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New Instructions
Made for Limiting
Atomic Weapons
WASHINGTON, m— President
Eisenhower resolved final admin
istration differences on U.S. dis
armament policy Saturday and
laid down new instructions for ne
gotiations with the Russians. He
approved efforts to restrict the
possession of atomic weapons to
the powers that now have them.
Secretary of State Dulles said
the United States will consult
with its allies on all phases of
new U.S. policy involving their
interests. The consultations will
include talks with German Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer who
met President Eisenhower Sun
day.
Dulles described the U.S. posi
tion as “flexible,” saying it was
so designed to permit real nego
tiations but within limits which
would “safeguard the vital inter
ests of the United States.”
Eisenhower presumably re
solved any outstanding differ
ences between Stassen and Adm.
Radford, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. Radford had pub
licly taken the position that the j
United States could not trust the !
Russians on disarmament. Stassen \
privately has been arguing for a !
flexible negotiating position.
“There is no further conflict,”
Dulles told newsmen. “The Presi
dent has approved — has laid
down the position which Stassen
will take on behalf of the United
States when he returns to Lon
don.”
Dulles also was questioned on
the U.S. position on aerial inspec
tion of territory on both sides of
the iron curtain—an Eisenhower
proposal which the Russians ap
parently have begun to talk about
seriously.
He said, in reply to a question,
that there is “no inspection area
Robert Druxman Elected
Legion Commander
S K A G W A Y, iff—Robert N.
Druxman, Juneau real estate man,
was elected commander of the
Alaska Department of the Amen •
i can Legion here Saturday.
Druxman lives at Auke Bay
! and is 'a member of the Legion
post there.
An Anchorage man, William H.
j Sanders, was elected first vice
commander—and placed in line
| to assume the Legion’s top post
| next year.
j A Seward woman, Mrs. Carl
1 Stoeckle, was elected president
of the Auxiliary of the Alaska De
partment Saturday.
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Alaska Airlines
From Anchorage: E. S. Kins
land, Grace Edman, Ken Luns
ford, Ed Hammond, A. Kavavas,
Janice, Rachelle and Lewis Rich
ardson, Therman Stage, Robert
Coyle, O. E. Miles, Rose Johnson
and infant, M/Sgt. James Blan
ning, Jack Jones.
To Anchorage: Eugene Meyer,
Wymarm Carroll, Mrs. Wm. H.
Camercn, Mr. Buckingham, Mr.
Hueser, G. Alvensleben, T. R.
Murray, Richard Breckmeyer,
Mike Flettre, Mr. Laura Martin,
Richard and Frankie Martin, A1
Parson, Mr. and Mrs. Jim von der
Heydt, Don Kantrola, W. Ray,
oe Huber, Mrs. Woods, and Pearl
Trigg.
From Unalakleet: Vel Black
burn, Michael O’Brien, Charlie
Katchatag, Ernest White, Alfred
White, Charles, Carol and Sharon
Olander.
To Unalakleet: Larry Daw,
Herbert J. Jenks, Charlie Katch
atag.
From McGrath: Ann Ailak and
Columbi Bean. To McGrath: Mar
garet Johnson.
so rigidly fixed in our present
contemplation that I could define
the countries by name.”
GAMBELL
NEWS LETTER
Spring 1957
Epidemic of mumps hit Gam -
bell unawares this spring. A
child who was hospitalized in
Fairbanks for his eyes was the ]
first victim very shortly after his I
return. He may have gotten the'
germ enroute. The family had it
afterwards; thus began this year’s
sickness. •
The type of the catching dis
ease was unknown definitely at
first. The Public Health Nurse!
thought it to be “mononucleosis” j
when many complications devel-1
oped. Both young and old got the i
disease. When swelling subsides. j
severe vomiting follows which j
lasts several days. One family re- i
ported having the swelling of the |
neck more than once among the1
household.
Townspeople were warned of j
this catching disease at the out-'
break of the malady, by posting!
notices in several public places.
Since “good times” were at full
swing, warnings were disre
garded. Eskimo dances went on
undisturbed nightly, so does the I
mumps, chicken pox and measles.!
