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VOL. LVI NO. 56 " NOMETaLASKA. MONDAY, MAY 10, 1954 Per Copy-^BI
Plot Reported
To “Get” Ike On
Mother's Day
WASHINGTON, UPi — President
Eisenhower didn’t know it, but
secret service agents spent a busy
weekend investigating a reported
threat to assassinate him.
Secret Service chief U. Bough
man says of the report now that
he is “satisfied there was nothing
to it.” But he reached that con
clusion only after his men had
worked long hours checking ev
ery angle, he said.
The report Baughman got was
that there would be an attempt
on Eisenhower’s life yesterday
afternoon at Frederickburg, Va.,
where the chief executive drove
to place a wreath at the grave
of Mary Ball Washington, mother
of the nation’s first President.
The Mother’s Day ceremony,
witnessed by several thousand
people standing in the rain, went
off without incident.
After the ceremony Fredericks
burg police chief A. G. Kendall
told newsmen a Negro man he
termed “reliable” visited police
headquarters Saturday and said
he had been approached with plans
to “knock the President off.”
Kendall declined to name the man
saying that to do so might place
him in danger.
Kendall quoted the man as say
ing he had been approached by
two other men who asked him if
he wanted to make $500. The
police chief quoted his inform
ant as saying the pair showed
him a rifle with telescopic sights
and told him they planned to
« shoot the President from a roof
top.
Kendall said the man arranged
to meet the pair Saturday night,
then came to the police with the
story, and was told to keep the
rendezvous. But he lost his nerve
and the police kept him in protec
tive custody overnight.
Flying Barrow Missionary
Found On Colville River
FAIRBANKS, UP) — Alive and
well and waiting only for the
weather to clear, the Rev. William
Wartes, Presbyterian missionary
who has been missing since Tues
day, was found Friday at the Col
ville River delta.
The missionary dropped from
sight while flying the 350 miles
from Pt. Barrow to Barter Is
. land. He had been the subject
of a widespread search by Air
Force rescue crews which Jiad
been hampered by bad weather.
GOP Committeeman
Resigns Job As Promised
FAIRBANKS, UP) — Robert J.
McKenna Saturday announced his
resignation as Republican Nation
al Committeeman was tendered
the national committee, effective
May 5.
Prior to the April primaries,
McKenna said he would give up
the post if Walter Hickle were
elected committeeman. Hickle
was. McKenna announced his re
signation during an address be
fore the Fourth Division GOP
caucus in Nenana.
RedsTo tally Reject
French Terms For
Indochina Peace
GENEVA, UP)—The Communists
“totally” rejected French terms
for an Indochinese armistice to
day. They countered with an
eight-point plan of their own.
The Communists agreed, hofy
ever, to cooperate in quick action
to remove the wounded from
fallen Dien Bien Phu.
Major points of the Communist
plan were:
Recognition of the Communist
regimes of Vietminh, Lao's and
Cambodia—the latter two labelled
by the French as “phantom” gov
ernments.
Withdrawal of all foreign troops
from Indochina.
Free elections, conducted along
the lines already proposed by the
Communists for Germany and
Korea and rejected by the West.
The Vietminh plan, which was
expected to be pushed toy V. M.
Molotov and Chou En-Lai, was
certain to be rejected by the West
as unacceptable.
This and the French plan were
so far apart there appeared at
first sight to be no basis for
bringing them together.
One provision of the Vietminh
proposal would include a declar
ation of intent on the part of the
Vietminh “to study” the form of
association with France within
the French Union. A French
spokesman labeled this a phony
gesture aimed at winning French
public opinion.
Alaska Couple
Fleeced On Hoax
To Adopt Twins
BOSTON, UP>—Police through
out New England today were
looking foT a woman who was
accused by a Fairbanks couple of
fleecing them of $2,000 on a hoax
that she could arrange for them
to adopt a set of twins.
The tale was told police last
night by Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Gron
din of Fairbanks.
