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VOL. LX ' No. 99 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1958 Per Copy—154
$8 Million Bonds
Sold to Finance
Anchorage Port
NEW YORK, UP) — The money
for developing a major seaport at
Anchorage, was turned over to
the city today.
Checks totaling $8,200,000
raised through selling municipal
bonds, were handed to Anchor
age Mayor Anton Anderson.
Freight for Anchorage, and for
a belt served by rail reaching
from there to Fairbanks in the
interior, must now be brought to
Anchorage by railroad.
Anderson said the new port
facilities were expected to be
completed and in operation by
the spring of 1960.
He predicted the move will
spur growth and industry in An
chorage, already Alaska’s fastest
growing city.
As part of the procedure, An
derson faced an estimated 11
hours of signing some 8,200 bond
certificates.
Using a combination - pen de
vice, which operated 18 fountain
pens each time he signed his
name, he had to write his name
almost 500 times.
The money was raised by sell
ing bonds to investors throughout
the United States. The issues
were put on the new financing
market in July shortly after Con
gress voted statehood for Alaska,
by a syndicate of 28 underwriters.
Proceeds of the bond issue will
be used to build port facilities
in Anchorage, which, at present,
has only one pier, operated by
the Army.
Carpenter Union
President Cited
For Contempt
WASHINGTON, UP)—1The Sen
ate today voted 87-0 contempt
citations against Maurice Hutche
son, international president of the
Carpenters Union, and 12 other
balky or fugitive witnesses m its
Racket Investigating Committee’s
hearings.
The action sends the cases to
the Justice Department for hand
ling like any other criminal
charges.
That is, the issue will be pre
sented to a grand jury, if indict
ments are returned, the defend
ants will be entitled to a jury
trial.
Conviction of contempt of Con
gress is punishable by up to a
year’s imprisonment and $1,000
fine.
Sen. John McClellan, the Rack
ets Committee chairman, asked
his colleagues either to back up
the committee in these cases or
else disband it.
The contempt accusation
against Hutcheson was based on
his refusal to answer questions
about his financial dealings. He
refused also to answer questions
as to whether he misused union
funds for his own benefit.
Patterson and Harris
In Title Fight Tonight
LOS ANGELES, W» — Heavy
- weight champion Floyd Patterson
today weighed in at 184V£ pounds
and challenger Roy Harris scaled
194 for their 15-round title fight
at Wrigley Field tonight.
Patterson is favored at odds of
6-1 to hand Harris his first de
feat in 23 fights. He weighed a
pound and a half less than ex
pected.
Governor Rosellini of
Washington To Visit
Alaska This Fall
OLYMPIA, Wash., UR — Gov.
Rosellini announced he plans to
visit Alaska “as early this fall as
ray schedule can be arranged.”
“This I want to do to officially
meet with the governor and civic
leaders of that state and its com
munities in order to further sol
idify the important economic and
cultural* relations th^t bind us,”
he said.
The governor said tourist tra
vel to Washington was up ap
proximately one third so far this
year and predicted Alaskan state
hood would stimulate the Pacific
Northwest travel industry in the
future.
Two Millionaires
To Run For
Governor of N.Y.
ALBANY, N.Y., UR—Two multi
millionaire socialites almost cer
tainly will fight it out this year
for the governorship of New
York.
They are Democrat Averell
Harriman, the incumbent gover
nor and Republican Nelson A.
Rockefeller, philanthropist and
head of the Rockefeller Brothers
Foundation.
Rockefeller was virtually as
sured of the GOP nomination
when Leonard W. Hall, former
GOP National Chairman, with
drew yesterday from the battle
for the party endorsement. Harri
man is unopposed for nomination
for a second four-year term.
Hall, describing himself as a
“political realist,” quit the guber
natorial race yesterday. A short
time later, the 106 - member
Brooklyn delegation to the state
convention endorsed Rockefeller
for the nomination.
Their votes pushed Rocke
feller’s pledged total to 485. It
was uncertain where Hall’s 163
pledged votes would go, but
Rockefeller appeared likely to get
some.
Herman Kierdorf
Turns Himself In
PONTIAC, Mich., UP)—Herman
Kierdorf, former Teamster Union
official sought for two weeks in
the fire death of his unionist
nephew, gave himself up last
night and said only, “I have
nothing to hide.—
Other than that, his most fre
quent remark in interviews with
police and newsmen today was
“No comment.”
