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VOL. LIT. No. 144 NOME^ ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1950 • Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
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* SEATTLE, t/P)—To handle an
exceptionally heavy pre-Christ-1
mas movement of air freight to
Alaska, Pan American Airways
has scheduled five extra sections
of all-cargo flights from Seattle
to Fairbanks in December, the
airline announced today.
NEW DELHI. India. (/P)—Com
munist China has demanded a
"full voice" in any Korean set
tlement, sources close to India's
t foreign ministry said today.
Thees sources said India's del
egate to the United Nations, Sir
Benegal N. Rau, after talks in
New York with Peiping represen
tative Wu Hsiu-Chuan, reported
that the Chinese were insistent
that they participate as an equal
party in deliberations on the Ko
rean question.
TOKYO, (/P)—Harold E. Stas
sen conferred with General Mac
I Arthur two hours yesterday. The
University of Pennsylvania presi
dent is on a world tour.
CHICAGO, (JP) — Two custom
ers at a west side auto supply
company got an unexpected bun
dle of cash for $2 yesterday.
Manager Thomas Clifford sold
the men a bag he thought con
tained 50 auto license place re
flector bolts. Later he discovered
^ the bag contained part of the
day’s receipts—four $20 bills and
several rolls of dimes and quar
ters.
SYDNEY, Australia, (JP) — A
100-degree heat wave scorched
Victoria State in Southeast Aus
tralia for the third straight day
yesterday.
ANCHORAGE, (JP) — This far
north city got its first seasonal
taste of snow Sunday—weeks af
ter many Stateside ciites were
y snowbound by blizzards.
Over six inches of sncrw fell
during the day.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., (/P)—
The Seattle Rainiers picked up
three minor league players Mon
day for a total of $16,500.
Making their selections under
baseball’s draft system, the Pa
cific Coast League Club grabbed
4 off Wes Hammer, 26-year-old
utility infielder from. San Antonio
of the Texas League; Mike Clark.
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TB. Vaccination
Here Next Week
A BCG Team is due to arrive in
Nome next week to vaccinate the
people of Nome against its worst
enemy, tuberculosis. The team,
which consists of Dr. Wendell C.
Matthews, Tuberculosis Consult
ant for the Alaska Department of
Health and Ruth Grover, R.N.,
Clinic Nurse for the BCG unit,
who are in Teller at this time
having been to Wales and Shish
maref working on their project
there.
The vaccination is made avail
able to the public only through
the Public Health Department,
according to Territorial Health
Nurse, Marie Grant, as it is not
made in quantities sufficient to
be sold to the general public and
is only made available to those
parts of the United States and
territories where there is a high
incidence of tuberculosis.
The public is requested to be
at the Public Health Center
which is located in the basement
of the MMM Hospital at any of
the following hours:
Thursday, December 14, 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m.
Friday, December 15, 2 p.m. to
5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 pjn.
Saturday, December 16, 10 a.m.
to 12 noon.
A. F. R. S.
Radio News
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THE NATIONAL GUARD SHOW
A COMBINATION SHOW, with
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America’s most famous singing
star, the new honey-voiced MIN
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spellbound with her version of
such songs as BE MINE, CANDY
AND CAKE, and the song she
■alone made famous, MY FOOL
ISH HEART. Mindy has just been
voted to be the number erne star
in popular music for the coming
year. Her voice has an intangible
natural loveliness which almost
hypnotizes her listeners with its
rich, flowing, vibrant tones. So
to hear the gal soon to be known
all over the world as “the Voice,”
you won’t want to miss the Nation
al Guard Show. BUT WAIT,
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A fire alarm shortly after mid
night, last night, alerted Nome’s
Volunteer Firemen, and part of
the population who were within
hearing distance of the siren, to a
fire at the North Pole Bakery,
which 'by four a. m., had de
stroyed the Bakery, the Patterson
Building, which housed Scotty’s
Bar, Scotty’s Liquor Store, the
Northern Grill and the Board o*f
Trade.
The North Pole Bakery w»as
closed at the time the fire was
discovered as the owner, Tommy
Martin, was busy laying a lino
leum tile floor in the CoffeeShop.
