Home-Owned Newspaper
and The ARROWHEAD PRESS
Member of The Associated Press
Friday, October 14, 1955
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VOLUME XVI
NUMBER 216
Alaska Day Celebration will
start Sunday with parade
Kids-Families
will be judged at
new grade school
A special children’s day, ar
ranged for youngsters 12 and;
under, leads off the Alaska
Day. Celebration here Sunday.
A parade (weather penmit
tinjg) will fonm at 1 p. m. at
Totem Pole Square and march
to the Sitka Grade school,
where the costume parade of
children and family groups is
schehduled ofr 1:30 p. m. in
the new Multi-Purpose room
of the new school.
Refreshments and special
entertainment also have been
arranged by the Alaska Day
committee. Childrens and fam
ily groups prizes will be award
ed following the judging of the
costume parade.
Next event of the annual ob
servance of the transfer of
Alaska to the United States, is
the Alaska Day Ball of Mon
day evening at the National
Gtdard armory. Costume par
ade of teen-agers is set for
ten o’clock and of adults for
11 p. m.
AH entries in the period and
Native costumes categories, as
well as bonnets and beards are
to be judged at this time. How
ever, announcement of the
winners and awarding of these
prizes to both adults and teen
agers will be made Tuesday
evening, following the pageant
“In This Place.”
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• We get winds — 'but not
like on the east coast; we have
rain but not four or five inches
and then some, at one time.
That’s one of the joys of living
in Alaska.
-I
• Everybody picks football
teams to win so we are going
to pick a few:
Washington over Baylor, so
bad they make the AP Big 10.
Oregon over California, wish
ful thinking.
USC over Wisconsin, beat
the Biig Ten teams.
'Michigan State over Notre
Dame; the Irish need to be tak
en down a peg after all these
years.
And South Side high school
over North Side, don’t know
who they are but there must
be two teams playing by that
name.
• I’m now making money by
not shaving for the last two or
three months. They’re catching
the “pretty” boys now.
• iHad a little trouble with
Ace the other night — and aft
erwards I thought that wasn’t
God wise to provide a partic
ular spot where a paddle could
be applied and do the most good
without really hurting him.
A complete list of all prize
categories appeared in the
Wednesday issue of the Daily
Sitka Sentinel, and in the Fri
day issue is a listing of all
prizes and by whom they were
contributed. The cooperation
of local as well as Alaskan
and stateside business firms
has made possible the award
ing of nearly sixty prizes this
year.
With many business , firms
closing all day Tuesday or at
least in the afternoon, much
interest will center about the
program which starts at 3:30
p. m. in the Multi-Purpose
room of the grade school. A
welcoming address as well as
special entertainment has been
arranged. The traditional Al
aska Day mug-up serving be
gins at 4:30 p. m. and will con
tinue through 7 p. m. The pag
eant — top event of the Fes
tival — is to begin at 7:30 p.m.
The Alaska Day committee
announces that any winner in
any category for which a prize
is awarded will not be elim
inated from entry in another
classification, as was the rule
last year.
Faure staves off fall
of government
until next week
PARES (TP) Faced by likely
defeat in the national assem
bly on Algerian policies, pre
mier Edgar Faure postponed
the showdown early today by
calling for a vote of confidence
in his government.
The demand keeps him in
office at least until Tuesday,
when the vote will be held. In
the meantime, the premier
will try to work out a lifesav
ing maneuver such as spared
his government last Sunday
in the question of Morocco.
The call for a vote of confi
dence automatically shut off
debate for 24 hours, and the
deputies decided to extend the
| cooling off (period until Tues
day. If the government loses
I on a question of conf idence, it
, resigns.
Frisky storm brings
rain-winds to East
coast states
NEW YORK (/P) A fisky
, autumn storm — not a hurri
! cane, but trying tp act like on€
(— thrust northward along the
east coast today in almost ex
actly the same patfr taken by
disastrous hurricane Hazel jusl
a year ago.
By noon the storm centei
was oiff the Viripinia coast, with
near hurricane velocity winds
bolting areas as far distant as
New Jersey.
Atlantic City recorded gusts
up to 60 miles an hour — jusl
i (continued on page four)
City asks mistrial
in Tuengei case
JUNEAU (/P) A defense mo
tion for a mistrial in the $69,
700.50 damage suit brought by
Charles Tuengei, 69 year old
unemployed Sitka barber, again
st the City off Sitka was denied
by Judge Walter PI. Hodge yes
terday.
Tuengei charges he suffered
permanent injuries in a fall at
the Sitka community hospital
on Nov. 17, 1951, and has been
unable to work since.
The forenoon session was
spent selecting a jury.
During his examination, Tuen
gel testified he suffered a brok
en arm and permanent injuries
to his shoulder and spine when
he fell down 11 steps to the
cellar floor of the hospital. He
said he was misdirected by a
nurse while on a call to cut a
patient’s hair.
The motion for a mistrial
was entered by the defense af
ter the plaintiff’s counsel in
troduced matter, which defense
counsel Said was prejudicial.
, Judge Hodge, visiting jurist
f from Nome, held that the error.
. was introduced inadevertently j
' as a reference, and was not dir \
j ect evidence. :
legion convention
dosed with revolt
against "brass"
MIAMI, Fla. (£*) The drums
and bugles are stifled and the
vetrans scattered, but the old
boys who attended the Ameri
can Legion’s national conven
tion showed plenty of zip.
