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_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVII No. 18 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY fl, 1955 _ Per Copy—15^
Senate Approve®
Mutual Security
Pact With China
WASHINGTON, ID — For the
second time in two weeks, the
Senate in effect has told Com
munist China ta li««p hands off
Formosa.
By a -lopsided 64-S vcd-e,” the
Senate Wednesday night approv
ed a mutual security treaty with
Nationalist China pledging Ameri
can military might in defense of
Formosa and the nearby IPesea
dores Islands.
A strong favorable vote had
been expected in the light of ap
proval given Jan. t© President
Eisenhower’s request for congres
sional approval of his use o-f
American troops in the Fair East
if necessary, but the final action
on the treaty came with surpris
ing speed.
The Senate decisively rejected
attempts to amend the treaty and
approved it after less than six
hours of debate.
The favorable vote was far
larger than the two-thirds needed
for approval. Voting against the
treaty were Sens. Chavez (D
NM), Gore (D-Tenn), Kefauver
<D-Tenn>, Lehman (D-Lib-NY),
Langer (R-ND), and Morse <Ind
Ore).
The treaty pledges that the
United States, in accordance with
its constitutional processes, will
help Formosa, the Pescadores and
“such other territories as may be
determined by mutual agree
ment.”
Icebreaker Northwind
To Make Barrow Trip
SEATTLE, (UP) — The Coast
Guard icebreaker Northwind will
visit Point Barrow and other arc
tic waters again this summer.
The Northwind left Seattle
Thursday for San Diego and as
signment to Navy duty. "At San
Diego, a Navy spokesman said the
vessel would again take part in
the Navy’s resupply expedition to
Point Barrow.
She will take helicopters along
for surveys and other work.
Last summer the Northwind
and the Navy’s east coast ice
breaker Burton Island made his
tory as the first two ships to
negotiate the icebound McClure
Strait entrance to the Northwest
Passage.
Senate Tables Bill To
Reshuffle Holidays
JUNEAU, UP)—Chances of a re
shuffling of Alaska’s holiday ob
servances went out the window
at the legislature yesterday.
The Senate assumed almost a
festive holiday air itself as the
members kidded Sen. Ralph
Rivers about his bill and then
e tabled it.
The Fairbanks Democrat had
proposed to shift such holidays
as Washington’s and Lincoln’s
birthdays to Mondays, so there
would be more weekends like
the Labor Day weekend period.
Rivers suggested in the bill
that the change would contribute
to happier holidays and would
reduce the absenteeism from of
fices and schools that result after
mid-week day-offs.
Evacuation of Tachens
I Js In Final Phase
I TAIPEH, Formosa, iff — Chi
nese Nationalist soldiers dyna
mited and put the torch to trench
es, pill boxes and buildings today
and U.S. Navy officers said the
evacuation of the Tachen Islands
was in its final phase.
February gale winds that had
slowed the operation to a crawl
| died and steady loading contin
ued. Officers said the armada
probably would wind up its job
and sail by Saturday.
f$ear Adm. Lorenzo Sabin, in
charge of the withdrawal said he
expects the evacuation to be com
pleted by 3 a.m. Saturday and
the ships t© leave the area by
noon.
Sabin said 7th Fleet cruisers
will cover the pullout, with Vice
Adm. Alfred M. Pride’s flagship,
the USS Helena, the last to leave.
AP correspondent Forrest Ad
ams, aboard a U.S. aircraft car
rier, reported indications on his
ship that the troop withdrawal is
a one-shot affair.
Nationalist troops, guns and
equipment will be loaded and the
whole armada, including the pro
tective warships, will make the
trip to Formosa together, Adams
said.
Pinay Abandons Attempt
Form French Cabinet
PARIS, — Former Premier
Antoine Pinay abandoned his ef
forts to form France’s 21st post
war government Thursday. Presi
dent Rene Coty announced he
would start new consultations
seeking a political leader capable
of winning majority support in
the national assembly.
Too Much Rep. Taylor?
JUNEAU, 1*1 — The Territorial
House of Representatives had its
laughs along with its arguments
and its rollcalls yesterday.
