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VOL. Tin. No. 39 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1951' === Per Copy—15^
NEWS IN BRIEF
MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP,
N. J., (iP)—The Army Engineers’
office Friday applied for permis
sion to lay a cable here.
The township committee quick- j
ly granted the request after noting i
the Army had installed the cable
10 years ago.
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LOS ANGELES, (£>>— Gerry |
Fitzgerald returned home yester-1
day after his 34th operation.
Every bone in his body except
his spine was broken in an air
plane crash in Switzerland in 1946.
Fitzgerald goes every 2 months!
—by air—to the East Grinstead
Hospital in Sussex, England, where
he is being treated by Sir Archi
bald Mclndoe, plastic surgeon.
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AUGUSTA, 111., (/P)—John E.!
(Dad> Newcomb, who says he is j
the oldest living member of the
American Legion, observed his
|»0th birthday today.
He is a veteran of the Spanish
American war and served over
seas in World War I.
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NEW YORK, (/P)— Convicted
perjurer Alger Hiss was trans
ferred yesterday from the federal
house of detention here to the j
Lewisburg, Pa., federal peniten
tiary.
Hiss, former high-ranking State
Department employe, made the;
trip in a prison bus with other
inmates.
1* Hiss surrendered last week to
start his five-year term after los
ing a Supreme Court appeal.
WINGHAM, Ont., (/P)—William
Kelly’s horse is loaded. Kelly, who!
has a farm near this western1
Ontario town, brought home a
box of .22 calibre rifle bullets
Wednesday and put them on a
window sill in the barn. The horse j
promptly munched about a dozen. ■
So far, no report. i
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (/P)—-Plans
■are being drawn for a home here
for gambler Frank Costello of New
York.
Mrs. Costello said yesterday
there was “nothing definite to t
at all,” but an engineer, James A.
Young, said he had been em
ployed to handle the job.
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ROME, (/P)—An Italian infor
mant closely connected with the
“Free Albam” movement in Italy
said today 5,000 persons have
been executed for political rea
sons since Communist Enver Hox
ba became Albania’s premier five
years ago.
Another 10,000 have been jailed,
he said.
Because anti-Hoxha leaflets and
ammunition for guerrilla fighters
have been dropped by planes from
the west, notably Italy, there has
been a sharp increase recently
in the number jailed the infor
mant said.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., (iP)—
Labor elements are considering
formation of a third party, a
.union leader said last night.
Jacob S. Potofsky, national pres
ident of the CIO Amalgamated
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Headaches in 9 Languages
For SHAPE Mess Officer
By CARTER DAVIDSON
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AP Newsfeatures
PARIS — Two colonels complained about the cof
fee within 30 seconds of each other. One said it was too
strong, the other said it was too weak.
An Italian general said the spaghetti was the worst
he ever tasted. _
OPERATION FRUIT SALAD • . . Mess officer Lt. James White
hurst of Miami watches French c hef Louis Fieux prepare a special
salad for General Eisenhower at Allied headquarters (SHAPE) in
Paris.
A. British Colonel demanded broiled kidneys for
breakfast.
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Wilson Reports
On Mobilization
WASHINGTON, (/P)— Congress
members today applauded Chas.
E. Wilson’s progress report on
building America’s military might
—and agreed with him that hilt
ing inflation is a tougher test of
our ability to survive.”
Wilson, Director of Defense Mo
bilization, said in his report to
President Truman and the people
last night that the United States
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already is “measurably safer”
against aggression. There still is
much to be done, he added, but:
“One year from now, with un
flagging determination and effort,
we and our allies will have
achieved a formidable strength in
many phases of modern warfare.
“Two years from now we should
have military and economic
strength sufficient to give us rea
sonable safety against aggression.”
Wilson expressed hope that
meanwhile, as the free world
gains military strength, “the So
viet riders may come to their
senses and realize that their
course of aggression is utter folly
—they cannot win.”
> The French chef, famous for
souffles and sauces, couldn’t make
hamburgers.
Those are some of an aver
age day’s headache for Miami
born Jim Whitehurst, whose job
is feeding the some 200 officers
from nine countries who are on
General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
staff at Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE).
Air Force Plays
April Fools Joke
On Denver
DENVER, (/P)—The Air Force
played an unintentional April
Fool joke cm Denver.
