U.S. May Set Off
Big H-Explosion
WASHINGTON, UP)— The United
States may be about to rock the
peaceful mid-Pacific with the
most thunderous man-made ex
plosion in world history.
An Atomic Energy Commission
announcement on Friday night
roused speculation that govern- \
ment scientists may be planning
to detonate a hydrogen bomb with
a blast power mightier than the
combined force of all tho conven
tional bombs dropped by U.S. war
planes in World War II.
The AEC said men and equip- ,
ment will begin moving this i
■month to its Pacific proving '•
grounds in the Marshall Islands j
for “a further phase of a continu
ing series of weapons tests.
Legislative Committee
To Hold Open Hearings On
Alaska Housing Authority
ANCHORAGE, (A*)—A two-day i
public hearing concerning opera- !
tion and functions of the Alaska !
Housing Authority will be held i
here Feb. 5-6 by *the Legislative I
Examination and Investigating |
Committee.
The need for additional housing !
in the territory and the manner j
in which the authority has han
dled it in the past will be consid
ered, Chairman Herald Stringer
said.
S ringer urged Friday that any I
per ons who wish to present their |
views concur: ing past, present i
ant fui’-rn housing eons‘ruction [
in the territory communicate with
him promptly in order that ap
appearances may be scheduled.
ERROL FLYNN LOSES APPEAL
FOR ALIMONY REDUCTION
LOS ANGELES, UP)—:Errol Flynn
has lost his appeal for reduction
of alimony payments to his first
wife, former Actress Lily Damita,
who gets SI3,000 a year for sup
port of herself and their son.
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One Fairbanks Man Dead
Another Critical From
Asphyxiation In Cabin
FAIRBANKS, (ffl—: Police sum
moned at noon Sunday found
Gerald D. Thompson dead and
Gary Allen Young in critical con
dition in the small frame house
they occupied in suburban Slater
ville. Both were believed about
j30 years old.
Dr. Harvey Storrs said the men
apparently were the victims of
poisoning or were asphyxiated by
fumes from a stove in their bed
room.
They were first discovered by
Betty Mansfield, prominent mem
ber of the Dog Mushing Assn.,
here, when she called to pick up
an electric grill she had loaned
Thompson. She opened the un
locked door after her knocking
brought no response.
Thompson was a member of the
AFL Hod Carriers Union here.
Young is believed employed by
the Geological Survey.
Funeral To Be Held
Tomorrow For Alaskan
Woman Who Died In Sept.
SEATTLE, UPt—'The long-delay
ed funeral services for Mrs. Bess
Savage, 70, of Flat, Alaska, who
died last September, will be held
Tuesday morning.
She died in a Portland hospital
Sept. 12. Her husband, Patrick,
who is working in Flat, was noti
fied of her death. He was unable
to obtain transportation south
from the mining community until
last week.
She was born in Chambers,
Neb., and moved to Alaska in
1922 where she taught school.
She retired in 1934 when she and
her husband began spending most
of their winters in Seattle.
She was a life member of the
Ladies Auxiliary, Pioneers of Al
aska.
MISS UNIVERSE MARRIES
CALIFORNIA STORE HEIR
STOCKTON, Calif., UP — Miss
Universe is now California’s own
and has a new title: Mrs. Ronnie
Marengo.
The 17-year-old French beauty,
Christine Martel, was married
yesterday to the 21-year old son
of a department store owner and
left happily in a shower of rice
for a Palm Springs honeymoon.
BABIES SCORE IN JUNEAU
JUNEAU, (iPl—Births held a
three to one margin over deaths
in this Alaska capital city in 1953.
The score was 290 to 90.
Monac, tiny European state, is
about one-half sq. mile in area.
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Request Denied
For Injunction
Against Peters
SEATTLE, UP)— Federal Judge
William J. Lindberg denied a gov
ernment request Friday for a tem
porary injunction and restrainer
that would have removed Louis C.
Peters as manager of the Alaska
Native Industries Cooperative As
sociation.
The judge, describing the case
as an “unusual action,” said he
did not consider thhre was any
emergency that would justify is
suance of an injunction.
He offered no opinion on wheth
er Peters has a valid contract to
continue as ANICA manager.
The Interior Department’s In
dian Affairs Bureau brought suit
in federal court seeking to have
all assets of the Native Industries
Assn, turned over to the depart
ment’s Alaska Native Service.
The cooperative, owned by 33
Alaska native villages, was organ
ized in 1947 with the approval of
the Indian Affairs Bureau to speed
economic development of the vill
ages. It does about a million dol
lars worth of business a year.
Since then the co-op has run up
debts with the U.S. Government
of about $530,000, and the govern
ment has agreed with the 33 vill
ages to take over their interest in
the ANICA as collateral.
