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VOL. LIII No. 98 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1951_Per Copy—15^
Indications Are
Communists Ready
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To Compromise
MUNSAN, Korea, (/P)—A four
man subcommittee tackled the
Korean buffer zone deadlock to
day amid official indications the
-communists are ready to compro
mise.
The subcommittee declined to
comment on what happened in
their first session—held in an un
usual air of informality for Kor
ean truce talks.
When they adjourned, United
Nations and communist delegates
posed together for the first time.
While posing, Maj. Gen. Henry
I. Hodes, one of the U.N. repre
sentatives, put his arm around
North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang
Cho.
While they were negotiating be
hind closed doors, their discus
sions were broken at times by
outbursts of laughter.
The informal attitude—a com
plete reversal of the cold military
formality of all full delegation
meetings—strengthened an air of
hopefullness brought to Kaesong
by a Red broadcast.
The Peiping radio quoted the
chief communist negotiator as say
ing “It is possible to adjust” the
Red demand for a demarcation
line along the 38th parallel “on
the basis of terrain and mutual
defense.”
Truman Savs
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Jap Peace Treaty
Will Be Signed
By D. HAROLD OLIVER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, {&)—
President Truman said today
there are plenty people ambitioois
to be president, but they don’t
know what they are getting into.
That was his latest comment on
presidential possibilities for 1952,
almost a year before the nominat
ing conventions. He didn't name
anyone.
At the same time, he admon
ished reporters that they are
working politics to the vanishing
point when there are plenty of
other things more important to
talk about.
The President said the Japanese
peace treaty will be signed and
he does not think the signing ar
rangements can be upset by any
body. This was in reply to a
question whether he believes
Russia’s decision to attend the San
Francisco treaty ceremony next
r month would “damage” such ar
rangements.
Asked about reports that Gen.
Douglas MacArthur would attend
and speak at the treaty signing,
he said he did not know but the
deposed Pacific commander would
be welcome.
ARMY HELICOPTER CRASHES
An Army helicopter being flown
by the U. S. Engineers, cracked up
at Haycock at 7:30 Tuesday eve
ning, in the first fatal accident of
the season.
The passenger, a first lieutenant
in the U. S. Engineer, whose name
is being withheld, was killed. A
military investigation is now un
der way.
Chamber Committee
Investigating Closing
Nome Land Office
The matter of the closing of
the land office here is under spe
cial investigation by a special
committee of the Chamber of
Commerce.
A protest has been sent to
Delegate Bartlett and other de
partmental heads, urgirlg that the
decision of the department be set
aside.
Ken Kadow of the U. S. Tin
Mines told the committee yester
day “In my opinion the Land
Office in Nome is a fundamental
and necessary tool to land and re
source development o*f this area.
The civilian economy of the Sec
ond Division has been and still
is largely mining. All mining
work involves extensive contact
with the Land Office. The U. S.
Tin Corporation will assist in
every way possible to obtain a
full understanding of these facts
by the proper officials with the
aim of retaining the Nome Land
Office.”
Alaska To Welcome
Governor Dewey
JUNEAU, (/P) — Alaska’s pro
gram of welcome to New York’s
Republican Governor Dewey next
week was outlined today.
Dewey, on his return from the
Orient, will attend a public re
ception at Democratic Governor
Gruening’s home next Tuesday
night.
A Fish and Wildlife Service
plane will fly him over canneries
and fishing boats in southeastern
Alaska next Wednesday. He will
spend the night in Ketchikan after
a public address there.
On Thursday he will visit the
native hospital at Sitka, return
ing here th-at night.
Next Friday Dewey will speak
at the Chamber of Commerce at
noon, and fly in the afternoon to
Anchorage. He will visit Fair
banks before returning to Anchor
age and starting his return plane
trip to New York City Aug. 28. j
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Will Draft 520,000
Men This Year
WASHINGTON, (^(—Selective
Service expects to induct 520,000
men into the armed services this
year and 300,000 in .1952. And it
warned certain college men that
they are liable to be drafted dur
ing the coming school session.
