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VOL. LVIII No. 120 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1956 _Per Copy—15<f
Eisenhower Says Democrats Have
‘Concealed and Twisted the Facts’
In Campaign Claims Against GOP
By the Associated Press
Ike Accuses Demos of
Political Irresponsibility
At Its Worst
President Eisenhower said last
night Democrats have “concealed
and twisted the facts” in their
campaign.
Eisenhower made his charge in
a nationwide radio-TV speech
from Pittsburgh, in which he also
accused Democrats of “political
irresponsibility at its worst,” in
claiming Republicans are again-:t
the “little fellow.”
Eisenhower touched on Steven
son’s proposal to bring a halt to
the H-bomb tests, saying:
“They (the Democrats i have
urged stout military defense with
greater reliance on modem weap
ons—but they advise stopping our
atomic tests.
“They have promised national
security and a bold role in world
affairs—while they urge us to
start thinking about ending the
military draft.”
Rejecting these proposals, as he
had earlier, Eisenhower contin
ued:
“I, as your President and Com
mander in Chief of the armed
forces, cannot and will not make
proposals contrary to national in
terest—nor offer you attractive
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LATEST RETURNS
IN ALASKA VOTING
Latest returns on the Alaska
election from 122 precincts,
some of them incomplete, out
of 271:
Tennessee Plan Senators
6-Year Term
Gruening—D 5806
Butrovich—R 5510
4-Year Term
Egan—D 6337
Atwood—R 4755
Tenn. Plan Representatives
Rivers—D 6423
Burdick—R 4670
Delegate to Congress
Bartlett—D 7908
Gillam—R 3976
Highway Engineer
Metcalf—D 5820
Reed—R 5366
Attorney General
Williams—D 5583
Sanders—R 5408
Election Board Will
Complete Ballot Count
Tomorrow Afternoon
The Election Board, composed
of Fred Rohn, Anna Snyder,
Christie Waldheim, Loretta Wald
heim and Reca Godsbe who start
ed work yesterday morning,
worked straight through until 9
o’clock this morning. Because
they were very tired they were
unable to complete their work.
The ballot boxes were sealed and
locked in the vault of the US.
Commissioner this morning where
they will remain until tomorrow
afternoon when the official re
port for the Nome voting precinct
will be completed.
Stevenson Says GOPs
Met His Proposal With
‘Astonishing Distortion’
Adlai Stevenson last night said
Republicans met one of his cam
paign proposals with an “aston
ishing distortion of what I said.”
Speaking in Seattle, Stevenson
said Republicans are not telling
the truth about “three crucial
facts of history”—which he said
are Communism, revolt in most
of Asia and Africa, and “the re
lease of atomic energy."
The Democratic presidential
nominee said his proposal that
this nation take the lead in bring
ing about a halt to H-bomb tests
has “been answered by the poli
i ticians—including the President—
only with sneers and astonishing
distortion of what I said."
Stevenson, defending his oft
repeated call for an end to nu
clear tests, said Eisenhower’s ear
lier rejection implied “that even
talking about this prejudices the
nation’s security.”
Stevenson said he made the
proposal “without criticism” of
the Eisenhower Administration
“policy of hydrogen weapon de
velopment which President Tru
man began.”
He said he was completely will
ing to accept any better proposal
“but I can’t accept the apparent
administration position that we
are powerless to do anything to
stop this headlong race for ex
tinction.”
He repeated earlier contentions
that the atoms-for-peace program
is failing because the administra
tion belie’ves private industry
must take the lead in developing
nuclear power for peacetime use.
Stevenson said the Democrats
“propose to meet the demands of
leadership" raised by the three
“crucial facts,” adding, “I say that
the present Republican adminis
tration has not told the people
the truth” about any of them.
Longshoremen
I Urgently Needed
To Unload Here
Last Supply Ship Has
3,600 Tons of Freight
To Be Unloaded
The Tonsina, the last freighter
to Nome for this year, will arrive
at 6 p.m. today, and the discharg
ing will start at 7 p.m.
The ship has over 3,600 tons of
freight to be unloaded here, and
the Alaska Steamship Company
and the Lomen Commercial Com
pany are anxious to accomplish
this before stormy or cold weath
er sets in.
