52 NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. LVI No. 133 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1954 Per Copy—15^
Alaska Agencies
Ask $15 Million
Boost In Funds
JUNEAU, im—Alaska’s govern
mental departments and agencies
are asking a 15 million dollar
boost in their funds for the next
biennium.
The requests, in the biennial
budget outline, will go before the
1955 Democratic-dominated legis
lature.
The total budget requests
amount to $39,323,749, compared
to the budget of $24,386,992 ap
proved by the 1953 legislature.
It is a 42 per cent jump from
the budget requests made to the
1953 legislature for the current
biennium. It is a 61 per cent
jump, however, from the funds
actually provided by the legisla
ture.
Most of the increase in the re
quests stems from the Department
of Public Welfare, Territorial Po
lice, University of Alaska and
Public Schools.
The higher figures reflect a
general requesting of increased
salaries and rising costs of op
eration for the growing territory.
One Killed, 19 Injured
In Train Derailment
NASHUA, N.H., UP)—1The crack
Montreal to Boston overnight
train “Red Wing” jumped the
tracks just north of the Nashua
station early Friday killing one
woman and injuring 19 persons.
Six sections of the eight - car
train overturned and a mailcar
was upended, its wheels in the
air.
The first of two diesel locomo
tives stopped about 30 feet north
of the station after ramming an
express truck. The second diesel
tipped over.
The coaches and baggage cars
were scattered over the four lanes
of tracks completely tying up
traffic which had to be rerouted
from Manchester, N.H., and Law
rence, Mass.
The accident was described as a
“general derailment.” We will
know better after an extensive
study.”
Most of those taken to hospitals
suffered minor injuries.
ANS Fluoride Team
Arrives To Give
Treatments Here
The dental fluoride team of the
ANS arrived from Kotzebue to
day headed by Bertha George,
who is accompanied by Frances
Hollywood and Mary Richardson.
They will be giving fluoride
treatments to native children in
the school from the ages of 6 to
14 years. There are four applica
tions to each treatment and about
60 children are expected to be
cared for while the team is here.
The group started from Juneau
on Sept. 15 and have been to Pt.
Barrow, Wainwright, Pt. Lay, Pt.
Hope, Kivalina, Noatak and Kot
zebue. They have also been thru
out Southeastern Alaska.
The location selected to give
the treatments will be announced
later, probably over APRS.
Tearful McCarthy
Says He Will Not
Stop Fighting Reds
WASHINGTON, UP) —A tearful
Sen. Joseph McCarthy told more
than 3,500 cheering and whistling
adherents last night that his
campaign against Communism
will “go on and on and on.”
That will be so, he said, re
gardless of the outcome of Senate
consideration of a move to cen
sure him — a debate he said
“makes me sick way down deep
inside.”
McCarthy and his wife made
an unannounced appearance at a
rally in Constitution Hall attend
ed largely by self-styled “aggres
sive McCarthyites” who had come
here from New York, Boston and
other cities to urge their senators
to vote against censure of the
Wisconsin Republican.
McCarthy devoted most of his
brief talk to American policy on
American servicemen still held by
the Chinese Communists, address
ing directly a group of wives and
mothers who were seated on the
stage, black-garbed.
“You are the victims of a mas
sive appeasement—one that has
been going on year after year
and that knows no political
bounds,” the Senator said.
Dr. Oppenheimer Becomes
Member of Avowed
Anti-Communist Group
NEW YORK, UP)—Dr. J. Robert
Oppenheimer, barred from the na
tion’s atomic secrets, has been
elected to membership in the Am
erican Committee for Cultural
Freedom, an avowed anti - Com
munist group.
The committee announced yes
terday that Oppenheimer agreed
to accept membership from his
home in Princeton,N.J., where he
is director of the Institute of Ad
vanced Study.
The ACCF described itself as
an organization of .300 artists,
scholars, scientists, and writers
“dedicated to a responsible strug
gle against Communism and all
other forms of totalitarianism."
