OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS__
VOL. LIV No. 27 • NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1952 Per Copy—15c
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Top Politicos
On Hand For New
Hampshire Vote
(By the Associated Press)
An all-star cast of top politi
cians, including three presidential
•candidates, were New Hampshire
bound Monday for the home
stretch battle for primary election
ballots there.
Sen. Taft and Harold E. Stas
sen, Republican candidates, and
Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee, Dem
ocratic candidate, headed for
some on-the-spot campaigning^ in
the final week before New Hamp
shire’s March 11 primary elec
tions.
Also booked for appearances
are Paul Hoffman, former Econ
omic Cooperation Administrator,
Sens. Saltonstall and Lodge of
Massachusetts and Carlson of
Kansas, Gov. Lodge of Connecti
cut, and Rep. Herter, (R-Mass).
The state has never seen so
many nationally - known figures
all at once.
Entered in the primary, first
of its kind in the nation, are
these men or delegates pledged
to them: Taft, Stassen, Gen. Ei
senhower and Gen. MacArthur,
on the GOP ticket; and Kefauver
and President Truman on the
Democratic slate.
Major interest centered in the
Taft-Eisenhower clash. All signs
point to a neck-and-neck race, al
though earlier predictions were
that Eisenhower would win a
walk.
However, recent polls show that
Taft has gained. Even Eisenhower
backers concede this.
Papers Hint Queen
May Be Expecting
Third Child
LONDON, (/P) — Two London
newspapers have hinted that
Queen Elizabeth II may be ex
pecting her third child.
By suggesting on inside pages
that a royal birth may be the
reason for putting off the coro
nation until next summer, the
Sunday Pictorial and Sunday Ex
press went about as far as they
could without shattering custom
ary discretion in such matters.
No one was so blunt as to say
the queen was pregnant.
The Pictorial said “rumors of
a sentimental nature” have sprung
from a recent visit by Sir William
Gilliatt, the famous gynecologist,
to the queen’s residence, Clarence
House.
I The Express suggested that the
queen would retire from public
events after July.
Buckingham Palace maintained
its usual dignified silence on the
rumcrrs. Past palace announce
ments did not come until four
months before Elizabeth’s babies
were expected.
Skelton Hospitalized by Virus
SANTA MONICA, Calif., (/PM
Funnyman Red Skelton is in St.
John’s Hospital with a virus in
fection. *
His physician, Dr. Stanley Im
merman, said he will probably
Corruption Cleanup Man
Doesn’t Think Much of
O’Dwyer or Gen. Vaughn
NEW YORK, (/P) — Newbold
Morris, President Truman’s cor
ruption cleanup man, doesn’t think
very much of two of Mr. Tru
man’s appointees.
The two: William O’Dwyer, for
mer mayor of New York and now
ambassador to Mexico, and Maj.
Gen. Harry H. Vaughn, the Presi
dent’s military aide.
Morris said Sunday on NBC’s
“Meet the Press” that he wouldn’t
have had either O’Dwyer or
Vaughn around if he had his way.
O’Dwyer, who twice defeated
Morris for Mayor of New York
City figured prominently in the
Senate probe into influence ped
dling.
! If Russia Admit
Belligerency It
Would Help Truce
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, (^ — Com
munist truce negotiators angrily
accused the United Nations Com
mand Monday of lying and stall
ing but the Red acknowledged
that the U.N. had a legal right
to reject Russia as a neutral in
spector of an armistice.
North Korean Col. Chang Chun
San conceded that the U.N. had
the right to reject Russia, but in
sisted that the Allies give logical
reasons.
“We had a thoroughly unpro
ductive and most unpleasant ses
sion,” Rear Adm. R. E. Libby
told newsmen after an acrimon
ious session of the prisoner ex
change subcommittee.
At one point North Korean
Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho became
so angry Libby interrupted to ask
him to stop screaming.
Highly-placed sources in Wash
ington said there were indications
Russia is so determined to serve
as a neutral inspector that it may
wreck the truce talks.
