OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. LII. No. 140 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1950_ Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF !
PITTSBURGH, (/P)—The annu
al football battle between Penn
State and the University of Pitts
burgh, scheduled for Saturday,
was postponed until today because
of the 16-inch snow.
DENVER, (/P) — Mrs. Robert
Fitzgerald told police that while
she was cooking dinner in her
kitchen on South Franklin Street
Friday night, a nude man ran in,
kissed her and ran out.
She said she was too surprised
to mcrve but did note the man
was “clean cut and youthful look
ing.”
NEW ORLEANS (/P)—Kentucky
and Oklahoma are already in the
1951 Sugar Bowl as far as New
Orleans is concerned—the an
nouncement promised by the Sug
ar Bowl for 5 p.m. Saturday would
just make it official.
The Sugar Bowl hasn’t let any
thing out about the teams it is
eyeing, but that hasn’t bothered
New Orleans a bit.
They’re sure Kentucky will be
named unless Cotton Bowl bound
Tennessee hands then a one-sided
licking. In that case, unbeaten but
once-tied Clemson would come
into the picture.
LOS ANGELES, (/P)—Canadian
National Defense Minister Brooke
Claxton and Air Marshal Wilfred
A. Curtis believe that a new Ca
nadian engine may be the most
powerful yet developed.
They headed a delegation here
Friday to see tests of the new en
gine in the North American F-86
Sable fighter for the Canadian
Air Force.
The Canadian mission is tour
ing West Coast military bases and
air-craft plants. About 7,000 Ca
nadian soldiers are in training at
Fort Lewis, Wash.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., (/P)—Second
Lt. John C. Trent, 23-year-old
captain of West Point’s unbeaten,
untied 1949 football squad, has
been killed in Korea.
A defense department telegram
was received by his parents here
Friday saying the former United
States military academy end was
killed Nov. 15, three days after he
landed with the Tihrd Division’s
15th Infantry regiment.
IRVINGTON, N. J. (/P) —Take
the word of one local dealer,
things are tough in the used car
business. He confined his adver
tising Saturday to a brief news
paper notice: “Reward—$10 to
anyone who bring in a prospect
who buys a used car.”
BURLINGTON, Vt. (/P) — Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Quinn came up
with this name for their baby girl
born at the height of the storm:
Gale.
ROSS, Calif. (/F)—Jane Frances
Brice, last granddaughter of Fran
cis Scott Key, who wrote the
“Star Spangled Banner,” died
yesterday. She was 90.
LONDON, (JP) — Fog thick as
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Do Your Christmas Shopping Early!!
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By Dorothy Roe
(/P) Newsfeatures Writer
This year you will do well to
heel that well-worn phrase—“Do
your Christinas shopping early.”
Also you might as well be pre
pared to spend more than you ex
pect on that Christmas list.
Shorages and higher prices are
slated in many gift lines—espe
cially much things as metal toys,
household appliances, and me
chanical gadgets.
Wide Selections
I
Early birds, however, will find
the gift selection dazzling and am
ple. Late comers may have to take
what they .can get.
In the field of toys, Santa’s
helpers have outdone themselves
this year in thinking up new de
vices ta delight the small fry.
Top favorites on the “want”
list for both boys and girls is cow
boy equipment. The small cow
boys in the country would make a
j foridable army if gathered in one
camp. And the things they want
i include: cowboy hats, shirts,
| chaps, guns, lassos and boots. All
1 these are to be found on the front
I
counter of every toy store or
j sporting goods store, usually pric
ed within the average budget.
An outgrowth of the cowboy
craze is the ukelele fad. Plastic
ukeleles, which come with books
of instructions and cowboy songs,
are likely to prove one of the most
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popular items in Santa's pack this
; year.
I
Wonder Dolls
In the doll category, sotence
j has worked new wonders this
year, so that the Christmas doll
of 1950 walks, talks, cries, wets,
drinks from a glass, blows bub
bles, kicks its feet, changes ex
pression and kisses back. Some
have almost-human plastic skin,
others are equipped with voice
and conversation. One doll has a
blank face cm which the small
owner may draw any expression
she fancies.
A plastic electric organ is a new
items in the gift pack—plays just
like a real one, costs enough to
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COWPUNCHING CHRISTMAS . . . The Wild West as an inspira
tion for gifts is more popular than ever with youngsters this year.
be a major present.
The new toys are highly ca
reer-conscious, also. The future
architect may build model cities
with new toys including modern
urban plans; the home-maker can
furnish her own house cm a floor
plan drawn to scale; junior engin
eers may practice with stream
lined Diesel engines; future warri
ors may play with top jet planes.
