PETER FREUCHEN, FAMOUS
EXPLORER AND AUTHOR, DIES
OF HEART ATTACK AT 71 YEARS
NEW YORK, Iff)—Peter Freu
chen, 71, explorer and author,
who left here Saturday with a
group of explorers enroute to the
polar regions, died yesterday of a
heart attack at Elmendorf Air
Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska.
Lowell Thomas TV Productions
here was advised that Freuchen,
on arrival at the base, refused to
permit anyone to carry his bags
and climbed the long stairway to
the Alaska Chateau at the base.
He was dead when a Navy doc
tor reached his side moments
after he was stricken.
Freuchen, a native of Denmark,
left here last Saturday with Don
ald MacMillan, a member of the
polar expedition in 1908-09; Sir
Hubert Wilkins, veteran polar ex
plorer; Col. Bernt Balchen, who
headed the arctic search for
Amundsen and Ellsworth in 1925;
Thomas, and Gilbert Ralston, an
executive producer.
The group planned to make a
color film for a television adven
ture series.
Freuchen became a sailor after
leaving high school in his native
Denmark. He was a member of
the Thule expedition 'in 1924, and
explored Greenland, the arctic,
Ceremonies Signal
Start of Construction
Of Kodiak Boat Harbor
KODIAK, (ff)—Ceremonies Sat
urday signalled the start of con
struction on the long-awaited
small boat harbor here.
Gov. Mike Stepovich pulled a
cord that released a truckload of
rock at the conclusion of a half
hour ceremony during which
Adm. Ira Hobbs and other hon
ored guests were introduced by
Mayor Leon Johnson.
At dedication ceremonies later
Gov. Stepovich said of statehood
that the subject was “close to my
heart.”
“With statehood more people
will come to Alaska,” he said.
“There is a great opportunity for
labor and management in Alas
ka’s future and I trust they will
work together.”
The governor said he had as
surance that a $600,000 cold
storage plant would be built at
Kodiak, starting this fall and be
ing completed by the next fishing
season.
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! antarctic.
He was the author of eight ref
i emece books on the arctic.
(Among the books he authored
were “Law of Larion” and “The
Eskimo.” T^he latter was adapted
to a motion picture which was
filmed in the Nome area in 1932
and 1933. He made many friends
in the Nome and Teller areas.!
He made a lecture tour of the
United States in 1935 - 37, and
lived underground in Denmark
from 1940 to 1943, when he was
captured by the Germans. The
next year he escaped to Sweden
and was brought to the United
States.
Freuchen received many decor
ations, including the Danish Roy
al Order of Merit with two bars.
His home was in New York.
Freuchen was married in 1911
to Navarana, an Eskimo of north
Greenland, and they had two chil
dren. His wife died in 1921, and
in 1945 at the age of 59 he mar
ried Dagmar Muller.
In July last year Freuchen be
came the fifth person to win the
top prize on the CBS-TV quiz
show, The $64,000 Question.”
He got the $64,000 for answer
ing a seven-part question on iden
tification of pictures and a map,
some of them dealing with polar
subjects.
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NOT I C E
The undersigned will no longer
be held responsible for bills con
tracted by anyone other than
himself.
(Signed) Fred Bourdon
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of Nome will foreclose on pro
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linquent properly taxes.
Nome Common Council
By Robert F. Scott,
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Russia’s Claims
On Missiles Not
Reliable, Says Ike
WASHINGTON, President
Eisenhower, commenting on Rus
sia’s claims on intercontinental
missiles, said yesterday mere test
ing of such weapons is a long way
from actual production.
Eisenhower made the state
ment at a news conference when
asked whether he could give the
American people any information
on the status of this country’s ef
forts to develop an intercontinen
tal ballistic missile (ICBM).
The questioner asked for com
ment in the light of the Soviet
Union’s announcement last week
that it had' successfully tested
such a weapon.
Eisenhower replied that any
thing he said had to be within the
framework of National security.
He said careful reading of the
Russian announcement marked it
more for what it did not say than
what it actually did say.
The President called the Soviet
announcement most evasive. The
Russians always have been known
for statements which serve only
their own purpose, he said.
Eisenhower said that in the past
the .Russians have been something
less than completely reliable, and
added on this occasion he saw no
reason for placing more credence
than usual in the announcement.
As for this country’s progress
in that field, the President actual
ly said nothing about the status
of work. The missile program has
the highest priority, he said, but
added that it will be a long time
before a long-range missile is the
best means of delivering explo
sive power. r
The men it takes to operate the
machines on one large battleship
represent at least 1,500 aggregate
years of training and 2,500 years !
of experience.
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