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VOL. LIV No. 94 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1952 ' Per Copy—15#
John Kungesuk
Drowns at Sinrock
The body of Wesley C. Pear
son, boatswain’s mate 3rd class,
of Galt, Calif., was found late
Monday evening by Mary Luke
, and Cecil Elingnuk about 5 miles
up the beach, west of Nome.
They were walking to town from
Sinrock (Sinuk) to report the
drowning of John Kungesuk,
when they found the body.
John Kungesuk and family, who
live on Belmont Point, were
spending the summer at Sinrock.
John had come to town last week
for supplies, leaving his wife and
five children at camp.
Major Lester Bronson of CAP,
when informed of the drowning,
immediately flew to Sinrock and
found the family in distress, being
out of food, and brought them to
town. He returned to the scene
with Deputy Marshal George
Bayer and they found the Kunge
suk boat on the other side of
Sinrock River, pulled well out of
the water, outboard motors cov
ered and the food stuff aboard
intact and in good condition. A
search up and down the beach
from Sinrock was made by plane
but no sign of the body was found.
According to Mary Luke, John
was forced ashore by the rough
seas on the opposite side of the
Sinrock River from where their
camp is located.. According to her
deposition, Kungesuk tried to
cross the river in a small boat
and called out three times to
those on the river bank when he
realized he was drowning. She
estimated he was about 200 feet
from shore.
Sweden May Invoke U.N.
Aid Against Russian
Domination of Baltic
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, (JP) —
Sweden Wednesday readied for
the United Nations a full account
of her quarrel with Russia over
the shooting down of two Swedish
planes last June. Diplomats view
ed it as a possible prelude to a
fight in the U.N. against Russian
domination of the Baltic.
The Swedish foreign office an
nounced Tuesday night that a blue
book containing the notes ex
changed over the plane shootings
would be forwarded to the U.N.
in New York for distribution
among members. Such a distribu
tion often is preliminary to pre
sentation of formal charges to the
organization.
The announcement was made
shortly after Swedish Foreign
Minister Oesten Unden handed
Soviet Ambassador Rear Adm.
Constantine Rodionov two stiff
notes, including the fifth in a
series of protests over the plane
incidents.
The second note asked Moscow
to order its diplomats to stop spy
ing on Swedish military establish
ments.
Hearings To Be Held At
Anchorage Thursday Q11
Alaska Ship Freight Rates
(By the Associated Press)
A Federal Maritime Board ex
aminer has opened Alaska hear
ings on the rate increase by two
main shipping lines which operate
to the Territory.
Hearings at Juneau and An
chorage were called to hear argu
ments against the rate increases.
A report from Juneau was that
the hearing there Monday on Al
aska Steamship Co. rate boosts
lasted only about 15 minutes when
opponents of the increases failed
to appear.
An Anchorage hearing on Al
aska Steamship Co. and Coast
wise Lines rates is scheduled for
Thursday. Both lines instituted 15
per cent general rate increases
last March.
Uranium Lures
Stampede To
Lake Athabaska
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask., (/P)—
One of northern Canada’s biggest
rushes for mining claims was in
full swing Tuesday, with uranium
instead of the traditional gold as
the lure.
Hundreds of prospectors scam
pered about Saskatchewan’s
northwest corner, staking claims
to* explore hundreds of square
miles for the prime raw material
of the atomic age.
The newly opened area covers
a major part of the Beaverlodge
Field on the north shore of Lake
Athabaska, reportedly one of the
richest urnaium-bearing finds on
the continent.
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The territory had been let on
three-year concessions to some 30
large mining syndicates. Upon ex
piration of the concessions recent
ly, the companies were allowed
to stake claims to 10 per cent of
their original tracts and the rest
was opened to the public.
Interpreters Check Over
English, Chinese, Korean
Drafts of Armistice Text
MUNSAN, (/P)—United Nations
interpreters checked over English,
Chinese and Korean texts of the
Korean armistice draft Wednes
day to make sure they all say
the same thing.
Communist interpreters are
making the same study.
Wording on the draft in the
three languages has been agreed
on by staff officers of both sides.
A Peiping radio broadcast heard
in San Francisco said Communist
liaison officers protested to the
U.N. liaison officers Tuesday that
U.S. jet planes flew over the
Panmunjom conference site three
times Monday in violation of the
neutrality agreement. There was
no comment from U.N. Command
officers.
C of C Adopts
Resolution For
CG Station Here
The Chamber of Commerce at
their regular noon luncheon yes
terday at the Polaris, presented a
resolution to be sent to the 17th
Coast Gyard District at Juneau,
the governor, and Delegate Bart
lett petitioning the re-establish
ment of a Coast Guard station
here.
The resolution stated that since
the removal of the station here
during the war 14 lives have been
lost. Prior to that time, and dur
ing the period when a station was
maintained, no lives were lost,
due to the activities of the Coast
Guard. It also pointed out that
last year, over a period of three
months, 43 ships had anchored in
the roadstead with ship’s person
nel going to and from shore many
times during their stay in port.
The document further adds: “The
cost to the government for the
most recent loss of life on July
31st, will exceed $100,000. It
would appear that the closing of
the Nome Coast Guard Station
was not justified.’’
