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VOL. LIII No. 123 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1951_Per Copy—lo<r
British Troops
Quell Rioting In
Suez Canal Zone
CAIRO, (/P) — Ismailia on the
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Suez Canal area was an armed
camp bristling with machine guns
and tanks today, as both British
and Egyptians rushed reinforce
ments there. Britain faced new
trouble in the Anglo-Egyptian
Sudan.
One leader of the powerful pro
Egyptian Sudanese Ashigga party
called upon the people of Sudan
for a campaign of disobedience to
British authorities there in the
campaign to drive the Britons out
of the land over which Egypt now
has proclaimed King Karouk the
sole monarch.
In the Suez Canal area, the
British reported that the Lanca
shire Fusiliers, military and RAF
forces and the Egyptian police
were in control of the situation
after the city of 50,000 was rocked
by violent rioting yesterday.
British parachute troops, 3,500
strong, were taking off from Ni
cosia, Cyprus, only 300 miles
away, to reinforce the British in
the Canal Zone, where at least
seven and possibly 12 persons
were killed in yesterday’s vio
lence.
Egyptian officials said six Brit
ish army trucks were burned or
otherwise destroyed by mobs in
the violence.
United States Supports
British Stand In Egypt
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of State Acheson said today the
United States supports the stand
of the British in upholding their
position in the Suez Canal area
against Egyptian pressure.
Acheson also told a news con
ference that the United States
government regards as “without
validity” the action af the Egyp
tian government in cancelling the
1936 Anglo - Egyptian defense
treaty.
Prime Minister Of
Pakistan Killed
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LONDON, »(>P)—Prime Minister
Liaquat Ali Khan of Pakistan was
assassinated yesterday, the Pakis
istani high commissioner’s office
in London announced.
The prime minister was shot
while addressing a crowded meet
ing at Rawalpindi in the wdld
northeast frontier region of the
Indian subcontinent, not far from
the border of disputed Kashmir.
The assassin fired two bullets
into the chest of the 56-year-old
Moslem premier. He was rushed
to a hospital to have the bullets
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removed.
One unconfirmed report to the
commonwealth relations office
here said the assassin was shot
after he fired on Liaquat.
Liaquat Ali became prime min
ister in August, 1947, upon the
death of Mohammed Ali Jinnah,
fcmnder of Pakistan. Liaquat had
been Jinnah’s foreign minister.
The prime minister had arrived
in Rawalpindi Tuesday for a six
day tour of the northwest frontier.
Sen. McCarran Calls For
Unlimited Gold Market
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
McCarran (D-Nev) said Tuesday
the U.S. Treasury has been “nig
gardly” in its consideration of the
nation’s gold mines.
He called in a Senate speech
for operation of an unrestricted
market for gold in this country,
declaring miners of the yellow
meal have been victims of dis
crimination.
McCarran wants to restore to
| Americans the right to buy, posses
and sell gold without interference
from the government.
Senator Case (D-SD) congratu
lated McCarran on the speech. He
told the Senate “a realistic posi
tion” in gold handling in this
country would help other coun
tries stabilize their finances.
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Gangster Anastasia
Breaks Strike At
Brooklyn Base
NEW YORK, </P) — Striking
longshoremen returned to work
today at Brooklyn’s huge army
base, after underworld figure An
thony Anastasia led an imported
crew of workers through the
gates.
The back-to-work move at the
army base, one of the nation’s
major shipping centers for Korea
and other military outposts, came
as the government considered
bringing in troops to handle car
goes.
Anastasia, accused before the
Senate Crime Committee of lead
ing hired “goons and thugs” to
break another strike, showed up
at the base this morning with
several truckloads of men.
As the men followed h i m
through the gates, some 250 strik
ing stevedores outside began mill
ing about restlessly. One of them
climbed atop a car, and yelled
at the throng:
“Let’s go in and get those other
guys out.”
Then, in a body, the stevedores
streamed onto the piers. As they
shaped up for work, Anastasia
and his followers beat a hasty re
treat.
Non-Sked Airline
Giveh 30 Days To
Accept CAB Order
(AP Special Washington Service'
The Civil Aeronautics Board
agreed Tuesday to* give a new!
lease on life to Air Transport'
Associates—a non-scheduled air
line which operates between Seat
tle and Anchorage, Alaska.
The board decided to hold up'
for 30 days the effectiveness of [
its order directing the airline to j
quit its operations by Oct. 21.
Board officials described this
as “normal procedure,” since the!
airline has petitioned for recon
sideration of the order.
Should the board refuse to set
aside its order, the company then
could seek relief in the courts
The board, in an order Sept. 21,
held the company had exceed^d
the limitations of its authorization |
by operating too many flight
Alaska Celebrates
84th Anniversary
Of U.S. Purchase
Eighty-four years ago tomor
row the Russian flag was low
ered at Sitka and the American
flag raised, signifying the trans
fer of Alaska to the United
States.
At that time no one really
wanted Alaska. Russia was
afraid British colonists would
move in and they didn't want
them that close to Siberia. Am
ericans thought it was a waste
of $7,200,000. Those early set
tlers, the Alaska pioneers, who
came to the far north were tru
ly free people, unhampered by
the restrictions of space or con
trols. They won the admiration
and envy of peoples all over
the world.
Celebrations on this day com
memorate these hardy people.
Sitka plans a gala Third An
nual Alaska Day with beard
growing contests, costume ball
with clothes of the period of
1867, and a school poster con
test.
Strike-Bound Port
Seward Dropped
As Port of Call
SEATTLE, (fP) — The strike
bound port of Seward, Alaska, has
been dropped as a port of call
by the Alaska Steamship Co., ef
fective immediately, D. E. Skin
ner, vice president and general
manager, said yesterday.
