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Alaska Salmon
Industry Favors
Bartlett Bill
KETCHIKAN, (/P)—’The Alaska
Salmon Industry, Inc., went on
record before a House subcom
mittee favoring the Bartlett bill
to* settle aboriginal rights in
Alaska—with a proviso.
The provision was that a few
amendments should be made to
the measure.
Attorney W. C. Arnold said the
■high tide mark should be used in
parceling out any award lands.
This, he said, would prevent bar
ring of the beaches for logging
f or other commerce.
Arnold also said the bill should
state that it does not repeal the
Tongass Timber Sales Act of 1947
which allows the U. S. Forest
Service to sell timber to pulp
mills.
Of the several Indian leaders
testifying, a sensation was created
by Ray Jones, a member of the
Haida tribe. He quoted Arnold as
saying the U.S. treaty of cession
with Russia was governed by
Russian action which had exting
uished native land claims.
Jones said the treaty never has
been ratified by the Haida nation
or other Alaska natives.
The hearings conclude today.
Anthony Eden Calls For
Solution of Cold War
PARIS, (/P) — Britain’s foreign
secretary Anthony Eden called on
the Russians today to put aside
major world issues temporarily
and seek a step-by-step solution
to the cold war.
“Let us grasp the definite and
f limited problems, and work for
their practical solution,” Eden
said in a conciliatory speech be
fore the United Nations General
Assembly.
“That is the real road to peace.
That is the way to make a fresh
start,” he declared.
Eden’s speech, his first in the
U.N. since the founding confer
ence at San Francisco in 1945,
was notable for its mild tone and
lack o*f attacks on the Russians.
He urged all U.N. members—
including the Soviet Union — to
k work from the small issues to the
great “with real good will.” ,
Anchorage Light Plane
Unreported, Is Found
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — The CAA
reported yesterday that a missing
< flier had been located three miles
south of Skwentna. The CAA said
the man was safe but had no de
^ tails on tHe condition of the plane
in which the Alaska Railroad
diesel mechanic was .making a
round-robin cross-country flight.
The missing pilot was Richard
► D. George, 25, a prominent An
chorage bowler with only 30
hours flying experience.
The CAA and Elmendorf Air
Force base official reported he
left Merrill Field, Anchorage’s
civilian airfield Saturday in a Cub
J-3 on a trip via ’ Skwentna and
Talkeetna. The plane had no
radio but carried emergency
equipment.
Reports at Skwentna indicated
an unidentified plane was heard
over the field Saturday morning
in a heavy snow storm.
George Bell Is Selected
Alaska Delegate To N.Y.
Mirror Youth Forum
George Bell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Bell of Nome, has been
selected as the Alaska delegate to
the New York Mirror Youth For
um to be held December 1 at
the Hotel Astor in New York
City. The Mirror will provide
transportation for our delegate,
pay all his expenses, including
food, sightseeing, etc.
Annually the New York Daily
Mirror sponsors a Youth Forum
in New York City. The Youth
Forum is for the purpose of giv
ing youth an opportunity for self
expression and to heed what
youth says and thinks and recom
mends.
This year the Mirror has in
vited representatives from 11 for
eign nations and Alaska to parti
cipate in the forum.
Mr. Olaf Halverson, high school
principal, received the telegram
I announcing George Bell’s ap
j pointment.
Churchill W illing
Sec Stalin Alone
On W orld Tension
LONDON, (TP) — A qualified
British government official today
pictured Prime Minister Churchill
as willing to go to Russia alone
to see Generalissimo Stalin if
President Truman rejects the idea
of a Big Three meeting on world
tensions.
The official indicated the ques
tion of the desirability of a Big
Three meeting would be high on
the agenda of the Washington
meeting. • Churchill talked over
with his cabinet today, his pro
jected visit to the U.S., on which
he will be accompanied by for
eign secretary Anthony Eden, the
official said.
In addition, the President and
the Prime Minister are likely to
go over the whole range of Anglo
American political, economic and
military relations, including a full
■U. S.-British partnership in the
atomic energy field. They are ex
pected to talk over U.S. military
and economic aid to prop up
Britain’s safety and solvency.
Churchill pledged during the
British election campaign that he
would do all in his power to end i
the cold war. He committed him-!
self to try to see Stalin with the
goal of bringing about a live-and
let - live arrangement between i
Moscow and the west.
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KOREAN SITUATION
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- j
QUARTERS, Korea, (IP) — Allied '
troops today seized two hill posi
tions southwest of Kumsong in an
attack which pushed the Reds
back three-quarters of n mile.
Heavy clouds and % dense fog
kept most blanes on the ground
Monday. The Fifth Air Force said
its planes flew only six sorties,
a new low for any 24-hour period
since the outbreak of war.
U. N. artillery pounded hills
near the Panmunjom area shortly
before truce negotiators met in
another effort to resolve the
knotty problem of a buffer zone
across the peninsula.
Alaska Believed
Hunting Ground
First Inhabitants
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A Smith
sonian Institute archeologist
thinks nomadic hunters in north-'
ern Alaska 25,000 to 30,000 years
ago may have been the western
hemisphere’s first human inhabi
tants.
This conclusion of Ralph Sole
cki is contained in the institu
tion’s annual report issued Sat
urday. Basing his thinking on ex
tensive surveys of archeological
sites in northern Alaska, Solecki
said the north slopes of the
Brooks mountains in that area
may have been “man’s earliest
bivouac in the new world.”
Although ice covered much of
the northern half of the continent
at that time, Solecki says the
Brooks mountain foothills, stretch
ing northward to the Arctic, were
unglaciated and may have fur
nished pastures for animals on
which the hunters fed.
