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VOL. LIII No. 117 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1951 Per Copy^lW
British Pull Out Of
Abadan, World’s
Greatest Refinery
ABADAN, Iran, (yP) — The
British pulled out of Abadan to
day to give Ir.m full possession of
the world’s greatest refinery.
The British cruiser Mauritius
with some 21b Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company employes, sailed at the
Shatt-el-Arab river to Basra,
Iraq, early this afternoon.
From Basra, the evacuees are
to be flown back to Britain.
Forty other AIOC employes left
by plane this morning.
It was a sad and solemn affair.
The evacuees privately said this
was one of Britain’s most humili
ating moments. It was, indeed, in
contrast to the proud days when ;
the roar of the British lion made
the world take notice.
Iran now lays claim to oil
riches which the country h a s |
granted to Britain under a royalty
agreement which was to have
lasted until 1993.
There was no noticeable change
over here today.
Gen. Collins, Army Chief
Of Staff Goes To Europe
On Tour of Inspection
WASHINGTON, (VP) — Gen. J.,
Lawton Collins, Army chief of
staff, left last night on an inspec
tion trip to Europe and the Far
East war zone.
The Defense Department, an
nouncing this today, said that
Collins will attend troop maneu
vers in Germany and make “a
routine inspection of troops and
United States military missions.”
N Collins took off from the cap
ital at about the time that Gen.
Omar Bradley, chairman of the
joint chiefs of staff, was heading
home from a quick trip ta the Far
East to confer with military chiefs
there and inspect the Korean
battle front.
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Argument Ends In Gunfire
At Honolulu Airport
HONOLULU, (JP)—Gunfire felled
a Negro from Alaska and a mech
anic from Samoa in Honolulu’s
crowded international airport ter
minal Monday night.
The Samoan, 23-year-old Tine
Su’a, was shot through the left
chest in a loud, heated argument
with the Negro, Ray Wright, 39.
Wright surrendered after police
p put a bullet through his gunwield
ing right arm.
Doctors said the condition ofj
Su’a was critical. He is a mech-'
K anic at Pearl Harbor Navy Base.
Wright was placed in Queen’s
Hospital under police guard. Po
lice said Wright and his wife for
merly operated a tavern at Fair
banks.
Florida Storm Grows To
Hurricane in Atlantic
MIAMI, Fla., (/P)—The tropical
storm that swept across Florida
developed into a full hurricane in
the Atlantic today, with winds of
95 miles an hour near the center.
Storm warnings were ordered
up from Cape Hatteras to the Vir
ginia capes and small craft on the
entire North Carolnia coast were
told to remain in port.
Loyalty Board Finds “No
Reasonable Doubt” As To
Philip C. Jessup’s Loyalty
WASHINGTON, {JP) — Ambas
sador Philip C. Jessup swore to
day that a charge by Senator Mc
Carthy (R-Wis) “That I was af
filiated with six communist fronts
is false.”
Jessup made the statement to a
Senate Foreign Relations subcom
mittee considering his nomination
by President Truman to be a
United Nations delegate. His testi
mony was in reply to charges by
McCarthy that he “followed all
the twists and turns of the com
munist line.”
Last night the subcommittee
made public a finding by the Civil
Service Loyalty Review Board
that there is “no reasonable
doubt” as to Jessup’s loyalty.
Jessup, a top advisor to Secre
tary of State Acheson, declared:
“I will introduce evidence that
the communists have attacked me
with a violence equal to that dis
played by the senator from Wis
consin and with far greater justi
fication.
“The evidence that I will in
troduce will unmask Senator Mc
Carthy’s alleged proof as a mix
ture of barefaced falsehoods, dis
tortions and misrepresentations.”
Alaska’s 1st Korea
Veteran Returns
SEATTLE, (/P)—Pvt. Perry Ed
ward Smith, 23, landed yesterday
from Korea and now has only a
little more than 2,000 miles still
to go to get home.
Private Smith lives at Trapper’s
Den, Alaska. He is the first sol
dier from the territory to be home
from the war in Korea. For that,
he got special recognition when a
military transport with 1,492 com
bat veterans docked at the port
of embarkation.
Private Smith was the first man
“sprung” from the ship.
