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VOL. LIII No. 143. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1951 Per Copy—15c
Reds Propose
Complete Freeze
d roops in Korea
Major Concession
On Part of Reds
MUNSAN, Korea, (JP) — Com
munist truce negotiators today
proposed behind-the-lines inspec
tions by neutral observers and a
“complete freeze” on troops and
arms in Korea, possibly paving
the way for agreement on another
step toward an armstice.
The move appeared to be a
major concession o*n the part of
the Reds. In the past they have
refused adamantly to allow ob
servers behind their lines and
have insisted on the right to build
up their armed strength while an
armistice is in force.
The surprise compromise plan
immediately drew from Allied
envoys more than a score of
searching questions.
The big one—an Allied spokes
man called it the $64 question—
^tvas what neutral nations do the
- communists have in mind to po
lice the truce?
Among countries officially neu
tral in the Korean War are such
Russian satellites as Czechoslo
vakia, Poland and the Balkan na
tions ncrt to mention the Soviet
Union itself.
On the other hand, there are
relatively few western countries
which have not participated di
rectly in the war or supported the
Allies through votes in the United
Nations.
The communists said they
would answer 21 questions posed
by the U.N. command when the
negotiators meet in Panmunjom
Tuesday.
The offer to permit inspection
teams behind communist lines
was the Red’s biggest concession,
even though they stipulated that
any such inspection should be
limited to ‘^mutually agreed upon
ports of entry.”
Four Alaskan Soldiers
1 Home From Korea War
SAN FRANCESCO, {JP) — Four
Alaskans were among 4,777 com
bat veterans from the Orient,
reaching here aboard a troop
ship today.
They were: Pvt. Roderick
Beach, Anchorage; Sgt. Harold
Connor, Anchorage; Cpl. Charles
Natkong, Hydaburg; Cpl. Gerald
^ . Wilson, Moses Point.
Ten Egyptians and Seven
Britons Killed In Fastest
Violence At Suez Canal
CAIRO, (/P) — Egyptian and,
British forces clashed in the Suez j
» Canal Zone today. An Egyptian
army spokesman in the canal area
said more than 10 civilians were
killed and a large number
wounded. The British said they
lost at least seven soldiers and
that four Egyptians were killed.
Justice Clark
To Testify In
House Tax Probe
WASHINGTON, (£>) — Chair
man King said today Supreme
Court Justice Tom Clark and At
torney General Howard McGrath
will be invited to testify at House
subcommittee hearings on tax
law enforcements.
He said Clark would be given
an opportunity to clear the rec
ord on his participation” in plane
trips to Florida fishing spots with
T. Lamar Caudle and others in
the private plane of Troy White
head, Charlotte, N. C., business
man who was having tax trou
bles.
Both Clark and Caudle said
they did not know, when they
took the trips, that Whitehead
was in any tax troubles.
Clark’s trips were while he was
attorney general prior to his ele
vation to the Supreme Court
bench in 1949.
Reds Imprison
Canadian Nuns
For '"Murder**
HONG KONG, (/P)—Two Can
adian nuns were sent to prison for
five years and three others were
ordered expelled from China,
after a clamorous, broadcast trial
Sunday in Canton.
The shouts of the spectators
could be plainly heard here by
radio listeners.
The prison terms were given
Sister Superior Antonine Couv
rette, 38, Joliette, Quebec; and
Sister Jermaine Gravel, 43, East
Rivers, Quebec.
The five nuns for years ran
the Sacred Heart orphanage and
receiving center for abandoned
children and unwanted girls.
Most of the youngsters were
starving and ill when brought to
the sisters; many were dying. The
nuns saved hundreds, but thou
sands died and the communists
charged the sisters with one count
of murder for each death.
American Jets Continue
To Win Over Superior
Numbers Over Korea
SEOUL, Korea, (/P)—American
Sabre jets, outnumbered four to
one, scored a sweeping victory
Sunday in the mounting battle for
aerial supremacy over Korea.
The Far East Air Force re
ported five Red MIG jets were
shot down and three damaged,
without loss of any Sabres.
It was the eighth day of jet-to
jet combat.
U.N. pilots said the Red fliers
were far less eager to fight Mon
day than on previous days.
The calm along the Korean
ground front remained unbroken
Monday. The Eighth Army re
ported no significant action up
to noon.
Modern Rotman
Store Opens
At Kotzebue
The changing conditions of Arc
tic Alaska are reflected in the
new Rotman Store which opened
in Kotzebue with a flourish to
day. The 40 x 106 foot building,
with a full cement basement, was
constructed for the owners, Louis
and Clara Rotman, veteran Arc
tic traders, by the Burgess Con
struction Company of Fairbanks.
The first floor of the beautiful
new building, which is finished
with chromium and plate glass,
is devoted to store operations, and
follows a decorative pattern and
floor plan of the most modem
store building. Every conveni
ence for the customer has been
installed, the store operating on a
serve - yourself plan. Displays
range from groceries, furniture
and washing machines, to a com
plete clothing department.
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The second floor consists of a
large apartment for the Rotman
family and spacious rooms will
be available for travelers.
A number of innovations for
j the Arctic are incorporated in this
new building, among them an
electric elevator, air conditioning,
and Butane gas for cooking and
heating oi hot water. Everyone
wants to' ride in the “machine
that goes up and down.”