Eventually, Solecki savs, these
early men hay have trekked east
ward to the Mackenzie River
drainage and then southward to
what is now the western United
States. Their peculiar spearheads
have been found in this country,
Solecki said.
Gen. MacArthur
To Meet Returning I
Korean \Y ar Vets
SEATTLE, (/P) — Troops who
once fought under General Mac
Arthur in Korea will be wel
comed home Wednesday by the
general himself.
Officials of Greater Seattle,
Inc., sponsors o*f the city cen
tennial celebration, announced
yesterday the general will greet a
shipload of returning Korea vet
erans as a highlight of his two
day visit here.
Greater Seattle officials said
MacArthur will stop at the Seat
tle Port of Embarkation Wednes
day forenoon to welcome the Ko
rea veterans returning on rota
tion. The publicized can-can danc
ers also will be on the program.
The generaTs busy schedule
will include two addresses, one
from the Hec Edmundson Pavil
ion at the University of Washing
ton at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow to be
broadcast nationally.
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Two Boys and A Girl
Are Born In 12 Hours
The stork hesitated a long time
over the MMM Hospital Friday
and left two* little boys and a
girl in a record period of 12
hours.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Carlson are
the parents of a daughter Elaine
Lillian. Reverend Carlson is pas
tor of the Evangelical Covenant
Church.
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Freeburg
are the parents of a son Arthur
Hugo. Rev. Freeburg is pastor of
the Nome Gospel Mission and
also is employed by U.S. Mercan
tile Co.
Mrs. Ernest Blatchford, of the
Teller Blatchfords, had the third
baby, which was a boy.
Also admitted to the hospital
over the week-end were Marie
Jencek, Capt. Robert Weggin, L.
Tocktuk, Robert Nelson.
All three mothers and their
babies have been discharged from
the hospital.
Military Running
Short of Planes
For Touring VIPs
WASHINGTON, (/P) — So many
congressmen are going abroad or
to Alaska that the Military Air
Transport Service is said to be
hard-pressed to provide them suit
able planes.
In addition, the State Depart
ment is reported running short of
escort officers.
Approximately 90 House mem
bers and 10 senators are overseas
or are planning official excursions
during the current adjournment of
Congress. Others completed tours
earlier in the year.
Although a few groups chose to
travel by ship, most of the law
makers preferred to go by air, cov
ering a greater amount of terri
tory. Several of the journeys ex
tended around the world.
The Defense Department is
of scientific studies, Secretary of
enough planes of the type usually
assigned to VIPs—very important
persons—officials say. Practically
all insist upon plush, four-engine
ships.
The congressmen are depend
ing on planes to get them back
to Washington in a hurry if an
emergency should demand their
presence. Hardly a spot on the
globe is more than two days by
fast plane from the capital.
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Rich Food Sickens Joe,
Big Kodiak Bear,
At San Diego Zoo
SAN DIEGO, Calif., (/P)—Rich
food was blamed today for the
illness of Jim, big Kodiak bear,
which has been a favorite at the
San Diego zoo for 20 years.
Mrs. Belle Benchley, zoo direc
tor, said she has little hope that
Jim will recover.
The bear, paralyzed in his
hind legs, has eaten great quan
tities of candy, bread, nuts and
popcorn thrown to him by the zoo
public over the years.
Jim, who weighs 1,700 pounds,
was brought from Kodiak island,
Alaska, with a brother Joe, in
1931. Joe died of an infection
several years ago.
New British Loan
Will Be Subject of
January Meeting
KEY WEST, Fla'., (^—-Presi
dent Truman’s agreement to meet
with British Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill in January lent
emphasis to reports a new Eng
lish loan is in the making.
Presidential Secretary Joseph
Short was telling reporters at a
news conference of how the Pres
•
ident got up early Sunday and
walked outside the naval sub
marine station where he has his
quarters, and of how he swam
and sunbathed at the naval sub
marine station.
Suddenly a reporter asked
about a story, by John M. High
tower of the AP, that Churchill
is expected to visit Washington
early in January for talks with
the President.
“Quite probably the Prime Min
ister will be in Washington some
time in January,” Short said.
Ever since the British election
campaigns that sent Churchill
back into control of the British
government, it has been a gen
erally known fact that Churchill
would re-new his old acquaint
ance with Mr. Truman if re
turned to power.
No matter what the two discuss
nothing will exceed in importance
British need for financial aid.
Buffer Zone
Malemate . . .
MUNSAN, Korea, (^—Allied
truce negotiators in strong words
today accused the communists of
insisting on a phoney cease-fire
line merely to stall the armistice
talks.
Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes,
chairman of the two-member UN
command subcommittee, minced
no words in telling the communist
negotiators:
“You intend to establish a pre
sumptive demarcation line and
demilitarized zone, which will re
lease you of any necessity to set
tle the remaining items of the
(armistice) agenda with speed and
equity.
“You want to establish a spur
ious line and zone which will
provide you with the leisure and
freedom to continue delaying the
conference.”
The Reds want to fix a cease
fire line before taking up any
other item on the agenda. The
UN command insists that the line
follow the war front at the time
all other armistice terms are ag
reed upon.
' Burma Surgeon" Is
Acquitted of Treason
RANGOON, Burma, (JP) — A
special Burmese court acquitted
“Burma Surgeon” Dr. Gordon S.
Seagrave today of aiding a rebel
leader, and set aside his convic
tion by a high court.
An earlier appeal court already
had freed him from jail by com
muting his sentence to the seven
months he served while awaiting
trial. Seagrave sought reversal of
the treason conviction so that he
could return to his hospital work
among the tribesmen of North
Burma.