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The Nome nugget., 1954-01-13
Nome Amateur Radio Operator Gets Word of Polio On St. Paul Is. In Which
 Two Children Die, Three Hospitalized

SEATTLE, tR - A polio out break was reported today on St. Paul Island off Alaska, with two children dead and three hospital iZed.
 The word was relayed by James Walsh, Pan American World Air ways manager at Nome, after a Nome radio operator contacted an amateur operator on the tiny island in the Boring Sea.
 Doctor is too busy to talk to you," the St. Paul Island oper- ator reported.
 A Reeve Aleutian Airways DC3 from Anchorage, delivered a res pirator and supply of Gamma Glo- bulin to the tiny Boring Sea Is land yesterday.
 Information received at An chorage said only three cases had been reported there, with one death. The physician there is Dr. H. V. Belcher, of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
 Meantime Cutter Laboratories at Berkeley, Calif., reported it had shipped 300 doses of Gamma Globulin by air to combat the outbreak.
 Cutter said the shipment of 300 vials was ordered by the Office of Defense Mobilization in Wash ington, which controls allotment of the anti-polio serum.
 The serum was placed aboard a Western Airlines plane at Oak land for Seattle. A Pan American Airways plane was to fly the serum to Juneau, and a Pacific Northern plane to take it from there to Anchorage, where it was scheduled to arrive at 3:10 pm. today.
 Cutter said it understood a pri- vate plane would fly the Gamma Globulin from Anchorage and drop it to St. Paul Island by para chute.
 The island, with a population of about BIO Eskimos, Indians, and US. government officials, is maintained as a seal rookery by the US. Bureau of Fisheries.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-13
Sabre Jet, Lost In LA Fog. Crashes In Long Beach Killing $ and Iniuring 2

LONG BEACH, Calif., R - Shrouded in rain clouds, an Air Force jet fighter plane rocketed into Signal Hill residential dis trict late yesterday, demolishing two homes and exploded, set fire to a third home and damaged a fourth. Six persons died in the ghastly inferno and four were in jured, two So seriously they may not recover.
 In addition an elderly man, hor- rified at what he saw, suffered a heart attack and died.
 The hurtling plane ripped out telephone lines and broke gas mains that erupted into geysers of flame as blazing jet fuel cas- caded over what an instant before had been a quiet neighborhood in the oil producing area, which is completely surrounded by the city of Long Beach.
 The pilot, Maj. Robert A. Blair of Omaha, Neb., died in the pyre formed by his twisted and smoul- dering jet. A boy perished in the street where he was playing.
 The ill-fated F-86 Sabre jet was one of two returning to the Long Beach Municipal Airport from Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., when they were enveloped in dense clouds that brought heavy rains to the Los Angeles area.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-13
Proposal Before Congress Will Rule Out Aboriginal Indian Claims in Alaska

WASHINGTON, LR - A pro- posal that Congress rule out the possible existence of Indian abor- iginal rights to Alaskan lands was made yesterday by the Depart ment of Interior as the House Territories subcommittee, headed, by Rep. SayIor R-Pa) opened a four-day hearing on bill to set tie Indian land claims in Alaska.
 Saylor and Delegate Bartlett each told newsmen after the closed hearing that they oppose the department recommendation.
 In eliminating aboriginal rights, the departments proposal would permit claims only for land actually occupied by the Indians.
 The subcommittee was to hold public session today to hear witnesses who have not appeared previously. Closed sessions are scheduled for Thursday and Fri day.
 In addition, Saylor said the de- p a Tt m e n tai recommendations might necessitate further hearin. at later date to hear views of the Indians.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-13
JUDGE SHOT IN COURT ROOM

WARREN, Pa, Judge Al lison D. w e, 51, of Warren County was shot to death while presiding in his courtroom We'd nesday by a man cited for non support payments to his wife.
 The man, identified as Norman Moon of Connellsville, Pa., later shot himself six miles west of Warren after a bullet from a state policeman's gun halted has car. He is reported in critical condi- tion at Warren hospital.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-13
Rescued Flier Tells Of Sleepless Week
 On Arctic Ice ack

