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VOL. LVIII No. 108 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1271956 Per Copy—154
U.S., Britain, France Will Set Up
International Group for Suez Traffic
LONDON Ufl—Britain and France
announced today that the United
States is joining them in setting
up an international association
-which will undertake to carry
traffic thru the Suez Canal.
Egypt will be asked to cooper
ate and will receive transit dues,
Prime Minister Eden and Premier
Guy Mollet of France announced.
If Egypt interferes, the nation®
concerned will be “free to take
such further steps as seem to be
required,” Eden told the House of
Commons. He warned President
Nasser of Egypt he cannot expect
appeasement from Britain, but
insisted Britain is mbving in ev
ery peaceable way to end the
Suez dispute.
Announcement of the new asso
Anchorage Cyclist
Pedals to Massachusetts,
4,700 Miles in 47 Days
WORCESTER, Mass., UPV—Short
of breath, and down 15 pounds to
a trim 136, George Buffington,
42, arrived here yesterday after a
4,700-mile trip from Anchorage,
Alaska—all the way by bicycle.
Buffington had been working
there as a diesel engineer in a
government power plant.
He said he started the trip to
prove he could do it. When he
first went to Alaska 10 years ago,
he started from here by bicycle,
but that trip was cut short by an
accident in Iowa City.
Buffington met his planned
schedule—to do 100 miles a day—
right on the nose. He took 47 days
for the trip.
He said today the toughest part
of his ride was on the gravel
•Alcan Highway, which stretches
1,300 miles thru Alaska apd Can
ada, and in Michigan when he
bucked heavy traffic over the La
bor Day weekend.
He is planning to visit relatives
here for the next few weeks, and
then return to Anchorage.
But not by bicycle—He has
bought a light truck, and this
time he’ll drive, he said.
Man Claims Suicide Pact
In Which Woman Died
And He Lost His Nerve
NEW YORK, UP—A purported
suicide pact ended today in the
death of an attractive 25-year-old
teacher who drank cyanide poi
soned wine. A male acquaintance
from abroad lost his nerve and
lived.
The teacher, Avis Gray, was
the daughter of a-prominent New
York couple. She died in a River
side Drive hotel room which was
engaged yesterday by Hugo Sien
feld, 34. He had registered as
“Hugo and Avis Sienfeld, Istan
bul, Turkey.”
Police said, however, that Sien
feld apparently came from Tel
Avi%r, Israel, and was reported to
have a wife and three children.
He was described as an “ex
change visitor” to this country,
doing research at the Albert Ein
stein College of Medicine in the
Bronx.
elation drew fire quickly from the
outnumbered Laborites in House
of Commons. Hugh Gaitskell, the
leader of the Labor Party, noted
the association plans to employ its
own pilots and take in tolls. This
“seems like a highly provocative
step,” he said.
“In ignoring the charter of the
United Nations and taking the
law into our own hands we are
reverting to international anar
chy,” Gaitskell said.
However, Britain and France
already had taken a first step to
ward putting the Suez contro
versy before the U.N. They de
livered a letter today to the presi
dent of the U.N. Security Council,
advising him that Egypt has cre
ated a situation which might en
danger free use of the canal. Any
formal motion against Egypt in
the Security Council would run
the risk of a Soviet veto.
Another development was the
imminent walkout of many of the
non-Egyptian pilots who take
ships thru the canal’s tricky wa
ters. Egypt is speeding up her
plans to replace these pilots as
necessary. ,
Britain, France
Ready for Force
In Suez Dispute
By the Associated Press
Britain and France yesterday
warned Egypt they are ready to
use force if necessary to protect'
their rights in the Suez Canal.
The House of Commons is
meeting in emergency session to
day and tomorrow.
Britain and France have been
steadily building up their land,
air and sea power in the eastern
Mediterranean, within stinking
distance of the canal. Britain has
granted France military facilities
on Cyprus.
But (both nations have ex
pressed a desire for a peaceful
settlement.
The United States in effect
threw cold water on Egypt’s pro
posal that a new international
conference be called to settle the
canal dispute.
A State Department spokes
man, commenting yesterday on
Egypt’s proposal, said flatly “it
is doubtful that a further confer
ence would serve a useful pur
pose.”
Press Officer Lincoln White
told a news conference that na
tions representing more than 90
percent of Suez Canal shipping
were represented in the Cairo
conference with Nasser which
failed on Sunday.
Egypt has suggested a meeting
of all countries which use the
canal in order to get all views.
NINE DIE IN LANDSLIDE
HUELVA, Spain, (£>—Nine per
sons were crushed to death today
in a landslide which crumpled
a two-story house. The landslide
was caused by heavy rains.
Two children were among the
dead.
ROAD BOARD OKs $100,000 FOR EXTENSION
OF ROAD WORK TO IRON CREEK THIS FALL
The Board of Road Commis
sioners concluded 4heir meeting
here this morning after a very
full session, all of which has been
open to the public and during
which there were many interested
spectators from out of town.
Transfer Law Studied
The Board gave its approval
for the expenditure of $100,000 to
continue the work on Highway
97, which will take the rQad up
the west side of Salmon Lake this
fall.
If good weather prevails, the
road should be usable for about
36 miles this fall and roughed out
up to 50 miles in the vicinity of
Iron Creek.
The fund will also make it pos
sible, stated Second Division En
gineer Frank Morris, to place an
order for the steel for the neces
sary bridges to come in on the
first boat. He stated that it takes
several months for steel* orders of
this kind to be filled.
Work will be performed also
on the Penny River road, stated
Irving Reed, Territorial Highway
Engineer.
Much of the Board’s time was
devoted to studying the law which
makes the Alaska road system
part of the Federal Highway Act
and how the transfer twill affect
the program, as Alaska roads dif
fer in many ways from stateside
roads including type and amount
of maintenance necessary.