As soon as the smoke was seen
coming from the basement where
the bake shop, cold storage and
warehouse is located, the Fire
Department, which is next door
was notified. In a short time the
entire building was filled with
smoke although it did not break
through the building for some
time.
The Patterson building, which
was connected to the Bakery, was
watched carefully by the fire
men but they were unable to con
trol its spreading.
In addition to a quick response
from members of Nome’s Volun
teer Firemen who should be
named individually and who will
be when the Nugget can get all
their names, the Fire Department
j of the MAFB and their equip
ment and personnell under the
leadership of S/Sgt John S. Wil-,
son came in and stood by all night
and volunteer soldiers from the
Base as well as many local citi
zens pitched in to work in the
cold and wet all through the
night to keep the fire under con
trol and to help wherever they
could.
In addition to all the water that
the city pumps could handle from
Bering Sea, both the Pioneer Wa- |
I ter and the Bronson Water Co.,
; with a total Of four water trucks
hauled water all night which was j
handled through a booster pump*
from the fire trucks.
When the fire in the Patterson
Hotel was no longer under con
trol, the Board of Trade was
stripped and partially bull-dozed
as a fire-break which proved to
be successful and saved the rest
of the south side of Front Street.
C. C. Tanner, whose law office
happened to be on skids, was
pulled out, not only to safety, but
as an additional firebreak should
the large Dream Theater catch
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If Forced From
Korea; U. N. Will
Return To Fight
WASHINGTON, (^—President j
Truman said yesterday United j
Nations forces in Korea are fight- j
ing “against tremendous odds.”
But he declared that no matter
what happens there the fight for
freedom will go on.
His somiber-toned report came
amid growing talk in Congress
and alsewhere that the U. N. mil
itary situation has begun to ap
pear almost hopeless of may force
a Dunkerque-type withdrawal by
sea.
Mr. Truman took time out from
a busy, almost-continual round of
conferences with American mili
tary-diplomatic advisers, and
with Prime Minister Attlee of
Britain, to address the White
House conference of children and
youth.
His prepared speech stressed:
(D The precarious situation in
Korea and the “grave risk” of a
general war, and (2) The nature
of the present crisis as only part
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Statehood Bill
Dead for This Year
(By Charles D. Watkins)
t(/P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (/P) — With
Alaska statehood apparently dead
for this year, Delegate Bartlett of
Alaska began laying plans today
to seek early passage of a state
hood bill in the 82nd Congress.
But Senator O’Mahoney (D.
Wyo.) chairman of the Senate in
terior committee and sponsor of
pending statehood legislation, re- j
fused to concede defeat.
O’Mahoney said he had not
given up hope and will try again
to bring up the statehood bill if
the Senate will dispose of its
pending business—rent control
extension and a railroad labor
biU.
“The railroad labor act was one
of the excuses for delay in &ting'
upon the statehood measure,” 0‘
Mahoney told a reporter.
“If it is gotten out of the way
we can try again to bring up the
statehood bill. #
“If no action is taken on the
raliroad bill it will show the na
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Korean Situation
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Tuesday, December 5, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
President Truman and Prime
Minister Attlee were reported to
day to have agreed that United
Nations forces would return tcf
Korea in the, event -a military
disaster forces a withdrawal now.
A British informant in London
said the two leaders in their
Washington talks reached a deci
sion not to write off Korea, but
to avoid open war with commun
ist China if possible.
Their policy, it was said, calls
for making every attempt to sta
bilize a defense line which Uni
ted Nations forces could hold a
gainst Red Chinese pressure —
and then to negotiate a settle
ment with the Peiping authori
ties.
The British informant said the
two leaders are agreed that
bombing of Manchurian bases
must be ruled out for fear of
bringing Russia into the war.
There was no official confirma
tion in Washington on these re
ports.
The U£. Eighth Army contin
ued its headlong retreat towards
South Korean and the 10th Corps
appeared to be in. a more dan
gerous position in the northeast.
The odds were said to be
mounting so heavily against the
10th Corps that perhaps only an
other Dunkerque-style pull-out
could save It.
The vanguard of a 1,000,000
man-strong Chinese Communist
army entered Pyongyang, refu
gees reported. The allies had
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