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VOL. LVII No. 87 1 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1955 Per Copy—15#
USO New York Headquarters Refuses
‘ Nomeites’ Plea That Club Re Retained
A meeting of the Board of Di-<
rectors of the Nome USO was held
Wednesday evening to discuss the
closing of the club here. They met
with Allen Smith, Fairbanks di
rector, who had orders from New
York headquarters to close the
Nome club due to lack of military
personnel now stationed here.
The board made a determined
effort to keep the club active
throughout the summer months
due to the fact that many naval
ships are expected in August and
the USO is the only place in the
community where the younger
sailors and seamen could go.
Board member Dr. Langsam
stressed the need of keeping the
club open for the many service
men who pass through here con
stantly from remote sites through
out the area. The board was unan
imous in its demand for the club
to be retained for at least another
month.
New York was contacted by tel
ephone but they would not yield
in their decision and the club was
closed today.
It was hoped the equipment
might be retained for at least a
month in order to run the place on
a local basis, but this also was
not permitted.
Mr. Smith stated later that he
wished to express his thanks on
behalf of his staff for all the com
mittees and individuals who co
operated for the past two years in
making the club a success. The
national office, he stated, regrets
the closing, but with a million
dollar cut in their budget this
year they feel that other places
with many more servicemen are
more in need of the funds which
have been directed to Nome.
Board member Dewey Goodrich
expressed appreciation for the
community for what has been
done in the past two years.
CROPS AND CITIZENS
SUFFER IN SUN OF
STATES HEAT WAVE
By the Associated Phess
Much of the Northeast gasped
for breath today under a red hot
sun which sent temperatures
higher by the minute. N
At many points the mercury al
ready was nearing the 100-degree
mark at noon. The weatherman
offered little hope for relief.
Drastic water economy meas
ures were imposed in some sec
tions of Pennsylvania and New
York State, where the last rain
fall was only a dim memory.
Crops suffered, along with
sweltering citizens.
At Mt. Airy in York County,
Pa., the sun was so intense that
rays reflected by a mirror ignited
a magazine on a bed and caused
$250 damage at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Myers.
The Weather Bureau said Penn
sylvania was suffering its driest
July on record, especially in the
easternmost section.
Some northern and Pacific
Coast areas got a little cooling,
but there was no general relief.
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PLANS MADE FOR
JUNEAU TV STATION
ANCHORAGE, OP) — William
Wagner, president of the Alaska
Broadcasting System, announced
today he plans to open a tele
vision station in Juneau.
Wagner said an engineering
study has been completed and
papers are being prepared for fil
ing with the Federal Communica
tions Commission. He announced
that specific details on installation
will be released as soon as consul
tants have determined the chan
nel frequency and other engineer
ing details. •
Stock will be offered to the
public in Juneau, he said, but its
sale will not be a determining
factor in the building of the sta
tion.
Juneau residents were advised
not to purchase television sets,
however, until after installation
of the station is approved by the
FCC and an opening date is deter
mined.
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Soviet Press Publishes
Eisenhower’s Plan for
Military Info Exchange
MOSCOW, UP>—The Soviet press
published today, without com
ment, President Eisenhower’s pro
posal for an exchange of military
information and aerial inspection
between the Soviet Union and the
United States. The press also
prominently displayed the Euro
pean security plan and the pro
posed ban on atom weapons, as
presented at the Geneva confer
ence by Premier Bulganin.
In other dispatches from Gene
va, special correspondents of
Pravda and Izvestia condemned
what they called “the hysterical
warlike howling” of some Ameri
can newspapers, and predicted
“peace loving Americans” would
triumph over those “who profit
from the arms race.
Most newspapers carried front
page photographs of a smiling
President Eisenhower with Pre
mier Bulganin, Prime Minister
Eden and Premier Faure.
House Education Group
Approves Multi-Billion
School Assistance Bill
WASHINGTON, UP)—The House
Education Committee today ap
proved 22-8 a bill authorizing
multi-billion-dollar financial aid
to states and local communities
for the construction of schools.
The committee action climaxed
lengthy hearings starting shortly
after this session of Congress
opened. There was an explosive
episode this week in a fist-swing
ing brawl between two commit
tee members.
The measure still must clear the
Rules Committee before it can go
to the House floor.
There was no assurance that it
would get Rules Committee clear
ance, but Democratic House Lead
er McCormack (Mass) listed it
among key measures for disposal
before adjournment next month.
GOVERNOR HEINTZLEMAN
TO COME TO NOME MONDAY
Gov. B. Frank Heintzleman
will be in Nome Monday, it was
learned today. Mayor Steve An
dersen received a wire from the
Governor saying he would arrive
here on July 25 on Wien’s flight
from Fairbanks.
Strategic Metals
Program Gets
Boost From House
WASHINGTON, I*—The House
voted yesterday to require the
government to continue full scale
purchase of strategic minerals un
der a program to encourage their
domestic discovery and produc
tion.
It passed and sent to the Senate
a bill which in effect directed the
Office of Defense Mobilization to
cancel termination of its stockpile
procurement of tungsten, mangan
ese, chromite, mica, asbestos, ber
yl, and columbium-tantalum.
The bill would require the
ODM to continue buying these
materials until the expiration < in
1958 of the mineral development
program enacted in 1950.
The House Interior Committee
said ODM had permitted the pro
gram to end when its quotas were
filled despite the 1958 termination
date in present law. It stated:
“The committee concludes that
an indispensable portion, if not
the keystone, of a sound defense
mobilization base is a going do
I mestic minerals industry.
