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Britain To Test
Atomic Weapon
In Australia
By Ernest Agnew
LONDON, (A3) — Britain an
nounced today she will test a
new atomic weapon this year. The
probable date and place are late
September or early October on
the bleak Woomera rocket range
in Australia.
Preparations for the test in
clude the removal of aboriginal
tribes from the area.
British experts believe their
weapon is better than any pro
duced to date by the United
States, but perhaps not as power
ful.
The official announcement did
not say whether the new weapon
is a bomb. There was speculation
that it might be a bomb, shell
head or some other device whose
explosions could be controlled and
thus used in support of ground
troops. But Chapman Pincher,
well-informed science reporter for
the London Daily Express, said
“the weapon will almost certainly
be a high powerd atomic bomb
designed for use by aircraft.”
Reds Question Allied
Rejection of Russia On
Neutral Inspection Comm.
By WILLIAM JORDEN
MUNSAN, Korea, (/P) — The
communists Monday challenged
Allied rejection of Russia’s nomi
nation to' a neutral inspection
commission which would help po
lice a Korean truce. The Reds de
clared that by every standard the
Soviet Union qualifies as a neu
tral.
Red staff officers demanded that
the U.N. Command explain its ob
jection to Russia’s nomination.
The neutral nation commission
would make behind-the-lines in
spections during an armistice.
The communists argued that
Soviet combat forces have not
fought in Korea and that if Rus
sia cannot be considered a neu
tral “there would be no neutral
nation at all existing in the
world.”
Soviet experts trained the North
Korean army before the outbreak
of war and the Reds are using
Russian-type planes and other
war materiel.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuchols,
U.N. spokesman, said there is no
thing to compel U.N. to say why
it opposes Russia.
The U.N. has nominated Switz
erland, Norway and Sweden as
its representatives on the inspec
tion commission. The Reds named
Poland and Czechoslovakia in ad
dition to Russia.
Sen. Connolly Proposes
U. S. Break Relations
With Red Hungary
WASHINGTON, {JP) — A pro
posal by Sen. Connally (D-Tex)
that the United States break dip
lomatic relations with communist
Hungary over the arrest and fin
ing of four American airmen had
no support Saturday from the
State Department.
Connally’s proposal carried spe
cial significance because he is
chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
Dorothy Maynor Is First
Negro Artist To Appear
In DAR Constitution Hall
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Dorothy
Maynor became the first Negro
ever to appear commercially at
Constitution Hall Sunday when
she sang as guest soloist with the
National Symphony Orchestra.
Thirteen years ago the hall,
owned by the Daughters of the
American Revolution, barred con
tralto Marian Anderson. A storm
of protest followed and she sang
from the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial.
Paul Hume, music critic for the
Washington Post, said it was a
dramatic concert. He praised Miss
Maynor’s artistry, and added:
“It was no ordinary afternoon
of singing. Nor did its drama lack
the awareness of the historic mo
ment when the principal concert
hall in our nation’s capital opened
its doors to one of the greatest
singers America has brought
forth.”
Committee Meets
In Last Effort for
Govt. Reforms
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Citi
zens’ Committee for the Hoover
report assembled today to mobil
ize a last-ditch effort at further
government reforms before going
out of business May 31.
Among the committee’s major
targets are the government’s two
billion dollar a year medical ser
vices, the massive Veterans Ad
ministration and the sprawling
Department of Agriculture.
President Truman sent a mes
sage of welcome and announced
he will recommend further reor
ganization plans to Congress this
year. Of the 37 plans so far sub
mitted, 28 have been approved
and one is pending—the reshuffle
of the Veterans Bureau.
But the American Legion Sun
day greeted the committee with a
blast at what it called its “fan
tastic” proposals to streamline
the VA, and Secretary Brannan
accused the committee of “de
structive criticism” of the Agri
culture Department.
Former President Herbert Hoo
ver will address Monday night’s
final session of the one-day meet
ing.
