k ’ 'V
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS__,
VOL. LIV No. 109 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1952 Per Copy—15^
t
.U.N. Artillery Mows
Down Chinese Moving
To Attack Capitol Hill
SEOUL, (ZP)—U.N. artillerymen
today raked the valleys nprth of
Capitol Hill with a barrage that
kept the Communists from
launching new assaults on the
scarred central front ridge.
South Korean scouts reported
at dawn that the valleys were
covered with Chinese bodies.
Allied big guns had scattered Red
units varying in size from a few
squads to a battalion of about
750 men.
U.N. fighter-bomber helped ar
tillerymen knock out Red guns
which had been harassing the
South Korean defenders of Cap
itol Hill.
The U.S. Fifth Air Force said
its Sabre jet pilots shot down one
Communist MIG jet and damaged
two when 24 Sabres ran into 29
extremely aggressive MIGs.
Slightly revising its figures, the
Fifth Air Force said today’s toll
raised the Allied pilots’ Septem
ber score to 29 Red jets downed;
one probably destroyed and 29
damaged.
Head of Justice Dept.
Tax Division Is Replaced
WASHINGTON, <JP) —Attorney
General McGranery today re
lieved Ellis N. Slack as head of
the Justice Department’s tax divi
sion and replaced him with
Charles S. Lyon, who has been
chief counsel of the House com
mittee investigating tax scandals.
He announced that Slack will
return to his former post as chief
of the appellate section of the
tax division.
Slack has been under fire of a
congressional committee recently
in connection with a St. Louis
grand jury investigation last year
1 of the handling of tax cases in
that area.
McGranery’s statement said of
Lyon:
“I feel that his experience .will
serve him well as head of the tax
division of the Department of
Justice. He will furnish a high
standard of leadership in the tax
division.”
Former Brewer Indicted
For Income Tax Evasion
WASHINGTON, (fP) — Law
rence P. Bardin, former Indiana
brewer whose name was brought
into congressional complaints of
government tax irregularities, was
indicted Friday on charges of try
ing to evade his 1946 income
taxes.
, Bardin’s name figured promi
nently in charges by Sen. Wil
liams (R-Del) of alleged irregular
ities in the Internal Revenue
Bureau.
Williams told the Senate Feb.
«
14 Bardin settled a big tax claim
for a small amount after Joseph
D. tfunan, Jr., former Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, ob
tained a special permit to repre
sent the brewing firm.
Nunan said, however, that he
never represented the brewing
company, never spoke to anyone
in its behalf and never received
a fee from the company.
Tito Confident No
Soviet Attack On
Yugoslavia Soon
SPLIT, Yugoslavia, </P) — Pre
mier Marshal Tito said he is con
vinced the Soviets are not plan
ning an attack on Yugoslavia in
the near future. If it does come,
he warns, it will spark World
War III.
In an interview with a group
of visiting Norwegian newspaper
men, released Wednesday night,
the Yugoslav leader emphasized
his nation would resist any attack.
“We are ready,” he said. “Our
people cannot be bluffed.”
Tito described the chances' of
such a Soviet aggression would
bring on a third world war be
cause, he said, the west was aware
that Russian conquest of his coun
try would mean Russian domina
tion of the Mediterranean lifeline
to the east.
In his answers, Tito showed
confidence in the strength of hi$
regime despite the hostility ot his
Cominform neighbors and econ
omic troubles stemming from the
drought in 1950 and another this
year. He also made clear his
reasons for believing the west
would continue to' send him mili
tary equipment.
“The question of defense of
western Europe depend^Jo a very
large degree on Yugoslavia, no
matter what the propagandists
say,” he declared.
“We are very conscious of this
and know very well that it is not
a matter of indifference to the
West whether Yugoslavia or the
Soviet Union is sitting in the Is
onze (Yugoslavia’s river boundary
with Itlay) and the Adriatic.
“If such a colossus (Russia) was
on the Adriatic the Mediterranean
would not belong to* western
countries any more. That is the
least of what would happen. I
am convinced the west is aware
of this.”
