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VOL. LIX No. 25 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1957 Per Copy—15^
Nome Dog Races
Set for April 14
By Arctic Club
Dog races have been announced
by the Arctic Club with a tenta
tive date set for April 14th, de
pending on weather and condition
of the trail.
Bob Carpenter, chairman for
the event, is assisted by Bill Bar
ber, Lillian Savaria and Bob
Kolb.
A larger purse than last year is
anticipated and will be announced
very soon. The course announced
is Nome to Hastings and return.
All business houses are being
asked for voluntary contributions
and the committee is finding a
ready response, having contribu
tions already assured from the
following business houses:
City Fuel, Nome Drug, Polet’s,
Modem Cleaners, Cavota’s, The
Theater, Pan American Airways,
and Alaska Telephone Co.
Bob Carpenter stated it would
save the committee time and also
be an encouragement if persons
who are planning to contribute to
the purse would phone him at
Red 77.
Last year’s race sponsored by
the Arctic Club brought teams
from Teller, Teller Mission, and
White Mountain.
AH out-of-town teams planning
or interested in entering the race
may write or send word to Bob
Carpenter, Nome, Alaska.
Edward G. Robinson Art
‘Impressionist’ Collection
Sells for Three Million
NEW YORK, UP) — The bulk of
actor Edward G. Robinson’s art
coHection has been sold to a New
York firm for more than three
million dollars.
The sale is one of the largest
transactions of its kind in this
century.
The paintings are predominant
ly impressionist. Among them are
works of Cezanne, Corot, Gaugin,
Gericault, Van Gogh. Matisse,
Roualt, Seurat, Toulouse-Leutrec
and Renoir.
Mollet Confers
With President on
Mid-East Problem
WASHINGTON, WV-President
Eisenhower and French Premier
Guy Mollet yesterday discussed
the Middle East crisis and also
arranged for President Rene Coty
of France to visit the United
States in June.
Eisenhower and Mollet con
ferred for about 90 minutes at
the White House. Spokesmen for
the two announced the discussion
ranged all the way from remin
iscences of World War II days to
the current crisis in the Middle
East.
James C. Hagerty, White House
Press Secretary, reported Mollet
informed Eisenhower that Coty
had agreed to accept an invita
tion to come to the United States
during the first week of June.
In reply to a question, Hagerty
said that “of course” the Presi
dent and Mollet discussed the
tense Middle East situation.
But Hagerty replied he would
not go into any detail when asked
whether there was any specific
discussion of Israel’s rfeusal to
withdraw its troops from terri
tory claimed by Egypt..
Melting Snows
Bring Floods to
Pacific Northwest
i Fed by snows melting under a
■ warm sun, streams lacing three
i Pacific Northwest states rolled
! out of their banks into lowland
I towns and farms today, forcing
the evacuation of hundreds of
| persons, disrupting normal com
| munications and making islands
of thousands of square miles of
land.
Hardest hit were regions in
north-central Washington and in
southern Idaho, but much of east
ern Washington and Oregon and
parts of the western slope- were
affected by the unseasonal runoff.
At Wilson Creek, a town 110
miles west-southwest of Spokane,
Crab Creek broke over its boun
; daries Tuesday night and within
| a short time water was 5 to 6 feet
' deep and still rising.
I The 250 to 400 townspeople
were evacuated quickly to a high
j school north of town but that re
! gion was soon cut off as steadily
i rising water covered the roads,
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Pilot ‘Rides Out’ Jet’s
Crash Landing to Prevent
Tragedy in Crowded Area
OLYMPIA, Wash., UP — A Mc
Chord Air Force pilot rode a
crippled supersonic jet plane to a
crash-landing on a hillside south
of there yesterday afternoon to
safeguard against the chance of
a crash in a populated area.
Capt. Edward L. Clark luckily
survived the gamble for his life,
i The 37-year-old airman crawled
away from the New Delta-wing
F-102 before it burst into flames
on a farm south of Tenino. At the
McChord Air Force Base Hospital
! his injuries were described as not
! serious.
j “I guess I went to the right
| church,” he remarked.
In telling of why he decided
j against parachuting, he said: “I
j thought about all those people
| down there and decided to ride
it out.”
Clark, who resides with his wife
and two children at Lakewood,
said he first thought he could
nurse the speedy plane back to
McChord when mechanical
trouble developed, but. added:
“I came out of the overcast for
a look-see and realized I’d never
make it back.”
