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The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
British Boot Prime
Minister of Guiana
OutOfOffice as Red

GEORGETOWN, British Guiana,
R-Britain booted out the prime
minister and five other cabinet
members today with the announ-
ced purpose of preventing Com
munists from taking over the
British Guiana government.
Gov. Sir Alfred Savage declared
a state of emergency under which
the six-months-old constitution is
to be scrapped. The British charg-
ed there was a Red plot to turn
this South American rum and
sugar colony into a totalitarian
state subservient to Moscow"
These steps followed the arrival
of British troops in the colony,
which is sandwiched between
Brazil and Venezuela on the ap-
proaches to the Panama Canal.
This colony of 100000 people is
Britain's only holding on the
South American continent. Nearly
half the population came from or
trace their ancestry to India. Most
of the others are of Negro or Am
erican Indian stock.
Prime Minister Jeddie Jagan
and the ouSted ministers threat
ened to take the dispute with
Britain to London, Washington
and the United Nations. Jagan and
his American-born wife, the for
mer Janet Rosenberg, have denied
they are Communists and that
their political party, the leftwing
Peoples Progressive party is Mos
cow-dominated.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
Russia Increasing
Capabilities OF
Delivering Bomb

WASHINGTON R- President
Eisenhower says Russia possesses
an increasing capability Of deliv-
ering an atomic attack on the
United States, but he does not
think the threat of war shadows
Americas doorstep now.
And, in the fullest official US.
statement since Moscow claimed
mastery of the awesome hydrogen
bomb, the President said yester-
day the Soviets have "a weapon,
or the forerunner of a weapon, of
power far in excess of the con-
ventional (atomic) types"
Eisenhower's assurance at his
news conference that his admin
istration is moving to meet this
capability was generally applaud
ed by lawmakers.
But Sen. Kefauver D-Tenm
said the President may have Gre
ated another layer Of secrecy on
all too secret a subject" Com
planning that Eisenhower said
nothing of continental defense,
Kefauver asked for Senate
Armed Services Committee hear
ing on the subject.
In a formal statement at his
news conference, Eisenhower
ALSO
l. Announced that he has asked
all members of his administration
''to refrain from comment on So
Wet nuclear capabilities unless
they first check their statements
with Lewis L. Strauss, the Acc
chairman.
2. Declared the U. S. atomic
stockpile lis large and increasing
steadily" and til at it includes
weapons for use in the specific
tasks assigned the Army, Navy
and Air Force.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
SlOvenes Protest
Turning Trieste
Over To Italy

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, up -
New demonstrations broke out
here today against the United
States, Great Britain and Italy as
President Tito and his cabinet met
to formulate new protests against
Italian occupation of the major
part of the bitterly-d disputed Tri-
est territory.
Rifle-carrying troops on horse
back held back throngs which
swarmed in front of the three en-
bassies in angry protest against
the British American announce
ment they would withdraw their
troops from Trieste port and the
surrounding territory and turn it
over to the Italians.
The mobs had pelted property
occupied by the three foreign ma
tons with stones until early to-
day, smashing windows and dam
aging automobiles.
Tito hastily summoned his cab
met into emergency session. The
government was expected to de-
liver a strong note of protest to
the two Western powers later to-
day.
There was speculation here that
Tito might rush troop reinforce
ments to the border in an effort
to delay the British American
withdrawal.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
Sen. Butler Favors Statehood Ii
New Bill Treats Alaska Fairly

WASHINGTON, R-S Sen. But
Ter announced Thursday he plans
meeting with Secretary of the
Interior Mckay this week to dis
cuss proposed statehood for AL
aska.
Butler heads the Senate COM
mittee on Interior and Insular At
fairs which has pending an adj
ministration bill to admit Hawaii
to the union, and a non-adminis-
tration bill to admit Alaska.
The Senator, who supported the
Hawaiian statehood bill in the
1853 session of Congress, told
newsmen he also would vote to
admit Alaska eff we can get a
bill which I think treats Alaska
fairly"
Such measure, he said, in fair
ness to its people should provide
that the new state SHOULD COM
prise practically all of what is
now the territory of Alaska" He
said the Interior Department long
has advocated keeping most Of the
territory under federal control,
exempt from statehood.
Butler said he expects to tell
Mckay that Alaskans SHOULD
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The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
Allies Plan To Get
Explanations To POWs
Underway By Monday

