NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVI No. 153 ' NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1954 Per Copy—
Denial of Portland
Alaska Air Service
Be ‘Grave Mistake’
WASHINGTON, UP)—Rep, Nor
blad iR-Orei told the Civil Aero
nautics Board today it would be
a “grave mistake” to deny re
newal of operating authority to
airlines operating between Port
land, Ore., and Alaska.
“I cannot too strongly urge that
you re-study and reconsider the
matter,” he said in a letter to
Chan Gurney, CAB chairman.
The Oregonian referred to un
confirmed reports the board has
recommended against renewal of
certificates for Alaska Airlines
and Pacific Northern Airlines on
their States-Alaska run.
This would leave the Alaskan
market to Northwest Airlines and
Pan American, which operate out
of Seattle.
A CAB examiner has recom
mended Pacific Northern be re
newed but that it be certificated
only between Seattle and Alaska,
eliminating service to Portland.
Norblad said the reported action
“is certainly not conducive to
the growth of Alaska and will
again place the citizens of that
territory at the mercy of a vir
tual Seattle monopoly."
He said a “review of the ef
fects of this monopoly, in the case
of shipping over a period of years,
will prove how very badly that
worked out.”
The congressman concluded by
saying he did not care which car
rier was continued in service
“but there should be a continua
tion of a direct scheduled air ser
vice between Portland and Alaska
. . . the people of both regions
are entitled to this.”
Three Brothers Marry
Three Sisters And The
End Is*. Not Yet
DETROIT, (IP)—The Browns just
love the Morrisseys.
Nine years ago, Charles Brown,
now 33, married Anna Mae Mor
rissey, now 30.
A year later, George Brown,
now 32, married Betty Jean Mor
rissey, now 26.
Yesterday, Lawrence Brown,
23, took out a license to marry
Patricia Morrissey, 20.
The Browns are brothers. The
Morrissey girls are sisters. The
two families lived next door to
each other for nine years.
Parents, brothers and sisters are
staying away from any match
making roles. But they’re wonder
ing. Although there’s no roman
tic interest in evidence yet, Tom
Brown is 16 and so is Joan Mor
rissey.
Son of Gen. Wm. Dean
Becomes Air Cadet
SAN FRANCISCO, (IP)-—William
F. Dean Jr. was sworn into the
Air Force Tuesday. His father,
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, 27th
Division commander 'who was
held captive by the Reds in Korea,
looked on proudly.
The junior Dean, 24, will re
port Jan. 3 to Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Tex., as an
aviation cadet.
Will Recommend
Pay Hikes For P.O.
And Civil Service
AUGUSTA, Ga., UPI—President
Eisenhower will send a special
message to Congress Jan. 11, re
commending pay increases for
federal Civil Service workers and
postal employes.
Another special message will be
sent to Capitol Hill Jan. 13, the
Little White House announced,
outlining a program of increased
pay and benefits for members of
the armed services.
James C. Hagerty, White House
press secretary, told reporters the
proposals for Civil Service pay in
creases and adjustments of job
classifications would add about 22
million dollars a year to present
payroll costs.
Hagerty did not provide any fig
ures on the increases being con
sidered for employes of the Post
Office Department and members
of the armed forces.
He did say, however, the ad
ministration still feels any in
creases for postal workers should
come from increased postal rates,
and that any legislation would in
clude provision for such hikes.
Hagerty declined to say whe
ther Eisenhower would recom
mend a one-cent increase in the
rate for first class mail, bring
ing the sealed letter rate to four
cents. Congress balked at this
last year.
Final Official
Returns of Oct. 12
General Election
Final official returns of the
Oct. 12 Alaska general election
were announced this week by the
Territorial Canvassing Board as
follows, in part:
For Delegate to Congress—E. L.
“Bob” Bartlett* <D>, total votes re
ceived, 19,916: Barbara D. Dim
ock < R >, 7,083.
For Commissioner of Labor—
Henry A. Benson* iR>, 13,179;
H. J. Lannen (D>, 13,152.
For Territorial Treasurer—Hugh
J. Wade* (D', 14,540; Earle Hunter
< R >, 11,791.
