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VOL. LII. NO. 118 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,1950 _Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — The An
chorage Lions Club bought an iron
lung in Boston, Mass., Wednesday j
and expected it to arrive this
morning. The club reported it
went into debt on the purchase but
wanted to get the lung immediate
ly for use in the current polio epi
demic.
The Anchorage Elks lodge re
ported later it was negotiating for
the purchase of an iron lung.
Two cases of polio reported yes
terday increased the total number
to 10, one of which has been re
leased from the hospital.
Local health officials said there
was no cause as yet to close the
schools.
JUNEAU, iJP)—J. B. Warrack of
Seattle submitted the low base
bid to the Alaska department of
public works Wednesday for con
struction of shops and garages at
Anchorage.
The bid was $320,000. Only
other bid submitted—$391,746.84
—was by Breeden and Smith, An
chorage.
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—An F-80 jet
fighter plane caught fire and
crashed on the runway at Eielson
Air Force Base Wednesday. The
pilot was injured critically.
Spokesmen said the plane had
just become airborne when the
fire broke out. The pilot shut off
the motor and tried to stop the
i
plane before it hit a gravel em
bankment Name of the pilot was
withheld.
I
JUNEAU, (.P) — With a bank
balance of $3,268,192 as of Oct. 1,
Territorial Treasurer Henry Ro
den said yesterday he believes
Alaska will be able to make it
through the year without having
to borrow additional funds.
Roden said there was charged
against the balance outstanding
warrants of $1,079,586 plus $1 ,
818,047 in earmarked funds, leav
ing an available balance of $370,
558.
Tax commissioner M. P. Mul
laney estimated an additional
$1,800,000 will be due the general
fund Jan. 15 from fish trap licens
es and taxes.
Mullaney gave the breakdown
as follows: fish trap licenses $1,
000,000: liquor excise tax $300,
000: income tax $500,000.
JUNEAU UP)—'The Haines Cut
off, connecting the Alaska High
way with southern Alaska may be
kept open until Nov. 1, highway
department officials said yester
day.
The road was closed Oct. 15
last year and has been plagued
this fall with floods, slides and
washouts.
LONDON, (JP)—James Valhern
of Richmond, Va., flew in last
night with a treat for his meat
hungry English relatives. It was
a three-pound steak.
Calhern set down his suitcase,
put the wrapped steak on top erf
it, and whistled for a cab.
As the cab drew up in front, a
large airedale drew up in back.
Valhern and his kinfolk had
fish for dinner.
Stassen Seeks
Citizens’ Peace
Talk With Stalin
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Republi
can Harold E. Stassen’s bid for a
sort of Citizens’ peace conference
with communist Russia’s Premier
Josef Stalin yesterday was greet
ed with mixed reaction at home
and silence from Moscow.
Stassen, an unsuccessful seeker
after the 1948 GOP Presidential
nomination, disclosed the move
Wednesday. He made public a let
ter suggesting further correspond
ence or a face-to-face meeting—
publicly reported—with Stalin in
an effort “to stop the drift tow
ard war.”
The state department promptly
announced that Stassen’s propos
al had “no official inspiration.” But
it said if Stalin agrees to meet
with the University of Pennsyl
vania president, Stassen undoubt
edly will get a passport to Mos
cow.
Stassen, questioned closely by
newsmen about the political im
plications of his action, said it
was “non-political,” but was “def
initely a move from an individual
in the Republican party.”
Diplomatic experts saw little
chance that Sealin would accept.
But the state department report
edly welcomed the letter for its
propaganda effect. The “Voice of
America” featured it on foreign
language broadcasts. •
Stassen’s letter did not explic
itly ask for a meeting with Sta
lin. But the former Minnesota
governor told a news conference
that was it “primary objective.”
HONG KONG, UP)—Seven per
sons were believed killed today in
a landslide above Hong Kong’s
fashionable Happy Valley race
course.
