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VOL. LII. No. 81====== NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1950 _Per Copy—15c
4 NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman Saturday accepted the
resignation of Joseph J. O’Connell,
Jr., as a member and chairman of
the Civil Aeronautics Board.
O’Connell’s decision to quit the
government came without advance
public indications, though his let
ter “reluctantly” seeking resigna
tion was dated June 13.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—All three
Democrats on a Senate inquiry
committee reportedly are lined up
in favor of clearing Ambassador
Philip C. Jessup of Republican
Senator McCarthy’s “pro-com
munist” charges.
Informed sources said the Dem
ocratic majority voted solidly at
a closed meeting Friday to absolve
Jessup, who has denied under
oath that he had “an unusual af
finity for communist causes.”
TOKYO, (JP)—General MacAr
ihus Saturday moved to protect
his military rear by authorizing
the Japanese to add a 75,000 man
reserve to their police force and
8,000 to their coast guard.
It will bring Japan's total police
force to 200,000 including 30,000
national police.
Authorisation for the reserves
was made in a letter to Japanese
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.
FRENCH LICK, Ind. (^—Vet
erans of the 388th Bombardment
Group of World War II held a re
union here Friday recalling their
experiences flying B-17’s over
Germany.
Named honorary presi d e n ts
were Col. Chester C. Coxe, Barks
dale Field, La., and Col. William
B. David, Anchorage, Alaska, both
former commanders of the Group.
LONGVIEW, Wash, (ffi)—Mem
bers of the family today were ad
vised that the body of Ike Lowe,
26, had been recovered in Cook’s
Inlet, Alaska, where he drowned
while fishing July 5. Lowe fought
professionally as Robert Kelly un
til about a year ago, making his
home in Seattle at that time.
SAN FRANCISCO, (ff) — Two
*)} anti-aircraft units hare been
alerted for movement to tbe west
ern Pacific in the near future.
Sixth Army announced Saturday.
One unit currently is assigned
to Sixth Army in the Far West,
the other to Fourth Army in the
southwest. Fourth Army head
quarters is at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex.
Neither1 the unit designation nor
the number of men involved was
disclosed.
HAMILTON, N. Y. {IP) — John
Foster Dulles pushed Saturday for
increased U. S. military produc
tion “right away.”
He added this note of urgency
ja after a speech in which he said
w the nation should convert more of
its industry to manufacture of
arms in order to shield free na
tions against attack by Russian
equipped communist sate 11 i t e
forces such as invaded South Ko
rea.
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M-M-M Hospital
Dedicated In Im
pressive Ceremony
A very impressive dedication
ceremony was held Saturday
morning at the Maynard-Mac
Dougall Memorial Hospital at
which time the president of the
Women’s Division of Christian
Service of the Methodist Church,
Mrs. Frank Brooks gave the ded
ication address. Mrs. Brooks ex
pressed her pleasure at being able
! to be in Nome for the event which
the organization which she repre
sents has worked for and invest
ed in for the people of this area.
• She stated “Each individual is of
priceless worth and if we can save
but one life the investment has
been well worth while.” She ex
plained how the hospital repre
sents the work of the Women’s Di
vision all over the world as it is
dedicated to “Love and Service.”
She paid tribute to Mrs. Robert
| Stewart, for her years of work as
secretary of the Medical Division
of the organization, and through
whose efforts the need of Nome
for a hospital were made known.
Others taking part in the cere
mony which was broadcast over
MAFB radio station, included the
Mayor, Steffen Andersen; and
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Two Student Pilots
Die In Plane Crash
FAIRBANKS, (A3)—Two Ladd
Air Force base employees were
killed when their rented plane
crashed on Summit Creek 98 miles
northeast of here.
The victims were identified as
Frank Mellow, 37, and George
Kruk, 24'. Mellow’s parents reside
in Seattle; Kruk is from Langdon,
North Dakota.
The pair had been taking flying
lessons and rented the two-seater
Cessna plane Saturday for a flight
| to Circle Hot Springs. They are
believed to have crashed after los
ing their way in smoke from for
est fires now .raging in the vicin
ity. The wreckage, about one and
a quarter miles off the road, was
seen and reported by a tourist.
Many Dead In
Colombia ’Quakes
BOGOTA, Colombia, (^ — Un
official reports today indicated
211 persons are dead and 17,000
injured or homeless in seven
towns after five earthquakes that
rocked north central Colombia
over the weekend.
Arboleda, a town of 20,000 was
almost destroyed. Electric power
failed after the shocks and the
towns were in darkness, which
contributed to the panic /among
the inhabitants.
Another town, Salazar de las
Palma, population about 21,000,
was also severely hit by the tre
mors.
The government rushed troops,
police forces, and doctors, food,
drugs and tents to the affected
towns.
Boon To Rheumatism Sufferers
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MIAMI, Fla. (/P)—Only one vine
in the United States has yet pro
duced any of the precious seeds
needed for treatment of rheuma
tic ailments.
The vine is the now world-fa
mous Strophantus Sarmentosus,
the seeds of which can be used to
make cortisone, the hormone that
temporarily relieves rheumatoid
arthritis and numerous other dis
easts.
The United States Public Health
Service and the Department of
Agriculture are working in West
Africa, home of this vine, to
learn how to start a seed-produc
ing industry. Cortisone, made
from glands of cattle, is both
scarce and expensive. The seeds
might be a more plentiful source.
