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VOL. Lil~No. 114 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27? 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF |
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> FAIRBANKS </P)—Fourth Divi-|
sion Democrats will stage a pre-1
election rally here tonight with |
Delegate E. L. Bartlett and Gov-;
Ernest Gruening as the guests of;
honor and principal speakers.
Ralph J. Rivers, Fairbanks at
torney, also is scheduled to ans
wer charges made by Republican
leader Albert White in a speech!
here two weeks ago. |
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LONDON, (/P)—A Russian ship
commandeered a British fishing
trawler in the White Sea vester- j
day and hurried it off toward a I
Soviet port, the vessel's owners
reported today.
They protested to the British
foreign office, which began in-1
quiries.
TOKYO, (/P) — The silver star
was awarded yesterday to Lt. Col.
Fred L. Harrison, Spokane, Wash.,,
for gallantry in action against Ko
read Reds by the Second Infantry
Division.
FAIRBANKS, UP)—A last min
ute rush of filing before the 5 p.m.
deadline tonight was expected for
the 11 municipal offices at stake
in the Oct. 3 election. Few candi
dates have appeared on the scene.
To be chosen are six coxincil
men, mayor, utility bo*ard mem
ber member, city magistrate and
two school board members.
Mayor Maurice T. Johnson has
announced he will not seek re
election.
Commissioner Of
Mines Visits |
Second Division
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Commissioner of Mines Leo H.
Saarela, left for Fairbanks after a
week in Nome conferring with
Department Engineer Dan A.
Jones, and visiting adjacent min
ing camps.
Mr. Saarela said that Seward
Peninsula miners apparently had
a better summer than other parts i
of Alaska as the dry season ham
pered operations elsewhere. Labor
and heavy supply costs are also
lower in the Seward Peninsula
area due to the small amount oL
defense effort.
All operators are clamoring for
a free market for gold, Mr. Saare
la said, as the cost of producing
an ounce of gold has risen con
stantly and the fixed price of $35
per ounce precludes working
ground of marginal value. Most
camps have increased their effi
ciency to the highest point possi
ble, and operators generally are
moving larger yardages with
crews but a fraction of their pre
war size.
The production of placer tin in
the Seward Peninsula is indicative
of the strategic mineral potential
ities of the area and with short
ages and rises in prices of the base
metals further developments can
be anticipated.
To aid the mining industry in
this area the City of Nome has
granted the Dept, of Mines an op
tion of a lot for the construction
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Delegate E. L. Bartlett Addresses Nome >
At Meeting On Civilian Defense
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In the interest of Civilian Defense, Military Defenses for North-j
western Alaska, and to formulate a program to be submitted to the
Sub-Committee on Defense, composed of three Senators from Con
gress due to arrive in Nome next month; the Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce sponsored a public meeting Monday evening
at the Nome School Auditorium in co-operation with other civic
groups. Mayor Steve Anderson, representing the City Council, presided
at the meeting.
Delegate E. L. “Bob” Bartlett, who arrived Sunday at a most op
portune time to assist the people here in their plans for the critical
future, of the Second Division, reviewed the military situation as well
as our unique problem for civilian defense.
His survey of the problems confronting us and his viewpoint were
well received by the large crowd present and his suggestions were
paramount in the benefits derived from the meeting.
He stated that President Truman has an abiding interest in Alas
ka and is always “notably impressed with matters pertaining to the
Territory.” Our situation is studied by Americans all over the U. S. A.,
because of the seriousness of the situation.
Mr. Bartlett stated that HOW Alaska should be defended should
be left to the military Joint Chiefs of Staff who have studied the prob
lem; BUT that we, the people of Alaska, have the RIGHT and a DUTY
in these matters to suggest to the military their weaknesses.
He reviewed the fact that the plan to defend Alaska from the
Alaska range was taken from the standpoint of economy three years
ago, as we were advised at that time. However “should trouble arise
and we had to re-activate the bases which are now being shut-down,
we would do so regardless of cost.” . . . “It would be cheaper to keep
these Alaskan bases open at this critical time because when a crisis
arises the military would come at any cost.”
Even a layman can make a presentation that should have some
weight.” . . .
“Millions are being spent on defenses and those behind the Iron
Curtain are listening. Psychology plays a large part today!” . “The
cost of maintaining M. A. F. B is trivial in comparison to the psycho
logical results with its closing, as Russia can claim that the U S. A. is
so weak that it closes down the only base in Northwestern Alaska.”
“Thousand? of native citizens in this (Continued on Page Two)
Statehood Vote Is
“Guaranteed” Says
Sen. O’Mahoney
WASHINGTON — Senator Jo
seph C. O’Mahoney, (D.-Wyo.),
chairman of the Senate committee
on Interior and Insular Affairs,
last week issued the following
statement:
“Now that the leadership in
both Houses of Congress has
agreed that this session of Con
gress will not adjourn sine die but
will recess until November 27th,
it is my firm opinion that full con
sideration of the bills to admit
Alaska and Hawaii into the Union
as states is now guaranteed.
“I have informed Delegate E. L.
