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VOL. LVII No. 63NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1955Per Copy—15^
Anthony Eden
Wins Smashing
Vote of Confidence
LONDON, UP) — Britain has
given Prime Minister Eden a
smashing vote of confidence in
an election that shook the oppo
sition Labor Party to its founda
tions, strengthening Lefists hopes
to take over leadership from
Clement Attlee.
Nearly complete returns from
yesterday’s election promised
Eden’s Conservatives a majority
of 50 to 60 in the 630-seat House
of Commons. That' guaranteed
Eden’s government a five - year
term of office with a working
margin triple the 17-vote major
ity the Conservatives had when
the last Parliament adjourned.
The result was a tremendous
boost in prestige for Eden, who
had stood for so long in the
shadow of his predecessor, Sir
Winston Churchill.
The outcome apparently re
flected voter confidence in the
Conservative free enterprise ap
proach to the* national economy,
Eden’s success in organizing the
Big Four “at the summit” talks,
and prosperous times under the
Conservative government.
The Laborites took the gov
ernment in 1945, in a vote that
reflected popular resentment of
wartime austerity. The Conserva
tives came back under Churchill’s
leadership in 1951, winning a
majority of House of Commons
districts but actually lagging be
hind the Laborites in the popular
vote. This time the popular vote
as well as a majority of districts
was firmly in the Conservative
column.
Senators Pleased
By Speedup In
Production B-52s
WASHINGTON, UD—A 35 per
cent speedup in the production
rate of B-52 jet bombers brought
praise today from Democratic
senators wary of Russia’s grow
ing air power.
“I’m gratified,” said Sen. Sy
mington <D-Mo), who added in
an interview that “the Pentagon
has changed a lot of its estimates
and positions.”
“I heartily aprove,” added Sen.
Stennis (D-Miss), who said he fa
vored boosting the output of the
long range bombers “by an even
larger percentage.”
Secretary of the Air Force Har
old Talbott announced late yes
terday the 35 per cent speedup in
production of B-52s, the eight-jet
bombers that can fly more than
600 miles an hour and cover 6,000
miles without refueling.
“This acceleration will permit
the Air Force to complete the re
placement of B-36s in its heavy
bombardment and strategic recon
naissance wings well ahead of
the present schedule,” the an
nouncement said. It left unan
swered whether an increase in
overall numbers of the planes
might be involved.
Tito Happy But
Khrushchev Not
In First Meeting
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, (#> —
The leaders of the Soviet Union
and Yugoslavia sat down together
today for the first time in seven
years in an effort to patch up
their differences on world Com
munism.
The mingled aroma of Acacia,
Slivovicz and vodka hung over
the conference room of Gardijski
Dom, a handsome building on the
outskirts of Belgrade, when Presi
dent Tito and Nikita Khrushchev
entered, speaking Russian.
Members of the Soviet delega
tion, who came here almost hum
bly to apologize for kicking Tito
out of the Cominform in 1948 and
to suggest ways for becoming fast
friends again looked tired.
Khrushchev, the boss of the
Soviet Communist party, and his
delegation wore the same, wrin
kled suits in which they arrived
yesterday. They neither laughed
nor smiled.
But Tito fairly sparkled in a
light gray summer suit with razor
edge creases. He grinned broadly
when he greeted newsmen and
photographers.
The Russians had a reason for
looking weary. They got up at 6
a.m. to take part in wreath plac
ing ceremonies prior to the ser
ious business of the conference, j
That is hard on Russian political,
leaders who often work through
the night and sleep most of the
day.
Race Track Operator Held
To Owe $2,012,222 In
Back Income Taxes
WASHINGTON, UD — Judge
Clarence P. Lemire of the U.S.
Tax Court held today that Wm.
G. “Big Bill” Lias, Wheeling, W.
Va., race track operator, owes
$2,012,222 in back income taxes
and penalties.
Under the ruling, Lias was held
liable also for an additional
amount of interest, to be com
puted later.
During the Tax Court trial of
the 400-pound operator of Wheel
ing Downs Race Track and one
time professional gambler, $2,
$50,000 was repeatedly mentioned
as‘the total amount owed, includ
ing penalties and interest up to
1952.
Whether this would be the
amount that Lemire’s decision
would add up to won’t be deter
mined until the computations of
interest are made.
Nation’s Population
165 Million According
To “Census Clock”
WASHINGTON, — The na
tion’s population reached an esti
mated 165 million persons at 51
minutes and 51 seconds past 7
a.m. today.
The figure was ticked off at
that moment on a “census clock”
an electrical device which keeps
track of the country’s population
growth on the basis of statistical
averages.
Confirmed Polio
Cases Following
“Shots” Now 111
WASHINGTON, W—'The total
of confirmed polio cases follow
ing use of Salk vaccine jumped
by 17 today, to 111. Thirteen of
the new cases were nonparalytic.
The special daily report of the
Public Health Service also listed
the first cases—two nonparalytic
ones in Nebraska — among per
sons who had been given vaccine
nfanufactured by Pitman-Moore;
Co., Zionsville, Ind,
There was no explanation as to
why the total jumped by 17 cases
in one day, though it has been
announced that none are included
in the confirmed list until an in
vestigation has been made.
Of the post - vaccination cases
77 have been paralytic and 341
non-paralytic. Five have resulted
fatally.
Since use of the vaccine started
about April 14 it is estimated
some six million persons have
been inoculated.
Cargo Plane Carrying
DEW Equipment Explodes
EDMONTON, Alta., UP) — A
cargo plane carrying two boxes
of radar network in the Arctic
crashed here yesterday and ex
ploded.
The two crewmen aboard were
killed and 17 freight cars dam
aged beyond repair when the
four-engine, 30-ton plane smash
ed into a packed railway yard
while attempting a take-off.
