Standards Bureau
Weak Spot In
Atomic Security
WASHINGTON, </P) — A report
blasting the head of the govern
ment’s bureau of standards as
“one of the weakest links in our
atomic security” spurred two Con
gressional committees into action
yesterday.
Dr. Edward U. Condon, the 46
year-old scientist so accused by a
House un-American activi ties
sub-committee, retorted:
“This is gratifying information
because I’m absolutely reliable
and therefore we have nothing to
worry about. The country can re
lax.”
To an accompanying charge that
he “knowingly or unknowingly
entertained and associated” with
alleged Russia spies, Condon com
mented to a reporter:
‘‘That’s just too vague to talk
about. I certainly didn't do it
knowingly.”
The House group contended that
the bureau of standards—as the
testing ground for some of the na
tion’s top secrets—“has become
the target for espionage agents of
numerous foreign powers.”
In its formal report made public
last night, the committee noted
that Condon had been appointed
head of the bureau Nov. 5, 1945,
on the recommendation of Henry
Wallace, then secretary of com
merce.
Discussing communists, the re
port said:
“In this country they haven’t
gotten as far as they did in
Czechoslovakia, but they got pret
ty far, because they got a man as
vice president of the United States,
and he is now their candidate for
President, and he is the same man
who aecommended Dr. Condon as
director of the bureau of stand
ards.”
Word has been received that
E. H. Mahan who left recently
with his wife for a visit in the
States will soon enter the hospital
in Seattle for medical attention.
Clark Andrasan. veteran manu
facturer’s representative for sev
eral lines including Zellerbach Pa
per Co., who has called in at
Nome for many years is now in
town on his regular spring visit.
He plans a trip to Kotzebue before
returning to his headquarters in
Anchorage.
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Dewey Seeks To
Show' Strength
(By Jack Bell)
WASHIN GTON, (/P) — Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey has put his
chips down on three primary bat
tles in an effort to prove his vote
getting ability is not limited to
New York.
Friends here said Dewey's bid
for the GOP Presidential nomina
tion will hinge largely on the re
sults of primaries in New Hamp
shire March 9. Wisconsin April 6
and Oregon May 21.
If the New York governor can
top these three contests, he will
lay claim -to cross-country strength
—in New England, the midwest
and the far west. He will press
this as an argument at the June
convention.
Dewey has given new indica
tions that he intends to fight ac
tively for the nomination. He told
an Albany news conference yes
terday that he hopes to accept
some speaking engagements soon.
None of these, however, is like
ly to take him into either New
Hampshire or Wisconsin before
the vote in those states.
Meanwhile, the name of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower bounced
back into the political talk— this
time as a possible Democratic
Presidential nominee. Eisenhower
last month declared himself out of
the running for the GOP nomina
tion.
But friends who accompanied
Gov. J. Strom Thurmond of South
Carolina to Washington said the
Dixie executive would like to see
the Democrats pick the retired
chief of staff, in preference to
President Truman.
GOOD BASKETBALL GAMES
AT NOME AIR BASE GYM
The Nome High School basket
ball team edged out the 10th Res
cue team by a score of 38 to 37
last Monday evening at the Base
gymnasium. It was a nip and tuck
battle all the way with the Nome
team ending on top.
The U. S. Mercantile basketball
team defeated the 64th Fighter Of
ficers team by a score of 47 to 21
in the second game of the evening.
Town teams will play again at
the Base gymnasium next Mon
day evening.
Albert Chagnon, former Nome
ite, lives at the Savoy Hotel and
enjoys visits from his friends
when in .Seattle.
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Earthquakes Felt
In Diiierent Places
MANILA, OP)—An earthquake
of moderately strong intensity was
felt here and across the South
China Sea at Hong Kong today at
5:13 p.m.
Hong Kong is 800 miles north
west.
The tremor lasted three seconds.
Apparently there were after
shocks, because two moderate
’quakes of twelve and eight sec
onds duration were reported about
the same time from Baguio, north
of Manila.
This city has not suffered
’quake damage since 1937, but has
felt many minor tremors.
CLEVELAND, OP)—A “strong”
earthquake about 5,000 miles to
the northwest was recorded today
on the seismograph at John Car
roll university.