Ellis Arnall Takes Over
♦
As Price Stabilizer Boss
WASHINGTON, I7P) — Michael
V. DiSalle stepped down Friday
as the nation’s price stabilizer.
Ellis Arnall, former governor of
Georgia, took his place.
DiSalle left for a New York
vacation.
He returns to Ohio early next
week to campaign for the U.S.
Senate.
Indonesia Government
Apnears Doomed
JAKARTA, Indonesia, (jP) —
The 10 - month - old Indonesian
government appeared doomed to
day as the Nationalist Party
mined the powerful Voslem Ma
shumi Party in condemning For
I eisn Minister Achmed. Soebard
jo's acceptance of United States
aid under the Mutual Security
Act.
Nome Hi Nanooks
Enter Fairbanks
BasketballTourney
Tomorrow the Nome High
School basketball team leaves for
Fairbanks with PAA to enter the
High School Tournament.
Nome High, winners of the “B”
class tournament last year, are en
tering the “A” class this year.
According to Coach Hahn, “We
have everything to gain and noth
ing to lose by doing so, because
if we lose in the “A” we auto
matically enter the “B” tourna
ment.”
Nome High is scheduled to meet
Anchorage in the first game on
Wednesday night at eight o’clock,
Nome time. The game will be
broadcast from Fairbanks, it is
reported.
Both tournaments, A and B,
are to be double elimination
games. There are five teams en
tered in each.
Nome, Anchorage, Seward,
Palmer, and Fairbanks are in A
and Cordova, Valdez, Kodiak,
Wassila, and Kodiak Navil Base
are in B.
Following the completion of the
tournament on Feb. 25, there is
to be a special feature game at
the University between a high
school all-star team and the Uni
versity team. All the players are
to be entertained as guests at the
University for the entire day.
The Nome team is composed of
Clarence Willoya, Laurence Ok
pealuk, Isaac Larsen, Alfred Sah
lin, Pete Larsen, George Bell,
Gordon Swanberg, Milton Willoya
and Manager John Sahlin.
The Nugget will have special
reports daily on the tournament.
24th Infantry Div.,
First In Battle,
Sent To Japan
SEOUL, Korea, UP)—1The gal
i lant 24th Infantry Division, first
to fight and first to lose a man
in the Korean war, has been taken
out of combat and sent to Japan.
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean—
now a Red prisoner—led the div
ision into the war in early July,
1950. It was withdrawn from the
central front almost 20 months
later.
In that time “the old profession
als” had earned a Distinguished
Unit citation, six Medals of Honor
and hundreds of other decora
tions.
Now on Japan’s Honshu Island,
the 24th together with the battle
seasoned U.S. First Cavalry Divi
sion, is charged with the defense
of Japan.
Elements of the 24th were
flown to Korea on the last day
of June, 1950 and made the first
contact with the North Korean
Reds early in July. Pfc. Kenneth
Shadrick of Wyoming, W. Va.,
was the first American killed in
the war.
When the 24th ended its Korean
fighting, only two remained of
those first handfuls of green sol
diers who met the onrushing Reds
in the dark days erf July, 1950.
The others were dead, wounded
or home on rotation.
Conference In Lisbon
May Affect GOP Choice
Of Presidential Nominee
(Bv the Associated Press)
What results from a conference
beginning this week in Lisbon,
Portugal, might affect the out
come of the Republican presiden
tial nomination convention in
Chicago next July.
In Lisbon, representatives of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization nations will try to work
out a plan for unifying Western
European defenses.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
head of NATO forces, has said he
will accept the GOP nomination
for President but will not quit his
post to seek it. Prevailing opinion,
even among some of his most ar
dent backers, is that Eisenhower
can’t win unless he comes home
and airs his views on major
issues.
