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VOL. LX NoT76 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1958 Per Copy—15^
CAA Plans
Many More
Fields In Alaska
“We haven’t started yet to take
care of air transportation in
Alaska. Where five or six fields
are in use here between Fair
banks and Nome, many times
that many will be j>ut into oper
ation in the next few years,”
said A1 Hulen, director of CAA
activities in Alaska. He was
main speaker at the 20th anni
versary dinner given last evening
at the Seaview Room of North
Star by the Chamber of Com
merce and the City of Nome.
Hulen also explained the dif
ference between the CAA and the
CAB which frequently confuses
the public, stating that CAB is a
board which makes the safety
regulations for air transportation
and the control of air space while
CAA enforces the regulations.
Charles Planck, information of
ficer from the Anchorage head
quarters gave an interesting talk
on the control of air space and
the necessary fantastic amount of
space needed by the bigger and
faster jet planes.
Floryn Rhode, local station
manager presented Mr. Hulen
with an orange flourescent tie
made by Mrs. Rhode from para
chute cloth to match the newly
decorated plane which brought
the party to Nome and is the
first of the 88 CAA planes in
America to be so painted as a
safety measure. It was stated
that the plane was visible for
five miles.
Others in the party were Mrs.
Charles Planck and son.
Washington, D.C. guests who
were expected and Waino Hen
drickson were detained in Fair
banks.
Mayor Steve Andersen was
toastmaster.
Mate For Bubbles
Turns Out To Be
Another Female
SAN PEDRO, Calif., UP) —
Bubbles, the lonesome whale, has
a new playmate.
Bubbles is the star performer
at Marineland of the Pacific, a
, big oceanarium near here. For
months the owners have been
trying to find a mate for Bubbles.
Recently a whale was caught
and brought to Marineland to
join Bubbles in the aquatic show.
But whale experts found that
the new whale, Alas, is another
female.
She is a 10-foot 1,000 pounder,
much smaller than Bubbles.
Japanese Volcano
Kills 12, Injures 23
KUMANOTO, Japan. <#) — Mt.
Aso still spewed smoke today
after an eruption that came with
out warning, killing 12 Japanese
and injuring 28.
Six of the injured were in ser
ious condition.
Diminishing earth tremors were
felt through much of today.
The 5,225-foot active volcano
in Southern Japan flung rocks
and ashes last night over a two
mile radius, demolishing small
buildings.
Seven of those killed were
workmen hurled to the ground
from the top of a 50-foot cable
car they were repairing. Other
victims were trapped in the
cable car ticket office and in
houses near the summit.
The volcano’s first known
eruption was in 796 A. D.
Scouting Head Has
Brief Visit Here
Dr. Arthur Shuck, chief Scout
executive of the Boy Scouts of
America, arrived this morning
for a brief two hour visit with
the sponsors of Scouting, Rotar
ians of Nome.
Shuck is the third chief exec
utive in the history of the or
ganization, his predessors being
Dr. James West and Dr. E. K.
Fretwell and runs Boy Scouts
from Brunswick, N. Y. where
Scout headquarters are located.
He was accompanied by O. D.
Sharpe of Portland, regional
Scout executive, Art Wiedeman
of Lewistown, Mont., Dr. O. H.
Christoffersen, Loe Eilertsen and
Sol Levy, all of Seattle. From
Fairbanks was Clark Lethin, head
of Scouting in the territory who
is about to leave for his new
assignment in Portland.
A second group of Scouters ar
rived at noon and were guests of
Rotary Club including Todd Pur
cell leader for Midnight Sun
District; Walt Williams council
commissioner from Spenard; Ma
jor Pettigo, Explorer counselor;
Dan Hartley of Fairbanks; Sgt.
Lyle Culbertson, advisor from
Ladd AFB; Col. John Vogt, pilot
and Lt. Eugene Haywood co-pilot,
district Scout executive Ray
Bach from Anchorage.
Walt Williams stated that the
density of Scouting in Northern
Alaska is almost double that of
any ether part of the territory
and that the leaders hoped to be
able to have another man as
signed to teh area so that more
service can be given to the move
ment in this area.
Nitre Explorer Scouts from
Fairbanks were also in the party.
