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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, January 3, 1951
KOREN WAR TOPS ALL NEWS EVENTS OF 1950
JOHN L. SPRINGER—One word—COMMUNISM—dominated 1950.
Its menace overshadowed all others in 'this mid-year of the 20th Cen
tury. From the first days of 1950 to the last, threats of Communism
enveloped the earth. Every day, they affected Americans more and
more in their thoughts, itheir work, their prayers.
In January, we could still debate the issue. Should be step onto For
mosa and aid the Chinese Nationalists make a last-ditch defense
against the Reds who had overrun their mainland? Twelve months
later, in December, the issue was real. Weary Americans were retreat
ing south in .bomb-pocked Korea to avoid massacre by the overwhelm
ing Red hordes thrown against them from 'Manchuria.
Between those two months, Americans grimly awakened to the fact
that relations wieh Communism’s Motherland—Russia—fast were ap
proaching crisis.
JOHN L. SPRINGER—Mountainous, little Korea, no more than a
name to most Americans a year ago, '1^6ame the hottest news spot on
earth in 1950. Editors of Associated Press newspapers, voting on out
standing events and personalities of the year, almost unanimously -
chose the Korean War as the No. 1 news story.
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When Communist forces controlling the northern half of Korea in
vaded ’the southern half on June 25, it appeared that the United States
and other United Nations could make only a minor military commit
ment and put down the aggression. But the operation developed into
a full-scale war, for the U. S. at least, and carried with it the germs of
global conflict. Other top stories, as chosen by the editors:
2. —CHINA'S ENTRY INTO THE WAR—Chinese Communists from
Manchuria poured into Korea in November, when U. N. forces had
routed the North Koreans. This changed the entire complexion of the
struggle. In effect, sai dthe U. N. commander, Gen. Douglas MacArthur
it meant the beginning of a new war.
3. —ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT. Two
gunmen of the Puerto Rican Nationalist movement tried, on Nov. 1, to
shoot their way past Blair House guards and into the second floor bed-,
room where Harry S. Truman was taking his afternoon nap. One gun
man was killed on the Blair House front steps, the other was wounded.
One guard gave his life protecting Truman. Two others were injured.
4. —REPUBLICAN GAINS AND THE ELECTION OF TAFT. This
year's election campaign was one of the bitterest in years. Republicans
gained in both House and Senate races, but the Democrats retained
control of the Lower House by 35 votes and of the Upper Chamber by
only two. It appeared that southern Democrats would hold the balance
of power. The most watched contest was in Ohio, where the Republi
can leader and candidate for the Senate, Robert A. Taft, faced united
labor union opposition. Taft scored a resounding victory, with a ma
jority of 400,000 votes.
5. —THE UNITED STATES REARMS. Demands of the Korean war
—and threats of an even greater one—produced a sharp upturn in
American defense expenditures. Soon after the Korean invasion, Con
gress appropriated ten billion dollars and it was commonly undestood
that this was but a forerunner of far greater appropriations to come.
Draft operations were speeded up, the Navy took ships out of storage,
and defense orders began to pile up on industries already working
full-time to supply unprecedented civilian demands. The result was. in
many cases, a cutback in civilian production and severe credit restric
tions to try to keep down civilian consumption of important raw* ma
terials.
6. —SENATOR MCCARTHY'S CAMPAIGN against alleged Reds in
government. The Senator from Wisconsin made the State Department
his target. He charged that Communists and Communist sympathizers
exercised undue influence over its policies. His fight on the Senate
floor produced more than a month of exciting controversy.
7. —TRIALS OF ALGER HISS and alleged spies. Persons accused of
aiding Communist Russia had their days in court in 1950. Two of the
most notable trials involved Alger Hiss and Judith Coplon. Hiss was
i convicted of lying when he denied passing on State 'Department secrets
| to Whittaker Chambers, then a Communist courier, in 1938. Miss Cop
1 Ion was convicted of attempted espionage, (but on appeal a court said
that she would have to have a re-trial because the FiB.I. used illegal
methods in obtaining evidence against her.
