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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVI No. 118 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1954 Per Copy—15^
Mrs. Roosevelt
Will Be 70 Monday
But Still Active
NEW YORK, liPI—Mrs. Franklin
O. Roosevelt will be 70 years old
next Monday, but'she doesn’t in
tend to let that slow her down
one bit.
She’s going right ahead as usual
wth her busy career of travel, lec
turing and writing.
And, above all else, she intends
io carry out her work in behalf
of the United Nations—the “most
satisfying” of everything she has
done.
On Sunday her family will
gather at Hyde Park, N.Y., to ob
serve the birthday.
And on Monday she will be
guest of honor at a dinner given
her by her friends and associates
Cl the American Assn, for the
United Nations. She currently is
chairman of the association’s
board of governors.
Reporters who called on her
yesterday found the former Presi
dent’s wife- still possessed of her
well known vigor, enthusiasm for
life and seeming good health.
Mrs. Roosevelt, a great-grand
mother and former United States
delegate to the United Nations,
says her work in, for and in be
half of the U.N. has been the most
satisfying experience of all be
cause of the possible contribution
to world peace.
As * for getting along with the
Russians, she said, “It has taken
a lot of patience.”
But that, too, fits in with her
philosophy upon reaching 70:
“I think one of the advantages
is that you take life more calmly.
You know that ‘and this, too, will
pass’.”
Dec. 1 Set As Date For
Eklutna Hyro Plant To
Start Producing Power
ANCHORAGE, 1The 33 mil
lion dollar Eklutna hydro-electric
project, scheduled to start provid
ing power to the city of Anchor
age and other consumers Nov. 15
now will not be ready until “Dec.
1,” L. F. Wiley, construction en
gineer, said yesterday.
“We are now shooting for Dec.
1,” Wiley said. “There have been
no unnecessary delays. We just
haven’t made the progress we ex
pected.”
The project’s second generator
arrived Wednesday from Switzer
land. Installation work on the
first generator is not yet com
pleted. i
What effect the delay will have
one the city’s power setup, crimp
ed by a recent fire which dam
aged several diesel generators,
was not known. City officials al
ready have announced voluntary
rationing on the part of the con
sumers might be in order, es
pecially during the peak con
sumption period.
Son Struggles Vainly For
90 Minutes To Save His
Father From Drowning
KENAI, (/PI — A 47-year-old
Kenai commercial fishermen
drowned in the icy waters of
nearby Island Lake Wednesday
despite a heroic 90-minute strug
gle by the man's 19-year-old son
to save him.
The victim was Ernest Steeley
Morgan. His son, Theodore, esti
mated he and had father had been
in the water an' hour and a half
after their tiny boat capsized on
the lake shortly after midnight
Tuesday.
Jack Chisum, a resort operator,
taxied his plane out to the bo'at
after neighbors reported hearing
calls for help. He said that when
he arrived the son still was cling
ing to the overturned boat with
one hand and to the father with
the other.
Meanwhile, Joe McGoughey of
Kenai and Mrs. Morgan followed
the plane out in a small boat and
arrived in time to pull the semi
conscious youth from the water
but too late to save the older man.
Fairbanks To Get
Television Station
FAIRBANKS, UP — The Mid
night Sun Broadcasting Co. an
nounced yesterday that it will
join the firm of Kiggins and Roll
ins of Anchorage to bring Fair
banks its first television station.
The new station, to' operate on
Channel 2, should be ready by
the first of the year or earlier if
approval can be obtained from
the FCC.
The new station will be known
as KFAR-TV.
The new combine will take over
operation of KFAI-TV, now oper
ated by Kiggins and Rollins in
Anchorage. Midnight Sun now op
erates radio stations in Fairbanks,
Anchorage, Juneau and Ketchi
kan.
KFRB Fairbanks Boosts
Power To 10,000 Watts
FAIRBANKS, UP! — Radio sta
tion KFRB yesterday started us
ing 10,000 watts of power on a
new frequency of 900. The change
was aprpoved recently by the
FCC.
The president of the Alaska
Broadcasting System, William J.
Wagner, was on hand to throw
the switch making KRFB the
most powerful station in the ABS
network. Wagner said power in
creases are planned soon for other
ABS stations.
SQUARE KNOT DUE NOME
EARLY SATURDAY A.M.
The Square Knot, which has
been delayed by weather at St.
Michael, is now unloading there
and is scheduled to arrive here
between one and two in the mor
ning. Agent Walt Siprell -states
that discharging of freight will
start immediately upon arrival.
On The
Political Scene
'By the Associated Press'
President Eisenhower steps up
to the political filing line again
today tor what an aide said would
be the President's “hardest hit
ting” speech of the campaign for
control o'f the next Congress.
Eisenhower and Vice President
Nixon were due to go before tele
vision cameras and radio micro
phones at 6:30 p.m. PST from
Denver’s municipal auditorium.
The summer White House said
the TV coverage would be the
most extensive- of any political
speech ever made.
As the head of the Republican
party prepared for his big appeal
to the American voters, Adlai
Stevenson spoke in Wichita, Kan.,
of what he called “the foolish
boasts and broken promises” of
the Eisenhower administration.
Stevenson told a rally he de
tects in Kansas a revolt against
“the family quarrels and hope
less divisions of the Republicans
and against policies which con
sistently favor the few at the ex
pense of the many.”
In Denver, Eisenhower was pic
tured in a fighting mood as he
waited to make what would be
a “straight from the shoulder”
speech patterned after the Presi
dent’s Hollywood Bowl address
two weeks ago.
