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The Nome nugget., 1954-04-07
President Sees Some Advantages
In Dividing Alaska For Statehood

} WASHINGTON, R- President
Eisenhower at his press confer
ence today reiterated that he has
felt all along that Alaska is not
yet ready for statehood.
But he said he would have to
take a new look at the matter if
a Senate-approved bill to bring
both Alaska and Hawaii into the
union at the same time is finally
approved by Congress.
The House has passed a bill
which would admit only Hawaii
AS for the suggestion by Gov.
Heintzleman Of Alaska that only
the developed, populated area of
the territory be made a state, the
President said he would have to
study that idea further.
He added, however, that there
would seem to be some advan-
tages in statehood for other than
what he called the outlying areas
Of the present territory.
He said if Congress finally votes
statehood for both Hawaii and AL
aska he will want to think long
time before deciding whether to
veto the measure.
The President told a news con-
ference his opposition to bring
ing Alaska into the union might
be modified if it was decided to
give statehood only to the popu-
lated region Of that territory.
Asked if he would veto a bill
granting statehood to both, the
President said he never makes
predictions on things of that kind.
He added he would have to study
long time in order to reach a
correct decision.
Then a reporter mentioned the
proposal that only the populated
part of the vast territory of Al
aska be admitted to statehood at
this time.
Eisenhower said, without COM
hitting himself, that this poses a
different situation and that, if the
remoter reaches of Alaska such
as the Boring Strait region were
excluded from the bill, he would
look at it with an entirely differ
ent attitude.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-07
L. of A. President
Warns Against
Carving Up Alaska

FAIRBANKS, R-Dr. Ernest N.
Patty, president Of the University
of Alaska, has issued warning
against the plan to "carve up AL
aska as a compromise on state
hood"
"These remote areas such as the
Alaska Peninsula and the drain
age areas north and south of the
Brooks Range in the Arctic are
our great potential areas of pet
roleum," Patty said here.
Patty, former dean of tn e
School of Mines at the University
and a mining engineer, said there
is good reason to expect the
marine sediments which underlie
these areas to contain commercial
oil sands. If this is true, he said,
they would enrich the proposed
new state Of Alaska.
In the meantime, he felt, they
are sparsely populated and the
would not be ex-
pensive.
Sen. Butler and his committee
have written practical and
workable statehood BILL" he said
"The Senate has just passed this
bill by a substantial majority and
if the House members are as well
informed, there is no reason they
shouldn't follow the Senate in this
vital question
"The bill is generous and sets
up proper safeguards. l have care
fully studied the Senate bill and
heartily endorse it and I am con-
fident most Alaskans feel the
same way"
Patty's statement is in conform
ity with a recent action taken by
the Board of Regents of the Uni
versity in which they endorsed
statehood.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-07


The shaded in this map Of Alaska shows the
which Gov. B. Frank Heintzlean has proposed for
immediate statehood a compromise in the congress
sionaI dispute the statehood issue.
this would leave about half of Alaska indicated by white
portions in map) in territorial status. Heintzleman
advanced the suggestion in Washington. De- Saturday,
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-07
$40 Ballots Cast
In City Election

he biggest Single NOtC Cast III
yesterdays municipal election
was for Pearse Walsh who re
ceived 3O7 votes for the one-year
term on the Utility Board. "A to-
tai of $40 votes were cast, an in
crease of NJ votes over last years
city election.
The surprise Of the balloting
was the tie cast in the proposed
ratification Of an ordinance to
vacate Third Ave. between West
B Street and Division Street as
a public thoroughfare.
Following are the votes cast for
each candidate:
For MaYor-Steve Andersen, 284
For Councilmen (one-year term
James Walsh - 235
Rita Harper = 105
ChaS M. Reader - "a
Fred M. Bockman - 70
Thomas Tungwenuk - SO
Robert K. Herman - 81
For Councilmen (two-year term)
Rose SilVerman - 233
Ernie Gustafson - 208
Bob Lewis - 208
Keith Hedreen - 1911
For City Clerk
Carrie M. McLain - PIT
Albert ''Vic" Hansen - 116
For City Treasurer
Byron C. Reed - 254
For School Board =
William J. Barber - 28O
For Utility Board
One-Year Term
Pearse Walsh - 3O7
Two-Year Term
Nels Swanberg, Jr. -- 216
Clinton Gray - 100
Three-Year Term
Dewey Goodrich - 280
Four-Year Term
William T. Haley - 268
Five-Year Term
Thomas Martin - 100
Lester Bronson - 118
Ratification Ordinance No. 363-
For - 143
Against - 143
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-07

