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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LIII No. 106 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1951 ~ Per Copy—15*
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Nome Host to High Government And
Armv Officials; Congressmen Learn of
Second Division Importance to Defense!
The NWA Chamber of Commerce was host Wed
nesday evening to a group of distinguished visitors
from Washington, D. C., who arrived from Anchorage
via Point Barrow about six o’clock. The dinner was
held at the Bering Sea Club.
The entire party from the House
Armed Forces Committee gave up
a well-earned vacation during a
House recess to see military in
stallations and necessary defenses
for themselves, and have given j
their time unsparingly on this
tour. The party was headed by j
Porter Hardy, Jr., of Virginia, ;
and included Clyde Doyle of Cal
ifornia, Victor Wickersham of
Oklahoma, Walter Norblad of
Oregon and William Bates of
Massachusetts. James E. Van j
Zandt of Pennsylvania, also a
member of the party, was too ill
to attend the dinner or hearing
which followed.
The party was accompanied by
Delegate Bob Bartlett to whom all
the members of the committee
paid high tribute for the sincerity
and thoroughness with which our
delegate works for the best in
terests of the territory, which has
no vote.
A member of the public works
committee, Hubert Scudder of
California, was also in the party
along with General O. E. Walsh,
divisional engineer, both of whom
were given a hearty welcome as
they assisted in a great measure
in the procurement of the Nome
seawall and sincere appreciation ;
was expressed by the citizenry j
present. Congressman Scudder
presented the bill to Congress
authorizing the seawall. He stated j
“You are living on a very im
portant front, and time, energy,
and finances must be given to
keep this Alaskan front Ameri
can.” .
The military party which ac
companied the distinguished visit
ors was headed by General Wil
liam Kepner, commander in chief
of the Alaska command; General
William B. Old, Brig. Gen. Pra
ther, and several other high rank-1
ing officers.
Accompanying the congressmen
were Bryce Harlow, clerk of the
committee, Charles F. Ducander,
member of the professional staff,
and M. Wilfred Goding of the
Interior Department.
All the congressmen were im
pressed with the proximity of our
part of Alaska to its unfriendly
neighbor, when they flew over
it enroute from Barrotv to Nome,
and expressed a closer under
standing of our urgent needs in
the way of defense from this first
hand eye-view of the situation.
Chairman Hardy said, “All of us
must recognize the fact that we
are citizens of U.S.A. first and of
the territory second, and must
take into consideration the entire
picture of defense.”
Directly after the dinner a hear
ing was held at the U. S. court
room where a most complete and
comprehensive survey of the stra
tegic minerals of this part of
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Plot Against Life
A. Gromyko Laid
To White Russians
SAN FRANCISCO, (JP) — A
truck overturned today on Bay
shore Highway in the path of the
automobile of Russia’s Andrei
Gromyko. Escorted by Highway
Police at 70 miles hour, the Rus
sian caravan wheeled into the on
coming lane of traffic nnd made
it safely around the bbstruction.’
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P»—Police
said today they were told of a
fantastic plot against the life of
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet deputy
foreign minister.
Whether or not the information
was true, extraordinary precau
tions were taken this morning to
guard the chief Russian delegate
to the Japanese peace treaty con
ference in session here.
The supposed plot, the informa
tion said, hinged around a staged
accident in which Gromyko’s auto
was to be rammed by a truck.
Sgt. Otto Schramm of the Red
wood City office of the California
Highway Patrol was quoted as
saying he was advised in a tele
phone call from the San Francisco
FBI o’fice.
The reported plotters planned
to ram Gromyko’s auto as it moved
along the Bayshore Highway to
ward San Francisco, the infor
mation said. The plot was at
tributed to White Russians—those
in opposition to communist rule.
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Ridgway Rules Out
Kaesong Further
Truce Talks
' TOKYO, (TP)—Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway told the Reds in a sting
ing note yesterday that if they
want to end the shooting in Korea
they should agree to start truce
talks anew somewhere else.
The United Nations commander
also brusquely told the commun
ists to stop their “constant deceit
and treachery” in manufacturing
incidents for “false and malevo
lent” charges against the Allies.
Almost simultaneously with de
livery of Ridgway’s sharp note,
Chinese communists launched a
heavy, tank-supported attack on
the western front. A front-line
officer said it could be “a prelude
to a major offensive.”
Ridgway left it completely up
to the Communists whether nego
tiations are resumed. But the U.N.
commander made it clear the talks
won’t be at Kaesong.
A release by the information of
fice said the situation has reached
a point “where the question of
the neutrality of the Kaesong zone
has overshadowed the original
purpose of the meetings.”
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Territory’s Cash Drops
From $6,000,000 to $320,000
JUNEAU, (/P)—'Territorial Trea
surer Henry Roden reports a
shrinkage at the till.
He said the total cash dropped
$701,000 in August, leaving $320,
427.74 on hand as of Aug. 31.
The non-resident fish tax ac
counted for $350,000 of the drop.
They money is frozen until an ap
peal to the Supreme Court by the
Territory is he^rd. The remaining
$351,000 outgo represented a re
fund to city schools from the terri
tory, as the law provides.
The bank account on Aug. 31
showed $6,118,510.74, with out
standing warrants totaling $1,049,
924.22. Earmarked funds, includ
ing the non-resident fishermen’s
account, totaled $4,748,158.78,
leaving the $320,427.74 balance.
Expect Japanese
Peace Treaty Be
Signed Tomorrow
SAN FRANCISCO, (ZP) — The
three-power communist bloc today
got its last scheduled chance to
stall o*r discredit the Japanese
! peace conference.
