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VOL. LIV No. 54 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1952 Per Copy—154
Belief Growing
Russia Will Not
Launch Hot War
By ELTON C. FAY
AP Military Affairs Reporter
WASHINGTON, (/P) — A grow
ing impression among top Ameri
can military leaders that Russia
won’t launch a hot war soon, ap
pears based <>artly on a belief the
Soviet union needs more time to
put her armed forces and econ
omy in readiness.
This is in addition to more ob
vious reasons, including the im
proved condition of the mutual
defense setup in Western Europe,
and the bald fact that Communist
Russia has been doing exceeding
ly well with just a “cold” war of
subversion, pressure on weak na
tions, and promoting a “little”
war in Korea.
Over the weekend, Gen. Alfred
M. Gruenther, chief of staff of
the combined Western Defense
Forces in Europe, pointed up what
* he and others had said before. In
a radio interview he expressed be
lief the Russians would not attack
this year or in the near future. In
fact, he declared he did not sub
scribe to the doctrine that war is
inevitable.
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has
commented that among the rea
sons the Russians have had for
not starting war is the superior
atomic stockpile of the United
States, American airpower and
; the collective security arrange
ments in Europe. But he added
“we don’t know, what the Soviet
imperialists intend to do.”
Reds Replace. Cannon
Armament of MIGs
With 50 Cal. Machineguns
By WILLIAM C. BARNARD
SEOUL, (JP) — Sabre jet pilots
, destroyed four Communist jets
and two Red propellor - driven
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planes in aerial dog-fights over
Northwestern Korea Sunday, the
Fifth Air Force reported Monday.
In another scrap, two Austra
lian Meteor jet pilots tangled with
two MIG 15s and reported one
MIG probably destroyed.
The smashing Sunday air vic
tories were tempered by the Air
Force announcement that Col.
* Albert W. Schinz, deputy wing
commander of the 51st Fighter
Interceptor Wing, disappeared in
aerial combat May 1.
Major Donald E. Adams, who
Saturday became America’s 13th
jet ace, said the Communists have
begun to replace 23 mm. cannon
on Russian-type MIG-15s with
machine guns similar to the U.S.
50 caliber.
“Apparently they’re finding out
that the 50 is a mighty fine wea
pon,” the ace said.
Sixty Japanese Fishing
Boats Head for Aleutians
TOKYO, (JP) — Sixty Japanese
fishing vessels crossed the line
in the North Pacific Monday that
marked the boundary of Japan’s
fishing grounds during the Allied
occupation. They headed for the
Aleutian area.
The line faded out with the
occupation a week ago.
A Kyodo news agency corres
pondent with the convoy said the
line was crossed more than 300
miles away from the Russian-held
Kurile Islands, outside the Rus
sian-claimed territorial waters.
Air Force C-47
Is First To Land
At The North Pole
ANCHORAGE, -(^—“Operation
instructions carried out. No
sweat.”
This message from an Air Force
crew at the top of the world sig
nalled history’s first successful
landing at the geographical North
Pole, the Alaska Air Command
announced Sunday.
Maj. Gen. William D. Old, com
manding general of the Air Com
mand, said a C-47 ski-and-wheel
equipped transport flown by Lt.
Col. William P. Benedict of Pasa
dena, Calif., made the landing
Saturday.
Air Force officials and scientists
spent three hours and 10 minutes
on the ice pack taking measure
ments, then flew back to Flet
cher’s Island, a floating ice island
135 miles away to report the
historic landing, Olds said.
The Air Command said the
landing was made at the geo
graphic North Pole—“the north
ernmost point of the earth; the
northern extremity of the earth’s
axis,” by dictionary definition.”
Lt. Col. Joseph Fletcher of
Shawnee, Okla., who established
a weather station on the ice island
carrying his name was along on
the polar flight as co-pilot.
