NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVIII No, 73_NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1956 Per Copy—15*
YUGOSLAVIA WILL SIDE WITH
RUSSIA IF WAR SHOULD COME
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Tomorrow Is ‘Longest' Day
With The Sun Visible
21 Hours and 32 Minutes
Tomorrow, according to the
almanacs, is the first day of sum
mer and is usually considered the
longest day of the year. The sun
will rise at 1:17 a.m. Thursday
morning and will set at 10:49 p.m.
giving us 21 hours and 32 min
utes of daylight. However, the
next day, Friday, June 22, will
be just as long since the sun will
rise a minute later and set a
minute later.
Thereafter, according to the
Weather Bureau, the days will * it
progressively shorter until Dec.
21, the shortest day of the year.
Bartlett Asks for Another
Federal Judge for Alaska
WASHINGTON, (4*—Delegate
Bartlett (D-Alaska) testified be
fore a Senate Judiciary subcom
mittee yesterday to urge another
federal judge for the territory.
The subcommittee has under
consideration 4 bills providing
for the creation of additional dis
trict and circuit judges to meet
the increasing workload of the
federal courts. Altogether, 31 ad
ditional judgeships have been pro
posed.
KM) Licenses for
Motor Vehicles
Issued at Nome
With the arrival of 38 new cars
and trucks on the Tonsina this
week Nome has in the neighbor
hood of 400 licensed vehicles on
the roads.
According to the Territorial Tax
Office, which issued the license
plates, there were 211 licensed
trucks and 19*7 passenger cars
before the new ears were brought
ashore. These totals include the
cars in Solomon, Kotzebue and
those of the M K Co here
Among the new cars in town
now are; a white four-wheel drive
Jeep ambulance and patrol ear
for the City ; a Jeep station wagon
far the Polaris Hotel; a Jeep for
Sgt Jim Bianmng of A C5 , and
a Jeep pickup with snow removal
blade for Morgan and Son
Alaska Hoad Commission has
three new Ford dump trucks, two
Chevrolet pickups and a 'low-boy’
truck
Alaska Cab has a new Chevro
let taxi and Q Cab has two new
Plymouth cabs, radio equipped
Two new Plymouth taxis were
brought m by Larry Galvin for
Chuck Goedde and Hank Strick
land of Nome Taxi, who will
open their cab stand m a day or
two.
A Ford sedan was brought in
for A E. Boh re r and Morris
Thompson purchased one of the
new Ford pickups from the SC j
Co
Alaska Alrtuve has a new Ford
cab-over-eng me truck Stiver**
Hum a trudge sedan and Modern
Cleaners a new Chevrolet station
wagon.
> MOSCOW —Yugoslavia today
agreed to cooperate with the So
viet government and Communist
Party “on a basis of equality,” and
Soviet Defense Minister Georgi
Zhukov told Yugoslav President
Tito their two countries will fight
“shoulder to shoulder” in any fu
ture war.
Zhukov spoke out after a
Kremlin ceremony at which Tito
and Soviet leaders signed two
communiques outlining the agree
ments reached during the Yugo-,.
slav leader’s three-week visit to
Russia.
Would Admit Red China
The communique on relations
between the two governments ex
pressed their agreement that (1)
Communist China should be ad
mitted to the United Nations, (2)
that Germany should be united
through negotiation rather than t
| the elections which the West has
advocated, and <3* that Formosa
should be handed over to Red
China.
It also said both governments
looked forward to future personal
contacts between thenrl..
Khukov’s statement came after
Tito had awarded him Yugoslav-;
La’s highest decoration, the Order
of Freedom, for his World War II
command of Soviet armed forces
which Tito said led to “the libera
tion of Yugoslavia from the Fas
cist invaders.”
'Hand in Hand'
“I am convinced the people of
the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia
will march hand in hand for peace
and socialism,” Zhukov replied.
“We will do all we can to assure
peace in the world, but *f a war
is imposed on us, we will be to
gether shoulder to shoulder as in
the last war to fight for the well
being of mankind,”
Truman Receives
Honorary Degree
From Oxford U.
