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_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVII No. 101 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1955_ Per Copy—15*
Indian Ambassador To The U.S. Asked
To Leave Public Dining Room of Texas
Restaurant When Mistaken For Negro
HOUSTON, Tex., Uft — Because*
a restaurant supervisor thought
they were Negroes, India’s am
bassador to the United States and
his secretary were asked to leave
the public dining room of a swank
eating place Monday.
Mrs. Mary Alley, the super
visor, was reported by a witness
to have said she asked the pair
to take service in a small private
dining room. “The law’s the law.”
Mrs. Alley was quoted as saying.
If they had refused to move,
the witness quoted Mrs. Alley as
adding, “I would have had to
have them moved.”
The witness, Houston public re
lations counsel Frank Gibler, said
he was told by Mrs. Alley that
she “thought they were Negroes.”
Texas law forbids serving Ne
groes and white people in the
same room. Houston’s contract
with the federal government,
however, bans discrimination at
the International Airport where
the incident occurred in the Hori
zon House Restaurant.
The Houston Post said Tuesday
that at least six witnesses told
of hearing Mrs. Alley ask the
ambassador, Gaganvihari Lallub
hai Memta, and his secretary, B.
A. Rajagopalan, to leave the din
ing room.
The ambassador and his secre
tary looked at each other, smiled,
and complied. They made no pro
test and followed Mrs. Alley into
a small dining room back of the
cashier’s cage. It was more than
two hours later when Houston
newspapers heard of the incident.
The two Indians were en route
to Mexico City from Washington
and had a 2Vz hour layover here
between planes. They were gone
before Houston newsmen could
reach them.
12-Year-Old Girl
Spells Her Way
To $16,000 On TV
NEW YORK, UR—A 12-year-old
Baltimore schoolgirl, grinning
wide in self confidence, has spell
ed herself to the $16,000 mark on
“The $64,000 Question” television
show.
Gloria Lockman calmly spelled
out this sentence:
“The belligerent astigmatic an
thropologist annihilated innumer
able chrysanthemums.”
Before the show, Gov. Theo
dore McKeldin of Maryland had
sent Gloria a telegram saying:
“We’re all watching you and all
certain that you will pass the
$16,000 barrier just as easily as
you fiinished the earlier hurdles.”
Gloria’s success last night makes
her eligible to try for $32,000
next Tuesday night in her spell
ing category on the CBS TV show.
The decision whether to keep
the $16,000 or go on is up to her
grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Key.
If Gloria tries for $32,000 and
misses, she still will have a con
solation prize of $4,000.
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Ambassador Thought He
Was Being Honored
With Cooler Private Room
NEW DELHI, UR — The Indian
foreign ministry said today it con
siders Ambassador G. L. Mehta’s
color trouble with a Houston res
taurant a closed matter since the
State Department’s apology.
Mehta, ambassador to Washing
ton, and an Indian companion
were moved to a private dining
room Monday at the Texas city’s
airport because the restaurant’s
woman supervisor thought they
were Negroes. The State Depart
ment telegraphed an apology to
Mehta, who had gone on to Mexi
co City, and sent an official ex
pression of regret to the Indian
government.
In Mexico City, the ambassador
said he thought he was being
honored with special attention
and a more private, cooler room.
He said he was making an in
quiry and would decide later
what steps to take.
Nine Cases Polio
At Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN, (if)—Three more
cases of polio were reported here
Tuesday, bringing the total this
month to nine, including one
death.
Three of the nine have been
sent to Seattle for further treat
ment. One of the first cases re
ported here, that of Rowena Na
than of Waterfall, Alaska, has
been released from the hospital.
The latest polio patients are
Ralph Williams, Frank Jones and
Mrs. Louis Scott.
SEATTLE, UP) — Ketchikan has
six or seven cases of polio hos
pitalized, and an iron lung and
a hot pack machine were flown1
there from Seattle yesterday, ac
cording to Felix Montes, Wash
ington State representative for
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis.
One patient died at Ketchikan
General Hospital Sunday night,
Montes reported.
Job Applicants In L.A.
Misspell These Words
LOS ANGELES, UP) — General
Manager Joseph W. Hawthorne of
the Civil Service Department
doesn’t know why but of the 11
words most frequently misspelled
by municipal job applicants, six
begin with the letter a.
They are: accommodate, accu
mulate, afraid, all right, already
and aqueduct. The other sticklers:
dictionary, occasion, personnel,
receive and separate.
Hawthorne tested his secretary
yesterday with this dictation:
“To accommodate our person
nel, each has already received a
separate dictionary, so on this
occasion we are afraid to accumu
late more unless the aqueduct
funds come through all right.”
City To Observe
Fire Prevention
Week This Year
At City Council meeting Mon
day evening it was announced
that a Fire Prevention Week will
be observed this year with em
phasis on a community-wide pro
gram to eliminate fire hazards.
The program is being planned to
be put into effect before winter
is too far advanced and will be
directed by Fire and Police Chief
Carl Webb and Police Officer
Howard Yates, who has experi
ence in fire prevention inspec
tions in other commjLinities.
The street committee reported
that sidewalk improvements are
progressing although handicapped
by the heavy rain.
The Health Department report
ed the new comfort stations are
in use, although not completely
finished yet. They also reported
that the clean-up campaign bog
god down due to lack of heavy
equipment needed to remove old
cars and other unsightly pieces
of abandoned machinery. It is
hoped that as soon as such equip
ment becomes available this fall
the project will be completed.
The announcement was made
that the Senator Kefauver com
mittee on Juvenile Delinquency
will be here on Sept. 15 to
hold hearings on conditions in
Nome.
The Chamber of Commerce
recommended to the Council that
it take steps to join the League
of Alaskan Cities, as the league
has many advantages which will
help Nome to delevop along with
the rest of the territory.
