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VOL. LIII No. 140_NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1951_Per Copy—154
18 Dead, 60 In jured
Head-On Collision
Two Streamliners
WOODSTOCK, Ala., (£>) —
Workers today searched the man
fr gled wreckage of a combination
passenger - baggage car for addi
* tional victims in a streamliner
collision which killed 18 and in
jured 60.
Two deluxe New York-New Or
leans passenger trains met head
on yesterday afternoon.
The silvery northbound South
erner pulled from a siding here
into the path of the onrushing
southbound Crescent. The sledge
hammer crash turned the first car
of the Southerner into a giant
coffin.
The trains met on a high rail
road trestle 29 miles southwest of
Birmingham. The Crescent was
using the Southern Railway
tracks because a bridge was out
on the Louisville and Nashville
lines near New Orleans.
“We were slammed back 80
feet,” said George Newton, Sem
inary, Miss., a passenger in the
third coach of the northbound
train.
All of the known dead were on
the Southerner, most of them in
the first car, which was smashed
like an egg shell.
Seven cars of the Crescent left
the tracks, with four plunging off
the 40-foot embankment. Almost
miraculously, no one was killed in
the cars which dropped to the
ground.
Unbeaten Bucknell Eleven
v Refuses Bowl Invitations
LEWISBURG, Pa., (/P)—Buck
nell University announced today
its undefeated and untied football
team has declined all invitations
to participate in post-season bowl
games. «
The University declined to say
what bowl invitations were re
ceived.
The Bucknell team, in winning
nine games this year, set an east
> ern record of an average of 463.3
yards gained a game.
Abdullah King and Samia
Ganial To Marry Thursday
CAIRO, Egypt, UP) — With a i
green light from the government, |
Texas oil heir Sheppard tAbdul
lah) King and his pretty Egyptian
fiancee Samia Gamal signed the
Moslem register today and an
nounced they will be married
Thursday.
King, who became a Moslem to
marry the Arab dancer, signed his
adopted name, Abdullah, to all
the documents.. Yesterday, the
government gave its permission
for Samia to wed a foreigner.
Samia is finishing up a starring
role in an Arabic film called “The
Beautiful Face.”
PAA To Fly Santa's Mail
; For Children In States *
SEATTLE, (/P)—An aerial “op
eration Santa Claus” has been ar
ranged for the kiddies again this
year. Pan American World Air
ways announced a plan by which
parents can arrange for the chil
dren to get Santa Claus letters
with a Fairbanks postmark.
If the parents want to get Santa
Claus stationery from the airline,
they can. Parents can write to a
child, sign as Santa Claus, put
the letter in an envelope adressed
to the child, put an airmail stamp
on it, then put the whole works
in another envelope and mail to
Pan American in Seattle. Pan Am
will fly the letters to Alaska for
airmailing to children with north
ern postmarks.
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Report Raises To
8,000 Possible Slain
U. S. Prisoners
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A newly!
disclosed report from Gen. Mat
thtevv B. Ridgway, supreme Allied !
commander in the Far East, has I
raised the possible total of Am
j erican prisoners slain by com
munists in Korea to 8,000. That!
is 2,000 more than previously in- j
dicated.
The new atrocity report was to '
the United Nations, and covered
i the period through July 20. C.
Herschel Schooley, chief of the
Pentagon press section, told re
porters about it Friday night, in
response to inquiries.
It was described as saying ex- ;
act evidence of executions, ob
tained through July 20, numbered
about 400 killings. The 8,000 fig
ure was the sum of what were
described as unconfirmed reports
! from various sources and in var- ,
; ious forms.
This report was apparently
made days, or even weeks, be
fore Col. James M. Hanley, chief
of the 8th Army’s War Crimes In
vestigation section, said—on Nov.
14—that the Reds had slaughtered
about 5,500 of their American pri
soners and 290 other Allied pri
soners.
President Investigating
Korean Atrocity Charges ]
KEY WEST, Fla., (/P) — Con- i
fidants said today President Tru- 1
man is making a thorough in- 1
auiry into the handling of the ' <
Korean atrocity charges. j 1
An atmosphere o*f official sil- <
ence, however, enveloped his in
vestigation. (
White House aides said the j
President is reserving a statement 1
on the atrocity charges until he '
as all the facts at his command. ]
In his only public comment on 1
the atrocity charges, the President <
termed the charges horrible and 1
said if true it was the most un- ]
civilized thing that has happened i
in the past century. ! i
General Eisenhower
Sternly Warns
Pact Commanders
To Slop Haggling
ROME, (JP)—General Dwight D.
Eisenhower sternly warned At
lantic Pact commanders today to
stop haggling over command ap
pointments, forget individual na
tional glory and “attempt the im
possible” in building true west
ern security against aggression by
pooling their sovereignty.
He declared that unless Eu
rope’s defense line is built srtong
ly far east of the Rhine, there
never will be peace without fear.
This was interpreted as a definite
reference to inclusion of German
forces in the Atlantic Pact army.
As a spoke, qualified sources
reported that Britain again had
turned down a proposal to set up
an American-led North Atlantic
naval command at once. Britain is
committed, on paper, to accepting
an American admiral as beac* °f
the North Atlantic command, but
apparently the British want action
deferred until a Briton is put in
charge of the projected Middle
East Command. The Atlantic Pact
defense ministers are recommend
ing that this action be put off
until Greece and Turkey formally
enter the partnership, probably in
January.