PANMUNJOM, Up 1.-The Allies
today offered compromise plan
that could get explanations to re-
luctant prisoners of war started
by Monday.
The U.N. Command said it is
willing to work round the-clock
to cut the time of building tenn
porary explanation centers for the
Communists from 7 to 5 days.
The Reds will use the centers
to interview 22,5OO Chinese and
North Koreans who have refused
to return to Communism.
The Neutral Nations Repatria-
ton Commission in letter Thurs
day indirectly accused the Allies
of trying to stall the start of Red
persuasion attempts in an effort
to cut down the explanation per-
iod, which ends Christmas Eve.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
Some Officers
Think Hall Killed
Bobby Creenlease

ST. LOUIS, R-The kidnapers
of Bobby Greenlease, handcuffed
together, were whisked from the
st. Louis city Jail to the nearby
Federal building today and were
arraigned on federal extortion
charges.
Both waived preliminary hear
ing and the bond under which
they were held was kept at
100000 each.
1t was not Immediately known
what would be done next for the
pair, Carl Austin Hall, the con-
fessed ringleader of the kidnap
plot, and Mrs. Bonnie Brown
Heady, Al the widow who lured
the 6-year-old boy from his pri-
vate school in Kansas City on
Sept. %.
The Justice Department in
Washington announced yesterday
that the State of Missouri will be
given jurisdiction in the case.
But no decision has been an
nounced on whether the pair will
be tried at Kansas City, where
they have been charged with kid
naping, or at St. Joseph, where
murder charges have been placed
against them.
The FIJI withheld a nationwide
alert for Thomas John Marsh, the
ex-convict implicated in the case
by Hall, but police from coast to
coast were on the lookout.
Hall told officers he turned the
Greenlease boy over to Marsh and
later found the child dead in the
basement of Mrs. Heady's home
He claims he hasn't seen Marsh
since.
Some officers say they believe
Hall was the killer, and have ex-
pressed doubt that Hall and Mrs.
Heady had an accomplish. There
has been some speculation that
Marsh is dead.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
City Election At North
Pole "All Tied Up

NORTH POLE, Alaska, Up -
Kids, maybe you think Santa
Claus (only " more days to
Christmas is the only resident of
North Pole. Well, he isn't. It's so
darn crowded UP here they've
gone and elected a mayor and city
council and it turned into the
doggonedest ball : up you ever
heard.
Two fellows-Everett Dahl and
James Ford were running for
mayor and when the votes were
counted they both had 20. Had
everybody in kinda sweat won
dering what to do and then they
found out that two of the four
council races had tie vote, too.
They were 31-31 and 1928.
They settled it yesterday with
the deadlocked candidates stand
ing in front of the election judges
who settled the problem by toss
ing coin.
It's Mayor Dahl now.
North Pole is south of the North
Pole, only IA miles from Fair
banks, in fact.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
Florence Chadwick Swims
The Historic Hellespont,
Her 4th Channel Conquest

CANNAKALE, Turkey, Up -
Florence Chadwick of San Diego,
Calf, today swan both ways
across the Hellespont, the Turkish
Dardanelles.
This was the fourth channel
conquest in little more than a
month for the American swimmer.
On Sept. 4 she swan the English
Channel from England to France
in the record time of IA hours and
~ minutes. She was forced to quit
because of the cold after two and
a quarter miles of a return trip.
On Sept. 20 Miss Chadwick
broke all records swimming the
Straits of Gibraltar from Europe
to Africa in five hours, six min
utes.
Two days ago she swan the
tricky Bosporus from Europe to
Asia and then back to- Europe in
l hour, IA minutes, 7 seconds.
Miss Chadwick entered the Hell
lespont today four miles north of
Channakale and swan the same
course as that followed by the
mythical Greek, Leander.
She completed the round trip
in l hour, So minutes, 8 seconds.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
Nationwide Tests OF Perfected Polio
Vaccine Announced For Next Year

