Eskimo Born in Soviet Siberia
Finally Gets U.S. Citizenship
SEWARD—An accident of birth
has caused many complications
for Frank Walunga, a St. Law
rence Island native.
But last week, 36 years after
the “accident,” Frank finally re
ceived his citizenship papers.
One day in the early 1900s,
Frank’s parents were sailing far
from their St. Lawrence Island
home in their umiak, hunting for
walrus and oogruk, when Mrs.
Walunga decided it was time to
find shelter and a place for their
baby to be born.
The nearest shelter proved to
be with far-distant relatives on
the Siberian coast, 40 miles from
their own home at Savoonga on
the island.
And so, Frank was born in Si
beria.
Attending school in Gambell on
the island, Frank learned the
Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S.
flag, the Declaration of Indepen
dence, even the preamble to the
Constitution. He learned the
meaning of the Christian faith
from his parents, and became a
Seventh Day Adventist in young
manhood.
In 1949 Frank came to the Sew
ard Sanitorium to be near his
wife, Gladys, one of the first pa
tients to be admitted. He went to
work as an orderly.
“What are these things—pota
toes? How do I eat this—orange?”
Mrs. Betty Nelson of the Sana
torium staff remembers well
Frank’s amazement as he saw
strange fruits and vegetables as
well as cars, steam radiators, and
telephones for the first time.
“Frank was a good employee,
dependable, friendly and honest,”
Mrs. Nelson says. “He was always
eager to learn more about his
country and to share his enthusi
asm with his wife.”
Now Frank knew he might be
able to settle the citizenship mat
ter once and for all, if he could
just talk to the right person.
The right person turned out to
be Paul Clumpner, of the Natur
alization and Immigration Service
office in Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. Conley, who had
helped Frank in Gambell, now
- 1 1 ——
were employed in Seward, and
they advised Frank to seek out
Clumpner.
Frank says the naturalization
officer really appreciated his
problem, helping him to fill out
the numerous papers necesesary,
answering all of Frank’s many
questions, and encouraging him
to be patient during the five years
it would take to receive final
papers.
Monday, Oct. 25, final citizen
ship papers were finally granted
in Seward to Frank Walunga, a
full-blooded Alaskan Eskimo, the
father of five children, and en
thusiastic new American.
French Socialists Vote
To Support W. Germany
Rearmament Agreement
PARIS, Iff)—By a margin of
more than 6 to 1, the French So
cialist Party Thursday voted to
support the Paris agreements to
rearm West Germany. This was
believed to assure ratification in
the National Assembly, where the
Socialists hold the biggest single
bloc of votes.
A special convention of the par
ty voted 2,817 to 454, with 93 ab
stentions, in favor of the accords.
The party, which has 105 votes
in the 627-member National As
sembly, will vote later on whether
to let six of its members join Pre
mier Pierre Mendes-France’s coa
lition cabinet.
A decision to join the cabinet
would come at an advantageous
time for Mendes-France, who
leaves this weekend for Washing
ton^ and talks with President Eis
enhower.
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Okinawa Prison Riot
Subdued in Fifth Day
NAHA, Okinawa, —A 540
man task force of armed police
subdued the 800 rebellious con
victs of riot-torn Naha Peniten
tiary Thursday without a fight.
'The prisoners, exhausted by
their five-day spree of window
smashing and demonstrations over
the prison conditions, submitted
meekly as the police moved in.
The riot began as an attempted
mass breakout Sunday. Fifty-one
escaped, but 24 were recaptured
or gave themselves up. The 27
are still at large.
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No Confirmation Now
For ICC Appointment,
Senator Predicts
WASHINGTON, UP)—'The Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Thursday approved, on what
amounted to a party line vote,
President Eisenhower’s nomina
tion of George C. McConnaughey
to be a member and chairman of
the Federal Communications Com
mission.
Sen. Monroney (D-Okla) imme
diately predicted the nomination
will not be confirmed by the Sen
ate this session. He said the nomi
nation definitely falls within the
“controversial” category.
ANGRY ITALIAN COMMUTERS
PROTEST TRAIN SCHEDULES
CISTERNA DI ROMA, Italy, UP)
—Scores of angry commuters
massed on the tracks here Thurs
day in a demonstration against
train schedules which fail to get
them to Rome in time for work.
The commuters halted all trains
from Cisterna station for 2V4
hours.
Democratic leaders in the Sen
ate agreed Tuesday no controver
sial nominations would be ap
proved during the special session
of the Senate called to pass on
censure charges against Sen. Mc
Carthy.
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