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Republicans Laud,
Demos Attack
Eisenhower
By the Associated Ppfss
Republicans Friday night sa
luted President Eisenhower on the
start of his fourth year in the
White House but, in marked con
trast, Democrat Averell Harriman
aimed strong and direct criticism
at the President.
Harriman, making a swing thru
California, called Eisenhower a
“buck passer” and “the biggest
dodger”—terms which clashed
sharply with those used by GOP
orators at 53 “Salu'e to Eisen
hower” fund-raising dinners.
The New York governor seerrmd
•closer +han ever to becoming an
“active” rather than an “inactive”
candidate for the Democra'ie
presidential nomination.
Eisenhower gave no uch clim«
to his 1956 plans in his talk re
sponding to the GOP salute. He
simply promised that, either as a
candidate or as a “worker in the
ranks,” he wpuld fight “with all
my strength” for the policies of
his administration.
Republicans at the party din
ners across the country, hearing
Eisenhower by closed circuit TV,
made no secret of their hope that
he’ll seek a second term. They
heard speakers describe him as a
“symbol for peace,” "the out
standing figure in the world to
day,” and a “wise, cool” leader.
Against this backdrop, Sen.
Sparkman Saturday aimed new
criticism at administration foreign
policy. In a Washington interview
Sparkman said the administration
has “bluffed and blustered” with
out “liberating a single nation
from the Communists or even
holding the containment line.”
Nixon, in his Chicago talk, re
plied to Adlai Stevenson’s recent
statement that Dulles seemed
willing to play “Russian roulette”
with America’s fate through a
“brink of war” policy.
Nixon said Stevenson offers us
nothing except a return to “the
Truman-Acheson policy (that) got
its into war.”
Candle Sets $100,000 Fire
SEOUL, South Korea —A 75
year-old shopkeeper died Satur
day in a $100,000 fire touched off
when he dropped a candle in a
cluttered market place.
Some 200 tiny market stalLs
were destroyed.
TJ.S. Accuses Red China
Of Demanding Formosa
\s Price of Peace
WASHINGTON WV-The United
States accused Red China Satur
day of demanding American
abandonment of Formosa as the
price for joining in a real renunci
ation of the use of force.
Striking back at Red Chinese
charges of American stalling in
talks at Geneva, the State De
partment issued a summary of
four months of those discussions
and said:
“The Communists so far seem
willing to renounce force only if
they are first conceded the goals
for which they would use force.”
The State Department officials
said Red China’s goals were to
get the U*S. to withdraw its small
defense force from the Formosa
area, abandon its base rights
there and cancel the mutual de
fense treaty with Nationalist
China.
These officials said the United
States would never do these
things and asserted the American
position in defense of Formosa is
not negotiable with the Reds.
j Frank Morris Returns
From Northern Trip
Frank Morris, Second Division
engineer for the Alaska Road
Commission, returned from a trip
north which took him to Kotze
bue, Norvik, Buckland, Candle
and Deering to inspect staking of
dog trails, which is provided by
federal and territorial funds.
Morris reports cold weather all
along the way, with Norvik at
50 degrees below zero.
Energetic Boxer Pup
Will Have Big Hangover
AESAGER, England, OP—T h e
Philip Johnson family got home
from the movies and found Susan,
their boxer pup, bouncing her
rubber bone off the ceiling and
charging through the house like
a souped-up greyhound
Nearby was a box the pup had
apparently knocked from a win
dowsill. It previously contained
Mrs. Johnson’s energy pills.
“She had eaten a whole month’s
supply of pills prescribed by my
doctor,” said Mrs. Johnson. “Now
she just can’t stay still.”
A veterinarian said that Susan!
should be alright but when she j
calms down she’ll have something j
resembling a king-size hangover. |
Pioneer Whist Series
To Start Saturday Night
The Pioneer Card Series will
begin next Saturday, Jan. 28, at
8 p.m. in the Pioneer Hall. Every
one is invited to attend the an
nual whist parties and compete
for the grand prizes, which will
be awarded at the final game, to
be held April 7.
Pearce Walsh, Pioneer presi
dent, announced today that the
card parties will begin promptly
at 8 p.m.
The following dates have been
selected for the parties: Jan. 28,
Feb. 11, Feb. 25, March 10, March
24, and April 7.
Series tickets are being sold
this week by members of the
Pioneer Igloo and the Women’s
Auxiliary.
The planning commitee for the
card parties met Sunday after
noon at the home of Pearce
Walsh. Committee members are:
Ellen Waldheim, Susy Hermann,
Jennie Frazier, Fred Rohn, Wm.
Ullrich, and Harry Lewis.
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
Our beautiful planet, Venus,
located in the southern sky from
4 to 6 p.m., shines by reflected
sunlight.
Venus is well hidden in fleecy
clouds so that it is difficult for
astronomers to determine its time
of rotation. Some believe that the
planet presents the same side to
the sun.
There is very little evidence of
oxygen and water vapor in Venus’
atmosphere. Oxygen is mostly
combined with carbon to form
carbon dioxide. Much of the
carbon dioxide, much of which
comes from volcanoes.
Fho ographs of Venus through
the violet filters exhibit a variety
of markings on the disk. These
are cloud markings which some
astronomers claim are due to the
dust, which appears in large
quantities.
Venus is 67 million miles from
the sun and makes one revolution
in 225 days. It resembles the
ear.h in size and surface gravity.
