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Shungnak Rejects
Reservation 51-25
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Shungnak
natives rejected by a vote of 51-25
Monday the interior department’s
proposal that they accept a reser
vation.
The 76 natives voting at Shung
nak were all but five of the vil
lage’s eligible voters.
The election board included
George Wilson of the Alaska Na
tive Service and two natives. Ob
servers were Mike Reilly, former
chief of the secret service’s White
House detail, representing the In
terior department, and the Rev.
Delos Westbrook.
Rejection of the plan was the
second defeat of the interior de
partment’s proposal in as many
elections. Point Barrow natives
rejected the reservation offer last
February.
William Beltz and “Rutsy”
Huerlin champions for the natives
in the Shungnak election held
Monday, who made the trip to
give their support for those of the
Shungnak group who were op
posed to reservations, passed
through Nome yesterday enroute
to Fairbanks.
Mr. Huerlin stated that he felt
the trip was well worth the effort
and aided materially in helping
the native people to understand
the situation and plight they had
been placed in.
He highly complimented Bill
Beltz for his share in exposing the
situation a few months ago.
He praised Mike Reilly, special
representative from Washington,
D. C., for his impartial “observ
ing.” He refused to comment on
Mills Astin who was there for the
Territories and Insular Commit
tee of the Interior Department.
NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, (/P)—A marriage li
cense application was filed here
Monday by Albert K. Calvin, 25,
Anchorage, and Josephine Bor
celo, 30, Tucson, Ariz.
NEW WESTMINISTER. B. C.
(/P)—New Westminster’s Royals
were only one game away from (
the Pacific Coast hockey league
title today as they awaited Wed
nesday night’s sixth—and possibly
deciding—tilt of their series with
Los Angeles.
The Canadians salted away a
4-1 victory Monday night after
moving into an early lead. Los
Angeles never threatened — in
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Mildred Hermann
Says Alaska Ready
For Statehood
WASHINGTON, The wo
man secretary of Alaska’s state
hood committee told Senators yes
terday the Territory believes
county governments are obsolete
and if it is granted Statehood the
plan is not to have them.
Mrs. Mildred Hermann, a Re
publican lawyer of Juneau, so
told the Senate Interior Commit
i tee. She said the proposed State
would not have the added ex
pense of county governments if it
is brought into the union.
Mrs. Hermann, former OPA ad
ministrator for Alaska and secre
j tary of the Alaska Statehood
Committee, said in testifying for
j the House-passed Statehood bill
I that Alaska has put its tax pro
gram in order and will have suf
ficient revenue to meet the added
cost of Statehood.
She said Alaskans are willing to
pay more taxes to gain Statehood.
When she said there is no need
for county governments in the
new state, Senator McFardand
(D.-Ariz.‘ interrupted to say that
there is “some feeling that the
need for State governments has
also passed and the nation could
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|Symington States
Airforce Effective
ness Decreasing
WASHINGTON, (A*) — W. Stu
art Symington, retiring secretary
of the air force, said this week the
combat effectiveness of the air
force has decreased in the last six
months.
Secretary of defense Johnson
noted in his report that the United
States now has weapons which
“surpass in destructive power
any arms previously known.”
Symington held his news con
ference just before leaving the air
force post to become chairman of
the national security resources
board.
He told a news conference the
drop in effectiveness is a result of
cuts in numbers. He said the
forces remaining have increased
in efficiency.
Symington’s estimate came on
the heels of a series of reports
from the armed services to Con
gress. These reports told of cut
backs as economy moves, but in
dicated no concern over present
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Gruelling States
“Statehood Bill
Has A Lot of Room
For Improvement” |
((/P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, i/P) — A warn-;
ing that Alaska could be captured
in “a matter of 48 hours” by para
troopers yesterday faced a Senate
committee considering stateho o d
for the Territory.
William L. Baker, editor and
publisher of the Ketchikan Chron
icle and long-time Alaskan resi- j
dent, said that lack of voting rep-'
resentation in Congress makes it
tough for Alaska to build up and
maintain adequate defenses.
“Defense begins at home,” he
i told the interior committee yes
terday.
Not having Senators and a Con
gressman in Washington to ‘swap
votes” puts Alaska at a disadvan
tage when Congress talks defense,
he said.
Senator Lehman (D.-Lib.-N. Y.)
said his “instinct” tells him that
' statehood would better Alaskan
defenses and other things in Alas
ka. He said, however, that he
would like to see in black and
white the proof to back up his in
stinct.