BARROW, R - A pilot who made a forced landing on the Arctic ice pack told here last night how he survived week without sleep at 50 below zero temperatures before he was sight ed by Air Force fliers searching in winters almost endless dark ness.
 Jeul Thebedeau vanished Jan. } while flying from Fairbanks to the community of Barrow where his wife was expected to give birth to twins. He was sighted Monday just as the organized search was about to be aban- doned.
 He was forced down north of the mouth of the Colville River on pack ice when the engine of his light plane quit because of the intense cold. Marooned, he had only a small amount of food and no radio to summon aid.
 He sat in the cabin of his light plane for five days, not daring to go to sleep because he was afraid he would freeze to death. During this period he heard the drone of a search plane in the darkness overhead. He threw his remaining gasoline on his gloves and the seats of the aircraft on the ice and set them afire. But the search plane droned away, unseeing.
 On the fifth day, Thebedeau ate his last food and set out. He was 100 miles from Barrow.
 Walking from dawn Saturday to Sunday morning, Thebedeau covered about 20 miles. Monday morning the exhausted pilot heard a search aircraft about half a mile south of him. He desperate ly set fire to his maps and com putator, the last of the burnable
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The Nome nugget., 1954-01-13
Mother Who Flew North to Fairbanks To Claim Dead Son Finds Him Alive
 In Amazing Case of Mistaken Identity

FAIRBANKS, R - A mother who flew north from Tacoma to claim the body of her dead son discovered yesterday that he was alive in an amazing case of mis- taken identity.
 Mrs. Florence Thompson of Tacoma entered the hospital room where a person identified as her sons roommate was lying uncon- sciouS on the bed. Mrs. Thompson gazed at him and shouted:
 That's my sonl"
 A body in the Fairbanks Tuner al Home which had been identi fined as that of Gerald Thompson, 23, then was identified as being Gary Allen Young, 21, also of Tacoma.
 The two youths occupied a one room cabin on the outskirts of Fairbanks. Thompson was an em- ploye of a local airline and Young worked for the U. s. Geological Survey.
 Thompson's fiancee visited the cabin Sunday to get an electric drill she had lent Thompson. When she got no answer at the door, she investigated and found a man she believed to be Thomp- son dead on the bed and a person believed to be Young unconscious beside him.
 Recognition was difficult as both men were badly swollen and their faces and chests had turned a bright red.
 Dr. Harvey Storrs, who con- ducted an autopsy, said he could not determine the cause of death immediately but it could be poi soning or due to gas from the stove in the closed cabin.
 Thompson still is in critical condition.
 Gary Young, the man now iden- tified as dead, was an orphan and had no known relatives.
 Mrs. Thompson arrived in Fair banks Monday accompanied by another son, Robert. She came to make arrangements for her sons funeral Tuesday morning s h e visited the hospital room of the man believed to be her sons roommate and there made the dis covery her son was alive.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-13
Los Angeles Shaken By Earthquake, Rain and Hail

LOS ANGELES, R-California was shaken by an earthquake and showered by rain, hail and snow yesterday in a spectacular com bination of natural phenomena.
 The quake, rated by seismolo- gists as 3 major shock, jolted cities from the Mexican border to Sacramento, 800 mile north. There were no injuries, but cleo tric wires were snapped and plas- ter shattered in numerous build ings.
 The Caltech seismograph re- corded the earthquake for more than a minute. Seismologists said it was of 5.75 to 6.25 magnitude on scale of 10.
 The storm in Southern Califor- mia, accompanied by thunder and lightning brought more than half an inch of rain to Los Angeles. Hail pelted Glendale and other sections and lightning caused some minor damage.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-13
Seattle Fur Exchange Auction Ot ls7.OO Pelts Set For Jan. 2Ist

SEATTLE, Rl-The Seattle Fur Exchange announced today the opening Jan. 21 of an auction of more than 187,000 pelts.
 The list is topped by 85,000 each of mink and muskrat.
 Other offerings, mostly from Alaska, include: $500 ,marten furs; 1000 beaver; 1000 silver fox; 1000 red fox; 500 each of cross fox, white fox and otter; 300 lynx and 2,5O0 ermines.
Evening star., 1954-11-18
Red Bombers Blast
Nationalist Island
BY IN. Associated Pres.

TAIPEN, Formosa. Nov. 49,
Chinese Communist bombers re-
opened the vest pocket war
today with a raid on Pei Yu Is
land north of the Tachen group.
the Nationalist Defense Ministry
announced.
The ministry said four bomb
ers, escorted by six fighter
planes. dropped more than 90
bombs on the Nationalist OUT
post. causing several casualties.
The communique said Ma
tionalist antiaircraft batteries
drove off the Reds and quoted
a witness as saying one Of the
attacking planes was probably
hit.
Pei (north) Yu Is IS miles
north of the Tachens and ITO
miles south of Shanghai. The
Tachens are some 200 miles
north Of Formosa.
Today's raid was the first re-
ported on the island, a valuable
Nationalist outpost against a
possible Red attack on the
Tachens from the Communist
held Chu Shan Islands.
Evening star., 1954-11-18
Fl. Meade WAC Dies,
Another Hurt Crash