Ratification Ordinance No. $50
For - 143
Against - 143
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
HeaUy Steel
47x1T Dump Truck

Just pedal 1t around easily, operate the
dump box from seat Ball-bearing chain
drive mechanism and solid rubber tires.
Finished In yellow baked enamel body.
Coll MA. $500 to order. enytims
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-03
It's Il; ) !, ,t:|!;h!elL..,AW
'"xs s,u y rysW WASHINGTON SIkN
MN1 y NJ " ASnduM
. CHANGE OF NAME

Do you dislike your name? Do you
wish you had a different one? Some
people carry name that subjects
them TO ridicule or is so common it
results in confusion
Such a person could adopt a new
name without any legal proceedings
The name so adopted would be his
true name, but there would be no
public record to prove 1t As a re-
suit, he might be embarrassed in
the future.
Our laws provide for a simple &C.
ton in court to change a name, and
to provide a public record of that
change. To do this, a petition is
filed stating an adequate reason for
the change. The court will require
a statement that the name is not
being changed to defraud creditors
The court, upon a hearing, can
change the name of the petitioner
The courts order changing the
name will be on file as a public re-
cord for the protection of the petit
toner
This column is written to in
form, not advise. Facts may change
the application of the law
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-03
Cancer Detection Program Announced
By County Medical Society and ACS

The King County Medical Socie-
ty and the American Cancer Socie-
ty this week announced a new can
Ger detection program designed to
make every virtually every doctors
office in this area a cancer detec-
ton center. Every adult reader of
The Northwest Times is urged by
both societies to make an annual
cancer check-up a regular habit to-
ward finding cases of the disease
early enough that they can be cur
ed.
A good general physical examina-
ton directed at the early detection
of cancer will be given at moderate
cost by more than $50 members of
the King County Medical Society.
They have pledged themselves to
conduct a check designed to find the
majority of cancers Physicians
who believe that any person they
examine should have a more extern
sive checking, may, with the pa
TENTS consent, refer him to a spe-
cialist.
he check consists of a history of
possible cancer symptoms; careful
examination of the lips and oral
cavity, thyroid, and neck, skin of
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-03

the entife body, lymph nodes.
chest, including breasts, abdomen.
rectum, and the male and female
reproductive organs
DR.. j. Finlay Ramsay, president
of the King County Medical Society,
and DR.. Thomas Garlic. chairman
of a committee which worked for
more than year on the new check
up plan. have announced that all
doctors on a newly published list
are able and willing to give an eff
fective examination For those who
do not have a family doctor, a list
of the $50 physicians is available
from either the King County Medi-
cal Society office. Ell 2815, or from
the Washington division of the A
merican Cancer Society, MA 8525.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-03
QUESTION OF THE WEEK

@. notice that you keep advising
veterans to check all contracts be-
fore purchasing a home under the
CT loan program. Does that include
a deposit agreement, too, or do
you mean just the CT loan contract
itself?
A. That means every contract or
agreement you are requested to sign
as a part of the deal. If you are in
doubt about any agreement or con-
tract, see your lawyer first before
you sign
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-03
The Vets
Mailbag
PUBLIC LAW 16 FOR DISABLED
AIDS MORE THAN u MILLION

AIDS MORE THAN Il MILLION
Eleven years ago the Congress e.
nacted into law a measure calling
for the rehabilitation of disabled
members of the armed services
, Known as Public Law 16, in the II
years since its approval, the law has
provided for the rehabilitation of
World War II and for Korean war
veterans in ever increasing num-
bers.
Veterans Administration records
reveal that veterans with just about
every kind of disability can be sue
cessfully rehabilitated. VA records
show that more than 100000 World
War II disabled veterans were train
ed or are in training under the law
Three years ago the law was amen
ded to provide for the Korean vet
eran. Already some 10000 have Ia
ken vocational training.
The types of training run through
just about every list OF. activity in
the book-the veterans seeking trail
ming in practically everything from
atomic physics and automobile me-
chanics to zoology. The study dis
closed that little better than one
of every three of these disabled We
terans trained for the professions
and top-level managerial jobs An
other third enrolled in trades and
industrial courses preparing them
selves for jobs such as machinists,
mechanics, electronics specialists
and similar activities.
The balance went in for careers
such as farming, sales jobs, clerical
or office activities and for service
occupations. One of the most I'M
usual training activities Is that of a
blinded New York veteran who is
successfully pursuing a career as an
operate singer
The training program for World
War II disabled veterans under Pu-
bile Law 16 ends on July %, 1856.
For the Korean veterans it will end
nine years after the end of the pre-
sent emergency, a date not yet de-
clared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
Col. W. N. kemper,
Educator, Was Aide
To Virginia Governor
BY the Associated Pres.

