2 THE NOME NUGGET Wednesday* October 18* 1950
THE NOME NUGGET
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at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, October 18, 1950_
A PROCLAMATION
UNITED NATIONS WEEK—OCTOBER 17-24, 1950
WHEREAS the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman,
has, by proclamation, urged the people of the United States to observe
October 17 to 24, 1950, as United Nations Week; and
WHEREAS the President has urged that during this week the of
ficials of the Federal Government, the Governors of the States, the
Mayors of cities, and other public officials, civic, educational, and
religious organizations, the agencies of the press and radio, as well
as individual citizens cooperate fully in public program dedicated to
strengthening our participation in the work of the United Nations; and
WHEREAS, appropriate observation of United Nations Week is
an affirmation of our faith in the objectives of the United Nations, our
appreciation of its accomplishments and our resolve to give active
support to its principles! and
WHEREAS we in Alaska, occupying a position of the greatest
strategic importance as the only part of the United States fronting on
the Arctic Ocean and within a naked eye view of the continent of
Asia, appreciate fully the need for and the importance of an interna
tional organization dedicated to the preservation of the peace and the
settlement of international differences by negotiation; and
WHEREAS, in recent months epoc-making events have trans
pired under the aegis of the United Nations in which that body, work
ing closely with the United States and other free nations, has fought
and repelled unprovoked aggression in Korea, thus demonstrating in
a practical manner to all mankind the value of armed might when
sanctioned by moral right, and thereby affording a new hope of peace
on earth through international organization; and
WHEREAS October 24, 1950, marks the completion of the fifth
year in which the United Nations has been a living force for solving
the major problems involved in transforming a shattered world into
a better habitation for the human race; and
WHEREAS the United Nations has proved itself the only meeting
place in which great and small countries still can freely voice the
aspirations of their peoples, submit their policies and actions to the
judgment of world opinion, and seek its support for their causes;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ERNEST GRUENING, Governor of
Alaska, do hereby proclaim October 17 to 24, 1950, United Nations
Week and call upon the above named persons, agencies, and organ
izations to cooperate in the observance proclaimed by c?ur President.
By the Governor;
(SEAL)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
subscribed my hand and caused
the Seal of the Territory of Alaska
to be affixed. Done at Juneau, the
Capital, this 12th day of October in
the year of our Lord nineteen hun
dred and fifty.
ERNEST GRUENING,
Governor of Alaska.
LEW M. WILLIAMS,
Secretary of Alaska.
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Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
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yang, and plunged to within 12
miles of the city tonight. An offi
cer spokesman said they might
rcaeh the capital by tomorrow.
The U. S. Cavalry Division, ap
proaching the Red capital from
the south, by-passed Sariwon and
pushed past Hwangju, 23 miles
from their goal. Separheads were
only 20 miles away. The U.S. force
left Sariwon to British and Com
monwealth troops, who fought
their way into the city.
The Capital would be in range
of U. S. guns tomorrow, field ob
servers said.
On the east coast, North Ko
rea’s great industrial city of Ham
hung was within the grasp of the
ROK (Republic of Korea) First
Corps. As elements of this corps
reached for the city, another col
umn smashed toward Hungnam,
1 the port of Hamhung.
Lt. Gen. Walter H. Walker, U.
S. Eighth Army commander pre
dicted United Nations forces
would be in Pyongyang in a week.
■ Gen. Paik Sun Yup. commander
I of the ROK First Division, was
even more optimistic. He predict
ed his men, if all goes well, would
make it in three days.
“We don’t intend to stop now,”
he said. “The men are tired but
they don’t care as long as they
move fast. When they get to
Pyongyang they can sleep for a
week.”
The South Koreans were still
in mountain country, and although
nearest to Pyongyang had the
hardest going.
The British and Americans
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were on a fairly straight main ar
1 tery and were taking advantage
of a flatter terrain.
The U. S. First Cavalry was
driving west on the road from
captured Sohung to Sariwon. The
U. S. 24th Division, driving up the
west coast, made a surprising end
run to come within 10 miles of
Sariwon the battle-hardened di
, vision had rolled more than 50
miles since Sunday.
Organized Red resistance was
all but shattered. They surren
dered in the hundreds while re
treating forces left behind huge
stockpiles of war equipment.
American commanders were
less concerned with gaining miles
than with hunting down enemy
forces by-passed in the hills.
As the military phase of the
war neared its final phase the po
litical future of Korea and other
turbulent areas of the Far East
occupied diplomats.
Tokyo informants said Gen.
Mac Arthur and Prseident Tru
man in their wee-end meeting on
Wake Island decided that Ameri
can forces in the Far East will be
s t r e ngthened considerably to
head off communist threats.
Tokyo sources indicated that
the two leaders agreed to remcrve
American troops from Korea as
speedily as possible. They said
the United States might be retain
ed in the Orient.
Wednesday. October 18. 1950
The Republic of Korea’s First
Division troops were reported by
South Korean sources today to
have entered Pyongyang. With
Americans and South Koreans
hammering at its gates, the fall
of the communist capital seemed
imminent.
The Pusan radio was quoted as
; saying the South Koreans, racing
U. S. First Cavalry units for the
honor of entering the communist
stronghold first, took the Pyong
‘ yang airfield and then crossed the
U. S. Will Not Stop
Short Of War
Truman Warns
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morial Opera House where the
United Nations Charter was bom
five years ago.
