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VOL. LVIII No. 94 NCME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1956 Per Copy—15*
Pribilof Seal Ship Loads
For 1956 Expedition
SEATTLE, (A’v—1The annual seal
ship to the Pribilof Islands is in
Seattle to start loading for her
1956 expedition.
The Navy attack cargo ship
Washburn is expected to said at
midmonth for the islands of St.
George and St. Paul in the Ber
ing Sea. In the north she'll de
liver supplies for the islands and
return with pelts taken this year
by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
hunters.
In 1955, the Navy brought south
65,638 pelts worth $6Vfe million.
Group Formed to Draft
Proposed Platform for
Democratic Convention
CHICAGO,' Oft—Rep. John W.
McCormack today picked five
southerners and an Illinois Negro
lawmaker to serve on a 15-mem
ber subcommittee to draft the
proposed platform for the Demo
cratic National Convention.
The group will submit first to
McCormack’s 107-member plat
form committee and then to the
convention itself a series of pro
posed planks—including one on
the e^losive civil rights issue.
McCormack designated himself
as ex-officio chairman of the
drafting group—obviously in an
effort to compromise the bitter
dispute between Dixie and north
ern delegates over whether the
platform should specifically en
dorse the Supreme Court’s public
school desegregation decision.
From the South, McCormack
picked Gov. James P. Coleman of
Mississippi, former Gov. John S.
Battle of Virginia, Sen. Sam Er->
vin of North Carolina, Rep. Hayes
of Arkansas and Vann M. Ken
nedy of Texas.
Del. Farrington
To Urge Statehood
In GOP Platform
WASHINGTON, UP*—Delegate
Farrington iR-Hawaii) said today
she will urge the Republican Na
tional Convention to adopt a plat
form favoring immediate state
hood for both Hawaii and Alaska.
Mrs. Farrington is one of 10
Hawaii delegates to the GOP con
vention opening in San Francisco
Aug. 20 and a member of the
platform committee.
She expects to leave her Wash
ington office Saturday by train
and arrive in San Francisco in
time for the platform writing
committee beginning Aug. 1
She said she agrees with esti
mates that improvement in na
tional support for Alaskan state
hood will increase Hawaii’s
chances of achieving statehood.
The 1952 Republican platform
supported “immediate statehood”
for Hawaii but qualified its en
dorsement of Alaska statehood
with the statement:
“We favor statehood for Alaska
under an equitable enabling act.”
Democratic Party platforms as
far back as 1948 have urged “im
mediate statehood" for both Alas
ka and Hawaii.
161st Known Suicide From
Golden Gale Bridge Since 1937
SAN FRANCISCO, UP>—Joseph
L. Gallagher, an estimator for a
contracting firm, wrote his wife
“I just overrated my ability to do
what this job and life expect
of me,” then leaped to his death
from the Golden Gate bridge.
Gallagher was listed by police
as the 161st known suicide from
the bridge built in 1937.
He eluded several persons who
tried to stop him from jumping.
Grade School Boys
Vandalize and Set Fire
In The Arctic Club
Several juveniles have been ap
prehended by City, Territorial
and Federal authorities in con
nection with the fire at the Arctic
Club last Monday evening.
These grade school boys had
entered the building and built a
bonfire in the center of the dance
floor ,to roast marshmallows.
They also made use of the kit
chen where they stirred up quite
a mess of available ingredients,
both liquid and solid. Bottles of
liquor were placed in the oven of
the flamo range and allowed to
explode from the heat and bar
materials were used to make a
coffee brew in the big 40-cup
coffee maker.
According to Fire Chief Webb
fire damage amounted to about
$50 while malicious damage to
the interior, furniture and fix
tures will be between three and
four hundred dollars.
Army Will Draft
17.000 Men In October
WASHINGTON, W — The De
fense Department Tuesday issued
a draft call for 17,000 men in
October—all for the Army.
This is the largest monthly
draft quota since last December’s
18,000. However, that included
8.000 for the Army and 10,000 for
the Navy.
The Pentagon said the increas
ed call for October, which is 3,000
more than announced for Sep
tember, was necessary for the
Army to counteract a lag in
reaching its scheduled strength.
At the end of last month, the
Army was about 15,300 men short
of the approved goal of 1,040,250.
Democratic Senator Says ‘Country
Has Been Lucky to Avoid Disaster’
Under Republican Foreign Policy
DEMOCRATIC ANTHEM
IS A FAMILIAR TUNE
CHICAGO, • lift — Democratic
headquarters said today it has
chosen an official campaign song,
“The Democratic March.” The
melody should be fairly familiar
to most voters. It’s “The Yellow
Rose of Texas.”
B-36 Converted To
Flying Testbed For
Atomic Reactor
WASHINGTON, — The Air
Force has released first pictures
of an aircraft carrying an atomic
reactor.
The plane is a B-36 intercon
tinental bomber, converted some
months ago into a flying testbed
for research into the radiation ef
fects of the nuclear power plant
on instruments, equipment and
the frame of the aircraft.
During these research flights
the atomic reactor is turned on
only after the B-36 reaches high
altitudes. The power, which push
es the big plane through the air,
is supplied throughout by its con
ventional piston motors and at
times by the four jet engines. The
nuclear plant is not connected
with the propulsion system.
These research flights are being
conducted by the Convair div
ision of General Dynamics Corp.
as part of its work toward devel
opment of a fully atomic-powered
airplane.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM EISENHOWERS NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY
Hopes for Peaceful
Settlement of Crisis
By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, President
Eisenhower said today he has ev
ery hope the Suez Canal crisis
will be settled by peaceful means.
Eisenhower told a news confer
ence he cannot conceive of mili
tary force bringing a good solu
tion in the tense situation under
present circumstances.
