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VOL. LXI No. 97 NOME*ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1959 ' Per Copy—15^
Area Defenders
Learned Valuable
Lessons in Exercise
The tactical military exercise
- which has been underway all
week in the foothills, was com
pleted early this morning, and,
according to those in charge, was
a highly successful training mis
sion.
* l'he “warfare” extended about
15 miles into the hills and to
Nome River on the east, with fox
holes throughout the area, which
it is reported, were calmly ac
cepted by the berry pickers camp
ing in the area.
Both aggressors and defenders
in the mission were from the 1st
Battle Group of the 9th (Manchu)
Infantry. This group gets its name
for its early work in China during
the Boxer Rebellion, and is now
stationed at Eielson AFB, where
it is getting considerable exper
ience in northern Alaska terrain,
both winter and summer.
Col. D. J. Richardson, com
mander of the 1st Battle group
of the 9th Infantry, was in charge
of the operation here, and was
assisted by Major Blakeley, USAF
Mission commander.
Commander of A Company was
Lt. Albert Smith, while 1st Lt.
Clore, with a small force from the
1st platoon of B Company repre
sented a larger force spread out
in the hills.
Maj. Sheldon Mendelson, oper
ations officer and spokesman, said
the FiTst Scout Battalion, Alaska
National Guard, headed by Capt.
James O’Rourke, made a valuable
contribution to the training mis
sion, as well as to the joint
operation.
He said “This exercise was high
ly successful, and a valuable con
tribution to prepare the battle
group for its mission in Alaska.
Soldiers are happiest when on a
project such as this, and all were
pleased with the terrain, which
was ideal for the purpose.”
The soldiers and their officers
will return to their Eielson base
starting early tomorrow morning.
This evening King Island Es
kimos plan a special dance in
their honor, using some of the
dances not generally performed
for the public.
This afternoon two new ve
hicles were on display on Front
Street. They were the M-59, ar
mored personnel carrier, and the
M-76, the “Otter.”
Heard on the street, about the
Otter, “Boy, what a rig to go
fishing in!”
High praise was expressed for
the fine work of Capt.- L. Flana
gan and his staff of the U. S.
Army Advisory Group, in coor
dinating the venture.
Peiping Discloses Top
Drawer Red Conference
TOKYO, — Red China’s gov
ernment, military and party
leaders are holding a top level
conference, Peiping Radio dis
closed today.
The announcement of the extra
ordinary meeting of the Commu
nist ParTV Central Committee and
the state council said important
national problems were being
discussed.
Possible subjects were believed
to be agriculture, the peasant
communes, the Laos situation and
Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s
forthcoming visit to the United
States.
Carpenters and
Contractors
Agree on Terms
The Nugget received word from
Sen. Ernest Gruening today that
the contractors and carpenters
have agreed on terms, and that
the strike will end soon.
Following is the text of his
wire:
“I am delighted to be able to
report that agreement was
reached here today by represen
tatives of the Carpenters Union
and Associated General Contrac
tors from Alaska on a new con
tract and that if this agreement is
ratified by the AGC members and
the local unions .concerned, the
strike in Alaska will be over.”
Judge Hodge Resigns to
Accept High Court Post
GETTYSBURG, Pa., UPt — Pres
ident Eisenhower Wednsday ac
cepted the resignation of Judge
Walter H. Hodge of the U. S.
District Court for the Nome Di
vision.
Acting Press Secretary Wayne
Hawks said Hodge resigned, effec
tive August 31, to become a judge
of the Alaska Supreme Court.
Editors Call for
More Accurate
View of Russians
SEATTLE, UP) — Two editors
called today for improved Amer
ican press coverage of foreign
affairs. One spoke specifically of
reporting from the Soviet Union,
the other of more remote sections
of the globe.
The need for continued ad
vancement in foreign news report
ing was presented to 250 members
of the Associated Press Man
aging Editors Association, an or
ganization that works year-round
to improve services to the nation’s
newspaper readers.
J. Edward Murray of the Los
Angeles Mirror-News told his fel
low editorial executives “Some
thing has been wrong with much
American press coverage of
Russia.”
“The Americans, who read our
newspapers, go to Russia, and are
extremely surprised at what they
find — at how -"good things are
for ordinary Russians,” he said.
