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The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
City Council
Meeting Notes

Three firms have written the
city concerning the recognizing
and printing of the city ordin-
ances which job has been pending
for some time. The matter was
discussed at the regular council
meeting Monday and it will be
deferred until after the new
council takes over in April.
A suitable site for the reloca-
ton of the Alaska National Guard
has been submitted and the local
head Of the organization is to
meet with the council at their
next regular meeting. The pro
posed site is the N. c. property,
formerly the Polet warehouse on
Mettler Way, where a full base
ment is available as we'll as a
we'll and other features of value
to the ANG installation.
The new traffic ordinance No.
374, published elsewhere in this
issue, goes into effect and owners
of vehicles are reminded they
must have territorial registration
of their cars and 1856 license
plates must be on all operating
vehicles.
The council approved the action
of the Utilities Board allowing
Larry Calvin to use power poles
for the purpose of stringing TV
cable. All all poles are to be used.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28

WASHINGTON, R-Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue Rus
sell C. Harrington said today that
the national tax breakdown on the
Communist Party and its news
paper "is being handled precisely
as any other similar taxpayer
matter would be handled.
Harrington made the statement
after comforting here with Donald
R. Moysey, New York regional tax
chief, who, according to informed
officials, organized and carried
out the padlocking of number of
party headquarters and the New
York plant of the newspaper
Daily Worker without previous
coordination with Washington.
The properties were seized to
satisfy federal tax claims.
Moysey's descent on Commu-
mist Party headquarters across the
nation and on the Daily Worker
plant in New York with claims of
tax Irregularities was a complete
surprise to his bosses in Washing
ton, number of informed Off
Gals here said today.
Officials here were not inclined
to quarrel with Moysey's action,
at least on technical grounds, be-
cause reorganization of the Rev
enue Service three years ago had
made top regional officials almost
completely autonomous.
However, it was indicated here
that the legal qualifications likely
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
Wien Orders 3
New Type Planes
To Succeed DC-3

SEATTLE, R-The aviation in
dustry's search for DC-3 sue
cessor is about over, says Kurt
We'll, assistant to the president
of the Frye Corp. of Fort Worth,
Texas.
We'll stepped from a Pan Amer
lean World Anyways airliner from
Alaska at eattle-Tacoma Inter
national Airport recently and
paused between planes to outline
details of the new Frye Safari.
The Safari, a high-wing trans
port, will carry 81 passengers or
twice the cargo of DC-3, We'll
said.
cts four relatively small en-
gines and its high-lift wings will
permit it to operate easily to and
from 2,000foot runways," We'll
said. 1.-THE range is that of DC-3
and its doubled capacity would
appear to make it the ideal plane
to replace that excellent but OBJ
soleScent aircraft"
The Frye company has firm or
ders for the SafariS from North
ern Consolidated Airlines of An
chorage, which has ordered three
planes, and Wien Alaska Airlines
of Fairbanks, which also has or
dered three.
An intensive, first-hand study
of the cold-weather operations
problems which will face the users
of the Safaris was the reason for
Wells trip to Alaska The proto-
type Safari will fly late this year,
he said
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
EFFORT TO REVISE
ELECTION METHOD
STALLED IN SENATE

WASHINGTON, R'-The latest
effort to revise the electoral col
lege system of electing presidents
and vice presidents has foundered
on the inability of senators to
agree on another method.
After a week of debate, the Sen
ate last night sent back to its Ju-
dietary Committee various pro-
posed constitutional amendments
to abolish the present system I'M
der which each states entire cleo
toral vote goes to the candidate
receiving the most popular votes.
Sens. Kennedy D-Mass) and
Douglas DID, two leaders of the
opposition, said the effect of this
action was to kill the issue for
this Congress.
Sen. Daniel D-Texl, a leader
on the other side, agreed this was
likely to be the case unless an
agreement could be worked out
that would win over more sena-
tors. He expressed hope this could
be done.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
Pravda Denounces Stain as Man
Who Harmed the Communist Cause

