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VOL. LVII No. 41 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1955 Per Copy-^
Eden Becomes England’s 42nd Prime
Minister On Churchill’s Retirement
By JACK SMITH
LONDON, (jP) — Sir Anthony
Eden became Britain’s 42nd prime
minister today, but told parlia
ment Sir Winston Churchill will
remain the “dominant figure” in
the House of Commons.
Eden appeared in the House a
few hours after receiving from
Queen Elizabeth II the mandate
to form a government in succes
sion to Churchill’s. His appear
ance did not set off much of a
demonstration.
There was a sound of approval
from the Conservative benches
t behind him, but the Laborites
were silent. It was evident the
Commons still had its mind on
Churchill, who was not even
present to hear the tributes of
Eden and Clement Attlee, leader
of the Labor opposition.
Eden said Churchill’s greatest
attribute in statesmanship rests
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on the fact “he brought a most
complete vision” to problems be
fore him and always cut through
to their core.
“When he comes back from his
holiday he will still be the dom
inant figure among us,” Eden said,
! adding:
“I for my part will do all I
can to serve our country.”
Churchill, who gave up the pre
miership yesterday under the
burden of his 80 years, departs
next Tuesday for a rest in Sicily.
Attlee, the opposition leader,
said Churchill “gave leadership
to the country when it needed it
most.” His voice seemed to break
a little when he spoke of his
party’s “warm affection” for the
wartime leader.
Eden at 57 is the youngest
prime minister in three decades.
He also is the first divorced man
in history to hold the job.
Four Prizes Will
Be Given In Easter
Sunday Dog Derby
Three entries have been made
for the Nome River Derby to be
run Easter Sunday and they are
William Nelson, Paul Kakaruk,
and Pete Larsen Sr.
It has been announced that the
drawing for place will be held at
the City Hall Saturday afternoon
at 2 p.m. Col. W. Borden also
urges the teams which ran last
Sunday to participate again.
In the short races which will
follow the dog derby, the young
people’s course for skis and sled
races will start at the U. S. Merc
and end at the Fire Station, re
ports Pete Reader who is lining
up the events. He also stated that
if there are too many entries,
only four “teams” will be run
at a time.
Due to the generosity of the
merchants who are contributing
the prizes, a fourth award will
be announced for the dog derby.
Business houses which have do
noted cash for the Easter event
are:
Polaris Hotel, Hagen’s Jewelry,
Nome Drug, Q Cab, Glue Pot,
Alaska Cab, Wien Airlines, Mor
gan and Son, Nome Liquor Store,
Nome Nugget, Nome Bakery,
Polar Bar and Curio, Bering Sea
Club, Builders Supply, Juke Box
Steve, Nome Specialty Sales, Pan
American Airways, Northern
Commercial Co., Trading Post,
Palet’s Store, Cavota’s Store,
Arctic Oil, and Alaska Aii'lines.
Prizes for the children’s races
have been announced by Joe
Kroninger as $5 for first prize,
S3 for second and $2 for third.
Children who plan to entelr the
races are requested to register
with Jack Reed at Builders
Supply.
Michigan Demos Win
DETROIT, (#>—Michigan Dem
ocrats, marching arm in arm with
organized labor, appeared Tues
day to have crushed Republican
comeback hopes in Monday’s elec
tion.
On the basis of incomplete re
turns, Gov. G. Mennen Williams’
Democratic Party had almost
* shoved the Republicans out of the
state capitol administrative jobs.
Alaska Welfare Checks
Will Be Mailed This Week
JUNEAU, UP> — Alaska welfare
checks should be in the mails by
the end of the week, director
Henry Harmon says.
Gov. Heintzleman signed the
emergency $200,000 welfare funds
bill yesterday. It passed both
House and Senate last Saturday
while the department’s regular
funds were held up in the dead
lock over the general appropria
tions bill.
The checks will go into the
mails as soon as administrative
procedures are completed, Har
mon said. Before they can be
mailed, however, federal agencies
in Washington, D.C. must be noti
fied in order to secure the match
ing funds provided for old age
pensions, aid to dependent chil
dren and the blind.
Harmon notified district wel
fare offices throughout the terri
tory the payments should be
available by the end of the week.