Actually, it wasn’t much of a
chance. There was a general spec
ulation that the delegates of
Russia, Poland and Czechoslo
vakia would stage a walkout after
Poland’s Stefan Wierblowski
i speaks his piece late today.
Barring last minute delays, the
treaty will be signed tomorrow by
probably 48 nations—but not by
the Reds. It seemed doubtful they
will even make an appearance at
the ceremony.
Speakers from 22 countries
were scheduled to give their
views today. Wierblowski was ex
pected to echo the blasts against
the treaty loosed by Gromyko
Wednesday and Czechoslovakia’s
Dr. Gertrude Sekaninova’s yes
terday.
Indochina decided reluctantly at
the eleventh hour today to sign.
This made the final lineup 48
countries for the treaty and only
Russia’s three-nation bloc against.
Speaking in Cleveland, General
Douglas MacArthur said the treaty
“while far from flawless, em
bodies much of human justice and
enlightenment.” The former oc
cupation commander in Japan was
not invited to the conference, but
his work in preparing Japan for
the treaty has been widely ack
nowledged.
Congressman Demands
Grounding of Navy’s
“Privateer” Bombers
WASHINGTON, (IP)—The crash
of a fourth Privateer bomber after
the Navy blamed pilot error as
the “most probable” cause of the
first three prompted a fresh con
gressional demand that the Navy
ground all planes of the type.
Rep. Mitchell (D-Wash) noted
that 45 men died in the four
crashes in the Alaska-Puget Sound
area during the past three months
and recalled that he wrote Sec
retary of the Navy Kimball after
the third crash:
“Machines may be expendable
but men are not.” .
The Privateer is the four-engine f
PB4Y-2, a modified version of the 1
Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber..
Disclose New U.S.
Weapons “Beyond
Imagination”
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- WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Young (R-ND) disclosed today the
United States has more than one
devastating new secret weapon—
powerful “beyond imagination”—
and that they all probably would
be ready to use if war should
come suddenly.
“They are in a high state of
development,” Young told a re
porter as the Senate Appropria
tions Committee met behind doors
to give expected approval to a
$5 billion increase in defense
funds for air power, including an
Air Force of at least 95 wings.
He indicated that Pentagon lead
ers, who pledged Senators to sec
recy in disclosing the “fantastic
new secret weapons,” had not out
lined probable uses.
President Truman said they
could destroy civilization and that
he hoped they would never be
used.
Both Young and Senator May
bank (D-SC>, another committee
man, agreed that the mysterious
new weapons were devastating
and non-atomic.
Air Force Captain and
Nurse Die In Flaming
Crash Anchorage Cessna
ANCHORAGE, (/PJ — An A i r
Force captain and his Air Force
nurse, also a captain, who had
only been together in all about
two weeks since they were mar
ried last Jan. 9, died together.
The Air Force identified them
as the militar}' personnel killed
with three others Tuesday in the
crash here of a twin-engine Chris
tianson Air Service plane.
They were Capt. Donald V.
Drake, about 30, on leave from
the B-47 training school at Mather
Air Force Base, Calif., and Capt.
Mary Sullivan Drake, 25, Air
Force nurse at Elmendorf Air
Force Base here.
Their varied military duties
kept them separated most of their
brief married . life. They were
headed for Seward for a vacation
trip.
Alaska Newspapers Sell
At $1 Per, Seattle Store
SEATTLE, (/P)—Shades of the
gold rush days!
Alaska newspapers sold here
today—at one. dollar per copy.
Frederick and Nelson depart
ment store advertised them. The
advertisement said they were
“rescued from the rem-ains of an
Alaskan ghost-town” and chron
icled “the lives and times of the
Klondike gold rush era, before
World War I.”
The store said most of the col
lection was obtained from Daw
son, Y. T.
THURSDAY BASEBALL
American League
Chicago 9—St. Louis 4
National League
St. Louis 10—Chicago 2
Pittsburgh 7—Cincinnati 4
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 7—San Diego 4
Hollywood 3—Sacramento 2
Los Angeles 11-7—Portland 7-4
Oakland 8—Seattle 3
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CAP CADETS BACK
FROM ENCAMPMENT
Most of the CAP Cadets are
! back from their two weeks train
: ing course at McChord Field, near
Tacoma, Wash., full of stories
: about this trip which was the first
trip to the States for some of the
boys. They were particularly
i thrilled with a flight they made
in the giant C-124 Globemaster,
which is able to carry 200 fully
equipped soldiers.
When Arthur Outwater told re
porters that he worked in the
Nome Drug Store and that it didn’t
have a soda fountain, the reaction
of cadets from other parts of the
country was “the only drug store
; in North America without a soda
| fountain.”
Myron Wheeler, interested the
other boys with his stories of long
trips out on Bering Sea in skin
I boats. When they asked him. what
blubber tastes like he said: “I
don’t kno*w what it tastes like, I
just know it tastes good.”
Those in the group were Arthur
Outwater, Myron Wheeler, Bill
Boucher, Jr., Norman Atuk, Frank
Dowd, Milton Willoya, Gordon
Swanberg, Clyde Nershak, Vernon
Olson, and George E. Bell.
Front row: 'left to Lt, Bill Sheppard, Lt. A!;co Hudson,
Cadet Lois Swanberg, Lt. Bob Emmons, Cadet Ruth Fagerstrom,
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Cadet Joan Longiey, Cadet Geraldine Fagerstrom. Back row:
(left to r^ghi) 1st Sgi. Bill Boucher, Pfc. Milton Willoya, CpL
Norman Atuk, Sgt. Arthur Ouiwaier, Sgi. Gordon Swanberg,
Cpl. George Bell, Pvt. Cylde Nershak, Lt. Frank Dowd.