*fome-Owne«f Newspaper
Sentinel
and The ARROWHEAD PRESS | A» rt fnnu
Member of The Associated Press I Ut» U VwfJ j
Wednesday, September 7, 1955
VOLUME XVI
NUMBER 189
Turkey puts martial law into
effect to stop anti-Greek riots
Claim Reds cause
trouble throughout
ination over island
LNSTANBUL, Turkey {&) Ea
diio Ankara announced tonight
Turkey hiad re-isnposed martial
law on riot-torn Instambul and
Izimir.
The radio said a special ses
sion of (parliament had been;
called for Sept. 12 in the wake
of the anti-Greek riots list the
two cities last night that caus
ed millions of dollars o$ dam
ages and yet uncounted cas
ualties.
Martial law had been impos
ed early today, then lifted. A
communique in Ankara, the
Turkish capital, said Instanfewl
and all of Turkey were “ob
jects of a communist plot and
incitement.”
If* was the first outbreak
here stemming from the dis- <
pute over the future of the
strategic island of Cyprus, the (
British Crown colony in the;
Mediterranean which once be
longed to Turkey. Greece de
mands that the islanders be
allowed to vote “for union with ;
Greece, tout is opposed by
Britain and Turkey. The Turk
ish government has declared;
that if Britain gives up Cyprus;
it should toe returned to Tur
key.
Turkish foreign minister;
Fatin Rostu Zorlu announced
in London today that a nine
day conference of British, Tur
kish and Greek foreign mini
sters on this issue bad ended
without agreement. :
The communique issued in1
Ankara implied that Red a
gents toad inspired1 the «As of
youtou Turks last night, play
ing on their resentment of the
Greek demands for Cronus.
It expressed sorrow for ffittfe
disorders land regret for the!
griave damage to stoops, homes 1
and other property owned by j
persons of Greek descent. It I
• iFire, fire, fire — the
north and south ©f ®et they;
wished they had sowfee of the
rain whiieh fell h®r« mev the
weekend.
And if you are Oftat humting—
id is a mighty good thing if
you are sure that your samp- j
fire is out before you leave it. ;
• 'Maybe our summer' has ar-1
rived at last —■* Indian Sum
mer — as we remembered it
after school started. .
• Seems like the ““Sick Old
Man” is coming to life and will
have a little external-internal
trouble to kee!p t’he U. N. busy
in it’s next session.
-H
• Wrote an editorial today
and it was kind'a hard on me,
[promised) speedy compeiasar
! tion and added:
“All necessary steps have
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,22 forest fires
suround Yreka,
city in danger
YRiEKA, Oalif. (JP) Smoke as
thick as heavy fog hung over .
this town near the Oregon bor 1
der today from 22 forest fires ;
raging in Siskiyou county.
Dry ash from a 30.000 acre
fire only five miles 'from the
city limits shifted through the
fog like hot snow.
The rain of dry, (but not dan
gerous, cinders was so heavy
last night that fire chief Dern
ard Pollard ordered the 3,500
residents of Yreka to connect
their garden hoses for protec
tion.
Charred chunks of bark and
other ash. h? said, were so 'big
there was danger they soon be
come “hot” and start fires with
in the city. The garden hoses,
and restrictions on watering
lawns or gardens, were a pre
caution against this eventual-,
ity.
The rain of cinders died down
today. But the smoke was so
thick it was possible to see for
only two blocks.
Pumpers from the city and
as far away as Stockton — a
bout 250 miles south — were
spaced along the outskirts of j
the city facing the roaring
flames. Pumpers capable of
drawing water from creeks to
pour onto the flames, arrived
this (morning from Sacramento.
Stockton and Susanville to join
' K's protective line.
If early 2.500 fire fighters are
drawing on Yreka for supplies
All men with any experience
in fight1.Hr fire left town to join
the crews building a long back
fire just beyond' the first out-^
lying houses.
Sewball today
CHICAGO m Bob Friend
pitched a one-hitter aigainst the
Chicago Cubs and singled John
ny O’Brien across in the sev
enth inning with the game’s 1st
run as the Pittsburgh Pirates
scored a 2-@ victory today.
NEW YORK (JP) Whitey
Ford limited the Kansas City
Athletics to a single hit today
and the New York Yankees
pulled out a 2-1 victory in the
ninth inning when Arnde Port
oerrrero walked Irv Noren
with the bases full to force in
the winning run. The victory
put the Yankees into a tie with
Cleveland, idle until tonight,
for the American League lead.
BOSTON C/P) Boston’s lanky
Frank Sullivan and relief ace
Ellis Kinder combined to whip
Detroit on a five-hitter today
for the Red Sox’ sixth straight
victory.
lew attend caucus
last evening
Very 'few turned out at the
City caucus last evening. Ma
yar John Van Horn expressed
disappointment at the small
number present.
Norminated for mayor were
Earl Shennett and John Van
Horn.
For council the names of
Robert Wyman, Neill Andersen
Lawrence Wildimark, Sr., Peter
Nielsen and Charles M. Peter
son were proposed.
Harry Thorburn. Walter
Trent, Paul Morgan, Harold
Schaefer and Sandy Kainulain
en were proposed for the Board
of Public Utilities.
To serve on the School Board
were Frank Kuehn. Carolyn
Yaw, Edwin Reed and Eu'gene
Riggs.
To be on the (ballot these and
others interested in running
must express their intent by
formally filing at the city of
fices. 1
An Editorial
We were asked to write an
editorial giving the people of
Sitka the very devil for not
taking more interest in city
politics. But, an editorial is not
written on the spur of the mo
ment, nor is it something whichj
takes a dig at someone or
something.