11th Airborne Division
Arrives in Germany
Fcr Three Year’s Duty
BREMERHAVEN, Germany, UP)
—The first units of the U.S. 11th
Airborne Division arrived here
today for three years’ duty in
Germany.
A total of 1,540 officers and en
listed men and 379 wives and
children came in aboard the
transport General Maurice Rose.
The 11th Airborne, popularly
known as “The Angels," is the
first U.S. paratroop division to
serve in Europe since World War
II. It is replacing the 5th Infantry
Division, which has been reas
signed to Fort Ord, Calif.
The 11th Airborne will be sta
tioned in the Augsburg and Mu
nich areas in south Germany.
Signallers Upset Merchants; Records
Smashed as Hornets Explode for 96
Wedding Shower Given
For Mrs. Casperson
A miscellaneous wedding show
er was given last Thursday tor
Mrs. Charles Casperson in the
home of Mrs. Carl Liebig. Mrs.
Casperson is the former Kav Eb
eltaft, who recently arrived in
Nome.
Games were enjoyed by* the 15
ladies present.
After Mrs. Casperson had
opened her gifts refreshments
were served by Mrs. Walterson
and Miss Bertha Stedje.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Unlakieet: Mary Ann Ron
quillo, May and Pearl Joule.
From Gambell: Capt. Emery,
Maj. Morgan, Col. Calkins, Sp/3
Peila, Sp 2 Rutherford, Chaplain
Shevlin.
From Anchorage: B. Blumen
stein, Floyd Harmon, Maurice
Kelliher, Paul James, Murphy
Nuglene, Pat Bliss.
To Anchorage: R. Narr, Pfc.
Melvin J. Simowitz, Sp/2 Jack
Rutherford, James L. Peila, Grace
Edman, Oliver Thomas, Myra
Sun, U.A. Honka, Maj. Coonfield,
Col. Calkins, Capt. Emery, Maj.
Morgan, Chaplain Shevlin, Linda
Kennedy, Mary Diede, Ray Tay
lor, Dick Walsh, Pat Bliss.
British Film Producer
Sir Alexander Korda Dies
LONDON, (4*1—Sir Alexander
Korda, leading British film pro
ducer, died today. He was 62.
The Hungarian-born movie
magnate was noted for his lavish
film productions with which he
made—and sometimes lost—for
tunes. He made pictures for 40
years and since the early ’30s had
been a leader in the British film
industry.
Korda died as his latest epic,
Sir Laurence Olivier’s filming of
Shakespeare’s “Richard III, was
shooting the silver-haired produc
er back to the peak of Britain’s
film heap. The star-studded pic
ture will have its American pre
miere on television in March.
PUSS WAS RIDING HIGH
CORTE MADERA, Calif., —
Spectators guffawed as Mrs. Dora
Bluden drove along the street.
Curious, Mrs. Blunden pulled
up to a curb, got out and looked
at her car.
Along for the ride, on top, was
her Siamese cat.
One of the earliest ways of
measuring time was by burning
a candle or a stick.
THE POLIO VACCINE STORY Polio Isn't Licked Yet!
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> The ACS Signaliers broke into
the win column Friday night as
they took charge of the back
boards in a smooth moving game
and downed the Nome Merchants
52 to 47.
The second game was an action
packed melee that left a string of
broken records in its wake as the
Polar’s Hornets took advantage
of their speed and smothered
the Air Force Jets 96 to 56.
In the first game, big Gary
Penix and lanky Jack Bolton
traded off at center. With the
able help of Dan Grosgebauer and
Capt. Bob Ellis at the forward
positions, the rebound situation
was well in hand for the Signal
iers. Mahlen, Ahkolik and Kuz
ruk displayed a magnificent brand
of ball handling as the ACS held
the lead throughout the game.
Ellis hit the hoop for 26 count
ers to pace the hopped up ACS
squad. Flashing Jim Mahlen was
next with 8, Grosgebauer dropped
in 5, Ahkolik and Penix 4, Bolton
3 and Vern Kuzruk 2.
The big gun for the Merchants
was their ace forward, cagey Pete
Larsen, who gathered 29 points.
Eddie Carlson and Louie Kost got
5 each and Castell and Bell were
close behind with 4.
The Polar Hornets’ score of 96
in the second game is the highest
score of the season and from all
indications the highest score in
the history of the present high
school gymnasium.
The old dead-eye kid, Tony
Willoya smashed his own season
record of points in one game: the
new mark is a fabulous 36. Hus
tling Bobby Herman blasted the
net for 28, big Dave Bell was next
with 14, Gary Longley made 9,
Sammy Mogg 6, and Norm Atuk
made 3.
For the Air Force Jets it was
White with 14, Parris and Hinson
11, Sterns 8, Vitcenda 6. Murray
4 and Baker 2.
Tomorrow night brings the
Nome Merchants and the Air
Force together in the first game
and the hi-flying Hornets clash
with the always tough Nome
Nanooks at 8:45. This one could
go either way and will be a game
well worth attending.
Another attraction on Tuesday
night will be the new electric
scoreboard recently installed.
The new board will give a de
tailed account of the game, the
score being changed electrically
from the score keepers desk and
time elapsed and remaining in
the game is shown on the giant
clock.
The new board is complete
with electric horn and indicator
lights and will edd to the excite
ment of each game since even
the least informed spectator will
now be able to follow the game
in every detail.
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