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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVI No. 148 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1954 Per Copy—151
Former Seattle Hotel
Owner Convicted of
Income Tax Evasion
TACOMA, I/Pi—A federal court
jury last night convicted William
Corbett, well-to-do former owner
of the Claremont Hotel in Seattle,.
on two of three counts of evasion
of income taxes.
During the long trial, persons i
who had stopped at the hotel from j
as far away as Alaska and Cali- \
fornia were called as witnesses.
The 52-year-old defendant was j
convicted of not paying some
$8,000 during 1945 and 1946 but j
was acquitted on a 1947 count.
CAA Plans to Certify
Air Force to Handle
Civil Air Traffic
WASHINGTON, (f)—The Civil
Aeronautics Administration an
nounced plans Thursday to certify
all Air Force air traffic control
lers to handle civil air traffic as
well.
F. B. Lee, Civil Aeronautics ad
ministrator, said that under an
agreement with the Air Force, the
CAA will delegate authority to
each commander of the Air Force
Airways and Air Communications
services, for one year, to conduct
CAA written examinations for
control tower operators.
Community Christmas Program
Friday, December 17, 1954—8:00 P.M.
Directed by Robert Heath Accompanist Carolyn Glavinovich
SCENE I (First Grades) ANGELS
Away in the Manger . Luther
Little Children, Wake and Listen . Polish Carol
Silent Night . Gruber
Special singers: Jean Foster, Ruth Okitkan, Merrill Swim, Lilly
Naguruk, Margaret Altalayuk, Patsy Longley, William Hoogen
dorn, Douglas Heath. Ellen Jane 'Delalik, Bobby Carpenter, ETic
Eisgrau
SCENE II (Second Grades) SHEPHERDS
We Leave Our Sheep . French Noel
Jesus Loves Me . Traditional
Solo by Larry Martin
. Shepherds, Oh Tell Your Story. Dutch Carol
SCENE III (Third Grade) FRENCH CHILDREN
Angels We Have Heard on High . Old French Carol
Carol of the Birds . Bas-Quercy
Born Is He the Child Divine .. French Carol
Duet by Gloria Carlson and Jeanne Heath
Mother: Karen Swim Father: Steffan Andersen
SCENE IV (Fourth Grade) NORWEGIAN CHILDREN
Around the Christmas Tree .Norwegian Folk Tune
Fairest of Roses . Danish Folk Tune
Solo by Jeanette Amundsen
Thy Little Ones Dear Lord Are We . Schultz
SCENE V (Fifth Grades) ENGLISH CHILDREN
Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly . Old Welsh Air
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen . English Carol
Special Singers: Sheryl Martin, Dean'Alexander, Ethel Ailak,
Susan Savok, Ida Cabinboy, Gail Mclver
I Saw Three Ships . Traditional English
Special Singers: Anne Chambers, Carol Carlson, Jerry
Cavola. Esther Alexine, Pearl Johnson, Joann Aukon
What Child Is This ... Old English Air
Mother: Mary Jeanne Longley Father: Ernest Ailak
SCENE VI (Sixth Grade) GERMAN CHILDREN
Der Tannenbaum . Volksliede
Nach der Arbeit . Volksliede
Trumpet Solo Ray Arnold
Now Sing We Now Rejoice ..'. Klug
Special Singers in order of appearance:
Edna Johnson, Frances Johnson, Claudia Straub, Myrtle
Chambers, Maggie Panek, Cherie Galvin.
Alan Havens, Douglas Lee, Billie Joe, Roy Carlson,
Hodney Boucher.
Clarice Hardy, Laura Atuk, Monica Pullock, Jimmie
Mays, Jo Ann Reed.
Augustine Kasgnoc, Grant Doyle, Patrick Norbert, Ray
Arnold.
Story Tellers:
Cherie Galvin and Stella Moto.
Mother Jo Ann Reed Father Tom Nelson
SCENE VII (Sixth Grade) American Children
Rise Up Shepherds and Foller . Negro Spiritual
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day . Calkin
Solos by Monica Boucher and Dorothy Russell
,0 Little Town of Bethlehem . Redner
Jolly Old St. Nicholas . Traditional American
Santa Claus: Charles Fagerstrom
Mary: Elin Walterson Joseph: Richard Benson
Angel Voice in Scene II: Tom Drake
Special Scenery designed and created by
• Joseph Senungeluk and Richard Benson
Stage Supervision: Mr. H. E. Tripp
Lights and Sound: Paul Glavinovich, Bob Russell, Tom Drake
Airmen Observe
Aviation’s 51st
Birthday Today
WASHINGTON, W—A i r m e n
throughout the nation observed
aviation's 51st birthday today and
wound up a year-long celebration
of its progress during its first
half century.
Aero clubs, flying groups and
the air-minded public generally
scheduled meetings to celebrate
the first powered flight, by the
brothers Orville and Wilbur
Wright, just 51 years ago.
The major celebration—actual
ly a series of aviation meetings—
is occuring here. But the most
colorful, sentimental and memory
tinged gathering is around the
gaunt, severely simple hilltop
memorial to the famous first flight
at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
There the program called for
the jet-age salute of recent years,
a mid-morning flyover at the
memorial by some of the swiftest
of today’s fighter planes, and a
luncheon address by Rear Adm.
I. N. Kiland, commandant of the
5th Naval District, Norfolk, Va.
Topping the Washington events
was the award by President Eisen
hower at the White House, of the
Collier Trophy for “out-standing
achievement in aviation” to two
famed plane builders. They are
J. H. iDutchi Kindleberger, presi
dent of North American Aviation,
Inc., Los Angeles, and E. H. Hein
emann, chief engineer of Douglas
Aircraft Co., Santa Monica, Calif.,
honored for developing the first
supersonic fighter planes in ser
vice.