These sources said the U. S.
never would accept the Scrviet
Union as a neutral, but might go
back to the original Allied pro
posal to supervise a truce by a
joint commission of belligerents.
They pointed out that if Russia
was willing to acknowledge that
it was a belligerent it then c<mld
legally help police a truce.
Sharp Cuts In Allowances
For Dependents of
Military Personnel
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Sharp cuts
in subsistence and quarters allow
ances have been ordered by the
Alaskan Command for military
personnel with dependents in Al
aska.
The cuts, effective Saturday, re
duce officers without government
quarters to $3 a day allowance,
instead of the previous $5.75. The
new allowance is divided into
$1.25 for subsistence and $1.75 for
rental.
Enlisted personnel are pruned
back to $4.75 a day, down $1 from
the current scale. This includes a
separate ration figure of $1.20, $2
for subsistence and $1.55 for
Bob Reeve Will
Speak Tuesday At
Dream Theater
Bob Reeve, Republican candi
d a t e for the office of delegate
from Alaska, arrived yesterday on
his first official campaign tour.
He has already given speeches
in Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan,
Anchorage and Sitka. His present
tour includes Cordova, Nenana,
Barrow and Wainwright.
Mr. Reeve, who is scheduled to
speak to the public tomorrow
evening at the Dream Theater at
9:30 following a banquet at the
Bering Sea Club, stated that he
will discuss the national defense
policy that led to the withdrawal
of troops from Nome in 1950 and
his active part in the protest
against this action.
He is also planning to explain
to the people of Nome the dangers
of the proposed Japanese treaty
and how it affects the fishing in
Bering Sea, the Arctic coast and
the Aleutian area. He stated he
was seriously concerned over the
fishing industry and that the Jap
anese peace treaty does not carry
one specific provision to protect
the fisheries in this area.
“I’ll do everything I can to get
the Eskimo people out of bondage
to the Interior Department,” he
stated, “as I find they are the
best workers I have in Anchor
age.”
When questioned on statehood,
Mr. Reeve stated, “I am for state
hood 100% and am one of the
strongest backers, but I feel that
the present bill is inadequate.
When we get statehood we want
it with all its natural resources.
It has been so indicated by Re
publican leaders in the Senate,
that statehood can be had as these
same people now against it, will
be for the measure in its proper
setting. *
Given these resources with
which Alaska is endowed, its fu
ture is in the making as the
wealthiest state in the union—
bar none.
“Bartlett and Gruening want
the bill for selfish gain, as they
seek to be U.S. senators, regard
less of the expense and heartache
they cause the Alaskan people.
They are aided by the New Deal
administration because statehood
for Alaska and Hawaii will give
them four added senators and rep
resentatives to accomplish their
aims for more power.
“It’s about time for territorial
administration officials to stop
being so emotional and frustrated
about the failure of the passage
of the present statehood bill and
devote more time to the actual
needs of the people of the terri
tory, such as roads, and protect
ing us on the fishing treaty, for
example.”
When asked about roads, Reeve
stated that the road from Fair
banks to Nome is a must and
should be completed as soon as
possible.
Mrs. Reeve will join her hus
band here in time for the dinner
tomorrow. The Reeves have five
Possibility That House of
Representatives May
Elect Next President
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Sen.
Ellender of Louisiana said:
“There is a definite possibility
that the next President will be
elected by the House of Repre
sentatives.”
Under the Constitution, if no
candidate for the presidency gets
a majority of the 531 Electoral
College votes, then the House
elects them. Each state has one
vote in this case.
Ellender said a contest between
Truman and Taft might find nei
ther able to gain the necessary
266 electoral college votes, if a
third candidate won most of the
southern states. The Louisiana
senator said he thinks Senator
Russell of Georgia could carry at
least nine Southern states and
perhaps more.
U. S. C of c
Proposes “Starve”
Communist Party
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States says the best way
to kill the Communist party in
this country is to “starve” it to
death financially and cut off its
sources of power.
