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Statehood Would Erase Charge of
Colonialism In Alaska and Hawaii
Territorial Board Meetings
Will Be Held In Nome
The announcement was made
during the Chamber meeting on
Monday that Nome would be the
meeting place for several terri
torial board meetings this next
season.
The Legislative Council has
scheduled its June 9-13 meeting
here.
At about the same time, the
Board of Road Commissioners ex
pect to hold their meeting here;
And in September the Board of
Governors of the Alaska Bar
Assn, intend to convene here.
Plans are being made now to
make these visits as enjoyable
and worthwhile as possible for
^ both the townspeople and the
visitors.'
U.S. Airdrops Oxygen
In Antarctic To Sufferer
From Monoxide Fumes
AUCKLAND, N. . Z., UP) — A
member of Dr. Vivian Fuch’s ;
British transantarctic expedition i
stricken toy carbon monoxide I
fumes was reported recovering I
today after oxygen bottles were
dropped to the polar party.
The victim—33-year-old Geof
frey Pratt, a siesmic expert —
apparently was affected by fumes
from one of the snow tractors
carrying the party from the
South Pole to Scott Base.
A U.S. Navy, Neptune dropped
the oxygen to the party 150 miles
from the pole yesterday.
Fuchs had messaged an appeal
to evacuate Pratt to a lower al
titude, but hazardous conditions
prevented the plane from land
ing.
American Prospector Wins
$81,500 Damages From
Canadian Helicopter Firm
OTTAWA, UR — Wendel Daw
son of Kirkland, Wash., won a
suit in the Supreme Court of
Canada yesterday for breach-of
contract damages against Heli
copter Exploration Co., Ltd., of
Vancouver. He was awarded
$81,500 on his claim for $369,450.
Dawson sued over a mining
claim in the Leduc area of north
ern British Columbia. The high
court threw out a claim by Heli
copter Exploration that damages
be restriced to $15,675.
Dawson staked a Leduc claim
in 1931 and then let it drop. He
contracted with Helicopter in
1951 to fly him into the area,
where he would locate lead and
copper deposits in return for a
10 per cent non-assessable inter
est and 10 per cent sales interest.
The company repudiated the
contract in June and in August
flew in a party that staked claims
in Dawson’s area.
Have your dimes ready to
night and your porch light on
between 7:30 and 3:30 when the
Explorer Scouts will be knock
ing at your door for the "March
of Dimes."
> WASHINGTON, ltf> — State
hood for Alaska and Hawaii will
do more to win the United States
overseas friends than tardy satel
lites and intercontinental missiles,
Sen. Church (D-Idaho) said today.
He made the statement in a
letter to Sen. Johnson of ^xas.
the Senate Democratic lead* He
asked the statehood bills be given
the “high est priority” at this
session of Congress.
Church compared the expected
reaction to statehood for Alaska
and Hawaii in the Far East with
that which resulted from the
grant of independence to the
Philippines.
“The enthusiasm engendered
toward America was spontaneous,
genuine and widespread,” he said.
“Nothing we have done since the
war contributed so much to Am
erican stature in the Orient.”
The Idaho senator said a grant
of statehood to Alaska and Ha
waii “would end that subordinate
relationship to the United States
which causes world opinion to re
gard both territories as akin to
colonies.”
Dodger Catcher
Breaks His Neck
In Auto Accident
GLEN COVE, N.Y., <£> — Roy j
Campanella, Los Angeles Dodgers
catcher who broke his neck in an
automobile accident, was describ
ed'today as “somewhat better and
the over-all picture is encourag
ing.”
Those words came from Dr.
Robert Sengstaken who perform
ed a four-hour, 20 minute oper
ation yesterday.
The mighty Negro ball player
still was paralyzed from the
shoulder down, but this condi
tion was expected to improve.
There seemed little prospect,
however, he would swing a bat
or don a mask again in major
league competition. *
“It could take anything from
two months to ’ years before he
even walks again,” said Dr. Seng
staken, who headed the seven
man team that performed the op
eration.