Alabama Brothers
Cycling 6,000 Miles
To Fairbanks, Alaska
WICHITA, Kan., (£> — Two
Alabama brothers, Bob and
Claude Brantley of Lenox, will
resume an Alabama-to-Alaska
bicycle trip today.
But 25-year-old Clyde Brantley,
a third brother who left Lenox
with them June 7, will head for
home.
Clyde didn’t give out. Their
money threatened to, so they
drew straws today and he lost.
“Maybe it’s just as well,”
Clyde said, because back in Lenox
he can get back to his truck
driving job “and start earning
again so I can help if they need
more money to finish the trip.”
The three had planned to ride
into Fairbanks Sept. 1, com
pleting an approximately 6,000
mile overland trip.
It’s something he and Bob
planned after vacationing at
Fairbanks three years ago, Clyde
said. “Clyde’s never been there
—so Alaska will be new to him.”
They’ve been averaging 75
miles and $7.50 daily, pedaling
eight to nine hours, carrying
packs including bed rolls, utility
kits, canteens, rain coats and a
.22 rifle.
TUESDAY BALL SCORES
American League
New York 6, Chicago 2
Boston 4, Cleveland 3
Detroit 5, Baltimore 0
National League
Chicago 3, Philadelphia 0
St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1
Milwaukee 2, San Francisco 1
Los Angeles 13-7, Cincinnati 10-2
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 3, Vancouver 2
Phoenix 12, Spokane 9
Reds Demonstrate
Before American
Embassy In Russia
MOSCOW, UP) — A crowd of
more than 1,000 Russians, some
angrily shaking their fists and
shouting the Russian equivalent
of “dirty s.o.b.,” demonstrated
today at the U. S. embassy.
About 150 Soviet policemen
kept the crowd under control.
One screaming Russian hurled
a stone through an open window
but there was no other damage.
U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn
Thompson told reporters he
planned no protest because “un
der our system of government we
do not object to peaceful assem
bly and demonstrations.”
About 150 Soviet policemen
kept the noisy crowd under con
trol and no rocks or ink bottles
were thrown.
The crowd included some
youths in Red Army uniforms.
The Russians converged on the
building almost simultaneously
from three directions in what
Clearly was a well-planned dem
onstration.
The embassy had prepared for
Russian retaliation against dem
onstrations by Hungarian refu
gees last weekend at the Soviet
U. N. offices in New York. Em
bassy windows were boarded,
the first floor had been evacuated
and Russian employees were
given the day off.
Placards carried by the shout
ing demonstrators read “ down
with provocateurs” and “Yanks
go home” in English and Russian.
Commerce Dept.
Says Slump
Hits Bottom
WASHINGTON, UP—'The Com
[merce Department says the slump
in sales and production, one of
the chief factors blamed for the
recession, has stopped.
In the broadest statement so
far from any government agency
in support of contentions the re
cession has hit bottom, the de
partment said yesterday:
“Recently both sales and pro
duction have steadied. The
downtrend which began in early
1957 has been arrested at a point
about 15 per cent under the end
of 1956 total.”
However, the department said
there is no clear evidence yet of
a slowing down in inventory liq
uidation—which it described as
the most important single factor
aggravating the business slump.
On another economic front,
government officials said pri
vately they expect the report
on employment during June to
show an increase in joblessness
of probably 500,000 to 600,000.
Practically all of the increase,
however, is expected to reflect
students and school teachers
looking for summer jobs. Unem
ployment usually rises by roughly
that number between May and
June every year.
Air Force Cadets Visit Japan
FUCHU, Japan, UP — Sixty
cadets from the U. S. Air Force
Academy arrived at Taachikawa
Air Base today for a four-day
visit.
The cadets, on a tour of the
Pacific, represent one-third of
the class of 1959 at the Colorado
Springs Institution.
Statehood Opponents Quote Letter
From Ketchikan Editor Emery Tobin
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senate
opponents of statehood for Alaska
came up toda^ with a letter from
an Alaska editor saying the ter
ritory can’t afford state status.
Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D-Va)
named the editor as Emery F.
Tobin of Ketchikan and read his
letter into the record as the Sen
ate approached the stage of pre
liminary voting on the statehood
bill.
Tobin contended Alaska “could
not afford the luxury of state
hood” and asserted most resi
dents in Southeast Alaska are
opposed to the territory’s ad
mission as a state.
Opponents of statehood, he said
do not have the financial means
to be heard.
