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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, Sept. 7, 1951
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SECOND DIVISION STILL NOT DEFENDED
General William E. Kepner, commander in chief
of the Alaska Command, who was our guest Wednes
day, recently addressed the convention of the Ameri
can Legion in Alaska, with the statement that Alaska’s
role in the event of war with Russia would be that of
a Gibraltar, guarding America’s vital production cen
ters. j
He also said, “It is no secret that Russia has prob
ably planted on the wide wastes of Siberia military
installations and military manpower to the degree con
sidered desirable. The advent of the air age has placed
us in the direct line of possible attack.” - i
He also called attention to the fact that “Uncle j
Joe's Russians know plenty about Arctic operations, j
He has used his Arctic Siberia as a testing ground, and
he won’t be discouraged by climate or such consid
erations.”
We agree with General Kepner that we have a
great respect for the preparation for war being made
on the other shore of Bering Sea, but we know that
the leaders of the Department of Defense can never
say, “We are ready,” until they have taken North
western Alaska off the list of “not defendable” and
have placed Second Division’s 12,000 Americans di
rectly under protection with the airpower and neces
sary fighting equipment on our frontier to match the
aggressors when they are ready.
Whirlybirds Rescue 94
Turkish Soldiers In Korea
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE
BASE, <AMNS), Sept. 6—A de
tachment of the 3rd Air Rescue
Squadron recently had its biggest
day of the Korean campaign when
helicopter pilots picked up 94
Turkish combat troops in 45 sort
ies according to the Department
of Defense.
The 94 Turkish infantrymen,
who had been cut off from the
main body of troops by rising
river tides surrounding an island,
were rescued by five helicopters.
Earlier in the campaign, 3rd Air
Rescue Squadron pilots set a rec
ord by picking up 123 men over
a two-day period. To date they
have a total of over 2300 lives
saved.
Steel Allowances Cut
WASHINGTON, (yP) — Steel al
lowances for ordinary consumer
goods were cut to 58 percent of
the pre-Korean level, effective on
Oct. 1. This is lower than ,the
cuts forecast.
Announcing the action, Manly
Fleischman, the National Produc
tion Administrator, said that if the
copper strike continues, further
cuts Mn passenger cars, radios,
washing machines and other eon
| sumer items will be inevitable.
“We are entering a yery, very
| serious time in the last part of
this year and the first of next,
i Fleischman told a news confer
ence. “It will be a time of short
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ages. We cannot hope to correct
the deficits to any substantial de
gree earlier than 1953.’*
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Congressmen
Visiting Nome
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Jones, territorial assayer. As he
revealed the location and quan
Alaska was presented by Dan
tities of such scarce strategic min
erals as stibnite, ashes4**** beryl
lium, bismuth, chromium, copper,
graphite, kyanite, iron, molyb
denum, platinum, tungsten, and
uranium, as well as the vast
known deposits of coal, he held
his listeners spellbound with the
vision of the greatest mineral po
tential of the whole of North
America contained in this area
known as Second Division in
Northwestern Alaska.
He reported that in additional
to this great potential, 30 percent
of all gold produced in the terri
tory of Alaska since 1897, came
from Seward Peninsula, or in
actual figures $135,000,000.
As Mr. Jones gave his report he
presented all members of the com
mittee with samples of the actual
ore from which these strategic
minerals were found and even
demonstrated the uranium content
with a geiger counter.
Ralph Lomen spoke on trans
portation most eloquently, point
ing out that Nome started with
3 miles of road 50 years ago and
now has but 200 miles of road to
its credit. He said:
"Seward Peninsula is the
greatest 50,000 miles in the
U.S.A. for strategic minerals
and all we ask is roads—not
highways—just passable roads
to produce the mineral for our
country."
He pointed out that the only
other known quantity of sheelite
lies at the 38th parallel in Korea
and the fate of the democracy and
the balance of power depends
in a great measure on who con
trols that area. “We’ve got it right
here,” he urged, “but we must
have roads.”
Mr. Lomen also called to the
attention of the committee that
the price of gold, which has been
set by the government far below
the cost of production, is forcing
gold miners to give up production.
A free market on gold was urged
by this pioneer Alaskan as “gold
will always be king.”
Congressman Hardy responded
\Vith the statement “Transporta
tion is foremost in my mind as I
have travelled in this part of
Alaska. I have served on the stock
piling of critical materials and
know what difficulty we have had
in procuring the minerals men
tioned. I know that the General
Services Committee and the Mu
nitions Board will be interested
in this report and if quantity and
quality justify, you will hear from
them.”
