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VOL. LIX No. 87 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1957 Per Copy—15^
Revenuers Round Up
20 Moonshiners and
148 Gallons of Whisky
HARLAN, Kentucky, IP)—Fed
eral, state and local officers Fri
day launched what they called
“the largest concerted operation
against moonshine bootleggers
ever to take place in Kentucky.”
The raid—a result of several
weeks of undercover work—net
ted *20 Harlan Countians and 148
gallons of moonshine. Thirty-two
officials participated.
The arrested were arraigned
before the U.S. commissioner on
charges of possession, sale or
transportation of untaxed whisky.
Alaska Notables
* See Dedication of
Eielson Monument
FAIRBANKS, UP)—While mili
tary planes roared by in a jet-age
flyover, the Air Force dedicated
Saturday a monument at Eielson
Air Force Base near here to Carl
Ben Eielson, Alaska air pioneer
who lost his life in the crash of
his Hamilton bilplane in arctic
ice in 1929.
Among those voicing tributes
to Eielson, whose early air ex
ploits have remained an Alaska
legend, were Gov. Mike Stepo
vich, arctic explorer Sir Hubert
Wilkins, Fairbanks Mayor Doug
las Preston, fellow aviator Noel
Wien, Ted A. Loftus of the Pio
neers of Alaska, and Col. Ray J.
Will, commander of the air base
which now bears Eielson’s name.
A brother and four sisters of
Carl Ben Eielson were present, as
was the son of Earl Borland, Eiel
son’s mechanic who died with him
in the 1929 flight from Teller to
the fur schooner Nanuk which
was locked in the ocean i^e.
Lieut. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong
Jr., comrrander of the Alaskan
Command, was among those pres
ent, as were the commanding of
ficers of Ladd and Elmendorf Air
Force Bases and of Ft. Greely and
the Yukon Command.
A crowd of one thousand wit
nessed the ceremonies.
Aleutian Trench
May Be Dump for
Radioactive Waste
SEATTLE, tR—A scientific ex
pedition left here today for the
North Pacific to test the four
mile-deep Aleutian Trench as a
possible dumping spot for radio
active waste products.
The University of Washington
scientists plan to check the water
at the bottom of the trench to find
| out how fast it circulates and how
long it take for it to be replaced.
If the water is stagnant enough
so it lays for centuries in the
deeps of the trench, radioactive
material could be dumped there
without risk of delayed-action
damage.
The problem of finding places
to discard radioactive wastes al
ready has become one of major
concern and will grow more acute
with the development of commer
cial uses of atomic energy.
The expedition, in the universi
ty’s vessel, Brown Bear, is part
of the International Geophysical
Year’s research.
Polio Chapt er,
Sah-yung-ah
Timmin, Formed
A local chapter of the Infantile
Paralysis Foundation has been
organized, taking the name “Sah
yung-ah Tim-min,” which in Es
kimo means “strength from the
body.” The need for such an or
ganization has been felt for some
time in Nome.
Chairman of the new organiza
tion is Mary Andersen who has
been so faithful in organizing the
Polio Drive each year. The
other officers include Lou
Oliver; treasurer, James Man
ning, and secretary, Dick Miller.
Charter members in addition to
the officers are: Boyd Harwood,
Carrie McLain, John McNees,
Jim Walsh, and Margaret Swan
berg.
The first important task be
| fore the group is to organize the
I Second Division for polio vaccine
I shots. This program is expected
I to start early this fall.
Another Headache for Beauty Judges
As Miss Universe Proves Underage
LONG BEACH, Calif., UPl—In
any language, this year’s Miss
Universe pageant boils down to a
translation of one word—chaos,
sheer chaos. <See earlier develop
ments in article on Page Five.)
Harried officials of the inter
national beauty contest have a
whole year to apply balm to their
injured ballyhoo after the catas
trophic ending Saturday night.
It developed then that Miss
Peru, queen of the entire pageant,
was really only 17—under age by
contest rules.