MIAMI, Fla, tR-Pertect1On OF
an experimental polio vaccine to
point justifying Inauguration of
plans for nationwide vaccination
tests on hundreds of thousands of
children, perhaps early next year,
was announced today.
It's the vaccine whose develop
ment first was announced last
spring by DR.. Jonas E. Salk of the
University of Pittsburgh, working
under March of Dimes grant.
Today's announcement consti-
tutes first word that it is now
ready-as soon as details can be
worked out-for the supreme test
which will determine whether it
can ultimately be released for
general USE.
It was disclosed that additional
preliminary research on humans
since last spring has greatly
strengthened hopes for the vac
cine, and that it's also been found
possible to improve it and to pro-
duce it in variety of forms, each
of which may have particular adj
vantages in the fight against the
great childhood crippler.
DR.. Salk made the historic an
nouncement that science had at
last achieved a material safe, po-
tent and promising enough to be
put to the acid test of determining
whether it protects against the
disease under natural conditions
of exposure. He said large-scale
production was possible.
He told the American Academy
Of Pediatrics that the vaccine -
early proven to be capable Of
preventing polio in experimental
anima1s-has now been tested in
637 humans, including 1853 de-
scribed in his original report last
spring.
Immediately after he spoke, the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, which is supporting the
vaccine research, announced in
auguration of plans for a nation
wide test, and a spokesman said
the March of Dimes organization
had earmarked $7,5OO,OOO for the
purpose.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
40 CASES POLIO IN ALASKA
REPORTED JAN. TO OCT.

JUNEAU, Up - Forty cases of
poliomylitis were reported in AL
aska from January to October, the
Alaska Department of Health re-
ported Thursday.
Twelve of the cases were in the
Anchorage area, eight Of them
since the middle of August. The
Juneau area had Is, Ketchikan g.,
Fairbanks 5, and Haines and
Moose Pass | each.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-09
CORDOVA VOTERS APPROVE
CITY MANAGER PLAN

CORDOVA, R-Cordova voters
approved the city manager form
Of government and re elected
Mayor Will H. Chase in Wednes-
days election. A proposed $4,000
bond issue for a new telephone
system was turned down.
DR.. Chase received 227 votes to
83 for G. Mathech.
Evening star., 1953-03-15

tor Of Red Czechoslovakia,
Klement Gottwald. Like Sta
Inland nine days after him
Gottwald died.
There were a number of
amazing parallels between the
deaths of the Big Boss and
the Little Boss. But in each
parallel it was Gottwald who
took the polite second spot:
. Stain died of a brain hem
orrhage. Gottwald'S fatal
bleeding was in his chest.
. Stain fingered for four
days before he gave up the
ghost. 1t took Gottwald only
two days to die.
. Stain was the subject of
four highly detailed COM
muniqueS between the time of
his attack and the time of his
death. Gottwald had four
good communiques. too, but
they were nowhere near so
clinically complete as Stalin's.
The Czech head mans
death, as reported by the
Prague radio, came after a
supreme act of self -immola-
ton. He had been sick for a
year. but attended Stains
funeral last Monday in spite
of illness. Apparently the cold
Russian winter was too much
for him. He caught pneu-
monia. then pleurisy, and
finally was done in by a chest
hemorrhage.
The immediate effect of
Gottwald's death was to turn
loose more power than was
concentrated in any other
puppet leader. Other Czech
Reds started scrambling for
Gottwald's control over the
party, the army and the
secret police.
What would happen was
any ones guess. But the
smart money began talking
purge" within minutes after
GottWald died,
Evening star., 1953-03-15
of he As
Gottwod Follows StoIn to Grove; jap Cabinet Crisis
Review of the Week:

Russia and the United States
were expected to vote against
each others first choice, thus
vetoing Gen. Romulo and. Mr..
SkrzesZewSki. The hope then
was that the United States
would shift to Mr.. Pearson and
that Russia would do nothing
worse than abstain from vot-
ing. Mr.. Pearson would be in.
AS foreseen, Gen. Romulo
and Mr.. SkrzeSzewski were We
toed. But then the strategy
broke down. Mr.. Pearson was
vetoed by Russia. The Coun-
Gil adjourned to await instruc-
tions from home and try a
little backstage politicking.
Speculation turned to Nine.
Viiaya Lakshmi Pandit of In
dia. possible Russian nomi-
nee whom the United States
could hardly reject. Dark
horses were Nasrollah Ente-
zam of Iran and DR.. Luis
Padilla Nervo of Mexico.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Last Rites

