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VOLUME XVI
Thursday. October 27. 1955
NUMBER 225
Molotov gets in first licks at
Geneva Big Four meeting
Stops Big Three
discussion of
German unification
GENEVA (JP) Soviet foreign
minister Molotov blocked in
the Big' Four conference open
ing session today a move by
the Western powers to begin im
mediate detailed discussion of
the twin issues of German unif
ication and European security.
Molotov’s action prevented
the United States, Britain and
France from officially present
ing their master plan on the
two problems before the Soviet
envoy was ready with a reply
and Russia’s own proposals on
the subject.
He thus prevented the West
from getting an overnight lead
©n Russia in appeals to world
opinion at the outset of the
meeting. i
Secretary of state Dulles
told Molotov earlier that, to
win German unity, the United
9ta.es is prepared to join in se
eurity guarantees “which will
preclude any revival of German
militarism.” This offer had
been Worked out in advance
with Britain and France.
Dulles said progress in dis- j
armament would depend not
merely on agreeing to reduce
armaments, but also on ade
quate inspection to assure “the
agreed reductions will actually
take place.”
Dulles said a proposal Presi
dent Eisenhower made last
July to premier Bulganin for
an exchange of miifltifairy blue
prints and aerial inspection be
tween Russ&a and the United
States “could create an atmos
phere conducive to progress in
V eotchcombing
• Well old man Molotov
showed the West that he is
just as smart as ever. If any
one will gain from this meet
ing in Geneva — it sorely will
be the Russians.
• Don’t tell me that we will
have to re-eduicaite conigress on
the need for a permanent in
dustry in Si 'Jka.
• For the first time, the pre
sident shaved (himself). If we
had known that last week we
could have awiarded him a
prize in our beard contest.
-IH
• I have been assured by a
usually reliable source’" that
witches will not appear Sunday
evening. Now if we can con
vice the kids of that fact —
Sunday evening will quiet.
-1-4
• Tonight’s the big night for
a number of people — Moose
heart Day. And after the re
cord set by the Thomas Woods
children the Moose should be
justly proud of their “Child
City.” ..
tfhiis field.”
Molotov discussed disarma
ment ait length, reiterating Rus
sia’s demand for prohibition of
atomic weapons. He said the
great powers muist take the lead
in making reductions. He pro
mised Russia “is wiling to ap
proach favorably all proposals
that would contribute to the
termination of the armaments
race and help make progress to
ward disarmament.” j
Foreign ministers of the Big
, Four nations settled down to
work in the council room of
the Palace of Nations at 4:15
p. m. today in another histor
; ic, and not too hopeful, confer
I ence.
! U. S. secretary of state Duties
1 foreign secretary MacMillan
of Britain and French minister
| Pinay oif France had agreed be
forehand to press Russia’s Mol
dtov to accept German unity
on Western terms.
They were prepared to con
front the Soviet diplomatic
chief with a two-part program,
offering to guarantee Russia a
gainst German aggression in fu
lure if Russia will agree to i
merge East and West Germany
through nationwide free elec
tions. The Western ministers
are convinced a free Germen
vote woUld be overwhelmingly
ant i-communist.
Barring a reversal of estab-'
fished Soviet policy, Molotov
was expected to insist before
Germany can be unified new
conditions must be created in
Europe by abolishing the North
I Atlantic Alliance and building
up a new Epropean wide secur
i ity system.
There appeared to be no pro
i continued on page four) I
Wedding party
rescued from beach
| after week's stay
| ANCHORAGE UP) The air
force finished the 100 mile wed
ding “march'’ of two Bethel
couples yesterday. rescuing
them and two other persons
from the stormy beach upon
! which they had been marooned
for a week.
The two couples were identi
fied in meager dispatches from
Bethel. 450 miles west of here
as Owen Beaver, David O. Da
vid, Patti Snow and Marguer
ite Strauss. They started oust
Oct. 19 in boats for Kwi’llingak
a village 100 miles downs .ream
( from Bethel at the mouth of
i the Kuskokwim river, to be
married.
Two other persons also were
forced ashore at the same point
and it is believed they were in
the wedding party.
| Since going on the beach,
the six had huddled about fires
built from an ample stock of
driftwood. Food and sleeping
bags were dropped to them by
a private pilot but the rescue
had to await repair of a dis
abled helicopter which finally
, reached them on the 8th day.
Three missing
located in very
remote area
ANCHORAGE (/P) The Al
aska air command at Elemen
dorf air force base announced
that a missing Fairbanks plane
carrying three men to a remote
radar site in the Arctic has
been found and that all three
men are apparently safe. I
The plane was sighted by one
of the searching pllanes in the
snow near the foothills of the
Brooks range on the Arctic
coast. The pilot who spotted
the plane, which had been miss
ing since Friday, reported to
Elmendiorf AFB by radio that
the three men jumped up and
down in the snow “waving like
mad” as he ffiew over them.
The downed plane failed to
reach Herschel island in the
Canadian Arctic after an over
night stop on Barter island off
the northern coast of Alaska
last Friday.
The plane was piloted by
Keith Lenhart, Anchorage. Fas
sengers were Harold N. Brazeil
of Harpers Ferry. Iowa, a West
ern Electric Co. mechanic, and
R. F. Castling, Toronto, Can
ada, a General Electric Co. tech
nioiian.
