Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
(Continued from Page One)
tain and France. The United
States takes the stand that if Chi
na is to be included it must be
Nationalist—not communist—Chi
na.
Friday, October 21, 1950
Thousands of U. S. paratroop
ers drop 23 miles north of Pyong
yang to seal aff retreating North
Korean forces. MacArthur, watch
ing operation, says was is now
very definitely coming to an end
today. He orders South Koreans
to speed toward Manchurian bor
der in cleanup campaign. Pyong
yang is just about secured and U.
S. forces mop up* fallen Red capi
tal.
WASHINGTON </P>—'The army
reported today that United Na
tions forces took more than 7,200
prisoners in Korea yesterday—the
largest bag for any 24 hours since
the conflict began.
A spokesman told reporters that
5,600 prisoners were aken by the
U. S. 24th Division alone.
FINE RESPONSE TO "IRON
LUNG" FOOD SALE
The committee of Rebekahs,
who are sponsoring the Iron Lung
Food Sale Saturday, have been
amazed at the voluntary response
of the public and the many non
member volunteers who are send
ing in food for the Food Sale on
Saturday. Mrs. Jenks stated this
morning that there will be pies,
cakes, salads, beans, doughnuts,
cookies, candy, bread, cinnamon
rolls, dinner rolls, and just about
everything that’s good to eat in
the pastry line.
The sale starts at ten o’clock
and will last as long as the food
holds out.
GASSLAND CONSTRUCTION
CO. LOSES BARGE
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Gassland Construction Co. had j
the misfortune to lose a barge
which was in tow of a tug during
the rough weather Tuesday about j
ten miles up the beach. It broke
the towline and due to the wind
and surf could not be caught in
time to keep it from going on the
beach. j
For Good Printing Call Main 12.' J
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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
G-E Dial-the-fabric Iron - G-E Steam Iron
G-E Automatic Roaster - G-E Hotplate
G-E Washing Machine - G-E Sun Lamp
G-E Electric Clock - G-E Mazda Lamps
Wiring Materials
NORTHERN LIGHT & POWER CO.
Alaska Dept.
Of Health
ANCHORAGE — Total polio
cases in the Territory remained at
42 Tuesday with no new cases be
ing reported since Monday when
a 28-year-old Anchorage woman
became the latest case, according
to an announcement from the
Alaska Department of Health.
However, a message was re
ceived Tuesday by health officials
from Dr. Duncan M. Chalmers,
Alaska Native Service physician
at Bethel, reporting three cases of
disease showing clinical evidence |
of typhoid fever. Although as yet!
unconfirmed by laboratory diag-1
nosis, the cases are now under- j
going treatment at the Bethel ho*s- j
pital. Dr. Chalmers reported that;
the three cases are young men i
from Eek, a small village at the j
mouth of the Kuskokwim River, i
Alaska Native Service Nurse Dor- j
othy Root has gone to Eekj to fol
low up the cases of illness, Dr.
Chalmers said. He added that
cases of an upper respiratory in
fection resembling infleunza have j
also occurred in the Bethel area.i
Dr. Wendell C. Matthews, act-!
ing assistant commissioner of I
health, said that assistance has \
been offered to the Bethel area.!
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jefford were
in town yesterday. They visited
with relatives here and visited
their niece, Dean Alexander, who
is recuperating in the hospital
with a broken shoulder.
Mrs. Jefford, who is the owner j
of the outstanding arts and crafts |
store known as the Treasure Shop!
in Anchorage, was, also on a buy- j
ing trip preparing for a busy holi-1
day season. j
Communication
Nome, Alaska,
October 13, 1950.
IS NOME MISSING
THE BOAT?
Boats mean a lot to Nome, and
perhaps if the present deporable
situation were brought to the at
tention of the citizens of Nome,
they woruld “put their thinking
caps on.”
Practically any town, city or
municipality in the rest of the
Territory and in the United States
has an adequate fire alarm system,
a city owned garbage disposal
system, a city owned water sup
ply and a National Underwriters
approved electrical wiring code,
an approved plumbing code and
an approved building code.
Why doesn’t Nome have some
of these things? For instance, the
wiring code? An old fogey will
say, “It has worked for twenty
years; I don’t see any reason why
it won’t work another twenty
years.” Needless to say, that is
the catchword of the obstruction
ist—the people who do not believe
there is any future for Nome; but
the up and coming citizen of
Nome or any other city does not
have that feeling. He says, “There
is nothing too good for the town
I live in and where by children
live, even transiently.”
I leave you with this thought,
Citizens of Nome. Why do we not
have an interest in what our City
Council is doing? Why do we not
give them the benefit of our ad
vice or our thoughts, get behind
them and help them to make this
a modern American city?
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Doug And Harry
Agree on Formosa
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The re
port that President Truman and
Gen. Douglas MacArthur have
reached agreement on the Fgt
moas issue opened anew today
the question of what exactly are
American aims for the future of
1 that strategic island.
The heart of the question is: To
what extent will the United
States try to keep Formosa, now
held by the Chinese Nationalists,
from falling intcf the hands fo the
Chinese communists?
Up to the time of the Truman
MacArthur conference on Wake
Island last Sunday, there was
considerable evidence that the
two men did not see eye to eye.
MacArthur clearly favored a de
termined policy to kep Formosa
permanently out of communist
control. Mr. Truman favored neu
tralizing the island during the Ko
rean war and thereafter settling
its status peacefully through the
United Nations.
The key to the reported agree
ment may be this: although he
seeks a peaceful solution in ac
cord with other friendly nations,
the President may have no inten
tion of letting that solution take
the form of handing Formosa *
over to the Chinese Reds.
That is, the reported agreement
may have taken the form of an
! assurance by Mr. Truman to Mac
Arthur that his policies, develop
ing within the U. N., are aimed at
permanently neutralizing the is
land.
High Pentagon officials who re
ported anonymously Wednesday
that the two men had agreed on
the Formosa issue did not say how
or in what degree the differences
as they formerly appeared on the
| record had been resolved.
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i NAVY PARTIALLY LIFTS
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
WASHINGTON, (/P>—The navy
: announced Wednesday a partial
: lifting of restrictions on the trans
portation of service dependents to
; Pacific areas. The restrictions
went into effect early in July to i
relieve shipping for military
movements to Korea.'
The navv said that Hawaii,
Alaska, the Philippines and the
Marianas Islands are now open to
, travel for naval dependents when
! authorized by the commander in
chief of the Pacific Fleet or the
! commandant of the 17th Naval
1 District.
The 17th District includes Alas
ka and the Aleutian Islands.
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i Nome Directory
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! ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Don Lyle, Pres.
.3rad Gunderson, Secy.
ANVILLODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
1 STANLEY R. MORGAN, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
! Northwestern Alaska
j Chamber of Commerce
Meets
! EVERY TUESDAY NOON
! ARVO SAARIO, President
i HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40