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USS Skate 2nd
U.S. Sub To Cross
Under North Pole
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Uni
ted States staked a new claim to
mastery of undersea pioneering
today after a second atomic sub
marine had crossed under the
North Pole.
The U.S.S. Skate reached the
pole at 8:47 p.m. Monday—just
six days after its ojder sister, the
Nautilus, emerged from an his
toric 1,830-mile trip across the
polar cap. The Nautilus arrived
yesterday in Portland, England,
and got a big welcome.
The Navy released word of
the Skate’s achievement last night
without any fanfare. This con
trasted sharply with the special
White House ceremony arranged
last Friday to announce the Nau
tilus’ voyage.
The bare annoucement last
night said the Skate surfaced in
an ice field some 40 miles from
the North Pole to radio word of
the trip.
The Navy said the Skate, the
third U.S. atomic sub built, was
continuing under-ice explora
tions.
Whaley Taking More
Pictures For Tour
Agencies In States
Frank Whaley, tour director
for Wien Airlines, accompanied
by his daughter Nina, arrived
yesterday and is busy taking more
pictures of this area for circu
lation next winter to tour agen
cies all over the States.
Whaley stated that statehood
is causing much more interest in
Alaska from all parts of the
States. In New York City, Abra
ham and Strauss, 4th largest de
partment store in the United
States has prepared an exhibit
for New Yorkers. They estimate
that 65,000 people enter their
store on a average each day. To
places like this, Mr. Whaley sees
that pictures and stories and
leaflets are made available on
this part of Alaska.
Canadian Jet-Prop
Plane Makes First
Pacific Crossing
TOKYO, OR — A Canadian Pa
cific Airlines Bristol Britannia
312 arrived early Thursday claim
ing the first trans-Pacific jet
prop flight.
The 400-m.p.h. Britannia car
ried five CPAL crews on a prov
ing flight. Regular nonstop twice
weekly service between Tokyo
and Vancouver, B.C. is to be
started Aug. 23. CPAL says it
will be the fastest service be
tween Asia and North America.
The Britannia left Vancouver
Tuesday. It stopped at Anchor
age and Cold Bay to familiarize
its crews with alternate landing
facilities on the North Pacific
circle flight.
C a p t. William Roxborough,
chief CPAL pilot, said the plane
averaged 380 m.p.h. against a
45 m.p.h. headwind on the Cold
Bay-Tokyo leg, covering the
2,910 miles in a record 7 hours
24 minutes.
John Miller Named Member
of Higher Educalion Commiiiee
BOULDER. Colo., Iff) — Dr.
John E. Miller, Spenard, Alaska,
has been named a member of
the executive committee of the
Western Interstate Commission for
Higher Education. The confer
ence closed a session here yes
terday.
President Vetoes
Nuclear Powered
Ice Breaker
WASHINGTON, UP) — Presi
dent Eisenhower vetoed yester
day a bill to authorize construc
tion of a 60 million dollar nu
clear power ice breaker and in
so doing aroused criticism from
two Washington state congress
men—one a Republican, the other
a Democrat.
The top-ranking Republican on
the House Merchant Marine Com
mittee, Rep. Thor Tollefson said
the House committee was con
vinced of a need for the vessel
as a means of strengthening sup
ply lines to Arctic and Antarctic
installations and to permit fur
ther research in those areas.
Tollefson said:
“The recent feat of the Nauti
lus in crossing the North Pole
under the Arctic ice flow points
up anew the fact that the polar
route will be used increasingly
in the future for air and sea
transportation. Russia already
uses it extensively for her own
ships.”
Sen. Warren Magnuson (R
Wash) termed the veto a crip
pling perhaps crushing, blow to
both Arctic and nuclear research.”
“The worst feature of the veto
is the time loss,” Magnuson said.
“America is in a grim race with
Russia, not only in research and
peaceful use of the Arctic for
transportation, but also in the
overall vital matter of sovereign
ty.
“Russia may now have a free
hand unless we can establish ac
tivity, such as we have in the
Antarctic. The Arctic ship would
have done this. Apparently the
administration doesn’t care.”
Thomas Ross Dies
In Seattle Sunday
SEATTLE, UP—'Thomas Austin
Ross, 83, former keeper of the
life saving station at Nome, died
rhere Sunday.