THERE may be consider
l. able speculation over the
real date of Stalin's death, but
there can be no. doubt about
the time of his funeral. AS
thousands watched, his body
was placed in the Lenin tomb
in front of the Kremlin just
as the SpasSky tower bells
tolled the noon hour, March 9.
1858.
The crimson and black =
draped coffin was carried by
the men who now will try to
run the Communist dictator
ship. Among the pallbearers
were Georgi M. Malenkov, the
new Premier, who showed con-
summate skill as an intriguer
as he elbowed his way to the
top; Vyacheslav M. Molotov.
new Foreign Minister, who
many thought once had the
inside track to the top job;
Lavrenty P. Beria. new Interior
Minister whose control of the
secret police makes him the
foremost natural rival of Ma
lenkov's, and Marshal Nikolai
A. Bulganin, War Minister and
head of the most powerful
force in Russia, the Red Army.
No Sign Of Friction
Western observers last week
watched for signs of friction
between these strong men.
The funeral orations gave no
clues. They were standard
Communist oratory sprinkled
with frequent pledges of unity
in the Red world. Malenkov
set the pace:
"Stalin gave his life in the
cause of liberating the work.
ing class and all workers from
the yoke and bondage of ex-
ploiters in the cause of freeing
mankind from exterminating
wars, in the cause of the
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Foux Pas

7 IKE A GROGGY PUG
IL whose handlers let him
answer one bell too many,
Representative Harold H.
Velde of Illinois hit the can,
vas again last week.
He still had ros;n on his
trunks from the knockdown
delivered last month by Mrs.
Agnes Meyer after he had
charged her-utterly without
basis-of having written a
friendly letter to a Soviet mag
aZine. The thud when he land
ed last week, however, made
Mrs. Meyers Sunday punch
seem like a feint.
Mr.. Velde, head of the House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee. this time elected to
take on the clergy. In the four
years he has been on the COM
mittee, he has seen business
men, labor leaders, Hollywood
actors and college professors
go down under the committee
onslsughts. He apparently de-.
cioed there was no reason why
clergymen should get any soft
er treatment.
TV BombsheII
So Mr.. Velde told a Tv
audience last week that it was
entirely possible" that his
committee would investigate
Communist inf1ltration of
churches. He also criticized
churchmen who had scored
him recently for his investi-
gative techniqueS.
The idea of a congressional
investigation of churches was
too much for the public, for
the National Council of the
Churches of Christ and for
other Congressman. Un-Amer-
lean Activities Committee
members stumbled over each
other in their haste to disasSo-
ciate themselves from their
chairman's idea. Deserted by
his seconds, slugger Velde an
nounced that he hadn't really
signed for that fight-it was
Just a possibility for the vague
future.
But to make sure there
would not be another such
fiasco. the committee agreed
unanimously that no invcstiga-
ticn of any kind would be
made without a vote cf a ma
jority of committee members.
Mr.. Velde said he was all for
that. But he insisted that
some day he would like to go
after individual clergymen who
have been accused of Com
munist connections. Congress-.
men shuddered.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Japan

I APAN'S LIBERAL PARTY,
- which held a slim 245-221
Diet majority after last Octo-
ber's elections, has been
plagued with factionalism since
the peace treaty was ratified
last April. Yesterday some of
the Liberals voted with the
opposition and other Liberals
abstained as the Diet passed
a vote of n-conf1dence in
Premier Yoshida, 229-218.
CruSty old Mr.. Yoshida i'm
mediately dissolved the Diet
rather than give it time to
elect a new Premier. New elec-
tions are tentatively set for
April 10.
Now all of Mr.. Yoshida' s
enemies in and out of the Lib
eral Party will get another
crack at him. If he is not able
to return to power, a coalition
government of several conserv-
ative parties may be formed.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
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Continued From Page A-25.)
tapping the authority of the
Security Council?
AS debate continued, the
United States lined up for the
committee.
Secretory- General
Listed as No. 8 is the selec-
tion of a new secretary gen.
eral. The Assembly will not
get TO work on that one for
several weeks. but in the
meantime. attention was TO-
cused on the 11-nation Secur-
ity Council which was setting
the stage last week for item
eight.
According to the U. N.
Charter. the Security Council
nominateS a candidate or
several candidates - for the
high post and the General AS
sembly makes the final selec-
ton. However. the Security
Council discussion and vote
forecasts the outcome of Gen
eral Assembly action.
Exit Nj. Lie
Trygve Lie of Norway, who
has been secretary general
since the u. N. was founded,
was ready last week to step
down for sure.
In 1850 Mr.. Lie seemed on
the way out when Russia, in
repriSal for his firm stand
against Red aggression in
Korea, vetoed his reelection.
But in the absence of any one
else the East and West could
agree on, Mr.. Lie stayed on.
Russia refused to recognize
his existence, even Snubbed
MN IN the corridors.
Last fall. Mr.. Lie submitted
his resignation and waited for
a successor to be chosen. He
suggested a less controversial
figure might do a more effec-
tive job of running the U. N.
But there was speculation that
he might be roofing for an
other deadlock so he could
continue on his job.
Last week, however, Mr.. Lie
cut short that speculation. In
a bitter speech, he accused the
Communists of using "the crud-
est form of pressure, not only
against me but any future sec
retary general who may incur
the displeasure of the Soviet
Union for doing his duty as he
sees it under the Charter"
Mr.. Lie obviously was no
longer a candidate.
The United States promptly
nominated Brig. Gen. Carlos
P. Romulo. Philippine Ambas-
Sador to the United States, for
the job. Russia nominated
Stanislow Skrzeszewski, Polish
Foreign Minister.
Denmark nominated Lester
B. Pearson, Canadian Secre-
tary of State for External
Affairs. Mr.. Pearson was sup
ported by Britain and France.
Evening star., 1953-03-15