H. F. Harper explained briefly
the problems of trying to follow
plans on Civilian Defense as laid
out by our government which are
increasingly difficult due to our
status “as we are told we are
listed in an area of dubious de
fense.” Any chance to be evacu
ated, should a possible warning
of attack reach us, is impossible,
he said, as we have no place to
go.
A. Polet was the last speaker,
and due to the lateness of the
hour, promised to send an econ
omic survey direct to Washington.
The party expressed a desire to
actually feel the golden sands of
Nome and were taken on a tour
Thursday morning when Fred
Rohn demonstrated with his long
tom and with their assistance,
panned some of this metal. for
which Nome is famous.
Creator of ‘Smilin’
Jack’ Is Guest of
Alaska Command
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE
BASE, <AMNS>, Sept. 4 — Zack
Mosley, creator of the famed avi
ation comic strip “Smilin’ Jack”
has been a guest of Lieut. Gen.
William E. Kepner’s Alaskan
command for the past 10 days ob
taining authentic background ma
terial for a forthcoming episode in
his strip.
While in Alaska, Mosley flew
on several operational flights in
cluding a routine search for the
missing Canadian C-54 which dis
appeared in Southeastern Alaska
while on a flight to Korea. He
also flew to Barter Island, made a
flight over an ice pack in the
Arctic Ocean and crossed the
famous Brooks Range in northern
Alaska. Mosley covered almost
every part of the Alaskan theater
during his stay here.
The cartoonist resides in Stuart,
Florida, but travels extensively to
obtain material for his strip. He is
a colonel in the Civil Air Patrol.
He has been cited several times
for his outstanding contributions
to the advancement of aviation.
C-47 Reported Crashed
And Burned Bristol Bay
ANCHORAGE, {IP) — An Air
Force C-47 transport plane which
vanished last Saturday in western
Alaska was reported to have
crashed and burned on a moun
tain ridge on High Island in Bris
tol Bay.
Elmendorf Air Force Rase of
ficials said a flying boat with a
rescue and medical team has been
sent to investigate.
The plane with at least four
men aboard, disappeared Satur
day while flying 175 miles from
Naknek to Platinum, on Good
news Bay.
High Island, one of the Walrus
Island group, lies about midway
along the route, 20 miles south
of the village of Togiak, on the
mainland.
The CAA reported there appar
ently were no survivors.
Medical Researcher Is
’oored of Blame In
“Guinea Pig” Deaths
VERMILION, S. D„ </P) — Dr.
Louis Michalek, bespectacled
young medical researcher, today
rod cl^r~d of blame in the
deaths of two “human guinea
pigs” at the University of South
Dakota.
A coroner’s jury reported, “We
find there is no evidence of culp
able or intentional negligence.”
SCHOOL NEWS
By OLAF HALVERSON
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The American flag flies daily
over the Nome Public School and
the boys and girls of our com
munity have joined the band of
millions in the States who* are
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wending their way back to school.
It is a great opportunity and priv
ilege to be a member of this great
band of future citizens of the
United States and its territories.
Education consists of all the
forces from without that effect
our thoughts, feelings, and be
havior. There are certain forces
j from within also which effect our
thoughts, feelings and behavior,
but these are inherited, for ex
| ample, mental alertness. It is the
social heritage or the accumu
lated knowlege gained by pre
vious generations that we fall
heir to. The torch of knowledge
has been handed down from early
: years first by word of mouth and
then by writing.
Writing is consdiered one of the
greatest inventions of man be
cause he is now able to preserve
more accurately the knowledge
gained by past generations. Be
fore writing, man had to learn
by oral language and imitation.
* * *
The freshman class is very large
this year with a present enroll
ment of 17. The junior class will
be the second largest in high
school. Several of the junior boys
are still working.
We are proud that so many of
our senior class of last year have
enrolled in colleges. Like the birds
who are migrating southward,
; they too are winging in the same
direction by plane.
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The bright planet visible in the
eastern sky is our largest planet
called Jupiter. Jupiter comes next
to Venus in order of planetary
brightness. Though much less
bright than Venus, it is still
brighter than any fixed star.
There are nine moons or satel
lines revolving around Jupiter.
—
Ordinary water softens hair, but
does not change the arrangement
of the molecules in it and there
fore effects no permanent curl
ing as a permanent waving so
lution does.
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NOTICE
The migratory waterfowl .regu
lation amendment increases the
bag and possession limit in Alaska
for game ducks from four and
eight to five daily bag limit and
ten possession limit.
Bob Baker,
Fish and Wildlife Agent
DANCE TO LIVE MUSIC!
WHILE IT LASTS . . .
SATURDAY, September 8
at the
BOARD of TRADE
Whitey’s Three-Piece Orchestra