_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ATJVSKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. LII. No. 112 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1950_Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, (/P) —
Survivors of an Icelandic Airline
Skvmaster plane and the three
man crew of a U. S. army plane
which crashed trying to rescue
them from atop a 6,000-foot gla
cier arrived here today by air. The
Skvmaster crew of six men and a
stewardess had been marooned on
* the glacier seven days.
Two planes brought the wreck
survivors back from an improvis
ed air field north of snow-covered
Vatnakoell Glacier after a ground
party had brought them off the
ice on skis.
BERLIN, (/Pi — East Germans
brought this latest anti-Russian
joke to West Berlin:
Papa Stalin visited the Russian
zone and asked an old lady on the
street how things were going.
“Oh, pretty good,” she replied,
“only we don’t get milk any more.”
^ “Well,” said Stalin, “In the Af
rican deserts they don’t even
have water.”
“Why in Africa?”, wondered
the old lady. “Have the Russians
occupied that, too?”
SEATTLE, (.*P)—A polio victim
who was flown to Seattle from
Ketchikan, Alaska, during the
night was dead on arrival at the
^ Marine hospital heer at 3 a.m.
The coroner’s office identified
him as Gordon G. Hannan, 32, of
Ketchikan.
MALAKAL, Anglo-Egypt i a n
Sudan, (JP)—A native of this up
per Nile province obtained a
prized crocodile tooth charm the
hard way.
A crocodile bit him, leaving one
tooth behind in the process. The
tooth was discovered at the hos
pital. The bite itself turned out
not to be serious.
SEATTLE, {JP)—Northwest Air
. lines will inaugurate daily strato
* cruiser service between Seattle
and Anchorage, Alaska, Monday,
George E. Hatch, N.W.A. western
region sales manager, announced
today. The firm also will operate
daily coach flights between the
two cities.
Stratocruiser flights to and from
Seattle on the Anchorage run will
connect with transcontine n t a 1
stratocruiser flights at Seattle-Ta
coma International Airport.
Northwest early this month as
f signed stratocruisers on the An
chorage route on a replacement
basis.
KARACHI, UP)—A 70-year-old
white-bearded divine who de
nounces western ways and de
mands a theocratic state is win
ning new followers for a political
party whose origin was a religious
group. Moulana Abul Ala Mou
doodi’s party is the Jamaat-E-Is
lami, or Theocratic Islamic Party.
His theme is that while Pakistan
is an Islaimc state, the govern
ment of Prime Minister Liaquat
Ali Khan is “un-Islaimc and far
from Islaimc Ideals.”
He would give no place in the
administration to non-Muslims.
The present government includes
a Hindu cabinet minister and there
the Englishment in civil and mili
tary ranks.
Harry Pleased With
Administration; At
tacks Other Things
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman said today he is concern
ed about the high cost of living
and he is working on plans to
meet it.
He told a news conference he
will act as speedily as possible
but is trying to avoid the mistakes
of the last world war.
The President said his adminis
tration does not want the nation
to go through the travail of the
last price control period when it
had to follow the road of trial and
error.
Mr. Truman was asked about
wages not going up and prices ris
ing fast. He said he agreed thais
! was so and he is working on a
plan.
Commenting on a statement
made yesterday by Gov. Chester
' Bowles of Connecticut, former
OPA administrator, favoring se
lective price controls, the Presi
dent said that is being discussed
I but no decision has been reached.
Mr. Truman endorsed the attack
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by his special assistant, Averell
' Harriman, on Senator Taft (R.-O.)
1 In a speech before the AFL con
I vention in Houston, Tex., Harri
man accused Taft of furthering
j “the designs of the Kremlin” by
his voting record on foreign pol
icy.
Mr. Truman said the Taft rec
I ord speaks for itself.
When a reporter asked whether
he knew of many Democratic Sen
ators whose records equalled or
surpassed Taft’s, the President re
plied “very few,” and added:
There are more Republicans
who voted right than Democrats
I who voted wrong, so the country
still has a bi-partisan foreign pol
icy.
The President said he was very
well pleased with the record of
Congress now about to recess. He
I said it had given him not all but
t
1 substantially what he asked for in
1 the way of legislation, and had ac
I complished the business it set out
to do. He said he had no plans to
campaign for election of Demo
crats to the new Congress.
Mr. Truman was asked at the
l
outset today to comment on Gen.
George C. Marshall’s testimony
before the Senate armed services
committee. A reporter said Mar
shall disclaimed responsibility for
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j BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman has signed into law legis
lation authorizing $35,000 federal
aid for building and equipping an
addition to the Territorial School
at Nome, Alaska.
The new school will be available
to both natives and non-natives.
The authorization would provide
two additional classrooms. The
Alaska Native Service school in
Nome was closed in 1946 and the
last available enrollment figures
indicate that there are now 296
children enrolled in the Nome
school, 193 Eskimos and 103 non
natives.
'Appoint Rentzel
To CAB Board
WASHINGTON, (tf>) — Civil
Aeronautics Board policies drew
sharp criticism from several Sen
i ators and Alaska’s Governor at a
hearing which brought committee
approval of Delos W. Rentzel’s ap
pointment to the board.
Rentzel, a Texan, is administra
tor of the Civil Aeronautics Ad
| ministration, was nominated by
i President Truman to succeed Jo
| seph J. O’Connell, Jr., on the
j CAB. The Senate commerce com
' mittee approved the nomination
after CAB criitcs spoke up.
Rentzel is expected to become
board chairman. The CAB is the
independent federal agency that
j sets up aviation rules and passes
judgment on compliance with
them.
