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VOL. LVI No. 92 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1954 Per Copy—15^
Army Women Of
Frankfurt Lose
Peek-a-boo War
FRANKFURT, Germany, UfI —
The peek-a-boo war is over. The
women lost. The colonel won.
Capitulating, U.S. Army wives
and daughters here fell in line
today with orders of Col. John
Dilley to avoid exposing too much
of their charms.
Col. Dilley, commander of the
Frankfurt Detachment, fired in
structions at American Army
women here to refrain from
wearing bare midriff sunsuits,
low-cut strapless dresses and
beach shorts in public.
One blast was aimed at women
who go to the PX with curlers
in their hair.
“They look awful,” he said. He
also banned blue jeans for “ma
ture women.”
The feminine counterattack was
powerful.
“The idea, tell us grown women
what we can wear and can’t
wear,” said one. “You never
hear of us going around and
telling the Army what to wear.”
But the colonel, a decorated vet
eran of the North African cam
paign stuck to his guns.
“Somebody had to tell them,”
he said. “You should have seen
the worst offenders against good
taste.”
After the initial jolt, the
women began to surrender, one
by one.
“I think Dilley’s a dilly,” said
one. “Some of us did look pretty
bad, wearing everything from
blue jeans to beach suits right
out on busy streets.”
Consider Applying T-H
Injunction In Strike Of
Atomic Plant Workers
WASHINGTON, Iff)—The White
House today was reported consid
ering applying for an 80-day court
injunction under the Taft-Hartley
Law to ban a threatened new
strike of' key atomic workers.
Should they so decide, federal
attorneys could seek the court
order almost at once because they
cleared legal preliminaries for the
same case last month.
Government efforts to spur a
wage settlement in the fourth
month-old dispute involving CIO
workers at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and
Paducah, Ky., collapsed last night.
Young Society Matron
Killed In Front of Sons
By Her “Best Friend”
MENLO PARK, Calif., Iff) — A
pretty Menlo Park society matron
was shot and killed in the drive
way of her fashionable home yes
terday by a woman who sobbed
hysterically “she was my best
friend.”
Shot down before the eyes of
two young sons whom she was
preparing to take for a swim was
Mrs. Patricia Oberhaus, 36.
Held on a murder charge after
fleeing the scene in her new
Cadillac was Mrs. Doris Gloss, 40.
She could give no reason for the
shooting, but police said her com
mitment to a mental hospital had
been recently recommended by
doctors.
! Air Force Orders Boeing
707 Jets For Use As
Jet Bomber Tankers
WASHINGTON, (ff) — An Air
Force order for its first jet tanker
planes gave a boost today to the
aircraft designed and built to be
this nation’s first jet airliner.
Secretary of the Air Force Tal
bott announced late yesterday the
Air Force has decided to buy “a
limited number” of Boeing jet
tankers with which to refuel, in
flight, America’s big jet bombers.
Talbott said the tankers will be
an advanced version of the Boe
ing 707 four-jet transport which
made its maiden flight July 15.
Boeing Airplane Co., of Seattle,
gambled 15 million dollars in the
development of the 707, on the
possibility that (11 the Air Force
would buy it as a tanker, and
(2) the airlines would buy it for
swift and smooth passenger trans
port.
Airline executive have been
watching the Boeing project close
ly since the Seattle firm announ
ced, four years ago, that it was
going ahead without government
backing to develop jet transporta
tion.
Police Confiscate One-arm
Bandit From Recreation
Room of Private Home
COLUMBUS, Ohio, UP—Jack
KresSe, owner of a Columbus
plumbing supply firm, told police
it was all his wife’s fault.
“Every time we’d go out, she’d
play the slot machines. Finally, I
said, ‘Look, honey. I’ll buy you
one.’^’
Kreske said he bought an old,
broken down machine for her fig
uring we could fix it up and she
could play it. She’s the only one
that’s put a nickel in it since and
it’s been in our basement all the
time.”
Police, embarked on an anti
pin ball drive, confiscated the
machine from the recreation room
of Kreske’s home yesterday. Now
he faces a $50 to $200 fine and six
months in the workhouse for pos
session of the one-armed bandit.