OXFORD. England. UP—-Harry
S. Truman, who was too poor to
go to college, today received an
honorary degree from Oxford, one
of the world** most distinguished
universities
Tears filled the eyes of the far
mer US President when Lord
Halifax, chancellor of the univer
sity. conferred the degree of Doc
tor of Civil Laws with this eulogy
Truest of allies, direct in your
speech and m your writing, and
ever a pattern of simple courage
Truman smiled, choked up, and
then quickly whipped out a hand
kerchief and blew his none
"Never, never m m* Ufe, he
whispered to a reporter 'did 1
ever think I’d be a Yank at Ox
ford **
The auditorium of Oxford's an
cient theater rang with applauwe
an the degree was conferred
•‘I've attended a lot of thews
convocations." said an aid prole*
mt after the House became quiet
j *T don't remember when there
was ever so much applause
Mrs Truman, sitting sdvetal
: rows behind her husband, fttau
j wiped the tears from her eyes.
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Stevenson Still Leading
Democrat Contenders for
Presidential Nomination
By the Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson continued to
I lead the pack today in Democratic
National Convention vote strength
but still had less than half the
delegates needed for the presiden
tial nomination.
A new Associated Press tabula
tion of pledges and expressed first
ballot preferences gave Stevenson
301 Vi, Sen. Estes Kefauver 165,
and Gov. Averell Harriman of
New York llOVi. A total of 686t£
votes is needed for nomination.
Harriman’s total rose yesterday
with the naming by the New York
State Committee of a 21-vote at
large group to complete the state’s
98-vote delegation.
Other Democratic presidential
possibilities represented in the
tabulation were Sen. Lyndon
Johnson of Texas with 57 votes,
Gov. Frank Lausche of Ohio, 54Vi,
Sen. Symington of Missouri, 46Vi,
Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Mich
igan 44, others 13, and 356 uncom
mitted. Democrats have yet to
name delegates with 224 votes.
ReDublieans have picked 1,179
of their 1,323 convention dele
gates. Some 1,108 favor renomina
tion of President Eisenhower and
Gen. Curtis LeMay Says Ballistics
Missiles Are Greatly Over-Rated
Says B-52 Will Share
In Importance for
Long Time to Come
WASHINGTON Of*—Gen. Curtis
LeMay, commander of this coun
try’s long-range bomber force,
says the intercontinental ’ballistic
missile »ICBM> “has blown up all
oOl of proportion to its real im
portance.”
“It is not the ultimate weapon,"
LeMay told the Senate Appropri
ations Committee. “It will be an
other weapon in our arsenal."
LeMay, chief of the Strategic
Air Command, testified in secret
on June 11. The committee yester
day released hu* testimony after it
had been censored to prevent mil
itary secrete from getting out.
Senate debate on funds for the
military got going meanwhile, en
Many Noncilrs Attend
The Frank Whaley »
25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mm. Frank Whaley
celebrated their J3th wedding an
niversary in Seattle last Sunday
shortly before departing for 'heir
new home in Anchorage, which
will be die AVA headquarter* (or
Frank Whaley, who la managing
director of the organuation
Many Nome friends were pie*
ent fee the celebration and in
cluded Marguerite Glavinovich.
Mildred Lee. Margaret Lee West.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Beltoer*. Mr
ar.d Mm Larry Gab in. Mr and
Mrs Dewey Goodrich. Mr and
Mr*. George Madsen. Kay Ken
nedy, Lillian Cruason, Rita Har
per. EmUy Boucher. Bill Brown
field Mm George Whaley and
»»r, Mrs- Whale* t mother ***
a bo present and other Seattle
friend* and retail***
livened by a flurry over how
much money to put into the
manned bombers which LeMay
said are far from being outmoded.
An Extra $1,180,000,000
The Senate Appropriations Com
rnittee has proposed an extra $1,
160.000,000 beyond what President
Eisenhower proposed for the Air
Force. Most of the increase would
be for LeMay's B-52 long-range
nuclear weapon carriers.
Sen. Bridges <R-NH> offered an
amendment to cut that to V-a bil
lion, saying the large sum is “more
than the Air Force can spend by
the furthest stretch of the imagi
nation.*’ He said he acted with the
knowledge but not the support of
White House officials.
Senators Sponsor Cut
Joining Bridges in sponsoring
the cut were Sens. Know land ‘ R
I Calif >, Saltonstali <R-Mass>, Byrd {
• Z>~Va*, Eliender (D La), and Hoi- J
land 'D-Fla».