He landed “going up hill” on a
slope on the farm.
State Patrolman Pat Hall said
the plane would have hit big
1 trees if it had gone 50 feet to
either side.
British Test Pilot
Cracks Sound Barrier
And Hospital Window
SOUTHPORT, England, UP—A
British test pilot broke thru the
sound barrier yesterday and shat
tered a glass wall in the operating
room at Southport Hospital. Glass
and debris showered on a surgeon
and seven nurses hunched over an
unconscious woman.
Dr. John Campbell was nearing
the end of a two-hour operation
on the woman when the bomb like
bang rocked the hospital and blew
out the glass wall.
“I checked the knife in my hand
momentarily . . . and then went
on,” the surgeon said. “Some of
the nurses gave a little yell, then
carried on as if nothing had hap
pened.
The test pilot later apologized
to the hospital.
$10,000 Suit Filed Against
City for ‘Humiliation’ of
Girl Held Overnight
Robert Steele, for his daughter
Sandra Steele, filed suit today in
the U. S. District Court against
the City of Nome for holding his
daughter overnight in the city
jail recently, causing her “griev
ous mental injuries and great
humiliation.”
Steele accuses the city, through
its police officer, Carl Webb, of
refusing to turn the girl over to
her parents and holding her with
out bail. Damages of $10,000 are
asked as well as a jury trial.
Attorney for the plaintiff is
Fred Crane.
City’s Application
For Sewer
Processed
President Jim Walsh turned the
discussion period of the regular
meeting of the NWA Chamber of
Commerce yesterday over to
Dewey • Goodrich, who gave the
members a fine, detailed account
of the meeting on roads in Juneau
last week.
The Chamber was advised that
the city’s application for a sew
age system is being processed. A
survey of potential users on the
proposed trunk line will be pre
prepared and submitted to the
engineers’ office in Anchorage by
the City Clerk.
Favorable comment was made
by President Walsh concerning
the M & M Bank’s drive to inspire
our young people to establish and
maintain savings accounts. The
Chamber will support and en
courage the bank in its commun
ity efforts.
As chairman of the Membership
Committee, Larry Galvin will di
rect a membership drive soon,
and he and his committeemen will
be contacting Chamber members
regarding 1957 dues.
Dr. Langaam’s guest was Mr.
James Harshaw of the MMM Hos
pital. Major Robert Kolb intro
duced his guest,. Major Van T.
Barfoot from the office of the
Chief of Reserve Components of
the U.S. Army headquarters at
Fort Richardson. Maj. Barfoot is
very enthusiastic about the hunt
ing and fishing trips he made in
the Nome area last year, and he
intends to visit here as often as
possible.
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Denmark Ambassador
Visits with Countrymen
In Nome Excursion
Henrik de Kauffman, Dan
ish Ambassador to the United
States, was a visitor in Nome for
a short time yesterday from his
headquarters in Washington, D. C.
Kauffman came to Alaska to
attend the inaugural ceremonies
of the Scandinavian Airlines polar
flight in Anchorage, and took time
to make a side trip to Nome.
While here he visited with
Christie Waldheim, who came
from Denmark many years ago,
and her daughter, Ellen, who has
visited in Denmark.
They enjoyed talking about
places and people whom they
both knew. Mr. Kauffman has
been Ambassador to the United
States for the past 17 years.
The Danish Ambassador took
part in a special ceremony in An
chorage at which time a gift was
presented to Alaska from the
people of the Scandinavian coun
tries.
Legislature, Voting on Party Lines,
Rejects Nomination of Nine Persons
To Key Territorial Commissions
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Massachusetts Senate
Clears Women Convicted
Of Witchcraft in 1692
BOSTON, (#)—The Massachu
setts Senate has voted to exoner
ate Ann Pudeator and five other
women who were convicted of
witchcraft in the Salem trials of
1692. Some, including Miss Pude
ator, were executed.
Before the vote yesterday, Sen.
Charles Hogen said proponents of
the exonerating legislation had
agreed to accept amendments un
der which the descendants of the
women would receive no damage
payments because of the original
convictions.
Opponents of the legislation had
argued that Salem was part of an
English colony at the time of the
witchcraft hysteria and it was up
to Parliament, rather than the
Massachusetts Legislature, to un
do the wrong.