At one time the nurse was asked I
while visiting one of her patients: j
‘How lcng is this sickness going |
to last?” “As long as you folks1
keep on visiting and dancing.”
replied the nurse. To this the sick
man said “You have no right to
stop us.” Evidently the sick man
was a great singer. He would
rather have the mumps!
Bering Sea Air Show
Yes, the skies were clear over
the Bering Sea. Modern aircraft
left their Soviet bases in Siberia
to show their speed one day. Jet
streams and vapor trails made
beautiful patterns all day long.
Even the aircraft themselves were
visible with naked eyes. This was
not unusual. They have done it
before, but they seem to be flying
closer this time.
Hunting
Spring hunting is only fair. Few
walrus are killed. Fairly good
mukluk loogrook' hunting. Whale j
weather poor. Few whales were,
seen but not hunted. As long as
the ice is around, there will be;
some hunting yet. |
New President
There was an election of offi- j
cers of Village Council. A man j
was elected president, formerly j
fired from certain position, for i
poor management. Se also sue-!
ceeded former local ANICA dir
ector. (This is just another way
of tribal election). The Village
Council were supposed to be a
“governing body" for the village
but since they were authorized to
administer local ANICA Store, I
the suppose-to-be governing body
put more stress toward merchan
dising— selling business—rather
than the village welfare. The re
sult of this. is juvenile delin
quency and malice.
Eclipse
It was only partly cloudy. Par
tial eclipse of the sun was visible
from the beginning to the end.
Few hunters had to pull in to
watch the eclipse. When it did not |
darken too much, hunters went (
out again and brought several
mukluks that evening.
Wanted: Good used engine for
' washer. Clarence Irrigoo, Gam
bell, Alaska.
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
PHONE RED 181
American Legion to Campaign In 1958
Against Legislators Opposed to let’s
Legislation During The 23rd Session
SKAGWAY UP>—The Alaska De
partment of the American Legion
is going to campaign in 1958
against legislators who opposed
veterans legislation during the
last lawmaking session.
The Legion adopted a resolu
tion calling for the publication of
I voting records of all territorial
1 legislators who opposed bills to
j aid veterans.
( The action came at the close of
the 33th annual convention of
Alaska Legionnaires.
' The convention also voted to
i hold its 1358 convention at Sew
I ard, and the 150 convention dele
‘ gates elected Robert N. Druxman
j of Auke Bay as commander of
| the Alaska Legionnaires. Drux
I man said the dates of the 1953
| Seward convention would be set
Sir Michaei Bruce,
Soldier and Adventurer
! Dies of Heart Ailment
! VANCOUVER B.C., Uh—Sir Mi
I chael Bruce, 63, newspaper col
! umnist and the l'lth Baronet of
I Stenhouse, died of a heart ailment
. yesterday.
I A brother of the late movie
] actor, Nigel Bruce, Sir Michael
| had won renown as a soldier and
adventurer. He served with near
ly a score of British military units
and was wounded six times in
WW I, twice in WW II. He wrote
| a number of books about his ad
ventures.
Among his many adventures
was a gold hunting expedition in
the upper reaches of the Amazon
—he was the sole white man to
survive the trip—a voyage around
the Horn as a crew member on a
windjammer, and a walking tour
across the Andes.
When Hitler came into power,
Sir Michael joined the under
ground and helped in the rescue
i of hundreds of Jews.
later by the Legion’s Executive
Committee.
Also on the closing day of the
Skagway meeting, the convention
rejected for the second time a
proposal to approve military use
of large areas of Alaska for
weapons testing.
The second resolution would
have called for the government to
consider Alaska as a “testing
ground for newly-developed rock
ets and other missiles.” Support
ers argued such testing would
add to the economy of localities
near the testing sites. But a ma
jority of the convention held that
there already were too many gov
ernment land withdrawals * in
Alaska. One Legionnaire said that
there should not be a “blank
check” written for more land
withdrawals by the government.
The convention adopted a reso
lution “strongly opposed to any
iorm of so-called open skies in
spection of Alaska and other stra
tegic areas of North America.”
Another resolution urged the
immediate release of American
prisoners still held in Red China.
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