FRONT ROYAL, Va, Aug. A.
Col. William Mauzy Kemper, 10,
for more than half a century a
prominent educator and execu-
tive secretary to the late Gov.
James H. Price. died yesterday.
Col. Kemper died in Front
Royal. where he had been head
Of the history department and
guidance counselor at Randolph
Macon Academy since 1942.
Born in Warrenton, Col. KEN
per was graduated from Hamp-
den-Sydney College in 1902. He
had taught at Shenandoah VAL
ley Academy at Winchester, was
headmaSter at Bethel Military
Academy at Warrenton, taught
at Darlington Academy at Rome,
Ca; was president of Palmer
College at Defuniak Springs,
Fla, and was headmaster for Is
years at Danville Military Insti-
tute.
He was a past district governor
of the Lions Club.
Col. Kemper's survivors include
a daughter. Mrs, Richard Alvey
of Richmond, and a son, Comdr
Allen Kemper, U. S. NJ, retired,
of California. His wife, Mrs
Winston Allen Kemper, died in
1851.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at II am. tomorrow at
the graveside3 in Prospect Hill
Cemetery here. Randolph Macon
Academy faculty members will
serve as pallbearers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
E|more {. Virgins,
On HOSPITAL Staff

DR.. Gilmore c. Virgins, g.
Washington urologist, died Sat-
urday at Freedmen's Hospital OF
cancer. He lived at 2901 Four
teenth street NE. and had offices
at 704 @ street NV.
DR.. Virgins was senior as
sistant urologist at Freedmen s
Hospital and had been on the
faculty at Howard University
Medical School since 1899. He
was graduated from the Medical
School in 1915, interned at
Freedrhen's and then began prac-
ticing medicine here two years
later. He was a native of st.
Louis, MO.
DR.. Virgins was a founder
of Chi Delta Mu Fraternity and
a member of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity. He was former
president of the Medical Chi
rurgical Society of the District
and of the Former Interns' As
ISOLATION of Freedmen's Hospital.
Survivors are his widow, Elsie
Adele Virgins: a son, Mark D.
Browne, 1885 Kalorama road
NV; a daughter, Miss Shirley
A. Browne, Detroit, and q
brother, Fred, Chicago.
Services were to be held today
at Plymouth Congregational
Church, Seventeenth and P
streets NV, with burial in
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
Mrs. Bess AIdrich;
Wrote Novels About
Midwest Pioneers
By The A,soeiaied Pra.,

LINCOLN. Nebr.. Aug. L.
Bess Streeter Aldrich. 73, q
snaH-town writer whose long,
hand output included several
novels and 100 short stories
every ,one Of them sold--died
here yesterday.
She had been hospitalized
since mid June.
Her best-selling novel was "a
Lantern in Her Hand" published
in 1925.
Her Miss Bishop" published
in 1888, became a movie.
Mrs. Aldrich'S short stories APP
peared in such magazines as
American. Ladies Home Journal,
McCall's. Woman's Home Com
panion. Delineator and Century.
Wrote About Pioneers.
Most Of her stories dealt with
family life among the pioneers
who settled Iowa and Nebraska,
her native and her adopted
State.
The bulk Of her writing was
done during her residence in
Elmwood, Nebr., a small town
20 miles east of Lincoln. Since
1946 she had lived in Lincoln.
Mrs. Aldrich was a former
school teacher and the widow of
q banker and attorney. Charles
S. Aldrich.
She was born at Cedar Falls,
Iowa, February II, 1881. She
was q graduate of Iowa State
Teachers College at Cedar Falls.
The University of Nebraska
awarded her an honorary doctor
Of letters degree in 1884.
Novels Listed.
Mrs. Aldrich's books, published
between 1924 and 1914. included:
sMother Mason" 1920, Rim of
the Prairie" 1920, 1.-THE Cut
tiers" tlp26), "a White Bird
Flying" 193), Spring Came on
Forever"g (1935). 'The Man Who
Caught the Weather" 1886
long Of Years. (1939), 1.-THE
Drum Goes Dead" CHAD, 1.-THE
Lieutenant's Lady" (1944).
Mrs. Aldrich is survived by a
daughter and three sons: Mrs.
Milton Beechner. Lincoln; James.
New York City; Charles, Long
Island, N. Y, and Robert. Lin
coin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
Dr.. Jorge Ramirez,
EXP Panama Official