He left San Francisco’s inter-1
national airport at 1:15 a.m.t E9T.,|
on the last, eight-hour leg of a
14,400-mile round trip flight dur
ing which he talked with General
Douglas MacArthur on Wake Is
land about what, he said, were the
“dangers which still face us.”
“What we want is a partner
ship .for peace with all the world,”
Mr. Truman told a cheering audi
ence. He said “We want peace but
it must be a peace founded upon
justice. That American policy is as
old as our Republic and it is
stronger today than ever before
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in our history. And with God’s
help we intend to keep it that
way.”
The crowd applauded vigorous
ly as the President declared “We
are increasing our armed strength
because Soviet policies leave us
no other choice.” ,
If the Soviets “really want
peace,” Mr. Truman continued,
I they can prove it “by living up
to the principles of the United Na- j
| tions Charter;” “By joining the \
| rest of the United Nations in call- ]
! ing upon the North Koreans to lay
; down their arms at once;” “By l
lifting the Iron Curtain and per-!
; mitting the free exchange of in
i formation and ideas,” and, finally
by joining with the U. N. to es
tablish a system of collective se
curity “which will permit the
| elimination of the atomic bomb i
i and the drastic reduction and reg- j
; ulation of all other arms * and ;
j armed forces.”
Mr. Truman declared that until
| the Soviet Union does these things;
“we are determined to build up;
j the common defensive strength of j
the free world.”
What the United States did for
Korea, he said in effect, it stands I
eradv to do, in conjunction with;
the United Nations, for any peace- i
ful country that finds its borders |
violated and its freedom attacked.
“We hate war,” the President
declared, “but we love our liber
ties. We will not see them de
stroyed.”
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Taegong River to the capital.
As the war in Korea appeared
to be entering its final stages, the
French proclaimed a state of
emergency in North IndoChina,
bordering communist China, and
announced abandonment of an
other frontier post.
A spokesman said the Dong
dang garrison withdrew yester
day, presumably 15 miles south
east to the French frontier head
quarters fortress of Langson. It
was the fifth post the French
have given up in a month under'
pressure from forces led by Mos
cow-trained Ha Chi Minh. The j
Rrench claim these communist- j
led rebel forces are being trained
and equipped in Red China.
In Washington, a high U. S. of- j
ficial said France is likely to get!
up to six billion dollars in Ameri
can military aid in the next three
years. Although most of this
money will be earmarked to build
western defenses against the
threat of communist aggression in
Europe, the U. S. also assured
the French that their need of bol
stering forces in Indochina will
merit “a particularly high prior
ity”. An official estimated Indo
china's share at about $500,000,
000.
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Lei’s Give Nome
Children A Break!
In a not-so-long-ago radio ad
dress, Governor Ernest Gruening
made a plea to citizens of Alaska
fo ra “break” for Alaska’s chil
dren. The Nome Committee of the
Alaska Commission on Children
and Youth is making a plea at the
present time to citizens of Nome
to give Nome’s children a “break.”
This “break” will be helped along
by every Nome citizen who backs
up with his cooperation the local
committee on plans for needed
recreation.
As Governor Gruening stated,
“If we are going to establish the
American way of life in Alaska as
an effective answer to the police
state tyranny that is firmly en
trenching itself on the other side
of Bering Strait, and prove by ac
tions that we know our system to
be better, we can no longer delay
in giving our youngsters the
“break” which should be every
child’s heritage.
. . . “We are all aware that all
our Alaskan communities have
been short of recrational facilities
for the youngsters ... If the
American idea means anything, I
am sure it means that each gen
eration of Americans wants to do
a little better for its children than
it was done by. It should mean
that each succeeding generation
shall have the benefit of all the
opportunities for self-develop
ment that have been achieved by
our society.”
Article IX of The Children's
Charter, of the White House Con
ferences on Child Health and
Protection, resolves:
“For every child a community
which recognizes and plans for his
needs, protects him against physi
cal dangers, moral hazards, and
disease; provides him with a safe
and wholesome place for play and
recreation; and makes provision
for his cultural and social needs.”
Democratic Party
Suffered Reverses
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would be nonsensical to claim
otherwise.
“As a Democrat who is convinc
ed this administration deserves
the support of the great masses of
Alaskans, including bus i n e s s
groups, I believe the chief reason
for the change from 1948 was
brought about by failure of the
Democratic party to place its rec
ord of accomplishment completely
before the people.
“Had that been done, there
could have been only one result.
“There were other reasons.
Democrats were accused—and in
my opinion unjustly and improp
erly—of various crimes and mis
demeanors. This campaign had its
effect. There also were local
causes which contributed in local
instances to the result, warfare
was not absent. Although the Re
publican party was ncrt entirely
‘unified* either.’*
Bartlett's alaljrsis of the elec
tion results followed by a day the
more acid voting post mortem by
Sen. Howard Lyng of Nome, the
Territory’s ’Democratic national
committeeman. Lyng. on his way
to California for a several weeks’
stay, issued statements at Juneau
and Seattle asserting the party’s
setback was “a registered protest
by a majority of Alaska voters
against the manner in which the
head of the present administration
—federally appointed Governor
Gruening—has been conducting
affairs of th| Territory in recent
years.”
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