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VOL. LX I No. 103 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1959_Per Copy—15^
Red Chinese Troops Cross Into India
WATSON SIMS
NEW DELHI, India, tP)—Prime
Minister Nehru said today that
Chinese Communist troops have
crossed from Tibet into Indian
territory on two widely separated
frontiers and apparently are
staying.
In India’s northeast frontier
area, Nehru told Parliament, sev
eral hundred Chinese apparently
seized an Indian border post this
week after driving off a 12-man
picket detachment. Nehru said
four border guards are missing.
Nehru said the Chinese also
had established a camp in a re
mote, uninhabited border sector
of the Ladakh area of Kashmir,
more than 1,000 miles west of the
crossings on the northeast fron
tier. The Chinese also are re
ported building a road across the
area, cutting off several hundred
square miles of Indian territory.
Nehru said the Chinese moved
into the Ladakh region in October
1957. The Indian reconnaissance
party was sent into the region at
the end of last month.
There was no indication in
Nehru’s statement why he waited
so long before acting.
He said India had protested to
Peiping but so far had no satis
faction.
“There is no alternative but to
guard our borders and integrity,”
he declared. “We will have to be
vigilant.”
Nehru made no announcement,
however, of military counter
action.
Missile Subs Will Decide
Any Future War Says
Scripps Oceanographer
(By The Associated Press)
Missile - firing submarines will
decide any future war, an ocean
ographer told the Senate Commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce.
Dr. Roger Revelle, director of
the Scripps Institute of Oceano
graphy at La Jolla, Calif., said
victory will go “to the sitfe that
can operate its nuclear subs in
ocean deeps the best.”
Revelle was one of several
scientists, government officials
and Navy officers who attended
the meeting at the invitation of
Sen. Warren Magnuson (D-Wash),
chairman of the committee.
Revelle was questioned about
the increasing temperatures of the
ocean along the West Coast and
in the north Pacific.
The scientist said rising water
temperatures are having a pro
found effect on fisheries migra
tion and could cause important
climatic changes.
Alaska, he said could become
warmer and the northern ice may
recede, giving Russia a clear pas
sage along her entire northern
coastline.
Lock the Horse—Steal the Barn
RICHMOND, Ky., UPC-A1 Whit
aker took his car keys into the
house for safekeeping, the first
night in years he hadn’t left them
in' the ignition.
Somebody stole the car.
Polio CAN be Expensive
PATTERSON, N. J., UP) — Ap
proximately $46,000 that was in
bank teller Donald'Sytsma’s cage
has been sent to the Federal Re
serve Bank to be destroyed. The
reason: Fear of spreading polio.
Sytsrrta, 23, became ill with the
disease yesterday.
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House Conferees Not
Prepared to Make More
Concessions on Labor Bill
WASHINGTON, UP)—The head
of the House conferees on the
Labor Control Bill said yesterday
he did not see how his side could
make any more concessions.
“I believe we have made all
the proposals and counter-pro
posals the House would expect us
to,” chairman Graham Barden <D
NC> of the House Labor Commit
tee told newsmen.
Sen. John Kennedy, leading the
Senate group, said he knew of no
overnight developments on the
problem points still left in dis
agreement.
The biggest differences devel
oped Wednesday on the issue of
secondary boycotts.
A compromise proposal, offered
by Kennedy, agreed to accent the
basic House language banning
such boycotts even though the
Senate bill had no such provi
sions.
The Kennedy proposal added
some provisos he said would
make certain labor’s legitimate
rights were not hurt. It was these
which caused the dispute.
Japanese Prepared
To Invest 8 Million
In Alaskan Iron
ANCHORAGE, (#)—A group of
Japanese mining men said today
the eight firms they represent
may invest five to eight million
dollars in a southeastern Alaska
iron mine if investigations being
carried on warrent the invest
ment.
The six officials of four of
Japan’s largest mining firms ar
rived yesterday on their way to
Bradfield Canal near Wrangell,
where explorations at a proposed
iron mining site have been going
on for about two years.
Edward Osawa, president of C.
T. Takahashi and Co., Ltd., an
import-export company, said “the
ore that is there is good quality.