AI20-year-old Army WAC was
fatally injured last night when
the car in which she was riding
hit a bridge abutment on the
AnnaUolis Junction road. near
Fort Meade, Nd.
Maryland State police at Wa
terloo identified her as Pvt. Edith
Maria Paul, of Cincinnati, a
member Of the 2000th Headquar-
ters Company, WAC Detach.
rnent. at Fort Meade.
Pvt. Paul. who died as a result
OF a skull fracture, was a pas
senger IN a car driven by another
WAC. Sergt. 1/c Betty j. Bricker
Of Lebanon. Pa. police reported.
Sergt. Bricker, a member Of the
2t0lst WAC Detachment at Fort
Meade. suffered cuts and bruises
about the face and arms. She
was admitted TO the Fort Meade
Hospital.
Police said the injured WAC
was in a state of shock and was
unable to be questioned after
the crash, which occurred
shortly before midnight. They
said she probably lost control Of
the car.
Evening star., 1954-11-18
McC orthy's Elbow
Has No Fracture,
Hospital Reports
By the Associoted Press
The Bethesda Naval Medi-

The Bethesda Naval Medi-
cal Center said today an
X-ray shows no fracture of
Senator McCarthy's elbow,
but it still is painful and
swollen.
Warrant Officer C. D.
Shick, the hospitals officer
of the day, said that LAS far
as we know at the moment"
Senator Mccarthy will re-
main at the hospital for at
least "a few more days."
Mr.. Shick said treatment
for the elbow includes soak
ing and Subjecting it to heat.
He said there is a localized
infection but it is getting
better" and the Senator had
a comfortable night"
Evening star., 1954-11-18
Mrs. Dale Loses
Two Diary Days
IN BIC siipup
10y fhs Associcied Press

LONDON. Nov. 18.-The Brit
ish Broadcasting Corp. confessed
today it has lost two days out
Of the life Of Mrs. Dale" the
favorite radio serial character of
Britain's housewives.
Through error yesterday, an
announcer played the recording
Of tomlorrow's episode Of the
serial-"Mrs. Dale's Diary
The BIC decided to fill in
Mrs. Dale's missing Wednesday
and Thursday with a synopsis
tomorrow and carry on from
there.
The slipup involved the BBC
in intricate complication because
each episode of the serial is
broadcast twice, at AIS pm. one
day and at II am. the next.
There was time to give II am.
listeners today the episode orig
inally scheduled, but harassed
producers said that could not 60
on because afternoon listeners
would always be a couple days
ahead of Mrs. Dale's forenoon
fans.
So broadcasting authorities de-
cided that two days would simply
have to fall out of the life Of
Mrs. Dale, and announcers are
bringing listeners UP to date with
q short synopsis Of her adven-
lures on the missing days.
Evening star., 1954-11-18
BY james {. Roper
Star StoH Correspondent

GUATEMALA CITY. Guate-
mala.-The American tourist,
often an obnoxious fellow. sud-
denly has become the darling Of
the Guatemalan government and
people.
-Four years Of the Red rule OF
former President Jacobo Arbeuz
wrecked this colorful country's
tourist business as well as most
of It's other commerce with the
United States.
Now the new government Of
President Carlos Castillo Armas
is bidding almost hysterically
for tourist gold. Pan-Americar,
World Airways tlew q group OF
American news correspondents
here the other day to look over
Evening star., 1954-11-18
Are You Positive
You Drive Well?

DRIVING TEsT-lf you think you
know your traffic rules, Try the first
Of series Of daily tests and prove
your ability. The first ertieIe deals
with left-hond turns Poss All.
ALONE m THE PAcIfIe-WaIiom
Willis, in the llth In q series Of 10
articles, tells how he wos knocked
out in q foIl from . rope ladder o.
his balso roft driftsd slowly eeross
the vast Peeifie oeees. Pess ABB.
cENsURE ~ THE HousE-Ths
House Of Representatives oaes cen.
sured Sam Houston after . stirring
bottle somewhat different iron he
current fEoeas over senstT Mccerthy.
ssor stoff Writer Robert K. WaIsh
recalls the fomoss esasurs On poss
A-2s.
Evening star., 1954-11-18