Two-Day Distillery Fire
Kills 6 Persons, Injures 33,
And Damage In Millions
PEKIN, 111., UP! — Bulldozers
lunged at heaps of smouldering
debris today in a rush job to get
the fire-scarred American Distil
ling Co. plant cleaned up for near
full-scale resumption of whisky
making Monday.
A spectacular two-day fire that
killed six persons, injured 33 and
caused millions in damage was
brought under control last night.
The searing blue flames ate up
from 90,000 to 110,000 barrels of
aging whisky—enough liquor to
fill more than 22 million ordin
ary fifth whisky bottles or a
half billion standard one-ounce
bar shot glasses.
This cost Uncle Sam at least
$47,250,000 in potential alcohol
tax collections — whisky being
taxed at the rate of $10.50 a gal
lon as it is withdrawn from bond
ed warehouses.
However, Russell R. Brown of
Greenwich, Conn., company presi
dent, said the fire loss to his firm
was fully covered by insurance.
Lightning Strikes
Stevenson's Plane
Over Montana
KANSAS CITY, Ufl — Adlai
Stevenson, calm but weary after
his plane played a dangerous
game of aerial tag with lightning,
visits former President Harry S.
Truman at neighboring Indepen
dence, Mo., today.
The 1952 Democratic candidate
for president arrived last night to
complete a harrowing trip from
Great Falls, Mont.
Although a lightning bolt did
minor damage to' an airliner
carrying Stevenson over central
Montana, none was injured.
As they flew through heavy
rain at 14,000 feet over Lewis
town, Mont., a lightning bolt
struck the left propellor shaft.
The twin - engine plane was
bathed in brilliant light and was
jolted with an explosive noise.
“There was a great flash and
a terrible noise,” Stevenson said
on landing at Billings, where the
plane was delayed about two
hours for repairs.
“It gave me my first scare in
more than 30 years of flying.”
The pilot, Capt. Ray Bullock,
47, of Denver, said the bolt struck
the propeller, snapped the radio
antenna atop the plane’s cabin,
and discharged through the tail.
Unknown Runner
Beats World
Record Milers
By JACK HEWINS
VANCOUVER, B.C., UP) —Cou
rageous litle Murray Halberg of
New Zealand ranked today with
kings and conquerors after beat
ing the great Roger Bannister
and out-performing John Landy
yesterday in the mile trials at the
British Empire Games.
Murray may bow tomorrow to
the power of the legs of the
mighty when Bannister and
Landy wage the duel that the
world has been awaiting since
they cracked the 4-minute barrier
in separate tests earlier in the
year.
But the Empire Games mile to
morrow will be men against men
instead erf men against the clock
and the little Auckland school
teacher has proven himself a
man. Murray went out and set
the pace in the first heat of yes
terday’s trials—they called it the
“Bannister heat” — and he was
still out there in front when the
timers clicked the clocks and
read then at 4 minutes, 7.4 sec
onds.
Bannister, chopping along in
his big, loose, elbow - pumping
easy style was third in the heat
behind Canada’s Rich Ferguson.
And then in the “Landy heat”
another New Zealander scored a
surprise first place. Bill Baillie
crossed the line in 4:11.4 almost
arm in arm with Vic Milligan of
Northern . Ireland and the great
Landy, who was third.
LOS ANGELES, UP) — Police
protection was ordered today for
Korean President Syngman Rhee
after officials heard rum errs that
Communists might try to stage
a demonstration.
Communist East Germany
Accepts Eisenhower Offer
Of Aid For Flood Victims
BONN, Germany, UP) — Com
munist East Germany in a sur
prise move today accepted Presi
dent Eisenhower's offer of Am
erican aid for flood victims in
the Soviet zone.
President Eisenhower’s offer of
American aid for victims of Eu
rope’s floods was made July 29.
Emergency assistance was ex
tended to victims in Western
Germany and Austria, but the
East German Communists reject
ed the offer of food and other at
aid at that time.
When the offer originally was
made, James C. Hagerty, White
House press secretary, said rough
ly four million dollars worth of
food was needed in the inun
dated areas.
The U.S. High Commission said
a letter of acceptance from East
German Prime Minister Otto'
Grotewohl has been forwarded
here by the Soviet high commis
sion.
