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_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVII No. 38NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1955Per Copy—15^
Eisenhower Says
War Talk Doesn’t
Help Win Peace
WASHINGTON, (tf>—President
Eisenhower spoke out today
against too much speculation and
talk about war. He said it doesn’t
serve the cause of peace.
fcisenhower also said at a news
conference he has no information
indicating the Chinese Reds plan
to launch an attack soon on the
Nationalist islands of Quemoy
and Matsu.
The President's remai'ks carried
an implied rebuke to Adm. Robei-t
B. Carney, chief of naval opera
tion. Carney has been identified
as the source of a prediction, giv
en to newsmen last week, that the
Communists would start striking
at Quemoy and the Matsus around
April 15.
Asked specifically if Carney
would be reprimanded, Eisen
hower said not by him.
Eisenhower said he himself
was not ogling out the possibility
of an attack in mid-April. But, he
said, if anyone has information
pointing clearly to such an attack,
that person must have more infor
mation than the President of the
United States.
At another point a reporter told
Eisenhower a militai’y man had
suggested after a tour of the Far
East that the Chinese Nationalists
might be armed with atomic
weapons.
Eisenhower replied he had not
heard about any such suggestion.
Eisenhower made a remark
, about being against any further
commitments with respect to
Formosa. It was not clear whether
he was talking about defense com
mitments by this government or
about public statements with re
spect to Formosa.
Council Passes New
City Dog Ordinance
-The Nome City Council had a
busy session last Monday night
with two ordinances being passed.
The much-discussed dog ordin
ance passed with annual license
fees of $2 for males and $3 for
females. Steps are being taken to
improve the dog pound.
The salary of the city clerk was
increased to $400 in line with
other city salaries.
An election iboard for the com
ing municipal election was named
with Omie McCarthy, Loretta
Waldheim, Fred Rohn, Grace
Roell and Mrs. Clyde Godsbe.
The council acted favorably on
the transfer of the Board of Trade
liquor license from Arv Saario
to Arv and Margaret Saario.
The report of the Nome Light
and Power Utilities Board was
accepted by the council. ,
The officers and enlisted men of Det. E (T-23)
wish to take this opportunity to thank all the
people of Nome for their cooperation and help
during their tour of duty here.
To the townspeople and merchants in Nome
we say “Thank you for your hospitality. We
think that most of the members of Det. E,
past and present, will go along with us in
expressing appreciation for the way that the
citizens of Nome accepted and treated us.
It’s been great.”
Dog Races Sunday
There are eight entries in the
Arctic Club dog race to be run
Sunday to Nome River and re
turn. They are: Gordon Dimmick,
David Walluk, Carl Adams, Pete
Larsen, Kenneth Kotongan, Ralph
Olanna, Stephen Tocktoo, and
Ben Herman.
The race will start promptly at
1 p.m. from in front of the City
Hall with a three-minute interval
between teams. Drawing for start
ing position will take place at 11
o’clock Sunday morning at the
City Hall.
The turn-around at Nome River
will be marked with flags and
will have a turn-around judge
stationed there. The finish line
will be the same as the starting
line, in front of the City Hall.
The committee in charge of the
race has requested spectator keep
well clear of the teams as they
leave the finish line and on their
return.
The committee has decided to
hold fhe children’s races at a
later date.
Any persons desiring to see
these dog racing events perpet
uated, are requested to so state
on a post card or letter to the
Arctic Club, Box 652. It is the
NENANA ICE CLASSIC
CLOSES SATURDAY
The Nenana Ice Classic, Alas
ka’s famous guessing game, closes
at midnight Saturday and Alas
kans will start dreaming again as
to when the ice will move at
Nenana, marking the breakup
and another spring season.
This guessing game started way
back in 1917 and has increased in
popularity for 38 years. During
these years the earliest date the
ice has moved was April 20 and
the latest May 14. It has gone out
8 times in the morning and 29
I times in the afternoon,
j Guesses can be registered un
j til midnight April 2nd in all parts
| of Alaska and the Yukon Terri
! tory. The local registration place
is the Polar Bar.
intention of the Arctic Club to
eventually enlarge the races with
more substantial prizes and pos
; sibly enter the best team in the
championship races held in Fair
! banks during the Fur Rendezvous.