How much volume there is is the
question. It looks promising.”
The Japanese group planned to
leave for southeastern Alaska to
day and spend three days at the
proposed mine site, which is 18
miles from salt water at an ele
vation of 3,800 feet.
Steel Negotiators Take
Recess Until Wednesday
NEW YORK. UP)—Negotiations
in the nationwide steel strike are
in recess so that leaders of both
sides can think things over for
a few days.
When the talks start up again
Wednesday, the strike of a half
million workers will be 50 days
old.
Joseph F. Finnegan, director of
the Federal Mediation and Con
ciliation Service, announced the
recess after a bargaining session
Thursday.
He said top negotiators for the
industry and the striking United
Steelworkers Union of America
told him that “it is their joint
opinion that time for additional
work by the respective parties is
required in order for them to
evaluate and restudy their posi
tions.”
Bartlett Assails
Veto of Alaska
Oil Lease Bill
WASHINGTON, UO —President
Eisenhower’s veto of a bill to in
crease the acreage in Alaska that
could be held under oil and gas
leases was assailed today as “in
tended to be a snow job on the
snow country.”
It was, Sen. Bartlett told the
Senate, an example of “picayune
niggling” and of “tilting at wind
mills.”
With support from Sen. Gruen
ing, Bartlett* in a lengthy speech,
took sharp issue with Eisen
hower’s argument in vetoing the
bill Aug. 17.
Under existing law, a single
party may hold under oil and gas
lease a maximum of 100,000 acres
in Alaska, and may hold 200,000
under option. The vetoed bill
would have eliminated the dis
tinction between leases and op
tions and permitted a single party
to hold 600,000 acres under oil
and gas leases.
The President said the bill
would tend to “produce an ex
cessive concentration of control
over such potential resources.”
Gruening congratulated Bart
lett for making the speech and
added that “I have never seen a
veto basted on such trifling, trivial
grounds.” He said he thought poli
tics was involved. .
Gruening told the Senate the
Interior Department looks on Al
aska as its fief. “Beyond perad
venture,” he said, “the party in
terested in Alaska’s growth is the
Democratic party.”
$20 Million Worth
Of Canned Salmon
Shipped in August
SEATTLE, UP)—Twenty million
dollars worth of Alaska canned
salmon has come south this month
on four ships, the Alaska Steam
ship Co. reported yesterday.
One freighter alone, the SS Tal
keetna, carried a cargo worth al
most 10 million dollars.
The Talkeetna brought 278,000
cases of salmon from Bristol Bay.
The MS Galena carried 138,000
cases from the rich Bristol Bay
catch. The MS Coastal Rambler
brought in 135,000 cases from
Kodiak Island and the Alaska
Peninsula. The MS Susitna car
ried 105,000 cases from southeast
Alaska.
Most of the cargo from Bristol
Bay was red salmon. The going
price for a standard 48 - pound
case of red salmon is $37. Pinks
are selling at about $25 a case
and chums at $23.
Seattle received more of the
salmon than any other port. How
ever, much went into Anacortes,
Bellingham and Blaine. For the
second year, part of the salmon
pack was delivered to Astoria.
THURSDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Chicago 5, Boston 1
National League
Philadelphia 7-2, San Francisco
2-1
St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4
Cincinnati 5, Chicago 0
Pacific Coast League
Spokane 7, Vancouver 6
Seattle 2, Portland 0
Salt Lake City 9, San Diego 2
Phoenix 3, Sacramento 1
Eisenhower Calls on Queen Elizabeth
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Mediator Schedules No
Further Meetings In
Carpenters Strike
ANCHORAGE, UR — Federal
Mediator Albin Peterson said last
night that talks he had initiated
in an effort to end Alaska’s sum
mer-long carpenters strike had
broken off.
Peterson would comment only
that “no future meetings have
been scheduled by me.”
He said any further comment
on the breakdown in talks be
tween management and union
representatives would have to
come from the participants them
selves.
Bennett Says B.C.
Not Ready to
Discuss Corridors
VICTORIA, B. C., UP—Premier
Bennett said yesterday his gov
ernment is ready to discuss Alas
ka- British Columbia cooperation
on northern development but no
formal approaches for a meeting
have been made by either gov
ernment.