Democratic Leaders Turn
To Harry Truman For
Advice In 1954 Campaign
KANSAS CITY, UP) — Demo
cratic party leaders turned for
advice today to their star give
'em-hell campaigner — former
President Harry S. Truman—on
the eve of a big money drive
aimed at capturing control o'f
Congress in the November elec
tions.
Adlai Stevenson, titular head of
the party, and Democratic Na
tional Chairman Stephen Mitchell
arranged to see Truman at his
home in Independence in a meet
ing that could very well influence
the course of the party’s cam
paign.
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Kefauver Stays In Race
As Presidential Possibility
NASHVILLE," UP> —Sen. Estes
Kefauver kept his position as a
presidential possibility yesterday
as he and Gov. Frank Clement
won assured re-election by crush
ing majorities in Tennessee’s
Democratic primary.
The winner of the Republican
senatorial primary was Ray H.
Jenkins, the Army - McCarthy
hearing special counsel who' did
n’t seek the nomination and who
said he wouldn’t run if he got it.
Kefauver, the master hand
shaker who won most of the
Democratic primaries and lost in
the convention in the 1952 presi
dential derby, said yesterday’s
victory was a triumph over isola
tionism.
B-47 Stratojet Crashes In
England, 2nd In 18 Days
FAIRFORD, England, Ufi — A
U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet
bomber crashed near here today.
The Gloucester fore Brigade said
all four crewmen were killed.
The firemen said the 600-mile
an-hour medium bomber crashed
and burned on takeoff from an
air base.
The six - jet plane capable of
carrying an atom bomb was the
second of its type to crash in
Britain within the past 18 days.
Air Force Will
Send Its Men To
Alaska Via Seattle
SEATTLE, UP)—More than 500
airmen a month probably will
move through Seattle under the
streamlined new Air Force pro
gram which routes Alaska forces
via the Pacific Northwest instead
of California.
Contrary to first reports out of
Washington, airmen will con
tinue to travel to’ and from the
territory aboard ships, according
to Maj. Robert L. Hartwig, Air
Force port representative here.
Officers will travel by air via
McChord Air Force Base.
Announcement of the new rout
ing plan came at a meeting of
high military and government
officials called by Senators War
ren Magnuson and Henry Jackson,
to consider proposals of Mayor
Pomeroy’s Maritime Advisory
Committee to save Alaska’s ocean
passenger service.
However, Major Hartwig said,
the Air Force has been preparing
several months for the shift to
Seattle, which will become effec
tive next November. He described
the economy move as “an effort
to shorten our personnel pipeline
to Alaska.”
The Seattle routing will cut
1,000 miles off the ocean round
trip and save each transport 2V4
days cruising time, an estimated
saving o’f almost $9,000.
Nixon Names 6-Member
Senate Group to Consider
Censure of Sen. McCarthy
WASHINGTON, UP) — Vice
President Nixon Thursday ap
pointed a six - member Senate
committee to make an investiga
tion of the conduct of Sen. Mc
Carthy and consider the proposals
that he be censured.
The members: Sen. Arthur V.
Watkins (R-Utah); Sen. Frank
Carlson <R-Kan>; Sen. Francis
Case (R-SD); Sen. Edwin C. John
son (D-Colo); Sen. John C. Sten
nis (D-Miss); Sen. Sam J. Ervin
(D-NC).
While Nixon announced the
appointees, the .actual selections
were made by party leaders.
The Senate Democratic Policy
Committee had an early morning
meeting to decide on the Demo
cratic members.
At its conclusion, Sen. Lyndon
B. Johnson of Texas, Democratic
floor leader, said that his party’s
selections “are men who are sym
bols of patriotism, integrity and
judicial temperament.”
HIROSHIMA BELLS TOLL
NINE YEARS AFTER A-BOMB
HIROSHIMA, UP)—'The bells of
Hiroshima tolled today for the
awful hour of nine years ago.
It was 8:15 a.m. when the first
atomic bomb ever loosed in war
fare burst with frightful fury
over Hiroshima.
It was 8:15 a.m. today when
massed sirens screamed then
protest to the memory. Then the
church bells of Hiroshima rang
out, calling the Japanese of this
western city to prayer.