NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 54
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1963
Per Copy 15G
Sen. Gruening
Seeks to Open
Waterfowl Treaty
By Frit* Wilti
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON — Should a
native in the Alaska wilderness
without food shoot a duck even
out of season?
By all means, says Sen. Ernest
Gruening, who wants the Interior
Department to lift doubts from the
minds of Eskimos and others large
ly dependent on hunting for food.
There was no problem about it,
said Gruening, until 1961 .when
Fish and Wildlife Service agents,
citing the 1961 migratory bird
treaty with Canada, cracked down.
He said the agents arrested “a
number of Eskimos who were fol
lowing their immemorial practices
of taking ducks for food at a sea
son when their other sources of
food were not available.”
The state congressional delega
tion protested but was told the
department had no choice but
to enforce the law. The treaty
provides that certain migratory
birds are not to be hunted between
March 10 and Sept. 12 in Canada
and the United States.
Gruening said the delegation
pointed out that the treaty had
been understood by authorities
for 45 years “not to apply to in
dividuals, whether Eskimos or
others in the wilderness, without
food, and obliged as a matter of
self-preservation to take these
ducks.”
“There the matter has rested for
two years in an uneasy state of
fear, anxiety and hunger among
the Eskimos,” Gruening told the
Senate in a recent speech.
However, he said, there are re
ports of threats of renewed en
forcement and arrest by Wildlife
agents in Alaska “apparently with
out the knowledge of their chiefs
in Washington.”
Gruening told a newsman he
is going to make a formal request
that the Secretary of the Interior
issue regulations under which
Eskimos and others may, without
restriction, hunt birds needed for
food.
He charged the Interior Depart
ment with failure “to meet this
issue squarely and humanly as it
was met by its predecessors for
45 years.”
“Fish and Wildlife officials have
assured me that the number of
ducks taken by the Eskimos in no
way jeopardizes the sport of duck
hunters in the lower 48 states,
which appears to be the agency’s
principal concern in this matter.”
Naval Vessels In Nome
Naval vessels will visit Nome
and Anchorage on July 4. the Navy
has told the Alaska congressional
delegation. The types of vessels
has not been decided.
YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL
American League
Detroit 12, Baltimore 4
Minnesota 4, New York 1
Boston 3, Kansas City 2
Cleveland 4, Los Angeles 3
Chicago 8-7, Washington 0-8
National League
Los Angeles 7, Pittsburgh 3
Chicago 3, Milwaukee 2
San Francisco 6-2, New York 3-4
Philadelphia 6-2, Houston 5-6
Cincinnati 5-4, St. Louis 4-7
Pacific Coast League
Denver 11-3, San Diego 3-0
Hawaii 6-3, Spokane 5-6
Dallas-Ft. Worth 1, Seattle 0
Salt Lake City 12, Tacoma 9
Writer Reports Russians
Found Hitler’s Body
18 Years Ago in Berlin
PARIS UP) — The Russians found
and identified Adolf Hitler’s body
in the burned ruins of the Fue
hrer’s Berlin bunker 18 years ago,
author Cornelius Ryan says.
Ryan said the Soviet govern
ment admitted officially for the
first time they knew Hitler had
committed suicide.
The Russians disposed of the
body Ryan added, but he refused
to say where or how. He said, “I’m
saving it for my book.”
Ryan’s book covers the fall of
Berlin at the end of World War II.
He arrived in Paris after doing
research for the book in Moscow.
Ryan said Hitler shot himself
through the mouth after going
through a marriage ceremony with
Eva Braun, his mistress.
Mystery and rumor have sur
rounded Hitler’s fate for 18 years.
His body never was positively
identified, Western experts claim.
Bu the Allied Control Council
issued a report Nov. 1, 1945, which
said, “Hitler and Eva Braun died
shortly after 2:30 p.m. on April
30, 1945, in a bunker the Chan
cellery, their bodies being burned
just outside the bunker.”
Young Negroes Begin
Congregating in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. UP) — Hun
dreds of young Negroes began con
gregating today at headquarters
of integration activities in Bir
mingham and indications were that
they were planning another mass
demonstration.
An initial survey of Negro public
schools showed that attendance
was extremely light this morning—
apparently the result of an an
nounced plan to boycott classes.
Negro integration leaders said
there would be no let up in the
campaign to destroy racial barriers
in this deep south industrial city.
A mass demonstration by more
than 1,000 Negroes on Sunday was
in sharp contrast to previous simi
lar activties. The Negroes sang
and prayed in a park as policemen
stood by with fire hoses and dogs.