The warning to students came
from Brig. Gen. Louis H. Ren
frow, acting director of Selective
Service. In a statement interpret
ing the new draft law, Renfrow
said:
“Those college students who
fail to meet the class standing or
test grade critteria for deferment
as students -and who enroll in
college, can be called crut of col
lege for induction if their induc
tion has already been postponed
once under statutory provisions.”
PNA Reduces Fares
SEATTLE, (JP)— Reduced pas
senger fares between Alaska cities
and Seattle and Portland have
been announced by Pacific North
ern Airlines and connecting car
riers.
Fourth Plane,
I In Less Than
Month, Is Missing
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — Another
plane was missing today in Alas
ka — the fourth in less than a
month. The wreckage of one, a
Navy patrol bomber with a crew
of 12, has been found.
The latest search was for a
plane flown by veteran Alaska
bush pilot Glen Hudson. It failed
to return from a flight Wednes
day night to a lake near Dead
Man Mountain, about 170 miles
northeast of Anchorage.
Among the three passengers
was a 10-year-old boy. Their
names have not been learned. The
party was due back in a few
hours.
Charred wreckage of the Ko
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diak-based Navy patrol bomber
was found Wednesday on lonely
Amak Island, off the Alaska Pen
insula about midway between Ko
diak and Adak Island in the Aleu
tian chain. The Privateer took off
last Sunday from its home field
on a routine flight to Adak. A
ground party was due to reach the
shattered bomber late yesterday
but has not reported by radio.
Still missing are a Korean air
lift DC-4, which disappeared July
21, and a single-engine Norseman
piloted by Maurice King with two
women aboard which vanished in
the same area July 27.
Marion Davies Says She
Owns Mansion Mentioned
In Wm. R. Hearst’s Will
L©S ANGELES, (JP)—An at
torney for former actress Marion
Davies (says that she owns the
Beverly Hills mansion where pub
lisher William Randolph Hearst
died last Tuesday.
A. Lawrence Mitchell, the law
yer, made the disclosure yester
day in explanation of*a codicil in
the publisher’s will that be
queathed the residence to Miss
Davies, his long time friend and
business associate, and another co
dicil revoking it.
Miss Davies purchased the resi
dence under her legal name, Mar
ion Douras, in 1946, county rec
ords disclose. She deeded it to
Hearst six weeks later. The in
dicated value was $120,000.
Mitchell said Hearst returned
the deed to the residence to' Miss
Davies in 1948. County records
indicate Hearst still is the owner
but Mitchell said it was not nec
essary that the transaction be re
corded, since it was a gift. The
codicil revoking the bequest to
Miss Davies was drawn after she
had been given the deed, the at
torney claimed.
THURSDAY RESULTS
National League
New York 2—Brooklyn 1
St. Louis 9—Pittsburgh 6
Chicago 8—Cincinnati 4
American League
St. Lcfuis 4—Cleveland 0
New York 5—Washington 3
Philadelphia 10—Boston 2
Detroit 2—Chicago 1
Coast League
Oakland 4—Hollywood 3
Los Angeles 2—San Francisco 0
Portland 5—Sari Diego 1
Seattle 8—Sacramento 2
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Seattle Housewife Bilks
State of $20,000 In Aid
For Her Five Children
SEATTLE, (IP)—A middle-aged
Seattle housewife who admitted
bilking the state of some $20,000
in aid for her five children faced
a charge of grand larceny. She
said the fraud was conceived by
having her husband pose as her
brother-in-law.
The charge filed against Mrs.
Gladys A. Harmon, 47, covered
only $6,067 paid her in the past
three years as aid to dependent
children. The statute of limita
tions restricted the charge to that
period.
Deputy Prosecutor F. A. Wal
terskirchen said, however, the
penitent woman told in a signed
and notarized statement of obtain
ing as high as $265 a month over
a period of seven to nine years
for her children’s support.