The 68-year-old ex-convict and
one - time business agent for a
Teamster local, surrendered to
authorities at a drive-in- restau
rant by pre-arrangement.
Kierdorf, who vanished Aug. 4,
refused to say where he had hid
den.
He vanished the same day his
nephew, Frank Kierdorf, 56,
stumbled into a Pontiac hospital
with burns over 85 per cent of
his body. Frank died four days
later. ,
Frank told police before he
died that he had been burned de
liberately by two men. But police
said their investigation disproved
his story. They believe Frank, a
Flint Teamsters business agent,
was burned while setting fire to
a Flint dry cleaning shop.
Herman insisted Frank, an ex
convict like himself, did not torch
himself, accidentally or other
wise. -
Confident Eskimos
Will Vote For
Statehood
Alaska Treasurer Hugh Wade
and Delegate Bob Bartlett left
Nome Sunday for Fairbanks via
Kotzebue, expressing confidence
that the Second Division will re
turn a predominantly pro-State
hood vote at the primary election
on Aug. 26.
The two territorial officials
made a trip to Gambell Saturday.
They were accompanied by Mike
Walsh, Bob Blodgett and John
McNees. On their return they
predicted the vote on the island
for statehood would be close to
100 per cent.
In a statement issued before
leaving Nome, Wade and Bartlett
said:
“We are increasingly convinced
the reports that the Eskimo peo
ple are dissatisfied with state
hood are merely rumors. All signs
indicate a strong Eskimo vote
favoring the three statehood pro
positions. Taking the Second Div
ision as a whole, our observations
are that the people are strongly
in favor of statehood and the
three propositions on the ballot
will carry by a large majority.”
Wade is a candidate for Secre
tary of State in tne new state
government and Bartlett is a can
didate for the United States Sen
ate.
Nudist Congress
Shivers In Sunless
British Country
WOBURN, England, — The
world’s greatest optimists—inter
national nudists hoping to find
sunshine in Britain—shivered in
64-degree temperature today.
Of course there was no sun.
But a few of the 150 delegates
already in the annual convention
camp shed their shirts, pants and
shorts, or panties, dresses and
bras, as the sex might be.
Explaining why the few fe
males who stripped wore not the
slightest semblance of clothes, Dr.
Douglas Gibson, the camp’s press
officer said:
“We definitely bar flimsies..- of
all kind.”
A reporter pointed to a dele
gate wearing only a pair of socks
and sandals.
“Socks,” said Gibson, “are not
flimsies. I’m speaking of those
lacey, pantie things.”
The nudist, or naturist camp
was formally opened over the
weekend. It will end with the 6th
World Naturist Congress Aug. 27
to 31.
The convention is being held
on the 12-mile square estate of
the Duke of Bedford, known as
Britain’s best dressed peer. The
duke set aside 50 screened acres
for.the nudists. He also promised
to open the congress — in his
clothes.
SUNDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Chicago 3, Cleveland 2
Boston 6, New York 5
Kansas City 4, Detroit 1
Baltimore 2, Washington 1
National League
Milwaukee 5-4, Philadelphia 1-1
Cincinnati 4-7, Pittsburgh 3-5
St. Louis 12-3, Los Angeles 7-9
Pacific Coast League
Spokane 5-3, San Diego 3-1
Salt Lake City 2-4, Sacramento
1-13
Seattle 4-7, Phoenix 2-6
Portland 12-6, Vancouver 1-8
First Rocket To The Moon Fails
After 77 Second Flight But U.S.
Preparing Another Shot Sept. 14
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., UB—
The nation’s first moon rocket
shattered into bits 77 seconds
after launching yesterday.
Even before this initial strike
at the moon a second attempt had
be^> ordered. The follow-up Air
Force lunar probe attempt is ex
pected during a three-day period
starting Sept. 14. There was a
distinct possibility the Russians
might attempt to beat the U.S.
deadline by one day.
Plans for another moon rocket
try were disclosed as the Air
Force began fishing the explo
sion-torn debris of its first lunar
vehicle out of the Atlantic.
Divers descended into 60 feet
of water some 10 miles northeast
of the Cape and came up with
sections of the metal skin of the
Thor 1,500-mile-range missile
that was the first stage of the
moon rocket.
