iome-Owned Newspaper
and The ARROWHEAD PRESS
Member of The Associated Press
Thursday, September 8, 1955
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VOLUME XVI
NUMBER 190
a million acres burning in
California-Oregon forest fire
One killed and
eleven injured in
fighting blazes
SAlN FlRANOSCO (/P) One
man was killed and 111 injured
fighting forest fires that roar
ed today over more than a
quarter million acres of Cali
fornia and Orejgon.
The casualties occurred yes
terday.
The body of Wesley Weston,
40, was recovered today as
fighters reestablished control
over the 2,300 acre Round But
te fire in south central Oregon
He was the second man trap
ped and ikilled by Oregon for
est fires this week.
Ten men were caught in a
55,000 acre brush fire that bla
zed dangerously close to Santa
B? nara, tout all escaped.
The men — foreman David
Robb and nine 'Mexican nation
al volunteers — were painful
ly burned.
A Hopi Indian fire specialist
flown in from Arizona was ser- (
iously injured by a falling rock
fighting in the Sequoia Nation
al forest in east central Cali
fornia. He suffered a broken
jaw, concussion and chest in
juries. His condition was re
ported fair today.
Three new fireS exploded
yesterday in northern Califor
nia. But cooler weather and de
creasing winds buoyed hopes
of bringing the forest fires un
der control.
Partial control was estatoli
V eatchcombing
• One of Sitka youngsters
—George LaMJin—found $35
yesterday on the steets of Sitka
He hadn’t earned the money
and it wasn’t his so he took it
first to ihis mother, jMrs. Joe
Appling and then brought it
to the Daily Sitka Sentinel of
fice. The owner — a school boy
— has his money (back. Not only
are the young people in Sitka
ladies and gentlemen — they
are honest.
i i
• The l‘I know a place to!
hunt but don’t tell anybody” j
isn’t smart. If anything hap
pens to you — where will they |
search Tor your remains. All
you have to do is tell someone
near to you where you are go
ing and then (go \here. Tf you
are late in returning a search
party can find you easily.
—I—t—
• An advertising campaign
pointing out that S.E. Alaska
does not have extreme heat
and ravagin'? forest fires might
draw many thousands from the
state that always boasts loud
_ and we don’t mean Texas.
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• A tip to beard growers —
put hair oil on your chin and
it won’t itch so much.
shed over most of the fires.
But none of the major fires
was under complete control.
The biggest blaze of all was
completely encircled today
-Some 2,300 weary fire
fighters stopped a#65,0o0 acre
blaze on a front threatening1
Yreka, a little logging and
farm community some 20 j
miles south of the Oregon bor-1
der. However, the fire advanc-1
ed unchecked on at least one
one other front on the Klam
ath National Forest.
Klamath officials said an
other fire exploded out of
control alonjg Kidder Creek,
approximately 25 miles south
west of Yreka, and roared to
within five miles of the little
town Of Greenview. By mid
night the fire had flashed ov
er an estimated 10,000 acres of
timber and brush but report
edly co ed no immediate dan
ger to the town of 200. j
Two other new fires on the
Klamath boosted that smoking j
and charred forest’s (burned
area to well over 100,000 acres
Damage exceeded 3V& million
dollars.
At least 10 houses were de
stroyed toy the crackling
flames and approximately 200
^continued on Dage four)
Polio peak for 1955
apparently passed
WASHINGTON (/P) Polio ap
parently has passed its peak
for 1955, the public health ser
vice said today.
The service’s weekly report
on polio cases listed by the
states showed 2,033 in the week
ended Sept. 3, with no figures
in from Nebraska and Montana.
In the comparable 1954 week
there were 2,101 cases.
The cases reported last week
represented a drop of 256 from
the week ended Aug. 27, or a
drop of 242 if Nebraska & Mon
tana were excluded.
Slight relief seen
for Los Angeles
•by The Associated Press
Los Angeles awaited a slight
dent today in the heat wave
that has sent the mercury to 100
degrees or higheil for eight
straight days.
The weather bureau, report
ing a gradual cooling trend,
forecast a miaximum downtown
S reading of 94.
Some 84 deaths have been at
ributed directly or indirectly
to the heat. The high temper
atures are believed to have
been a contributing cause in
eight other deaths.
Morning temperatures were
seasonal over most of the na
tion. Most realings were in the
, 50s and 60s. However, teraper
j atures were in the 40s and low
i er from the Great Lakes east
ward into New England and in
the 90s or higher in the south
ern tier of states.
School enrollment
;*jp over last year
With 129 students now en
rolled in high school and 500
in the grade school, it appears
! a probaible enrollment for the
1951-56 school year of approx
| imately 650 pupils will be
■ reached iby the end of the
, week.
If the total of 650 is reached
it wall !be a gain of 100 over
last year’s enrollment, super in
tendent of school T. J. Cole
stated.
Final figures will 'be prepar
ed at the close of school Fri
day to be sent to the Territor
ial Commissioner of Educa
tion and this breakdown of en
rollment by grades will be
published in the Monday issue
of the Daily Sitka Sentinel.
Fire damage set
at $100,000
FAIRBANKS i/P) A restau
rant, saloon, plumibinp! store
and nightclub were burned out
yesterday in the fires which
destroyed a business building
in downtown Fairbanks. Fire
chief Eugene B. Woodcox esti
mated the damage at 100,000,
mostly covered by insurance.
Brooklyn wins title
in National league
MILWAUKEE (/P) Brooklyn
Dodgers put the National lea-'
gue championship on ice toda\
as they defeated the Milwau
kee Braves 10-2 behind the,
pitching of Craig who went]
the first four innings and Spoon
er who relieved him. The two
allowed only 6 hits. The Brooks
put the game on ice in the first
inning when (four runs crossed
the platter.