Alaska Housing
Program Slashed
By $1,500,000
fAP Special Washington Service)
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, (IP) — The
House Appropriations Committee
today approved $3,500,000 for
Alaska’s housing program—a cut
of $1,500,000 below President Tru
man’s requested sum.
The slice came despite protests
of officials of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency. They testi
fied earlier that a lack of federal
money would “soon curtail and
delay urgently needed production”
of Alaska housing.
The Appropriation Committee
also rejected a request for $950,000
for a new jail at Anchorage.
Although Congress originally
authorized a $15,000,000 revolving
fund, only $10,000,000 has been
actually appropriated. The Presi
dent recently requested approval
of the final $5,000,000.
More than half of the original
$10,000,000 fund already has been
committeed in loans. Loans now
up for final approval will use
the balance of the fund. In addi
tion, some $6,000,000 in projects
have been given preliminary
screening.
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Committee Raps
Civil Defense
Administration
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
House Appropriations Committee
today stripped all but $65,255,
000 out of the $535,000,000 fund
which President Truman re
quested for the Civil Defense Ad
ministration.
In doing so, the committee rap
ped the agency for not develop
ing a “realistic, well coordinated”
civil defense plan which woruld
guarantee ‘the people the maxi
mum of protection for the money
expended.” When that is done, it
said, Congress will supply the
money.
The committee refused to ap
prove any civil defense funds for
bomb shelters and- other protec
tive facilities and cut $150,000,
000 from the*. $200,000,000 re
quested for the purchase of medi
cal supplies and equipment.
Ten CAP Cadets
Leave for McChord
Air Force Base
Civil Air PatrcJ Cadets are
scheduled to leave this morning
for Anchorage enroute to Mc
Chord Field, near Tacoma, Wash.,
for a two weeks encampment.
The boys in the Nome group
will be joined by another group
in Anchorage. They have all been
outfitted with uniforms and will
make the trip in an Air Force
plane.
Those in the group are Logan
Dowd, Bill Boucher, Gordon
Swanberg, Vernon Olson, Myron
Wheeler, George Bell, Norman
Atuk, Clyde Nershak, Art Out
water, and Milton Willoya.
Several of the boys have never
been away from Nome and will
see the States for the first time.
While there, it is reported, they
will observe and be instructed in
various phases of Air Force train
ing and see something of the
working of jet planes.
Accompanying the boys was Lt.
Phil Lancaster of CAP.
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Human Guinea
Pigs Die In
Drug Experiment
VERMILLION, S. D., (/P)—Dr.
Donald Slaughter, dean of the
University of South Dakota medi
cal school, said yesterday the
death of two “human guinea pigs”
in a drug experiment occurred
when a doctor on his staff “picked
up the wrong bottle.”
The staff doctor, whose name
was withheld pending an inquest,
had planned to participate in the
experiment himself, along with a
fourth person.
Dr. Slaughter said the staff
physician called him after injec
tions had been given to Jack
Clifford, 30, laboratory technician,
and Mrs. Ardys Pearson, 26, a
secretary. The injections were
given Tuesday afternoon and Clif
ford and Mrs. Pearson died 24
hours later.
Dr. Slaughter said all known
antidotes were given without ef
fect after his assistant phoned to
say: “Fve made a mistake.”
Egyptian Army Officer
And British Dancer Win
English Channel Swim
DOVER, Eng., (JP)—An Egyp
tian army officer and a British
ballroom dancing queen took top
honors in yesterday’s mass swim
ming assault on the treacherous
English Channel.
Hassan Hamad, 34-year-old
army officer from Cairo, won the
London Daily Mail’s cross-channel
race from Cap Gris Nez, France,
to Britain’s Cliffs of Dover in a
photo finish over Frenchman
Roger Le Morvan, 27. Hamad’s
winning time was 12 hours and
12 minutes.
Brenda Fisher of Britain was
the first woman to touch shore,
and apparently she set a new
women’s record of 12 hours 43
minutes for the crossing.
Hamad and Miss Fisher both
get £1,000 ($2,800) first prize.