MOSCOW, R-The Communist
Party organ Pravda today pub
liShed broad-Scale denunciation
of Stain as a man whose drive
for glory took monstrous forms
and harmed the Communist cause.
In a 7,000-word article spread
over IL columns, the newspaper
brought home to the general Rus
sian public for the first time the
new Soviet leadership'S campaign
to chop down Stains historical
stature.
Pravda paid tribute to Stains
work in the first years after Len
ms death.
But then certain features and
qualities began gradually to ap-
pear in Stains practice of lead
ership which later developed into
the cult of the Individual" Prav-
da charged.
"The gigantic successes in build
ing a new society, achieved by
the Soviet people under the lead
ership of the Communist Party,
on the basis of laws of history dis
covered by MarxismLeniniSm,
were strongly attributed to one
an-Stailn-and were explained
by his special merits as leader.
HE, lacking personal modesty,
did not cut short the Qualifications
and praises addressed to him but
supported and encouraged them
in every way.
"As time went on, this cult of
the individual assumed even more
monstrous forms and did serious
harm to the cause"
(The Pravda article appeared to
be only the opening gun in a
newspaper campaign against Stall
in. It made no mention of the
most sensational charges which
reports reaching the West have
said the new Soviet high COM
mand has leveled against their
former chief-that he maintained
a continuous reign of terror, muir
dered thousands of his party aSso-
ciateS and the flower of the Red
army officer corps and placed the
nation in danger of conquest by
Hitler's forceS.)
Evening star., 1956-12-26

Somebody either lazier or more impish
than Mr.. Claus gave Junior Mississippi
River steamboat for Christmas, and left
fully furnished doll house for Little
Sister = both unassembled. The steam
boat arrived in roughly thousand plastic
pieces, complete with inadequate diagram
but minus tube of compatible cement.
The doll house, made of metal, came with
sharper edges Neither Junior nor Little
Sister are interested in anything short
of finished product-and not tomorrow
either. Mr.. Claus is not on hand-safely
back at the North Pole, no doubt. Aunt
Susie, who is really to blame for the whole
business, has gone home-with feeling
of Self-righteouSness about giving the
children something that will help develop
their creative instincts, teach them to
build, and so forth.
So, who is stuck? Why, Daddy, Of
course. And do you think he minds? Do
you think he would rather stretch out
with the evening paper. or have night
mares about when he could possibly
appear publicly with that necktie that
Aunt Susie gave him? Don't be silly. He
has always wanted to build Mississippi
River steamboat, and these doll houses
look real neat. Good old Daddy. What
an actor!
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Christmas Post Mortem

Those of us who had a traditionally
merry Christmas should give more than
cursory thought to the tragic "post NOR
tenn" survey of human slaughter on the
Nations highways over the week end.
We cannot, in good conscience, dismiss
the unpleasant news Of an all-time holi--
day death toll as of no concern to us.
For what happened to nearly 700 fellow
Americans during this Christmas season
could have happened to any of US The
grim fact is that many of the mangled
bodies laid out on morgue slabs today
are those of careful drivers and pedes-
trianS-Struck down in the midst of Yule
festivities by drunken or otherwise reck-
less drivers. Death came as suddenly
to the innocent as to the guilty.
That the countrys blacklist holiday
traffic record should have been set dur
ing the season of good cheer is shocking
and shameful. Even the worst fears of
the National Safety Council were more
than fulfilled The council had pre-
dicted, on the basis of holiday accident
trends in recent years, that from Friday
midnight until today $50 persons would
be killed instantly or so seriously in
jured that death would come later At.
midnight last night the number of deaths
or injuries already had exceeded the eSti-
mateS-and the returns were not yet all
in. The chain reaction of sorrow set off
by these casualties is beyond imagination.
More disturbing still is the fact that
another fourday holiday period is just
ahead Another national emergency"
of the sort proclaimed for the Christmas
season will begin at midnight Friday.
Whether we have a happy New Year in
1857 will depend directly on how deeply
we who drive motor vehicles take 70
heart the depressing traffic news of the
past holiday. Each of us has a high
stake in the outcome.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Reporotions for Egypt?

