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VOL. LIII No. 67 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, J’er^Copy—15^
Cascade Tunnel
To Be Used For
Storing Records
Ralph and Carl Lomen
Plan Redoubt “Second
Only To Gibraltar”
SEATTLE, (/P) — Two Alaska
businessmen have acquired an
abandoned railroad tunnel in
Washington’s Cascade Mountains.
They expect to put its 2.65 miles
to use storing records against an
atomic attack.
Ralph Lomen, who with his bro
ther, Carl J. Lomen, operates the
Lomen Commercial Company at
Nome, Alaska, said they plan to
make the tunnel into a redoubt
‘second in the world possibly only
to Gibraltar.”
“This is not a war baby,” said
Ralph. “It will be permanent.
Even if we have a declared peace
tomorrow; we don’t know how
long it will last. We have to face
th# fact that we are living in an
atomic age. We have to take more
precautions with records than we
did in years past.”
The tunnel formerly was used
by the Great Northern Railroad,
which abandoned it for a better
route. Bored through the Cascades
at Stevens Pass, it is capped with
1,400 to 3,000 feet of grey granite.
Its two ends open into two coun
ties, Seattle’s King County and
Wenatchee’s Chelan.
Excavation will be started first
at each end to create storage
chambers. Plans are to establish
a community of 70 acres at the
east portal for homes for guards
and other personnel.
The tunnel will become a street
with some sort of electrical con
veyance provided.
“It’s too long to walk,” said
Ralph.
He expects industrial firms,
banks and county, city and other
government agencies 'to store dup
licates of their records in the
tunnel.
Editorial Association
Convention Tourist
Party Enroute Alaska
SEATTLE, (/P)—A tourist party
of -about 180 from the Editorial
Association Convention, including
wives, was on its way to Alaska
by steamship today.
The convention wound up with
election of officers, selecting New
York State — probably Buffalo —
for the 1952 convention, and reso
lutions opposing pending news
paper postal rate increases being
considered by Congress.
The “grass roots” publishers
also heard Sen. Cain OR-Wash.)
tell them he believed Gen. Mac
Arthur’s dismissal was a “blessing
in disguise.”
Gen. Eisenhower Warns
Future Aggressors On 7th
Anniversary Of D-Day
STE. MERE EGLISE,- France,
(JP)—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
stood today on the spot where
Allied might began the drive
which smashed the German con
querors, and warned possible fu
ture aggressors that “all the free
world would rally here again” iif
western civilization was threat
ened.
In an impromptu speech mark
ing .the seventh anniversary of
D-day, the man who commanded
the western legions declared:
“We hope that the campaign
begun seven years ago taught all
aggressors one thing—that the soil
of France is sacred to all the free
dom-loving world.
“All aggressors would do well
to remember that. Our great hope
is to convince them in advance,
so that this sacrifice by all the
world will not have to be made.”
AMERICAN RED CROSS
CHAPTER MEETING TONIGHT
Miss Florence Ullrick is here
and will be a guest at the Nome
Chapter meeting of the American
Red Cross this evening at 8 p.m.
She will briefly explain her
work as Nursing Field Represen
tative for American Red Cross,
with particular interest in train
ing home nursing instructors.
The Chapter meeting will begin
with some outstanding color slides
taken by Miss Daisy Keene in vil
lages surrounding Nome in her
work in first aid training. Miss
Keene is public health nurse with
the Alaska Native Service.
Immediately following the pic
tures, the first aid instructors, who
recently completed their training
under Ralph Zwolman, American
Red Cross field representative,
will stage a demonstration. They
will then receive their certificates
from M. J. Walsh, chairman of
Nome’s first aid committee.
A report will be made of the
successful fund campaign recently
completed in Nome, and certifi
cates of appreciation given those
who represented participating or
ganizations.
Winding up the evening will
be two excellent Red Cross films,
“Beyond The Line of Duty” and
“Danger is Your Companion.”
Don’t miss this annual meeting
of our Nome Red Cross Chapter—
tonight at 8:00 in the High School
auditorium. '
Chaplain's Assistant Is Bartender
SOUTH DEERFIELD, Mass.,
(/P)—Pfc. John Gorey—'home on
furlough from Camp Perron, Tex.
was telling friends this is what
he does in the army: !
By day, he is a chaplain's
assistant. By night—he tends bar
at the officers club.
Recalls Strike
Bound Vessel 1
At Bristol Bay
SEATTLE, (JP) — An Alaska
Steamship Company vessel has
been ordered back to Seattle from
strike-bound Bristol Bay, Alaska,
unless unloading of her cannery
equipment cargo is begun today.
Some 1,400 Bristol Bay fish
ermen went on strike last Friday,
the same day -the ship arrived in
the rich fishing area.
The walkout was called by the
Bering Sea Fishermen’s Union
(Ind), which is seeking recognition
as bargaining agent for the Bristol
Bay fishermen.
D. E. Skinner, general manager
of Alaska Steam, said it was “un
fortunately necessary” to recall
the vessel. He said shipping space
was critically needed because of
the abnormal movement of cargo
for defense and commercial proj
ects in the territory.
Government Drops Anti
Trust Suit Against U. S.
Petroleum Industry
WASHINGTON, (IP)—'The gov
ernment today dropped its so
called “Mother Hubbard’* anti
trust suit against the U. S. petrol
eum industry.
