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NEWS IN BRIEF !
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KANSAS CITY, (JP)—A bust of
President Truman on the campus
of the University of Kansas City
was splattered with paint Friday
night for the second time in three
days.
Red and white enamel was
spilled over the bronze bust Fri
day night. Wednesday night
whitewash was used.
University authorities blamed
vandals or hallowe’en pranksters
both times.
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WASHINGTON, (/P>—The navy j
has started a $350,000,000 ship
building and rebuilding program
designed to keep the fleet up to
date in the changing demands of
modern set warfare.
It announced Friday it has or
dered construction of two experi
mental submarines and conver
sion of 25 other ships including
the 25,000 ton aircraft carrier
Bennington. The whole program
includes some 344 ships.
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CAMBRIDGE Mass. (/P)—They,
are going to allow nudes in Har
vard now—but it’s for art’s sake.
Dean William Bender said per
mission has been granted the Har
vard Art Association to use live
female models — possibly even
nude ones.
The Association which will
have space on the top floor off
Sever Hall, immediately closed its
membership at 22.
NEW YORK (/P)—The city-wide
pre-election roundup of hoodlums
and vagrants has bagged 542 sus
pects at the latest count.
The round-the-clock arre s t s
continued today, with police com
missioner Thomas F. Murphy es
timating 1,000 arrests by election
day, Nov. 7.
The' tally of 542 was announced
^ last night. Most of those seized
were charged with vagrancy.
The roundup has been in prog
ress since last Tuesday night, on
orders of acting mayor Vincent R.
Impellitteri. Impellitteri, a Demo
crat, is running for mayor as an
independent in a four-man field.
SPOKANE (/P)—Sister Theodu
la will take over November 1 as
Superior of Spokane’s Sacred
Heart Hospital.
The nun, a member of the Sis
ters of Charity of Providence, who
f operate the hospital, comes here
from Portland, Ore., where she
was administrator of Providence
hospital. She has held similar po
sitions in Astoria, Ore., and An
chorage, Alaska.
Sister Theodula succeeds Sister
Agnes, a veteran of nearly 20
vears service in Spokane.
i TACOMA, (jP)—A visiting cou
ple from Fairbanks, Alaska, were
injured in an automobile accident
just north of the city on the Seat
tle-Tacoma highway last night.
Mrs. Imogene Limbacher, 43, was
taken to the county hospital suf
fering from a fractured leg, and
her husband Wallace, also 43, was
treated for lacerations.
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PORTLAND, (^)-Two Alaska
fishermen and a Seattle man were
Alaska Labor Fed’n
Against Reds In
Labor Movement
KETCHIKAN, (/P) — Alaska’s
Territorial Federation of Labor
adopted a strong resolution Friday
against communist in the labor
movement.
It denounced Red infiltration
into labor unions, and practices of
allegedly communist-dominat e d
unions.
Other resolutions:
Asked repeal of the merit rating
clause in the unemployment com
pensation bill; (the clause provides j
credits for employers with low
unemployment ratings);
Asked that jobless compensa
tion reserve fund be built to $15,
000,000 from the present $8,000,
000.
Recommended keeping joint ap
prenticeship councils free of gov
ernment control.
Endorsed the letting of contracts
for government projects instead of
a cost-plus system.
Endorsed the Alaska Statehood
bill. I
Proposed settlement by the gov
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May Call “Ike” To
Command North
Atlantic Forces
(By Jack Ball)
WASHINGTON, (iP)—The pos
sibility that Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower may be called to command
the North Atlantic defense forces
cast some new doubt today about
his political future.
. Eisenhower allived Friday night
for scheduled talk with President
Truman and secretary of the army
Pace. Many in Washington think
these may be preliminary to the
general’s selection to head the
Western European • military de
fense setup.
The tacit understanding has
been that if Eisenhower accepts
such an assignment, he will agree
to don his uniform again for only
a year to get the defense forces
organized. That could leave the
way open for a return to civilian
pursuits, such as his presidency
of Columbia University, in the
Presidential-picking year of 1952.
But Eisenhower told reporters
in Charleston, W. Va., Friday
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held Saturday night for the armed
robbery of a Salem pawn shop
early Saturday morning.
State police Sgt. Frank Beers
identified them as Joseph E. To
man, 35, and Tom Turner, 32, who
gave their addresses as “Alaska,”
and Walter J. Sampson, 24, Seat
tle. The sergeant said they would
be charged today with armed rob
bery. He said all three had admit
ted roles in getting $502 in cash
from the Star Exchange Pawn
Shop, Salem.
Turner was arrested in an au
tomobile bearing an Alaska li
cense. It had been noticed parked
in an alley at the rear of the shop.
Toman was arrested near Salem
and Sampson in a Portland hotel.
Daily Mail Service
To Nome By Nov. 9
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Via Alaska Airlines
Paul Spurlock, manager of
Alaska Airlines, announced to
day that Nome will have daily
mail service from Anchorage,
starting November 9th.
He stated that on the daily runs
McGrath and Unalakleet will also
be served, and on the Monday
flight Moses Point and Kotzebue
will also be served.
On Monday and Friday Teller
will have a regular bush mail ser
vice: Tuesday service will be di
rected to Deering, Candle and
Kotzebue.