Troops aboard and crowds of j
welcomers ashore cheered as the
stocky, black-haired youth strode
down the gangway, grinning.
Lieut. Col. L. E. Bartley, Alaska
liaison officer for the port of em
barkation, clutched Smith’s hand
and told him:
“You’re lined up to fly to An
chorage Wednesday morning.”
That will leave only 162 more
miles over Alaska’s Glenn High
way to Smith’s home. Trapper’s
Den is not on most maps. Smith’s
father runs his trapline out of
there.
Smith was in Japan when the
Korean war began. He enlisted at
Fort Richardson, near Anchorage,
in 1949. He went to Korea in an
Engineers company.
“Never fired a shot,” said Smith.
“I had my war running a bull
dozer and big crane.
“I can’t wait to get back to
Alaska. Dad can sure use me on
that trapline.”
U.S. FOOD POURS INTO INDIA
NEW DELHI, {/P)~Nearly 1,000
000 tons <yf the U.S. food loan will
have reached India before 1951
ends and the remaining 900,000
tons will arrive by March next
year, Deputy Food Minister M.
Tirumal Rao told questioners in
parliament here.
News Blackout May
Be Prelude To
Large-Scale Action
U.S. 8th ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, (/P)—A thunderous United
Nations artillery barrage roared
along the western front today
while war planes tried to break up
the biggest Red supply effort since
the last communist offensive.
Red troops who held Allied in
fantrymen to no gsins yesterday
pressed two battalion-sized prob
ing attacks of their own today.
Over northern Korea 12 F-80
Shooting Stars, among America’s
slowest jets, were credited with
probably destroying two Red MIG
15s in a brief battle with a dozen
fast red-nosed jets.
(A “partial blackout,” frequent
ly a sign of an impending offen
sive by either the Reds or Allies,
was clamped on news from the
war fronts Wednesday. The tight
ened censorship was announced
by Tokyo headquarters of Gen.
Ridgway.l
The news blackout recalled a
Red Chinese broadcast Saturday
asserting the Allies were prepar
ing to make simultaneous amphib
ous landings on both coasts of
North KoTea. The Allied Com
mand has not commented on this
broadcast.
The Far East Air Forces noted
significantly that pilots spotted
4,355 Red trucks on the highways
Tuesday night — “the greatest
number in a single night since
the communists’ last abortive of
fensive in mid-May.
Warships and night - raiding
planes concentrated on breaking
up this near record volume of
supplies being rushed toward the
front. An FEAF communique said
Red trucks “suffered very heavy
losses.”
Rains Restore Power
To Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND, (/P)— The Pacific
Northwest aluminum industry was
working at top speed Tuesday
putting idle potlines back into op
eration.
The supply of interruptible elec
tric power—cut off two weeks ago
because of lack of water to turn
generators in Pacific Northwest
power dams—was restored last
night.
Rains, which began last week
end, had filled power dam reser
voirs and excess water even was
flowing over the spillways of Cou
lee Dam—source of much of the
power supply.
At Tacoma, J. C. Gumz, of the
Defense Electric Power Adminis
tration (DEPA), announced that
there probably would be no power
brownout for at least two weeks.
LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
W L Pet.
Dodgers . 1 1 .500
Giants . 1 1 .500
First game Monday, Ebbets Field
Giants . 000 200 010—3 6 1
Dodgers 010 000 000—1 5 1
Second game, Tues., Po'lo Grnds.
Dodgers .... 200 013 202—10 13 2
Giants . 000 000 000— 0 6 5
In today’s last game, Brook
lyn’s Don Newcombe faces the
Giant’s Sam Maglie.
Challenges Acheson Deny
He Recommended Cutting
Aid To Nationalist China
PHILADELPHIA, (JP) — Harold
E. Stassen flatly challenged Sec
retary of State Acheson today to
deny that in 1949 he recommended
cutting off all military supplies
for China.
Stassen’s challenge followed a
State Department reply to his
testimony before a Senate hear
ing Monday. He said then that
the late Sen. Arthur Vandenberg
(R-Mich) had told him of a White
House meeting at which Acheson
and Philip Jessup had proposed
halting aid to the Nationalists.
The State Department reply was
issued last night by press officer
Michael J. McDermott who said,
“I fear Mr. Stassen’s memory is
playing him tricks.”