DR.. Jorge G. Ramirez. 40,
washington, epe SPECIALIST, who
was Minister of Labor, Public
Health and Social Welfare in
Panama in 1948-9. died yesterday
at Georgetown Hospital of a
heart attack.
He lived at 2419 Chain Bridge
road NV. He had offices at 1779
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Born in Panama. DR.. Ramirez
was graduated from Georgetown
University Medical School in
1884 and did postgraduate work
in New York. He interned at
st. Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster,
Pa, and was resident physician
at Casualty HOSPITAL here until
he returned to Panama to prac-
tice.
He was a member of the. Con-
stituent Assembly of Panama
which gave the Central Ameri-
can country it's third constitu-
ton in 1916.
DR.. Ramirez returned to WASH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04

the daughter Of an army officer,
Through her father she met
Henri Gauthier- Villars (Willy)
a Paris editor and writer twice
her age. They were married
when she was 90 and established
a home in Paris.
Her first book in collaboration
with Willy, "Claudine at School, :
was based on her own life. Pub
lished in 1900, it was an imme-
date success and led to the
"Claudine" series.
She divorced Gauthier- Villars
and struck out on her own, pub
fishing in quick succession a
long list of novels, among the
most famous being "Cheri" talsc
made into play in which the
author herself starred, Chance
Encounters Adorable Dia-
logues," "L'Ingenue Libertine, :
"Mitsou" and La Chatte."
Colette was married three
times. Her second husband was
Henry de Jouvenel, by whom she
had one daughter. and her third
was Maurine Goudeket.
Despite her years and illness
Colette remained in, the public
eye until a few months before
her death. supervising adapta-
tons of her works to the movies
and the stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
Sister Dorothea, 81,
Formerly President
OF Trinity College

Sister Catherine Dorothea, 81,
president Of Trinity College from
1910 until last year when she re-
tired because of i'll health, died
today at the college.
She was the former Mary
Elizabeth Fox. born in Dedham.
Mass. In 1919 she entered the
Sisters of Notre Dame. She got
her Alb. from Radcliffe in 1915:
her master of arts from Emman-
uel College in 1929 and her
Pho. from Boston College in
1888.
She taught in Boston high
schools and from 1923 to, 1929
she was assistant professor of
English at Emmanuel College.
Later she was head of the Eng
lish department there. From
1884 to 1910 she was principal
of Trinity Preparatory College
in Leicester. Md.
Under Sister Catherine Doro-
thea's administration at Trim
ity College science building was
constructed, the entrance
standards were raised and the
50th golden jubilee of the coll
lege was celebrated.
She was director of education
Of the Baltimore Province of
Sisters of Notre Dame: a men,
Der of the supervising council Of
the Maryland State Department
of Education and of the Middle
States Committee on Education:
a member of the Modern Lam
guage Association and the Ma
tional Council of Teachers Of
English.
Survivors are three brothers,
the Right Rev. James Fox, alb
bot of the Trappist Monastery
in Gethsemane, KY; the Rev.
Joseph Fox. S. j.. of Bosom,
member of the Mission Board
of the New England Province
of Jesuits; Bernard Fox, Balti-
more, and two sisters, Sister
Margaret Mary. head of the
Greek and Latin department Of
Trinity College, and Sister Ber-
nadette Marie. principal Of
Notre Dame Academy, Villanova.
, Pa.
Services will be held at 8 am.
Saturday at Notre Dame Chapel
at Trinity College. Burial will be
in Trinity College cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
Mrs. W. H. Brockington,
Resident Here Since 1929

