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VOLUME XVI
Friday, September 2, 1955
NUMBER 187
Legion services benefit to all,
says Governor last evening
Calls on members
to enter politics for
better government
Describing the American Le
'g'ion as “a service organization
in the Ibroadest meaning off that
term,” Alaska’s governor B.
Frank Heintzleman delivered
the major address at the open
ing of the 36th Department Con
vention of the Legion and Aux
iliary here last evening.
“It serves its memibers, its
communities, the various sta
tes, and its country in a great
variety of ways that are bene
ficial to all of us,” the governor
continued. He then listed its
program for disabled veterans,
child welfare, community lead
ership, work for legislation on
a non-political basis, aggressive
fight against communism and
insi stance on a strong policy of
national defense as but a few of
the objectives of the Legion.
“I like the slogan at the head
of the preamble to youir consai
' tuition — ‘For God arid Coun
try’,” the governor continued,
commenting the organization
fosters religion as one of the
qualities of “what we like to
call well-rounded Americans.”
“Things are moving fast in
Alaska,” he pointed out, and
“we must have more adequate
laws to meet the welfare pro
blems which face us as the re
sult of increased population.
We must have better enforce
ment of all laws x x x be pre
pared to combat juvenile delin
quency.
“This territorv is just now
emerging from a pioneer condi
V eatchcombing
• A man with a Cap brought
this in to the Veatcbcomer.
“Your quip about the weather
“taking the rain back to Ket
chikan where it belongs.” may
be funny to you saturated Sit
klans, but not to us dehydrated
Ketch ikanites.
“That soft, gentle fall-out we
have in Ketchikan is just a dry
drizzle that keeps you delight
fully cool. These globs of heavy
wafer that detonate from Sitka
won't- even run off — just
squashes around in your under
wear.
“Would you believe one ol
our 'boys from dewy Ketchikan
never even saw a rain-drop
until he came to this conven
tion.” — S.E.W.
I admitt that this is “excep
tional” — but it will give you
something to talk about besides
who did what.
tion and it offers a real oppor
tunity to the American Legion.
We need your (help in solving
these social problems, we espec
i'ally need it in the formulation
and enactment of legislation to
meet the changing conditions.”
Ha urged Legionnaires to
offer and prepare to serve in
the Territorial Legislature,
take a keen interest in the work
of the forthcoming Constitu
tional Conventon and make a
point of voting in the election
of Sept. 13 to choose delegates
to that convention.
“I am confident, too, that the
work of this group (American
Leg.on) of aggressive and clear
thinking men and women can
not help but smooth the way a
head for the future greatness
we forsee for Alaska,” he con
cluded.
Almost 150 are
attending Annual
Legion convention
Forty seven members of the
Auxiliary and 48 members of
the American Legion had reg
istered for the 36th Depart
ment Convention last evening.
A number of delegates are
scheduled to arrive this morn
ing. weather permitting.
Registered yesterday were:
From Si!tka — Auxiliary:
Marie McGraw, Martha Bred
vi_k, Alma Jenny. Frances
Craig, Lillian Davis, Mary
Williams, Dorothy Wyres, Dora
Lawrence. Mary Perkins, Flora
Williams, Betty Eliason, Esther
Cl'ithero. Evelyn Hill, Betty lee
Van Horn, Lorene Tuengel,
Bessie Van Horn, Jenny Lar
son, Jean Carter, Kate Race
Esther Thomas. Cecelia Crow
ley, Charlotte Trent, Agnes
Bartels, Dora Nielsen;
From Fairbanks: Hert'ha Ba
I leer
From Cordova: Marie Up
oka
From Palmer: Bessie Dugas
Mary Steelman, Izola Sims.
Minnie Clark, Molly Barrett
From Ketchikan: Betty Sam
pson and Esther Johnson
j From Auke Bay: Marian No
1 ble. Ellen Jones, Betty Rigert,
I Norma Kirkham Dessa Dodd.
! Beth Ogden and Helen Taylor
| From Kodiak: Dora Bpun
* stad and Mary Mowry
j From Juneau: May belle
jFramming, Agnes Kiefer, Ger
I tie Berggren.
j From Anchorage: Selma
Smith and Eleanor Bell
Lesion — from Sitka: Jerry
Buller, Charles Daniels ,Jr.
Vern Thomas. Dormand Mc
Griaw, Clyde B. Hager, William
Hanlon. Jr., Garmlan Shutt
. (continued on page eight)
One strike settled;
another postponed
| by The Associated Press
I One big strike was settled
quickly todiay and another,
scheduled for 'midnight to
> night and affecting 35,000
workers, whs postponed.
The CTO United Auto Work
lers and the American Motors
I Corp. maker df Nash and Hud
son cars, reached an agree
ment eight hours after a
strike of 24,000 employes be
gan.
In New York the CIOTrans
port Workers Union postpon
ed its strike of 25,000 non- op
erating employes of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. President
Eisenhower yesterday set up
an emergency fact-finding
board. Under the railway lab
or act, this move usually post
pones strike action for 60 days
The union wants higher wages
and shorter hours.
American Motors thus be
came the first of the so-called
“little three” of the auto in
dustry to settle with the CIO
on the “hig three” contract pat
tern.
