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VOL~LVI No. 7 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954 Per Copy-^Lfri
Ken Kadow To
Be Witness Before
McCarthy Comm.
ANCHORAGE, UP)—Kenneth J.
Kadow, president of the U.S. Tin
Corp., and a former top Depart
ment of Interior official in Alas
ka, has disclosed that he has been
notified that he will be expected
to appear as a witness at the Mc
Carthy Senate Committee inquiry
into federal financial affairs in
the territory.
Kadow, before leaving Juneau
for the states, told an Anchorage
Times representative he had re
ceived a letter from the Senate
group saying he would be called
to testify. He said it was not a
subpoena, however.
Kadow said he would be glad
to appear before the Senate In
vestigating subcommittee to tell
what he knows about mining and
housing. Those are two of the
subjects Sen. McCarthy listed for
inquiry.
Kadow has been active in hous
ing project developments as well
as in the tin corporation.
Kadow originally came to Al
aska about six years ago as head
of the Alaska Field Committee,
which was a coordinating post for
Department of Interior Affairs in
the territory. Kadow, a Demo
cratic appointee, left the field
committee in 1951.
He said the two investigators
sent to Alaska recently by Mc
Carthy interviewed him. He said
the men later returned to his
Juneau office to take letters from
his files while he was out of the
city. Kadow said that it was in
reply to a letter from him, de
manding return of the items from
his files, that the committee ad
vised him that he would be called
to appear in Washington.
Reds Say Releasing 22,000
POWs By Allies Will
Endanger Armistice
PANMUNJOM. LH—Red China’s
Peiping radio said today the
United Nations Command would
endanger the Korean armistice by
accepting the 22,000 Chinese and
North Korean prisoners to be
turned back by India from an
anti-Red camp next Wednesday.
The U.S. 8th Army already is
making preparations to take back
the 22,000 as war prisoners on that
day—and then release them as
civilians at 12:01 a.m. a week
from today.
The first Red reaction to India’s
plan came last night in a Chinese
language broadcast for home con
sumption.
Peiping radio said America’s
intention to take back the prison
ers makes the Korean situation
much more critical. It did not
elaborate.
India announced Thursday its
intent to turn back the 22,000 to
the U.N. Command and give back
to the Reds the 21 Americans, one
Briton and 325 South Koreans in
a pro-Red camp. Yesterday India
made it clear that when the trans
fer is being made any man wish
ing to change his mind and go
home will be allowed to do so.
Gerald Thompson Dies,
Death Attributed To
Unknown Type Poisoning
TACOMA, IP) — The family of
Gerald Thompson, the previous
survivor in an Alaska mistaken
identity death case involving two
young men from Tacoma, received
a telegram that he had died last
night.
Thompson originally had been
reported dead Monday and Gary
Allen Young critically ill at Fair
banks. They had been found in
a cabin at the edge of town.
When Mrs. Florence Thompson
arrived in the northern city, how
ever, she identified the survivor
as her son, and remained near
him until his death yesterday.
The cause of the deaths of the
two former Tacomans has not
been determined definitely, but
authorities now are certain the
death was due to some unexplain
ed type of poisoning.
The confusion in the initial
identfications was attributed to
the swollen and red-faced condi
j tion of both.
Court Delays Tie Up
Final Unraveling of
Reuther Murder Plot Case
DETROIT, (OP)—The state’s Wal
ter Reuther murder plot case was
at a virtual dead stop Friday, tied
up tight in a series of court de
lays.
Prosecutor Gerald K. O’Brien
wasn’t saying what his next move
would be. It was reported, how
ever, that he and associates were
looking for a way to facilitate
extradition from Canada of Don
ald Ritchie, the reluctant ace wit
ness.
Considering all the possible in
ternational legal ramifications, it
might be weeks before Ritchie
could be brought back over the
Detroit neighboring river from
Windsor, Ont. His hearing is set
for Jan. 21 in Windsor.
Ritchie is the man who suppos
edly made 310,000 on the attempt
to kill Reuther—35,000 which he
said was given him by one of the
four men he named as conspira
tors and another $5,000 as a re
ward from Reuther’s CIO Auto
Union for his sfcuy to police of
the alleged plot. The union itself
announced it made the $5,000 re
ward payment.
