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VOL. LVIII No. 40 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1956_Per Copy—15^
Eisenhower Outdistances Keefauver
In Wisconsin Primary, But Demos
Roll Up Biji Percentage of Votes
MILWAUKEE, OP)— President^
Eisenhower outdistanced Sen. Es
tes Kefauver in the Wisconsin
primary yesterday, but the Ten
nesseean rolled up the biggest
percentage of Democratic votes in
this state in recent years.
The Kefauver slate of delegates
to the Democratic National Con
vention won a 42 percent share of
the total vote, compared with 55
percent received by the Republi
can President. There was no way
of telling how many Republicans
voted for Kefauver because there
is no party registration in Wiscon
sin and voters could choose any
ballot.
The outcome gave Democrats
considerable hope for the future,
particularly in the farm belt.
The normally Republican state
elected 30 delegates pledged to
President Eisenhower at the Re
publican National Convention and
56 Kefauver delegates—with one
half vote each—to the Democratic.
In the 1952 presidential prefer
ence primary, Republican dele
gate tickets claimed 75 percent
of the vote and in 1948 the GOP
had 70 percent. Prior to that there
•was little basis of comparison, as
convention delegates were elected
individually rather than on full
slates as in recent years.
The Tennessee Democrat out
scored the President yesterday in
the 9th and 10th congressional dis
tricts which take in the far north
ern part of the state—one of the
most rural and thinly-populated
areas.
The delegate vote in 3,236 of the
state’s 3,321 precincts was:
Eisenhow <R) 426,408.
Kefauver (D) 321, 830.
John Ohaypple (R-favorite son)
20,558.
Truman Says
Nation Is Misled
On Soviet Tactics
NEW YORK, (J*)—Former Presi
dent Harry S. Truman says the
Eisenhower Administration is
misleading the nation when it
claims recent shifts in Soviet tac
tics mean failure of Russian poli
cy.
“I believe the Communist threat
is more dangerous now than ever
■before,” Truman said last night.
“I believe recent changes in So
viet tactics are not signs of ‘fail
ure’ but evidence of growing eco
nomic power.’
Truman called for a “bold, new
program for foreign economic aid”
to meet the Soviet threat.
Truman criticized Republican
conduct of foreign affairs in a
speech at the annual awards din
ner of the Overseas Press Club.
One of the awards went to Clif
ton Daniel of the New York Times
who is to marry Truman’s daugh
ter Margaret later this month.
Truman told the dinner gather
ing the Eisenhower Administra
tion has “not been frank with the
American people” on foreign af
fairs. “The American people will
not support a vigorous foreign aid
program if they do not understand
the need for it,” Truman said.
“But instead of explaining the
need, Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles tells us that Soviet
policy has already failed and is
bankrupt. The fact is that Com
munist policy has never been
more aggressive than it is now.
39 DIE IN STATESIDE TORNADOES
(By the Associated Press i
A series of tornadoes and de
structive windstorms struck with
Unabated fury across 10 states in
the mid-continent yesterday, kill
ing at least 39 persons and injur
ing more than 300 others.
Yesterday s violent springtime
storms, battering areas from the
Midwest prairie lands southward
into Mississippi, came in the wake
. of tomadic winds which raked
the southwest earlier Tuesday and
Monday night.
The casualty toll from the two
day outbreak of stormy weather
was at least 49 dead and more
than 325 injured. Property dam
age was estimated in the millions
of dollars. Hundreds were left
homeless.
Western Michigan, in the Grand
Rapids district, suffered the heav
iest death and injury toll. Latest
reports showed at least 22 dead,
18 identified and four unidenti
fied. More than 200 were injured.
A dozen twisters hammered the
area, destroying scores of homes.
Some 2,000 were reported home
less.
In Washington, the Red Cross
said in a preliminary report, 170
homes were destroyed, 403 dam
aged and a total of 835 families
affected by the storms in Tennes
see, Mississippi, Michigan, Wis
consin, Oklahoma and Pansas.