Skinner said the strike, now in
its fifth day, has made it im
possible to discharge cargo at
Seward, the southern terminus of
the Alaska Railroad.
The dispute is between the In
dependent Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s Union and the
Northern Stevedoring Co.
Skinner said Alaska Steam sail
ings to Seward would be halted
until “the situation is relieved.”
“The national defense program
of Alaska is seriously affected by
this strike which is interrupting
the movement of cargo for Army
and Air Force installations,” he
added.
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Casualties In Korea
Increase 1,553 Last Week
WASHINGTON, (/P) — U. S.
battle casualties in Korea reached
90,935 today, an increase of 1,553
since last week.
The Defense Department’s
weekly summary based on noti
fications to families through last
Friday reported:
Last New
Week Total
Killed . 13,443 13,731
Wounded . 63,574 64,777
Missing . 12,365 12,427
Total . 89,382 r 90,935
Helicopter “Blows” Two
Children To Safety In
San Francisco Bay
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, (/P)
— A Coast Guard helicopter last
night used its rotor blades to blow
to safety two children stranded
on a raft in San Francisco Bay.
On the raft were 13-year-old
Sharon Lee Bjerke and 9-year-old
David Priellip.
A Coast Guard boat could not
come close enough to the raft be
cause of shallow water. And the
helicopter pilot was afraid to de
scend and pick up the children
for fear of upsetting the raft.
So the pilot approached the raft
from the open bay side, using the
air push from its rotor to blow
the raft a quarter-mile and onto
mudflats.
Allied Infantrymen
Within Rifle Range
Kumsong Bastion.
U.S. 8TH ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea, OP)—Allied infan
trymen drove to within rifle
range of Kumsong on the central
front today.
Chinese defenders retreated
slowly before the advancing U.S.
24th Division and the South Ko
rean Sixth Division.
Whether this was general along
the entire 22-mile central sector
remained to be seen. It was still
possible for the Reds to make a
stand south of Kumsong.
More than 40 hills have been
captured in the five-day advance
on Kumsong. Three United Na
tions divisions have advanced
seven miles along a 22-mile front.
Allied artillery moved up to strat
egic peaks where it could blast
Kumsong, the main communist
bastion on the central front.
To the east, the ROK Eighth Di
vision drove against 2,000 to 3,000
foot ridges in an effort to keep
pace with the central push.
Admiral Edgar A. Cruise,
New Commander Alaskan
Sea Frontier, at Elmendorf
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE
BASE, Oct. 16, (AMNS) — Rear
Admiral Edgar A. Cruise, USN,
new commander of the Alaskan
Sea Frontier and commandant of
the 17th Naval District, arrived at
Elmendorf Air Force Base Mon
day morning on his first official
visit to the Alaskan Command
headquarters.
Admiral Cruise flew to Elmen
dorf from Kodiak Naval Station
and upon his arrival, went direct
ly to’ confer with Lt. General
William E. Kepner, commander
in-chief, Alaskan Command. This
was his first visit to command
headquarters since he took over
as chief of naval forces in Alaska
on October 10.
Masquerade
LOS ANGELES, (/P) — The
“Priest” made the rounds of the
bars, hearing confessions and ac
cepting drinks in return.
His clerical robes didn’t fool
officers, however. A1 Newman
McCarthy, 49, a furniture worker,
was sentenced yesterday to 175
days in the county jail after plead
ing guilty to a drunk charge.
Western GOPs
Adopt 20-Point
Platform for ’52
SEATTLE, (jP) — Republicans
think they can carry the west in
1952 if* they work hard enough
at it.
That’s the message drummed
out in two days of speechmakng
and policy writing at the party’s
western conference. The meeting
ended yesterday.
Ten of the 11 member states
voted for President Truman in
1948. Only Oregon supported Re
publican Thomas E. Dewey.
Why the optimism, then?
Guy G. Gabrielson, Republican
National Committee . chairman,
and other speakers told dele
gates:
There’ll be no “Me, too” cam
paign next year. The party has
plenty of issues this time—headed
by charges of Democratic corrup
tion and communists-in-govem
ment. And it’s not going to let
1948 overconfidence set in again.
The conference adopted a pro
posed 20-point Republican plat
form for th£ west. Among other
issues, the platform backs im
! mediate statehood for Hawaii and
[ would let Alaskans elect their
own territorial governnor.
Alaskan delegates offered no
deumrrer against the phrasing
which does not specify immediate
statehood. Others pointed out that
Alaska votes Democratic; hence
.the State of Alaska would send,
two more Democratic senators to
Washington.
Taft’s Candidacy
Called “Too Early”
By Ike’s Backers
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Robert A. Taft’s non-surprise an
nouncement that he wants the
1952 Republican presidential nom
ination drew a “too early” re
action today from backers of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
But there also was a feeling
in the Ike - for - President camp
that the general should announce
his availability soon—provided he
announces it at all—lest Taft get
too long a head start in the race
for national convention delegates.
Taft yesterday became the first
presidential candidate in either
major party, announcing his in
tentions a full nine months ahead
of the GOP nominating conven
tion in Chicago.
The Ohio Senator followed
through by attacking the Tru
man administration’s health pro
gram and spending policies, thus
giving a foretaste of the campaign
he is likely to wage.
Speaking to the American Den
tal Association convention here
last night, the Senator proposed
creation of a military - civilian
commission to determine “just
what is the economic capacity” of
the nation to cope with defense
spending.
SQUARE KNOT AT TELLER
Alaska Steamship Co. agent J.
J. Dillon advises that the M. S.
Square Knot is completing the
discharge of freight today at Tel
ler and will return to Nome as
soon as weather is favorable.