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VOL.""LVI No. 104 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1954_Per Copy—15^
HolLim cli ? r ograni
May Be Extended
To Spring Months
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The School Hot Lunch Program
for the coming school year was
discussed by a group of interested
people Thursday afternoon at the
home of Esther McCoy.
Mr. Henry Harmon, director of
the Department of Public Welfare,
commented on the benefits of
school lunch programs to the gen
eral health of the children. He
told of the use of surplus com
modities by other schools in Alas
ka and suggested these could be
used to supplement the relatively
small lunch we have been able to
offer the children in our commu
nity-sponsored program.
.Mr. Harmon pointed out that
federal financial aid is available
to school-sponsored hot lunch
programs that are carried on for
nine months.
Nome School Supt. William An
gell stated' that a full year pro
gram is impossible at present be
cause of the limited school space
and facilities, but is a definite aim
for the future when the new
school building is completed.
The group agreed that this
year's hot lunch program should
be extended for a longer period,
as the spring months are those of
greatest hardship to needy chil
dren.
Committees were organized to
proceed with ordering supplies
and to plan finances. Progress will
be reported from time to time.
82 Persons Killed in
Worst Railroad Disaster
In Philippine I. History
MANILA, (#)—A heavily loaded
Jogging train carrying more than
100 passengers on empty flat cars
careened down a mountainside
and piled up on a wooden bridge
yesterday, killing at least 82 per
sons.
Most of the others were injured
many critically, in what is de
scribed as the worst railroad dis
aster in Philippines history.
Cars, logs and crushed bodies
hurtled from the wrecked bridge
into a gorge 100 feet below.
The wreck occurred on north
ern Negros Island in the southern
Philippines and authorities still
were trying to piece together ex
actly what happened.
Survivors said some bodies
were torn apart by the logs and
others were crushed beyond re
cognition.
Officials said passengers on the
train were mostly employes of the
Insular Lumber Co., which owned
the train, and their wives and
children.
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In Keeping
With The Usual Custom
Of The
Nome Nugget
The Regular Edition
Will Be Omitted
Monday, Sept. 6
In Observance Of
Labor Day
Air Secretary Talbot
Visits Nome This Morning
Air Secretary Harold E. Talbot
passed through Nome this mor
ning while on tour of all Alaskan
bases as part of his endeavor to
see first hand all the parts of
the world where tho Air Force
operates.
He was accompanied by Lt.
Gen. J. H. Atkinson, commander
of the Alaskan theater, Maj. Gen.
George Acheson of the Alaska Air
Command, Maj. Gen. Ogle, sur
geon general from Washington,
D.C., and a Dr. Thomas.
The party, escorted by local
commander Maj. K. D. Swisher,
made a quick survey of Nome
Field and the city of Nome . and
departed at noon.
Congress Sure to Hear
From American Legion on
Anti-Red Bills and UMT
WASHINGTON, UP) — The rear
guard of the 36th annual Ameri
can Legion convention started
home today with a new national
commander at the helm and a
stack of resounding resolutions
it hopes will influence govern
ment policy.
The four-day convention ended
officially yesterday afternoon,
with the veterans voicing in no
uncertain terms their indignation
about Communism at home and
abroad.
Congress is certain to hear of
fresh Legion demands for Uni
versal Military Training, for new
anti-Communist legislation and
investigations and for increased
veterans’ benefits.
Seaborn P. Collins Jr., of Las
Cruces, N.M., yesterday elected
national commander for the com
ing year, pledged a vigorous cam
paign to carry out dozens of reso
lutions calling for direct Legion
action or to make its opinions
known.
Collins, a World War II flier,
was chosen to succeed Arthur J.
Connell of Middletown, Conn.
Plans Made, Prices Set
For Baseball World Series
To Start Sept. 29
NEW YORK, UP) —The World
Series of baseball will open on
Wednesday, Sept. 29, in the Na
tional League park, and the same
scale of ticket prices as last year
prevail.
