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NEWS IN BRIEF
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Three-year
old Corlis Hamilton burned to
death Friday when a fire engulfed
her parents’ home. She was the
child of Cpl. and Mrs. A. W.
Hamilton, Fort Richardson.
Hamilton saved his one-year
son, but his attempts to save his
daughter were thwarted by flames
' and heat.
The body was recovered by the
Alaska Highway patrol.
The Hamiltons resided in a
cabin outside the Fort Richardson
base.
Fifth Air Force Headquarters,
» Korea, {JP}—An all-time high of
711 combat sorties were mounted
Saturday by the Fifth Air Force
fighters ad light bombers. They
claimed a heavy toll of commun
ist troops and equipment.
Maj. Gen. Earl E. Partridge, 5th
Airforce commander, said the rec
ord had been set by 5 p.m. It was
the third time the fighters and
f light bombers had topped their
record this week.
An estimated 800 enemy troops
were killed or wounded as air
force pilots exploited clear skies
over most of Korea to bomb and
strafe front-line positions.
... SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — Joe
Louis Friday was proclaimed in
excellent shape for his fight with
Andy Walker here Friday.
The chief examiner for the Cal
ifornia boxing commission, Dr.
Samuel A. Goldman, also com
mented that Louis’ condition was
much better than when the for
mer heavyweight champion was
examined here a year ago prior to
an exhibition fight.
The Brown Bomber also got an
okay from a chest x-ray and from
eye specialist Dr. George S. Lach
man.
In one of his fastest workouts
yet, Louis boxed two rounds each
with Bob Blevins, A1 Spaulding
and Junior Payne.
i The promoter of the Cow Palace |
fight, Jimmy Murray, said tickets i
were selling well, but that there
were still plenty left.
PALMER, \JP) — Plans for ex
tensive skiing at Sheep Mountain
Lodge in almost the middle of
Alaska have been set back.
The Lodge, located at Mile 113
on the GlenH ighway between An
chorage and Fairbanks, planned
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for a big season. Its owners built
\ two 600 foot tows and other facili
ties. But all the plans went for
naught.
The reason: Not enough snow.
Only 11 inches of snow has fallen
all winter.
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FAIRBANKS, (JP)—'The school
board announced Friday it had of
fered Dr. James C. Ryan the po
sition of superintendent of Fair
banks schools.
Dr. Ryan announced earlier lastf
week that he will resign his pres
ent position as Territorial Com
missioner of schools.
Jack Conway, a member of the
local school board, said that Dr.
Ryan messaged that he “found the
offer interesting,” and would re
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Stanley Nichols
Slain In Florida
(By Tom Henry)
(Daily News-Miner Staff Writer)
One of the Far North’s best
known law enforcement officers
was reported dead last Friday.
Stanley J. Nichols, 53, former
U. S. marshal of the Fourth Divi
sion and Fairbanks, died Friday
in Key West, Fla., of injuries
which Key West authorities said
resulted from a bad beating.
A search is being conducted for
an unidentified person who was
reported seen with Stanley J.
Nichols yesterday in Key West,
Fla., before the former Fairbanks
Marshal was found badly beaten.
The well-known long time resi
dent of Fairbanks and surround
ing territory died from the injur
ies received in the beating. The
beating occurred in a motor court
where Nichols had apparently
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Gov’t Trying to Get
Labor Leaders Into
Wage Parley Again
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WASHINGTON, (/P) — Govern
l ment leaders groped Saturday for
! ways and means of bringing labor
S leaders back into the wage control
program from which they walked
| in a rage.
Industry leaders accused the la
bor leaders of hurting national
unity and seeking a brand-new
round of wage increases.
The labor leaders accused the
government of serving big busi
ness and ignoring the “plain peo
ple” and they predicted “serious
unrest in industry.”
The government’s econ o m i c
mobilization effort was in some
thing very like a crisis.