The body of a six-year-old girl
has been recovered. Firt brigade
officials said six others may be
buried beneath 100 tons of earth.
BULLETIN
PHILADELPHIA, (/P)—Joe Di
Maggio lined the tenth inning
home run into the left field stands
to give the New York Yankees'
Allie Reynolds a two to one win
over the Phillies' Robin Roberts
in the second world series game
Thursday. It was New York's sec
ond straight victory in the best of
seven series before 32,660 fans.
Gerry Coleman's single to left
center with two out in the last of
the ninth gave the New York
Yankees their third straight World
Series victory over the Phillys,
three to two before 64,500 fans.
Two scratch infield singles by
Gene Woodling and Phil Rizzuto
after two outs set the stage for
Coleman's game-winning blow.
Tom Ferrick, who came in
when Eddie Lopat was lifted for
pinch hitter, received credit for
the victory over Russ Meyer,
third Philly pitcher. Meyer pitch
ed only the ninth in the first se
ries. <
j Polio Epidemic
Spreading
(By The Associated Press)
An outbreak of polio at Fair
j banks and Anchorage, was class
ed Wednesday as an epidemic,
and the national foundation for
infantile paralysis moved to aid
the stricken cities.
The Territorial health depart
; ment at Juneau described the
i spread of the disease as “epi
j demicV
At New York, the foundation
| said that in response to emer
! gency appeals it had flown four
1 respirattors north from its sup
j ply centers in Los Angeles and
i Portland, Ore. A consultant of the
joint orthopedic nursing advisory
service also was en route to Alas
ka and six Red Cross nurses were
being recruited to work in the
| two cities. Emergency funds were
made available.
About half the 14 cares at Fair
j banks weer among dependents of
! the armed services personnel at
j Ladd Air Foace Base, the founda
! tion said.
Two additional “iron lungs”
were due to be put in service at
j Anchorage.
At Fairbanks, city health offi
cer Dr. Robert P. V. Gorman pro
! claimed the city “in the grip of a
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Seek Dictatorship
For Alaska Water
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; FAIRBANKS, <£•)—'The Daily
j New-Miner said yesterday it has
i learned of a proposed plan to
i place all waters inside Alaska un
j der control of the Territorial
j Highway Engineer. It said the
plan would embrace waters used
for industry, mining and agricul
i ture.
The newspaper said a bill in its i
suggested form was drafted dur-1
ing the summer by the bureau of1
j reclamation at the request of!
! Governor Gruening and Kenneth
Kadow, director of the depart
ment of interior’s Alaska field
staff. j
The News-Miner said it has!
been informed the bill in revised j
form has been circulated secretly!
among Democratic officials, “pre
sumably in preparation for intro
ducing it in the next session of
the Legislature.* *
It said the proposed measure is
titled “An Act to Promote Con
servation and Utilization of Wa
ters of the Territory of Alaska,
to provide for their appropriation)
and administration in the public
interest.**
The newspaper said the bill
provides that any person desiring
to use any waters must first make
an application to the highway en
gineer for a permit; that the en
gineer could refuse to allow use
of water if, in his opinion, the wa
ter use did not seem reasonable
or beneficial to the public inter
est.
It added that under the pro
posed act any owner of water
rights could transfer them only
with the highway engineer’s ap
proval and they could be subect
to forfeiture.
Minesweeper Sunk j
By Floating Mine
WASHINGTON, {/?)—'The navy
announced yesterday the mine
sweeper Magpie has been sunk by
a floating mine near North Korea.
Twenty-one men are missing.
It was the third ship to hit a
mine in Korean waters. Two de
stroyers—theBrush and the Mans
field — were damaged by earlier
collisions with mines and 11 men
on the Brush were lost.
Total casualties from the three
ships now stand at 11 killed, 17
injured, and 24 missing.
The navy has said the mines are
Russian-made by presuma b 1 y
were sown by North Koreans.
The Magpie hit a mine Sunday
near the city of Chuksan-Dong.
