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Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
PIune crashes in
 midst of negro area killing nine or more

CHARLESTON, s. c. (P) A fl,atmir,q C119 flying boxcar crashed, exploded and burned in a negro area near the Char 1eston air force base today, kill ling nine or more airmen and civilians.
 The base public information office said five of the II crew members were killed. None of the six survivors was believed injured critically.
 Bodies of four civilians were found shortly after firemen and policemen were able to probe into the wreckage of the plane and three houses it hit in the densely populated Liberty Park conlnaug1lty. Manning debris was hurled over a wide area. The plane was on a routine night flight.
 The air force identified the dead crewnen as Capt. Robert IL. McNeal of WindIber, Pa, the pilot. 1st It. Francis L. Nc Shane, North Charleston, 5. C.; 2nd Ut. James John Maher, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, airman 3-C Keith Halls, Smith, Wyo.; and iairnlan 2-C John w. GlaIhn. Gin cinnati, Ohio.
 The C119 was attached to the 456th troop carrier wing of the 18th air force. It had taken off with another military transport ship. A North Charleston fire man said he heard both planes (continued on page four.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
French euII-Up troops to help put down trouble inMoroeco

strong French forces cutting off the Kaba Talda area east of Oued Zem.
 French officials would not disclose the number of troops employed butt said, when you go into those mountains, you don't do it with 50 men"
 Although the operation was characterized as a punitive ex pedition," French officials said there would be no 'repres- sion," which in French mili- taIy terminology means no mass executions.
 The main targets of the ex- pedltion are the 4,00O Berber tribesmen, formerly friendly to the French, who rode out of the hills to raid Oued Zem, where about 80 Frenchmen were slaughtered and mutili- ated.
 Although no official figures for the still growing weekend death toll were available, French officials acknowledged privately that it might reach 1000 in Morocco alone. In Al geria, hundreds more casual ties were reported.
 Last night, fresh troops clog ged the roads moving towards tke Atlas Mountains and some villages in the border hills were evacuated.
 French newspapers here call ed the operation the mast inn portant since those 30 years ago when the Riffs under fierce Abd Fl Krim were put down.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
Eisenhower may coll special session 10 help eastern stutes

the Limitations necessarily att tached to government funds.
 It was there, too, that he said he would call congress into spe cial session if necessary.
 Flying on here, the presiden- tial plane arrived at 11:32 a. m.
 The president drove straight from the airport to the White House where he planned a con frence later in the day with se- cretary of state Dulles.
 The White House announced civil defense administrator Val Peterson would fly back from Hartford later today and confer with the president on the flood situation. There was no lndica- ton whether the president plan ned any action relating to the disaster at this time.
 Eisenhower laid heavy stress on Red Cross contributions in his Hartford statement. He said in broadcast:
 Tn my opinion everybody within the sound of my voice will sleep better tonight If he turns in everything that he can spare to meet this great disaster that has happened to our fellow Americans"
 Then he added:
 II hope you will do it instant ly 50 that by tomorrow night MT. Roland Hartman here, the president of the Red Cross, will know that he doesn't have to be meager or stingy in the al- locations he makes to these areas"
 Harttirnan joined in the drama tic presidential plea, and point ed out that the federal and state governments are restrict ed by law as to the amount of aid which can be provided in such situations.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
One dead, five in hospital from polio in Ketchikun

KETCFIIKALN (P) Help was being sent from Seattle today to combat a pcliomyelitis out break in which one person died and five others are hos pitalized.
 Andrew Dyakanoff, 26, a millwtright helper at the Ketch ikan spruce mills, died of bull bar polio Sunday night.
 Two of the other polio pal tients, Danny Lee Wonack and Lillian Leask. have been sent to the states for treat ment.
 A doctor and nurse were fly ing here from Seattle today at request of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis. An iron lcng and hot pack machine were flown from Seattle yes terday,
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
French ormor and planes move on
 tribesmen in hills

TX LES BANS (P) Premier Edgar Faure tonight announced the call-up of an undisclosed number of army reservists to reinforce the French troops fighting to put down the rebel lion in North Africa.
 The premier said he had de cided, in agreement with de- fense minister Gen. Pierre Koe- nig, to call up a crtain number of reservists, including some III France.
 He said it was possible a meeting of the cabinet would be held in the next few days.
 Apparently answering ru- mors circulating in Casablanca today that resident general Gil bert Grandval might be recall ed as a result of the bloody dis orders of last weekend, Faure came out strongly in defense of Grandval.
 'It would be unjust to accuse a man or a policy" he said. 'The campaign against the re- sident general is abominable and should be stigmatized as such. Nobody can say that the difficulties Morocco has been through are due to the resident general"
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
Rain falls on flood. . stricken stutes
by The Associated Press