Last June, by a 4-1 vote, the
Atomic Energy Commission de
nied Oppenheimer further access
ot atomic data. The chief com
plaint was “his persistent and
continuing association with Com
munists.”
The commissioners agreed Op
penheimer was not disloyal, but
the majority called him a secur
ity risk.
HENRY CARLTON STRONG,
PIONEER, DEAD AT 85
SEATTLE, UP) —Henry Carlton
Strong, 85, long-time Alaska resi
dent and Seattle pioneer, died at
a rest home and convalescent hos
pital Wednesday.
He came to Seattle in 1889 from
New York State and went to
Ketchikan a few years later. He
was active there in the salmon
industry, canneries, cold storage
plants and steamship operations
until he retired and returned to
Seattle in 1929. He was a Mason.
His widow, Emma J., survives.
Dulles Prepared
To Name Demo
As Consultant
WASHINGTON, UPV—Associates
said today that Secretary of State
Dulles is prepared to name a
Democrat as consultant on for;
eign policies if Democratic lead
ers put forth a qualified man.
Dulles himself served as a Re
publican consultant to Democratic
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
and other Democratic officials in
previous years.
Since the election of Democratic
majorities for the Congress con
vening in January, there has been
speculation whether Dulles would
adopt such a pattern of bipartisan
relationship for the present Re
publican administration.
It appears now that he is will
ing to do so if that action seems
desirable to the De-mocratic lead
ership. He does not, himself, in
tend to take the initiative in pro
posing some Democratic expert on
foreign policy to join the State
Department staff.
In any move of that sort he re
portedly desires the Democratic
leadership to select a man in
whom the Democratic leaders
would have confidence and who
could speak in the councils of the
State Department with an effec
tive voice.
President Eisenhower has said
since the election that he will
seek a bipartisan development of
foreign policy and will consult
with Democratic leaders. The
Democrats likewise have been
talking about cooperation in this
field.
Air Force Gets Supersonic
Twin of 1,650 mph X-1A
BUFFALO, OP—The Bell Air
craft Corp., announced today that
it has delivered to the Air Force
a “supersonic twin” to its Bell
X-1A, the plane which holds a
speed record of 1,650 miles per
hour at an altitude record un
officially reported at 90,000 feet.
The Bell X-1B and X-1A, both
rocket powered, are identical ex
cept for instrumentation and were
designed as “flying laboratories”
to help solve some of the prob
lems of supersonic flight in the
stratosphere.
Both planes are now in use at
the Air Force Flight Test Center,
Edward Air Force Base, Calif.
Member Dies At Dinner
Of Seattle Last Man Club
SEATTLE, OP)—Death was the
unbidden guest at a meeting of
Seattle’s Last Man Club Thursday
night.
While a speaker was praising
the work of attorney George E.
Flood, 61, in helping promote the
city’s new Veteran’s Hospital,
Flood suddenly slumped over a
table.
Rushed to a hospital, Flood was
pronounced dead on arrival, ap
parently of a heart attack.
The death reduced club mem
bership to 71 from the original
88 in 1938. The group, all World
War I veterans, meets each No
vember 11.
Scandinavian Airline to Start
New Trade Route Linking Europe
With California Over North Pole
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Scandinavian Airline
To Start Transpolar
Flights Monday
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, UP)—
A Super-Cloudmaster carrying
seven air captains left here Thurs
day to supervise the opening of
the new Scandinavian Airlines
System transpolar route next
Monday.
The captains are enroute to
Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland;
Winnipeg, Canada; and Los Ange
les. They will take charge of the
first planes to fly on a regular
schedule across the arctic.
The first transpolar plane will
take off from Kastrup Airport
near here Monday. During a one
hour stopover at Sondre Strom
fjord, Chief Pilot Paul Jensen will
sign a “Polar Certificate” for each
passenger, including Prince Axel
of Denmark.
