m NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV NO. 55 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1953 Per Copy—15^
Big Armed Forces
Day Planned Here
Saturday« May 16
Rotary was host to many guests
Thursday at their noon luncheon.
Among them were: Lt. Thomas
M. Prendergast and Lt. Floyd
Helmick of Ladd Air Force Base;
Paul Monroe, drug salesman of
Seattle; Walt Taylor of Fairbanks;
Robert Curtis, manager of Alaska
Airlines at Nome; Hall Conley,
Eastman Kodak representative
from San Francisco; Merritt
Greene, travel agent from San
Jose, Calif.; Martin Keith of the
Lomen Commercial Co. and Ellis
Farmer, Juneau, of the Alaska
National Guard.
Lieut. Prendergast announced
that a big day is planned for
Nome on Armed Forces Day,
Saturday, May 16, and the cooper
ation and the community was re
quested. A C-124 cargo plane is
to bring the 774th Air Force Band
to Npme from Ladd Field as well
as several squads of men for par
ading. New weapons will be
placed on display, also the latest
in Arctic survival equipment.
The National Guard, the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars and the
American Legion will participate
in the observance of the day.
The Civil Air Patrol Cadets
will also take part in the parade,
training officer Jack Reed an
nounced today.
A special edition of the Nugget
is planned for the occasion.
Mr. Merritt Greene, a travel
agent and a Rotarian from San
Jose, Calif., spoke briefly on the
great possibility for expanding the
tourist attraction to this area.
A very fascinating color-sound
moving picture, “Arctic Tour
Lure’’ was shown depicting the
numerous unique attractions in
northern Alaska. This film was
provided by Frank Whaley of
' Wien Airlines.
Mrs. Nels Swanberg, Jr.
Dies Suddenly At Home
Wednesday Evening
The community is shocked and
saddened with the sudden death
of Mrs. Nels Swanberg, Jr., who
passed away suddenly at her
home last Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Swanberg, who operated
the Ice Cream Center, was born
Nov. 22, 1909 in Urbanna, Wash.,
and came to Nome 19 years ago
when she married Nels Swanberg,
Jr.
She is survived by her husband
and four children, Lois, Gordon,
Diane, and Mary Jo, who- all re
side here; her mother, Mrs. Xenia
Brunnel; sisters Mrs. William Kel
sey and Mrs. Jack Dowd, and
brother Albert Brunnel, all of
Seattle.
Mrs. Swanberg has been an out
standing mother, devoted to her
home and children and leaves
many friends in the community.
The teen-agers of Nome are es
pecially indebted to her for the
time she has given to- sponsoring
and chaperoning parties for them
during the past several years.
Her mother, Mrs. Brunnel, is
expected to arrive Saturday from
Seattle for the funeral which has
been announced for 2:30 Sunday
afternoon from the Community
Methodist Church.
Newsmen Beat Truce Men In
Softball Game in Korea
• MUNSAN, UP)—Rear Adm. John
C. Daniel took a terrific beating
Friday from Korean war corres
pondents—on a baseball diamond.
The newsmen defeated the U.N.
truce delegation softball team
20-10 with Daniel pitching the en
tire game.
Correspondents Bob Tuckman
of the Associated Press and How
ard Handleman of International
News Service each homered. John
Rich of National Broadcasting
Co., was the winning pitcher.
Alaska Mother of The Year
■ i
Alaska’s 1953 Mother of the
Year, Delia Hamilton Watson,
paused in Seattle between flights
on her way to New York Monday
to receive apple blossom greetings
from Alaska Airlines Stewardess
Iona Salter.
Mrs. Watson, with state Moth
ers from all over America, will
attend the National Awards Week
Festivities at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel as a guest of the Golden
Rule Foundation.
In announcing Delia Watson as
Alaska’s first mother, Mrs. Paul
V. Clumpne'r, Alaska chairman of
the Golden Rule Foundation, said:
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U.S. Ready to Meet
Anyone Half-Way
To Win True Peace
NEW YORK, (/P) — President
Eisenhower declared last night
America stands always ready to
meet “anyone half-way” in win
ning a truly peaceful, moral world
—but this peace must respect the
rights of all men.
This means “everybody, not
only our friends,” he said.
For example, in Korea, he
added, United States policy is
dedicated to protecting rights of
all people there, including those
“only lately fighting in the ranks
of our eenmies, people that have
become our prisoners.”
The President, here on a rapid
temp, four - hour visit during
which he addressed two Republi
can dinners, said Korean prison
ers are entitled to the “right of
political asylum.”
“To force these people to go
back to a life of terror and per
secution is something that would
violate every moral standard by
which America lives,” he de
clared. “It cannot be done.”
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, also addressing the $100
a-plate Republican affair, said the
United Nations Command is “not
prepared indefinitely to continue
truce talks with the Communists
in Korea.”
“We earnestly desire and seek
an honorable peace in Korea. But
we shall not allow our enemies
there to use peace talk as a strata
gem for gaining military advan
tages in their war of aggression,”
he said.
Because of the size of the Re
publican gathering, it had to be
split into' two hotel ballrooms—
1,200 at the Astor and 3,500 at
the Waldorf-Astoria. The affair
grossed the party $350,000.
In parallel talks to both groups,
Eisenhower sketched the aims of
government foreign policy, and
said “It cannot merely be a suc
cession of reactions to somone
else’s actions.”
He declared “no foreign policy
really deserves the name if it
merely reflects actions from
someone else’s initiative” — ob
viously an allusion to the fluctu
ations of Soviet policy.
