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Nome, Alaska, Monday, February 4, 1952
OBSTACLE COURSE
.ELECTION
, year
UNIVERSAL
military
TRAINING
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NEW UMT PLAN VIOLATES PURPOSE
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No political realist imagined that UMT was going
to have an easy time in Congress in a year when the
lawmakers must face mothers, fathers and service
eligible youngsters of voting age at the polls.
It has been hoped, nevertheless, that enough leg
islators would hear the call of statesmanship to insure
the prompt enactment of this vital defense measure.
First reactions in the new session do not encourage
this hope.
Already there is talk of a limp compromise: the
proposal that for the first year of a UMT program the
projected 60,000 trainees be drawn from volunteers.
The very essence of any sound military training
program is that the burden of service shall fall fairly
upon all young men.
Deferment for good reason may play some part
in the plan, but exemption — complete freedom from
service — has no proper place.
To inaugurate a UMT plan with a call for volun
teers is therefore a total violation of the spirit and
purpose of the program.
It puts a premium upon the man who does not
choose to offer his services, bestowing special favor on
him at the expense of his volunteering comrade.
If, in spite of all, Congress should initiate the
program on a volunteer basis, it will amount to the
lawmakers saying:
“We do not have the nerve to put this plan into
effect on a compulsory footing, as it should be. There
fore, we are risking damage to the whole UMT concept
by asking for volunteers this first year.”
The wise and brave course is admittedly difficult
for a politician to follow. The average congressman’s
mail undoubtedly is running heavily against UMT.
But most of those who write are not thinking of
the welfare and safety of their country. They are
simply thinking of themselves.
. . . The people are sick of the deficit spending on
welfare programs which are used to bolster up a false
economy that is termed as a “great prosperity” by the
national administration, but which folks are beginning
to realize leads only down the socialistic path to federal
bankruptcy
K ‘ * -1 KNOX (INDIANA) STARKE CO. RBPURUCAN
Soldiers Flee Fire,
Endure 20 Below
Without Clothes
FAIRBANKS, (/F)— Four ser
vicemen fled almost naked from
their burning barracks in the Al
aska wilderness and survived 36
lours in 20 below zero weather
and a 50 mile gale.
Recovering from their ordeal at
the Ladd Air Force Base Satur
day, they told of huddling to
gether in an unheated shack un
der tattered blankets and scraps
of canvas until rescue came. A
helicopter saw their signal for
help in the trampled snow.
“I’m probably the only man who
ever tramped an SOS in the snow
with his bare feet,” Corp. Delroy
Cady said
“We didn’t have enough clothes
to make us decent, let alone
warm,” Corp. Royce Henry added.
Their companions were Corp.
Hazel George and Sgt. Everett
Lapierre. None of the men suf
fered ill effects.
They were manning an Air
Force aerial gunnery range instal
lation in an isolated area north of
Fairbanks when their stove ex
ploded, setting the wooden build
ing aflame. They leaped from
their bunks and fled outside, but
only Corporal Henry managed to
grab an armful of clothing.
They found themselves knee
deep in snow, clad only in under
wear and some had less than that.
They tramped an S-O-S in the
snow, filling the letters with wil
low* branches, and then moved
into a stoveless shack used for
storage purposes to await rescue.
McCarthy Presses Truman
For Answers To Questions
On Loyalty of Aide Nash
WASHINGTON, </P) — Senator
McCarthy, (R-Wis) challenged the
President yesterday to point out
where he had misquoted “a single
word” from loyalty reports on
presidential aide Philleo Nash.
This was the latest development
in the case touched off by Mc
Carthy in a recent Senate speech
in which he said Nash had close
associations with communists in
the 1940’s. Nash denied it.
At his news conference last
Thursday, Truman called McCar
they a character assassin. He also
referred to the Wisconsin senator
as the pathological Mr. McCarthy.
The FTesident said McCarthy’s at
tack on Nash was like all others
he used against government em
ployes he didn’t like.
McCarthy called this mere,
name calling, and in a telegram
to the President he pressed the
issue.
He asked answers to four ques
tions. These, boiled down, were:
Have you read the FBI loyalty
files on Nash? Where did he—
McCarthy — misquote a single
word? Does the President claim
the FBI reports are untrue? If not,
then why is he keeping Nash in
a $17,500-a-year job?