Dy The ASSOclaCeQ FreSS
 Rain fen today along the Atlantic coastal states, hitting some of the flood-stricken ar eas.
 Showers were general from North Carolina northward to eastern New York and New England. Earlier showers and thundershowers were reported in the Ohio valley and north ern Appalachians. including the flood area of Pennsylvania and New York.
 Thundershowers also were reported this morning from the Texas Panhandle eastward a. cross Oklahoma to Arkansas and in the south and central sections of Minnesota.
 Heaviest rainfall was in the middle Atlantic states. Nearly 2 inches fell at Baltimore 1.40 inches at Washington, D. C., and .91 inches at Atlantic City.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
by The Associated Press

New hope came today for flood scared northeastern states as President Eisenhower pledged everything that is possible" in federal help m ev- en to converting an extraordin- ary session of congress.
 If necessary, I shall cah a special session." he said after an aerial survey of the strick- en region and a conference with state governors.
 But he also urged nation wide, generous gifts to the Red Crohs to aid in relieving the dire, widespread individual want, caused by what he term ed ''this great disaster"
 Such donations, he said, will go ito people who are in need, to human beings. not just to cleaning roads and rebuilding schools, but to people that are hungry, or cold and have no place to go.
 (continued on page three)
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23

CASABLANCA (P) Armored French columns under fighter plane cover struck today in ov- erwhelming strength at the mountain stronlsiholds of Mor- ocean tribesmen who launched an insurrection Saturday.
 Heavy reinforcing columns set out last night from Rabat and Melnes to join the already
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
Full fist of Salmon Derby winners

Planning to have a formal a. ward night later in the week, the Sitka Sportsmen's Assn. has released the complete list of those who entered fish in the recent three day Salmon Derby
 Prizes to be awarded each entry will be announced at the time and it is hoped place large enough to hold all those wishing to De present will be available soon. When the place and time are arranged it will be announced in the Daily Sitka Sentinel.
 Fish entered in the Derby was hold to fish buyers on the Sitka Fish Exchange for $240.- 62, according to those in charge of the Derby.
 The complete list is as follows 1 IF Charles Burlison 38 lb-4 2 2 Rocky Gutierrez 29 lb.-6 3 - Stan Westover 27 lb-13 4 - Harvey Williams p lb-1 5 - Marie Williams 21 lbs 6- Nick Pelayo IS Ib-8 7 - Ted Harris IA lb-1O 8 - Herb Didrickson IA lb-8 g # John Ballard IA Ib-4 10 - Ronald McClain IS lb-15 II M. Q, Stair 13 lb-7 12 & 13 - Harry Pollen
 John Sam 13 Ib-4
 IA E. 15 Harriet Roberts -
 Roy Levine 13 Ib.-2.
 16 - Lester Roberts 13-1 IT - Carl F1alvorsen 12 lb-1C
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Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
v eutcIieon,I'ing

a The more I discuss the re- cent Salmon Derby the more I find that others didn't get any salmon, either. As for fish, lots hooked onto rock cod and other bottom fish - the prize being a sea cucumber.
 -I-
 a We don't see how the Der by can be any bigger until we get more boats for participants to fish from. At times some of the vessels used were so crowd ed that a deep breath made everyone in the skiff move.
 I-I
 Q And the people on the east coast complain about our Wea- ther - at least, so far, we have rain and blows but not like the one that just his the Atlantic coast. Thank goodness it hap pened in the summer and not in mid winter.
 1-l-
 Q Ketdhihan has polio!!! So, we must all be prepared to help continue to fight this dread disease with our dimes when the time comes. We can't stop now when victory is 50 near.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-08-23
ezzZ|e!;Es.l 2;

Marine forecast from Tues day to Wednesday,.
 Outside waters Dixon En- trance to Yal1utat westerly winds 5 to 10 mph.
 Cloudy. Occasional rain or drizzle and patches of fog north of Cape Decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
Not a Candidate

There is no way, of course, in which
Chief Justice Warren can silence specu-
lation concerning himself as possible
presidential candidate If President
Eisenhower should not seek reelection.
But the Chief Justice has done his
best to take himself out OF the picture.
He declared unequivocally last April that
he would not be candidate for President
under ANY circumstances or conditions"
He has privately reiterated this determi-
nation. 1t is hard to think of anything
more he could do to halt the speculation.
Yet it should be stopped, for 1t Is en-
barrassing to the Chief Justice and it
could be injurious to the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
At Yankee Stadium

The royal road to greater glory and
a larger sum of cash is reckoning to two
major league baseball teams in Yankee
Stadium today. For the sixth time since
1941, New York's Yankees and Brooklyn's
Dodgers are meeting in the World Series.
Up to now, the pleasure has been entirely
with the Yankees, for not once has the
Ebbets Field entry been able to take the
measure Of the Big City neighbours. 1t
is rivalry that has had its dramatic
moments in years past and there Is no
reason to expect less this time. The
Dodgers breezed to the National League
title but were staggering at the finish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
Assurance for the World