“I, as an American editor, went
to Russia — and was equally
surprised.”
Coleman A. Harwell of the
Nashville Tennessean commented:
“I do say there are too many
places in the world in which
America has vital interests, and
on which we are not providing
adequate information. That’s our
job. That’s our role in demo
cracy.”
The Tennessee editor said: “It
makes sense for us to cover the
news of the people of the world
— what they think and what they
do. As we come to understand the
people of other countries, we will
be better prepared to deal with
them and look out for our own
interests.”
WHAT IT TAKES . . .
WASHINGTON, UP) — What
makes you a safe driver, George
L. Barrier III was asked Thurs
day night after winning second
place in the Teen-Age Safe Driv
ing Road-E-O.
“My dad,” the 18-year-old Kan
napolis, N. C., youth promptly
replied with a grin.
New Highway
Section Soon to be
Up for Bid
Bids will be advertised soon for j
the construction of the Kuzitrin- j
Coffee Creek portion of Highway
97, according to Joe Kroninger,
chairman of the N.W.A. Chamber
of Commerce Road Committee.
Kroninger said he received this
information Thursday from Wm.
Nieme, regional engineer for the
Bureau of Public Roads.
This project was delayed be
cause a field review made in June
disclosed that the location of mat
erial sites previously selected had
to be changed.
Mr. Nieme said that the Penny
River-to-Sinuk portion of the
Nome-Teller road would not be
advertised this year as the route
surveyed in 1957 does not meet
with his approval and he has re
commended that a new route be
selected. An aerial survey will be
made this fall to select the route
to be used.
Mr. Nieme also revealed that
under statehood, the final selec
tion of programs is made by the
Alaska Department of Public
l Works.
The funds to be used for the
Kuzitrin-Coffee Creek construc
tion are from moneys allocated
previous to appropriations for fis
cal 1960. All 1960 funds have been
frozen by the State to be used
for maintenance and reconstruc
tion only.
What If Japan had
Won W.W. II - ?
TOKYO, UP) — Fourteen years
ago Saturday World War II ended
with the surrender of Japan. What
would have happened to America
if Japan had won?
The United States reduced to
its original 3 states?
Alaska returned to the Soviet
Union?
California taken over by Japan?
Execution • of American war
leaders?
These and other possibilities
were explored in the Japanese
magazine Shukan Bunshun this
week in what it said was a re
print of an article that originally
appeared in the magazine Senden
three months before the fighting
ended in 1945. Shukan Bunshun,
one of Japan’s most popular pub
lications with a circulation of 600,
000, called the article “foolish
writing.”
The author of the 1945 article,
whose identity was not disclosed,
had titled his article, “A proposal
for the punishment of America.”
It was written shortly after the
death of President Roosevelt and
during' the great B-29 fire bomb
raids on Japanese cities.
“There isn’t one among us who
doesn’t long for the day when
Japanese planes too will be bomb
ing the American mainland,” the
article said.
Japan should bring America to
1 its knees and then impose nu
merous reforms, it continued, and
predicted: “U. S. presidents will
not be allowed to remain in office
more than two consecutive terms.
Those like Roosevelt, who was
elected four times, should be pun
ished. But since Roosevelt is dead,
his family will be punished
instead. . . .
“America will compensate for
damage inflicted on Japan . . .
iron, oil, flour, shrimp . . . lumber
for homes in Tokyo to be rebuilt.”
Air Force Will Make Attempt to Pluck
Nose Cone of Discoverer \ in Descent
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE
BASE, Calif., UP) — A fantastic
game of catch will be played
thousands of feet above the Pa
cific today if all goes well with
satellite Discoverer V.
The object: To snare the satel
lite’s ejected 300-pound nose
capsule.
The purpose: To test the pro
ject’s intricate electronic system,
which someday may help propel
man through space. An aerial
catch also allows the least pos
sibility of damage to the cap
sule’s contents.
Discoverer V blasted off its
launching pad at noon Thursday.
It is circling the earth every 94
minutes, sending back loud, clear
signals.
Eight C-119 Flying Boxcars are
poised on Hawaii for thg attempt
to catch the instrument-packed
capsule as it floats down under
a parachute near the islands.
One Chance In Thousand
The Air Force says the chance
of success is about one in 1,000.
