Jessup Is “Not
Communist;” Flays
Sen» McCarthy
V
—
(Continued from Page One>
desire to assist the international
communist movement even though
his words and actions have had
that effect.”
As to the charges against him,
Jessup said:
“I wish to repeat categorically
and without qualification that 1
am not a communist and never
have been a communist.
“I am not and have never been
a communist sympathizer.”
McCarthy accused Jessup of an
“unusual affinity for communist
causes” 10 days ago when the
Senate foreign reliations sub-corn- I
mittee began hearings on the Wis
consin Senator’s contention that
the state department is shot
through with communists and
their sympathizers.
McCarthy also said that Jessup
once sponsored a subversive or
ganization.
Jessup's attack on McCarthy
was the second made by a major
state department figure. Deputy
undersecretary John E. Pcurifoy
lashed back at the Senator with a
c'ounter attack last week.
McCarthy on his part has kept
u pa constant fire at the depart
ment and only yesterday called
fo rthe ouster of secretary of state
Acheson along wth what he called
FAIRBANKS TO HAVE READY
MIXED CEMENT PLANT
FAIRBANKS (/P)—A ready-mix
cement plant will be operating
here around May 10, to mark the
first time anything but sacked ce
ment has been used in Fairbanks.
The Northern Ready Mix Co.,
announced the plans Saturday
under the direction of George
Cooper, Cliff Mortensen and
Frank Henderson. Cooper said the
plant would have a capacity of
400 yards daily and will employ
eight men.
Irving S. Cooper of Seattle,
Cooper’s father, with 25 years ex
perience, will operate the busi
ness, the younger Cooper said.
Postmaster James McLean has
announced that effective this
month weight limits have been re
moved from all classes of mail for
Teller, Wales and Shishmaref and
mail to those points which; here
tofore has been limited, causing
congestion and delays in the mail,
will be dispatched from this office
as fast as the carriers can handle
it.
Don Travis. formerly sation
manager for Rlaska Airlines, who
was here a few years ago, re
turned Saturday to fly for the air
lines again and was welcomed by
many friends. His family is re
ported to be coming back later
this spring.
“the whole mig of untouchables”
in the department.
THE CI.UE POT SODA FOUNTAIN
Serves the BEST ICE CREAM
MADE DAILY
AT THE GLUE POT
Wc Carry Also Standard Brands of
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Candy
- - FRESH POPCORN --
THE GLUE POT
Last Bi<* Week of Alaska<*rams
ALASKAGRAM No. 67
CLUE: It's getting dark and it's getting cold for
those who can’t find this mining site in the
Panhandle.
Kool dim ....
(Place) (Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. O. Box.Town.r..
9
SAVE THIS PUZZLE AND SUBMIT IT WITH THE
WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 67 TO 72
ALASKAGRAM No. 68
CLUE: It will be sheer joy to Mae to find that a
liquid will cure any skin irritation she gets
handling fish at this place.
Mae, her warts .- -..
• Place) • Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. 0. Box.Town.
SAVE THIS PUZZLE AND SUBMIT IT WITH THE
WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 87 TO 72
,
Gen. Fairchild Dies
(If Heart Attack
—
WASHINGTON (A*)—Gen. Muir
S. Fairchild, second in command
of the U. S. air force, died sudden-,
ly Friday night at the age of 55,
after a long career in the nation’s
service.
Fairchild was stricken with a
heart attack at his quarters in
nearby Fort Myer, Va.
Fairchild was named vice chief
of staff for the air force on May
27, 1948, after serving as com
mandant of the Air University in
Montgomery, Ala.
Fairchild’s death leaves Lieut.
Gen. Idwal Edwards, deputy chief
of staff as acting commander of
the Air Force. Gen. Hoyt S. Van
denberg, chief of staff, is in South
America.
NEWS IN BRIEF
i
--
(Continued from Page One)
I ately.
The burglary may have taken
place while they were away from
home for a time last night, Mrs.
Durant said.
SEATTLE A1 Forrest Shaw
61, of Sitka, Alaska, died Friday
at a hospital here. Funeral serv
i ices will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Born at Kinkaid, Kans., he
came to Seattle as a child and
spent the major part of his life
here. He moved to Sitka 13 years
ago. In Alaska he was associated
with the salmon industry.