Prizes offered by the Rotman
Stores for drawings to be held
just before the holidays, include
a Thor washing machine, Zenith
radio, and many other valuable
articles. Mr. Rotman, when inter
viewed in Kotzebue, said he and
his wife realize a lifetime dream
with the opening of the store.
They are assisted by their dau
ghters, Sally and Marjorie, and
their son Seymour, in the store
operations. One daughter, Bunny,
attends school in Kotzebue, and
a fourth daughter, June, at Holy
Names Academy in Seattle, is ex
pected home for the approaching
holidays.
Armies of Russian
Satellites Increasing
ROME, (^P) — Russia may not
have increased her own armed
forces lately, but the armies of
her satellites are growing by leaps
and bounds, western intelligence
sources report.
One informant for a western
power, which keeps close tab on
the iron curtain nations, says Red
Bulgaria has built up a tough
army of between 160,000 and
180,000 men spearheaded by some
500 tanks. That would be three
times the 55,000-man army limit
set by Bulgaria’s peace treaty
with the Allies after World War
II.
This same informant said starv
ing little Albania now in the
throes of a depression, has man
aged to build up an armed force
of between 60,000 and 80,000 men.
Tax Disclosures
/
Lead To Gang
Style Execution
CHICAGO, (/P) — A scorching
scandal touched off by an ex
convict’s income tax disclosures,
remained white hot today follow
ing the man’s gang-style execu
tion.
Gunmen blasted Ram Rinella,
49-year-old former Capone hench
man under indictment for income
tax evasion, as he left his South
side home late Saturday night.
They caught him in the glare of
a flashlight—as though they were
making sure they had the right
man—then opened fire.
Rinella’s slaying came just 11
days after he talked to a federal
grand jury about financing of
his ill-fated Loop nightclub, the
Copacabana. Treasury Depart
ment investigators said Rinella
named as one of the investors in
the club Thomas J. Duffy, 66,
then a $5,200-a-year police cap
tain.
They said Rinella said Duffy
put mpre than $100,000 into the
night spot. Rinella was indicted
Nov. 20 on charges of evading
$156,986 in income taxes for 1945
and 1946.
“Ike’’ Flattered
He is Considered
For President
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower says he
is “flattered” to learn he is re
garded by many House members
as presidential timber, but, in a
letter to Rep. Cole (R-NY), he
gave no indication whether he
will be available.
The New York congressman re
cently took a poll of House Re
publicans which gave Senator
Taft 71 votes and Eisenhower 5
in first choices for the presiden
tial nomination. He sent the re
sults to Eisenhower.
In releasing the poll, Cole said
he could “easily understand Ei
senhower’s position,” and he
added:
“His entire effort is toward the
effective organization of the
North Atlantic Treaty armies and
resistance to further communis
tic aggression and I sincerely be
lieve that he gives little if any
thought to politics and the com
ing nomination.”
Sitka ANG Unit Wins
Eisenhower Trophy
JUNEAU, (/P)—The Eisenhower
Trophy was awarded Company D,
Alaska National fluard, Sitka, by
Gov. Ernest Gruening at a review
here Saturday.
Lieut. Gen. William E. Kepner,
commander in chief of the Alas
ka Defense Command, was pres
ent at the ceremonies. This is the
first time an ANG encampment
has been held in southeast Alas
ka. It will continue for another
week.
Hungary Holding
Crew of Downed
U. S. Transport
May Be Held On
Charges Espionage
(By the Associated Press)
Communist Hungary announced
today that Soviet fighter planes
forced down a U. S. Air Force
transport, missing since Nov. 19,
and that its four crew members
are being held.
Thus the Reds have four more
American hostages to use in
pressing demands that the United
States pay up its ransom for the
release of American businessman
Robert A. Vogeler. Vogeler was
released from n Hungarian pri
son April 28 after the United
States agreed to a number of
concession, notably the return of
Hungarian property stolen by the
Nazis and held by the Americans
in West Germany.
Significantly, a Hungarian
charge that the United States had
not lived up to its bargain in the
Vogeler case came five days after
the U.S. C-47 disappeared on a
flight from Erding, Germany, to
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and pre
sumably after it was down in
Hungary.
Vogeler, writing last week in
the Saturday Evening Post, said
the price America agreed to pay
for his release was too high.
Russian news agency Tass, in
its account today of the downing
of the American plane in Hun
gary, alleged that the plane had
been sent to pick up spies and
saboteurs in Yugoslavia to be
dropped inside the Soviet Union
and her Eastern European allies.
By backing up these accusa
tions with detailed accusations
that the plane carried operation
al military maps of Russia and
her European satellites, Tass gave
added weight to the possibility
that Hungary might hold the crew
on charges of espionage.
State Department To
Take “Immediate Action”
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
State Department said today the
United States will take “immedi
ate action” to free the four-man
crew and an American army
plane reported forced down in
Communist Hungary.
The department, at the same
time, rejected a Moscow charge
the plane was carrying equipment
to help anti-communit “spies and
saboteurs” behind the Iron Cur
tain. The blankets, parachutes,
maps and portable radio on the
plane were described as standard
emergency equipment.
LONGVIEW, Wash., (JP)—One
man was killed and seven in
jured as a boiler five stories high
exploded at a Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber Co., plant Friday.
The injured men were hurt
by flames, live steam and con
cussion.
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