He added he believes an “over
(Continued on Page Two)
Many Vancouver
*
Residents See
‘"Flying Saucer**
VANCOUVER, B. C., f/P) — A
mysterious craft or object, report
ed to have flashed through the
sky above Vancouver yesterday,
aroused wide interest and many
questions.
Even authorities at Internation
al Airport here were puzzled.
Witnesses said the strange aer
ial visitor first appeared in the
western sky about 4 p.m. at tre-■
mendous speed, and disappeared
about a minute later in the south
east sky.' Police, newspapers and
radio stations were swamped with
phone calls.
Among those who reported the
sight was F. V. Magar, superin
tendent of airport operations. He
described it as “about 200 feet
long and shaped like an ice cream
cone.”
He added: "I have never seen
anything like it before.”
Allan Sharp, airport attendant,
also reported seeing it.
It was Vancouver’s mystery of
the month.
Sen. Butler Asks
Better Statehood
Bill For Alaska
_
(By Charles D. Watkins)
<(A‘) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Governor
Alfred E. Driscoll of New Jersey
urged the Senate interior com
mittee today to approve immedi
ately legislaiton granting state
hood to Alaska.
“It would be the most effective
offensive our nation can take to
demonstrate our ideals.” Driscoll
said.
“The citizens of Alaska now
are deprived of effective repre
sentation in Washington and I as
a Governor and the Governor’s
Conference are on record for
j statehood.
“Statehood should be granted as
quickly as possible. It will give
the peaceful people of the world
a shot in the arm.”
John C. Williamson, legislative
director of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, asked that Alaska be
admitted at once. A similar plea
was made by Marvin L. Goldber
ger, national legislative director
of American Veterans of World
i War II.
Ed V. Davis, Anchorage law
! yer, urged approval of the House
(Continued on Page Four)
Mystery Blast
Wrecks Seattle
Apartment Bldg.
SEATTLE. (/P)— A mysterious
explosion wrecked a four-story
apartment building just out of
downtown Seattle today.
There were no known fatalities.
Twelve persons were hospital
ized for injuries but only two
were believed serious.
The sharp jolt rocked the 34
unit Linnea Court about 2:25 a.m.,
jarring neighbors from their sleep
for several blocks around.
The building did not burn.
“It looked like a 500-pound
bomb had dropped through the
roof and exploded,” one witness
said.
The first two floors of the
apartment dropped into the base
ment when the blast destroyed
the supports. Windows were
blown into adjacent streets.
Several persons were trapped
on the upper floors when the rear
of the two-year-old building col
lapsed.
Cause of the blast was not
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**So\ iets and li. S.
RcH'onnoiterin^
The <Hher*s (loast**
WASHIN GTON, (/P) — Rep.
Young <D.-Ohio> said yesterday
Russia and the United States “are
reconnoitering each other’s coast
lines.” He suggested that was the
mission of the U. S. navy plane
which disappeared April 8 in the
Baltic area with its crew of 10.
Young made the statement in a
weekly column, “Straight From
Washington,” which he sends to
Ohio newspapers.
He told his constituents not to
be surprised if President Truman
recalls Ambassador Alan G. Kirk
from Moscow “for consultation.”
Whether that will be followed by
a break in diplomatic relations
will depend on what Russia does,
Young said.
In the case of the plane, the
State and Defense Departments
have insisted that its course and
speed could not possibly have
taken it over Soviet territory. The
American government has accused
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I
News of the W orld
At A Glance - - -
Tuesday, April 25, 1950
«By The Associated Press)
Chinese communist reports said
today the whole of Hainan Island
would soon be in the hands of
i Rod forces.
Formosan dispatches said the
N a t i onalists, possibly 125,000
strong, cracked under the pres
sure of some 15,000 veteran com
munist fighters and the threat of
[ (50,000 guerrillas at their rear.
The guerrillas, penned for
months in rugged mountain areas
swarmed within a few miles of
Yulin, Nationalist escape gate on
the southern coast.
A general on Hainan said Chi
ang Kai-Shek had ordered the is
land abandoned. This was denied
at Taipei, Chiang’s capital, but
there were reliable indications the
report was true.
Communications between Hai
nan and Formosa are all but cut
off. It appeared the evacuation of
top leaders was in progress.
The suddenness of the National
ist collapse provoked gloom on
Formosa. Observers said Chushan
Island, 100 miles southwest of
Shanghai was the next objective
on the communists’ time table.
They said Formosa itself may be
fighting the communist invaders
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