The P.-T. A. is planning to sell
I coffee and doughnuts during the
| race.
j The time again, will be Sunday,
Ap^ril 3rd, at 1 o’clock in front
' of the City Hall.
Senate Debates Proposed Loan of
$1,000,000 for Unemployment Fund
JUNEAU, W—While the Housed
was embroiled in the property tax
debate, the Senate had one of its
own over a proposed loan of a
million dollars from the territor
ial treasury surplus for the Un
employment Insurance Fund—as
asked by the governor.
The bill by Sens. Butrovich,
Nolan and Stepovich proposes
that the loan would be available
if it is not possible to obtain a
loan from the federal government.
It was amended on the floor to
read that the territorial loan
could be made only if an applica
tion is made for a federal loan
and it is refused. The vote for the
change was 8 to 7, but final action
on the bill was delayed for an
other day when Sen. Marcus Jen
sen <D-Douglas> gave notice he
would move for reconsideration
of his vote on the prevailing side.
The propsal brought bitter crit
icism from Sen. J. Earl Cooper
(D-Anchorage), who questioned
whether the territory would have
the money available. He com
plained bitterly at the Senate’s
earlier refusal to ask the governor
to apply for a federal loan.
Jensen protested against criti
cism of the governor for wanting
to meet the ESC problem through
a bill to allow him to appoint a
five-man commission, to break
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the present four-man commission
deadlock.
Jensen declared it was not right
to point a finger of censure to
ward the governor, because such
a five-man commission bill origi
nated in the House during the
regular session and was passed
also by the Senate. The only
trouble was that it did not carry
an emergency clause to make it
effective immediately. It will not
take effect for 90 days.
Meanwhile, a joint Senate
House conference committee con
tinued their studies of legislation
to revise the whole ESC opera
tion. They were conferring with
the regional director of the Bu
reau of Employment Security,
Daniel Goldy, who flew here from
Seattle with an aide.
Jensen told the Senate at one
point, “We could be here for 30
days or more.”
65-Hour Prisoner Revolt
Ends Peacefully With
8 Convicts’ Surrender
LINCOLN, Neb., UP>—A 65-hour
prisoner revolt at Nebraska State
Penetentiary ended early today
when eight rebel convicts released
three unharmed hostages and then
surrendered themselves.
Since Sunday forenoon, the
convicts and hostages, including
two captured guards, had been
barricaded inside the square,
three-story maximum security
building or prison “jail” on the
penitentiary grounds.
Surrender on terms laid down
by Gov. Victor E. Anderson came
after personal interviews during
the night with four of the rebels.
At 3:15 a.m. the two guards and
an inmate who had been a prison
er of the prisoners walked out of
the building’s lone exit into the
glare of floodlights that have
bathed it for three nights. Then 13
minutes later the subdued con
victs came out, one at a time.
All got hot meals—-their first
since Sunday breakfast.
$31 Million Appropriation Bill
Passed by Territorial House With
Property Tax Measure Attached
Eielson AFB Five
Out of Tournament
ORLANDO, Fla., UP— Eielson
Air Force Base is out of the world
wide Air Force basketball tourna
ment here after two losses. Eiel
son was defeated 99 to 79 by
Francis E. Warren, Wvo., yester
day after losing 88 to 83 to Lock
bourne, Ohio, Monday.
A clash between Andrews AFB,
defending champion from Mary
land, and Lockbourne tops the ac
tion tonight.
Governor Signs
60 More Bills
JUNEAU, —Gov. Heintzleman
has singed 60 more bills into law,
ranging from the outlawing of
prostitution to the creation of a
pest and disease control fund.
The measures were left-overs
from the flood of bills that were
passed by the legislature in the
closing days of the regular ses
sion.
Many more still await action in
the executive offices.