Seawolf, Navys
2nd Atomic Sub,
Launched
GROTON, Conn., UP) — The
Navy’s second atomic submarine
—the long, lean, deadly killer
named Seawolf — went down the
ways to the sea today.
Mrs. Sterling Cole, wife of a
New York congressman, chris
tened the ship, but missed hitting
the bow with the traditional bot
tle of champagne.
Mrs. Cole turned for an instant
to speak to John Jay Hopkins,
president and chairman of Gen
eral Dynamics Co., as he pressed
a button releasing the great steel
hulk.
In that instant, the Seawolf
slipped swiftly out of reach of
Mrs. Cole’s arm. She hurled the
bottle at the receding bow, but
it missed again and broke in foam
on a portion of the launching
machinery.
But the Navy is always ready
for untoward happenings like this.
It had a second bottle of cham
pagne, attached to a line, on the
deck.
As the Seawolf raced down the
ways, a man aboard the sub
marine cracked a second bottle
on the bow, and so the Seawolf
did get her official christening,
after all, says the Navy.
Three hours earlier, the keel of
a third atomic submarine, as yet
unnamed, was laid in a ceremony
attended by a relatively few of
I ficials.
Big Four Talks Behind Schedule;
Leaders to Meet Tonight to Discuss
j Eisenhower Plan for Blueprint Trade
Mt. Shishaldin, Aleutian
Volcano, Spouts Steam
And Fogs Atmosphere
ANCHORAGE, (AV-That old.
blowhard Mt. Shishaldin is let
ting off steam again and fogging
up the atmosphere along the Al
eutian chain, the Cold Bay agent
for Reeve Aleutian Airways re
ported yesterday.
Gordon Gay, in a radio, message
to the airline’s main office here,
reported at 2 p.m. that “great
billowing clouds of smoke, soot
and ash are rising in the air over
Shishaldin to an estimated 50,000
feet.”
Shishaldin is a 9,978-foot peak
on Unimak Island some 700 miles
southwest of Anchorage and 75
miles in the same direction from
Cold Bay.
Capt. C. G. Kelly, Reeve pilot
who flew over the area, reported
the latest volcano spewed from
the north side of the mountain,
about 2,000 feet down from the
top. He said ash and steapi were
encountered as low as 6,500 feet
with increasingly poor visibility.
Judges Choose 15
Finalists in Miss
Universe Contest
LONG BEACH, Calif., (iP»—An
exotic Oriental, a statuesque
Swede, a voluptuous English
woman, a blue-eyed Latin Mari
lyn Monroe and a Vermont Re
publican are favorites today to
win the Miss Universe crown.
Fifteen international lovelies—
each the potential winner—will
parade for hours before a panel
of judges tonight with a first
elimination paring the group to
five finalists.
The fifteen are the Misses Ar
gentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Ceylon, El Salvador, England,
Germany, Guatemala, Honduras,
Japan, Norway, Sweden, United
States and Venezuela.
A reporter asked all 15 in the
group for their choice as a win
ner. The answer was practically
unanimous—Miss Sweden. She is
Hillevi Rombin, a buxom, short
haired blonde who wears a bath
ing suit like it was sprayed on her.
The girls know whereof they
speak, for Miss Sweden fits the
pattern of previous Miss Universe
winners. The judges, virtually the
same year after year, lean toward
the wholesome, milkmaid type of
beauty.
However, the crowd pleasers in
last night’s preliminary# judging
were Miss Ceylon, 18-year-old
Maureen Hingert, one of the most
exciting Oriental entries yet; Miss
El Salvador, Maribel Arrieta, who
bears a striking resemblance to
Marilyn the Monroe, and Miss
England, Margaret Rowe, who has
the kind of shape the English dol
lar situation should be in.
By MAX HARRELSON
GENEVA, liW—The Big Four
were reported to be considering a
possible summit session tonight to
permit more time for discussion,
of key problems, including Presi
dent Eisenhower’s dramatic pro
posal to trade military blueprints
with Russia.
As the leaders plunged into a
full afternoon of talks, informed
quarters ^aid United Nations of
ficials had been alerted to have
the council chamber of the Palais
de Nations ready for a possible
night meeting.
The President was said to be
definitely committed to leave to
morrow evening for Washington
and the summit conference was
running far behind schedule.
The four foreign ministers went
back into session this afternoon
after a three-hour session this
morning failed to complete final
recommendations to the heads of
government on any of the three
problems under discussion.
Some quarters saw a possibil
ity that the Eisenhower proposals
might get shunted aside, along
with other proposals on disarma
ment, German unification and
European security for discussion
after the summit conference.
The leaders appeared to be aim
ing now primarily at setting up
directives for the guidance of a
foreign ministers’ conference next
October and for future discussions
in the U.N. subcommittee on dis
armament.
The four heads of government,
President Eisenhower, Soviet Pre
mier Bulganin, British Prime
Minister Eden and French Pre
mier Faure, arranged to meet later
to take up whatever recommenda
tions were handed up by the for
eign ministers.
Final Approval
For Buildup of
W. German Army
BONN, Germany, UFi—Chancel
lor Konrad Adenauer’s first re
armament bills for the buildup of
West Germany’s new 500,000-man
defense force won final parlia
mentary approval today.
The Bundesrat (upper house)
swiftly passed two bills authoriz
ing the government to call up the
first volunteers this year and cre
ating a permanent civilian com
mittee to screen the appointment
of all senior officers.
The bills now go to President
Theodor Heuss for his signature. .
They were approved by the Bund
esag (lower house) last week.
Today’s vote cleared the way
for Adenauer’s government to
take the first steps toward build
ing up the 12-division army, the
1,300-plane jet air force and the
coastal defense navy pledged to
the Atlantic alliance.