Bridges, Republican, of New
Hampshire. The Coloradoan told
reporters later that Senator
Bridges informed him the in
fection had gotten into the blood
stream and Senator Mccarthy
was running high tempera-
ture.
Three Key Developments.
While the recess question was
being considered there were
these other developments.
/. Senator Johnson, a member
of the special censure commit
tee, introduced an amendment
to the censure resolution de-
nouncing the Communist Party
as "a part of an international
Communist conspiracy" He
called for the Senate's "appro-
pirate committees to continue
their efforts to expose the con-
spiracy and all persons connect
ed with it"
2. Senator Case, Republican
of South Dakota, another men,
ber of the censure committee
took the Senate floor to- explain
why he had changed his position
and decided not to support one
of the two censure charges
against Senator Mccarthy. The
(See CENSURE, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1954-11-18

for treatment of an infected ell
bow. He received the injury last
Saturday when he cut his right
y arm on a glass-topped table while
on a visit to Milwaukee.
AS the censure debate swung
into its seventh day, Senate Re-
publican leaders busted them
selves in cloakroom conferences
trying to decide whether to re-
cess until Senator Mccarthy re-
turns.
Reports on Illness Conflict.
Senate Republican Leader
Knowland of California said he
expected the decision during the
way after talks with Senator Nc
Carthy, members of the special
committee that recommended
censure and Democratic leaders.
There we're conflicting reports
on Senator McCarthy's condi-
ton. While the hospital re-
ported he had spent a comfort
able night, Senator Edwin C.
johnson, Democrat, of Colorado
said he was postponing his
speech on the censure issue be-
cause he had been informed
Senator Mccarthy was quite
ILL.,"
Senator Johnson said his in
formation came from Senator
Evening star., 1954-11-18

tourist attractions and make sure
for themselves that once again
Guatemala is politically safe for
an American on the loose.
Everything the correspondents
did on their tour was front page
news in Guatemalan newspapers.
One banner headline proclaimed
that the American correspond
erlts were worth millions Of dol
lars to Guatemala and were. In
deed. to be cherished.
President Castillo Armas and
his cabinet sat for two hours
with the correspondents, and
promised to answer every ques-
tion. The conference ended only
when Mr.. Castillo Arnas asked.
Are there any more questions?''
and there was none.
The next day, the President
astonished everyone By driving
Evening star., 1954-11-18
$4,000 in Mink Stolen
AT 6 Street Fur Shop

Thirteen mink stoles valued at
$4,000 were reported stolen from
the Baskin Fur store. Tie q
street NV, this morning.
Police said they investigated q
burglar alarm report at the store
at l0:30 last night but nothing
was reported missing then.
The store owner, Emanuel
Baskin. said he was summoned
by police and found that the
front door lock had been broken.
Since he had not closed the store
himself last night he was not
certain what items had been on
display and at that time found
nothing in disorder.
The lock was repaired and the
loss Of the stoles was not dis
covered until 8 am. when an
employe who had closed the
store last night reported for
work.
Police said they answered the
alarm which was sounded at
1923 pm. within several min.
utes.
Evening star., 1954-11-18

voy came upon a befiowered
arch across the road. The road
itself was strewn with pine
needles.
We thought 1t was some kind
Of local fiesta, so we slowed
down to look, But there was
only one house In sight. Out
Of that house came an Indian
family. Children and grown-
ups and old people hurled more
pine needles onto the road and
into the air IN salute. The
honors were for US.
On our way back. we stopped
at the thatched -roofed noun
tain home. One correspondent.
on behalf Of US all, delivered our
thanks.
The Indians grinned and
grinned. This was the finest
ceremony Of the whole tour.
Evening star., 1954-11-18
Shah Of Iran and Queen
To Visit U. S. in December
BY the AssoeIuisd Press

TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 18.- Shah
Mohamed Reza Pahlevi and
Queen Soraya will leave on a
visit to the United States in mid
December, a royal court source
said yesterday.
The date has not been fixed.
the source said, but it win be
after the mourning period for the
monarch's brother, Prince Ali
Reza, who was killed in a plane
crash October ~.
The Shah was expected to re-
main In Teheran for Trans army
day celebration December IL.
A United States Embassy
source denied reports published
abroad that President Eisenhow-
er has invited the Shah to visit
America. The Embassy source
said ut is in no sense a state
visit and no schedule has yet
been fixed, although there is a
good chance the Shah may see
/ the President while In WASH
ington. =
Evening star., 1954-11-18

to a mountain coffee plantation
to attend q luncheon honoring
the American correspondents. He
hadn't been invited. exactly.
When he arrived. he ate in ST.
lence. Afterwards. he made no
speech. He just climbed into his
Cadillac convertible. whipped
back the top. and drove OF. wav-
ing TO the Indian coffee-workers
as he went.
Operators Of travel agencies
Joined coffee and banana inter-
estS In promoting the drive, but
the enthusiasm spread to local
civic leaders twho ordered up
so many marimba concerts that
the correspondents heads
ached) and to individual Guate-
malaIls.
In one remote mountain area,
the correspondents motor con-
Evening star., 1954-11-18
knowIand Again.
For Diplomatic Break
With Soviet Russia
6. O. P. Leaders Views
Evidently Ignored ot
White House Policy Talk
By lack Bell
Associated Press staff Writer

