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Senators Told- Multi-Race
Population of Hawaii Has
No Bearing on Statehood
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senators
considering statehood for Hawaii
today explored the racial charac
teristics of the population of the
islands.
Dr. Gregg Sinclair, president of
the University of Hawaii, was
called before the Senate Interior
Committee to answer questions
about population trends.
Sinclair presented an analysis
of the multi-race population of
Hawaii with the comment that he
believed it had no bearing on the
question of statehood.
His position was that Hawaii’s
people, particularly those of Japa
nese extraction, proved their loy
alty to the United States beyond
any question by their record dur
ing World War II.
Frank Fasi, Democratic Nation
al Committeeman from Hawaii,
told the committee Tuesday asser
tions that Communists have cap
tured control of the Democratic
party in Hawaii are “not true.” If
they were, he said, he would not
have been elected national com
mitteeman at the territorial party
convention last year.
Voting results of the 1952 elec
tion, he said show that the lead
ership of the International Long
shoremen’s and Warehousemen’s
Union are unable to control the
votes of union members.
Russian Ambassadors to
The West Called Home
BERLIN, Lft — High - ranking
Soviet officers and civilians in
rebellious East Germany have
been suddenly recalled to Mos
cow, Allied sources said Wednes
day.
Virtually all the former top
aides of Gen. Vassily Chuikov
were reported to have received
the Kremlin’s summons last Mon
day.
Their exodus came a day be
fore the Soviet ambassadors in
Washington, London and Paris,
were hurriedly called home for
consultations.
Allied sources said the recalled
Soviet officials presumably would
be asked to explain why they had
not warned Moscow well in ad
vance that a revolt of two million
unarmed German workers was
brewing.
Boy Scout Executive For
Alaska Arrives Juneau
From Albany, Oregon
JUNEAU, —Clark A. Lethin
of Albany, Ore., has arrived here
to succeed Maurice Powers as Boy
Scout executive for the Alaska
Council.
Lethin formerly was a Scout
official with the Cascade Area
Council with headquarters at
Salem. His wife, Marjory, deputy
treasurer if Lynn County, Ore.,
and their two teen-age sons will
join him here in September.
Powers left here to take a posi
tion with the Scout Council in
the San Francisco area.
Fourth Celebration
Starts with Dinner
In Honor Governor
Nome’s three-day celebration of
the Fourth of July is scheduled
to start off with an official wel
come to the Governor of Alaska,
B. Frank Heintzleman on the
afternoon of July 3.
Plans are being made to wel
come him with as many as pos
sible being at the field to greet
him and an honor guard of the
Alaska National Guard to salute
him.
After a sightseeing tour a din
ner is scheduled at the Bering
Sea Club for wh'ich reservations
are being made with Mrs. Pete
Reader. Mrs. Reader said efforts
are being made by the manage
ment of the Bering Sea Club to
seat as many as possible.
Mayor Steffen Andersen will be
toastmaster and speakers will be
announced in Friday’s paper.
Other events for July 3 include
ball games from 10:00 p.m. until
midnight at the City Airfield with I
the Infantry vs. the Air Force,
and the winner of that game to
play the Nome Eskimo team.
A full day is planned for July
4th, starting with children’s sports
at 10:00 in the morning. The 4th
Infantry Band and the Air Force
will participate in the big parade
in the afternoon with local organ
izations, including the American
Legion, the V.F.W., the A.N.G.
and units of the Boy and Girl
Scouts.
Fairbanks Flier Rescued
By Helicopter From
Remote Selawik Area
FAIRBANKS, (ff> — A flier who
was marooned two days in the
remote Selawik River country
was rescued Monday by an Air
Force rescue squadron helicopter.
Guy Rivers, member of a pro
minent Alaska family and bro
ther of Mayor Ralph Rivers of
Fairbanks, was forced down while
flying to inspect mining proper
ties he owned in the remote area.
He knew he was 70 miles from
the village of Selawik and at
tempted for two days to reach
there on foot.
Rivers existed for two days on
emergency rations which consist
ed of mush, raisins and tea. He
was spotted Sunday by search
planes and Monday a helicopter
picked him up in the wilderness.
MACHINE UNDRESSES MAN
BRISTOL, England, (ff)— A ce
ment mixer undressed 32-year-old
Davis Collins down to his shoes
and socks Monday.
Gear wheels on the mixer first
seized his shirt and whipped it
off, together with his vest and
undershirt. Before Collins could
break free, his pants and under
shorts went the same way.
Workmen whipped a raincoat
around the bruised and blushing
Collins, who said:
“It was a cheap suit. Flimsy
material, thank heaven.”
Eisenhower Defends As
Real Economy, Cut-Down
Budget For Air Force
WASHINGTON, UP — President
Eisenhower told Congress today
the fight to increase his pruned
down Air Force budget represents
an attempt by “service partisans
to pile dollars upon unexpended
dollars.”
* Eisenhower said the adminis
tration’s defense budget proposal
represents “my own views and
bears my own personal endorse
ment in all major particulars.”
The President expressed his
views in a letter to Rep. ScriVner
who read the letter to the House
amid sharp, party-line debate on
a $34,434,140,500 defense budget
for the year beginning today.
That figure, recommended by
the House Appropriations Com
mittee, was $1,337,422,500 below
the administration’s request and
six billions below the recommen
dations of former President Tru
man.
Eisenhower did not specifically
endorse the committee cuts in his
requests but said in the letter he
would not rule out the possibility
that Congress could find room for
cuts “without impairing national
security.”
Chinese Reds Throw
ROK Drive Into Reverse
SEOUL, Uft — A sudden on
slaught by up to 2,000 Chinese
Reds Wednesday overran 1,600
foot Lookout Mountain, throwing
into reverse a South Korean drive
on the blazing east-central front.
