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VOL. LIII No. 125 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OBCTOBER 22, 1951 Per Copy—15*
Gen. Clark Named
U.S. Ambassador
To Vatican City
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman, Saturday, nominated
General Mark W. Clark to be the
v first United States ambassador to
Vatican City.
The President’s action, if ap
proved, means the United States
will have a full ranking ambassa
dor at the Vatican for the first
time in history.
Myron C. Taylor, New York fin
ancier, was a special representa
tive of the President to the Vati
% can for several years, but re
signed some time ago. He did not
have regular ambassadorial
status.
Since Taylor stepped out var
ious Protestant church organiza
tions have urged the President
not to reappoint a special repre
sentative.
The President made no state
ment in connection with the nom
ination, which came without ad
vance public word of any such
move.
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Protestants Argue Against
Establishment Diplomatic
Relations With Vatican
WASHINGTON, (JP) — A wave
of protest against President Tru
man’s decision to enter regular
diplomatic relations with the
Vatican promised today to touch
off a heated battle when Con
gress reconvenes.
There was little if any criti
cism of the President’s selection
* of Gen. Mark Clark as ambassa
dor to the Roman Catholic Church
4 State. The protests, some of them
from the pulpit, were from Pro
testants who argued that the es
tablishment of diplomatic rela
tions violates the constitutional
injunction that church and state
shall be separate.
Three-Year-Old Shoots
Brother and Mother
At Western Movie
LOS ANGELES, (tf») — Police
* officer Andrew J. Bacquet, 32,
was attending a western movie at
i a drive-in theater with his family.
The roar of the cowboy-actors’
guns was deafening. Suddenly
Bacquet’s wife stumbled from the
rear seat moaning:
“The baby’s dead—I’m hurt.”
Bacquet’s 3-year-old son, Ron
ald, had climbed back into the
* rear seat of the car and found
his father’s service revolver.
Holding it in both hands, he
^pulled the trigger.
The bullet passed through the
back of his 4-month-old brother
Mark and lodged in his mother’s
abdomen. The baby was dead on
^arrival at a hospital. Mrs. Bac
quet was in critical condition.
LARCHMONT, N.Y., (^)-Two
six-year-old boys tied a rope
around their waists and pulled it
■taut between them yesterday as
they stood on opposite sides of
the street.
/ A cab came along and hit the
rope. The children were thrown
to the pavement. John H. Ed
wards, Jr., was killed. His friend,:
Shajim Akhavi, suffered a frac
tured skull.
Bulldozer Blade Smashes
Truck, Killing 9 Persons
CASA GRANDE, Ariz., (ff) —
The projecting edge of a knife
like bulldozer blade slashed ac
ross a truck carrying 19 Papago
Indians, killing nine and injuring
four.
The 3,600-pound blade was
being hauled on the back of a
flatbed trailer. The accident oc
curred Saturday night on a bridge
16 miles south of here.
One victim, a 16-year-old girl,
was cut in two at the waist.
Leon W. Joquin, 20-year-old
Papago Indian, gave this descrip
tion of the accident:
“There was a big crash, a lot
of scraping and then a lot of
screams.”
i
Gen. Collins Tours
Indochina Fighting Front
SAIGON, Indochina, (/P)—Gen.
J. Lawton Collins U. S. Army
chief of staff, arrived today for a
three-day tour of Indochina fight
ing fronts and conferences with
French and Vietnamese officials
on progress of the war against
the communist-led Vietminh.
His trip to this strategic south
; east Asian country is accepted
here as another indication of
steadily broadening American
support and concern for the
French - Vietnamese war effort
against Ho Chi Minh’s Soviet
recognised regime.
(LAB Cancellation
Of ATA Permit
Under Senate Fire
WASHINGTON, \JP)—A federal
| order cancelling the permit of an
independent airline to fly a route
to Alaska came under fire in the
Senate Saturday.
Senator Sparkman (D-Ala),
1 chairman of the Senate Small
Business Committee which is in
vestigating the 'Civil Aeronautics
Board told the Senate the CAB
had “erred” in judgment when it
made the order.