Heavy hail and rain pelted the
storm-stricken regions. Tempera
tures, which had climbed into the
70s in Midwest areas, dropped.
•The intense storm center in
Minnesota spread ice and snow
over parts of the central and
northern Great Plains. Several
communities in Nebraska and
South Dakota were isolated.
Heavy and drifting snow and
ice was the outlook from eastern
North Dakota and extreme north
east South Dakota across north
western Minnesota.
The tornadoes which hammered
Michigan caused heaviest loss of
life and dafage at Hudsonville, a
town of 1,300 about 10 miles
southwest of Grand Rapids on the
highway to Lake Michigan. Thir
teen persons were killed. An esti
mated million dollars damage was
done at Standale, a Grand Rapids
suburb.
Lewis, Arnold and
Cavota Elected
To City Council
Results of the Municipal Elec
tion Tuesday were as follows:
For Mayor — Steffen Andersen,
257 votes.
For City Clerk—Carrie McLain,
248.
For City Treasurer—Jim McLean,
244.
For School Board—Lorena Gray,
241.
For Utility Board—Pearse Walsh,
162; A1 Doyle 115.
For City Councilmen—Bob Lewis,
172; Wilbur Arnold 159; Fred
Cavota, 124; Lester Bronson,
121; Chuck Frazier, 97.
There were two write-in candi
dates: Wallace Mclver, 40; and
Martha Stephenson, 33.
In the councilman contest, three
were elected: Bob Lewis, Wilbur
Arnold and Fred Cavota.
For Utility Board, Pearse Walsh
was elected to the five-year term.
A total of 286 ballots were
cast in the election.
NENANA ICE
BULLETIN
The following bulletin was re
ceived yesterday from Walter Mi
nano, manager of the annual Ice
Classic at Nenana:
Ice conditions: 41 inches; snow
38 inches. Weather fair, cooler
than usual. Home of Nenana Ice
Classic bussing with activity.
Signed up workers for sorting
tickets on the third. Saturday is
last day of 1956 Ice Classic
guessing. Head floor walker
Mae Speck predicts Late break
up. Yulana Barge Line thawing
out boats for 1956 season.
Though Alaska is coated with
an unusualy heavy 'blanket of
snow this year old timers are firm
in their belief that there will be
an early break-up. Anent this
possibility, the Nenana Ice Class
ic guessing contest will close at
midnight Saturday, and leave to
chance another year’s speculation
on the wonders of nature.
It is interesting to note that
since 1917 when the Ice Classic
was started, no one living at
Nenana, the scene of the contest,
has ever been alone on the right
minute. And that probably is one
of the reasons why it goes on
year after year to 'be one of the
favorite games of Alaskans.
Russians Reported To Be
Ahead of U.S., Canada
In Arctic Research
MONTREAL OP*—Louis O. Quam,
president of the Assn, of Ameri
can Geographers, says Canada
and the United States are far be
hind Russia in arctic research.
Quam told the association’s an
nual meeting last night Russia
probably will launch its sixth
drift research station in arctic
waters this month.
Four of Russia’s floating sta
tions have been launched since
the end of World War II, he said,
usually in April. Russia also oper
ates at least 100 arctic research
stations along its northern coast
ANVIL MT. STATION DESTROYED
Nome had a grandstand seat for
the fire on top of Anvil Mountain
Tuesday which destroyed the
communication station situated
there. The station was operated
by the 11th Air Division under
the jurisidiction of the 5001st Air
Base Group at Ladd AFB. The
site, behind Anvil Rock, which is
a historic landmark, has been a
restricted area since its establish
ment two years ago.
The fire is reported to have
started in the weasel shed, where
the men stationed there melted
snow for water. The road to the
site has been blocked this winter
and no other water has been
S
i available.