Every Wednesday will be mail
day at Teller. Wales and Chish
maref.
On Wednesday, Thursday, Sat
urday and Sunday, a flight will
take in Solomon, Council, White
Mountain, Koyuk Haycock, Golo
vin, Ungalik, Shaktoolik and Una
lakleet, returning via all stations
to Nome on Thursday and Sun
day.
This promises to he the most
frequent regular mail service the
outlying districts have ever had
in their history*
Gustaf V, 92, King
Of S\*oden, Dies
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, (JP) —
Gustaf VI today was proclaimed
“King of the Swedes, the Goths
and the Wends,” the first new
ruler to ascend the ancient Swed
ish throne in nearly half a century.
He succeeds his father, 92-year
old King Gustaf V, whose death
yesterday morning after a reign
of nearly 42 years, plunged the
nation into deepest mouring.
To all effects and purposes the
son, bom Prince Oscar Frederik
Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf, has
been Sweden's monarch since his
father's death. But at colorful
ceremonies today in the cabinet
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Marks Air Force
Base De-Activated
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The inactivation of Marks Air
Force Base on the 31st of October
finds a number of the military
personnel who have been quite
active in civic and local affairs in
Nome for the past year returning
to the States for re-assignment.
Among those departing in the
near future for State side assign
ment are Lt. Col. Donald C. Jam
ison, who was Commanding Offi
cer of the Base and family to Ma
ther Air Force Base, Calif. Major
Johnnie V. Hazelby and family to
Selfridge A.F.B., Michigan, Capt.
Joseph Frankovich, Jr., and wife,
to Andrews Air Force Base, Wash
ington, Capt. David Jones and
family to the Pentagon, Washing
ton, D. C., First Lieutenant Roy
W. Adams, and family, to Sacra
mento, Calif., First Lieutenant
Norman L. Bellury and family, to
Recruiting Duty, Birmingham,
Alabama, and Warrant Officer
Noel I. Adams and family to Boll
ing A. F. B., Washington, D C..
Captain Calvin McKay has been
assigned to Marks as Command-1
ing Officer replacing Colonel Jam
ison. With him will be First Lieu
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North StarUnloads
Reindeer Meat At
Sitka, Wrangell
JUNEAU, (£■)—'The North Star,
Alaska Native Service supply ship,
arrived from a supply run to
Point Barrow and other ANS sta
tions. The ship, a month early be
cause of favorable ice conditions,
is enroute to Seattle.
Approximately 81,000 pounds of
reindeer meat are to be unloaded
at the Mt. Edgecumbe school.
Stopping at Wrangell, the supply
ship will unload approximately
16,000 pounds of reindeer meat
for the boarding school. The meat
is from the Alaska Native Service
reindeer herd on Nunivak Island.
AUTUMN FASHION NOTE
COMMUNIST
> AGGRESSION
Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
Saturday, October 28, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
Korean communists, shielded by
tanks, all but stopped the United
Nations drive toward the Man
churian -border in northwest Ko
rea today. The Red forces report
edly bolstered by Chinese com
munists, were fighting stubborn
ly and furiously.
On the northeast coast, how
ever, South Korean troops entered
the port of Songo. 75 miles south
east of the border.
Allied intelligence* sources could
neither confirm nor deny the
presence of Chinese troops in Ko
rea. They expressed the blief the
“Chinese might be Manchurian
born Koreans, trained in Chinese
armies. A captured Chinese sol
died said an attack unit of the
Chinese Red army entered North
Korea 13 days ago with orders to
battle the South Koreans.
A spokesman at Gen. MacAr
thur’s headquarters said the situa
tion in the northwest was not con
sidered alarming.
The Korean Reds, however,
showed a rebirth of fighting fury
in scattered sectors south of the
Manchurian border. Near liberat
ed Wonson, 4,000 by-passed Ko
rean communists battle United
States marines, ambusing and cut
ting off one company.
The Reds organized heavy op
position in the northwest and
moved up reinforcements 12 miles
south of the frontier town of
Kanggye. United Nations forces
found the going hard on a 35-mile
front extending from Kasan to
Onjong, at points 45 to 55 miles
south of the border.
A South Korean regiment which
reached the Yalu River boundary
Thursday had to pull back when
the Reds cut their supply line. The
Briitsh 27th Brigade was forced
to halt near Kasan when it came
under Red tank fire.
Fifth Air Force fighter-bomb
ers and bazooka teams knocked
out 10 communist tanks and two
self-propelled guns, a U. S. First
Army corps spokesman reported.
The South Korean First Divi
sion made gains of three miles
north and west of Unsan but Red
resistance continued bitter. The
stiffest fighting broke out 10 miles
northeast of Unsan at Onjong.
The Far East Air Force, which
earlier in the week had reported
a dearth of targets, was busy in
the bitter fighting in the north
west. strafing and rocketing dug
in Red positions.
India s ambassador to Peiping
confirmed reports that Chinese
army units have been ordered to
advance into Tibet but said there
was no confirmation of any troops
actually entering the priest-ruled
Himalayan country, It was the
first word from Ambassador K.
M. Pannikar since reports of an
invasion order came out Thurs
day. An Indian government
spokesman said no reply has been
received from Peiping to the In
dian note expressing regret and
surprise at the invasion order.
In Indo-China, communist-led
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