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VOLUME XVI
Friday, November 25, 1955
NUMBER 244
U. N. votes to drop Algerian
question from 1955 agenda
France ends two
months boycott of
world organization
UNITED NATIONS (JP) A
major U. N. conitroversy was
resolved today when the gener
al assembly dropped the Alger
ian problem from its 1955 a-!
genda and cleared the way for,
France to end its two months’,
boycott. j
The action came quickly and
without opposition, hut the sue
cessfu'l formula was found only
after several weeks of inten
sive work behind the scenes, j
India’s V. K. Krishna Menonl
finally won agreement yester-j
day of all parties on a propos-1
al which stated that: “The (gen
eral assemlbl decises not to
consider further the item emit
led ‘the quest of Algeria’ and is
therefore no longer seized of
this item on the agenda of the
tenth session” In non-technical
language, this means that the
issue has been dropped from
• the Agenda of the current ses
sion.
The 60 nation political com
mittee quickly approved the
proposal this morning in a 7
minute meeting without debate.
The general assembly itself
then met one hour and later rat
jfied the motion by a unanimus
vote.
The 12 nation disarmament
commission neared the end of
its current round of talks with
the East and West apparently
as far apart as ever.
Russia rejected a French com
promise plan yesterday, term
ing it part of a western maneu
ver to avoid arms reduction by
putting the emphasis on a con
trol setup.
The French plan called for a
V eatchcombing
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# How is it that a young gril
can get so cold just walking
down town — but when the
“right boy” says “Let’s go
ska mg” she is just as warm
as can be — until she reaches
the front porch and he must
put his arm around he to keep
her warm while saying “good
bye.’
i i
• Did you ever see anything
gig (beautiful as the scenery in
and around Sitka when the sun
shines and not a cloud in the
sky? Those mountains are just
“out of this world” and the
beauty of it all is almost unbe
believable.
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• The firemen request that
if you must have a fire these
days — make it in the daytime
and not when they have to get
out of a nice warm bed to an
swer an alarm.
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H Well yesterday has come
and stone and I didn’t eat near
ly as much turkey this vear as
in vears oast. Only one helping
when before I “got id of” half
a bird. Hone the ex-champ of
the Island behaved in as cir
cumspect a manner.
ban on the use of atomic wea
pons — which the Russians
want — and prohibition of nu
clear weapons tests, but includ
ed demands for effective disarm
ament controls and implementa
tion of President Eisenhower’s
plan for reciprocal U. S.-Sov
iet inspection and exchange of
military blueprints.
PARIS (/P) French foreign
minister Antoine Pinay annou
jnced today that France will re
| suime its place in the U. N. gen
eral assembly after a walkout
that lasted almost two motnhs
The decision, he told a spec
ial news conference, was taken
at a cabinet meeting tonight.
French representatives stalk
ed out of the .U. N. on Sept. 30
in protest ajgainst a decision to
discuss the revolt in Algeria.
France maintains that Algeria
is part of its own territory and
no business of the United Na
tions. Today the U. N. assem
bly voted unanimously to dropf
the Algerian question. I
Football rioters in
Armenia handed
stiff sentences
-MOSCOW </P) Stiff prison’
sentences have been given 12
persons for starting a riot at a
football game in Armenia.
Veteran Western observers
say the severity of the sentences
ranging up to 25 years, indic
ated political motivation in the
rioting and smoldering discon
tent in the area.
The 12 were tried by the Ar
menian supreme court. They
were charged with fomenting
|the riot Oct. 12 after a disputed
i decision (by a referee at Yere
van, capital of the Armenian
Soviet Republic.
Observers pointed out that
in addition to the length of the
; sentences, it was extremely un
| usual for defendants in such
cases to appear before the sup
reme court and for the case to
'be publicized.
' The riot and court action
were reported in the Yerevan
newspaper Kommunist, which
was received here.
The newspaper said “groups
of hooliig'ans and criminals us
ing dissatisfaction of a part of
the crowd at the result of the
game started riots.”
It said attempts were made
to lynch the referee, spectators
and militiamen were stoned
and the “riot was accompanied
by violence and resistance to
the representatives of author
Globemasters
!
grounded today
j TOKYO (JP) Far East air
, force headquarters today gro
unded all its C124 troon carry
ing Globsmaster planes pend
ing investigation of the crash
of one on Two Jima Sunday
which killed ten.
PEAK uses the C124s on cour
ier routes to Iwo, Okinawa and
Korea.
LOW OF 6 ABOVE HEBE
THANKSGIVING
| Coldest Nov. 23-24 recorded
j here since the U. S. Coast &
! Geodetic Survey Station was
established in 1942 was clock
ed Wednesday evening and
Thursday morning, when a rec
ord of 6 degrees above zero
j was noted.
j Thursday evening’s temper
I atures dfd not. as many per
; sons had expected, go below
! this record. At 9 a. m. this
. morning the official thermom
eter stood at 14 above.
With clear skies and fair
weather forecast, it can be ex
pected the present cold snap
will continue at least for an
other day or so.
A dubious
distinction
SMITH RIVER, B. C. <JP)
This hamlet just sou h of the
Yukon boundary was the cold
est spot on the continent over
■ night, registering a low of 52
degrees below zero. i
Smith River, on the Alaska
i highway halfway between Fort
St. John, B. C. and Whitehorse
Y. T., has been in the grip of a
bitter cold snap all week. Yes
terday's low was 54 below.
Whitehorse had an overnight
low of 34 below.