Told that his remarks might
give the impression he would be
opposed to use of force under any
circumstances, Eisenhower shot
back that he had not said that.
What we are trying to do, Eis
enhower said, is to substitute the
conference table for the battle
field.
His mention of the conference
table was an allusion to the 24
nation conference which the
Western big three—the U.S., Brit
ain and France—have called in
London for Aug. 16 ibL an effort
to arrive at a peaceful settlement
of the Suez situation.
After the news conference, the
President spent 30 minutes with
Secretary of State Dulles at the
White House. Dulles told news
men afterward their conference
dealt with the "Suez and other
matters.” He did not elaborate.
His Stand Unchanged
On Running Mate
WASHINGTON, W>>—President
Eisenhower said at a news con
ference today said he feels he has
made himself perfectly clear with
respect to the controversy over a
vice presidential running mate. If
he didn't manage to be clear at
his news conference last week,
then he probably never will be
able to, the President added.
The controversy was touched
off by efforts'of Harold E. Stassen
to ditch Vice President Nixon
from the No. 2 spot on the Repub
lican ticket in favor of Gov.
Christian Herter of Massachu
setts. A week ago the President
said Nixon is “perfectly accept
able” to him as a running mate,
He declined comment on Her
ter or any other possible vice
presidential candidate, saying if
he started discussing them -he
might have to make reservations
about some of them.
On the subject of segregation,
Eisenhower said he could not pre
dict how the Republican Party
plank on civil rights will be stat
ed in its platform, but that so far
as the school desegregation issue
is concerned, he is sworn to up
hold the U.S. Constitution.
Sees Streamlining of
U.S. Forces Coming
WASHINGTON, (£1—President
Eisenhower was asked at his
news conference today what ef
fect any reduction in U.S. military
manpower, resulting from devel
opment of modern weapons,
might have on the strength of
American forces maintained over
seas.
Eisenhower replied that he has
scheduled a conference on that
general situation with Gen. Al
fred M. Gruenther, supreme com
mander of allied forces in western
Europe.
Eisenhower said he believes a
streamlining of U. S. forces is
coming. Pointing up what he has
in mind, the President noted that
long ago it took 1,400 men to
achieve the same amount of fire
power one man with a machine
gun has today. He said he was
harking back to the days of flint
lock weapons to draw the com
parison.
A newsman noted Secretary of
Defense Wilson reported yester
day he had received preliminary
requests for a total of $48 billion
for the defense budget for the
fiscal year starting next July 1.
Wilson also said he had sent the
request back as too high.
Eisenhower said the $48 billion
figure was not a budget item but
just a collection of estimates re
flecting what the defense people
would like to have.
Final Health Checkup
Before Nov. 6 Election
WASHINGTON, Wv--President
Eisenhower today announced he
will undergo another complete
physical examination before the
November 6 election. If it shows
him unfit for a second term, he
said, he will go before the people
and tell them.
This promise to keep the voters
informed of how he feels about
his fitness to serve was made by
Eisenhower at a news conference.
He also predicted the Republi
can convention will reorient the
partys purposes and policies and
help rebuild its strength and
vigor.
Asked by reporters what he
would like to see in the way of
changes, Eisenhower said he be
lieved this was something which
must wait until the party writes
its platform in San Francisco.
But Eisenhower said he believes
the platform will reflect a re
shaping of purposes, policies and
programs in a manner that will
strengthen the party’s position.
LONDON, Iff)—Egypt was re
ported today to have decided to
boycott London’s conference on
international control of the Suez
Canal. Nevertheless, pressure for
a negotiated settlement mounted.
A British spokesman said Britain
aims at a peaceful outcome.
Clearing one major roadblock
to the Aug. 16 conference, Indian
Prime Minister Nehru announced
at last his government’s decision
to attend, but appealed to Britain
and France to halt their “warlike
preparations.” Ceylon also decid
ed to take part.
Authoratative sources in New
Delhi said Egypt had advised the
Indian government she would not
go to the conference, and Nehru
himself told his Parliament he
recognized that “Egypt could not
and would not participate.” In
all, 24 nations were invited.
In Australia, Herbert Evatt, an
opposition leader, declared Brit
ain and France had “no right” to
use force or the threat of force
and that the United Nations was
the proper forum to settle the dis
pute.
The British Foreign Office
spokesman declared Britain’s in
tention of settling the dispute
peacefully. The statement ap
peared aimed at offsetting Asian
anger at the British-French show
of force.
Behind the scenes, there were
signs the government of Prime
Minister Eden was trying to shift
the emphasis from military dem
onstrations to diplomatic negoti
ations. But privately, government
spokesmen insisted there was no
weakening of Britain’s resolve to
assure the vital waterway is not
yielded to Egypt’s one-nation
control.
400-Year-Old Turtle
Dies of Throat Cancer
SEOUL, South Korea, 0W—A
600-pound female sea turtle, esti
mated by experts to be at least
400 years old, died yesterday of
throat cancer.
To Koreans, the turtle is a sym
bol of good luck and a long life.
The big turtle, named Su Ku,
had paddled around a specially
heated tank at Chinhae for seven
years, eating five pounds of cock
les and other shell fish daily. She
was trapped on the southwest
Korea coast in August 1949 far
north of her normal waters.
Russian Warships Pay
Rare Visit to Norway
OSLO, UFi—Three Russian war
ships anchored in Oslo harbor to
day for a four-day visit. It was
only the third Russian naval visit
to Norway since the Russian rev
olution.
The ships were the new 11,500
ton cruiser Molotov and two Sko
ri-class destroyers, all from the
Soviet arctic fleet stationed in
Murmansk. The ships came here
from a visit to Goethenbur, Swe
den.