_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. Lli. No. 105 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1950_Per Copy—15c
, NEWS IN BRIEF
BRUNSWICK, Me., (/P)—Presi
dent Truman is thinking of asking
one or two Republicans to serve
in his cabinet, according to re
ports heard by Senator Brewster
(R.-Me.)
Brewster said Monday night
^ * that the men reported under con
sideration “have been defeated for
public office and would not have
the confidence of the people.”
He said that one of the two re
ported under consideration is
John Foster Dulles, Republican (
adviser to the state department.
Dulles lost a Senatorial bid in
New York last year after serving
the unexpired term of Senator
Wagner <D.-N. YJ
POHANG, Korea, (TP)—Ameri
ca's most powerful tank—the 45
ton Patton—has been thrown into
action on the northeastern front in
Korea.
This is America’s best answer
to the Russian-made T-34 that the
North Koreans are using.
The Patton’s unannounced ap
pearance is only one of a number
of surprises which the Red enemy
can expect as the mushrooming
power of the United Nations forces
swings around the decisive corner
from defense to offense.
Basically the Patton is a mobile,
souped-up 90-millimeter gun that
walks on wider treads than other |
American tanks and resembles
the older Pershing tank in sil
houette. It has a more powerful
engine than the Pershing.
SEATTLE, (TP)—More than 500
persons were killed in violent ac
cidents over the Labor Day holi
day—one of the biggest tolls on
record.
Traffic fatalities were under j
the predicted total, but as usual ;
the heaviest toll was in motor
mishaps.
MOSCOW, (/P)—Soviet foreign
minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky will
head the Soviet delegation to the
United Nations general assembly
opening in New York Sept. 19, the
government disclosed yesterday, i
The foreign affairs ministry ap-!
plied for a United States visa for|
Vishinsky.
CHICAGO, f/P)—Mosquitoes die
of sore throats.
That’s what happens to them
when you spread oils on stagnant
waters where skeeter larvae live.
They don’t die of suffocation, as
commonly supposed, Dr. H. H.
Stage of the U. S. Dept, of Agri
culture tol dthe American Chemi-,
cal Society yesterday.
Volatile gases in the oils pene- j
trate the throats oi tracheal tissue j
of the larvae and poison them, he i
said. The more volatile the oils,;
the more lethal they are.
SEATTLE, (JP) — Alexie Pitka, ’
who killed a full-grown bear in j
central Alaska with a knife and
j
lived to tell of it, arrived here
Monday to enter the U. S. Indian
Service hospital at Tacoma.
The incident occurred nearly I
‘ three months ago. The 65-year-old
Indian still needs treatment for|
(Continued on Page Three)
“Miss Alaska” To Atlantic City
»
Atlantic City had a new thrill when “Miss Alaska,” in the
person of Maxine Cothern of the University of Alaska Extension
Service arrived there on September 4 to be the first representative
of the Territory ever to appear in the Beauty Pageant.
Maxin is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 118 pounds, hips 34, waist
24, bust 34, age 23. She is a brunette with dark brown eyes.
Miss Cothern was born in Portales, New Mexico, and attend
ed Iowa State College for three years. She came to Juneau in 1947,
worked for the Army in Skagway before coming to Fairbanks.
Should she win the coveted Miss America title, she would
receive a $5,000 university scholarship and Fairbanks would win
$1,000 as her sponsor.
Charges Secy. Of
Interior Was Once
A Communist
(By G. Milton Kelly)
WASHINGTON, f/P)—A charge
that secretary of interior Oscar L.
Chapman was once closely allied
with “the Russian Soviet cause,”
appeared headed today for an
early Senate investigation.
Sen ator Schoeppel (R.-Kas.)
made the accusation in a Senate
speech last night. He said the cab
inet officer had associated with
communist front groups and may
have left them only “to preserve
his official position.”
Schoeppel coupled his attack on
Chapman with a broadside against
persons pressing for* Statehood for
Alaska. He said he favors state
hood for both Alaska and Hawaii
“but not as adjuncts of the depart
ment of interior. I do not want to
wake up and find a so-called
American Quisling doing a job
that might be serving the purposes
of Soviet Russia.”
Senator O’Mahoney (D.-Wyo.)
announced he would order an im
mediate inquiry by the Senate in
terior committee he heads. Chap
man, he added, is “anxious” to
(Continued on Page Five)
i
Russian Plane
Attacks U. N. Navy;
Allies Shoot Down
WASHING TON, (/P) — The
United States yesterday declared
I that a bomber marked with the
Red Star of Russia was shot down
after attacking United Nations na
val forces off Korea.