Courts here and in Windsor j
Thursday deferred the cases of j
two co-defendents, Carl Eonda, 35,
and Clarence'Jacobs, 48.
Ritchie says Renda is the man
who paid him $5,000 for taking
part in the shotgun assault on
Reuther April 20, 1948. He ac
cuses Jacobs, his uncle, of being
the triggerman.
McCarihy To Hold Closed
Hearings On Investigation Into
Graft and Corruption In Alaska
WASHINGTON, OP) — Senator
McCarthy said today that fur
ther closed door hearings will be
held before his Senate Investiga
tions subcommittee holds public
hearings on allegations of “graft
and corruption” in spending of
federal funds in Alaska.
The Wisconsin senator has not
set dates, however, for future
hearings. He said yesterday that
public hearings might begin in
about & month.
Committees To
Sttidy Starting Of
Youth Program
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A representative group of towns
people, both men and women, re
sponded to the call of the Cham
ber of Commerce last Wednesday
evening to discuss ways and
means of improving the recrea
tional program for the youth of
Nome and Nome Field. ✓
Although the meeting was call
ed by the Chamber of Commerce,
the movement was activated by
Major K. D. Swisher, command
ing officer of Nome Field, who
since arriving here, has been
working toward a cooperative
program for the younger service
men and the teen-agers of Nome.
The possibilities of a central-'
ized, sponsored program were out
lined by Allen Smith of the Fair
banks USO and many suggestions
were offered as to place, pro
gram and financing of the pro
gram.
The knowledge of the need of
such a program was evidenced by
the ready response of those pre
sent to get the program organized
as soon as possible.
A temporary committee com
posed of both townspeople and
Nome Field personnel was ap
pointed who will meet and re
port their progress at an early
date.
The committees are divided into
three groups:
1. Program — Rev. Havens, Lt.
Bracket, Isabell Miller, Betty
Alexander, Beverly Morgan.
2. Finance — Lt. Varnell, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Hermann, Capt.
Stan Morgan.
3. Building — Major Swisher,
Ben Young, Dr. F. Langsam, Robt.
Scott, Carrie McLain.
Mr. Smith stated he was amazed
and well pleased with the interest
and whole - hearted response of
the community and felt assured
that the- program would show im
mediate progress.
The building committee met last j
evening and announced that two
possible siies for the building are
under consideration.
Juneau and Ketchikan
Bar Assns' Pledge Support
To Ousted Ketchikan D.A.
JUNEAU, tPi — Juneau and
Ketchikan bar associations Thurs
day pledged their support to Pat
rick J. Gilmore, United States at
torney for the First Division who
was suspended by the Justice De
partment after a recent Ketchikan
grand jury criticized him sharply.
The* grand jury charged that
Gilmore failed to take positive
action against alleged intimida
tion of jurors by others.
The Juneau bar in a resolution
said it knows Gilmore to be
“scrupulously honest” and a man
of “highest integrity.”
Ketchikan bar members said
the attorney had been a “vigorous
prosecutor” and wrote they have
“high regard for Mr. Gilmore’s
professional integrity.”
Both groups joined in a request
to the Justice Department that the
matter be given a proper hearing
and Gilmore be given an oppor
tunity to defend himself.
Doctor On St. Paul Island
Injecting 360 Inhabitants
With Gamma Globulin
NEW YORK, CP)—'The National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
said a lone doctor on the tiny
Pribilof island of St. Paul began
Thursday injecting the entire
population with gamma globulin
to combat a threatening polio
epidemic.
„ There have been two polio
deaths among the 360 persons on
the island in the Bering Sea.
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, territorial
health officer at Juneau, told the
Foundation by telephone that a
portable iron lung and 3,000 cc’s
of the scarce blood fraction were
flown directly to St. Paul from
Anchorage Thursday. Later 3,000
cc’s and other supplies were rush
ed from New York to Anchorage
to be landed or parachuted onto
the island.
