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The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-03-31
Sen. Maggnuson Charges Railroads
With Discrimination Against Alaska

WASHINGTON, R-Sen. Mag
nuson D-Wash charged Ameri-
can railroads with "discrimina-
ton against Alaska"
"When shipments of materials
are made to Alaska," he said
Tuesday in a statement in the
Congressional Record, 'that part
Of the rates which covers the
portion of the rail shipments
within the United States are
higher, as much in some instances
as 100 per cent, as the same
portion Of the rates on similar
shipments to Hawaii, Japan and
Korea"
He said the shipments cover the
same routes within the United
States, and arrive at the same
Seattle terminals.
Mixed freight from Chicago to
Alaska via Seattle costs the ship
per, he said, $426 hundred
pounds for the rail portion Of
the trip.
The same freight when destined
to Japan, Korea and other for
eign countries and to Hawaii via
Seattle" he said, "cost the ship
per $2.77 per hundred pounds
from Chicago to Seattle"
Magnuson said he found the sit
uation "difficult to explain, diff
ficult to believe" adding:
Il can't believe the discrimi-
nation for no one has ever been
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-03-31
Senate Statehood Vote
Expected Tomorrow,
Continued from Page u

Sen Anderson D-NN), leader
Of the pro-Alaska forces. pre-
dicted the combined Hawaii Alas
ka measure would pass the Senate
by at least dozen votes.
He and other statehood support
erS were less certain about what
might happen to it in the House,
which has approved legislation
calling only for Hawaii statehood.
Anderson said the fate of the
combined bill ''is purely a ques-
ton Of what the administration
wants to do"
President Eisenhower has urged
Hawaiian statehood, but has said
he feels Alaska is not ready for
admission into the Union.
A close final vote is anticipated
by both sides, with present indi-
cations that the combined Hawaii
Alaska statehood measure will be
supported by about half Of the
Senate's 48 Democrats and
scanty majority Of the At Repub-
licans.
Opponents Of statehood for both
territories supported the success
full Democratic sponsored move
tying the Hawaii and Alaska bills
together, in hope that the man
euver would result in killing both
measures in the House.
In Senate debate Tuesday, Sen.
Robertson diva opposed the
statehood bill as a departure from
"the heritage which we received
from our founding fathers. We
cannot afford now to create fears
that we have an empire complex
and that we will extend our
boundaries into the Orient and
elsewhere" he said.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-03-31
Clio Boxcar Crashes
Into Army Mess Hall

FIT. BRAGG, NC, pa Clio
Flying Boxcar, carrying nine men
crashed into a mess hall on this
army post Tuesday. The plane
and mess hall burst into flames.
An officer said there twill be few
survivors,"
A witness said the plane, flames
shooting from an engine, hit an
officers quarters, snapped off a
power pole, skidded across a pa
rade ground and crashed into the
mess hall, setting it aflame.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-03-31
Index of Wholesale Food
Prices Up To $7.42,
An All-Time High

NEW YORK, Up - Wholesale
food prices as measured by Dun
& Bradstreet climbed this week
to their highest point since the
agency started keeping records in
1916.
At $742, the index was up TIA
per cent from the same week of
1858, when it stood at $6.32. 1t
compared with $734 last week
and with the previous high of
$7.35 on July IS, 1948
The index represents the total
cost at wholesale Of one pound
each Of 81 foods in common use.
Up this week were corn, hams,
bellies, lard, coffee, cottonseed
oil, cocoa, raisins, prunes, steers,
hogs and lambs.
Down were wheat, rye, eggs,
and butter.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-03-31
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the

Compiled by the
US. Dept. of Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued clear with easterly
winds 1920 mph. Lowest temper
allure expected tonight 20, highest
Tuesday 8.
Nome data last "a hours as Of
7 am. today: High temperature
SO, low 16 Max. wind Is mph
from the NE. Sunrise 5:23 am,
sunset 6:51 pm.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 9, low -16. Extremes this
date since 1907: high SO in 1925,
low 20 in 1920.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-03-31
n o M E
BY HAROLD SALISBURY

Far to the west and northward OF places we include
sections called the Northwest in distant latitude,
the north rugged brawing
Where Boring Seas bleak monarchy dominates with deed
and boast,
Where the potent forces Of the North, eternally
Combats in the Of the mighty Will To Be!
Where seal and warus wolverine and whale
Are stalked by hardy Eskmos gstening glare
Where Arctic businesses of stretched with Arctic
And leagues of tundra complete the white
precise
Where bitter blows the blizzard blast and foul is
winters wage,
Where tide-born cepacks grind and wrench
furious rage!
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-03-31
FOREIGN AMERICANS Al

