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VOL. LII. No. 145 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1950 Per Copy—15c
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NEWS IN BRIEF
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URBANA, O. (/P)—Carl Astei
no is the grandfather of nine
girls.
Recently he announced to his
four sons—Arnold, John, Thomas
and Robert all o*f Urbana—that
he would pay a “baby bonus” of
$100 for a grandson.
Last week Arnold’s wife be
came the mother of twins—both
boys.
Grandfather Asteino paid off
double.
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—A coroner’s
jury held Wednesday that Duane
Franklin was shot to death “by a
person other than himself” and
ordered his brother Herbert held
in connection with the shooting.
Bond on the brother was set at
$10,000.
Duane Franklin was shot last
Saturday night.
Highway patrolman Gene Mor
i ris, one of five witnesses to testi
fy before the coroner’s jury, said
he questioned the dead man’s
brother shortly after the shooting.
He quoted Herbert as saying:
“I shot my brother. I didn’t in
tend to—I love my brother.”
PITTSBURGH, (/P) — Crudely
made gasoline bombs shattered
windows in Gimbel’s downtown
department store and a Gimbel
warehouse yesterday as continu
ing violence marked the 18-day
old strike of truck drivers against
three big stores.
A third unused bomb, made of
a beer bottle filled with gasoline
—was found on the steps of a
church across the street from
Gimbel’s.
The small fire started in the
display window was quickly ex
tinguished by firemen.
LONDON, (IF)—Defense minis
ter Emanuel Shinwell declared in
the House of Commons yesterday
that “there is no thought in our
minds or in that of the American
authorities of withdrawal from
Korea.”
He said there may be “still
harder tidings” from the critical
front however. “No one knows
what the outcome will be. It
would be foolish to underestimate
the size or determination of the
Chinese intervention.”
He told the House U. N. forces
already face 270,000 Red Chinese
soldiers, with 500,000 more in re
serve.
PALMER, (IF)—Johnny Petaja
is taking a trip “Outside” after all.
Petaja was bom in Finland. He
has lived all but three years of
his 40-odd years in Alaska.
He left this week for Seattle
because of the serious illness of
his father there.
Friends had asked him a few
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France Demands
U. N. Consider Red
Intervention
LAKE SUCCESS, (£>) — France
led a Western power move in the
United Nations yesterday for top
priority consideration of Com
munist China’s intervention in
Korea. Russia immediately oppos
ed the move.
The clash took place in the
general -assembly’s 60-nation po
litical committee. Jean Chauvel,
French delegate, said Chinese
participation in the Korean fight
ing is a grave question that af
fects the peace of the whole
world. He said it should take
precedence over all other items
before the committee.
Soviet foreign minister Andrei
Y. Vishinsky said Chauvel’s de
mand was ‘mose unprecedented.”
He argued that the committee
must continue with debate on
Russia’s charges of American ag
gression against Formosa.
While the procedural wrangle
tied up the committee, U. N. dip
lomats anxiously awaited word
from Peiping whether the Chi
nese Reds are ready to accept any
of the several pleas for a cease
fire. India’s Sig Benegal N. Rau,
one of the leaders in the peace ef
! forts, said yesterday morning he
still has received no reply from
Chinese Communist envoy Wu
Hsiu-Chuan.
Rau conferred privately with
Wu twice last week-end and sub
mitted to him some proposals.
Price Ceiling
Is Forecast
WASHINGTON. (/P) — Price
Stab ilizer Michael V. Di Salle
said today the government defin
itely is making plans for a ceiling
on prices but sees no reason to
freeze them now.
Such a ceiling would necessar
ily be coupled with a lid on wage
increases, but Di Salle told a
news conference he hoped any
freeze would not be necessary.
In any case, the former Toledo
Mayor said his price agency
would be unable to impose a gen
eral ceiling for 60 to 90 days be
cause of a lack of staff, space and
administrative organization.
Di Salle is director of price sta
bilization in the economic stabil
ization agency. He spoke at a con
ference held jointly with econo
mic stabilization administrator
j Alan Valentine and wage stabili
zation board chairman Cyrus S.
Ching.
All made it clear that a wage
price freeze, widely rumored in
the last few days, is not immin
i ent.
To Introduce New
Statehood Bill
January Third
(B7 Charles D. Watkins)
WASHINGTON, (JP) — A new
bill to make a state of Alaska
will be introduced in the Senate
on the opening day (January 3) of
the new Congress, Territorial
Delegate E .L. Bartlett said to
day.
He said he had assurance from
Chairman O’Mahcfney (D.-Wyo.)
that the Senate insular committee
will recommend the bill to the
Senate at once, without hearings.