$50,000 Bronze Nude Placed On
Tomb of Showman Earl Carroll
GLENDALE, Calif., (JP)—A life
size statue of a nude woman, cast
in bronze 37 years ago by Adolph
Weinman, German sculptor, has
been placed above the tomb of
showman Earl Carroll in Forest
Lawn Memorial Park. It cost
$50,000, set aside for that purpose
in his will.
ANCIENT COIN FOUND
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, (/P) — A
Roman coin found by a man dig
ging an excavation here was taken
to museum authorities, who pro
nounced it a relic “probably front
the years A.D. 38 to 60.” The an
cient coin has a likeness of Nero.
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Oil Workers Strike
Brings Shortage
Of Gasoline
(By the Associated Press)
The oil strike squeeze tightened
on the nation Monday but steel
workers went back to work with
out the wage increase promised
last week by President Truman.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled
out the government’s proposal to
boost wages. The court is consid
ering a lower court’s ruling that
government seizure of the steel
mills was unconstitutional.
Negotiations between steel in
dustry heads and the CIO United
Steelworkers Union broke down
Sunday, but union president
Philip Murray said he will not
call workers out on strike again
while the government operates
the steel mills.
The strike of 90,000 members
of 22 AFL, CIO and independent
oil workers unions hit aviation
hardest today.
Secretary of Interior Oscar
Chapman banned use of aviation
gasoline for private, pleasure and
sports flights, and rationed air
lines for the next 28 days to 65
per cent of the gasoline they used
in March. The airlines began trim
ming or consolidating schedules.
The Air Force began cutting
down training flights last week.
There was no rationing of gaso
line for automobiles, trucks and
buses, although at many points it
was harder to get.
The oil workers struck last
Wednesday for a general wage in
crease of 25 cents an hour, and
night and early morning shift dif
ferentials of six and 12 cents
hourly. Present scales are $2 to
$1.10 an hour, and differentials
are four and six cents.
Judge McGranery
Quizzed by Seriate
For Att. Gen. Post
WASHINGTON, (JP) —Federal
Judge James P. McGranery of
Philadelphia assured Senators
Monday that if he is approved as
Attorney General he will “expose
and prosecute” corruption in gov
ernment wherever he finds it.
As for the Department of Jus
tice, he said he would “weed out
and fire any incompetent, disloyal i
or dishonest employe, no matter
who he may be.”
McGranery was nominated a
month ago by President Truman
to succeed Attorney General J.
Howard McGrath. The nomina
tion was sent to the Senate on
the heels of McGrath’s firing of
Newbold Morris as the govern
ment’s corruption sleuth and the
President’s announcement of Mc
Grath’s resignation.
Before he can take the cabinet
post, McGranery must receive ap
proval from the Senate.
He appeared voluntarily to tes
tify before the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
The session was recessed for
lunch in the midst of a lively
wrangle over McGranery’s refus
al to express his opinion on the
“inherent” powers asserted by Mr.
Truman in seizing the steel in
dustry. '
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Main St. More Dangerous
Than Korean Battlefield
LOS ANGELES, (^P)—A Marine
combat veteran knew Monday
that sometimes Main St., Los An
geles, is more dangerous than Ko
rean battlefields.
Pfc. Clifford Kost, 20, of Camp
Del Mar, said he accidentally shot
himself twice in the wrist at a
Maint St. shooting gallery.
He told police he finished shoot
ing a .22 caliber rifle, and it fired
as he set it down. In the excite
ment, he added, he must have
pulled the trigger, nicked himself
a second time. He was not serious
ly hurt.
Maryland, Ohio,
Florida Primary
Ballots This Week
(By the Associated Press)
One of the busiest weeks of the
political year todate gets off to a
running start Monday with the
Maryland preferential primary.
Maryland voters nominate sen
ators, house members, and elect
delegates to state conventions
which in turn will name 24 Re
publican and 18 Democratic dele
gates to the national conventions.
With write-ins banned, voters
have but one chance to cast bal
lots for a White House aspirant:
Democratic Sen. Kefauver is the
only presidential aspirant listed.
