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Dulles Says West
Agrees On Dealing
With Russians
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON. UP) — Secretary |
of State Dulles said today the
Western allies have reached basic
agreement on how to deal with
Soviet pressures over Berlin.
Dulles said he would not rule
out the use of force in defense of
Western rights to the city, bue he
thought the question was aca
demic because the Communists
have not threatened to cut the
land, water or air routes.
Dulles said there are at least
two possible explanations why the
Soviet Union hqs not yet made
its proposals to end occupation
rights in Berlin although Premier
Khrushchev forecast action 16
days ago.
One is that Khrushchev found
himself out on a legal limb
through failure to consult his law
yers and therefore has had to re
view his policy.
Another possible reason is that
Soviet repudiation of the whole
Potsdam agreement of 1945 might
destroy the basis of Poland’s rights
in former German-held territory.
Dulles said the Polish govern
ment may have become alarmed
over this.
Dulles refused to spell out pre
cisely what steps the Western
powers might take in dealing
with any challenge by the Com
munists over Berlin. At times his
carefully phrased answers skirted
around areas in which — in line
with persistent reports — there
may be disagreement among the
allied powers which include West
Germany.
WANTS HIGHER FINE LIMITS
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., UP) —
Police Judge Edward G. Burleson
wants 'Michigan voters to approve
a Constitutional amendment mak
ing the maximum fine for a mis
demeanor $500. Judge Burleson
told the City Commission the old
maximum fine of $100, set in
1908, has not kept up with the
rising cost of living.
51-Year-Old
U. S. Flag
Offered To U-A
FAIRBANKS, Uf) — A 19th
Century 46-star American flag
preserved for many years by
George C. Kosmos of Seattle will
soon toe permanently displayed at
the University of Alaska here.
The twenty - by - fourteen-foot
banner was made in Skagway in
1897 although its history is some
what sketchy. It is known that
one of its five women makers
was the daughter of a gold rush
pioneer.
She passed it on to William O.
Peterson, Alaska-Yukon pioneer,
who on his death gave it to Kos
mos some ten years ago. Recently
it had been displayed in the Se
attle Sourdough Club of which Pe
terson was the founder.
Today Kosmos offered Ihe his
torical memento to anyone in the
49th State who wanted it for its
historical value. In a telephone call
with a newsman at Radio Station
KFRB here. Kosmos agreed to
ship the flag to the station for
presentation on his behalf to the
only institution of higher learning
in Alaska.
Presentation ceremonies will be
arranged when the flag arrives.
Kosmos said he plans to visit
Fairbanks and other Alaskan ci
ties next summer.
EISENHOWER COMMENTS HE
HOPES STEPOVICH WINS
AUGUSTA, Ga., UPi — President
Eisenhower got a report on the
Alaska election returns at his va
cation headquarters at the Augus
ta National Golf Club today.
Asked whether Eisenhower had
any comment on the election, in
which the Democrats are leading,
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said:
“No, other than saying he hopes
Mr. Stepovich wins.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with occasional snow or
rain tonight and Thursday. Strong
east to northeast surface winds.
Bob Bartlett Hailed At Long Last, As
A Voting Member Of U. S. Congress
JUNEAU, Ub — Alaska’s Bob
Bartlett has served in Congress
since 1945, and hasn’t cast a vote.
He’ll change all that when the
86th Congres convenes in Jan
uary.
The 54-year-old former gold
miner went to Congress in 1944
as Alaska Delegate — a member
of the House without voting
rights.
Yesterday, in the first State
election in Alaska, Bartlett was
a better than 6-1 choice for one
of the two Senate seats opening
to the 49th State.
Bartlett served as Secretary of
Alaska from 1939. until his elec
tion as Delegate in 1944, during
Gruening’s first term as Governor.
Every two years since then
Bartlett’s steady plugging for
Alaska, his bi-party popularity
and a generally recognized ability
to win friends and influence Con
gressmen has won him a return
trip to Washington.
Throughout his career in public
life, one of Bartlett’s main dreams
has been the achievement of
Statehood for Alaska.
Bartlett shared with many other
Alaskans part of the glory for vic
tory in the long fight for State
hood — but his contribution to
Alaska’s move to state status was
second to none.
Alaska has been Bartlett’s life,
and one of his deepest regrets is
that he was not born in the Terri
tory.
