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VOL. LXI No. 102 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1959_Per Copy—15^
Well Known Safety
Ferryman, Milton
Adams, Passes On
Milton Adams, aged 67, passed
away Monday and will be buried
from the Covenant Church on
Friday afternoon at 2:00 p. m.
pending the arrival of his daugh
ter, Margaret Rudavice, from
Connecticut.
Milton Adams was well known
to many in the community as the
genial and happy ferry operator
at Safety, and also for the many
dog races in which he partici
pated over the years.
Prior to his work on the ferry
he was pastor of the Solomon
Covenant Qhurch.
He was born Feb. 21, 1892 in
the Norton Sound area and grew
up in the Covenant Children’s
home at Golovin.
He was one of the early rein
deer herders and for many years
captain of the schooner Arctic
Chief which hauled freight and
mail between Nome and St.
Michael.
He is survived by his widow,
Mary; sons Henry, Carl and
Aaron of Nome; daughters Irene
Otton and Valerie Adams of
Nome; sons Alfred of Koyuk and
Howard of Anchorage; daughters
Ruth Koutchak of Unalakleet,
Helga Adams of Fairbanks, Flor
ence Roth of Anchorage, Mar
garet Rudavice of North Haven,
Conn., and forty grandchildren.
Steelworkers’ President
Returns to Negotiations
NEW YORK, U¥)—David J. Mc
Donald, president of the Steel
workers Union, returned to steel
strike negotiations today. He had
walked out almost three weeks
ago, calling them a sham.
The strike of a half - million
steelworkers now is in its 43rd
day. No sign of settlement was
in sight.
McDonald declared himself
Tuesday as opposed to any use
of the Taft-Hartley act to force
the steelworkers back to their
jobs.
TUESDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Cleveland 6, New York 3
Washington 3, Detroit 1
Kansas City 6, Baltimore 5
Chicago 5, Boston 4
National League
Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia 2
San Francisco 12, Pittsburgh 5
Chicago 8, Cincinnati 6
Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 1
Pacific Coast League
Salt Lake City 3, Phoenix 2
Spokane 2, Seattle 1
San Diego 7, Sacramento 2
Portland 10, Vancouver 4
“The Democratic Way”
WASHINGTON, UP — Carpen
ters’ Union Vice President O. Wil
liam Blair had this comment on
the rejection by Alaska carpen
ters of a new contract: “It’s the
old democratic procedure at work
and I guess they’ll have to go
back and negotiate some more.”
Russians Grooming 10 Animals
As Earth Satellite Passengers
MOSCOW, I#)—Soviet scientists
are grooming 10 animals to be
come passengers in artificial
earth satellites, the journal Lit
erature and Life reported today.
The article did not say what kind
of animals they are or when they
will be sent aloft.
NEW HOUSING BILL
GETS GREEN LIGHT
BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, UP) — The new
billion-dollar compromise hous
ing bill was approved Tuesday
by the House Banking Committee.
The measure is a substitute for
the $1,375,000,000 bill vetoed
earlier this session by President
Eisenhower.
The committte stamped approv
al on the Senate-passed housing
substitute by a 19-4 vote, without
hearings and without change.
The bill does not entirely satis
fy committee Republicans who
dislike a number of administra
tion opposed features. But Rep.
Gordon McDonough (R-Calif) in
dicated after the committee acted
that there is little choice this late
in the session.
13-Year-Old Negro Boy
Sets Million Dollar Fire
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP) — “I
didn’t like the people,” said John
Wayne Woods. “I didn't like their
attitude.”
Detective G. L. Emmett said
Tuesday that was the 13-year-old
Negro’s explanation for setting
fire to the Cato Oil and Grease
Co. plant here Monday night.
Seven firemen were injured
fighting the blaze, wich caused
more than a million dollars dam
age to crude oil storage tanks,
warehouses and tank cars.
Strong Quake Recorded by
University of Washington
SEATTLE, OP)—A “very strong”
earthquake about 500 miles from
Seattle and another about 4,700
miles away were recorded shortly
after midnight by the University
of Washington seismograph.
Dr Frank Neumann, Univer
sity seismologist, said the first
and most distinct shock was re
corded at 12:32 a.m. from an un
known direction.
The second shock began re
cording at 2:29 and lasted about
two hours. Dr. Neumann said it
probably centered in the Queen
Charlotte Islands off the Can
adian west coast.