Eric Johnston, the economic sta
bilizer, sat and stared at a piece
of paper on his desk. It was the
wage formula adopted 6-3 by the
wage stabilization board Thurs
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Fine Railway
Trainmen $75,000
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WASHINGTON, (^>)—The Bro
therhood of Railroad Trainmen
pleaded guilty to contempt of
court today in the recent “sick”
strikes in railyards and was fined
$75,000.
Federal judge Edward A. Tamm
ordered the fine in U. S. district
court here immediately after the
surprise plea.
He said he was fining the union
$50,000 for criminal contempt as
a “punitive” penalty for the
strikes which occurred despite
army operation of the railroads.
The other $25,000 for civil con
tempt was intended to compen
sate the government for the cost of
bringing the legal proceedings
against the union.
Judge Tamm said it would re
quire “a . firm of accountants
working for years” to determine
the actual damage suffered by the
public in delayed service, missed
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Nome Winner In
First Two Games
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(Reported by Bill Boucher, Jr.)
The Nome team which won its(
first game last Friday against Cor
dova with a score of 33 to 24, also
won its second game on Saturday
against Wasilla with a score of 48
to 34 in the Rendezvous Basket
ball tournament. According to the
message received, Clarence Wil
loya was high man with 15 points
to his credit.
It was not known at press time
who the team was playing today.
The Fairbanks High School bas
ketball team, who lost 12 straight
games in the Railbelt Conference,
upset the champion Palmer 45-43
in the Class A tournament.
Good Suggestions
Made At Civilian
Defense Meeting
The Civilian Defense meeting
held last Friday in the US. Court
room was well attended.
Director H. F. Harper called for
a report of the census taking
which has been under the direc
tion of Ann Walsh, who stated that
the project was about two-thirds
finished with ^everyone coopera
ting and that Mrs. Willoya had
completed the native census.
Paul Dryden offered a* sugges
tion that instead of destroying all
of the surplus dogs it might be
well for the National Guard to
take charge of enough dogs for a
couple of teams to have on hand
in case of emergency, should
mechanical transportation not be
available.
Linda Musgrave, nurse at the
MMM Hospital gave a splendid
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Stalin Predicts
Disintegration Of
United Nations
MOSCOW, <(£>)—Prime Minister
Stalin said Friday night that was
is not inevitable—“At least for
the present”—but charged the
United States with turning the
United Nations into a tool of ag
gression ;
In his first major foreign policy
statement in two years the 71-year
old Soviet leader predicted the
Korean War would end in defeat
of American forces, unless Wash
ington and London accept peace
£erms laid down by Communist
China.
He denounced the United Na
tions’ resolution labeling commun
ist China an aggressor as “dis
graceful” and predicted the U. N.’s
downfall. _
He declared:
“The United Nations organiza
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NOTICE OF CLOSING
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In observance of Washington's
Birthday, on Thursday,. Feb. 21
most of the business houses harp
announced that they will ^observe
the day by remaining closed all
day.
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“Line Up With
Reds And There
Won’t Be Any War”
WASHINGTON, i(/P)—State de
partment officials explored prime
minister Stalin’s new pronounce
ment on world problems today for
possible clues to changes in Soviet
foreign policy. Most believed they
searched in vain.
The attitude of the administra
tion’s experts in Soviet behavior
appeared to parallel that of sev
eral senators who assessed the
statement as propaganda.
Considerable interest was
aroused, however, by tee fact that
Stalin himself has now taken up
and given final public sanction to
a line voiced for the past year by
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Korean Situation
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Saturday, February 17, 1951
(By The Associated Press)
American infantrymen counter
attacked vanguards of three Red
Korean divisions today in the hills
north erf Chechon where the en
emy had dented Allied lines 10
miles.
The American troops supported
by rolling artillery barrages, gain
ed as much as two miles in some
sectors.
One Red force drove within
three mile sof the Chechon road
hub but South Koreans rolled the
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enemy back from there.