In a few scattered sections Re
publicans may ballot on delegates
who have # openly endorsed Gen.
Eisenhower. However, Maryland’s
24 Republican delegates — when
named — are expected to follow
the lead of Gov. McKeldin. He
has dropped broad hints he may
back Eisenhower, but also has en
couraged followers of Sen. Taft of
Ohio to believe he may endorse
their man.
It will be a busy week politic
ally with Democrats choosing 180
convention delegates and Repub
licans 78. The most significant
primary contests for the week
will take place in Ohio and Flor
ida Tuesday.
By week’s end, Taft probably
will have pulled ahead of Eisen
hower in the delegate race, as
he is expected to win handily in
his home state.
A lot of interest has been gen
erated in Florida where Kefauver
runs up against his stiffest pri
mary opposition so far in Sen.
Russell of Georgia. No delegates
will be chosen in the Florida pri
mary, but the voters will have a
chance to choose their favorite in
a statewide popularity contest.
Luxury Services For
Troops In Germany
To End On June 30
FRANKFURT, Germany, (/P)—
The U.S. Army announced it is
taking steps “at once” to eliminate
certain luxury services enjoyed by
occupation troops in Germany.
The announcement set June 30
as the target date to put an end
to free domestic and other per
sonal services paid for by Ger
mans from occupation costs. The
'action apparently ended the
Army’s quarrel with the State De
partment, which has been nagging
big and little brass to get rid of
its fads and frills.
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Chinese Woman,
Mother of Eight,
Mother of the Year
PORTLAND, Me., (&)—Monday
is only one of six washdays a
week for the newly-chosen Am
erican Mother of 1952.
Mrs. Toy Len Goon, frail, China
bom widow, said she planned to
spend Monday catching up with
work in the laundry she has op
erated to raise eight talented chil
dren.
Mrs. Goon leaves Wednesday
for a New York luncheon to be
tendered her the next day by the
American Mother’s Committee of
the Golden Rule Foundation,
which selected the 57-year-old
native of Canton, China.
What would America’s mother
of-the-year like best to do?
“Relax,” she smiled Sunday,
“just relax.”
Doris Goon, 18, and Janet, 15,
were with their mother when she
received word of her selection.
A son, Carroll, 29, is a Salt Lake
City surgeon. Another, Richard,
28, owns a Lynn television shop.
Edward, 26, is a Rensselaer Poly
technic Institute graduate student.
Albert, 25, is a Boston University
student, and Arthur, 20, is in the
Navy. Josephine, 22, is a federal
government worker in Washing
ton.
Mrs. Goon told an interviewer
“All I’ve done is train my chil
dren to the best of my ability.
I’ve tried to show them the dif
ference between right and wrong.
The credit is really theirs.”
First Commercial
Jet Airliner Makes
Inaugural Flight
JOHANNESBURG, South Af
rica, (JP)—Britain’s jet airliner, the
De Havilland Comet, arrived at
Johannesburg ahead of schedule
Saturday, on its inaugural flight
from London.
The sleek four-engine blue and
white craft landed at 1:33 pjn.,
seven minutes before it was due,
to complete the 6,734-mile flight
that opened the jet age of com
mercial air travel.
The Comet took off from Lon
don with 36 paying passengers, a
crew of six and 30 bags of mail
at 2:15 p.m. Friday. It made inter
mediate stops at Home, Bierut,
Khartoum, Entebbe and Living
ston.
The overall time had been
scheduled for 23 hours 40 minutes,
about two-thirds of the normal
flight time for conventional planes.
Officials of the state - owned
British Overseas Airways, which
ordered the Comet straight from
the drawing boards, said the flight
shows Britain has at least a four
year lead in commercial jet ser
vice over the United States and
other nations.
By July, it expects to have the
sleek speedsters running from
London to Singapore, and operat
ing between New York and the
Bahamas before the year is out.
Next year, it may put them on
-the U.S. trans-Atlantic run.