Armed Forces Day, Nome: Air Force band leads parade on Front St.
Romanian Red
Diplomat Ordered
Expelled By U.S.
WASHINGTON, UP) — Chistache
Zambeti, Romanian Communist
diplomat ordered expelled by the
United States, denounced Thurs
day State Department charges
against him as “only a frameup.”
Speaking out for the first time
on the charges, he bitterly de
nounced “as a convicted spy” Val
eriu Georgescu, the man who re
ported that Zambeti tried to
blackmail him into serving as a
.Romanian spy.
“It’s only a frameup. That’s the
only comment I have,” he told a
reporter who telephoned him at
the Romanian legation Where he
has been first secretary.
Zambeti, obviously angry, said
his government will “make an of
ficial answer” to the charges
against him.
Asked whether he denied ap
proaching Georgescu, a natural
ized American of Romanian de
cent, he replied, “Oh, I have no
comment on that.
Georgescu, an oil expert, re
ported he rejected Zambeti’s at
tempts to get him to spy in the
United States even though Zam
beti made implied threats that the
safety of Georgescu’s two sons in
Romania was at stake.
Zambeti said he is leaving for
New York and would board a
Belgian airliner for Paris today
enroute home. /
RATTLER BITES KEEPER
SANTA MONICA, iff)—A rattle
snake with a sore throat bit the
hand that helped it yesterday.
Miss Ginny Wilson, 33, who has
charge of 40 snakes at -an amuse
ment concession, was nipped on
the finger while she was swab
bing the reptile’s throat with an
applicator. She was taken to a
hospital where attendants said
she will recover. And she isn’t
mad at the rattler.
“The snake didn’t mean to bite
me,” she said. “He was just
frightened because his swollen
throat made it hard for him to
breathe.”
Leghl Blanks ai The Nome Nugget
Bill Provides for Election
Of Governor of Hawaii
WASHINGTON, UFi— Legislation
to provide for the election of the
governor of Hawaii was intro
duced Wednesday by Sen. Malone
(R-Nev). Under present law, the
governor is appointed by the Pres
ident.
Under the Malone bill, a gov
ernor would be elected at the 1954
general election and every four
years thereafter. Similarly, a sec
retary of the territory, in effect a
lieutenant governor, would be
elected in 1954 for a four-year
term.
The governor would appoint the
chief justice and justices of the
supreme court and the judges of
the circuit courts of Hawaii.
Decision Favors Seattle
In Rates of Air Freight
OLYMPIA, Wash., UPI — An
nouncement of a decision favoring
the Seattle area in air shipment
of freight to Alaska was made by
Atty. Gen Don Eastvold’s office
Wednesday.
The announcement said a Civil
Aeronautics Board examiner has
ruled that air freight rates from
Seattle to Alaska should be lower
than rates between Portland and
Alaska.
An assistant attorney general
said, however, that no rate chang- ■
es can be immediately expected
because of appeal procedure and
other legal moves open to inter
ested parties.
State Confirms Evidence
British Ships Carried Reds
WASHINGTON, (A5)— The State
Department confirmed Thursday
it has evidence that two ships
owned or operated by British
Hong Kong firms transported Chi
nese Communists troops along the
China coast during the Korean
War.
The report was made public at
a news conference by Sen. Mundt,
acting chairman ol the Senate In
vestigations Subcommittee which
had requested it.
Mundt said the report leaves
“the next step up to the British
now.” He said it answers their
contentions that prior testimony
concerning the ship incidents was
too vague.
C.A.P. Helps Out
Stranded Helicopter
FAIRBANKS, (ff)—A helicopter
which ran out of gas and landed
on a small lake 125 miles south
west of here was the object of a
widespread search Wednesday be
fore it was located, refueled and
sent on its way.
The helicopter was flown by a
pilot identified as “Mr. Lucy,”
who was engaged in geodetic sur
vey work. It dropped from sight
Tuesday night on a flight from
Manley Hot Springs to Minchu
mina, 150 miles southwest of here.
Dick McIntyre, Civil Air Patrol
pilot engaged ip the widespread
search, found Lucy, gave him gas
oline and sent him on his way.
Latest radio reports said the
helicopter had reached its desti
nation.
Discussion Held On
Mont Blanc Tunnel
ROME — Italian, French and
Swiss representatives will meet
here to discuss details of a finan
cial convention for the construc
tion o'f the eight-mile-long vehicu
lar tunnel under Mont Blanc, the
highest peak of the Alps.
The tunnel will connect the
Aosta Valley in Italy with France
and Switzerland and shorten the
present distance between Rome
■and Paris for motorists by 100
miles.
A French and an Italian con
struction company will work on
the project scheduled for comple
tion in three and a half years.
The estimated cost is nine billion
lire.
DESIGNER OF ALASKA FLAG
ANCHORAGE, (ff)—Ben Benson
of Kodiak, who at the age of 12
designed the Alaska flag, will pre
sent a flag to the Seward, Nebr.,
basketball team upon its arrival
in Seward, Alaska Monday.
MT. EVEREST SUMMIT
STILL UNCONQUERED
KATMANDU, Nepal, W— Re
liable reports reaching this Hima
layan capital said Thursday a
British expedition failed in its fin
al attempts to push to the top of
unconquered Mt. Everest, the
world’s highest peak.
The reports said the climbers,
who had hoped to put the British
flag atop Everest in time for the
coronation of Queen Elizabeth,
will start the descent from their
base camp the first week in June.
There will be no further at
tempts this season, the sources
said, but they plaq^another as
sault on the 29,000-foot mountain
when the monsoon season—just
beginning—is over.
WEDNESDAY SCORES
(By the Associated Press)
National League
Philo.- 14-6 — Pittsburgh 2-8
Brooklyn 5 — New York 3
Milwaukee 9 — Chicago 4
St. Louis 6 — Cincinnati 3
American League
New York 3 — Washington 1
St. Louis 5 — Cleveland 1
Philadelphia 4 — Boston 3
Chicago 2 — Detroit 2 (15 in
nings tie, League curfew.)
Coast League
Sacramento 3 — Seattle 2
San Francisco 7 — Oakland 2
‘San Diego 2 — Portland 1
Los Angeles 3 — Hollywood 2
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
Radford Promises
To Forget Old
Fueds With A.F.
WASHINGTON, OB— Adm. Ar
thur Radfcrrd promised senators
Thursday he would forget any
Navy connections—including past
feuds with the Air Forces—if con
firmed as chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
Radford volunteered this pledge
to the Senate Armed Services
Committee opening public hear
ings on the new team-of top mili
tary planners nominated by Pres
ident Eisenhower.
“The chairman should be ex
pected to divorce himself from
any service affiliation,” Radford
said, and “be as impartial in his
judgments as anyone can be.
Committee Chairman Saltonstall
referred to the admiral’s testi
mony in 1949, saying he then op
posed strategic bombing and at
omic blitz attack. Radford told the
committee he had “modified”, his
views since then. He added:
“There have been developments,
improvements in material and cer
tain other changes since then
which naturally would cause me
to modify my views. . . . “We are
going ahead too fast for anyone to
have fixed views.”
It is believed that the Tower
of London is moving away from
the River Thames at the rate of
about IV4 inches every 30 years.
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