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VOL, LIII No. 51_ NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY;, APRIL 30, 1351_-_Per^Copy—-15^
r Greatest Explosion
To Be Set Off
Within 10 Days
WASHINGTON, (JP) — U. S.
atomic weaponeers probably will
set off the world’s greatest ex
plosion within the next ten days.
The nuclear fission blast will
be the grand finale to a new series
of tests at the Eniwetok proving
grounds in the Marshall Islands.
Completion of the series will j
make 1951 the boom year for
atomic explosions. At least half a
dozen atomic explosions will have
been touched off by the United
States before the year is half
over. There may be still more.
Other tests in the offing may
be at places not hitherto used,
^ AEC chairman Gordon Dean has
hinted. An experiment with the
bomb under sub-Arctic conditions
and perhaps with the weapon
buried beneath the ground may
be tried in the Aleutian Islands
before the year is over.
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Price Office Orders
Four to Five Cent
Cut In Beef Prices
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The gov
ernment raised its cleaver today
for a swing at the high cost of
meat. Officials said a four to five
cents a pound cut in beef prices
to consumers is due by August
with a similar slash to follow
next fall.
Actirol d ollars-and-cents ceil
ings of beef prices will be an
nounced later.
One officials said the first siz
able reduction will be ordered
immediately. This will be accom
plished by setting ceilings on the
amounts slaughterers may pay for
cattle. It was understood that the
first cut would amount to five to
10 per cent.
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Better Business Standards
Association Warns Against
“Fantastic” Alaska Wages
SEATTLE, (/P) — The Better
Business Standards Association of
Seattle warned its members today
against persons and agencies of
fering unlimited Alaska job op
portunities at “fantastic wages.”
The Association bulletin quoted
Alaska Delegate E. L. Bartlett,
who wrote in a recent letter to
Congress that “unscrupulous per
sons are trying to take advan
tage” of men seeking work in
Alaska.
Bartlett’s letter cited one ex
ample of an advertisement in a
Los Angeles newspaper promising
laborers $900 monthly and car
penters more than $1,300 a month
in Alaska. It also cautioned
against payment of fees to “al
leged bureaus” for “jobs that will
never be forthcoming.”
The Alaska Delegate pointed
out that although workers in
Alaska will receive more pay
than in the States, living costs
there are also much higher.
President of AVA Asks
Support of All Alaskans
For Tourist Program
Mr. R. E. Ellis, president of;
the Alaska Visitor’s Association, j
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who arrived in town Saturday
was a guest of the Chamber of
Commerce on Saturday .evening'
at an open meeting held at the
City Hall in the interest of the
AVA.
Mr. Ellis pointed out the first
step in the organization is the
backing af all the Chamber of
Commerce groups in the territory.
He commented on the strong part
played by the delegates of Second
Division in support of the funds
wnich were allocated by the Leg
islature to the amount of $40,000.
He explained that one of the rea
sons for his trip was to raise
$75,000 to start the organization’s
budget of $115,000.
Membership is divided into two
classes, sustaining and participat
ing. Annual dues of sustaining
members will be from $10 to $99
and dues for participating mem
bership will be $100 or more,
and will entitle the holder to a
vote.
Mr. Ellis urged the support of
all Alaskans stating that the
tourist furnishes the motive power
that will accentuate all the activ
ities and well being of every sec
tion of Alaska.
Mr. Ellis quoted Henry Coffin
of Anchorage, “Alaska is the
greatest show on earth.”
Paul Spurlock of the Alaska
Airlines and Jerry Modrow of
Wien Airlines asserted that they
anticipate a very busy tourist
season with groups coming in
every day of the week including
Sunday.
Report Approval
$350,000 Loan To
U. S. Tin Corp.
SEATTLE, f/P)—Approval of a
federal loan to the United States
Tin Corporation for expanded op
erations on Alaska’s Seward Pen
insula, was reported Friday.
A special dispatch to the Post
Intelligencer said it was to be a
$350,000 loan, according to Sen
ator Magnuson’s office. A repre
sentative of the firm here said it
was to be for $375,000.
The tin firm has it’s operations
about 25 miles west of Teller,
near the westernmost part of the
territory.
The firm representative here
said the operation employed about
40 men last summer but would
be expanded to about 75 men this
year and probably next. After that
he said, expansion of the mill
from the present 100-ton a day
ore capacity, to many times that
volume is contemplated.
Alaska is listed as the only tin
producing territory under the
American flag. Magnuson’s office
said tin deposits in Alaskaa’s Lost
River area are estimated to be
large enough to keep a 1,500 tons
a day mill running for nine years.
Robert Vogeler,
17 Months In Red
Jail, Is Released
VIENNA, Austria, (/P) —Robert
A. Vogeler and his family left
Vienna by plane today for the
United States.
The 39-year-old American busi
nessman, released last Sjaturday
after 17 months in a Communist
jail in Hungary, was taken to the
airport with his^ family by Am"
bassador Walter J. Donnelly, U.S.
High Commissioner in Austria.
Vogeler mustered his shattered
strength to deliver what he called
“a message” to the American peo
ple yesterday before a television
camera and microphone. He broke
down once but insisted on con
tinuing. !
“I am convinced,” he said
“that my incident (arrest by Hun
garian Communists as a spy and
saboteur) is just one of a series
of planned attacks on Democracy.
“The American people must be
made aware of what can happen.
I feel that every individual Ameri
can should realize that what hap
pened to me can happen to them
if we don’$ all band together to
destroy these enemies of individ
ual freedom.
60 Billion Dollar
Defense Budget
Sent To Congress
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Presi
dent Truman sent Congress a
$60,679,414,690 defense budget to
day and said Russia’s rulers have
pushed the world “to the brink
of a general war.”
