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VOTTlVI NO. 65 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1954 ~ Per Copy—lg
Local Club Fetes
Visiting Rotarians
A capacity crowd of Rotarians
and Rotary Anns filled the re
creation room of the Wallace
Hotel for a Smorgesbord supper
last evening, honoring a pre-con
vention' group of visiting Rotar
ians and their wives.
Each guest was presented with
a souvenir key ring of beautiful
fossil ivory and nuggets and the
women received souvenir spoons
with gold pans and nuggets. The
ladies also received corsages made
by Mrs. Bill Barber of some of
the local wild flowers including
the miniature rhododendron, ane
mone, shooting star and salmon
berry blossoms and others.
President James Walsh wel
comed the guests which included
Mr. and Mrs. Frances Fannon,
Washington, D.C.; Mr. and Mrs.
Kelsey Petro, Topeka, Kan.; Mr.
and Mrs. C. P. Launder, Toledo,
Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Baldwin,
Maumee, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Har
rison B. Parks, Malone, N.Y.; Mr.
Elwyn Heller, San Diego, Calif.;
and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Edwards,
Jacksonville, Fla. They all re
sponded with appreciation for the
wonderful time they were having
in the farthest-away Rotary Club
in North America.
Mrs. Dorothy Fannon, a mem
ber of the pre-convention Rotar
ian group from Alexandria, Vir
ginia, gave some interesting facts
to local Rotary wives on the or
ganization of the women of Ro
tary in Virginia.
She stated that the Virginia
group is patterned after the Eng
lish organization known as the
Inner Wheel which meets regu
larly and have a definite civic
program of their own.
In Alexander, she said, the
women have a Loan Closet, avail
able to the visiting nurses, where
many articles needed in homes
during prolonged sickness, are
kept and loaned .to families which
could not otherwise o'btain such
articles. Included are such things
as wheel chairs, bed pans, crut
ches, etc.
Pan American DC-6B
Scheduled To Arrive
Nome at 2:25 Friday
The first flight of the Pan Am
erican World Airways DC-6B is
scheduled to arrived at Nome
Field Friday at 2:25 p.m. and
will depart on the return flight
to Fairbanks at 5:50 p.m. Accord
ing to local manager Jim Walsh,
several Nomeites have made re
servations, both incoming and out
going on this first flight.
If possible, he stated, local citi
zens who are interested, will be
allowed to board the huge new
airship during the afternoon.
C.A.B. SUSPENDS PROPOSED
NAKNEK CHARTER CHARGE
WASHINGTON, im—‘The Civil
Aeronautics Board has ordered an
investigation and suspension of a
$6,038 roundtrip DC-4 charter
charge proposed by Pan Ameri
can World Airways between San
Francisco and Naknek. The sus
pension was requested by Alaska
Airlines, Pacific Northern Air
lines, Northern Consolidated Air
lines and Northwest Airlines.
Ike Says His Objective
Is To Get His Legislative
Program Enacted Now
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower said today his admin
istration has an impressive list of
accomplishments in fighting Com
munism and subversion.
The President made the state
ment at his news conference after
virtually barring questions on
the sharp controversy between
members of his administration
and Sen. McCarthy.
The President said that from
now on he has just one objective
— to get his legislative program
enacted.
In a prepared statement, Eisen
hower said “the constant surveil
lance of Communists in this coun
try, is a 24-hour • seven-days-a
week, 52-weeks-a-year job. It is
carried out by the appropriate
federal agencies in conformance
with due process of law. It is
being done quietly and relentless
ly and those who' best know its
effectiveness are the Communists
themselves.”
Then Eisenhower alluded to a
statement which Atty. Gen.
Brownell isued last Friday and
the President said it was put out
at his (Eisenhower’s) direction.
That amounted to a reaffirma
tion of the administration position
with respect to McCarthy.
Ketchikan Chiropodist
Attacked By Marauding
Wolf While Out Camping
KETCHIKAN, UP—A Ketchikan
chiropodist narowly escaped ser
ious, or possibly fatal injuries,
when he was attacked by a
marauding wolf while camping at
nearby Heckman Lake.
Dr. H. D. Kingland, his hand
and arm lacerated, brought in the
wolf’s feet yesterday for the reg
ular $50 bounty and told of the
incident.
