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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL, LVII No. 57NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1955 Per Copy—15^
Five Competitive
Zones Created For
Clean-up Program
Councilman Stan Morgan call
ed a meeting of organizational
heads last evening for the purpose
of setting up the program for
clean-up week, announced by the
city as starting on May 23.
A new program was adopted for
the campaign with the city being
divided into five zones with each
zone to have a committee in
charge composed of both men and
women living in the area. It is
reported that the clean-up in each
zone will be competitive so that
each zone will try to show the
greatest amount of improvement
during the clean-up period.
Zone 1 will include Belmont
Point, Sand Spit and the area up
to Dry Creek.
Zone 2 will start at Dry Creek,
include First Ave. and River St.
to B St. as far north as Third
Ave. to Steadman.
Zone 3 will include streets north
of Third Ave. east to Steadman.
Zone 4—all area east of Stead
man to city power plant.
Zone 5—Power plant east and
through King Island Village.
Many original ideas were sug
gested for maintaining cleanli
ness by education of the com
munity and development of civic
pride.
The city will reward the zone
showing the most improvement,
stated Councilman Morgan, by
generous improvements in side
walks and other facilities in that
particular area.
Representatives from the City,
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary
Club, and Home Art Club as well
as other interested citizens were
present and enthusiastic at the
meeting.
Zone committees will be an
nounced at a meeting next Thurs
day evening.
U.N. Charges Red Migs
With Unprovoked Attack
Over International Waters
MUNSAN KOREA, UR — The
U. N. Command charged today
that Communist Migs made an
“unprovoked” attack on Ameri
can Sabrejets Tuesday “over in
ternational waters” of the Yel
low Sea. Peiping radio declared
the Sabres had “intruded over
northeast China.”
Peiping’s broadcast a few hours
after the U.N. Command’s protest
to the Military Armistice Com
mission quoted the Reds’ official
People’s Daily as declared “Tues
day’s incident was a premeditated
act of aggression.”
The U. N. protest said the
Sabres, attacked “some 55 miles
southwest of Sinuiju . . . were
obliged to ddfend themselves and
in so doing destroyed two or
more Mig aircraft while sustain
ing no losses.”
The People’s Daily said one
Sabrejet was shot down and two
were damaged. It called the U.S.
report of two Migs downed and
two probably destroyed a “brazen,
wilful perversion of the truth.”
U.S. Newsman
Dies From Injuries
In Singapore Riots
SINGAPORE, W> — The British
sent thousands of steel-helmeted
Gurkha $nd Malayan troops into
emergency positions today as a
continuing wave of rioting swept
the island colony. The violence
already had claimed the lives of
American newsman Gene Sy
monds, of Dayton, Ohio, and two
other persons.
At least 36 persons have been
injured in the outbreak, touched
off yesterday by demonstrations
supporting a bus strike. The riot
ing posed a severe test for Singa
pore’s recently inaugurated Labor.
Front government, the colony’s
first elected cabinet.
Chief minister David Marshall
charged Communist influence was
apparent in the disorders.
Symonds, United Press man
ager for southeast Asia, died in
a hospital here this morning, 15
hours after he suffered head in
juries in the start of the disturb
ances. Hospital officials said the
29-year-old correspondent never
regained consciousness.
The colony’s worried new coun
cil of ministers met in emergency
session at Government House to
discuss the worsening situation.
As they gathered, fresh violence
threatened in the wake of the
rioting by 300 striking busmen
and several thousand of their sup
porters.
Trade union officials, protesting
police action yesterday against the
mob, called out workers of the
big British - owned Singapore
Traction Co. They also promised
to pull out more unions in the
next few days.
The Army announced that it
had closed all schools for military
families because the rioters yes
terdays stoned British children
being driven home in army
j trucks.
Alaska Airlines Proposes
$15 Differential In Fares
For PAA DC-6 Service
WASHINGTON, OB — Pan Am
erican World Airways yesterday
opposed Alaska Airlines’ proposal
for a $15 differential between
flights of DC-4 and DC-6B air
craft from Seattle to Fairbanks.
Howard Hamstra, Pan Ameri
can counsel, told the Civil Aero
nautics Board Alaska’s request
was prompted by a desire to have
“protection” in the competitive
market.
“Alaska is getting all the traffic
it is entitled to until it gets out
and buys some decent aircraft,”
Hamstra declared.
But James Bell, Alaska attor
ney, conteiided the differential
was a sound proposal based on
value of service. Inasmuch as
DC-4s operated by Alaska are un
pressurized and take 2V\ hours
longer between the two cities, he
said, passengers should be per
mitted to use them at a lower
fare.
The board took the proposal
under study.
Rotary-Sponsored
Musical Treat
Tonight at 8:30
The Wind Ensemble of the San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra
arrived this morning from An
chorage for the concert scheduled
this evening at 8:30 at the School
auditorium. They were met at
the airport by Rev. Havens, chair
man, and a committee from Ro
tary. >
This group has been brought to
Nome through the efforts of the
Nome Rotary Club, who have
paid for transportation and ex
penses of the group while in
Nome.
The community is indebted to
these outstanding artists who have
included Nome on their itinerary,
without remuneration of any
kind. Theirs is a crowded itin
erary and the community appreci
ates their generosity in taking
time to give of their outstanding
talents.
After the concert members of
Rotary and their guests will en
tertain the members of the En
semble with a smorgasbord at the
Bering Sea Club.
The Ensemble will leave for
Fairbanks Saturday where they
will play another concert that
night.