Senators from Second Division
—William E. Beltz* (D), 1,124;
Neal W. “Willie” Foster* iD),
I, 031; Percy Ipalook < R >, 954;
W. W. “Chief” Laws <R>, 790.
Representatives from Second
Division—Charles E. Fagerstrom*
<D», 1,085; Edith R. Bullock* (R),
1,049; Lester Bronson* <D>, 990;
Carrie M. McLain (D), 914; Rich
ard E. Lee (R>, 818; Wallace C.
Mclver <R>, 798.
TOKYO, —A leaking Ameri
can freighter with a crew of 30
to 40 was limping toward Hok
kaido at six miles per hour to
night and in no immediate danger
of sinking, the Japan coast guard
reported.
The 7,250 - ton Liberty - type
Oceanic sprung a leak in a storm
last night about 200 miles east
of the Russian-held Kuriles off
the northern tip of Japan.
The Oceanic was enroute from
Nigata, Japan, to the American
west coast. It is carrying only bal
last.
New Ordinance
Would Entail $5
Dog License Fee
The most important matter be
fore the City Council Monday
was the reading of a new ordi
nance on dogs presented by the
Ordinance Committee headed by
Rose Silverman and prepared by
City Attorney Jim von der He.vdt.
Among -the changes included in
the new ordinance are the follow
ing changes. A compulsory regis
tration and license tag for all
dogs over ten months of age at a
cost of $5.00 per year for males
and $10.00 per year for females.
A registration with the city
clerk of the birth of all litters of
of pups is required and it will be
the responsibility of the owners
to keep the pups confined.
All loose and unlicensed dogs
become public nuisance and may
be disposed of by the chief of
police and patrolman.
Speaking in favor of the ordi
nance, Sally Carrighar stated that
police officials, the public and the
dogs need assistance” and she
hoped that with the formation of
a chapter of the Humane Society
here, homes would be provided for
unwanted puppies or their dis
posal arranged for.
Pet dogs, she stated, are not
usually the cause of damage and
when the strays are eliminated
the pets could be given needed
freedom at a specified time.
Money derived from the sale
of licenses could be used for
modern dog-catching equipment.
The ordinance will be discussed
at the next meeting and dog own
ers and interested parties may
debate the issue at this time.
.«r TWr”!
McCarthy To Seek
Foreign Relations
Committee Seat
WASHINGTON, Ml —Sen. Mc
Carthy said today he is seeking
a seat on the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee in the hope of
influencing Eisenhower adminis
tration policies in Asia which he
regards as “disastrous.”
A position on the committee
would give McCarthy a new for
um in which to argue for tougher
measures against Communist
China than the administration has
thus far been willing to adopt.
McCarthy has said he plans to
step up his campaign for such
measures.
No Republican vacancy on the
Foreign Relations Committee is in
prospect, and McCarthy conceded
to newsmen his chances of win
ning a seat are slim. But he said
that to attain one, he is willing
to give up the Rules and Govern
ment Operations Committee.
A reporter asked McCarthy: “If
President Eisenhower is renomin
ated in 1956, what part would you
plan in> the presidential election
campaign?”
"Frankly,” he replied, “I don’t
have any idea.
“I think Eisenhower has been
doing a substantially good job in
Europe, but we have been doing
a disastrous job in Asia.”
Army To Trim Size
By Drafting Fewer,
Raise Standards
WASHINGTON, lA—1The Army
is moving to trim down its size
by taking in fewer new men,
culling out some officers and
shortening slightly the active duty
terms of some draftees.
The administration announced
last week the Army had been or
dered to reduce its strength by
73,000 more men than had been
planned by next June 30, and by
an additional 100,000 by mid
1956.
Army officials said today they
still .are working on a program to
bring about these reductions in
an orderly way.
The Army’s first move was to
cut the February draft call from
20,000, which had been fixed
earlier, to 11,000.
