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VOL. LIII No. 110_NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 1951_Per Copy—15?
New Secretary
Is Acting Governor
On First Day
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Judge Joseph W. Kehoe, new
Secretary of Alaska, began his
first day in office by becoming
Acting Governor.
Secretary Kehoe became acting
governor Friday night when the
Princess Louise, carrying Gover
nor and Mrs. Gruening south,
passed Dixon Entrance and the
governor out of the Territory.
In speaking of his new office
Judge Kehoe said:
“I hope that I may be of service
to the people of the Territory and
conduct the office of secretary as
it should be conducted. I am grate
ful to all my friends who have
greeted and welcomed me and
particularly to Mr. and Mrs. Lew
Williams who have been so gra
cious and cordial.”
CORRECTION
The Nugget made an error in re
porting the confirmation of the
news on Judge J. Kehoe’s appoint
ment as Secretary of Alaska in
Friday’s paper and is glad to make
correction on same. Judge Kehoe
took his oath of office on Thurs
day, Sept. 13, instead of Friday,
Sept. 14, as reported and was cor
dially greeted by Lew Williams.
The Second Division regrets
losing Judge and Mrs. Kehoe, who
have been here for the past seven
years.
Judge Kehoe is well qualified to
serve in the high office to which
he has been appointed by Presi
dent Truman. Well acquainted in
other parts of the Territory, Kehoe
first came to Alaska in 1919. He
has been U.S. commissioner in
Ketchikan, U.S. attorney in the I
Third Division, special assistant
to the Attorney General, served
twice as representative in the Al
aska legislature, and was appoin
ted U.S. district judge for the Sec
ond Division in 1944.
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Gen. Old Grounds
All Planes Alaska
Air Command
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—All planes
in the Alaska Air Command have
been grounded “in the interest of
safety until each passes an inter
mediate inspection,” an Alaska
Air Command spokesman said to
day.
The order, similar to o*ne issued
by the Navy last week, follows a
series of military and civilian
plane accidents which have
claimed nearly 100 lives in Alaska
since mid-July.
The Alaska Command public
information officer said the
grounding order by Maj. Gen.
William D. Old, comanding gen
eral of the Alaska Air Command,
exempted emergency flights and
applied only ta planes under Old’s
jurisdiction.
“Some of the planes have been
inspected and returned to flying
status,” the PIO said. “All will
be back in the air in a day or
two.”
The Navy took similar steps
last Thursday, grounding a naval
air squadron at Kodiak, Alaska,
for “morale purposes.”
Alaska Nurses Admitted
To American Nurses'
Association
NEW YORK, (/P)—The Ameri
can Nurses’ Association today an
nounced the admission of the
Alaska Nurses’ Association as its
52nd member.
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Porter, ANA
president, said the ANA board of
directors at a meeting late Sun
day “accepted unanimously” the
application of the Alaska group to
become a constituent member.
Notification of the action was
telegraphed to Mrs. Elizabeth Fritz
of Anchorage, president of the
Alaska Association which was
formally organized last spring.
The ANA. representing some
175,000 registered nurses, has con
stituent members in the 48 states,
the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico and Hawaii. Addition of
Alaska rounds out the last of U.S.
geographical units.
Small Nations
Demand Greater
Voice In N.A.C.
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
OTTAWA, (JP) — Small nation
members today were reported de
manding a greater voice in major
policy decisions of the North At
lantic Council.
A Canadian source, linking the
demands of the current contro
versy over Greek-Turkish mem
bership in the alliance, said it
seemed certain some “custom”
would have to be established to
give the smaller nations greater
power in the early stages of policy
making.
As the council went into its
fourth closed door session, the
Canadian informant, forbidding
use of his name, suggested some
such relationship as exists among
the nations of the British Com
monwealth might provide the an
swer for the problem of the small
nations in NAC—some of which
evidently feel they are too often
called on to rubber-stamp ap
proval of major powers decisions.
