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VOL. LIV No. 88 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23,19*52___Per Copy—15*
Third Day of
Shocks Continues
In California
TEHACHAPI, Calif., (£>> —For
the third day earthquake shocks
continued in Southern California,
with a fairly strong one coming
at 12:53 a.m. Wednesday and last
ing for about 20 seconds in this
devastated community.
Fireman Robert Opely said this
one was the strongest shock since
the big one Monday morning that
left 11 dead in Tehachapi and
damage estimated at 2Vz million
dollars.
In the Los Angeles area this
last tremor lasted about 15 sec
onds and was widely felt through-1
out the area. At Bakersfield the
sheriff’s office reported the quake
was “probably the strongest”
since the m^in shock. It rattled
windows but no further damage
was reported. “People are getting
pretty used to* them,” said a de
puty. “They don’t get excited any
more.”
In the meantime, inspectors are
making a building by building
check of shattered Tehachapi.
They are expected to condemn
most of the downtown businesses
and many homes as well.
State building inspectors yes
terday condemned the principal
buildings of the nearby California
Institution for Women. The build
ings, constructed in 1932 at a cost
of $400,000, were damaged beyond
repair. The 417 women prisoners
and the institution staff are camp
ing out in tents on the institution
lawns.
Massachusetts Prison
Riot Quelled After 15 Hrs.
BOSTON, (/P)—Forty-two pri
soners, led by two life-term kill
ers, released two hostages un
harmed and surrendered early
Wednesday about 15 hours after
rioting at Massachusetts State
Prison and barricading themselves
in the auto plate shop.
Correction Commissioner Max
well B. Grossman said no pro
mises were given to the prisoners
and added, “They’ll get the maxi
mum (penalty).”
The two hostages, prison em
ployes, said they were not harm
ed, bound or gagged by the pri
soners. They added that although
they were allowed to move around
rather freely in the room they
spent a weary night and always
felt in danger. The temperature in
the barricaded shop was 100 de
grees, they said.
"I AM KONFUSED” BADGE
SPORTED AT CONVENTION
CHICAGO, (/P) — Norman
Thomas, six times Socialist party
nominee for President, displayed
a new type badge Wednesday
which turned up at the Demo
cratic national convention.
Thomas, who is here as a re
- porter representing several news
papers, said the red, white and
blue striped badge lettered IAK
was given him by a friend with
this explanation:
“The letters stand for ‘I am
v Confused.*
“The ‘K* shows how really con
fused I am.**
Everyone Asked Take Part
In Blood Typing Program
Which Starts Thursday
Everybody in Nome has a date
at the ANS Clinic in the west
wing of the Federal building on
Thursday or .Friday for blood
typing as the MS Health has re
turned from Gambell.
The entire family, young and
old are expected to be there.
Experts estimate that of the
80,000 Japanese who died at Hiro
shima, 20,000 might have been
saved had they been blood-typed
and blood available.
Every day people die from
burns, shock or wounds and many
can be saved by this program
which is being undertaken in Al
aska by the Territorial Public
Health Department and in the
States by the American National
Red Cross with the approval of
the American Medical Associa
tion, Veterans Administration,
Army, Navy and Air Force.
Assisting the medical team from
the Health are members of the
local nurses’ organization and
members of the Home Arts Club.
Time schedule is as follows:
Thursday—9-12 a.m., 2-5 p.m.,
and 7-9 p.m.
Friday — 9-12 a.m., (Afternoon
at King Island Village), 7-9 p.m.
Olympic Records
Fall At Helsinki
HELSINKI, (JP) — A duel be
tween the United States and Rus
sia for the victors’ gold medals
developed Wednesday as the
fourth day of competition in the
15th Olympic Games produced a
series of record - smashing per
formances even greater than those
of the first three days.
Russia took two gold medals in
wrestling and another in rowing
in the gruelling single sculls event.
The United States scored its
first victory in Olympic history
in the pair-without-coxswain row
ing.
Adhemar Ferreira Da Suva of
Brazil turned in the most remark
able performance when he sur
passed his own listed world record
in the hop, step and jump. His
effort was 53 feet, 2.59 inches,
about eight inches over his own
world mark.