Kingland said he was awakened
early Monday by the sound of
a big wolf killing a deer near
his camp. He sneaked out in his
underwear, took a shot at the
marauder, felled it and then aim
lessly fired all the rest of his
shells in the wolf’s direction.
The killer, not badly wounded,
scrambled up and leaped for the
doctor’s throat. Kingland fended
off the attack, with his arm,
which was raked by the wolf’s
teeth.
The sound of the firing roused
Kingland’s companion, Ed Wolfe,
who grabbed up a .45 revolver,
rushed to the scene and handed
it to the doctor. Kingland made
his next shot count.
Bill Drafted To “Improve
Administration” Of Alaska
International Airports
WASHINGTON, UP — Secretary
of Commerce Weeks has sent to
the Senate the draft of a bill “to
improve the administration” of
the airports at Fairbanks and An
chorage, recommending passage
of the legislation. Weeks said it
would authorize establishment of
police forces at the airports since
they are located outside city lim
its.
It also would provide for
changes in fiscal operations to put
the airports “on a more business
like basis.”
McCarthy Avers
Has Evidence Of
Red Infiltration
Of H-Bomb Plants
WASHINGTON, UR — Sen. Mc
Carthy said today he has long
had “alarming” information about
Communist infiltration of hydro
gen and atomic bomb plants but
received “White House” advice
against public hearings on it.
McCarthy spoke at the Mc
Carthy-Army hearings of having
such information as well as re
ports of subversive infiltration of
the Central Intelligence Agency.
Elaborating to reporters later,
McCarthy said the question of
possible Communist infiltration of
hydrogen bomb plants was dis
cussed at a “White House meet
ing” last June, and public hear
i ings were rejected in the public
interest.
While he called at a “White
House meeting,” McCarthy went
on to say the meeting was “at the
home of a White House secre
tary,” and those present included
two White House secretaries,
someone from the Justice Depart
ment, and “one very high elected
official.”
In response to questions, Mc
Carthy said the matter of Com
munists in the hydrogen bomb
plants is still “receiving contin
uous attention.”
Two Civilian Workmen
Killed In Blast Aboard
Submarnie In Navy-yard
PORTSMOUTH, N.H., UR — A
flash explosion early today killed
two civilian workmen aboard the
Navy submarine Sirago as she lay
in drydock at the Portsmouth
naval shipyard,
A sailor on fire watch nearby
was burned by the blast, but his
condition was described as “not
critical.”
Capt. Robert E. Cronin, com
mander of the shipyard, said the
blast was in the submarine’s main
ballast tank where the two vic
tims were spraying a plastic sub
stance.
He said the submarine did not
appear heavily damaged.
The Sirago pulled into Ports
mouth recently for overhauling
after service with the fleet.
Three Otters Enroute To
Stateside Zoos Are The
Only Ones In Captivity
SEATTLE, (A — Three of the
world’s rarest—and oddest look
ing—mammals arrived here yes
terday enroute to the Seattle and
Washington, D.C., zoos.
The animals are otters, looking
much like little old men and act
ing like grumpy ones. They are
believed to be the first otters ever
kept in captivity and come from
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
refuge in the Aleutian Islands.
Otters now are protected by the
government after becoming near
ly extinct because of their unre
stricted shooting by fur hunters.
Two of those arriving here will
be sent to Washington. A fourth
died enroute because of impro
per temperature control during a
plane trip in the north.
The otters are about a year old
and weigh 20 pounds apiece.
Maj. Weyer Says
CAP Will Be Active
This Summer
The new leader for the CAP
here, Major G. L. Weyer, reports
much activity lined up for the
CAP squadron here in the near
future. Major Weyer was air in
spector of the Alaska Wing before
coming to Nome from Anchorage
with his family recently.
He reports a very interesting
meeting last week with the ar
rival eft several important CAP
officials from Washington who
were met here by the Nome per
sonnel which included Maj. Wey
er, Maj. Lester Bronson, advisor
to the Wing Commander, Capt. R.
Emmons, Nome Squadron com
mander, and Lt. P. Lancaster.
