_ OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. LII. No. 142 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
KODIAK, (/P) — An area-wide
blackout in this northern naval
base vicinity Monday night was
labeled “perfect” by Rear Adm.
Clifton Sprague, commander of
the Alaska Sea Frontier.
Naval authorities reported the
blackout of the town and naval
operating base was complete with
in 10 minutes after the “lights
out” signal was broadcast over
the local radio station.
The test here was one phase of
“operation Stop-Gap” to try out
defense preparations in the Terri
tory’s major military areas.
SEATTLE, (/P) — Alaska treas
urer Henry Roden and his wife
were among the 95 passengers to
arrive from Juneau and other
northern ports aboard the Alaska
Steamship Co. steamer Baranof
yesterday afternoon.
I > ANCHORAGE, (JP) — A market
week, patterned after the mer
chandising shows of Chicago, New
York and Los Angeles, will be
held here, January 28, 19 and 30,
Ernest R. Garcia, secretary of the
Alaska Markets Association, spon
sor fcrr the show announces. It is
designed to open a new marketing
frontier for Pacific Northwest
manufacturers and merchandisers.
SPOKANE, CP)—500 mining en
gineers and operators from the
four northwest states, British Co
lumbia and Alaska opened the
56th annual convention of the Pa
cific Northwest Mining Associa
tion here today.
Trustees, meeting in a pre-con
vention session last night, named
E. C. Stephens, Spokane geologist,
as association president.
FAIRBANKS, CP) — Night club
owner Raymond Wright posted
$15,000 bond yesterday in an
nouncing he would appeal his re
cent conviction to the Ninth Cir
cuit Court of Appeals at San Fran
cisco.
Wright was sentenced to two
years for illegal possession of nar
cotics, and three years for procur
ing a female for prostitution. His
wife, Vernestine was sentenced to
two years, suspended, on a nar
cotics charge.
FAIRBANKS, CP) —Radio sta
tion KFRB increases its power to
5,000 watts tonight at 6:50 p.m.,
William .T. Wagner, president of
the Alaska Broadcasting Company
announced today. For the past
three years the station has oper
ated at 1,000 watts.
FAIRBANKS, CP)—An air force
captain killed this week in the
head-on collision of an oil truck
and a jeep was identified today as
Capt. Fred T. Dickinson, 30, of
the Army Aairways Communica
Will Use Atomic
Bomb On Chinese
If Necessary .
| WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
; Truman said yesterday active
i consideration is being given to use
of the atomic bomb against the
Chinese Communists if that step
is necessary.
The President spoke of this pos
sibility at a news conference in
which he also expressed continued
hope that a third world war can
be averted.
Mr. Truman also made clear he
is strongly backing Gen. Douglas
MacArthur who has been under
some criticism chiefly from
abroad. The President sharply
denounced a complaint by three
Republican Senators that Secre
i tary of State Acheson had been
! critical of MacArthur, the United
Nations commander.
In a statement, the President
j said that the Chinese communist
| attack made in great force, may
lead to further reverses but “the
forces of the United Nations have
no intention of abandoning their
mission in Korea.”
He said if the Chinese aggres
sion is successful in Korea, “we
can expect it to spread through
Asia and Europe to this hemi
! sphere and added:
“We are fighting in Korea for
| our own national security and
| survival.”
Mr. Truman announced he is
! calling Democratic and Republi
can Congressnonal leaders to the
White House today to ask “urgent
consideration” for heavy increases
in appropriations.
He said the funds to be reques
ed are needed to intensify the mil
itary mobilization and speed up
the atomic energy program.
The President plainly laid on
Russia the responsibility for the
Chinese communist attacks in Ko
rea.
He said:
“We hope that the Chinese peo
ple will not continue to be forced
or deceived into serving the ends !
o*f Russian colonial policy in Asia.”
Appealing for unity in this
country, Mr. Truman asked all,
citizens “to lay aside differences” I
since the United States is “the
keystone, the hopes of mankind
for peace and justice.”
He said there is no indication
that the Chinese communist at
"Lake Success is willing to engage
in the normal “peaceful process
of discussion and negotiation.”
The President said it is neces
sary for us “to increase at a very
rapid rate the combinel military
strength of the free nations” and
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tions System. He is survived by
the widow, Julia, who lives at
Gary, Ind.
NOME SEAWALL FINISHED
YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
Yesterday the Nome Seawall was officially declared finished by
the local superintendent, B. P. Gerard of the Manson-Osberg Co. Mr.
Gerard stated that the 3350 feet of rock construction is complete al
most a "year ahead of schedule." When questioned as to why the pro
ject was finished so fast he stated that it was hard to say as many fac
tors entered in, but the weather had been most favorable and an un
anticipated good start was made last fall.
2000 feet of the wall have been officially accepted by the U. S.
Engineers through Engineer D. K. Josselyn, and the balance'is ready
to be turned over next spring when the snow and ice are gone.
