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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV No. 10 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1953 1 Per Copy—15*
Governorship
May Go To
Non ■ Alaskan
WASHINGTON, UP) — Delegate
Bartlett (D-Alaska) said Thursday
that disagreement among Alaskan
Republicans over a successor to
Territorial Gov. Ernest Gruening
may result in appointment of a
non-Alaskan.
Another possibility, he said, is
the appointment of some Alaskan
“whose hat has not been actively
in the ring, and this without ref
erence to the GOP party organiza
tion in the territory.”
Bartlett said in a statement he
had been told that B. Frank Hein
tzleman, Alaska regional forester
and considered a leading candi
date for governor; Elmer Rasmu
son, Anchorage banker; and Wal
ter Hickle, also of Anchorage,
“are ‘out’ insofar as serious con
sideration is concerned,” because
of the reported party disagree
ment.
He added it was “obvious that
many Republicans were delight
ed” because Secretary of Interior
Douglas McKay said Wednesday
that Gruening would continue in
orffice through the Territorial leg
islative session.
“In the case of those who were
candidates,” Bartlett said, “they
saw this as an excellent chance
* to build up strength; for those
supporting others the same held
true.”
*
Mild Form of Influenza
In U.S., Mexico, Europe,
Japan and Hawaii
(By the Associated Press)
A form of influenza or grippe
has spread across most sections of
the United States and hit areas
in Mexico, Europe, Japan and
Hawaii.
The Public Health Service in
Washington said Thursday the
widespread outbreak in the U. S.
generally was limited to rather
mild cases. However, 14 Germans
died in the flu epidemic in the
American Occupation Zone in
Germany.
Nearly 400,000 American ser
vicemen and dependents are
being given flu shots in Britain
and on the continent- as a pre
caution. European health author
ities said generally, however,
there is little to worry over yet.
A nationwide survey showed
the central sections of the United
States have been hardest hit.
Sixth Tacoma Child Dies
Of Deadly New Virus
TACOMA, OP) — A 3-months-old
boy, little David Lefever, died
Thursday, the sixth Tacoma tot
in the past month to die of a
deadly virus which claims its vic
tims within 48 hours after they
become ill.
Pierce County Coroner Dr.
Frank James said he “was al
most positive” the boy was a vic
tim of a combination of virus
pneumonia with a superimposed
pneumococcic (lobar) pneumonia.
Dr. James said children under
> one year were particularly sus
ceptible to the disease.
Penn State Officials To
Determine Action To Take
Against Rioting Convicts
BELLFONTE, Pa., OP) — The
state’s highest officials set out
today to determine what, if any,
action, to take against 325 rebel
convicts who gave in meekly
Thursday night and freed six
guard hostages, after holding out
stubbornly in their barricaded
cells at Rockview prison for 72
hours. /'
The defiant prisoners — fewer
than half the number that re
volted Monday, avowedly for bet
ter food and a more liberal parole
policy —surrendered uncondition
ally in response to “get tough”
orders by Gov. John S. Fine.
The collapse of the insurrection
was hastened by an ever tighten
ing ring of heavily armed state
police and the unnerving roar of
National Guard fighter planes
over Rockview, which is a unit
of Western State Penitentiary.
None of the captives had been
harmed. But one was near the
stage of exhaustion.
Churchill Returns Home
After West Indies Vacation
NEW YORK, UFi — Winston
Churchill bundled together his
papers, his paints and his family
today and boarded the liner
Queen Mary for England after a
West Indies vacation.
The British prime minister,
looking fit and rested, told news
men cm the gangway of the big
Cunard liner:
“We had a very good journey
and passed a pleasant fortnight
i» the sunshine—a little rest, a
little change.”
Then smiling, impishly, Church
ill added:
“Thank you very much for al
lowing me to inform you of these
important facts.”
On his way to the British West
Indies he conferred here with
President Eisenhower before the
inauguration amd also visited
President Truman in Washington.
Sabres Down 15 MIGs In 3 Days
SEOUL, (.'PI — Allied Sabre jets
destroyed four Communist MIGs
and damaged seven in clear skies
high over northwest Korea Friday
the U.S. Fifth Air Force reported.