His parents were Alaska pion
eers, and it would have been in
the Fairbanks area that Bartlett
would have been bom — had his
mother not traveled to Seattle at
the time. He was christened Ed
ward Lewis, but a boyhood nick
name of Bob has stuck with him.
He was raised at Fairbanks, at
tended school there and worked
later as a reporter for the Fair
banks Daiiy News-Miner.
His career in politics began in
1933, when he started a two-year
assignment as Secretary to for
mer Delegate Anthony Dimond.
Bartlett tried his hand at gold
mining from 1935 until 1939, but
only began to strike it rich when
he accepted appointment as Sec
retary of Alaska and began his
move toward Congress.
sanurights.cand.Es-? ETA SHR E
The Senator-elect and Mrs.
Bartlett have two daughters —
Mrs. Burke Riley of Haines and
Miss Susan Bartlett, a college
freshman at Mt. Holyoke, Mass.
DEMOCRATS REJOICE IN TRIUMPH
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J. C. Gaffneys
Celebrate 57th
Anniversary
SEATTLE, — Mr. and Mrs.
James C. Gaffney, who were mar
ried in Nome 57 years ago today,
will observe their anniversary
quietly at their home, 2203 Cali
fornia Ave.
They had been invited to spend
the winter at Palm Springs at the
home of another old-time Alaskan,
W. D. (Bill) Herron, but had to
decline because of Mrs. Gaffney’s
illness.
Gaffney, 83, was born in Iowa
and his wife, 79, in Illinois, and
they first met in Minot, N. D.
Her father, George H. McPherren,
went to Dawson over the Ghilkoot
Pass in 1898, rejoining his family
in Seattle later.
Gaffney came to Seattle in 1900
and went to Nome with McPher
ren, who established a general
store there.
Gaffney and his bride lived in
Nome until 1908, when they came
•back to Seatle.
That year, he purchased the
Knox Hat Store and remained in
that business until 1943. Since then,
he was in the brokerage, hotel and
various other businesses until
1935, when he retired. He is a
charter member of the Arctic
Club.
“My only grievance this year.”
he said, “other than my wife’s
illness, is that my age won’t per
mit my returning to Alaska and
help develop that wonderful state.
The Gaffneys have no children.
Smog Is Major
U. S. Problem,
Says Congressman
LOS ANGELES, (51 — A smog of
words filled the air today after
the current air-pollution siege
was blamed in part on sulphuric
acid mist.
The county smog control chief
said Tuesday the attack consists
in part of an acid mist of the type
blamed for smog deaths in Denora,
Pa., and London, England.
He said it has him worried al
though he doesn’t think the siege
poses an immediate threat to
health.
The eye-stinging smog attack is
in its fourth day and apparently
tapering off. Weather forecasters
said a sea breeze might carry it
away late this afternoon “if
we’re lucky.”
Meanwhile, a visiting congress
man called for a nationwide drive
on smog.'
Rep. Ray J. Madden (D-Ind)
was here to get California con
gressmen’s help in a nationwide
drive for federal action.
He told the mayor and other
officials:
“There will never be a solution
of the smog problem at the local
level. It must come from the fed
eral level. Smog is now a nation
wide problem.
“Los Angeles smog is widely
publicized, but the smog in Chi
cago is often just as bad but you
never hear about it. In Buffalo,
I’ve seen it so bad you had to light
a match to see. It is a problem in
Detroit, Pittsburgh, St. Louis,
San Francisco — and just about
every other major city.
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JUiNEAU, W) — A great Demo
cratic election victory ground out
in Alaska today with the force of
an advancing glacier.
Slowly mounting returns from
Tuesday’s balloting crushed Re
publican hopes of leading Alaska
into its first years as the 49th
state of the union.
Democrats had won one seat in
the U.S. Senate, captured the gov
ernorship, taken the single con
gressional post in the^JJ.S. House,
and won overwhelming control of
the first state legislature.
In the other Senate race, for
mer Gov. Ernest Gruening was
moving steadily ahead and was in
position to make it a complete
Democratic sweep.
Unofficial returns from 175 of
287 precincts gave:
Bartlett . 24,535
Robertson . 4,516
Gruening . 15,321
Stepovich ., 14,398
Rivers . 16,382
Benson . 13,253
Egan . 17,648
Butrovich . 11,550
Less than h^lf of the estimated»
total vote of about 40,000 in yes
terday’s general election had been
reported, but big city precincts
still out were considered sure to
reinforce the steadily growing
Democratic lead.