The plane was enroute to Fort
Smith, N.W.T., 450 miles north
of here, when the crash occurred.
It was ferrying equipment for the
construction of the Distant Early
Warning radar network now
being set up along the rim of
Canada’s Arctic mainland.
Alaskans Will Make Most
Of Three Day Holiday
This Weekend ^
Alaskans are making the most
of their three-day holiday this
week-end, visiting various parts
of the territory on special tours.
Nome is included on a tour
from Anchorage; another tour
originates at Fairbanks and goes
to Pt. Barrow and Circle Hot
Springs. Kennecott and McCarthy
in the Wrangell Mountains—old
ghost mining towns—will be vis
ited by tours from Cordova.
All Federal and Territorial
offices will observe the double
holiday, including the post
office.
Most business houses will ob
serve the holiday also.
THURSDAY BASEBALL
American League
New York 8-7, Washington 4-3
Chicago 3-9, Cleveland 1-10
Baltimore 2, Boston 0
National League
Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 4
Brooklyn 6, Pittsburgh 2
Chicago 3, St. Louis 0
Philadelphia 3, New York 2
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 6, Portland 5
San Diego 16, Los Angeles 1
Oakland 9, Sacramento 2
Eisenhower Proposes Refugee Law
Changes Which Would Reaffirm
America’s ‘Tradition of Sanctuary’
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Inquiry Charges Indian
Plane Crash April 11
Caused By Time Bomb
JAKARTA, Indonesia, (#> — An
Indonesian inquiry committee
charged today that an Indian air
liner which crashed in the South
China Sea April 11 was destroyed
by a .time bomb. Sixteen of the
19 persons aboard, including eight
Red Chinese officials, were killed
in the crash.
In Hong Kong, the British col
onial government said “It seems
probable that the explosive de
vice was placed in the aircraft
in Hong Kong.”
The Indonesian report, issued
as a government communique,
said that an inspection of the
wreckage had determined that
“the cause of this accident was
the explosion of a timed infernal
machine placed in the starboard
wheel well of the aircraft.”
Communist China accused the
Nationalist Chinese and “Ameri
can imperialists” of plotting the
plane’s destruction to sabotage
the Bandung meeting. Peiping
also charged British authorities in
Hong Kong with negligence, say
ing they had been warned of an
alleged sabotage plot. The U.S.,
British and Nationalist Chinese
governments denied the charges.
Youngster Caught 6 Hours
Head-First In Deep Hole
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Ut) —
Roger G ravelin, 13, of New
Haven, said today that he knows
now how an ostrich must feel.
The youngster was trapped
head down for almost five hours
in a six foot deep hole last night
before being rescued by police.
He got stuck in the hole trying
to retrieve his watch, thrown in
by some other boys.
A friend, Daniel Siesla, 9, heard
Roger whimpering and called
police, who pulled him out by the
feet and rushed him to a hospital.
He was discharged when the
hospital found him unhurt after
his narrow escape.
Four Navy Projects
In Alaska Included in
Military Public Works Bill
WASHINGTON, (flV—Four Navy
projects in Alaska costing a total
of $12,528,000 are in an omnibus
military public works authoriza
tion bill approved by the House
Armed Services Real Estate sub
committee Wednesday.
The projects:
Naval station, Adak, family
housing, $2,485,000.
Naval communication station,
Adak, communication facilities,
$439,000.
Naval station, Kodiak, family
housing, $2,613,100.
Naval communication station,
Kodiak, site preparation, commu
nication, maintenance and person
nel facilities, and utilities, $6,
991,000.
> WASHINGTON, W>— President
Eisenhower today proposed 10
refugee law changes which he
said would reaffirm America’s
“gTeat tradition of sanctuary.”
Chief among the amendments
the President outlined in a special
message to Congress was a
recommendation that the law be
liberalized to provide for the ad
mittance of orphans to this coun
try “on a worldwide basis.”
Eisenhower told Congress that
instructions have gone out for
improvements in the administra
tion of the 1953 law, but said
these are not enough. There are
areas in which action by Congress
is needed, he told the lawmakers.
In the past the President him
self has spoken critically of the
handling of the program. Some
Democrats in Congress have criti
cized the administration on the
same basis.
The President made no call for
revision of the provision author
izing admittance of a total of
214,000 refugees over a three
year period ending Dec. 31, 1956.
As to the 10 amendments he
recommended, Eisenhower said:
“The enactment of these
changes will permit effective ad
ministration of the act by the
executive branch of the govern
ment and greatly aid the success
of the program.
“The persons permitted to enter
the country under the program
will make a fine contribution to
the body of our citizens. And we
shall again reaffirm that the great
tradition of sanctuary lives on in
America.”
Two Men Killed, Two
Escape Injury In Collision
Of Two Light Planes
ANCHORAGE, UP) — Two men
were killed outright last night—
but two others escaped injxiry—
in the collision of two small
planes over a populated residen
tial district on the Seward High
way six miles south of here.
Territorial police said Calvin
L. Miller, 33, civilian and mech
anic at Elmendorf Air Force Base,
and Sgt. Philip C. Wilsoft, 40, an
airman at Elmendorf, died when
their craft, a float plane, crashed
in the front yard of the Floyd
Pettis residence.
The second plane, a two-place
Taylorcraft, lost its landing gear
in the collision. It flew on to
International Airport and made a
belly landing on grassy strip
alongside the runway. Sgt. Robert
K. Doty, a flight instructor at
Elmendorf, and Hertram Herman,
student pilot from Ft. Richard
son, stepped out unhurt.
Police said Doty and Herman
were practicing “S” turns at the
1,000-foot level. The float plane
suddenly appeared in their path
as they came out of one turn.
A wing of the float plane broke
off in the collision and the plane
plummeted to earth.