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VOLUME XVI
Monday, September 19, 1955 |
NUMBER 197
All ships west of Pt. Barrow
as convoy starts return trip
Supply ships now
safe after bucking
bad ice conditions
SEATTLE (/P) lee conditions1
in the Arctic ocean have been
bad this season, but all the
shilps in the supply fleet for the
Far Northern radar waring net
woiik are reported sialfely west
of Point Barrow on their re
turn trip.
That was the statement here
today of Lt. Cmdr. Robert F.
Hopkins, commanding officer
of the navy survey vessel Re
quisite, the first returned ship
of the Arctic supply fleet.
The Requisite and the Coast
Guard ship Storis led the con
voy to Herschel island, about
360 miles east of Point Barrow.
There were 58 vessels in the
fleet which entered the Arctic
from the Pacific.
Hopkins said all the ships
‘‘got in” with only a couple of
minor groundings, caused by
ice foreinjg them into shoals.
Four shins had holes knocked
in their hulls by ice and onej
lost its rudder, but all were
V eatchcomb!ng
9 It begins to look if our
Gdasties are out of cold stor
age and will 'be back Shortly.
—f—I
• It seems tlh'at when Daw;
got (tired carrying <a gun his dad
carried it for him — but then
they had only one gun for the
two of them. And we were also
informed that Davy s dad kill
ed a great, big bear with his
hands. Yes, the two of us went
hunting vesterdav and didn’t
see anything bigger than a
chipmonk.
0 Per on evidently wants to
quit being president — he tried
to resikn but the workers
wouldn’t let him then the
navy says out you go — but the
anrroy wouldn’t let him — now
the army says out vow go, we
lon’t want to fight. With a com
bination like that how long can
“peace” be maintained m ^
hot-headed South American
country?
• Another paper in the terri
tory started publishing daily
Mondav thru Friday this week.
Seems as if they coudn’t make
it after all these v^ars with a
Saturday edition. The mortal
ity among newspapers is * too
high — the costs are rising out
of all proportion and a lot oi
people seeim to think that the
linotype dasts “golden” slug?
of the $20 variety.
able to proceed after repairs.
The waters were uncharted
east of Alaska's eastern border
The Requisite and the Storis
sailed parallel courses, estab
lishing a “track” for the other
ships.
Buoys marking the course
were placed by the Storis.
Charts for the other ships
were prepared by representa
tives from the navy hydrogra
phic office, aboard the Requis
ite.
Although not an icebreaker,
the Requisite broke ice 20 feet
thick. Hopkins said the only
time she required the services
of an ice-breaker was July 23,
near Point Barrow, when she
w as caught in tough ice and
was helpless for two days. The
North wind broke her out.
Hurricane damage
reported very high
BULLETIN
i WASHINGTON (JP) The Wil
mington, N. C. weather bureau
advised this afternoon that
Morehead City, N. C. has ex
perienced a major disaster in
hurricane lone.
The Washington weather bur
eau was advised that damage
“will run into millions” in the
stricken vicinity.
Water was reported 3 feet
deep in the Morehead City bus
iness district.
Browsville, Tex. (/P) Several
large buildings in Tampico,
Mexico, were blown down by
hurricane Hilda, the city is
strewn with wreckage and wat
er is “everywhere,” a message
from that port city said today.
HiATTBRiAS,{ N. C. UP) Hur
ricane lone whipped inland
over North Carolina today,
and. sweeping northward, sent
an apprehensive chill up the
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7 th U. S. civilian
freed today by
Chinese Reds
HONG KONG (TP) An A
merican Baptist missionary
held prisoner by the Chinese
communists almost five years
crossed the border to freedom
on his 67th birthday today.
He was returned here with
[his wife.
The Rev. Levi A. Lovegren
■ of Cherry Grove, Ore., was the
seventh American civilian
freed by the Chinese Reds
since Friday. The communists
promised during recent nego
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SIZEABLE SHRIMP HAULS
BROUGHT IN
First sizeable catches of
shrimp in this area have been
landed by Adolph Thomson of
the boat St. Nicholas and
brought to Sitka Canning Co.
for processing.
Robert Wyman reported 600
pounds had come into him on
Saturday and another 1,000
pounds Sunday. Eleven wo
men were working at the Can
nery this morninig, picking
shrimp.
These shrimp go through
two cooking periods — the
first a brief trip through boil
ing water, and the second a
three-minute cooking in brine.
They are packed in pliofilm
bags and are being sold local
ly by the cannery.
So far Mr. Thomsen has been
[ using a 20-foot beam trawl in
, his shrimping operations. If
his prospecting trips indicate
shrimp in sufficient quantity,
in this area, following canning
of fall chum salmon, he will
use a 40-foot beam trawl to
fish for the cannery. Sitka
Canning Co. will then offer
both fresh shrimp and fresh
frozen Shrimp in cans.
Hopes are that a sufficient
catch of shrimp can be made
to make this an additional in
dustry furnishiinig employment j
during the season after fall!
fishing, Mr. Wyman said.
