22 NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVIII No 63 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1956 Per Copy—15*
Veteran Senator Wiley
Loses Endorsement of
Wyoming GOP Group
By the Assck tATED Press
Veteran Sen. Alexander Wiley
of Wisconsin was refused endorse
ment for re-election by the state
Republican convention Saturday.
Wiley, a staunch supporter of
Eisenhower’s foreign policy, has
been at odds with state GOP lead
ers for years. He said the lack of
endorsement won’t prevent his
seeking another term.
The convention move means its
new choice, Rep. Glenn Davis,
will have organization support
and financial backing in the Sep
tember primary. It does not close
out other candidates.
Wiley, the No. 2 Republican
senator in seniority and ranking
GOP member of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee, is also
a foe of the proposed Bricker
amendment to limit treaty making
power. Many Wisconsin Republi
cans oppose this and other stands
by Wiley.
* PARKING METER SMASHED
TO SATISFY THAT URGE
NORTH BERGEN, N.J., UP>—
Police today sought an unidenti
fied man who borrowed a sledge
hammer from a construction
worker Saturday, smashed a
parking meter to bits and sped off
on a motorcycle, saying: “I’ve al
ways wanted to do this.’’
Police said the worker, Joseph
Picone, was repairing a sidewalk
on Bergenline Ave. at the time.
Picone and another witness ;
were so startled they failed to!
note the registration of the man’s |
motorcycle. I
Del. Bartlett Writes Dulles Urging
Consideration of Deal With Canada
On Corridors for Yukon Rights
By FRANK W. VAILLE *
WASHINGTON, UP>—Delegate
Bartlett (D-Alaska) today pushed
for a grant to Canada of tidewater
access across southeast Alaska in
return for mutual development of
the Yukon River’s power poten
tial.
In a letter to Secretary of State
Dulles, the Alaskan suggested that
consideration be given to granting
Canada a 40-mile land corridor
down the Klehini and Chilkat
Rivers from the boundary commu
nity of Pleasant Camp to Pyra
mid Harbor at Tidewater.
In return for this he proposed
joint development by the United
States and Canada of the hydro
electric potential of the upper Yu
kon’s Taiya project near Skagway.
Bureau of Reclamation esti
mates placed potential production
of the Taiya plant at more than
12 billion kilowatt hours of energy
a year.
The suggestion Canada be given
access ways across southeast Alas
ka from the Yukon Territory or
northern British Columbia to per
mit development of those areas
had been made in general terms
on several occasions through the
years.
It was revived recently in the
Canadian Parliament by J. Aub
rey Simmons member from the
Yukon. Bartlett went to Canada
earlier this month to discuss the
proposal with Lester B. Pearson,
Canadian minister of external taf
fairs.
In urging Dulles’ consideration
of his suggestion, Bartlett said he
believes the proposal “is deserv
ing not of the prompt acceptance
by anyone but of most careful
study by everyone.”
Bartlett discussed and discarded
for various reasons the possibility
of granting Canada corridors
through the Taku, Skagway or
Taiya valleys. Among these, he
said, would be the necessity of
displacing present occupants or
property holders.
On the contrary, he said, there
are no known inhabitants along
the route which he proposed.
He said this routing along the
western and southern banks of the
Chilkat and Klehini Rivers could
be constructed without difficulty.”
He said his suggested route fol
lowed the old Dalton Trail which
gained prominence during the
Gold Rush of 1898 and 1899 as a
means of reaching the Klondike
placer fields.
Under his proposal, Canada
would not be given title to the
corridor or the seaport site but
would retain control over it as
long as it permitted diversion of
the Yukon waters to the Taiya
project.
•
Neuberger Will
Plug for Alaska
In Road Program
D
WASHINGTON, UPV—Sen. Neu
berger (D-Ore) said yesterday he
will ask the Senate to include
Alaska in the proposed federal
state road-building program.
Neuberger said he also plans to
introduce an amendment to the
Senate version of the highway
bill to provide more funds for
roads in national parks and for
ests.
