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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday. January 9, 1952
LEAP YEAR
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ARMED SERVICES AND DEMOCRACY
A recent release from the Pentagon stated that
over 6,000 dependents were embarking from the Uni
ted States to join husbands or fathers serving the
country overseas. About 3,000 of these dependents go
to the Far East, something under 3,000 to Europe and
the remainder to the Caribbean area.
Many of these wives and children have waited
many months to embark and many more are awaiting
the call to go. There is much difference of opinion
abroad as to whether dependents of all servicemen
should be allowed to join their husbands, or fathers,
or whether dependents should be limited. In most
cases, the armed services have adopted a policy which
allows only officers and top-grade enlisted men to
have their dependents join them. In other words, if
you are so unfortunate as to be a corporal, with your
wife in the United States, in most cases you are expec
ted to serve your tour alone. However, if you are for
tunate enough to be an officer or a top-grade enlisted
man, your wife may join you.
JAP PRIME MINISTER
DISAPPOINTS PRESS
TOKYO, (^P) — The Japanese
press walked out on Prime Minis
ter Shigeru Yoshida Tuesday—en
masse.
The newsmen handed Yoshida
a 14-point questionaire Monday
on foreign and domestic issues.
About 100 of them appeared at
Yoshida’s press conference Tues
day, hoping for a better - than -
usual story.
Yoshida kept them waiting an
hour. Then he ighored the ques
tionaire and cut the conference to
10 minutes. At the end he said
“This is the new year; let’s have
a drink.”
The miffed newsmen walked
QUt.
Bulldozers Pile Snow To
Block Fire In Canada
SEPT ILES, Que., (/P)—Three
snow - piling bulldozers Monday
night saved Canada’s huge Un
gava iron ore deposits from de
struction by a million-dollar fire.
With water supplies frozen over
by 15-below-zero weather, the
bulldozers smashed inflammable
buildings from the fire’s path and
threw up snowbanks to twice
starve out the flames.
Damage, though estimated at
more than one million dollars,
was confined to a group of busi
ness buildings in the heart of the
little port town of 3,600 persons.
First reports said there were no
casualties and only one family
was homeless.
McDonald, New
RFC Bass, Asserts
*No Politics’ Policy
WASHINGTON, (/P)—An active
Republican prepared Tuesday to
become boss of the multi-million
dollar Reconstruction Finance
Corporation under an announced
policy of loans “on a basis of
business and merit—no politics.”
Even as Harry A. McDonald
enunciated this policy, however,
a move sprang up to launch a
new Senate investigation of the
huge scandal-scarred government
lending agency.
Senator Maybank (D-SC), Sen
ate Banking Committee chairman,
announced he had ordered an in
quiry into the resignation of W.
Stuart Symington as RFC admin
istrator.
He said Senate action on Presi
dent Truman’s nomination of Mc
Donald to succeed Symington
probably would be held up until
after the inquiry. McDonald, now
chairman of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, is a close
personal friend of Symington.
Symington, a top Truman ad
ministrative official for six years,
is quitting Jan. 7. The president,
in a letter Monday addressed to
“Dear Stu,” said he accepted the
resignation, with “utmost reluc
tance.”
McDonald told a reporter he
would continue with Symington’s
“goldfish bowl” policy of disclos
ing all information on government
loans. He said he hoped to retain
most of the key RFC personnel.
As for political influence, Mc
Donald said, “We just don’t ex
pect anybody to try it. We cer
tainly won’t permit it.”
Maybank said he would assign
the new RFC investigations to a
subcommittee headed by Senator
Fulbright (D-Ark). This is the
same group whose hearings last
spring forced a shakeup of the
agency and brought Symington
in as trouble shooter.
Five Poles Get
Death Sentence As
Spies For The U.S.
WARSAW, Poland, UP)—A mil
itary court sentenced five Poles
to death last night after they
pleaded guilty to charges of being
“spies sent into Poland by the
American Intelligence Service.”
Their trial lasted one day. Sum
ming up, the prosecutor accused
the U.S. Embassy here of leading
activities against Poland “since
the very first day of diplomatic
relations between the people’s Po
land and the United States.”