Another of the means the Army
has decided to use to meet the
first deadline six months from
now is to shorten the terms of
some draftees, all of whom were
called up for 24 months.
The Army also expects to
raise its standards for the accept
ance of volunteers and for soldiers
who- want to re-enlist. No specific
decisions have yet been reached
on this point, however.
Alaska Railroad
Will Sell or Lease
Its River Boats
FAIRBANKS, Itfi — The Alaska
Railroad wants to get rid of its
steamboat bill.
Frank E. Kalbaugh, general
manager of the railroad, has called
for bids for private operation
of riverboats on the Tanana and
Yukon Rivers either through lease
or sale.
Offered to the highest bidder
are two 1200-hosepower motor
vessels, the Tanana and Yukon,
and the sternwheeler Nenana.
The two motor vesesls were built
in 1952 in Portland, Ore., and the
sternwheeler recently was con
verted from coal to oil.
Also included are three wood
and three steel barges.
The call for bids stipulates the
operators must have Nenana as
their base of operations. A lease
would include use of railroad
docks and warehouses at Nenana
and the railroad warehouses at
Railroad City, near Holy Cross.
Kalbaugh said the change has
been contemplated for over a year
because “operations of riverboats
belongs in the hands of experi
enced boatmen—boating is out of
our line.”
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The U.S.
Parole Board has refused to re
consider its denial of a parole
for Vincent Hallinan, 1952 Pro
gressive party presidential candi
date who is serving time in the
McNeil Island, Wash., federal
penitentiary for income tax eva
sion.
Unless a parole is granted Hal
linan will get a conditional re
lease, with time off for good be
havior, on March 20, 1955.
V
World Awaits
Outcome French
Assembly Voting
PARIS, liPI—The French Nation
al Assembly groped in discussions
today toward its final decision
about the problem of West Ger
man rearmament. The deputies
convened at 4 p.m. for the show
down on the fate of both the
Western defense alliance and Pre
mier Mendes-France’s govern
ment.
A heavy police force stood
guard outside the assembly to pre
vent any mass demonstrations
while the deputies come to the
decision which they have delayed
for four years.
Premier Mendes-France sat in
the center of the first row of
the -auditorium, with many of his
ministers alongside him.
The deputies have been called
on to vote twice today. An ad
verse vote either time would force
the resignation of Mendes-France
and might lead the United States
and Britain to forge ahead with
the rearmament of West Germany
without respect to France’s opin
ion on the recruiting of a half
million German troops for West
ern defense.
The Premier was expected to
win, but by even narrower mar
gin than Monday’s 289-251 bal
lot to admit the Bonn government
into the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization.
Temperatures Range
Across Nation From
25 Below to 70 Above
(By the Associated Pressi
Bitter cold weather and the
winter’s severest storm isolated
communities in parts of Okla
homa, Kansas and Texas today.
Rain, sleet and thundershowers
cast gloom on most of the re
mainder of the nation.
Tulsa and Oklahoma City were
isolated after seven - inch snow
falls. Nearly every major high
way in Oklahoma was blocked at
some point.
The weather bureau reported
17 inches of snow had piled up at
Fort Scott, Kansas, and snow was
continuing to fall. In Texas, high
ways were blocked by snow as
far south as Dallas.
In Southern California the
lights of orchard heaters burned
in the orange groves as tempera
tures dipped below freezing for
the second consecutive night.
Temperature extremes ranged
from 25 below zero at Eagle Pass,
Colo., to 70 at Miami, Fla. \
BOY, 17, REFUSES TO TESTIFY
ON 5th AMENDMENT GROUNDS
BOSTON, (/PI—William J. Gal
lan, 17, appeared yesterday before
the Boston licensing board on a
police complaint against a liquor
store dealer accused to selling to
minors.
“Did you purchase the liquor?”
asked board chairman Mary Dris
coll.
“I refuse to answer on the
grounds that I might incriminate
myself,” Gallant replied.
Miss Driscoll tried to convince
the youth to change ihis attitude.
He refused, so the board with
held his $3.40 witness fee.