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VOL. LVII No. 89 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1955 Per Copy—15*
Eisenhower Would Allow Peaceful
Foreign Planes to Fly Over U.S. In
His Proposed Inspection Exchange
WASHINGTON, UP)— President*
Eisenhower said today he believes
he would allow peaceful foreign
planes to fly over any area of
the United States to carry out
his Geneva proposal for exchange
of military blueprints and aerial
inspection.
The Eisenhower proposal was
made at the Geneva summit meet
ing, contingent on agreement by
Russia to allow the same inspec
tion and provide the same full
information this country would
give.
Af a news conference at which
Eisenhower again stressed gains
at Geneva but minimized the hope
of any new era of peace right
now.
The President said his personal
meetings wtih his old friend, So
viet Defense Minister Georgi
Zhukov, at Geneva emphasized
the new concept of Soviet collec
tive leadership. He noted instead
of one outstanding figure parti
cipating for Russia, there were
three or four.
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As for Zhukov’s talk with him,
he said it was to impress upon
him the deep desire of the Soviets
for peace.
But for one week of argument
and debate which sometimes was
intense, he said, there never was
a recurrence of the old method of
resort to invective and national
istic abuse. That, he said, is a
great gain he hopes never will be
lost.
The first question *asked was
whether Eisenhower would ex
tend the privilege of aerial re
connaissance to cover atomic en
ergy installations.
Eisenhower said he wouldn’t
want to give complete details of
what he has in mind without
consulting professionals and tech
ncians. Nevertheless, he said, he
would place a minimum of pro
hibition of areas to be inspected.
Only in this way, he said, can
others be convinced that such
areas hold nothing capable of
fostering imminent attacks.
Asst. Secy, of Interior
Orme Lewis, Resigns
Post After 2 ¥2 Years
WASHINGTON, (JPl—Asst. Secy,
of the Interior Orme Lewis has
resigned to return to his home
in Phoenix, Ariz., Secretary Mc
Kay announced today.
Lewis practiced law in Phoenix
27 years and was Republican
state chairman and member of the
Arizona Legislature before com
ing to Washington. He plans to
return to his law practice.
McKay said Lewis has dis
played “able and consistent lead
ership in what I believe is one
of the most challenging jobs in
Washington” in the 2Vz years he
has held the Interior post. He
expressed “keenest regret” over
Lewis’ esignation.
Lewis, appointed by* President
Eisenhower on Feb. 10, 1953, has
directed the Bureau of Land
Management, the Indian Bureau,
the National Park Service, the
Fish and Wildlife Servce and the
Office of Territories.
He said when he was appointed,
it was with the understanding
that he could remain in Washing
ton only two years.
Israeli Airliner
Downed In Flames
Over Bulgaria
ATHENS, Greece, Uf) — An
Israeli airliner was forced down
in flames in Communist Bulgaria
today. Greek authorities said
Bulgarian anti - aircraft gunners
shot it down near the Greek bor
der and that all but perhaps one
of the 58 persons aboard must be
considered dead.
At least three Americans were
aboard. The airline said they
were Mrs. J. Sheinbaum, a Mrs.
Katz and the latter’s small daugh
ter. It did not release^ their home
addresses, but said they were en
route from London to Tel Aviv.
Israel, alerted that the Con
stellation had crashed from some
cause, said it had no official in
formation that Bulgarians fired
on it. A foreign ministry spokes
man in Jerusalem said the Is
raeli legation in Sofia has been
instructed urgently to investigate
circumstances of the crash.
A special Greek government
statement, based on observations
of soldiers of the 10th Greek
Army division in Macedonia, said
the four-engine American-built
craft of the El A1 Lines was
felled north of Petritsiu on a
flight from London to Lydda,
Israel.
The crash in rugged territory
of Bulgaria, a member of the
Communist’s Warsaw Military
Alliance, came only four days
after the windup of the Big Four
summit conference to ease world
. tensions.
SELF CONTROLLER
NORTH BERGEN, N.J., l#—A
new member has been appointed
to the local Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board.
He^ name: Mrs. Tom Collins.
Air Force Thanks St. Lawrence
Island Ground Observer Corps
For Rescue of Navy Men June 27
GAMBELL, St. Lawrence Is-<
land, l#>—Old Moses Soongarook,
toothless and 69, didn’t under
stand a word of what was said
but he nodded happily, clutched
his certificate and shuffled away
as fast as his mukluks would al
low.
Soongarook couldn’t stay to see
the rest of the ceremony here yes
terday. He and 59 other Eskimos
of this St. Lawrence Island com
munity were given medals and
certificates for their work in res
cuing the 11-man crew of a Navy
patrol plane shot down by Rus
sian fighter planes June 27.
He couldn’t stay because it was
time for him to take his watch
over the Ground Observer Corps
post from which a constant watch
is kept on the shores of Siberia
only 38 miles away.
The Eskimos have a cledr view
of the mainland and can watch
two Soviet bomber bases and one
Mig fighter base. The whole com
munity of 300 — except for the
man in the GOC post—turned out
for the ceremonies arranged by
the 11th Air Division of Ladd
Air Force Base.
Those honored ranged in age
from 13 to 80—all the healthy
males of Gambell.
That day last month, observer
Winifred James, Eskimo post
supervisor at Gambell, had join
ed observer Harold Koonooka for
a friendly chat.
“It all happened so fast,” James
recalls, “and it startecl when we
heard the Russian jets.”
“The plane was coming down
fast from the overcast,” James
said in his good but slightly ac
-
cented English learned in four
years’ service with the Army.
“It had its power wide open,
and was making all kinds of
noise. We knew it was in trouble
because we never see any planes
40 feet off the water.
