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VOL,. LIII No.'48 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, a]PRIL 23, 1951 * Per Copy—15^
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Ice Pool
Nenana River Ice
Rising In Middle;
Clock Is Installed
(Special to The Nugge)t
NENANA, April 21 — Careful*
inspection of the ice as of April \
21, 11 a.m. shows that consider-,
able water is running down both
sides and a large opening has ap
peared on the far side opposite
the mouth of the Nenana River.
Bush pilot Wright 3nd Rustze
beck, using the river for landing
purposes the past four days have
noticed that the ice is raising in I
the middle which decided the
manager and committee to install
the clock this evening to take
care of any sudden eventualities. I
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ALLIES WITHDRAW
UNDER IMPACT PvED
SPRING OFFENSIVE
UNDATED, ifr) — United Na
tions troops pulled back as much
as 12 miles under the impact of
a major Red offensive which
raged along 100 miles of the
Korean front today. In other sec
tors 'the Allies stopped the Reds
cold. Where the Allies withdrew j
it was in orderly fashion.
The Communists, with nearly
700,000 men facing the front,
launched their attack at 7:30 Sun
day night behind their heaviest
artillery barrage of the war. Their
assault eased in daylight Monday,
but was renewed with fresh vigor
Monday night.
The Reds forced a crossing of
the Imjin River along a 15-mile
front in the west. They were
checked by concentrated U.N. air
and artillery fire. This crossing
is 25 miles northwest to 30 miles
north Gf Seoul, shell-shattered
South Korean capital.
The western front was strewn
with bodies of thousands of Chi
nese, cut down by artillery and
air bombardment.
All along the central front Al
lied troops “rolled with the
punch.” They fought from new
positions Monday night over a
battlefield garishly lighted by
giant search lights, flood lights
and flares dropped from planes.
In far northwest Korea 12 U. S.
Sabre jets shot down four Russian
made MIG jets and damaged an
otther four. It was the largest air
battle in ten days, and it raised
to 159 the number of MIG jets
knocked out since early November.
Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet,
commander of the U. S. 8th Army,
had expressed confidence before
the Red assault that his men could
stop any Red counterblow. He
added: “If the enemy knew what
I know, he would go back to
China right now”
REPORT ON 6-CENT-AN-HOUR
INCREASE FOR R.R. WORKERS
WASHINGTON, (/?)-— A three
man panel has made a report ter
the Economic Stabilization agency
on the proposed 6-cents-an-hour
cost of living wage increase for
1,000,000 railroad workers.
Economic Stabilizer Eric John
ston is keeping the report secret
until he rules on it. That is ex
pected by tomorrow.
CLIMAX OF NUCLEAR
TESTS NEXT WEEK
ENIWETOK ATOLL
HONG KONK, (JP) — Senator
Magnuson (D-Wash.) said today
the-“Climax of the United States’
nuclear fission tests in mid-Pacific
is scheduled “some time within
the next week or so.” He declined
to say whether a new type atom
bomb is being tried, but added:
“It has to do with nuclear fission.”
Magnuson said the test would
climax a series the Atomic Energy
Commission has been conducting
“for the past 40 days.”
The experiments are being con
ducted at the U. S. Atomic Prov
ing Ground at Eniwetok in the
Marshall Islands. The AEC has
reported tests were scheduled
there this spring, but has kept
dates and details secret.
Northwest Airlines
Grounds Its Fleet
Martin “202” Planes
MINNEAPOLIS, (/P)—Northwest
Airlines ordered its entire fleet of
20 Martin 202 planes grounded
last month when pilots refused to
fly them, the Minneapolis Tribune
said yesterday.
The Tribune, quoting an un
named spokesman for the NWA
pilots union, also said the pilots
may refuse to take the planes
off the ground even after modifi
cations are made.
Pilots refused to fly the planes
after the fifth NWA Martin 202
crash, the newspaper said and the
company grounded the planes one
day before a final deadline set by
the pilots.