Horace Ashenfelter, Glen Ridge,
N.J., FBI man, won his trial heat
in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in
8 minutes, 51 seconds, nearly 13
seconds under the Olympic record
set in 1932.
Cy Young, of Glendale, Calif.,
dismayed a capacity crowd of
70,000 Finns when he threw the
javelin 242 feet, 0.79 inches to
smash the Olympic record of 238
feet, 7 inches held by Finland’s
Matti Jarvinen.
“Bones” Dillard of Cleveland
equalled the Olympic record of
13.9 seconds in the 110 meter high
hurdles.
Shirley Stickland of Australia
broke the Olympic mark and tied
the world record for women’s 80
meter hurdles in 11 seconds. And
Yvette Williams of Australia
broke the women’s broad jump
record with a leap of 20 feet,
2.52 inches.
Stevenson Boom
Continues At
Demo Convention
By JACK BELL
CONVENTION HALL, Chicago,
(/P) — The Democratic convention
achieved a new air of harmony
Wednesday under White House
signal calling and party veterans
pressed for a Stevenson-Southern
ticket which could seal a North
South union for the November
election.
Intervention by President Tru
man’s staff had calmed the once
raging North-South battle over a
“loyalty pledge.”
There were signs, too, that Tru
man might give his open blessing
to Gov. Adlai Stevenson for the
presidential nomination before the
convention gets around Wednes
day night to calling the roll of
states for nominees.
Secretary of Interior Oscar
Chapman, who has been a Tru
man emissary at the convention,
had a breakfast conference with
the Illinois governor.
As to the convention machinery,
it was clear the party wheelhcrses
were back in the driver’s seat and
out to* name the ticket. %
They were talking first of all
of Sen. Richard B. Russell of
Georgia as a running mate for
Stevenson.
Russell, in bidding for the top
spot, has said repeatedly that he
didn’t want the vice presidential
nomination.
If he stuck by that attitude—r
and party veterans had their way
on their proposed Stevenson
Southerner ticket — the second
place might go either to Sen. John
Sparkman of Alabama or Sen.
William Fulbright of Arkansas.
Backers of Sen. Estes Kefauver
of Tennessee and Averell Harri
man, other aspirants for the presi
dential nomination, were not giv
ing up their fights despite the in
creasing Stevenson boom.
Retired U.N. Spokesman,
Brig. Gen. Nuckols, Says
All Communists are Liars
MUNSAN, (JP)—Korean armis
tice negotiators met for only five
minutes Tuesday in the shortest
session at Panmunjom since secret
talks on the prisoner exchange
deadlock began July 4.
Brevity of the session under
scored speculation that no pro
gress had been made.
Before leaving for Tokyo, Brig.
Gen. William P. Nuckols, former
chief spokesman for the U.N.
Command negotiators, told news
men:
“The enemy’s techniques are
the same either at the conference
table or elsewhere . . .
“Their basic stock in trade is
deceit, deception and distortion.
All Communists are liars, inten
tionally and flagrantly when it
suits their purpose.
“ . . . They interpret as a
sign of weakness any U.N. Com
mand willingness to reach a rea
sonable compromise . . . Every
time we yielded on a point in
hopes of reaching an armistice,
the Reds made additional de
mands.”
Washington Congressman
Dedicates Bust Of
Fairbanks Gold Discoverer
SEATTLE, (JP) — Washington’s
Congressman Thor Tollefson left
here Monday night for Fairbanks,
where he will dedicate a bust of
Felice Pedroni, a Carbonado,
Wash., miner who discovered gold
in the Tanana Valley in 1902.
A gift of the Italian govern
ment, the bust will be located in
the University of Alaska. Tollef
son was asked to dedicate the bust
because Carbonado is in Washing
ton’s sixth congressional district,
which Tollefson. represents.
Accompanying Tollefson to
Alaska were Baron Muzi Falconi,
Italian consul - general in San
Francisco, and Dr. Alvaro Vito
Beltrani, Italian vice-consul here.
Pedroni died in Fairbanks in
1910 of miner’s asthma.
The Fairbanks ceremonies also
include dedication of the Brooks
Memorial Mine Building at the
University of Alaska in honor of
the late Alfred H. Brooks, scien
tist, member of the Geological
Survey, explorer and historian.