Governor Gruening, who sat in
! on the committee session, declar
1 ed: “The« inaction of the CAB has
done more to throttle the develop
ment of Alaska than any other
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Senate Postpones
Consideration Of
Statehood Bills
WASHINGTON, (#>)—Secretary
of the Interior Chapman agreed
today with the plan of Senate
leaders to postpone action on
Statehood for Hawaii and Alaska
until November.
Chapman is an ardent supporter
i of the two House-passed statehood
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$20,000 NONCHALANTLY
WALKS DOWN STREET
Where else but in Nome would
! a bush pilot walk down main
| street with two pokes of gold so
heavy that he could hardly han
dle them?
Yesterday Gene Joiner, Kotze
bue pilot, was photographed with
a clean-up from a northern camp
reported to be valued at over
$20,000, as he walked from the
hotel to the Miners and Merchants
Bank. This is one of the regular
tasks of a bush pilot in the fall.
I
Wliat Are We Doing?
What are the people of Nome doing to help
themselves with civilian defense?
What are the people of the Second Division
doing about adequate defense against invasion—be
fore it is too late?
What do we have to say to the Congressional
party which is arriving soon to see what is needed
in defense of the northern gateway to the United
States?
Monday is Council Meeting night, Monday is
also National Guard meeting night. Let’s all meet
together on these important issues that concern ev
ery' ; :ly who lives in the Second Division!
Delegate “Bob” Bartlett, who has worked hard
toward keeping this base open has an important
message to the people of Nome and is now en
route, having left today. Let’s be ready with an or
ganized plan to help him continue the good work!
Come to an open meeting Monday evening at
The District Court Room in the Federal Building
and voice your opinion on these subjects! 8:00 p.m.
Radar, Housing, Communications On
“Watchdog” Committee’s Agenda
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WASHINGTON, (ff) — Senator
Johnson (D.-Tex.) wants his
“watchdog” committee on defense
to concentrate on housing, radar
defenses and communicat ions
when three members of the com
mittee go ot Alaska next month.
He discussed the trip in a'letter
made public today to Senator
Morse (R.-Ore.), one of the three
committee members named to
made the Alaskan investigation.
The other two are Senators
Hunt (D.-Wyo.) and Saltonstall
(R.-Mass.).
Johnson, chairman of the spe
cial armed services sub-commit
tee set up to watch the whole de
fense program, also asked the task
force to investigate the condition
of roads in the territory of the
Alaska Railroad and of ports and
air fields. He wants their ade
quacy to be determined from the
standpoint of total mobilization.
Johnson told Morse that the
Oregon Senator . knows more
about the northwest than any
other member of the preparedness
sub-committee.
“Your interest in and study of
that important section over a pe
riod of a great many years,” John
son said, “has afforded you a com
prehensive viewpoint which few
men possess of any section.”
Johnson thanked Morse for tak
ing the Alaska assignment at a
time he had other personal prob
lems. Morse is running for reelec
tion.
“I know of no more important
service that can be rendered our
country,” Johnson said, “than a
proper completion of (this) inqui
ry and your acceptance of the job
assures me that the job will be
well done.”
Korean Situation -
At A Glance —
Friday, September 22, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
U. S. Marines and tanks, hit
ting from two directions, hammer
ed toward the heart of Seoul to
day as a column of Red tanks
moved down from Manchuria,
foreshadowing a fateful battle f6r
the ancient capital of South Korea.
Red prisoners said they had
been ordered to hold at all costs
for the arrival of reinforcements
against marines driving from the
northwest and south in veteran
Associated Press war correspond
! ent Reiman Morin said looked like
! one of the big pushes toward the
| end of World War II.
U. S. 10th Corps intelligence of
ficers said the northern Red tank
| column already may have crossed
I the 38th parallel, the line 30 miles
| from Seoul separating North and
South Korea. It could be made up
of North Koreans who were sea
! soned in Red China’s Manchurian
' armies—but if it were made up of
! non-Koreans, the developing bat
tle could have world-shaking sig
nificance.
Other Red Korean troops were
converging on Seoul from a num
ber of directions, many from the
southeast Battle Box, where Al
lied troops were rolling up new
advances.
American planes attacking Red
movements southward in North
Korea reported running into unus
ually heavy anti-aircraft fire.
Other airmen’s reports indicated
a general movement northward
from the southeast perimeter.
Land-based Allied airmen in Ko
rea flew 702 individual flights
over war zones yesterday for a
new on-day record. One strafing
attack alone killed 00 Reds re
treating from the southeast war
box. B-29’s hit enemy training
camps near Pyongyang, the North
Korean capital, and struck at
other other targets, but reported
relatively little traffic on the
move in North Korea. Carrier
based navy planes concentrated
on the Seoul battle area.
There was still some stiff re
sistance in the southeast battle
zones, but many Reds were with
drawing. U. S. First Cavalry Divi
sion troops and South Koreans
were closing a pincers trap on the
Red 13th Division north of Taegu,
Allied hub in the south. Dozens
of communist troops were surren
dering, among them a 30-year-old
divisional chief of staff.
Elimination of the trapped Red
i.Sth Division would clear the way
for an Allied advance on the route
to Kumchon and Taejon. This is
on the way to Seoul, the shortest
route to a linkup with the Amer
icans in the north.
To the south, U. S. 2nd Division
troops drove ahead to expand
three bridgeheads across the Nak
tong River and battered remain
ing communist forces on the east
bank. On the extreme southern
front, U. S. 25th Division troops
threw back communists seven
miles northof Haman, but against
stiff resistance. On the east coast,
South Korean troops advanced up
to a mile and a half from the port
of Pohang, recaptured yesterday.
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