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VOL. LIV No. Ill _NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, ,1952 ' Per Copy—15<
700 Wake Island
Inhabitants Will
Be Evacuated
By STAN CARTER
WAKE ISLAND. i/P>—Children
clutching toys and dolls and young
wives with tears in their eyes
I
climbed into rescue planes Wed
nesday and left typhoon-lashed
Wake Island for Honolulu.
They were the first of 350 per
sons to* be evacuated. More, in
cluding most of the fathers and
husbands, will leave Thursday.
They, and others to follow, take
with them memories of standing
knee deep in water in under
ground concrete shelters — of
crawling on hands and knees in
search of their families ... of
thinking that only the persons
huddled in the same shelters with
them were alive — that everyone
else among the 750 on this tiny
island had been killed by the
sledge hammer blows of raging
wind, rain and waves.
They leave a Wake covered with
wreckage. There has been no of
ficial estimate of property dam
age. Residents say it will reach
eight or 10 million dollars.
At least 90 per cent of the
buildings were levelled by the
storm whose winds exceeded 160
miles an hour.
Trans-Pacific air traffic will be
disrupted for months. Dudley
Musson of Louisvillen Island,
manager for the CAA, said it will
take three or four months to re
store facilities for regular opera
tion.
In the meantime, most planes
will fly a longer route to the
Far East, stopping at Kwajalein
and Guam.
The island population of more
than 700 will be evacuated with
the exception of some 60 key per
sonnel.
America’s Leading Jet Ace
Shoots Down 8th Red MIG
SEOUL, (/P)—America’s leading
jet ace in Korea Wednesday shot
down his eighth Russian - made
MIG-15 as Allied fighter-bombers
hammered Red targets from the
battle front to near the Man
churian border.
The U.S. Fifth Air Force said
Maj. Frederick C. Blesse, who has
flown more than 250 combat mis
sions in Korea, scored his eighth
kill in a fight between four Sabre
jets and nine MIGs near Sakchu
in northwest Korea.
The victory raised the Allied
bag of MIGs in September to 47—
three more than the previous
monthly high of 44 in April.
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TUESDAY BASEBAL RESULTS
National League
Chicago 9—New York 0
Brooklyn 4—Pittsburgh 2
St. Louis 8-5—Boston 6-1
Philadelphia 4—Cincinnati 2
American League
New York 7—Detroit 0
Cleveland 4—Washington 3
Boston 11—St. Louis 7
Philadelphia 2-1—Chicago 1-7
Coast League
Seattle 4—San Francisco 3
6acramento 4-3 — Los Angeles
1-6
Portland 10—Hollywood 3
Oakland 3->l—San Diego 0-4
Dr. Gould Tells Chamber
Methodist Church’s Part
In Alaska's Growing Sta^e
A very fine talk by Gordon
Gould, Alaska head of the Meth
odist work in the territory, high
lighted the noon luncheon of the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
He told of the Methodist Church
plan to start a building program
next year with a modern parson
age for the local minister. He also
explained the plan for the estab
lishment of a church college to
be built in the territory. He ex
plained that Alaska was in a
growing stage, going from the
primitive to the industrial stage
and that the Methodist Church
was interested in taking an active
part in the transition and the de
velopment of Alaska. He said that
the Methodist Church spends
more dollars per capita in Alas
ka than in any other part of the
world.
In telling of the plans for a
college he stated that when Alas
kan students go to the States for
higher learning, less than five per
cent return to the territory and
young people are needed to build
this country and be its leaders.
Dr. Gould was accompanied by
Dr. Harry Mecklenberg, builder
and architect, who is with the
Division of Home Missions and
who is drawing the plans for the
new parsonage.
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Two new members were added
to the Board of Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce at the
board meeting held last Friday:
Bill Gillis and Dewey Goodrich.
The board passed a resolution
protesting the proposed closing of
the White Mountain School next
spring and copies were to be sent
to Delegate Bartlett, Hugh Wade
and Governor Gruening.
The board also endorsed the
Alaska Road Commission building
a road to Bunker Hill, but op
posed the closing of the railroad
into that area until the road had
been completed.
