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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV No. 134 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1953 * Per Copy—15^
Aarnout Castell Leaves
For States And Holland
To Visit Family
Arnout Castell Sr. leaves today
to join his wife in Anchorage and
then leave for the States for the
winter.
Castell, well-known sea captain
and trader, plans to visit one
daughter in Anchorage and anoth
er married daughter in Connecti
cut, after which he will make a
trip to Holland to visit his mother
and brother whom he has not seen
for 43 years.
Castell is well known for his
seamanship and many adventures
in the Arctic during the pioneer
ing era of northern Alaska. /
Bartlett to Seek Reelection
WASHINGTON, UP)—Delegate
Bartlett (D-Alaska) yesterday
announced he will seek reelec
tion. He now is in his fifth term.
He was first elected in 1944.
Nome Dogs Are
Infected With
Form of Rabies
Police Chief Clyde Glass has re
ceived a communication form
Captain Schiller of the Arctic Re
search Center at Anchorage, where
a head of one of the local mad
dogs had been sent as well as a
whole dog.
The report states that the dogs
were definitely not infected from
the rat poison used here last
month, but indications were that
it was a form of rabies.
Glass cautioned that all loose
dogs be impounded, stray dogs
shot and pets vaccinated.
It has been fortunate, stated
Glass, that no one has been bitten
to date, but should someone be
bitten, medical aid must be given
immediately.
The Police Department is en
deavoring to dispose of all dogs
without owners “and there are
plenty of them,” stated Glass.
jane Galvin Appointed To Council,
Les Bronson To Head Civil Defense
Jane Galvin was appointed by
the Nome City Council to fill the
unexpired term of Councilman E.
B. Straub at the regular meeting
last Monday evening.
Lester Bronson has been named
director of civilian defense, filling
the position which became vacant
at the death of H. F. Harper re
cently.
Finance and Building
Councilman Bill Gillis reported
that the new budget will come up
before the council at the next
Regular meeting and all council
men were instructed to- bring the
figures estimated to cover the
various departments of the city so
that the 1954 budget can be set up.
Fire Department
Seven fires were reported for
October, with $234 being paid to
volunteer firemen.
Police Department
Thirty-eight arrests were made
in October and $692 collected in
fines and forfeitures.
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Health Department
The public health nurse has re
ported five cases of chickenpox
and 60 cases of measles during the
month, some very severe.
Fifty King Island children were
given measle globulin before leav
ing for the island; and 53 X-rays
were taken for tuberculosis.
The city pledged $1,600 to
wards the Alaska health nurse’s
salary.
A letter was read from Seward
Sanitarium, telling of their voca
tional rehabilitation program and
inquiring whether any of the pa
tients with arrested TB would be
employed in the following occu
pations: dental assistant, shoe re
pair, photography, key making,
saw filing and gunsmith.
Announcement was made of the
arrival of H. T. Harstad and Wil
liam Winn on Nov. 17., who will
both participate in the open meet
ing being' sponsored by the city to
discuss the purchase of the North
ern Light and Power plant.
ANG to Encamp at
Ft. Richardson
On November 15
Movement plans for the First
Scout Battalion Alaska National
Guard were announced Tuesday
by Brig. Gen. John R. Noyes, the
adjutant general who will be
camp commander of the arctic
units at their annual training en
campment.
The battalion will converge on
Camp Denali, Fort Richardson,
for two weeks o'f training com
mencing Nov. 15.
Major John M. Cooley, com
manding officer of the battalion,
which has its headquarters at
Nome, will be executive officer to
the camp commander. Major Webb
W. Trimble of Juneau will be
training officer for the encamp
ment. Lt. Robert T. Oliver of
Nome will be personnel and in
telligence officer as well as camp
adjutant. Sfc. David W. DeLong
of Juneau will be his assistant.
Camp chaplain will be Captain
Percy Ipalook of Kotzebue. Major
James E. O’Malley, Anchorage
physician, will be camp medical
officer. Captains William H. San
ders and Thomas P. Carroll of An
chorage will be investigating offi
cers with Capt. Sanders also act
ing as special services officer.
Wein-Alaska Airlines will carry
Guard troops from most of the
arctic villages with Northern Con
solidated Airlines also participat
ing in the airlift.
On November 15, three C-124
airplanes will depart from Nome,
and two similar planes from Bar
row, flying directly to Elmendorf
Air Force Base. A chartered Alas
ka Airlines C-46 will bring Kotze
bue area men to Nome for board
ing the C-124 and then proceed to
Unalakleet, where it will join with
an Air Force C-47 to bring the
remaining Eskimo Scouts to Camp
Denali at Fort Richardson.
Newsmen And Military
Embroiled In Dispute
Over Censorship In Korea
TOKYO, UP)—Military officials
and news correspondents were
embroiled today in a dispute over
censorship in Korea—even as the
Army denied that censorship has
been “exercised over anything but
information affecting military sec
urity.”
Relations between the military
and the press in Korea have
reached a point of open hostility.
And there has been no improve
ment despite Defense Secretary
Wilson’s statement in Washington
yesterday that “misunderstand
ings that seem to have existed
have 'been or shortly will be
cleared up.”
Wilson spoke at a National
Press Club meeting shortly before
the Army released in Washington
—but not in Korea or Tokyo—a
Far East Command report deny
ing that dual censorship exists in
Korea or that censorship has been
used for reasons other than mili
tary security. *
Republican Wins
House Seat In
California Election
LOS ANGELES, (ff)—Republican
Glenard P. Lipscomb, who carried
the blessing of his party in a four
way special election which at
tracted national attention, is the
24th District’s congressman today.
