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VOlTlYIiFNo. 137 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1956 Per Copy—15*
Alaska - Booster Frank Whaley Here
To Promote Visitors Program
Frank Whaley, well-known!
Nomeite and director of the Alas
ka Visitors Assn, arrived Satur
day from Fairbanks where he has
launched a campaign to collect
$15,000 in memberships for the
organization which has created
considerable interest from coast
to coast as it has spotlighted Alas
ka by TV, lectures, and other
promotional programs and which
has paid off with the increased
traffic shown in Alaska the past
year. Automobile traffic is re
ported to have increased in 1956
by 25 percent over 1955.
Whaley pointed out that World
Travel is increasing and if Alaska
is to have its shore of travelers
on vacation, it must step up its
publicity and advertising.
Three kinds of membership are
available. First, the voting mem
bership at $100 a year; second,
sustaining members at $10 and up,
and, finally, the $3 membership
which includes a windshield
sticker advertising AVA and in
vites interest in visiting Alaska.
A visual presentation of what
the Tourist Industry means will
be featured at the Chamber
Luncheon tomorrow noon at
which a capacity crowd is ex
pected. The presentation will he
different than any other given
here and promises to be a very
interesting program.
President Stan Morgan states
that the luncheon will start
promptly at noon at the Poljjris
so that as much time as possible
can be given to the discussion of
AVA and how Nome fits into the
Alaska picture.
Two Air Force Officers
Missing After Plane
Ditches in Potomac River
WASHINGTON UP—A small Air
Force plane ditched in the Poto
mac River 15 miles south of here
last night and two of its three
officer passengers still were miss
ing today.
The third man, 1st Lt. Richard
B. Perlich, 36, of McLean, Va.,
was quoted as saying all three es
caped when the plane hit the
water, but that his companions
disappeared while trying to swim
to shore in the icy water.
Listed as missing were Maj.
Gen. A. C. Selser, 44, of New Or
leans, attached to the staffs of the
National Security Council, and
Maj. Jose Blondet, 34, of Guaya
ma, Puerto Rico, commander of
the 1104th Base Flight Squadron
at Bolling AFB here.
29 Killed in Crash
Of Colombian Airliner
CALI, Colombia, OP—Twenty
nine persons have been killed in
the crash of a Colombian airliner
in the mountains west of Cali.
The Aerolinas Del Pacifico, en
route to the Pacific coast, burst
into flames after the crash yes
terday. Searchers reported that
all aboard had been charred be
yond recognition.
The dead included the North
American pilot, John Relay, co
proprietor of the small airline
with local routes.
Hungarian Flag Flies
From Statue of Liberty
NEW YORK OP—The red, white
and green flag of revolt-tom Hun
gary fluttered briefly from the
freedom torch of the Statue of
Liberty yesterday.
A venturesome Hungarian youth
climbed up into the torth and un
furled the flag of his native land.
He also tied the Stars and Stripes
to the torch.
Park service employes removed
the flags a short time later. The
youth, who declined to give his
name, said he staged the flag dis
play to show that “we want the
same liberty in Hungary as the
United States—freedom.”
Pilot’s Mistake ‘
Is Cause of Tragic
Airport Crash
LINCOLN, Neb., (P—A young
pilot’s tragic mistake is believed
to have caused the flaming run
way smashup of a jet fighter and
two parked B-47 bombers at the
Lincoln AFB, authorities said.
Three men died including the
pilot, the seven were injured in
the Saturday night accident.
Loss in equipment is estimated
at nearly $8 million.
Most of Nebraska’s Air Nation
al Guard squadron had taken off
for a weekend of bunnery prac
tice, but 2nd Lt. Robert L. Young,
23, a University of Nebraska stu
dent who recently completed jet
aircraft training, stayed in Lin
coln and was practicing “touch
and go” landings Saturday eve
ning.
As he roared out of the dark
sky, authorities said, he appar
ently mistook a taxi ramp for a
runway which parallels it 900
feet away.