Robertson quoted Tobin as say
ing opponents of statehood want
to see Alaska develop industrially
before coming into the union.
Sixty-five per cent of terri
torial income, the editor said,
now derives from the federal
government.
Alaska, the letter continued,
has only one year-round industry
—a pulp mill at Ketchikan.
Seaton Says Alaska Ready
Outside of the Senate chamber
a different picture of the Alaskan
i situation was presented by Sec
retary of the Interior Seaton.
Seaton called on President
Eisenhower and told newsmen
later his purpose was to discuss
the statehood bill. He said he
gave Eisenhower new statistics
on Alaska’s economy, and added
he had copies delivered to each
member of the Senate.
In general, Seaton said, the re
port shows Alaska’s economy is as
healthy as an economy can be.
He said it demonstrates the ter
ritory is perfectly capable of
carrying its share of the load as
a state.
In the Senate Robertson agreed
with Sen. James O. Eastland
(D-Miss, that “once you set the
precedent . . . you will find it
difficult to resist ...” the admis
sion of other noncontiguous areas
such as Hawaii, Guam, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Sen. Mike Mansfield, acting
Democratic leader, reminded
Robertson that the Senate has
only the Alaska bill before it
expressed “hope we can keep
away from such side areas as
Guam and Puerto Rico.”
With some preliminary vot
ing possible today, Sen. Henry
Jackson (D-Wash) said he was
confident there was enough votes
in the Senate to pass the bill.
He said he would hesitate to
use the word filibuster but added
His Own Car Hits
Oldster Three Times
FRANKFORT, Ky., — Lewis
Aldridge, 65, was hit—not once,
but three times—by an automo
bile which had no driver yes
terday.
Aldridge explained from his
hospital bed that he was backing
the car from his farm yard
when he fell out. The car, he
said, kept going in circles, and
each time Aldridge tried to get
up, the car hit him again.
Finally, two cousins and a
neighbor dragged Aldridge out
of the way and stopped the auto.
Aldridge suffered four broken
ribs.
he felt opponents were seeking
to delay final action beyond a
July 3 deadline provided in the
bill for the President to notify
the Alaska governor of the bill’s
enactment.
Purpose of such a maneuver, he
said, would be either to cloud
the bill’s legal status or seek to
force an amendment to the bill.
No Amendments Yet
Any amendment would force
return of the bill to the House,
where a parliamentary tangle
might further delay or prevent
passage of the measure. Its
sponsors are seeking Senate pas
sage of the House bill without
change, to avoid that possibility.
When the Senate recessed last
night after 8 Vz hour of debate
there still were no amendments
formally offered to the bill.
In a prepared speech which he
broke off without completing,
however, Sen. Strom Thurmond
(D-SC) gave notice that he plans
to submit an amendment.
Aides said it was one of sev
eral he may offer.
Goldfine Probe
Explodes In
Angry Row
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
Goldfine-Adams investigation ex
ploded into an angry row today
climaxed by dismissal of a for
mer Securities and Exchange
Commission head from the wit
ness stand.
J. Sinclair Armstrong, SEC
chairman in 1955-1957 and now
Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
tangled from the outset with
chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark>
of the House subcommittee dig
ging into SEC handling of cases
involving Bernard Goldfine, a
Boston industrialist.
The Congress members want to
know whether SEC *pulled its
punches and whether it was in
fluenced by Sherman Adams, top
aide to President Eisenhower and
a close friend of Goldfine.
“I’ve been outraged” at al
legations that SEC people “could
possibly be influenced by any
body,” Armstrong hotly told the
congressmen.
Harris asked the former SEC
chief to step aside and not re
sume the witness stand until
Harris returned from another
committee meeting the congress
man was about to attend. He
said he had some questions to
ask personally.
Armstrong kept right on.
“I’ve been waiting for two years
to make this statement,” he said
in a rising voice.
“You’ve been before this com
mittee at the beginning of every
Congress,” shot back Harris.
“Well* what have we talked
about?” asked Harris.
Banging his gavel, Harris sent
Armstrong from, the witness
chair.
It was presumed that Arm
strong would be called back later
in the day. Meanwhile, the
congressman turned to some sec
ondary witnesses.
There were indications the
subcommittee would deal gin
gerly with a question that bobbed
up yesterday whether Goldfine
bestowed favors on federal judges.