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The Nome nugget., 1954-08-13
Senate Committee Okays House Bill Providing For Alaska's Mentally HI

WASHINGTON, R-The Sen ate Interior Committee has ap- proved, with amendments, a House-passed bill providing for the disqualification and care of the mentally ill in Alaska.
 The purpose of the legislation is to establish an integrated mod ern program, under the admins tration of the territorial govern ment of Alaska.
 The Senate amendment pro- vides that the territory pay costs of hospitalization and treatments on all new patients committed to hospitals.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-13
Search Under Way For Fiendish Slayer Of Pretty 17-Year-Old

TOLEDO, Ohio.. R- Sheriff's deputies searched lonely woods west of here for clues to the identity of fiend who dragged a pretty high school girl from her bicycle and then, beat, raped and killed her.
 The bloody and nearly nude body of auburn-tressed Mary Jo- lene Freiss, IT, was found in the woods by three terrified women relatives yesterday after she fail ed to return from a ride to get the mail.
 She had been cruelty beaten and stabbed twice in the chest and her hands were stained with blood, apparently when she scratched her slayer with her fin gernails. Her body bore several sets of teeth marks, a deputy sher- if said.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-13
Russia Agrees to Meeting To Discuss Austrian Independence Treaty

LONDON, R - The Sovie e { Union agreed today to Big Four meeting with Austria. But the Russians called for more discus sion of the deadlocked Austrian independence treaty rather than Austria's proposal for an easing of occupation controls.
 Austria in a note July p pro- posed that the four occupying nations, since they could not ag- rec on an independence treaty, join the Vienna government in a "committee of five" to consider easing Of the occupation re- gime.'
 In a reply broadcast by Moscow radio, the Soviets said a meeting on these terms "could not ensure attainment of the agreement on state treaty."
 The Russians agreed to join the United States, Britain and France-with Austria participant ing-in talks at the ambassadorial level on remaining questions re- lating to the draft of a state treaty and other questions con- nected with conclusion of this treaty."
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-13
Bitter Clashes Occur Between Police and Bavarian Metal Workers

FRANKFURT, Germany, R- Bitter clashes between police and striking Bavarian metal workers continued today-the fifth day of the walkout affecting 220,O00 en- ployes.
 Other Bavarian centers report ed peaceful picketing, but in Mu- mich brawls broke out when hun dreds of police tried to protect nonstrikers. Many persons were injured.
 At the big Seimens electrical plant, 300 club-Wielding police tangled with 1000 pickets who vainly tried to prevent 5000 non- strikers from going on the job.
 Company officials said that the number of strikers was dwindling.
 The union stuck to its claim that the majority were still out.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-13
Eisenhower Signs New 'Abstension' North Pacific Fisheries Treaty

WASHINGTON, President Eisenhower Thursday signed a bill giving effect to fishery treaty signed by the United States, Canada and Japan.
 The international Convention of the High Seas of the North Pacific Ocean" was signed at Tokyo in 1852. Its goal is pre- servation of the fisheries of the North Pacific through coopera- ton of the three countries.
 The North Pacific Convention goes further than many other fishery treaties: it introduces a new principle of abstension into international conservation prac- tice.
 Japan has agreed not to fish for salmon, halibut and herring in certain waters off the coasts of North America and Canada will abstain from salmon fishing in certain waters of the Boring Sea.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-13
Rural Rehabilitation Program
 For Second Division Discussed
 At Forum Meeting With Benson

I1GllIy A. DGllSOll, IcIllIOlldl commissioner of labor, held an open meeting Thursday afternoon at the Federal Building for the purpose of discussing the needs of employment for the rural areas of Alaska.
 Benson stated that with con- struction tapering off, less fishing in the Kuskokwim area and the higher cost of living the rural areas are the first to feel the lessening of employment.
 Mayor Steffen Andersen, in re- sponse to a query from Benson, stated that next year Nome ex- poets a better season than the present season, as there will be work available with the construc- ton of a new school, new ACS headquarters east of the Miners and Merchants Bank, possibly a new federal building, and in- creased payroll with the US. Smelling Co. and construction of a new dredge.
 No Employment In Villages
 Mrs. Harold Salisbury of the Territorial Welfare Department forecast that the outlook for the villages in the area was not. so bright and the chances for en- ployment practically non-existant. Some construction she noted at Shishmaref, Selawik, Kaltag and Kotzebue but little labor was re- quired as the buildings are pre- fabricated and the labor limited.
 Lawrence Williams of the ANS reported that skilled labor is needed for the most part on the new school buildings under con- struction and local labor was di- vided up so that most everyone got a chance to work little.
 He also stated that there would be construction next year at Wales and King Island, according to present plans.
 Among the suggestions offered for necessary developments were better housing, sanitation and water improvements, as most of the rural areas needed these. In addition, Williams reported that "King Island would like a landing field"
 Each Village Must Solve Problem
 Benson cautioned that a new situation must be met in making these suggestions for employment and meeting the problems, that the present system of welfare programs with federal aid was
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Japan, 9 Years After Surrender,
 Is Tied Militarily With West
 While Reds Woo Her From East
By JIM BECKER