In the convention which end
ed yesterday they voted to do
away with UNESCO, 'but just
as overwhelmingly endorsed the
United Nations in principle and
approved U. S. membership.
They gave a thumping de
feat for a bid for $100 a month
| pensions for all first world war
j veterans at age 60, but asked
greater benefits for ill veter
ans and dependents,
j A floor revolt developed a
gainst Legion “brass” over a
proposal for a steering com
mittee to do planning at conven
tions, but a new national com
mander and five vice command
. ers were elected by acclama- ]
tion.
Russia, China and India
were given a kicking; around,
(continued on page four)
Meteor blows up
over Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. (/P)
The U. S. weather bureau here
reported today that a meteor
had passed' over south Texas
and probably exploded, shower
inig1 fragments that were seen
from Brownsville to Galveston
ailong the Texas coast.
The fiery object was report
ed by numerous persons along
the coast. At first it was tho
j ought to ge a burning jet plane
* thnt exploded into nothingness
\ One observer called it “a
broad stretched-out fireball.”
The explosion occurred at
i 10:0’S a. m.
U. S. can't swing votes to get
Philippines on U. N. council
After six bdiots
appears as if U.S.
candidate wifi lose
UNITED NATIONS (JP) The
Soviet bloc today dropped Po
land as a candidate for a U. N.
security council seat and swit
ched its support to Yugoslavia
after the general assembly ran
into an East-GVTest deadlock in
Ask food for needy
fishermen in north
WASHINGTON </P) Both
Washington and Alaska have
indicated interest in Obtaining
wheat flour and corn meal for
distribution to needy residents
an agriculture department
spokesman said today.
James H. Hutchins, chief of
the agricultural marketing ser
vice’s direct distribution
branch, said the two are among
some 30 states and territories
which seek to participate in a
2-year program approved by
the last congress.
This authorizes the depart
ment to spend up to 15 million
dollars in each of the two
years to provide the flour and
meall for distribution by qual
ifying areas.
Hutchins said the products
would supplement an existing
relief program in Alaska which
is carried on through the ter
ritorial department of public
welfare for residents of the
Pri'biloff Islands and various
fishing communities hard hit
by small salmon runs. He said
the agriculture department
now is waiting word as to the
amounts which the territory
can use.
President's is 65
today, getting lots
of presents
DENVER (/P) President Ei
senhower is 65 today. And he
began the observance of his an
niversary feeling “refreshed
and cheerful.
While he still must travel
a long road to complete recov
ery from a heart attack, it is a
“happy birthday” for he is get
Iting better every day.
: A medical bulletin said:
“The president had a good
night’s sleep or more than eight
hours. He awoke fully refresh
ed and cheerful. His condition
continues to progress satisfac
torily without complications.”
The president’s own observ
ances of his birthday is being
limited, because he is not allow
el out of bed yet. But the joy
of others, at home and abroad,
is reflected in the scores of pre
; sents and thousands of greet
i ings piled up by the hour at
the Denver White House and
; Fitzsimons army hospital.
initial balloting.
The other leading candidate
was the Philippines, backed by
the United States. As the as
semibly adjourned further vot
ing until next week, the Phil
ippines appeared to be walking
a losing fight.
On today’s final ballot the
vote was 29 for the Philippines
and 28 for Yugoslavia. This
was the lowest vote received t»y
the Philippines during any of
the day’s six ballots and was 9
votes short of the required two
thirds majority of those voting
Defeat of the Philippines
would be a serious blow to the
prestige of the United States,
which went all out in support
of the 'Manila candidacy. Yugo
slavia was advanced by the So
viet bloc as a compromise can
didiate after four indecisive bal
lots.
Yugoslavia, while a common
ist country, is regarded much
more favorable by non-common
ists than members of the Soviet
bloc, such at Poland.
At one point in the voting
the U.S. backed Philippine de
lelfation was only one short of
the required two-third majority
i Two other countries — Aus
tralia and Gufoa — were elected
on the first 'ballot to fill seats
now held by Peru and New Zea
land.
Trap operators set
to fight chaage in
regulations
JUNEAU (IP) Endorsement
toy secretary of the interior
McKay of a 'bill providing grad
ual elimination of fish traps
in Alaska presages a stiff bat
tle between the Fish and Wild
life service and trap operators
When they meet for final hear
ings on 1956 fishing regula
tions in Seattle next week.
Concern about a possible
gear dispute was expressed
here yesterday by Don Mc
Kernan, FWS commercial fish
eries administrator. He said he
feared one feature of the bill
threatens his proposal that the
2-yeiar-old 50 per cent curtail
ment df total fishing effort be
continued another year.
Last week, McKay endorsed
a bill, authored by Alaska del
egate E. L. Bartlett, which pro
vides that “estatoished” fish
traps would be eliminated
gradually over a 5-year period
(continued on page three)
Marine forecast from Friday
to Saturday.
STORM WARNING
Storm centered near Cold
Bay moving eastward 25 mph
to 275 miles southwest of Cape
Spencer will cause 30 to 40
| mph winds over outside waters
Dixon Entrance to Yafeutat
f this afternoon deceasing to 25,
[ to 35 mph tonight.
Rain today. Showers tonight