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VOL. LXI No. 73 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1959_ Per Copy—15^
First State Charges
Filed for Violation
Of Fish Trap Laws
JUNEAU, (JP — A state charge
of violating the Alaska Anti-Fish
Trap laws was filed in District
Court here today against the Whiz
Fish Products Co., Inc., Herbert
A. Hansen and Ernest Williams.
Judge Raymond Kelly set next
'r Friday for arraignment of the
three defendants on information
accusing them of “unlawfully”
erecting and mooring “a floating
fish trap on the lands and waters
of the state” at Point Pybus, near
Kake.
Meanwhile, R. L. Jernberg,
Ketchikan lawyer, promised ac
tion early next week on scheduled
filing of civil action to prohibit
the state from enforcing its laws
against traps.
Jernberg’s action, on behalf of
the native villages of Kake and
Angoon, was expected to come
' before Judge Kelly on Monday.
Williams, for 11 years president
of the organized village of Kake,
was arrested at Point Pybus Wed
' nesday. Hansen, foreman for the
J Whiz company that installed the
trap, was arrested yesterday.
Both men pleaded innocent be
i fore the U. S. Commissioner at
Petersburg and were released
■ without bail.
Whiz, a Seattle company that
has operated a cannery at Kake
for a number of years, was made
party to the action presumably
because its employes made the
actual installation of the trap.
The Point Pybus trap is one of
four owned by Kake, one of three
villages involved in the dispute
, over state laws. Angoon owns
three trap sites, and Metlakatla
* has four.
^ The 11 native traps were au
; thorized to operate by federal
fishing regulation. State law,
; however, makes no exception to
the trap ban.
Bartlett Fears Russ
Fishing Ships May
Haunt North Coast
WASHINGTON, t¥> — Senator
Bob Bartlett said^today he was
alarmed by news that a Soviet
trawler had been sighted off Cape
Fairweather in the Gulf of Alaska.
' • > “The fear is that if this explora
•j tory vessel locates fish in quantity,
| a Russian fishing fleet — perhaps
^ | similar to that now fishing north
of the Aleutians — may be sent
' to these waters,” Bartlett said in
a statement.
Cape Fairweather is about 150
air miles from Juneau.
“Even if the Russian lawyers
should tell us it is perfectly legal
for the Russians to scout for hali
but off Fairweather, or that the
waters there are international
fishing banks, we don’t like it,”
Bartlett said.
“American boats have never
moved in on fishing grounds off
Soviet shores, and we expect the
same treatment from the Russians.
“Coming right after the Com
munists shot down a U.S. Navy
plane over the Sea of Japan,” he
added, “This incident can only
cause us to be more skeptical of
: their intentions.”
Von der Heydt Asks
Alaska Barristers
Speed State Courts
James A. von der Heydt, presi
dent of the Alaska Bar Associa
tion, issued the following state
ment following the announcement
of the Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Ninth ©ircuit of its deci
sion that the court has no jurisdic
tion to hear appeals from the
courts of Alaska:
“At its recent convention in
Fairbanks, the Alaska Bar Associa
tion adopted a resolution urging
the officials of the State of Alaska
to act as expeditiously as possible
in the establishment of the new
state court system. The decision
of the Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit in San Fran
cisco, made public on Tuesday, to
the effect that such court has no
jurisdiction to hear appeals from
the presently sitting Alaskan
courts adds a new urgency to the
situation. This decision clearly
confirms the fundamental impor
tance -ef the question which was
presented to the Ninth Circuit
Court, and, because of that court’s
decision, it now appears that
steps must be considered which
will assure the public of Alaska
that one of the basic rights of
citizenship, and responsibilities of
state government, will not be un
available to them.
“As president of the Alaska Bar
Association, in the interest of the
public and the Bar, I urge the
executive officers of the state to
consider the present court situa
tion in the new light of the circuit
court’s recent decision, in order
that Alaska’s own court system
may function as soon as possible.”
Judicial Council Meeting
Ordered to Form Courts
JUNEAU, UP)—The Alaska Ju
dicial Council was directed today
to meet at Juneau June 29-30 to
nominate candidates for appoint
ment to the state supreme court.
The meeting was called after
Gov. Egan yesterday ordered ma
chinery put into motion to estab
lish Alaska’s new court system.
