222 NOME
NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 64
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1963
Per Copy 150
Tomb of Unknowns
Honors 480,000
U.S. War Dead
WASHINGTON UP — Sometimes
a woman will murmur at the Tomb
of the Unknowns: “I have someone
who never came back from the
war.”
Sometimes a mother will whisper
that she had a boy who went
away to World War II and was
never found—“I’m trying to think
that maybe that is my boy.”
Sometimes a widow will write
to the Army: “Is it possible that
the unknown there in Arlington
could be my husband?”
It’s possible. No one knows
who are the three nameless dead
lying in honor at the Tomb of the
Unknowns in Arlington National
Cemetery, just across the Potomac
River from the nation’s capital.
Presidents, kings, queens, moth
ers and awe-struck Cub Scouts
have placed wreaths there. Thurs
day on Memorial Day, more will
come, as they do each year in
hushed memory of the dead.
The unknowns represent the
480,000 U.S. soldiers, sailors, Ma
rines and airmen who died in mili
tary service to their country in
World Wars I and II and in the
Korean conflict. They come from
the silent legion of 11,000 who
died and could not be identified.
The first unknown soldier was
entombed in ceremonial honor
Nov. 11, 1921, to the memory of
all those Americans who died in
the first world war.
From among the 1,600 unknown
dead of that war, four caskets had
been brought from four ceme
teries in France to Chalons-Sur
Marne, France. There, Sgt. Ed
ward Younger passed three times
around the caskets, then put a
bouquet of flowers on one.
For 37 years the unknown soldier
slept alone!
Then on Memorial Day 1958 by
order of Congress, the unknowns
of World War II and Korea were
buried beside him in simple cere
monies.
Memorial Day Parade
Will Be Highlighted Here
The Memorial Day Parade will
headed this year by a bahd from
Elmendorf Air Force Base and the
Highlanders from Whitehorse.
Also marching will be members
of the CAP, Boy Scouts, Lions,
American Legion and National
Guard.
Stan Harhut, who heads the Pa
rade Committee, requests that all
marching groups be at the Fed
eral Bldg, at 10:15 a.m. tomorrow.
He states that “it is the duty of
all members of the American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and all veterans of any war to
participate in the ceremonies.”
The parade will go up Front
Street and proceed to Belmont
Point Cemetery for short services.
Harhut also stated that the jets
which will be seen during the
morning are the friendly kind and
will be doing a fly-over from Gal
ena as part of the Memorial Day
ceremony.
THE WEATHER
Mostly fair with little change in
temperature.
Nome data in the last 24 hours:
Highest temp. 70, lowest 46. Sun
rise at 1:56 a.m., sunset at 10:05.
A year ago today: highest temp.
34, lowest 25.
The 70 degrees recorded here
yesterday was a record high for
the date according to the wea
ther bureau.
Secretary Rusk Asks
For Immediate Release
Of U.S. Tuna Boats
WASHINGTON UPl — Secretary
of State Dean Rusk telephoned the
Foreign Minister of Ecuador today
and asked for immediate release
of two U.S. tuna boats held by
Ecuadorean naval vessels. Rusk of
fered to send officials to Quito to
negotiate a settlement.
Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin, (D
Calif.), reported he had informa
tion direct from the tuna fleet that
an Ecuadorian gunboat had fired
across the bow of the tuna boat
“Hornet,” apparently as a result
of a misunderstanding when two
of the vessels were about to be
taken toward a port.
The Congress member from San
Diego, home port of the tuna
boats, also said that Ecuadorian
Foreign Minister Peralta has prom
ised that the two boats in Ecua
dorian custody would be taken to
some port other than Manta, where
Americans have encountered hos
tility in the past.
The tuna tempest stirred a wave
of excitement around the State
Department as word of a shooting
incident spread.
Deputy Undersecretary of State
U. Alexis Johnson called in Ecua
dorian Minister Eduardo Arose
mena and protested against any
shooting.
Van Deerlin, who had been con
ferring with State Department of
ficials, then announced to news
men that Rusk personally had in
tervened in the dispute which has
a history going back several years.
