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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LIII No. 147_NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1951_Per Copy—15?
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First Commercial Airline Flight
Drops Mail and Marks “Pole”
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FAIRBANKS, (/P)—A commer
cial airliner flew over the North
Pole for the first time today to
drop mail for Santa Claus and a
stripped pole to mark the top
r of the world.
Alaska Airlines reported the
bag with 5,000 children’s letters
to Saint Nick and the pole were
pushed out of the four-engine
“Polar Express” at 12:58 a.m. The
pole was an Alaskan’s idea for
marking the North Pole with
something besides ice.
The airliner reported all was
well on the 2,600-mile round trip
r flight in sub-zero cold from Point
Barrow, the northernmost tip of
the continent.
The big airliner was due back
at Barrow around 8:30 a.m.
The specially fitted four-engine
commercial airliner left here yes
terday afternoon on the first leg
of the trip, landing at Pt. Barrow
three hours later for refueling.
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Kgypt Considering Recall
Of Ambassador To Britain
CAIRO, Egypt, (#*) — Acting
Foreign Minister Ibrahim Farag
Pasha announced today Egypt is
considering the recall of her am
bassador from London but so far
has reached no decision.
Cairo newspapers reported earl
ier that the cabinet had decided
to bring home Ambassador Abdel
Fattahamr Pasha “as a protest
against British aggression in the
Suez Canal Zone.”
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inet last night also had decided
^ to “severely punish” Egyptians
collaborating with the British and
to permit all citizens to possess
arms.
Farag told newsmen the for
eign ministry’s legal department
is preparing a memorandum on
diplomatic relations with Britain
and nothing has been decided,
pending completion of this mem- i
orandum.”
' Egypt has been threatening to
break off diplomatic relations
with Britain since the British
army destroyed a village outside!
k Suez City last Saturday to make
way for a military road. Recall
of the ambassador would be a
step short of a complete cut in
diplomatic ties.
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Allies Lose 900
Planes In Korea
In 19 Months
WASHINGTON, (£>)—'The Air
Force says the United States and
its allies in Korea have lost
nearly 900 planes, while com
munist losses as confirmed by the
Air Force amount to 300 planes.
Those totals include 317 non
combat Allied losses. But, the Air
Force said, they did not include
Red planes classed as “probable”
kills, or Red losses from non-com
hat causes.
For that and other reasons, the
Air Force said, the ratio of United
Nations to communist losses in
the air was not as unfavorable
as the announced three-to-one
figures made it seem.
Other reasons the Air Force
gave were:
U.N. planes have been in action
since fighting started in Korea
over 19 months ago, while the
communists took to the air in
significant numbers only in the
last eight or nine months.
U.N. fliers make many low
level attacks in support of troops,
risking heavy opposing fire from
! the ground, while Red fliers stay
high.
Two Die In Dawson
Department Store Fire
DAWSON, Y. T., (/P) — Two
persons were burned to death
here Monday when fire destroyed
Dawson’s largest department
store.
The blaze, which broke out
about 3 a. m. in the Northern
Commercial Co., building, took
the lives of Mrs. Likeas Sellars
and Robert Armstrong, two of the
10 occupants of the staff apart
ments on the second floor.
Origin of the fire has not yet
been established.
Many volunteers turned out to
assist firemen who, although un
able to save the main store and
warehouses, were successful in
saving historic Pioneer Hall.
U. S. Casualties 102,576
WASHINGTON, (^—Announ
ced U.S. battle casualties in Ko
rea reahced 102,576 today, an in
crease of 838 since last week.
MUSIC MAKERS OF MFAB—Left to right: Cpl. Ai Howard.
SgL Honsberger. CpL Dick Hargatt. CpL Slim Williams, and
CpL Don Bryant.
“Princess” Pearl
In Capital Waiting
To See President
WASHINGTON, (ff>) — Princess
Pearl Ittigiah, six-year-old Es
kimo youngster from the Arctic
Circle village of Minto, scheduled
a round of sightseeing and tele
vision appearances today as she
waited for a chance to see Presi
dent Truman.
She wants to give the Presi
dent a petition signed by more
than 2,500 Alaskans asking his
help to improve air service to
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the Territory.
The little girl went to sleep
while flying here from New York
yesterday and h-ad to be coaxed
into a smile when asked by
photographers to pose with a
petition she plans to present to
President Truman.
Greeting them at the airport
was Senator Gillette (D-Iowa), a
member of the Senate Small
Business Committee which re
cently asked the CAB to adopt a
policy of encouraging air travel
to Alaska.
He said today he favors the
committee “continuing and broad
ening its inquiry” into the CAB.
“This'is an important humani
tarian issue as well as a question
of low-cost transportation and a
dispute over whether we are
going to have a monopoly of the
airways,” he said in a statement.