Chinese Admit
Production Goals
Were Too High
TOKYO, IjP)—China’s Commun
ist rulers admitted today that
their production targets for 1959
are too high and must be reduced.
The Chinese Communist party’s
central committee said the tar
gets for grain and cotton were
based on 1958 production figures
which were hugely in error.
Peiping also announced aban
donment of its much-trumpeted
program of steel production in
backyard home furnaces. The
Reds claimed the do-it-yourself
ers produced three million tons,
but the output is generally under
stood to have been of very poor
quality.
The committee made its re
vision at a secret meeting Aug.
2-16. A communique summing up
the session was broadcast today
by the New China News Agency.
Reports Incorrect That
Searches Find Missing
Navy Neptune in B.C.
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C., UPC
Reports that the wreckage of a
U.S. Neptune bomber and 11
skeletons had been found by a
search party Monday were in
correct, the Royal Canadian Air
Force said today.
The misinterpretation of a brief
radio message from the searchers
was blamed. Wreckage was sight
ed but not identified.
In fact, the Air Force said, the
message was meant to be a re
quest for information on a crash
in the area in 1951. The misun
derstanding was blamed to poor
radio reception.
A twin-engine Neptune with 11
aboard crashed high on Mt. Mc
Creight in 1950'. It was found a
year later and the bodies re
moved.
A search official in Vancouver
said it is possible the wreckage
is that of the same plane. The
search group was sent in after an
airman stationed at Comox RCAF
base sighted the wreckage at the
4,000 foot level of the Vancouver
Island peak.
I Widow Bequeths Rich Alaska Mine To
Air Force Sgt. Who Befriended Her
MERCED, Calif., OP — An Air
Force sergeant who befriended a
crippled widow is heir to an Al
askan mining claim he says may
be worth 40 million dollars. _
T/Sgt. Thomas L. Howlett re
turned to nearby Castle Air Force
Base after restaking the cinnabar
(meeury) claim and reported that
geologists estimate its worth that
high. He did not identify the
geologists.
Two years ago the tail gunner
from Norfolk, Va., joined the
Pentecostal Church where he met
Oova Mayberry whom he married
in Carson City, Nev., in June,
1957.
The bride’s parents, who are
turkey raisers near Merced, had
known Jim and Cora Dinsmore
for many years.
Dinsmore, a prospector in Asia,
South America, Mexico and Alas
ka, died in 1955 and the newly
married couple did favors for
Mrs. Dinsmore, who lived in a
house trailer nearby.
Howlett, now 28, said Mrs.
Dinsmore told them in April 1958
about the claim to the cinnabar
vein near Cold Bay. A month
later Howlett was transferred to
Ellsworth Air Force Base in South
Dakota and five weeks later Mrs.
Dinsmore died, willing them the
claim.
While stationed at Ellsworth.
Howlett and his wife attended
the University of South Dakota’s
School of Mines, and last May he
went to Alaska and checked the
claim.
He said he was amazed at the
extent of the cinnabar veins.
“I was scared to death,” .he
said. “We had understood there
was about a mile of mineable
deposits. But we found from 12
to 18 miles of solid, thick veins.”
He said geologists had told him
that, at current mercury prices,
it was safe to assume the claim
was worth more than 40 million
dollars.
“Money has never meant much
to me,” Howlett said. “However,
I’m going to use some of it to
build a church in the memory of
Cora Dinsmore and I’d like to
endow an orphanage.”
Eisenhower Arrives in West Germany
j
For Talks With Chancellor Adenauer
By HERB ALTSCHULL
BONN, Germany, GPi—President
Eisenhower brought his person
to-person diplomacy to Germany
today and received a hero’s wel
come in this land he helped con
quer 14 years ago.
The presidential jet plane land
ed at nearby Wahn airport after
a flight of 9V£ hours from Wash
ington. This elapsed time included
an hour spent in a Newfoundland
stop for refueling.
A crowd of 1,500 to 2,000 spec
tators waited in reserved places
and others were scattered around
the terraces. Every building was
covered with people, even the top
of the control tower and the cus
toms building.
Just as the plane halted a 21
gun salute sounded. Four escort
ing fighters of the German air
force flew low overhead.