The six-man council will nomi
nate candidates for appointment
to three vacancies on the supreme
court. The appointments will be
made by Egan.
The governor acted after the
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court at San
Francisco earlier this week ruled
it had no jurisdiction to hear ap
peals from the present interim
Alaska courts.
Iowa Lawyer Wips Jaycee
Election for President
BUFFALO, N. Y., UP) — Robert
Clark Jr. of Des Moines, Iowa,
was elected president of the U. S.
Junior Chamber of Commerce last
night.
Delegates to the 39th annual
Jaycee convention swung support
to the 32-year-old Iowa attorney
on the 11th ballot and gave him
an unanimous victory after his
two remaining opponents, Thomas
Marshall, 30-year-old candidate
from Jackson, Miss., and Edward
A. Merdes, 33, of Fairbanks,
withdrew.
On the 11th ballot Marshall re
leased his delegations without in
struction, and Merdes conceded.
Midnight Sun
Festival Drawing
Crowtls to Nome
The Midnight Sun Festival was
augmented last evening by an
unusual and unexpected treat
when Wien Airlines gave courte
sy flights to about 500 residents in
the new F-^27, from 7 p.m. until
midnight. Those taking the later
flights could see the midnight sun
at 20,000 feet over Nome.
Several special tours are arriv
ing for the Midnight Sun Festival.
Among those already confirming
reservations for overnight stays
are a group of 28 from Anchorage,
a group of 50 from Elmendorf, a
group of C.A.P. officials, a capa
city load of tourists with the Wien
flight each day of the Festival,
and several privately owned
planes are anticipated.
Nome is fortunate in having
ample housing this year, with the
cooperation of three hotels, and
i the No. 5 dredge camp, which al
ready has one section of the build
ing completely decorated and
gayly furnished.
Some of the flying doctors and
the National Flying Farmers are
expected to make the Nome flight
this week-end.
Eskimo dances are scheduled
for 8 p.m. this evening, and street
dancing. The Queen candidates
will be introduced in costume at
that time also.
Tomorrow at noon, a band con
cert is scheduled, and it will be
Carnival Time on Front Street.
Seven o’clock Saturday evening
is Parade and Boardwalk Prome
nade time. From 9 p.m. until mid
night, will be the time for the
Coronation Ball at the School
Auditorium.
The Parade will start on Stead
man Avenue, travel up Front
Street to B or Bering Street.
Sunday afternoon from 12 until
2, there will be an Eskimo program
of blanket tossing, high kicking,
etc., with prizes for the best per
formances.
A continuous kangaroo court
will be held during the Festival,
with appropriate punishment for
those not in costume and other
misdemeanors.
Many gay costumes will be in
evidence for the next two days —
some new for the occasion, and
others historical treasures.
Two of the judges for the
Queen contest were announced to
day—Kay Peterson, chief stew
ardess for Wien Airlines, and Bill
Shaffer, representative of Scandi
navian Airlines.
Del Kampman, chairman of the
committee, said that the third
judge will be a visitor and will be
announced on his arrival tomor
row.
ALASKA'S TWO SENATORS
VOTED AGAINST STRAUSS
WASHINGTON, - USD — Alaska’s
two Democratic senators, Bob
Bartlett and Ernest Gruening
voted yesterday against the con
firmation of Lewis L. Strauss as
Secretary of Commerce, Strauss
was rejected by a vote of 49 to 46.
NIXON NAMES DELEGATES
FOR CANADIAN CONFAB
WASHINGTON, UP) — Vice
President Nixon has named the 12
senators who will discuss mutual
problems with Canadian .legisla
tors in Ottawa June 25-28.
The Senate delegation includes
Bob Bartlett.
Eisenhower Suggests 4U. S. People Are
Losers’ in Senate’s Refusal of Strauss
WASHINGTON, UR — President
Eisenhower said today that the
American people are the losers
in what he called the sad episode
of Senate rejection of Lewis
L. Strauss as Secretary of Com
merce.
The grim-faced President took
the highly unusual step of call
ing newsmen into his White
House office to read a brief state
ment.
At the outset, Eisenhower noted
that the Senate Thursday sight
refused to confirm Strauss for the
cabinet post.
