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Khrushchev Replaces Bulganin As
Premier to Become Top Man In Russia
MOSCOW, OR—Nikita S. Khru
shchev became Premier of the So
viet Union Thursday, replacing
Nikolai Bulganin. The shifts
makes Khrushchev head of both
the Soviet government and the
Communist Party and invests him
with a power comparable to that
of Joseph Stalin.
Bulganin, as had been expected,
submitted his resignation as Pre
mier to a joint session of the two
houses of the Supreme Soviet
(Parliament). Bulganin had held
the job since February, 1955.
Khrushchev’s elevation to the
premiership was announced to
the Parliament by Marshal Klem
enti Voroshilov, Chairman of the
Supreme Soviet’s Presidium and
the equivalent of Soviet Presi
dent.
Krushchev received the action
modestly. He stood with bowed
head and did not join in the Dep
uties’ applause, but when it sub
sided he responded by clasping
his hands above his head in a
gesture reminiscent of a pugil
ist’s salute to the crowd.
Then, with a smiling Bulganin
seated behind him, Khrushchev
moved to the speakers’ micro
phone and told the deputies:
“You have just expressed great
confidence in me by your de
cision and you have done me a
great honor. I will do everything
to justify your confidence and
shall not spare strength, health
or lifeN to serve you.”
Khrushchev is also First Sec
retary of the party’s Central Com
mittee. He now becomes the
third man in recent times to hold
both top positions in the Soviet
Union at the same time.
The others were Stalin and
Georgi Malenkov, who held the
twin posts for less than a month
in 1953.
Bulganin’s eclipse had been
widely expected because of his
virtual disappearance from pub
lic events since March 16.
Khruschev, as head of govern
ment will face President Eisen
hower across the table if a Sum
mit Conference is held.
Two Brothers Run
Afoul of Wild
Game Laws
PETERSBURG, (41—Two broth
ers who operate a Petersburg
logging camp today awaited sen
tencing on a variety of charges
of possession and illegal use of
deer and moose meat.
They are Joe Trudeau and his
brother, Tom, of Trudeau Broth
ers Logging Co.
Tom pleaded guilty Monday
before U. S. Commissioner to a
charge of illegal possession and
transportation of a moose. The
charge by Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice Agent Charles Graham ac
cused Tom Trudeau of shooting
a cow moose in January from the
bedroom window of his house at
a logging site at Thomas Bay.
There is no season on cow moose
in Southeastern Alaska.
On Tuesday, Joe Trudeau
pleaded guilty to illegal posses
sion and transportation involving
the use of the same animal. He
denied he charged his employees
for meals when he served the
moose meat.
Wednesday he was convicted of
feeding the moose to his crew—a
charge to which he pleaded inno
cent. N
Yesterday, Joe Trudeau pleaded
guilty to using a deer for bunk
house meals in the spring of 1957.
Elvis Presley To Begin
Basic Training At
Fort Hood, Texas
FT. CHAFFEE, Ark UP) —Pvt.
Elvis Presley and 18 other re
cruits left here at the crack of
dawn today for Ft. Hood, Tex.,
with three cars of teen-agers
trailing his bus for a time.
Army officials, who have barred
newsmen since Wednesday after
noon from seeing the rock’n’roll
king, declined to list the stop
overs on the 425-mile trip. They
said they wanted to avoid con
gregations of teenagers.
The 23-year-old Presley, who
made nearly one million dollars
last year, now draws $78 monthly.
He will join the 2nd Armored
Division for eight weeks of ba
sic combat training.
Consider Use of Smoke
Jumpers to Fight Forest
Fires in Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP —The use
of smoke jumpers to help snuff
out forest fires quickly in Alas
ka is under consideration.
Edward Woozley, Director of
the Bureau of Land Management,
told a Senate Appropriation^
Sub-committee yesterday fire
fighting problems in Alaska in
clude distance and a lack of land
ing surface in some areas.
He said smoke jumpers could
parachute from helicopters with
light fire-fighting equipment into
areas where fires had been spot
ted.
Woozley appeared before the
committee in support of Bureau
requests for a $20,940,000 appro
priation.
He said between last June and
October a “disastrous fire season”
occurred in Alaska and the States.