After two games in the Nation
al League park, the series will
shift to the American League
park for three games, and then
return to the National League
park if needed. The series is de
cided on the best four out of
seven games.
Ticket prices are: $10 for box
seats, $7 for reserved seats, $4
for general admission, which is
standing room, and $2 for bleach
ers.
Present at the meeting in Com
missioner Ford Frick’s office to
make plans for the series were
representatives of the New York
Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and
Milwaukee Braves of the Nation
al League, and the New York
Yankees and Cleveland Indians of
the American League. The Chi
cago White Sox, although still in
the contention, were not repre
sented.
Five of Six Persons
Aboard Killed In
Crash FWS Plane
JUNEAU, (Jt—Five of six per
sons aboard a U.S. Fish and Wild
life Service place died in a crash
on rugged Admiralty Island, a
rescue party reported from the
scene today.
All the victims were employes
of the government service.
Four were believed to have
died in their seats in the crashed
twin-engine- plane. The fifth vic
tim, pilot Bob Meek, had been
left in a sleeping bag under a
wing of the plane, but a radioed
“no survivors” from a plane hov
ering over a rescue party at the
scene blasted hope that he might
have survived.
Meek had been placed in the
bag by another badly injured sur
vivor of the crash before he start
ed a painful hike to' a beach to
attract rescuers by waving his
Shirt.
The other victims were:
George Kelez of Seattle, assist
ant FWS supervisor for Alaska;
Dick Schuman, an FWS super
visor in Alaska; Larry Kolleon, a
FWS biologist from Seattle, and
Patti Bid,well Davis, member of a
Juneau family who was working
for the service while vacationing
here from New York.
Miss Davis was a concert mu
sician who was planning to study
for her master's degree in music
at Columbia University this fall.
She formerly was a member of
the Ft. Lauderdale Symphony
Orchestra and was to join a sister
in a concert here in two weeks.
The survivor who struggled
from the isolated crash scene,
about 20 miles south o'f Juneau,
is Gus Hilsinger, an FWS biolog
ist.
The crash occurred late Wed
nesday but the first word of the
tragedy came 24 hours later when
Hilsinger was picked up after
making his way, apparently with
a broken rib and hip bruise, the
rough mile and a half or more
from the crash scene to the beach.
The plane, a twin - engine
Grumman Goose, overturned. Hil
singer said he and Pilot Meek,
who is the father of six children,
were thrown from the plane.
Hilsinger was knocked out and
did not regain consciousness un
til yesterday morning. He said he
left the painfully injured pilot in
a sleeping bag under a wing. The
others were hanging head down
in their seats.
Clarence Rhode, head of the
FWS in Alaska said the plane ap
parently was flying at about 100
feet altitude, while the FWS men
studied the salmon escapement to
spawning grounds upstream,
when the crash came.
The men who found Hilsinger
thought at first that he was a
hunter who had been mauled
badly by a bear.
Lower Assessed Valuation of
Alaska Airlines In Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash., UP) — The
State Tax Commission Thursday
reduced the assessed valuation of
Alaska Airlines from $550,000 to
$350,000.
Delegate Bartlett and
Democratic Candidates
Due Nome Tomorrow
According to advices received
today, Delegate Bob Bartlett, ac
companied by Hugh J. Wade and
H. J. Lannen, are scheduled to
arrive Nome Saturday noon via
Wien Airlines from Kotzebue.
All three are Democratic cand
idates for office in the General
Election Oct. 12. Bartlett is seek
ing to succeed himself as Dele
gate to Congress; Wade is candi
date for territorial treasurer and
■Lannen, :for commissioner of
labor.
The Democratic Club has ar
ranged for a public meeting with
the delegate and party at the City
Hall Saturday evening so that
everyone interested may meet and
hear the delegate and other mem
bers of his party.
Jack Blaltler states that the
meeting will start at 8 p.m. sharp.
No Surprises, Nothing
New So Far in Hearings
On McCarthy Censure
WASHINGTON, UPI — The Mc
Carthy censure hearings, so far
almost entirely a rehash of old
records and testimony, hit a week
end dead spot today.
