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VOL, t.tti Nip, 52 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1951 , _ Per Copy—15^
Cri e Investigating Committee
Accuses O’Dwyer Contributing
Growth of Crime New York City
* WASHINGTON, (/P> — Senate
crime investigators today accused
Ambassador William O’Dwyer of
contributing to the growth of or
ganized crime in New York City,
where they said underworld king
pin Frank Costello is a power in
Democratic politics.
O’Dwver was New York’s
mayor from 1946 until last fall
when President Truman ap
pointed him ambassador to Mex
ico. From 1940 to 1942 O’Dwyer
was district attorney of King’s
County (Brooklyn^.
Referring to O'Dwyer’s Tenure
both as mayor and district attor
ney, the Crime Committee had
this to say in a lengthy and hard
hitting report on its year-long;
probe of gangsterism:
“Neither he nor his appointees ,
took any effective action against
the top echelons of the gambling,
narcotics, water-front, murder or
book-making rackets. In fact, his j
actions impeded promising in
vestigations of such rackets.”
The crime probers, headed by j
Senator Kefauver, also said
O’Dwver had named to high pub
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lie office friends of Costello and
Joe Adonis another big-time rack
eteer and gambler.
The Senators devoted 35 pages
of the 195-page report to their
New York City investigation,1
where O’Dwver and Costello were
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the major witnesses at hearings !
viewed on television by upwards
of 20,000,000 persons.
The report, rushed to comple
tion late last night, also asked j
Congress for a batch laws
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aimed at throttling the" nation’s
big crime and gambling syndi
cates by cutting the profits out j
from under them.
With a reminder that “money
is the key to power in the under
^ world,” the committee also called j
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for tougher tax laws and penal
ties to trip up gangsters, includ
ing requirements for full records
of income and expenses and state
ments of “net worth/’
Crime Report To Sell
At 40 Cents Per Copy
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Copies
of the Senate Crime Committee’s
report will be sold to the public
at 40 cents each. The government
printing office announcement said
it is now accepting advance or
ders.
Air Force Man Killed In
Fairbanks Taxi Accident
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — An Air
Force enlisted man was killed
yesterday when a taxicab careen
ed off the Alaska Highway six
miles south of here.
He was identified as Pvt. John
L. McKeone of Eielson Air Force
Base.
Police said McKeone driver of
the cab, was thrown from the
vehicle when it left the road.
NENANA ICE MOVED
OUT 5:54 P.M., APRIL 30
The story of the Nenana Ice
Break-up appeared in this column
today for Nome readers. This re
sume is for mail subscribers only.
The Nenana Ice moved April 30
at 5:54 p.m. Especially happy in
Nome today are Carl V. Ander
son, mechanic for the CAA, and
Kay Handeland winchman for the
U. S. Smelting Co., because they
like to work during the summer
months.
• Charles Castel is also happy
that navigation hns opened be
cause his father operates the MS
Vicki C in this area during the
summer months.
PAN AM REPORTS
RISE IN TRAFFIC
SEATTLE, (JP)—Passenger and
cargo traffic over the routes of j
Pan American World Airways,
Pacific - Alaska Division rose
sharply in March over the same 1
month a year ago, Ralph Johan
k sen, Seattle District Sales Man- j
ager, announced today.
Passenger traffic was up 14 per ;
cent with a total of 9,166 passen- j
gers as against 8,039 in March,
1950. The March 1951, figure was
also up 24 per cent over February
of this year.
Cargo traffic showed a rise of
18 per cent with 882,776 tgn miles
r flown this March as aaginst 750,
185 in March, 1950. I
House Refuses Allow
Unloading of Explosives
At Seward, Alaska
* WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
House Merchant Marine subcom
mittee refused yesterday to au
thorize a relaxation of Coast
Guard safety restrictions which
prohibit the unloading of explo
sives at Seward, Alaska.
