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VOL. LIV No. 50._ NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1952 Per Copy—154
U.S. Ultimatum
Stopped Russia
In Iran In 1946
WASHINGTON, (JP)—President
Truman said Thursday he sent an
ultimatum to Premier Stalin and
forced Russia to withdraw her
troops from Iran in 1946.
He said he was ready tcf back
up the ultimatum with American
troops and ships.
Truman lifted a veil of secrecy
to give his version of this and
other international incidents in a
news conference discussion in
which he emphasized:
(1) The gravity of the world
emergency of recent years.
(2) The great inherent powers
he feels he has as President to
deal with it, and
(3) The necessity for the United
States to have strong armed
forces.
In addition to the Iranian mat
ter, the President said there was
a time when Yugoslavia decided
to take Trieste, but that he or
dered the Mediterranean fleet into
>■ that area and there was no march
on Trieste. He mentioned too the
Berlin airlift and the Korean war.
The whole discussion revolved
about Truman’s seizure of the
steel industry and the furore that
it has created.
Somewhat plaintively, he said
that the country is in the middle
of the greatest emergency it has
ever faced, yet he has been abused
roundly for what he has done. He
added that he is not the first
president to be abused and that
he knows how to take it.
Truman’s Remarks
Raise Eye-brows
Around the World
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman’s off-the-cuff assertion
that he forced the Russians out of
Iran by a personal ultimatum to
Premier Stalin led to some un
happy tongue-clicking in high
quarters Friday.
A press office “clarification” of
Truman’s extemporaneous state
ment at a news conference Thurs
day pointed up the embarrass
ment occassioned by this and
other off-hand remarks that have
raised eyebrows around the world.
British newspapers splashed the
‘^ultimatum” story under such
headlines as “Sensation at Truman
Talk,” and “Blunders by Mr. Tru
man.”
In diplomatic language an “ul
timatum” is regarded as a step
just short of war. Roger Tubby,
assistant presidential press secre
tary, told reporters afterward Mr.
M’ruman used the word in a “non
technical, layman sense.”
The note in question, he said,
was not one from the President
to Stalin, but a note from this
government to the Russian gov
ernment on March 6, 1946, stating
this country’s position against
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Democrat Attacks
On Eisenhower
Increase in Tempo
(By the Associated Press)
The signs were clear Friday
that Democratic attacks on Gen.
Eisenhower will increase in tempo
as the time nears for his return
to seek the Republican presiden
tial nomination.
Secretary of Labor Tobin, in
one of the first administration
blasts at Eisenhower as a poli
tician said in Cumberland, Md.,
Thursday night the Democratic
party “isn’t interested in a mys
tery man” as a candidate. *
“It won’t be satisfied with a
smile or a good military record
or a knack for kissing babies,”
Tobin said. He did not mention
the general by name, but he left
little doubt he was referring to
him.
The State Department—insist
ing no politics was involved in
the action—said it has quit pass
ing out pictures of Eisenhower to
Americans planning to visit Eu
rope.
The department said in the past
18 months it has distributed thou
sands of pictures of Eisenhower
on pamphlets explaining the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion, in which he is the supreme
commander. The last was issued
10 days ago, and no more will
be printed.
Major political activity today
centered in Illinois and Arkansas
where Republican conventions
are scheduled.
Taft, with 239 Delegates,
Still Confident of Victory
Over Ike’s 220 Delegates
(By the Associated Press)
With Gen. Eisenhower’s esti
mated 220 delegates pressing hard
behind his own 239, Sen. Taft said
Thursday he believes he can win
the majority of the 00 GOP dele
gates at stake in the week ahead.
Referring to presidential prefer
ence primaries and conventions
which will select delegates in
Colorado, Utah, Delaware, Ari
zona and Arkansas, Taft said:
“We face a fight everywhere
but it looks pretty good.”
But Eisenhower’s campaign
managers were optimistic too.
They predicted in the wake of
the general’s victories in New
York and Pennsylvania, that he
will be nominated on the first
ballot at the national convention.
Taft, speaking before a Wash
ington rally, blasted the Truman
administration’s spending policies,
said the U.S. government should
never spend more than 55 billion
dollars a year except in a nation
al emergency.
In a Boston news conference,
former Republican national chair
man Carroll Reece accused the
administration of spending huge
sums to promote “Eisenhower as
the GOP candidate because they
figure Eisenhower is the Demo
crat’s best bet.”
Income Tax Rebates Three
Million Behind Last Year
Due to Closer Scrutiny
WASHINGTON, (fP) — If you
haven’t received your income tax
refund this year, you have plenty
of company.
The government is running
about three million checks behind
last year in disgorging its annual
golden flood of taxes in reverse.
Treasury officials told a report
er Thursday the Revenue Bureau
is giving refund requests a closer
scrutiny than usual this year, thus
causing a lag.
But don’t.worry too much—the
rate of output is stepping up rap
idly. Paul Banning, chief disburs
ing officer for the treasury, esti
mated about eight million checks
will be mailed in April and nine
million in May.
From the start of the fiscal year
last July through April 17, the
Treasury dropped 16,200,000 re
fund checks into the mail. During
the same period last year, it sent
out 18,900,000 individual income
tax refunds.
The average refund is bigger
this year—$60.72 compared with
$50.58 last year.
CAB Schedules Hearings
July 21 Which May Result
In Higher Fares to Alaska
WASHINGTON, (TP) — Examin
er Paul N. Pfeiffer Thursday set
July 21 for the start of a Civil
Aeronautics Board hearing which
may result in increased air fares
to Alaska.
