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VOLUME XVI
Wednesday, August 24, 1955
NUMBER 180
Council hears all about slum
clearance program for Sitka
A. H. A. official
outlines procedure,
cost to city
Council convened at seven
o’clock last evening for a brief
session prior to the meeting
of the citizens committee to
hear details of the Alaska
Housing Authority plan for re
location and slum clearance.
A letter from Hubbell &
Waller was read dealing with
the posting of water notices
and also tettinig of progress on
the planning survey report.
Recommendation of Conway
Agency for $35,000 fire in
surance on the Front street
grade school building was con
sidered by the council; the in
surance was raised from the
plresent $18,000 to a total of
$30,000.
The mayor explained his
idea to name a hospital pur
chase committee to simplify
purchase of all equipment for
the Sitka Community Hospital.
He named to that board Sis
ter Ruth Poetzsch, city clerk
Margaret Fedorofif and Ernes
tine C. Veaitcth. president of
the local hospital committee.
Mrs. Ohiarlotte Morgan point
ed out Ernie Fuess of Ml.
Edgequmlbe Was experienced
in the purchase of such equip
ment and would be glad to be
of assistance.
A request was read from
George Beaicom that the city
extend Kruzoff Blvd. to reach
eatchcomblng
• In another ten dlays school
will be open and the kids will
be trooping back and forth—
it’s a good time to start prac
ticing control of your car be
fore you hit one of our children
—I—I—
• iRfUtmors have it that Art
Greeley is burning the midnight
oil getting a timber sates con
tract ready for adventisement
of bid's on the Sitka timber.
Originally he had a tarfget date
of Sept. 15th — then it was
moved to Oct. 15th and Oct.
30th, now its hack in the Sept.
20fh to 30th period.
All we can say is that “The
sooner — the quicker.”
—I—I—■
• After reading parts of the
Eisenhower speech — we say
he’s running for president in
1956. The Democrats had (bet
ter let Adilai run — then they
can be shut oif him.
-M
• You know if the statehood
NOW group wanted to 'be nasty
thev could Stage a revolution
and foetus attention on Alaska
in the United Nations — but
if they did they would show
a tremendous weakness in sup
porters for statehood-NOW.
the back of his property, as it
is platted, lass ihis present ac
cess road trespasses on two
ether lots.
Appointed by the mayor and
confirmed by the council to
serve on the election board
were: judges Dan Doyle and
Harry Sulser, Sr; clerks Louise
Brightman, Jessie W. Price
and Murial Gwartney.
A letter ifrom John Nuveen
Co. relative to the Blue Lake
project was referred to the
SPU board.
At that point council ad
journed and Elmer Gagnon,
director of the redevelopment
program of the Alaska Hous
ing Authority was introduced.
Also present was Ediward Crit
tenden, chief planner of An
jdhorage. Representatives of
! local organizations to the citi
zens committee in attendance
included Frank Calvin for Ro
tary Olulb: "Orville Paxton,
Elks; Mrs. Alice Peterson, Wo
man’s Club; Ed Reed, Cham
ber of Commerce; Mrs. Char
lotte Morgan, B. P. W. Club;
Ernestine C. Veatch, Soropti
mist Club; Fred Geeslin, Mt.
Edgecumbe Lions Club; Dan
Doyle, Moose Lodge and Cen
tral Labor Council; and Clyde
Hager, American Legion. ,
Mr. Gagnon pointed out it
;continued on page four' ;
i
Baseball today
BROOKLYN {&) Brooklyn’s1
league leading Dodigers blasted
four home runs today, two by
substitute f irst baseman Prank
Kellert, to hammer out a 9-5
victory over the Chicago Cuibs.
NEW YORK (,/P) Home runs
by Wayne Terwilliger and Ray
Katt helped the New York
Giants defeat the St. Louis Car
dinals 4-1 today as southpaw
Don Liddile pitched an 8 hitter.
PITTSBURGH (/P) Dick Ha'll
pitched a 6 hitter today and
i swatted his first home run of
j the season as the Pittsburgh
'Pirates defeated the Cincinnati
I Reds 4-2.
| CLEVELAND </P) Outfielder
i A1 Smith, first Cleveland In
dian up against Frank Sullivan
today, hit a home run, and Bob
Avila hit another off Sufllivan
' in the sixth inning as the Tribe
I defeated the Boston Red Sox
j 2-0. Mike Garcia, winning his
| ninth against 11 losses, limited
the Bosox to seven hits.
uwiLAAjrtj lay me unicafgo
White Sox retained their slim
hold on first place in the Amer
ican league by slamming out 20
hits to crush the Baltimore
Orioles 14-1 in the first game
of a doubleheader today.
DETROIT UP) Successive
home runs by Yogi Berra and
Mickey Mantle in the ninth in
ning brought the New York
Yankees from behind and gave
them a dramatic 3-2 victory
over the Detroit Tigers today.
■SAN FRANCISCO UP) The
San Francisco Seals defeated
league leading Seattle 5-1 today
President approves
many millions for
flood relief
j WASHINGTON ■ i/P) Presi
dent Eisenhower today approv
ed a multi-million dollar emer
gency flood relief program. It
calls for using existing govern
ment funds with the approval
of congressional leaders, thus
avoiding a special session of
congress.
The White House mentioned
no specific figure in announc
ing Eisenhower’s action, but
Rep. Cannon (D-Mo) had de
scribed it earlier as permitting
expenditure^ of up to 100 mil
lion. >
Presidential press secretary
James C. Hagerty said the
White House staff had been in
toyjch yesterday and today with j
legislative leaders of both
(parties “and without exception I
they have agreed to the desir-j
ability of utilizing the present •;
resources of the government in j
h.elping to alleviate the suffer-,
ing in the flooded areas.” i
He added:
“This means a special session
of congress will not be neces
sary.”
