S2S NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LIX No. 118 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1957Per Copy—15^
A Tribute
To James Pyle and Allen Hulen
By JAMES WALSH
President, Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce
On behalf of the Northwestern Alaska Chamber
of Commerce and the people of Nome, I wish to express
thanks and appreciation for your efforts in securing
the funds for the rehabilitation of the Nome Airport.
This project has been long needed and is vital to our
existence and livelihood.
We know that you have exerted every effort to
help us, and our field has finally materialized.
This will enable the several airlines using the field
to put into service the pressurized equipment now used
in other parts of the territory and make it possible to
plan a modern and adequate terminal.
We are also appreciative for the work of your local
station manager, Bill Barber, who has become a definite
part of the community, and we hope he stays a long
time.
Strike by White Students Flops at
Little Rock’s Central High School
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., (^—Op
posing sides remained locked in
. their concrete-hard stalemate to
day after a white student strike
flapped. No one came up with
any new plan which would re
move troops from integration
wracked Central High School.
One mediator in the history
making federal-state struggle.
North Carolina’s Gov. Luther
Hodges, said, “We’ve got to have
a few days to let this thing cool
off.’’
Today is the eighth day of inte
gration at the handsome land
scaped school.
Nine Negroes entered the school
Sept. 25 under guard of federal
troops flown here on President
Eisenhower’s order. The soldiers
from the 101st Airborne Division
used bayonets to disperse crowds
of white demonstrators the same
day. No demonstrations took place
after that until yesterday’s stu
dent walkout.
Only 75 Shpwed Up
The organized student walkout
fell dead when only about 75 of
the 2,000-member student body
left classes.
Arkansas’ Gov. Orval Faubus,
accused by Eisenhower and oth
ers of inciting segregationists
when he stationed the National
Guardsmen, then under Faubus’
control, at Central High Sept. 2,
continued to receive ovations
from crowds of Arkansans.
He was greeted with rousing
cheers yesterday as he rode in a
parade opening the National Cot
ton Picking Contest in Blythe
ville, Ark. The previous night,
about 8,000 spectators at a Little
Rock rodeo cheered him on three
occasions.
"Unconditional Surrender"
He claimed the federal govern
ment wants “complete and uncon
ditional surrender” from him.
Gov. Hodges, one of the four
southern governors seeking a
compromise, urged both the Pres
ident and governor to give
ground.
“The stakes at Little Rock are
too high for men of good will and
patriotism to lose hope,” he said.
In another development, Prose
cuting Atty. Frank Holt of Little
Rock refused to issue warrants
charging assault with intent to
kill against three paratroopers in
volved in breaking up the crowds
Sept. 25.
Special Prayer Meeting
The warrants were sought by
C. E. Blake. He was struck on the
head by a rifle butt. The military
claimed Blake tried to take a rifle
away from a soldier.
About 45 Little Rock ministers,
meanwhile, called for special ser
vices her^ Saturday, Oct.* 12, to
pray for, among other things,
“their people’s resistance to un
thinking agitators.”
NEW, SPECTACULAR
HEARING AID FOR YOU!
Mr. Breen of the Audiphone
Co., of Seattle, is in Nome to
assist anyone needing hearing
aids. Due to a plane schedule
change he will not be here to
morrow. All those who plan to
see him may do so tonight at the
Wallace Hotel.
Asian Flu Cases
In U.S. Double
Within a Week
WASHINGTON, UP>—Asian flu
cases nearly doubled again last
week, going up by an estimated
200,000 new cases to make a total
of 422,650 since early June.
Reporting this today, the Public
Health Service 9aid the estimates
were based on incomplete reports.
A spokesman pointed out also
that the reports cover the period
only thru last Saturday. This,
he said, did not include outbreaks
this week such as 150,000 new
cases among New York City
school children.
The spokesman also said 18
deaths have been reported in
the continental United States in
connection with the flu outbreak;
13 in Puerto, seven in Hawaii and
two in Alaska.
