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Peronistas’ Rebellion in Argentina
Sternly Repressed by Military
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BUENOS AIRES, (JV-Argen
tina’s military regime pushed a
determined hunt today for leaders
of a bloody weekend revolt staged
by army and civilian followers of
ex-Dictator Juan D. Peron.
The government announced fir
ing squads executed 38 rebels in
speedy and unprecedented retalia
tion. It indicated that many more
■would face a similar fate, as swift
court martial, convened under
military law, sat around the colck.
The executions were carried out
under martial law provisions. Ar
gentina’s civil penal code provides
no known death penalty.
Security forces swooped down
on known Peronistas in many Ar
gentine cities. Some 500 civilians
were reported arrested in Rosario,
11 at Santa Fe, 50 at Santiago Del
Estero, and 20 at Corrientes. Men
doza, site of an abortive plot earli
er this year, was virtually sealed
off as authorities mounted a spe
cial guard and ordered five ar
rests.
The revolt—crushed in 12 hours
by government air and ground
forces—flared at 11 a.m. Saturday
in Buenos Aires and three other
major cities.
The insurgents struck at two
points in the federal capital. At!
the same time they staged upris-1
ings in La Plata, 35 miles south
east of Buenos Aires; Santa Rosa,
capital of La Pampa Province in
central Argentina, and Rosario,
180 miles northwest of Buenos
Aires.
Loyalist forces directed by the
vice president, Adm. Isaac Rojas,
quickly smothered the revolt in
Buenos Aires and Rosario. Jet
fighter and navy bombers finally
smashed rebel fioldouts in La
Plata and Santa Rosa.
Gen. Curtis LeMay Asks
Senate Group $3.8 Billion
For More B-52 Bombers
| WASHINGTON, 01V—Gen. Cur
tis E„ LeMay asked a Senate Ap
propriations subcommittee today
for a $3,800,000,000 increase in
! funds for his Strategic Air Com
' mand for stepped up production
I of B-52 bombers.
Chairman Chavez (D-NM) made
this disclosure after LeMay testi
fied before a closed session of the
subcommittee examining the De
fense Department’s proposed 436
billion budget for the fiscal year
beginning July 1.
The figure supported by LeMay,
after a study of the Air Force
ibomber program, tops total esti
mates for the Strategic Air Com
mand of $5,000,000,000, Chavez
told reporters.
Chavez said LeMay advocated
the increased expenditure over a
period of four or five years to
challenge the Russian build-up of
its long-range bomber forces.
113 Ships Assigned
To Re-Supply Missions
For DEW Line Stations
SEATTLE, —A total of 113
ships has been assigned to this
year’s re-supply missions to the
DEW Line radar stations and oth
er military outposts in the far
north.
Seven ships are assigned to the
“Mona Lisa” operations, taking
supplies to ibases on Alaska’s west
coast. Fifty vessels are assigned
to project 572 West, the supply
mission from the Pacific side of
the continent to DEW Line sta
tions in arctic Alaska and Canada.
Eisenhower Recovery Cheers GOPs;
Harriman Now Stevenson’s No. 1 Foe
(Bv the Associated Press)
Republicans took comfort from
cheering medical reports on Presi
dent Eisenhower today, while
Democrats considered the effect
of Gov. Averell Harriman’s week
end entrf in the presidential
sweepstakes.
There was no hint from Eisen
hower himself on how his sudden
intestinal blockage and speedy
surgery might affect he decision
to run again made after recover
ing from his Sept. 24 heart attack.
Republicans seized on a medical
forecast of “rapid and complete
recovery" as an indication Eisen
hower would lead the party again.
Democrats expressed happiness at
the apparent success of the opera
tion, but some took up the “part
time President” theme again.
Harriman abandoned his self
styled “not an active” candidate
status in a direct bid for the Dem
ocratic presidential nomination
Saturday.
The front-running candidate for
the Democratic nod, Adlai Steven
son, said Harriman’s entry was no
surprise to him. Stevenson said
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Harriman “has been an eager and
active candidate since last fall.”
