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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA —MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV No. 30 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1953 Per Copy—15<f
House-Approved
Hawaii Statehood
Bill Goes to Senate
WASHINGTON, UP)—1The House
Tuesday approved a bill to make
Hawaii the 49th state in the union.
On a rollcall vote erf 274 to 138,
it sent the measure along to the
Senate. President Eisenhower
favors the legislation.
Democratic leaders in the House
almost succeeded in sending the
bill back to committee because it
does not also provide statehood
for Alaska. Their recommittal
motion was defeated, however,
227 to 182.
This is the third time the House
has approved statehood for Ha
waii. Two previous bills, calling
for the admission of both Hawaii
and Alaska, died in the Senate.
Before Tuesday’s final vote, the
House agreed to cut Hawaii’s rep
resentation in the House from two
members to one. It also' adopted
an amendment requiring congres
sional approval of the Constitu
tion to be adopted by the Ha
waiian state government. In ef
fect, this would give Congress a
second chance to pass on Ha
waiian statehood.
Democrats feel that Alaska,
which has generally been Demo
cratic in the past, is being side
tracked by the Republican admin
istration in the hope of gaining
political advantage from the ad
mission of traditionally Republi
can Hawaii.
Arguing for recommittal, Dem
ocratic leader Rayburn of Texas
said “the fair thing” is to bring
out bills for both Hawaii and Al
aska and give the House an op
portunity to vote on them together
“If this bill passes this House
today,” he declared, “the Alaska
bill is as dead as slavery.”
At the same time Rayburn let
it be known that he opposed ad
mission of either to the union. “I
don’t think either of them is ready
yet for statehood,” he said.
WILL B. KIRK. PIONEER
NOME DRUGGIST. DIES AT 86
SEATTLE, UP)—Funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon for
Will B. Kirk, 86, pioneer Alaska
druggist who died here Monday.
Kirk went to Alaska from Ohio
in 1897 and operated a drug store
at Nome from 1899 to 1915. From
Nome he went to Juneau where
he was a partner in a drug store
until 1940 when he retired to
make his home in Seattle.
Surviving, besides his wife,
Kathleen, are a son, Harry; a
daughter, Mrs. Hazel Barcus, both
of California; and two grandchil
dren and three great grandchil
dren.
SEOUL, (#) — An Air Force
C-119 Flying Boxcar crashed five
miles south of Taejon, Korea, to
day after an explosion ripped off
its left engine and its crew of
four had parachuted to safety.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, UP)—
Six Danish fishing vessels de
tained since Sunday at the Polish
port of Hetl-a, near Gdgnsk (Dan
zig) were released early today.
Joe Garnie Killed In
Tuesday Night Shooting
Joe Garnie was murdered, ac-*
cording to reports, last evening at
about 6:30 at the residence of
Rose Omelak, crippled woman at
the east end. of town. James Atluk,
sometimes known as James Aresac
is being held by Federal author
ities for the shooting. He was
arrested last evening at the Ome
lauk home, where the gun was
also found.
City police were called to the
murder scene by a phone call
from the daughter of Mrs. Omelak
who told them there was trouble
at her home and help was needed.
The dead man is reported to
have been found with a bullet
hole under his left ear, lying on
the floor, while Mrs. Omelak and
Atluk were finishing their dinner
and the children standing by,
looking on.
Part of the inquest was held
last night, to be completed this
afternoon.
Plan to Search For
Reds Among Clergy
Meets Opposition
WASHINGTON, UP) —Chairman
Velde’s proposal' that the House
un-American Activities Commit
tee search for Communists among
the nation’s clergymen ran into
stiff opposition from other com
mittee members. •
The Illinois Republican, target
in recent weeks of criticism from
three Washington churchmen, said
the committee may get into “the
church field” in its hunt for Reds.
Rep. Kearney (R-NY), second
ranking committee member, told
newsmen he disagrees violently
with Velde’s proposal. “I am ab
solutely opposed to it, and I am
demanding that the subject be
discussed fully by the committee,”
he said.