Rev. Henry F. Birkenhauer, di
rector of the observatory, said it
was possible the tremor occurred
in Kamchatka in the vicinity of
Alaska. The first wave was regis
| tered at 1:30 a.m. and a second
wave at 1:39 a.m. Shocks lasted
! for about two hours.
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! Partition Plans
j Seem Stronger
—
(By Larry Hauck)
LAKE SUCCESS, (A3)—Russia’s
| renewed support and a slightly
| stronger American stand bright
ened the prospects today for Pal
estine partition.
A long-awaited Soviet speech
yesterday served to clear the air;
i
and gave security council dele- j
gates something new to discuss at!
j today’s meeting.
I Deputy foreign minister Andrei
! A. Gromyko dodged the issue of I
I sending a United Nations armed |
! force into the Holy Land. He did
accept of portion of the American;
plan supporting the principle of*
partition. He also agreed to Big
Five consultations on the subject
but objected to a U. S. plan for
carrying out the talks.
Gromkyo’s speech was unusu
ally conciliatory. Twice he as
cused the United States of at
tempting to confuse the issue, but
his counter-suggestions appeared
to offer a basis for settlement. He
also omitted previous charges that
the British are obstructing parti
tion. )
The Home Arts Club met at the
home of Mrs. Frank Love for an
interesting meeting and paper pre
pared by Mrs. Frank Bingham on
“Table Service.” Three new mem
bers were welcomd into the group
who were Mrs. Clement Boucher,
Mrs. David Mercer, and Mrs. Elmo
Miller. The club agreed to sell
tickets for the Valdez community j
hospital project.
-r
Mrs. Otis Rank, mother of Ken
Rank of Nome, suffered a frac
tured hip in a fall recently. Mrs.
Rank was recuperating from a
prolonged illness which began
during the Christmas holidays last
year.
The U. S. Commissioner states
that all people holding mining
claims will have to have their as
sessment work done before July
1.
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THE STINGER OF A HONEY
bee continues to bore deeper into
the human skinn after the bee it
self has been pulled away and the
stinger is no longer attached to it,
according to the Encyclopaedia
Britannica.
Wallace Calls
Committee “Low”
NEW YORK, (/P) — Henry A.
Wallace says a House un-Ameri
can activities sub-committee was
“stooping a little low” when it
said the “Communists got a man
as vice-president of the United
States, and he is now their candi
date for President.”
“In other words, the sub-com
mittee is saying that President
Roosevelt was a Communist when
he asked me to run for vice-presi
dent in 1940,” Wallace told a CIO
union convention yesterday.
“I think that’s a little low,” he
declared. “I think that’s a little
lower than the Thomas committee
ordinarily goes.”
The third party White House
aspirant, addressing the national
convention of the left-wing CIO
united office and professional
workers in Brooklyn, blamed
j United States foreign policy for
; the communist coup in Czechoslo
I vakia.
!
Mrs. Ed Hoven. who left Nome
for a visit to her family in Nor
way and other Scandinavian coun
tries returned recently and is now
living in California.
The Fire Department was called
out Monday in answer to an alarm
from the Northern Light and
Power powerhouse at the east end
of town. There was no damage as
the fire was only the exhaust flue
burning out.
“G.I. Jill” Goes
To End Of World
SEATTLE, (/P)—Martha Wiler
son, whose radioed and trans
cribed voice made her known to
thousands of GI’s during World
War II, would travel to the ends
of the earth for a service man.
And that’s what the blonde
charmer from Hollywood will do.
“I’m going to the top of the
world” she exclaimed as she step
ped from a plane yesterday. “The
navy’s going to fly me to Point,
Barrow.”
And so it is. Still tralvelling un
der the name of “GI Jill” for the
armed forces radio service, Miss
Wilkerson will go to Fairbanks, by
Pan American plane today to take
part in Fairbanks’ annual winter
carnival. Thousands of soldiers
stationed near Fairbanks voted
for her presence.
“Then the navy plane will take
me to Point Barrow and I’ll do a
show there for navy and civilian
personnel,” GI Jill explained.
“I just hope they’ve got some
cold weather clothes in my size.”
During her Seattle stop-over,
1 Miss Wilkerson took advantage of
her visit to drive to Madigan gen
eral hospital at Fort Lewis last
night where she entertained men
in the wards.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Adams <for
merly Jennie CorrigaD have an
nounced the birth of a baby daugh
ter, born on Dec. 31 in southern
1 California.
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