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To date there neveer has been
enough cortisone for either ar
thritis or other urgent demands.
Only One In America
The sole seed-producer is in Mi
ami, on the R. H. Montgomery es
tate. One other rheumatism vine
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in North America is recorded as
yielding seed. This is at Askins In
stitute, Soledad, Cuba. Both vines
are among half a dozen that grew
from seeds brought from West Af
rica in the late twenties by Dr.
David Fairchild.
RARITY — Strophantus Sar
mentosus,, the one vine that
supplies cortisone.
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What The Draft
Action Means
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WASHINGTON, (JF)—Here is a
brief summary of the draft action
taken by President Truman Fri
< day, along with main provisions
of the selective service act which
became effective yesterday:
Armed forces strength—may be
increased by draft, if voluntary
enlistments fail, to top limit al
, lowed by law: 2,005,882. Strength
as of May 31: 1,458,400. Differ
ence: 547,482.
i Who must register—All males
between 18 and 26.
, Who may be inducted—All reg
istrants over 19 years old.
Who may volunteer — Anyone
who is 17 or older. Seventeen
year-olds must have parental con
sent.
Term of service—21 months for
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Re-Open Synthetic
Rubber Plants
WASHINGTON, {AV-Three of
the government's war-built syn
thetic rubber plants are being re
called to active service. Their
mission: to add 88,000 tons to cur
rent U. S. 'synthetic output of
487,000 tons a year.
A recent sharp increase in natu
ral rubber prices—now selling for
around 31 cents a pound com
pared with 18.5 cents for synthetic
—appeared to be behind the de
cision announced Friday.
Greater availability of the
lower priced synthetic will help
American manufacturers of tires
and other products to hold down
their costs and prices. They have
emphasized no tire shortage is in
prospect. t
Confident Senate
WiU Vote On
Statehood Bills
WASHINGTON, (£>>—Chairman
O’Mahoney (D.-Wyo.) of the Sen
ate interior committee says today
he is confident the Alaska and
Hawaii statehood bills will be
acted upon by the Senate' before
adjournment—if there is an ad
journment of Congress.
Some proponents have express
ed fear the two House-approved
bills might be caught in the wind
up rush of Congress if it adjourns
by July 31, as predicted by Senate
majority leader Lucas (D.-Hl.)
O'Mahoney said in a statement
it is by no means certain in the
presept state of international af
fairs that Congress can adjourn.
O'Mahoney’s statement accom
panied his copimittee’s favorable
report on the Alaska statehood
bill. It will be presented to the
Senate next week.
The minority report being pre
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Solve Killing Of
Baseball Fan;
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NEW YORK, (JF>—Police said
Saturday they were satisfied they
have solved the Fourth of July
Polo Grounds killing of Bernard
Lawrence Doyle.
They had a written confession
from a 14-year-old Negro boy,
Robert M. Peebles, that he stood
on a nearby roof and fired one
shot from • a 45-caliber pistol to
celebrate the Fourth. It was the
only cartridge he had.
At almost the same time 1,120
feet away, the 54-year-old Doyle
slumped dead in his grandstand
seat—a 45 slug in his brain.
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Saturday# July •# 1950
<By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, (/P>—Fall of the South
Korean town of Chonon and a re*
newed American retreat before
the North Korean invaders were
reported today by field dispatches*
This news by telephone from
correspondents at the front came
shortly after a Tokyo headquar
ters communique said the Red
drive had beed “curtailed” but
that the invaders were massing
troops, armor and artillery for a
renewal of their offensive..
There still has been no major
American unit committed, how
ever, a spokesman at American
forward headquarters in Korea
declared.
He said a major unit would be
one larger than a battalion. (Pre
vious dispatches had mentioned a
battalion of 400 to 500 men in ac
tion. This wbuld indicate that the
American retreat, galling as the
dispatches indicated it was to the
men involved, was by compara
tively small numbers).
The communique was issued at
11:45 pm. Saturday, (2:45 am.
Nome time).
In a telephoned report from the
front ten minutes later, (IP) cor
respondent O. H. P. King said an
gry and weary American forward
troops had retreated again Satur
day. In a call at 12:53 a.m. Sun
day (3:45 ajn. Nome time), King
said the Reds had captured Cho
nan, a large town 60 miles south
of Seoul for their deepest penetra
tion yet. The call, over the one
line used by both the army and all
correspondents, was interrupted
before he could give details about
Chonan.
King’s report on the American
retreat gave no inkling of the •
numbers of men involved, but
earlier dispatches had indicated
they were relatively small.
King said American equipment
had arrived and fresh troops had
reached the general area, lending
encouragement to American de
termination to reverse the trend
an hurl the northerners back soon.
He said that as of 6 p.m. Saturday
the American equipment had not
yet gone into action, however.
(The “equipment” he mentioned
presumably included tanks, which
a Tokyo headquarters spokesman
previously said had reached Ko
rea but had not yet started fight
ing).
King added that the invaders
had not followed the American re
treat for its full distance, but
were using heavy artillery.
Information in Tokyo was that
the American retreat was the one.
which (IP) correspondent Tom
Lambert had reported began Fri
day night, following an American
thrust northward that the Reds
ambushed and hurled back.
The withdrawal was said in
Tokyo to have been probably com
pleted during Saturday.
The accounts squared general
ly with the Tokyo communique,
which placed the strongest enemy
force—with 40 to 50 tahks and
truck-drawn heavy guns—back in
the Pyongtaek region, 14 to IS
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