Velde offered his proposal in a
radio interview. He said he could
n’t tell at this time whether any
probe “would be into some of the
organizations which are affiliated
with the various churches, or
whether it would be individuals.”
In remarks which followed his
radio interview Monday night, the
42-year-old Velde was quoted as
saying a committee probe would
“prooably include \ individual
members of the cloth, including
so..ie who seem to have devoted
more time to politics than they
have to the ministry.”
Vasily Kuznetsov Named Red
Envoy to Communist China
MOSCOW, (J*) — The new Rus
sian government named deputy
foreign minister Vasily Kuznet
sov i s envoy to Pieping Tuesday,
emphasizing Prime Minister Mal
enkov’s promise of continued
unity with Communist China.
Kuznetsov succeeds Alexander
Panyushkin, former Russian am
oassador to the United States.
Panyushkin, the announcement
saiu, was recalled in connec.ion
with his “transfer to other work.”
He had been shifted from Wash
ington ^eiping only last June.
Fast Senate Action
Expected On
Gov. Heintzleman
WASHINGTON, Ifl — President
Eisenhower today nominated B.
Frank Heintzleman of Juneau as
governor of Alaska.
Heintzleman, 65, has been re
gional forester for Alaska since
Feb. 16, 1937. He also is commis
sioner for the Agriculture Depart
ment in A'laska and is the Federal
Power Commission’s representa
tive in the territory.
He has served as director of the
Civilian Conservation Corps for
the territory, was chairman of the
Alaska Planning Council, and vice
president for Alaska of the Pacif
ic Northwest Trade Association.
A native of Fayetteville, Pa.,
Heintzleman is co - author of a
National Resources Committee re
port on planning of Alaska re
sources and development.
Heintzleman’s association with
the territory has been almost con
stant since 1918 when he first
began Forest Service work there.
If confirmed by the Senate, he
would be the first Alaskan resi
dent to become the territory’s
chief executive in over 13 years.
The last was John Weir Troy,
who was governor between 1933
and 1939 after a career as a
Juneau newspaperman.
Sen. Magnuson predicted to a
reporter Heintzleman’s nomina
tion will meet with little or no
opposition in the Senate.
“I hope that as governor, Mr.
Heintzleman will be relatively in
dependent and free to use his own
judgment and discretion, and that
he will not become a victim of
the blind spot that his superiors
seem to suffer while blinking the
statehood question.”
Heintzleman, who is largely
credited with bringing about the
establishment • of a big pulpwo’od
mill now being built in the Ketchi
kan area, is a backer of industrial
development of Alaska.
He has no stated political affil
iation; he said last month he had
never taken part in politics be
cause of his work.
Anchorage Fire Dept.
Turns Out In Full Force
For (1) Dog House Fire
ANCHORAGE, If) — Twenty
firemen were roused out of bed
and into the five-degree-below
zero cold and early morning dark
ness here at 2:50 a.m. Tuesday
when the fire alarm sounded.
They rushed to the scene of the
blaze with a hook and ladder
capable of extending three stories
and with other heavy fire fight
ing equipment.
Police patrol cars converged on
the scene with the firemen.
Then while all stood around
shivering, one man crawled thru
the snow on his stomach dragging
a fire extinguisher into a dog
house—scene of the conflagration.
Owner R. L. Kemp and his
black Labcrador hound watched
from the warmth of Kemp’s home.
The fire was started by a light
bulb that burned, in the dog
house for a heater. It ignited the
straw bed. The dog barked to
waken Kemp and he turned in
the alarm.
Czechoslovak MIG Shoots Down U.S.
Jet Inside American Zone of Germany
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Soviet Imperialism
Caused by Fear
Of Own People
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP)—
The U.S. charged today that Rus
sia’s bosses have embarked on a
policy of imperialism, not because
of any fear of aggression by any
other cotintry, but because »of fear
of their own people.
Chief U.S. delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge, Jr., told the U.N. General
Assembly that the Soviet Union
had lost the respect of the world
because of its policy of “violent
words and violent deeds.”
The assembly broke out into
wild applause, and had to be
called to order, as Lodge spumed
charges by Russia’s Andrei Gro
myko- that the U.S. was doing
everything in its power to pro
long the Korean war.