A total of about 5M> million acres
was burned, including more than
5 million in Alaska alone, he said.
Seaton Planning Trip
To Alaska In Spring
WASHINGTON, UP — Secre
tary of the Interior Seaton is con
sidering making a trip to Alaska
this spring.
Seaton said his plans are not
definite but that he probably
would reach a decision by Tues
day.
Russian-born Scientist To
Take Charge of Proving
Grounds at White Sands
WHITE SANDS PROVING
GROUNDS, N. M., UP—A 46-year
old Russian-iborn scientist, Dr.
Nicholas E Golovin, takes over
scientific and technical direction
of White Sands April 3.
Golovin will succeed Dr. Will
iam Clohessy who resigned to ac
cept a position with the Martin
Aircraft Co.
The new official was bom in
Odessa, Russia, but left Russia
when he was eight and came to
the United States in 1923.
Pressure Sought
Against Japanese
Fishing for Salmon
WASHINGTON, UV-Rep. Tol
lefson <R-Wash.) wrote Secretary
of State Dulles today in a new bid
to bring diplomatic pressures to
bear against Japanese fishing
activity in the North Pacific, i
Tollefson, ranking Republican
of the House Fisheries Committee
called attention in his letter to
the unanimous House action in
approving immediate steps to
protect Alaskan-spawned salmon.
He told Dulles he was writing
to “point out the urgency of the
situation” in view of the immi
nence of another fishing season.
“An agreement must be en-1
tered into with Japan whereby
her Nationals will abstain from
taking Alaska spawned salmon,”
Tollefson said. “The House of
Representatives has recognized
the urgency of our problem and
has instructed immediate action
to protect the salmon fisheries
of Alaska.
Russians Expected
Counter Invitation
To Atomic Tests
MOSCOW, Uf) —Foreign Mini
ster Gromyko apparently will not
make his report to the Soviet
Parliament on banning nuclear
tests until next week.
Premier Khrushchev is expec
ted to announce his new gov
ernment to the Supreme Soviet
at the same time.
Both events are expected at a
joint session of the Council of
Union and Council of National
ities, probably Monday or Tues
day. In his speech on banning
nuclear tests Gromyko may an
nounce that Russia, without wait
ing for the United States and j
Britain, is suspending its own
H-bomb tests
The move would be intended
to overshadow President Eisen
hower’s invitation to foreign
scientists to witness tests in the
Pacific this summer to show how
far the United States has ad
vanced in reducing radioactive
fallout.
Covenant Church Holds
71st Annual Conference
At Elim This Week
The Alaska Covenant Church is
having its 71st annual conference
at Elim this week with people of
this church arriving by plane
and dog team, from Seward Pen
insula and Norton Sound villages.
Going from Nome were eleven
women; Dolly Komahkuk and
Mesdames Jorgenson, Beda Adams,
Mary Aukon, Sam Ahwinona, Nel
lie Vierra, Elvira Pleasant, Wal
ter Simon, Albert Johnson, Her
bert Wilkalia, Abigail Eben and
Edwin Kotongnan.
A pre conference meeting of the
Eskimo pastors of the several
churches was held at Unalakleet
prior to the convention. These
are: Joshua Ahwinona — Wales,
Reuben Paniptchuk—Elim, John
Savok—Koyuk, Harry Soxie —
Shaktoolik, Wilson Gonongnon—
Mt. Village, Fred Savok—Hooper
Bay, Henry Shavings—Scammon
Bay, and Howard Slowooko—Nun
ivak Island.
Opposition By Virginia Congressman
Forces Postponement of Statehood
Bill by House Rules Committee
18 Servicemen
Killed As Planes
Crash Thursday
BRIDGEPORT, Tex. UV-Two
Air Force planes rammed to
gether as dusk gathered yester
day and the crippled craft fell
“like flakes of sheet iron.” All
18 servicemen aboard died.
In a strange turn of the cards
the planes apparently were seek
ing greater visibility and safety
by dipping below an overcast.
They were so low the occupants
had no chance to parachute.
One was a C-124 Globemaster
based at Hill Air Force Base,
Salt Lake City, Utah
The other was a C-119 Cargo
plane based at Carswell Air Force
Base, The Great Strategic Air
Command Installation at Fort
Worth, 45 miles southwest of
here..