This came not too long after the
disclosure that Miss USA was
very much a missus, working on
her second marriage, in fact, and
was a mother of two—violating
another entry rule that contes
tants must be unmarried.
Officials banished Miss USA—
right into a windfall of publicity
—but allowed Miss Peru to keep
the title she won over beauties
from nearly three dozen countries.
Miss Peru, statuesque Gladys
Zender. accepted her diadem gra
ciously. However, her father—
Eduardo Zender, a wealthy Lima
industrialist—threw contest offi
cials into another tizzy when he
at first refused to allow his
daughter to accept promotional
trips sponsored by a bathing suit
manufacturer and cosmetic firm.
Finally, Zender consented, pro
vided his raven-haired daughter
be chaperoned by her mother. j
Then Miss Universe settled
down to a quiet reign that includ
ed Mass yesterday at St. An
thony’s Catholic Church here fol
lowed by a dinner-dance with
other contest lovelies at the plush
Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
In Baltimore, Miss USA—Mrs.
Leona Gage Ennis—admitted her
marriage to Air Force Sgt. Gene
H. Ennis, 28, was her second. Her
first, at the age of 14, was an
nulled, the 18-year-old beauty
said.
Fishermen Accept Cut
In Wholesale Salmon Rate
SAN FRANCISCO, UP>—Weath
er permitting, San Francisco’s
salmon fishing fleet will go to sea
tomorrow for the first time in
nearly a month. Settlement of a
dispute with fish wholesalers over
salmon prices ended the tie-up.
Fishermen have accepted a cut
in wholesale salmon rateS, said a
spokesman. But, he said, “bait
costs more than salmon now.”
Large, cleaned salmon were re
ported to sell now at 38 cents a
pound, four cents under previous
prices. Uncleaned large fish were
three cents under the previous
i 36 cents.
Airman Who Objected to Haircut
Gets Four Months at Hard Labor
FUCHU, Japan, Ufi—A 20-year
old American airman who object
ed to getting a “white sidewall”
haircut was convicted of disobey
ing orders tod-ay and sentenced to
four months at hard labor.
The airman, Donald Wheeler of
Cortez, Colo., also was sentenced
to lose $220 in pay and reduced
to the rank of. basic airman—pri
vate—from airman third class.
Wheeler contended he had
“challenged” an order to get a
“white sidewall” haircut because
he had received a regulation Air
Force trim only the day before
the order was given.
A “white sidewall” strips the
hair from the ears to the crown,
leaving only a fringe cn top.
After the court-martial board
returned its verdict, Wheeler
asked: “Can you imagine anybody
going to jail for not getting a
haircut?”
The charges against Wheeler
did not mention haircuts and the
Air Force contended it was a
“routine” matter of discipline.
Summing up before the court
martial board, the Air Force pros
ecutor traced U,S. military his
tory from Valley Forge to Bataan
and declared:
“If we were to allow every air
man to decide whether he should
reject or obey an order, we would
have a sorry group of people ded
icated to our country.”
Wheeler’s civilian attorney ar
gued that “under our system, he
Wheeler has a right to question
an order . . . including the type of
haircut he wanted to get.”
! Government Finds General Motors
‘Dishonesty’ in Air Force Contract
I
Girl, 17, Survives
Crash in Which
Both Parents Died
ALLIANCE, Neb., (£>—'“Com
plete recovery” was predicted
today for 17-year-old Judy Diehl,
who endured 40 agonizing hours
trapped in a crashed airplane
with the bodies of her parents
and a friend.
Judy suffered a fracture of the
upper left leg, possible fractures
of the lower legs, lacerations and
abrasions when a light plane
crashed 25 miles south of Bing
ham, Neb., Friday night.
The girl’s foot was caught un
! der a seat and she was forced
| to remain in tjie plane until she
sighted a search plane overhead
and waved a white scarf to at
tract attention yesterday.