One of the chuckles was on
Rep. Warren Taylor, who had
been doing considerable talking
; on the floor the two previous
j days.
The Fairbanks Democrat, who
; talked at length about judges
Wednesday was on his feet re
peatedly yesterday in opposition
to a bill to remove the territorial
tax from all tobacco products ex
cept cigarettes.
After he had proposed several
amendments to delete this sec
tion and delete that figure and
substitute others, one of his play
ful colleagues wound it up on a
note of humor by submitting this
one:
“On final page suggest delete
Taylor and substitute golden
silence.”
MEMBERS OF SOVIET
SUPREME COURT REPLACED
LONDON, <*) — Moscow radio
said today six members of the
supreme court of Soviet Russia
have been released from their
duties and seven others elected
to the body.
Marshal Klementi Voroshilov
signed the supreme Soviet decree
releasing the men. A later decree,
also signed by Voroshilov, who is
chairman of the presidium of the
supreme Soviet named seven new
men elected to the supreme court.
Atomic Mystery?
Or What Caused
The Barometer
To Flutter Wildly
FAIRBANKS, (#> — Was it an
explosion of an A-bomb, of an
H-bomb, a violent volcanic erup
tion or what that caused the
Weather Bureau’s barometer to
fluctuate wildly for a few sec
onds in this interior Alaska city
last night?
If anyone know, they wouldn’t
say. Coast and Geodetic Survey
officials confirmed that “some
thing happened” to barometric
pressure at 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
Weather Bureau officials also
confirmed the change. They said
the barometer had been dropping
slowly in a very steady pattern.
Suddenly it shot up two - hun-,
dredths of an inch, then quickly
dropped back to its former read
ing. But officials of both govern
ment agencies declined to discuss
it further.
The Tokyo central meteorologi
cal bureau said its stations in
western and central Japan had
recorded sudden atmospheric
pressure fluctuations on two suc
cessive days.
They said such air pressure
changes usually are associated
with a tremendous explosion of
an atomic or H-bomb or by a
violent volcanic eruption.
Weather Reports Show
Nothing Out of Ordinary
WASHINGTON, (At —Govern
ment weather agencies said today
their reports from Japan and Al
aska showed nothing unusual de
spite news accounts from Tokyo
and Fairbanks of sudden baro-;
metric pressure jumps.
The Air Force weather service
said there was some slight “cy
clonic activity—high winds—” in
the Alaskan area but described
this as expected for this time of
year.
Coast and Geodetic Survey
headquarters here said its tele
graphic reports from Japan and
Alaska indicated nothing unusual
for Wednesday and Thursday.
The Weather Bureau likewise
said its hourly reports from Fair
banks showed nothing unusual
and in particular did not give
the sudden rise described by
weather bureau officials at Fair
banks. The bureau said it was
possible that such a fluctuation
might not be noted in reports to
headquarters if, in the judgment
of the weather bureau men on
the spot, it was not a significant
factor in weather forecasting.
PRESIDENT BAGS BIRDS
ON HUMPHREY ESTATE
THOMASVILLE, Ga., I#—Ig
noring a light rain, President
Eisenhower took to the fields at
Secretary of the Treasury Humph
rey’s plantation estate today to
hunt quail.
The chief executive arrived
here shortly before dark yester
day and brought down two birds
in an hour’s shooting. So did his
host, Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey. The were 10 under
the daily limit.
Radio Moseow Pictures
New Leaders Champions
Of Peace, Co-Existence
LONDON, (A — The Moscow
1 radio pictured Soviet Russia’s
new leaders today as firmly
wedded to polices of peace and
co-existence. This was coupled
with the usual Red raps at West
ern defense arrangements.
The broadcast, recorded here,
appeared designed *o counter a
belief in the west that the So
viet Union has assumed a new
tough look.
The broadcast came a few
hours after the Moscow radio
complained that American news
papers gave a false and sensation
al interpretation to the ousting of
Georgi Malenkov as Soviet pre
mier and his replacement by Mar
shal Nikolai Bulganin and to So
viet Foreign- Minister V. iVf.