An honor guard of CAP cadets
included Cadets Charles Fager
strom, Robert Summers, Everett
Enix, Jim Roth, Jack Muller and
led by Cadet Capt. Geraldine
Fagerstrom greeted the arrivals.
The following group arrived by
Globemaster and were given a
luncheon before departing on the
rest of their inspection trip:
From national headquarters,
CAP, Washington, D.C. — Col.
Henry, Col. Miller, Maj. Hill and
Maj. Everett;
From regional headquarters at
Portland, Ore.—Lt. Col. Tobiason,
Col. Dye, Maj. Richardson, Maj.
Stanton, Mr. Wells;
From Alaska Wing Headquar
ters, Anchorage — Col. J. Carr,
Lt. Col. V. Stone, Capt. C. Bur
nette, Capt. G. Stiver, Capt. A.
Zebrel, Capt. F. Parry, Maj R. E.
Strong.
Trucks Needed To
Haul Gravel For
Baseball Park
The baseball park is underway
with a total of 19 loads of gravel
dumped on the field last Satur
day. More than 300 loads of gravel
will be needed, it has been esti
mated, to make a good baseball
area and to date four trucks have
been offered for the continuation
of the project next Sunday. More
trucks are needed and gas has
been donated for those who have
trucks and who wish to give their
services.
A tractor has been donated to
level the field but MORE
TRUCKS ARE NEEDED and any
one who is interested in a project
for the young people, and old
people, and in-between people
who like baseball, are urged to
contact Bill Barber of CAA.
The Little League will get
under way immediately and a
junior league, as well as men’s
soft ball and women’s teams will
follow.
The American Legion Auxiliary
has donated the funds for equip
ment so everything is ready ex
cept the necessary gravel to com
plete the field.
SEC. OF INTERIOR McKAY
TO SPEAK IN FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, Iff)—Secretary of
the Interior McKay has accepted
an invitation of the Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce to speak
here July 21. Word of his accept
ance was received yesterday by
Don Dickey, Chamber manager.
Injured Brooklyn Soldier Rescued
By Air Force Helicopter 15 Days
After Fall on Mt. McKinley
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U.S. Grants SAS Polar
Air Route To U.S. On
Reciprocal Basis
WASHINGTON, (0 —The Civil
Aeronautics Board and the State
Department have agreed to offer
the Scandinavian Airlines System
(SAS) a polar air route “on a re
ciprocal basis,” CAB chairman
Chan Gurney reports.
“But we have no intention for
the present of authorizing any
American operator to use that
route,” he told a reporter yester
day.
Gurney added that the State
Department, with the CAB’s ap
proval, had proposed to the Dan
ish, Norwegian and Swedish em
bassies negotiations toward estab
lishment of a North Polar route
on a three - year experimental
basis.
The CAB chairman’s comment
cleared up the board’s position on
the proposed new service. Presi
dent Eisenhower has the final
word on recommendations for for
eign airline operations.
SAS announced late Friday that
it had 'been authorized by the
State Department to operate a
transpolar route between Los An
geles and Scandinavia.
SAS said it planned to inaugu
rate the route by autumn, with
American-built DC-6B airplines.
FAIRBANKS, UP)—A Brooklyn
soldier injured May 16 in a fall on
towering Mt. McKinley was evac
uated by Air Force helicopter
early Tuesday and flown here for
hospitalization.
Doctors said the soldier, Pfc.
George Argus, whose hip was
broken in a 1,000-foot fall that
killed a companion, was alive but
unconscious when lifted from the
mountain by a helicopter pilot
who “squeezed every inch out of
the altimeter” to reach him on
the ice of Muldrow Glacier.
He was reached at about the
6,500-foot level of the 20,690-foot
peak, the tallest in North America.
Argus was flown in the heli
copter to Cantishna, a small min
ing community at the foot of the
mountain, where he was placed
in a small Air Force helicopter
and taken to Minchumina. A two
engine plane met the party there
to fly him to Fairbanks.
The helicopter, piloted by
Capt. Ralph Searles of the 74th
Rescue Squadron, returned to the
mountain to begin evacuation of
eight members Of the rescue party
who brought him down the ice
covered mountain.
Argus’ hip was broken when he
and three companions tumbled
down the treacherous mountain
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