PTeSldent EISENHOWER mas lo0meo SO
large In international affairs, and has
had such q great personal impact on
them as a man Of peace, that the news
of his illness has naturally been received
with grave concern around the world.
Even If all goes well with him, as every
American hopes and prays, long weeks
of recuperation will be required to enable
him to resume--with characteristic vigor
and decisiveness-his full constitutional
role in the conduct of our country's for
eign policy. Meanwhile, leaders OF other
nations on both sides of the.Iron Curtain
are bound to feel q number of big uncer-
tainties, and these uncertainties In turn
could act as serious brake on efforts
to promote further progress toward
easing tension throughout the globe.
Nevertheless, profoundly regrettable
as all this is, the United States and the
world at large would do we'll to heed
Secretary Of State Dulles assurance that
the present situation "is not an occasion
for alarm" and that ''our governmental
procedures, both foreign and domestic,
are going to 60 forward in an orderly
uninterrupted manner" And to illustrate
this point Mr.. Dulles has emphasized that
he fully expects to be on hand, as
planned, at next months Big Four for
eign ministers conference in Geneva. He
has emphasized, too, that the issues to
be discussed there will be dealt with by
him not on an improvised basis but on
the basis Of bipartisan American pro-
gram that is already formulated. Indeed,
as Mr.. Dulles sees the immediate future,
our country's position in relation to other
lands is sufficiently well established to
justify the view that there can be ample
time for the President to make a full
recovery without any jeopardy to the
welfare of the Nation or to the steady
prosecution of our national and interna-
tional policies for peace and human
welfare"
Accordingly, at least as matters stand
right now, there is solid ground for the
belief that the Presidents illness will not
have major upsetting effect interna-
tionally, and the credit for this belongs
to Mr.. Eisenhower himself. For he has
made the formulation and execution of
foreign policy project involving close
teamwork from the very start Of his adj
ministration. Our highly experienced
Secretary of State has played the prime
role, but others have been intimately
associated with him through the cabinet
and the National Security Council. That
Is why Vice President Nixon-whose po-
sition has suddenly assumed great new
importance-is no novice in world affairs,
as were SO many Of his predecessors in
office. And that is why. too, our inter-
national program--despite the Presi-
dents interpretation is likely to remain
on even keel in the weeks Immediately
ahead. As Mr.. Dulles has counseled, our
friends abroad can be reasonably
confident of that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL y

as in the feral world. the opos-
sum is very much handicapped.
He has little speed. and not too
much caution. Yet generally
he manages to get along very
well. probably having more
sense than We give him credit
for having.
He often wanders from
what is left OF the woods
into suburban back yards.
He is looking for something
to eat.
He prefers bread, especially
the firm baked kind, without
too many holes in it.
just how he managed to
work UP this taste, we do not
know. since bakery products
are not well distributed in the
woods.
Give a wandering. opossum
q slice OF bread, he will take
1t with his marvellous paws,
really hands. and sit up in
the most engaging fashion to
eat 1t.
He prefers white bread to
dark. and likes it even better
than beef. Sometimes, when
he gets colder, he relisnes Q
bit Of roundsteak. or ham,
burgers made of lesser cuts,
but he always eats the bread
first.
His timidity seems to vanish
with the dark. He viii take
a slice Of bread from the hand,
with q little coaxing, and re-
main on the porch while he
eats it.
He is no rat, in the least,
although he probably wouldn't
resent the title. having met
many wood rats and known
their qualities. He is an opos-
sum, a Virginia opossum, If you
please, with q family history
as long as his tail.
So calm down. if you have
one in the yard. and be glad,
for this is a beautiful creature,
despite its tail. and maybe be-
cause Of it, and even If it is
Scaly.
When opossums were ere
ated, nobody ever thought that
human beings would come
along to admire them some
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
Matter of Credit

In view Of your article about
our country's shortage Of
trained scientists, I'd like to
point out another possible
contributing cause.
In States with segregated
school systems. there are no
engineering schools for colored
students accredited by the En-
gineers Council for Profess
sional Development, recog-
nized accrediting body for
engineering schools. The only
school operated exclusively for
colored on the approved list
as OF q year ago was Howard
University. Contrast this with
the fact that every State has
at least one school on the APP
proved list and there are three
such schools in the District Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
AsBottIe That Must Be Won

