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VOL. LVIII No. 121 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1956_Per Copy—15^
Eisenhower Ahead of Stevenson
In Presidential Polls But By
Smaller Margin Than in 1952
By the Associated Press
President Eisenhower is leading
Adlai Stevenson in a wide variety
of presidential polls, but often by
a smaller margin than he did in
1952.
A compilation of polls shows
that to be the general trend
whether in nationwide samplings
by professional public opinion ex
perts or in regional straw ballots.
There were some exceptions to
the trend.
In Vanderburgh County in In
diana, Eisenhower was reported
polling 63.2 percent compared
with his actual vote of 58.5 per
cent in the 1952 election.
Farm Area Exception
But a poll as of Sept. 18 among
farm people only, by the Wal
lace’s Farmer and Iowa Home
stead, a weekly farm magazine,
showed the Stevenson-Kefauver
ticket leading the Eisenhower
Nixon slate 43 percent to 35 per
cent, with 22 percent on the fence.
This was an overturn from Sep
tember 1952, when the figures
showed 53 percent of the farm
people favoring Eisenhower to 25
percent for Stevenson, with 22
percent undecided.
How right the pollsters are
cannot be known until the Nov. 6
election returns are in.
The Eisenhower - Nixon ticket
polled 55.4 percent of the major
ity party vote in the 1952 election.
Gallup Poll
The most recent Gallup poll,
published Wednesday, held that
as of Oct. 1 Eisenhower was lead
ing Stevenson 52 to 40 percent,
with 8 percent undecided.
On Sept. 21, four years ago,
Gallop reported: Eisenhower 55
percent; Stevenson 40 percent;
and 5 percent undecided.
Kenneth Fink, a professional
‘They Killed My
Son,’ Says Mother
Of Marine Recruit
MIAMI, Fla., (^1—Mrs. Katie
Dillard said she was notified that
her son, who she believed was
hospitalized, died yesterday after
a collapse in physical training at
the Parris Island, S. C., Marine
Corps recruit base.
“They killed my son,” Mrs. Dil
lard said.
She said she got a letter Satur
day from Thomas Dillard Jr., say
ing he was hospitalized with
pneumonia. “The next thing I
heard was this telegram saying
he died in physical training,” she
said.
Dillard, an only child, joined
the Marines after graduation last
June from Miami Negro High
School.
In Washington, Marine Corps
headquarters said it had no in
formation on the case beyond a
brief casualty report saying that:
Dillard died “of heart seizure
while training.
Headquarters had no comment
on the mother’s statements.
poller, said his findings for New
Jersey as ,of Sept. 26 this year
were: Eisenhower 53.4 percent;
Stevenson 43.4 percent; undecided
3.2 percent.
Fink’s figures for Sept. 18 four
years ago were Eisenhower 53.8
percent; Stevenson 44.2 percent,
and undecided 2 percent.
The Minneapolis Tribune’s poll
conducted Sept. 19-25, gave Eis- !
enhower-Nixon 49 percent; Ste
venson-Kefauver 47 percent; re
fuse to say, 1 percent; no opinion,
3 percent.
The poll for the comparative
period in 1952. gave Eisenhower
54 percent; Stevenson 40 percent,
refuse to say 2 percent, and no
opinion, 4 percent.
Four Seamen
Feared Drowned
In Gulf of Alaska
KODIAK (f)—No trace has been
found and little hope remained
for the survival of fqur seamen
who were aboard the Motor Ves
sel Tuva which sank yesterday in
the Gulf of Alaska 30 miles off
Cape St. Elias.
Coast Guard and Air Force
planes which searched the area
said heavy seas blown up by 45
knot winds complicated the task.
The seamen were believed to be
wearing only life vests and it is
doubtful if they could surivive
long in the cold gulf waters.
The Tuva, carrying 30 tons of
explosives for a construction
project, was enroute from Seattle
to Kodiak when it foundered
while 40- to 60-mile winds were
blowing.
