(]bim‘se I\<mIs Land
Reinforcements
On Hainan Island
TAIPEI, Formosa, </R)—A re
liable source said last night the
Chinese Reds have landed rein
forcements on Hainan Island,
where they won two beachheads
Monday.
(A civilian pilot who arrived in
Hong Kong today from Hainan
said the Reds have landed 5,000
more troops on the northern
beaches.)
Jubiliation over earlier Nation
alist claims of a smashing victory
gave way to anxiety in this Na
tionalist capital.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
called his service chiefs into a
huddle to find what went wrong
on the South China island. They
sought to develop quickly a
smoother coordination between
commanders there.
Defense units apparently fought
independently of each other. This
permitted the Reds to make deep
inroads, apparently.
One high official said the situa
tion was serious.
The informant said, however,
the Reds landed only a few new
troops. He said many troop-laden
craft were sunk before they could
reach the beachhead.
Adm. Kewi Yung-Ching, Na
tionalist naval chief, said it was
hard to stop ail invading craft.
“One of the most difficult
things in the world to sink is a
wooden junk,” he said. “We could
do with some high speed boats
with flame throwers. That would
be the best way to tackle them.”
Kwei said the navy had killed
more than 5,000 invaders at sea
during the Monday attack.
He predicted the Reds, if they
take Hainan, would turn their
full attention to Southeast Asia.
(Pro-Red newspapers in Hong
Kong said the Chinese commun
ists were moving inland, “mop
ping up Nationalist resistance.”
(The Ta Kung Pao said the
Reds “routed on division and two
battalions of the enemy and an
nihilated four troop companies of
one battalion.”
(Field commanders messaged
Red leaders Mao Tze-Tung and
Chu Teh that they were “fully
confident” of ultimate victory.
Tries to Plant Time
Bomb In Airliner
To Murder Wife
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found an alarm clock wired to ig
nite a box of matches, which in
turn would explode several gal
lons of gasoline contained in sec
tions of an innertube. Only a
small portion of the gasoline was
ignited however, and no one was
injured.
Detective Ned G. Logdson, who
arrested Grant, said the one-time
i topflight aviation engineer told
! him he was $6,000 in debt. He
quoted Grant as saying he plan
ned to collect $25,000 in insurance
taken out at the airport on his
wife and two children.
Detective R. B. McCreadie said
Mrs. Grant told him most of the
1 debts were incurred in connection
with a paternity suit involving
her husband in New York sever
al years ago.
Grant during the war was an
engineer for Douglas Aircraft
Corp., specializing in DC-6's.
For the past 11 months he had
been employed as a laboratory
technician at Airesearch Manu
facturing Co., near the airport.
“I’m a sick man,” Detective
Logsdon quoted Grant. "1 just
lost my nerve. My wife and my
youngsters—it’s not their fault.
I’m glad it turned out this way.
No one was hurt.”
The pilot recalled the tragedy
Sept. 9 whe na Canadian Pacific
airliner with 25 aboard exploded
| in the air 40 miles from Quebec,
j J. Albert Guay is under sentence
of death for planting a time bomb
on the Canadian plane to kill his
| wife in a love triangle and to col
lect her insurance.
Sgi. and Mrs. L. E. Gifford are
: scheduled to leave tomorrow for
the States for assignment in
Washington, D. C. Departing with
them are their two children who
have attended Nome school for
the past two years.
Lois Gifford, popular and ac
tive with the Girl Scouts was
given a farewell party by the
Senior Scouts.
A good pecan tree will last at
i least 50 years.
JACK LENCER
Watchmaker
Box 625 Nome, Alaska
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
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at Scotty’s
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CHAMBER OF ,
COMMERCE I
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visions.
Regarding reservations in Alas
ka—Mr. McNees said that Mr. j
Mills Astin of the Insular Affairs
committee told him that he would
stop over in Nome and let him see
his notes on pros and cons of reser
vations. Mr. Astin should be back
through here soon.
Mr. Duffield mentioned the fact
that the Second Division has its
first licensed guide — Chuck O'
Leary. He also told of the new
Northwestern Alaska Radio Club—
hamming is a wonderful means
of communicating all over the
world. He said within another
month there w<,>uld be ten hams
on the air in Nome.
Mr. McNees is going to draft a ;
letter to Colonel Alexander, chief
of the National Guard instructors, |
Juneau, giving the local NG unit
a boost. Regarding the radio Sta
tion in Nome, McNees said the
National Guard may take it over,
! with ACS taking care of the up
keep. There are a couple other
I agencies interested in keeping it
on the air. However, the fact that
we are very concerned that the
radio station be kept in operation
will be included in our letter to
; Colonel Alexander.
U. S. Charges Reds
Shot Down Plane;
Asks Indemnity
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i nearly 300 miles off the direct
course between Weisbaden and
Copenhagen.