HUDSON AND NASH MOTOR
CAR FIRMS TO MERGE
DETROIT, UP)—Hudson Motors
and Nash-Kelvinator are consoli
dating — marking another in a
series of big inter-company deals
in the auto industry in recent
months.
Subject to anticipated stock
holder approval, the Hudson
Motor Car Co. and Nash-Kelvin
ator Corp. will become united
under the firm name of American
Motors Corp.
An estimated $355,000,000 in
total assets and more than $100,
Q00,000 in working capital are in
volved.
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Korean Peace Talks Still Stalled
PANMUNJOM, UP) —Efforts to
revive the stalled preliminary
Korean peace talks remained at
dead center today and both the
Allies and Communists insisted
they would never modify condi
tions for returning to the confer
ence table.
Liaison secretaries adjourned
for the weekend after a session |
described by Edwin Martin, State j
Department China specialist, as I
“314 hours of each side advocat- i
ing its position.”
Barileit Files For Fifth Term
JUNEAU, UP) — E. L. Bartlett,
Alaska’s Delegate to Congress,^has |
filed with the Territorial Auditor j
here for his fifth term in office. 1
Marilyn Monroe and
DiMaggio Are Married
SAN FRANCISCO, UR — Joe
DiMaggio', the former New York
Yankee Clipper, married actress j
Marilyn Monroe yesterday, leav- I
ing millions of fans wondering
what will happen to her movie j
career.
Joe, 39, has one son, Joe, Jr., 12, j
by former Broadway actress Dor- j
othv Arnold. Dorothv divorced j
Joe a decade ago.
Marilyn, who gave her age as
25, also was married previously—
at age 16 to James Dougherty, a
policeman now living in Van
Nuys, Calif., whom she quickly
divorced.
Joe said they would make their
home in San Francisco, going to
Hollywood whenever she had to
make a movie, But Marilyn said
she had no plans now for films.
She was suspended last week by
20th Century Fox for not showing
up for a role in “Pink Tights.”
GOP Bad Medicine
For Alaska Theme
Demo Convention
JUNEAU, l/P) — Alaska Demo
crats Friday opened a four - day
convention here geared to the
theme the Republican adminstra
tion on both the national and
local levels is “bad medicine” for
the territory.
Ralph Rivers of Fairbanks,
scheduled to deliver the keynote
address at the opening business
session, said the basic approach
of the 40 delegates attending the
territorial convention would be to
protest against “what the nation
al Republican administration is
doing to Alaska.”
• Rivers said the convention also
will protest against the “unplan
ned, uncoordinated activities” of
what he described as the “last Re
publican Alaska legislature.”
On the national scene, Rivers
said, the convention will object to
cutting down on Alaska public
works and other programs and
also protest the administration's
stand on statehood.
At the local level, he added, the
convention will “point to a lack
of leadership in the last legisla
ture, clogging the hoppers of both
houses with a horde of un-co
ordinated bills, and the folly of
such legislation as requiring the
registration of lands within in
corporated cities, school districts
and public utility districts.”
Another Democratic spokesman
said the convention may take up
the Employment Security Com
mission’s seasonality regulations,
repeal of the property tax law, as
well as statehood.
The convention will end Sun
day.
Congress Invited
\ ote Themselves
$12,509 Fay Raise
WASHINGTON, (fP) — Senate
and House members were invited
today to vote themselves a $12,500
a year pay increase.
A special commission setup to
study problems also recommended
a $14,500 a year increase for Su
preme Court justices, comparable
raises for other federal judges and
higher expense allowances for the
Vice President and Speaker of the
House.
The committee’s report to Presi
dent Eisenhower made other re
commendations:
1. A government-provided of
ficial mansion for Vice President
Nixon and his successors in the
post.
2. A further study of pensions
for the widows and dependents of
the various officials. It said there
is no such provision now for sur
vivors of justices and other judges
and “inadequate” provisions for
congressional families.
An early sampling of congres
sional opinion indicated the Sen
ate may well vote for some sort
of increase. The outlook in the
House is more doubtful. What
ever they do about their own pay,
the legislators are almost certain
to raise judges’ salaries.