He joined Senator Morse (D
Ore) in a renewal of accusations
that CAB at times has applied
“strangulation regulations” to in
dependent air lines.
Sparkman named the line in
question as Air Transport Associ
ates. Morse said the permit can
cellation was part of a CAB pro
gram to “eliminate the indepen
dent air lines” and had caused
“great upset” to the business life
at Anchorage and other Alaska
cities.
Morse asked Sparkman whe
ther he feared CAB might get
tougher with the independents
while Congress is out of session. !
Sparkman told Morse he has
instructed the committee staff to
“keep in touch” with CAB af
fairs while Congress is away.
Venezuela Has Second
Revolt In Nine Days
CARACAS, Venezuela, (/P) —
Venezuela’s military government
put down the second unsuccessful
revolt in nine days yesterday. It!
announced that one person was
killed, two were wounded and 40
taken prisoner in a dawn rebel
attack on an officer’s training
school near Caracas.
AEC Announces
Explosion, May Be
Baby A-Weapon
LAS VEGAS, Nev., (ff) — The
Atomic Energy Commission an
nounced that it set off a nuclear
explosion at its Yucca Flat test
site shortly after 6 a.m. today. It
was not visible nor was it felt in
Las Vegas, 75 miles away.
The explosion came just as a
bright sun was rising over the
mountains to the east, and this
may have had something to do
with the inability of observers to
see a flash to the northwest.
It was the sixth atomic blast in
Nevada. Five others were set off
at the AEC proving ground near
here last winter, all before dawn.
All were brilliantly visible for
hundreds of miles.
The absence of anjr flash would
seem to confirm speculation that
the AEC has developed a smaller
nuclear weapon. Speculation on
such weapons has included artil
lery-type shells and guided mis
siles with atomic-warheads.
This, however, was a stationary
or fixed - point detonation and
would indicate that the atomic
scientists have developed what
might be termed a baby A-bomb.
Egypt Moves
Toward War
Mobilization
By FRED J. ZUSY
CAIRO, </P)—Egypt, her forces
reportedly moving rapidly toward
mobilization on a war basis, ac
cused Britain anew today of “acts
of aggression.” Britain sent fresh
troops into the disputed Suez
Canal zone and Cairo newspapers
said an Egyptian guerrilla move
ment was forming to drive the
Britons out.
Egypt’s government sent a new
note from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs to the British embassy,
accusing the British of “new acts
of aggression.” It said:
“Not satisfied with defying the
feelings of the civil population,
British authorities in the Canal
Zone wish also' to provoke the
Egyptian army, which thus far
has avoided all cause for friction.”
A British spokesman said the
British Royal Navy now was con
trolling movements of shipping in
the Suez area and carrying sup
plies for Briton’s guarding the
strategic 104-mile canal, vital link
in the Commonwealth’s lifeline.
40,000 Tons War-Wrecked
Alaska Shipping To Be
Offered For Salvage
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The De
fense Department estimated to
day the armed forces are contri
buting annually about a quarter
billion tons of scrap iron and steel
badly needed in the nation’s war
expanded steel industry. More is
being sought.
Along the eastern seaboard is
an estimated 105,000 tons of scrap
in ship wrecks, which will be of
fered for private salvage. The
same offers are being made for
40,000 tons of w^r-wrncved ship
ping alon* M'’'-1 *'*' ro^s*.
Reveal Daring Task Force
Capture of Russian MIG
WASHINGTON, (jP) — Com
munist soldiers and airmen
fought for two days in a vain at
tempt to keep Allied naval forces
from capturing a downed MIG-15
fighter, now providing the United
States with secrets of the Russian
made jets.
This was disclosed today in an
official account by the Defense
Department and Far East naval
forces of the capture of the MIG
last July by a daring naval sea
air task force which went 100
miles into enemy territory to get
the plane from shallow water
near Hamshon on the west coast
of North Korea.
Expect Resume Korean
Truce Talks Tomorrow
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, (,/P)—Korean
truce talks are expected to re
sume tomorrow or Wednesday.
Liaison officers today com
pleted an agreement for reopen
ing negotiations after a two
month break. The United Na
tions command promptly ratified
it.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuchols,
spokesman for the U.N. command
said if Red approval is received
tomorrow morning, delegations
may well agree on initiating the
sessions tomorrow afternoon.”
