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U. S. Smelting Co.
No. 3 Capsizes
In Dredge Pond
U.S. Smelting Co. operations
will be curtailed this summer due
to an accident which occurred the
night before last when Dredge No.
3 capsized in the ice-filled dredge
pond at Cooper Gulch.
The dredge, which has been in
operation since 1924, has operated
every year except during the war
years when mining was closed
down by presidential order. No.
3 had not yet started digging at
the time of the accident and no
one was aboard. The company
official were alerted when the
power lines shorted out.
It is reported that the accident
was caused by a leak in the hull,
no doubt caused by ice pressure.
The dredge is on its side and
due to the fact that the super
structive is very heavy and the
pond quite deep, most of the
dredge is now under water and a
portion of the hull exposed on the
surface.
Company officials state that the
dredge is a total loss except for
possible salvage of some of the
machinery and material.
British Newspapers Favor
Attlee In Exchanges With
Senator McCarthy
LONDON, UPI — The transatlan
tic shouting match between Sen.
McCarthy and former British
prime minister Clement Attlee
sparked a rash of fresh headlines
and anti-American comment to
day in the British press.
Two pro - Labor newspapers
printed front-page editorials up
holding Attlee’s right to say there
are ‘'elements” in America which
oppose a Korean settlement. Other
newspapers with varying political
viewpoints plainly indicated their
sympathies lay with the Labor
party’s leader.
President Eisenhower’s concil
iatory remarks at his weekly press
conference were all but lost in
the shuffle. The President said he
did not think the rift between
Britain and the U.S. over deal
ings with Russia and Korean pol
icy is as wide as it might appear.
Although this drew little atten
tion in London, Moscow’s two
principal newspapers — . Pravda
and Izvestia carried identical 186
word summaries of the Eisen
hower statements in today’s edi
tions. Neither paper offered any
comment, however.
Godfrey Undergoes Surgery
BOSTON, UP) —TV star Arthur
Godfrey underwent the first of
two operations today at Massa
chusetts General Hospital and of
ficials said he was in “good con
dition.” The popular entertainer
is submitting to surgery to cor
rect hip injuries suffered 22 years
ago in a traffic accident.
Gov. Heintzleman
Sure Road Funds
Will Be Restored
JUNEAU, l£)—Governor Heint
zleman said Wednesday, after his
return from the national capital,
that he believes there is a fair
chance for restoration of all or a
good part of the Alaska road
funds slashed by the House.
Of his efforts to overcome con
gressional opposition to a larger
fund, the Governor said:
“I told senators and representa
tives whom I contacted that we
were polling territorial legislators
as to their views on a special ses
sion, and that while the poll is not
yet conclusive, all present indica
tions are that the legislators will
be favorable, and that I as gover
nor, would urge the tax increase
which Congress is urging Alaska
to enact.
“In view of my assurance to the
congressmen, I think there is a
good chance of restoration of the
amount cut from our appropria
tion. . .
Heintzleman also said he has
invited the governors to visit the
territory after the council of state 1
governors is held in Seattle -in
August.
“From the information I have
received, I believe several will
make the trip,” he declared. He
said Governor Langlie of Wash
ington would join him as co-host
to the visiting executives.
104th Victim Uncovered
In Tornado-Wrecked Waco
WACO, Tex., UP—The known
death tally mounted frightfully
yesterday as searchers dug deep
into the tornado ruins that defiled
downtown Waco. The dreaded 100
mark was passed as the 104th
body was freed from the debris.
City officials studied these grim
figures: damages estimated at 50
million dollars; 196 business and
manufacturing buildings destroy
ed; 1,836 other buildings and
homes damaged or destroyed.
In San Angelo, Tex., where an
other tornado struck shortly be
fore the Waco storm, the toll
stood at 10 dead—making a total
of 114 tornado dead in Texas.
The weather remained wet and
cold. Two hours of sunlight yes
terday were all Waco had seen
since the twister smashed the
heart of the business district Mon
day.
Two POWs Stoned To Death
In Koje Island Compound
PUSAN, Korea, UP)—Two North
Korean prisoners of war were
stoned to death Tuesday by other
prisoners cm Koje Island, the U.N.
POW Command said today..
The command said two prison
ers confessed, saying the victims
had ordered them to kill some
other prisoners.
House Committee
Approves Alaska
Statehood Bill
WASHINGTON, UP> — Legisla
tion to give statehood td Alaska
was approved by the House Terri
tories subcommittee by a 12 to 5
vote today.
Chairman Saylor of the sub
committee said he expects ap
proval soon by the full House In
terior Committee.
