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VOL. LVI No. 114 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1954 Per Copy—15^'
School Hoi Lunch
Program Be Open
To All Children
The volunteer committee for
the Hot Lunch Program for school
children have been active in or
ganizing for another year's activ
ity.
Realizing the need for this pro
gram, a voluntary group of moth
ers and other interc-sted citizens
have given their time for the past
two years to make this phase of
school life possible. Heretofore,
the service has been limited to
students living a certain distance
from school as both supplies and
space for serving were limited.
This year, the committee, which
is headed by Dorothy Emmons
and has as secretary-treasurer
Nancy Goodrich, has announced
that the lunches will be available
to all children.
There is a double purpose for
this announcement, stated Terry
Jackson, who heads the finance
committee. She explained that
when the new school is completed
next year funds will be available
from federal sources for the
school lunchroom and surplus
foods will be furnished as they
are to other schools. By opening
the lunches to all children it will
bfe possible to get an estimate of
how many children will use the
privilege and about what they can
afford to pay. They will also be
able to establish about how many
children will be unable to pay
anything, which is very important
also.
About 30 volunteer workers
will start their drive this week
for funds and anyone who thinks
the project worthwhile will be
asked to contribute. Everyone is
urged to express his opinion on
any phase of the program so that
the permanent lunchroom in the
new school will get off to a good
start.
Japan Prime Minister
Views China’s Proposals
For Trade As Propaganda
NEW YORK, (jPI—Japanese
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida
said today he views Communist
China’s proposal for more trade
with Japan as propaganda. He
said he doesn’t put much stock in
Russia’s recent friendly overtures
either.
Yoshida, arriving here from
Canada to' board a ship for Eur
ope, told a news conference Japan
needs more foreign markets, and
a “certain amount of trade is de
sirable” with the Communist
world, but he said he does not
“expect much out of it.”
Asked about Soviet Foreign
Minister Molotov’s recent state
ment calling' for normal relations
between Japan and Russia, Yo
shia said he doubts if anything
Molotov said would have much
effect on “the great majority of
the Japanese people.”
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“The treaty of alliance between
Soviet Russia and Communist
China considers Japan a potential
enemy,” he said. “A single state
ment without a regular signing of
a peace treaty with Japan is a
very strange procedure.”
Giants Win First Game
Of World Series 5-2
Over Cleveland
NEW YORK, m — Pinch
hitler Jim Rhodes slammed a
home run off the top of the
right field wall in the tenth
inning and scored behind Willie
Mays and Hank Thompson to
give the New York Giants a 5-2
victory over Cleveland in the
first game of the world series.
Anchorage Chamber Head
Laments Last Sailing Of
Alaska Passenger Ship
ANCHORAGE, M — The sail
ing of the Alaska liner Denali
from Seward tomorrow will be
“just like attending the funeral
of one of our best friends,” Geo.
Jackson, president of the Anchor
age Chamber of Commerce, said
today.
The visit of the Denali is the
last Alaska Steamship Co. passen
ger service to Seward and other
Alaska ports.
At a meeting of the Anchorage
Chamber’s directors, the board
took an official stand deploring
cessation at service and pledged
support of any movement which
will restore it.
“The end of the service means
a great loss of revenue for our
tourist industry,” Jackson said.
“This will set back the industry
for years and we will never re
cover from the shock unless we
find sympathetic answers to our
troubles.”
GOP Leaders Say
McCarthy Issue
Will Have No Effect
(By the Associated Press)
Vice President Nixon and Re
publican National Chairman Leo
nard W. Hall say they doubt the
Nov. 2 congressional elections will
be affected by the controversy in
volving Sen. McCarthy.
Nixon told a Boston news con
ference yesterday he believes “the
McCarthy issue” was “beaten to
death” weeks ago.
Hall told the National Press Club
in Washington:
“The American people are sick
and tired of the whole (McCarthy)
situation. They have heard
enough.”
Nixon toured Massachusetts
yesterday on his second major
campaign trek, urging the election
of a GOP congress so the Eisen
hower administration can get on
with what he called “our task of
restoring health — peacetime
health—to the nation.”