Ecuador claims soverignty 200
miles out to sea. The United States
recognizes only three miles. The
Tuna Assn, reported the boats
were detained 13 miles off the
coast of Ecuador.
Alaska Airlines and
Pan Am Offer to Buy
Each Others Alaska Routes
SEATTLE UP) — Pan American
World Airways and Alaska Air
lines have offered to buy each
other’s Alaska routes, it was learn
ed today as an outgrowth of a Civil
Aeronautics Board hearing in
Washington.
The two carriers compete in the
Seattle-Fairbanks market.
A Pan American spokesman said
here the company has no inten
tion of selling its Alaska routes.
And Frank Lynott, executive
vice president of Alaska Airlines,
said his company’s president,
Charles Willis, has rejected Pan
American’s offer to buy Alaska’s
routes.
Testimony by Harold Gray, ex
ecutive vice president of Pan
American’s overseas division, at
the CAB hearing on the State
Alaska route case brought the
offers to light.
Too Much Picnicking . . .
EFFINGHAM, 111. UP)—American
war veterans in Effingham feel
there is “too much picnicking
and not enough remembering” on
Memorial Day.
Tonight, the eve of Memorial
Day, the American Legion, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars and the Dis
abled War Veterans have asked
Effingham’s 8,000 residents to
turn off their lights at 9:30 o’clock
for five minutes and go outside
with lighted candles.
During the five minutes, church
bells will ring, four rifle squads
will fire a salute on the four cor
ners of the courthouse lawn, and
a bugler will sound taps.
AEC Recalls Application
For 96,000 Acres of Land
At Cape Thompson
FAIRBANKS (jP) — The Bureau
of Land Management has been no
tified by the chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission that
the agency has recalled in entirety
the application for withdrawal of
some 96,000 acres of land at Cape
Thompson.
The application for withdrawal
was originally made in 1958 for
1,109,000 acres but was reduced
to 96,000 acres early this year.
The land was to be withdrawn for
Project Chariot, a proposed nuclear
peace time blast in the Arctic.
The commission will retain ap
proximately 150 parcels of land
within the area which will be de
veloped into study plots, camp
sites, landing strips, storage areas
and other administrative uses. But
these will all be small areas, the
report said.
Notice of recall of the applica
tion will be published in the Fed
eral Register the BLM said. The
lands will become public domain
on Sept. 2, 1963.
Anyone wishing to express com
ments should address statements to
Daniel A. Jones, Mgr., Fairbanks
Land Office.
JFK Will Meet
With Businessmen
On Integration
WASHINGTON UPi — Presidenl
Kennedy has asked a number ol
business executives to meet with
him next Tuesday to give “serious
and immediate attention” to the
issue of integrating public faciliti
ties in the south.
The White House announced to
day that telegrams went out to
about 75 business ekecutives, both
from the north and the south, in
viting them to the White House.
The purpose of the meeting was
described as a discussion of “some
aspects of the difficulties experi
enced by minority groups in many
of our cities in securing employ
ment and equal access to faciliti
ties and services generally avail
able to the public.”
Additional telegrams may be
sent today to 25 other business
men.
There were also indications from
high sources that Kennedy plans
similar conferences later with pub
lic officials and clergymen from
southern states.
Negroes Form Up for
New Demonstrations
JACKSON, Miss. (£*> — Negroes
formed up for renewed demonstra
tions against rigid racial segrega
tion today with last minute classes
in sit-in techniques.
The classes, held at the National
Assn, for the Advancement of
Colored People headquarters here,
emphasized non-violence and how
to guard against attacks by “hood
lums.”
The city was quiet and down
town traffic proceeded at a normal
pace.
Mayor Allen Thompson, denying
that he had made any concessions
to Negro leaders, said the policy
toward sit-in’s would be changed.
The mayor declined to specify
whether emphasis would be on
arresting Negro demonstrators or
the whites who threaten them.
“We are going to do what is
right,” he said.
Lion Officers
Arrive to Arrange
Convention
The first contingent of Lions
have arrived for the convention of
the 49th District being held here >
this week.
