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Pete Larsen and Two Sons Depart For
Selawik To Start 400-Mile Drive Of
600 Deer To Sinrock Grazing Range
By Senator Howard Lyng
Pete Larsen, well known Nome
ite and native leader, who has re
cently successfully concluded a
deal with the Alaska Native Ser
vice for the seed stock of a rein
deer herd, departed for Selawik,
north of the Arctic Circle, to
select his 600 head of starting
deer. These deer will be taken
from the government herd of
approximately 3,500 that ranges
in the Selawik Lake area.
Pete was accompanied by two
of his sons, James and Peter Jr.,
who will assist in the long trek
back to the Nome district which
will be the herd’s permanent
range — Sinrok, 30 miles north
west of Nome, and Solomon, 32
miles to the southeast.
Dale Belcher, assistant director
of Natural Resources, Alaska Na
tive Service, and who is directly
concerned with all reindeer in
Alaska, also made the trip to
supervise the selection and de
parture of the herd, and expects
to remain in the Arctic until Dec.
15 inspecting the half dozen rein
deer herds ranging in that section.
Loaded aboard the Wien Alaska
Airlines Norseman plane, in ad
dition to Pete Sr. and Mr. Belcher,
were ten sled dogs, tents, Yukon
type stove, sleeping bags, guns,
axes, dog feed, and other gear
necessary for the long reindeer
drive. Unable to load Pete’s 12
foot sled aboard the Norseman,
it, James and Peter Jr., were
taken to Kotzebue on Wien’s
DC-3. This made it necesasry also
for the Norseman to terminate its
flight at Kotzebue rather than at
Selawik. From Kotzebue the dog
team and drivers, make the 120
miles overland trip and rejoins
the main party at Selawik.
Upon assembling the herd Pete
and his sons begin the 400 mile
drive to the future home range,
the first leg of which is south to
Candle via the Buckland, a dis
tance of 120 miles. From Candle
the route is southwesterly 140
miles to Taylor in the upper Kou
garok. Here Wien Airlines will
have a cache of supplies awaiting
the travellers.
The last leg of this rather un
usual journey—circa 1954—takes
the herd 135 miles to Sinrock, on
the shores of Bering Sea, and
headquarters camp of Pete Larson
and Sons. Estimated time for the
overland transfer of this 600 head
herd is from six weeks to two
months, depending of course on
weather.
28,000 LBS. ROAST TURKEY
HAS FEW TAKERS
WESTMORELAND, Calif., UP>—
There were 28,000 pounds of tur
key roasted here yesterday, but
little of it will be eaten.
Frozen turkeys, being trans
ported in a truck and trailer, went
up in flames. A wheel bearing
froze, igniting a tire, which set
afire the undercarriage and the
turkeys soon were sizzling.
Firemen said several motorists
stopped to grab turkeys and this
hampered their fire-fighting.
Presentation Of
Censure Charges
Is Challenged
WASHINGTON, UR—Sen. Wat
kins laid the case for censure of
Sen. McCarthy before the Sen
ate today and ran into an im
mediate challenge from McCarthy
that “you are not giving the facts
as they are.”
Watkins, Utah Republican and
head of the special six-member
committee which recommended
censure, gave the Senate a re
port in dry, unemotional tones of
the committee’s work.
He said it had approached its
task without bias and with “what
ever wisdom, calmness, fairness,
courage and devotion . . . we
might muster.”
“But we are not here to argue
that our interpretation must be
followed,” Watkins said, adding
that the committee would not act
as “prosecutor” of the case.
As soon as Watkins finished,
McCarthy jumped to his feet and
said he wanted to question Wat
kins.
Watkins objected mildly to
questioning at that stage. He sug
gested McCarthy make his own
speech.
McCarthy’s first question dealt
with what he called the Watkins
Committee’s refusal to allow him
to enter a defense, during the
special committee’s hearing, for
his failure to testify before a Sen
ate Elections subcommittee in
1951 and 1952. One of the counts
on which the committee recom
mended censure is that McCarthy
took a contemptuous attitude to
ward the subcmommittee.