We are indebted to Delegate Bob Bartlett for
these gems recently aired in Congress over Statehood
for Alaska
Senator Daniel of Texas says:
Frankly, | believe that if the Territories
Of Hawaii and Alaska and the other Territories were
admitted States, could teach their inhabitants
the ways Of America /. (SenatOr Daniel is opposed
to statehood for either territory)
1t looks as if Alaskans are foreigners to Senator
Daniels who needs to be taught few things about
Aaskans Alaska is made up Of Americans who
migrated to American frontier, who teach their
children with American teachers graduated from
American colleges and turn send their children to
American colleges They even speak the American
language very well.
Senator Smathers Of Florida (also an opponent Of
statehood) says
g" Although they might learn about the United
States by reading books anyone will agree that much
learning of that sort is acquired by actually living
among the people of the United States in the United
States itself"
Learning Of this sort is acquired by actually
living among people Of the United States Senator
Smathers because Alaskans are people of the United
States just the same those people of the State of
Florida. They know other allegiance do they
seek other allegiance All they ask IS what the Con
stitution Of the United States provides-equaty.
Senator Malone Of Nevada says:
Il say to the distinguished Senator from Texas
that have spent some time in this For instance
have travelled all over Alaska. did not like what
I saw there from the point Of view of the admission
Of Alaska as State Alaska is wonderful area; and
engineer I realize that Alaska be effectively
developed On the other hand, Alaska is not well
adapted to become a State-any more than Hawaii or
Puerto Rico are. So say to the junior Senator from
Texas that have had opportunity to study those
areas, and realize that the people who live in them
simply do not think along the channels as do the
people of the mainland of the United States The
atmosphere and surroundings and communities of these
Territories different from those in continental Uni
ted States.
We challenge Senator Malone to state how the
Alaskan Americans think if they do not think Ameri-
schools study from the books; by the same teach
ers honor the flag and respect the same Pres-
dent
We correct Senator Malone insomuch that Alaska
is mainland area of North America just the other
fOrtyeight States, using the currency paying the
taxes but denied the right to vote as American
citizens Would the people Of Nevada stand for that?
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Str0tford Hall
Yearly Meeting
ToOpen Nay 2

The Annual Conference Of
Committees Of the Robert e. Lee
Memorial Foundation will draw
directors from almost every
State, Hawaii and Great Britain
to Stratford Hall, Lees birth
place, on May 2. During the week
business sessions will be held and
plans made for further restora-
ton and maintenance of the
early 18th century house and
plantation in WeStmoreland
County, Va. 1t was the birth
place not only of Gen. Lee but
of his two brothers who signed
the Declaration of independence,
Richard Henry Lee and Francis
Lightfoot Lee.
DR.. Charles Anderson of the
English department of Johns
Hopkins University will be the
principal speaker at the 2 o'clock
opening on the first Sunday in
May. Mrs. Ambrose c. Ford Of
Clifton Forge, Va. president Of
the foundation. will welcome
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Dovis-ConnoH

UoViS.NonnoIS
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harrison
Davis, sr., of Bradley Farms, Md,
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Mary Alba to
DR.. Robert M. Connors. He is
the son of DR.. and Mrs. William
v. Connors of Chevy Chase. A
June wedding is planned.
The bride-elect was graduated
from the Academy of the Holy
Cross and attended Dunbarton
College. DR.. Connors was grad
uated from st. Johns College
and the Georgetown University
School Of Dentistry.
Schirmer- DeHoven
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B.
echirmer of Charleston, S. c.,
announce the engagement of
their daughter Ruth c.. to Mr..
Franklin F. De Haven, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy F. De Haven
Of Chevy Chase. The wedding
Is planned for June. Miss
Schirmer is a senior at Winthrop
College in South Carolina.
RubIe-WeIIs
Capt. Harold E. Ruble, U. s. N,
and Mrs. Ruble of Arlington an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Mary Jane to Mr..
George T. Wells, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George j. Wells of Chevy
Chase. The wedding will take
place in July.
The bride-elect attended the
University of Maryland. Mr..
Wells is a junior at the uni
versity.
La Gorde-Jons
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lewis La
Garde announce the engagement
Of their daughter Jean to Mr..
Fred Carl JAMS, jr., son Of Mr..
and Mrs. JAMS of Silver Spring.
Hopkins Glib
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hopkins
Of Birmingham, Mich, announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter Mary Alice to Mr.. William
Travis Gibb, III, son of DR.. and
Mrs. William Travis Gibb of
Kensington, Md.
The bride-elect is a student at
- the University of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Gibb is a graduate of Phillips
Academy in Andover, Mass, the
University of Wisconsin's School
of Business Administration. and
is now law student at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
Owen-Edwords
Mrs. G. E. Owen of Lynchburg,
Va, announces the engagement
of her daughter Rebecca Alice to
Mr.. Alvin Roy Edwards, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Roy Edwards
of Lewisdale. Md. The wedding
will take place in June.
VermiIIion-AbeII
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Dorsey
Vermillion of Arlington an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter jeanne Therese to Mr..
Charles B. Abel, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Aubrey Abel.
Miss Vermillion graduated
from Georgetown University
School of Nursing. Mr.. Abel is
serving in the United States
Army at Fort Devers, Mass. Their
wedding will take place June 26.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

