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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, January 31, 1951_
SATURDAY EVENING POST FEATURES NOME
Saturday Evening Post, in its January 22 issue, fea
tures in color a story “Nome, Alaska,” as Sally Car
righar sees it. The first copy to reach Nome was through
Paul Spurlock of the Alaska Airlines.
- The article is in color depicting various phases of lo
cal activities. Most prominent is the interior of the
Breakers Bar. Industry is represented by waterman
Bronson; mining by Mrs. Charles O’Leary and Alma
Fitch, while fur sewing is colorfully portrayed with
Mrs. Okpealuk and Mrs. Larry Galvin in the fore
ground.
Although we may not agree with everything the
writer says about the place in which we live and the
people who live here, nevertheless it is a picture of us
as others see us.
Miss Carrighar deserves a vote of recognition and
thanks from our civic groups for her work in placing
Nome among the most interesting cities in America.
All Alaska will benefit by the article as tourists tra
verse the Territory next summer to reach Nome in re
sponse to the picturesque appeal, photographic pos
sibilities, and lure of adventure, which are so vividly
portrayed by Miss Carrighar.
RATIONING CAN BE FAIR TO ALL
A “big try” at controlling meat prices is predicted
by Alan Valentine, director of the Economic Stabiliza
tion Agency. He suggests that meat controls might have
to be accomplished by rationing and perhaps by Gov
ernment subsidies.
Immediately upon news of Mr. Valentine’s declara
tion, Mr. Loren Banert, president of the American
Livestock Association, expressed his disagreement, say
ing that the contemplated program would drive meat
into the black markets again, increase the over-all price
and result in lessened production.
While on the subject of rationing, we think it timely
to point out that the Government, in our opinion, made
a great mistake in connection with its rationing pro
dram during World War II. No attempt was made to ex
tend the influence of rationing controls into meals
served by restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, etc. The result
was that a person, with money enough, could disregard
rationing by eating away from home.
This is undoubtedly your newspaper—how else did
it come into your hands?
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Draft Will Include
Married Men and
18-Year-Olds
WASHINGTON, {#)—A former
defense official said yesterday be
thinks it probably will be neces
sary soon to draft both 18 year
olds and young married men.
Tracy S. Voorhees, former un
dersecretary of the army, gave
this opinion to the Senate prepar
, edness sub-committee. Members
of this committee have been de
bating whether it would be best
(1) to draft married men under 26
who have no children, or (2) ex
tend the draft to 18 year olds as
recommended by the defense de
partment.
Senator sattonstau tit.-<iviass.j
! asked Voorhees which move he
thought would be wiser.
Voorhees replied that he favor
ed taking 18 years olds first but
added:
“It won’t make very much dif
ference except in timing, in my
! personal opinion. We are going to
have to take them 'both over the
next 18 months or two years.”
Both the Senate group and the
House armed services committee
are holding hearings on legisla
tion to extend the draft to 18 year
I olds as a move toward eventual
universal military service and
training for all physically fit men,
beginning at that age.
Voorhees and two World War II
scientific leaders, Dr. Vannevar
Bush and Dr. William C. Mennin
' ger, joined in urging an immedi
| ate start on UMST.
While these three were testify
| ing before the Senate group, Mrs.
! Anna Rosenberg, assistant secre
j tary of defense, told the commit
tee the defense department is op
j posed to raising the draft age
above 26 years of age.
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U. N. Committee
Brands Red China
An Aggressor
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• dared the Asia bloc had tried to
j halt what he termed the march to
disaster and its defeat could cut
!off all negotiations with Red
China.
Asked by reporters as he stood
apart from the general jubiliation,
1 what he thought the next step in
the Far East crisis woulcl be, Rau
said:
“They (the majority) will have
that headache.”
The hotly-contested U. S. pro
posal—
1. Decides that communist Chi
na engaged in aggression in Ko
rea.
2. Requests a committee on col
lective security to study what to
do about meeting this aggression
in Korea, but authorizes it to hold
up its work if a good offices com
mittee reports progress on a peace
ful settlement.
3. Approves creation Of the good
offices committee tp consist of
assembly president Nasrollah En
tezam of Iran and two others
whom he will name.
4. Calls on the Peiping regime
to withdraw its nationals and
forces from Korea and stop fight
ing U. N. forces.