Former Foreign Minister
Fatemi of Iran Executed
By Firing Squad Today
TEHRAN, (Ah — One of the
strongest spokesmen for Iran’s
nationalization of its oil industry,
former foreign minister Hossein
Fatemi, was executed before a
firing squad today for trying to
overthrow the Shah.
Fatemi, who served under Mo
hammed Mossadegh, had been
convicted by a military court just
one month ago, and had appealed.
But the Shah confirmed the death
sc-ntence.
Mossadegh is serving a 3-year
term in solitary confinement for
his part in the plot against the
Shah.
TEMPERATURE SINKS TO -8
IN UPPER NEW YORK STATE
ALBANY, N.Y., UR—'The tem
perature sank to as low as 8 de
grees in New York State today.
Saranac Lake in the Adiron
dack Mountains reported 8 above.
Oneonta, in the southeastern sec
tion, reported 12 above. The wea
ther bureau said the state’s high
est overnight reading was Buf
falo’s 33. New York City recorded
32.
Russians Show
More Conciliatory
Attitude This Time
WASHINGTON, OP) — President
Eisenhower said today Russia
seems to be showing a somewhat
more conciliatory attitude in the
latest plane shooting incident
than has been the case in earlier
similar episodes.
The President told a news con
ference the American photo-mak
ing plane shot down by Soviet
fliers off the Japanese coast on
Sunday had a right to be where
it was in this country’s view.
But these things are not always
as clear cut as they seem and
this one is clouded to some ex
tent, Eisenhower said.
The President said he thinks in
this case the Russians have shown
a considerable difference of at
titude toward American protests
than they have in the past al
though he doesn’t know what may
come of it.
As to the incident's not being
clear cut, Eisenhower said the
plane was shot down in the area
of some small islands off Hok
kaido, the northernmost main
Japanese island. The small islands
are claimed by the Russians, but
these claims never have been ac
cepted by the United States or
Japan.
Eisenhower said he isn’t going
to sit here at this distance and
say that Charles E. Bohlen, U.S.
ambassador to Russia, was wrong
in attending a Russian anniver
sary party in Moscow after the
plane incident took place.
Bohlen’s presence at the affair
has drawn critical blasts from
some members of Congress.
Airliner With 43
Passengers Makes
Safe Crash Landing
CHICAGO, (/PI — An American
Airlines Convair airliner, with 43
persons aboard, made a successful
crash landing on two wheels yes
terday after circling over Chicago
for more than an hour when the
plane’s landing gear failed to op
erate.
One of the 40 passengers suf
fered a cut finger as he scrambled
out of an escape hatch seconds
after the twin-engine plane made
a safe but slightly bumpy land
ing. The crew of three escaped
unhurt. The plane’s right wing,
a propellor and engine covering
were damaged.
The landing was made on the
jet runway at Glenview Naval
Air Station, about 20 miles north
of Midway Airport, the plane’s
destination after a flight originat
ing in Forth Worth, Texas.
Among the passengers were
Mrs. William G. Stratton, wife of
the governor of Illinois, and Peter
F. Mack Jr., Democratic congress
man from Carlinville, 111., who is
a flyer.
“I wasn't too scared,” Mrs.
Stratton said. “The captain and
crew were wonderful. They told
us what was wrong, what to ex
pect and how to get out.”
Incoming Chairmar
Affairs Committee 1
Good For Alaska an
-4
CAB Finds Seattle
Alaska Passenger
FaresUnreasonable
WASHINGTON, UP) — A Civil
Aeronautics Board examiner rul
ed yesterday that proposed air
line fare reductions between Seat
tle and Alaska are unreasonable
and should be disallowed.
Examiner James S. Keith said
the CAB has authority to pre
scribe minimum fares and should
do so without differentiating as
to the type of aircraft.
Keith also found that the two
big airlines involved—Pan Am
erican and Northwest—are justi
fied in operating DC-6B aircraft
over the States-Alaska routes at
the same fares charged by Alaska
Airlines and Pacific Northern for
travel on slower, nonpressurized
DC-4 planes. Alaska contended
this was an unfair practice.