Military Life Holds
Little Attraction
For Cuban Refugees J
WASHINGTON UR — Pentagon i
statistics indicate the American 5
military life holds no lasting attrac- 1
tion for Cuban refugees. j
While the number volunteering 1
for U.S. military training has ex- i
ceeded original estimates, the great 1
majority drops out after the initial 1
training program.
Figures which became available
Saturday showed that of the first
638 enlisted men who completed
training, only 22 chose to remain
in service.
The program was opened in mid
1961 with the estimate that no
more than 2,000 Cubans were likely
to sign up. So far about 3,000 both
refugees and veterans of the Bay of
Pigs invasion, have done so.
Egan Inspects Cordova Fire
JUNEAU UR — Gov. Wm. Egan
was in fire-ravaged Cordova today
on a personal inspection of the
t damage caused in last Thursday’s j
fire.
Egan made an unannounced stop
over at Cordova as he was return
ing to the capital after attending
functions in Fairbanks and Ft.
Yukon. He will return to Juneau
on a late evening flight today.
Airlines Committee
Calls for New Light Plane
To Service Smaller Cities
WASHINGTON — A local
service airlines committee called
yesterday for development of a
new light airliner for service to
smaller cities and on routes with
a thin volume of traffic.
The committee, headed by Al
legheny Airlines president Leslie
Barnes, also called for reaffirma
tion by Congress of the national
policy of providing scheduled air
service to the smaller communities.
A “low-cost plane design com
mittee” established by the Asso
ciation of Local Transport Airlines
recommended development of a
plane that would carry up to 18
passengers with their luggage and
1,000 pounds of cargo.
It would have a crew of two
pilots, would operate from run
ways 3,500 long, would cruise at
more than 300 miles an hour, and
would have a non-refueling range
of 500 miles including three inter
mediate stops.
The committee members, in
addition to Barnes, included pres
ident Sig Wien of Wien Alaska
Airlines.
Their report said the required
airplane could be built and put
into service within three to five
years if:
1. The Civil Aeronautics Board
drops its use-it-or-lose-it policy
and proceeds with caution on the
question of eliminating low-traffic
cities from air line routes.
2. Attempts to reduce subsidies
are delayed until the improved
aircraft or other means of attain
ing better earnings are achieved.
State Senators Protest
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON — Sens. E.L.
Bartlett and Ernest Gruening have
protested Defense Dept, plans to
close three of Alaska’s 24 Air Force
radar stations.
The senators sent a telegram to
Defense Secretary Robert McNa
mara that the decision is “discon
certing and even frightening,” es
pecially since the recent Russian
overflight of Alaska.
Bartlett and Gruening said in
their joint telegram that the state
of U. S. defenses in Alaska was
“lamentable,” in view of Air Force
withdrawal of “men, equipment
and fighting strength.”
They said a recent announce
ment that several Navy combat
ships will visit Alaska July 4 was
unsatisfactory, in view of the Al
aska delegation’s request for per
manent naval strength to “supple
ment the landing barge which now
constitutes the entire fleet of the
(17th > district.”
Actor Monty Wooley
Is Dead at Age 741
ALBANY, N.Y. UR — Veteran
stage and scren actor Monty
Wooley died early today at Albany
Medical Center Hospital. He had
been in declining health in recent
months.
Death occurred at 4 a.m., a hos
pital spokesman said.
The cause of death was listed
as a kidney failure with related
heart disease.
Wooley, 74, whose trademark
was a neatly trimmed white beard
and mustache, had lived for many
years in nearby Saratoga Springs.
The actor, often called “The
Beard,” probably was best known
for his portrayal of Sheridan
Whiteside, the lead role in “The
man Who Came to Dinner.”
U.S. Army Captain
Defects to East Berlin
HEIDELBERG, Germany OP —
The U.S. Army’s European head
quarters confirmed today that
Capt. Alfred Svenson crossed into
East Germany last Saturday.
The official East German news
agency ADN said Svenson, 30, had
asked for asylum in the Commu
nist country.
According to a headquarters an
nouncement, Svenson is from
Scranton. Pa.
He was assigned to the 2nd
Medium Tank Bn., 1st Cavalry, of
the 3rd Armored Division. The unit
is stationed northwest of Frank
furt.
Svenson had lived in the bache
lor officers quarters of his unit at
Kirchgoens, near Butzbach. The
Army said an investigation is being
conducted into the circumstances
of his departure.
Headquarters also announced
that Sgt. Benjamin Cain, 35, from
.Frederica, Del., is missing from
his unit in West Berlin, where he
served as a supply sergeant.
The East German news agency
said Cain contacted Communist
authorities in East Berlin on May
3 and asked for asylum.
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Kennedy Addresses
AFL-CIO Machinists Union
WASHINGTON IP — President
Kennedy has told a labor group
that he is “astonished as President
to see how difficult it is to pass”
progressive legislation.