The Vice President said a Dem
ocratic congress would bring “a
return to government by hand
out, government by pressure, gov
ernment by controls.”
Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich) said to
day in a Washington statement
that the GOP program “wouldn’t
stand a ghost of a chance if Dem
ocrats gain control of Congress.”
Ferguson, chairman of the GOP
Senate Policy Committee, con
tended more than half the Senate
Democrats opposed the Republi
can program 52 per cent of the
time in the 83rd Congress. He said
90 per cent and more of the GOP
senators backed the program 83
per cent of the time.
Sen. McCarran of
Nevada Is 9th Of
<»3 Congress to Die
HAWTHORNE, Nev., (/PI — Vet
eran Sen. Pat McCarran of Nev
ada, a lone wolf Democrat who
battled national Democratic ad
ministrations most of his 22 years
in Washington, dic-d last night—
brief moments after a vigorous
speech aimed at strengthening his
waning grip on state Democratic
circles.
The- 78 - year - old lawmaker,
fourth in Senate seniority, col
lapsed as ho walked up an aisle
surrounded by well-wishers fol
lowing a Democratic campaign
rally in this western Nevada
town.
Chatting and shaking hands,
the white-haired McCarran sud
denly fell to the floor of the
civic center. He was pronounced
dead 30 minutes later, but not
until" after two doctors had work
ed over him frantically with a
respirator.
Dr. E. F. Hanson, Mineral
County health officer, said Mc
Carran died of coronary occlusion
— a blocking of a blood vessel
leading to the heart.
McCarran’s death was the ninth
of a senator in this session of
Congress. The Republican have 48
senators, the Democrats 46 and
one is Independent, Wayne Morse
of Oregon.
Republican Gov. Charles Rus
sell, in Las Vegas on a campaign
tour, would not discuss his choice
for a successor, but he presum
ably will appoint a Republican.
Only last week McCarran came
out in support of the state Demo
cratic ticket—a lineup that in
cluded some men the fiery sen
ator had despised for years.
Wrangle Foreseen Over
Proposed Censure Of
Senator McCarthy
WASHINGTON, UR—Signs of a
gathering storm over the pro
posed censure of Sen. McCarthy
became clearer today as Chair
man Jenner of the Senate Rules
Committee disclosed he intends to
call Sen. Watkins for questioning.
Among other things, Jenner
said in an interview, ' he wants
to find out why Watkins “con
ducted a one - man hearing” as
chairman of the special committee
of three Republicans and three
Democrats who unanimously re
commended Senate censure of
McCarthy for certain aspects of
his conduct.
This was a reference to a closed
hearing at which Watkins ques
tioned the Senate parliamentar
ian, Charles L. Watkins, about the
validity of a Senate Elections
subcommittee which issued a re
port critical of McCarthy on Jan.
2, 1953.
One of the counts on which the
special committee recommended
McCarthy be censured was that
he was “contemptuous, contum
acious and denunciatory” toward
the Elections subcommittee in its
1951-1952 investigation of his fin
ancial affairs.
Eisenhower Lauds Free
Press of U.S. As Necessary
To Our Way of Life
DENVER, iff)—President Eisen
hower said today “no institution
is more necessary to our way of
life than a free press.”
He made the statement in a
special message to the newspapers
of the nation on the occasion of
National Newspaper Week start
ing Friday.
Here is the President’s mes
sage:
“The nation joins the editors,
publishers and reporters of this
country in observance of Nation
al Newspaper Week. No institu
tion is more necessary to our way
of life than a free press.
“A sign of free government, a
free press is a primary source of
that government’s strength. It in
forms the people so that they may
well discharge their responsibil
ities as citizens. It provides them
and their elected representatives
with a wide range of fact and op
inion which must be weighed by
all who are concerned with the
well-being of our country.
“Those who struggle to' keep
America informed can enjoy the
satisfaction of knowing that their
contribution to the cause of free
dom is mighty. They well deserve
the respect and gratitude and sup
port of all our people.”