Possibly the inquiry may be
over by late next week.
The mass of evidence on five
major classes of accusations
against Sen. McCarthy has been
spread on the record in three
days of drab but fast-moving pub
lic sessions. There was nothing
new in it, no surprises.
Where the hearings may go
when they start up again Tuesday
is uncertain. McCarthy and his
lawyer may open their defense.
Under orders from the Senate,
the committee is considering a
resolution by Sen. Flanders to
condemn McCarthy’s conduct as
tending to bring the Senate into
disrepute. Backing up the reso
lution, Flanders and Sens. Morse
and Fulbright, aimed 46 over
lapping, specific charges against
McCarthy.
GOP National Committee
Seats Walter Hickel
CINCINNATI, UP — The Na
tional Republican Committee
Thursday seated Walter Hickel as
committeeman from Alaska to
succeed Robert J. McKanna, re
signed.
The full committee acted on
the favorable recommendation of
a sub-committee headed by gen
eral counsel Fred C. Scribner Jr.,
Maine committeeman.
The sub-committee made its re
port on the last day of the na
tional group’s election strategy
conferences that opened here
Monday.
PRIME MINISTER NEHRU
TO VISIT RED CHINA
NEW DELHI, India, UP—Prime
Minister Nehur told parliament
today he will make his first visit
to Communist China in October.
Foreign ministry sources said
Nehru is scheduled to leave Oct.
16 for a two-week stay, return
ing the visit Red Chinese Premier
Chou En-Lai paid him last Ju^e
enroute home from the Geneva
conference.
Estimate 390 Will
Die Over Labor
Day Weekend
CHICAGO, Iffl — Summer’s last
long weekend lured millions of
Americans to the highways, rails,
waters and skies today.
From the big cities there was
a general Labor Day exodus to
beaches, mountains, national and
state parks and similar tourist
attractions. Railroads, air lines
and bus companies added special
equipment and crews to carry the
holiday load. N
The National Safety Council es
timated that millions of automo
biles will choke the roads and that
390 persons will be killed in traf
fic mishaps in the 78 hours be
tween 6 p.m. today and midnight
Monday.
The Council urged every motor
ist to use caution, drive at re
duced speed and observe the rules
and courtesies of the road to keep
from becoming an accident stat
istic.
Michigan led the nation in
highway deaths over the July 4
holiday. Thirty - three persons
were killed in the jam of cars
attracted by its great lakes and
inland waters. Over this weekend
National Guard units are helping
patrol the roads from noon today
until noon Tuesday.
New Englanders Facing
Mammoth Health Problem
In Wake of Hurricane
BOSTON, (fPI — Repair crews
and public health experts worked
feverishly Thursday to avert fur
ther perils to health and safety
as the aftermaths of Hurricane
Carol which gave New England a
multi-million dollar battering
Tuesday.
Other workers and volunteers
had the unhappy task of search
ing for missing persons, many of
them children. Fifty-four persons
were known to have been killed
by the hurricane.
Fully one-third of New England
was reported without electrical
power early Thursday, posing a
mammoth health problem since
an estimated 3Vi> million persons
had no means of refrigeration to
keep foods fresh.
Emergency repair crews were
brought into New England from
points as far as Pennslyvania and
Michigan to restore telephone and
electrical service.
Tree surgery experts also were
brought here to direct the clear
ance of the jungle of broken and
uprooted trees which cluttered
most of new England’s streets and
parks and private properties.
HOOVER MUM ABOUT HIS
FISHING TRIP WITH IKE
NEW YORK, UP)—Former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover, back home
today from a Colorado fishing va
cation with President Eisenhower
was mum about the degree of his
success and said:
“You don’t go on a fishing trip
to catch fish. You can buy those.
You go for the company and to
get away and to see the scenery.”
He called his visit with the
President “very nice.”
Hoover returned on Eisenhow
er’s personal plane, the Colum
bine.