22 NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVIII No. 49 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1956 Per Copy—15*
Missile Race Is
Neek and Neck.
Says Eisenhower
WASHINGTON, (£(—President
Eisenhower said today he believes
the United States is somewhere
around the position of the Soviet
Union in the development of guid
ed missiles.
Eisenhower made the statement
at a news conference in replying
to questions dealing with the as
sertion by Kremlin leader Nikita
Khrushchev that Russia soon will
have a hydrogen bomb missile j
capable of striking at any part of j
the world.
Eisenhower at the same time
rejected suggestions by Adlai
Stevenson and others that this
country halt its tests of hydrogen
bombs. A new test is scheduled in
the P&cific next month.
While refusing to comment spe
cifically on the proposal by Ste
venson, Eisenhower said it was a
bit paradoxical, when we are
working as hard as we can on de
velopment of guided missiles, for
anyone to advocate halting H
bomb tests.
The President said he wishes
the money spent on such pro
grams could be changed to peace- i
ful uses and that in conducting '
the tests the United States is not
simply trying to come up with
what he termed a bigger bang
than some other country.
But research in nuclear weap
ons fields without tests is useless
and a waste of money, Eisenhower
said. He added that as long as it
is necessary to get into the weap- j
ons field, it should be done right. |
i Gen. Noyes Widow
| Expecting a Child
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
JUNEAU—The widow of the
late Brig. Gen. John R. Noyes,
who died earlier this year of in
juries received in the crash of a
National Guard airplane near
Nome, is expecting a child late
this summer.
This was disclosed here this
week when friends gave several
stork showers in honor of Mrs.
1 Noyes, who was married to the
! general last year.
Mrs. Noyes has confided to
friends that her late husband did
not know he was an expectant
father at the time of his death.
Eisenhower Plurality
Over Stevenson in
Pennsylvania at 280,000
PHILADELPHIA UP)—President
Eisenhower’s plurality over Adlai
Stevenson in Tuesday’s Pennsyl
vania primary election crept over
the 280,000 mark today as returns
from late reporting precincts
trickled in.
In one of the lightest voter
turnouts in Pennsylvania history,
Republicans gave the President
872,033, while 589,433 Democrats
favored Stevenson as their party
standard bearer next November.
On the Republican side, Sen.
William Knowland of California,
listed on the ballot against his
wishes, received 39,894 votes,
while Sen. Kefauver, chief active
opponent to Stevenson, polled a
write-in vote of 35,250.
Stevenson campaigned briefly
in Pennsylvania, where in the
1952 presidential election tye lost
to Gen. Eisenhower by 270,000.
Visiting Russians Run Up Against
British Stone Wall in Trade Talks
LONDON, UP — Soviet Premier*
Bulganin and Communist party
chief Khrushchev strode grimly
from a crucial meeting Tuesday
with Prime Minister Eden, amid
plummeting hopes for any solid
British - Soviet agreement on
world issues.
Eden did not come to the door
of his official residence to see
the Soviet leaders out, the normal
custom for such high ranking
visitors. Staring stolidly ahead,
the Russians hurried to their
waiting car to be driven to the
House of Commons for a lunch
eon given by the Speaker.
British alarm and resentment
mounted as a result of Khrush
chev’s two speeches Monday in
which he bragged about Soviet
guided missiles with H-bomb war
heads and talked tough to Labor
leaders critical of Communist
policies.
Indications were that Khrush
chev and Bulganin ran up against
a British stone wall on the trade
and contacts phases of the talks.
British opposition to breaking
down the Western embargo on
selling strategic goods to Russia
seems to have irritated Khrush
chev and resulted in his new
tough tone.
He seemed to approach the
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Russian Trade Official
Picked Up as Drunk
After Reception for B & K
LONDON, 0?)—A Russian trade
official who attended last night’s
party at Claridge’s Hotel for Sovi
et chiefs Bulganin and Khrush
chev wound up in the magistrate’s
court today on a drunk charge.
Gennady Vladiminovich Klikov,
27, pleaded guilty to being drunk
on a North London street at mid
night.
"Are you here with the Russian
trade delegation?’’ the magistrate
asked.
Klirikov grinned. “Yes—I was
at Claridge’s last night.”
"Hmm,” said the magistrate.
"Well, anything might have hap
pened there. Pay five shillings
(70 cents*, please.”
Wallace Jones Sentenced
To 6 Months On McNeil
Island For Nome Theft
SEATTLE, (if* — Federal Judge
John C. Bowen Monday sentenced
Wallace Stanley Jones, 22, a Seat
tle steel company employe, to six
months in the federal prison camp
on McNeil Island. Jon'es pleaded
; guilty to stealing a rifle from a
postal shipment in April, 1955,
while in the Army at Nome.
Voters OK Constitution 2-1
!
By the" Associated Ppess
Alaska's proposed statehood
constitution was winning approval
by a better than 2 to 1 margin on
the basis of returns available af
ter sun-up today.
Adlai Stevenson was running
better than 3 to 2 ahead of Sen.
FIRST RETURNS
IN TERRITORY'S
PRIMARY ELECTION
Delegate to Congress
(51 Precincts)
Bartlett (D) 1615
Wood (D) 177
Gillam (R> 566
Highway Engineer
(43 Precincts)
Metcalf <D> 636
Davis <D* 522
Reed <R> 564 (unopposed*
Attorney General
Williams (D> 1161
Sanders (R) 674
Air Force Testing
G-133A, Twice As
Big as Glohemaster
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif., (JP> — The C133A, new sky
giant with a wingspan 19 feet 8
inches wider than a football field,
was flown Monday for the first
time.
