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VOL. LVIII No. 34 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1956 Per Copy—15^
Kefauver Scores
Surprise Victory
In Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS, WV—Sen. Estes
Kefauver *of Tennessee, surprise
winner over Adlai Stevenson in
yesterday’s Minnesota presiden
tial primary election, today moved
in on the former Illinois governor
in their tight battle for four of
Minnesota’s 30 delegate votes in
the Democratic National Conven
tion.
Kefauver had 24 votes in the
bag and Stevenson had two. Stev
enson, far behind in the statewide
vote, was a clear winner in only
one district, largely the city of
Minneapolis.
In the slowly mounting state
wide returns, Kefauver continued I
to widen his decisive victory mar
gin. Of 3,868 precincts, 3,204 gave
Kefauver 221,852, and Stevenson
171,673.
This statewide victory hands
Kefauver all 12 at-large delegate
votes out of the 30 originally at
stake.
Minnesota Democratic party
leaders, who had supported Stev
enson, were quick to contend his
upset by Kafauver came because
Republicans crossed into the
Democratic column to vote.
Kefauver said if any Republi
cans did 9ross party lines, ‘‘well,
Mr. Stevenson got some and 1
guess I got some.” Kefauver cred
ited his victory' to a “Minnesota
revolt against the Eisenhower
Benson farm program.”
Stevenson said in Chicago that
the “unprecedented Democratic
vote” offset his personal disap
pointment. He added he would
continue in the presidential con
test and planned to campaign in
other states where he has entered
primaries.
On the Republican side, returns
from 3,200 precincts gave Presi
dent Eisenhower 185,845 votes to
5,001 for Sen. Knowland who
made no campaign but was un
able to get off the ballot after
Eisenhower’s announcement he
would be a candidate again.
Northwest Accuses PAA
Of Seeking Monopoly
In Routes To The Orient
WASHINGTON, UP>—Northwest
Orient Airlines accused Pan Am
erican World Airways yesterday
of seeking a Pan American
“monopoly in the Pacific at the
expense of the taxpayers.”
Northwest issued a statement
replying to Pan American’s brief
presented to the Civil Aeronautics
Board yesterday in support of its
bid for a North Pacific great circle
route to the Orient.
Northwest said Pan American
seeks to duplicate Northwest’s
great circle service despite Pan
American’s “exclusive rights to
the Orient over the lucrative cen
tral Pacific route.”
“To approve its request would
not only increase its advantage
but would give Pan American a
monopoly through access to all
Pacific traffic,” Northwest said.
Bobby Curtis and
Leslie Thomas Die
In Plane Crash
Bobby Curtis of Kotzebue and
Leslie Thomas of Selawik were
killed Monday in a plane crash
according to a message from Har
old Beck of the Friends Church
at Kotzebue.
According to the message re-,
ceived by Rev. Lewis Hudgins, ]
the two men were enroute to a
quarterly conference of the
Friends Church in the mission’s
plane. Thomas, a brother of Mrs.
James Savok of Nome, was the
pastor of the Friends Church at
Selawik.
Rev. Beck announced that due
to the tragedy the conference has
been cancelled.
The plane apparently flew into
the ground in a whiteout a few
miles from Selawik. The crashed
plane was found by Tommy
Richards, Wien bush pilot of Kot
zebue.
Curtis was the son of Mary
Curtis of Kotzebue and is sur
vived by his widow and five
children. Thomas is survived by
his widow and a daughter.
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RCAF Rescue Units In
British Columbia Get
Sarah, New Radar Gadget
VANCOUVER, B.C., UP — The
RCAF search and rescue unit sta
tioned at suburban Sea Island has
ordered $1,000,000 worth of new
radar equipment to aid in search
for survivors of lost aircraft.
The spokesman for an electron
ics company said Thursday his
firm will begin delivery of the
new unit—Sarah—by the end of
March.