The newest chemistry set includes
a Geiger mounter, and there’s a
banker’s safe that works.
In the adult gift categories,
. prices again will be higher than
| last year in almost all fields. If j
1 you’re planning to give Pop a new ]
car for Christmas you’d better or
der it now. The same is true of
Mom’s deep-freeze or vacuum
cleaner.
Luxury gifts will be plentiful
but far from thrifty. Furs, jewelry
and luggage can be had—at a
price.
Sheer nylon lingerie, highly
styled and frilly, probably will be
the top item on Mom’s hinting
list again this year. N^lon stock
ings are always a safe bet. And
cashmere sweaters for all the
family are available in new colors
and styles, priced about the same
as last year, or in some cases a
little less.
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High Winds, Heavy
I Snow, Bitter Cold
Strike States
j (By The Associated Press)
Winter struck a large part of
the country with cold fury Sat
urday, setting bitter records.
Winds of hurricane force blast
ed Metropolitan New York, sweep
ing sea water at least one mile in
land at one spot. Chilling temper
atures seeped into Southern States
and wind-driven snow virtually
paralyzed Pittsburgh.
Winds up to 76 miles an hour of
hurricane force, were reported in
New York The howling wind
tumbled houses and knocked over
trees as it whipped inland from
the sea. Ten persons were rescued
from seaside homes. Others in the
Staten Island area were ordered
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! Civilian Defense
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Committees Named
Following up the appointment
of the Mayor, Steve Andersen by
the Governor erf Alaska as Civil
ian Defense chairman of Nome,
the Chambe rof Commerce ap
pointed a general committee to
get the program under way.
Chairman of this committee is
Ted Duffield, assisted by John
MeNees, H. F. Harper, D. Hurl
bert and Jim McLain, who have
been busy gathering data and ma
terial on Civilian Defense plans
for Nome met Friday evening at
the home of Mayor Steve Ander
son, and laid out the formal pre
liminary plans for the forthcom
ing program.
The following committee was
named who will meet this week
to make and approve a permanent
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Truman Will Seek
Passage Of Alaska
Statehood Bill
WASHINGTON, (jP) — Senate
Democratic leader Lucas announc
ed after a conference with Presi
dent Truman today that the ad
ministration will seek passage of
a statehood bill for Alaska as its
first order of business in the short
session.
He said that if this measure can
be passed over admittedly stiff
opposition it will be followed by
a second bill to provide statehood
for Hawaii. v
Meanwhile, President Truman
drafted a formal letter to Vice
President Barkley asking immedi
ate , passage of both bills in the
interest of national defense.
i
Yesterday Delegate Farrington
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Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
Saturday, November 25, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
A tank-led task force of the U.
S. 24th Division captured the
nortwest Korean city of Chongju
without a fight today and other
units of the United Nations offen
sive in the northwest rolled ahead
toward the Manchurian border.
But the extreme right flank was
pushed back by counterattacking
Reds.
After taking Chongju, communi
cations and high way center on
the main road to the border city
of Sinuiju, the 24th Division force
moved on two miles. Chongju is
51 road miles south of Sinuiju
border gateway for Chinese com
munists entering North Korea.
Gains during the second day of
the end-the-war offensive ranged
up to six miles on a winding 80
mile front strentching intend from
the Yellow Seo 40 to 60 miles
south of the Yalu River boundary.
Theer was only one setback on the
entire front as the war entered its
sixth month.
On the 24th Division’s right
flank, the big push faltered. A
counterattacking Red regiment
shoved the Republic of Korea
(ROK) Eighth Division back six
miles to a point near zongun, 22
miles east of Tokchom.
The South Koreans were head
ing for the Euiho dam on the
Yalu upstream from Sinuiju. The
dam—fourth largest in the world
—supplies hydro-electric power
for most of Manchuria and North
Korea. The greatest Red resist
ance is expected in this sector.
B-29 superfortresses and Allied
fighter planes increased their
thunderous assault, while U. S.
Marine and carrier-based planes
supported the ROK Capital Divi
sion and other U. N. forces in the
northeast.
Elements of the 24th Division,
advancing west of Pakchon, re
ported destroying a Stalin III
tank, a Russian-built monster
weighing nearly 60 tons. It was
the largest tank yet seen in the
war. Allied forces previously have
encountered only the T-34 medi
um tank.
In the north central sector, U. S.
First Marine Division patrols
reached the northeastern tip of
the Changjin reservoir.
At Lake Success, the United
Nations security council prepared
to grapple with the Formosan and
Korean problems ns the Chinese
communist delegation waited to
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SHOPPING DAYS
TIU CHRISTMAS