It said this could be done by
refusing Communists jobs in vir
tually all branches of industry,
and choking off prestige, power
and high salaries by freezing them
out of the entertainment, news
paper, radio and similar fields.
The Chamber also sharply criti
cized U.S. foreign policy in a re
port prepared by its committee on
Communism, released Sunday.
“It would not be too hard, if
we all worked at it, to starve it
(the Communist party) financially
and leave it a disorganized group
of powerless fanatics,” the report
said.
“If every source of funds and
power were systematially cut off,
the party would be weakened to
the point of extinction.”
Pointing out that it is public
policy not to hire Communists for
government jobs, it said private
business should follow a similar
policy and not employ Commun
ists “and the various fringes of
fellow travelers and dupes.”
“Streetcar Named Desire”
Named Best Picture 1951
HOLLYWOOD, (A3)—"A Street
car Named Desire” and three of
its players are winners in an
Associated Press nation-wide poll
of movie critics.
Reviewers on member news
papers and radio stations picked
the Tennessee Williams tragedy
as the best film of 1951.
They voted its stars, Marlon
Brando and Vivien Leigh, top
honors among starring actors and
actresses.'
Karl Malden, who played Miss
Leigh’s suitor in the powerful
drama, won among, supporting
actors.
Lee Grant, the scared shoplift
er hauled into a New York police
station in “detective story,” was
first in the supporting - actress
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Motion Expected
To Revive Alaska
Statehood Bill
WASHINGTON, (/P) —A move
to revive the Alaska statehood
bill for debate was expected in
the Senate Monday.
Meanwhile, advocates of state
hood for Hawaii hoped for a
show of strength to determine if
their bill will be brought to the
floor for consideration or be side
tracked.
Sen. Smith (R-NJ) was expected
to move to reconsider the Sen
ate’s 45-44 vote that sent the
Alaska bill back to committee
Wednesday. Sen. O’Mahoney (D
Wyo), floor manager for the bill,
said Saturday Smith would make
such a motion today, the last day
in which it could be made under
Senate rules.
i
Smith was among seven senat
ors not officially recorded in the
recommittal vote in which Demo
crats split 25-24 and Republicans
20-20.
A move for reconsideration
would not assure a quick decision
since Senators could debate it at
length until both sides are ready
for another showdown.
French Airliner
Crash Kills 37
NICE, France, (ff) — An Air
France airliner crashed in an olive
grove near this Riviera fun spot
Monday, killing 37 persons, in
cluding an American ballet danc
er and two French actresses.
A woman taken alive from the
wreckage was reported in criti
cal condition.
The four-engine plane had just
taken off from Nice airport. In
stead of heading out as usual
over the Mediterranean on the
flight to Paris, the plane turned
back. It lost altitude, then smash
ed into bits in the olive grove,
just missing a group of houses
where 20 families live.
Airport employes said pieces of
sea gull’s wings and feathers had
been found in the air intakes of
the plane’s engines, and this might
have caused the crash. Air France
officials in Paris ^ould not con
firm this. The two left engines
had apparently failed.
The American ballet dancer was
Brooklyn-born Joan Harriet Katz
man, 22, who danced under the
name of Harriet Toby with the
Marquis de Cuevas Company. She
appeared Sunday night at Cannes
in a ballet called “Del Amor y
de la Muerte” (Of Love and
Death).
“Frenchy” Makes List of
FBI 10 Most Wanted Men
WASHINGTON, <£>) — An ex
convict described as extremely
dangerous and long-sought for the
killing of a woman in Michigan
was added to the FBI’s list of
“10 most wanted men” Monday.
He is Isaie Aldy Beausoliel, 49,
native of Canada, and known by
the nickname “Frenchy.”
He is a replacement on the
“most wanted” list for Thomas
Kling, convicted murdered wanted
for bank robbery and prison
breaking, who was picked ud in