Senate Approves
Special Alaska
CD Program :
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A special
civil defense program for Alaska
was approved today by the Sen
ate Armed Services Committee.
Senator Hunt, who is floor man
ager for the legislation said it
would permit the federal gov
ernment to put up “three or four
dollars to every one put up by
Alaska for civil defense.”
Previously Alaska and other
territories were required to match
federal funds cm a dollar for
dollar basis.
“Alaska presents many peculiar
problems for civil defense in ad
dition to being nearest Russia,”
Hunt said. “There ire great dis
tances between its communities
and most transportation must be
by air in emergencies.
The relaxation had been re
quested to avoid the long over
land truck haul necessary to
reach inland construction and
mining sites from Valdez.
To Hold Closed
Door Questioning
Of Gen. MacArthur
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The 25
senators on the Armed Services
and Foreign Relations Committees
have decided they won’t let any
ether Congress member sit in to
morrow on their closed door
questioning of Gen. MacArthur
i about his differences with Presi
! dent Truman.
The decision, disclosed today,
appeared certain to add more
heat to the whole controversy
boiling on Capitol Hill over the
firing of MacArthur from his
Far Eastern commands.
Even before it became known,
j House Republican leader Martin,
| protesting against closed door
| hearings by the Senate commit
! tees, demanded that similar House
j groups conduct a public airing of
the matter.
Martin made public a letter to
Chairman Vinson of the House
Armed Services Committee and
Chairman Keen of the House For
eign Affairs Committee in which
he said:
‘These are no ordinary times,
and this is no ordinary inquiry.”
Some Republicans are arguing
that too much secrecy in the for
eign policy field has led to mis
takes. j
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I Asserts UN Scores
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| Triumphs Over
Enemy In Asia
Austin Speech Regarded
Indication Adm. Stand
In MacArthur Inquiry
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NEW YORK, (/P)—'Warren R.!
! Austin, chief U.S. delegate to the
United Nations, declared last
night that victory in Korea in
volves much more than military
defeat of the enemy and that the
U. N. has scored some important
triumphs in the 10 months of war
in Asia.
This was Austin’s^ reply to a
charge by Gen. MacArthur that a
policy vacuum exists in Korea.
His speech to the New York State
convention of Masonic Grand
Masters was regarded by many
observers as an indication of the
stand the Truman administration
would take in the congressional
investigation of Gen. MacArthur’s
ouster as U.N. commander, which
opens tomorrow.
Austin said U. N. policy in Ko- |
rea is “clear, positive and con
sistent.” It has, he said, roused
the free peoples of the world to
the need for mobilizing their
strength, alerted them to the
danger of aggression, brought
them to a peak of unity and
strengthened their will to resist.
Among the triumphs, he said,
were these: Russia’s timetable of
conquest was upset; Communist
puppets failed to occupy all Ko
rea; Chinese puppets failed to
drive the U. N. from the penin
sula; Russia was served notice of
collective resistance if she strikes
elsewhere;' and Russia’s designs
for future conquest have been ex
posed.
Dr. Mary Sloop, 77,
Named American
Mother of Year
NEW YORK, {IP)—A 77-year
old doctor—known as the ^Grand
Lady of the Blue Ridg6” — has
been selected as the “Aiperican
Mother of 1951.”
Dr. Mary T. Martin Sloop of
Crossnore, S. C., was named for
the honor yesterday by the Amer
ican Mothers Committee of the
Golden Rule Foundation, an or
ganization devoted to the welfare
of mothers and children.
She practices medicine with her
country doctor husband, Dr. Eu
stace H. Sloop. Their two children
also are doctors in the sapie
county^
She founded Crossnore School
for underprivileged children and
has been credited with bringing
good roads, modern farming
methods, religious tolerance, a
hospital and dental clinic, and vo
cational instruction to Avery
County, N. C.