At the time, NWA announced
the planes would be kept on the
ground while crews made “minor”
modifications recommended by a
board named by the Civil Aero
nautics Authority.
Nicety persons have been killed
in crashes of the airlines’ 202’s in
the past three years.
17 DEAD, 22 MISSING
IN TANKER COLLISION
NEW ORLEANS, (>P) — Seven
teen seamen were known dead and
22 others were missipg and pre
sumed dead in the collision of
two tankers that set berth ablaze
in the Gulf of Mexico.
Marine records indicate it is
the greatest disaster off the U. S.
coast since 84 lives were lost in
the collision of an American tank
er and freighter off the Atlantic
coast on June 6, 1943.
In Friday’s pre-dawn collision
during heavy fog, the 10,000-ton
Esso Greensboro and the 26,500
ton super tanker Esso Suez
crashed, exploded and burst into
flames.
Only one man among the 44
man crew of the Esso Suez was
killed in the collision but an
other, unidentified, died of bums.
Three other men on the Suez were
burned. All the other dead were
aboard the flaming Greensboro,
carrying 42 men. The bodies of 15
men from the Greensboro were
recovered and five survivors were
picked up.
Dr. Fred Langsam of the MMM
Hospital who has been on vaca
tion for several weeks returned
yesterday with Pan American.
Ex-General of Germans
Sees War In 1952
By RICHARD K. O’MALLEY
AP Newsfeaiure*
i COLOGNE, Germany — The
| four-star German general who
once asked the Allies to join with
Germany in a war against Russia, i
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I General Karl Wolff
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thinks the Soviet Union will at
tack the west in 1952.
Karl Wolff one-time chief of
Heinrich Himmler’s personal staff,
tried to negotiate a separate peace
with the Western allies during the
; winter 1944-45.
He made a secret trip to Swit
i zerland from his post as German
military governor of Italy to make
his proposal. His attempt to create
! a western alliance for Germany
failed.
Saved U. S. Lives
But it w^s the cease-fire order
by Wolff that brought about the
German capitulation in Italy.
Some American officers credit him
with having saved several thous
and Allied lives by shortening
the war there.
| Longshoremen Will Start
119-Hour Work Stoppage
At San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, (JP) — San
Francisco longshoremen will be
gin a 19-hour work stoppage on
all but essential and perishable
cargoes at midnight Tuesday. A
union official said Saturday.
About 10,000 men are involved.
Harry Bridges is president of the
International Union, which last
year was ousted from the Nation
al CIO on the grounds it followed
the Red line.
Military cargoes and perishable
commodities will be handled dur
ing the stop-work conference.
ASSERTS GOPS INVESTIGATE
"EVERY ASPECT" TRUMAN
MacARTHUR CONTROVERSY
WASHINGTON, </P) — Senator
Taft said today Republicans are
going to insist upon an investi
gation of “every aspect” of the
Truman - MacArthur controversy
over Far Eastern policies.
There are indications that the
miiltary high command will give
investigating senators a look at
just about anything they want to
see during their inquiry.
Taft said he will call the Senate
Republican Policy Committee to
gether within the next few days
to study “practical ways of getting
a complete investigation.”
CHICAGO PREPARES
MAMMOTH FESTIVAL
WELCOME MacARTHUR
CHICAGO, (JP)—*General Mac
Arthur is coming to Chicago
Thursday and the nation’s second
largest city is all set for a super
welcome.
Soldier Field, the lake front
open-air arena, wa$ reserved yes
terday for a mass civic reception
Thursday night.
But the greeting will get under
way in high style the moment the
general’s plahe, “The Bataan,”
touches ground about -noon at
Midway airport.
A crushing crowd of 3 million—
about 75 per cent of Chicago’s
population—is expected to take
part in the mammoth celebration.