LONDON, (JP)—King George VI
was back at his state duties today,
recovered from a cold which kept
him indoors over the weekend.
TACOMA, (/P)—Twenty busses
formerly running on Tacomas
streets by the Tacoma Transit
Company were today loaded
aboard the S.S. John Cropper here
Saturday for shipment to Alaska.
; The big busses will be used in va
: rious Alaskan communities.
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Mrs. Mary
Albert, known as the “Bear Paw
Queen,” died of natural causes, an
inquest disclosed Saturday.
The body of the native woman
was found by mushers on a cater
pillar trail three miles from Ne
nana Friday. Her name was de
rived from long residence in the
Bear Paw district.
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Th;e Vet
erans Affairs commission filed in
District Court against Ross Enders
Kimbell for $4,127, Saturday.
Kimball is a candidate for Ter
ritorial labor commissioner.
The suit also named James
Alves and Robert Fuller.
Kimball is charged with not
paying a promissory note signed
in Oct. 1948. He is engaged in the
transfer and storage business
here. Alves and Fuller have a
leasehold on property on which
the Veterans ask foreclosure of
the mortgage.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—'The state
department said today the Chinese
Communists have blocked evacu
ation of Americans and other for
eigners from China by a last min
ute refusal to let two landing
craft reach the city.
American representatives on
the scene have been instructed to
press for a reconsiedration, an hn
nounccment said.
Meantime, the landing craft
and the American President liner
General Gordon, to which the for
eigners were to be ferried, have
been ordered to remain at Hong
Kong.
\ isit of Destroyers
w
To Saigon Causes
Riots. \ iolenee
SAIGON, Vietnam, Tndochine,
[ i/P)—Two U. S. destroyers — the
; target of communist-led riots that
i killed three persons and wounded
1 at least 30 others—left here on
schedule today.
Yesterday 3,000 students and
; 1,000 workmen, waving the gold
j starred flag of Moscow-trained
| Ho Chi Minh’s rebels, began a
march toward the harbor to pro
test American backing of the,
! French-supported Vietnam gov
ernment.
Rioting flared for four hours
and before French police dis
persed the shouting mob it had
burned part of the block-square
central market, set the torch to
15 busses and trucks, and ripped
down French and American ban
ners raised in honor of the de
stroyer’s visit.
The destroyers Stickell and An
derson had been sent here as a
l gesture of American support for
the French-sponsored government
of former emperor Bao Dai. But
i cries of “down with American
aid," “Down with Bao Dai,” and
“Long live Ho Chi Minh” were
Gul>itche\ Sails
For Poland
NEW YORK. bP>—The govern
ment handed Valentin A. Gubit
chov his official walkilng papers
today and the stubby convicted
spy headed homeward toward his
native Russia “never to return.”
Federal Judge Sylvester J.
Ryan suspended Gubitchev’s 15
year prison sentence in accord
ance with a previous recommen
dation by secretary of state Dean
Acheson and attorney general J.
Howard McGrath.
The Russian was convicted with
Judith Coplon of plotting to spy
for the Soviet Union.
Meanwhile, a large force of po
licemen guarded the Gyndia
American liner Batory, on which
he sailed, to make sure he didn’t
get off again. His attractive wife
boarded the ship in mid-morning.
The ship was scheduled to sail
at noon for Gyndia, Poland.
Louis Nashenwing, Kougarok
mining man returned yesterday
from a winter in the States and
will leave for his mine soon.
heard from the rioters.
There were repercussions to
day from yesterday’s violence, al
though Saigon appeared quiet.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
G-E Dial-the-fabric Iron - G-E Steam Iron
G-E Automatic Roaster - G-E Hotplate
G-E Washing Machine - G-E Sun Lamp
G E Electric Clock - G-E Mazda Lamps
Wiring Materials
NORTHERN LIGHT & POWER CO.
And We Are Not Fooling When
We Say Our INVENTORY
REDUCTION SPECIALS Are
Something to Sing About!*!
--•——
BE THRIFTY-—Buy Quality
Merchandise At Our Low Prices!
-•
MEN’S SLACKS Vs Off
Men’s Waist Overalls Vs to Vi off
Assorted Lot of COATS and
JACKETS 1/2 Price
——•
Northern Commercial
Company
Your Friendly Community Store
* 1