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VOL. T.tt. No. 149 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
JUNEAU, (/P)—Frank A. Boyle,
Nr auditor of the Territory of
Alaska, died Friday following a
long illness. He had been in a
state of coma for 49 hours.
Boyle first came to Alaska in
1912 as receiver at the land office.
He remained in that office until
1924, and since then has served
lour years as U. S. Commissioner.
He was elected auditor in 1939,
with re-election every four years.
He is survived by his widow.
FAIRBANKS, </P) — Young Kid
Norfolk, 31, Alaska lightweight
champion, will defend his title for
the fifth time this year in a 10
round bout next Wednesday with
AH Eengel, Fairbanks.
Norfolk, who arrived here yes
terday from his headquarters in
Anchorage, won the championship
in 1947 from Henry Clay, Engel
lost to Clay the 9&me year in his
first challenge for the crown.
Norfolk and Engel have never
met in the ring.
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ANCHORAGE, <JP) — steadily
expanding, Anchorage was six
blocks bigger Saturday.
The area in the Eastechester
district was annexed alter vcrters
approved the move in a special
last Friday that created
Iftde interest.
TJhe vote within the city was 97
for and 7 against. Within the an
nexation area it was 34 lor and 7
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against. An estimated 3,000-plus
. property owners were eligible to
\ participate in the election.
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/ SELLECK, Wash. <JP)—Ws life
saved by the same huge beam
that held him prisoner 400 feet un
derground for 54 hours of torture,
I John Wolti was brought to free
, dam by rescue crews Friday night
The miner, was weak, pain
wracked and near a state .of
shock when he was brought to the
surface at 7:20 p.m.
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His right arm was crushed and
his face covered with a grimy,
.three-day growth of beard.
Wolto, 54, was caught in an ava
lanche of rock and timbers at
12:55 p.m. Wednesday when the
coal mine roof gave way.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. {JP) — A
pedestrian was hit by a truck on
Run Street here Friday.
Police said it was a case of hit
' and run.
CLEARWATER, Fla. (#»)—The
police gave back a $1 parking fine
to a man who wrote that paying
it is depriving my three children
of much needed milk.”
Chief George McClamma did not
identify the man but said he in
vited an investigation ter prove
loss of the dollar would hurt his
family.
McClamma did not investigate,
but returned the money with a
note that he hoped it would be
used to buy milk.
BOISE, Idaho. i/P) — Fire de
stroyed much of the interior of
Hie four story Montgomery Ward
store with loss estimated at around
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Truman Proclaims
State of National
Emergency
WASHINGTON, {JPh-President
Truman Saturday proclaimed a
state of national emergency, sum
moning the nation to marshal its
strength against the threat of
“communist world conquest."
The proclamation called all
Americans to a United effort to
build up the nation's armed forces
and throw the “full moral and ma
terial strength” of the country
into the protection of its freedom.
The White House released a
long list of laws, carrying extra
ordinary powers, which it,said au
tomatically became effective upon
signing of the declaration.
But many of them were merely
re-assertions of powers already
held by Mr. Truman under the
defense production act and other
post-war legislation.
Further it is uncertain whether
Mr. tncnon Will use some of the
emergency powers.
The proclamation is a part of
Mr. Truman’s effort to get pro
duction-speeding, inflation-curb
ing machinery in motion behind a
re-armament program ainied at
forcing Russia to choose peace in
stead of war.
In a major address Friday night
Mr. Truman heralded the procla
mation as intended to call on “ev
ery citizen to put aside his per
sonal interests for the good of the
country.”
He called it a first step torward
“rapid expansion to full mobiliza
tion if that becomes necessary.”
The White House said powers
available in an emergency include
authority to lengthen hours in
army arsenals, to requisition ships,
call the coast guard reserve to ac
tive duty make temporary pro
motions in the armed . forces,
waive competitive bids on defense
contracts, and authorize war-risk
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Air Force Proud
Of F-86 Sabre Jets
An Advance U. S. Air Base in
Korea, {JP)—America’s fastest jet
fighter plane, in its first combat
sent Russian-made MIG-15 jet
spinning earthward in flames and
smoke yesterday.
Four North American F-86 Sa
bres scored a clean victory in a
five-minute aerial dogfight with
four Soviet-type MIG-lS’s 10
miles south of Sinuiju, in north
west Korea.
The other three Red planes
fled across the Manchurian bor
der. lit. Col. iBruce H. Hinton of
Stockton, Calif., shot down the
MIG in a contest eagerly awaited
by men of this stripped down air
field.
The group commander, Col.
John C. Meyer, of Newcastle, Del.
and Forest Hills, N. Y., praised
the Sabre.
“It's just the finest airplane I
ever saw or ever flew. It’s just ev
erything good wrapped up into
one fast package.”
Nome Civilian
Defense Unit
Organizing
In answer to a wire received by
•the director of Civilian Defense,
H. F. Harper stated a special
meeting on Civilian Defense was
held Sunday afternoon at which
time the previous set-up was re
vised to correspond with a pro
gram being issued to all Civilian
Defense organizations. Former
divisions of work must now be
streamlined and co-ordinat e d,
stated the director, under a new
plan.
However, he stated that no ef
fort will >be lost as all work done
to date will be correlated into the
new plan.
In addition to the director a
deputy director has 'been named
who is Carl Glavinovich, manager
of the U. 6. Smelting Co. here.
Operating staff of directors are
as follows: Or. Fred Langsam,
Ben tMozee^ Fred Kubon, Wm.
