OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS____
VOL. LIII No. 42_NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1951_Per Copy—15^
Alaska can support
80% of Food Needs
Says Expert
By Frank W. Vaille
WASHINGTON, (/P)— Alaskan
agriculture will be able eventually
to fill 80 to 90% of the food needs
of Territorial residents, the De
partment of Agriculture believes, j
The Territory currently imports j
approximately 85% of its food
supply.
The optimistic prediction was
made by Dr. S. B. Fracker, admin
istrative assistant to the Depart
ment’s Agriculture Research Ad
ministration, in testimony before
the House Appropriations Com
mittee in support of a $280,000
budget request to continue experi
mental research in Alaska.
His testimony was made public
Saturday. •
Dairy Prospects Good
On a self - sufficiency basis,
Fracker told the committee, Alas
ka probably is no better of per
centagewise than it has been in
the past “because the population
has been increasing faster than
the cleared land.”
“But on a total basis of the pro
duction it has definitely been in
creasing in milk, potatoes and
grain,” he added. “The prospects
for the dairy industry are particu
larly good, because of the research
results with respect to feeding,
the use of light, and the produc
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Yukon Ice To Help
Alaska Charity
Crippled Children Will
Benefit From Ticket Sale
The McKinley Foundation, Inc.,
of Anchorage, has sponsored a
benefit for the Alaska Crippled
Children’s Assn, which, if success
ful this year, will become an an
nual event.
The tickets, which are available
through the local manager, Dew
ey Goodrich, entitle the holder to
attend the “Yukon River Rail”,
held in connection with the mov
ing of the ice at Fort Yukon.
Half of the proceeds of the con
test will go to the Crippled Chil
dren’s Fund and half to the ticket!
holder.
Ticket sale closes tomorrow ev^
ening, advises chairman Goodrich.
Alaska Crippled Children's Ass'n.
McKINLEY FOUNDATION, INC.
The Yukon River Ice moved
ai Fort Yukon at the following
; times in last ten years:
1940 April 29 9:34 P.M.
1941 May 9 5:06 P.M.
1942 May 6 3:11 P.M.
1943 May 3 10:51 AM.
1944 May 8 6:12 P.M.
1945 May 20 11:42 A.M.
1946 May 11 2:18 P.M.
1947 May 7 4:26 PJ4.
1948 May 15 9:47 PJi
1949 May 18 11:36 P.M.
1950 May 12 5:22 A.M.
The closing date for depositing
of the dance tickets in the con
tainer is APRIL 10, 1951
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West Alaska In
Hands
Headquarters, Alaskan Com*
mand, Elmendorf Air Force Base,
Anchorage Alaska. Bases in west
ern Alaska secured by the “en
emy” during the first two days
of the exercise are still in “en
emy” hands. .
All is quiet on the Alaskan
front today, as a lull in exercise
“Firestep” continues for the third
successive day. *
‘Aggressor* forces, hit by strong
defensive counter^- attacks, have
apparently withdrawn to regroup
themselves to meet any major
action which the “enemy** may be
planning.
It has been reported that the
“aggressor” air strength has suf
fered considerable, and it is be
lieved that the breathing spell is
partially the result of the enemy’s
need for reinforcing their air arm.
Reds Open Dam;
Flood Avoided
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(IP)— Red Chinese opened the
floodgates of* the huge Hwachon
Reservoir dam in central Korea
today but early reports said the
man-made flood did not endanger
U.N. forces.
The Reds opened 10 of the res
ervoir’s 18 gates and sent thous
ands of tons of water rushing
down on Allied-held ground. Ob
servers said the Chinese intended
to cut the Chunchon - Hwachon
highway, a main Allied supply
artery and pave the way for a
counter-offensive down the Chun
chon-Wonju highway.
Previous to the flooding, the
Chinese had made a stout stand
against Allied forces storming the
southern rim of the reservoir fove
to eight miles inside Red Korea.