The demand which Egypt has made
for adequate compensation" from Brit
ain, France and Israel hardly comes as
surprise. Nor is it a claim which can
easily be brushed aside.
The United Nations has condemned
the attack on Egypt as an act of agrees
sion, and if this is correct it follows,
logically, that the victim of aggression is
entitled to compensation for damage in
flicted. OF course, the u N, if it should
decide to act on the resolution which
Egypt has introduced, could not do more
than recommend that certain compen-
sation be paid. This would not be binding
on the three attacking countries, and
since they have talked unofficially of
filing counterclaims, one need not look
for the payment of reparationS at an
early date.
There is one point which might be
made, however, in connection with
Egypt'S claim. Assuming that the de-
mand for reparationS has been filed in
good faith, the U. N. is left in strong
position to make one thing quite clear to
President NaSser This is that any action
on the Egyptian demand must be condi-
toned on full cooperation from Cairo in
reopening the Suez Canal, in establishing
guarantees that it will be operated on a
nondiscriminatory basis in the future,
and in eliminating the basic conditions
which have kept the Middle East in tur-
moil for so many years. President NaSser
cannot have it both ways. He cannot
insist that his country be compensated
for the damage done by the attackers,
while resorting, at the same time, to
tactics of delay and obstruction to pre-
vent repair of the damage and the re-
moval Of the causes of fear and suspicion
which led to the attack. 1t is possible
that some common ground can be found
here for getting on with the work which
needs TO be done.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
st-Christmos Spirit

Now comes the time when daddies
need all their inner resources-if any.
They need fingers more nimble and eyes
more sharp than either have been for
years. They need the ability to read
and Interpret complicated diagrams and
the ingenuity to improvise when the dia-
grams obviously are incorrect, misleading
or incomplete. They need supple muscles
and bones that do not protest too much.
They need large store Of imagination
and great amount OF patience. And.
when All else fails, they need a ready
stock OF alibis to cover all the above
shortcomings plus numerous others that
will come TO light IN the next few days.
For this Is the do-it-yourSei age.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Rides Airlines

Maybe don't have the
proper holiday spirit. but /
want to question the Govern
nfent's responsibility for part
Of this city's Development
that is, the construction Of a
second airport. Why shouldn't
the airlines build their own
airport. own their own land.
and pay taxes on IL? The Ma
tons railroads don't expect
taxpayers to pay their bills
for them. nor are taxpayers
expected to build new railorad
stations. or extensions OF
track.
Such municipal or Govern
ment spending would be tusti-
fed II the expense we're such
that no private carrier could
afford to give people the serv-
ice because Of excessive costs.
But our airlines are not in
that position. They are grow
ing in passenger services. and
freight hauling. We will GER
tainly end up without bus
transport or any railroads II
We don't either put an end
TO Government subsidy Of air
transport. or equalize treat
ment for railroads. BY tax sd-
vantage. and Government
help IN times Of track washout
and other Unexpected TRAGEDY.
William L. Barrett, lr.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
On q Volcano