The two five-man negotiating
committees will meet in a faded
yellow tent at Panmunjom, mid
way between opposing front lines.
They will take up right where
they left off at Kaesong—on the
question of where to create a
demilitarized zone for the armis
tice. The Reds suspended the
Kaesong talks Aug. 23.
Elizabeth and Philip
In Victoria, B.C.
VICTORIA, B.C., (A*)—Another
round of official inspections, fol
lowed by three days of welcome
rest, were on the schedule today
| for Princess Elizabeth and Prince
Philip.
The royal couple, nearing the
halfway mark of the cross-Can
ada junket, arrived here from
Vancouver yesterday aboard the
Canadian destroyer Crusader.
Staid Victoria abandoned its
traditional reserve to welcome
the princess and prince. Guns
boomed salutes as the destroyer
sailed into the harbor. A crowd
of 15,000 jammed the waterfront
to cheer the royal party as it
debarked.
Odds Against Labor
Winning British Election
Reduced To 5 to 2
LONDON, {A3) — The betting
odds against a Labor government
victory in Thursday’s national el
ection were shaved to 5 to 2 to
day. This was the price quoted
by a leading London handbook
which one week ago was willing
to give 7 to 2 that Prime Minister
Attlee and his followers would
not be returned to office.
Odds against Winston Churchill
and his Conservatives lengthened
slightly this morning to 1 to 4. A
week ago they were 2 to 9 in the
betting.
President Signs
New Tax Bill,
Effective Nov. 1
WASHINGTON, (A5) — Higher
taxes on income and many things
people buy will go into effect
Nov. 1. They are included in the
next tax act expected ta increase
the federal revenue by $5,691,
000,000 a year.
In signing the tax bill Satur
day, President Truman said this
is not enough and he will call
on Congress in January to im
prove the tax laws.
Mr. Truman had asked for
$10,000,000,000 in new revenue.
He signed the measure calling for
a lesser amount, he said, not be
cause it is a good bill but because
“we badly need these revenues
to help pay for the strong de
fenses we are building.”
The measure provides for in
dividual tax boosts ranging from
11 to 12 per cent for most tax
payers; excise (sales) tax in
creases on a long list of items in
cluding liquor, gasoline and
household appliances, and bigger
taxes for corporations.
Mr. Truman criticized provi
I sions in the law which he said
give wealthy persons new chances
for escaping their share of the
tax load “through such devices as
excessively liberal ‘capital gains*
provisions, family partnerships,
and excessive depletion allow
ances on oil and gas and certain
mineral properties.”
FOOTBALL SCORES
(By the Associated Press)
FAR WEST
Illinois 27—Washington 20
Southern Cal 21—California 14
Stanford 21—Santa Clara 14
Washington State 26 — Oregon
State 13
UCLA 41—Oregon 0
SOUTHWEST
Texas Christian 20 — Texas
A & M 14
Oklahoma 33—Kansas 21
Rice 28—Southern Methodist 7
MIDWEST
Northwestern 16—Navy 7
Michigan 21—Iowa 0
Notre Dame 33—Pittsburgh 0
Indiana 32—Ohio State 10.
SOUTH
LSU 7—Georgia 0
Kentucky 35—Villanova 13
Mississippi 25—Tulane 6
- Virginia 34—VMI 14
Duke 55—VPI 6
Georgia Tech 27—Auburn 7
EAST
San Francisco 32—Fcrrdham 26
Penn 28—Columbia 13
Princeton 60—Lafayette 7
Carnegie Tech 39—Allegheny 0
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TO THE CITIZENS OF NOME
The Honorable Joseph W. Ke
hoe, as acting governor, has re
quested me to have a drive for
clothing for Korean refugees.
In compliance with his request,
I ask that anyone caring to do
nate good, clean, used clothing
for ih?s purpose, may do so by
leaving them in the council cham
ber of the city hall.
Nome always has and will now,
I am sure, do its share in this
worthy cause.
Chas. D. Jones,
Mayor, City of Nome.