A U. S. 10th Corps officer said
the Red Korean push on Chechon
had not formed into a definite pat
tern. But the Reds had failed in
the opening phases to turn the Al
lied east flank.
Accurate artillery fire and coun
terattacks blunted the force of
the enemy punch, shifted east
ward from bloodily repulsed on
slaughts at Chipyong and Wonju.
In Moscow Stalin aserts “was is
not inevitable, at least for the
present.” Western nations agree
war not yet inevitable, and ask
Stalin to prove he means it.
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Monday, February 19, 1951
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,
U. S. Eighth Army commander,
reports a decisive victory over the
Reds in central Korea. The enemy
pulled back in a 70-mile area be
tween the west coast and Wonju.
The only fighting reported was
north of Chechon, 20 miles south
east of Wonju, where 3,000 Reds
launched a light attack but were
repulsed.
The United Nations good offices
committee at Lake Success again
tackles the task of getting the Chi
nese Reds to enter talks for end
ing the Korean war. Western dip
lomats say Prime Minister Stalin’s
statement of last Friday seems to
dash hope for ending the Korean
war or reaching agreement with
Soviets on general world issues.
French cources say Western pow
ers in the latest exchange with
the Russians have proposed .a
meeting of Big Four deputy for
eign ministers in Paris next month
to set the stage for the Big Four
conference.
Lifting The Lid
At Juneau
Saturday* February 174 1951
(By Jim Hutcheson)
JUNEAU, (/P)—Alaska’s legisla
ture devoted the afternoon and
early evening yesterday to the
now renowned “Jensen” affair.
Jensen, former democratic rep
resentative from Douglas, ap
peared before a joint House-Sen
ate ' session behind locked doors*
The closed meeting of nearly four
hours ended with adjournment
shortly ‘before 7 pjn.
There was no indication what
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Jensen told the legislators. Some
confirmed, however, that the ex
ecutive session will be continued
Monday afternoon.
In his letter asking for permis
sion to appear, Jensen told the
lawmakers he would testify on
phases of territorial affairs of in
terest to them. During the pasfc
year Jensen has'been a sharp crit
ic of some phases of territorial ad
ministration and particularly of
Rep. Stanley McCutcheon, An
chorage, his Democratic political
foe.
All legislators but Sen. Gerrit
Snider (I> Anchorage) attended the
joint session. Snider said he de
clined to show up because he be
lieved the affair should be open
to the public.
Before the closed session start
ed at 3 p.m., six new bills were
introduced in the House. One, by'
Rep. George Gasser (R-College),
would make cruelty to animals or
vivisection a misdeameanor sub
ject to fines ranging from $5 for
traffic cases to $500 for starting
or witnessing fighting or baiting
“of animals or creatures.”
Reps. Amelia Gunderson (D
Ketchikan) and Doris Barnes (R
Wrangell) filed a measure redraft
ing most of the Territory’s public
assistance laws. Rep. Gunderson
introduced another proposing a
territorial property tax exemption
up to five years for new indus
tries, as against the three years
possible now.
The property tax law is now be
fore the courts on appeal after
having been held invalid.
Rep. Wendell Kay (D-Anchor
age) authored a bill to create an
Alaska planning and zoning com
mission. Rep. C. Chester Carlson
D-Cordova) filed one which would
give tax commission deputies pow
er to make arrests in fishermen’s
license cases.
Rep. Frank G. Johnson (R -
Kake) introduced a House joint
memorial asking federal officials .
to extend for two years the time
for filing claims before the Indian
Claims Commission.
Four representatives, George P.
Madsen (D-Nome), Frank Degnan
(D- Unalakleet), W. W. Laws (R
Nome) and James K. Wells (D
Noorvik), joined in a memorial
asking construction of a road from
Nome to Teller. t
Monday. February 19. 19S1
JUNEAIU, </P>—Alaska’s legisla
ture neared the halfway mark to
day without a single piece of ma
por legislation having cleared both,
houses.
This is the 29th day of the 60—
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