It announced well in advance
flash bombs last night. which
that it would set off photographic
would “light up the skies” and
“turn night into day.” People were
warned not to be alarmed, and
stand out in their yards to see the
billion candlepcrwer show.
Thousands of Denverites peered
in the direction of the Lowry Air
Force Base bombing range, but
saw only momentary vivid flashes.
No one—from Col. George God
dard, director ctf the Air Force’s
aerial photographic laboratory at
Wright Field, on down—had an
explanation for the bomb’s failure.1
M’Arthur Predicts j
Major Red Attack
By the Associated Press
KOREAN FRONT-Allied tank
led patrols puncture 38th Para
llel at several points. Presumably
patrols withdrew alter scouting
north of boundary where Commu
nist Chinese reported massing for
big spring offensive. Mac-Arthur's
communique says major attack
expected to hit central sector#
where Reds concentratte troops
and supplies in Chorwon-Kum
hwa-Hwachon triangle. U.N. war
plane pound enemy troop move
ments.
Tank-led United Nations infan
ttry patrols stabbed across the
Korean 38th Parallel several times
today testing enemy* strength. The
Chinese Communists were report
ed massing their farces for an all
out spring offensive.
After short periods north of the
boundary, Allied patrols presum
ably returned to their main lines.
One patrol on the west central
front encountered stiff enemy re
sistance one and a half miles
north of the border before pulling
back.
The Allied advance was cau
tious in the face of the expected
all - out Chinese counter - attack.
Patrols led the way through heavy
mine fields. .
Communist vehicles jammed the
roads of northwest Korea—more
than 2,300 were spotted by Allied
airmen last night.
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General MacArthur’s communi
que said the main Chinese thrust
might come in the central sector,
where the enemy is building up
great strength in the Chorwon
Kumhwa-Hwachon triangle.
No Legal Barriers
To Atom Bomb
WASHINGTON, <£>)—Sen. Me
Mahon (D-Conn.) said today there
won’t be any legal barriers to
use of the atomic bomb if Russia
starts a war.
Senator Hickenlooper (R-Iowa)
posed in the Senate yesterday the
question of whether present law
bars delivery of the bomb to the
North Atlantic Pact Force headed
by Gen. D. Eisenhower.
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Hickenlooper said if the presi
dent can assign troops to an inter
national army under Eisenhower,
he can also assign military equip
ment.
“However, does he have the
authority to give atomic bombs
and to authorize their use to an
international authority which is
beyond the complete control of
the United States?” the Iowa Sen
ator asked.
Contending that Eisenhower is
“subject to the discipline and
authority of an international
council,” Hickenlooper noted that
under the law atomic weapons
must remain “under and within
the jurisdiction of the United
States.”
McMahon said there isn’t any
question that the bomb will be
used in the event of war.
CAB Investigation
Headed by
Senator Sparkman
WASHINGTON, (A3)— Senator
Sparkman (ID-Ala.) said Saturday
he will head an investigation next
month of a Civil Aeronautics •
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Board order limiting the number
of flights by non-scheduled. air
carriers.
Sparkman, chairman of the
Senate Small Business Committee,
said he has asked CAB to post
pone the April 6 effective date of
the order.
He said in a statement that he
wants to find out whether the
order “would force a $60 million
a year industry out of business.”
The order would forbid non
scheduled planes from making
more than three trips per month
between New York, Washington,
Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Los An
geles and Seattle. It also would
i limit them to eight trips a month
between other cities served by
scheduled airlines.
Sparkman’s statement was dis
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Gen. Eisenhower
Warns Against
I Defense Delays
PARIS, (£>)—Gen. Dwight Eis
enhower said today that any de
lay in congressional action on de
fense measures would “delay the
whole preparation” of defense of
Western Europe.
The statement was made in re
sponse to a question at a news
conference, the first one he has
given since he took over com
mand of the defense of Europe.
Actually and technically he took
over command of the organization
of Western European defense at
one minute after midnight today.
Responding to the question
about any possible delay in con
gressional action on pending de
fense legislation, Eisenhower, said:
“Anything done which would
indicate reluctance on the part of
any country to get into this pool
of cold water would delay the
whole preparation of defense.
“My concern ig that each nation
should show its full readiness to
co-operate”
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the polls will be open until six
o’clock.
Anyone living in the Territory
for one year and in the precinct
for 30 days is entitled to vote.
VOTE TOMORROW
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