Hurricanes upset
pleasant weather
map for country
by The Associated Press
Hurricanes lone and Hilda
uipset an otherwise pleasant
weather picture for most of the
nation today. lone battered the
North Carolina coastline while
Hilda smashed into Campico
on Mexico’s eastern shore.
While most of the Atlantic
seaboard battened down for bur
ricane lone. Texans in the Rio
Grande valley braced for Hil
da’s backlash.
(continued on pa^e two)
Sen. Lyng of Nome
in grave condition
following fall
I SEATTLE i/P) Territorial
! Sen. Howard Lyng of Nome!
• was injured gravely at 5:45 a.
m. today in a fall from his
fifth floor room in a Seattle
hospital.
j The 64-year-old legislator
fell to the roof of the hospitals
j first floor wintg. He had been
! alone in his room at the time
| The fall Was discovered by a
nurse who heard Lyng strike
tha roof.
Hospital officials said Lyng
suffered head cuts and other
injuries. He had entered the
t hospital Thursday evening,
vCStfunued on page four>
Report cabinet joins leader in
resigning; junta is formed
Army and navy
rebels win country
from Peron regime
BUENOS AIRES UP) The Pe
ron regime toppled today.
The political machine Juan
D. Peron built up over 10 years
of repression was overthrown
by army and navy rebels who
launched a well planned attack
Hast Friday.
Peron offered to resign short
ly after mid-day, and tonight
the general who led the loyal
ists forces, Maj. Gen. Franklin
Lucero, quit this post. That left
no doubt of Peron’s step-down.
Lucero quit after announcing
a committee of generals would
carry on peace negotiations
with the rebels.
There was no official an
nouncement, but is was re
ported reliably that the whole
Argentine cabinet had resigned
with Peron.
Police armed with machine
guns set up guard at the Argen
tine Central Bank. Top leaders
of the general confederation of
labor, which Peron built into
the backbone of the Peronista
Gilfam noses out
Taylor for 7th
spot in standings
bv The Associated Press
A few additional precinct re
ports yesterday put Byron Gil
lam of Fairbanks back into
seventh rank among the candi
dates for the seven territory-at
large seats in the Alaska con
stitutional convention.
He displaced Warren Taylor
of Fairbanks by 28 votes in
their see-saw contest.
Unofficial vote totals were:
Ralph Rivers 5425: Mrs. Mild
red Hermann 4407; Katherine
Nor dale 4001: Steve McOutch
eon 3555; George Sundibong
3531: R. Roland Armstrong
3393; Gill am 3077.
Those closest to the leaders
were: Warren Taylor 3049; Ed
ward Coffey 2882: Alaska Linck
2749.
In the first division, Frank
| Peratrovich. a former senator
: from Klawock. has climbed into
fourth place In the race for
seven division-at-large seats.
The apparent winners of the
first division-at-large seats, in
order of their vote totals arp:
Jim Nolan. Dora Sweeney,
Burke Riley, Peratrovich, Doug
las Gray, B. D. Stewart and R.
E. Robertson.
J. S. MacKiennon, Jr. is in
8th place, 82 votes behind Rob
ertson arid Andrew Hope is 137
behind the No. 7 total
j movement, were reported' to
have gone into hiding.
iMaj. Gen. Franklin Locero
army chief, named, a group of
generals to carry on negotia
tions with the forces that have
walged civil war against the
Peron regime for the last four
days.
Almost simultaneously, San
tiago Cardinal Copello, Roman
Catholic archlbishop of Buenos
Aires, called on Arfentines to
work to restore peace to the na
tion. He made his appeal iri a
statement broadcast over the
state radio. It was the first tdme
any statement from the Car
dinal had been broadcast over
the official radio since the con
troversy between the Peron
government and the church
broke out last November.
Peron ih his offer to resign
made it clear that his fate was
in the hands of the army.
It came as rebel forces were
j threatening to bombard Buenos
j Ai res and Eva Peron (La Plata)
i One of their broadcasts declared!
Mar Del Plata already had
come urder naval bombard
ment.
I The junta named to carry on
: truce negotiations said it was
! acting to avert further loss of
| lives. It invited the rebels’
] command to halt all firing ami
j maintain tlje territories the re
! bels already occupy while peace
j talks get underway,
j A broadcast from Gen. Luc
I ero did not give the names of
the junta generals.
The announcement of the of
1 fer to negotiate came a few
hours after Lroero had broad
cast a soeech from Peron car
rying the offer to resiign.
Peron has been constitutional
©resident nine years, and be
fore that ruled the country as
a “strong man” vice president.
The dramatic speech was
broadcast this afternoon. Argen
tine time.
“I think that a dispassionate
intervention to face the prob
lem and resolve it is necessary”
Peron said.
The government earlier todav
offered to negot:ate with rebels
who began a countrywide re
volt last Friday. The rebels re
jected the offer unless Peron
!got out.
Peron igave the army a free
■ fconfirmed on r>a<*a 'cr
Marine forecast from Mon
day to Tuesday.
Outside waters Dixon En
trance to Yakutat light vari
able winds 8 to 12 mph, becom
ing northerly 10 to 15 mph to
night.
Fair with patches of night
and early morning fog and wide
ly scttered showers.