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VOL. LVII No. 122 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1955_ Per Copy—15^
Wash ngton and Alaska
Interested In Agriculture
Surplus Food For Needy
WASHINGTON, (#) — Both
Washington and Alaska have in
dicated interest in obtaining
wheat flour and corn meal for
distribution to needy residents,
an Agriculture # Dept, spokesman
said today.
James H. Hutchins, chief of the
Agriculture’s Marketing Service’s
direct distribution branch, said
the two are among some 30 states
and territories which seek to par
ticipate in a 2-year program ap
proved by the last Congress.
This authorizes the department
to spend up to 15 million dollars
in each of the two years to pro
vide the flour and meal for dis
tribution by qualifying areas.
Hutchins said the products
would supplement an existing re
lief program in Alaska which is
carried on through the Territorial
Dept, of Public Welfare for resi
dents of the Pribilof Islands and
various fishing communities hard
hit by small salmon runs. He said
the Agriculture Dept, now is wait
ing word as to the amounts which
the territory can use.
American Legion
Convention Votes To
Do Away With UNESCO
MIAMI, UP — The drums and
bugles are stilled and the veter
as scattered, but the old boys who
attended the American Legion’s
national convention showed
plenty of zip.
In the convention which ended
yesterday they voted to do away
with UNESCO, but just as over
whelmingly endorsed the United
Nations’ international principles.
They gave a thumping defeat
for a bid for $100 a month pen
sions for all first World War vet
erans at age 60, but asked great
er benefits for all veterans and
dependents.
A new national commander and
five vice commanders were elect
ed by acclamation.
Most of the delegates were
World War I veterans, but the
new national commander. J. Add
ington Wagner, was born in 1914,
when war clouds began to shadow
the oldsters.
New Leader of Japanese
Socialist Party Is Stern
Critic of United States
TOKYO, —A Japanese who
once pulled a rickshaw for a liv
ing and who is a stern critic of
the United States today became
head of the powerful new Social
ist party in Japan.
Slender, scholarly Mosaburo
Suzuki was elected chairman of
the new Socialist party at a con
vention that welded into one bloc
the left and right wings which
had been divided over policy
since 1951.
The 62-year-old Suzuki pre
dicted in an interview his forces
will win 200 seats in the next
election — perhaps next spring.
They now have 155 votes in the
467-seat lower house of the Diet
dominated by Conservatives.
‘And in the following election,”
he said, “we will win a majority.”
President Eisenhower
is 65 Years Old Today
DENVER, Uf)—President Eisen
hower is 65 today. And he began
the observance of his anniversary
feeling “refreshed and cheerful.”
While he still must travel cau
tiously the hazardous road to
complete recovery from a heart
attack, it is a “happy birthday”
for he is getting better every day.
A medical bulletin said his con
dition continues to progress satis
factorily without complications.
The President’s own observ
ance of his birthday is being
limited, because he is not allowed
out of bed yet. But the joy of
others, at home and abroad, is
reflected in the scores of pres
ents and thousands of greetings
piling up by the hour at the
Denver White House and Fitz
simmons Army Hospital.
! Democrats Blast Gov. Lee
Of Utah For His Refusal
To Pay Income Taxes
-SALT LAKE CITY, UP — The
post card from Monroe, La., to
i Gov. J. Bracken Lee reads:
“Two, four, six, hut—
We want a tax cut,
Seven, eight, nine, ten—
We want to know when
We don’t want no hem or haw,
We’re for the governor of
Utah.”
This Louisiana doggrell was
among more than 500 letters and
cards piled across the desk today
of Harold W. Simpson, Lee’s ad
ministrative assistant. Lee is a
| Republican.
Simpson said all but four letters
praised Lee’s statement he will
not pay his income tax next year,
hoping to prod the government
into a suit in which Lee can chal
lenge the constitutionality of us
ing income tax funds for foreign
aid.
Utah Democrats have blasted
Lee’s proposal. They asked the
governor to either retract or re
sign. Lee refused to do either.
State Republicans have said “no
comment.”
