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VOL. LVIII No. 58 NOME. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1956 Per Copy—15<f
Restrictions May
Be Lifted in FHA
Nome Program
A very favorable report on FHA
program for Nome was reported
to the Chamber by Judge Walter
Hodge yesterday noon. He stated
that an interview with Mr. Grin
dell, special investigator, after he
made quite a thorough inves
tigation of the unique conditions
in this area, indicated that certain
restrictions which heretofore have
kept Nome from participating in
the program may be lifted.
If this program is initiated it
will no doubt result in encourag
ing the City to make every effort
to improve sanitary and living
conditions.
Larry Galvin was appointed to
act for the Chamber, representing
the Transportation Committee in
Seattle. The Chamber was seeking
a pilot owner to represent the sev
eral bush pilots in this area at the
all-important CAB meeting in An
chorage on May 28th.
In cooperation with the City
Council, the Chamber heard from
Major Kolb, of the Alaska Nation
al Guard, of the possibility of a
real armory for Nome, now that
sufficient space may be available.
Information may be forthcoming
in the next couple of weeks.
Guests at the meeting were Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Hallock of Ar
kansas, Walter Heisel of Juneau,
and Capt. Bob Ellis of the ANG
here.
Canadian Jet Plunges 6 Miles To Kill
Priest, Eleven Nuns, Aircrew of Two
OTTAWA, UPV—A Canadian jet
fighter, ordered aloft on an inter
ceptor mission that proved to be a
false alarm, rocketed from a six
mile altitude into a Roman Catho
lic nuns’ rest home last night and
left 15 persons dead or missing.
Fuel from the broken lines on
the 17-ton CF-100 twin jet craft
spewed across the three-story
brick structure the instant it hit,
much like a guided missile, and
fed a deadly inferno.
Most of the victims were aged
and bed-ridden nuns. Others were
the fighter’s two-man crew, a
priest and a woman cook em
ployed at the home, operated by
the Grey Nuns of the Cross beside
the Ottawa River seven miles east
No Farm Unrest Seen in
Nebraska Primary Results
President Eisenhower easily out
drew Sen. Estes Kefauver—as ex
pected—today as counting contin
ued in separate Nebraska primary
elections held yesterday. The ra
tio gave no indication of any sub
stantial farm unrest.
With 1,709 of 2,127 precincts
reporting, Eisenhower had 76,665
votes. On the Democratic primary
side, Kefauver had 41,296 votes.
The preference voting results
are not binding on the 18 Republi
can and 12 Democratic National
Convention delegates selected.
Virtually all the GOP candi
dates were Eisenhower supporters
and Kefauver was the most popu
of Ottawa.
“Suddenly there was a noise
like a thunderclap,” said Sister
De Martyrs, one of 22 nuns who
escaped. “The panes blew out. The
window frames, made of wood,
splintered, and the next second
there was fire everywhere.”
Four of the nuns who escaped
were injured.
Sister Marie Emond, assistant
general of the order, said there
were 35 persons in the convent.
11 Nuns and Priest Killed
Eleven nuns, ranging in age
from 21 to 77, were given up as
dead.
The bodies of three nuns and
the priest had been recovered
from the smouldering debris early
today. The Royal Canadian Air
Force detailed 100 men to a quest
for the others. The airmen tackled
the job of removing the rubble
largely by hand.
The Air Force disclosed that the
CF-100 had been ordered up to
identify a mysterious transport
from the arctic on which it had
not received a flight plan. The
fighter’s crew ascertained that the
transport was a RCAF North Star
bound for Montreal.
Plane Beats Flight Plan
An Air Force spokesman said
the transport’s flight plan had
been filed, but it was delayed be
cause the North Star was coming
in from the north. Commumca
j tions from that area are occasion
' ally difficult.
Cases have been known before
in which plane’s flying from the
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Saturday, May 19 Is
Armed Forces Day
Next Saturday, May 19, has
been proclaimed by President Ei
senhower and Governor Heintzle
man as Armed Forces Day, the
seventh annual observance.