Angell, and Dewey Goodrich. Un
der this group there will be many
sub-divisions which will be ex
plained and expanded upon at an
other meeting called for Wednes
day evening at 8:00 at the City
Hall to which oil interested are
urged to attend.
The telegram which is printed
below will be answered after the
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“Grave Danger
Confronts Nation"
Says. Truman
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WASHINGTON, (/P>—An hour
of “grave danger” confronts the
nation, President Truman told the
American people Friday night. He
outlined this four-point plan as
one to help preserve freedom:
1. This country will uphold and
defend with arms, if necessary,
the principles of the United Na
tions.” , ,
The U. S. believes in settling
disputes by peaceful means, the
President said, but cannot yield to
aggression; will not engage in ap
peasement.
If negotiations are possible, the
U. S. will try for a settlement to
make Korea a united, independent
and democratic country.
2. The United States will con
tinue to work with other free na
tions to strengthen joint defenses.
By working together, the Presi
dent said, free nations can offer a
common front, backed by strength
and that is necessary if America is
to be in a position to negotiate
successfully wit hthe Kremlin for
peaceful settlements.
3. The armed forces of the
United States will be built up. The
U. S. will make more weapons for
itself and its Allies. Mr. Truman
said expansion of American mili
tary power is going ahead very
rapidly.
The country will expand train
ing and production facilities to
make possible a very quick expan
sion to full mobilization if that be
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U. N. Committee
Offers To Go To
Korea To Confer
LAKE SUCCESS, (IP), The U.N.
cease-fire committee announced
•today it had offered to go to Pei
ping for direct Korean peace talks
with Chou En-Lai, foreign minis
ter of communist China.
The disclosure was made in the
General Assembly’s 60-nation po
litical committee by Lester B.
Pearson of Canada, a member of
the three-man truce body.
Pearson read a cable, which
the group had sent to Peiping last
Saturday. The cea^e-fire commit
tee offered to meet Chou either
in Peiping or at any other place
designated by him.
The cable was sent, Pearson
said, after the cease-fire commit
tee had consulted unofficially
with Bed Chinas envoy here, Gen.
Wu Ssiu-Ohuan, and discovered
that he had no authority to nego
tiate peace.
Pearson said no reply has yet
been received frim Peiping.
. aWe want to meet yqu at your
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None To Have
Good Roads Assn.
Chapter
A special meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce was held last
Friday for the purpose of hearing
the details about the organization
which is forming all over the Ter
ritory, The Alaska Good Roads
Assn.
It’s aims, according to Herb Hil
scher, public relatios man for
the University of Alaska, who
brought the information and mate
rial for the formation of the local
chapter are:
1. To advocate and encourage
the continued improvement of a
highway system which will serve
adequately and equitably all
phases of the commercial, indus
trial, agricultural, education a 1,
tourist and recreational activities
of 'the people of Alaska.
2. To cooperate with all agen
cies, groups, and individuals dedi
cated to the advancement of high
way ideas and ideals.
3. To support all worthwhile
ideas and activities that contribute
to improved safety, economy, and
integrity in the construction main
tenace, and use of the highway
system.
4. To gather information from
available sources concerning high
way matters and to disseminate
such information.
No part of the Territory is more
conscious to the need of adequate
roads than the Second Division,
and the group which met Friday
noon at the Bering Sea Club soon
grasped the significance and im
portance of such an organization
here. Steps were immediately
taken for the formation of the
Nome Chapter. Don Lyle, chair
man of the roads committee of the
Chamber was elected president of
the group; Grant Jackson, vice
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Korean Situation
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Saturday, December 16, 1950
(By The Associated Pfess)
United Nations forces abandon
ed Hamhung today and pulled
their northeast Korea beachhead
into a tight semi-circle ringing
Hungnam, port of the Sea of Ja
pan sim mil^s southeast of Ham
hung.
The Allied defenders shook off
furious Red Chinese assaults, de
scribed as “sea waves” attacks,
against their shrinking toehold.
The Reds blew bugles and whis
tles as they struck ferociously in.
great numbers.
Terror and destruction were ap
parent as the still withdrawing U.
6. 10th Corps pulled out of Ham
hung into the crescent-shaped
perimeter around Hungnam. The
dull thunder of demolition charges
was accompanied by huge moke
plumes as. the strategic heart of
Hamhung was blown up by army
engineers.
Army staff officers said the big
[Chinese Red offensive aimed to
knockout the 10th Corps may
come within the. next 48 hours.
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While doughboys fought off the
communist probing thrusts to find
a weak spot, the navy’s big guns
offshore pounded Red fir oops
swarming along coastal roads con
verging on Hungnam.
The warships moved up and
down the coast, hurling steel at
the enemy. Carrier^based war
planes buzzed out in murky wea
ther and hit front waves of 11(2,000
Chinese massed against the beach
ehad.
A 10th Corps spokesman said
the Chinese attacks were being,
“contained” and described the sit
uation as “not disastrous.” Army
engineers destroyed great stoves
of supplies to keep them from
ing inter communist bands.
The two-week lull on the U. &
Eighth Army front in West Korea
continued, but there was light ac
tion between South Koreans and
North Koreans 45 mil ^ lortheast
of Seoul. The South ; '.oceans re
ported their line T. /Cilized five
miles south of the 38th parallel.
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Big naval guns and field ar
tillery ring the tiny
beachhead with a curtain of fire.
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