Worst confusion
over in flood-hit
northeast states
■by The Associated Press
The worst -confusion was
dietaring uip today in flood-rav
aged sections of the northeast
ern states.
Even in the most severly
wrecked communities, where
life was still badly disrupted,
there was new hope from Pre
sident Eisenhower’s promise of
massive federal aid for rehabil
itation.
Pennsylvania solved the pro
blem of providing for children
in blood-damaged and isolated
summer camps by shipping
them home.
In sodden, prostrate factories
ait Woonsocket. R. I., workmen
en erg really tackled the job of
getting things in running order
again. Management representa
tives were “amazed” and grati
fied by the turnout of volun
teers (for rehabilitation work.
“We knew some would turn
out but this is a happy sur
prise.” they were qcoted as say
mg.
The death toll came in for a
recount, revising the number
I of known dead from 180 down
to 176.
The death (figures toy states
were: Pennsylvania 100, with
an unknown number still mass
ing: Connecticut 49, with 71
known miss’nJ?E Massachusetts
13: New Jersey 6: New York
4- Pjhode IsJanH1 1: Virginia 3.
Bit by bit further repairs
were made. Here and there an
other road was opened. The
New England Telephone and
Tele gr atop C., reported 50,
000 of the approximately 66,
000 telephones put out of ser
vice had been restored.
I U'cnili.uep or. page four;
President tells lawyers U. S.
wants all people-nations free
U. S. cannot accept
Soviet violations of
of rights of men
PHILADELPHIA (/P) Pre
sident Eisenhower told the Am
erican Bar Association today
an America “crusading for
peace” before the bar of world
opinion can never accept So
viet “violations of the rights of
men and of nations.”
To thus appease Russia in an
“eagerness to avoid war,” Ei
senhower said, would bring a
bourt only a. false peace and
“assure future conflict.”
Eisenhoweif spoke from a
buntinlg covered (platform a few
’steps from Independence Hall
and the Liberty Bell — of his
hopes for peace but not at any
price.
Before him, thousands of peo
pie sat beneath the trees of In
dependence Square. Overcast
skies bad given way to partial
sunshine.
The crowd gave the presid
60,000 reservists
called up by
French government
PARIS </P) France recalled
60,000 young reservists to the
colors today to bolster her for
ces in Morocco and Algeria,
strained Iby Nationalist upris
ing over the weekend.
At the same time premier
Faure and president Coty hur
ried to Paris for urgent consul
tations on consequences of the
clashes which took an estimat
ed 2,000 lives.
The defense minister recall of *
men, most of them in the 23 to
24 age bracket, will 'be spread
over a three to four month
period.
France already has an esti
mated 125,000 troops in Alger
ia and more in Morocco.
Faure flew to Baris from the
French Alps resort of Aix Les
Bains, where he and 'four of
his cabinet have been confer
ring with Moroccan leaders in
an effort to find a political sol
ution to the crisis in the '.pro
tectorate. Coty came to Paris
from his country residence at;
Raimlbouilllet.
Meanwhile, there wlas rela
tive quiet in French North Af- ■
rica as French troops contin
ued cleanup operations.
Faure (had to deal with the
first signs of political dissen
sion within his government.
The premier was under at
tack from some Rigfhtest (back
ers of his coalition government
because he agreed to confer
with Moroccan Nationalist
leaders at Aix Les Bains.
“Any concession made to
those who wish to throw (
France out (of Morocco) can
ondy aggravate -the situation,”,
(continued on page three)
enit a standing ovation and then
interrupted him half a dozen
times with applause.
The chief executive declar
ed in confident tones that the
Geneva Big Fouir conference
spells an opportunity (to advance
toward peace ‘Ibased on justice
and security.”
“Can we achieve that sort of
peace? he asked. “I think we
can.”
Yet, without naming the So
viet Union. Eisenhower said
the division of Germiany. the
domination of Captive countries
and the use of international
subversion are “vi dilation of the
rights of men and nations.”
They probably result, he said
from “a compound of suspic
ions and fear.” But he added
quickly: “That explains. It can
not excuse.”
“In justice to others and to
ourselves,” he said, “we can
never accept tfyose wrongs as
part of the peace that we de
sire and seek.”
The president spoke at the
annual convention of the bar
association, which if; observing
the 200th anniversary of the
birth of John Marshall, the
fourth Chief Justice of the
United States.
Eisenhower extolled Marsh
all as a ‘foremost leader in de
veloping and maintain inlg the
liberties of the people of the
United States, as a man Whose
decisions “made of the constitu
tion a vital, dynamic, deathless
charter for free and orderly
living.”
He said he will appoint no
icontinued on uage three)
Three more polio
cases at Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN OP) Three
more cases of polio were re
ported here yesterday, /bring
ing tihe total this month to nine
including one death.
Three of the nine have been
sent to Seattle (for further
treatment. One of the first cases
reported here, that of Rowena
Niathan of Waterfall, Alaska,
has been released from the hos
pital.
The latest polio patients are
Ralph Williams. Frank Jones
and Mrs. Louis Scott.
Marine forecast from Wed
nesday to Thursday,
Outside waters Dixon En
trance to Sitka westerly winds
5 to 10 miplh today becoming
southwesterly 10 to 15 mph
early tonight and southerly 15
to 25 raph late tonight.
Cloudy with rain tonight.
Outside Waters Sitka to Ya
kutat southwesterly 15 to 25
mtph this afternoon and becom
ing,. southerly 20 to 30 raph to
night.
Okxuly with intermittent rain
today and rain tonight.