Bartlett of Alaska, Delegate Jo
seph R. Farringtton of Hawaii, and
George H. McLane of the Hawaii
Statehood Commission of the
agreement reached in the Demo
cratic Policy Committee meeting
today (September 20) under which
the statehood bills, H.R. 331 and
H.R. 49, would be made the un-i
finished order of business of the
Senate when the time comes to re-:
cess. This development gives us a |
much better assurance of success
than if an attempt were made to
press for action now while mem
bers are under compulsion to re
turn to the States they represent.
“This procedure, I am firmly
convinced, offers the best possible
assurance that action will be
taken on both of thees bills before
the 81st Congress adjourns, and
that the situation after the Con
gress reconvenes on November 27
will be advantageous for their
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This Driver Prays
LOS ANGELES, (/P)—“I pray
all the time when I’m driving,”
says Mrs. Anna M. Hayes. She be
lieves this accounts for the fact
that she’s not received a citation
in 25 years of motoring.
“I do it automatically so it does
nt’s interfere with my concentra
tion on the road,” she explains.
Mrs. Hayes concedes that other
factors might have helped her es
tablish her good record. She lists
them as courtesy, good judgment
and an average speed of 35 miles
an hour.
Marines Enter
Flaming And
Smoke-filled Seoul
(By Don Whitehead)
SEOUL, (/P)—This is a flaming,
smoke-filled city of horror today.
Great fires are raging and a
black dome of smoke hangs in the
sky as a fearsome signal of de
struction.
Street by street the Marines
are nearing the heart of the city
behind flame-throwing tanks,
heavy artillery and air bombard
ment and the rattle of machine
guns and rifles. *
Seoul is not being spared. It is a
fight to the death, with the Red
defending from houses, ridges and
rooftops in a desperate stand.
(This dispatch was sent from
i Seoul at 6 p.m., Tuesday, 10 p.m.
; Monday Nome time. General Mac
I Arthur in Tokyo announced at
• 2:10 p.m. Tuesday that United Na
tions forces had completed “the
envelopment and seizure of the
! city” and liberated it “in such a
manner as to cause the least pos
sible damage to civil installa
tions.”)
At 4 p.m. the Marines had push
ed up Mapo Street almost to the
French consulate only a short way
from the American embassy and
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they had captured the Seoul rail
way station and yards.
On their right flank Seventh In
fantry Division units were clean
ing up Namsan Hill, the big South
Mountain Park heights that dom
inate all of Seoul.
Not in two wars have I seer
anything to equal the battle for
Seoul. This fighting through
smoke-filled streets is eerie and
unreal, with flames leaping from
buildings and licking out at the
Marines as they dash down the
debris-filled streets and p a s 1
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1 buildings crashing to the ground
after the fires have gutted them.
At dusk the sky was aglow with
the fires of Seoul—a great red
flare that silhouettes the dark
j mountains for miles around. It is
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HEAVY WEATHER AHEAD__
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Korean Situation
Tuesday# September 26# 1950
(By The Associated Press)
General MacArthur today an
nounced United Nations forces
have captured Seoul. Communist
forces fled noTthward in disorder
from the capital of South Korea,
the U. N. commander announced.
Front dispatches told a bitter
fighting still going on within the
smouldering city, but Allied action
was described as a mopping up
operation. The capital had been in
communist hands almost exactly
three months. It fell two days af
ter the Reds launched their inva
sion June 25.
The communists appeared to be
disorganized and beaten as a uni
fied fighting force. Allied forces
punching up from the south were
nearing a link-up with the second
front Seoul-Inchon beachhead.
This link-up would cut off the
bulk of Red troops left in south
ern Korea. A MacArthur spokes
man said there were indications
the northward fleeing Reds might
make a stand somewhere near
Parallel 38 from which they
launched their attack on the South
Korean republic. There were no
signs the communists would stop
south of that boundary line for a
major stand, this spokesman said.
Meanwhile, in New York the U.
S. delegation ta the United Na
tions planned immediate talks
with other delegations on the fu
ture of Korea. The non-commun
ist nations must determine at once
whether their fighting forces will
stop at the 38th parallel or pursue
the Reds into North Korea.
Breaking out of the old U. N.
southeast beachhead at lightning
pace, Allied forces hammered out
sharp new gains throughout the
whole battle zone. Allied generals
were optimistic victory was with
in U. N. grasp and the push north
westward to the Seoul-Inchon
beachhead might be the war’s
final offensive.
South Koreans pushed 35 miles
forward all along the northern
wall. American and British infan
trymen gained nearly that dis
tance along the western sector.
An Eighth Army spokesman
said the north-bound Allied forces
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Facts About
Title Bout
Facts and figures on tonight's
Ezzard Charles—Joe Louis heavy
weight title bout:
Rounds: 15 round or less.
Site: Yankee Stadium, New
York City.
Time of bout: 9 p.m. (EST) 3:00
p.m. Nome time).
If postponed: Will be held fol
lowing night, Thursday, Sept. 28.
Broadcasts: Radio broadcast
over CBS network (KIRO Seattle).
Percentages: Louis 35 per cent
of gross. Charles 20 per cent of
gross.
Records: Louis 61 fights; won 6d
lose one; knockout victories 52.
Charles 73 fights: Won 67, lost
five; knockout victories 43.
Prices: Reserved seats from $5
to $30. General admission $3.
Estimated crowd: 30,000.
Estimated gross gate: $250,000.