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VOL. LIII No. 115 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 1951 Per Copy—151
Gen. Bradley
At Tokyo To
m
Map Strategy
TOKYO, (JP)—Gen. Omar Brad
ley arrived tonight, possibly to
map strategy if the Korean truce
» talks collapse completely and full
scale fighting erupts.
The chairman of the U.S. joint
chiefs of staff was accompanied
by Charles Bohlen, State Depart
ment expert on Russia.
The Defense Department in
Washington said Bradley would
“survey all aspects of the situ
ation” with Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, supreme Allied com
mander.
Ridgway yesterday suggested a
switch in the truce talk site in an
effort to revive the stalled armis
tice talks.
Peiping radio treated Ridgway’s
proposal with rough language. It
accused Ridgway of “carrying out
orders from Washington to use the
change-o'f-conference site question
to block resumption” of truce
talks.
Fifth Air Force Planes
Destroy 508, Damage 613
Red Trucks In One Day
U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS. Korea, (JP) — Com
munist forces launched a series
of sharp attacks last night at
widely scattered points across 50
miles of the Korean battle front.
They took advantage of a moon
less night. But Allied planes con
verged on the main arteries and
the U. S. Fifth Air Force said its
pilots destroyed 508 communist
vehicles and damaged 613 — a
record. The old mark was 964, set
/ Wednesday.
The Reds lobbed artillery and
mortar shells throughout Thurs
day night at Allied infantrymen
dug in just below the crest of
Heartbreak, a hill mass north of
Yanggu.
Argentina Revolt
Swiftlv Put Down
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, (/P)
—The official state radio announ
) ced today a revolt was staged by
two former army generals against
the government erf Juan D. Peron
and w’as swiftly put down.
The radio, a short time after
announcing civil war had broken
out in Argentina, declared the
government quelled the uprising
> headed by former Gen. Arturo
Rawson and former Gen. Ben
jamin Menentiez. Rawson was a
leader of a 1943 rebellion which
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placed him in the presidency just,
two days.
There was no information avail
able from other sources. The cap
ital has been closed down tightly,
with business establishments shut
tered.
No fighting was observed in
the streets of Buenos Aires except
for sporadic fist fights.
(In Washington, observers said
the revolution may have been a
bona fide one, but could have
been a staged affair to whip up
sentiment for Peron in the forth
coming Nov. IT elections in which
he is a candidate to succeed him
self.
Benton Accuses
McCarthy Perjury
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And Deception
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Benton (D-Conn) today accused
Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) of
“perjury and deception of the
American people” in pressing
h i s communists - in - government
charges.
Benton made the accusation
under oath at a public hearing on
his resolution looking toward the
possibility of ousting McCarthy
from the Senate.
He said his testimony would
help a Senate Rules subcommit
tee decide whether McCarthy “has
committed perjury and whether
he has practiced calculated de
ceit on both the U.S. Senate and
the American people.”
The Connecticut Senator called
the attention of the subcommittee
to 10 “case studies” of persons at
tacked by McCarthy on loyalty
grounds.
He declared: “All these 10 cases
fit into my general charges
against Senator McCarthy of per
jury and deception of the Sen
ate and, through his role as a
senator, deception of the Ameri
j can people.” j
Truman Asks For
Public Accounting
Of Gov. Salaries
! WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
i Truman asked Congress yesterday
| to require its members and all
! top government officials—includ
ing generals, admirals and judges
| —to give a public accounting each
year of their total income.
Specifically, the president rec
ommended to. Congress the prompt
enactment of a law—
. . Which will require all full
time civilian presidential appoin
tees, including members of the
federal bench, all elected officers
of the federal government, includ
ing members of the Congress; and
all other top officials and employes
of the three branches of the gov
ernment—say those receiving sal
aries of $10,000 or more, plus flag
and general officers of the armed
services—to file annually a state
ment of their total incomes, in
cluding amounts over and above
their government salaries, and the
source of this outside income.”
He added, “Penalties for wilful
violation of this statute should be
equivalent to those for violation
of the laws relating to the filing
of income tax returns.”