He declined, however, to com
ment on the possibility of B.C.
corridors through the Alaska Pan
handle.
The Premier was commenting
on a speech by Gov. William Egan
of Alaska at Kitimat Tuesday be
fore the Associated Boards of
Trades of central B.C. and Alas
kan affiliates. #
The Governor urged coopera
tion on power, development of
new industries and on Panhandle
corridors to give Alaskans access
to the B.C. road system and B.C.
Yukon industry access to tide
water ports.
He said Alaska now is in a po
sition to choose the sites for such
ports.
Premier Bennett said as far as
power was concerned it was an
international matter for discus
sion between Canada and the
United States.
He added B.C. would be glad
to discuss cooperation with Alas
ka “'but I don’t wish to discuss
corridors now.”
Two Boeing 707's Make
Safe Landings After
Trouble In The Air
(By The Associated Press)
Two American Airlines Boeing
707 jet planes — each with 111
passengers aboard — have made
safe landings after operating
trouble. ,
One landed at Idlewild Airport
in New York City today, and the
other at Phoenix, Ariz., yesterday.
The crew of the plane which
landed in New York had to lower
the landing gear manually be
cause of a failure in the hydraulic
pressure system.
The other plane, enroute from
Los Angeles to Baltimore, made
an emergency landing after a
heating control system jammed.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
was among the passengers.
The pilot said a failure in the
cockpit heating system caused a
fire warning light to flash on as
the jet was 27,000 feet above
Prescott, Ariz. There was no sign
of fire.
> By EDDY GILMORE
BALMORAL, Scotland, UP) —
President Eisenhower broke into>
his diplomatic mission to western.
Europe today with a social visit to>
Britain’s royal family at Bal
moral Castle. Queen Elizabeth II
made a completely unexpected
appearance to the gates to wel
come him.
“Well, well, I’m delighted to
see you,” said the Queen, slim
and elegant though she is ex
pecting her third child early next
year.
Eisenhower bowed and said:
‘Thank you ma’am. It’s wonder
ful to be here.”
It was a friendly and informal
beginning for Eisenhower’s over
night visit.
Surprisingly, the Queen not
only came out to see Eisenhower
but did it on television.
The President had driven 50
miles with Prince Philip in a car
from the airport to cheers of
crowds along the way.
The Queen—who danced until
the early hours this morning at a
castle ball for her servants—pre
sented the President to Princess
Margaret.
The Queen wore a powder blue
suit with shirt jacket. Her skirt
snuggly hugged her hips.
The Queen—whose baby is ex
pected in late January or Febru
ary—certainly showed no physi
cal signs of it.
Eisenhower flies back to Lon- '
don Saturday, then drives to
' Chequers, the country home of
I Prime Minister Harold MacMil
lan, for a weekend of talks about
the President’s approaching ex
change of visits with Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev.
j Earthquake Causes Heavy
Damage In South Mexico
(By The Associated Press)
Southern Mexico yesterday
. counted at least 10 dead follow
ing the nation’s worst earthquake
of the year.
Communications were still out
to many points, and some esti
mates of the toll went as high as
40 dead.
The quake hit about 2:20 a.m.
Wednesday, spreading destruction
and panic across the six tropical
states of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Cam
peche, Yucatan, Puebla and Ta
basco. The heaviest shocks were
felt on the Isthmus of Tehuan
tepec, narrowest Mexican point
between the Gulf of Mexico and
the Pacific.
Subterranean rumbles accom
panying the earth shocks added
to the panic. ■»
Ferry Crew Rescues
Passengers of Ditched
Plane Off Alki Point
SEATTLE, UP—Four members
of a California family were res
cued by crewmen ol a ferry after
their light plane crashed into
Puget Sound last night.
Crewmen of the ferry Tillicum
pulled Mr. and Mrs. Dwane Tjom
sland of Los Angeles, their son
Kenny 6, and 2-year-old daugh
ter Lynne, from the waters off
Alki Point moments after the
crash.
The Tjomslands, on & flight
from Annette Island, were about
to land at Boeing Field when the
crash occurred.
The one-engine monopane sank.