TOKYO, lR - Nine years ago Japan surrendered. Today the dazed, defeated nation of l945 has been spectacularly rebuilt and is tied economically and militar- ily to it's former enemy, the United States.
 While the scars of devastating war have been almost entirely erased, the island empire is al- most broke. The United States is gravely concerned. Relations with the United States are delicate.
 Nine years ago this Sunday, Emperor Hirohito broadcast Jap ans surrender in a quaverlng, high pitched voice. Japan was shattered, humbled. The vast en- pire had collapsed like a soap bubble.
 More than 40 of Japan's cities were wrecked, two by atomic bombs. Millions of Japanese ln rags roamed in apathy in the ruins.
 Nine-Year Miracle
 If the handful of US. soldiers who landed gingerly a few days later could have jumped the years and seen the Japan of 1854 they would have called it miracle.
 Japanese walking the streets or working on farms and in the fish ing villages look well fed and healthy. Stores are crammed with attractive goods.
 But the prosperous facade hides a deep economic illness inevitable in a population shorn of it's over seas conquests and forced to sup port population half as large as that of the United States on four home islands whose total area is about that of California.
 Japan must trade to live. It is spending twice as much as 1t earns. Substantial aid probably must come from the United States to see Japan through the next few years. The State Department in Washington labors over the prob lem.
 AusteritY Program
 Prime Minister Yoshida's pro- American administration has adopted a tight austerity pro- gram to force Japan to live within its income. This austerity has
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The Nome nugget., 1954-08-13
GOANS PRAY TO HALT THREAT OF INVASION

NOVA GOA, Portuguese India, R- Some 1000 Goans trudged six miles through heavy mon- soon rains today to pray to St. Francis Xavier - their patron saint-to halt the threat of in vasion from India.
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admitting that there is no avoid
ing the issue, the question of
when it will be faced. and on
what terms. remains to be de-
cided.
The decision on these Ave
points might we'll make the diff
ference between failure and sue
cess. In everybody's book. the
balance within the Assembly is
so close that a few votes one way
or the other might have the most
fateful consequences.
Speculation about the effect
of the Berlin conference on the
EDO decision covers a wide field.
The probable truth, however. is
this: The issue of EDO has
been debated SO long and so
thoroughly in France during the
last two years that few people
are changing their minds at this
point. The latest reports on the
Assembly's foreign policy coma
mittee show the same long
standing lineup small ma
jority opposed to the treaty with
enough undecided votes to swing
the balance in favor.
Today, both sides are claiming
a majority of the whole assembly
when the issue comes up for a
test. But according to most peo-
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Eisenhower, that he had received
assurances against browbeating
of Army witnesses in the future
and would act to protect them
If need be.
Senator Mccarthy fatty denied
that the assurances Mr.. Stevens
mentioned had been given at the
truce meeting.
Senator McCarthy's new re-
marks about Gen. Zwicker came
in connection with a report given
by the Army Friday on its COM
missioning, calling to active duty.
promoting and honorably dis
charging DR.. PeresS, a New York
dentist who declined on conStitu-
tional grounds to answer quesI
tons about membership in sub
versive organizations.
Senator Mccarthy said the
Pentagon report backed up his
investigators findings that the
honorable discharge was Or
dered after Senator Mccarthy
demanded DR.. Peress be court
nartialed and dishonorably dis
charged.
The Senator said Gen. wicker
had testified the discharge was
ordered before any public an
nouncement about PereSs.
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pie who should know. there are
enough votes, as Of this moment,
to ratify.
The problem faced by the
Laniel government, nevertheless,
is tricky enough to warm the
cookies of a French politicians
heart. The government must
press for a vote as soon as pos
sible. At the same time 1t must
not be so eager as to force the
issue in a way that seems to
hurry the ordinary parliamentary
processes, causing resentment.
Finally. the government must
try to present the defense treaty
for a clear-cut decision on its
own merits-isolated If possible
from the sorry struggle for
partisan political advantage that
continues to dominate the course
of the Republic.
AS to the question Of timing,
the start Of the Geneva confer
ence makes kind of natural
deadline.
Why a Showdown Looms.
Several factors argue for a
showdown before the conference
gets under way on April Is. Not
the least of these is the convic-
ton that the chances of ratifi-
cation will never be any better
than they are now. If the gov
eminent can count on enough
votes to squeeze through today,
that doesn't mean that the same
votes will be there three months
from now. The slightest Jolt
could radically change the
present optimistic balance.
On the other hand, opponents
of EDO have wasted no time in
selling on the coming confer
ence as a new excuse for delay
ing action on the treaty.
AS expected, the argument is
being made that any action
which might provoke the anger
of the Kremlin-and ratification
of EDO would surely do that
would blast all hope for a nego-
tiated peace in Indo-China.
A minority of the opposition,
led by former Premier Daiadier,
is urging. quick action in the
hope of Killing the treaty before
the Geneva conference opens.
But most others including the
bitterly anti-EDC newspaper lie
Monde-are now proclaiming
fatty that peace in Indo- China
is a new pre-condition for action
on the defense treaty.
The government. of course,
can answer this kind of nonsense
with a number of quite logical
arguments. After what happened
in Berlin. it seems incredible
that many Frenchmen should
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Eight Killed in Fire
At 6rossinqer Hotel