Wake Island Typhoon
Will End Up In Aleutians
TOKYO, (/P) — The Japanese
central weather, observatory said
the typhoon which devastated
Wake Island probbaly would
wind up in the Aleutian Islands.
The storm was located 621 miles
east southeast of Marcus Island
and was moving in a northwest
erly direction at a speed of 11
miles an hour.
The observatory said winds in
the center of the storm were 168
miles an hour.
$2 Million Worth Of
Machinery Ordered For
Alaska’s First Pulp Mill
WORCESTER, Mass., (£>)—'The
Rice Barton Corp.', will make two
million dollars worth of machin
ery for Alaska’s first pulp mill at
Ketchikan, it announced today.
President Charles F. Barton
said it will take 18 months to
complete the contract for the
Ketchikan Pulp Co.
Because of this and other in
creased business, the Rice Barton
firm will erect three additional
buildings, adding 25,000 square
feet of floor space to its present
size—175,000 square feet.
Ike Tells AFL
He Is Against
Repeal of T-H Act
(Bv the Associated Press>
Dwight Eisenhower told the
AFL today that he is in favor of
amending the Taft - Hartley Act
but that he is against repealing
it. The Republican presidential!
nominee thus lined up in the op- !
posite camp from Gov. Adlai Ste
venson, the Democratic candidate,
who has come out for repeal of
the labor law.
The AFL is set to give formal
endorsement to a Democratic
candidate for the first time in his
tory. Stevenson is expected to
win the organization’s backing.
“You know me well enough,”
Eisenhower told the delegates, “to
know that I have not come to
curry any special favor. I have
not come to bid or compete for
your endorsement.”
In his adress, the General em
phasized these points:
1. “I will not support any
amendments (to the T - H law)
which weaken the rights of work-*
ing men and women.”
2. “America wants no law li
censing union-busting. Neither do
I.” He said that the law as it
exists now “might be used to
break unions.”
3. “My opponent made it plain
on Labor Day that he wanted
power, as President to compel ar
bitration. That is exactly when I
am against. If you want the basic,
irreconcilable difference between
his position and mine, there it is.
He and his party embrace com
pulsion. I reject compulsion!”
(In his Labor Day speech in
j ’ , • •
Detroit, Stevenson suggested that
Congress give the President au
thority to take varying steps to
end national emergency strikes.
Among these were seizure and ar
bitration. He did not use the word
“compulsory.”)
4. “Since patriotic American
union leaders must swear that
they are not Communists, then the
employers with whom they deal
(Continued on Page Two)
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Govt. Starts Stockpiling
Coal In Event Of
Prolonged Strike
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The gov
ernment plans to issue an order
Thursday freezing shipments from
many of the nation’s 'soft coal
mines, to provide an emergency
stockpile in event of a prolonged
coal strike.
Vernon D. Northrop, under sec
retary of the Interior, said Wed
nesday the order would be issued
by the Defense Solid Fuels Ad
ministration of his department.
The order would bar coal ship
ments after midnight Sept. 18,
from all bituminous coal mines
which have received notices from
John L. Lewis’ United Mine
Workers that would permit ter
mination of the existing wage
agreements on Sept. 20.
Lewis’ strike plans call for
some members of his United Mine
Workers Union to quit work Mon
day, some others 10 days later,
while still others remain at their
jobs without a contract.
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Alaskan Republicans
Urge Stateside Friends
To Vote For Eisenhower
Although Alaskans do not have
a vote in this year’s Presidential
election, Alaska Republicans will
soon have an opportunity to assist
the campaign of General Dwight
D. Eisenhower for President and
Senator Richard Nixon for Vice
president.
The Republican Central Com
mittee of Alaska is sponsoring a
special campaign postcard which
urges Stateside voters to vote for
Eisenhower and Nixon.
The party organization will
soon start distributing these cards
to Alaska Republicans with the
request that they be addressed
and mailed to voters in the States.
The postcards are oversize and
of a very striking design that is
expected to attract attention
wherever they are seen.
Printed in bright red and blue
on white stock, they measure
8V2 by 11 inches. On the address
side of the card is an outline map
of Alaska with the statement:
“Alaska Republicans Like Ike.”
