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VOL. LIII. No. 1 NOME,. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1951 Per Copy—15c
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NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE (yP)—The coast guard
announced new commanding offi
cers last week for two Seattle
based vessels, the icebreaker
Northwind and the cutter Klam
ath.
Capt. John A. Dirks, a native of
Lebanon, Mo., was named to com
mand the Northwind, which re
turned from the annual • Bering
Sea patrol. Captain Dirks relieved
Capt. Earl K. Rhodes, transferred
to Washington, D. C., coast guard
headquarters.
v The Klamath’s new command
ing officer is Comdr. Donald B.
Henderson of Winslow, Wash., j
who replaced Comdr. George R. j
Reynolds, now chief of the aids
to- navigation section at Seattle
headquarters.
PARIS, (£*) — Parliamentary
sources reported yesterday that
Premier Rene Pleven would visit
Washington late ithis month.
These informants said the
French Premier would not leave
Paris until the arrival of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, due here
in the next few days to take up
his post as supreme commander of
the Atlantic Powers’ army in Eu
rope.
CATANIA, Sicily (jP)—Seething
Mount Etna saluted the new year
Monday night by spewing up her
most spectacular outburst of lava
in a month.
One molten stream purned its
way across snow fields at a rate
of 25 yards an hour. Huge rocks
were tossed hundreds of feet into
the air.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., (/P)—This
southern steel town has learned
how fast a false rumor can spread
near panic.
Late Monday a tale circulated—
no one knows exactly how or
where it began—that the city’s
i water supply had been poisoned.
* Switchboards of the Birming
ham Post-Herald, city hall, police
and water departments were clog
ged by thousands of telephone
calls from anxious citizens.
All officials—city, county, state
and federal—quickly assured call
ers there was nothing wrong with
the water supply.
Radio stations broadcast at 15
minute intervals a statement by
the city water department that
“Birmingham’s water is perfectly
pure.”
NEW YORK {IP)—The National
Fisheries Institute estimated to
day the total catch of fishery pro
ducts in the United States and
Alaska in 1950 was 4,900,000,000
pounds, an increase of about 100,
000,000 pounds over the 1949
catch.
ANCHORAGE, (JP) —^Harold
Mayo told police today a safe con
taining • $20,000 in diamonds was
stolen over the holidays from the
Rob Wright wholesale jewelry
and sporting goods establishment.
The safe, hammered open and
empty, was found by youngsters
skiiing in Mountain View, an An
chorage suburb. Police chief T. H.
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Nome Enjoys
Concert At MAFB
The most outstanding treat of
the holiday week was an open in
vitation from MAFB to the people
of Nome for the musical program
presented at MAFB Theater last
Friday evening by the George
Washington University Glee Club.
Nomeites showed their appreci
ation by attending in full force,
filling «the theater to capacity.
The group opened with a num
ber that was new here, being
“Give Me Your Tired and Your
Poor,” by Irving Berlin. The
words were taken from the legend
on the Statue of Liberty and the
number was well presented.
Several numbers were included
in the program outstanding of
which was Ave Marie by Shuibert.
The Barbershop Quartet sang
several popular numbers and
were applauded back again and
again for such numbers as “Shanty
in Old Shanty Town.”
Outstanding star of the show
! was Jennie Clark who soloed with
j “My Hero,” from the Chocolate
| Soldier, and who sang the obli
| gato in other numbers.
The Girls Trio, which was call
ed the Thrill Billy Threeo, sang a
group of Western songs which
were enjoyed.
Other numbers by the group in
cluded “Low A Voice to Heaven
Is Sounding,” “Beautiful Savior,”
“On the Sea,” and their closing
number was the benediction,”
“Lord Bless You and Keep You.”
The director, Dr. Howard Har
mon invited the audience to share
in the program by joining in and
singing Christmas carols.
Nome is indeed grateful for the
privilege of being included with
the personnel of Marks Air Force
Base to hear this outstanding pro
gram. .
Two Crash While
Taking Pictures
ANCHORAGE, (#>) — Two men
were hospitalized today at Seward
in serious condition from injuries
suffered when their plane crashed
in Kenai Lake as they were trying
to take aerial pictures of a de
railed freight train.
The crash occurred Monday,
but information received here yes
terday said the condition of the
two victims—John Strickland, 19;
and Harry Jenkins, 25—prevented
either from being questioned.
Strickland received head injur
ies and fractures of both legs;
Jenkins, owner of the plane, suf
fered head injuries. Both are
members of the Alaska Railroad
bridge crew at Johnson.
It was believed the two became
confused in the fog and crashed,
possibly while looking for a spot
to land the plane.
A trapper, Andy Simon, extri
cated them from the wreckage
and summoned the highway pa
trol which brought them to Sew
ard.
The train derailment occurred
earlier Monday at Primrose, 218
miles from Seward. A fireman,
Carl Botts of Anchorage, was
shaken and bruised.
Truman Not Satis
fied Wants Still j
More Tax Billions
WASHINGTON, (/PMPresident
Truman signed today the new $3,
300,000,000 tax bill, slapping a 77
per cent super-levy on corpora
tion “excess profits.”
It lifts the nation’s tax collec
tions to the highest dollar figure
in history, but Mr. Truman said
“the task ahead of us will re
quire more and much heavier tax
es.”
He added in a statement:
“I shall in due course, submit to
the Congress recommendations for
substantial tax increases.”
Even before Congress completed
action of this bill, Mr. Truman
had made known he would ask
still further revenue-raising mea
sures from the new Congress.
