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ROCKING CHAIR MAY GET ’EM !
Alaska Left Out
(The Washington Post)
It must seem a bitter irony to Alaskans that only
a few days after adopting a widely praised state consti
tution, their territory was again reminded of its semi
colonial status. In the highway bill passed recently by
the House, Hawaii is slated for federal road assistance.
So are Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and, of
course, all 48 states. But Alaska, as in the past, was
denied highway benefits. Alaska was not, however,
exempted from taxation for roads—indeed, Alaskans
estimate they will pay $700,000 next year in additional
gasoline taxes to support highway construction else
where.
Quite rightly the Alaskan delegate to Congress,
E. L. Bartlett, scolded the House for its discrimination.
Although Alaska is about one-fifth the size of all 48
states combined, its highway mileage is less than the
4,069 miles in Rhode Island. Interior Department
insistence on keeping Alaska as a sort of fiefdom, and
congressional indifference to its need ior an expanding
'highway system, explain the present plight. Surely
Mr. Bartlett has some justification for asking whether
his territory is^part of the Union or a “distant, unwanted
and uncared for colony.”
The existence of immense tracts of federally owned
land in Alaska makes the distribution of federal aid
funds a different problem from that in any of the other
entities covered by the highway bill. But even if Con
gress is not ready to tackle the larger problem of state
hood, surely there is a way in which some of Alaska’s
own tax contributions can be used to finance more road
construction and maintenance in the northern territory.
There is still time for the Senate to amend the
highway bill to give Alaska a fair break.
Millions Never Saw an Elephant!
Some may wonder why the circus keeps coming
back year after year. After all. the acts and the animals
and the clowns and all the rest of it are pretty much
the same.
One reason is that a great new audience comes
Into being in this country each year. Last year, for
instance, 4,000,000 babies were born—and none had
seen an elephant!
Mob Riots When
Korean Candidate
Dies on Campaign
SEOUL, Upy— P. H, Shinickv, 61,
died Saturday of a cerebral hem
orrhage during a campaign trip to
unseat President Syngman Rhee
in the May 15 elections. Support
ers of the dead candidate later
marched on Rhee’s mansion and
police fired on the screaming mob.
An eyewitnesses said 15 persons
were hurt.
A crowd of 20,000 supporters
waited through a downpour at the
Seoul station for the train bring
ing Shinicky’s body back to the
capital. As the train chugged in,
they smashed windows of the sta
tion and crowded past guards to
the platform.
They joined in singing the Kor
ean national anthem, then surged
out into the streets in a march on
the Rhee mansion. The shouting
crowd broke through a roadblock
about 200 yards in front of Rhee’s
home. Then gunfire crackled.
Police said they fired into the
air. Eyewitnesses said the police
fired directly into the demonstra
tors. A police spokesman said the
crowd fired first, using weapons
seized from a sentry box. He said
two or more police were wounded.
Two truckloads of military po
lice arrived and the demonstrators
fled. Police swarmed through the
nearby houses and arrested more
than 100 persons, including some
women.
Saturday Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 5, Kansas City 2
Detroit 16, Boston 4
Cleveland 2, Baltimore 1
Washington 4, Chicago 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 6
St. Louis 4. Brooklyn 1
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 8-7, Vancouver 4-6
Hollywood 7, San Diego 2
Sacramento 7, San Francisco 1
Seattle 7, Portland 5
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THF.
CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
No 1040
NOTICE OF SALE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
EDNA CHRISTOFFERSON FIX,
deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY' GIVEN that,
titled Court, duly made and entered upon
the 30th day of April. 1956. the following
described real property will be sold, for
cash, to the highest and best bidder, at
the office of the United States Commis
sioner and ex-officio Probate Judge,
which said office is located on the main
floor, East wing. Federal Building, at
Nome, Alaska; the said sale will be made
at the place above designated on Mon
day, the 4th day of June, 1956. at the
hour of two p.m. The Administratrix
reserves the right to refuse any and all
bids.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the
Court, by Order duly made and entered,
has set the minimum value of said prop
erty described below at the sum of
$1,050.00. which is its appraised value.
The said real property to be sold is
described as follows;
1. That certain one story frame build
ing approximately 86 x 30 feet, known
as the “Bunker Hill Road House," situ
ated at the Bunker Hill terminus of the
Government tram road on Seward Pen
insula. 2nd Division, Territory of Alaska,
and all property contained therein
2. Lot 25 and the West 25 feet of Lot
26, in Block 6. in the City of Nome,
Alaska.
3. Lot 6 in Block “L”, in the City of
Nome, Alaska.
DATED this 30th day of April, 1956.
EMILY BOUCHER.
Administ ratrix.
Publ. May 7, 14, 21. 28, 1956.
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Democrats Level Political Guns on
Eisenhower’s Health, Nixon’s Ethics
HY THE ASSOfTATED PRESS
President Eisenhower’s physical
stamina and Vice President Nix
on’s political ethics came under
critical appraisal by national
Democratic leaders Friday as war
ring Democrats carried their pow
er struggle into precinct conven
tions.
Democratic National Chairman
Paul M. Butler, addressing a mock
party convention at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, said in Madison
Friday night that Eisenhower “by
his own admission, is unable to
devote his full energies to the job
of President . . .”
Butler’s new shaft came about
a dozen hours after Eisenhower
had assured his news conference
in Washington that “the schedule
I am now working on, certainly
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Showing at The Theater
May 13, 14 and 15
as far as the doctors say, I can
continue indefinitely . . The
President, also said he might del
egate somebody to take action—
“but I will take the gaff.”
Adlai Stevenson, campaigning
near Nixon’s home in southern
California, read a formal state
ment saying Nixon has “poisoned
four successive election cam
paigns.” Stevenson said he was
referring to 1948 when Nixon won
re-election to the House; 1950,
when the California Republican
was chosen for the Senate; 1952,
when Nixon campaigned success
fully for vice president; and 1954r
when he took a leading part in the
congressional election battles.
Accusing Nixon of showing
“manifest irresponsibility,” Ste
venson said of the vice president:
“He talks little about the issues.
Instead he slanders and impugns
the motives, even the loyalty, of
those who oppose him and his
party. That distasteful technique
has worked three times. It did not
work in 1954 (when the Democrats
regained control of Congress and
it will not work in 1956.”
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