In the first group were the top
officers of the district to set up
the machinery of the convention.
There was Mr. and Mrs. Mel Har
ris of Fairbanks, Mr. and Mrs. •
Frank Birch of Milwaukee, Murlin 1
Day of Bethel, Ross Wood of An- ]
chorage, and several others. 1
Harris is governor of the 49th t
district which is made up of Alas
ka, Yukon Territory, the North
west Territories and northern Brit- -
ish Columbia with a combined ’
membership of 1371. He is sales ■
manager for Pan American World
Airways at Fairbanks. In addition
to his Lion duties he is first vice (
president of the Midnight Sun Boy
Scout Council and is public rela
tion officer for the Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce.
Harris revealed he has been a
President Sven Larson
Bering Sea Lions Club
Lion for 10 years, is a past presi
dent of the Fairbanks Lions Club,
past zone chairman and was Dep
uty District Governor for three
years before becoming district
governor last year.
Ross Wood is Deputy District
Governor of the district and Mr.
Day is a past deputy district gov
ernor.
Mr. Birch is a Past President of
the International Association of
Lions Clubs, having held the office
during 1937-38. He became a mem
ber of the Milwaukee Lions club in
1924. He has been active in Lion
Club work all through the years.
He is chairman of the Public Re
lations Committee of Lions Inter
national.
He was the first Lions Interna
tional President to pay official
visits to the Lions Clubs of Ha
waii, Alaska and Puerto Rico.
Mr. Birch is president of the
Hilldale Shopping Center in Mad
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Mel Harris
District Governor. 49th District
LIONS
CONVENTION EVENTS
Lions Convention events in
kvhich local people can participate.
Thursday
11:00 a.m.—Memorial Day pa
rade with two bands, Veterans,
Scouts and other groups. The bands
and groups will assemble at the
Federal Bldg, and march to the
cemetery where services will be
leld.
8:00 p.m.—International Coun
cilor's Banquet. Reservations to
De made with Jack Carpenter.
3rice $5.00. Cover charge of $1.00
or those attending the dance after
he banquet.
Friday
2:00 p.m.—Tea honoring the
/isiting Lionesses, sponsored by the
3eta Sigma Phi. Local women in
/ited to participate.
8:00 p.m.—Banquet. Reservations
:o be made with Jack Carpenter for
iinner. No reservations for dancing
vith cover charge of $1.00.
Saturday
3:00 p.m.—Lions parade on Front
Street.
8:00 p.m.—Governor’s Banquet.
Admission price $5.00. Followed by
Ball. Open to the public with
B1.00 cover charge.
All activities at the Armory,
which are open to the public, will
be limited to adults only.
Committees in charge of the
convention which is headed by
Jack Carpenter as chairman, and
Sven Larson as president are:
Finance, Dave Harmon; Publicity.
Clint Gray; Housing, Bob Rensaw
and Ernie Gustafson; Transporta
tion, A1 Doyle; Decorations, Bob
Simth; Properties, Jess Woodward;
| Reception, Roscoe Wilke and Len
f Anseth; Ticket Sales, Barry Power;
Information, Jack Carpenter and
Bob Smith; Ladies, Tom Balone;
Registration. Stan Harhut; Parade,
Stan Harhut: Convention Hall,
Sven Larson; Advertising, Don
Perkins.
ison, Wisconsin, and vice-president
of Roa's Films of Milwaukee, one
of the largest film rental libraries
in the United States. He is also
president and treasurer of his own
manufacturing company, Birch
Kraft, Inc.
In speaking about Nome vester
3ay Governor Harris said that he
sees a tremendous tourist potential
n northern Alaska—but it must
ae exploited. He suggested to the
Bering Sea Lions that they make it
a project to outline the attractions,
mcourage the building of tourist
accommodations and promote the
advertising of the area.
Harris said that the 49th district
chartered eight new clubs last
year, the most by any district in
he world. The latest clubs char
:ered were the Copper River Basin
Blub, the 43rd in the district, and
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Frank V. Birch
Past International President