“We were amazed to find some
one alive,” said Don Christiansen,
newspaper photographer, one of
the first at the scene.
Christiansen said the bodies of
Judy’s father, Merritt Diehl, 45,
of Cozad, and of the pilot, Milo
German, 55, Cozad plastics plant
operator, were in the front seat.
Mrs. Diehl, 45, Judy’s mother,
was beside the girl in the rear
of the plane.
EAST STATES
SWELTER IN
HEAT WAVE
(By The Associated Press)
Another day of hot and humid
weather appeared likely for wide ,
areas in the eastern half of the !
nation today after a weekend of j
scorching temperatures.
Deaths attributed to the heat |
and drownings mounted. At least j
39 persons drowned as millions
flocked to lakes and streams seek
ing relief from the oppressive
heat.
There was some possibility of a
little relief in northern midwest
areas but none in the sun-baked
areas in the middle Atlantic
states southward thru Georgia.
The eastern seaboard, from I
Virginia to New York, sweltered j
in the summer’s hottest weather j
yesterday. Thermometers bubbled j
past the 100-degree mark in many
cities, including Baltimore, Wash
ington and Philadelphia.
The 103 reading at Baltimore
was near the record 104 for the
date. Washington sizzled in 101
heat. The millions in New York
City felt just as hot with a torrid
97.3 degrees, and in Wilmington,
Del., the mercury registered 102.
Readings in the 90s were gen
eral in many other sections of the
country and high humidity added
to the discomfort.
A golfer collapsed and died on
a course near Chicago and in New
York a man collapsed and died
after a tennis match.
» WASHINGTON, UP)—Govern
ment auditors reported today that
General Motors Corp. “overstat
ed” or “misstated” cost figures on
a $375 million Air Force contract.
They said this resulted in un
reasonably high prices being paid
by the government.”
Their testimony before a House
Armed Services subcommittee
was called “shocking” by Chair
man Hebert (D-La).
The auditors further told the
subcommittee General Motors has
refused to refund any part of its
contract profits totaling 12.6 per
cent, despite three separate pleas
by the Air Force to do so “on.
principle.”
Hebert said the situation was
“bordering on actual fraud.”
Rep. Hardy (D-Va) asserted “it
looks to me like General Motors
is trying to be bigger than the
United States government,” ahd
added:
“If this is not complete dishon
esty in negotiations, then I don’t
know the meaning of the word.”
Hebert said the subcommittee
would subpoena both General
Motors records and its top offi
cials, from President Harlow Cur
tice on down, if necessary, to ob
tain the figures.
Teacher, 57, Scrubs Deck,
Cooks, Washes Dishes
For Vacation Fun
KANSAS CITY, (#>—“My knees
are still sore from getting down
to scrub the galley dackfw Mfay
Ethel Evans, 57, said in describ
ing her vacation.
Being “copk. dishwasher and
galley scrubber” on a logger tug
boat in Alaskan waters might not
be everybody’s idea of fun, but it
is for Miss Evans, who has spent
15 winters teaching high school
English in Ketchikan, Alaska.
“It’s a real vacation in spite of~
the work,” she explained. “No
telephone and about six hours a
day of free time for reading and
writing.
“I love teaching, but I just like
to get as far away from it as I
can in the summer.”
Miss Evans, of Lebo, Ken., is
flying today to Nuernberg, Ger
many, to spend a year teaching
English in a boys’ school under
the Fulbright teacher exchange
plan.
Four Air Force Men
Die in B-47 Crash
Flying Classified Mission
MARCH AIR FORCE RASE,
Calif., (/P—Four Air Force men
have perished in the flaming
crash of a B-47 bomber flying a
classified mission in northeastern
Nevada.
The B-47, from this southern
California base, slammed into a
mountain near Shatter, Nev., last
Thursday night while flying with
three other planes from March.
A witness said the plane ap
peared as a streak of flame in the
sky. Air Force ground crews got
to the wreckage the next day.