Gov. Heintzleman asks that all
Alaskans display the flag of the
United States “in manifestation of
their recognition of the sacrifice
and devotion to duty of the mem
bers of the armed forces, and to
attend and participate in the local
observances of the day.”
In Nome, Saturday, the 1st
Scout Battalion of the Alaska
National Guard will present a
display in front of the Armory
consisting of a '50 cal. machine
gun, M-l rifles, an ANG-RC-9
“Angry 9” radio which will be in
contact with various ANG units
in the area, and two PRC-10
walkie-talkie radios.
The display will be under L,t.
Steele and will be presented from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
INTERCOM SHOOS BURGLARS
WINCHESTER, Ky.,_ UP—Even
n an age of electronics, a bodiless
roice has a way with intruders.
Burglars looting E. F. Chat
ham’s store at Pine Grove fled
when a voice from the dark com
mented: “Get out of that store.”
They dropped a bag of intended
oot, taking only some cigarets.
Mrs. Chatham, awakened by
he break-in, used the intercom
system from her nearby home to
panic the intruders.
Cleanup Starts May 27
Clean-Up Week has been an
nounced from May 27th to June
10th, at which time the city will
furnish equipment to pick up deb
ris accumulated throughout the
winter and trash and litter which
is now revealed with the disap
pearance of the snow.
Don Hungerford of the Alaska
Sanitary Department of the De
partment of Health, has recom
mended that instead of the sum
mer dump now in use that a pit be
used and covered as it is filled,
and that the ordinance of prohib
iting the dumping of refuse along
the beach be rigidly enforced. A
committee was appointed to con
fer with the U.S. Smelting Co. for
available dumping grounds on
their property.
Playground Area Acquired
Part of the desired playground
area has been acquired including
the Robert Mayokok and J. Mc
Leod properties. Negotiations are
still in progress with Martin
Backstrom and Eli Mulch.
The Council was asked to con
sider taking the initiative in a
recreational program at the base
ball diamond at the end of Stead
man Ave., as no other site or pro
gram is now active for the youth
of the community.
Hawaii Hotelman Gets
4 Years Jail for Cashing
Bad Check in Sitka
HONOLULU, (J*)—Wallace R.
Crain, convicted of cashing a
fraudulent $57(1 check in Seward,
Alaska, in 1955, was fined $1,000
and sentenced to four years im
prisonment by Federal Judge J.
Frank McLaughlin yesterday.
Crain has been managing a ho
[ tel in Waikiki since arriving in
Honolulu. His wife, whom he mar
ried here, sobbed bitterly when
Crain was sentenced.
“I admit I came over here to
avoid prosecution, but I found a
life I like and I have tried hard,”
Crain told the judge. The FBI had
traced Crain here from Alaska.
Stevenson Repeats Proposal That
U.S. H-Bomb Tests Be Suspended
(By the Associated Press)
The political paths of Stevenson I
and Kefauver crossed today in!
Eugene, Oregon, where both ap
peared at the same Democratic
rally. The two presidential hope
fuls covered much the same topics
in separate talks.
Stevenson accused Republicans
of "squandering a great part" of
national good will he said was j
built up abroad by the Democrats.
He repeated his proposal to sus
pend this country’s hydrogen
bomb tests and not resume them
unless Russia does. “It is . . . high
time that we stop merely talking
so much about our desire for
peace and take some initiative to
allay the world’s misgivings," Ste
venson said.
Respect Lost Abroad
Kefauver said “one of the next
President’s first tasks will be to
recapture for America the respect
of other nations,” adding that the
United States should not depend
on the “military alone or on
threats.”
“We have no choice but to keep
ourselves strong," the Tennessee
senator continued, “but we must
be ready, willing and able to pre
pare our economy for peacetime
existence. This the Eisenhower
Administration has failed to do.”
Harriman Speaks in Spokane
Another Democrat—Gov. Aver
ell Harriman of New York—re
peated yesterday he is “not an
active candidate” for' the Demo
cratic presidential nomination. He
is on a speaking tour of the west
ern states.
