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VOL. LII. No. 146 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1950_Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, (TP)—Pan American
Airways announced the air trans
portation rate on raw furs from
Nome is being slashed from 25 to
15 cents a pound, and the rate
from Juneau is being cut from 15
to 7 cents a pound, both effective
December 29.
PONTIAC, Mich. (TP)—Pontiac
Motors’ 1951 model autos, to 'be
introduced today, will carry price
tags $20 to $80 higher than the
1950 models.
Announcing this Saturday the
company said the $20 increase
will go on the station wagon; a
$60 advance on the Catalina or
so-called “hard-top” model and
$80 increase on other de luxe
units. No change is being made
on the price of hydra-matic trans
mission, optional equipment on
•all models.
CHICAGO, (/P)—At least eight
persons perished early Saturday
as fire swept a four-story tene
ment building in the South Side
Negro district.
Only one of the victims, Miss
Thelma di Vins, 26, was identi
fied. The others included four
children, two men and another
woman.
Residents said some 200 per
sons lived in the top three floors
of the building.
Fire marshal Anthony J. Mul
laney estimated damage at $100,
000. .
TOKYO, (/P)—General MacAr
thur’s headquarters Saturday sus
pended informative briefing ses
sions far war correspondents,
presumably for reasons of secur
ity.
MacArthur’s no-censorship rule
still prevails but the new order
means a basic source of news and
background is closed to corre
spondents.
Soon afterwards, the British
commander for Korea said the
need for censorship is “growing
stronger every day.”
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WASHINGTON, (ff) — Gen.
Omar Bradley, chairman of the
U. S. joint chiefs of staff, an
nounced Saturday that military !
chiefs of the 12 North Atlantic
Treaty nations will meet in Lon
don tomorrow.
The meeting is expected to
speed speed up Western defense
preparations by:
1. Seeking an agreement on the
manner in which Germany can
share in the program.
2. Setting the stage for early
appointment of Gen. Dwight Ei
senhower -as supreme commander
of the Western defense force.
TOKYO, (JP)—Associated Press
photographer Ed Johnson report
ed on his arrival from Seattle Sat
urday night that Shemya Island,
in the far western Aleutians, was
blacked out before dawn Satur
day.
Shemya is near the Soviet Si
berian Kamchatka peninsula.
Several practice blackouts have
been held on the island recently.
Johnson was on the island an
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I NO. 5 DREDGE CLOSED DOWN
DEC. 6—LATEST ON RECORD
U. S. Smelting Co., dredge No. 5
closed down operation on Wednes
day morning December 6th.
According to manager Carl Gla
vinovich this is the latest that the
dredge has ever operated. Way
back in 1924, he stated dredge No.
2 was able to operate almost as
late, but this season is the latest
any dredge of the company has
operated in this area.
It is reported that it has been a
good season for the mining com
pany, which was handicapped
during the war years with the
complete shut-down of operations
due to 'Presidential order, and has
had a lot of repair work to do
since going back into operation
before they could get back into
normal production again.
MR. AND MRS. NORVIN LEWIS
ON STATES VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Norvin Lewis
have taken off to have a family
reunion for the first time in ten
years, at the home of their son
Norvin Lewis, Jr., in Poteau,
Oklahoma.
They left yesterday and will be
joined by their youngest son,
Robert, in Fairbanks, where he
is in service. In Tulsa they will
be met by the twins Charles and
Harry, who are in aviation school,
and will drive with them to their
destination.
Norvin, Sr., said that in addi
tion to the thrill of having the
family together again “also to
meet the grandson, Norvin Wil
liam Lewis III.”
They plan to be gone a month
or more.
Old “SOB” Will
Break Nose, Black
Eye of Music Critic
WASHINGTON, (ZP)--President
Truman’s knuckle-cracking letter
to a music critic who panned his
daughter’s singing pro v o k e d
chuckles and some sharp Repub
lican comment Saturday.
In the free-swinging style he
sometimes usese in private con
versation with friends, the Presi
dent let go at Paul Hume, critic
for the Washington Post. Hume
had said in his review that Mar
garet Truman’s singing last Tues
day night at a well-attended con
cert was “flat a good deal of the
time.”