Young’s F-80 rammed two Stra
tegic Air Command B-47s which
were being refueled, turning the
ramp into an inferno.
Also killed were the crew chief
of one of the bombers and his
I assistant.
Slowdown in
Hungary Replaces
General Strike
By ENDRE MARTON
BUDAPEST, in—The Soviet
army and its Hungarian Commu
nist allies today broke the general
strike in Budapest, but sullen
Hungarian workers immediately
resorted to a defiant slowdown
strike.
Between 30 and 50 percent of
Budapest’s industrial workers re
ported for work in the city’s fac
tories this morning.
Many of them declared they re
turned not because they believed
the promises of Janos Kadar, the
Soviet-imposed premier, “but be
cause we realize that winter is
here, with its misery of cold and
hunger.”
In the workshops which West
ern correspondents were permit
ted to visit they found workers
standing around in groups—talk
ing but doing little if any work.
A Vienna report that the Rus
sians were replacing their troops
in Hungary with 20 fresh infan
try divisions lacked confirmation
here. No correspondent in Buda
pest can claim reliably to know
anything of the move.
SEATTLE BUS STRIKE
TO START MONDAY
SEATTLE, Ifft—A Seattle city
bus drivers’ strike has been set
for Friday.
Officials of the Sfreet Car
Men’s Union announced the city’s
1,500 employes will go on strike
after Thursday night runs.
The dispute is over the amount
of a pay increase. The Transit
Commission has insisted a four
cent hourly pay increase is all it
can grant without an uneconomic
increase in passenger fares. The
union has demanded a 20-cent
boost in the $2.18 an hour scale.
Seattle’s basic bus fare for rid
ing in one zone is four tokens for
75 cents, or about 19 cents a ride.
It costs an extra nickel to go from
one zone to another. That makes
it about 24 cents for a ride down
town from any point outside the
main central zone.
Prime Minister Nehru Lashes Out
At Russian Action in Hungary
NEW DELHI, (TP!—In his strong
I est criticism so far of Soviet ac
tion in Hungary, Prime Minister
Nehru told Parliament today Rus
sia’s prestige had been “power
fully affected ... in eastern
European countries, in non-com
mitted countries, and even among
people in the Soviet Union itself.”
Opening a two-day foreign af
fairs debate, Nehru said details of
what has happened in Hungary
are not clear but “it is evident
the government of Hungary is not
a free but an imposed govern
ment, and the people are not sat
isfied with it."
“If in the course of ten years
the Hungarian people could not
be converted to Soviet ideas,” he
continued, “it shows a certain
failure which is a far greater fail
ure than any military coup.
Nehru said he had “no doubt”
that the Hungarian people seek
ing freedom were “bound to tri
umph.”
He repeated India’s call for the
withdrawal of French, British
and Israeli troops from Egypt and
Soviet troops from Hungary.
Nehru complained about the
“confusing” picture in both Hun
gary and Egypt and said “quali
fied impartial observers” from
the United Nations should go to
those countries to “bring out the
facts and open the window so the
world can find out what has hap
pened and what is happening.”
Nehru said the English and
French had gained nothing and
lost much from their intervention
in Egypt.
Khrushchev Blasts West at End of
Agreement Between Poland, Russia
MOSCOW, UP>—The Communist
leaders of the Soviet Union and
Poland have signed a declaration
of “indestructible union and fra
ternal friendship” but have
agreed their future relations will
be on a basis of “complete equal
ity.”
Winding up four days of talks,
the two regimes agreed Russian
troops must remain in Poland. But
the Poles were given veto power
over Russian troop movements in
their country, as well as promises
of help in meeting Poland’s eco
nomic crisis.
Results of the talks were
summed up in a communique Is
sued before the departure for
Warsaw last night of Polish Com
munist Party chief Wladyslaw
Gomulka, Premier Josef Cyrank
iewicz and their delegation of
officials and experts.