“He won’t be able to play be
fore a year, and in my opinion,
he would be foolish if he con
tinued playing baseball.”
The physician explained Cam
panella suffered a fracture and
dislocation of the fifth and sixth
vertebrae.
If the fracture had been an
inch or two higher, Dr. Sengs
taken added, Campanella would
not have pulled through.
At 36, it is extremely doubt
ful Campanella could return to
the Dodgers as a first-string per
former. He has fared poorly the
past two, years and many observ
ers thought his age was catching
up with him.
Dodger President Walter
O’Malley refused even to discuss
the possibility of acquiring a new
catcher.
GOP Repudiates
Pierce, Candidate
For Delegate
ANCHORAGE — Official re
pudiation of the candidacy of
Walter Pierce of Fairbanks, was
announced Monday by the Third
Division Republican Divisional
Committeeman Lowell Rusmus- j
sen.
“We repudiate Pierce, and we’ll
repudiate any other candidate
who is against statehood for Al
aska,” Rasmussen said.
Dewey Goodrich
Announces Retirement
Dewey Goodrich, manager of:
the Northern Commercial Co. J
here, announced his retirement at
the Chamber of Commerce meet- J
ing Monday noon.
Goodrich, who is past president 1
of the organization, and very!
active in community affairs, said
that his health required him to '
seek less strenuous work.
When interviewed, Goodrich
said after a trip to the States for
medical attention he plans to re
turn to Nome and spend the
summer at his cottage on Salmon
Lake.
Art Johnson of Unalakleet
Latest To File for Primary
Art Johnson of Unalakleet has
filed for the House on the Repub
lican ticket.
Thus, for the April primary
election, filings to date are: For
the House — Johnson, Bronson,
Degnan and Gray; for the Senate J
— Beltz and von der Heydt.
There are just two and a half 1
days left for filing for the pri
mary election as the U.S. Dis
trict Clerk’s office closes at noon
Saturday.
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Widow and Nine Children
Start New Lives In
Mooseheart Community
CHICAGO, UP! — Life began
anew today for a widowed mother
and her nine children. They
moved into Mooseheart, a com
munity 37 miles west of Chicago,
operated by the Loyal Order of
Moose.
Mrs. Opal Moon, 37, and her
children will remain at the child
city until each child has gradu
ated from high school. The young
est Moon child is 18 months old,
the eldest 16 years. A Moose
spokesman said the organization
will spend more than $100,000
caring for the family by the time
the youngest child leaves high
school.
Mrs. Moon was widowed July
9, 1957, when her hsuband, Ben
jamin, died of heart seizure at
Sitka, Alaska, where he had gone
to establish himself in business.
He left no insurance or estate but
he was a member of the Moose.
With their arrival at Moose
heart, the Moon family became
one of the largest ever cared for
at the self - contained community
situated on the Fox river. Moose
heart has an 800 acre farm, a j
prize-winning dairy herd, kinder- i
garten, elementary school and1
junior and senior high school, as
well as its own postoffice, depart
ment stores, bank, fire depart-1
ment and non - denominational
church. '
B. C. Crowds Await
Arrival of Queen Mother
Despite Drenching Rain
VANCOUVER, B.C., (ff—Queen
Mother Elizabeth arrived here
last night for a 24-hour stopover
on her flight from England to
Australia and New Zealand.
A light drizzle which started
half an hour before her majesty’s
arrival had developed into a
steady downpour by the time her
plane touched down at Vancou
ver International Airport. But it
failed to daunt the thousands of
people who turned out to give
her a warm welcome.
More than 1,000 men, women
and children broke into cheers
when she stepped from the plane.
Thousands more stood in the
drenching rain along the 12-mile
route to the residence of Lt. Gov.
Ross, where she spent the night.
“My, what rain,” the queen
mother said as she looked up from
the shelter of her umbrella at the
airport.
