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State Dept. Notes
Growing (Coolness
Cliina to Moscow
WASHINGTON, (/P>—The State
Department took note today of re
ports that Red China and Soviet
Russia are drifting apart.
The department’s official bulle
tin, in a review of happenings
behind the iron curtain during
1951, led off with this comment
on China:
“In China, one of the countries
where food production has fallen
off in spite of so-called ‘land
reform,’ mass executions, and the
liquidation of landlords, there are
reports describing a growing cool
ness between Peiping and Mos
cow.”
The department did not en
large on the point but said that
in general 1951 proved to be
an unhappy year behind the iron
curtain.”
“Month after month, and in
country after country, the story
has been the same,” the summary
said. “It is one of increasing dis
satisfaction, unsuccessful repres
sion, new purges, and other forms
of communist frightfulness in the
now-familiar Soviet pattern.
“In the free world, by contrast,
1951 has been a year of rising
strength, rising hope, and rising
production, combining to build
new bulwarks against Soviet ag
gression and promote the cause of
peace.”
Communists Agree To
Allow 25,000 Monthly
Allied Troop Rotation
MUNSAN, Korea, <>P) — Com
munist negotiators in a double re
versal today agreed to the Allied
rotating Of 25,000 troops a month
during an armistice and said
Chinese would join in administer
ing the demilitarized zone.
The Reds balked, however, at
restrains on moving their troops
secretly into threatening concen
trations during an armistice.
Previously the communists had
agreed to rotating only 5,000 U.N.
troops. The Allies are asking for
75,000 a month.
The Reds indicated Tuesday the
Chinese would take no part in
civil administration of the north
ern half of a buffer zone during
an armistice. They reversed it
Wednesday.
All these actions were taken by
staff officers working their way
dowly through an 18-page Allied
draft of a plan for supervising
an armistice.
In a neighboring tent at Pan
munjom, a U.N. spokesman said
a North Korean general showed a
critical and sarcastic interest in
the Allied plan for exchanging
prisoners.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuchols
said the communist negotiator
was “reasonably objective, but it
would be incorrect to say any
measurable progress was being
made.”
MIAMI, Fla., (#*)—The temper
ature dropped to 44 degrees in
Miami today to make this the
coldest Jan. 30 since the weather
bureau began keeping records 41
years ago.
The previous low was 47 in
1940.
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Anchorage Council and
School Board Again
Consider Sales Tax
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — A joint
meeting of the city council and
the school board has been set
for Feb. 6 for consideration of
a sales tax to raise needed city
and school revenue. A major
phase of the tax proposal is whe
ther it should be for the city
only or for the school district,
which embraces heavily popu
lated areas around the city limits.
Previous sales tax proposals
have been defeated at the polls.
They have been adopted in sev
eral other Alaska cities.
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Wife of Pvt. Dixon
Gets Annulment of
Second Marriage
ATLANTA, (/P)—Pvt. Walter B.
Dixon, an “Enoch Arden” of the
Korean war, is alive, a judge
ruled yesterday, and annulled the
second marriage of his pretty,
blonde wife.
Judge E. S. Andrews voided
Mrs. Agnes Dixon Sasser’s mar
riage to Pfc. William Sasser after
deciding that Dixon, first re
ported killed in Korean fighting,
is actually a prisoner of the Chin
ese communists.
The 22-year-old blonde, a civ
ilian employee at Ft. McPher
son near Atlanta, last September
married Sasser, a soldier sta
tioned at the Fort. Dixon was re
ported killed in May, 1951.
Mrs. Dixon received the first
word that her husband was alive
when the communists published
a prisoner-of-war list shortly be
fore Christmas.
Sasser, who previously said he
would step aside if Dixon were
found alive, was not in court.
Mrs. Dixon, gave the court a
telegram from the Defense De
partment which changed her hus
band’s status from “killed in ac
tion” to “prisoner of war.”
Mrs. Dixon has received $10,000
insurance on the life of her first
husband.