New Military Transport
Plane Has Power Of
Five Locomotives
BURBANK, Calif., (£> — A new'
military transport plane that has
the power of five locomotives and
can carry 106 passengers was
being given flight tests today.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. an
nounced last night that its new
and more powerful Super Con
stellation, ordered by the Air
Force, was given a successful
maiden flight Monday.
Lockheed said the Air Force
has ordered two of the sky giants,
known as the YC-12-1F.
Wm. 0. Peterson, Founder
Of Seattle Sourdough
Club Passes Away
SEATTLE, lift—Funeral services
will be held at Renton, Wash.,
Friday for William O. Peterson,
founder of the Sourdough Club.
He died here Monday at the age
of 73.
Peterson was born in Tacoma.
He went to Alaska in 1898 and
operated a bicycle shop at Daw
son until 1904, when he moved
to Seattle.
He founded the Sourdough
Club about 1933'. It is composed
of persons who have visited
Alaska.
Record 438 Ballots
In City Election
A record vote since 1948 turn
ed out yesterday and cast 438
ballots in the city election. Steve
Andersen, unopposed, was re
elected to his fifth term as mayor
and Carrie McLain was re-elected
for her 13th year in office as
city clerk and magistrate.
Re-elected for the five - year
term on the school board was
Helen Fagerstrom with the great
est single vote of 351.
Jack Reed was re-elected for
his second term as city treasurer.
Unopposed on the Utilities
Board were Harry Lewis and El
mer Straub.
Three business men were elect
ed to the city council:
Stan Morgan, pioneer Alaskan
and recently retired ACS officer,
who now owns the former Nome
Motor Co., dealer in General
Motors cars, with 267 votes;
James Walsh, manager of Pan
American Airways at Nome, with
236 votes,
And Keith Hedreen of the Polar
Bar and Curio Shop, with 219
votes.
Walsh and Hedreen have pre
viously served on the city coun
cil.
Following are the returns:
For Mayor
Steve Andersen . 345
For City Councilmen
Stanley Morgan . 267
James Walsh . 236
Keith Hedreen . 219
Wallace Mclver . 207
Charles Reader . 164
Arvo Saario . 89
For City Clerk
Carrie McLain . 332
For City Treasurer
Jack Reed . 328
For School Board
Helen Fagerstrom . 351
For Utility Board
Elmer Straub . 325
Harry Lewis . 299
Negotiators Seek Resolve
Differences Between AGC
And Alaska Labor Unions
ANCHORAGE, UP) — Negotia
tions which it is hoped will bring
about a peaceful construction sea
son in Alaska are underway at
Anchorage.
The sessions began Tuesday
following the arrival from Seat
tle of Albin Peterson, of the Fed
eral Conciliation Service.
He met with representatives of
the Alaska Chapter, Associated
General Contractors, and repre
sentatives of seven AFL unions,
including laborers, iron workers,
bricklayers, operating engineers,
teamsters, cement masons and
lathers.
It is the first time union and
management has faced each other
since negotiations broke down in
Seattle Feb. 26. At that time it
was decided to seek the services
of a conciliator.
Meanwhile, at least two An
chorage locals—laborers and iron
workers — have voted to strike
should conciliation efforts fail.
Present scales for construction
workers range from $3.18an
hour for building laborers to $4.32
for plasterers, bricklayers and
lathers.
Unions reportedly are asking a
32-cent increase, while manage
ment has suggested a \2Vz-cenX
cut.
COPENHAGEN, ^ — Denmark
has refused to buy seven million
dollars worth of U. S. surplus
foodstuffs because half of it must
be shipped in American ships.
Only Unemployment Insurance Loan
Fund Measure Remains Before Alaska
Legislature Which Adjourns Friday
McCutcheon Against
District Plan For Election
3rd Div. Representatives
JUNEAU, US)—Rep. Stanley Mc
Cutcheon (D-Anchorage), arguing
against a bill to set up districts
in the Third Division for the elec
tion of members of the Houfee,
said yesterday he would not run
again.
“This session has convinced
me,” he told the House.
He made the statement in as
serting that the district proposal
would eliminate several of the
present Anchorage Democratic
representatives.
It probably would eliminate
eight, he said, because of a dis
trict setup that would lead to
some Republicans getting in and
some local residents probably get
ting elected in their own dis
tricts.