The president also declared the
statements should be accessible to
the public.
Pacific Northern Starts
Portland Service Monday
PORTLAND, (/P) — Pacific Nor
thern Airlines will inaugurate
Portland - Seattle - Alaska service
Monday with the 7 a.m. departure
of a DC-4 from the Portland In
ternational Airport.
Gift packages will be aboard
from Oregon mayors to the
mayors of Alaska cities. A. G.
Woodley, Anchorage, president of
Pacific Northern, who organized
the line 19 years ago, will be a
passenger.
Unlikely Iran Will
Cancel Ouster Of
317 British Oil Men
TEHRAN, Iran, (^—Dispatches
from Abadan said today Iran has
directed 70 Britons working in the
administrative and accounting
sections at the refinery to stay
away from the plant. They said
the rest of the 317 British citizens
still at the nationalized installa
tion will continue working until
they leave as ordered next Thurs
day.
British ambassador Sir Francis
Shepherd told a news conference
he thought it “most unlikely” that
Prime Minister Mohammed Mos
sadegh would cancel his.order to
British technicians to leave the
country.
The U.S. State Department an
nounced in Washington yesterday
its “earnest hope” that Iran would
cancel its ouster orders. Shep
herd’s remark today apparently
indicated he had little belief Iran
would respond to Washington’s
“hope.”
Today was the Moslem sabbath.
LONDON, {AP)—.Britain may ask
the United Nations security coun
cil to intervene in the tense Anglo
Iranian o i 1 dispute, informed
sources said today.
The cabinet met on the oil
crisis for the third time this week,
as this country waited develop
ments in the Middle East country
which has ordered British oil men
at Abadan expelled by next
Thursday.
Northwest Airlines To
Increase Alaska Service
To 21 Trips Weekly
SEATTLE, (/P)—Northwest Air
lines announced today the lifting
of its recent air freight embargo
between Seattle and Anchorage.
Plans to increase the service also
were announced.
Early this week, Northwest es
tablished the newest of several
embargoes because it had more
air freight than it could handle.
Its backlog was down to 9,000
pounds today.
Thomas W. Marshall, district
sales manager in the Seattle area,
said service will increase, begin
ning Sunday, with the addition of
two weekly round trips by a
Douglas DC-4, an all-cargo plane
with an 18,000-pound capacity.
With increased facilities, North
west will make 21 trips v/eekly.
Senate Votes Down 77-11
Expense Exemtion For
President, Congressmen
WASHINGTON, (/P)_The Sen
ate voted 77-11 yesterday to wipe
out the exemption on expense al
lowances of president, vice presi
dent and members of Congress,
effective Jan. 3, 1953.
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The amendment, described by
its sponsors as in effect a salary
cut, was tacked onto a bill to in
crease taxes an estimated $5,500,
000,000 a year. The bill calls for
an 11 percent boost in income
taxes for most persons.
The amendment is not in the
House-passed $7,200,000,000 tax in
crease bill and thus would be sub
ject to action in conference be
tween the two branches.
Prospector Finds
Plane Wreckage
And Six Bodies
ANCHORAGE, (ff) — An Air
Force search party landed last
night on Mt. Susitna, 40 miles
northwest of here, to investigate
■airplane wreckage reported by a
prospector.
The Elmendorf public informa
tion office said a three-man crew
and the prospector, Bill Lyons,
were flown by helicopter to a
mountain ledge near the wreck
age. An on-the-spot check will
be made today.
Lyons reported yesterday he
stumbled upon the aircraft near
the top of the 4,397 foot mountain
while investigating mining pos
sibilities. He said he found six
bodies, four inside the plane and
two nearby.
Capt. Ronald Green, 39th Air
Depot Wing PIO, said no planes
were reported missing in the area.
Airmen said they believed the
search party would find the
wreckage that of a C-47 which
crashed Sept. 10, 1950, killing
five persons. Bodies of the victims
were recovered after the crash
and airmen said they were unable
to account for the bodies reported
by Lyons.