Eisenhower Must Seek
GOP Nomination In
Order To Get It
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Senator
Ferguson (R-Mich) said today he
doesn’t think Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower can get the 1952 Re
publican presidential nomination
unless he seeks it openly.
The Michigan senator, who
hasn’t taken sides in the presi
dential contest, told reporters he
has the impression that Eisen
hower would be “available” but
doesn’t believe that is enough.
“I think Eisenhower would ac
cept the nomination but I don’t
believe he can get it without run
ning for it,” Ferguson commented.
Ferguson’s comments came
after Senator Russell (D-Ga) told
a news conference it will be a
“major miracle” if all the diffi
culties confronting the North At
lantic Treaty Organization now
commanded by Eisenhower can
be ironed out in the next ten or
twelve months.
AFRS Broadcasts Of
Roof Garden Program
Acclaimed By Many
Most of the radios in town were
tuned in on AFRS last Monday
evening for the broadcast of the
Pioneer Roof Garden program.
The broadcast was made possible
by a tape recording made during
the show last Saturday evening.
Many of those unable to attend
the Roof Garden have expressed
appreciation to the crew at AFRS
for the broadcast, and some of
those who were at the show have
stated that they enjoyed it twice
as much on the broadcast.
Appreciation is extended to
Sgt. Curtis Carter, who made the
recording, and to Sgt. Bob Brown
and his assistants.
U.N. Command Fears Reds Will
Not Release All Allied Prisoners
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McKinney Calls
For Cleanup In
Wake Tax Scandal
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman arranged to talk Tuesday
-to Democratic Chairman Frank
McKinney, who has called for a
“dramatic and drastic” cleanup in
the wake of spreading tax scan
dals.
McKinney himself • has been
under fire for a stock deal in
which he turned over a quick
$68,000 profit on a $1,000 invest
ment. Senator Fulbright (D-Ark)
said' there ought to be a full pub
lic airing of the transaction “for
the good of the party.”
McKinney was put on the White
House calling list for a mid-after
noon appointment. There was no
announcement on the subject of
their conference, but it seemed
certain they would discuss condi
tions exposed by the House tax
investigation.
Mr. Truman cut short a Florida
vacation and flew back here Sun
day amid rumors that he was
planning some sensational move
in the -tax matters. These reports
said Mr. Truman might assign
FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to
a government-wide inquiry or
might name a bi-partisan com
mission to investigate.
Scientific Research
In Northern Alaska
Is Growing Rapidly
SEATTLE, (/P) — Scientific re
search in northern Alaska and the
Arctic is growing rapidly, Dr.
Terris Moore, Fairbanks, presi
dent of the University of Alaska,
reported here today.
“Last summer there were more
than 150 different scientific proj
ects going on up there,” Dr.
Moore said.
One in which he participated
personally was a 22-hour flight
beyond the North Pole to study
ice islands. The flight went be
yond the pole until the plane was
closer to Europe than to Alaska.
“There is considerable specula
tion about the formation of the
ice islands,” the university head
said. “Much of what is known
about them is classified infor
mation.”
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MUNSAN, Korea, (#*) — A new
Red jAan for exchanging prison
ers of war and an Allied com
promise for supervisihg a Korean
truce with neutral observers fell
on cold shoulders today.
The United Nations Command
expressed fears publicly for the
first time that the Communists
might not give up all the prison
ers they hold.
“The U. N. Command is con
cerned,” an official communique
said, “that premature agreement
on bulk exchange of prisoners be
fore adequate data is available,
could result in sizable numbers
not being recovered.”
The Red proposal called for re
lease of all prisoners. The U.N.
insists on a man-for-man ex
change.
Allied negotiators, the com
munique added, “excoriated the
communists” for not letting the
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ATA Will Carry Fight
With CAB To High Court
WASHINGTON, (ff) — Air
Transport Associates, Inc., which
operates between Seattle and
Alaska, carried its fight for life
to the U.S. Court of Appeals yes
terday.
In three separate petitions, the
company’s attorneys asked the
court (1) to review a Civil Aero
nautics Board order revoking the
carrier’s permit, (2) to stay the
order pending a review, and (3)
to grant an immediate hearing on
the stay order.
Attorney Warren Miller told
reporters that if the Appeals
Court refuses to set aside the
Board order, the company will
take its case to the Supreme
Court.
Valdez Voters Approve
Two Per Cent Sales Tax
VALDEZ, (/P)—Voters of Val
dez, at a special election, ap
proved a 2 per cent sales tax by
a six to one margin.
The funds from the tax are
earmarked by the ordinance to
be used only toward the costs of
a contemplated sewer system,
school facilities, and for a water
system, hospital and street im
provements. There was a good
turnout of voters.
MEN'S QUARTET—Left to right: Ray Hawk, Robert Treat,
Dick Small and Ray Tveter.