Upon arrival at Los Angeles,
Prince Axel will unveil a monu
ment presented by SAS to the
City of Los Angeles to commem
orate the historic flight.
Another Super-Cloudmaster is
scheduled to arrive at Copenhagen
from Los Angeles about the same
time. According to SAS, the two
planes will meet “somewhere over
the Denmark Strait” between
Greenland and Iceland.
Demo Senators
Avoiding Part in
McCarthy Censure
WASHINGTON, UH — Several
Democratic senators conceded Fri
day they have been avoiding as
much as possible any active role
in the sometimes angry debate
over proposed censure of Sen.
McCarthy.
In separate interviews, several
Democrats indicated they may
have something to say later if
and when a vote on the main
issues appears assured.
“After all, this is primarily a
Republican responsibility at this
stage,” Sen. Jackson (D-Wash)
said. “Additional debate right
now would only prolong this.”
Jackson, who tangled with Mc
Carthy as a member of the com
mittee that conducted the tumult
uous 36-day hearings on the Wis
consin senator’s row with Secre
tary of the Army Stevens, added:
“I’ve lived with this thing too
long. I doubt there is any sen
ator who has not made up his
mind by now how he will vote.”
Democratic leader Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas is known to
have encouraged senators on his
side of the aisle to keep out of
the rows among Republicans.
Asked about this, Johnson grin
ned and said:
“Now, you know I can’t stop
any senator from speaking.”
By Hubbard Keavy
LOS ANGELES, I# — The j
world’s finest new trade route in
1,000 years will he inaugurated
next week when Scandinavian
Airlines System (SAS) links
Southern California and Europe
by way of the Arctic.
No whimsical reason was be
hind this choice of a North Am
erican terminus. It was solid j
business judgment that drew SAS
into this rich market. Southern
California has the largest concen
tration of population, wealth and
business volume in the western
half of the United States.
Southern California, with some I
of the travelingest people in the
world, will be many hours closer
to Europe with SAS’ twice-weekly
service. The first eastbound plane
will leave at 12:05 a.m. next Mon
day for Copenhagen with fuel
stops at Winnipeg, Manitoba, and
Greenland.
Flying time is 22 hours, and
elapsed time 24 V2 hours for the
5,800 miles.
Airlines mileage over the Arctic
to Europe is estimated by SAS
as 600 shorter than by way of New
York. The shortest time from Los
Angeles to Europe, assuming fast
connections, is 27 hours, SAS
says.
When SAS conceived the idea
of this shorter route seven years
ago, it first looked into the po
tential—not only as to passengers
but as to cargo.
It found that during each sum
mer month about 10,000 persons
go from here to Europe or all the
way around the world; that even
in each winter month 1,000 leave
here for Europe. Exports to Eu
rope from here total millions of
dollars a year. SAS expects to
haul two valuable tons of mer
chandise each week.
SAS will fly DC-6Bs for a year
or so but it has ordered eight
DC - 7s — faster, longer range
planes which will cut five horns
from the elapsed time between
Los Angeles and Europe. One fuel
stop will be eliminated with the
DC-7s.
At about the same time the
first eastbound plane leaves, one
will start from Copenhagen. Each
will have dignitaries aboard. Fly
ing east will be Mayor Norris
Poulson of Los Angeles, whose
parents were born in Denmark;
Jean Hersholt, who was born in
Denmark, and actor Walter Pid
geon, who likes Danish food.
Among those on the initial west
bound flight will be the prime
ministers of Scandinavia — Jans
Hedtoft of Denmark, Oscar Torp
of Norway and Tage Erlander of
Sweden.
As for Southern Californians
being among the world’s most tra
veled, Warren Kraemer, SAS’
sales and traffic manager, says it
is because they have a great zest
for living. But there are some
who say they just want- to get
away from it all—traffic snarls
and smog, mainly.