A dozen U.S. Air Police march
ed out and took posts around the
plane. There was a burst of ap
plause as the President appeared
at the door.
German Chancellor Adenauer
approached, holding his hat in his
hand. Eisenhower removed his
hat as a German band struck
up the Star Spangled Banner.
Then the German anthem was
played. Eisenhower stood in front
of the honor guard with Ade
nauer at his side.
The airport, 20 miles from the
West German capital of Bonn,
was decked with its most festive
display. The red, White and blue
of the United States fluttered be
side the black, red and gold of
West Germany.
It is the first time an Ameri
can president ever has visited
Bonn. And it marks also the first
time an American presidenWhas
been invited to Germany, a coun
try against which the United
States has fought two wars in
this century.
Nemesis of Nazi Aggressors
In lands where he soared to
fame as the nemesis of Nazi ag
gressors, the President is pre
pared to lay down solemn pro
mises that the United States once
again will join in the use of force,
if need be, to repeal aggression.
He will confer separately with
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of
West Germany, Prime Minister
Harold MacMillan of Britain and
President Charles De Gaulle of
France.
He will consult, too, on a more
informal basis, with Foreign Min
ister Fernando Castiella of Spain
in London. And in Paris he will
see Prime Minister Antonio Segni
of Italy and President M. A. H.
Luns and Secretary General Paul
Henry Spaak of NATO.
The chief executive brought
four top officials to Europe, in
addition to a dozen members of
the White House and State De
partment staffs. Secretary of
State Christian Herter went along.
So did Thomas S. Gates Jr., dep
uty Secretary of Defense; Living
stori T. Merchant, deputy Under
secretary of State; and John N.
Irwin II, assistant Secretary of
Defense for international secur
ity affairs.
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SEATTLE,' UP)—Memo from 56
sailors to the Datiodal Idstitutes
ob Health ad Jods Hobkids Udi
versity:
How aboud id?
Last winter the 56 volunteered
to catch cold. They were aboard
the icebreaker Staten Island- in
the Antarctic, an ideal place to
take part in Operation Snuffles—
a research project investigating
the causes of the common cold.
The International Geophysical
Year bulletin of the National
Academy of Science reports that
hundreds of blood samples and
virus and bacteria cultures are
being examined at the Institute
of Health and Johns Hopkins.
Taken in the Antarctic, the
samples were kept at 76 degrees
below zero on the return voyage
and then flown from Seattle to
the research centers.
The Stated Islad, idcidettaly,
dow is ub id the Arctic od ad
other research project.
.Labor Regulation Bill
Comes Up For Conference
In Congress this Afternoon
WASHINGTON, t?Pt — A sched
uled forenoon Senate-House con
ference today on the labor regu
lation bill was postponed until af
ternoon.
The office of Sen. John Ken
nedy, the conference chairman,
said the delay was requested by
Sen. Barry Goldwater.
The session may bring a vote
on the thorniest issues remaining
for settlement. Kennedy, speak
ing for four Democratic Senate
conferees, offered what he termed
a compromise Tuesday.
Yale Professor Found
Shot In Idaho Sagebrush
GOODING, Idaho, UP> — A for
estry expert enroute to become
assistant professor at Yale Uni
versity was found shot to death
Tuesday in the southern Idaho
sagebrush.
Police said today they had few
clues but believed 37-year-old
John Hunt Jr., was murdered.
Hunt, the son of the Rev. John
Hunt Sr., of Bellingham, Wash.,
had been a forestry pathologist
for the U. S. Forest Service in
Portland, Ore. He left there Mon
day for New Haven, Conn., and
his new teaching post.
A young farmer reported find
ing Hunt’s body, in a kneeling
position on the floorboards by the
right front seat of his foreign
sports car which was parked on
a trail some 23 miles west of
Gooding.
Young Democrats To Salute
Alaska and Hawaii
WASHINGTON, • ffl — The two
| new states of Hawaii and Alaska
will be saluted when young Dem
ocrats from ' 13 western states
meet in San Francisco Aug. 29-30
to prepare for the Young Demo
cratic national convention, which
opens in Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 19.
Nelson Lancione, president of
; the Young Democratic Clubs of
America, announced the San
Francisco meeting Tuesday.
Young Democrats will attend
from Alaska, Hawaii, California,
Oregon, Washington, Nevada,
Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado and Mon
; tana.