He went to Alaska with a survey
party in 1898 and later became
administrator of the survey’s Al
askan work. He entered World
War I as a private and became a
lieutenant colonel with the Army
engineers.
Dignitaries taking part in the
three day celebration are sched
uled to visit Nome Thursday.
Baron and Baroness Falconi, Dr.
Beltrani, Mrs. Patrick O’Neill,
wife of the president of the Fair
banks Igloo of Pioneers of Alaska
and possibly others will be in the
party.
Flying Saucers
Seen by Radar At
Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The Air
Force Tuesday investigated re
ports that several “flying saucers”
had been spotted by radar vir
tually in its own back yard on
the outskirts of the nation’s cap
ital.
Not only were unidentified ob
jects seen on radar — indicating
actual substance instead of mere
light—but two airline pilots and
a newsman saw eerie lights fitting
the general description of flying
saucers the same night.
Officials could not immediate
ly agree on whether this was the
first time radar has picked up fly
ing saucers. Some said it w$s. All
agreed it was unusual.
The objects also were different
from the average reported sau
cers in that they traveled at a
relatively slow speed, as well as
later disclosing the customary
burst that far outspeed normal
airplanes.
One thing was certain: a thor
ough investigation is being made
by the Air Technical Intelligence
Center, Wright - Patterson Air
Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, which
has been set up to look into fly
ing saucer reports.
Such reports, officials had said
are coming in faster than at any
time since the initial flood in
1947. The current average is
about 100 sightings a month.
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Shell-Making Plant
Shuts Down Due
To Steel Shortage
WASHINGTON, OP) — A shut
down of the Army’s largest shell
making factory emphasized Wedr
nesday the developing crisis in
defense production resulting from
the steel strike now in its eighth
week.
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Secretary * of the Army Frank
Pace announced Tuesday that a
shortage of steel has forced the
closing of the Chevrolet plant in
St. Louis, which makes about half
the Army’s 155-millimeter artil
lery shell casings.
Pace said the shutdown will
“seriously affect the production of
finished shells by next month”
when the impact begins to reach
the shell loading plants.
The trade magazine Iron Age
estimated total unemployment re
sulting from the steel strike at
nearly two million workers and
the total loss to the nation’s econ
omy at four billion dollars. It
said steel production losses will
total 17 million tons by the end
of this week.'
With no end to the 52-day-old
dispute in sight, presidential as
sistant John R. Steelman contin
ued telephone conversations with
union and industry spokesmen.
He hoped to find some basis for
calling for new negotiations.
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U.N. HITS CHINESE INFANTRY
ON CREST OF OLD BALDY
SEOUL, {/P) — United Nations
planes and artillery Wednesday
seared the crest of Old Baldy
where a Chinese infantry com
pany overlooked the Allied main
line of defense.
The crest of the battle-scarred
hill has changed hands several
times since the Reds opened their
drive for the height last Thurs
day night. U.N. troops were pushed
off again Wednesday.
The Air Force reported its pilots
flew more than 180 sorties against
Old Baldy and surrounding hills.
Anchorage Hotel Workers
Get 10 to 20 Percent Raise
ANCHORAGE, (JP) — Negotia
tion of a new contract with An
chorage hotel owners was an
nounced Tuesday by Jerry Ger
rardi, secretary of Local 878 of
the Hotel and Restaurant Em
ployes Union.
The new agreement called for
a 10 to 20 per cent wage in
crease for all employes, plus other
fringe benefits.
Alvin W. Peterson of the Fed
eral Mediation Service is expected
in Anchorage today in an effort
to settle a dispute between the
union and local restaurant owners.
TUESDAY BASEBALL SCORES
American League
New York 7-8—Cleveland 3-1
Philadelphia 3—St. Louis 2
Detroit 1—Washington 0
Boston 4—Chicago 2
National League
Brooklyn 7—Cincinnati 6
New York 3—St. Louis 2
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Boston 6—Chicago 4
Pacific Coast League
Portland 16—San Diego 3
Hollywood 11—Sacramento 4
Oakland 3-8—San Francisco 1-5