The monster turboprop trans
port, built by Douglas Aircraft
Co., flew here from Long Beach
for further testing by the Air
Force.
The C133A has about twice the
payload capacity of the Military
Air Transport Service’s C124
Globemaster, now the biggest
in active service. The new plane
also was developed for MATS.
Douglas says a Cl33A can haul
a 50,000-pound load 3,500 nautical
miles or a 100,000 - pound load
shorter distances.
Primarily a freighter, it has a
floor pattern that will permit in
stallation of 200 seats. It could
be used also as a hospital plane.
Nome School To Get
$5,798 In Federal Funds
From Washington News Letter
Office of E. L. Bartlett
Under federal law providing fi- i
nancial assistance for schools in
federally affected areas, the Nome
School District will receive imme
diate payment of $5,798, according
to information given Delegate
Bartlett recently by the Office of
Education.
The funds are to be used for
supplementing operation and for
maintenance costs.
NO SPEECHES
BOSTON {JFi—Approximately
300 present and former state legis
lators will gather tonight—and
and not a single speech will be
made.
The Massachusetts Legislators
Assn, observes strictly the rule
that there shall be no addresses at
its annual get-togethers.
Estes Kefauver in the Democratic
presidential preference primary,
but President ' Eisenhower was
ahead of both of them.
The Alaska-Tennessee plan for
electing two U.S. “senators” to
press for statehood in Washington
was leading by about a 7 to 4
margin.
Fishtraps were being submerged
by the tide. The vote was running
better than 6 to l in favor of abol
ishing the traps in the future
state.
The only vote as one-sided as
the fishtrap issue was for the
Democratic nomination for Dole
Russian Leaders Meet
4,000 Festive Guests
At Gala Reception
LONDON UP—The visiting Rus
sian leaders, Khrushchev and Bul
ganin, were the central figures at
gala reception at the fashionable
Claridge’s Hotel.
Among the 4,000 guests at last
night’s reception were leading
British politicians, titled Britons,
comedian Charlie Chaplin and Dr.
Hewlitt Johnson, the “Red Dean”
of Canterbury.
As the crush of the crowd in
creased, the Kremlin leaders were
ushered into the private anteroom.
Inside, Bulganin was heard de
manding, “What happened to the
vodka? Give me another vodka.”
Chaplin, taken into the private
chamber to see the Russian visi
tors, told a reporter he found
them “inspiring.”
When Bulganin left the ante
room, about 200 persons swarmed
around him and began to sing,
“For he’s a jolly good fellow . . .”
The crowd pushed and shoved to
shake hands with the Premier and
two women kissed him. He
grinned and waved.
SWORD COMES IN HANDY
TO CHASE INTRUDER
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., UPV—Up to
now the sword Frank E. Sullivan
keeps in his house has been mere
ly part of his regalia as a Fourth
Degree Knight of Columbus.
It came in handy yesterday to
rout an intruder at his home. He
headed after the prowler with
sword in hand but the man got
away with $5 and Mrs. Sullivan’s
driving license.
RED REFUGEE SAYS
KREMLIN PREPARING
FOR AGGRESSION
MUNICH, Germany, UP»—A So
viet officer who fled to the \^est
four months ago said today the
Kremlin is preparing for military
aggression with atomic weapons.
Lt. Ivan Otchinnikov, 27, told a
news conference present tactics of
the Soviet Union are an attempt
to create disunity in the Western
camp.
The young Soviet officer said
instructors throughout the Soviet
Union were ordered last spring to
get troops acquainted with the
idea of the theory of “preventive
war.”
gate to Congress. It was even more
lopsided. Delegate Bartlett, the
Democratic incumbent, was better
than 8 to 1 ahead of Peter Wood,
his Juneau challenger for the
nomination.
The count of voters through the
night was slow as a result of the
big turnout of voters in yester
day’s good weather and the num
ber of separate ballots.
There were very few votes in
from the major cities. Those big
blocks came in later today. Most
of the early returns were from the
smaller precincts where the count
ing was completed early, but the
returns included precincts from
all but the 2nd Division (Nome).
I The count in the presidential
| preference primary for 54 of the
territory’s 279 precincts was:
Ad.ai Stevenson 893 and Estes
Kefauver 540 on the Democratic
ballot; President Eisenhower 980
and Sen. William Knowland (who
is not seeking the nomination) 50
on the Republican side.
There were write-in votes for
the presidential preference, too.
At Kodiak, there were three
write-ins for President Eisenhow
i er on the Democratic ballot.
I Eisenhower Has
No Decision Yet
From Nixon
WASHINGTON, OP)—President
Eisenhower said today Vice Pres
ident Nixon has not told him def
initely whether he wants to be
the President’s running* mate
again this fall.
Eisenhower also told a news
conference, on other political top
ics:
1. He thinks the Democrats are
right in making him, rather than
his administration generally, a
chief target of criticism. After all,
the President said, he is the head
of the administration.
He commented he has been shot
at before.
2. As for yesterday’s primary
elections in Alaska, Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts, where he ran
far ahead of Democrat Adlai Ste
venson in popularity voting, Eis
enhower said with a grin his only
comment was: he is still aston
ished anytime anybody votes for
him—and is very grateful.
3. He refuses to endorse charges
by some Capitol Hill Republicans
that the present Democratic-con
trolled session is a “do-nothing
Congress.” Eisenhower said he
never has indulged in that kind of
talk and added he doesn’t make it
a practice to challenge other peo
ple’s motive*.
4. He denied by implication an
assertion by Senate Democratic
Leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas
that the President had abandoned
1952 pledges by opposing continu
ation of 90 percent of parity farm
price supports, Eisenhower said
the record would show he never
promised to support the 90 per
cent level after 1954.