has tended to bring rates
down and hold them down.
S. The great. multipurpose
projects like Hoover Dam and
Grand Coulee are beyond the
capacity of private capital. If
the Federal Government had
not built them they never
would have come into being.
There are many subsidiary
arguments to these main as
sertions. In most recent cases
the issue has not been whether
the Government should build
dams and generate power, but
whether the Government
should transmit. distribute and
sell electricity to users.
Here. claim the utilities, is
a clear case of Governments
using its mighty resources to
compete with private enter
prise. Often, they charge,
federally built lines parallel
those of private utilities and
sometimes the Government
moves in even when private
firms are ready to step up the
capacity of their transmission
lines or build new ones on
right of way they already own.
A iva official said last fall
that private utilities are quite
willing to let the Government
build generating plants IF
they can buy the power" He
added:
ut just so happens that
there is about 21a to 31a times
as much profit in the distri-
button of electricity as there
is in the generation"
Power Companies Optimistic
Since the election, power
company executives have re-
peatedly expressed optimism
about the possibility of
change in the federal power
program.
During the campaign Presi-
dent Eisenhower set forth his
views on the problem in Port
land. Spokane. Seattle, Mem
phis and Knoxville. In the
Northwest he said he favors
the decentralization of au-
thority and greater State con-
troll over public projects. He
called for a new Interstate
body for the Columbia Valley.
In the Southeast, at Mem
phis, he praised the IVA for
its accomplishments but said:
I'VE should not, however,
look upon the IVA as a rigid
pattern for such developments
in other regions. Our goal
should be to work out river
basin developments the way
the people in the region want
it DONE" .....3
The new administration has
made no radical moves in the
direction of either Of the con-
tending groups.
All over the country people
are watching to see what may
come.
ASSOCIATED PresS)
Evening star., 1953-03-15
By ReImon NORM

By ReImon NORM
paid for by the income taxes
of people elsewhere.
8. The costs of Government
produced electricity constitute
rubber yardstick" for meas
uring rates on electricity.
Given the same tax exemp-
tions, private power could be
sold even more cheaply than
Government power.
4. Private industry builds
faster and cheaper and oper-
ates more efficiently than
Government power. In an open
contest utility companies can
always provide cheaper and
better service.
S. There is no power short
age, nationally, that necessi-
tates the construction of great
hydro projects in case of an
other war.
Public Power Side
These are the main conten-
tions by advocates of public
power:
/. Wherever possible a prof.
ect should have more than the
one function of generating
electricity. 1t should be "mul-,
ti-purpose," embracing irriga-
ton, flood control, silt con-
troll. recreational facilities and
the conservation of wild life.
Since most of these functions
are "non-reimbursable," pri-
vate industry is not interested
in building to fulfill them.
2. The charge of socialism is
false and designed as a scare
head. Former President Tru-
man said last year that the
power industry had learned
from a public opinion survey
that most people favored pub
lie power, the Tennessee Valley
Authority, in particular. Since
the survey also showed that
people opposed socialism, Mr..
Truman continued, the power
companies have decided to use
socialism as the core of what
he termed their propaganda"
Mr.. Truman also had a re-
ply to the charge of unfair
ness to the taxpayers. He said
it is unfair to both taxpayers
and the customers Of utilities
for the companies to spend big
sums on propaganda and ad-
vertising" when these outlays
are classed as an operating
expense and therefore cut
down the taxes which utilities
pay.
8. The margin Of surplus
power, across the Nation, is so
small that it constitutes, in eff
feet, a power shortage. Brown
outs" and Shutdowns of alum
mum production lines in some
areas whenever rainfall is be-
low normal are proof of this.
4. Power companies in a
given area tend to become a
monopoly there, and Govern
men power-or the threat of it