The same sources said Prime
Minister Churchill’s government
thus far also has refused to ac
cept the American .30 caliber
Garand as the standard rifle for
the Atlantic allies. Britain still is
arguing in favor of its own new*
.280 rifle.
Reds Attempt Grab
Strategic Positions
before Armistice
SEOUL, Korea, C/P)—Commun
ist troops today attacked savage
ly through deep snow and bitter
cold at both ends and in the cen
ter of the Korean battle line.
In the west, advancing U.N.
:roops were hit by a reinforced
communist battalion south of Pan
nunjom, the site of cease-fire
legotiations. East of the Puhan
*iver on the central front, where
;he U.N. command launched a vic
orious two-day line-straightening
iffensive Nov. 17-18, a Red bat
alion drove Allied defenders out
)f three advanced positions.
The U.N. command has express
ed belief the Reds were trying to
l r a b strategic positions while
ruce negotiators at Panmunjom
ire attempting to map the battle
ine. Victory in such a campaign
vould have far-reaching effects
;ince the line being drawn will
>ecome the permanent cease-fire
ine if an armistice is signed with
n 30 days after the line is
idopted.
President Bans Import of
Furs From Russia, China
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman has ordered an end to
tariff agreements under which
this country gives Russia and Po
land trade concessions equal to
those afforded any other nation.
And another presidential order
calls for an outright ban on bring
ing into the United States several
types of furs from Russia and
Red China. Furs are a major ex
port from those countries.
The President’s action follows
legislation last summer extending
the reciprocal trade act. Congress
directed that, as soon as possible,
the President should withdraw
tariff concessions granted to Rus
sia and other communist coun
tries or areas.
The furs that may no longer be
imported from Russia or Red
China at any rate of duty, are
ermine, fox, kolinsky, marten,
mink, muskrat and weasel.
I
Father Returns
Navy Cross Scroll
! To The President
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo.,
(/P>—A retired army captain says
he 'has sent b^ck to President
Truman a scroll which accompan
ied a posthumous award to his
j son.
Guilds’ son, Marine Lt. John N.
Guild, was awarded the Navy
Cross posthumously and the scroll
—signed by President Truman—
came with it.
Guild has written numerous let
ters criticizing the administra
tion’s Korean policy. The latest,
dated Nov. 23, and released to
the press yesterday, said in part:
“These noble words on the
scroll may be used only by those
who earn the right ... by one
marine speaking of another; by a
Lincoln grieving for one of his
soldiers. Your use of these words
will heighten, not lessen, the
anger of those who saw their sons
die for a policy of fear and ap
peasement.”
The letter concluded: “You
honor neither the words nor our
sons by using them. We return the
scroll to you. May God forgive—
we cannot.”
There was no comment from
the President’s vacation head
quarters at Key West, Fla.
Oldest Massachusetts
Driver, Aged 94, Cleared
Of Blame In Car Accident
SALISBURY, Mass., (/P) —
Charles L. Davis, 94, of New
buryport, the state’s oldest driver,
was cleared of any blame today
for the three - car accident in
which he was involved yesterday.
His car was one of two side
swiped by the third car. No one
was injured.
Negotiators Agree
On 145-Mile Cease
Fire Line In Korea
MUNSAN, Korea, (/P) — Allied
and communist staff officers to
night agreed on the exact location
of a 145-mile line across Korea
where the shooting will stop if
an armistice is signed within 30
days.
Only signatures of the truce
negotiators are needed to com
plete settlement of the second
item cm the armistice agenda—•
fixing a cease-fire line.
The subcommittee will meet in
Panmunjom tomorrow to approve
the proposal. The lull five-man
armistice delegation will open a
plenary session. Formal adoption
of the buffer zone clause is ex
pected to be a mere formality.
Then in a race against the 30
day deadline and while the fight
ing goes on, the negotiators will
work on three other points that
must be agreed on before a full
armistice can be signed.
There still is a possibility of
an armistice in Korea by Christ
mas, but no one in an official
position at the U.N. camp would
risk a prediction that a truce can
be negotiated by then.
Two other tough problems also
must be solved before an armis
tice can become effective. They
are the exchange of war prison
ers and recommendations to the
belligerent governments, includ
ing withdrawal of foreign troops
from Korea.
Agreement on the proposed
cease-fire line came four months
after armistice delegations first
tackled the problem—July 27.
Dr. J. H. Romig,
“Dogteam Doctor”
Dies In Colorado
ANCHORAGE, (^)-Dr. J. H.
Romig, 76, former Alaskan mis
sionary, doctor, U.S. Commission
er, mayor of Anchorage and au
thor, died Thanksgiving day at
Colorado Springs, where he has
made his home the past ten years.
Dr. Romig came to Bethel, Al
aska in July, 1896 as a young doc
tors, To the Moravian Mission,
and spent the next 41 years in
his profession. He was credited
with opening the first hospital
history west of Sitka, and the
first of make use of anesthesia in
the Kuskokwim area of the terri
tory. Later he became U.S. Com
missioner in Bristol Bay, and
from 1930 to 1937 he was chief
of staff of the Alaska Railroad
hospital. After his retirement he
served a term as mayor of An
chorage. Four children, all born
in Alaska, survive.
His wife, formerly Emily Craig
of Nome, was with him at the
time of his death.
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