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Namesake of ‘Cap’ Lathrop
To Attend Cornerstone
Laying Ceremonies
FAIRBANKS, l/P> — Austin E.
Cooley, namesake and nephew of
the late Austin E. (Cap) Lathrop,
Alaska capitalist, will fly here
from New York this weekend to
attend cornerstone ceremonies for
a new high school to be named
for Lathrop.
Interested in radio as a youth,
he was radio operator on ships on
the Alaska run. Later, he worked
on a system to send pictures by
short wave radio. He is now gen
eral manager of the New York
Times facsimile operations.
He will arrive Sunday and take
part in the Tuesday ceremonies
before returning to New York the
following day.
JAPAN EMPEROR AND WIFE
VISIT DEPARTMENT STORE
TOKYO, (/PI—Emperor Hirohito
and Empress Nagako visited a de
partment store today for the first
time.
Clerks and onlookers hovered
about the royal pair.
The empress fingered the ma
terial of a wedding dress, touch
ing off more talk that young
Prince Akihito, 20, heir apparent,
soon may marry.
JOHN ROSSETTI, PORTLAND,
DIES WORKING FOR ALASKA
PORTLAND, (/PI—John L. Ross
etti of Portland, investigator for
the Comptroller General’s Office
for the territory of' Alaska, died
here yesterday after a month’s
illness.
Rossetti, 52, became ill while at
work in Alaska.
Survivors include the widow,
Teresa; and two1 sons, John and
Carl, all of Portland; and a daugh
ter, Mrs. Mary Wirfs, Richland,
Wash.
Galvin Named to
Tell Nome’s Needs
As CAB Hearing
The Chamber of Commerce has
announced the appointment of
Larry Galvin, past president, to
represent Nome at the Civil Aero
nautics Board hearing on the
States-Alaska case scheduled to
be heard in Washington, D.C., on
Oct. 12. The hearing is to deter-,
mine the amount and quality of
service needed in Alaska and it
is considered imperative that ade
quate service to Nome be con
tinued.
An expression of appreciation
was verbally extended to Galvin
for taking time off at this busy
season to perform a civic duty for
the community.
The need for funds for the
Alaska Visitors Association was
stressed at the Chamber meeting.
A special committee headed by
Charles Reader is reported work
ing on the project and a drive
will start soon that Nome may be
represented in the organiaztion.
The commitee members include
A1 Branson, James Walsh, Bar
bara Martin and Margaret Heller.
A. Polet, Nome Board member,
is at present the only Nome busi
nessman represented.
An investigation is also under
way by the Chamber as to why
the Nome Assay Office has not
been completed as funds were al
located for this purpose by the
last legislature. Senator Chas. D.
Jones was appointed to investi
gate the matter.
Airlines Will Receive
$139 Million This Year
For Carrying The Mail
WASHINGTON, UP)—The Civil
Aeronautics Board estimated yes
terday the airlines will be paid
$139,219,000 for carrying mail this
fiscal year, and $141,193,000 in
the year beginning next July 1.
This would compare with $137,
431,000 paid during the fiscal
year ended last June 30.
Payments to carriers included:
State-Alaska—Alaska Airlines,
$1,296,000; Pacific Northern, $1,
475,000; Pan American, $1,569,
000.
Intra-Alaska— Alaska Airlines,
$1,324,000; Northern Consolidated
$1,346,000; PacfiicNorthern, $713,
000; Wien, $1,500,000.
Tremendous Response Is
Reported To Poll On
Alaska’s Future Status
ANCHORAGE, UP)—'The Alaska
Broadcasting System reports a
“tremendous” initial response to
its public poll on the territory’s
future status.
ABS announced Monday it
would take a “straw vote” in
which Alaskans could express
their views on whether Alaska
should have immediate statehood,
future statehood, remain a terri
tory or have commonwealth
status.
“If this trend keeps up,” said
ABC president William J. Wag
ner, “the straw vote should give
a pretty good cross section of
what Alaskans generally feel on
the subject.”