RCAF officials say Sarah, a
compact device the size of a small
camera, may spike British Col
umbia’s reputation as one of the
world’s toughest search areas.
The unit, which will be car
ried in the life jacket of airmen,
is a small radio which can send a
radar beam 10,000 feet into the
air and can be picked up in a
100 mile radius by search planes.
Woman Wins $80 In Back
Rent For 49 Gallstones
LOS ANGELES, UO—A woman
has been awarded $80 back rent,
on her gallstones.
Mrs. Viola Fredieu told a small
claims court yesterday the 49 gall
stones were removed in a 1947
operation. Eight months ago, she
said, Harold Hester, a water soft
ener manufacturer, borrowed
them to show his customers “what
happens when you drink hard
water.”
She said Hester hadn't returned
them. Municipal Judge Mark
Brandler awarded her $10 for
each month and said:
“Until you get them back, you
come here every month and sue
for a month’s rent on the stones
and this court will grant it to
you.”
Hester wasn’t in court.
President Appeals
For Moderation In
Segregation Issue
By MARVIN A. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, l/B— President
Eisenhower today urged the na
tion not to regard the school in
tegration Issue as one which could
separate Americans and create a
nasty mess.
Eisenhower again, at a news
conference, appealed for moder
ation. He said the problem of de
segregation is one of deep emo
tion. But he said he is confident
progress can be made.
For the second week in a row
Eisenhower spoke with deep feel
ing of the controversy created by
the Supreme Court’s decisions
striking down race segregation in
public schools.
Discussing specifically the trial
of a group of negroes in Mont
gomery, Ala., in connection with
the negro boycott of that city’s
buses, Eisenhower said he under
stands there is an Alabama law
covering that situation.
As for the white-negro situation
generally in the sduth, Eisenhow
er said it is incumbent upon the
people of that area to show some
progress in good race relations.
That, he added, is what the
Supreme Court asked for. The
court, in implementing its segre
gation ban, called for progress
with ‘‘all deliberate speed.”
Eisenhower said we should not
stagnate, and declared that again
he wanted to plead for under
standing between the races.
He also dealt with these other
matters:
Middle East—Any outbreak of
major hostilities in the Middle
East would be a catastrophe for
the world, Eisenhower said. He
added the United States must re
gard every bit of unrest there as
a most serious thing.
Politics — Eisenhower evaded
direct comment on contentions
that the upset victory of Sen. Ke
fauver in the Minnesota presiden
tial primary yesterday reflected a
revolt against administration farm
policies.
The President said he was un
able to come up with an analysis
of the Minnesota vote but that the
state is very important political
ly. He added that the big write
in vote he got there in 1952 did
as much as anything to convince
him he should take this political
business a little more seriously.
SUSPICIOUS JUDGE
LONG BEACH, Calif., UP)—Rob
ert E. Bennett, 53, charged with
three counts of forgery involving
checks totaling $72.99, heard the
court set a hearing date and fix
bail at $1,000.
“Can I give you a check for the
bail?” he asked the judge.
“No, thanks," the judge said
promptly, remanding Bennett to
jail.
Gaiz Will Be Here About April 1
First we heard he was, then we
heard he wasn’t—now we know
for sure that Peter Gatz of the
Fairbanks Office of Internal
Revenue will be in Nome about
April 1st.
Copies of Alaska Constitution To Be
Presented to Nome School and
K.K, Library in Ceremonies Friday
A Constitutional Presentation
Program will be held in the audi
torium of Nome School Friday
evening at 8:00 p.m., at which
time a special parchment copy of
the Alaska Constitution will be
presented to the Nome School and
another copy will be presented to
the Kegoayah Kozga Library.
The formal presentations will
be made by members of the Con
stitutional Convention from the
Second Division with John Mc
Nees acting as master of cere
monies.
The address of the evening will
be given by Walter Hodge, UJ5.
district judge. Appropriate music
has been planned by the Nome
School Band under Robert Heath
and by the High School Chorus
under Mrs. W. Cameron.