Peters was ordered by the In
dian Affairs Bureau to relinquish
his office after failure to reach
agreement on a mutually accept
able contract. The bureau con
tends in its suit that Peters’ con
tract expired more than a year
ago and he has been retained since
then on a month-to-month basis.
The government’s suit asking
transfer of the cooperative to the |
Alaska Native Service remains to
be heard.
Ex-Hawaii Governor Says
Reds’ Influence Would
Make Statehood Dangerous
WASHINGTON, Uft—A former
governor of Hawaii told the Sen
ate Interior Committee Friday
Hawaiian statehood would be dan
gerous at this time because of
Communist influences in the is
lands.
Ingram M. Stainback, a "Demo
crat now serving on the Hawaii
supreme court, said Communist
labor leaders can strangle the
economy of the territory and in
fluence the outcome of elections.
Stainback also expressed the
opinion that Alaska does not have
the economic qualifications for
statehood.
After hearing Stainback, the
committee officially concluded its
hearings on Hawaii and Alaska
statehood and paved the way for
action on the House-passed Ha
waii statehood bill this week.
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Two Americans Among 35
Missing In Crash of
British Jet Airliner
PORTO AZZURO, Elba, (IP)—
Two Americans were listed today
among the 35 persons missing and
feared dead in the crash of a
British Comet jetliner in the Tyr
rhenian Sea off Elba’s Point Cal
amity.
A fishing boat recovered 15
bodies yesterday. Planes and ships
kept up the search today for the
other 20 aboard the Singapore to
London pride of British air trans
port. The airship plunged into the
sea yesterday morning between
Elba, Napolean’s island of exile,
and the Isle of Montecristo, off
the northwest coast of the Italian
peninsula.
The government-owned British
Overseas Airways, operator of the
Comet, identified the American
passengers as Mrs. Dorothy Baker ;
of Wilmette, 111., and H. E. Schuch- i
mann, of the MacMillan Publish- '
ing Co. of New York.
It was not immediately known
if their bodies had been recovered.
Movie Studio Fined For
Jane Russell’s “Indecent
Exposure” In New Film
HOLLYWOOD, (/P> — A $25,000
fine has been slapped on RKO
Studio by the Movie Code Admin
istrator for exhibiting and adver
tising Jane Russell’s latest pic
ture “French Line” without the
Production Code Administration’s
seal of approval.
The movie has been banned by
the Catholic Church’s Legion of
Decency and by the St. Louis
Catholic archdiocese. It was given
its premier in St. Louis last month.
Production Code Administrator
Joseph Breen termed the film
“offensive because of indecent ex
posure” during a dance number
by Miss Russell. She agreed with
the criticism and refused to go to
St. Louis for the premier.
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New Books At
KK Public Library
The KK Library is pleased to
announce that the following new
books have been acquired:
Tennessee Hazard, by Mariston
Chapman; Boyds of Black River,
Walter Edmonds; Out of This
World, Helen Erskin (reporter);
View for the Air, Hugh Fosburgh;
The Golden Eagle, Noel Garson;
The Fear to Tread (mystery), Gil
bert; Heart of the Family, Eliza
beth Goudge; Wyoming, Zane
Grey; Indians in the Pacific, Thor
Heyerdahl author of Kon Tiki;
Alaska 1741-1953, Hulley; Spirit
of St. Louis, Charles A. Lindberg;
Lincoln McKeever, by Eleazar
Lipsky; The Listening House (mys
tery), Mabel Seeley; The Wild
Ohio, W. Spicer; Storm (famous
classic), George Stewart; Dracula
(famous classic), Bram Stoker;
The Devil’s Laughter, Frank Yer
by; Icebound Summer, Sally Car
righar.
Other books recently added to .
the shelves of the library are:
Adventure in Two Worlds, A. J.
Cronin; Beyond This Place, A. J.
Cronin; Marmot Drive, John Her
sey; Time and Time Again, James
Hilton; Bridges at Toko-ri, J.
Michener; Too Late the Phalar
ope, Alan Paton; Coffee Stain,
Shank; Lord Vanity, Shellabarger;
A Pail of Oysters, C. Sneider;
Charlotte’s Web, White; The Un
conquered, Ben. A. Williams;
Matchlock Gun, Walter Edmonds;
Jorge’s Journey, A. Desmond.
Farewell Party Given For
"Chug" Who Leaves For Army
A farewell party was held last
evening for Clarence Willoya who
was scheduled to leave today for
induction into the U.S. Anny.
“Chug” has been very prominent
in basketball while in high school
and was a member of the Lomen
Commercial team in the Base-City
League this year.
The party was held at the resi
dence of Sam Mogg.
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