Palm Beach, Fla. He served IN
World War II and the Korean
conflict.
HepIer- DunkIey
DR.. and Mrs. Ralph M. Hepler
Of Philadelphia and Ocean City,
Md, announce the engagement
OF their daughter Dolores Joan
to Mr.. Richard E. 'Dunkley, jr.
He is the son of DR.. and Mrs.
Dunkley of Washington.
The bride-elect is attending
the Pennsylvania State Univer-
sity and Mr.. Dunkley is a pre-
medical student at the Univer-
sity of Richmond.
Pinto Good
Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Pinto
of Mount Rainier. Md. announce
the engagement of their daughter
Mildred Joan to Mr.. Benjamin
Franklin Good. Of Martinsburg,
w. Va, who is now attending
the University of Maryland. The
wedding will take place August S.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Engagement Announcements

Oklahoma A. and M. College. He
is now serving in the Army at
Camp Polk, La.
The wedding will take place in
the fall.
Somokow- Biben
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben G. Sam
akow of Chevy Chase announce
the engagement Of their daugh-
ter Beverly Retha to DR.. Lewis
Henry Biben. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Biben
of Rochester. N. Y. The wedding
will take place in June.
The bride-elect attended Berg
en- Junior College and the George
Washington University. DR..
Biben attended the University Of
Rochester, Temple University
and the Hahnemann Medical
College of Philadelphia. He is
now q resident physician in in
ternal medicine at the George
town University Medical Center.
Fem Foster
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Fem
Of Cordele. Ga, announce the
engagement of their daughter
Emma Jane to Mr.. Robert Nc
Kerness Foster, jr. He is the
son of Mrs. George Shields OF
Dearborn, Mich. and Mr.. Fos-
ter of Washington. The we'd
ding will take place on July 13
in Cordele.
The bride-elect is a graduate
Of Wesleyan Conservatory, Ma
con, Ga. Mr.. Foster is a gradu-
ate of Emory University and
received his law degree from
Stetson University, Deland, Fla,
and is now practicing law in
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Byn Mowr Visitors
To Be Entertained

A number Of dinners are being
planned in honor of the mem
bers Of the Bryn Mawr Alum
nae Council, which will meet in
Washington April 1925.
On Friday evening Mrs. G..
Rowland Chase and Mrs. James
L. Houghteling. both alumnae Of
the college, will entertain out
of-town council members. On
the same date Mrs. Bradley Nash,
whose daughter, Lucy Hoffman,
went to Bryn Mawr, will have
another out-of- town group for
dinner.
On Saturday Mrs. Walter Lipp-
mann and her daughter, Helen
Gregor Armstrong, are planning
tea for the council members
and their Washington hostesses.
Miss Armstrong is a Bryn Mawr
graduate.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
MooFe-WoIter