Pope Pius’ Condition
Still Serious Despite
Optimistic X Ray Report
VATICAN CITY, Preliminary
reports of X rays taken Thursday
of Pope Pius XII showed that he
is suffering from a small hernia
of the esophagus and resultant
gastritis.
This means, in general, that
there is an abnormal pocket in
the tube that carries food from
the throat to the stomach, and
there is also inflammation of the
stomach.
Specialists planned a detailed
study of the X ray plates later but
the Pope’s personal physician, Dr.
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, described
the hernia as of “small impor
tance” and added that the exami
nation did not show the presence
of an ulcer.
The Pope remained gravely ill
today and his weakness continues,
his doctor reported. His statement
confirmed previous word from
Vatican sources that despite opti
mistic reports following the X ray
the Pope’s condition remains seri
ous.
EASTCHURCH, England, CP)—
Charles Lammin, 29, who was
serving a 9-month prison sentence
for shopbreaking, escaped from
the local jail Monday.
Jail officials last night heard a
pounding on the gate and a voice
crying: “Please let me in.”
It was Lammin. With him was
his wife, who had persuaded him
to return and finish his term.
Doctor Predicts
World Troubles
For Next Tuesday
CHICAGO, (/PI—A jobless col
lege doctor predicts the world will
be racked with terrible trouble
next Tuesday but says he never
said it would be the end of the
world.
Violent upheavals—in the form
of disastrous life-engull'ing tidal
waves—will strike down man
near Lake Michigan and on the
eastern and western coasts, says
Dr. Charles Laughead, who until
Wednesday was a staff doctor at
Michigan State College, East Lan
sing, Mich.
The doctor claims a second
hand contact with “outer space”
and says communications received
by friends with first-hand con
tact indicate catastrophic events
for the world.
Among the things that might
happen, he said in an interview
yesterday, would be the material
ization of the legendary islands of
Atlantis and Mu—“the birthplace
of humanity.” Fable has placed
Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean,
near the site of what is now Mad
agascar.
These views led to Laughead’s
departure from MSC, in the form
of a resignation which he said
was demanded.
The president of the college
said the college had no objection
to Laughead’s beliefs but object
ed to the doctor’s “propagandiz
ing” students “on a peculiar set
of beliefs of questionable valid
ity” that would “affect adversely
the quality of their college work.”
Vancouver Plunged
Into Darkness as
Transformer Blows Out
VANCOUVER, B ,C„ UP)—A
transformer blew out last night
and blacked out a metropolitan
area of 500,000 persons.
Power was off nearly three
hours in the cities of Vancouver
and New Westminster and adjoin
ing Burnaby, North Vancouver
and West Vancouver.
The break came just after 5 a.m.
and lasted until 7:40 p.m. It
caught the Christmas shopping
crowds in large downtown de
partment stores and rush-hour
traffic in electric-powered trolley
busses.
In New Westminster a mental
patient, described as violent,
wrenched free from two police
officers. He was still at large
today.
Early theater crowds kept their
seats as ushers patrolled the
aisles with flashlights. Radio sta
tions went off the air.
Citizens turned traffic cop to
unsnarl jams which in one bridge
sector reached back two miles.
In some stores, where elevators
quit between floors, shoppers
were helped out through the es
cape hatches.
RAF Bomber Crashes
LAND’S END, England, UP)—A
Royal Air Force Lancaster bomb
er with a crew of seven crashed
into the sea about 90 miles south
west of here today. Later one
body was recovered and several
others sighted.
Free World
Leaders Adopt
New Strategy
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., iffl—
■ U.N. Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold today accepted an invi
tation for face-to-face talks with
Red China’s Chou En-lai in Pei
ping.
The exchange of messages grew
out of a resolution adopted by the
U.N. General Assembly last Fri
day condemning the Peiping re
gime for holding the fliers and
directing the secretary general to
do his best to win their release.
Hammarskjold immediately sent
off a cable proposing direct talks
with Chou.
He received two cables from the
Communist leader this morning:
one denouncing the Assembly’s
action as illegal and the other say
ing he would receive Hammar
skjold for talks at a date to be de
cided upon by the secretary gen
eral.
In reply, Hammarskjold sent
two cables. The first merely ac
knowledged the receipt of Chou’s
blast against the Assembly and
informed Chou that the message
was being circulated to U.N. mem
bers.
The second said:
“I acknowledge receipt of your
cable No. 38 of 17 December con
cerning my proposal for a visit to
Peiping. I look forward to the
opportunity of meeting you. In
view of the necessary practical
arrangements, I am not yet in a
position to fix a date for the ar
rival nor can I say definitely who
will come with me. I may get an
opportunity for the first contact
concerning some of these practi
cal arrangements with your am
bassador in Stockholm.”
Ham knars kj old
Accepts Invitation
For Talks in China
PARIS, (/PI-—-Leaders of the free
world today adopted a new de
fense strategy based on atomic
firepower and agreed on the way
new weapons can be used in the
event of an attack by the Commu
nist bloc.
The foreign, defense and fin
ance ministers of the 14 North
Atlantic Treaty powers set the
role of atomic weapons during a
tightly closed session. They prom
ised a communique on their deci
sion later today or tormorrow.
After adoption of defense plans
drafted by the chiefs of staff of
NATO members, giving nuclear
firepower a place in NATO’s
“new look” arsenal, the ministers
excluded most of their advisers
from the closed meeting. Then
they took up the controversial
question of who can decide on a
resort to atomic arms—military
men or their governments.
The U.S. position has been that
although only civilian authorities
can “pull the trigger” and all gov
ernments concerned should be
consulted as much as possible be
fore atomic weapons are used,
that this consultation should not
be made an absolute condition
hampering military commanders.