8. —TRUMAN ORDERS THE H-BOMB* For weeks, leaders of Amer
ican opinion debated whether the country should try to build the po
tential city-blasting hydrogen bomb. Agreeing with such spokesmen as
Bernard Baruch and Eleanor Roosevelt, the 'President said »the coun
try’s defense demanded that it keep its lead over Russia in atomic re
search. On Jan, 31 'he ordered work on the 'bomb to begin. But there
still demained the question whether technical obstacles could be over-,
come to make it a reality.
9. —"MERCY KILLING" TRIAL of Dr. Hermann Sander. It was
widely heralded as a test case for euthanasia (the killing by doctors of?
hopelessly incurable persons to put them out of (their misery). When
Dr. Sander took the stand in a Manchester, N. H., courtroom to defend
himself against charges that he had so killed Mrs. Abbie Borroto, how-:
ever, euthanasia aspects of the case vanished» He said (that the woman
had died a natural death before he injected enough air into her veins
to kill her. 'Believing his version, the jury acquitted him.
10. —BRINN'g HOLDUP IN BOSTON. This story won such a high
rank because Of the breath-taking daring of the robbers who broke into
the apparently strongly protected warehouse of the armored truck
company on Jan. 17, making off with $i,500,000. It is still unsolved.
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Communication
Mt. Edgecumbe Sanitarium
Dec. 27, 1950.
We thank our Junior Missionary
Guild for. the Thanksgiving pack
ages. They came a little late, but
they were good. I sure enjoy them.
It sure is nice to receive things
from -back home. I am feeling fine
and gaining weight and recover
ing, but very slow. And I am send
ing my very best Merry Christmas
1 and Happy New Year for our Jun
ior Missionary Guild and all the
patients at M-M-M Hospital, in
cluding Dr. Langsam and all the
nurses.
| EDWARD JONES.
paul McCarthy takes
BRIDE IN STATES
Paul McCarthy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. McCarthy, was mar
ried on December 23rd to Eleanor
Jean Putman in the Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church at Inglewood,
Calif.
Attending the groom was his
brother Walter, who came from
Purdue1 University to be -the best
man.
The young couple will make
their home at Pullman, Wash.,
where Paul will finish his work
this semester and his wife will
graduate in June.
Paul will be employed at the
college for a few months after
which he will be a mechanical en
gineer for the General Electric
Co.
NEWS IN BRIEF
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Miller said two men could have
carried the small safe which also
contained $180 in cash.
The thieves entered the story to;
breaking two locks and the glas
on the front door, said Mayo, stor<
manager, who discovered the
burglary.
He said the loss was covered by
insurance.
I iTTi -
LOS ANGELES, Lee took
order from Grant yesterday.
Robert E. Lee, 20, of Atascadero,
Calif., was the first New Year’s
recruit to join up at the navy re
cruiting headquarters.
Lee got his welcortie into the
service from yoeman Roger Grant.
RABAT, French Morocco, (/P)—
Officials said today that 71 per-1
sons have died and 60 are missing
in floods that have ravaged north
west Morocco.
Heavy rains continued mean
while. A cloudburst struck Casa
blanca this morning, halting traf
fic for an hour and flooding many
homes.
HOUGHTON, Mich. (JP) — The
weatherman says it’s going to
snow in Houghton today and to
morrow.
Townspeople are used ter hear
ing that. It has snowed in this
northern Michigan town every
one of the last 46 days in a row.
Right now there’s 31 inches of
snow on the ground. More than
24 inches have fallen since the 46
day string began.
ANCHORAGE, </P) — Funeral
service^ were held yesterday far
Paul C. Herring. U. S. marshal in
the Third Division, who died
Thursday of cancer aftfer a long
illness. k \
The body was to be taken to
Kodiak Wednesday for burial, re
specting the wishes of Herring. He
lived on the island 10 years. The
Kodiak Rotary Club is in charge
' of arrangements there. ' •