Moore Walter
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Jasper
Moore of Chevy Chase announce
the engagement Of their daugh-
ter Eugenia Cotton to Midship-
man Joseph James Walter. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam B. Walter Of Elm Grove,
Wis.
The bride-elect is a graduate
of Georgetown Visitation Con-
vent and will be graduated in
June. from Marymount Junior
College in Arlington. Midship-
man Walter is now in his sec
ond-class year at the United
States Naval Academy.
ToyIor- -Thoyer
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert N. Tay-
-lor of Monroe, Va, announce
the engagement Of their daugh-
ter Carolyn Bernice to Airman
1/c Dana Charles Thayer. He is
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
H. Thayer of Manchester, N. H.
The wedding will take place on
May 80.
Kling-leresche
DR.. and Mrs. Albert E. Killing
announced the engagement of
their daughter Betty to 1t. Louis
P. Leresche. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Armand A. Leres-
che of Mclean, Va.
The bride-elect is a graduate
of immaculate Seminary and is
now attending Georgetown Uni
versity School of Nursing from
which she will be graduated in
September. Mr.. Leresche attend
ed Georgetown University and
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Spring Bouquet

A program Of special music
and a skit entitled ''Remem-
brance of Things Past" will be
featured at the spring banquet
Of the Creative Arts Club of Ar
lington to be held at z pm. to-
morrow in the Magnolia Room
of the Hunting Towers Apart
ments. Alexandria.
HostesSeS for the event will in
clude Mrs. David Beatty, Mrs
James M. McHugh. Mrs. Walter
Cosby, Mrs. Arthur Robb and
Mrs. Geraldine McAlliSted.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Governor to .Speok

Gov. Theodore r. McKeldin OF
Maryland will address the
Woman's Club Of Chevy, Chase
following q luncheon at noon
wednesday in the clubhouse at
7431 Connecticut avenue. His
topic viii be "Americanism-
1854" .
The Past Presidents Club will
hold its annual luncheon on
Thursday at 1902 Piney Branch
road. Takoma Park. with Mrs.
r. Harvey Sargent and Mrs.
Karl Fenning as hostesses.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Luncheon Hostess

Mrs. Norton Milford Of Alex
andria was hostess on Monday
at a luncheon at The Old Club
for IL quests.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

visitors and preside at the meet
ing.
There will be no charge for ad-
mission to this public program.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06

Remember how far ten miles in the country used
to seem? And t10enty miles, why, that was quite
a Journey! Now, of course, it takes only few
minutes by automobile and only seconds by tele-
phone Yes, the telephone leaps the miles to save
you time and trouble-helps you avoid unneces-
sary trips into town-gets you the information you
need-keeps you in touch with friends and rela-
tives When you stop to add up all it does for you
you'll probably say, like many others, My tele-
phone is worth more to me than it costs"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
Standing Of
County Leagues
WASHINGTON
COUNTY LEAGUE


Sundays Results
Smithsburg 10, Williamsport
Fayetteville 20, Middleburg 2
Hagerstown 16, Greencastle 3
Taar,, STANDINGS
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
Another AirfieId Being Sought

Montgomery County Civil Air Pa
troll leaders and others interested in
private aviation are looking for a
new flying field to replace Congress
sional Airport, the sixth in the state
to fold up since June, 1850. One of
the busiest small airports in Mary
land, Congressional is to be con-
verified into a multi-million-dolla
development of single family houses
and garden apartments.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
Along The Potomac
from your Congressman,
DEWITT S. HYDE

WASHINGTON, May 5 - Rail
road unemployment, the Cumber-
land Hancock highway, and an at
tack in Congress on the director of
the federal Bureau of Prisons are
three problems with which / have
been concerned in the past week.
Railroad layoffs, which have re-
suited from modernization of equip
ment and the use of fewer men in
train maintenance crews, can be
partially helped by lowering the
eligible age for retirement benefits
from 65 to CO. There are bills pend
ing in Congress to achieve this, and
while my position on them is nothing
new, want to restate my support of
this legislation.
/ am not member of an appropri-
ate Congressional committee to
speed up action on this matter, but
when it comes to the floor | will be
among its supporters.
Senator Beall and |, after a con
ference several days ago in Cumber-
land, have written to Russell Nc
Cain, chairman of the Maryland
State Roads Commission, that we
think it would be a good idea for
the commission to move immediate
ly to plan highway construction
between Cumberland and Hancock
on Route 40.
This is supposed to be a defense
highway, yet the present road would
be terribly inadequate if it had to
handle any heavy evacuation traffic
in an emergency. Now that Congress
has completed action on the new
federal highway assistance act, we
feel that Maryland should be plan
ming to make immediate use of part
of its share of the federal funds for
this project
Last week | was distressed when
one of the members of the House
made a personal attack on James V.
Bennett, of Maryland, who is direc-
tor of the federal Bureau of Prisons
in the Department of Justice The
criticism did not square up with the
facts.
It was charged that Bennett cod
died a prisoner, who is a former top
Communist leader, by transferring
him from the relatively tough At
1anta penitentiary to the prison at
Danbury, Conn. Conditions were
alleged to be much more pleasant.
However, was able to inform the
House that the transfer was made at
the request of the chairman of the
Subversive Activities Control Board,
who wanted the prisoner moved
nearer his attorneys, to prepare him
for testimony in an investigation of
the Communist Party which the
board was conducting.
Furthermore, the prisoner was
kept in solitary confinement at Dan
bury and allowed visits only by his
mother and his attorneys.
I feel that members of the House
should test their criticisms of in
dividuals with appropriate commit
tees of Congress, or executive agen-
cies, before making them public.
This Saturday l will review the
AAA Safety Parade in Washington
Hagerstown High School stu
dents will visit the Capitol Tuesday
Wednesday night I will address
the mems club at Grace Episcopa
Church in Silver Spring.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
WEI Programs
MONDAY--FRIDAY