. The program is as follows:
Invocation.Father Neil Murphy
Musical Presentation Mrs. W. Cameron directing H. S. Chorus
Musical Selection . . . Robert Heath directing School Band
Constitution Presentation to the Kegoayah Kozga Library
by John McNees
Remarks by Stephen Andersen and Mrs. Robert Heath
Musical Presentation Mrs. W. Cameron directing H. S. Chorus
Alaska Flag Song.Choral Group
Brief Address and Introduction
of Guest Speaker .... James A. von der Heydt
Address.Honorable Walter Hodge
Constitution Presentation to the Nome School . M. J. Walsh
Remarks by Ben Young and William Angell
Musical Presentation Mrs. W. Cameron directing H. S. Chorus
Star Spangled Banner Robert Heath directing School Band
Benediction.Rev. Don Bruckner
New York City Will
Spend 2Vz Million For
Snow Removal Job
Bv the Associated Pnss
The snow-covered northeast is
busy digging out from the costly
and blusterly storms of the week
end, and the deep south, were hit
by unseasonable cold today.
Frigid air extended over New
England, New York and iPennsly
vania. Temperatures below 20 de
grees were general and were near
zero in some northern areas. Clear
skies and the mountainous drifts
of snow kept readings far below
early spring levels.
Schools and colleges in New
York City, closed since Friday,
reopened today for the metro
politan area’s 1,400,000 students.
The herculean task of clearing
the streets was expected to cost
million dollars and will re
quire a crew' of 10,000 men and
2,300 pieces of equipment.
Alaska Airlines Reports
$269,213 Profit For 1955
SEATTLE, —Alaska Airlines
has reported net profit for 1955 of
$269,213, or 44 cents per share of
stock. It was the third consecutive
profitable year.
President Nelson David said
revenues, exclusive of mail, rose
46 per cent over the 1954 fiscal
year. The 1955 profit was realized
despite a cut in mail subsidy of
$566,676.
Four - engine aircraft were
placed in service on routes from
Anchorage to Fairbanks and
Nome last year due to increasing
business.
Additional DC4 and C46 planes
recently have been added to the
\ Alaska Airlines fleet and a new
Douglas DC6B has been ordered.
Permanent certification, now
proposed in Congress would en
able the company to improve ser
vice to and from Alaska, David
said.
Anchorage Woman
Convicted Slaying
Negro Serviceman
ANCHORAGE, Mrs. Helen
Virginia Smith, 31, of Spenard,
received an eleven - year prison
sentence yesterday for the knife
slaying of Specialist Second Class
Charles A. Hart.
She was convicted last week of
manslaughter in the Dec. 3 stab
bing death of the serviceman.
Mrs. Smith is white and Hart
was a negro.
Claiming innocence, Mrs. Smith
denied the killing and said she
threw the knife away and “some
one else picked it up.”
District Judge J. L. McCarrey
said he disagreed with the jury’s
finding that Mrs. Smith was guilty
of the lesser charge of man
slaughter.
“I think the' defendant killed
Hart purposely, maliciously, fel
oniously,” he said before passing
sentence.
U.S. Attorney Plummer said the
defendant used 15 different names
in 15 years and that her previous
convictions include violations of
the California motor vehicle act,
juvenile delinquency, vagrancy,
petty larceny, prostitution and
other crimes.
Alaska Steam Plays
Easter Bunny, Delivering
216,000 Eggs to Anchorage
SEATTLE, UP — The freighter
Chena of the Alaska Steamship
Company left here yesterday with
600 cases of eggs for the Anchor
age area.
It will reach there Saturday, in
good time for the Easter bunnies
to hardboil the eggs, dye them
and cache them around the
houses.
The 600 cases amount to 18,000
dozen, or 216,000 eggs—18 eggs,
somebody figured for every man,
woman and child in Anchorage.