He said the hearing may be held
either in Seattle or Portland.
Under study will be cargo rates
and passenger fares between the
two Pacific Northwest cities and
Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Also at issue will be the reason
ableness of common fares from
the two northwest cities to the
Alaska cities.
Attorneys for more than a score
of airlines involved agreed Wed
nesday at a pre-hearing confer
ence on nearly all phases of the
hearing. They differed, however,
on a proposal to limit the study
of passenger fares to those offered
by Alaska, Air Transport Associ
ates, Northwest, Pan American,
and Pacific Northern Airlines.
House Committee Approves
Two Bills Pertaining to Alaska
WASHINGTON, (/P)_Two bills
affecting Alaska have been ap
proved by the House Interior
Committee.
One would permit U.S. commis
sioners to retain as compensation,
fees up to the amount of $7,500 a
year. The present limit is $5,000.
Delegate Bartlett said raising
the limit would affect at the pre
sent time only commissioners in
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan,
Seward and Juneau.
The second bill would permit
the Secretary of Interior to lease
parts of waterfront lands with
drawn for dock, wharf and land
site purposes.
Top Command Considers Incentive Pay
To Attract More Youths to Air Forces
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Reds Break off Secret
Talks On How To
Exchange Prisoners
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, (£>)—'The Comraun
ists Friday broke off secret nego
tiations on how to exchange pri
soners of war after the U.N. Com
mand announced it would return
less than half the Reds captured
in Korea.
However, truce talks will con
tinue. The effect of the Red action
was to remove the veil of secrecy
from negotiations.
The Reds broke off the secret
talks six days after being told
that only 70,000 Allied-held cap
tives wanted to return to the
Communists.
Col. George Hickman said inter
views with prisoners during a 2
week recess which ended April
19 showed that only 70,000 wanted
to go home.
Chinese Col. Tsai Cheng Wen
angrily told U.N. negotiators there
“has never been anything like the
so-called voluntary repatriation
throughout history.
“It is a direct violation of the
Geneva Convention from which
your side has been quoting so
readily and frequently.”
> WASHINGTON, (/P) — The gla
moh of combat flying has worn
so thin in two wars that some top
military people believe a new sys
tem of “incentive pay” is the only
sure way to attract more youths
into America’s growing air force.
Such a pay proposal is knock
ing around the Air Force’s top
command. It is expected ter
emerge soon as a specific plan to
be laid before Congress.
It is certain to run into trouble
there.
Sponsors of a proposal to give
combat pay to frontline fighters
and others actually under enemy
fire have been sharply critical of
the special hazard and incentive
pay that now goes to Air Force
and Navy flying crews, submarine
crews and Army parachutists.
The Air Force was the “glamor
-boy” of the armed forces in World
War II, but today the Air Force
admits the glamor appeal is not
enough. There is a serious short
age of pilots, navigators, bombar
diers and other qualified flying
personnel.
At the moment, airmen say, it
appears the cadet training class
starting in May will be roughly
50 per cent under the estimated
needs.
On the other hand, there is a
surplus of college-trained men for
ground duty.
Louis Huber Reports On Visit To
Little Diomede and Shishmaref
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Missouri River Receding
At Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, </P) — The
Kansas City area was over the
hump Friday in its fight against
the Missouri river but flood work
ers still maintained a vigil along
the network of dikes for possible
weak spots.
The flood-choked river contin
ued to fall after reaching its peak
here Thursday afternoon just a
fraction under 30.7 feet. That was
a little below the predicted crest
of 21 and more than 10 feet
under the top of the levees.
It was a record upstream flood
until the muddy surge hit Kansas
City. But from here on down
stream the river stages were lower
than the terrible flood of July,
1951, when the Kaw river, which
joins the Missouri here, laid waste
to the rich industrial areas of the
two Kansas Citys.
$2,000,000 GRAIN ROW
FIRE IN VANCOUVER, B.C.
VANCOUVER, B.C., </P) — A
wind-whipped fire roared through
Vancouver’s waterfront “grain
row” for three hours Wednesday,
causing damage estimated at more
than $2,000,000. ,
The blaze, started by an explo
sion of grain dust, razed a grain
loading plant, a large warehouse
containing tons of high-explosive
fertilizers valued at $500,000.
► By LOUIS IL HUBER
Special Correspondent
of the Nome Nugget
This reporter is thankful for
hitting the jackpot all around
Seward Peninsula. It couldn’t hap
pen again like this in a hundred
years.
Lost River’s tin mine gets going
—the only one in North America
—and I’m there to get the story
ahead of everyone else.
I fly to Little Diomede Island
and get perfect weather all the
way. With Tommy Richards pilot
ing, we sight two sizable herds
of walrus 15 to 20 miles north ot
the Diomedes—and I get pictures
of them.
There are schools of beluga
(white whales) sprinkled around
and half a dozen black whales
sunning their humps in holes
they’ve broken through the new
ice.
We land beside Little Diomede
and the villagers run out on the
ice to greet us. It’s so sunny you
can almost work in your shirt
sleeves and we shoot plenty of
pictures of Big, Little and every
thing-in-between the Diomedes.
The Russians don’t show them
selves while we’re there but the
Little Diomedans tell me they see
the Big Diomedans every few
days going around on dogsleds.
There has been no Russian air
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SATURDAY, APRIL 26
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