Twelve survivors were picked up
by a sister ship, the minesweeper
Merganser and carried to Pusan,
Korea.
The 136-foot wooden hulled
Magpie struck the mine on her
starboard side and sank about
two miles off shore.
The commanding officer of the
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S.S. Baranof
Sails Without
Passengers
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SEATTLE,, (/P)—The Steamer
Baranof was to sail as scheduled
this afternoon for Alaska, but 50
passengers who had planned to be
aboard were casting about today
for other means of transportation.
The travelers were stranded
when the Alaska Steamship Co.
cancelled all passenger reserva
tions. A spokesman said it was be
cause of failure by the Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union (Ind.)
to give written assurance that its
members would comply with the
Coast Guard security screening.
D. E. Skinner, vice president
and general manager of the com
pany, said the Baranof would sail
as an express freighter.
The same action will be taken,
he said, for the steamer Denali
unless “we receive satisfactory
assurance from the union that its
members will sign on the ship and
supply replacements for any men
‘screened* off in line with regu
lar security procedure.”
The Denali is slated to sail next!
Friday.
Skinner said passengers booked
for the Barancff would be aided in
finding other passage via Cana
dian lines or airplane.
Union spokesmen were not
available for comment. Earlier,
however, they had protested the
screening procedure because “We
don’t know the charges, or who
made them.”
Cancellation of the passenger
service cut the stewards depart
ment personnel from 66 to 10, and
also eliminated the need for three
back department workers, two
purser’s department workers and
two radiomen.
All other maritime unions have
complied with the screening pro
gram which is designed to keep
subversives and “poor security
risks” from U. S. merchant ships.
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Thursday, October 5, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
175,000 Allied troops mass near
dividing line between North and
South Korea, ready to invade
communist domain at short no
tice, as South Koreans stab 60
miles inside communist north
land. Reds begin guerrilla attacks
behind Allied lines.
Elements of this footsore
South Korean Third Division in
North Korea, which has covered
some 230 miles cm foot in the last
17 days, took the town of Chang
jon today. Forward troops of the
Third Division advanced through
the town, 60 air miles north of the
38th parallel and about 10 miles
northwest of liberated Kosong, af
ter a daylong exchange of small
arms and artillery fire with Red
defenders.
Moving south out of Chang] on
were civilian refugees. They es
timated 400 Reds were dug in
defense positions west and north
west of the town.
United Nations commission at
Pusan, sends shacked report to
Lake Success as record of com
munist atrocities mounts. Official
estimates place number of mur
dered men, women and children
at more than 25,000.
U. N. political committee gives
tacit go-ahead signal for invasion
of North Korea, adopting over
Soviet opposition a plan for uni
fication of Korea. Assembly ap
proval expected swiftly.
Friday, October 6, 1950
The South Korean troops drive
another 20 miles to • within 32
miles of Wonsan in North Korea.
Other South Koreans fan out be
hind them. United Nations forces
mass in strength below the 38th
parallel awaiting the signal for
in vasion as the Reds desperately
try to bolster their defenses. Red
losses since June 25 from all
causes put at 200,000.
The general assembly of the
United Nations at Lake Success,
meets on the eight-nation plan for
Korea’s future, ready to give top
heavy approval to proposal con
taining tacit permission for U. N.
invasion of North Korea.
LATE BULLETIN
(Special to The Nugget)
WASHINGTON (JP). Rep. Pass
man, D.-La.), back from an in
spection of Alaskan coastal de
fense installations said Alaska is
as ready for Statehood now as it
ever will be. He was a member
of a three-man House appropria
tions sub-committee assigned to
look over Coast Guard and some
Navy installations. Others in the
committee were Reps. Gary of
Virginia and Fernandez of New
Mexico, both Democrats, who say
"Alaska should be admitted to
statehood." They told a reporter
they went as far west as Adak
and Attu.
Anchorage, Alaska’s largest
city, has more airplanes per cap
ita than any other city under the
American flag.