President OKs
Promotion of
McCarthy Foe
WASHINGTON, M—Brig. Gen.
Ralph W. Zwicker, a key figure
in the 1954 Army-McCarthy rowj
has been recommended by Presi-!
dent Eisenhower for promotion to
major general.
Zwicker’s clash with Sen. Mc
Carthy was one of several inci
dents that led to the Army-Mc
Carthy feud. As an outgrowth of
this dispute, a Senate committee
investigated McCarthy’s activities
and the Senate voted to “con
demn” his conduct on several
counts late in 1954.
When Zwicker’s name was sent
to the Senate yesterday, along
with those jpf other officers pro
posed for promotion, McCarthy
indicated he might stir up a fight.
Zwicker, now attached to the
8th Army in the Far East, was
commander of Camp Kilmer, N.J.
in 1954 when Maji Irving Peress
was stationed there.
Peress, who had refused to an
swer McCarthy’s questions about
possible Communist connections,
was promoted and then dis
charged at the time McCarthy
was urging he be court martialed.
Bartlett Introduces Bill
To Speed Up Judicial
Decisions in Alaska
WASHINGTON UR—A program
to speed up judicial decisions in
Alaskan courts, including the ap
pointment of another judge, is
proposed by Delegate Bartlett.
A bill he introduced Monday
would increase from four to
five th^ number of district court
judges in Alaska. The additional
judge would be assigned to An
chorage, where court dockets
• have been crowded for several
years.
In addition, it would permit the
judge assigned to Alaska’s Second
Division to serve in the Fourth
Division when needed and would
permit the senior district court
judge in the territory to make
temporary transfers in assign
ments to meet demand.
Red Skelton Puts On
TV Show as Usual
HOLLYWOOD, UP)—Comedian
Red Skelton went ahead with his
television show last night, his
first professional venture since
he learned that his 9-year-old son
Richard was critically ill with
leukemia.
I Last week a film that Red made
some time ago was substituted
for his actual appearance.
Skelton made only brief men
tion of his family tragedy last
night. At the end of the show he
stepped forward on the stage
alope and said:
‘rMrs. Skelton, Richard,* Valen
tina (his 11-year-old daughter),
and I wish to thank you for your
letters, telegrams, prayers and
good wishes.”
State Dept. Ousts
Soviet Embassy Assistant
For Improper Conduct
WASHINGTON, UR—The State
Department charged yesterday
the Soviet embassy’s assistant
military attache has been trying
“to purchase” military secrets
and “improperly purchasing”
electronic equipment. It said he
has been ordered to leave the
country.
The department said it told the
embassy late Monday that Maj.
Yuri P. Krylov must leave imme
1 diately.
Pilotless Plane Crashes,
Killing Two; Pilot Dies
When Parachute Fouls
LONG BEACH, Calif., W)—Two
■people died when a pilotless
plane smashed into two Long
Beach plants. The pilot—attempt
ing to parachute to safety—was
killed when his ’chute fouled.
A fourth person is in critical
condition.
The plane, a Douglas Skyraider,
just missed the Eugene Field ele
mentary school and its 330 pupils.
Killed when it struck an iron
works and book bindery Mon
day were A. W. (Pat) Rafferty
Jr., 43, of Long Beach, and Mrs.
Ethel Foust, 40, of Wilmington.
I^irst Lt. Dale O. Fortine, 26,
of Costa Mesa, pilot of the Marine
Corps plane, was killed when his
parachute “streamed”—stringing
out behind him like a ribbon
without opening out to catch the
air.
Budget Cut Will Bring
I Higher Local Burden
For School Expenses
PETERSBURG, W—Local dis
tricts can expect to share up to
20 percent more of the school ex
pense load if a suggested budget
cut is carried out by the legisla
ture, Don Dafoe, Alaska commis
sioner of education, told the Assn,
of Alaska School Boards Monday.
Dafoe told delegates to the
three-day meeting that the De
partment of Education’s budget
for next biennium was cut from
the $12,900,000 requested to $10,
200,000.
Representatives of 13 Alaska
school districts were on hand for
organization of committees and
forum discussion of school board
problems.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
MILES CITY, Mont., UP)—Dick
and Dan Biery of Rosebud County
are 20-year-old twins. Both have
the same model sedans.
Both were fined $10 in justice
court after pleading builty to op
erating their twin vehicles at 68
miles an hour, bumper to bump
er, in a 55-mile-an-hour zone.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued cloudy with oc
I casional snow flurries tonight.
| -Partly cloudy Thursday. South
westerly winds 5 to 15 mph to
night decreasing and swinging to
the west tomororw. Low temper
atures expected tonight in the
low 20’s, and the high tomorrow
about the same.
Nome data in last 24 hours as
of 7 a.m. today: Precip .4 in.,
total for the month 9.4 in.
NOTICE
Pursuant to an order of court
entered on the 2nd day of Janu
j ary, A.D. 1957, notice is hereby
| given that a general term of the
j District Court, Second Division,
j District of Alaska, will be held in
j the Court House at Nome in said
district and division, commencing
at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a.m.
on Monday, February 4, 1957, and
to continue thereafter according
to the further orders of the court.
Given under my hand and with
the court's seal affixed this 2nd
day of January, A.D. 1957.