The total vote appeared likely
to surpass 40,000 — and the com
plete tally from the city precincts
was not expected until later today.
Felix J. Toner, chairman of the
Alaska Democratic Central Com
mittee, issued a victory statement
at Juneau.
“The tremendous Democratic
victory in yesterday’s election in
dicates once again that the people
of Alaska think for themselves
and act as they want,” Toner said.
“To the Democratic party the
victory imposes a great responsi
bility to see that the new State
of Alaska is organized and started
on its way with, a modern, effi
cient government responsive to
the needs and desires of the
people,” the Democratic leader
added.
Nixon And Queen
Present At Rites
Dedicating Chapel
By MILTON MARMOR
LONDON, OR — Vice President
Nixon and 12 other Americans
stood with Queen Elizabeth II in
crowded St. Paul’s Cathedral to
day as Britain dedicated a memor
ial chapel to American war dead.
Nixon flew to London Tuesday
to represent President Eisenhower
at the ceremony. The 12 other
Americans who had places of hon
or were next-of-kin of some of
the 28,000 U. S. servicemen the
chapel commemorates, men who
died during World War II in Bri
tain or in operations from British
bases.
The Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Most Rev. Geoffrey Francis
Fisher, dedicated the chapel to
mark “the common sacrifice made
by British and American peoples
during the Second World War.”
Nixon, in formal morning dress,
was accompanied by his wife.
Nixon shook hands with the rel
atives of the American war dead
and the Queen spoke to them,
then walked to her place beside
Nixon.
After the dedication and conse
cration, the Queen stepped for
ward and unveiled a marble ped
estal on which the memorial roll
of honor rests.
A lone American bugler in the
gallery high above sounded the
mournful Taps of the U. S. serv
ices. A British trumpeter silhou
etted in a window answered with
reveille. Then from the choir and
congregation packing the Cathe
dral came the stirring “Battle
Hymn of the Republic.”
The two-foot-high memorial
book rests in a gilt and glass case
atop the marble pedestal. Its 474
vellum pages are bound in gold
blocked crimson leather. Each
morning, one will be turned to dis
play a _ different group of hand
lettered names.
SWALLOWS THE HOOKS . . .
CUSHING, Okla., UP) — Fisher
man Bobby Joy Wilson, 22, was
holding four fish hooks between
his lips when a friend slapped
him on the back. He gulped the
hooks and doctors today are pon
dering the best method of re
moval.
Charles Kettering,
Noted Inventor,
Dies At 82
DAYTON, Ohio, UR — Charles
F. Kettering is dead. But when an
auto starter whined and turned
over the motor, that was “Boss
Kett” giving a helping hand.
The 82-year-old inventor, who
died in his home yesterday of a
strike, amassed a fortune through
his genius in the automotive and
other fields.
He was most widely acclaimed
for his perfection of the self-start
er in automobiles. The 140 patents
he held, on his own inventions
and improvements on the inven
tions of others, helped revolution
ize a dozen industries.
When electric cash registers
ring up sales throughout the
world today, they’ll be ringing in
tribute to Kettering. He invented
them.
He had a hand in developing
anti-knock gasoline.
The incubators that give many
a tiny infant a push down the
road of life; the refrigeration
unit that keeps your food from
spoiling; the pilotless airplane,
aerial torpedo, diesel locomotives,
accounting machines — Kettering
helped develop all of these.
Kettering’s only son, Eugene, of •
Hinsdale, HI., was with him when
he died. The inventor’s wife died
in 1946.
Man-Killing Elephant
Still Performing Tricks
NEDERLAND, Tex., Ufl — Dor
othy, the elephant who killed a
man Monday by performing a
headstand on his chest and face,
continued her regular perform
ance last night with the Hagen
Bros. Circus.
Dorothy is the star of the ele
phant act with a headstand her
big scene.
County Judge James Kirkland
said no law applies to the case
unless a complaint that the ani
mal is a public hazard is filed.
No such action has been taken.
Victim of the elephant’s appar
ently unprovoked anger was
James Loyd, New York City a
circus employe.
Circus employes reported Dor
othy had injured 11 other persons
previously. *