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Schooner Built
In Minneapolis
Enroute Alaska
SEATTLE, (ff) — Faith and'
Warren Christianson of Minnea
polis, who decided to make an
adventure of their journey to a
new life, were in Seattle today
with their home-built, 46-foot j
schooner “Tantalus.”
This was the last stateside port
of call for the Alaska - bound j
couple. Christianson expects to
start a law practice at Anchorage,
Alaska.
They began their schooner at
Columbus, Ohio, and completed it
in Minneapolis while Christian
son studied law at the University
of Minneapolis. When the boat
and law course were completed
they sailed down the Mississippi,
through the Caribbean and Pan
ama Canal and up the west coast.
“We didn't have any real
trouble on the trip,” said Christ
ianson* “although Riot (the ship’s
dog) fell overboard during a blow
near Key West.” Still with the
ship, Riot became a mother in
San Diego and one of her five
pups — name of “Mains'l” — will
go on to Alaska.
Five crew members footed the
bills during the voyage to pay
their passage. One is leaving the
Tantalus here and will be re
placed by a Seattle volunteer for
the last lap of the 20,000-mile
idyll.
Two Men Killed
In Truck Accident
On Glenn Highway
ANCHORAGE, (IPf — Two men
were killed last night when an
Alaska Transport truck left the
Glenn Highway hear Mile 170
northeast of here.
The Alaska Highway Patrol
identified the victims as Chester
Sprout, the driver, and Donald
Nelson, a passenger.
Sprout and Nelson, a driver for
Tabor Lines, were enroute to a
stalled truck to switch loads, the
highway patrol reported.
Alaska Transport is a Montana
trucking firm.
First Phase Of
Red Drive Ends
In U. N. Victory
UNDATED, </P) — The U. S.
ground commander in Korea, LL
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, said
today the vaunted Red Chinese
spring offensive has fizzled for
the time being.
After a visit to 10th Corps ad
vance headquarters, Van Fleet de
clared that the first phase of the
Red drive has ended in a great
victory for the United Nations.”
He added:
“We have punished the Com
munist forces severely. The en
emy has failed in the first phase
cf his spring offensive. He has
paid a heavy price. After their
nine-day push the Reds have now
run out of steam.” They appear
to be probing and preparing for
another onslaught, when their
supplies and fresh troops catch
up. Red casualties so far in their
spring offensive are well above
75,000. Manpower is one thing
they have in plenty.
Van Fleet made it clear he
didn’t consider that the Chinese
had ended their offensive; he said
a new Communist assault is in
the making.
Communist plans to dry up the
Pukhan and Han Rivers before
sending their war machines roll
ing again were thwarted by sky
raiders from the carrier Prince
ton. U. S. pilots using skip-bombs
blasted holes in the giant Hwa
chon dam. Torrents of water
spilled into rivers of the invasion
area.
The Reds yesterday closed the
sluice gates of the dam hoping to
dry up the rivers and make them
easy to ford. Now the Communists
will have to build bridges to cross
the rivers. Their engineers and
supply lines are slow. All the
time they will be subject to re
lentless attacks from Allied war
planes.
Yesterday the Reds lessened
their pressure on Seoul, the an
cient Korean capital being de
fended by a ring of Allied steel.
Today the enemy was still out of
contact with Allied forces and
%
there was signs the Communists
have shifted their weight from
west to central fronts.
U. S. Casualties
In Korea War
Reach 62,799
WASHINGTON, {&) — Announ
-ed American casualties in Korea
reached 62,799 today, an increase
of 1,055 in a week.
The total includes 9,603 killed,
42,246 wounded and 10,050 miss
ing in action. It covers combat
casualties reported to the next of
kin through last Friday.
Of the wounded, 1,110 have
since died and 100 of the missing
are known dead, raising the total
of combat deaths to 10,813.
The missing total also included
1,166 who have since returned to
U. S. Military Control and 113
known prisoners of war, leaving
9,571 currently missing.
Army casualties reached 52^05,
an increase of 818 over last week.