Salvage of Sunken Liner
Princess Kathleen May
Not Be Feasible
JUNEAU, (JP) — A Canadian
Pacific Steamship Company of
ficial said today that salvage op
erations of the $5,000,000 Princess
Kathleen which grounded and
sank near here Sunday are physi
cally possible but'it is a problem
whether they are economically
I feasible.
Capt. Oliver Williams, manager
of the company’s British Colum
bia coastal service, Inspected the
wrecked ship at Lena Point and
then scheduled a conference with
Kris Antonsen, a Ketchikan diver.
The liner’s bow is in 28 feet
of water and its stern is in soft
mud 180 feet deep.
VALDEZIAN DIES AT 92
VALDEZ, (/P)—-Minnie F. Whit
ley, one of the oldest residents of
this area, died Thursday at the
age of 92.
She had been a resident of
Valdez for half a century. She
came here with her husband,
Harry Whitley, from the Yukon
gold rush town of Dawson. They
opened a store at Valdez, which
they operated until her husband’s
death 20 years ago.
Mine Workers’ Policy
Committee To Review
Contract Negotiations
WASHINGTON, (A5) —John L.
Lewis today summoned his mine
workers’ policy committee to meet
here Monday to review contract
negotiations and prepare for a
possible strike of the coal miners
on Sept. 22, a week later.
The United Mine Workers’ con
tract with northern soft coal
mines expires Sept. 20, a Satur
day and a non-working .day, and
the men would be free to fail to
show up for work on Monday,
Sept. 22.
U.M.W. president Lewis has
been negotiating separately for
new contract terms with north
ern and southern segments of the
soft coal industry and with the
Pennsylvania anthracite industry.
The three sets of talks have
been progressing with some signs
of progress but with no conclu
sions on any major issues.
Pan American Flew
3,101,000 Miles In 1951
In Alaska Operations
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Pan Am
erican World Airways flew 70 per
cent more mileage in its Alaska
operations last year than the base
pattern for which it receives air
mail subsidies, a Civil Aeronau
tics Board examiner was told yes
terday.
Paul C. Velte, research director
for the company, said the base
pattern is 1,825,000 miles, includ
ing routes from the Pacific North
west to Alaska and the internal
Alaska lines.
Actually, he told CAB examiner
Paul Pfeiffer, Pan American flew
3,101,000 miles in 1951 in its Al
aska operations, carrying passen
gers, mail and cargo. The com
pany’s net profit, before income
taxes, on the Alaska operations
for the year was $799,000 Velte
stated.
His testimony was offered in
support of Pan American’s con
tention that its present passen
ger and cargo rates to and within
Alaska are just and reasonable.
The Civil Aeronautics Board is
now conducting an examination
as to the fairness of rates of all
airlines operating within the ter
ritory.
Crew of F-94 Jet Fighter
Miraculously Escape
Death In Flaming Crash
KODIAK, UP) — An F-94 jet
fighter plane crashed and spread
flaming gasoline over the Kodiak
Naval Air Station runway Wed
nesday night. Two men aboard
miraculously escaped death.
A Navy crash crew pulled the
slightly injured pair from the
wreckage. The pilot suffered
bruises; the radar operator had a
wrenched back.
Pickpocket Plane Practice
PARIS, (/P) — French fashion
designer Christian Dior has, a
French paper said Friday, re
ceived the following letter:
“Please excuse me for bother
ing you, but I would like tp know
where you intend putting the
pockets of your winter coats.”
Signed: “A Modest Pickpocket.”
Senator Taft, General Eisenhower,
Governor Stevenson, Secty. Acheson,
And Their Political Enunciations:
^_/£\
Red Soldier Crashes
Roadblocks to Surrender
At Panmunjom Truce Site
MUNSAN, (/P) — U.N. negotia
tors today demanded and got a
seventh straight weeklong recess
in the Korean armistice talks.
No progress on the truce-block
ing issue of .prisoner exchange
was reported at a heated 32-min
ute session—the first since Sept. 4.
The next meeting was set for
Sept. 20.
The calm at the Panmunjom
neutral zone was shattered late
yesterday when a Communist sol
dier crashed roadblocks in a 45
mile-an-hour dash to surrender to
U.S. military police.
Told of this second Communist
surrender in a week near Pan
munjom, Lt. Gen. William K.