Anne Morgan, Daughter
Of J. P., Passes Away
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y., (JP) —
Anne Morgan, philanthropist
daughter of the late multimillion
aire banker J. P. Morgan, died
at her estate here yesterday.
The 78-year-old Miss Morgan,
who devoted most of her life to
charity and philanthropy, suf
fered a stroke four years ago and
never completely regained her
health.
She was the youngest of J. P.
Morgan’s four children.
Miss Morgan, who was bom in
New York, lived on a three mil
lion dollar trust fund. Her father
left a fortune estimated at 100
million dollars when he died in
1913.
LINCOLN MacVEAGH NAMED
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN
WASHINGTON, (^—President
Truman sent to the Senate Tues
day the nomination of Lincoln
MncVeagh to be ambassador to
Spain, succeeding Stanton Griffis,
who resigned last week. Mac
Veagh is now Ambassador to
Portugal.
Mississippi Solon
To Oppose Alaska
Statehood Bill
SEATTLE, (/P) — Senator Sten
nis (D-Miss) said today he plans
to address the Senate, probably
this week, in opposition to state
hood for Alaska.
In fact, he said, he’ll probably
lead crff for the opposition when
the statehood bill is considered in
the Senate.
Stennis was one of the leaders
in opposing Alaska statehood
when the matter was debated in
the Senate in November, 1950.
That was the last time the sub
ject came up in that branch of
Congress.
The government own 99.7 per
cent of all land there, he said,
and in the 85 years Alaska has
been a territory only 1,500 square
miles of its land has passed into
private ownership. This, he said,
is equivalent to about one or two
normal size counties and yet this
area would be entitled to two sen
ators.
He also told a reporter that in
the present emergency he does
not believe that statehood for
Alaska will strengthen the coun
try’s defenses but rather might
weaken them.
Stennis said the basic factors
holding back development of Al
aska are the climate and the haz
ardous living conditions. Congres
sional action cannot change these,
he added.
He said he does not know yet
when he will take the Senate
floor in opposition to the bill.
Dr. Kinsey To Extend
Sex Studies To Japan
TOKYO, (IP) — The Nippon
Times said Monday that Dr. Al
fred Kinsey is planning to ex
tend his sex studies to Japan.
He expressed his intentions, the
paper said, in an exchange of let
ters with Dr. Sen Nagai, profes
sor emeritus of Tokyo University.
Dr. Kinsey was quoted as writ
ing Nagai he was interested in
ascertaining if “the pattern of
sexual response of Japanese fe
males was the same as that of
American females.”
CHILE PLANS PRODUCTION
OF BIG NEWSPRINT MILL
SANTIAGO, Chile, (IP) — The
ministry of economy and com
merce last night announced ap
proval of a project for construc
tion of Chile’s first big newsprint
mill.
Private U.S. investors will fin
ance construction and operation
of the 10-million-dollar plant.
The project was submitted by
the Pacific Industries Develop
ment Corp.
TRUMAN NOMINATES
VON DER HEYDT
D.A. FOR 2nd DIVISION
WASHINGTON, Jan 29—Presi
dent Truman nominated James
von der Heydt United States At
torney for Alaska’s Second Divi
sion yesterday.
Truman also nominated Sidney
Thompson for marshal of the
First Division.
Both nominees were serving
under recess appointments.
Incorporation Proposed
Of South Fairbanks
As “North Pole, Alaska”
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—A move has
been launched for the incorpor
ation of the area known as South
Fairbanks with the new name
“North Pole, Alaska.”
It is an unimproved area out
side the Fairbanks city limits,
part of the mushroom growth
during the area’s military con
struction boom. A community
rally for the move was told the
name “North Pole, Alaska” would
be of economic value in business
and as a postmark, especially at
the Christmas season.
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Air Force Chief
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Says Red Bombers
Could Hit U.S.
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Gen.
Hoyt S. Vandenberg, chief of the
U.S. Air Force, said today Russia
is putting “a vast effort” behind
building her long - range bomber
force.