Despite the flood the Pukhan
river rose no more than four and
one half feet and by night the
water was receding.
Julie Lomen
Dies At 96
Julie Loman, age 96, well known
pioneer woman of Nome, passed
away this morning in Seattle.
Mrs. Lroman was the widow of
Judge G.J. Lomen, formerly judge
of the 2d Division District Ccmrt,
and the mother of several promi
nent Nome business men. She is
survived by sons Carl, Ralph, and
Harry Lomen and a daughter,
Mrs. Clinton Austin, seven grand
children and several great-grand
children.
J ulie Lomen, who came to
Nome from Minnesota with her
family to be with her husband, a
lawyer in Nome during the color
ful stampede days, made many
friends who remember here for
her friendliness and kindness. She
was a charter member of the Pio
neers of Alaska, Auxiliary No. 1.
Since the death of her husband
she has made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Clinton Austin, of
Seattle.
The funeral will be held in Se
attle at the Butterworth Chapel
at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Marshall Warns
Against Defense
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WASHINGTON, W-^Secretary
of Defense Marshall spoke out to
day against what he called a-let
down in public support of the de
fense program in the face of a
worsening world situation.
“Every indication we have from
abroad is of increasing buildup/’
Marshall said. “It has been notice
able particularly in the satellite
countries. The situation not only
hasn’t been changed in the matter
of being less tense, * it is really
more tense than before.
The best this country can hope
for, Marshall said, is a period of
tension rather than an all - out
world war, and he added: “What
we are thinking about is possibly
a ten-year tension—but the ten
sion has relaxed here in 6 weeks.”
Marshall expressed these views
in a copyrighted interview with
the magazine U. S. News and
World Report, during which he
re-iterated again his call for en
actment of a universal military
military training \UMT) program.
Indications are that the House,
voting later this week, will do no
more than set up a commission to
recommend machinery for such a
program.
I Father Hubbard
Lauds MacArthur
SEATTLE, (/P)—Father Bernard
Hubbard, known as the “Glacier
Priest” for his years in Alaska, in
Seattle Friday offered this as his
solution to the Korean war:
“Leave the decisions to General
MacArthur and take them out of
the hands of the bunglers of the
State Department and the United
Nations.”
Father Hubbard, geologist at
Santa Clara University in Cali
fornia, asserted that “The diplo
mats and politicians have lost the,
confidence of the people.”
“They have shown,” he contin
ued, “their lack of leadership, of
grasp, and appreciation.”
He said that in his opinion Gen
eral MacArthur is “the greatest
living American.”
He likened the situation of the
Chinese Reds in Korea to that of
the wolves in Alaskan preserves.
“The wolves ore protected in
•the preserves so that their young
can go out and kill. The Chinese
who are killing our boys return to
the preserves of Siberia.”
i Father Hubbard estimated that
Russia needs two years to be
ready for an all-out war.
“And we are graciously giving
them the time,” he added.
Demand Wage Increase
Bridges’ Longshoremen
HONOLULU, (IP)—A caucus of
Harry Bridges’ west coast long
shoremen voted yesterday to de
mand a wage increase of 15^ an
hour and to back the demand
with a coastwide strikesif need be.
The wage demand was part of a
four-point program voted by 80
delegates. The current contract
expires June 15. The contract can
be reopened cm April 15.
U. S.-Britsh Talks Begin
On Iranian Oil Crisis
. (/P)—-^United States and British
officials began talks in Washing
ton today in an attempt to work
put a common policy for meeting
the Iranian oil crisis. Britain con
trols the rich Iranian ojl ondustry
but has not yet put nationaliza
tion into effect..
, In Tehran, the Iranian govern
ment rejected Britain’s protest
against nationalization but Pre
mier Hussein Ala cautiously made
no commitment to parliament on
the explosive situation.
The Soviet news agency Tass
said Albania has protested against
asserted violations by air, sea and
land of its territories by Italy and
Greece.