As a prelude to the delivery of
its reply to the Soviet charges the
state department chided the Rus
sians with failing to match Ameri
can “calmness and restraint” in
dealing with an incident which
put heavy stress on American
Soviet relations.
After approving this statement
Monday, the secretary of State
went to Middletown, Cann.—his
birthplace—to deliver a speech in
which he said that the United
States draws its strength for its
recognition of human dignity and
of individual responsibility to the
community, and added:
“There are other parts of the
world where the centralized pow
er of the State is an impressive
crust, concealing a vast pulp of
human misery and helplessness.
We spurn that type of impressive
ness.”
HELSINKI, Finland, </P) — The
rubber life raft which may have
come from the U. S. Navy Priva
teer plane missing in the Baltic
was sent by air yesterday to Co
penhagen for examination by
American experts.
The raft was found by the Bri
tish freighter Beechland, which
! brought it to the Finnish port of
Kotka Monday night. A U. S. mil
itary attache and a British consul
received the raft and bi'ought it
i by car to Hclsinke.
A well-informed source said
the raft gave every indication of
havixxg come from the patrol
bomber which disappeared 11
days ago with ten crewmen on
board. Search for the missing
plane now has been abandoned.
Tho Mansen Osberg Construc
tion Co. is busy opening up the
Cape Nome road in order to get
an early start on hauling for the
sea wall. They arc reported to
have opened about eight miles of
the road already.
Postoffire Dept.
(Mis PostalSer\ iee;
I A\vk ()f Funds
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post office costs have been far
outrunning postal receipts.
He has been trying to get Con
gress to vote more money on his
department and let it raise postal
rates by a total of about $600,
000,000 a year.
In fact, some members of Con
gress took the view that the mail
service curtailment was decided
on in order to pressure Congress
into giving the postal department
more money.
Chairman Cannon *D.-Mo.t of
the appropriations comm i f t e e
commented to newsmen that the
decision to curb service “seems
well-timed.”
He added that a storm of pro
tests from mail users probably
.FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENT
GETS 8 WOLVES IN ONE BAG
Stan Patrick, predatory agent
for the Fish and Wildlife station
ed at Kotzebue, chartered the
plane of Nelson Walkoi of Kotze
bue and flew to a point five miles
from Kivalina wher a pack of
wolves was reported and succeed
ed in killing eight out of the pack
of nine, it is reported.
The ninth wolf being light in
color was able to escape due to its
color being like the snow All of
the animals were very large,
weighing approximately 130 lbs.
The agent landed and removed
the skulls for the department and
the skins were turned over to the
natives.
will follow the department’s deci
sion and is bound to be reflected
when House members vote on
postal funds in the omnibus ap
propriation bill, probably next
week.
BERING SEA CLUB
DANCING EVERY SATURDAY and SUNDAY
POOL - SHUFFLEBOARD - TEN PIN
WITH A SOLID DEMOCRATIC HOUSE AND
SENATE THE SECOND DIVISION IS BOUND
TO BENEFIT — VOTE DEMOCRATIC!!
PLATFORM
Geared to the needs of the Second Division, endorsed by the
Democratic candidates of the Second Division in the forthcoming
primary election:
1. DEFENSE OF NORTHWESTERN ALASKA
In view of existing relations with our neighbor across the
Bering Sea, and apparent trends to draw away defense installa
tions in this area, we pledge ourselves to work through memoran
dums or any other available means to achieve security from the
military establishments.
2. STATEHOOD
We feel that since after eighty years of apprenticeship the
people have willed for Statehood, and Congress is benevolently
inclined, we cannot but represent that this Division will welcome
Statehood.
3. RESERVATIONS
We oppose any attempts by the Federal Government to make
reservation wards out of our free Eskimo citizens in the Kobuk
area.
4. EQUAL RIGHTS
Our American creed of equality for all, regardless of race or
color, demands that we strictly support the Non-Discrimination
Act as the means to insure full participation by our Native citizens
in the economic opportunities here.
5. BUSINESS
We urge that the Federal Government stay out of private
business. Merchandise supplied through government- sponsored
stores costs Native customers more than in private establishments
which are essential to a healthy growth of the country.
6. LIQUOR
In line with above we do not want to see even our Territorial
government enter the wholesale or retail field, but we believe in
self-policing of the industry to do away with any known abuses.
7. ROADS AND AIRFIELDS
As the most crying need for the Second Division we pledge
that we will leave nothing undone to cause the Legislature at
Juneau and Federal Agencies to give us a network of roads and
improve our airfields, things which were neglected in years past
and must be remedied to enable us to open up our unacccssible
natural resources.
SENATORS
WILLIAM E. BELTZ
CHARLES A. OLEARY
REPRESENTATIVES
FRANK A. DEGNAN
AXEL T. EDMAN
GEORGE P. MADSEN
JAMES K. WELLS