On the final rollcall on the
measure, McCutcheon’s vote was
the only one against the measure.
$350,000 In Cash
Stolen From
New York Bank
NEW YORK, UP)—Four gunmen
robbed a Queens bank today of
$350,000 — believed the largest
cash haul ever taken from a bank.
The loot earlier had been re
ported at $200,000 and $300,000.
The denominations of the bills
were not announced. Apparently
they were small because they
were intended for routine trans
actions at the teller’s windows.
The four men, one carrying a
machine gun, herded 11 employes
of the Chase Manhattan Bank’s
Woodside branch into the rear
and made a clean getaway.
The branch is about five miles
east of Times Square, across the
East River on largely residential
Long Island.
It was one of the branches in
volved in a merger last week of
the Chase National Bank and the
Bank of Manhattan Co. The Chase
Manhattan is the nation’s second
largest bank with assets of $7,
596,575,718.
Airlift Races April
Break-up To Get D-E-W
Materials Into The North
SEATTLE, (#> — A race against
time is under way to get needed
materials north for the protec
tive D-E-W radar line along the
rim of the continent, the Pan Am
erican Clipper, a trade publica
tion, says. *
The mid-April ice breakup is
described as the reason.
Pan American World Airways,
Pacific-Alaska Division, is flying
the construction materials to
Fairbanks and the Air Force is
moving them from there to Point
Barrow. Caterpillar trains then
haul them to the sites.
Most of the Pan-Am cargo to
date has been prime grade ply
wood and other construction mat
erials.
A DC-4 normally used in the
civil air movement of troops for
the military has been assigned
here the past two weeks. It will
continue special flights another
two weeks.
> JUNEAU, UP — The end of the
prolonged special session of the
Alaska legislature appeared al
most in sight today, with just one
major measure remaining before
the weary lawmakers.
It was the unemployment in
surance loan fund bill, which has
been tied up in a conference com
mittee deadlock as both House
and Senate jockeyed for position
on other measures.
Still attached was a salmon tax
proposal, the measure aimed at
fish traps. The Senate resound
ingly voted such a tax down yes
terday, as House members watch
ed from the galleries.
Meanwhile, the 31 million dol
lar general appropriations bill
was due to reach Gov. Heintzle
man’s desk during the day, some
48 hours before his 10 a.m. Fri
day deadline for the extraordin
ary session. The House passed it
14 to 8 and the Senate approved
it unanimously.
In the Senate debate on the
salmon tax, opponents said it
would also hit seine boat oper
ators lucky enough to make big
I catches.
Six Democrats joined with the
four Republicans to defeat it.
Democrats agreed at a caucus
Monday to bring out the loan
bill without the fish tax attached
to it if the Senate would act in
dependently on the salmon bill.
The loan bill would provide funds
from the territorial treasury sur
plus for the empty unemployment
insurance fund so payments of
weekly benefits to eligible job
less persons can be resumed. The
loan proposals have ranged from
one to two million dollars.
New Liquor Law Passed
One other bill also received
final legislative action during the
ninth day of the special session.
It was an act to restrict the
issuance of liquor dispensing li
censes so that no new ones could
be issued if there is more than
one for each 1,500 persons within
a 10 - mile radius. An exception
would be made for resorts or for
new hotels and travelers’ inns.
The House also approved a bill
to provide for districts for the
election of the 10 members of the
House of Representatives from
the 3rd Division, but it will come
up again today on Rep. Richard
Greuel’s notice of a move to re
consider.
The salmon tax issue provided
the highlight of the afternoon, as
House members moved into the
Senate galleries to watch the out
come of the issue over which they
had been applying steady pres
sure on the Senate.
House Tries New Tactic
The House even tried a new
wrinkle in inter-chamber appeal.
Shortly before it voted, the Sen
ate received a memorial which
stated:
“The House respectfully prays,
beseeches and begs that the dis
dinguished Senate will pass House
Bill No. 8.”
The memorial said flatly that
the measure is “designed to elim
inate fish traps and to help resi
dent Alaskan fishermen;” that the
people had voted against them
and that both parties were on
record against them.
The bill proposed a graduated
tax upon catches of salmon above
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