In - an interview in Aviation
Age, a trade and technical maga
zine, Vandenberg also said no
thing has yet been developed, or
is in sight, in the form of guided
missiles to entirely replace piloted
aircraft.
Vandenberg said that while
Russia’s known designs in long
range bombers “appear to have
lagged behind our own,” the Rus
sians have displayed a bomber
larger than the B-29 but smaller
than the B-36. This bomber could
have a radius of action extending
from Soviet bases deep into the
United States, he said.
The general also said it is true
the Soviet air force is getting val
uable information “and perhaps
experience” from the use of So
viet weapons in Korea.
“At least in the category of the
jet interceptor they have solved
many of the important problems
of both design and large scale
production,” Vandenberg said.
76,000 Acres On Tumagain
Arm Made Available For
Homes or Business Sites
ANCHORAGE, (JP) — The Bu
reau of Land Management has
announced about 76,000 acres
have been eliminated from the
Chugach National Forest and will
be made available for home and
business sites.
Officials said the action is de
signed to encourage settlement
and development in favorable
areas along the Anchorage-Sew
ard highway. The land involved
extends for 19 miles along the
north shore of Turnagain Arm.
HULL CRACK DEVELOPS IN
FREIGHTER ALASKAN CEDAR
SEATTLE, (/P)_ The freighter
Alaskan Cedar was anchored in
the Bella Bella, B.C., harbor Wed
nesday after a hull crack devel
oped on an Alaska-to-Seattle run.
Ocean Tow, Inc., of Seattle,
owner of the motorship, reported
it was not taking water.
The Alaskan Cedar was return
ing empty from an Alaskan trip.
Aboard are Capt. Hansnandal,
the skipper, and a crew of 27.
Tells of Excessive
Overtime Paid
By Cost-Plusers
LOS ANGELES, </P) — The
labor market in southern Nevada
has been disrupted by excessive
overtime paid by cost-plus con
tractors at the Atomic Energy
Commission’s test site, an AEC
dispute panel has been told.
The panel is hearing a protest
by the McNeil Contracting Ccf.,
against cancellation of its $661,000
contract for construction on the
site. The AEC says the fixed-fee
contract was voided because Mc
Neil failed to finish the job on
time. McNeil says it was unable
to finish because Haddock-Engi
neers, Inc., with a cost-plus con
tract, “pirated” its labor.
Bruce McNeil testified that a
cement foreman who earned a
maximum of $245 a week with
him received a maximum of $641
a week from Haddock.
In a three-month period, Mc
Neil said, he had to hire 119 car
penters Jo keep 23 on the job.
According to other testimony,
Haddock paid common laborers as
much as $250 weekly and plumb
ers as much as $756, some of them
amassing more than 200 hours of
overtime in a week.
Paul B. Young, president of
Haddock, has declined to com
ment on the case.
Bankruptcy Trustees Want
To Recover Money From
Dem. National Chairman
PHILADELPHIA, (/P) — The
name of Frank McKinney, Demo
cratic national chairman, never
appeared in the books of the Em
pire Tractor Corp., of Philadel
phia, Frank Cohen, promoter of
the defunct firm testified yester
day.
But, McKinneV, who has ack
nowledged making $68,000 on a
$1,000 common stock investment
in the firm, was definitely the
owner of the stock, Cohen told
the referee in a bankruptcy hear
ing.
The hearing was requested by
bankruptcy trustees who wish to
determine whether profits made
by McKinney, Frank M. McHale,
Democratic national committee
man from Indiana, and others,
are recoverable in any way.
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B-36 Burns At Fairchild
AF Base At Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash., {JP) — An
Air Force B-36 bomber under
going a check with manufactur
er’s representatives aboard, burn
ed near the runway at Fairchild
Air Force base Tuesday night.
None of the 12 persons aboard
were injured.
Air Force officers said the huge
plane skidded into deep snow at
the side of the runway. Flames
broke out on one wing and
quickly spread
A board of officers named by
the Air Force immediately started
an investigation of the accident.
Representatives of Consolidated
Vultee Corp., were aboard the
plane checking personnel on fly
ing procedures, officois said.