Democratic Party Sweeps All Six
Territory-Wide Offices at Stake
JUNEAU UT—Democratic Party
candidates today held leads in 31
of the 39 territory-wide and legis
lative races voted upon in Tues
day’s general election as returns
still filtered in from remote areas.
Altho the Democratic victory
wasn’t as one-sided as in 1954,
Democrats insisted the j?ig margin
indicates a Democratic victory in
the national elections Nov. 6. Re
publicans countered that the vote
is without national significance.
With 196 of 271 precincts re
ported, the Democrats apparently
swept all of the six territory-wide
offices at stake in the election.
Close Race for Ally. Gen.
One race, for attorney general,
remained very close. Incumbent
J. Gerald Williams had only a
4 58-vote margin over his Repub
lican challenger, William Sanders.
The only change in late returns
moved Andrew Hope, a Democrat,
46 votes in front of Joseph A. Mc
Lean, Republican, in the extreme
ly closely contested race for the
sixth House seat in the First Di
vision.
1st Division Uncertainty
This entire race still was very
close, with 13 precincts yet unre
ported and only 309 votes separ
ating McLean from Robert H.
Ziegler, front-running candidate.
The First Division senatorial
race apparently went to Elton R.
Engstrom, Republican, and Frank
Peratrovich, a Democrat.
The Hope-McLean switch put
five Democrats and one Republi
can in the first six.
2nd Division Split
The Second (Nome) Division
elected a Democrat and two Re
publicans to the House and divid
ed the Senate seats between the
two parties.
The Third (Anchorage) Division
went entirely Democrat, giving
10 House seats and the two Sen
ate berths to that party.
In the Fourth (Fairbanks) Divi
sion, the voters split again. Four
Democrats and a Republican were
the top five House contestants;
three Republicans took the Sen
ate berths.
The count, still subject to some
changes because of the closeness
of several races, was 21 Demo
crats and three Republicans ahead
for the House and four Democrats
and five Republicans in front in
the Senate races.
I
Auto Hubcaps Branded
To Prevent Theft
LOS ANGELES, UP>—-Auto Hub
caps, like calves, are going to be
branded in this part of the wild
and wooly West, says the Los
Angeles Police Commission.
The commission Wednesday ap
proved a plan to stamp hubcaps
with tiny license numbers. This'
would help reduce the $l,000-a
day loss to car strippers, said Lt.
B. M. Myer, of the auto theft
detail.
DISTRESS SIGNALS SPUR SEARCH
FOR MISSING U.S. TRANSPORT
PLANE WITH 59 MEN ABOARD
Soviet Discus Champ
Answers Shoplifting
Charge, Pays $8.32
LONDON, —Nina Ponomar
eva, Soviet Olympic discus cham
pion, was convicted today of shop
lifting five cheap hats from a
London department store but was
given an absolute discharge on
payment of three guineas <$8.82>
costs.
The verdict was handed down
by Magistrate Clyde Wilson when
the famous athlete made a sur
prise appearance to answer the
charges. She took the stand for 55
minutes and flatly denied stealing
ahe hats. “I bought them,” she
said.
Nina’s arrest on Aug. 29 an
gered the Soviet authorities so
much that they canceled the So
viet-British track and field meet
in which Nina was to be competi
tor at White City stadium here.
Nina failed to show up in court
on Aug. 30 and Wilson issued a
warrant for her arrest. The hefty
discus thrower disappeared, pre
sumably into the Soviet Embassy,
which has diplomatic immunity.
