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VOL. LIV No. 16 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1952 Per Copy—15^
KING GEORGE YI DIES IN SLEEP
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ELIZABETH BECOMES QUEEN OF ENGLIND
LONDON, (AP)—Tired and spent, King George
VI died today after 15 years on the throne. His
daughter, Elizabeth, 25, became queen.
The word reached her in an African colony, one of
the remnants of empire. She sob
bed as she received the news.
The queen’s husband, the Duke
of Edinburgh, will bring her home
by plane Thursday. They received
the news at their hunting lodge
in Kenya Colony in East Africa.
The Duke of Windsor, who ab
dicated the British throne and
w*as succeeded by the late king,
will sail Thursday night from
New York for England to attend
his brother’s funeral. It was not
revealed whether the duchess
would accompany him.
George VI—the steady sort of
monarch the Britons love—died in
his sleep at Sandringham, the
royal estate in Norfolk where he
was born 56 years ago.
The king and his queen Eliza
beth, with their two pretty dau
ghters, Elizabeth and Margaret
Rose, had won the hearts of
Britain by their steadfast refusal
to seek safety aboard during
World War II.
It is believed that a blood clot—
coronary thrombosis—was the im
mediate cause of the king’s death.
Last September, a surgeon re
Dillingham, Village of 348,
Raises $2,331.65 For
The March of Dimes
DILLINGHAM, Alaska, (A>) —
Many American communities will
take a back seat to Dillingham
this year when the March of
Dimes final count is in.
Dillingham, a village of 348 per
sons, 170 of whom are in school,
raised a total of $2,331.65 for the
March of Dimes, representing a
per capita contribution of $7.09.
The Bristol Bay fishing village
raised most of the money by
selling tickets on candidates run
ning for the title Miss Dillingham
who will represent the village at
the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous
later this month.
Canadians Move To Ban U.S.
Fishermen From Their Waters
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., (#)—
A resolution aimed at preventing
United States fishermen from dip
ping their nets in Hecate Strait
has been endorsed at a meeting
of fishermen here.
The resolution, passed Sunday
calls for the extension of “terri
torial waters” of Canada to in
clude the strait, which lies be
tween the Queen Charlotte Is
lands and the British Columbia
mainland.
moved one of his lungs as cancer
ous, and the king had looked ill
for a long time. But even his im
mediate family did not know
death was so near.
Weeping crowds gathered at
Buckingham Palace as word of the
king’s death spread.
The king showed no hint of
approaching death when he bade
goodnight last night at Sandring
ham to his queen and the Prin
cess Margaret Rose.
Unwillingly, George VI became
king by a whim of the fates—
when Edward VIII, now Duke of
Windsor, abdicated rather than
give up the love of the American
Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
Now Britain has her first queen
in 51 years. The last was Queen
Victoria, who ruled from 1838 to
1901. And Britons believe firmly
that the country waxes prosperous
under a woman’s reign.
The heir to the throne will be
Charles, the 3-year-old son of
Elizabeth and the Duke of Edin
burgh. He is destined some day
to become Prince of Wales.
Red Proposal
Refers to China
As Belligerent
MUNSAN, Korea, (JP) — The
communists today proposed a high
level political conference within
90 days after a Korean armistice
to negotiate withdrawal of for
eign troops, settle the Korean
problem and resolve related issues
in the Orient.
The three-point proposal was
made at Panmunjom in the first
full dress session of truce negotia
ting teams in two months.
Allied delegates made no com
ment. They took the proposal
under study and promised a reply
later.
Observers expressed doubt the
United Nations Command would
agree to the third point.
The Red proposal identified it
only as “other questions related
to peace in Korea.”
But in presenting the proposal,
North Korean Gen. Nam II linked
it to a statement by President Tru
man involving U.S. military aid
to Formosa, Indochina and the
Philippines.
Significantly, the communist
proposal referred for the first time
to “the people’s republic of China”
as a belligerent in Korea.
Heretofore the Reds have in
sisted Chinese fighting in Korea
were volunteers.
Statehood Bill
May Be Sent Back
To Committee
WASHINGTON. (fi>) — Advo
cates of Alaskan and Hawaiian
statehood virtually resigned them
selves Wednesday to “rise or fall
on the issue of Alaska.”
Hopes of substituting the Ha
waii bill for the Alaskan meas
ure now before the Senate were
dashed yesterday when the Sen
Democratic Policy Committee
failed to approve the switch.
Statehood proponents had sug
gested the substitution in the be
lief there was less opposition to
bringing Hawaii into the union
and it would be capable of with
standing probable efforts to send
the bill back to committee.
Although conceding that oppo
nents “may have” enough votes to
send the Alaska bill back to com
mittee, Delegate Bartlett said
there would be no letup in the
efforts of statehood backers.
He was joined in this by Dele
gate Farrington of Hawaii and
other supporters of the two bills.
Veep Barkley May Retire
LOUISVILLE, Ky., .(/P) — Vice
President Alben Barkley is giving
thought to' the idea that his long
career in Washington may be
nearing an end.
Barkley, whose place* in the
1952 political picture hasn’t been
clearly defined, dropped an ink
ling here Tuesday night that he
may be thinking in terms of re
tirement.
Speaking briefly at a dinner
opening Kentucky’s Heart Fund
drive, he noted the presence of
Rep. Thurston B. Morton, a Louis
ville Republican. Barkley is a
Democrat.