That speech, in which Eisen
hower struck vigorously at the
Democrats, was received enthusi
astically by GOP leaders, who
called for more of the same to
help in what several of them have
conceded is a tough Republican
fight to keep control of Congress.
Other Democratic and Republi-'
can figures were holding forth
yesterday, with the big ballot box
test now less than four weeks
away.
Nov. 11 Amistice Day
Changed To Veterans Day
DENVER, I/P—President Eisen
hower today called on all Ameri
cans to observe Veterans Day,
Nov. 11, by remembering “the
sacrifices of all those who fought
so valiantly” and through rededi
cation “to' the task of promoting
an enduring peace.”
The President signed a procla
mation noting that Congress last
year passed a resolution chang
ing Armistice Day, which com
memorated World War I dead, to
Veterans Day,- in honor of the
servicemen of all America’s wars.
BtTFFALO, N.Y., (/PI — Miss
Carlotte Rizzo appealed in county
court to change her name to
Linda Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Merletti asked that their name
be changed to Day.
Miss Rizzo and Mrs. Merletti
are sisters. <
The judge approved the appli
cations.
Fishing Boat Nets
Whole Herd of Deer
Five Miles At Sea
KETCHIKAN, UPV— The crew of
the boat “Five Brothers” fished
a whole herd of deer out of the
ocean Thursday and brought the
catch to Ketchikan.
Capt. Tom Kristovich said the
12 deer were 5 miles out and
evidently had taken to the water
when chased by wolves. They
were between Bretton Island and
Camano Point and several were
near exhaustion. One was given
artificial respiration to revive it,
the captain said.
He said the deer swam right
up to the boat and offered little
resistance when taken aboard.
They were turned over to the Fish
and Wildlife Service, which will
release them on nearby islands
when they have recovered from
their ordeal by water.
Parties Agree on
Statehood Issue,
Poll Indicates
ANCHORAGE, Uf) — Democrats
and Republicans up here may not
be able to agree on many other
points but they certainly seem to
concur on the question of state
hood for the territory.
They want it now. At least that
can be said for 92 per cent of the
candidates for territorial office
who responded to a poll conduc
ted by Operation Statehood, a
group sponsoring you know what.
The candidates were asked to
express their preference for “im
mediate statehood” or “continued
territorial status.”
Fifty-nine returns were re
ceived. Fifty-four favored it im
mediately; one said “eventually;”
one was for statehood after a
Constitutional convention; two
were- for a commonwealth status
and one expressed no opinion ex
cept that he was “for an operation
on the operators of Operation
Statehood.”
All reporting Second Division
candidates favor statehood: Wm.
E. Beltz, Percy Ipalook, Charles
Fagerstrom, Carrie N. McLain,
Richard E. Lee and Wallace Mc
Iver. Silent were Neal Foster, W.
W. Laws, L. Bronson and Edith
Bullock.
This last view was expressed by
George Miscovich of Fairbanks.
All candidates for territory
wide offices of delegate, treasurer,
and commissioner of labor said
they wanted statehood now.
The two who' prefer common
wealth status were Ed Lucken,
First Division Senate candidate,
and Alex Bowker, Third Division.
Dorothy Prior, candidate for the
House in the Third Division, said
she would like to see “statehood
for all Alaska after a Constitu
tional convention and we have
set up the framework for self
governfnent.”
Alaska Steam Head
Explores Seatrain
Service to Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP)—'The presi
dent of Alaska Steamship Co. yes
terday continued conferences out
of which will come a decision as
to whether the company will start
a new system of water transport
ation between the Pacific North
west and Alaska.
D. E. Skinner of Seattle said
the company is considering ser
vice by which loaded railway cars
and trailer vans would be put
aboard ships and rolled out onto
tracks or highways at the other
end.
If carried out, the new method
would cut heavily into cargo
handling costs under the present
system.
Skinner would not identify in
dividuals with whom he has talk
ed or plans to confer except to
say they included representatives
of the Departments of Interior
and Defense and the Maritime
Commission.
He said the talks are aimed at
learning government interests in
such an undertaking and the type
of shipping desirable to carry
military cargoes.
He said he and Leslie Rudy, a
company consultant, have been
“well received by each of the
agencies, with whom they have
conferred to date.
Skinner said none of his dis
cussions involve possible resump
tion of the company’s recently
shut down passenger service to
the territory.
Sen. Ives Forgives Four
Boys Who Pelted Him
WATERTOWN, N.Y., (fll—Sen.
Irving M. Ives, Republican candi
date for governor of New York,
says he “wholly” forgives four
high school boys who threw to
matoes at him.
The youths confessed yesterday
that they showered the platform
Tuesday night. They gave prin
cipal Albert B. Scholl a signed
statement apologizing to Ives for
the “thoughtless act.”
At the time, Ives said the bar
rage “came by indirection straight
from Tammany Hall,” the Man
hattan Democratic organization.
The senator was not hit, but
juice splashed his wife and spot
ted his hat.
NORTH STAR LEAVES FOR
ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND
The M.S. North Star left today
for St. Lawrence Island with
passengers and freight. Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Williams, who are
leaving Alaska, were also passen
gers to the island to visit the
many friends they made while
stationed there.
The North Star will return in
about four days for freight from
the Square Knot and take on pas
sengers for King Island.
YOUTH for CHRIST
SATURDAY, 8:00 P.M., MISSION COVENANT CHURCH, REV. L HUDGINS, SPEAKER
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