“He flew behind a point and
then we saw a flash. There was
smoke a few minutes later.”
Fifteen minutes later boats
were in the water and within 40
minutes the natives were at the
scene of the wreckage, carrying
blankets, first aid kits and coffee
in their light little skin boats.
Seven injured men were among
the 11 crewmen who were wait
ing about 300 yards from the still
burning Navy plane and first aid
was quickly given.
“They never mentioned what
happened,” James said of the
crewmen, “and we didn’t ask.
“But we knew. We had heard
the jets, and this came so soon
after, we knew.”
The ceremony yesterday was
the official “thank you.”
“We are proud to have *you
aboard our defense team,” Col.
Wm. E. Boyd, deputy command
er of the 11th Air Division, told
the natives.
Soongarook didn’t hear Col.
Boyd and he wouldn’t have under
stood the words if he had heard.
He was happy. He had his certifi
cate and he had his job to do.
And he was doing it. The women
could tell him of the speeches
later. They were at home, barred
from the GOC by a village rule.
“They want to join,’ James ex
plained. “But we keep them in
their place—that’s home.”
Bering Sea Whale Hunters
Return From Adventure
Filled Trip to Cape Wooley
Sam Mogg and a party of four
consisting of Paul Mandeville,
James Iyapana, Steve Salinas,
and Navy Chief Carlstrom, re
turned late Tuesday night after
being overdue a day and a night.
They had gone to Cape Wooley
after a Beluga white whale that
Bob Jacobs had reported was1
land-locked in the lagoon behind
the cape. The hunters, after much
seeking, finally found the whale
and Mandeville shot it while the
rest of the party got some fine
action shots with movie cameras.
On their return trip the seas
became so rough that they had
to beach the boat and wait for
the seas to abate. In the mean
time their food ran out cjjnd
three of the crew began walking
to Nome. These three, Mande
ville, Salinas and Chief Carlson,
walked for about <17 hours before
they were overtaken by Mogg and
Iyapana who had launched the
boat when the seas had calmed.
In addition to the whale shot
by Mandeville, a wolverine was
sighted on the beach when they
were having lunch and Steve
Salinas shot it after an exhaust
ing chase.
Chief Carlstrom, who is the
MSTS representative in Nome
from Kodiak for the shipping sea
son, says that “this hunt was the
most thrilling experience of my
life and Navy career. Even with
the hunger and lack of cigar
ettes.”
PASSING OUT CIGARS AGAIN
NEW YORK, OP—Vincent Fer
raro, a 75-y'ear-old greatgrand-,
father, is passing out cigars on his
own account again.
The retired furniture polisher,
who had eight children by his
first two wives, is celebrating the
birth of an eight - pound two
ounce son to his third wife, An
tonetta, 34.
Ferraro’s older children have
already given him 10 grand
children and five great - grand
children. He married his present
wife on a visit to his native Italy
in 1950.
Virgin Islanders
Demand Removal
Of Gov. Alexander
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands,
Two thousand Virgin Island
ers gathered in a mass meeting in
St. Thomas Market Place last
night to demand removal of Gov.
Archie A. Alexander.
The meeting, sponsored by the
CIO, approved resolutions to be
forwarded to Alexander, now in
Washington, President Eisen
hower and the U.S. Congress.
One accused Alexander of “hat
ing the people of the Virgin Is
lands,” making utterances deroga
tory to their character. It asked
him to resign.
The resolution addressed to
Eisenhower protested that the
Organic Act of 1954 under which
the islands are governed give
too much authority to the execu
tive and creates a virtual dictator
ship.
Of Congress, a third resolution
asked immediate hearings on the
Organic Act. It also charged Gov.
Alexander with unethical con
duct and maladministration.
Alexander, a Des Moines, Iowa,
Negro, took office April 10, 1954.
Last spring his critics, both Re
publicans and Democrats, launch
ed d campaign for his removal
after a long feud between the
governor and the island’s legis
lature.
A group called the Unity Club
addressed an open letter to the
President saying:
“One year after the inaugura
tion of Gov. Alexander, there is
an atmosphere of fear and un
certainty along all the elements
of our community. We ask you in
good faith to recall him and place
the administration of the Virgin
Islands in the hands of a com
petent executive, sympathetic to
the people, their problems and
their aspirations for advancement
in self-government.”
Alexander retorted that the
Unity Club is “a small group that
wants to control things its own
way. They don’t want discipline
and that’s what I’ve been giving
them.”
Governor Recommends Nome Chamber
Work for New Federal Aid Funds for
Roads To Be Extended to Alaska
B. Frank Heintzleman, gover-<
nor of Alaska, arrived Monday
noon from Kotzebue and spent a
full 24 hours talking informally
with the people of Nome individ
ually as well as in groups.
A meeting at the City Hall on
Monday evening brought out by
informal discussion the most out
standing needs of the area.
“Transportation is the key to
development,” stated Gov. Heint
zleman at the Chamber luncheon
yesterday. He also said the study
continues to find ways to in
crease the revenue for roads. He
surveyed the increases received by
this road fund and the advances
being made on roads this season
and recommended that the Cham
ber work for federal aid funds to
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be extended to Alaska. He called
to the attention of the Chamber
the fact that regulations must be
altered to fit Alaska and that
matching funds must include pro
visions for maintenance as well
as construction.
Gov. Heintzleman called atten
tion to the sad condition of Nome
Field and stated that the CAA
will have to be given support to
get special funds from Congress
for the proper maintenance of
this important entry to North
western Alaska and pledged his
support in every way to see that
the necessary improvement is
made.
He urged the people of this
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