Molotov’s statement on interna
tional affairs.
Most western observers viewed
the government changes in Mos
cow and the restoration of em
phasis on heavy industry — the
kind of plants that make arma
ments—as signaling a new freeze
up in the cold war.
Interior Asks Congress
Reduce Land Withdrawals
Along Alaska Highways
WASHINGTON, W — The De
partment of the Interior wants
Congress to pass a bill to let it
cut down land withdrawals along
Alaska’s highways.
The size of the rights-of-way—
in some instances as much as 600
feet—have been frequently criti
cized by congressional commit
tees.
In submitting the proposed bills
to Congress yesterday, the de
partment agreed that “unfor*
tunately, the areas withdrawn are
often excessive” and expressed
belief under corrective legislation
“much public land now undevel
oped, would undoubtedly receive
intense utilization.”.
Another Alaska proposal sub
mitted by the department would
abolish the old Kasaan National
Monument. Established in 1916 to
preserve ruins of the former
Haida Indian village of Old Ka
saan the monument is located on
Prince of Wales Island. Because
of the wet, humid climate, the
ruins—including totem poles and
grave houses—have largely de
teriorated.
Cold Wave Envelopes
Midwestern States
Bv the Associated Press •
A cold wave enveloped the mid
continent today, with teeth-chat
tering subzero weather in the
Midwest and near freezing tem
peratures southward to the Gulf
of Mexico.
The below zero readings ex
tended southward as far as the
nothern border of Kansas, north
east Missouri and central Illinois.
The coldest weather was in the
Dakotas and Minnesota with read
ings of more than 20 degrees be
low zero. It was -23 at Bismark,
N.D. The high yesterday at Bem
idji, Minn., was -11.
No general immediate relief
was in sight for the Midwest.
Legislators Settle
On Wording Of
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, (* — Alaska’s law
makers finally got together yes
terday on the wording of their
appeal for statehood to be sent
President Eisenhower and Con
gress.
A somewhat touchy subject be
tween both branches since start
of the legislative session, tfiis is
how the wind-up paragraph of
the memorial reads:
“Therefore, we ask that you,
collectively and as individuals,
dnsraaisj all partisan concerns, look
only ta the merits of our cause
and cotf rect the injustice we suf
fer in not being allowed to gov
ern ourselves or participate in
the election of the President or
having voting representation in
Congress.”
Preceding this “prayer,” the
statehood arguments are outlined.
At start of the session, the
lower branch approved one of its
own memorials calling upon the
President and Congress to rise to
“heights of statesmanship” and
grant statehood. Sober-minded
j senators thought that a little
i brash %and rewrote the whole
thing and made it a Senate mem
orial.
Then, when it came up for
final action, laaders apparently
thought the House would be of
| fended. So they tossed it aside,
( adopted the House version and
; only rewrote the “prayer.”
Yesterday the House concurred
j in the Senate amendment, wind
! ing up legislative action on the
matter.
In other House action, the
lower branch passed and sent the
Senate four deficiency appropria
tion measures during the after
noon, with only "one dissenting
vote on the four.
The Senate approved the bill
by Sen. Ralph Rivers to allow
cities to establish and maintain
cemeteries and sent it to the
House. The League of Alaska
Cities backed it.
In the House, the only dissent
ing vote in debate on the defic
iency bills popped up in the one
to provide $10,000 for the Na
tional Guard for expenses in the
present biennium above the $185,
1000 appropriated by the 1953
| legislature.
Two of the other bills would
provide $10,500 for the cost of
school children’s medical exam
inations during the present bi
ennium and S7,571 for paying the
recorders of vital statistics.
In other action, the House got
entangled over proposed amend
ments to a bill to tighten loop
holes in cigarette tax collections,
while dropping the tax on other
tobacco products. It finally put
the whole thing over until today.
I One Senate memorial intro
duced asks the government to
j avoid competition with private
I enterprise in the territory and to
pursue actively a policy of en
i couraging all possible private en
| terprise. It came from Sens.
, Owen, Beltz, Cooper, Egan and
j Warner.
Valentine Dance Friday Feb. 11
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