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VOL. LVI No. 94 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1954 Per Copy—W
No Profit For U.S.
Severing Relations
With Soviet Russia
WASHINGTON, W) — President
Eisenhower said today the United
States could not possibly serve its
interests by severing diplomatic
relations with Russia.
The President also told a news
conference the free world is
building up a structure which he
believes will be impervious to any
Communist assault.
As for waging a preventive war
against the Communist world, as
some people have urged, Eisen
hower said there is no such thing
as a preventive war — that it
would be unthinkable for this
country t<i undertake such a proj
ect.
Eisenhower’s remarks came in
connection with a request for
comment on views expressed by
Gen. Mark W. Clark.
Clark, retired former U.S. com
mander in the Far East, told the
Senate Internal Security sub
committee yesterday that he fa
vored breaking / relations with
Russia, and reorganizing the
United Nations to exclude the So
viet Union.
Eisenhower said he feels that,
in general, many world tensions
have eased in the last couple of
years and the free world now has
a better chance than before to
obtain a solid .peace.
The conference also touched on
these other matters:
Atomic-Labor — The President
said he favors using all possible
legal devices to avert a threat
ened strike at atomic plants in
Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Paducah,
Ky. This was in reply to a ques
tion as to whether he plans to
ask Atty. Gen. Brownell to seek
a strike-blocking injunction under
the Taft-Hartley law.
Speech on Congress—The chief
executive disclosed he is at work
on an address reviewing the ac
complishments of Congress. He
declined to shed any light on just
when he \ will make the speech
and laughingly declined to say
anything about such accomplish
ments until the session has been
completed.
Bill Grants Immunity To
Witnesses Testifying
On Subversive Activities
WASHINGTON, Iff)—The Sen
ate passed today and sent to the
White House a bill to allow the
granting of immunity from fed
eral prosecution to witnesses
whose testimony is desired in in
vestigations of subversive activ
ity.
By voice vote, after a three
minute explanation of its terms
by Sen. McCarran (D-Nev), the
Senate accepted a House-passed
version of the measure.
SURVIVORS OF BRITISH
AIRLINER CRASH LEAVE
HONG KONG FOR U.S.
HONG KONG, UPV—-Mrs. Fran
ces Parrish and her 6-year-old
daughter Valerie, who survived
the shooting down of a British
airliner by two Communist fight
ers off Hainan Island last month,
leave here today on their way
home to Iowa Park, Texas.
Hoover Fires What May
Be Opening GOP Gun In
Congressional Campaign
CEDAR RAPIDS, (#> —Former
President Hoover says he will be
“glad to help in any way I can”
in Republican political campaign
ing between now and the No
vember elections.
He was completing a round of
visits in his native Iowa today.
They began yesterday in his
birthplace at the nearby village
of West Branch, where more than
10,000 people gathered to honor
him on his 80th birthday. After
the “birthday party,” he flew to
Mason City and was scheduled to
dedicate a school there and an
other in Cedar Rapids before fly
ing to New York this afternoon.
The nature of his speech at
West Branch aroused consider
able speculation as to whether it
was an opening gun in the GOP
political cannonading. He blasted
the Democrats for presidential
“misuse of power” in both domes
tic and foreign policies during the
20 years they were in office.
Hoover’s appearance, on his
80th birthday, deeply surprised
people who had not “seen him in
some years. He was full of vigor.
He marched through a warm sun,
delivered a lengthy speech with
out falter, rode dusty miles to
dedicate schools in Iowa City and
West Branch—and was still in a
joking mood at the end of a long
day.
CpI. Batchelor To Face
Army Court Martial
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Itf)—CpI.
Claude Batchelor, who chose to
stay with his Communist captors
in Korea and then changed his
mind, is to go on trial before
an Army court martial here Aug.
30 on charges of aiding the en
emy while a war prisoner.
The court martial had been
scheduled to start in mid-August.
The Army said the new date was
set after consultation with Batch
elor’s attorney, Joel Westbrook.
Alvin Bahlke Killed
In Fairbanks Accident
FAIRBANKS, iS)—One man was
killed and another injured Mon
day when a coal truck ran them
down on the field at Ladd Air
Force Base.
Killed was Alvin Bahlke, an in
spector for the District Corps of
Engineers, a native of Nome.
Injured was Art Lindephugal,
an employe of the Urban Plumb
ing and Heating Co. of Seattle.
The Air Force said the truck
struck the two men as it backed
down a ramp leading to the air
base powerhouse.
TUESDAY BALL SCORES
National League
Milwaukee 11, St. Louis 0
New York 2, Pittsburgh 1
Philadelphia 6, Brooklyn 3
Cincinnati 2, Chicago 1
American League
Detroit 4, Cleveland 0
New York 5, Philadelphia 2
Baltimore 3, Chicago 1
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 1, Hollywood 0
Los Angeles 3, Portland 1
San Francisco 5, Sacramento 3
Seattle 8, Oakland 4
Polio In L. A.
Reaches Epidemic
Proportions
LOS ANGELES, UP—Polio has
reached epidemic proportions in
Los Angeles, the city health de
partment says, and this month
and next comprise the peak per
iod for the disease.
Health authorities said 11 new
cases were reported yesterday,
bringing the year’s total to 300
with 3 deaths. This total, they
said, is the highest since 1948
when 1,314 cases and 53 deaths
were recorded for the year.
Hospitalized yesterday was
Maria Farrow, 9-year-old daugh
ter of film actress Maureen O’Sul
livan and director John Farrow.
Her case was reported light with
no definite paralysis. Farrow said
their other six children “seem to
be all right.”
Senate Passes Pay Boost
For Post Office Workers
WASHINGTON, UP—'The Sen
ate today passed and sent to the
House a bill boosting salaries of
more than two million federal
employes by 5 per cent a year.