Polio rate may
reach new low
WASHINGTON (A5) The Puib
lie Health Service said today
the nation’s polio rate in 1955
may be the lowest since 1951.
The weekly communicable
disease summary from the de-1
partment of health, education
and welfare said 25,727 new
cases of acute infantile paraly
sis, were reported between
Jan. 1 and Oct. 22. compared
with 33,078 during a correspon
ding 1954 period.
Magnuson would
explore Alaskan
pulp possibilities
SEATTLE UP) Sen. Magnu
son (D-Wash) declared today
he believes Alaska newsprint
production possibilities “must
I be explored immediately” if
the $5 a ion price increase of
some Canadian firms becomes
general.
He made the statement, as
chairman of the senate inter
state and foreign commerce com1
rnittee. In a wire to all United
States newsprint firms, he ask
ed the U. S. producers to reply
as to their price intentions and
production codts.
His wire added:
| “As you know, many of our
newspapers, and particularly
the small ones, are operating
perilously close to the break
even point. A further increase
in the price of newsprint could
be disastrous.
“Before instituting an in
quiry into the newsprint pro
blem, including the proposal!
advanced during hearings in
Alaska that the government im
mediately set up a program for
! (continued on page four)
President starts work on
"State of the Union" speech
Three assistants
spend 45 minutes
with Eisenhower
DENVER (/P) President Eisen
bower shaved himself for the j
first time todlay, worked for 45!
minutes on bis ‘"State of the
Union” message, and extended
his “walking steps” around his
hospital room.
Retired Maj. Gen. Wilton B.
Persons, the president’s deputy
assistant in charge of legisla
tive liaison with congress; Ke
vin McCann, a presidential
speech and message writer and
Sherman Adams, the presid
ent’s chief deputy, spent 45
minutes with the president go
ing over the rough draft of the
legislative program he will re
commend to congress in Janu
ary.
The three left for Washing
ton shortly before 11 a. m. and
Adams will attend tomorrow’s
session of the cabinet there.
The president conducted the
conference sitting up in his bed
after a morning during which
he used a double edged safety
razor to shave himself for the
first time since his heart at
tack Sept. 24. He shaved him
self while seated on the edge
of his bed.
Later he walked unassisted
U. N. can't agree
on security council
new member
NEW YORK (IP) The United
Nations general assembly took
:hree more votes tdoay in an
effort to break a deadlock over
selection of a security! council
memiber. But none of the bal
lots produced the required two-;
thirds majority, and the assem- j
bly postponed further voting
for 10 days. _ '
Today’s first ballot was the
10th since the assembly first
tangled two weeks ago over
the seat which formerly had
been held by Eastern European
countries. The candidaf.es for
the seat are The Philippines,
backed by the United States,
and Yugoslavia, supported by
Russia and the British Com
monwealth countries. Russia
originally backed Poland 'two
weeks ago, dux swaxcnea xo
Yugoslavia when it became ob
vious Poland could not win.
The Philippines got 30 votes
on the first ballot today and;
Yugoslavia 24. The next two!
ballots produced no significant
change toward giving either j
the necessary two-thirds. U. S.
delegate Henry Cabot Lodge
suggested at least two more
j ballots be taken today. Brit
j ain’s Sir Pierson Dixon propo
sed the assembly postpone vot
| inlg for ten days. The assembly
j voted 21 to 8 in favor of the
British proposal — and the
1 meeting was adjourned immed
iately.
for several steps to bis easy
chair, did several more steps
to a straight backed Chair, be
fore he returned to a sitting pos
itiion in his bed.
This walking process was 'to
be repeated several tilmes dur
ing the day, Jiames C. Hargerty
presidential news secrtary, told
reporters.
The 45 mdnulte discussion bro
ught the president’s approval
on miany of the preliminary le
gislative recommendations that
have come in from the depart
ments for inclusion in the big
legislative message.
The White House staffers
will now put the president’s
suggestions into written form
and there will be a series of
conferences later as the mes
sage is whipped into shape.
Whether the president will
deliver the message in preson
is a matter his fultlure proga-ess
will determine.
While this work got the pre
sident’s attention a little earl
ier than usual, Hagerly said
the president favored consola
tions extending over a longer
period of time.
Two of 19 held by
Red China to be
released Friday
WASHINGTON (JP) The
state department confirmed to
day that Red China has agreed
to free the first of 19 Ameri
cans in Chinese jails — mlarilc
ing the first move by Peiping to
carry out a promise made six
weeks ago.
The two Americans extpecjt
ed to cross into Hong Kong to
morrow are the Rev. Anmand
Prou'Ix of Lowell, Mass., a Jes
uit priest, and Miss Harriet
Mills, a student and daughter
of W. T. Mills of New Yocrtc
City.
Department press officer
Lincoln White told his news
conference word of their im
pending release has been receiv
ed from the US consul general
at Hong Kong. He said there
was no word, however, of the
fate of 17 others still in jad'l.
Marine forecast from Thuass
day to Friday.
STORM WARNING
A storm centered at 54 N 144
W or 325 miles SW of Sitkia mov
inig 30 mph northeast turning
north will be centered at 68N
■ 140W at 6 p. m. weakening and
drifting slowly onshore.
This storm wild. cause increas
ing winds 25 to 40 mph with
gusts over the outside waters
Dixon Entrance to Sitka, spre
ading northward over the out
side waters to .Yakutat by thi$
evening.
Increasing rain, changing to
t showers this evening.