Here is how it proposes to
snatch the capsule out of the air:
As Discoverer V makes its 16th
pass, a tracking station in Alaska
will trigger the ejection mechan
ism. On the next pass, the satel
lite, repositioned by compressed
gas jets, will tilt ^0'degrees down
ward.
At the designated moment, ex
plosive springs and bolts will sep
arate the capsule from its vehicle,
the 1,700-pound, automobile-size
second stage of the rocket which,
bore it into space. The vehicle
is expected to continue orbiting
for about 10 days.
The capsule will be slowed
down by a retro-rocket. A switch
operated by forces of deceleration
will release a parachute.
Guided by radio signals from
the descending capsule, the flying
boxcars will move in to try to grab
the parachute with trapeze apara
tus suspended from the planes.
They have about 10 minutes to
make a catch.
If they fail, the Military Sea »
Transportation Service ships Ha
waii Victory and Dalton Victory
will attempt to pluck the capsule
from the sea.
Scientists want to probe its in
struments for information which
can be used in the forthcoming
Project Mercury, intended to send
man into space and bring him
back.
Stiff Curbs on
Labor Passed
In House Action
WASHNGTON, UP) — The House
today passed and sent to the Sen
ate a bill to curb racketeering
and abuses in labor-management
relations.
The vote stamping House ap
proval on the controversial bill
was 303-125.
The House action capped a ma
jor legislative victory for Presi
dent Eisenhower, who made a
personal appeal to the nation for
strong labor controls legislation.
The House vote on passage
swamped northern and eastern
Democrats who had backed less
stringent labor curbs than the
President asked. ,
The House-passed bill now goes
back to the Senate for compro
mise with the differing version
passed there last April.
Hammer and Sickle Will
Decorate U. S. Capitol
WASHINGTON, UP) Russia’s
hammer and sickle flag will be
flying all over Washington next
month during Premier Khrush
chev’s visit, if normal procedure
is followed. A State Department
source said it is customary to dis
play hundreds of flags of the
country of an official state vis
itor. The flags are festooned along
parade routes. Each state visit
costs from $2,000 to $3,000 for
flags.
THURSDAY BASEBALL.
American League
Chicago 9, Detroit 0.
WASHINGTON 5, New York 2.
Cleveland 7, Kansas City 5.
Naiional League
Chicago 20, San Faancisco 9.
Los Angeles 7, St. Louis 6.
Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 8.
Pacific Coasl League
San Diego 4, Vancouver 0.
Salt Lake 8-5, Spokane 3-6.
Portland 5, Sacramento 1.
Seattle 2, Phoenix 1.
Miss Universe Returns
Home; Challenges ‘Very
Rude’ Doctor for. Proof
TOKYO, UP)—Miss Universe re
turned'to her native Japan today
on the tail of a typhoon and in
the midst of another storm about
her bust.
“Very rude,” snapped Akiko
Kijima in denying a report of a
Tokyo surgeon that he had in
jected her with a cupful of plastic
to enlarge her bust and help her
to a 37-23-38 figure.
“I would like to confront that
doctor in front of everyone in
this room,” declared the 22-year
old fashion model.
Miss Kojima’s hmecoming was
delayed 12 hours. Her plane
stopped at Wake Island for Ty
phoon Georgia to clear Japan.
Salmon Pack Equals
Three-Fifths of 1958
JUNEAU, iff) — The canned
salmon pack for Alaska this year
was running at roughly three
fifths of the 1958 total as of Aug
ust 9. 1,427,010 cases were packed
up to the end of last week, com
pared with 2,517,648 at the same
time last year.
Again the Western Alaska pack
at 456,866 cases was the only one
that exceeded the 1958 total, being
up approximately 36,000 cases.
Only in Western Alaska, too,
did this year’s red pack exceed
that of the parent cycle, but the
Southeastern Alaska1 pink pack
was alone in topping the parent
cycle of that species, according to
figures released by the Bureau of
Commercial Fisheries of the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
WHO'S ON TOP?
COLDWATER, Mich., UP) —
Police and firemen rushed to a
tall silo here. A boy, about 10,
was on top.
Employes said the youngster
had climbed up, apparently be
came panic-stricken and couldn’t
get down.
Officers climbed up. The boy
was gone, He’d climbed down
I the other side.