The examiner ruled further
against compelling Pan American
and Pacific Northern to enter into
a joint fare agreement. He said
Pan American should be allowed
to continue to take part in thru
traffic between Seattle and Ju
neau, without imposing upon its
passengers the $5 stop-over charge
insisted upon by Pacific Northern
at Juneau.
Keith made his findings in the
form of an “initial decision.” If
no objections are filed within 10
days, the decision will become
the final order of the board.
The CAB established U. S.
Alaska passenger fare levels Sept.
18, 1953. However, last December
Pan American filed a proposal for
reduced fares. The three other air
lines soon took similar action.
Downed B-29 Was Flying
Over “Safe” Territory So
Escort Was Not Provided
TOKYO, UP)—A high American
military source said today it had
been considered unnecessary to
provide fighter escort for the U.S.
photo-mapping plane shot down
by Russian jets off Hokkaido
Sunday.
“We did not consider it neces
sary to escort this particular plane
since it was flying well inside
friendly territory,” the source
said.
“After all, if your aircraft
aren’t safe inside their own terri
tory, where are they safe?”
The 10 survivors of the B-29’s
11-man crew said they were never
closer than 15 miles from the
Soviet frontier—and farther than
that when the shooting started.
Although Veterans Day (Arm
istice Day) tomorrow is a legal
holiday, its observance as such
will be partial. Federal and
territorial offices will be dosed.
Some stores have announced
their closing and others will re
main open. The Post Office will
be closed.
t Senate Insular
Believes Prospects
A Hawaii Statehood
> By Frank W. Vaille
WASHINGTON, l/B—!Sen. Mur
ray <D-Mont)—incoming chairman
of the Senate Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee—said today he
believes prospects are “good” for
Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood
legislation in the coming session
of Congress.
He said he plans to introduce
again a bill to admit Alaska, pro
bably patterned after that ap
proved by the Senate last spring,
and added:
“They (Hawaii backers) know I
support Hawaii too.”
“I would favor statehood for
Alaska even though it is not
granted to Hawaii,” he declared,
“but my present inclination would
not be to grant statehood to Ha
waii if it isn’t accorded to Alaska.”
Reminded of President Eisen
hower’s apposition to Alaska
statehood, Murray said he didn’t
feel the President would veto such
a proposal if it were passed by
a substantial margin.
Murray said he felt statehood
would be a “good thing” for Al
aska and that “98 per cent of Al
askans want it and are willing to
assume its obligations and costs.”
Murray’s support of statehood
for both territories coincided with
that expressed last week by Rep.
Engle (D-Calif) who will head the
House Interior Committee in the
new Congress.
Engle told a newsman then the
two statehood bills would come
from his committee so quickly
“they’ll smoke from the friction.”
Thursday Is
Veteran’s Day
JUNEAU — Governor B. Frank
Heintzleman Tuesday called at
tention to the proclamation of
President Eisenhower which calls
upon all citizens to observe Thurs
day, November 11, 1954 as Vet
eran’s Day. “On that day let us
solemnly remember the sacrifices
of all those who fought so valiant
ly on the sea in the air and on
foreign shores to preserve our
heritage of freedom and let us
reconsecrate ourselves to the task
of promoting an enduring peace
so that their efforts shall not have
been in vain,” the President said
in his proclamation.
The President also directed gov
ernment official to arrange for the
display of the flag of the United
States on all public buildings on
Veteran’s Day. ,
November 11, formerly known
as Armistice Day was made a na
tional holiday by act of Congress
in 1938. Congress this year chang
ed the name of the holiday to
Veteran’s Day.
ELEPHANT TUSKS SALVAGED
FROM SHIP SUNK IN 1881
DARTMOUTH, England, UP) —
Officials of a British salvage firm
said last night that divers have
brought up 96 elephant tusks
from a richly laden ship that
sank in the English Channel 73
years ago. "