Half a million postal workers,
for whom the House early this
week voted a 7 per cent pay hike,
are included under terms of the
Senate bill.
The Senate attached the pay
raise to a minor House bill. Sen.
Carlson (R-Kas), chairman of the
Senate Post Office Committee,
has said this will permit the
measure to go straight to the
floor of the Hpuse for action,
thus by-passing its committees.
Rotary District Governor
Makes Official Visit
To Nome Club Tomorrow
District Governor George Mal
oney of District 151, which in
cludes Alaska, British Columbia
George Maloney
and Washington, is making his
official visit to the Nome Rotary
Club Thursday.
He is also visiting Kodiak, Fair
banks, Sitka, Petersburg, Anchor
age and Ketchikan.
A special dinner meeting has
been called by President Ben
Young at the Bering Sea Club for
Thursday evening.
He plans to be in the territory
about a month. Maloney is in the
floral business at Puyallup, Wash.,
which is known all over the world
for its daffodils.
Labor Commissioner Benson, in Nome,
Says Second Division Will Help in
Program to Promote Rural Areas '
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Cease-Fire In Indochina
Totally Effective Today
Ending Last Active War
SAIGON, UP) — The fifth and
final cease-fire in Indochina took
effect today, officially ending the
world’s last active war. But the
peace stirred no fanfare in this
capital city of South Viet Nam.
The order was mostly a for
mality. Fighting had tapered off
since the cease-fire became ef
fective two weeks ago in North
Viet Nam, the main war theater.
This past week there was prac
tically no military activity.
•Today in this city of two mil
lion French, Vietmanese and Chi
nese, police and military stood at
the alert to counter expected Viet
minh demonstrations. Armed with
tommy guns, they kept a watch
ful eye on pedestrians and motor
traffic moving through the French
part of the city as well as in the
populous twin Chinese city of
Cholon. Patroling military heli
copters hovered low.
One-Time Progressive
Passes First Hurdle
In Political Comeback
Glen Taylor, the one-time sing
ing cowboy senator who bolted
the Democratic party in 1948 to
campaign for vice president on
the Progressive party ticket head
ed by Henry Wallace, is over the
first hurdle in a political come
back try.
Taylor won the Democratic
nomination for U.S. Senator in
yesterday’s primary in Idaho.
“It looks like the left wing has
taken over the party,” comment
ed State Rep. Claude Burtenshaw,
Taylor’s closest opponent, in con
ceding victory to Taylor.
In Nebraska, Rep. Carl T. Cur
tis defeated Gov. Robert Crosby
in the feature Republican Senate
race for a 6-year term.
Sen. Henry C. Dworshak easily
won renomination in the Repub
lican primary in Idaho.
In Arkansas, Gov. Francis
Cherry apparently lost by about
6,600 votes his bid for renomina
tion, to Orval Fabus, a weekly
newspaper publisher.
Administration Plan For
Varying Farm Price
Supports Assured Passage
WASHINGTON, UP) — An ad
ministration plan for farm price
supports which would move up or
down as stocks on hand vary was
certain of enactment into law to
day following 62-28 Senate pass
age last night of a big new farm
bill.
The Senate vote assured the
administration of enactment of a
plan which would permit farm
price supports to be moved up or
down as stocks vary.
Both houses adopted a variable
range o| supports between 82 Vfe
and 90 per cent of parity, so that
question will not l?e at issue in
the conferences to iron out dif
ferences between House and Sen
ate bills.
* That the Territory of Alaska
will launch a program designed
to promote the health, welfare
and education of Alaskans who
live in rural areas was decided at
a meeting held July 2 in Juneau
and attended by directors of the
territorial agencies.
Henry A. Benson, territorial
commissioner of labor, arrived in
Nome Monday to consult with
local people on the needs of the
residents of the Second Division.
Benson said that the basic aim of
the territorial government is to
have a practical, workable pro
gram to relieve the unemploy
ment problems in the villages,
promote better housing and sani
tary facilities in rural areas, and
raise the standards of living.
Meeting Here Tomorrow
The people of the Second Divi
sion will participate in the plan
ning stage of the new program.
Mr. Benson has called a meeting
for Thursday afternoon at two
o’clock in the district courtroom
and people familiar with the
problems have been asked to at
tend and take part in a forum dis
cussion. The commissioner of la
bor will leave Saturday for Kot
zebue, where he again will meet
with local citizens.
Benson said that the poverty in
Alaska’s rural areas has grown to
alarming proportions and that the
major underlying cause is the lack
of employment opportunities. By
a territorial program of small
public work projects and practi
cal vocational education the situ
ation could be relieved.
The plight of Alaska’s rural
areas, which are defined as com
munities having less than 2,500
inhabitants, is emphasized by the
Census Report, showing that the
median annual income from all
sources for persons having any
income is less than $750, com
pared with similar income of al
most $2,000 for persons living in
urban areas.
Parran Committee Report
Immediate attention to the
problems in the rural areas by the
territorial government is impera
tive in view of the Department Of
Interior’s Parran Committee re
port recommending that all wel
fare activities now conducted by
the Alaska Native Service be
turned over to the Territory of
Alaska.
Commissioner Benson pointed
out that the less-populated areas
are not receiving a fair share erf
the territorial and federal funds.
An example is the Alaska Public
Works program, where all the
funds have been spent in seven
major towns and, to date, no ex
penditures have been made in the
Second Division.
Mr. Benson said that surveys of
the needs of the villages in the
Alaska Peninsula and the Aleu
tian Islands have been made. It
was found that the people are
sincerely interested in improving
their own villages and are willing
to work hard to achieve the goal
of better living conditions.