In an unusual flurry of post
midnight activity, the state de
partment called the incident to
the attention of the U. N., under
whose flag U. S. and other forces
are fighting off the communist in
vasion of South Korea/
It was the first time this gov
ernment has charged direct Rus
sian participation in the fighting
around Korea.
(In Tokyo, both British and
American officials said they knew
nothing of the official announce
ment in Washington, A British
aircraft carrier and supporting
units are operating off the Korean
west coast, but British naval offi
cials said the incident had not
been reported to Tokyo.)
The state department said that
one body had been recovered from
the twin-engined bomber and that
it had been identified from papers
(Continued on Page Three)
Statehood Bills
May Be Debated
“Late Next Week”
WASHINGTON, (iP)-^President
Truman today entered the fight to
obtain Senate passage of Alaskan
and Hawaiian statehood 'bills be
fore adjournment of this session
of Congress.
E. L. Bartlett, Delegate from
Alaska, and Joseph Farrington,
Delegate from Hawaii, announced
Mr. Truman’s decision following
a call at the White House.
They said the Prseident assured
J them he will “use every possible
influence” to get a vote before ad
journment.
They told newsmen Mr. Tru
man authorized them to make the
j statement.
Both statehood bills have passed
the House.
The two Delegates said Mr. Tru
man assured them that he would
get in touch with administration
leaders in advance of a meeting
of the Senate Democratic policy
committee, which will decide whe
ther to press for Senate action.
The President, Farrington said,
“feels it is vital to the war effort
and our position in the Pacific
that this recognition be extended
to the people in our Pacific out
posts of Hawaii and Alaska.”
Farrington said Mr. Truman
felt that the burden of the fight
ing in Korea “has fallen heavily
(Continued on Page Four)
President Rotary
International
Visits Nome
Arthur Lagueux
Last evening, Rotarians and
their ladies gathered at the Bering
Sea Club for a dinner honoring
Arthur Lagueux, President of Ro
tary International and his wife
from Quebec.
Toastmaster and President Don
ald Lyle introduced the guest in
well chosen words of welcome and
appreciation for coming to Nome
and spending more time in Nome
than in any other Rotarian town
in Alaska.
Arthur Lagueux, whose native
language is French, responded in
excellent English, expressing the
principles of Rotary, not as a Ca
nadian, but as a man who sees no
(Continued on Page Seven)
Korean Situation
At A Glance - - ■
Saturday, September 2, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
Reinforced U. S. 25th Division
hurls two communist divisions
across the Nam River. U. N. forces
reported seizing the initiative
along the whole 120-mile bridge
head. U. S. Second Division re
captures burning Yongsang, are
pushes one mile further west.
South Koreans claim communists
are retreating north of Pohang
port. Reds reported massing tanks
near Chongsan for another pow
erblow at Taegu.
Okinawa-based superforts take
part for the second time in tactical
support of ground forces. The
crews report excellent results in
slamming 200 tons of bombs at
enemy in clear weather on central
and south fronts. Japan-based
fighters and light bombers also
gave close support of U. N. ground
troops claiming heavy enemy cas
ualties.
President Truman in Washing
ton in a nationwide address de
i dares the communist gains in Ko
rea have reached their peak and
predicted the invaders will be
crushed. The President announces
U. S. fighting strength will be up
ped from 1,500,000 to 3,000,000. He
warns the nation of hard work
and sacrifice ahead.
Tuesday, September 5. 1950
At least 30,000 tank-led com
munist troops cracked the north
eastern Allied wall in South Ko
rea today, threatening to force
United Nations withdrawal all
along the northern front.
Allied troops dug in on high
ground opposite a deep commun
ist salient in an attempt to thwart
the North Korean bid to seize con
trol of the strategic roads which
could put the Reds in position to
attack westward at Taegu, main
Allied forward base, or southward
at Pusan, the last-ditch supply
base.
Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters
admitted that the Red break
through in the eastern sector
posed a serious threat. Red mortar
fire already was falling on Yong
chon, road /junction town 20 miles
east of Taegu.
Elsewhere on the 120-mile bat
tle perimeter, the Allies held their
ground. Americans gained and
then lost a stronghold 12 miles
north of Taegu, but on the Nak
tong River front to the south, U.
S. Marines advanced two miles
against stiffening resistance. On
the extreme southern front U. S.
troops mopped up remnants of a
trapped Red force.
In today’s fighting counterat
tacking U. S. and Southern Kore
an troops checked one North Ko
rean prong of the eastern sector
attacking five miles north of
Kyongju, a highway junction
south of the bypassed port of Po
hang. Another communist column
however, punched toward Yong
chon, a main highway junction 20
miles east of Taegu.
Capture of this point would put
the Reds in a position * to strike
westward toward Taegu, 20 miles
(Continued on Page Two)