GROSSINGER. N. Y. Mar. /.
Eight employees we're killed and
IS injured yesterday as flames
swept through staff residence
ct the Grossinger Hotel and
country club in the Catskill
Mountains.
Seven men and women were
killed outright. The eighth
fatality was Mrs. Anna Ruben
stein, So. waitress, of Liberty,
N. Y. She died in hospital
today.
Fire fighters kept the blaze
from spreading to other build
ings at the resort, which had a
weekend guest list of 900.
Among them is Rocky Marciano.
heavyweight boxing champion,
who is in training.
The dead in addition to Mrs.
Rubenstein. were identified as
Siegfried Haas, 81. and his wife,
Erna, 40; David Bernstein. 80.
and his wife, Hannah, 80: Fannie
Rosenthal, 80; Catherine Krick,
IS, and Jack Shildkret, 40.
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By shs A.sosia.sd Pres.

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CARACAS, Venezuela, Mar. /.
The 10th nter-American Con-
ference opened here today with
chief delegates from 20 American
republics, including United
States Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles. in attendance.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister
Aureliano Otanez. temporary
president. called the delegates to
order for a preliminary ses-
sion this morning to complete
preparations for the conference.
The ter-American Conferences,
called about every five years pro-
vide American republics with an
opportunity to discuss mutual
problems.
The first plenary session is.
scheduled later today with Vene-
zuelan President Marcos Perez
Jimenez extending his govern
ment's official welcome.
The conference is expected to
last three to five weeks.
u. S. Friendship Cited.
Earlier, Mr.. Dulles told Latin
Americans the United States
program Of friendship with the
other American states was "the
oldest foreign policy of the
United States and it is still our
most solid and dependable
policy"
Mr.. Dulles made the obServa-
ton in brief airport statement
on his arrival for the opening
meeting.
First order of business today
was unanimous approval of a
resolution offered by Mr.. Dulles
making Mr.. Otanez the confer
ence president. ..
Strong Security Measures.
Venezuela took extraordinary
security measures to prevent a
recurrence of the Communist
blamed rioting in which some
1900 persons were killed during
the last Inter-American Confer
ence in Bogota, Colombia, in
April, 1913.
High, well-guarded barbed
wire fences surrounded nearby
University City. where the con-
ference activities center. Guards
patrolled the airport at Mr..
Dulles arrival with his party of
Is experts on Latin America. Mr..
Perez JimineZ sent his own auto
mobile. which has bullet-resiSt-
ant windows, for Mr.. Dulles, but
United States Ambassador
Fletcher Warren said the spe-
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Virginia sides of the river would
be able to- handle the bridge
traffic. On the Virginia side,
he explained, the bridge would
tie directly into Arlington boule-
ward. Wilson boulevard and the
George Washington Memorial
parkway.
Improvements on the District
side. he said. would chiefly in
volve the development of east
west streets to, permit them to
handle more cars. Such streets
now have a traffic capacity of
II 500 cars per hour. of which
22.7 per cent is now unused
capacity.
In testimony by other wit
neSSeS:
District Traffic Director George
Keneipp Endorsed both the E
street and Jones Point bridges
and agreed with highway Off
Gals that the street improve
ments proposed will be able to
handle the new traffic routines.
No Serious Problems.
He said plans to improve east
west streets west of Seventeenth
street NV. will develop no
serious traffic problem within
that area" but added that he is
convinced drastic Improvements
east of Seventeenth street also
will be essential"
I'm fact" he declared, cit may
even be necessary to construct a
multiple-uSe vehicular tunnel
approximately in line with
South Executive avenue and E
street from Seventeenth street
TO a point east of Thirteenth
street" He said such a tunnel
coulo have exits into Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Thirteenth street
and E street east of Thirteenth.
Samuel r. Harrison, District
director of streets, testified as
chairman of the Regional High
way Planning Committee that the
E street bridge has been deter
mined by area highway experts
to be the most logical new
bridge site. He explained that
the area-wide study preceded in
structions by the Congress in
1852 that the District recon-
mend the most needed site.
Traffic Studies Presented.
G. E. MARBLE, Regional High
way Planning Committee techni-
cal director, presented traffic
studies in support of the E street
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20 American Countries Open
Their Session at Caracas