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Y oungest Turncoat
Of Korean War
Quits Red China
HONG KONG, (Jft—The young
est turncoat of the Korean War
left Red China today, saying he
quit the Communist mainland in
disgust over the “wanton killing
by Russia in Hungary.”
Samuel David Hawkins, now
23, declared he had made it plain
to the Red Chinese authorities he
wanted to leave because of the
Sovi'et Union’s action in putting
down the Hungarian rebellion of
last fall.
The Oklahoma City youth told
reporters the Chinese did not try
to stop him.
Hawkins is the seventh to come
home of 21 U.S. soldiers who were
captured during the Korean fight
ing and chose to remain with the
Communists. One died in China
and 13 are still there.
Hawkins will be given a one
way passport to the U.S. His citi
zenship would have been forfeited
automatically if it had been found
that he had served in a foreign
army, voted in a foreign election,
or done similar things. He was
dishonorably discharged from the
Army in 1954.
Hawkins, well dressed in a new
blue suit, white shirt and checked
tie, blamed adolescent ignorance
for his decision to remain with
the Communists after the 1953 j
armistice. He was a 16-year-old!
private first class when he was
captured in Korea.
Last fall he married an English
speaking Russian girl named
Tanya. She remained behind in
Peiping but Hawkins has said he
hopes to get her to the United
States later.
500 MINERS STRIKE
BECAUSE TEA IS TOO WEAK
CHESTERFIELD, England UP—
Five hundred miners are on strike
because their tea is too weak.
The men said the mines posses
had ordered their canteen mana
ger to use fewer tea leaves, then
fired the manager when she com
plained that the men didn’t like
the resulting brew.
* JUNEAU, CD—Meeting in joint
session here late yesterday, the
Democratic-controlled Legislature
confirmed the appointment of 24
persons to key territorial boards
and commissions.
However, the Legislature, vot
ing on straight party lines, reject
ed the nominations of nine others.
The names were submitted last
Saturday night by Aoting Gov.
Waino Hendrickson. They were
replacements for the 36 nomina
tions which the Senate and House
refused to confirm from the first
list of appointments proposed by
the governor early this month.
Six of the nine rejections were
nominations for appointments of
persons from the First Division.
The rejections follow.
Two nominations for positions
on the Alaska Board of Health,
got the ax—they were Ketchikan
Mayor Joe Goding and Mrs. Dor
othy Grant of Nome, both for
terms ending in January, 1961.
Two of the three nominations
to the Board of Juvenile Institu
tions were turned down—Bert
McDowell of Juneau, for terms
ending June 30, 1957, and 1962,
and Nome Mayor Steve Andersen,
for a term ending June 30, 1958.
A Sitka man, Secil McClain,
was rejected for an appointment
to the Board of Trustees of the
Pioneers Home, for a term ending
in Oct. 1957.
A Juneau hardware store own
er, Lisle Hebert, was refused con
firmation for terms on the Board
of Police Commissioners ending
June 28, 1957, and 1961.
For the Alaska Real Estate
Board, the Legislature refused to
confirm the nomination of Mrs.
Mernice Murphy of Juneau, for a
term ending April 1, 1960.
An Anchorage man, Harold E.
Mayo, was rejected as a member
of the World War II Veterans
Board, for a term ending March
1, 1961.
On the Board for the Care of
Sick and Disabled Fishermen, the
Legislature refused to confirm the
appointment of Chris O. Christen
sen of Petersburg for a term end
ing March 31, 1961.
Manufacturer Blames
Inflation on Organized
Labor’s Wage Increases
WASHINGTON, W-The presi
dent of the National Association i
of Manufacturers blames inflation
on organized labor and says that
unions view wage negotiations as
“a gun in the ribs.”
Ernest G. Swigert of Portland,
Ore., made the comment here yes
terday in a news conference that
coincided with release of an NAM
report entitled “monopoly power
as exercised by labor unions.”
In blaming labor for inflation,
Swigert said that “since 1949 we
have had round after round of
unjustified wage increases. The
whole country—including the
working man, would be better off
without them.”
The NAM official also said he
believes wages should be based
on labor-management bargaining
without taking" into consideration
either profits or increased prod
uctivity.
Productivity goes up, Swigert
said, when “billions and billions
are spent iin purchasing new ma
chinery.”