! Possible Impeachment
In “Eavesdropping” On
Jury Deliberations
WASHINGTON, {#—Sens. East
land (D-Miss> and Jenner (R-Ind)
left a hint of possible impeach
ment proceedings today in the
wake of an investigation into the
“eavesdropping” on jury deliber
ations as part of a research proj
ect.
They proposed turning over * a
transcript of the hearings to the
House Judiciary Committee. This
committee would consider any im
peachment resolution that might
be offered and make recommen
dations to the House.
Any impeachment proceedings
must originate in the House, al
though it would be tried in the
Senate.
A University of Chicago re
search team made recordings of
jury proceedings in May 1954 in
five or six civil cases in a fed
eral court in Wichita, Kan., pre
sided over by District Judge Del
mas Hill. The team placed hid
den microphones in the juryroom,
without letting the jurors know.
Fish Trap Owners
Expected To Fight
50pct. Curtailment
By PAUL DUMAS
Juneau Daiy Empire Staff Writer
JUNEAU, —Endorsement by
Secretary of the Interior McKay
of a bill providing gradual elim
ination of fish traps in Alaska
presages a stiff battle between
the Fish and Wildlife Service and
trap operators when they meet
for final hearings on 1956 fish
ing regulations in Seattle next
week.
Concern about a possible gear
dispute was expressed here yes
terday by Don McKernan, FWS
commercial fisheries administra
tor. He said he feared one feature
of the bill threatens his proposal
that the 2-year-old 50 per cent
curtailment of total fishing effort
be continued another year.
Last week, McKay endorsed a
bill, authored by Alaska Delegate
E. L. Bartlett, which provides
that “established” fish traps
would be eliminated gradually
over a 5-year period. It would
become effective next year. ’ Mc
Kay’s endorsement adds weight
to the probability the bill will be
enacted in the next Congress.
When the FWS proposed a cur
tailed fishing - effort program
three years ago, trap operators
cooperated for two reasons:
1. The obvious necessity of per
mitting more salmon to reach
stream beds for spawning pur
poses.
2. A promise by the FWS that
once the salmon fishery showed
signs of coming back rigid regu
lations of traps would be relaxed.
Trap operators today, instead of
looking forward to relaxation of
the rigid program, find them
selves being asked to lose half of
their traps before the bill even is
enacted into law.
Peter Townsend Returns
To Britain But Does Not
Divulge Wedding Plans
LONDON, (#>—Handsome Peter
Townsend drove off to the quiet
English countryside today, har
boring the secret of whether Prin
cess Margaret has promised him
her hand in marriage.
The beautiful Princes Margaret
remained secluded behind the
walls of luxurious Clarence House
the buff - colored mansion she
shares with Queen Mother Eliza
beth, only a short walk from
Buckingham Palace.
And 50 million Britons won
dered and guessed whether there
will be a wedding soon.
Townsend, the 40-year-old div
orced Royal Air Force hero, left
his quarters in the home of the
Marquis of Arbergavenny in mid
afternon and drove out of town.
A surging mob surrounded hi»
car. Asked for a statement of his
romance, Townsend murmured:
“I’m sorry. I can’t yet.”
Meanwhile, excited, chattering
crowds lined up outside Princess
Margaret’s house for a glimpse of
the beautiful girl whose romance
has captured the heart and fancy
of the world’s millions.
Premier Faure’s French
Government Faces Defeat
PARIS, Iff)—Faced by likely de
feat in the national assembly on
Algerian policies, Premier Edgar
Faure postponed the showdown
early today by calling for a vote
of confidence in his government.
The demand keeps him in of
fice at least until- Tuesday, when
the vote will be held. In the mean
time, the premier will try to work
out a lifesaving maneuver such as
spared his government last Sun
day on the question of Morocco.
The call for a vote of confid
ence automatically shuts off de
bate for 24 hours, and the depu
ties decided to extend the cool
ing off period until Tuesday. If
the government loses on a ques
tion of confidence, it resigns.
American Plan For
Development of Jordan
River on Verge of Callapse
WASHINGTON, — The
American - backed Jordan River
development plan, conceived as a
formula for ending bitter Arab
Jewish strife, is reported on the
verge of collapse.