The condemned men are ac
cused of working with American
spies in Germany and with the
“White Russian American spy
center known to the committees
to aid escapees.
GOT A PITCHFORK HANDY?
HANDY FOR WALKING ON ICE
OKLAHOMA, UP)—Police Judge
Mike Foster didn’t have any
trouble walking on the ice which
coated Oklahoma recently.
A pitchfork was his solution.
Just use it like a cane and dig
into the ice, he explained.
Anti-Government Riots
Injure 400 In Jerusalem
' ERUSALEM, (/P)— Police said
nearly 400 persons were injured
Monday in anti-government riots
sparked by bitter anger over a
proposal for Israel’s Jewish gov
ernment to negotiate directly with
Germany.
Almost 400 of the rioters were
arrested, most of them as they
tried to leave Jerusalem Monday
night, the police said.
Police set up barbed wire barri
cades, fired in the air, and used
tear gas and clubs in a two-hour
battle to keep 2,000 Israeli youths
from storming the Knesset (parl
iament) building during the Knes
set session.
The rioters were protesting a
proposal to crpen direct talks with
Germany over claims of about 1V£
billion dollars in money and goods
for reparations to dispossessed
Jews. The claims so far have
been presented only through the
big four occupying powers in Ger
many.
Moral Up In West Europe,
Eisenhower Declares
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD-,
QUARTERS, Europe, (JP)— Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower says the
morale of western Europe’s civil
ians and armed services “is def
initely higher” than when he be
came supreme allied commander
one year ago.
But the year has brought “dis
appointments and discourage
ments,” too, he said in an anni
versary television broadcast Sun
day.
He described west European de
fense efforts as “an undertaking
of 12 sovereign nations which
have freely decided that free man
can, in the face of danger, unite
to the end that both freedom and
peace may be converged.”
Garlic Saves U.S. Patrol
With U.S. Second Infantry Di
vision, Korea, (/P) — Sgt. Richard
Anderson’s patrol went looking
for Reds and found a bunch of
stinkers.
Anderson, from Milwaukee,
was leading his patrol through
Red-held territory when he de
tected a strong garlic odor.
“Hit the dirt,” he ordered. A
moment later a party of Reds
opened fire. The ground-hugging
doughboys escaped unhurt.
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Press Editorials
Vary On Statement
By Eisenhower
(By nee Associated Press)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
statement regarding the Republi
can presidential nomination Mon
day brought quick editorial re
action from newspapers in all
parts of the country.
Same newspapers hailed the
general’s pronouncement with un
qualified approval and support
for his candidacy; other editorials
were sharply critical.
In between, several newspapers
indicated they were reserving
judgment because, they said, Eis
enhower’s position on most domi
nant domestic issues and some
foreign issues was still unknown.
Most critical reaction to Eisen
hower came from the Chicago
Tribune and the Washington
Times Herald in similar editor
ials. The two newspapers de
clared that in foreign policy Eis
enhower will continue the course
set by President Truman.
Among newspapers endorsing
Eisenhower editorially were the
independent - Republican New
York Herald-Tribune, which said
the general’s statement “points
straight to victory,’’ and the New
York Times, which called the gen
eral’s stand “the best news the
new year could possibly bring.’’
Both papers previously had an
nounced their support for Eisen
hower if he received ho Republi
can nomination.
Among newspapers asking fur
ther information on the general’s
views on domestic and foreign
issues were the New York Post,
the New York Daily Mirror, the
Detroit Free Press, the Chicago
Daily News, the Idaho Daily
Statesman, the Butte (Mont.)
Standard and the Cleveland News.
RED PROPAGANDIST DIES
MOSCOW, (JP) — The Soviet
press Tuesday announced the
death Jan. 7 of Dmitri Popov,
deputy chief of the Department
of Propaganda and Agitation of
the central Communist Party.
M-M M HOSPITAL
Admitted to the hospital: John
Savok, and Flora Tocktoo of Tel
[ ler Mission.
Discharged: Nora Billiken, Sam
Wesley, and Adrian Barr.
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