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VOL. LVI No. 85 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1954*Per Copy—15^
Chamber Outlines
Plans to Welcome
Secretary McKay
Complete plans for the visit of
Secretary Douglas McKay and
party being arranged by the
Chamber of Commerce were out
lined at the noon luncheon yester
day.
President Boyd Harwood stress
es the importance of residents and
visitors taking advantage of this
short visit by being at the Bering
Sea Club Friday morning in the
downstairs club room to person
ally meet Secretary McKay and
give him a warm welcome to
Northwestern Alaska.
President Harwood also re
quests that business houses and
homes make the occasion distinc
tive by flying the national colors
as well as Alaska’s flag.
Dewey Goodrich, chairman of
the luncheon for members of the
Chamber and invited guests, as
sisted by Rita Harper, Rose Sil
verman and Ruth Reed, announc
es that a menu has been planned
around Unalakleet king salmon
which is being featured, and des
sert will be Alaska blueberry pie.
The reception committee who
will meet the distinguished party
will be Boyd Harwood, Dr. Fred
Langsam, Ben Young, Dewey
Goodrich, Larry Galvin, Carl
Glavinovich, Ernest Gustafson,
James Walsh, and members of the
official borard.
Russell Hermann is in charge of
transportation.
Recommendations in the form
of a written report have been
compiled by George Goshaw and
are being prepared in printed
form to present to the members of
•the patty, who will not have time
for addresses and speeches.
The report is a compilation of
needs of the Second Division and
will be available to interested
parties.
Former Senator Moody
Of Michigan Is Dead
ANN ARjBOR, Mich., UP)—Blair
Moody, former U.S. senator and
prominent Michigan newspaper
man, died unexpectedly yesterday
of a virus pneumonia.
The 52-year-old former Demo
cratic senator had been undergo
ing treatment at a hospital.
Moody, appointed to the Senate
in 1951 following the death of
Republican Senator Arthur Van
denberg, was in the midst of a
campaign foT the Democratic sen
atorial nomination next month.
-He was stricken with the virus
infection last month while cam
paigning in upper Michigan.
Moody had -been Washington
correspondent for the Detroit
News for 18 years before his ap
pointment to the Senate.
TUESDAY BALL SCORES
National League
New York 2, Cincinnati 7
Chicago 3, Brooklyn 2
American League
Washington 9, Baltimore 1
Detroit 12-4, Philadelphia 0-3
Cleveland 5, Boston 5
New York 4, Chicago 1
Pacific Coast League
Hollywood 5-1, S. Francisco 2-0
Los Angeles 3, Oakland 0
Would Strip Citizenship
From Persons Advocating
Overthrow of Government
WASHINGTON, (A*) — The
House shouted approval today of
a bill to strip citizenship from
Americans convicted of advocat
ing the overthrow of the govern
ment by force or violence.
The House action, which sends
the bill to the Senate, was taken
without a record vote. Its fate in
the Senate drive toward adjourn
ment is uncertain.
The bill would take away the
nationality of either native-born
or naturalized citizens found
guilty of advocating or conspir
ing to advocate the forcible over
throw of the government.
If it became law, anyone con
victed under it would be reduced
to the status of an alien—even
though American born.
As an alien, however, he would
not be subject to deportation un
less he subsequently committed
such overt acts as voting in a
foreign election, committing trea
son or swearing allegiance to a
foreign nation.
A native - born American who
lost his citizenship and later be
came subject to deportation would
be sent to a country of his own
choosing if that country would
accept him.
A naturalized citizen would be
deported to the country of his
origin.
Aero-Medic Lab Employee
Drowns Near Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, UPi — A civilian
employe of the Arctic Aero-Med
ical laboratory at Ladd Air Force
Base drowned in the Charley
River, a tributary of the Yukon
River, last Saturday, the Air
Force reports.
The employe, whose identity
was withheld, was swimming the
river while on a field trip. His
grasp slipped from a log to which
he was clinging and he was swept
from sight before companions
could help him.
$225,000 FOR COMMUNITY
AIRPORTS IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON, OR—The House
has tentatively approved federal
spending of $225,000 in Alaska to
help build community airports.
The funds for Alaska were con
tained in a bill setting aside 22
million for the community airport
aid program. The vote was 157-61,
despite a warning from Rep.
Taber (R-NY) that the money
would average only $10,000 for
each of the 1,910 airports quali
fied for aid.
Alaska Airlines Charter
Flight To Barrow Will
Depart 12:30 p.m. Sunday
Alaska Airlines has announced
that the Nome-to-Barrow special
charter flight will leave Sunday
at 12:30 p.m. if the weather is
favorable.
The management states that
four seats are still available and
those who have signed up should
call at the office and confirm their
reservations by Thursday so that
plans can be completed for this
interesting trip.
Stevenson Flays
GOP at Fairbanks
Luncheon Picnic
FAIRBANKS, (/PI—Adlai Steven
son told a Democratic-sponsored
rally here last night “America’s
greatest surplus is not wheat—it
is the perishable Republican pro
mises of the last election.”
The 1952 Democratic presiden
tial candidate, in an informal ad
dress at a box luncheon picnic in
the Fairbanks Fairgrounds pavil
ion, said the “only fruits of the
grand Republican promises” is
that the “free world is on the eve
of its greatest disaster since the
defeat of Nationalist China.”
Stevenson said an oft-repeated
statement the “Republican party
has the aims and direction of a
blind dog in a meathouse,” was no
more true anywhere than it ap
peared to be with regard to the
administration’s activities in Alas
ka.
He said he gained no satisfac
tion from what he said was the
present administration’s inability
to lead this nation in the right
direction.
