged blow in the stomach
the day after he arrived at this
recruit depot necessitated an op
eration for a rupture. Mrs. Ham
isfar said she had visited her son
REPORTED THAT ACS
WILL BE SOLD TO
FEDERAL ELECTRIC
The Fairbanks News-Miner’s
department “On the Inside” has
reported that “Word from An
chorage has it that the Alaska
Communication System will be
sold to Federal Electric Corpora
tion sometime next year.
“Federal Electric is a subsidi
ary of Western Electirc and is
currently engaged in the White
Alice communications line being
built in Alaska.
“It's reported that Federal Elec
tric is already training men for
the changeover, which will be
completed in the summer of 1958.
ACS will then be incorporated
into the White Alice setup.”
at the U.S. Navy hospital at near
by Beaufort.
It was at this base that Sgt.
MeKeon was convicted in August
of negligent homicide and drink
ing while on duty in the death of
six recruits during a night march
into a tidal stream.
Mop and Bucket Drill
Mrs. Hamisfar said at Norwark
that here “first knowledge was
received in a letter from Donald
at the hospital.” She said the cor
poral struck her son because he
failed to address the noncommis
sioned officer as “sir” in a demon
stration on the uses of mops and
buckets.
The public information officer
said Hamisfar was hospitalized
“as a result of a congenital hernia
condition and was operated on for
incarcerated hernia on Aug. 28.”
It added: “Medical authorities
are unable to determine whether
or not Pvt. Hamisfar’s condition
Was aggravated by a blow in the
stomach.
42 Killed, 5000 Homes
Damaged or Destroyed
By Emma in S. Korea
SEOUL, Korea, WV—Forty- two
persons were killed and 5,000
homes were destroyed or dam
aged when typhoon Emma struck
South Korea Monday, a national
police tabulation said today.
Thirty-five are still missing.
Severe damage to communica
tion lines delayed reports on the
damage, which police estimated
at over $2,000,000.
No Immediate Changes In A.R.C.
Policy Foreseen Under Transfer
The Alaska Road Commission
will continue its work, as it has
in the past, when it is transfer
red this coming Sunday to the
Commerce Department This dec
laration was made by Frank Mor
ris, ARC district engineer, on
the basis of information he now
has. The only change, he said,
would be that the ARC would not
plan any road work under force
account. Force account means
work performed with ARC equip
ment and personnel.
Mr. Morris made this statement
at Rotary meeting Thursday
while giving a summary of his
agency’s activities this summer.
Mr. Morris said that it was a
policy of the Bureau of Public
Roads to perform only mainten
ance work on the roads, allowing
private contractors to make the
actually construction.
Mr. Morris reiterated that he
had been notified of no change of
policy under the new depart
ment and that as far as he knows
now the ARC will remain the
same except for its road building
activities.
Guests at luncheon were Bill
Egan of Valdez, president of the
Alaska Constitutional Convention
which met last winter, George
Mullally, auditor for the North
ern Commercial Co., and Rev. T.
Knudsen of the Lutheran Church.
Mr. Egan said that though he
is an Alaskan, bom and bred, he
was amazed at the breadth and
potential of 'this north country
and that one must see it to fully
appreciate it. He said he intends
to return to get better acquainted
with the country and the people.
Nome Rotary Club’s'’"bulletin,
“The Sluice Box” made its ap
pearance Thursday featuring the
slogan “Toward Golden Oppor
tunities for Service.” The bulletin
will be a weekly mimeographed
sheet.
U.S. POPULATION
OVER 105,520,000
WASHINGTON, GP)—'The Cen
sus Bureau today estimated the
U.S. population on August 1 at
168,360,000.
This total, which includes 906,
000 armed forces overseas, is an
increase of 17,227,000 or 11.4 per
cent above the count at the last
census in 1950.
It also represents an increase of
2,841,000 or 1.7 percent over the
estimate for Aug. 1, 1955. Census
estimated the total civilian popu
lation for that date as 165,520,000.
Jordan Claims 1,000
Israeli Raid Outpost m
JERUSALEM, WV—A Jordan
military source said today 21 Jor
dan soldiers were killed, wounded
or are missing in an Israeli raid
on a police post at Gharandal in
south Jordan last night. He said a
force of 1,000 Israelis made^ the
attack.
It was the second attack on a
Jordan post along the Israeli de
marcation line that has been re
ported at Jordan in three days.
Twenty Jordanians were reported
killed at Rahwa in a two-hour
battle Wednesday.
The Jordan source said the af
tackers at Gharandal, a village
about half way between the Dead
Sea and the Red Sea, used heavy
weapons and were supported by
three planes which bombed the
area.
GOP Tennessee
Plan Candidates
Here For 3 Days
Charlie Burdick of Juneau, and
John Butrovich Jr., of Fairbanks,
Republican candidates for Con
gress under the Alaska-Tennessee
plan, arrived in Nome Thursday
for a three-day visit in the area.
This is a return visit to Nome
for Charlie Burdick, who lived in
Nome in 1939 and 1940 as a repre
sentative of the Reindeer Service.