A French army source, in Hanoi,
Indochina, said a Chinese invader
battalion was believed to have
halted its march toward Lai Chau,
a provincial capitai 170 miles
northwest of Hanoi.
Britain and France
Oppose Use Of
Chiang’s Troops
PARIS, (#>)—France lined up
with Great Britain today in op
posing Gen. MacArthur’s proposal
fcrr the use of Chiang Kai-Shek’s
troops by the United Nations in
an effort to win the war in Korea.
This was reported by the semi
official French news agency and
later confirmed by a foreign min
istry spokesman.
The French stand was made at
1 l4
a regular foreibn ministry news
conference. Only French reporters
are permitted to attend.
The news agency said the gov
ernment confirmed that through
out the conversations carried on
by diplomatic channels at Wash
ington and Lake Success to fix the
common position of the powers
with troops in Korea, France as
well as Great Britain has con
stantly opposed any extension of
the cbnflict, whether by bombing
Manchuria or the use of National
ist Chinese troops, and in general
any activity of the commander
in-chief not expressly approved
by the U.N.”
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Champion.
of the UJS. Weather Bureau, and
family arrived yesterday to be
stationed here.
GOLD STRIKE
IN KQREA
TOKYO, (£>)— The old sour
dough cry of “Gold!” has sentUJS.
Marines scurrying for picks and
shovels at a First Division com
mand post in Kofea. ,*
There are recognized gold de
posits in Korea, but the Leather
necks though little of them until
Sgt. John M. Stent of Warner
Springs, Calif., turned up two sliv
ers of the precious metal in part
time panning.
His find sent buddies running
for cooking pots and pans with
which to mine a stream bed.
They didn’t find anything but
they were not discouraged.
Reds Withdraw;
Allies 17 Mi. Inside
North Korea
Saturday, April 10, 1951
. TOKYO. (#)— United Nations
forces stabbed deeper into Red
Korea today against little oppo
sition. . .
On most sections of the west
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ern and. central battlefronts, the
Communists had withdrawn sud
denly and strangely.
But they left behind roadways
of death. The routes leading north
were sowed thickly with mines,
booby-trapped mortar shells and
pits dug to trap tanks. The for
ward pace was slow.
Cencorships cloaked the dis
tances gained.
AP correspondent Tom Bradshaw
said lack of firm contact with the
Reds “for miles” north of the
border surprised most Allied ob
servers.
On the eastern front, patrols
crossed the Hantan River at sev
eral points four to six miles north
of the border. They drew fire from
the north bank and pulled back.
British Commonwealth troops
in the central front consolidated
their positions in the Red north
land.
American and Thai (Siamese)
units north of the border met only
small arms and automatic wea
pons fire.
An Eighth Army communique
said Red casualties Friday totaled
about 935.
I^Il
Monday, April 9, 1951
On the west-central front, Am
erican artillery pounded into
Chorwon, 17 miles inside Red
Korea.
AP correspondent John Ran
dolph reported the Chinese ap
peared to have pulled back all
along the western front, north of
Seoul. It ftas the third straight
day that contact was broken with
the Reds. There were indications
the enemy was building up in
this area for a counter-offensive.
Practically all the day’s fight
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One - Third Of
Red Cross Goal For
Military Services
WASHINGTON, — Almost a
third of the $55,000,000 sought by
the American Red Cross in its
current fund campaign will. foe
used for expanded services to the
Armed Forces and their families,
E. Roland Harriman, Red Cross
president, announced here recent
ly.
At the beginning of 1951 the
Red Cross had a paid staff of
2,180 in its Services to Armed
Forces program. Of this total,
1,830 are on field assignments
with troops in this country and
overseas. More than 400 addition
al assistant field directors, recrea
tion workers and secretaries are
urgently needed to work with
able-bodied and hospitalized serv
icemen. • t .. t.
- 411?e voluntarily at the Post
Office this week!