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VOL. UII. No. 5 NOME .ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1951 _ Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
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MONTREAL, {IP) — J. Albert
Guay, the little Quebec jeweler,
whose yen for quick riches led
him to kill his wife and 22 others
by time-bombing an airliner, died
on the gallows in Bordeauz prison
today.
Guay, convicted of a plot to get
I his wife’s insurance, mounted the
scaffold at 12:26 a.m. and seven
minutes later he was pronounced
dead.
Guay was convicted of having
a bomb placed on a Quebec Air
ways plane, which exploded and
crashed Sept. 9, 1949, killing 23
persons.
4 Among those killed was Guay’s
wife, Rita, 28. Also aboard were
three top New York executives cft
the Kenentcott Copper Corp., E. T.
Stannard, president; Arthur D.
Storke, who was to succeed Stan
nard, and R. J. Parker, vice-presi
dent.
< GENEVA, N. Y., W—Sampson
Air Force Rase announced today
that Maj. Gen. Frank A. Arm
strong, Jr., commander of the
Alaskan Air Command since Feb
ruary, 1949, would assume com
mand of Sampson immediately.
The base said the 48-year-old
general arrived at Scott Field, 111.,
from Alaska yesterday and was
expected here today.
Col. Frederick W. Ott has been
acting commander of the base
since it was opened last month as
% an air force recruit training sta
tion. The installation was a naval
training base during World War
II.
PALO ALTO, Calif. (^—Don
ald Steel, construction mining en
gineer who made geological ex
plorations to many sections of the
world, died here Wednesday. He
was 67.
Steel made geological explora
tions to Alaska and British Colum
bia as well as the Belgian Congo,
the Malay States, Borneo and
/ South America.
Besides his widow, survivors in
clude three brothers, Robert, Fair
banks; Edward, Salem, Ore.; and
Van, Portland.
SEATTLE, (/P)— Ernesto Man
gaoang, cannery workers union
leader, who was being held by im
migration authorities in connec
tion with a deportation proceed
ing, posted a $5,000 bond Wednes
day and was released from the
King County jail.
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KODIAK, (/P)—Eric Bulmer and |
associates announced Wednesday,]
the purchase of the Grimes Pack
ing Co. at the Village of Ouzinkie
on Kodiak Island. No purchase
price was disclosed.
O. L. Grimes of Seattle, owned
the cannery and store at Ouzinkie
for 30 years.
Bulmer is a former superintend
ent of the Oreo Cannery at Cordo
va, owned by the New England
Fish Co.
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JUNEAU {JPj—The Alaska Field
committee convened for its 10th
* meeting heer yesterday with the
final draft of a new water code
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for the Territory as the No. 1
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300,000 Russian
Troops Ready To
Attack Alaska
TAIPEI, Formosa (JP)—The Chi
nese Nationalist defense ministry
said yesterday Russia has moved
an additional 300,000 troops to Si
beria in readiness lor an attack
on Alaska.
It said “Marshal Malinovsky,
the Soviet Union’s Far Eastern
commander,’’ had more than 15
seasoned divisions under him be
fore the reinforcements.
The ministry said further:
The Moseow-Peiping axis was
converting China’s northwestern
provinces into a vast military base.
Tihwa and Hami, the main cities
of the far northwestern Chinese
province of Sinkiang, were being
| converted under Soviet techni
cians into two of the strongest
bases in the Far East.
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Moscow has ordered Mao Tze
Tung’s Red Chinese regime to put
China on a total war footing as
soon as possible.
Unofficial reports from the Chi
nese mainland said 2,000 Russian
technicians were directing the
conversion of the Shantung sea
port of Tsingtao into a naval base.
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(Editor’s Note—In a later dis
I patch this release was denied from
Washington as having been receiv
ed from an unconfirmed source, as
reported by A. F. R. S. Radio last
; evening.)
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Harry Bridges
"Not Welcome” In
Longview, Wash.
LONGVIEW, Wash. </P) — West!
Coast longshore boss Harry Bridg
es was greeted by a full page
newspaper advertisement declar
ing “you are not welcome” yester
day as Pacific Coast longshoremen
opened a three-day meeting here.
The controversial union leader
had “no comment” on the adver
tisement appearing in the Long
view Daily News over the names
of numerous business men and j
commanders of three veterans* j
posts.
During the three-day confer
ence dockers will chart their un
ion course on the security screen
ing of workers, hiring hall policies
and the steam schooner loading
dispute. Delegates were here from
Alaska and Hawaii.
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The advertisement, carried un
der the banner line—“An open
message to you**—assailed Bridg
es* record and stated:
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“Longview is not exactly flat
tered by your presence here to
day. It makes a lot of us uncom
fortable and angry just to know
you are around.”
The Longview News said in an
interview that the contributors to
the advertisement included “sev
eral” members of the Longview
local of the ILWU.
The paper said the longshore
men did not want their signatures
appearing on the ad for fear their
union cards would be taken up.