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Canadian Type Flu
Much More Severe
Than Asian Variety
TORONTO, l/P)—The number of
deaths blamed on the spreading
flu epidemic in Canada mounted
to 212 today, but one expert said
Asian flu would not be the worst
killer.
“The Asian type is much less
severe than our Canadian influ
enza we have each year,” com
mented Dr. Roger Foley, Quebec
provincial epidemiologist.
Ex-Marine Trying
For Non-Stop Flight
Texas to Rome
GALVESTON, Texas, UP>— An
ex-marine fighter pilot, William
Wyatt, who is trying to set a rec
ord by flying nonstop to Rome,
was over Bangor, Maine, at 9:09
a.m., CST, the CAA reported at
Galveston today.
Wyatt, 25, from Dallas, took off
yesterday from Galveston Airport
at 12:57 p.m. in a Mooney Mark
20, a small single-engined mono
plane built by Mooney Aircraft,
Inc., of Kerrville, Texas.
Stewart French of
Insular Affairs
Group Visits Nome
Stewart French of the Senate
Committee on Insular Affairs vis
ited in Nome today, having been
to Barrow to make a quick survey
of the territory about to be opened
to mining in that area.
Mr. French inquired what peo
ple here thought about living in >a
part of the territory which could
be taken over at any time by the
President as a defense measure.
He called attention to the fact that
the recent Senate bill protects
property owners should it ever
be necessary to remove the peo
ple of Nome from this area. He
stated that the Senate statehood
bill provides that the people be
“compensated” for giving up their
homes and businesses.
Famous Author
On Ditched Plane
TOKYO, UP)—A U.S. Air Force
C-47 with 13 persons aboard, in
cluding author James A. Michen
er, ditched in the ocean three
miles north of Iwo Jima today.
Details were scant.
The Air Force said all aboard
were rescued unhurt.
Air Force headquarters in To
kyo said the aircraft went down
shortly after taking off for Japan.
The cause of the ditching was
not known but an investigation
was opened.
Michiner is the author of a
number of best sellers, including
Tales of the South Pacific, Re
turn to Paradise, Voice of Asia,
Sayonara, and Bridges of Toko
Ri. The Far East is his special
field.
Hoffa Wins Teamster Presidency
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By 4-1 Margin Over Two Opponents
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., UPV—
James R. Hoffa today won elec
tion as president of the scandal
scarred Teamsters Union by a
margin of well over 4 to 1 over
two opponents.
Delegates voted by voice as their
names were called.
Hoffa, charged with union cor
ruption by the AFL-CIO and Sen
ate Rackets Committee was op
posed in the convention rollcall
by Vice President William A. Lee
and Thomas J. Haggerty, both of
Chicago.
Hoffa’s name was put in nomi
nation by John English, veteran
union secretary-treasurer, who
called Hoffa “the champion of
the teamsters.”
English said the convention met
at a crucial time for the union—
with agents, he said, of the FBI,
Senate Rackets Committee and
the AFL-CIO here keeping tab on
what went on.
English said Hoffa had done
more for the teamsters than any
one else in union history and el
tho the union faces “a little trou
ble here and there, he’ll take care
pf t|jat.
“Now is the time to show Jim
my our appreciation,” English
said.
Haggerty was nominated by \
Peter J. Hoban, Chicago. Hoban
declared his man always puts
principle ahead of money. He said
the union today stands before the
court of public opinion and all or
ganized labor wants Hoffa de
feated.
Thomas J. Mahoney, Chicago,
nominated Lee. With Lee as pres
ident, Mahoney said, the union’s
present scandals will be cleared
away “and this union can again
hold its head high.”
He said under Lee there would
be no dictatorship and local un
ions could operate autonomously.
Lee’s nomination was seconded by
Frank W. Brewster, Seattle.