As If Josef Stain still were alive and
ruling with his iron fist, Pravda, chief
mouthpiece of the Soviet Communist
Party, has revived an old Kremlin thesis
for the guidance of Reds everywhere, in
cluding the Reds of our own country.
In essence, the thesis is simply this:
That Communists, no matter what their
nationality or country, owe their alle-
glance primarily to the Soviet Union
They have no right, that is, to think Of
themselves as being first of all Hungar-
ians, or Poles, or Czechs, or Germans, or
citizens of any nation in which they may
have been born and may still live. Patri-
otiSm is not for them. Marxism-Leni
forbids them to embrace narrow minded
nationalism." They must be loyal, above
everything else, to Red Russia, and If
this means that they must work against
the best interests of their own native
lands, then they must do that very thing.
In short, in their devotion to the Kremlin,
they must be prepared to be traitors.
Pravda has not stated the case quite
so bluntly as this, but that is the essential
meaning of its latest comment on the
subject. 1t is comment reminiscent of
the things said and done by the Kremlin
during Stalin'S savage campaign against
Marshal Tito and the independence
minded, "nationalistic" Communist re-
gime in Yugoslavia. Presumably, it is
designed to lay down the law to the non
conforming Reds of Poland and the other
restive satellite countries, where Moscow's
domination has become increasingly in
sufferable, politically and economically.
Presumably, too, it is tied in with the
Hungarian situation, in which naked
force and terror have been employed to
demonstrate what can happen to
trapped people when they try to throw
off the brutal yoke of Soviet imperialism.
1t may be doubted, however, that
Pravda'S remarks will have much effect
against the contagion of "Titoism." The
Kremlin's satellite empire is full of too
many diSillusioned Communists-not to
mention the great masses of anti-Soviet
people-to be Gained down by Stalinist
lecture. 1t is an empire Seething with the
deepest sort of discomfort, and Mr.. Khru-
shchev and company sit on volcano as
they try to hold it together.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Reflections

Some cherished things I hare
knoWn in life
Reflect again through yon---
Like some stDeet melody I
loped,
or some kind friend I knetc.
Your iDords are like the ere
ming skies
Etched NTH a golden light
They help me udik quite un-
afraid
Through hours resembling
night.
You make me think OF tinted
dams
With a lingering star aboue--
But most OF all. your soul
reflects
The perfectneSS Of iots.
Leoto MoIIico,e Hsntoos
Evening star., 1956-12-26

came to hold an honored place
in the rites Of magic and mys-
terry.
1t even became a god, Of a
sort, and had its own city and
its own priests.
Then came the Middle Ages.
and the terrible cult Of the
human witch. so called, with
her attendant black cats and
broomsticks.
All cats suffered along with
the witches.
None of them should have
suffered, of course. The women
finally were seen to be lust
people, but the cats-the cats
have suffered ever since, espe-
cially the black ones.
%E&
Templeton Jones last rab-
Dit was a big one. He put it.
stiil in its paper bag. into the
outside ice box Of those days.
and closed the outer door. The
door was held by a rather in
secure latch.
Late that evening, Jones
heard a noise on the back
porch. and turning on the
Kitchen light. saw the old
black cat had paved open the
door. dragged out the paper
bag and its enclosed rabbit.
and was now gnawing away
at his impromptu feast.
Temp Jones didn't have the
heart to say or do anything.
He turned out the light at
once. so as not to frighten the
cat away, and went back TO
bed.
He could hear a gnawing
and rustling going on for a
long time.
Such was the beginning and
end of Templeton Jones last
rabbit,
Evening star., 1956-12-26
Strange Case of Dr.. John

The conviction by the West German
Supreme Court of DR.. Otto John for
"treasonable conspiracy" closes another
chapter in the cloak-and-dagger myS-
terry, but some aspects of the strange case
still remain puzzling. Evidence at the
trial clearly showed that the former head
of West Germany's intelligence service
engaged in ''treasonable" activities, in
cluding collaboration with East German
Communist authorities during an un-
authorized 18-month stay in the Red
sector Of Berlin. Yet to be cleared up,
however, are the exact circumstances of
his disappearance, the full extent of his
collaboration and the reason for his vol
untary return to the West.
The prosecution advanced-and the
court accepted-the theory that DR. John,
who headed security agency resembling
our Central Intelligence Agency, detected
to East Berlin because he had learned
that he was in danger of being dismissed
from his post. 1t has been brought out
that British intelligence had lost conf
dence in Dr. John because of his apparent
attitude that communism was to be pre-
ferred to naziism, which he felt was
being revived in West Germany. But DR..
John insisted that his trip to East Berlin
was involuntary-that he had been
drugged and kidnapped by the Reds. 1t
was proved that, voluntarily or involun-
tarily, Dr. John gave the Communist
regime some highly secret information,
including the names Of several West Ger
man agents behind the iron curtain.
What has happened to these agents has
not been disclosed. The former intelli-
gence chief also used the Communist
radio to denounce the Bonn government
as "hotbed Of naziism and militarism."
How much damage DR.. John caused
his government cannot be assessed ac-
curately. II was established as a fact
at his trial that some Of the information
he gave the Communists was false. And
the court, in sentencing DR.. John to four
years in prison, declared 1t does not
believe that DR.. John was Communist
or that he became one" But the five
judges who heard the evidence regarded
the kidnapping" defense as incredible"
The question Of why, II DR.. John was a
traitor to the West, he decided to return
10 Bonn after a year and half in East
Germany is as much Of mystery as his
sudden disappearance on July 20, 1854.
Evening star., 1956-12-26