President Eisenhower is not to
blame, he added, but a “myster
ious force” which he said is gov
erning Washington.
Stevenson said Secretary of the
Interior McKay, when he was
governor of Oregon often made
emphatic endorsements of state
hood for Alaska, “but as Secre
tary of the Interior something has
changed.”
“Why this sudden inconsisten
cy?” he asked.
More than 1,000 persons gather
ed to hear Stevenson despite a
downpour of rain which forced
the picnic indoors.
KETCHIKAN CITY HIRES
RECREATION DIRECTOR
KETCHIKAN, UTI — Appoint
ment of James Karvasales, 34, as
director of recreation for Ketchi
kan, was announced yesterday by
City Manager Victor Guns. Kar
vasales, formerly on the Ohio
State football coaching staff and
recreation director at Columbus,
Ohio, has recently been assist
ant athletic director at the Guam
Naval Base. 'He is due in Ketchi
kan next week.
Harry O. Anderson, nation
ally known evangelist, author,
and world traveler, who will
conduct a series of united meet
ings here next week under the
auspices of the Nome Minis
terial Association.
United States Refuses to Sign Geneva
Agreement On Partition of Viet Nam
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Pact Gives West
Little Cause For
SelfCongratulation
LONDON, {ID — Europe’s Com
munists — and neutralist India —
hailed the Indochina cease - fire
agreement today as a “victory for
peace/ Spokesmen for the anti
communist world generally ag
reed their side had taken a lick
ing.
Indian Prime Minister Nehru
issued a statement in New Delhi
terming the Indochina settlement
a great step and “one of the out
standing achievements of the post
war era.”
Ignoring the United States, he
paid tribute specifically to the
foreign ministers of Britain, the
Soviet Union, France and Com
munist China as well as the rep
resentatives of the Vietminh, Viet
Nam, Laos and Cambodia. Gov
ernment sources said the Indian
premier left out the Americans
because they had refused to sign
the armistice agreement.
Western governments had no
immediate official comment. West
Europe’s anti-Red press empha
sized the West had little cause for
self-congratulation.
Red Leaders Say Indochina
Agreement Points Way for
Similar Korean Settlement
LONDON, {ID—Red China’s Pre
mier Chou En-Lai and Soviet For
eign Minister V. M. Molotov de
clared tonight the Geneva agree
ment on Indochina points the way
for a similar settlement in Korea.
The Moscow radio broadcast
statements made by the two' Red
leaders at the end of the Geneva
talks.
“This gives new hope for a
peaceful settlement of the Korean
problem,” Chou said.
Molotov hailed the Indochina
agreement as “a stride along the
path of relaxation of tension in
international relations.”
Alaska-Hawaii Statehood
Bill Remains Bottled Up
In House Rules Committee
WASHINGTON, UW—The com
bined Alaska - Hawaii statehood
bill remained bottled up in the
House Rules Committee yesterday
despite efforts of Hawaii’s Gov.
Samuel W. King to push it into
a Senate-House conference.
The committee has failed to re
port out the bill because of op
position to the amendment tacked
cm by the Senate adding state
hood for Alaska to what was
originally a measure to give state
hood to Hawaii only.
FULL GENERAL RANK
CONFERRED ON 11
WASHINGTON, UR—President
Eisenhower signed into law Mon
day a bill conferring the rank of
full general on 11 Army lieuten
ant generals who served in World
War II. Three are now dead and
the others are on the retired list.
» GENEVA, (IP!— East and West,
with the United States standing
aside, agreed late Tuesday to par
tition Viet Nam roughly along the
17th Parellel, a French source
said. The partition line, it was
said, will run about 12 miles north
of the important Highway No. 9,
leading from Juang Tri on the
coastal road to Savannakhet in
Laos.
The major obstacles to the sign
ing of an armistice appeared sur
mounted and conference quarters
said an agreement before mid
night appeared certain.
Reports from various confer
ences sources indicated an armis
tice agreement was shaping up
along these lines:
1. Viet Nam would be parti
tioned “temporarily” at approxi
mately the 17th Parallel, with Ho
Chi Minh and the Vietminh taking
over the north and the French
sponsored Viet Nam government
of ex-Emperor Bao Dai retaining
the south.
2. The Vietminh and the French
would withdraw their troops from
the other two Indochinese states
of Laos and Cambodia, leaving the
French-sponsored royal govern
ments in control.
3. French military personnel
would remain in Laos, Cambodia
and South Viet Nam to help the
three states develop defense forc
es. North Viet Nam would be per
mitted Communist Chinese mili
tary advisers.
4. South Viet Nam, Laos and
Cambodia would be barred from
participation in the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization which West
ern sources Monday night said the
United States, Britain and France
had agreed to form to oppose fur
ther Communist penetration in
that area.
5. The armistice would be su
pervised by an international com
mission composed of Canada, In
dia and Poland.
NATIONALISTS ACCUSE
WEST OF APPEASEMENT
TIAPEH, Formosa, OP) — Chi
nese Nationalist Foreign Minister
George Yeh declared today that
with the Indochina armistice the
Communists have “achieved an
other milestone in their plan of
world conquest.”
“The pattern is set for history
to repeat itself,” he said.
Newspapers on this island ruled
toy Chiang Kai-Shek accused the
West of appeasement, conceded
to the Communists a great diplo
matic victory.
RED CHINA AGREES TO
RELEASE 6 AMERICANS
GENEVA, OP) — The Chinese
Communists have agreed to re
lease six Americans held in Red
China following negotiations in
Geneva the U.S. delegation an
nounced today.
“The Chinese Communist rep
resentatives have stated further
that other detained Americans are
still under review.
American officials here believe
the Chinese Reds are holding in
prison or otherwise detaining
24 additional Americans.