Other bills of top interest among
those signed included:
Repeal of the 1953 law which
created the Legislative Examina
tion and Investigating Commit
tee; a requirement for land regis
tration outside cities and taxing
districts in which registration al
ready is required and providing
for refunds of penalties paid by
property owners for late registra
tion under the 1953 act;
A 90-day World War II service
provision to allow veterans bene
fits to many Alaskans who were
denied them upon reenlistment
after the war’s end.
Other bills on the long list of
those becoming new laws include:
HB 218—An increase in work
men’s compensation for total tem
porary disability from $75 to $100
a week, with liberalization of the
period of medical treatment.
HB226—$561,518 for hospitals
and health centers, including aid
for hospitals at Fairbanks, Sew
ard, Valdez and Glenallen.
HB175—To create an Alaska
Safety Council of officials primar
ily concerned with highways and
traffic, but which also may in
clude public members.
HB223—$100,000 loan from the
General Fund for work on air
ports, to be repaid out of the in
creased tax on aviation gasoline._
HB-92 and 93—Increasing resi
dent fishermen’s licenses from $5
to $10 and nonresidents from $10
to $15, with 60 percent of the
revenue going to the care of sick
and disabled fishermen.
SB141—Designating Nov. 30 an
nually as Anthony J. Dimond Day.
HB203—Authorizing a loan of
up to $50,000 to the school at
North Pole.
HB-115—Up to three-year li
cense suspension for anyone con
victed a second or subsequent
time for drunken driving.
HB221—Reconstituting the £m
ployment Security Commission
into a five-member body. This is
the bill that the governor asked
the legislature to reenact with an
emergency clause in the special
session.
" JUNEAU, l/P)—A cold reception
was expected in the territorial
Senate today for the House-passed
31-million-dollar general appro
priations bill with its attached
property tax measure.
The Senate defeated the prop
erty tax bill twice during the reg
ular session and last night Sen.
Howard Lyng said it was “ridicu
lous” to combine the two. He said
a move would be made to separ
ate the two when the measure
reaches the upper branch today,
on the third day of the special
session.
Opposing votes in the House
were cast by the three Republican
members, three Democrats from
the mining-conscious Fourth Di
vision and two Democrats from
Juneau. A number of its oppo
nents said they were against it
because of tacking the tax meas
ure onto its coattails.
In other action, the House
quickly approved a bill to pro
vide expense for a 30-day session,
just in case, despite the govern
or’s call for one of only three
days. It carries an appropriation
of $86,231 for session expenses,
including the legislators’ $15-a
day salaries and $20-a-day living
allowances.
The 31 million dollar appropri
ation bill—of which about 30V£
million would be from the Gener
al Fund and slightly more than
half a million from the Rural
School Fund which is fananced
through tobacco taxes—came af
ter it was explained the tagging
of the property tax onto the bill
is the Democratic majority’s only
hope of getting the tax act into
law.
Rep. Stanley McCutcheon said
the chances of getting it through
the Senate were better than be
fore. He added the Democratic
majority figured if it gets by the
Senate the governor would have
to let the property tax law be
come law because he could not
veto it without vetoing the whole
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Unemployment Security
Checks Not Being
Mailed This Week .
JUNEAU, UP>—Word is going out
to recipients of unemployment in
surance checks that they won’t be
getting them this week.
A. A. Hedges, acting executive
director of the Employment Se
curity Commission, said yester
day the letters are being dis
patched with information on what
recipients can expect.
Hedges said the letters advise
that claims are still being re
ceived and the checks are being
made out as usual—except they
are not being signed. He said as
soon as sufficient money is re
stored to the fund the signatures
will go on the checks and the
checks will go into the mail.
Hedges said last week over
6,000 persons were receiving
checks in Alaska from the fund
and over 3,000 unemployed per
sons in the States were getting
checks from the Alaska fund.
The fund still has somewhat in
excess of $650,000 in it but Hedg
es explained that amount has to
be set aside under a court order
pending the settlement of a case
that still is in courts.