Police quell unruly
mob with tear
gas bomb
SAVANNAH, Ga. (JP) Police
fired a tear gas bomb into an t
unruly moib which rioted in the i
heart of Savannah last night]
after the annual Savannah high'
Beneditine football game.
One well-placed bomib did;
the job — but not until sixj
policemen had been injured i
and hundreds of dollars worth
of firefighting equipment de
stroyed. Several persons were
arrested for disorderly conduct
The disturbance centered a
round Savannah’s main inter
section where victors in the an
nual cross-town football rival
ry traditionally burn the “cof
fin” of the losers. Savannah
won he game 9-6.
Police said between 6,000 and
7,000 students, adults and spec
tators jammed the area at fam
ed Bull and Broughton streets.
Some members of the crowd
said police had no right to in
, terfere with the “celebration”
] “It was just one of those
' things,” isaid one police officer
“It happens every year — only
this time the students worked
up a little more en.husiasm
than usual.”
When students from Savan
nah high set fire to the “cof
; fin,” firemen were summoned
! to douse the blaze before it dam
sized the pavement. Soon after
the firemen arrived, dozens in
the crowd set upon the hose,
fire exdngishers and other fire
deoartment equipment.
The mdb attempted unsuc
cessfully to overturn two fire
chiefs’ automobiles and the pa
trol wagon. An officer was in
jured when a brick was thr
own through a police patrol car
Police and firemen wrestled
fUe mdb two hours before the
tear gas ended thinigs.
British get samples of big Red
H-bomb fallout, by plane
I : I_—.-.... —
No comment from
official source
available
LONDON (/P) The News Chr
onicle said today that British
jets flew to 50,000 feet and ga
thered samples of the radioac
tive fallout (from Russia’s re
cent nuclear weapons test
Official sources declined to
discuss the report.
The newspaper said the Rus
sian test was so powerful that
Soviet authorities must have
cleared an area in their Siber
ian testing grounds twice the
size of England and Wales to
conduct it.
The News Chronicle said
the sacmples were collected
lyes erday and added:
“From first tests on the sam
ples, atomic scientists at Har
Uranium testing
equipment to be
sent to Juneau
WASHINGTON (JP) Uranium
ore testing equipment is being
installed at Juneau because of
the greatly increased flow of
samples in the territory.
The bureau of mines move
was announced today by secret
ary of the interior McKay. He
said the sample-testing service
will be provided free. He also
cited several uranium finds in
recent months in Southeastern
Alaska.
It will be the nation’s 11th
station /for such tests for radio
activity. The bureau of mines
stations currently test about
3,000 samples a month in the
states.
The department of Interior
announcement added:
“The number of samples sent
to the bureau by prospectors in
Alaska was neglilble until only
, a few months afee. As recently
as last July only six were re
, ceived.
| “Since then, uranium strikes
in Southeastern Alaska by two
i huslband-and-wife teams have
(been publicized widely in the
territory. They detected depos
its while flying instrument e
quipped planes over Prince of
Wales island and confirmed the
presence of uranium by ground
examination.
“These discoveries aroused so
much interest that Alaska pros
pectors submitted 42 ore sam
ples to the bureau for tests in
August and 56 in September.
S. H. Lorain of Juneau, the bur
eau's assistant regional director
for Alaska, reported.”
Director J. J. Forbes empha
sized that the bureau station
will not make detailed assays
of samples, but only a general
examination and tests for radio
activity. He said prospectors
will have to send their samples
to commercial firms if they de
side detailed assays.
Forbes also said any ore sam
pies submitted should weigh at
least a pound each, be wrap
ped carefully and marked plain
'iy.
well and Aldermaston (British
atomic research stations) be
lieve that the explosion waa
no ordinary H-bomb, but the
far more devastating hydogen
uranium.
“Yesterday’s rainfall is be
ing studied for any signs of in
creasing radioctivity in the
lower atmosphere”
According to the story the
United Staaes fired a :similar
bomb at Bikini in March, 1054.
Family of nine
loses ail belongings
in fire Thursday
ANCHORAGE (JP) An unem
ployed Spenard father of seven
children, who spent his last
dollar on a turkey for Thanks
giving dinner, saw the family’s
trailer home, all their posses
sions, and the dinner go up in
smoke yesterday morning.
•Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nusser
and '.heir 7 children were gist
ting ready to sit down to din
ner when an overheated space
heater started a fire that level
ed the trailer.
The nine-member family had
been living in the trailer and a
small 16 by 16 foot shack near
by. Now they’re living in the
shack only.
Meanwhile, donations have
been pouring into the Spenard
fire department for the family
Another turkey to replace the
bird lost in the fire came from
an Anchoralge grocer almost im
mediately after word of the
tragedy was received. An ap
peal for another apace heater
to warm the draftv shack bro
ught 16 responses in a matter
of hours.
Nusser is a mechanic and
(truck driver by trade and ef
forts are being made to get him
a lob.
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Shipping dispute
threatens West
Coast sailings
SAN FRANCISCO UP) A fed
era! conciliator was to meet
today with shipowners and AFL
union representatives in an ef
fort to settle a dispute which
has brought a “no work” policy
to the West Coast.
No sailings had been delayed
but it was uncertain whether
\ihe liner President Wilson
would leave this afternoon on
schedule.
Conciliator George Hilien
brand said “I’m sure we can
'get the dispute ironed out...
The disagreement involves
vacation nay for the AFL Mar
.'comirued ad na^e four)
Marine forecast from Friday
to Saturday.
Outside waters Port Alexan
der to Yakutat easterly winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts.
I Clear today. Fair tonight.