Ross went to Alaska during the
gold rush and established a boat
ing business at Nome. He es
tablished the life-saving station
in 1905 and remained in charge
until it burned in 1934. He then
came to Seattle but was recalled
to service in 1942 and commis
sioned a lieutenant in the Coast
Guard. Ross was a charter mem
ber of the Pioneers of Alaska
and a member of the Alaska
Yukon Pioneers. Survivors in
clude his widow, Charlotte, a
daughter, Frances Ross, Stanford,
Calif., and a son, John Ross,
Seattle.
Requiem mass will be said
Thursday morning in Holy Rosary
Church here with burial in Cal
vary Cemetery.
Fairbanks Wins American Legion
Junior Baseball Championship
JUNEAU, UP — Fairbanks took
advantage of loose Juneau-Auke
Bay fielding yesterday and won
the Alaska American Legion
Junior Baseball championship
with a 7-3 decision in the fifth
and final game of the playoff
tournament.
Harry Applauds Ike's Speech
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., UP —
Former President Harry Truman
made this comment today on
President Eisenhower’s speech to
the United Nations General As
sembly:
“A good, Constructive speech
on which I hope the United Na
tions assembly will act immedi
ately.”
49th State Express
Flight Planned
For Saturday
Here is a trip of a lifetime and
all on a weekend! The “49th
State Express,” an Alaska Air
lines DC-3 to Unalakleet, Fair
banks, Barow and Kotzebue—and
all for $125.00, including meals,
lodging and incidental trans
portation.
Delegate Bartlett will arrive
this Friday to accompany the
flight and spearhead the drive
for a good turnout for the August
26th Primary, and ratification of
the three statehood propositions.
The fight is definitely non-parti
san and any interested persons
are invited. A good Statehood
vote is the principal objective.
Community meetings are being
arranged at all stops.
Plans wete originally for the
flight to overnight in Barrow,
but accommodations so far have
not been assured. As an alter
nate the overnight in Fairbanks
will permit a visit to the Tanana
Valley Fair, which is in progress
this weekend. A minimum of
3 hours will be permitted at each
stop, with more time assured in
Barrow. Lunch Saturday in Una
lakleet, dinner Saturday night
and breakfast Sunday morning in
Fairbanks. Every leg of the trip
will be different, with no dupli
cation of route at any time.
The number of passengers will
be limited, so be sure and get
your reservation in early. Res
ervations- can be made by call
ing Main 8, or seeing John Mc
Nees. (Notice advertisement in
other section of this paper.) The
trip will take place only if
enough, people sign up—so do so
right away! No reservations will
be taken after noon on Friday!
Vic Rivers Says
Coastal Cities Will
Prosper Under Statehood
SITKA—New growth and ex
pansion of Alaska coastal cities
was predicted by Territorial
Senate President Victor Rivers,
who told a radio audience in
Sitka that after passage of the
statehood referendum in the pri
mary election, the state of Alaska
will be allowed to draw 400,000
acres from the national forests
surrounding the communities on
the coast.
Rivers, a Democratic candidate
for governor of Alaska, said that
“Alaska will be embarking on
statehood with more land, more
coastline, more minerals, more
timber, fish and game, and prob
ably more gas and oil than any
other state in the union.”
“There will be no necessity,”
he said, “to increase taxes. The
development of these vast re
sources will bring earnings for
the people and state government.”
Inappropriate Now
For Alaska Airlines
To Work On Mergers
WASHINGTON,. m — Alaska
Airlines asked the Civil Aero
nautics Board today to dismiss
its investigation of air service be
tween the States and Alaska.
The airline said it would have
been impossible for the board
to choose a more inappropriate
time to encourage airlines serv
ing Alaska to work out mergers.
Last Jan. 15 the CAB started
an investigation to ' determine
whether it is advisable to reduce
the number of airlines operating
to and from Alaska.
Eisenhower Proposes Six-Point Plan
For Building Peace In Middle East
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (®—
President Eisenhower today set
forth a sweeping six-point plan
for building enduring Mid-East
peace—including swift creation of
an emergency U.N. police force
and an international economic
development program.
In a dramatic personal appear
ance before a tense extraordi
nary meeting of the United Na
tions General Assembly, the Presi
dent at the same time accused
Russia—without naming the So
viet Union—of stirring up war
hysteria with tactics of “ballistic
blackmail.”