The exchange broke out shortly
after British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden said that, despite
Korea, we were not yet in World
War III.
In that connection, Gromyko
accused the U.S. Army of at
rocities in Korea.
While Assembly President Les
ter B. Pearson of Canada, gavelled
for order, Lodge reminded Gro
myko that “the U.S. Army you
seek to smear is the same U. S.
Army which stood beside the
Russian army to defeat the Nazis
in Europe.”
Lodge told Gromyko that “The
U.S. Army was good enough for
you in 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945.
It would be the same today had
not the policies of the Soviet gov
ernment so tragically changed.”
Alaska Senate Sets Record
Of 107 Bills Introduced
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, UP — Legislative
wheels t urned slowly in both
houses Tuesday but one new bill
introduction brought an all-time
record for the Senate.
Sen. John Gorsuch submitted a
bill for creation of a territorial
planning commission as Senate
bill 107 to break the record of
106 established in 1951.
Seven new bills in the House
raised the total to 78 compared
with the record of 162 last session.
Wednesday was the final day
for introduction of all bills ex
cept revenue and appropriation
measures. Scores of bills were
fated to die in committee, many
without ever getting out of the
house of their origin.
Both houses spent most of the
afternon in reading lengthy bills
or hearing witnesses.
In the House a bill to create a
territorial police department went
through second reading without
important changes.
The only bill passed by either
house during the afternoon was
one by Sen. Egan to provide li
censing for motor driven bicycles
for operators between the ag'es of
13 and 16.
The bike bill rolled through
without a flat tire or a cylinder
miss as it got a unanimous vote.
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WIESBADEN, Germany, UP) —
Two U.S. Air Force pilots said
today they made no attempt to
fight back when two Communist
MIG-15s attacked thejn without
warning inside the American zone
of Germany and shot down one
of their jet fighters.
Asked why they did not shoot
back at the MIG plane from the
Czechoslovak air force, one of the
pilots said he would rather not
answer the question. Neither
would U.S. Air Force authorities
here.
(In Washington, Air Force head
quarters said it knew of no “direc
tive or instruction” which would
have kept the pilots from answer
ing the question).
James B. Conant, the U.S. high
Commissioner in Germany, said
yesterday he w a s confident the
U.S. Air Force would know how
to deal with any more incidents
of this kind. This was taken to
mean that U.S. pilots would re
turn fire against any invading
planes over American - occupied
territory in the future. The U.S.
Air Force in Europe, however, is
not completely equipped to cope
with the fast-flying MIG-15s.
In Washington, the U.S. State
Department said Ambassador Geo.
Wadsworth had protested “in
strongest terms” early today to
the Red regime in Prague.
The two pilots, veterans of aerial
combat in Korea, gave a personal^
account of their experiences to
newsmen.
Lt. Warren G. Brown of Hen
derson, Colo., parachuted to safety
from his bullet-riddled Thunder
jet.
His companion, Lt. Donald C.
Smith, of Marysville, O., fled from
the attack scene seven to 10 miles
inside the U. S. Zone, near the
Czechoslovak frontier without
being hit.
Brown’s injuries were only
minor scratches. The mustached
30 - year - old veteran, who had
flown 100 combat missions in Ko
rea, wore an adhesive bandage
over his left ear.
Smith, 24, who has had 20
Korean missions, said he realized
that Brown’s plane had been hit.
“Then why didn’t you fire?” he
was asked.
“I’d rather not answer that
question,” he replied.
Asked if they were sure that the
attacking planes were MIG-15s,
Brown said:
“Well, I’ve been in Korea, and
I’ve seen them there, and I’d say
they were MIG-15’s.”
The U.S. planes were slower
and less powerfully armed than
their Red adversaries.
It was the first time Red air
craft had shot down an American
plane over U.S.-held territory.
The grave incident of the East
West cold war caused alarm in
western Europe — where govern
ments are awaiting signs of future
policy from the new Soviet regime
headed by Georgi Malenkov.
SEOUL, (if) — Rain, snow and
clouds restricted the Korean war
to scattered small raids and pat
rol fights today.