Gomulka, who had led the
move for Polish freedom from
Moscow’s domination, said at a
reception following the signing:
“We came here with fears that
the leaders of the Soviet Union
would not evaluate fully and cor
rectly the changes which are tak
ing place in our country.
“We can say with joy that our
fears were not confirmed by the
j position the Soviet government
took on the questions we brought
them.”
The Polish Communist Party in
a statement hailed the agreement
as a great success for Poland."
Observers in Warsaw said it ap
peared Gomulka had got all lie
asked for.
Bad Weather
Delays Project
At South Pole
By DON GUY
McMURDO SOUND, Antarctica
i/f\—Bad weather at the South
Pole, with more to come, is delay
ing the flight of U.S. naval parties
who will build an earth science
station there.
A big U.S. Air Force Globe
master may try to land at the
Po]e. Tests will be made as soon
as possible to determine the hard
ness of the packed snow at the
site.
The big troop carrier plane
weighs nearly 100 tons loaded.
Such planes could help speed Op
eration Deepfreeze, the stalled
project to build the science sta
tion on the two-mile-high polar
plateau.
If the Globemaster is able to
land, it will be the first such
landing ever made at the Pole by
a wheeled aircraft.
Rear Adm. George Dufek, the
Deepfreeze commander who set
the Stars and Stripes at the Pole,
said the surface there is very hard
beneath a layer of windblown
snow hummocks.
Col. H. A. Crosswell, command
ing the 18th Air Force task unit
here, says tests will be made of
the polar surface and the results
flown to the U.S. for an interpre
tation and a decision on the land
ing.
By HAROLD K. MILKS
MOSCOW, IR—Red-faced and
gesticulating, Nikita S, Khrush
chev told the West last night: “We
will bury you.”
For the second consecutive
night, the Soviet Communist
Party boss delivered an anti
Western tirade so bitter that dip
lomats from Atlantic alliance na
tions and Israel left the room.
Khrushchev’s main themes at a
Polish embassy reception were
Egypt and Hungary.
Obviously speaking to the
Western diplomats in attendance,
Khrushchev said:
“If you don’t like us, don’t ac
cept our invitations and don’t in
vite us to come to see you.
"History on Our Side"
“Whether you like it f>r not,
history is on our side. We will
bury you.”
The Western envoys, including
■U.S. Ambassador Charles Bohlen,
retired to an outer room where
one said “the atmosphere is much
more pleasant.” They returned to
the hall where the Poles were
toasting a just-signed Moscow
Warsaw joint declaration after
Khrushchev finished speaking.
Last night’s party followed
agreement on a joint Polish-Rus
sian statement which some Poles
considered a virtual declaration
of independence—altho Poland re
mains firmly within the Moscow
led alliance of Communist nations.
Bolsheviks All
Khrushchev began calmly:
“We are Bolsheviks. We stick
firmly to the Lenin precept—don’t
be stubborn if you see you are
wrong, but don’t give in if you
are right.
He said the Communist coun
tries can find solutions to all their
problems on the basis of mutual
understanding and equality.
But then, seemingly directing
his remarks at the Western dip
lomats, he said:
“We say this not only for the
socialist states. We base ourselves
on the idea that we must peace
fully coexist. About the capitalist
states, it doesn’t depend on you
whether or not we exist.”
"Idiotic" Position
Khrushchev told the West: “You
say we want war, but you now
have got yourselves into a posi
tion I would call idiotic . . .
“But we don’t want to profit
by it. If you withdraw your troops
from Germany, France and Brit
ain—I’m speaking of American
troops—we will not stay one day
in Poland, Hungary and Romania.
“But we, Mr. Capitalists, we
are beginning to understand your
methods. You have given us a
lesson in Egypt. If we had a quar
ter of our present friendships for
the Poles, Czechs and Slavs be
fore the war (World War II), the
war would never have started.”
SIGN OF THE TIMES
PHILADELPHIA. (R— A sand
wich shop near Philadelphia’s
Wagner Junior High School has
put up this sign in its window:
“Teen-Age Spoken Here.”