Jim Crawford, Alaska manager
for all U.S. Smelting activities,
who recently replaced Roy Ear
ling, retired, praised the Cham
ber for its many activities, stating
that he is a member of the Fair
banks Board and takes an active
part in that community. He also
told the Chamber how Fairbanks
is working toward the Fairbanks
Nome road as well as taking active
steps toward a fuel pipeline from
Point Barrow to Fairbanks.
Harry Ludbrook volunteered to
install life preservers along the
revetment if they could be ob
tained.
Duane Force, Boy Scout execu
tive, was also a guest and announ
ced the annual drive for funds
would take place soon. He is with
the Scouts at Pilgrim Springs and
had flown in for supplies.
Wage Increase Due For
Wage-Board Employees
Of Air Force And Army
ELM ENDORF AIR FORCE
BASE — A general wage increase
for most categories of civilian
Wage-Board employes of the U.S.
Air Force and Army throughout
the Alaskan theater has been
authorized, the Alaskan Command
announced today. Wage-Board
employes are skilled and semi
skilled woTkers and laborers paid
on an hourly rate.
The authorization, which was
made by the Army - Air Force
Wage Borad in Washington, D.C.,
is a result of a survey conducted
last April in the Anchorage and
Fairbanks wage areas by Army
and Air Force representatives.
The increase varies from seven
cents to 46 cents an hour, and is
retroactive to the first pay period
beginning after June 30. 1952.
John L. Lewis Warns
Industry Coal Contracts
Expire On September 30
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
specter of another industry-throt
tling strike before the steel mills
have had a chance to get back to
full blast production arose today
as John L. Lewis served notice
that his United Mine Worker’s
contracts are ending next month.
Lewis wrote Joseph E. Moody,
president of the Southern Coal
Producers Association, that his
present work contract will expire
Sept. 30.
The notice to Moody followed
by .10 days similar word to Harry
M. Moses, head of the Bituminous
Operators Association, represent
ing an estimated 240 million tons
of annual production. The Moody
group produces around 100 mil
lion tons a year.
Lewis, it was also learned has
served contract termination notice
on the Anthracite, or hard coal
industry, which employs 100,000
miners. The Bituminous diggers
number 450,000.
Amy Engineers
Reproduce Flying
Saucer Phenomena
WASHINGTON, 0P>—The Ev
ening Star reported Wednesday
that Army Engineers, working
with a vacuum bell in a labora
tory, have produced atmospheric
phenomena which may explain
the widespread reports of “flying
saucers.”
In a copyrighted story by W. H.
Shippen the Star said the experi
ments created airborne objects
which “can speed up, hcrver in
definitely, or disappear and re
appear in a flash.”
“The man-made saucers occa
sionally fly in formation. More
over, they are believed to have
substance enough to show up on
the screen of a radar designed to
track them.” -
What the experimenters did,
the Star said, was use the vacuum
bell as a tiny working-model of
the stratosphere and reproduce
"two forces—very low air pres
sure which is balanced against
static electricity in a way (to give
off light.”
"Experimenters in the research
and development laboratory be
lieve these two are the primary
factors responsible for saucer
sightings by competent Observers,”
the story added.
The Star published its report
on the experiments after a night
of rain during which radar
screens, scanning the skies over
the capital, showed a flurry of
mystery objects.
In line with the. theory that they
are atmospheric phenomena, an
Air Force spokesman noted that
the radar sightings—tiny blips on
a fluorescent screen — started
about the time a thunderstorm hit
the area.
Gen. Eisenhower ,
Outlines 10-Point
LOS ANGELES, (IP) — Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Tuesday
night gave the nation a soldier’s
prayer in the form of a 10-point
program for a peaceful, prosper
ous and happy America.
“I have written down these 10
points,” he told the 53rd annual
encampment of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, “because they rep
resent the outline of a dream of
the soldiers with whom I served.
And I believe they are attainable.
“Each of us carries his own pic
ture of America when he fights
for her. It is the picture of what
he is defending.”
These are Eisenhower’s 10 ob
jectives:
Increase America’s strength.
Win a just and lasting peace.
Build a peaceful prosperity.
Make the “promise of equality”
a fact.
Strengthen the security and
welfare of the people.
Fight high prices and high taxes.
Subject all policy to the test:
Is it good for America?
Restore honesty to government.
Insure loyalty in government.
Revive hope of a better life in.
every American.
Political leaders are giving care
ful scrutiny to his remarks and
also to the fact the crowd that
heard the speech seemed almost
lost in the 103,000-seat Memorial
Coliseum.
Crowd estimates ran from
10,000 to 16,000 by police. But
even though the speech was la
beled “nonpolitical,” Eisenhower
aides made no attempt to conceal
their disappointment at the small
crowd. They theorized it might
have been better to have tried a
smaller arena but they had no
choice—the VFW had to have the
Coliseum for its long drum and
bugle corps parade.
Others pointed out that attend
ance was held down by the fact
the speech was televised and
broadcast throughout Southern
California, and was delivered at
afi early hour, conflicting with
many persons’ dinner.
. TUESDAY BASEBALL
National League
New York 7—Brooklyn 6
St. Louis 4—Pittsburgh 3
Cincinnati 4—Chicago 0
American League
New York 3—Washington 2
Cleveland 6-3—Chicago 0-6
Philadelphia 5—Boston 3
St. Louis 5—Detroit 1
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 4—San Francisco 1
Seattle 7—Sacramento 3
Los Angeles 3—‘Hollywood 2
Portland 1—Oakland 0
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