Attorney General McGrath, in
announcing the action, said the
litigation—originally filed in Sep
tember 1949—was too unwieldy
for prosecution as a single case.
Instead, he said, the Justice De
partment has decided to press in
dividual anti-trust cases against
various segments of 'the oil in
dustry in actions involving fewer
defendants and more limited is
.
sues.
Among lawyers, it has often
been said facetiously that the case
was never brought to trial be
cause the government did not have
a court house big enough to hold
all of the defendants and their
attorneys.
Bering Sea Fishermen’s
Union In Jurisdictional
Strike At Bristol Bay
SEATTLE, (A5) — An Alaska
Fishermen’s Union meeting has
been called for Friday night to
discuss the strike of a rival union
in Bristol Bay.
The strike was started last Fri
day by the Bering Sea Fishermen’s
Union. It is seeking recognition
as the bargaining agent for some
1,400 Bristol Bay fishermen.
The AFU has represented them
in the past and the BSU mem
bers formerly belonged to the
AFU. The AFU has signed a con
tract with the industry for the
Bristol Bay area and the BSU
filed a complaint with the Nation
al Labor Relations Board as a
result. Both unions are indepen
dent.
Denies Appeasement
In Futile Cease Fire
Of Last January x 4
WASHINGTON, (#■)—Secretary
of State Acheson denied today
there was any “appeasement” in
United States support of last Jan
uary’s futile move by the United
Nations for a cease fire in Korea.
Acheson told the Senate’s Mac
Arthur inquiry 'that the State De
partment backed the move be
cause “We . . . thought that the
sound thing to do was to vote in
favor of this resolution.”
The U. N. cease fire resolution
sought to arrange an armistice and
submit to “an appropriate body”
of U.N. members, the questions
of the future of Formosa and
! China’s representation in t h e
United Nations.
Nothing came of the move be
cause the Chinese Reds rejected
the proposal.
Critics have contended the
United States, by endorsing this
plan, had risked a situation in
which it would have been out
voted by a coalition of the Red
Chinese, British 'and Russian rep
resentatives.
Injected into the hearing was a
charge from a Republican senator
that Acheson distorted his account
of the administration's China pol
icy.
The accusation came from Sen
ator Brewster (R-Maine) who said
Acheson engaged in a “bare faced
distortion” in some of his testi
mony yesterday.
West Delays Reply
To Soviet Demand
4-Power Meeting
PARIS, The Western Big
Three delayed today their reply
to the Soviet Union’s demand that
any four-power foreign ministers’
conference must specifically dis
cuss the North Atlantic Pact and
American bases abroad.
Apparently reflecting the view
of the French Socialist Party on
the matter, the party newspaper
he Populaire de Paris carried an
article suggesting that the West
should consent to discuss the At
lantic Pact with the Russians, pro
vided the Russians will talk about
the chain of treaties they have
signed with their satellite nations.
The West has contended that
since the Atlantic Pact is a treaty
of 12 sovereign nations, it can
not rightly come up for discussion
in a meeting of the Big Four
powers.
Two days ago Soviet Deputy
Andrei Growyko, replying to west
ern notes suggesting the meeting
in Washington July 23, said the
U.S.S.R. would agree to such a
meeting if the pact and U. S. bases
overseas were placed on the
agenda. The west looked upon this
as amounting to rejection of the
western bid.
Most Gigantic
Military Building
Program in History
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
* _ ( /
Truman this week will ask Con
gress to approve the most gigan
tic military building progratn in
the nation’s history.
Rep. Vinson CD-Ga), chairman
of the House Armed Services Com
mittee, said the projects total
seven billion dollars.
Vinson went to the White House
today to confer on the program.
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The huge program includes new
construction and expansion at
overseas bases and at military in
stallations in every state.
Tough, Confident
UN Army In Korea
(By the Associated Press)
Allied tank patrols hammered
today at the gates of Chorwon and
Kumhwa, southern anchors of the
Communist central Korean strong
hold.
A tough and confident United
Nations army “is standing at the
front door now, hammering at the
lock,” AP Tokyo Bureau Chief
Robert Eunson reported from
Eighth Army headquarters in Ko
rea.
Tight censorship blacked out the
exact distance Allied troops were
from the Reds’ strategic Chorwon
Kumhwa-Pyongyang bastion. The
Eighth Army reported gains of up
to two miles, except on the bitter
ly defended Eastern front.
Eunson indicated the Eighth
Army was trying to provoke an
other Communist offensive; and
if it doesn’t come the Allies may
overrun the Chorwon-Kumhwa
Pyongyang area without a bitter
fight.
Hints of a possible new type of
warfare in Korea came in an un
confirmed report from Taipeh.
The China Union Press said 30,
000 Soviet satellite troops have
arrived in Red Korea.
The Chinese Nationalist Agency
said 1,000,000 conscripts are dig
ging deep tunnels, immune to air
and artillery attack, linking strong
points from which this new force
will fight.
Announce Increased
Prices For Salmon
SEATTLE, (yP) — An Alaska
Fishermen’s Union official re
ported an agreement for increased
salmon prices in westward Alaska.
George Johansen, secretary
treasurer, said the new prices per
salmon are: kings $2.25; reds 75
cents; chums 40 cents; and pinks
24 cents.
E Annual Sale of Flowers and Vegetables
by Home Arts Club
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For Benefit of Children’s Play field
N. C. Store Saturday, June 9
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