mends, in effect, making the
commission even more inde-
pendent of the two county
governing bodies than 1t is
now. We do not share the dis
trust of local public officials
that is implicit in the Segoe
report. We do not agree with
the concept of regional plan
ming embodied in the Segoe
recommendations for a Is
man bicounty commission.
We are concerned primarily
with the establishment of ef-
fective instruments of plan
ming in Montgomery County
and an effective role for the
county in Washington Metro
politan Area planning. We be-
lieve that by Strengthening
the planning function at home
we can best strengthen our
participation in the very i'm
portant regional area. BIZ
countyiSm has become out
moded.
c. Darwin StOlzenbach,
President t, Montgomery
County Planning Asso-
citation.
Elizabeth ROhr,
President, League of Women
Voters of Montgomery
County.
Jerome ]. Harris,
Presid e n t, Montgomery
County Civic Federation.
Evening star., 1956-12-26
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
British to Trek Across Antorctico
By THOMAS r. HENRY

ous observations have shown
that 1t Is not deeply crevassed.
1t is. however, subject TO ter
rible blizzardS.
About the time Of the take
off of the Vahsel Bay party, q
supporting group Of New Zea-
landers led by Sir Edmund
Hillary. climber Of Mount
Everest, win leave McMurdo
Sound. 1t will carry supplies
for the group coming from the
other side of the continent and
1t is expected that the two
parties will meet somewhere in
the neighborhood Of Mount
Albert Markham, one Of the
towering peaks Of the Queen
Maud Mountains.
This winter DR.. Fuchs and
his men will try TO set UP an
inland base with caches Of
supplies for the transconti-
mental party. It Is essential
to be as little burdened as
possible during the trek.
Much Of the journey will be
through the country referred
TO by Adm. Richard Z. Byrd
as "the lands south Of the
Pole" There can. Of course,
be nothing actually south OF
the South Pole. He refers to
the almost totally unknown
region between the Pole and
the Weddell Sea. All polar ex-
peditions in the past have
started from the Ross Sea
coast and have been able to
penetrate only q little way into
the other side Of the continent.
BOuvetOya Island Visited
In connection with the An
tarctic international year pro-
gram Of the British dominions,
it is reported in the Polar Rec
ord. publication of the Scott
Polar Institute at Cambridge
University. a South African
naval expedition has just Wis
tied "the most isolated spot in
the world"
This is Bouvetoya Island, a
Norwegian possession in the
extreme South Atlantic, near
10 east meridian and 1000
miles from Cape Town. Unin-
habited. it had not been visited
since it was claimed by Nor
way in 1897. The object OF
the expedition was to deter
mine whether IT would be feasi-
BILE to set up an observing sta
tion there.
The report was quite dis
couraging, The island consists
of a single volcanic cone with
a wide. indented crater rising
to small peaks on opposite
sides. The highest of these is
over 5000 feet in altitude.
The South African frigate
commanded by Capt. P. Dryden
Dymond found the island sur
rounded by a ring of open
water swept against the black,
sandy beach so fiercely by
storms that landing was vir-
tually impossible. There are
great ice falls from the edges
of the crater which have soon
buried all structures erected on
the beach in the past and
which would make occupation
very perilous.