Treasury experts are studying
various possibilities. They have
given out no details, but individ
uals, whose income taxes were
raised last Oct 1, may be called on
to pay still larger levies.
The administration’s aim is to
put America’s resistance to com
munist aggression as near as pos
sible on a pay-as-you-go basis.
The bill signed today raised tax
collections to. $45,000,000,000 or
more a year—well above the rec
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Who?-—Can Give
Order To Bomb
Korean Dams
(By Elton C. Fay)
(</P) Military Affairs Reporter)
WASHINGTON (JP)—'Why don’t
U. S. bombers blast the big hydro
electric power dams on the joint
communist border of Manchuria
and North Korea?
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The question has been raised,
among others, by Representative
elect Alfred Siminski CD.-N. JJ.
Just returned from duty as an
army major in Koera. ,
So far as is known, there has
been no formal, official answer to
the question. ’ .
Sieminski said in New York re
cently that GI’s having fought in
the area and been forced into re
treat by the Chinese communists
“are saying that a cartel has a
stake in those (power) projects.
. . . let’s blow them.”
Unofficially and infor m a 11 y
(which means they can’t be
named) some Pentagon officials
offer one explanation:
Russia might seize on destruc
tion of the communist power
plants on the Yalu River boundary
as a pretext to take an open hand
in the Far East war. On the other
hand, she might not, but the grav
ity of the risk outweighs the mfli
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Alaska Market Week, Jan. 28, 29, 30
Arriving at \nchorage from Portland, to help plan Alaska
Market Week, to be held January 28, 29 and 30 at Anchorage,
are Ernest Garcia, Secretary of Alaska Markets Association
(right), Harold Gill, Member of the Advisory Board (center),
and chief pilot of General Airways, Gus Cal las. Exhibits will
be located at the American Legion Hall and at the Roller Rink.
A new high in selective buying
will be provided to Alaskan mer
chants at Alaska Market Week, a
tremendous merchandise show to be
ield at Anchorage, Alaska, January
28, 29 and 30. The three-day show,
patterned after the great merchan
dising shows in Chicago, New York
and Los Angeles, is under the direc
tion of Ernest R. Garcia, secretary
Df the Alaska Markets Association,
sponsors of the event.
Manufacturers, sales representa
tives, and wholesalers will display
their wares in booths io be set up
in the Roller Rink and an both Hoorn
of the American Legion in An
chorage. Retail merchants from ev
ery corner of the territory will buy
for their stores with assurance that
they are getting the best merchan
dise at competitive prices. lines to
be shown at the market will include
men's, women's and chikbnn’swear
w
ing apparel, hardware, housewares,
furniture, and general merchandise.
“For the first time,” states Garcia,
“buyers of the Alaska Territory
will be able, without expensive trips
out of the territory, to shop for the
same top brands and styles as mer
chants in the states. For the Alas
kan buying public this will mean
batter prices, the latest styles and a
greater variety of merchandise of
fered on a competitive basis.”
Wilbur Wester and Harry Peebles,
Anchorage, will handle hotel accom
modations for both salesmen and
buyers. Requests for hotel reserva
tions should be sent air mail direct
to hotels in Anchorage. Forest Hy
mn of Anchorage will direct the
physical aspects of the show. Robert
Baker, Don Goodman and Bennie
Leonard, Anchorage business men,
are helping with arrangements for
the show*
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Tuesday# January 2# 1951
(By The Associated Press)
Communist new year offen
sive carves out menacing bulges in
west and east sectors of U. N. de
fense lines. Reds finger within 17
miles of almost deserted Seoul.
Another Red drive is expected in
a few days, despite extremely
heavy losses. A high authority in
Tokyo says Soviet Marshal Georgi
K. Zhukov is directing the com
munist armies from headquarter*
in Mukden, Manchuria.
At Lake Success the United
States is pushing plans for U. N.
action against Peiping. They are
expected to ask that Red China be
branded an aggressor and sanc
tions be imposed against her.
Washington officials hold out
little hope for prospects of talk*
among Western powers and Rus
sia. Eighty-first Congress winds up
its session giving President Tru
man most of the emergency pro
gram he ooked.
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Wednesday# January 3# 1951
The battle for Seoul begins.
President Syngman Rhee and hi*
South Korean cabinet flee capital
along with most civilians. Com
munication with the city is cut and
censorship is clamped down. Field
dispatches say the communists are
| seven to ten miles from the an
cient city. The Reds also break
through the central front on the
I Chunghon-Wonju highway in an
enveloping movement. The com
munists are reported 27 miles
south of the border in the eastern
sector. Fiercer and more powerful
attacks are expected when night
falls.
At Lake Success the U. N. cease
fire commission reports to the 60
nation political committee on its
failure to end the fighting. The
United States is reported seeking
the condemnation of Red China as
an aggressor.
In Washington both Republicans
and Democrats demand the speed
up of home front mobilization as
the new Congress meets.
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Introduces 12
Alaska Bills
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WASHINGTON, (A*)—A bill to .
transfer control of the Alaska
fisheries from the federal govern
ment to the Territory was intro
duced in the House today by Dele
gate (Bartlett as the 82nd Congress
convened.
The bill would exempt fur-seal
and sea-otter from the transfer
and leave them in federal control
because of international treaties
covering handling of those fisher
ies. ;
The bill also provides that one
half of *the revenues from the sale
of seal skins be paid to the Terri
tory to aid in defraying the coat
of protecting and conserving the
Alaskan fisheries.
The bill was one of 12 Bartlett
introduced. Many of them were
passed by the House last session
but did not get through the Sen
ate.