This feeling is sharper than
usual at present because the
United States has pressed hard
against small nation opposition for
a favorable decision on its pro
posal that Greece and Turkey be
admitted to membership. The
Danish and Norwegian delega
tions, the final objectors are ex
pected to go along in the end but
only after making clear their dis
like of the whole project to the
council.
230 Victims Poisoned At
Yakima Newspaper Picnic
YAKIMA, Wash., (/P) — Health
authorities pointed to potato salad
or ham today, or both, as the
probable sources of a mass food
poisoning at a Yakima news
paper picnic yesterday.
The 230 or more victims of the
poisoning were employes of the
two Yakima daily newspapers,
The Republic and The Herald, or
members of their families.
Ninety six persons were hos
pitalized overnight of the total
of 155 who received hospital treat
ment after a lineup of stricken
patients and doctors that was al
most unprecedented for the city.!
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CAB Renews
Authority “Bush
| Pilots'’ Five Years
fAP Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—1The Civil
Aeronautics Board today renewed
the operating -authority of Alaska’s
“bush pilots” for a full five years.
These airmen own and fly their
own craft in the territory, largely
serving outlying communities and
remote settlements inaccessable to
scheduled operators.
The board first gave the pilot
owners in Alaska authority to
conduct such irregul-ar operations
early in 1948 and since has re
newed these permits on a year-to
year basis. The action providing a
five-year authority was recogni
tion of the fact that a specific
need has been developed for this
type of emergency -and casual ser
vice in the area.
The operating authority, which
was to have expired at the end
of 1951 was extended to Dec. 31,
1956.
(Truman Lashes
Out at Russian
Dictatorship
j WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
! Truman, in two lively speeches
today, lashed out at Russian dic
tatorship abroad and political
maneuvering at home.
He also assailed what he called
the “slick” magazine publishers
for enjoying “juicy subsidies” on
mail rates while opposing govern
ment subsidies for every one else.
In his first address at the Li
brary of Congress, he called Rus
sian society .a jungle and said
through it “the government prowls
like a beast of prey, making all
men afraid.”
Mr. Truman’s second speech
was delivered to the National
Association of Postmasters, as
sembled in Constitution Hall. He
told them a lot of people “are
trying to make political capital”
by attacking the loyalty of gov
ernment workers. He said it was
“a contemptible way to get votes.”
The President aroused cheers
from the postmasters as he at
tacked his opposition in a man
ner reminiscent of his “give ’em
hell” campaign of 1948. He even
added a teaser on whether he
might run again next year.
He referred to a new kind of
light motor vehicle appearing in
suburban districts and said, “If I
ever get retired from the presi
dency I’m going to get me one of
these machines to ride around in.”
Mr. Truman’s first appearance
was at a ceremony in which the
United States Constitution and the
Declaration of Independence were
enshrined at the Library in new
protective cases to preserve them
for centuries.
In his attack on the Soviet
Union, Mr. Truman said Soviet
constitutional guarantees are “just
as false as their treaty agree
ments. “A Bolshevik agreement is
not worth the paper it is written
on,” he said. “It is only a scrap
of paper.”
Cost of Hydrogen Bomb ..
Reaches Billion Dollars
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
hydrogen bomb project became a
billion dollar venture today.
President Truman asked Con
gress for an additional $484,240,
000 for the Atomic Energy Com
mission’s Savannah River plant—
where work on the awesome H
bomb is scheduled to get under
way.
The request brought the total
for the South Carolina project to
$1,180,000,000.
Navy Now Has
Means To Handle
Atomic Bombs
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Adm.
William Fechteler said today the
Navy now has carrier crews
trained to handle atomic bombs.
He said this includes both men
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in the ship crews and those who
fly the carrier planes.
He said the Navy already has
two types of planes which can
operate off a carrier and carry
atomic bombs. They are the AJ
attack plane and the P2V Nep
! tune patrol bomber.