Few outside of. the President
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Storm Warning
The storm center has been lo
cated at 260 miles southwest of St.
Lawrence Island this morning at
1:30 a.m., Bering Standard Time.
It is expected to move rapidly
reaching Pt Hope by 5:30 today.
Wind in Nome will be from the
southeast at 40 to 50 miles per
hour with gusts occasionally at 55
miles per hour. The winds will be
from the south this afternoon.
Winds will diminish to 25 to 30
miles by 8:30 p.m.
A second storm is following 12
hours behind and winds will in
crease to 35 to 40 miles per hour
from the southeast early Tuesday
morning.
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Capacity Crowd
Enjoys Roof
Garden Program
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A snow storm, traditional with
the Roof Garden, brought out a
capacity crowd for the event who
enjoyed an exceptionally well pre
pared program erf local talent.
It was interesting to note that
most of those who “starred” in the
program were sons and daughters
of Pioneers.
Other “guest stars” showed tal
ent that we hope will shine again
this winter in other entertainment
events which will be coming up.
Only those who have spent time
working cm a Roof Garden realize
what a job it is to get it all or
ganized as capably as this year’s
chairman, Robert Scott did. Mr.
Scott stated that gate receipts
showed the crowd as big as in the
past.
Fred Durocher, oldtimer from
Council said “I’ve been in Alaska
49 years and this is my first roof
garden. I never expected to see
such a crowd or so much enthusi
asm as the Pioneers have here.”
From the many comments this
year’s program, ‘-The Villain Still
Pursued Her,” or “They Were Gay
in Their Nineties,” was the best in
history. This was due mainly to
the never-ending efforts of the au
thor and directors, Jane Galvin
and Stubie Cameron and their
very able assistant Margaret Mo
zee. Our sincere thanks to you
three ladies for a most enjoyable
program.
Those who witnessed the artistic
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CHRISTMAS CARDS SPOTLIGHT NATIVITY
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The trend to religious themes in Christmas cards, begun several years ago, appears to be stronger
than ever this year. Greeting card manufacturers the country over report that demands for greet
ings carrying a spirtiual keynote are at peak levels. Now, for the first time, the American Artists
Group is releasing an entire book of religious greetings. Here are four representations of the Na
tivity, taken from the group. Top, left, by Lauren Ford; right, by Fred Eng; bottom, left, from a {
Kodachrome; right, by T.'F. Naegle.
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Saturday, December 9, 1950
CBy The Associated Press)
Some 20,000 U. S. Marines and
doughboys of the Allied 10th
Corps, seeking to break out of a
Red Chinese trap in the Changjin
reservoir area of northeast Korea,
neared a link-up today with a
northbound rescue column. Ma
rine patrols pushed three miles
south of Koto on the road to
Hamhung and the port of Hung
nam.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, U. N.
naval commander, said his ships
are standing off Hungnam in the
Sea of Japan, ready to meet “any
eventuality.” He appa r e n 11 y
meant a “little Dunkerque” will
be attempted to save ground
forces able to fight their way
through to Hungnam.
The greatly outnumbered Ma
rines and doughboys were bat
tling 100,000 Chinese Reds and
blizzard blasts with the new hope
erf rescue and evacuation. The ma
rine patrols on both sides of the
road set up flank protection for
the main body of retreating
troops. In the first stages of their
withdrawal from the reservoir
area to Koto, the troops had no
flank protection but many got
through. Now their chances of
driving through the Chinese wall
south of Koto seem good.
With skies blue and clear, C-47
transport planes began landing at
Koto to evacuate wounded. A
wave of planes came overhead
soon after sunrise. They worked
over Chinese Reds on both sides
of the road, after U. N. artillery
poured shells against the hills all
night.
Massed U.r S. artillery was
blasting clear the approaches to
the breakout road from a forward
position not many miles south of
the Marine-Army column. A Chi
nese prisoner said the harassing
artillery fire was effective, kill
ing or wounding 40 men in his
company last night. American of
ficers said the firepower should
ease the last escape stretch ahead
of the column.
Four or more Chinese divisions
are attempting to block the es
cape. An American officer saic
they were attempting a dcrubh
envelopment movement aimed a
cutting the road south of th<
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