Under the general title. "The Battle
for Water" Roger D. Greene of the Assoc
ciated Press is presenting series of
articles In The Star on war of survival
that America cannot afford to lose. The
fight to save the Nations dangerously
dwindling water supplies from reaching
q catastrophically low level Is one in
which every citizen has stake. Yet,
until recent years, the average person has
taken an endless water supply for
granted. The time for complacency is
long past, as Mr.. Greene's series dra-
matically points out.
We in the Washington Metropolitan
Area have become aware Of the urgency
of conserving our water resources, both
in the Potomac River and under the soil.
The Pepco power plant proposal. the
Mclean subdivision treatment project
and other Developments have called pub
lie attention to the importance Of safe
guarding the city's water supply. Fair
fax County has found that wells are UNI
reliable, as did Arlington before it. The
conservation and antipollution campaign
here is only tiny part of Nationwide
drive to avert disastrous water shortages
across the continent. Plenty of water
fails on. the land from the skies, but SO
much of it is lost through rul1offs,
contamination, wasteful absorption.
evaporation and other causes that many
cities and farms face serious water prob
lens. The water table-subsurface level
Of disable well water-has been dropping
lower and lower as communities have
grown larger and thirstier.
The Hoover Commission stressed the
gravity Of the problem in recent report
onswater resources. And President Eisen-
hover recognized the near-emergency
nature of the situation last year by APP
pointing special cabinet committee to
study and recommend means Of saving
the Nations water supply from the twin
enemies waste and pollution. The Presi-
dents committee has submitted Its report
to the White House. The report when
released In the near future, should serve
as strategic plan for winning the
critical water battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
lawrence EnIiqhtens

One Of the few bright spots
In this erratic world Is David
Lawrence's column. It Is ex-
ceedingly comforting to know
there Is at least one person in
a position to exert great in
fiuence on public opinion, who
has the ordinary common sense
to see things as they really are.
the integrity to acknowledge
them, and the moral response
bility to bring them to peoples
attention for the protection
Of our country and all of us
individually! His capacity fol
logical diagnoses of situations
is beautiful to observe. es-
pecially when our intelligence
is assaulted daily with the
most irrational and irrespon-
sible reporting in newspapers
and publications.
Isabel G. Moore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
Kind Word for Hackers

Now that the tumult and
shouting have died down and
the recent transit strike is fast
receding in our memories and
our fine policemen have gone
merrily on their way heavily
laden with verbal laurel
wreaths for their valiant extra
curricular services during the
strike. ! want to take occa-
sion to hang some verbal neck
laces around the shoulders of
some taxi drivers and mem
bers Of the general public who
were so kind and helpful to
me during that very great in
convenience and expense to
those Of us who are dependent
on public transportation.
There were times when I
found myself in districts where
there was little street traffic
and few taxicabs available, yet
on several occasions, while
waiting for long periods, some
taxicab drivers, seeing my
predicament, and in the hot
sun. came over to me and
asked IL they could be OF as
sistance--they were on call or
of duty, vet desired to do a
kind deed. They offered to
take me to the nearest inter-
section or busy thoroughfare
where I would stand q better
chance Of picking up a cab, or
to let me OF at the point near
est my home while en- route to
their own destination-and in
all instances they vehemently
declined proffered fare!
I submit such treatment is
worthy Of public praise and
thanks. There was nothing
personal In their actions to-
ward mel was just q member
OF the general public greatly
Inconvenience by that strike.
and through their kindness
and goodwill they wanted to
help out anybody
Lillian Sinclair Large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-28
Arms in the Middle East

Soviet Russia is playing at an old
game in its offer to supply ornaments
to Egypt in exchange for cotton. For the
bid fits neatly into the historic Russian
design to establish zone of influence in
the Middle East Furthermore, in it's
current implications 1t capitalizes on an
opportunity to deepen the Arab-Israeli
tensions and tends to draw Egypt further
away from its continually troubled
relationship with the West.
Presumably, In accepting the offer,
the government Of Premier Nasser is
aware Of the Russian motivation but is
willing to take calculated risk. The
Communist Party, as such, is outlawed in
Egypt and communism, in the Russian
pattern at least, has no theological APP
peal in the Moslem countries. At the
same time, the Arab states-of which
Egypt considers itself the leader-hold a
list OF grievances against the West, not
ably British and French imperialist pol
icies in the Mediterranean area, and
American support for Zionism and the
state of Israel. In addition, the emer-
gence OF Turkey as partner of the West
AA"o ACsAtCu uAlplCdodIt memories ana
fears of Ottoman domination. Military
supplies thus far given, or offered, to
Egypt by the Western Big Three have
been restricted in quantity and type and
1t is generally estimated that Israel is
better armed than any Of its Arab neigh
bors. There is, then, basis on which
the Egyptian government might feel it
self justified in accepting arms from
other quarters.
The immediate fear, Of course, is that
an intensified military buildup might
lead to reopening Of the Arab Israeli
war. The British and American govern
ments have joined now in policy state
ment favoring arms for internal security
and defense, but not for aggression. It
Is, in effect, an appeal not only to the
Middle East states but, to Soviet Russia
itself to promote peace rather than war
In potentially explosive region. The
governments concerned should weigh this
meaning seriously.