Mr. Burdick, who retired in 1953
from the U.S. Forest Service, is
interested in the development of
Alaska’s natural resources. He
favors a tax incentive program,
which would toe designed to de
velop our present industries, at
tract new ones, and build year
around payrolls in every section
of the territory.
John Butrovich, Jr., is the
senior senator of the Territorial
having served continuously since
1944. Since 1949 he has served as
chairman of the Senate’s finance
committee.
Mr. Butrovich was bom in Fair
banks and is a member of the
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 4.
He is the owner of an insurance
agency and is married. His
daughter is a senior in the Fair
banks high school.
Both men are house guests of
Sen. Chas. D. Jones, who is taking
them around to meet Nomeites.
Woman Found After Being Kidnaped,
Beaten, Stripped, Abandoned in Desert
EL CENTRO, Calif., UPLj-Mrs.
Ruth Latham, who disappeared
from her San Diego home Wed
nesday, was found today, nude,
scratched, and in a state of shock,
by the side of a desert road.
Within a short time, the sher
iff’s office in San Diego anounced
the arrest of two women, Mrs.
Beatrice Winn, 51, and Mrs. Lu
cille M. Wisenand, 36, on suspi
cion of kidnaping and attempted
murder of Mrs. Latham.
Seen Along Highway 90
Mrs. Latham, 51, wife of a
wealthy San Diego investment
broker, was spotted crouching be
hind a bush on the shoulder of
state highway 80 near Coyote
Wells, about 19 miles west of here.
An El Centro plumber, Harvey
Webb, said he happened to spot
Mrs. Latham. He threw a blanket
over her and started for El ^Centro
with her in his car.
They encountered a California
highway patrolman, J. D. Elson,
who notified the sheriff’s office
and summoned an ambulance.
Given Sleeping Medicine
Elson said Mrs. Latham, suffer
ing from shock, exposure and de
hydration whispered to him that
she was “kidnaped from my home
by a Mexican woman I do not
know.”
Elson said she told him that she
was beaten, tied, given sleeping
medicine of some kind and “I was
put down on sharp rocks and sand
SEASON'S FIRST SNOW
FALLS IN MINNESOTA
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Min
nesota, UfI—The season’s first
snow—the earliest in 43 years—
fell in the International Falls area
for 18 minutes this morning.
The light snow melted almost
as soon as it touched the ground
as temperatures registered be
tween 32 and 34 degrees. I
Two Boys, 11 and 13, Take Joyride
In Plane for an Hour, Land Safely
MASTIC, N.Y., UPI—Two boys,
aged 11 and 13, who had never
stepped into a plane before, yes
terday took off in an unattended
monoplane, flew for an hour and
landed perfectly.
“I gave it the gas and taxied up
the runway and then it went in
the air,” calmly explained the
pilot, 13-year-old Eddie Gates.
The co-pilot, Roy Brosseau, said
Eddie assured hirn he knew how
to fly. Eddie told police ‘hat was
right; he learned from a book.
Eddie said they spotted a single
engine plane on a runway with
the key in the engine, and they
just climbed in and started it.
They took off at 130 miles an
hour, flew at 2,000 feet over Suf
folk County on the eastern end of
Long Island, and swooped low
over their own homes on the edge
of the airport.
Their airjoy ride almost escaped
unnoticed. But two Civil Air Pa
trol pilots, who are also detectives
on the Brookhaven police force,
saw the small plane scoot down
for a landing with apparently no
one in it. As they approached,
however, two little Jieads popped
up.
The boys were released in the
custody of their parents while
police and the owner of the plane,
a private charter service, decided
what charges to bring.
was thrown over me.” He said she
told him that the Mexican woman
was joined by Mrs. Winn.
Mrs. Latham’s body was all
scratched and coverfcd with sand.
Her clothing was not located. She
said she thought she had been on
the desert for two days.
Elson said Mrs. Latham mum
bled something about wanting her
husband to “stop payment on all
checks.” Elson said it may have
been that Mrs. Latham gave some
one a check during her ordeal or
her checkbook was taken from
her.
Mrs. Winn and Mrs. Wisenand
told police they had been kid
naped, also on Wednesday, by
three men and a woman in Boni
ta, a suburb of San Diego, and
driven to Calexico, Calif., where
they were released. Mrs. Winn
said Mrs. Wisenand, a U.S. Cus
toms Service employe, was a visi
tor in the Winn home.
Police said Mr. and Mrs. La
tham were involved in a lawsuit
with Mrs. Winn.
Man Awarded $1,500
In Dispute Over 10<4 Pie
OKLAHOMA CITY, UPV—Clar
ence Clifford Wilson was $1,500
richer today—because of a 10-eent
fried pie he didn’t steal.
A district court jury awarded
the judgment to Wilson, climax
ing his damage suit against the
Honest John grocery.
The Oklahoma City man told
jurors he was “very embarrassed
three years ago when a store clerk
accused him of stealing the pie
and had him thrown in jail.
Even tho another jury later
cjeared him of the crime, Wilson
said people still referred to him
as the “fried pie man.”
Effective Saturday THl ' Mil - Tax on Theater Tickets
Adult Admission Will I I Is Lifted and We Pass
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