Stevenson a week ago said he
regarded Harriman as his strong
est rival for the nomination. This
followed Stevenson’s crushing de
feat of Sen. Estes Kefauver in the
California preferential primary.
The chief surgeon at Eisenhow
er’s pre-dawn emergency opera
tion, Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Hea
ton, said he “certainly” saw no
reason Eisenhower should not run
again.
Sen. Mundt (R-SD) called it
“great news ... I don’t think there
is the slightest doubt he will be
nominated again and that he will
win in November.”
An informal poll of newsmen
who regularly cover the White
House showed that 10 believe Eis
enhower still will seek a second
term and only 4 believe he will
not.
The same group was questioned
during the President’s convales
cence in Key West, Fla., after his
1955 heart attack. They were then
of the opinion, 11-3 that he would
not run.
Icebreaker Atka Will
Sail in July to Barrow
On Re-Supply Trip
SEATTLE, Uft—The Atka, 269
foot Navy icebreaker, will leave
here about the middle of July for
a re-supply expedition to Point
Barrow. It will be about a two
month trip.
The Atka, which took part in
Operation Deepfreeze in the Ant
arctic last year, arrived here Fri
day night after leaving Boston
May 14. Seattle is now her home
port. She is skippered by a Seattle
man, Comdr. Len Jacobsen.
The Atka will -make another
trip to the Antarctic in November,
Jacobsen said.
White Dies of Injuries
Received on School Job
Harry \%hite, who was injured
while working on the school ad
dition last week, died at 4 o’clock
Sunday morning at the hospital.
Eisenhower Makes
Rapid Recovery
From Operation
WASHINGTON, UP>—President
Eisenhower today took another
little walk, suffered less pain, and j
made a start toward resuming the
duties of his office. •
The doctors said Eisenhower
took “walking exercises” around
9:30 a.m. on his own initiative.
A 12:15 p.m. medical bulletin
said “the President’s condition re
mains excellent,” with pulse,
blood pressure, temperature and
respiration “essentially normal.”
Yesterday—only 30 hours after
his emergency surgery of early
Saturday morning—the President
walked a total of about 30 feet
with attendants partly supporting
him. Today the only assistance he
had was a hand on the elbow.
Eisenhower conferred for 10
minutes today with his chief as
sistant, Sherman Adams, and
reached several decisions includ
ing the designation of Vice Presi
dent Nixon to represent him at
two forthcoming events—the reg
ular National Security Council
meteting Thursday and a Blair
House luncheon Wednesday for
West German Chancellor Aden
auer.
Duke’s ‘Fastest Human,’
Dave Sime, Sets Record
SANGER Calif., UP>—More world
records and a great future were
predicted today for Dave Sime,
Duke’s “fastest human,” as he
pointed toward the first of the
Olympic qualifying events—the
NCAA championships.
The 19-year-old sophomore set
a new world mark in the 220-yard
dash and tied the 100 standard for
the second time Saturday night in
far and away the best individual
performance of this record-break
ing year.
Sime will face the finest col
legiate talent in the nation this
weekend at Berkeley, Calif., but
no one seems the least bit con
cerned about his chances.
Sime has run the 220 in 20 sec
onds flat—two tenths better han
the existing record.
Nome Teen-Age Talent Will Receive
Publicity All The Way To New York
Three acts by teen-agers were*
chosen Saturday for the trip to
New York to appear on the CBS
television show “Good Morning”
on June 29.
Two acts by Eskimo youth were
required by the show, of which
Will Rogers Jr. is master of cere
monies. Chosen at The Theater
Saturday were Jean Mogg and
John Kunnuk, with Eskimo danc
es, and Allen Attatayuk, with a
demonsration of ivory carving.
The third act is a pantomime by
Phillip Webb.
Gay Weyer presented a panto
mime and Clarice Hardy present
ed a novelty act. Judges were
Red Burke, Dick Small and Tony
Martin.
All the acts were entertaining
and interesting and should bring
Nome to the favorable attention of
millions of televiewers.
Chief Webb has staid that he
will play Phillip Webb’s way to
New York and return, and let
one other contestant go.