“Mr. Morton always offers to
help me after an election,” the
Vice President said. “I wish he
would lend me a hand during an
election.”
Then, as an afterthought, he
smilingly said:
“I may not be around Washing
ton after the next one.”
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Three Killed In Crash B-29
MARCH AIR BASE, Calif., (/P)
— Three men were killed and
eight injured when a B-29 bomb
er, sweeping in for a landing,
crashed and burned in an alfalfa
field a mile and a half short of
the runway Tuesday.
The craft apparently lost power
and the pilot attempted to crash
land with the wheels up.
Some of the survivors were
thrown clear, still strapped in
their seats. Others were pulled
from the flaming wreckage by
rescue teams in asbestos suits.
Here Are Candidates For Nomination
To Territorial Senate In April Primary
By JIM HUTCHESON «-1
A.P. Legislative Correspondent
Comeback attempts and the am
bition of House members to step
up to the Senate are going to add
smoke and fire to Alaska’s pri
mary election campaign.
The primary campaigning will
end with the party nominations at
the polls April 19. The real inter
party shooting, of course, will
come after that.
Some highlights in a nutshell
(and no subtlety intended) are:
Six members of the House have
their hats in for Senate seats.
They are Mrs. Doris Barnes (R>
in the First Division; W. W. Laws,
a three-term (R) representative,
and Frank Degnan (D) of Unala
kleet, in the Second; Speaker of
the House Bill Egan and Jack Con
right, both Democrats, in the
Third; Mike Stepovich (R) in the
Fourth. There are some veteran
campaigners in the group and
both Stepovich and Mrs. Barnes
polled more votes than any other
House candidates in their divi
sions in 1950.
Three who lost their Senate
seats in 1950 are trying to win
them back. They are Victor Rivers,
Third, and Frank Peratrovitch,
First, both Democrats, and Charles
Jones (R), Nome, in the Second.
Jones was in the first territorial
legislature close to 40 years ago.
The Democratic race in the First
Division has five in the running:
Peratrovitch; Marcus Jensen, de
feated for re-election to the House
in 1950; A. H. Ziegler, Ketchikan
attorney; P. J. Gillmore, Sr.,
Ketchikan, and Morgan Red,
UMT To Face House
Test This Month
WASHINGTON, (£>) — The
House Armed Services Committee
today approved a compulsory Uni
versal Military Training bill.
The legislation is due to face a
House test this month. It provides
for the induction into a security
training corps for six months of
training of all eligible males when
they become 18 years of age.
After serving six months, the
trainees would be liable for re
serve duty for seven and one-half
years.
The proposed law would go into
effect when passed by the Senate
and the House and approved by
the President. However, oppo
nents predicted they will kill it
when it reaches the House.
GERMAN, "TIRED OF WAR"
IS DRAFTED BY U. S.
HOLLIS, Okla., (JP)—A German
farm worker who came to the
United States because he was
“tired of war,” has been drafted.
Christian Kreuzhermes, 22, came
here only seven months ago. He
expects his citizenship papers
soon.
Skagway.
The Republican race there was
enlivened by the last minute entry
of Mrs. Mildred Hermann, a Ju
neau attorney who has been a
controversial radio commentator
on legislative activities.
Her late entry opens the possi
bility of a two-woman Republi
can ticket for the Senate in the
Division. The other candidates are
Mrs. Barnes, and Dr. Dwight
Cramer of Ketchikan.
In the Second Division, Senators
Howard Lyng and Ed Anderson
are both seeking rencrmination,
with Degnan making it a three
man race for the two spot. Jones
and Laws are assured of nomina
tion, as the only Republican can
didates.
In the Fourth, the Republican
nominations for the Senate are
sought by Sen. John Butrovitch,
Rep. Stepovich and C. P. Cough
land. Sen. Frank Barr is back
after another Democratic nomina
tion after a fling at the U.S. Mar
shal’s job. The other Demo can
didates are Frank Angerman, de
feated for the House in 1950; and
J. A. Boulet.
In the Third Division the con
test for the two Democratic nom
inations is between Sen. Steve
McCutcheon, Victor Rivers and
Frank Egan. The Republican race
is a five-man affair.
Rep. Conright (D) is a candidate
for the unexpired two years of
the late Gunnard Engebreth’s (R)
term. His opponent is Karl Arm
strong, Anchorage. Paul F. Robi
son is unopposed for the Republi
can nomination for the short term.
Lack of Motive Mystifies
Officers In Dynamiting
Wealthy Race Track Man
SAN MATEO, Calif., (^—Fed
eral, state and local probers were
mystified Wednesday by failure ter
discover a motive for the dyna
mite killing of a wealthy manu
facturer of race track “tote”
boards.
Tom Keen, 56, president of the
International Totalizer Co., and a
a
national figure in dog racing, was
dismembered Tuesday when he
touched the starter button on his
Cadillac and set off dynamite
tucked under the hood.
The explosion destroyed the
garage and blew an engine mount
ing 25 feet through a window of
Keen’s 16-room mansion.
“Probably an old dog score,”
was the opinion of William P.
Kyne, manager of Bay Meadows
race track, who called Keen a
“-high type, wide open guy.”
The silver-haired six-footer was
a stockholder in the Mulnomah
Kennel Club in Portland, Ore.,
and was reported to have finan
cial interests in tracks from Phoe
nix, Ariz., to Miami, Fla.
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