Many people in the community thought that the Nome Seawall
could never be a reality and many citizens still had doubts about it
after the project was well under way. Now it is finished and has al
ready proven itself a strong protection to the city. The 85 mile wind
storm that hit Nome last month could have resulted in heavy damages
according to business men on the south side of Front Street, had the
wall not been there.
The seawall, long needed, became a reality only through the per
severance of two pioneer business men. Grant Jackson and Carl Lo
men, who stayed on the job until Congress had realized our need. They
are entitled to full recognition and acknowledgement from the people
of Nome for their achievement in culminating a Chamber of Com
merce project on which the business men of Nome have worked for
many years.
Mr. Gerard and his crew expect to leave soon and be home in time
for Christmas. Superintendent Gerard stated thfit it has been a real
pleasure to work with the people of Nome, and officials of the various
organizations and businesses who co-operated with him on this con
tract. A total of 135,000 tons of granite rock are recorded as being
hauled. Most of the topping rocks are reported to each weigh over
two tons.
LATE BULLETINS
(Special to The Nugget)
SEATTLE, (IP)—Labor Commis
sioner Henry Benson predicted a
move would be started in the Ter
ritory before Christmas to place
the issue of Alaskan independence
before the United Nations. Benson
told a news conference the action
would be the direct result of the
apparent block in Senate of the
statehood bill. He said the resi
dents of Alaska want to become
one of the United States, but al
ready there has been falk of turn
ing to the U. N. if Congress rejects
the statehood proposal. He said the
move to do this "won't be by any-1
one in a responsible position," but!
predicted it would come out in the
open within the next ten days, ox
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World Must “Pre
pare for the Worst”
Says Acheson
_
WASHINGTON, (ff)—Secretary
of State Acheson’s declaration
that the free world must “prepare
for the worst” heralds an admin
istration drive to speed an even
greater arms program in both the
U. S. and Western Europe.
Officials said yesterday that
will be the government’s initial
response to the new global crisis
created by communist China’s in
tervention in the Korean conflict.
The gravity of that crisis wasj
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Statehood Bill
Blocked In Senate
By Opponents
(By G. MILTON KELLY)
WASHINGTON, <£>)—Statehood
for Alaska and Hawaii during the
present Congress appeared virtu
ally a lost cause today.
Senate Democratic leader Lucas
(D.-Ill.), of Illinois, said he held no
hope a coalition of Republicans
and Southern Democrats would
remove the roadblock they set up J
to stall the measures. He de
nounced their tactics as a filibust
er.
President Truman had urged
Statehood for both Territories as
a reply to Russian propaganda in
the Orient that the U. S. has co- j
lonial ambitions. The President
said, too, they deserve statehood.
Opponents, on the other hand, ar- !
gue the two Territories are not
ready for statehood and that ad
mitting them to the Union would
not check Soviet propaganda.
Lucas all but acknowledged de
feat in a Senate speech yesterday.
Opposition strength, he said, has
made it “very clear there isn’t go
ing to be any vote on the state- j
hood bill.”
Most opposition to the statehood
measures traces back to the old
fight over civil rights, Lucas said.
Dixie Democrats reportedly are
fighting the bills mainly because
they fear Senators from Alaska
and Hawaii would join forces with
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Korean Situation
At A Glance - - •
Thursday, November 30, 1950
^By The Associated Press)
An estimated 80,000 Chinese
communists suddenly mounted an
offensive against the U. S. 10th
corps in northeast Korea today
while a strange lull hovered over
the critical northwest front.
Elements of the U. S. First Ma
rine and Seventh Infantry Divi
sions were encircled and isolated
by overwhelming Chinese com
munist forces in the Changjin res
ervoir sector. The Allied supply
line was cut.
In Washington an army spokes
man said the Marines in the reser
, voir area are holding their line
•and are not in a hopeless position.
He said they are being supplies by
parachute drops.
The new attack in the east came
as the 110,000-man Eighth army
was withdrawing to establish a
new defense line south of the
Chongchon River. On this front
the Chinese slowed their furious
advance of the last few days,
probably because they had over
extended their lines.
A field dispatch said the last
American troops protecting the
retreat across a key ferry point on
the Chongchon withdrew safely
through flaming Kunu village.
Having forced the United Na
tions army to retreat along an 80
mile front, the communists were
pausing to regroup, resupply and
I prepare for their next move.
There was no indication any un
dercover decision on the diplo
matic front has stayed their hand.
Their propaganda boasts are that
they will remain fighting until
every American is driven from
Korean soil.
The badly mauled Eighth Army
has completed its retreat over the
Chongchon River. The bulk of the
army has withdrawn to a line
running 17 miles along the south
bank of the river with another 25
mile front slanting southeast to
Singhang.
In the northeast, the appearance
of tens of thousands of additional
Chinese brought new threats to
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