Additional contributions to the
Youth Center Fund have been
received from: Ben Young $20,
Bernard Blumenstein $25, Lt.
►-.
Sawvelle, Army salvage team,
$2, Fred Cavota $10, Nome Spe
cialty Sales and West Sanitizing
$20, Bill Cody $10, Roy Knight
$2.50, and anonymous $1 and $21.
The talent show netted $14.50
for the fund.
Contributions may be given to
Chief Webb or Sgt. August.
Chief Webb talked to the pro
ducer of the show today by long
distance telephone and he said
afterward that this party is ex
pected in New York for a rehear
sal on June 28. They expect to
leave here on Thursday, June 26.
Webb said that publicity has
been arranged for every stop on
their trip—at Fairbanks, Seattle,
Portland, Denver, Chicago, Pitts
burgh and New York. He also said
he expected to get a ticket from
the New York police for obstruct
ing traffic when he parades the
party down Fifth Ave.
The producer of the show as
sured Webb that 16mm. film of
the show will be made available
for showing by Alaska TV sta
tions and that a copy will be
given them to be shown in Nome.
TV Supplies for Nome
Are Aboard First Boat
Helen Russell of the Nome
Hardware Store has received
word from Larry Galvin in Seat
tle that everything for the TV
station in Nome is aboard the SS
Tonsina.
The TV studio, just west of
Morgan and Son on Front Street,
will be completed as soon as the
building materials arrive. Then it
will be only a matter of time be
fore the cables are strung and the
TV service begun.
Alaskans Win Two
Soap Sculpture Awards
Two men at the Alaska Native
Service Hospital at Mt. Edge
cumbe received honorable men
tions for their soap sculpture en
tered in the 29th annual national
competition sponsored by Proctor
& Gamble.
Winners, Phillip Nunooruk and
Glen Sereadlook, each received
$50 for their sculpture. Nunoor
uk’s was entitled “Milliken and
Billiken” and Sereadlook’s was
“Bear and Walrus.”
Wisconsin, Michigan and Texas
led all other states in winning 11,
10 and nine prizes respectively
among the 89 total prizes. Awards
went to 23 states.
Jitterbug Contest
Tryout Will Be
Held Tues. Night
Dust off your blue suede shoes,
cats, and get in the act!
There will be no second show
at 9:15 at the Theater Tuesday,
instead the tryouts for the jitter
bug contest will be held. At this
time the contestants will be se
lected by audience applause. The
semi-finals will be held Tuesday,
the 19th and the finals on Tues
day, June 26. Cash prizes will foe
awarded.
All couples may enter the con
test—there is no age limit. How
ever, teen-agers must bring a note
of consent from parent or legal
guardian. This applies to contest
ants and spectators at the 9:15
show. »
Patrons of the Theater attend
ing the 7:15 show may remain for
the jitterbug contest at no extra
cost. Those who attend the jitter
bug contest alone will be charged
the regular admission price.
This contest is not connected
with the tryouts held last Satur
day for the New York TV show,
and the winners will appear on
the Theater stage next Saturday
at 2 p.m. All proceeds from this
show will go to the “Youth Cen
ter” program.
The youth center project now
under way is a community project
headed by Chief Police Webb and
Sgt. Richard August of the A.N.G.
and has no connection with the
private youth center conducted in
the old USO last winter by L. Vir
ginia Brown and financed by the
ticket sales from a mink coat,
contributed by W. F. Brown.
It was apparent afer a month’s
trial that a privately owned and
operated youth center was not the
answer to Nome’s needs, both
from a financial and practical
standpoint.
Karl Reinisch, 76, Dies
At Pioneers Home
Karl Reinisch, 76, died last Mon
day at the Pioneers Home at Sitka.
Born in Vienna, Austria, in Feb.
of 1880, he came to the U.S. in
1907 and to the territory the fol
lowing year. Mr. Reinisch worked
as af miner and prospector in the
Nome area until 1930, when he
moved to Candle. He was admit
ted to the home last August.
No known relatives survive.
Mass was said for him Friday.