5. Affirms the determination of
the U. N. to continue its action in
Korea, to meet the aggression.
6. Calls upon all states and au
thorities not to help the aggres
sors.
Australia covers an area of 3,
000,000 square miles.
Pleven Pledges
120 Regular Divi
sions For Defense
WASHINGTON, (yP) — french
Premier Rene Pleven said yester
day France is building up her
strength steadily to do her lull
part in the North Atlantic Alliance
against communist aggression.
; Under -the defense buildup now
in progress, he said, France w£U
have 2Q regular divisions in Eu
rope by the end of 1953, with
100,000 more men under arms
than at the outbreak of World
War II.
‘Trance is your ally and not
just a fair weather friend,” he
pledged Americans.
Pleven addressed the National
Press Club after a second session
with President Truman in his se
ries of conferences here. They
turned to Western European de
fense problems after having
dealt Monday with the defense of
Indochina.
Pleven said he came to Wash
ington with one main idea in mind
—“to strengthen the ties that bind
out two countries and all mem
bers of the Atlantic Alliance.”
France’s recovery since libera
tion from the Nazis has shown
that “the communists couldn’t
stop up,” Pleven said.
Pleven praised the selection of
General Dwight D. Eisenhower to
head the North Atlantic Alliance
forces and said “We are proud to
call him supreme commander.”
This was the final day of a two
1 day conference between the Pres
ident and Premier. They were re
ported discussing a wide bracket
of top order subjects, ranging
from France’s battle against com
munist insurgents in the jungles
of Indochina to dangers arising
' from France’s own large commun
ist party.
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jTotal Freeze On
| Steel June 1
\ ALBANY, N. Y. (JP) — A total
freeze June 1 on steel for non
defense construction, except pro
jects on high-priority lists, is ex
pected to be ordered by the fed
eral government, it was learned
today.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey report
edly has 'been advised informally
by U. S. defense mobilization
board that the drastic order vir
tually will halt construction for
18 months after June 1 on most
highways, college buildings,
schools and similar facilities. Hos
pitals probably will be exempt.
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Raymond Silver, aged 75, who
died in Fairbanks when his cabin
burned January 28th, has been
identified as R. W. Silver, well
known oldtimer of this area, who
has large quartz* holdings at Solo
mon. He is believed to be a mem
ber of the Pioneers of Alaska here
and no known survivors are on
record.
(He was born in Champaign, HI.,
in 1875 and came to Alaska in
1900.
Children who witnessed the fire
reported they heard a man scream
ing in the house before the fire de
partment arrived. The house was /
locked from the inside.
Sell Girl For Tank
Of Gas And $5
LOS ANGELES, {JP) — An 11
year-old girl says her parents
sold her for five dollars and a
tankful of gasoline.
Shirley O’Brien, round-eyed
and pig-tailed, quoted this amount
to policewoman Elizabeth Eggle
ston Monday night. She said her
parents Mr. and Mrs. William
O’Brien, first tried to “sell” her
for $10 to a filling station opera
tor, then took the $5 and the gas
and skipped.
The serviceman, Cecil Glover,
said he wanted no part of the ar
rangement but finally gave the
O’Briens the handout “'because I }
felt concerned about Shirley’s
welfare.”
Glover, who has an eight-year
old daughter, said he turned the
matter over to police as soon as he
became convinced the O’Briens
would not return.
The O’Briens had four other
children, ranging from one to
eight years old, he said, and there
was another on the way.
Juvenile authorities have taken
charge of Shirley.
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SAN FRANCISCO, </P) — Wil
liam A. O’Brien, who has' been
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job hunting clear across the coun
try and back in the past year, de
| nies that he ever offered to sell
| his 11-year-old daughter, Shirley,
| for $10 and a tank of gasoline.
But, he did leave her—“Just
till I got on <my feet”—with a Los
Angeles service station operator,
Cecil Glover. Then O’Brien and
his wife and four smaller O’Briens
continued north seeking a job.
The 55-year-old itinerant sail
maker, cotton picker and man of »
| all work but few jobs, rushed »to
the police yesterday. tHe had read
an account that Shirley toid Los
Angeles police her father tried to
sell her to Glover. She said heset
■ tied for $5 and the gasoline.
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