Galvin Gives $500
Scholarship At
Alaska University
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COLLEGE, Alaska — Last Fri
day, Dr. Ernest N. Patty, Univer
sity of Alaska president, received
a message from a Nome merchant
requesting he be met at the Fair
banks International Airport. The
educator complied and returned
with a $500 scholarship for the
institution.
The donor is Larry Galvin.
While waiting for a plane to
Seattle he handed the check to
Dr. Patty and asked that the
scholarship be used either for a
boy or girl graduate of the Nome
high school attending the univer
sity.
The winner of the Larry Gal
vin Scholarship will be selected
by the Nome School Board with
the assistance of the superintend
ent of schools at Nome. The award
will be based upon scholastic
averages and need.
Galvin requested that the scho
larship be awarded for one year.
He then will decide whether it
should be extended to the first
winner, or will be a one - year
scholarship awarded to a new
graduate each year.
Galvin said he had been plan
ning the scholarship for some time
because he feels that people who
make money in the territory
should “leave some of their win
nings in the territory. This is vital
if Alaska is going to properly
develop.”
Galvin added that an invest
ment in the education of Alaska’s
young men and women is the most
satisfying and fruitful investment
that any man can make.
House - Approved Cuts In Military
Manpower Headed For Senate Fight
Gen. Taylor To
Replace Ridgway
As Chief of Staff
WASHINGTON, UPi— President
Eisenhower today nominated Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor to be the new
chief of staff of the Army.
Taylor will succeed Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway on June 30.
Taylor commanded the 8th
Army in some of the bitterest
fighting of the Korean War. He is
now serving as commander in
chief, Far East Command, and
and commander in chief, United
Nations Command.
His appointment as chief of
staff is for a term of two years.
Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer will
take over Taylor’s two commands
in the Far East.
Ridgway’s two-year term as
chief of staff would have expired
next August.
He reached the mandatory
Army retirement age of 60 last
March 31, but the Army retained
him on active duty with approval
of President Eisenhower.
Ridgway has not seen eye to
eye with the Eisenhower adminis
trator’s decision to cut back Army
manpower. Ridgway has contend
ed repeatedly that atomic and
other new weapons would require
more, not fewer, ground forces
| because of a necessity for dis
persal.
Taylor, 54, came out of World
War II with a reputation as a
man of daring.
He went into Italy secretly
ahead of the invasion by Ameri
can forces to sound out Italian
Marshal Badoglio on a quick sur
render.
Later, when Taylor’s 101st Air
borne Division was cut off and
surrounded at Bastogne, he was
in Washington. He flew back to
Europe and parachuted into the
center of his division, knowing
full well that either death or cap
ture would be his fate if the
Germans won the battle.
Austria To Become
Free Sunday After 17
Years of Occupation
VIENNA, Austria, Ufi — U. S.
Secretary of State Dulles arrived
in jubilant Vienna today to sign
the Austrian treaty of independ
ence.
It was a gratifying moment for
the American diplomat, who had
insisted the ambassadors of the
Big Four powers reach agreement
on treaty terms before the foreign
ministers meet for the actual
signing.
Late yesterday, the Russians ac
cepted a compromise solution of
fered by the West on a key issue
of economic concessions, and the
way was cleared for the signing
on Sunday of a treaty to give
Austria’s seven million people
full freedom after 17 years of
military occupation.
> By WILLIAM F. ABROGAST
WASHINGTON, (A*» — Over
whelmingly approved by the
House, President Eisenhower’s
program to cut military man
power during the new fiscal year
headed today for a new fight in
the Senate.
Despite outspoken criticism
from some senators, advance in
dications were that the President
would be upheld also by the Sen
ate when it gets around to voting
on the subject some weeks hence.
The manpower curtailment plan
won the backing of the House
yesterday as it passed 382-0 a bill
to give the Defense Department
$31,488,206,000 in new funds for
the fiscal year starting July 1
On successive and lopsided
voice votes, the House beat down
amendments which would have
boosted the bill’s money total and
maintained military manpower
during the new year at levels
projected for June 30 of this year.
The President’s program, ap
proved without change, culls for
an over-all cut of 102,300 from
that figure by June 30, 1956, with
the Army being trimmed 87,000,
the Navy 8,300 and the Marine
Corps 12,000 and the Air Force
increased by 5,000.
Rep. Flood (D-Pa> told the House
it was unsafe, in the light of exist
ing conditions, to pare down mili- t
tary strength. He said Russia is
building up her army, navy and
air force and obviously isn’t pre
paring for peace.
He said the main administration
argument for the cuts was that
they would help balanbe the bud
get, but he added:
“That’s a sham—you know the
budget won’t be balanced.”
Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) of the
Appropriations Committe replied
that the next war would be de
cided in three or four days—“at
most a week”—with no chance
for getting the added divisions
into full action.
Rickenbacker Foresees
Interplanetary Travel
In Next Fifty Years
COLUMBUS, Ohio, UP) — Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker, president of
Eastern Airlines, has predicted
commercial flights at 2,500 mph
in the span of the next half cen
tury of aviation.
Speaking yesterday at the open
ing of Eastern service here, Rick
enbacker said in the next 50 years
“space ships will become com
monplace for interplanetary tra
vel.”
He said he believes the airplane
would bring the world closer to
gether “eliminating the petty
hates and jealousies, which breed
war.”
THAT OLD FEELING
DENVER, UP) — Mrs. Louise
Niner, who celebrated her 100th
birthday yesterday, commented
on the event:
“It feels as though you are
getting old.”
San Francisco Symphony WIND ENSEMBLE
TONIGHT AT THE NOME HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM .... 8:30 P.M.
Get your tickets now for this major Nome Musical Event