According to an official release
from Ladd AFB, about $60,000
damage was done. Much of the
equipment was saved by the men
of the station, who sacrificed their
own personal effects to save the
communications equipment.
It was probably the first fire
in this area which was fought
with fire fighting equipment
flown to the scene by bush planes.
A Wien Airlines plane and an
M-K plane landed CO-2 tanks
near the top of the mountain.
Weasles from the A.R.C., the
A.C.S. and the C.A.A. also carried
50-pound tanks as well as gas
1 masks from the Nome Fire Dept.
Lions- Club Ambulance
Built in Tennessee Is
Driven to Anchorage
MEMPHIS, (j'P—An ambulance ,
built in Tennessee for the Anchor- |
age, Alaska, Lions Club rolled on
toward Seattle yesterday.
The ambulance is being passed
from club to club in 70 cities lo
cated on the route from here to
Seattle. It left Memphis, where it
was built, yesterday. The trip
from Seattle to Alaska will be by
ship.
The Anchorage _ Lions Club
chipped in to buy the ambulance,
which will be used to provide free
service in that area.
Nobody Stole His Cow,
But Farmer Was Hurt
SALERNO, Italy, UP>—It all hap
pened, police said, because fanner
Antonio Liberti was afraid some
one would steal his cow while he
slept.
He tied one end of a long rope
around the cow’s neck, left his
door open, and went to bed with
the other end of the rope tied
around his waist.
While he sleft, the cow became
frightened by the rope and took
off across the fields at a wild run.
Liberti, dragged for over half a
mile before he could free himself,
was taken to a hospital severely
injured.
Conflicting Substitutes for Mental
Health Bill Face Senate Subcommittee
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Marler Aquitted
Of Tax Evasion
FAIRBANKS, (M—An Alaskan
who pleaded “taxation without
representation” as his defense
against income tax evasion was
acquitted of the charge early to
day.
A federal court jury found Jack
Marler innocent after about three
hours of deliberation.
Marler, former deputy collector
of internal revenue and now man
ager of Tok Lodge, contended at
his trial his belief that Alaska in
come taxation is illegal led him to
test the law. He said that was why
he failed to file his income tax re
turns in 1951 and 1952.
The government challenged the
plea, arguing Marler was an in
come tax evader who used “taxa
tion without representation" as an
excuse. However, the government
did not meet Marler s case head
on, and the case turned out to be
less than a test of the federal in
come tax law as it applies to Al
aska.
Marler testified he did not have
the specific intention of testing
the income tax law in Alaska
when he failed to file his returns,
but said he had entertained the
idea and later decided on a test.
The government introduced a
letter written by Marler in which
he asked for leniency on grounds
that he was always ‘‘a dollar short
and an hour late.”
* By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, UfV-Two con
flicting substitutes for the contro
versial Alaska Mental Health Bill
await the attention of the Senate
Territories subcommittee.
Which if either of the two inde
pendendent proposals—by Sens.
Goldwater (R-Ariz) and Malone
(R-Nev)—will be adopted is to be
ironed out behind closed doors
when the subcommittee takes up
the House-passed bill after the
Easter recess.
Both substitutes are prompted,
at least in part, by strong protests
in some quarters that the bill as it
now stands would permit estab
lishment in Alaska of a “political
Siberia” and otherwise endanger
personal liberties.
Principal Objection
One of the principal objections
is to the bill’s reciprocity provi
sion which would authorize Alas
ka’s governor to enter into agree
ments with governors of other
states for the exchange of mental
ly ill patients.
Each of the substitute proposals
would reword this provision to
make clear it applies only to the
transfer of a resident of a state
who becomes ill in Alaska or to an
Alaskan who becomes mentally
ill outside the territory.
Malone Provision 'Unacceptable'
Of the two substitutes, Malone’s
proposal goes further—to the ex
tent that it is described by Dele
gate Bartlett as “completely un-'
acceptable to Alaskans.
Redesignated as the Alaska Le
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