The divers sought to retrieve as
much of the broken missile’s first
stage as they .could before sand
buries it.
The two upper stages — both
borrowed from the Navy Van
guard program — continued. on
ward an undetermined distance
with the lunar probe after the ex
plosion. It was not expected that
that part of the wreckage would
be recovered.
Preliminary analysis indicated
that the explosion^ occurred in
the engine compartment of the
first of the three rocket stages.
This was the first of five lunar
probe attempts ordered for this
year, three by the Air Force and
two by the Army.
The relative positions of earth
and moon are more favorable for
moon rocket launching-from any
site only three or four consecutive
days each month. Because of the
2 Vi days required to travel the
250,000 miles from earth to moon,
the rocket must be aimed at a
theoretical point far ahead of the
moon.
This missile was the tallest
rocket ever fired in this country,
a white-bodied, silver tipped 88
footer.
Russian Scientists Express
Disappointment Over
Lunar Probe Failure
MOSCOW, (fl) — Russian scien
tists took sympathetic note today
of the U.S. attempt to shoot at
the moon. One said it was a pity
it failed; another called at “a
wonderful attempt.”
There was no derision; they
seemed to share in the disap
pointment—but no great surprise
— of U.S. and British scientists
here for the 10th congress of the
International Astronomical Union.
Mrs. Anna Masevich, director
of the Soviet.moonwatch program
and a noted astronomer, said:
“A failure in the scientific
world is always a pity because it
affects so many people.”
A. B. Saverny, director of the
Crimean Observatory in southern
Russia, said the U.S. launching,
however unsuccessful, remains
“the first wonderful attempt of a
very important activity.”
80-Year-Old Marchioness,
Former Gaiety Girl of
The Naughty 90s, Dies
LONDON, Iff)—The 80-year-old
dowager Marchioness of Head
fort, star of the Naughty 90s and
one of the Gaiety Girls, died at
her London home last night.
Once all theaterland knew
her as Rosie Boote, a beauty from
Tipperary who captured the heart
of Edwardian London and the
hand of the handsome Marquess.
Her voice and her fi’gures won
her fame overnight in the storied
world of hansom cabs and stage
door Johnnies who drank cham
pagne from her silken slipper.
Rosie’s big success came with
a lilting song “Maisie Was A Dar
ling, Maise Was A Dear,” in a
show called “The Messenger Boy”
at London’s famed old Gaiety
Theater.
A year later, at the height of
her fame in 1901, she retired
from the stage to marry a young
Guard officer, the fourth Mar
quess of Headfort. His family was
shocked, but Rosalie’s charm fin
ally won them over.
Swim a Mile For $10?
LONG BEACH, Calif., UP) — A
sailor bet a shipmate $10 he
could swim out to his ship an
chored a mile and a half off
shore.
He lost.
Lifeguards last night fished
Gerome Johnson out of the ocean
a good mile from the transport
'USS Merrick. Johnson, 19, suf
fering from leg cramps, was
turned over to the shore patrol.
Argentina and Chile
Agree to Agree Over
Tiny Snipe Island
SANTIAGO, Chile, OP)—Argen
tina and Chile have agreed to quit
feuding over a bleak little island
near the tip of South America
and leave it to the birds.
Both nations have held unset
tled claims to Snipe Island 'since
1881. Chile recently began build
ing a lighthouse there. Argentine
marines destroyed it Aug. 9 and
stationed a detachment there.
Chile angrily withdrew her am
bassador from Buenos Aires.
A communique issued in both
nations’ capitols last night said
they had agreed to leave the is
land unoccupied and without
lighthouses or buoys. Argentina
said the marines will leave im
mediately.
Two Princesses Injured In
Jeep Accident in Greece
ATHENS .Greece, UP>—Princess
Desiree, i20 - year - old grand
daughter of the King of Sweden,
suffered a fractured arm and a
dislocated knee last night when
her jeep skidded and turned .over.
Princess Irene, 16 - year - old
daughter of the King of Greece,
who was with Desiree, sustained
minor injuries.
Desiree, who was driving the
jeep, suffered “a greenstick frac
ture of the forearm and disloca
tion of the left knee.” A green
stick fracture is one in which the
bone is partly broken and partly
bent.
The two princesses were driv
ing on the island of Corfu.