The huge requested appropria
tion is for the United States’ own
military costs and to help arm
its allies.
In a letter to House Speaker
Rayburn, accompanying today’s
estimates, Mr. Truman said:
“If the Soviet Union chooses to
unleash a general war, the free
world must be in a position to
stop the attack and strike back de
cisively and at once at the seats
of Soviet power.”
Sketching broadly the planned
use of the money, Mr. Truman
said:
“For the army, these funds will
equip and maintain 18 divisions
plus separate combat and support
ing units. The navy, under these
recommendations, will maintain
an active fleet of 1,161 ships. The
Air Force wil continue to build
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toward 95 war wings.”
Mr. Truman said the military
and other security programs will
take about 20 per cent of the
nation’s total output by the end
of the next fiscal year (June 30,
1952). By comparison, he said, 45
per cent of total output was going
to security purposes at the peak
of the last world war.
He said: “The level of prepared
ness which this budget is designed
to create is one which is well
within our ability to maintain
for many years, if necessary.” ,
Home Arts Club To
Honor Mrs. M. J. Walsh
On Mother’s Day
The Home Arts Club has an
nounced that plans are underway
for a . public tea to be held on
Mother’s Day, honoring Mrs: M. J.
Walsh, mother of Alaska for 1951.
Co-hostes$es with the Home Arts
Club who sponsored Mrs. Walsh
will be the Pioneer Women, Auxil- j
iary No. 1, of which group Mrs.
Walsh is a past president, and
Beat Sigma. Phi, Nome’s newest
women’s group, which. always
honor mothers on Mother’s Day
as part of their program. '
Musical entartainment is planned
throughout the afternoon as well
as a citation from the office of the
Governor of Alaska.
20 Lives Lost In
Pacific Northwest
Over Week-end
(By the Associated Press)
Death strode heavily through
the Pacific Northwest over the
week-end, unmindful as ever of
the manner in which it reaped
a harvest of 20 lives.
Two plane crashes killed four
in Oregon. Bob Stephens, 22, of
Heppner, and Mrs. Betty Groves,
28, of Lexington died when their
small ship hit a rocky hill near
Heppner. Orlie Johnson and
Murry Page of Tillamook, both
in their late 20’s, were killed when
their plane dived into the surf
at Rockaway.
Thomas Trude, 25, of Aber
deen, Wash., took his own life be
cause he believed himself respon
sible for an accident in which six
persons were hurt Sunday. He
shot himself a short time after
the five - car smash - up which
caused no serious injuries.
Six persons drowned; four were
killed in traffic accidents and mis
cellaneous causes brought the
other deaths.
Boy Scout Honor Court
Friends and parents of Boy
Scouts were welcomed to the
Court of Honor by assistant Scout
master John Almquist.
Members of the court were
Duane Force, Boy Scout execu
tive, Ed Hawkinson, Scoutmaster,
Don Hurlbert, John Fults, and
James McLean.
Tenderfoot awards were made
to William Willbya and James
Oamack.
Second class badges went to
Paul Glavinovich, Albert Aukon,
John Hurlbert, Don, Newton Sam
Mogg, Jr., Vernon Carlson, and
William Willoya.
First class badges were awarded
to Donald Newton, Robert Sum
mers, John Hurlbert, George Kost,
David Bell, Tonnie Fults, Robert
Dunbar, and George Bell.
Mothers of first and second class
Scouts received miniature dupli
cates of their sons’ badges.
One year service stars went to
David Bell, Robert Dunbar, Char
les Fagterstrom, Tonnie. Fults,
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Reds Suffer
70,000 Casualties
In 7-Day Offensive
(By the Associated Press)
Communist troops poured down
from the north today in an at
tempt to capture Seoul as a May
Day prize. United Nations troops,
committed to defense of the war
battered- South Korean capital,
laid down, a terrific -artillery bar
rage in the path of the Red tide.
Censorship cloaked * the exact
distance of the Reds from the
city. The latest Communist broad
cast said the Red troops were only
seven and a half miles from Seoul.
Heavily-censored front dispatches
indicated they were much closer.
Probing -attacks marked the first
phase of the battle for the city.
. Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet,
the Allied ground commander,
put his defending troops north of
Seoul. He does not plan house-to
house street fighting or to sacri
fice his men unnecessarily in the
city’s defense. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur and Lt. Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgeway had made no attempt
to hold the city before, but Van
Fleet said Seoul has prestige as
the South Korean capital.
A shock force of 20,000 Com
munist troops were reported gath
ering for the initial assault. Al
lied airmen said they spotted 3,365
Red vehicles moving along the
western front.
If the Allies withdraw from in
front of the city they will take
up a line on the Han river on
the south. Maj. Gen. William M.
Hoge of the Ninth Corps said the
question of whether the Allies can
hold there “depends on what is
thrown at us.”
The Reds have suffered 70,000
casualties in their seven-day of
fensive but they have plenty left.
Secretary Acheson
Claims Success For
His Stand In Korea
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of State Acheson today claimed
success for the stand this country
has taken in Korea and said the
best chance of real victory lies
in firmly holding to that line.
He explained to the United
States Chamber of Commerce that
it may be passible there to con
vince the enemy that “his aggres
sion cannot pay.” His claims of
success were in that field.
The fighting in the Far East
uMay spread despite our efforts
to limit it,” Acheson said, but
added: ,
“If this happens the responsibil
ity for it will rest squarely on
the Kremlin and its agents in
Peiping.”
His audience had up for con
sideration a resolution endorsing
direct negotiations with Russia for
world peace. The proposed policy
statement, one of dozens to be
voted on at the Chamber’s 39th
annual meeting, called for a So
viet-American effort to readh
“truly efective solutions” not mere
paper agreements.
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