Mrs. William H. Brockington, IS
died Saturday at 5436 Thirtiett
place NV, where she lived with
her daughter, Mrs. Henry A
Chandler.
Tbs former Annie E. Wells, Mrs
Brockington was born in Ports
mouth, England, and came with
her family to Jamaica, VT, in
1870. She was educated al Le-
land and Gray Seminary and
Woodstock School for Girls in
Vermont and later caught school
She was married in 1895 and
came to Washington to live in
1929.
She was q member of the
Fourth Church of Christ. Scien-
fist.
Besides Mrs. Chandler, she is
survived by another daughter,
Mrs. Robert E. Briggs, 1929 VIII
liamsburg lane NV. and a
grandd daughter.
Services we're held yesterday
at the Hines funeral home, with
burial in Brattleboro, VT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04

the University of Indiana, where
he was president of his senior
class, a letterman in baseball,
treasurer of the board of man
ayers and vice president of the
union board.
He came to Washington in
1888 with the Employees Com
pensation Commission and later
was with the General Accounting
Office. From 1916 to 1949 he was
in Manila, as chief of the private
property claims division of the
Philippine War Damage Com
mission. Afterward he was with
the Rural Identification Admin
istration on the West Coast un-
til 1851 when he returned to
Washington with the War Claims
Commission, now the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission.
Mr.. Lang served with the
United States Ambulance Corps
in France during World War I
and later transferred to the
American Expeditionary Force.
He received the Croix de Guerre
for his service.
Survivors are his widow Irma
and three sisters, Mrs. Clarence
de Bin, Arcadia, Calf: Mrs.
Grace Jump, Westwood, Calf :,
and Mrs. s. A. Randall. Brazil,
Ind.
Services will be held Friday
at the Lee funeral home, Fourth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
NE. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
Miss kIinestiver, 50,
Longtime D. {. Resident

Miss Florence E. Klinestiver
80, resident of Washington since
1920. died at her home, 514
Nineteenth street NV, Sunday
after a long illness.
Miss Klinestiver was with the
Post Office Department for long
er than 20 years as a clerk. She
retired from that position in
1941.
She was a native of Forrest
County. Pa.
Hysong's funeral home. at
1900 N street NV, has an
nounced funeral services will be
held Wednesday in Warren, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04

ington in 1850 to practice and to
teach ophthalmology at George
Washington University Medical
School. III
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Lyon Ramirez; a son,
George Mitchell Ramirez, of the
home address. and a sister,, Miss
Anita Ramirez-Duque. BITS Por-
ter street NV, counselor of the
Panama Embassy here. His par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. v. H. Ramirez,
and another sister live in Pan
anna City.
Services will be at 9 am. to-
morrow at Our Lady of Victory
Catholic Church. 4835 MacAr-
thur boulevard NV. Burial will
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
Lucien Muratore, Is,
World Famed Tenor
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Lucier
Muratore, Is, world famed
tenor who once sang with the
Chicago Opera Company, died in
Paris July Is, Chicago sources
have been informed.
Mr.. Muratore sang with the
Chicago company from 1913 to
1922 and once commanded q
higher salary than the Metro
politan Opera Company in New
York paid Enrico Caruso.
He sang with CALI Curci and
Geraldine Farrar, but quit the
Chicago company in a huff,
claiming that Mary Garden, then
the impreSaria, was impossible
and liars my nerves." Years
later, however. he laughed of
the row and called Miss Garden
a real friend"
Mr.. Muratore had conducted a
music school in Paris in recent
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
RAYMOND CIeIond
Services Friday

Funeral SERVES for Raymond
D. Cleland, %, who died yester-
day at Anne Arundel Hospital
of a fractured neck he received
while diving at Mage Vista
Beach north of Annapolis Sum-
day, will be held at l pm. FRI
day at Chambers funeral home.
SIT Eleventh street Sc. Burial
will be in Arlington.
Mr.. Cleland, a StonemaSon for
Mcleod & Romborg, had worked
on the tower of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, on
the Mosque on Massachusetts,
avenue, and st. Sophia's Church.
A gymnastic enthusiast, he was
member of the YMCA team
and had given exhibitions on the
rings and high bars. He lived
at 1242 U street Sc.
Mr.. Cleland was born in
Cleveland and was graduated
from Mckinley High School.
He was sergeant in the Army
in Italy during World War II.
Survivors are his widow. In
grid NJ; his mother, Mabel, Of
Hollywood, Calf, and brother
Peter, 1904 Gainesville street
Sc. with whom he worked as
a stonemaSon.