The agreement includes a
layoff pay plan, wage increas
es and other benefits the Un
ion termed a 14-cent-an-hour
package for the first year of
the three-year contract. It in
cludes a wage hike of six to
eight cents an hour, plus addi
tional six-cent raises to be
given in 1956 and 1957 .
The UAM had previously
estimated the value of the
Ford, General Motors and
Chrysler package settlements
at more than 20 cents an hour
the first year. The American
motors settlement also differ
ed in the timing of the start
df the layoff plan. The bene
fts will be available Sept. 15,
1957, more than a year after
the “'big three” payouts will
be available.
Other developments on the
labor front included:
Chicago — The Internation
al Harvester Co and the UAW
are negotiating for a new con
tract. About 40,000 employes
are involved in 18 plants in
(continued on page eight)
1 New York (/P) Whtey Ford’s
one hit pitching and Mickey
Mantle’s three run homer in
the sixth inning gave the New
York Yankees a 4-2 victory
over Washington today. The
win propelled the Yanks to a
( virtual tie for first place with
Chicago and a half game ahead
i of Cleveland. The White Sox
i and Indians meet tonight.
1 CHICAGO (TP) Ernie-Banks
hit his no. 40 homer to become
the all-time homer-hitting ch
ampion among major league
1 shortstops as the Chi ego Cubs
crushed the St. Louis Cardinals
12-2, before a ladies day crowd
of 14,693 today.
Southern California baking
I ,, ■ : , ” .
under clear skies; 108 at noon
i 7 burn feet rushing
across beach to
cool in ocean
The temperature reached 108
at mid-day in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (ZP) South
ern Californians braced them
selves for another scorcher to
day in the wake of yesterday’s
record high temperature
! which were blamed for three
deaths and 28 oases, of heat
prostration.
The mercury zoomed to 110
degrees in Los Angeles, crack
ing a 64-year-old mark by one
degree. Nearby Tijuana record
ed a sizzling 120. And on the
normally torrid Mojave des
ert it was a comparatively
cool 90 to 103.
More heat was forecast to
day with a high of 108 expect
ed for downtown Los Angeles.
Searing winds fanned a
brush fire in San Dimas, 25
miles east of here ,which en
gulfed 12 homes and blacken
j ed 200 acres.
San Diego county authorities
'said the 104-degree heat there
was a major disaster to the
multimillion dollar poultry in
dustry. A farm bureau direc
tor, Warren Hooper, estimated
that nearly 60,000 chickens
and turkeys dropped dead in
their pens.
Thousands of persons fled
to the beaches. Seven persons
Peron gets "State
of Siege' to crush
ail opposition
BUENOS AIRES (4>) Con
gressional approval of a “State
of siege” for Buenos Aires to
day bulwarked President Ju
an Peron’s new drive to crush
his opposition.
The all-Peronista senate un
animously okayed the bill last
night after the Peron-dominat
ed lower house voted it thru
109-12 in compliance with Per
on’s demand for emergency
powers to “annihilate” his
foes.
i Peron was expected to affix
J his signature today transform
j ing into law the measures af
| fecting the captail’s 3lA million
! citizens. The whole country
| was placed under a state of
! siege for 13 days after the un
' successful navy revolt gainst
the government June 16. The
new restrictions applied only
to Buenos Aires, however.
It appeared the chief effect
of the measure would be psy
chological since Peron already
(continued on page eight)
were treated in Santa Monica
foi' burns on the soles otf theitr
feet, received as they raced a
cross the oven-lhot sands to the
wiajter.
At neighboring Torrance
City construction projects
were halted' when concrete set
| before it could be poured and
tar boiled in the streets;
Authorities attributed three
deaths to th heat yesterday.
Victims were Clifford Hollis
Ince, 46, of Glendale; Mrs. Ju
ared Petra, 57, of Highland
Park; and Charles Harris, 45
of Los Angeles.
The weather bureau blamed
the fierce heat on an abnormal
influx of hot air from Texas
and the Gulf of Mexico. This
air prevented sea breezes from
cooling off Southern Califor
nia.
As for smog, it was all but
a forgotten issue as steaming
residents mopped their brows.
The hot air took the smog
high into the atmosphere and
dispersed it.
Death toll may be
400 over holiday
CHICAGO (/P) Summer's
last long weekend lured motor
ling millions to the highways
f today.
Other millions traveled by
train, airplane, bus nd excur
sion steamer for outings over
the three-day Labor Day hol
iday.
The National Safety Council
estimated that 40 million oars
will be on the move sometime
over the holidays.
This traffic clot, the council
estimates, will kill off 400 per
sons between 6 p. m. tonight
and midnight of Labor Day.
Other hundreds will be injur
ed.
Such a total would be 15
more than were killed in a
comparable non-holiday period
of 78 hours surveyed by the
Associated Press. The AP coun
I ted 385 tradiffc deaths between
j 6 p. m. Friday, Aug. 19 and
i midnight Monday, Auig. 22.
The counel said its 400 esti
mate was 100 more deaths than
would occur on a non-holiday
weekend.
Marine forecast from Friday
to Saturday.
I Outside waters Dixion En
trance to Y akutat south to
southwest winds 15 to 25 mph
today becoming souhteast to
south winds 10 to 20 mph to
night.
Cloudy with intermittent
1 rain. Patches of fog tonight.