At the point of bayonet, the
South Koreans had driven the
Chinese from Lookout in vicious
night fighting and were mopping
up pockets of Reds when the
counterattack came at daybreak.
Earlier, U. S. advisers at the
front had said the South Koreans
were well entrenched on Lookout,
whose summit overlooks roads
leading south to the Kumsong
River valley.
The South Koreans had fought
well up until that time, rolling
back some 4,000 Chinese around
Lookout and the ridge lines to the
east and west where the Reds had
driven southward as far as six
miles in about two weeks toward
the Kumsong River valley with
its vital net of roads.
It was the fifth day of battle
for Lookout, and both sides had
committed thousands of reinforce
ments.
American League
Boston 5, New York 4
Cleveland 6, Detroit 4
Washington 3, Philadelphia 0
St. Louis 4, Chicago 2
National League
Cincinnati 6-4, Milwaukee 3-6
Philadelphia 10, Brooklyn 9
Chicago 10, St. Louis 3
Pittsburgh 3, New York I
Coast League
Seattle 1, Los Angeles 0
Portland 9, Oakland 2
Hollywood 3, Sacramento 0
San Diego 4, San Francisco 2
Rhee Makes Fresh
Demands as Terms
For Signing Truce
SEOUL, Thursday, LPI — Presi
dent Syngman Rhee is expected
to name today his new price for
a Korean armistice, which Allied
officials here intend to sign with
or without South Korea’s bless
ings.
Rhee had been expected to
hand over his new proposals last
night, but a conference with Wal
ter S. Robertson, President Eisen
hower’s special truce envoy, failed
to come off.
Washington quarters predicted
a showdown with Rhee within 24
hours. Top U. S. commanders in
Korea were summoned to Tokyo
for secret and urgent conferences,
presumably to determine what
military steps may be necessary
should Rhee carry out threats to
fight on alone.
Robertson, assistant secretary
of state, has made concessions to
Rhee in five closed conferences,
an authoritative source declared,
adding that “the door is not
closed” to an agreement on a
truce.
The concessions were intended
to overcome Rhee’s objections to
any armistice agreement that
leaves Korea divided.
Robertson reportedly agreed to
a possible joint U.S.-Korean walk
out from post-armistice peace con
ferences if the Reds use the talks
to try to win advantages they
could not win on the battlefield.
One source said that after de
claring that “All my demands
have been met,” Rhee made fresh
demands which have blocked an
agreement.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles made it plain in Washing
ton Tuesday that the U.S. intends
to sign an armistice with the Com
munists even though Rhee may
refuse to cooperate.
Botanist Says Arctic
“Wastes” Are Not Wastes,
But Similar To Prairies
PALO ALTO, Calif., Prof.
William C. Steere, Stanford Uni
versity botanist, says he has found
moss in the area around the North
Pole.
Dr. Steere, returning from a
second exploration trip to the Pt.
Barrow area, said between 30 and
50 varieties appear to be of very
ancient origin.
The botanist is on his way north
again for his third expedition.
He said the Arctic wastes are
not wastes at all but are like a
prairie with grasses about a foot
high. He expressed belief the old
er varieties survived the period
when the glaciers moved down
over much of North America more
than a million years ago. He said
the polar area probably was not
covered toy glaciers because there
was not enough precipitation to
form them and the mosses and
other plants missed an icy burial.
Eisenhower Rules Out
Active U.S. Support For
Revolts In Red Satellites
WASHINGTON, (^ — President
Eisenhower said Wednesday un
rest seems to be spreading like
wildfire behind the iron curtain.
This demonstrates that people .
who have known freedom are
willing to sacrifice life itself to re
gain it, the President told a news
conference.
He ruled out, however, any
active support by the United
States for revolts in the satellite
countries.
Eisenhower also said he be
lieves with very deep conviction
that a satisfactory conclusion of
the Korean war will be worked
out.
He described the present nego
tiations with South Korean Presi
dent Syngman Rhee as a confused
siuation, but said Americans
should not be too discouraged.
Eisenhower added quickly that
these differences with Rhee are
very real.
Blistering Heat and Lots
Water Plague the Nation
Another day of blistering hot
weather was indicated for most of
the nation today, No immediate
relief was in sight.
Hot, moist air from the Gulf of
Mexico spread across most of the
eastern two-thirds of the nation
and millions sweltered in the hot
test and most humid weather of
the summer season.
Rain brought at least temporary
relief in some areas. Rain and
wind storms in Michigan and Wis
consin last night resulted in the
deaths of seven persons.
In Pletywood, Mont., a near
cloudburst caused an estimated
$300,000 damage to crops and pro
perty. Two persons were drowned
and 400 others were forced from
their hopaes as the cloudburst
raised the tiny Elder Creek 20
feet in 20 minutes.
It was 95 degrees as far north
cago’s 99 was a record for the
eager’s 99 was a record for the
date and the fifth daily heat
record in June.
Allied Jets Are Too Fast
To Hit Slow-Flying Red
Chinese Night Bombers
SEOUL, if)—A U.S. Navy pilot
tonight shot down two small Com
munist planes which attempted to
raid the Seoul area, after bag
ging two others Monday night.
Lt. Guy P. Bordelon of Sunny
vale, Calif., reported the two
small planes of the type which
has been making night raids were
blasted our of the sky near Kim
po, Seoul’s airport.
Bordelon, who flies a propellor
driven Corsair, had shot down his
first two Monday night about 50
miles south of Seoul.
The Communist planes are pro
pellor driven and so slow that
swift Allied jets could not get
them in their gunsights. The slow
er Corsair seemed to be the an
swer to the problem.
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