DEMOCRAT NAMED
TO VANDENBERG SEAT
IN U. S. SENATE
LANSING Mich. (JP)— Blair
Moody, Washington correspondent
for the Detroit News, was named
today by governor Mennen Wil
liams as U.S. Senator from Michi
gan succeeding the late Arthur
Vandenburg.
The ^'9-year-old Moody has been
assigned to the news Washington
bureau Since 1933. During World
War II, he served as war corres
pondent for the news and the
North American Newspaper Alli
ance.
“Senator ftioody is a Democrat,”
Williams said in announcing the
appointment. Moody’s political af
filiation was not generally known
before, but an associate on the
Detroit News described him as:
“A New Dealer from the start.”
Moody’s appointment gives the
Democrats a four-vote margin in
the Senate. Vandenburg was a
Republican.
LAST RITES HELD FOR
SENATOR VANDENBERG
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., (/P)—
The meek gathered with the
mighty here for the funeral of
world-renowned Sen. Arthur W.
Vandenberg.
Last rites for the famed bi
partisan foreign policy advocate
of the Republican party brought
together the man in top hat and
muscled factory worker.
Vandenberg’s neighbors and
fellow citizens — the oldest of
whom knew him as the harness
maker’s son — joined in a huge
and solemn tribute.
Sen. Vandenberg, who served in
Congress more than a score of
years, died Wednesday night after
a long illness. He was 67.
Prsident Truman was not able
to attend.
Hawaiian Volcano May
Erupt, 16 Years Dormant
HONOLULU, (JP) — A strong
earthquake on the big island of
Hawaii Sunday prompted specula
tion today that the Kilauea vol
cano may rumble into eruption
after 16 years of silence.
A two-minute quake shook the
island at 2:53 p.m. Windows in
downtown Hila, the island’s larg
est city, were shattered but no
other damage or casualties were
reported.
Public Works
House Slashes
$3 Million From
Alaska Fund
WASHINGTON, {&) — The
House Appropriations Committee
slashed $3,000,000 today from the
$10,000,000 budget request for the
Alaska public works program.
The committee recommended
that the remaining $7,000,000 “be
available only for projects which
were indicated to the committee
as approved under the basic act
and by the local communities for
their portion of the recoverable
expenditures.”
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska and
spokesmen at the Interior Depart
ment’s Office of Territories said
they were unable to detail the
program.
The committee said it cut the
request because “no information
was furnished ... as to which
projects were definitely planned
for construction . . .”
REVOLT IN BRITISH
GOVT. MAY FORCE
ELECTION SOON
LONDON, (/P) — The crisis in
Britain’s Socialist government was
reported deepening today. In
formed sources said a second cab
inet member has quit in protest
against the trimming of free medi
cal services in favor of the re
armament drive.
Such a move would further rock
Prime Minister Attlee’s unsteady
Labor government, already reel
ing under the impact of fiery A.
Bevan’s resignation yesterday
from the post of Labor Minister.
Labor Party circles believed the
revolt might result in the govern
ment’s defeat in the budget de
bates this week, forcing a general
election soon.
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New Committee To
Supervise Spending of
Armed Forces Funds
WASHINGTON, UP)—A power
ful new seven-man “watchdog”
subcommittee has been set up to
keep an eye on the way the armed
farces spend their billions.
This subcommittee, headed by
Hep. Herbert (D-LA) is compar
able to the Truman Senate Com
mittee of World War II days.
President Truman, then a Senator,
headed that committee. It made
headlines checking into military
buying.
The new House subcommittee
has subpoena powers and the
authority to put witnesses under
oath.
Herbert said the subcommittee’s
main objective will be to “keep
the horse in the stable” rather
than investigating after some
thing has gone wrong.
Reds Kill All Inhabitants
Of Five Chinese Villages
TATPEH, Formosa, <JP) — The
Nationalist Defense Ministry said
today Chinese Reds killed every
inhabitant—more than 1,300 men,
women and children—of five vil
lages near Chaoping in Kwangsi
Province,, after a clash with guer
rillas April 9.
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