The turn-down came in a dra
matic post-midnight roll call,
49-46.
Eisenhower went on to praise
Strauss warmly.
He called Strauss a man who
has loyally, honorably and effec
tively served his nation under
four Presidents.
Eisenhower said further that if
the nation is. to be denied the
right to have officials of proven
ability and integrity in responsible
government positions, then “in
deed it i,s the American people
who are the losers in this sad
episode.”
Opponents, on the other hand,
had argued that Strauss had been
devious and less than frank in
his dealings with Congress and the
people.
There still was no indication
what Eisenhower would do next
about the Commerce post.
Strauss told newsmen he har
bors no bitterness.
Talking informally in the White
House press room after his meet
ing with Eisenhower, Strauss said
he had learned from former Pres
ident Herbert Hoover and the late
Senator Robert Taft (R-Ohio),
“how to conduct oneself in ad
versity.”
Strauss, once Hoover’s private
secretary, said he was with Hoover
the night he was defeated for re
election by Franklin D. Roose
velt in 1932. The rejected cabinet
THURSDAY BASEBALL
National League
Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 2.
San Francisco 8, Cincinnati 3.
Milwaukee 7, Los Angeles 6.
American League
New York 5, Chicago *4.
Boston 7, Cleveland 6.
Baltimore 7, Detroit 6.
Washington 7, Kansas City 5.
Pacifc Coast League
San Diego 8-3, Spokane 1-4.
Sacramento 2-2, Seattle 1-1.
Portland 2, Phoenix 1.
Vancouver 10, Salt Lake City 9.
HOW GOD PEELS POTATOES
WASHINGTON, UR — Pfc. An
drew God Jr. has been acquitted
of a court-martial charge that he
wilfully destroyed government
property.
God, an architect before he was
drafted and assigned to nearby
Ft. Myer, Va., disputed accusa
tions that what he did was waste
ful.
The charge: Slicing eyes out of
potatoes instead of digging them
out with a knife.
nominee said- he also was with
Taft when Eisenhower defeated
the Ohio senator for the Repub
lican Presidential nomination.
“Those are examples of how to
conduct oneself in adversity,”
Strauss said.
Strauss, former chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission, was
the first cabinet nominee to be
rejected by the Senate since 1925,
when Calvin Coolidge’s choice of
Charles B. Warren to be attorney
general was turned down. Strauss
became the eighth cabinet nominee
to be rejected in all the country’s
history.
Whn the showdown came, 31
Republicans and 15 Democrats
voted for confirmation. Against
confirmation were 47 Democrats
and' two Republicans — Senators
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine
and William Langer of North
Dakota.
Russia Renews
Demand Allies
Quit West Berlin
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
GENEVA, UPi — Russia renewed
today, its demand for a deadline
on the Allied occupation of West
Berlin but offered to extend the
time to 18 months instead of a
year.
The Western powers have re
peatedly rejected the deadline
proposal and the reopening of the
issue by Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko now could result in a
quick breakoff of the Big Four
conference here.
In a hectic afternoon'as the con
ference reached its climax, Gro
myko met for 35 minutes with
the foreign ministers of the
United States, Britain and France
and presented a new set of So
viet proposals, reported to paral
lel, at least1 in part, a policy speech
in Moscow earlier in the day by
Premier Khrushchev.
This speech assailed the West for
refusing to accept Russia’s terms
for a peace settlement with divi
ded Germany. It was considered
by the Western ministers to lay
down a tough Russian line, a re
fusal to accept the latest Western
proposals even as a basis for
negotiation.
After receiving the twice-de
layed Soviet proposition, Secretary
of State Herter, British Foreign •
Secretary Lloyd and French For
eign Minister Couve left the four
power meeting at Gromyko’s
villa and reassembled at Couve de
Murville’s headquarters.
A British delegation spokesman
said:
“Mr. Gromyko has not accepted
the Western proposals even as a
basis for discussion.
“Furthermore the Soviet posi
tion as put forward this afternoon
by Mr. Gromyko, coupled with
Mr. Khrushchev’s speech has
given no new hope to the Western
delegations for a solution.”
In Moscow, Khrushchev de
clared in a speech at the Kremlin
that the Allied occupation of West
Berlin must end.