Gus Bjornstad was awarded the
railroad property back of his
residence for $58.
There was a discussion on the
need of using the east entrance
to the school as a fire exit as
soon as school starts. This door is
now closed due to construction,
which continues to be delayed by
the unusually wet season which
has retarded the refrigeration of
the foundation.
TUESDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Chicago 6-3, Baltimore 2-10
Boston 8, Cleveland 3
Detroit 7, New York 2
Kansas City 4, Washington 3
National League
Brooklyn 6, Chicago 4
St. Louis 2, New York 1
Philadelphia 4, Milwaukee 3
Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1
Pacific Coast League
Oakland 5, San Diego 3
Los Angeles 4, Sacramento 3
Portland 2, Hollywood 0
Seattle 5-2, San Francisco 4-3
FARM BOY'S GOAL ATTAINED
JACKSON, Miss., U1) — Missis
sippi voters elected Atty. Gen.
J. P. Coleman their new governor,
the job a poor farm boy set as
his goal more than 20 years ago.
The farm boy who worked his
way through college and law
school defeated atty. Paul B.
Johnson, a son of a former gov
ernor making his third bid for
the post.
Eisenhower Says We Can Never Accept
Russian Wrongs To Men And Nations
In Our “Eagerness To Avoid War”
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Reds Return Flier
Shot Down Over
Korea Last Week
KUMHWA, Korea, UP) — The
Communists Tuesday freed an
American Air Force flier and
handed over the body of an Army
captain in a wierd ceremony in
the middle of the Korean Neutral
Zone.
The two were shot down by
Red gunners a week ago.
“I was treated fairly well,”
said the survivor, 2nd Lt. Guy H.
Bumpas of Jackson, Miss., in a
strange, last-minute question-and
answer session with a Communist
officer.
The Communists also handed
over the body of Army Capt.
Charles W. Brown of West Louis
ville, Ky., Bumpas’ observer
passenger on the Aug. 17 flight
that has set off one of the angriest
exchanges since the armistice.
The Reds said the light, un
armed training plane was spying.
The United Nations Command
charges “trigger-happy” gunners
fired on it when it was lost.
A bandage covered Bumpas’
right eye and the right side of
his forehead as he crossed a
small bridge to the Allied side of
the Korean truce line.
The Air Force flier was es
corted to the bridge by a North
Korean lieutenant colonel. Before
he crossed it, the Communist of
ficer told waiting Allied author
ities he wanted to ask Bumpas
some questions.
“Please limit your questions,”
said Lt. Col. Harold A. Dye, At
lanta, Ga., who later signed a
receipt acknowledging return of
Bumpas and Brown’s body.
“Can you tell me about your
treatment in North Korea?” the
Red officer asked.
Bumpas replied quickly: “It
was all right. It was okay. The
treatment^—considering the cir
cumstances—was all right. I was
treated fairly well.”
HITLERS HEAD ON CORK
RULED NOT PROPAGANDA
MUNICH, Germany, UP — A
German district court ruled today
that it’s okay to sell miniatures
of Hitler’s head for bottle corks.
The court acquitted a souvenir
shop owner in this birthplace of
the Nazi party of a charge of
“making propaganda with sym
bols of an outlawed organization.”
The Hitler - headed corks are
bought mainly by American ser
vicemen and tourists.
The court held the wooden
heads were caricatures, not sym
bols.
SLEEPING SICKNESS KILLS 88
TOKYO, UP — Encephalitis B,
Japanese sleeping sickness, is
spreading rapidly in Tokyo and
has killed 88 children, the Metro
politan Health Service said today.
> PHILADELPHIA Ut)— President
Eisenhower declared today Amer
ica is on a “crusade for peace”
but can never accept Russian
wrongs to men and nations in an
“eagerness to avoid war.”
In a prepared address to the
American Bar Assn., Eisenhower
voiced confidence that the Gen
eva summit conference spells op
portunity to advance toward
peace “based on justice and se
curity.”
Yet, without naming the Soviet
Union, Eisenhower said the divi
sion of Germany, the domination
of captive countries and the use
of international subversion are
“violations of the rights of men
and nations.”
They probably result, he said,
from “a compound of suspicions
and fear.” But he added quickly:
“That explains. It cannot excuse.”
“In justice to others and to
ourselves,” he said, “we can never
accept those wrongs as part of
the peace that we desire and
seek.”
For America, he said, Geneva
spells not stagnation but oppor
tunity—“opportunity for our own
people and for people everywhere
to realize their just aspirations.”
But he warned that eagerness
to avoid war can produce agree
ment to perpetuate into the future
the injustices and wrongs of the
present.
“We must not,” Eisenhower
said, “participate in any such
false agreement ... in the judg
ment of history, we would have
sold out the freedom of men for
the pottage of a false peace. More
over, we would assure future
conflict!
“The division of German can
not be supported by any argu
ment based on boundaries or
language or racial origin.
“The domination of captive
countries cannot longer be justi
fied by any claim that this is
needed for purposes of security.
“An international political ma
chine, operating within the bor
ders of sovereign nations for their
political and ideological subver
sion, cannot be explained away as
a cultural movement.”
France Recalls 60,000
Reservists On Account
Of North Africa Disorders
PARIS, (fll — France recalled
60,000 young reservists to the
colors today to bolster her forces
in Morocco and Algeria, strained
by nationalist uprising over the
weekend.
At the same time Premier
Faure and President Coty hurried
to Paris for urgent consultations
on consequences of the clashes
which took an estimated 2,000
lives.
France already has an esti
mated 125,000 troops in Algeria
and more in Morocco.
Meanwhile, there was relative
quiet in French North Africa as
French troops continued cleanup
operations.