If the Lisbon conference shows
signs of progress toward unifica
tion of Western Europe, then Ei
senhower could relinquish his
NATO command. If not, he would
have to stay or critics might say
he was leaving his job undone.
Whites Vote China
Couple Out Of
Neighborhood
SAN FRANCISCO, (A5)—A Chi
nese family, voted out of a white
neighborhood on the eve of broth
erhood week, was swamped Mon
day with offers of welcome from
across the country.
Sing Sheng, 25-year-old airline
mechanic, said his telephone has
n’t stopped ringing since Satur
day, when white residents of
South San Francisco’s Southwood
Tract voted 174-28 they didn’t
want him as a neighbor.
Sheng had suggested the ballot
ing, explaining “I was sure every
body believed in democracy.”
The Shengs could have insisted
on their right to occupy the house.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled
that an agreement excluding
home ownership because of race
or creed is not enforceable.
Southwood residents said they
objected because property values
would decline if the former offi
cer in the Chinese Nationalist
army moved in with his Ameri
can-born wife and two-year-old
son.
The Shengs, who are expecting
another child next week, re
claimed the $2,950 they deposited
on the $12,300 home. They hoped
to* get back deposits on $1,000
worth of furniture.
There were calls from Wichita
—with a job thrown in; from
Indianapolis, Seattle and all
around the San Francisco Bay
area.
Calif. Jury Recommends
Death Penalty To Halt
Narcotic Traffic
LOS ANGELES, {JP)—A federal
grand jury investigating racket
eering has recommended the
death penalty, if necessary, to
halt the narcotic traffic in South
ern California.
The jury classified narcotics
traffic as a crime similar to mur
der and kidnaping.
Debate on Alaska
Statehood Bill
Resumed Today
i
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Debate
on Alaska statehood is scheduled
to resume today with opponents
yet to show their hand.
Technically, the statehood issue
has been the Senate’s “unfinished
business” for more than two
weeks but only a few senators
have touched on the subject at
any length.
Senator Stennis (D-Miss) is ex
pected to lead off for those against
admitting Alaska to the Union.
However, it is uncertain when he
will seek the floor. Also unsettled
is the timing of an expected ef
fort to send the bill back to com
mittee—a threat which statehood
advocates frankly fear will be
successful.
Major speeches in support of
statehood thus far have been
made by Senators O’Mahoney
<D-Wyo), chairman of the Interior
and Insular Affairs committee;
Magnuson (D-Wash), Anderson
(D-NM) and Lehman (D-NY).
All have contended that Alaska
—and Hawaii—not only are ready
for statehood, but that their ad
mission into the Union would
strengthen the United States’ po
sition against communism in the
Asian world.
Japanese Paper Asserts
U.S. Troops Father 200,000
Children Since End of War
TOKYO, (#*) — The newspaper
Yomiuri stood firm Monday be
hind its assertion that U.S. troops
had fathered 200,000 bastards in
Japan since the end of World
War II.
It said the figure was based on
off-the-record data given by Jap
anese government officials. The
officials, it said, declined use of
their names because they feared
the “displeasure” of the occupa
tion.
Another Japanese newspaper,
Tokyo Shimbun, said the 200,000
children were listed on govern
ment food ration rolls.
A U.S. occupation official and
a Japanese government authority
said the figure was far too high.
“It’s way off the beam,” said
an American officer in the pub
lic health and welfare division of
occupation headquarters. He said
the situation was “no worse here
than in any seaport in our own
country.” He refused to be named.
Buck Private Reprimands
Swedish General At
The Olympic Games
OSLO, Norway, (/P) — Lt. Gen.
Olaf Helset of the Norwegian
army was caught by a buck pri
vate trying to climb a guard fence
at the Olympic 18-kilometer ski
race Monday.
“You’ve got to follow the rules,
even if you are a general,” said
the private, who had been de
tailed to help control a crowd of
10,000.
Helset, commander-in-chief of
Norway’s southern military dis
trict, meekly withdrew.