Stassen said in a brief state
ment today: “I immediately ask
this direct, specific question of
Secretary Acheson:
“Do you deny that you were
at a conference with President
Truman and Senator Vendenberg
in 1949 at which you recom
mended cutting off all military
supplies for the Chinese National
ists, and at which Senator Van
denberg opposed such action?”
Reds Ignore for 7th
Day U.N. Proposal
To Reopen Talks
TOKYO, (JP)—Gen. Omar Brad
ley left Tokyo today after a fore
shortened visit that included a
two-day tour of the Korean battle
front.
Shortly before his departure for
Washington the chairm-an of the
U. S. joint chiefs of staff held a
secret conference with top Am
erican military leaders here amid
fading hopes of a negotiated truce
in Korea.
Bradley commented only:
“It was a very interesting trip—
very helpful to us.”
For the seventh day Red leaders
ignored -a United Nations proposal
to reopen armistice talks at a new
site in no-man’s-land.
Tokyo sources said the Reds
have waited too long to make a
favorable reply to Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway’s suggestion to hold
sessions near Songhyon, about six
miles from Red-controlled Kae
song, the former site.
These sources said they believe
truce talks actually are broken
off. There has been no meeting
since Aug. 22.
Coast Football Statistics
LOS ANGELES, (/P) — The
Washington Huskies lead the Pa
cific Coast Conference in passing
and total yards gained, while
Oregon State leads the field in
rushing yards.
Figures show that Washington
has gained 450 yards via the air,
California is next with 303, and
Stanford third with 302.
Total yards show Washington
with 944, Oregon State 913 and
Stanford 760.
Rushing statistics find Oregon
State with 729, Washington 494
and Stanford 458.
Best pass defense record be
longs to Southern California with
11 interceptions to its credit.
48th World Series
Opens Tomorrow
NEW YORK, (/P) — Baseball’s
48th World Series opens tomor
row—a fact that is not exactly
news but one that may have been
overlooked in the furore of the
Brooklyn Dodgers and the New
York Giants trying to decide the
winner of the National League
pennant.
The Yankees are in quest of
their third straight world cham
pionship. Allie Reynolds, winner
of 17 games, including two no
hitters and loser of eight, will
pitch the opener for the Yankees.
The games will start at 1 p.m.
EST. The first two will be played
at Yankee Stadium, the third,
fourth and fifth if necessary, in
either the Giant’s or Dodger’s park
and the next two, if necessary, on
Yankee ground. It is a best of
seven proposition.
Regardless of their opponents,
the Yankees are favored to win
the series. Oddsmakers have them
5-8 choice.
House Approves $5,000,000
To Pay Death Indemnities
Servicmen Killed in Action
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
House Appropriations Committee
today approved an immediate al
lotment of $5,000,000 to pay the
$10,000 death indemnities ap
proved this year for servicemen
killed in action.
The death benefits, payable over
a period of 120 months, are for
beneficiaries of men of all
branches of the service who lost
their lives while in uniform. They
are in lieu of the insurance pre
viously offered to men in service
at small cost, and amount to
$10,000 free life insurance.
The Appropriations Committee
said the money is needed at once
because payments to an estimated
12,000 beneficiaries are being held
up.
General MacArthur
To Open Seattle’s
Centennial Celebration
SEATTLE, OP) — Gen. Douglas
MacArthur will fly here Novem
ber 13 to open Seattle’s centen
nial celebration, Greater Seattle,
Inc., reported yesterday.
GeoTge Gunn, Jr., president of
the civic promotion group, said
Sen. Harry P. Cain, Washington’s
junior senator, wired that the gen
eral had accepted an invitation to
take part in ceremonies opening
a year-long celebration of Seat
tle’s 100th anniversary.
Gunn said MacArthur will make
a public address at the Univer
sity o*f Washington Pavilion some
time after his arrival. Anticipating
overflow crowds, the Centennial
Comittee is trying to -arrange for
ou+side screens to televise the gen
eral’s appearance in the pavilion,
Gunn reported.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., (/P)—At
tendants at a funeral home were
a little surprised last night when
a mourner walked up to the casket
and shook hands with the de
c^sed.
La+er, they told police, they
*mmd a $150 lodge ring was miss
el? from a finger of the dead man.