The subcommittee wrote into
the bill a provision to give Alaska
its choice of 100 million acres of
land not subject to federal with
drawal and twenty-five years to'
select the acreage.
It also approved a grant of 15
million dollars to Alaska upon
admission as a state. The money
would be used to build roads and
harbors and for survey work.
This is a reduction from the 50
million originally proposed.
Under the measure as approved
by the subcommittee the new
state’s constitution would have to
be ratified by Congress instead of
being left solely to presidential
approval.
Saylor told reporters after the
closed session that he believes if
the bill can be brought to a vote,
the House will pass it.
The House on March 10 passed
legislation to give statehood to
Hawaii and sent it to the Senate
However, the Senate Interior
Committee in a recent surprise
move voted 8 to 7 to combine the
Hawaii and Alaska statehood bills
into one package.
An attempt is expected to be
made when the Senate committee
meets again to reverse that vote
so each measure would be con
sidered on its own.
Marciano and Walcott To
Fight 15-Rounder Tonight
CHICAGO, Iff) — Chapmion
Rocky Marciano weighed 184V£
pounds and challenger Jersey Joe
Walcott 19734 at the noon weigh
in for their 15-round heavyweight
title bout at the Chicago Stadium
tonight.
Marciano had been outweighed
186 to 194, when he dethroned
Walcott with a 13th round knock
out at Philadelphia last Sept. 23.
In Korean War . . .
SEOUL, UP — U.S. Sabre jets
bagged three Communist MIGs
and damaged five more today
while Turkish infantrymen and a
thunderous tank and artillery bar
rage cut down 400 of 2,000 at
tacking Chinese in western Korea.
More than 20 Sabres, Thunder
jets and Meteor jets flattened al
most 100 buildings in a big mili
tary training center at Chinnam
po, the Air Force said. The fight
er-bombers unloaded more than
a half million pounds of bombs
in a day - long series of strikes
against the center.
Army and Air Force Will Participate
In Nome Armed Forces Day Tomorrow
Senators Disapprove Of
Possible Admission Of
Red China To U.N.
WASHINGTON, UP) — Several
senators displayed little liking to
day for President Eisenhower’s
stated position an possible admis
sion of Red China into the United
Nations in the event a truce is
reached in Korea.
The President told his news
conference yesterday he would
not now say that admission of
the Peiping Communist regime to
the U.N. should follow an armis
tice. He did not add that he
would oppose China’s admission
under any circumstances.
Some lawmakers said they saw
a possibility the President may
have left the gate ajar for fu
tuie compromises.
Among these, Sen. Bridges said
he is categorically opposed either
to U.S. recognition of Communist
China or to its U.N. admission
under any circumstances.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R
NJ), a Foreign Relations Commit
tee member, said if Red China
gets into the U.N. “all Asia is
lost and that includes Korea,
Indochina and Indonesia and I
don’t like to think what would
happen to Japan.”
NOTICE
Business hourses are observing
the holiday tomorrow by closing
during the parade and the address
by Col. Park.
Some houses have announced
they will close at 2 o'clock. Others
are opening after the parade for
the benefit of out-of-town visitors.
All business houses and resi
dences are requested to observe
the day with a display of the
flag.
> The Fourth Regimental Combat
Team will send its most valued
unit, the regimental intelligence
and reconnaissance platoon, to
Nome to participate in local
Armed Forces Day activities.
The platoon is well known
among the citizenry erf Nome,
having made the city their base
of operation for numerous scout
ing missions in the past.
4th Is Most Decorated Unit
They are an integral part of the
Fourth Infantry regimental head
quarters at Ladd AFB. The
Fourth Infantry is America’s sec
ond oldest fighting unit and the
most decorated unit in the Ameri
can Army.
The I & R group will bring
along with them two of their
open-air jeeps — a familiar sight
around Ladd and Eielson in fifty
below weather. Displays set up by
the men will include bazookas,
mortars, recoiless rifles, machine
guns, and small arms.
The platoon, along with three
flights from NGme Field and the
Ladd 774th Air Force band, will
march through Front Street at 2
p.m. Saturday afternoon.
Reveille and retreat formations
will be held at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
respectively in front of the Fed
eral building. Displays will be set
up with men to explain their use
and operation from 2:30 through
4 p.m.
The 774th Band will present a
concert of martial, popular, and
semi-classical selections between
the hours of 4 and 6 p.m.
Echo taps will be played at the
cemetery and on the Bering sea
coast at 9 p.m. Men of the 4th
RCT I & R will fire three vol
leys into the air in memory of
comrades who have fallen in the
defense of Alaska.
Lt. Col. Charles D. Parks, 4th
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