Diplomatic officials fear that
renewed Arab opposition may
have killed the ambitious under
taking — at least for the time
being. That raises the prospect
Israel will go ahead to develop
the river in the face of violent
Arab protests.
Any such Israeli move would be
virtually certain to add new ten
sions in the region already seeth
ing with excitement over Egypt’s
plans to buy arms from Commun
ist Czechoslovakia.
The Eisenhower administration
has not given up hope that Arab
countries, led by Egypt, will re
consider their newest objections.
The American plan would have
linked four Arab states, Lebanon,
Syria, Jordan and Egypt, with
Israel in a joint $121,000,000 dam
building and irrigation project
which would have permitted all
to share the Jordan waters.
B47 Crashes Into Hill At
500 mph, Killing 4 of Crew
RIVERSIDE, Calif., 1#)—A six
jet B47 bomber powered into a
hill and exploded killing four
crewmen last night, shortly after
it had taken off on an instrument
training flight from nearby March
Air Force Base.
Base commander Col. Pinkham
Smith estimated the swept-wing
bomber was traveling nearly 500
miles an hour when it hit.
The explosion scattered flaming
wreckage over a two-mile area.
Houses shook in Riverside eight
miles away.
A Year and A Day
Is Still A Long Time
LOUISVILLE, Ky., (JV--Joseph
Lee Greenwall told federal court
yesterday he had nothing to do
with operating a moonshine still.
He just went there to get a
drink for his aged mother, he
said. And while there, added the
36-year-old Greenwell, he was
arrested after “taking a couple
for myself.”
His sentence: a year and a day
in a federal penitentiary for oper
ating the still.
Start of Mining Extension
Course Is Set Back tc
Next Monday At School
The mining extension course,
which was to have started on
Wednesday, will now start on
Monday, Oct. 17, because of in
sufficient enrollment.
The four-week University of
Alaska mining course is offered
tuition free to all interested per
sons and consists of basic instruc
tion in geology, minerology, gla
ciology, ore deposits, prospecting,
and mining, as well as the use
of the Geiger counter and Min
eralight. Special emphasis is
placed on field identification of
ores and minerals by physical
tests and blowpipe analysis.
There are no educational re
quirements, and anyone may en
roll.
Classes will be held five nights
a week from 7 to 9 p.m., in the
Science Room at the high school.
Those interested may stop in
to register at the Assay Office or
call Main 83.
Now enrolled in the course are:
Linda Kennedy, Dorothy Em
mons, Carl Leibig, Silvano Viv
ieros, James Kealiher, and Harry
Anderson.
Unemployed Barber Sues
City of Sitka For $69,700
JUNEAU, —A defense motion
for a mistrial in the $69,700.50
damage suit brought by Charles
Tuengel, 69-year-old unemployed
Sitka barber, against the city of
Sitka was denied by Judge Walter
H. Hodge yesterday.
Tuengel charges he suffered
permanent injuries in a fall at the
Sitka Community Hospital ois
Nov. 17, 1951, and has been un
able to work since.
During his examination, Tuen
gel testified he suffered a broken
arm and permanent injuries to his
shoulder and spine when he fell
down 11 steps to the cellar floor
of the hospital. He said he was
misdirected by a nurse while on
a call to cut a patient’s hair.
Northwest DC6B Comes
Into Anchorage On Three
Engines From Cold Bay
ANCHORAGE, UP> — A North
west Orient Airlines plane landed
safely here Thursday after a 700
mile flight on only three engines.
Northwest reported one of the
transport’s four engines conked
out near Cold Bay in the Aleu
tians. The pilot feathered the
propellor and the flight to An
chorage was made without inci
dent.
The DC6B was flying 11 pas
sengers and 9 crew members from
Tokyo to Seattle. The passengers
remained here while mechanics
worked on the disabled engine.
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Elephant Dislikes Parking Meters
LOS ANGELES, UPV—Elmer the
elephant just can’t get along with
parking meters.
While standing as a sales pro
motion stunt for an automobile
agency yesterday Elmer wrapped
his trunk around the meter, twist
ed off the head and dropped it
to the pavement. The city traffic
department sent the agency a bill
for $14.95, which isn’t peanuts
even for Elmer.