cial protection had not been re-
quested.
Mr.. Dulles statement empha-
sizing Washington's friendship
with the southern neighbors
came at a time when many Latin
Americans were wondering out
loud what policy President Eli
senhower's administration would
follow in this hemisphere.
Communism q Major Topic.
Communist infiltration in the
Americas is one of the major
topics for the conference, but
Latin Americans consider eco
nomic matters the chief item.
Mr.. Dulles brief statement
made no mention of United
States economic plans for Latin
America. And he emphasized
that United States friendship for
Latin America is based upon
reciprocity and mutually"
Fresh from his meetings with
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov at the Berlin Big Four
conference. Mr.. Dulles said also
in his statement: II know the
climate here, not only physically
but also in terms of conference
atmosphere. will be much more
temperate than that Of Berlin"
Guatemala Barred as Target.
Any United States attempt to
spotlight Guatemala for Com
munist influence on her leftist
government appeared doomed to
failure. The United States del
egation had hoped to make this
clear-cut issue, but several
foreign ministers made it plain
they would hold out for discus
sion of communism only as a
hemisphere problem, rather
than in specific countries.
Most of the Latin American
republics are in a rather re-
sentful mood over their eco
nomic dealings with the United
States. Many feel current
United States prices for Latin
American raw materi0s are too
low, and that something should
be done to end the violent price
fluctuations since the end of
the Korean War.
The Latin Americans also fear
that the Republican Party now
controlling the United States
Government leans toward high
tariffs and President Theodore
Roosevelt's big stick" policy.
Only Costa Rica is absent
from the conference. She con-
tended that VeneZuela's govern
ment wasn't democratic. and the
meeting shouldn't be held there
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project. He said if the bridge
were operating today it would
carry $4,000 cars over the "a
hour period.
In the way of relief Of existing
bridges, he said, an E street
bridge would drop Key Bridges
daily volume from $1,000 cars to
$4,000 and Memorial Bridges
load from $4,000 a day to &c.
800.
Douglas Brinkley, District
highway planning engineer, in
substantiation for another down.
town bridge. said "a per cent of
the total river-crosSing traffic in
morning peak hours is heading
for central Washington. He also
noted that since the end of the
war 81 new Office buildings with
35 million cubic feet of space
have been built or planned west
of Seventeenth street and said
this points to the desirability of
bringing traffic into downtown
Washington from the west" In
the same period, he said, only
seven buildings with IA million
cubic feet of space have been
built east of Twelfth street NV.
Frank M. Masters of the con-
sulting firm of Modjeski and
Masters, which gave the E street
bridge top priority among three
sites studied, said the E street
bridge is the most logical site for
a downtown span.
Within a couple of years
time" he warned, "there are
going to be long delays in get
ting across the Potomac River
unless additional facilities are
provided.
Lloyd B. Reid, consulting en-
gineer for Modjeski and Masters,
said the E street study traffic
estimates have proved to be con-
sentative and noted that an
avalanche using the central
bridges, is upon U.S."
He said a Jones Point bridge
would best accomplish the job
of by-passing traffic around
congested parts of the city but
the immediate need is for add
ed capacity in the central area. I"
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still entertain serious hopes for
a settlement in Asia. It seems
particularly unlikely that the
Kremlin. by granting peace in
Indo-China. will create the very
pre- conditions demanded in
France for ratification of EDO.
Time Is Running Out.
The government, furthermore.
is we'll aware that time is running
out on France. The Geneva
conference starts at the end, of
April. A full month is expected
to be devoted to discussion of the
Korean settlement. According
to the present schedule. the Big
Five wouldn't even begin talking
about Indo-China until the end
of May. And as long as Russia
can hold up action on EDO by
stringing out the Indo-Chinese
discussions, it seems most un-
likely that anything much will
be settled.
The leaders of the French gov
eminent know there is no time
for mirage chasing. They have
been informed. repeatedly and
pointedly. that to delay a deci-
sion on EDO beyond the begin
ming of June is to court real
disaster at the hands of the
American public and the Ameri-
can Congress.
Rightly or wrongly, there ex-
lists a distinct possibility that
France may be cut adrift to SPIN
in its own futile little eddy while
the mainstream of Western
strength flows in increasing VOL
ume to Britain and Germany. 1t
is this possibility which the lead
ers of France cannot fail to take
into account as they lay their
plans for the coming weeks.