They said they placed an ad
vertisement in a Fairbanks news
paper several months ago that
they wished to adopt a child.
A woman answered the adver
tisement, saying her sister in Bos
ton was to give birth to a child
she wanted to place for adoption.
Later, she informed the Gron
dins that her sister had given
birth to twin boys.
The couple flew to Boston with
the women and accompanied her
to a hospital where the twins
were said to be.
At the hospital, Grondin said,
the women asked him to sit in
the lobby while she went inside.
A few minutes later she came
out and said that $600 more was
needed to complete adoption
plans.
Grondin said he gave her $200
and promised to pay the rest
later. That was the last he ever
saw c/f the woman. He estimated
the hoax cost him a total of $2,000
including the plane fares and in
fant’s clothing.
I Hawaiians Told
Ike Anxious That
Their Bill Pass
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower told a group of Ha
waiians today he is very anxious
that the Hawaiian statehood bill
be passed but that the matter is
in the hands of Congress.
A delegation of 19 legislators
and citizens of the islands and
their governor, Samuel Wilder
King, and their voteless delegate
to Congress, Joseph Farrington,
called on the President at the
White House.
The President, Farrington said,
expressed the view that if the
Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills
could be considered separately in
Congress, it would produce the
results the Hawaiians seek.
Farrington said Eisenhower ex
pressed no opinion as to the Al
aska legislation, which was added
to the Hawaii bill by the Senate.
At a conference with Farring
ton prior to the White House visit
members of the visiting Hawaiian
delegation were advised of the
parliamentary situation facing the
bill in the House.
Farrington suggested that mem
bers of the delegation call on
House members to encourage the
sending of the statehood bill to
conference.
Farrington told the delegation
he had no doubt that the fight
for statehood is going to be won.
Once-a-Week
DC-6B Service
To Start June 4
It has been officially announ
ced that effective June 4, Nome
will be served by the new DC-6B
equipment which Pan American
Airways inaugurated in Alaska in
January of this year.
At the same time the Nome
schedule will be changed from a
twice-weekly service to' a once
per-week service. The service will
be on Friday only.
With this new service, Seattle
will be but 9 hours elapsed time
from Nome.
This new aircraft features a
pressurized cabin which permits
it to fly at altitudes of 20,000 feet
and more. While at this altitude
the cabin pressure remains at
that of 5,000 feet. Thus, it is pos
sible to take advantage of the
high winds prevalent at the high
altitudes and resulting reduction
in flight times.
The latest navigational aids are
standard equipment. Also featur
ed on this new craft is the engine
analyzer, an instrument which
permits the Flight Engineer to
keep a constant check on more
than 3,600 engine parts at all
times. This instrument was devel
oped by PAA engineers.
And It Is Important, Too
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — Con
Dempsey, former Pittsburgh Pi
rate and San Francisco Seal hurl
er, told his junior high school
physical education class.
“Knowing how to jump and
how to fall is important.”
Then he stepped back, tripped
over a mat, fell and broke his
arm.
Eventful Day Planned For Nome
On Armed Forces Day, May 15
Mystery Aircraft Over
Scandinavian Countries
Identified As American
OSLO, Norway, W)—Scandin
avian countries have reported
more mystery, flights over their
territory by foreign aircraft. One
such plane was identified as Am
erican, the Norwegian air force
said.
The Norwegians said yesterday
two unidentified planes were ob
served during the last few days
in northern and central Norway.
Commenting on similiar flights
over Finland and Sweden, the
spokesman said that in at least
one case the identity of the plane
was established as American.
French Planes Attack
Red Convoys N.E. Of
Fallen Dien Bien Phu
HANOI, Indochina, UP)—French
fighters and bombers today heav
ily attacked key roads leading
northeastward from the fallen
fortress of Dien Bien Phu. The
roads are jammed with thousands
of Communist - led Vietminh
troops and big Molotov truck con
voys.