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House Committee Will
Pursue Justice Dept. Probe
By B. L. Livingstone
WASHINGTON, </P)~A House
committee made it plain Saturday
that despite Aftohiey General Mc
Grath’s appointment of Newbold
Morris to head a government
cleanup drive it is going ahead
with its cfwn probe of the Justice
Department and McGrath him
self.
Judiciary committee members
generally approved McGrath’s ac
tion and his choice of a house
cleaning boss, but they said their
investigation not only will be
pushed, but might even reach into
the Supreme Court.
Rep. Hillings (R-Calif.) said he
intends to ask investigators to call
Justice Tom Clark, McGrath’s
predecessor in the Justice De
partment, for questioning about
the Lamar Caudle case.
Morris announced immediately
after his appointment Friday that
he planned to start his investiga
tions by looking into the Justice
Department first of all. McGrath
promised him cooperation and a
free hand.
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Did you know more people drink
tea than any other beverage except
water? As a confirmed tea drinker
and teapot collector, I was delight
ed to learn that so many others
share my preference — from two
fisted lumberjacks
and explorers to
the world’s great
philosophers and
thinkers!
Both my hus
band and I enjoy ,
tea for breakfast,
lunch and dinner,
not to mention the
snacks in between.
It’s so refreshing,
and the most economical drink in
the world today, too — actually just
a little over a penny a cup. Because
the preparation of tea is so impor
tant to good flavor. I'd like to tell
how I make it:
Rinse cup or pot with boiling
water. Add tea or tea bag. Pour
boiling, bubbling water over tea.
Let steep for 3 to 5 minutes
according to strength desired.
That's all there is to it. It’s the
easiest drink of all to make!
Of course, I always use just one
brand of tea — Tetley Tea, which
is an expert blend that always as
sures quality and flavor. The tea
bags have a special filter paper,
permitting water to pass through
pores and contact the tea imme
diately.
My husband chuckles about my
tea “converts.” Visitors are always
fascinated by my teapot collection
(47 so far). Naturally, serving tea
always follows. More and more of
our friends are finding, as we have,
that tea relaxes one physically and
mentally and is the perfect refresh
ment for any time of day. I know
you'll enjoy it, too!
Alaska Steamship
Asks For Boost
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In Freight Rates
WASHINGTON, <£>) — Two
steamship companies — Coastwise
and Alaska Steamship—filed re
quests with the Federal Maritime
Board Friday for a 20 percent
boost in freight rates between the
States and Alaska ports.
A spokeman for the board said
the increases would become ef
fective March 1, if the board re
ceives no protests.
The two companies said the
rate boost was necessitated by
cumulative increases in wages and
operating costs and the expensive
delays in discharging cargoes due
to inadequate terminal facilities
and services in Alaska.
The tariffs were filed by Odell
Kominers, Coastwise attorney ,*and
Ira Ewers, Alaska Steamship at
torney.
Seer of Gobbler’s Knob
Predicts More Winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., {JP) —
Don’t bum the long woolies, boys
and girls. There’s six more weeks
of winter coming. According to
the seer of Gobbler’s Knob.
The Punxsutawney Groundhog
Club issued this bulletin shortly
after sunrise:
“At 7:52 a.m. the groundhog
came out, saw his. shadow and
crawled back into his burrow,
indicating s i x more weeks of
winter.”
Dr. Frank Lorenzo, the portly
73-year-old doctor who heads the
Groundhog Club, pounded his fur
lined mittens together and com
mented: “It’s just as we’ve al
ways said. This is the seer of
seers. This is the only groundhog
who knows a shadow when he
sees one.”
Widow Sues Owners
Of Sunken Pennsylvania
For $150,000 Damages
SEATTLE, m — Mrs Marie
Nordness, widow of a seaman
who perished when the freighter
Pennsylvania disappeared in the
North Pacific Jan. 9, has filed
suit seeking $150,000 damages
from the owners of the ship.
The suit, filed in King County
Superior Court Thursday, said the
ship was unseaworthy, cargo was
improperly stowed and lacked
adequate lifeboat launching equip
ment. She sued for herself and
three minor children.
Forty - six seamen were lost
with the Pennsylvania, which was
owned by the States Steamship
Company.
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