Priority roads were set up for
all divisions according to need.
Five hundred dollars was add
ed to the Nome Harbor F\ind, re
lieving the city of this obligation.
Wire to Commedce Dept.
A wire was sent to the Depart
ment of Commerce requesting
that a meeting be held soon in the
territory with a representative of
the department, the governor of
Alaska, the Alaska highway engi
neer as well as the Alaska Board
of Road Commissioners for a
thorough discussion and better
understanding of all the phases
of the transfer of the Alaska Road
Commission to the Federal High
way Department.
Yesterday a report was given
by Phil Holdsworth of the De
partment of Mines on the vast
potential in the Second Division
so urgently in need of adequate
transportation. Holdsworth also
reported on roads needed in the
other divisions where coal and
oil explorations require access
roads.
Bloody Clash
On Frontier of
Israel and Jordan
JERUSALEM, WV—A bloody,
two-hour clash was reported to
day on the Israel-Jordan frontier.
Jordan authorities charged a
large Israeli force attacked a po
lice post inside Jordan and killed
15 to 19 police and national
guardsmen.
Jordan lodged a complaint
against Israel with the U.N. Truce
Supervision headquarters here.
U.N. truce men were investigat
ing.
An Israel army spokesman re
ported a new clash in still anoth
er border area. He said one Is
raeli soldier was wounded yester
day when a Lebanese patrol went
over into Israeli territory and
opened fire.
Five Egyptian soldiers were re
ported dead in a clash Monday on
the Egyptian-Israeli border in the
Sinai Peninsula region.
Jordan’s complaiftt to the U.N.
truce group said a large Israeli
force penetrated Jordan territory
and attacked the police station at
Rahwa village in the Hebron re
gion, some 20 miles southwest of
Jerusalem.
The village is about three miles
from the scene of another border
incident Monday. Six Israeli sol
diers were killed in the earlier
clash. Jordan charged that they
had attacked Jordan territory.
CHURCHILLS OBSERVE
48ih WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
LONDON, bP)—-Sir Winston and
Lady Churchill observed their
48th wedding anniversary today
without their traditional family
dinner party. They * called it off
because of the Suez crisis.
The 81-year-old statesman came
to London for the meeting of Par
liament on the Suez dispute.
Nome Chamber Urges Road Board
To Push Highway ()7 to West
Side of Salmon Lake This Fall
The Chamber of Commerce had
as their special guests yesterday
noon the members of the Terri
torial Road Commission: Pete Mc
Cormick- of the First Division;
Ken Shepard of the Third Divi
sion; A1 Seelinger of the Fourth
Division; and Second Division
member Dewey Goodrich.
The road program was present
ed by John McNees in cooperation
with the Chamber’s Roads Com
mittee, composed of Carl Glavin
ovich, Peter Reader, Ben Young,
and Robert Blodgett of Teller.
McNees praised the • Board
members for their foresight in
placing Highway 97 in a priority
position. He stated the Fairbanks
Galena - Eureka - Nome - Teller -
Cape Prince of Wales Road is the
most important major road left
in the territory from the stand
point of economic progress and
development.
Road Work Urged Now
The Chamber’s report urged
that money be allowed at this
present meeting of the Board to
push the road through to the west
side of Salmon Lake this fall, be
cause at this phase of the devel
opment more road can be built
on less money than in the spring.
Secondly, the report pointed
out that machinery was available
for the Teller Road and could be
moved to location quickly to be
ready for early spring work.
The Chamber asked that $750,
000 be made available for the
spring of 1957 to insure the com
pletion of the road through to
connect with the Bunker Hill
Taylor Road and that an addi
tional appropriation be made to
be used in two major stream
crossings, the Kuzatrin and the
Pilgrim Rivers.
70 Miles of Highway
The completion of this section
of the road would tie into the
present Bunker Hill Road and
make a total of 70 miles of con
nected highway. This would mean
the trucking of oil and bulky ma
chinery into the Kougarok, cut
ting in half the cost to operators
and encouraging more operators
to return to that area.
The next step urged was con
necting the existing road at Deer
ing and Candle and tieing in the
four major towns on Seward
Peninsula, Nome, Teller, Deering
and Candle.
Other Roads Recommended
Other roads recommended were
the Unalakleet-Kaltag Road. This
is about 75 to 80 miles up the
Yukon River and it would open
up timber, mining, fishing and
even agriculture; also an access
road from Kobuk to the copper
deposits located in that region, a
distance of about 18 miles.
Irving Reed, highway engineer,
was praised 'by the Chamber
spokesman, John McNees, for his
interest and valuable knowledge
of the great mineral wealth of
northern Alaska and his realiza
tion that northern development
means development for the whole
territory.
Other interesting guests in
cluded Dorothy Phelps, territorial
librarian, Wm. Egan, candidate
for Congress under the Alaska
Tennessee Plan, Mike Walsh, and
George Mullally, auditor of the
Northern Commercial Co. from
the Seattle office.
Bob Blodgett, new member
from Teller was introduced.
ARC Transfers To
Commerce Dept.
On Sunday, Sept. 16, the of
ficial transfer of the Alaska
Road Commission to the Com
merce Department is to take
place.
Secretary of the Interior Fred
Seaton, commenting on the trans
fer, observed that during its long
history the ARC spent more than
$200,000,000 for road building and
maintenance. He noted that since
the Alaska Road Commission was
transferred from the War Depart
ment to the Interior Department
in 1932, over 3,000 miles of high
way network were constructed,
of which 1,000 miles are improved
or paved roads.
The ARC laid the groundwork
of roads and Monday the Terri
tory is ready to join the con
tinental system of road networks
by participating in the Federal
Highway program.