The senator said in a statement
it would be an “outrage” to bar
Alaska froija the road program. He
noted that both Hawaii and Puer
to Rico, as well as the 48 states,
are covered in the measure which
goes before the Senate tomorrow.
“Alaskans will pay the new
road taxes included in our bill,”
Neuberger said, “but they will not
share in the benefits. This is un
fair, discriminatory, and it makes
no sense.”
He added that Alaskan high
ways would have particular im
portance from tne standpoint of
national defense.
Neuberger said his other amend
ment would have increased from
$70 million to $80 million the
amount to be spent in the next
two years on forest-access roads
and national park trails.
“In the national forests,” he
said, “these roads will more than
pay for themselves by increasing
the number of prospective bidders
on publicly-owned timber, and
thus raising the price received by
the government.”
Dulles Would Welcome
Foreign Policy Airing
In 1956 Campaign
WASHINGTON, i/R—Secretary
of State Dulles said here yester
day he would welcorne “a pretty
thorough airing of foreign policy”
in the 1956 political campaign.
But he said in a filmed televi
sion interview he hopes the dis
cussion will remain on a high
level—“not just throwing dead
cats around.”
He called it a “healthy thing
that every four years foreign pol
icy should be discussed.”
Anti-Segregation
Congressmen
Unseated in N.C.
By the Associated Press
A Democratic primary in North
Carolina Saturday unseated two
congressmen who did not sign an
andti-integration manifesto.
Defeat came to Reps. Deane and
Chatham—non signers of a docu
ment attacking the Supreme Court
decision on segregation. More than
100 southern Congress members
signed it.
A third non-signer Rep. Cooley,
chairman of the House Agricul
ture Committee, won renomina
tion. Cooley, however, told the
voters he strongly opposed mixing
the races.
In another congressional race in
whjch segregation was not an is
sue, Rep. Carlyle was defeated by
former U.S. Sen. Alton Lennon.
Other results gave thumping vic
tories to Sen. Ervin and Gov. Lu
ther H. Hodges.
Gov. J. P. Coleman of Missis
sippi issued a statement calling
the defeat of Deane and Chatham
a warning to the Democratic Party
not to “insult the South’s convic
tions.”
Coleman said the vote showed
the South “has no intention of
submitting to an unconstitutional
Supreme Court decision.”
Sen. Kefauver Blasts
Stevenson for Use of
‘Smear and Smile' Method
(By the Associated Press)
Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Estes
Kefauver today wound up their
primary election campaigns in
Florida, their only southern pri
mary test.
Florida Democrats vote tomor
row in a key test of the popular
ity of Kefauver and Stevenson,
both seeking that state’s 28 votes
in the Democratic National Con
vention.
The two presidential hopefuls
began the final week’s campaign
with a joint appearance resulting
in no fireworks, but as the week
wore on tempers frayed. Kefauver
blasted Stevenson yesterday for
alleged use of a “smear and smile”
technique. Stevenson’s manager
said Kefauver showed signs of
“desperation.”
Stevenson flew to California
this morning to begin stumping
ahead of that state’s June 5 pri
mary in which he also opposes
the Tennessee senator. Kefauver
planned a final 17-hour marathon
tour of the key Miami area.
Twelve Business Firms Wiped Out
In ) Vz - Hour Fire at Ketehikan
Former Fairbanks
Businessman Drowns
In River in Oregon
GOLD BEACH, Ore., UPV—'The
body of Philip Johnson, about 45,
Salem, Ore., restaurant owner
who drowned in the wild Rogue
River last Wednesday, was located
from a helicopter Saturday and
recovered.
Johnson one of three Salem
residents in a boating party, was
swept away by the swift current
while trying to swim back to the
boat after it had grounded on a
midstream sandbar. Johnson had
been alone in the boat when it
oapsized but he swam to shore.
Johnson formerly was president
of the Bank of Fairbanks. He also
was president of the Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce. He was
well-known as a sportsman in that
city. He moved to Salem several
years ago.
The body was fully clad and a
life jacket Johnson had been
wearing was intact.