Senator Knowland, Republi-
can. of California today renewed
his call for a diplomatic break
with Russia, saying the action
would impose a. moral sane
ton" against any further ex-
pansion of Communist influence
Senator Knowland spoke out
in an interview after a bipar-
tisan conference of congressional
leaders with President Eisen-
hover yesterday. The diver
gence of foreign policy views be-
tween the President and the
party's Senate leader apparently
went unmentioned at the con-
ference
Gen. Eisenhower has rejected
a previous proposal by Senator
Knowland for break in diplo-
matte relations with Moscow
declaring that a way of living
together in peace with the Rus
slams must be found.
Senator Knowland took the
Senate floor Monday to criticize
talk of peaceful co-existence'
with Russia. There should be a
searching congressional review
of the Nations foreign and de-
Tense policy. he said, to deter
mine whether it needs "a, basic
change"
Dulles Opposes Idea.
Secretary of State Dulles sub
sequently said the free nations.
largely under United States
leadership, have strengthened
themselves against Communist
pressure. and that he knew of
no emergency requiring a spe-
cial review. Defense Secretary
Wilson said the alternative to
some form of peaceful coexist-
ence is war.
AS did Mr.. Dulles, Senator
Knowland said the term peace
(See POLICY, Page A-3o
Evening star., 1954-11-18
Star Want Ad Rents
Apartment First Day

Mrs. H. A. S. wonted to rent out
a two-bedroom apartment. To find o
tenant quickly she ploced on mex
pensive ad in The Star Classified,
She not only rented the apartment the
first doy her cd appeared, but in oil.
she received Is coils from Stot
reader prospects,
II you want to rent out on apart
ment, house or ortist's studio tell il TO
the long established audience Of The
Stor readers. You'll enjoy the same
kind ef quick action.
Yeor in and year out, The Sta,
produces fhe best yeor- round results
for classified ads than the othe,
Washington newspapers combined.
It's cosy to place on id in The
stor Classified. lust phone Sterling
5000 and ask for an od-toker.
Evening star., 1954-11-18

dence he knew what the boy was
doing.
In answer to inquiries, In
spector Winters said a plan to
put financial responsibility on
the parent for damage caused by
juvenile delinquents would prob
ably be ineffective.
He pointed out that such q
law was declared unconstitutional
before the Supreme Court OF
Wisconsin.
Inspector Winters also outlined
recommendations now before the
District Commissioners on the
reorganization of the Juvenile
Division, which would encom-
pass the work Of the Juvenile
Squad, Women's Bureau, Police
Boys Club and schoolboy CO.
ordinators.
To Stress Prevention.
He emphasized that the new
division will stress preventive
rehabilitation.
I'VE do not want to send any
child to Juvenile Court unless
the case absolutely warrants it,"
he said. "We want to do what
is in the best interest of the child
and determine whether he should
go to court. welfare agency or
be returned to his parents"
The council reelected Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle as chair
man of the council for the COM
ing year. Also reelected were
Ferdinand V. Grayson, vice
chairman and L. Roscoe Evans
as secretary.
DR.. Addison Duval was sworn
in as new member of the coun-
Gil.
The next meeting of the coun-
Gil was set for January 20.
Evening star., 1954-11-18
Arlington Woman Is Charged
In Embezzlement Of $40, 900
$65-o-Week Bookkeeper Is Accused
Of Withholding ReoIty Firms Deposits

An Arlington woman book
keeper has been charged with
embezzling more than $4,000
from her real estate employer.
Mrs. Laura r. Holland, 35, Of
the 1900 block Of North Stafford
street. bookkeeper for Real Es-
tate Service, inc. 4763 Lee high
way, was arrested at her home
last night.
Police said Mrs. Holland had
been withholding cash from the
firms bank deposits over q three
year period.
The president and general
manager of the iirln, James H.
McMullen, said the shortages
came to light when he noticed
that Mrs. Holland had made out
a check transferring $500 from