Interest in running for office
in Sitka has reached a low ebb
— but the reasons behind it
are as clear as can be.
1. — Several years ago an
attempt was made to make the
election a two party affair —
Republicans against Democrats
That didn’t work but the after
effects are still with us. Men
wait until they are tapped by a j
private caucus.
2. — No woman in the past
ten years has ever been elected
to the city council, school board
or SPU. At times they have run
but the fire because of their
femininity has been s© great
that other women will not put
up with the name calling which
Is whispered behind upheld
palms.
%. — The creation of boards,
a ad tile very fact that those
boards are accomplishing many
things, has taken a large num
ber of prospective candidates
oat of the running. They are
working for the betterment of
the city without having to enter
the lists.
4. — The fact that the only
time anyone goes to an elective
officer concerning their activ
ities is to “jump down their
throat.” In fact this is so great,
that several people have stated
privately they can’t afford to
be on the city council, SPU or
school board.
1 So now that filing time is
here — stop and consider if
I you are guilty of any of the a
bove. If you are — and that in
cludes a lot of Sitkans — it is
time that you take a construc
tive interest in Sitka. Try to
help and not “holler” about
what your elected and appoint
ed representatives do.
Early morning (ire destroys
Fairbanks downtown block
fire still burns at
noon today, three
business wiped out
FAIRBANKS (/P) A lire
starting a few minutes past 6
a.m. this morninlg was stub
bornly being fought four hours
later in the downtown busi
ness district by the local fire
department, with assistance of
Ladd AFB and civil defense
equipment.
No estimate of the amount
of damage done is available at
this hour, as the ruins are still
smoking. Three business estab
lishments are known to be
completely wiped out and a
half dozen others are suffer
ing from extreme smoke and
water damage.
The fire was in a building at
72 deaths in L. A.,
heat continues and
forest fires start
toy The Associated Press
Sun-baked Los Angeles felt
another blast of blistering
heat today and the sodden
Texas gulf coast got another
drenching from squalls.
The eighth straight day of
100 or higher temperatures
was forecast for Los Anlgeles
where 73 deaths have been at
tributed to the heat wave.
The heat has taken a heavy
toll of chickens and rabbits.
Tomatoes and out flowers have
been damaged extensively. The
avocado and walnut crops have
been heat burned.
One of the worst forest fires
in Pacific coast history was
burning near Yreka a little
northern California logging
town. Some 100 acres were a
maze..
Waves of Ifiame swept across
tens of thousands of acres of
parched timber and 'brush
land elsewhere in California
and neighboring Oregon.
However, fire fighters re
ported they had checked a
major fire in the’Sequoia"'Na
tional forest in east central
California- The fire once threa
tened the famed grandfathers
of giant Sequoia trees. One of
these, the Gen. Grant. is be
lieved to be the oldest tree in
the world.
fhe squalls along the Texas
coast were from the backlash
of tlhe tropical storm Gladys.
The storm, finally breaking
up in Mexico’s mountains,
dumped up to almost 11 inch
es of rain in some Corpus
Christi bay areas.
Cooler air extended from
Kansas eastward to New York
state. 'Aberdeen, S. D. had a
minimum today df 47, comipar
ed' with 69 Tuesday.
Most of the nation had clear
weather. Low readings ranged
from a freezing 32 at Fraser.
Colo., to 92 at Yuma, Airi-z.
Second and Turner, directly
behind’ the First National Bank
the only concrete structure in
the block.
At least one iperson (has been
reported injured and one fire
men was sent 'to the hospital
suffering from smoke inhala
tion.
The occupants of the two ap
artments upstairs only had
time to flee in their night clo
thes and are now Ibeing cared
for by neighbors. The fire was
believed started by a defective
electrical outlet in the refrig
eration room at Jimmy Lee’s
restaurant.
Other businesses wiped out
included Gull’s Plumbing and
Heating, who saved some of
their appliances; and Johnny
Homethj'ko’s Mardi Gras club.
Jimmy Lee had just comple
ted the remodeling of his res
taurant at a cost of over twen
ty thousand dollars and was
only partially covered by in
surance.
Mew York water
front walkout
may spread in east
NEW YORK <JP) A walkout
of longshoremen tied up the
entire port of New York today
Their leaders said the walk
out might spread along the
whole east coast toy Monday.
The work stoppage stemmed
from a dispute (between the
International Longshoremen’s
Assn., independent, and the
New York-New Jersey water
front commission.
The union contends — and
the commission denies — that
the commission has been harsh
and discriminatory against the
I LA.
William V. Bradley, ILA pre
sident, said he bad received a
report 6.000 Philadelphia dock
workers were walking out this
afternoon to attend a protest
meeting in sympathy with the
New York men.
j He Said another 4.000 in Bos
ton will sav o:pf the job tomor
row ’to attend a similar meeting
| “This is spreading very rap
idly,” Bradlev told newsmen.
“If something isn’t done by Mon
day. we’ll have the whole coast
tied up.”
The shipping industry esti
mates that such stoppafges cost
a million dollars a day.
Bradley, at 12:15 p. m., de
clared:
“The <nort of New York is
now tied wo.”
Marine forecast from Wed
nesday to Thursday.
Outside waters Dixon En
trance to Yakutat light variable
winds generally northerly 5 to
15 miph.
Fair weather, except night
and early morning fog patches.