McNahb-Bronson
Students Show
Good Progress
Alaskan natives attending the
University of Alaska under the
provisions of the McNabb-Bron
son Bill passed by the 1955 Legis
lature are showing excellent pro
gress, Mrs. Laura E. Jones, regis
trar of the University of Alaska,
said last week.
Eight of the 10 students who en
rolled as freshmen last year are
eligible for a continuation of the
scholarships next year because
they maintained “C” grade aver
ages or better. The bill provides
that 10 new students annually
may receive a maximum of $800
to cover university expenses for
the first year. If they maintain
their “C” averages or better they
are to receive board and room for
a maximum of three additional
years.
The following students will con
tinue next year:
George Bell, Nome; Elmer Ipa
look, Kotzebue; James Gregg,
Candle; Gladys Andrews, Dilling
ham; Allen Baldwin, Aniak; Alice
Mishakoff, Kenai; Oscar Kawag
ley, Bethel; and Rosita Zamora,
Petersburg.
Additional scholarships were
awarded for 1956-57 to seven stu
dents including Harriet Klemet
son Unalakleet.; Clifford Black,
Deering; Nolan Hamm, Haycock.
Pan Am Makes First
Direct Commercial Flight
From Rome to New York
ROME, OP—A Pan American
World .Airways Douglas DC-7C
took off today on what was de
scribed as the first direct commer
cial flight from Rome to New
York.
The plane was scheduled to
reach Idlewild Airport in 17 hours
11 minutes—at 6:11 pm., EST.
> KETCHIKAN, Of'—This south
eastern Alaska fishing center was
mopping up today after one of its
worst fires—a 5Vfe-hour confla
gration that wiped out 12 business
firms, including a theater, and
caused heavy damage to others.
Property loss was estimated un
officially at $600,000, only partly
covered by insurance.
The fire, believed to have start
ed in a paint locker on the second
floor of the Thunderbird Bowling
Alley building, spread quickly to
the adjoining Coloseum Theater,
which fortunately was empty at
the time.
Prompt action by Ketchikan
volunteer firemen saved other
buildings in the block, although
the Regan Hotel, a store and a
restaurant suffered heavy smoke
and water damage.
Men and equipment from the
nearby Ketchikan Coast Guard
base and territorial police aided
the firemen. No one was seriously
injured but several firemen re
quired first aid.
Here is a list of the business
establishments destroyed:
Peter Pan Fountain Lunch;
Martine’s Dress Shop; Ketchikan
Meat Co. and Cold Storage Lock
ers; Herb’s Sporting Goods store;
Ralph’s Liquor Store; Chapee
Champions Shoe Store; Coons
Bras. Portrait Studio; Bamboo
Room Cocktail Lounge; Thunder
bird Bowling Alley; Ann’s Beauty
Shop; Coloseum Theater, and Col
oseum Barber Shop.
Farm Lands in
Midwest Flooded
By Heavy Rains
(By the Associated Press)
Floods loosed by torrential rains
covered some roads and thousands
of acres of farm land in the cen
trial sections of Illinois and Indi
ana today.
The downpours ranged up to
nine inches in Illinois during the
weekend and were heaviest in
Champaign, De Witt and Logan
Counties. Streams went over their
banks and water rolled across fer
tile fields along the Sangamon
River and Kickapoo and Salt
Creeks..
Many roads and streets were
inundated in Indiana. U.S. High
ways 40 and 52 and Indiana High
way 67 were blocked east and
north of Indianapolis.
Showers pelted much of the
nation during the weekend, in
cluding some sections of the wheat
belt where moisture was needed
badly. Grain prices dropped today
on the Chicago Board -of Trade as
crop prospects improved.
At least a dozen tornadoes were
reported Sunday over northern
and western Texas, western Ne
braska and western Kansas. They
either shied away from the ground
or touched down in open country
Surface water from three days
of rain flooded vehicular tunnels
under the Indianapolis Speedway
today, created lakes in the infield*
and probably washed out any fur
ther qualification runs for the
40th 500-mile race Wednesday.