Dropping 1,000-pound high ex
plosive bombs and heavily straf
ing, the warplanes centered their
attacks upon the road from Tuan
Giao, 27 miles northeast of Dien
Bien Phu, and running eastward
to Na San, which is 117 miles
west of Hanoi.
Hundreds of Molotov trucks
moving along the roads in the
Thai country were hit heavily last
night with rockets by French
fighters and again today by bomb
ers. Pilots reported touching off
big explosions and destroying
many of the convoys.
Transit Strike Cripples Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, —'Thousands
of workers thumbed an auto ride
or walked to work today in this
steel city—12th in the nation’s
population—crippled by a major
transit strike.
By early morning every off
street parking space — never
plentiful in the golden triangle
was jammed to capacity.
The strike by Pittsburgh Rail
way Company’s 2,700 employes
knocked 675 trolleys and 196
buses out of operation. A com
pany official said trolleys and
buses average 18 round-trips daily
into the downtown section.
Royal Party Visits "The Rock"
GIBRALTAR, l£) — The Royal
yacht Brittania brought Queen
Elizabeth II and her family to
“The Rock” today for their last
great reception before they said
home for Britain.
Nome Club In Seattle Honors
First Delegate Waskey Today
SEATTLE, UP>—Frank H. Was
key, Alaska’s first territorial
Delegate to Congress, was to toe
honored by the Nome Club at a
luncheon today in the Arctic Club.
Waskey, who now lives in Mary
land, was territorial delegate in
1906 and 1907.
The annual Armed Forces Day
celebration will be held on Sat
urday with a full schedule of
events planned to make it a day
of celebration honoring our men
in uniform.
Speaker of the day will be
Brig. Gen. Donald Smith, com
manding officer at Ladd AFB. His
theme will be “Power for Peace.”
Gen. John R. Noyes, head of the
Alaska National Guard is also
scheduled to be present for the
celebration.
The program will start at 9:00
a.m. with reveille in front of
the Federal Building with all lo
cal groups participating.
From 9:00 until noon there will
be open house at Nome Field with
a C-124 Globemaster on display
and two C-47s as well as sev
eral static displays.
At 10:30 a.m. four F-86 Sabre
jets from Ladd Field will fly over
town in various formations.
The parade will start at 2:00 in
the afternoon, beginning at Nome
School and passing through town
on Front Street to the reviewing
stand in front of the Federal
Building.
The parade will be headed by
the 9th Army Band from Ladd,
followed by the 5003rd Air Force
squadron; Det. E; 9472nd TSU;
National Guard; Boy Scouts; Am
erican Legion; Veterans of For
eign Wars; Civil Air Patrol; Al
aska Communications Systran
color guard, and possibly other
groups.
A band concert is scheduled for
4:00 p.m., to be followed by a
retreat ceremony at 6:00 and taps
at 9:00 p.m.
A dance band from the Air
Force Band will play for the High
School Junior Prom during the
evening.
In charge of arrangements here
is Lt. Richard Kummer.
Weather Balks Rescue Of
Couple On Mt. McKinley
FAIRBANKS, Off) — Rescue
plane were balked again by bad
weather yesterday from reaching
a pilot and his wife who have
been stranded high on Mt. Mc
Kinley since last Thursday.
Thick clouds and fog cut vis
ibility to zero as two small Army
reconnaissance planes tried vain
ly ■ to spot the marooned couple,
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Collins.
Collins’ light plane cracked up
in trying to land Thursday at
about the 8,500-foot level of the
mountain. He and his wife were
attempting to fly in food and
other supplies to five mountain
climbers. They were uninjured in
the landing, but were not believed
to have been able to rendezvous
with the climbing party.
Abandon Any Plans Revise
T-H Law At This Session
WASHINGTON, (ff> — Republi
can congressional leaders said
after a White House conference
today they have abandoned ‘ tem
porarily at least” any plans to
revise the Taft-Hartley labor law
at this session of Congress.