BALTIMORE UP) Larry
Doiby’s 10th inning home run
pulled out a 5-3 victory for the
Cleveland Indians over the
Baltimore Orioles today and
preserved their half-game lead
in‘ the American leagce.
NEW YORK (/Pi New York
I stayed in the thick of the torrid
American league race by de
feating Kansas City today 13-0
behind the scattered five hit
pitching of Bob Turley.
* The Yankees, only a halir
I game out of first place when
I the day’s action began, settled
matters with a pair of six run
innings, each of them highlight
ed by a Yogi Berra home run.
1 WASHINGTON </P) Wash
Senators deatl the Chicago
! White Sox pennant hopes a
severe blow today, rallying for
a 5-4 victory behind the tight
relief (patching of rookies Ted
Abernathy and Pedro Ramos.
Mickey Vernon’s two run hom
er helped the Washington cause
BOSTON f/P) The Detroit
Tigers rallied for four runs in
the ninth inning today to snap
Boston’s six game winning
streak 5-4.
j CINCINNATI (/P) The Phil
adelphia Phils strengthened
| their hold on fourth place in
'the National league today• by
1 defeating Cincinnati 6-4. Wally
Post, Redleff outfielder, hit his
36th and. 37th home mns of
! the season,
Turkey assures NATO that
they will try to stop rioting
. —--—-—
Greece cancels
participation in
NATO maneuvers
PARIS (/P) Turkey assured
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization todiay that all pos
sible measures are being tak
en to prevent recurrence olf
anti-Greek rioting.
This came as reports from
Athens said Greece was can
celling participation in NATO
maneuvers as a result of anti
Greek violence which erupted
in the Turkish cities of Istan
bul and Izmir Tuesday night.
With relations between the
two NATO nations at their
lowest point in years because
of differences over Cyprus,
NATO secretary General Lord
Ismay summoned the NATO
council -into special session to
discuss the grave situation a
rising out of the riots.
Delegates representing the
15 nations in the western de
fense organization met for al
most two hours behind closed
doors.
Georges Extinaris. the per
manent Greek representative
to NATO reported on the loss
es suffered by Greeks living
in Istanbul and by Greek of
ficers at Izmir, headquarters
lake steps to halt
walkout crippling
oortof New York
NEW YORK (JP) The New
York-New Jersey! waterfront
commission moved today fox
an injunction toi halt a long
shoremens’ walkout that has
crippled the port of New York
This is the agency set up by
the legislatures! of the two
states two years ago to clean
house on New York harbor
; piers, long the scene of strife
land rackteering.
The walkout is aimed at the
commission and commission pol
icies, and1 not at employers.
The commission’s action came
as the tie-up, costing an esti
mated million dollars a day in
New York, spread to Baltimore
and threatened to halt Pbila
delohia and Boston.
It wTas the second court ac
tion intended to get the men
bank to work. They walked out
yesterday.
The New York Shipping As
sn.. an emioloyer group, obtain
ed a restraining order in state
suroreme court yesterday.
William Bradley, president
of the International Longshore
men’s Assn (ILA). independent.
| said today he had not yet re
i ceived a copy — and the walk
, out went on.
i ILA leaders contend the com
I mission, authorized! to regu
j late hiring and other activities
on the waterfront, has been
\ harsh and discriminatory again
, st the ILA. The commission de
' nies it.
of NATO’s southeast command
NATO sources saiid it was
a report and not a protest. Un
der the NATO treaty, the or
ganization ihas no authority
to take any action which
could make amends for dam
ages sniftered.
NATO’s military advisers
linfonmed the council that or
der had Ibeen restored in Izmir
and the base was operating
normally. For this reason, NA
TO officials said, no action
was taken as to Greek-Turk
ish cooperation” at the base,
which would be of prime NA
TO concern.
In London, where Greek
British-Turkish talks on Cy
prus failed to reach agree
ment, Greek foreign minister
Stephen Stcjphanoipoulos said
his country would continue a
“peaceful fight” to achieve
self determination for the peo
| pie of Cyprus. He denied any
intent by Greece to push for
annexation of 'Cyprus.
On the island itself, Arch
b;sfliop Makarios, leader of the
Enosis (union with Greece),
vowed anew before a congre
gation of many thousands to
push the fight to achieve self
(continued on page four*
Troller La France
destroyed by
fire Sunday
KETCHIKAN <7P) Robert S.
Dowell’s summer fishing ex
cursion in Alaskan waters near
ly ended in a family tragedy
Sunday.
Dowell, of John Day, Ore.,
his wife and their 16 month old
son, were forced into an 8 foot
skiff after their 42 foot troll
ing boat, the La France, caught
fire in the rough waters of
Clarence Strait, north of here.
They tossed about for an
hour before Carl Homan, a Ket
chiikian ifisherman, picked them
up.
A passing Ellis Air Line
plane saw the fire and notified
the Coast Guard which sent a
plane and cutter. Rough water
prevented the plane from land
ing and Homlan reached the
scene before the cutter.
The fire broke out while the
LaFran.ee was off Dali Head.
The flames soon engulfed the
boat and Dowell's radio was
shorted out by fire before he
could ask help.
Dowell fishes Alaskan wat
ers every summer. He said the
boat was destroved bv fire. It
was only Partially insured.
Marine forecast from Thurs
day to Friday.
Outside waters Dixon En
| trance to Yakutat northerly
winds 10 to 20 mjph.
iFair. Little change in temper
ature.