Harry Will Consult
Congress “Out Of
Politeness;” Then
Do As He Pleases •
WASHINGTON, <P>—President
Truman’s assertion he will consult
Congress in sending U. S. troops to
Europe—but won’t be-bound by it
—was labelled by Senator Taft
(R.-Ohio) today as “the end of the
bipartisan foreign policy.”
Ait the same time, Senator
Wherry (R.-Neb.) challenged Mr.
Truman's indirect claim that the
American people will back sub
stantial use of U. S. troops to bol
ster Western Europe’s defenses
against attack.
The President told his news con
ference yesterday he was author
ity to send more foot soldiers to
Europe and intends to use it. But
he will consult with Congressional
foreign relations and armed serv
ices leaders as a matter of polite
ness 'before he does it, he added.
He said that, as commander in
ohief, he isn’t bound by any deci
sion Congress makes unless it re
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MR. REDIWAY SAYS OIL IS
SAME AS LAST YEAR
Due to the fact that so many
homes and businesses in the city
are complaining about the small
amount of heat they have been j
getting from the oil during our 5
current cold spell the Nugget
asked for a statement from the
Standard Oil dealers.
Mr. Rediway advised us that the
dealr can make no statement nor
release on or about the oil, but
that he had no reason to believe
there has been any change in the
kind of oil received this year.
He stated few complaints have
been received with probably only
one out of every 50 oil customers j
having trouble.
He advised that anyone having
complaints to lodge them with the
distributors who are the Diesel |
Oil Sales and the Arctic Oil De- I
lirey. I
Palmer Airport
Deal Hearing Next
Week In Capital
WASHINGTON, (#)—'The Pal
mer airport deal, which was a
subject of sharp pre-election con
troversy in Alaska, is due for an
airing here next week.
The controversy involves the
maneuvers by which the federal
allocation of funds for the Mata
nuska Valley project was increas
ed.
The Senate investigations sub
committee announced Wednesday
it will hold a public hearing next
Thursday. A spokesman said sev
eral prominent Alaskans have
•been summoned.
In announcing the hearing, the
committee counsel told a reporter
it appeared to the committee the
plan was to get enough money
from the federal government to
pay for both the site and construc
tion of the airport.
He said that under the civil
aeronautics administration regula
tions, the government pays for 25
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Two Nome Boys
Meet In Pusan
The only two boys from Nome
known to be with the Air Force in
the Korean campaign had the
pleasure of meeting each other at
Pusan recently for the first time,
according to reports received by
parents here.
Jack Dowd, oldest son of Mr.
adn Mrs. Jack Dowd of the ACS,
who is with communications and
Emery Martin, son of Mrs. H. F.
Harper, who is in the chemical di
vision, met each other at a Red
Cross center at Pusan after the
evacuation of Seoul, and enjoyed
exchanging news from home. Both
boys wrote home about their
meeting.
The only other Nome boy
known to be in Korea is Bob Har
wood, who is in the navy.
OUR NOMINATION FOR "THE THINGS_ !
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Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Thursday, January 11, 1951
(By The Associated Press)
U. N. Forces hack out holding
line four miles south of Wonju. Al
lied counter-attack leaves 2,100
Koreans killed and wounded. Reds
continue building up assault force
of 285,000 men in apparent bid to
cut off main forces of Eighth army
south of Seoul.
London sources report British
Commonwealth nations have pro
posed high level talks between
United States and Red China to
discuss Korean settlement under
U. N. auspices. U. N. political com
mittee meets today but is marking
time awaiting results of common
wealth proposals.
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Friday, January 12, 1951
Air and artillery attack scatter
ed two Red Korean regiments
south of Wonju. Red force slips
through the hills, and sets up a
road block 31 miles southeast of
Wonju. Communists use Ameri
can^built attack bombers to drop
bombs on U. N. lines.
At Lake Success the United Na
tions are to vote on a final peace
offer to Red China; the five-point
plan calls for cease-fire, step-by
step withdrawal of non-Koreaik
forces, conference on Formosa, a
U. N. seat for Red China.
! Civilian Defense
Practice Alert
Planned Tuesday
The report of committees at the
Civilian Defense meeting last
Wednesday was most gratifying
to all concerned as the develop
ment of plans showed much prog
ress toward completion.
It was decided that it is now
time for signals to be tried to see
if everyone in town can hear
them.
The City Fire Siren and the U.
S. S. R. and M. Siren will blow
three blasts at one o’clock on next
Tuesday as the first trial.If this
is not found to be satisfactory ad
ditional signals will be added. The
signals are under the direction of
Asst. Director W. Angell.
Dr. F. Langsam was highly
praised for the complete and
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Dig Deep Fellas—
Truman Wants
140 Billion Dollars
To Lend and Spend
WASHINGTON, (iP)—President
Truman today called on Congress
to boost taxes this session by44very
much more” than the eight billion
dollars combined total of the last
two increases.
The President, in his annual
economic message, notified the
lawmakers that the nation’s secur
ity will demand lending and
spending authority totalling $140
billion for this fiscal year and
next. The present fiscal year runs
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