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Aleutian Veterans
Would be Amazed
At Island Industry
SEATTLE, (/P) — World War II
veterans who sweated out the
Aleutians will be surprised to
learn the fog-drenched islands still
are doing business.
In fact, the Berger Transporta
tion Co. reports, some of the Aleu
tians, which to GI’s eyes a few
years ago seemed fit only for
defense bases and storm-harried
airports, are booming. Canneries
have moved back in on some of
the islands, and livestock now
grazes in places where quonset
and Pacific huts used to shelter
Uncle Sam’s military men of the
north.
Some of the finest wool in the
world comes from sheep grazing
in the Aleutians, observers say.
The Berger Company should
know.
Its Motorship Garland supplies
some of these mildly thriving
Aleutian settlements.
Right now the Garland is load
ing 300 tons of food and other
supplies for Umnak, Unalaska,
Akutan and Sanak on the Chain.
And regularly once a month, as
far as fog and storms will allow,
the Garland follows a schedule of
putting in at these isolated settle
ments whose people have found a
home in the Aleutians.
HUNTLEY APPOINTED TO BE
THIRD DIVISION MARSHAL
WASHINGTON, (JP)—The Sen
ate approved last night the nomi
nation of Walter E. Huntley to be
U.S. marshal for Division 3 of the
Territory of Alaska.
THURSDAY BASEBALL
National League
Boston 4—Brooklyn 3
American League
Washington 8—Boston 6
St. Louis 7—Detroit 4
Hope Abandoned
For Fairbanksan
Lost In Crevasse
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — Hope was
abandoned today for a Fairbanks
youth lost in an ice crevasse on
Bartlett Glacier and the Air Force
called searchers back to their base.'
The Elmendorf public informa
tion officer said a 10th Rescue
Squadron trail crew, which has
searched the glacier for 19-year
old Gerald D. Ross, reported fur
ther search appeared hopeless.
A helicopter taking part in the
search crashed and burned in an
emergency landing yesterday.
The pilot had been flying over
the glacier with Bob Rose seek
ing a trace of Ross who Rose said
fell into crevasse on the ice pack
while on a hiking trip Sunday.
The trail crew, backtracking
Rose, found the crevasse he de
scribed. Crewmen said they fired
guns and shouted in the ice crack
which they said was several hun
dred feet deep. They received no
reply. Since two feet of new snow
covered the area and the crevasse
was extremely dangerous no at
tempt was made to descend. How
ever, the crewmen were certain
that Ross was dead, the Elmen
dorf Air Force PIO said.
Ross was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Ross of Fairbanks. The
father is a construction worker
and the mother is an employe of
the Northern Commercial Co.
The father said, “We’ve tried to
face it because we knew you don’t
live five days trapped in a glacier
crevasse.”
Princess Elizabeth and
Duke Resume Travel Plans
LONDON, UP)— Princess Eliza
beth and the Duke of Edinburgh
will leave for their postponed Can
adian tour by air on Oct. 7, they
announced today.
They will begin carrying out
their tour schedule at Quebec on
Oct. 9. This means there will be
only a one-week delay caused by
postponement of the trip because
of the king’s serious illness. They
had originally planned to arrive
in Quebec next Tuesday.
A spokesman said the royal cou
ple will disclose later whether it
will still be possible for them to
carry out their plan to visit Presi
dent Truman in Washington.
OPS Beef Control Program
Finds Many Violators
WASHINGTON, (/P)— The na
tionwide drive to enforce the beef
price control program has resulted
in charges of violations against
222 slaughterhouses in more than
50 cities. An OPS official said
yesterday this means that actual
violations turned up in the drive
which began Monday will run way
up in the hundreds.
OPS said the 1,500 agents found
violators in slaughterhouses in
more than half the cities where
operations of meat packing and
distributing plants were investi
gated. Court action will be taken
against all alleged violators.
CINCINNATI, (fP>— Warren C.
•Giles, Cnicinnati baseball man,
yesterday accepted the presidency
of the National League.