Canberra Jet Bomber Sets
New Altitude Record—
63,688 Feet, Over 12 Miles
LONDON, (jP)—A British twin
jet Canberra bomber climbed to
63,688 feet, bettering the world
aircraft altitude record by 4,222
feet, the Royal Aero Club an
nounced Friday.
The flight was made last Mon
day from Filton Airfield, near
Bristol, with W. F. Gibb, assistant
chief test pilot of the Bristol
Aeroplane Company, at the con
trols. The plane was fitted with
Bristol Olympus engines.
The present record was set by
Britain’s John Cunningham on
March 23, 1948, in a Vampire jet
fighter. He reached 59,446 feet.
It took Gibb 45 minutes to
climb the full altitude—more than
12 miles.
U.N. To Seek Clarification
Of 8-Point Red Plan For
Handling Prisoners of War
WASHINGTON, UP)—The United
States was reported today to have
instructed the United Nations
Command in Korea to seek clari
fication Qf some provisions of the
eight - point Communist plan for
handling prisoners of war after an
armistice.
Authoritative informants indi
cated that this step was prelim
inary to the expected formulation
of U.N. coxmter-proposals which
would aim at:
1. Eliminate a section of the
Communist plan under which
Communist Poland nn<jl Czecho
slovakia \yould be permitted to
I put troops into South Korea for
the purpose of helping handle pri
soners of war who refused to go
home.
2. Providing some arrangement
which would assure freedom
within a reasonable time for those
POWs—now estimated at 48,500—
who refuse to return.
Escaped German POW
Surrenders to FBI After
Colliers Prints His Picture
NEW YORK, MPI — An escaped
German prisoner of war, hunted
by the FBI ior seven years and
now a successful interior decor
ator, gave himself up last night—
because of a picture and a girl.
Husky blonde Harry Girth, 27,
said he had lived in constant fear
of being caught.
“I didn’t want to go back to
Germany,” he said. “Their way of
life is so different. I wanted no
part of it.”
Since he escaped from the Fort
Dix, N.J., POW camp in 1946,
Girth had built up an interior
decorating business at Atlantic
City, N.J., was buying a $5,900
shore home, and was engaged to
an American girl.
It was his acquaintance with
the girl, Judy Florentine, of At
lantic City, and the appearance of
his picture in the current issue
of Collier’s magazine as one of
five fugitive German POWs in
the United States that led to his
surrender.
The girl’s mother spotted the
picture of Girth and notified her
son George in New York. He
contacted his prospective brother
in-law, advised him to surrender,
and Girth agreed.
"World Citizen No. 1" Detained
By British Police For Observation
In A Mental Hospital
LONDON, (#) — Gurry Davis,
self-made man without a coun
try, dashed through the gates of
Buckingham Palace Friday in an
attempt to ask Queen Elizabeth
if she could extend his stay in
England.
A policeman caught Davis in
the palace yard. He was taken to
a police station and later re
moved to St. Pancras hospital. A
Scotland Yard spokesman said
Davis was being detained for
mental observation.
Davis, 31, is a U.S. World War
II veteran who renounced his
American citizenship in 1948 to
■ become “World Citizfen No. 1.”
C of C to be Host
To 27 Fairbanks
Men Tomorrow
The Nome Chamber of Com
merce will entertain 27 Fairbanks
businessmen who are arriving
with Wien Airlines on Saturday.
The visit will be highlighted by
a tourist tour and lecture on
Nome and vicinity, to be followed
by a banquet at the Bering Sea
Club.
Toastmaster for the evening
will be Dewey Goodrich, presi
dent of the Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce. Mayor
Steve Andersen will make the ad
dress off welcome.
The visitors will be introduced
by Cecil Wells who is president
of the All Alaska Chamber of
Commerce, and Phil Anderson,
president of the Fairbanks Cham
ber of Commerce.
Special talks are planned on
mining, highways and the tourist
industry as well as other items of
interest to northern Alaskans.
Eskimo dancing will be featured
following the dinner, for the en
tertainment of the guests.
Reservation are being made to
day and tomorrow with members
of the committee which is headed
by George Goshaw.
Dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
Several Minor Changes
In Alaska Statehood
Bill Are Reported
WASHINGTON, UP—1The House
Territories subcommittee made
several changes in the Alaska
statehood bill yesterday.
After a closed - door session of
the committee, Chairman Saylor
told newsmen several clarifying »
amendment had been adopted. He
did not say what they were.
He did say, however, no sub
stantial changes were made, al
though there was “a great deal
of discussion” of a provision
which would permit Alaska, if it
becomes a state, to select some 43
million acres of land now fed- «
erally owned.
Saylor said the committee staff
was instructed to prepare an
amendment to require that any
land selected by the state include
the tidelands—or shore land be
tween high and low tide marks.
The committee also approved a
bill to authorize oil and gas leases
on lands set aside in the Terri
tory of Alaska for school pur
poses. Ninety per cent of the
revenue would be set aside for
the territorial schools and 10 per
cent would be retained by the
federal government.
Gov. Talmadge, Home From
Governors' Conference, Afflicted
With Suspected Case of Mumps
ATLANTA, (41—Georgia’s Gov
ernor Herman Talmadge, who re
turned Tuesday night from a
meeting of state governors with
President Eisenhower in Wash
ington, has symptoms of the
mumps.
And if a positive diagnosis
shows he’s a mumps victim, the
President and the 45 other gov
ernors who took part in the par
ley may want to call in their doc
tors promptly if they start feeling
badly.