The other side of the card has
a totem pole in red and blue,
carrying out the “We Like Ike”
slogan. This is followed by the
statement: “We don’t have a vote
but if we did we’d vote for Eisen
hower and Nixon.”
There is space on the card for
a4 personal message and the send
er’s signature and a list of the
membership of the Central Com
mitee of Alaska, which is spon
soring the cards.
Luther Dunbar, Second Divi
sion Committeeman, will distrib
ute the postcards in the Nome
area.
11 to 14 Koreans Killed When
Two Coaches 'Are Derailed
SEOUL, (JP) — Eleven to 14
Koreans were killed and 200 in
jured when a locomotive tender
exploded Wednesday, derailing
two coaches and throwing many
passengers into a stream 40 feet
below.
Three American enlisted men
aboard were injured slightly.
The train was crowded with
school children and workmen.
CIVIL AIR PATROL OFFICERS
FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
HERE ON INSPECTION TOUR
A group of distinguished CAP
officials from Washington, D.C.,
arrived this afternoon on a in
spection tour o'f Alaska CAP ac
tivities and were taken on a tour
of the city and interesting his
torical and industrial points in the
vicinity.
The party will be honored at a
banquet this evening at the Fire
lite Room of the Board of Trade
under the auspices of the Nome
Squadron.
In the party are: Col. Early W.
Duncan, Col. Willoby Dye, Col.
Adams, chaplain, Lt. Col. Tobia
son, Captain Kestner, and Sgt.
Hartzel, all from Washington, D.C.
Accompanying them are mem
bers of Anchorage Wing Staff:
Col. J. R. Carr, Lt. Col. Virgil D.
Stone, Major John Donohue, Capt.
Frank Walkup, chaplain, Capt.
Glen Jefferson, and Capt. James
D. Moore.
Japanese will Ask
To Set Up Pulp
Mill In Alaska
TOKYO, (/P) — Three Japanese
forestry experts will leave for the
United States tomorrow to discuss
the possibility of setting up a
pulp mill in Alaska.
Negotiations concerning the
project have been under way
here and in Washington for three
months. The Japanese experts
will work through their embassy
in Washington.
Japanese government officials
termed “•premature” reports that
Japanese technicians already had
gone to Alaska to arrange for the
pulp mill. They said such a step
would be taken only if negotia
tions with the U.S. government
were successful.
Japan is short of timber suit
able for making paper. Present
regulations prohibit the export of
logs for pulp making. The Japa
nese hope to produce the pulp in
Alaska, and ship it to Japan.
American officials here have
advised the Japanese that they
cannot send their own labor to
man a pulp mill, even if the Al
aska project is approved. They
are expected to discuss the pos
sibility of organizing an Ameri
can company or a joint Japanese
American group to handle man
agement of the project.
Justice Dept. Announces
Arrest of 18 Midwest and
West Coast Communists
WASHINGTON, (iP)—The Jus
tice Department announced today
the arrest of 18 Midwest and
West Coast Communist party
leaders on charges of conspiring
to advocate overthrow of the gov
ernment by force and violence.
Attorney General McGranery
and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
said those arrested included the
leaders of the party in Missouri,
Washington State and Michigan.
Those arrested were charged
violating the Smith Act. This is
the law under which top leaders
of the party were brought to trial
in New York, and under which
“second team” leaders have been
accused in various parts of the
country.
The Smith Act provides a maxi
mum penalty, upon conviction, of
10 years in prison and a fine of
$10,000.
Freight Train Rams Into
Crowded School Bus,
Killing Four Pugils
MONESSEN, Penna., (JP) — A
freight train rammed the rear of
a crowded school bus Wednesday
at nearby Collinsburg, killing four
pupils and injuring 44 more, 13
of them seriously.
The bus, enroute to Rostraver
High School, was almost past a
street crossing when a Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie Railroad train
snagged its rear end and dragged *
it about 50 feet. *
The number of passengers on
the bus was estimated at 55. They
included about 20 pupils picked
up in Collinsburgh for the trip
to the school at nearby Pricedale
in southwestern Pennsylvania.