The Navy started practicing
■ with the use of simulated atomic
| bombs in exercises last spring and
will use them again in the cur
rent exercises which started in the
Atlantic yesterday, Fechteler said.
During the last year, the nuclear
fission weapon experts have re
portedly developed a compact size
atomic bomb which can be han
dled in comparatively small
planes. Thus they could be used
in carrier-based as well as light
bombers and possibly fighters of
the Air Force.
Seattle and Hollywood
Have Game Apiece In
Governor’s Cup Playoffs
(By the Associated Press)
Seattle and Hollywood, the one
two finishers in the Pacific Coast
League race, shift to Hollywood
tonight to close up their post
season battle for $10,000 and the
Governor's Cup.
The champion Rainiers and sec
ond-place Stars, each holding a
handle of the cup after a two
game series at Seattle, are slated
to go at least two more games in
the best-of-five playoff finals.
Knuckle-bailer Johnny Lindell
spaced seven hits effectively yes
terday to keep the Stars in the
running with a 4-1 victory over
the league champions, who
blanked the visitors 3-0 in the
series opener Saturday.
Lindell narrowly missed a shut
out of his own. Seattle scored its
lone run in the last of the ninth
when Walt Judnich singled home
Gordon Goldsberry.
SUNDAY BASEBALL
American League
New York 5—Cleveland 1
Boston 5—Chicago 4
Philadelphia 7-7—St. Louis 1-5
Detroit 3-4—Washington 1-3
National League
Brooklyn 6—Chicago 1
New YoTk 7-6—Pittsburgh 1-4
St. Louis 9—Philadelphia 2
Boston 6-0—Cincinnati 5-4
Ridgeway Still
Ready Resume
Negotiations
TOYKO, Tuesday, (#>) — Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway notified the
Communist high command Mon
day he was still ready to resume
cease-fire negotiations broken off
by the Reds.
However, the supreme Allied
commander made a 12-hour flying
trip to Korea to confer with his
Eighth Army commander, Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, in case his
offer was again rejected.
He also saw British common
wealth division commanders be
fore he returned to Tokyo Mon
day night.
Ridgway s terse message to the
I Reds made no mention of Kae
song, which he previously had de
clared unacceptable for further
armistice talks.
Ridgway’s headquarters at mid
night described the supreme com
mander’s trip to Korea and return
as “routine.”
However, the gravity of the
military situation in Korea has
been increasing for days. The
Reds have been concentrating
strongly on the western front and
a Red offensive there was consid
ered very possible if not probable.
Pair Found Shot
In Fairbanks Auto
FAIRBANKS, (JP) — An ex
convict and an Oklahoma woman
were found shot fatally through
the head in an automobile on
a lonely road eight miles north
of here Saturday.
Highway Patrol officials identi
fied them as Alan P. Curry, 31,
and Lona Turner, 43, formerly of
Panama, Okla.
Officials said Curry apparently
shot the woman, then turned the
pistol on himself.
Investigation disclosed that
Curry had a prison record for
armed robbery, forgery and rape
in Washington, Texas, Pennsyl
vania and Kansas. He was also
wanted in Kansas for parole vio
lation.
The woman was married to an
other man, now living in Fair
banks, investigators added.
An empty whisky bottle was
found with the bodies on the rear
seat of the parked car.
10 Federal Prisoners
Escape Through Ventilator
CALDWELL, Idaho, (^P)—Seven
of the 10 federal prisoners who
squeezed out of the Canyon
County jail Saturday night have
been squeezed back in, and the
search went on today for the re
maining trio.
As they were picked up singly
and in pairs, the “troublemaking”
convicts were herded back into
the same cellblock from where
they broke out. More guards this
time, though.
The men, short-termers being
transferred from Leavenworth,
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Kas., to McNeil Island, Wash., had
been fed and were being bedded
down overnight in the jail. After
supper, they removed a 7% by 12
inch ventilator and, despite full
stomachs, struggled through this
hip-scraping aperture.