The freight in cribs must be
hauled immediately so that the
knocked down cribs can be re
turned to Seattle on the Tonsina,
and due to the large amount of
freight it is urged that all ship
pers keep in touch with the Lo
men Freight Office and haul their
freight when available so as to
make warehouse space for other
freight being discharged. Your co
operation will be appreciated.
Many longshoremen will be re
quired, and even those that can
put in a short shift can probably
find work by getting in touch
with the Superintendent’s Office
of the Lomen Commercial Co.
Upon completing the discharge
of Nome freight, the Tonsina will
return to Seattle.
DEMOCRATS IN LEAD
IN EARLY RETURNS
FROM ALASKA VOTING
By the Associated Press «
Democrats were in the lead this
morning for 21 out of 24 seats in
the territorial House and Repub
licans were ahead for 6 of 9
Senate seats.
1st Division—Two Republicans,
Elton Engstrom and Sen. Doris
Barnes, were leading for the Sen
ate, but Mrs. Barnes was only
one vote ahead of Democrat Frank
Petrovich.
Democrats led for four of the
House seats, with Joseph McLean
and J. S. MacKinnon, the only
Republicans among the top six.
2nd Division—With six pre
cincts reported, Rep. Edith Bul
lock <R) and John McNees (D)
were leading for the Senate seats.
Democrats were leading for the
three House seats.
3rd Division—Totals were giv
ing a clean sweep to 10 Democrats
for the House and Democrats Vic
Rivers and Ralph Moody for the
Senate.
4th Division—Republicans were
ahead for the three Senate seats,
but four Democrats and a lone
Republican, John Coghill, were
leading for the five House seats.
By way of comparison of re
18,000 Military Personnel Killed
In Military Planes, Cars Since 1951
WASHINGTON, Ifl—T h e D e
fense Department said today that
18,000 military people have been
killed in military aircraft and
motor vehicle accidents since
1951.
A report said 7,600 lost their
lives in military aircraft acci
dents, 1,300 in govenment owned
ground vehicles, and 9,100 in pri
vate motor vehicles.
The report noted a “steady de
cline” in the aircraft accident and
fatality rate but said accidents in
modern military aircraft are more
likely to result in death than
they were in old machines.
The Air Force shows the lowest
accident rates, with the Navy
somewhat higher and the Army
the highest in terms of flying
time. The report noted that a sub
stantial portion of Air Force fly
ing is in multi-engine aircraft
that have a lower accident poten
tial.
The report said that in 1930
one military aircraft accident out
of 13 caused fatality, whereas to
day the average is 2.6 deaths in
the same number of accidents.
Flying accidents during 1955
cost more than $620 million in
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suits which are watched national
ly for possible political trend sig
nificance, the Republicans won 21
out of 24 House seats in the 1952
presidential year election and six
out of nine seats at stake in the
Senate.
In 1954, the tide swung back to
the election of 21 Democrats and
3 Republicans to the House and
the Democrats swept all 9 seats
at issue in the Senate.
The swing in favor of the Dem
ocrats came largely on big blocks
of votes from the populous An
chorage and Fairbanks districts,
altho it was at Fairbanks that
three of the five Republicans
were leading for the Alaska Sen
ate.
The Alaska election was being
closely watched nationally be
cause in recent years the swing of
congressional elections has fol
lowed the Alaska weathervane,
altho the Alaska tide usually
swings to sharper extremes.
In advance of the vote count,
however. Republican National
Chairman Leonard W. Hall dis
counted the importance of Alaska
as a national indicator. He said
the Alaska voting centered too
much on the statehood issue to
be any yardstick for voting senti
ment in the states.
Dr. Fred Langsam
To Leave Nome
Around Jan. 1st
Dr. Fred Langsam announced
at the noon luncheon of the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday
that he will be leaving about the
first of the year as a replacement
has been found to take over the
work here.
It is not known who the new
doctor and superintendent of the
Maynard - MacDougall Memorial
Hospital will be, but Dr. Lang
sam has been assured that he is
well qualified and he may plan
to leave at that time as he desires.
I NOFFICIAL 2ND DIV. ELECTION RETURNS
GENERAL ELECTION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1956
Delegate to Highway Attorney Territorial Territorial J.S. Senator J.S. Senator
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