POLISH STUDENTS CLASH WITH
POLICE OVER PRESS FREEDOM
Nat’l CAA Chief
To Be Honored
Here With Dinner
A no-host dinner is planned by
the Chamber of Commerce tomor
row evening at the North Star
Dining Room at 7:30 honoring
James Pyle, national administrat
or of the Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration, and Allen Hulen,
regional CAA administrator fot\
Alaska. They have come to Nome
in connection with the rehabilita
tion work on Nome Field which
is now going on.
All members of the Chamber
and other interested civic-minded
persons are asked to participate
in the informal meeting Satur
day evening.
Jerry Manning will preside in
the absence of Chamber President
James Walsh, who was scheduled
to leave today for Frobisher Bay.
31 PERSONS KILLED
AS PLANE CRASHES
IN MEDITERRANEAN
BEIRUT, Lebanon, UP)—Thirty
one persons aboard a Lebanese
International Airways plane were
killed yesterday when the air
liner crashed into the Mediter
ranean Sea.
There were no survivors.
The airline announced today
that Capt. Bernard T. Kuhlmier,
37, of Fort Monroe, Iowa, was the
pilot of the plane.
CAUGHT RED-HANDED
DETROIT, UP)—Lawrence W.
Mish Jr., 31, was caught red
handed turning in a false fire
alarm.
Mish was seen standing near
the fire alarm box when seven
pieces of fire equipment roared
to the scene.
Fire Chief James Wright said
he spotted no fire but saw Mish
trying to wipe red paint off his
hands.
The alarm box had just been
painted.
» WARSAW m—Communist auth
orities today threatened “severe
sanctions” against students who
took part in Warsaw’s first anti
government demonstration since
Wladaslaw Gomulka came into
power.
Riot police backed by worker
militia men battled about 2,000
students in a melee of tear gas,
rubber truncheons and bricks last
night outside the Warsaw Poly
techic School. The students were
protesting suppression of their
newspaper.
30 Under Arrest
About 30 students were report
ed under arrest. Ten police were
injured by bricks rained down
from windows of a student board
ing house and by paving stones
hurled in the streets. Several.stu
dents were treated for effects of
tear gas and bruises from trunch
eons.
Morning papers carried this
warning to the students:
“It is understood the rector of
Polytechnic has said severe sanc
tions will be taken against partic
ipants (in the demonstration), in
cluding expulsion from college.”
The official account said police
had arrested “those who were the
most aggressive.”
Youih Party Breaks Away
The demonstration was the first
break between the Communist
Party and its officially sponsored
Union of Socialist Youth.
The Polytechnic School students
were in the forefront of the surge
for freedom that produced the
downfall of the Stalinist govern
ment and party heirarchy last
year and the return of Gomulka
to government leadership.
As Communist Party secretary,
Gomulka had charted a more
moderate course after taking over
12 months ago following the
“bread and freedom” uprising of
workers in Poznan. But the gov
ernment ruled the students pa
per’s attacks on Stalinism had
gone too far.
Good-Humored al First
The students gathered at Naru
towicza Square in the evening in
answer to a summons for a pro
test rally posted in all Warsaw
schools earlier in the day.
At first the crowd was good
humored. Then six police trucks
and four radio cars sped into the
square with sirens going full blast.
The students jeered as the po
lice lined up around the square. A
loudspeaker called on the demon
strators to go home.
The police marched shoulder to
shoulder on the students. Fist
fights broke out. The police at
tacked with truncheons.
"We Want Gas"
“We want gas,” the students
yelled sarcastically. The police
obliged by throwing tear gas gre
nades. The 2,000 students broke
and ran.
An hour later, about 500 stu
dents massed on the steps of a
boarding house near the school.
“Gestapo, Gestapo,” they shout
ed as the police approached. The
police again laid down a tear gas
barrage. The students fled into
the boarding house.
Factory militia—armed workers
established by the government to
cppe with such public disturbanc
es—then arrived from the Zeran
auto works to reinforce the police.
This provoked another outburst
of fighting and another gas attack
by the police. By midnight, five
hours after the first outbreak, or
der had been restored.