It brought to 15 the number of
Russian-built jets knocked down,
in three days. At least 13 have
been damaged.
Fighter-bomber pilots reported
wrecking 90 Communist vehicles
and destroying a locomotive and
ten boxcars. In the nijjht 14 U.S.
Superforts cascaded bombs on a
railroad yard at Yangdok astride
the Red’s east-west supply, route
across the narrow, 90-mile waist
of North Korea.
Burglars Piqued At Blowing
Empty Safe, Set Place On Fire
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., (3—Burg
lars battered open a safe in a
Knoxville factory office, found it
empty and blew their tops.
“Why didn’t you leave some
money in this thing?” asked a
note they left behind Thursday
night. Still angry, they apparent
ly set fire to some sawdust in
the boiler room.
Firemen found the note atop
the safe.
Alaska Statehood
Bill May be Tacked
To Hawaii Measure
WASHINGTON, UR—Sen. Mag
nuson (D-Wash) said Friday sup
porters of statehood for Alaska
will try for congressional action
simultaneously witlj consideration
of any Republican move to admit
Hawaii to the union.
“There are many of us,” he told
a newsman, “who feel that Alaska
is just as well qualified for state
hood as Hawaii, any Republican
effort to get statehood for Hawaii
and not Alaska will be met by
an effort on our part to tack the
Alaska legislation to the bill as an
amendment.”
Magnuson made his statement
in elaborating on his differences
with Secretary of Interior Mc
Kay on Alaskan statehood.
The senator asked Wednesday
in the Senate to be recorded as
voting “No” on McKay’s confir
mation as Secretary because of
their different stands on public
power and Alaska.
Magnuson, __ who authored the
Democratic platform plank call
ing for immediate statehood for
both Hawaii and Alaska, said the
difference is largely a matter of
timing.
McKay, a Republican, has said
he supports the GOP platform
which calls for immediate state
hood for Hawaii and “eventual”
statehood for Alaska.
Rita To Get Divorce From
Aly Monday or Tuesday
RENO, Nev., UP) — Rita Hay
worth is finally ready to get her
divorce from Moslem Prince Aly
Kahn.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for her to go to court next
Monday or Tuesday. In Holly
wood, the red-haired star said,
“I probably will be in Reno Mon
day.”
Attorneys for Rita and her
playboy husband recently reached
agreement on an annual payment'
reportedly ranging from $30,000
to $50,000 for her 3-year-old prin
cess daughter, Yasmin. Neither
Rita nor Aly signed it. It was
learned that the agreement made
no provision for Miss Hayworth.
The attorneys have been nego
tiating for nearly two years over
settlement of $3,000,000 asked by
the film actress for Yasmin. That
was the settlement made by the
son of the fabulously wealthy Aga
Kahn in his previous divorce.
New Chemical Element
Exists for Millionth of Sec.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., UP) — A
will-o-wisp chemical element that
exists for less than a millionth of
a second is aiding atomic research
a famous scientist said.
The short - lived substance is
called “Mesonium.” It can be
caused to form by man in the
laboratory.
Dr. Enriccf Fermi of the Uni
versity of Chicago told a reporter
it is science’s newest yardstick for
measuring the size of the nucleus,
the basic core of the atom, and
may well become the most ac
curate means of taking such a
measurement.
Repeal of Territorial Property Tax
Appears Sure by Alaska Legislature
Arrest of Four Stops
Smuggling Into U.S. Of
Banned Chinese Goods
SEATTLE,—Joseph L. Green,
assistant collector of customs here
says a large scale smuggling of
scarce Chinese goods from Can
ada has “practically stopped”
since the arrest of four San Fran
cisco Chinese.
Green said the smuggling oper
ations grew to “huge proportions
almost overnight” last September.
Green said foodstuffs, herbs and
medicines manufactured in Red
China were funneled into the U.S.
at Blaine, Wash., by way of Hong
Kong and Vancouver, B.C., at
enormous profit.
U. S. regulations banned im
portation of such Red China goods
in June, 1952.