Harrison, senior U.N. truce dele
gate, smiled:
“I don’t care how many come
to our side, but they ought to
watch the speed limit.”
North Korean Gen Nam II,
chief Communist delegate, again
accused the Allies of murdering
Red prisoners of war.
Head of Small Defense
Plants Admin. Resigns
WASHINGTON, tfP)—President
Truman today named John E.
Horne. erf Alabama to head the
Small Defense Plants Administra
tion. He has been deputy admin
istrator.
Truman gave Horne a recess
appointment immediately after
accepting the resignation of Tel
ford Taylor, effective next Mon
day.
Taylor, a New York lawyer,
said he was* leaving because of
“my personal necessities.” The
President accepted the resigna
tion “regretfully.”
Taylor has been head of the
agency since it was set up last
year.
SELECTIVE SERVICE ASKED
TO CALL 47,000 IN NOVEMBER
WASHINGTON, {JP) — The De
fense Department Friday asked
the Selective Service System to
call up 47,000 men in November,
for assignment to the Army.
The November figure is the
same as for October and is based
on maintaining approved strength,
after allowances have been made
for enlistments and re - enlist
ments.
This brings to a total of 1,107,
460 the number of men called up
since September, 1950.
THURSDAY BASEBALL
American League
Cleveland 1—Philadelphia 0
Washington 4—Chicago 1
Detroit 5—Boston 4
National League
Chicago 11—Brooklyn 7
New York 5—Pittsburgh 4
Philadelphia 3—St. Louis 2
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 10—Hollywood 4
Oakland 3-5—Sacramento 1-4
Los Angeles 1—San Diego 0
Portland 4—San Francisco 0
(By the Associated Press)
Sen. Robert A. Taft said today
he’ll campaign for Dwight Eisen
hower “to the limit of my abil
ity.” And he said he and the
general are in substantial agree
ment on the major issues.
The Ohio senator who lost out
to Eisenhower in a bitterly-fought
convention battle in July noted,
however, that he and Eisenhower
do not see eye to eye on every
thing, particularly foreign policy.
There appeared to be some dis
agreement on what is the major
issue of the campaign. Two days
ago Eisenhower said the big issue
was peace and that the people
seem most interested in affecting
a change in Washington. Taft said
today the principal issue is “lib
erty versus creeping socializa
tion.”
#
Taft broke his long silence on
the presidential campagin after a
dramatic breakfast conference
with Eisenhower, their first face
to-face meeting since the Chicago
convention two months ago.
Meanwhile, Eisenhower’s foe
for the presidency, Gov. Adlai E.
Stevenson of Illinois was setting
off on the final swing of a West
ern tour.
Stevenson hit back at the Re
publican charge of corruption in
government in a speech as Los
Angeles last night. He said Eisen
hower referred to corruption as
“the only issue” in the campaign
and asserted that Democrats are
pot the only ones responsible for
corruption in government.
He said public apathy was part
ly to blame for corruption — he
said corruption has been confined
m
to “a minute fraction” of govern
ment employes—and added that
neither political party has a mono
poly on virtue or rascality.
A second speech delivered later
before 6,000 people who packed
(Continued on Page Two)
_
*
Four Bids Submitted For
Operation of McKinley
Hotel for Alaska R.R.
ANCHORAGE, (JP) — Four bids
were opened by the Alaska Rail
road Wednesday for operation of
a hotel and other facilities at Mt.
McKinley National Park.
They were submitted by Rich
ard W. Brown, Portland; T. Jo
seph Gold, Fairbanks; F. W.
Lauesen, Anchorage, and a joint
offer from three Anchorage hotels.
Brown’s bid was for 10 per
cent above the cost of operation.
Gold made no specific proposal.
Lauesen, former manager of the
Monument Valley Trading Post in
Arizona, offered the railroad
$1,000 a year ground rent, one
per cent of the gross up to $500,
000 and IVz per cent of the gross
above that figure.
McKinley Park facilities are
operated by the government rail
road. During the past two winter
seasons the armed forces have o<p
erated the hotel for military per
sonnel and their families, relin
quishing the place during the
summer tourist season.
i