In Spokane, Harriman told a
Democratic dinner: "The present
trend toward monopoly—protect
ed by President Eisenhower and
his ‘Big Business Administration’
^-threatens the very heart of our
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Webb and Johnsen Reappoinled
Chief of Police and Fire Chief*
Carl Webb has been reappointed
by the City Council for the next
year. Two applications were sub
mitted for the position, the other
being from Larry Cobb of Palmer.
Three applications were re
ceived for utility man, with Harry
Johnsen being reappointed to the
job. Other applicants were Guy
Elim and Walter Friesz.
A favorable site has been found
for the Alaska National Guard at
the east end of Front Street on
the former Polet warehouse site
now owned by the Northern Com
mercial Co. The city is negotiating
with the N. C. Co. for the prop
erty.
Building Codes Needed
Action and discussion was held
on improvements for the com
munity, such as a building code,
which is badly needed, and a wir
ing code for fire protection, fol
lowing a survey made of the city
buildings and a report of the haz
ard now existing.
The J Cab requested the Coun
cil to consider restricting the
number of cab businesses in the
community, as they felt there
were now enough to serve effi
ciently.
Board of Trade Changes Hands
The liquor license.of ArvoSaario,
BULLETIN
ABOARD USS MT. McKIN
LEY. Off Bikini, Thursday, May
17, t/P>—The H-Bomb test was
postponed again today only 1
hour and 36 minutes before shot
time.
Greek Cypriots Kill
RCAF Captain at Airport
NICOSIA, Cyprus, —Two
Greek Cypriots begged a drink of
water from British airmen at the
entrance to Nicosia Airport today,
then shot dead a Royal Air Force
captain and fled, British authori
ties announced.
owner of the Board of Trade, was
transferred to Tommy and Bar
bara Martin, who have purchased
the business.
Jim von der Heydt has been
appointed to the permanent legis
lative committee of the League of
Alaskan Cities to represent this
area.
Police Report
The police report for the month
showed 44 arrests and $372 col
lected in fines; 4 traffic tickets
issued, 31 miscellaneous com
plaints investigated, 4 juvenile
cases, and 9 dogs disposed of. Only
one fire was reported and that
was at the greenhouse of Bill
Gill is.
363 Children Get Polio Shots
The health report showed that
363 children were administered
Salk polio vaccine by Dr. Fred
Langsam. Thirty - nine children
were checked by Dr. Hagglund in
the orthopedic clinic. Twenty-nine
of the children were from Nome
and the rest were brought in from
outlying areas. 157 x-rays were
taken during the month.
School Budget Up $10,000
The City Clerk reported that
the sales tax netted $12,698 In the
first quarter of 1956 which was
about the same for the first quar
ter of last year.
Tiie school budget was present
ed and totaled $60,187.25, an in
crease of more than $10,000 over
last year.
Value and Scope
Of AVA Outlined
To Trade Assn.
VICTORIA, B.C., Itfi—A report
on the activities of the Alaska
Visitors Assn, and its relation to
the Pacific Northwest and Canada
was given here yesterday.
Speaking before a session of the
Pacific Northwest Trade Assn.
Conference, B. F. Dunn of Juneau
and a director of the association
showed how efforts of the AVA
also helped travel to the other
areas.
He pointed out that visitors to
Alaska also traveled through the
northwest or Canada or both in
order to reach Alaska.
The double-pronged program
now under way, Dunn said, is to
make Alaskans aware of the im
portance of the visitor industry
and through statesides promotion
to attract visitors to the territory.
Special buttons are being given
to the visitors together with a
welcoming letter from Gov. B.
Frank Heintzleman, bumper strips
lor motorists’ cars and a Top-o’
the World Certificate to those vis
itors interviewed on Alaska radio
and TV stations.
This summer a visitors survey
is to be conducted, he said. On the
stateside activities Dunn listed an
advertising program, a recent
publicity trip by AVA Managing
Director Frank H. Whaley, dis
1 tribution of the first travel agents
manual on Alaska, and the AVA
News Bureau, which is sending
news stories and pictures to some
200 metropolitan daily papers.