J. M. Kroninger,
Clerk of the United States
District Court for the Dis
trict of Alaska, Second
Division.
Publish Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 1957
If You Want To Rent
I A House or Apartment
| The Man to See Is . . .
George Hite—Main 123
P.O. Bax 123, Nome. Alaska
Birth and Deaths
In Alaska In 1956
Exceed 1955 Rate
The birth rate and death rate
for 1956 is expected to ex ceed the!
1955 totals, while the marriage
and divorce statistics.show a de
cline, according to provisional
figures released by the Depart
ment of Health’s Bureau of Vital
Statistics.
Ned Kester, director of the Vi
tal Statistics Bureau, explained
that the 1956 totals are “still only
provisional—we won’t know the
exact totals until all our reports
are in later this month.”
Provisional statistics llor the
entire territory for 1956 through
November show that 6,703 births
were recorded. , This compares
with 6,418 births for the same!
period of 1955. Tire total com
plete birth figure for 1955 was
7,348.
The marriage and divorce rate
is expected to take; a sharp de
cline for 1956, according to the
11-month report.
Last year through November
were recorded 1,596 marriages
and 491 divorces. For the same
period in 1955 there were 1,700
marriages and 513 divorces. To
tals for 1955 were 1,915 marriages
and 559 divorces.
Another Post Article
By Klondy Nelson
Has Pictures of Nome
On the newsstands this week is
the Saturday Evening Post with
another Alaska story by former I
Nomeite Klondy Nfelson Du-1
Fresne. Her first one, a year ago, I
was entitled “I Was a Daughter I
of the Klondike.” This is now i
followed by “I Was a Bride of the!
Arctic.” The article is complete I
with many pictures taken in I
Nome and other parts of Alaska j
during.the 20s.
Klondy DeFresne and Corey!
Ford are co-authors of the story,!
which should be interesting to j
all Alaskans of that period.
Local newsstands have received
additional copies of the magazine
to supply the area.
NOTICE TO CAR OWNERS
All cars must be removal from;
city streets immediately cis snow |
removal will be continued thru-'
out the night to keep fire lanes j
open.
Car owners not complying may I
have their cars; removed at own- '
ers risk if necessary.
Carl Webb, Chief of Police j
i]ri “Untamed” j
Si s t r/a i piays a tempes
tuous Irish lass in "Untamed/*
African adventure film cur
rently playing at The Theater.
The picture also stars Tyrone
Power and Richard Egan and
teautres A g n e & Moo rehead,
Hope Emerson and Rita Moreno 1
Court Hears Evidence That Doctor
Enslaved Wealthy Widow With Drugs,
Influenced Her to Change Her Will
EASTBOURNE, England, UR—
The nurse who attended 81-year
old Mrs. Edith Morrell testified
yesterday that Dr. John Bodkin
Adams used a giant-sized hypo
dermic syringe to pump the
wealthy widov^ full of drugs just
before she died.
Adams, .pudgy 57-year-old so
ciety physician in this fashionable
seaside resort, has been accused
by the prosecutor of drugging
three wealthy patients to death
because of his “greed for money.”
The court is now hearing pre
liminary evidence on a charge
that 'Dr. Adams murdered Mrs. j
Morrell more than six years ago
after enslaving her with drugs
and getting her to change her will
in his favor. She left him a Rolls
Royce automobile and an oak
chest full of antique silver.
After the hearing, expected to
Nome Chamber
Meeting Notes
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Nome to discuss the proposed
armory. The Chamber will ar
range a meeting with him at
which time the organizations in
town will outline the need for an
armory here. Capt. Ellis stressed
the fact that a new armory must
have the support of the various;
organizations in Nome.
“Nome has always received
more than they have contributed
to the polio fund.” With this
statement, Dr. Langsam reminded
the Chamber members of the cur
rent polio fund drive and asked
them to give generously.
Mary Diede was welcomed
back from Fairbanks and Russell
Hermann from Juneau; and Janet
Goodrich was introduced as a
guest at the meeting. James G. j
Manning of the M & M Bank is j
a new member. j
last thru the week, the court of *
five magistrates will' ‘decide if1
Adams should stand trial before f
a judge ahd jury. v
Dr. Adams was arrested last *
morith after a painstaking Scot
land Yard investigation into
about 400 wills, mostly of wealthy
widows. The' bodies of twdi
wealthy widows, former patients^
of Dr. Adams, have been >'ex
humed. ' f '•
The nurse, first witness at yes
terday’s session^ was >Miss Caro
line Randall, who waddled at the?
bedside' as Mrs. Morrell died.ShfcT
testified that Or. Adams came to..
Mrs. Morrell’s house on Nov.. 12,
1950—the night before r, she died •,
—and brought a 5 c.c. syringe,,
which he. filled and i asked the
nurse to inject.
“Js that the normal type of
syringe, to use?” Asst. Prosecutor
Malcolm Morris asked the nurse.
“No,” she repled. “It is bigger.
The normal wa^ a 1 or 2 c.c.
syringe.”
The nurse said she didn’t know,
what the injection was but gave
it to Mrs. Morrell-on the doctor’s
orders, then followed it up three
hours later with a similar injec
tion prepared by Adams.
Mrs. Morrell developed spasmS
but, the nurse testified, “she
gradually became quiet' and ha#
a peaceful end. She just passe#*
away -quietly..” ' i
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