MONDAY-FRIDAY
A. M.
6:oo-News And Farm Program
7:00-Rise and Shine and News
8:30-Police Report
8:45-Family Altar
9:00--News
9:15-Breakfast Club
10:00-Music of Manhattan
10.15-Morning Devotions
10:30-Frank Singiser
10:45-When A Girl Marries
1:00-Modern Romances
11:25-Holland Engle
l1:30-Queen For A Day
12:00-Break The Bank
12:15-Civic News and Music
p. MI.
l2:30-Market and Livestock Report
12:50-Capital Commentary
1:00-Cedric Foster
1:15-Ted Malone
1:30-The Minister Visits
(Mon. Wed. Fritz
1:30-Special Features
(Tues. Thur
1:45-Post Meridians
1:55-Jack Berch
2:O0-Luncheo With Lopez
PASSPORTS MATINEE
4:30-Special Features
5:00EBobby Benson Show
(Mon. Wed. Fri
Sgt. Preston (Tues. Thurs.)
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
Won Lost

Games Sunday, May Q
Myersville at Gapland
Boonsboro at Keedysville
Sharpsburg at Funkstown
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
intellectual Recession

DR.. Otto F. Kraushaar, president of
Goucher College, Baltimore, in an
address to the student body at the
annual spring convocation, described
education in these times as "a vast
holding operation" to gain time for
mankind's emergence from an in
tellectual recession. The educator
said "the symbols of the age are the
pinball machine and the jukebox,
monuments to arrested adolescence. +"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
H-Bomb Viewed AS Aid To Peace

Bishop Otto Dibelius, titular head
of the German Evangelical church,
believes the hydrogen bomb is the
best guarantee that peace will be
preserved. The bishop said govern
ments may fear to use the bomb and
a new era of peace through modern
science may begin.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
News In Brief
wicomico Tax Rate Raised

Wicomico county's tax rate has
been boosted II cents to $178 per
500 of assessab1e basis. Appropri-
atoms for the fiscal year beginning
July / will total $2,074,999, an in
crease of $348,144 over the 1953-54
fiscal year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
Gets things done

Remember the story of Tom Sawyer, and how he
got his pals to give him hand whitewasning the
fence? Thanks to the cooperation, he got the job
done in no time fiat, and was off to the old SWIM
ming hole Cooperation works wonders on the
telephone party line, too. When party line users
cooperate by sharing the line CONSIDERABLY, the
value of the service goes up for all concerned.
And when one party line neighbor starts it, all
seem to take the hint ana return courtesy for
courtesy That's when the service does the most
for everyone!
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06

Glasses affect vision, particularly
when they have been emptied sew
eral times.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06

Games Sunday, May 3
Halfway at Chewsvile
District IL at st. James
Antietam at Weverton
Clear Spring at Security
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
Team Standings

Games Sunday, May 8
Hagerstown at Williamsport
Smithsburg at Fayetteville
Middleburg at Greencastle
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
INDEPENDENT LEAGUE
Sundays Results

Sundays Results
District II, 6; Chewsville 5
Security %, Antietam Z
Clear Spring 10, st. James Is
Weaverton II, Halfway 5
Taar, CtandfnUe
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-06
SOUTH MT. LEAGUE

Sundays Results
Keedysville 4, Sharpsburg 3
Gapland z, Funkstown 5
Boonsboro II, Myersville 2
Team Standings