Sen Thye iR-Minn> suggested
the B-52 will be outmoded Just as j
the B-36 has been, and for that j
reason overproduction should be:
discouraged
He indicated doubt Russia had
developed an ICBM capable of j
a pending a nuclear warhead to
targets as much as 5.000 mile*
| away Me said “we are hopeful" 1
1 the United States * ill have both
;• the 1CBM and an intermediate
range missile by 1M0
Combination Force Beat
But even when the ICBM is a
practical reality. LeMay said, “all
j 0f our studies indicate that the
| moat effective attack for a tong
| time to come ‘ will involve a com- '
! «g missile and manned J
| bomber forces
“The manned bomber," UeMay
I -wUl be to the picture for a
| luim tune to come.
74 DIE IN CRASH OF
VENEZUELAN PLANE
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N.Y. TRIP FUND FOR
YOUTH CENTER HAS
LONG WAY TO GO
The Youth Center Committee
have issued the following ac
counting of funds to date:
Receipts
Benefit Dance . $501.81
Donations . 262.50
Total .$764.31
Expenditures
Mailing film and tape
recording to N.Y.$ 8.62
Rent of School Gym .... 30 00
Dance tickets . 23.00
Dance wax . 1.93
Total .$62.55
Cash Balance .$701.76
Estimated amount needed to
make the trip is $2,500.
Assisting in the fund raising
program is the Arctic Club bene
fit Friday evening at 8 o’clock at
the Arctic Club Hall. A full house
is anticipated for the playing of
Alaska's favorite game. No chil
dren will be allowed.
* World's Worst
Disaster in Regular
Airliner Service
NEW YORK, —A Venezuelan
super-airliner burst into flames
nearly two miles high early today
and hurtled downward like a gi
ant meteor into the Atlantic
Ocean, killing 74 persons. It was
the world’s worst disaster in reg
ular airline service.
Ships reaching the site, some 32
miles east of Asbury Park, N.J.,
radioed hours later that three
bodies or parts of bodies had been
recovered in the shark-infested,
waters there.
The vessel on the scene had re
ported:
“Found no survivors. Expect to
find none.”
The pilot of a Coast Guard
plane—sent out to try to guide the
stricken four-engine, Super Con
stellation back to New York’s
Idlewild Airport after it reported
engine trouble—said later of the
falling airliner:
'A Frightening Sight'
“It was a frightening sight. It
was a big ball of flame. It all hap
pened very fast.
He added:
The plane began to jettison fuel
and then five seconds iater a ball
of flame broke out. The plane
caught fire and took a spiraling
dive into the water.
“It was falling 4,000 feet a min
ute. It hit the water with terrific
impact. The plane was enveloped
by flame on impact.
The Coast Guard pilot, Lt.
Cmdr. Frederick J. Hancox, 35, of
Wantagh, N.Y., said the airliner
dived through bright moonlight
at an angle of about 60 degrees
until it hit the water at 1:32 a.m.
He said there was a “loud ex
plosion" and that there were
flames on the water for about 10
minutes. He said he couldn't land
his own craft, although it was an
amphibian, because of the danger
of doing so in darkness.
Clothing, Handbags Spotted
Later he spotted an oil slick and
debris, including “clothing, hand
bags and miscellaneous items in
the water."
The airliner had taken off for
Caracas, Venezuela, from Idle
wild at 11:(8 p.m. About an hour
later the pilot, Capt Luis F. Plata
of Venezuela, radioed he was hav
ing engine trouble and was turn
ing back He was then 250 m.leu
east of Norfolk. Va
Later he calmly advised that he
wim "dumping gas," a routine fire
prevention measure when an
emergency landing Is anticipated.
Then came his final, dramatic
words: “Gas caught fire, '
Lt. Cmdr. Hancox. whose am
phibian had just come in sight of
the airliner, saud one engine was
feathered on its left wing—that is,
the pr»>peilor was idling
Pilot's Last Words
"Then, he said, | the fire ap
peared to have broken out in an
engine on the right wtnf Ttu*
craft quickly dived into the sea.
There were 84 passenger* and a
crew of 18 on the airliner