The four Chinese pleaded inno
cent to smuggling charges after
being indicted by a federal grand
jury here in October. Three men
were released on $2,500 bail and
a woman on $500 bail pending
trial before Federal Judge John
C. Bowen here next month.
“Sweet” Burglars Ransack
Arline Judge’s Home
BEVERLY HILLS, OR—Actress
Arline Judge reported to police
that her home was. ransacked
Thursday by five robbers, one a
girl, and that they took diamonds
and jewelry she valued at $10,000.
“But I talked them out of tak
ing $30,0000 worth of furs and a
$6,000 sapphire ring,” Miss Judge
told officers.
“They were very sweet,” said
the actress. “I felt as safe as if
I were in the arms of a 10-year
old gorilla. I answered a knock
on the door, they rushed in and
went to work. They seemed to
know exactly where to look for
what they wanted.”
Miss Judge has been married
and divorced six times.
Former All American
Basketball Player On
Trial For Perjury
NEW YORK, UFI — The defense
rested Friday in the perjury trial
of William Spivey, seven-foot for
mer All-American and University
of Kentucky basketball star.
Spivey is on trial on charges
that he lied before a New York
County grand jury probing bas
ketball fixing scandals when he
denied that he ever agreed to rig
scores or that he ever took bribes
from gamblers.
The defense completed its case
in General Sessions Court after
five Kentucky businessmen, a
professional football player, two
of Spivey’s fraternity brothers
and a Marine sergeant testified
that Spivey’s reputation for hon
esty and veracity was excellent.
Rush and Quick In a Hurry
DECATUR, 111., [ff\—Police sped
to a street intersection Thursday
in response to a report of a col
lision between two cars. No one
was injured. The drivers, both
women, told police they were in
a hurry.
They identified themselves as
Ellen Rush, 37, and Leona Quick.
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, — Repeal of the
territorial one per cent general
property tax appears as the No. 1
certainty of the 21st regular leg
islative session that opens here
Monday.
It’s in the Republican platform
and the Republicans are firmly
in the legislative saddle.
The tax law has been tied up
in the courts most of the time
since it was enacted along with
the income and other taxes by the
1949 legislature.
It was-one of the cornerstones
of the “basic tax program” long
espoused by Governor Gruening
to finance the Territory’s growing
expenditures.
The Territorial treasury now is
in the black, with a growing sur
plus, without property tax collec
tions. Repeal of the Territorial
tax won’t mean any gain for tax
payers in towns and cities which
have their own property levies.
A survey of legislators before
their departure for Juneau show
ed wide support for the tax re
peal. A bill for repeal, sponsored
by „ Foiranks Republican mem
bers of the House, failed to get
through the 1951 Legislature.
The government Reorganization
Bill, which was passed ■ in the
closing rush of the 1951 session,
probably will be repealed at this
session. Sen. John Butrovich of
Fairbanks, says the Reorganiza
tion Bill, even though facing re
peal, has served one good purpose.
“The debate over it brought em
phasis on the need of some kind
of changes in the way the Terri
tory handles its finances,” he
commented. “We are big business
now.”
Sen. Heinie Snider, Wasilla Re
publican, is another senator who
is impressed by the “big busi
ness” aspect of Territorial gov
ernment. He says he favors a
meeting of the Legislature every
year, commenting: “There’s too
much business to be accomplished
in 60 days every two years.”
Miner and Cow Moose
Die in Wilderness Battle
FAIRBANKS, UR — A 70-year
old miner and a cow moose were
found dead near each other Wed
nesday on a lonely trail.
Both were apparently victims
of a bitter wilderness battle.
A half-wild team of Malemute
dogs owned by the miner, Law
rence Magnusia, crouched in the
snow nearby. They paid little at
tention to the frozen body of their
master but had been feeding on
the moose carcass and growled
menacingly when officers tried
to approach the dead animal.
U.S. Commissioner Ladessa Nor
dale reconstructed the tragedy:
Magnusia lived alone in a one
room cabin near the deserted min
ing settlement of Olnes, 15 miles
north of Fairbanks. He apparently
shot the moose at close range.
The dying animal attacked him.
But the old miner clubbed it with
his empty rifle, breaking the stock
in half. Then he died himself,
either from wound* inflicted by
the moose or from a heart attack
from his exertions.