Speaking Sunday night at the
75th anniversary dinner of the I
AFL-CIO Machinists Union, Ken
nedy cited as examples aid to edu
cation, aid to mass transit and
assistance for jobless young people.
These measures are facing stiff
opposition in Congress, he said.
In a tribute to the American
labor movement, the President de
clared: “A free, active, progressive
labor movement stands for a free,
active, progressive country, and
that’s the kind of country I’m
proud to be President of.”
Glenn In Japan
NAGASAKI, Japan (JP) — Astro- '
naut John Glenn Jr. has arrived
here by plane to board a tracking
vessel to communicate with fel- <
low astronaut Gordon Cooper
when he is sent into orbit this ]
month.
After Cooper’s flight the Glenns :
plan a 10-day vacation in Japan.
Chena River Floods
Areas Near Fairbanks
JUNEAU tiP) — A potential flood
situation in the Fairbanks and
Nenana areas is being watched
closely, Vince Chillis, Civil De- j
fense coordinator for the State De
partment of Public Safety, said
today.
Chellis quoted Sgt. John Murphy i
of the Fairbanks Police Depart
ment as saying that the rising
Chena River has overflowed its
banks in the Ravenswood-Dale
Road, South Cushman and Farm
ers Loop Road areas at Fairbanks.
“It’s backing up fast,” Murphy,
Civil Defense Director for the City
of Fairbanks said.
Murphy told Chellis that ice
jams on the Tanana River both
above and below Nenana had
broken during the night, easing
the danger of heavy flooding there,
at least for the present.
Murphy said rising waters would'
possibly pose a serious threat to
the village of Minto, 35 miles
downstream from Nenana.
Nenana Ice
Goes Out
Sunday at 6:25 p.m.
NENANA tW — The ice break
up at Nenana stopped the clock
at 6:25 p.m. Sunday, after the
ranana River cut loose with tor
rents of muddy water that toppled
the tripod and sent the big river
ice cracking into huge ice floes
and pushing sluggishly down
stream.
The snapping guy wire which
stopped the clock brought the 1963
Venana Ice Classic to its climax,
and for five lucky winning pools
t will be a minute not easily for
gotten.
Excitement had been building
in the little river town 60 miles
southwest of Fairbanks on the
Tanana River, as the last few very
warm days brought flooding creeks
and tributaries pouring water into
the ice-locked Tanana.
The heavy torrents of water
raised the ice level, cracking and
straining the tremendously thick
ice, and increasing the chances of
a dramatic breakup.
As early as 9:30 yesterday morn
ing watchful spectators were wait
ing, cameras in hand for the ice
to move. The crowd grew larger
during the day, until by afternoon
the whole upper end of the dock
I was lined with people watching the
tripod and quivering trip wire to
the official time clock on the
shore.
As action increased about 6:15
p.m. Nenanans left their suppers,
or skipped them altogether as they
flocked to the river bank.
“The tower swayed back and
forth for about a minute before
it tripped and fell, then the ice
began to move and breakup. Just
before the breakup the water and
ice level was only two feet from
the top of the steel piling dock,
and when the mass moved down
stream with the breakup the water
surged right up over the dock in
places,” a Nenanan reported.
High water already threatening
Nenana is expected to rise even
more as the ice runs. Local resi
dents claim that because of the
thickness of the ice, there may
be unusually large jams down
stream, which could endanger the
town as the water backs up be
hind the jams.
A number of persons will be
sharing the prize money although
there were only five listings under
the winning time.
Four of the winners are:
Rudy and Betty Lorenson, Ko
diak: Harry, Griffin, Bessie and
Lolly Quinton, Anchorage; John,
Elaine and George Paajanen, Sut
ton.
The fifth winning guess was
made by Earl Adams Jr., Robert
Ragen, Carl Hall, Darrell Walton,
Delbert Driggs, Robert Janey,
Richard Prebost, Patrick Muir,
George Bibo, Frank Spellman,
Edward Leary, Sidney Aldrige,
Don Meyers, Elmer Dolan, Fred
erick Shields, all of Clear.
Don Clark, manager of the pool,
said it would be several days be
fore the amount of the winnings
would be estimated.
Hospital News
Admitted: Gene Avasuk, Betty
Tootkayluk, Betty Anganick, Don
Lee, Martha Teayoumeak.
Discharged: Margaret Pickna
look, Wm. Kowelik, Jones Noya
kuk, Mary Seepilu, Bernadetta
Ellana, Dolly Kiyoutelluk, Ruby
Outwater, Carl Takak, Martin
Willoya, Mrs. Peterman and baby.