REVISED TERRITORIAL
ELECTION RESULTS
196 of 271 Precincts
Senator—6-Year Term
Gruening (D) 12,471
Butrovich (R) 11,994
4-Year Term
Senator—4-Year Term
Egan (D) . 13,882
Atwood <R) 10,233
U.S. Representative
Rivers <D) 13,828
Burdick (R) 9,984
Delegate to Congress
Bartlett <D> 16,716
Gillam (R) 8,275
Highway Engineer
Metcalf (D) 12,829
Reed <R) 11,740
Attorney General
Williams (D> 12,265
Sanders (R> 11,807
WINNER LOSES, TOO
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., tR—
Losing a World Series bet wasn’t
a complete loss for Chuck Ran
dolph. Chuck stood poised on a
plank over the Saranac River,
The winner, Forrest Morgan,
rushed out to hurry the payoff.
Chuck was wet but smiling—
the plank had snapped, sending
the pair into the chilly waters.
Remains of Society 10,000 Years Old Found in Japan
SAPPORO, Japan, UPi—Hokkai
do University today announced
discovery of relics from the earli
est culture yet uncovered in Ja
pan.
It did not fix a date for the
artifacts— mainly obsidian and
stone blades, scrapers and hand
] axes—but said they were imbed
ded in a thick water-deposited
j terrace more than 10,000 years
| old.
The terrace was located near
the Sea of Okhotsk on the coast of
Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost
island.
The discoveries were made by
an expedition from Hokkaido Uni
versity and the Institute of Re
gional Exploration, Ann Arbor,
■Mich. Co-leaders were Prof. Sak
uzaemon Kodama of Hokkaido
and Prof. T. P. Bank. American
Fulbright scholar from Michigan.
“The obsidian implements are
strikingly similar to some of the
earliest cultural _ remains previ
ously found in arctic Siberia,"
Kodama and Bank reported
“Many of them resembled early
flaked tools from Alaska and
northern Canada."
Carbon deposits surrounding
the finds will be examined at the
University of Michigan to deter
mine their age.
The expedition discontinued
work this month but is to resume
next year.
■> LONDON, UP—Distress signals
spurred a gigantic search today
for a U.S. transport plane missing
with 59 servicemen aboard. There
was no hint of success.
At least 80 planes from bases
in a half dozen countries—includ
ing giant six-engine U.S. Strato
jet bombers—an aircraft carrier
and destroyers scoured the area
north of the Azores in an effort
to pin down the source of the
messages.
But back to base came these
reports from the searchers: “No
luck. Nothing sighted.”
The missing plane, a C-118 Lift
master of the U.S. Military Air
Transport Service, was due at
Lajes air base on the Azores yes
terday morning. It carried 50 Air
Force personnel returning to the
United States from duty in Brit
ain and a Navy flight crew of
nine.
After a long silence, a string of
S-O-S signals were picked up by
commercial airliners flying early
today between Britain and New
York. Belief was expressed the
distress calls might be coming
from portable transmitters on
rubber life rafts carried by the
missing aircraft.
But in New York, three trans
atlantic pilots who heard the dis
tress signals said they were later
informed the calls came from
land stations sending out alerts
about the plane.
Uneasy Quiet
Settles After
Hong Kong Riots
HONG KONG, WV-An uneasy
quiet setttled today over riot-tom
Kowloon and surrounding villag
es. Authorities kept a tight curfew
clamped on Hong Kong’s main
land territory where two days of
frenzied rioting and factional
fighting left 44 known dead.
The colony’s British govern
ment also sealed Hong Kong’s
border with Communist China,
presumably to prevent Red agents
from slipping across to further
inflame the atmosphere.
Acting Gov. E. B. David extend
ed the curfew imposed Thursday
until Saturday morning to give
police a better chance to round
up persons suspected of leading
the riots.
Housewives in each of Kow
loon’s six curfew zones were al
lowed to stay two hours a day on
the streets to buy provisions.
Gurkha troops from Himalayan
Nepal lined the streets as crowds
rushed to the stores, where prices
allegedly were soaring. Spotter
planes hovered overhead.
Except for those hours, Kow
loon was almost a dead city. Its
streets were deserted, and most
restaurants and all movie houses
I closed their doors.