Eisenhower laid down his pro
posals for peace and economic
stability in a major foreign policy
speech carried coast-to-coast on
television and radio, and beamed
around the world by the govern
ment’s Voice of America radio.
He said his program would
promote “a true Arab renais
sance.” The alternative, he as
serted, is:
“The danger that nations under
aggressive leadership will seek
to exploit man’s horror of war by
confronting .the nations, particu
larly small nations, with an ap
parent choice between supine
surrender, or war.”
Again without naming Moscow,
Eisenhower compared the Krem
lin’s conduct with someone who
cries “fire” in a crowded assem
bly.
The President’s proposed six
points:
1. A standby United Nations
peace force.
2. An Arab-run Mid-East eco
nomic development loan fund
and a technical assistance pro
gram, financed jointly by the
Arab states, the United States
and other countries, presumably
including Russia.
3. A constant U.N. check to
curb inflammatory propoganda
broadcasts to and from the Mid
dle East nations.
4. A U.N. study of possible con
trols of arms shipments to Mid
East countries, including Israel,
to avert an East-West munitions
race in the area.
5. Unspecified new U.N. moves
to guarantee Lebanon’s security
and independence after Ameri
can troops are withdrawn.
6. An expression of U.N. de
termination to assure Jordan’s
survival as a nation, presumably
by replacing British troops now
there with U.N. personnel.
Calling world attention to the
tense situation in that tiny king
dm, Eisenhower warned that “in
direct aggression discernible in
Jordan may lead to conflicts
endangering the peace.” He did
not fix blame for this, but said
consequences of -a far-reaching
nature could result.
The President made it clean the
Arabs first of all must agree on
the regional development plan.
He said:
“Should the Arab states agree
on the usefulness of such a
soundly organized regional insti
tution, and should they be pre
pared to support it with their
own resources, the United States
would also be prepared to sup
port it.”
With Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko on hand, Eisen
hower strongly defended his de
cision to rush U.S. troops into
Lebanon, and said against the
background of Russia’s bitter de
nunciation of that move:
“This world of individual
nations is not going to be con
trolled by any one power or
group of powers . . . please be
lieye me when I say that the ■
dream of world domination by
one power, or a world of con
formity, is an impossible dream.”
The President served notice
that if necessary the U.S. again
would go to the aid of a threat
ened country, partiularly any
small nation, which Appeals for
help within the spirit of the U.N.
charter.
Coast Guard Inspection Waived
WASHINGTON, UP* — The
House yesterday accepted a com
promise bill to continue waiver
of Coast Guard inspection for
vessels cooperatively charted to
serve Southeast Alaska ports.
The bill would continue such
service to all Southeast Alaska
ports until March 15, 1960, at
which time it would be limited
to points not receiving weekly
year-around scheduled service.
Senate action still is required
before the bill can go to the
White House.
Gromyko Charges
U.S. Is Main
Threat To Peace
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UPt—
Soviet Minister Andrei A. Gro
myko answered President Eisen
hower’s Middle East peace bid
today with a charge that the
United States was the main threat
to peace in that area.
The Soviet leader addressed
the emergency Middle East meet
ing of the 81-nation General As
sembly shortly after Eisenhower
had outlined a broad program
for U.N. action, including creation
of a standby police force and a
regional agency to finance better
living.
Refusing to take the President’s
cue for playing down East-West
differences, Gromyko charged
that policies of the United States
and Britain “threaten to hurl
mankind into the abyss of a new
war with all its consequencies.”
He accused the United States
of trampling the U.N. charter un«
der its feet by sending military
forces into Lebanon. He also
charged that indirect aggression
was a firm part of the U.S. for
eign policy. '
“Oil, oil and oil again.” Gro
myko said. “That is what is
tempting the monopolists of the
United States and United King
dom in the Middle East and that
is what prompts them to make
military intervention in the Arab
states.”
Jordan’s chief delegate Monem
Rifai told the assembly his coun
try was struggling against in
direct aggression and plots against
its integrity. He said Eisen
hower’s speech brought hope and
satisfaction. .
Gromkyo chided the United
States for its withdrawal of one
Marine battalion from Lebanon
as meaningless.
Referring to Eisenhower’s pro
posal for economic development,
Gromyko said the Soviet Union
agrqed that economic develop
ment was a good idea. He in
sisted, however that U.S. troops
must be withdrawn from Leba
non and British troops from Jor
dan before anything constructive
could be done.