U.S. Fish Production
Was Down Last Year
WASHINGTON, (ff>—'The total
United States catch of commer
cial fish last year was 4,800,000,
000 pounds, the Fish and Wild
life Service reported yesterday.
This was 425 million pounds
less than the record catch of in
1956 of 5,250,000,000 pounds.
The total canned pack of fish
used for human food was 627
million pounds, down 31 million
from 1956.
The Alaska salmon pack of
2.458.000 standard cases in 1957
was close to the record low of
2.385.000 in 4955.
George Bender
And Party Due
Here Tomorrow
George Bender, special assist
ant to Interior Secretary Seaton,
is to arrive here tomorrow with
Wien Airlines. He is accompanied
by Phil Morgan of the Office of
Territories of the Interior Dept.
There may possibly be other dis
tinguished visitors in the party
but at press time today it was not
confirmed.
They will be met at Nome Field
by a reception committee of the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Rotary Club.
An informal program planned
for the day will take them to the
school for a talk with older stu
dents, a trip on Highway 97 as
far as possible, and a tour of the
town, allowing for some free
time.
The day’s visit will culminate
with a dinner at the North Star
Dining Room, overlooking Bering
<Sea at 7 o’clock. Mr. Bender will
be the main speaker at the dinner.
This will be preceded by a cock
tail hour from 6 til 7 at the
Polaris.
Bender’s home is in Chagrin
Falls, Ohio, near Cleveland. He
has served five terms in Con
gress starting in 1938 and ending
in 1957. He is in the insurance
business, is a member of the
Methodist Church, is married and
has two daughters and four
grandchildren.
The party will return to Fair
banks Friday morning.
Tickets to the dinner are still
available at Nome Market, the
Drug Store and at Morgan & Son.
19-Year-Old Kill-Crazy Youth and
14-Year-Old Girl Friend Sought
In Nebraska For 6 Brutal Killings
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BENNET, Neb., t?)—Six brutal
unexplained killings — spaced in
threes and discovered in a span
of 24 hours—spurred an intensive
search today for a 19-year-old
youth described as kill crazy and
his 14-year-old girl friend.
Although both were charged
with murder today the urgency
of the search was heightened by
the fear that Starkweather may
even have killed his girl friend,
bringing the death toll of the
crazed killer to seven.
Starkweather is a green-eyed,
red-haired 140-pounder about 5
feet 5 inches tall, who walks with
a swagger. He is known to be an
expert hunter and a crack shot.
Caril Fugate, 14, is about 5 feet
one inch tall, looks about 18.
County Attorney Elmer Scheele
formally charged the pair with
first degree murder. His com
plaint charged the two specifical
ly with the slaying of Carol King,
16, one of two Bennet high school
students found dead in an old
storm celler Tuesday afternoon.
Starkweather and the girl had
been sought since Monday night
when three members of Carol’s
family were found slain at their
home in Lincoln. jr
Four of the victims died with
rifle bullets in their heads. An
other was shot in the head with
a shotgun. The other, a two-year
old child, apparently died of a
fractured skull.
Starkweather was described as
an expert marksman by his bro
ther, Rodney. Rodney added his
brother always has been a ready
and willing fighter and “always
shot his game in the head.”
| The victims were: August
Meyer, 70, bachelor at whose
farm Starkweather used to hunt
squirrels; Carol King, and her
17-year-old boy friend, Robert
Jensen; Velda Bartlett, Caril Fu
gate’s mother, 37; her stepfather,
Marion Bartlett, 57, and their
two-year-old daughter Betty Jean.
IT DON'T HARDLY PAY TO
BE A PRINCESS ANY MORE
KAMPALA, Uganda, UP)—Prin
cess Margaret Mazzi, 60-year-old
aunt of Buganda province’s ruler
the Kabaka, was charged today
with stealing 105 sheets of gal
vanized iron from a half-finished
building and hiding them on her
banana plantation.
Another member of the royal
family, Prince Musanje, put up
100 £ ($280) bail.