His victory, conceded by Democrat
George-Arnold, bolsters the Re
publican majority in the House,
where the GOP now holds 219
seats and the Democrats 215. An
independent has the remaining
seat.
Lipscomb’s triumph broke a
string of Democratic wins in
six Congressional elections since
last November’s regular election.
These include the replacement of
Republicans by Democrats in Con
gressional races in Wisconsin and
New Jersey.
Lipscomb termed his triumph a
vote of confidence in the Eisen
hower administration and an en
dorsement o'f the record of the
83rd Congress. It proved, he said,
“that the people are desirous of
continuing the administration’s ac
complishments of the past 10
months.”
Lipscomb, 38, is a public ac
countant now serving his third
term as state assemblyman. He
was executive secretary of Rich
ard Nixon’s vice presidential cam
paign.
CECIL WELLS ESTATE
VALUED AT $402,887
FAIRBANKS, (3—'The estate of
Cecil Wells, president of the Alas
ka Chamber erf Commerce who
was found slain in his apartment
here on Oct. 17, was valued at
$436,929, a spokesman for the fam
ily said here Monday.
Total debts which either Wells
personally or his business owed
amounted to $34,842, leaving the
estate with a net value of $402,
887.
Truman And Chief Justice Clark
Subpoenaed By House Committee
To Testify In Harry White Case
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i Measles Now Reported In
; Teller Mission, Lost River
Measles, which have been in
■ this area for some time with 60
| cases reported in Nome last month,
! are now reported from Teller Mis
sion, where capable ANS Nurse
Daisy Keene has been handling
the situation.
She is now at Lost River, where
many cases are reported.
The villages on St. Lawrence
Island also report an outbreak,
brought to them, it is believed,
when the MS North Star visited
I there this fall.
Presidential News
Conference Notes
WASHINGTON, (41— President
Eisenhower said today he is
pleased by the Republican victory
in yesterday’s election in the 24th
District of California.
At his news conference, Eisen
hower noted with a smile that last
week, after Democratic victories
in New Jersey and New York, he
had had to say that he wasn’t
completely happy with those re
sults.
The conference dealt only brief
ly with the election results, in
which Republican Glenard P.
Lipscomb rolled up a majority, in
a field of four. Most of the con
ference was devoted to the Harry
Dexter White case.
Eisenhower noted that he
leaves tomorrow for Ottawa, Can
ada, for a two-day state visit. His
speech to Parliament on Saturday,
the President said, will be a gen
eral discussion of problems com
mon to both countries.
He commented on yesterday’s
election in the Philippines by say
ing that elections there seem to be
progressing in the way we like to
see them in progress in free coun
tries. He said there apparently
was no indication of any rigging
of the election.
Eisenhower asked newsmen to
mention in their stories that this
is Armistice Day in the hope that
it would recall to Americans what
the day once meant to all of us.
Crowded Pennsy RR Train
Derails, Injuring 33
PHILADELPHIA, (41—A crowd
ed Pennsylvania Railroad commu
ter train derailed on a bridge over
the Schuykill River today, injur
ing 33 passengers. One of the de
railed cars was cut nearly in half.
Twenty-two passengers aboard
the Chestnut Hill to Philadelphia
train were taken to hospitals. Four
others were given first aid at the
PRR’s 30th Street station.
No fatalities were reported.
The coincidence that the wreck
occurred on Armistice Day helped
keep the casualty figure down.
PRR spokesmen said there were
83 passengers aboard the first two
cars. Railroad officials said they
had not determined the cause.
■ WASHINGTON, UPi— President
Eisenhower declared today he
personally never would have sub
poenaed former President Truman
in the Harry Dexter White case.
He declared, too, it is inconceiv
able to him that Truman knowing
ly would do anything to damage
the United States.
At a news conference which
dealt almost entirely with politic
ally explosive case, Eisenhower
said he was voicing his own opin
ion in declaring he is opposed to
subpoenaing Truman.
The House Un-American Activ
ities Committee has subpoenaed
the former President to give him
an opportunity to tell what he
knows about Atty. Gen. Brow
nell’s charges that Truman pro
moted White in 1946 after FBI
reports labelling White as a Rus
sian spy had been delivered to
the White House.
In reply to another question,
Eisenhower said, again expressing
his personal opinion, that he prob
ably would not have subpoenaed
Supreme Court Justice Tom C.
Clark, who was Truman’s attor
ney general at the time of the
White incident.
Clark’s name came into the
Brownell-White controversy when
Brownell said copies of the FBI
reports were turned over to a
number of high officials in the
Truman administration.
Among those Brownell said re
ceived copies were Clark and the
then secretary of state, James F.
Byrnes.
Byrnes has also been called to
testify before, the House commit
tee along with Clark.
Extended Search Planned
For Missing Jet Fighter
' ELMENDORF AIR FORCE
BASE, (if)—Weather permitting, an
extensive search was planned
Wednesday for two fliers missing
in an all-weather F-94B jet fighter
plane which disappeared shortly
after leaving this air base yes
terday.
When last heard from, the plane,
carrying a pilot and radar obser
ver, was 50 miles west of here and
carried fuel for two hours flight.
Fifteen planes from the 10th
Air Rescue and 5039th Transport
Squadrons searched unsuccessful
ly yesterday for the craft. They
were hampered by fog and heavy
clouds.
15 Believed Killed
In Navy Plane Crash
Off South Tip Of Korea
TOKYO, (F—A U.S. Navy PBM
Mariner patrol plane crashed into
the sea off the south tip of Korea
yesterday and 15 crewmen are be
lieved to have been killed, the
Navy reported today.
Four destroyers searched the
crash area all night without sight
ing survivors. One spotted debris.
The Mariner was based at Ika
kuni, Japan.