The Globemaster carried a
crew of 10, and 5 passengers
picked up at Kelly Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Tex. The
C-119’s crew numbered 3.
The planes fell within about
600 yards of each other in rugged
scrub oak country cut by ravines
and gullies.
The C-124 burned fiercely.
Pools of molten metal glimmered
around the wreckage. The C^119
did not burn.
Debris from the C-124 spread
over an area a mile and a half
in all directions.
The C-119 struck a plowed
field, missing a farmer by only
a few feet. It ricocheted into
a wooded area.
Composer Dies From
Pneumonia Today
NEW YORK, UP) — W. C. Han
dy, 84-year-old composer of “The
St Louis Blues” and other jazz
classics, died today at Sydenham
hospital.
The famous negro song writer |
was taken to the hospital Sunday |
night from his Yonkers, N. Y. j
home.
Handy had been under treat-1
ment for pneumonia and com
plications.
Handy, who was blind, suffered
a stroke about three years ago
and had been confined, with rare
exceptions, to his suburban home
since.
He had hoped to fly to St.
Louis April 7 for the premiere of
the movie, “St Louis Blues”, thej
story of his life.
Handy’s most famous compo
sition, “St. Louis Blues,” was
written in 1914, based on a theme
he composed some years earlier
but never published. He wrote
both the words and the music.
It netted thousands of dollars in
in royalties.
He turned out 60 other blues
melodies, including “Memphis
Blues;” “Beale Street Bdues,”
named for the famous negro
street in Memphis, and the
“Mississippi Blues.”
WASHINGTON, UP) — Alaskan
Statehood hit another snag yes
terday. Lack of attendance at
House Rules Committee hearing
prompted postponement of act
ion on a Statehood bill
Chairman Smith (D-Va.), who
opposes the bill, said he would
schedule another session, possiDiy
next week.
l ne delay eliminated hopes of
suuenoou. advocates tnat com
mittee clearance ox tne nm ior
nuuse cunsiueration nugii. >mme
ueioxe congress recesses next
wcca ior tne master recess.
In a half-nour morning ^ms^on,
snorteneu oy earxy convening ox
me riouse, xtep. U'Brien u>-Wl)
—cnairman ox me no use terri
tories suu-comimuee—urgcu me
nidS/va Dm not oe ouried ny me
rtuies committee Dut time me
issue "oe aecioed openly uj me.
nouse.”
smitn, who said he nad a
‘■gooa many questions on uaaiis
oi me Din,” questioned c ->tien
closely concerning iviasKa’s pupa
lauon, estimated oy tne census
Bureau in laatj at 2u6,0u0 pciso.is.
Using a figure of 80,UOo winch
he obtained ny deducting mili
tary personnel and 38,3c i "ao
origines” from the 19o0 popula
tion figure of 123,643, tne Vir
ginian said he did not oeiieve
he would “truly represent” his
state’s population if he voted to ,
give Alasita equal Senate repre
sentation with Virginia.
He said also he hesitates to
give the balance of power in the
Senate to “offshore anu non
contiguous areas.”
O’Brien said he is willing to
give up his seat in Congress in
the interests of Statehood lor
Alaska. He made the statement
after Smith noted that the addi
tion of one Alaskan Represenaa
tive could mean that some State
would have to surrender dne seat
unless House membership is in
creased.
O’Brien said he represented a
Democratic “island” in upstate
New York (Albany) and should
the reapportionment affect New
York “believe me I’m it.”
Smith questioned whether the
grant of 182 million acres pro
posed in the bill for the new
State might not constitute the
“greatest give-away of natural
resources in history.” He said
Alaska’s oil, minerals and other
resources belong to the United
States
O’Brien said Alaska’s resources
now are “lying fallow and doing 1
no good to anyone,” He said he
believes it worth “even the risk
of an occasional scandal” to de
velop Alaska in the manner be
lieved possible under Statehood.
Prior to the hearing, a telegram
from Alaska’s Gov. Mike Stepo
vich was delivered to Smith, de
claring Alaskans, “hope and p’-ay
your deliberations will o~^? a
gain grant Alaskans ‘our day in
court’ in the Congress.”