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Long hearings were held earlier
this year.
At the same time Bartlett said,
a bill to grant Hawaii statehood
will be introduced to be handled
in the same manner.
“They will be the first order of
business in the Senate.” Bartlett
told a reporter. “And then let the
small opposition talk as long as
it wishes for I feel confident we
will be able to get a vote on the
measures.”
The decision to introduce the
bills January 3 was reached by
Delegates Bartlett (D) and Far
rington (R.-HaWaii) after major
ity leader Lucas CD.-I11.) said
there was no chance of getting
further consideration of House
passed statehood bills this year.
Bartlett also said he has re
fused a suggestion by Senator
Butler (R.-Ndb.) that they intro
duce a bill in the new Congress to
permit Alaska to elect their own
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“U. S. Now Has 700
A-Bor bs”--Look
NEW YORK, (/P) — America
now has a stockpile of about 700
atomic bombs, Look Magazine es
timates.
The magazine said it also be
, lieves there are only doubtful
chances of success in making the
hydrogen bomb.
The 700 a-bomb estimate is
quite a bit higher than any pre
viously published guesses—which
have placed the stockpile between
200 to 400.
The article was written by
Stephen White, a former science
writer for the New York Herald
Tribune.
White witnessed the Bikini
atom'bomb tests, knew many of
the leading atomic scientists, and
recently had been to Europe,
where he received some informa
tion of America’s atomic produc
tion rate.
White said the figure of 700 is
not meant to be exact. But is “of
the right order of magnitude"—a
scientist’s educated guess.
Roof Garden
Program
The entertainment committee
of the 42nd Annual Roof Garden,
have prepared the following in
teresting program:
The skit is titled “The Villian
Still Pursued Her,, or “They were
Gay in Their Nineties.”
The scene of the skit is a small
country inn.
The cast of characters include:
Cpl. Barksdale White, Pianist;
George Beacom, Proprietor; Wait
ers’ Kuartet, Raymond Tveter.
Richard Small, Victor Morris,
Earl Clark; Lt. Pat Sano, The
Clasy Kid; Kitty Bjomstad, A
Bird in a Gilded Cage; William L.
Smith, The Sourdough; Girls’
Quartet, Mary and Phyllis Roell,
Eileen Harwood, and Scott; Cpl.
Bob Maloy, Gypsy Player; Mr.
and Mrs. James Walsh, Bicycle
Built for Two; Elda Jones, Bud
ding Opera Star; Man on the Fly
ing Trapeze is a mystery; Pearse
Walsh, Woebegone Singer; Terry
Fisher, Frederick Bockman and
Robert Scott, Waltztime; Ellen
Waldheim, Heroine; Roscoe Wil
kie, Villian; Patrons, Caroline
McLain, Lois Autrey, Robert
Baldwin, Bill Boucher and Dan
Jones.
The stage setting is by Pfc.
Ronnie Newell.
Following the program there
will be dancing to the delightful
music of the Blizzardets.
AWAIT ARRIVAL OF FIRE
INSURANCE ADJUSTORS
The owners of the businesses
which were destroyed by fire
last Tuesday evening are stand
ing by awaiting the arrival' of the
fire insurance adjustors.
Mr. and Mrs. Scotty Patterson,
who are house guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Norvin Lewis until they de
part, plan to go to their home at
Bellevue, Wash., and relax and
rest for some time.
Tommy Martin is awaiting the
return of his mother Jennie Mar
tin, who is in Anchorage, before
any plans will be announced con
cerning the North Pole Bakery.
Arvo Saario is busy lining up
a lot and building so that the
Board of Trade can soon be in
operation again.
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UNCLAIMED TURKEYS AT
NOME HARDWARE
The Nome Hardware and U. S.
Mercantile Co., who annually give
their customers a dozen or more
turkeys, are now holding three
turkeys which have not been
claimed. Numbers 504989, 523216
and 529613 are all worth a large
turkey, manager Larry Galvin
states. Rev. Marvin Troutman has
already taken one home for his
Christmas dinner.
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Thursday, December 7, 1950
CBy The Associated Press)
U. S. Eighth Army steadies it
self on new 70-mile defense line
25 miles south of Pyongyang. Ma
rines and lcrughboys of 10th Corps
battle through masses of com
munists in retreat from Changjin
reservoir. Americans reach Koto.
Seven Chinese divisions blocking
their way to Hamhung.
President Truman and British
Prime Minister Attlee go into
fourth day of crisis talks. They
are said to be considering any
reasonable settlement but rule out
appeasement.
In Paris France agrees to in
clusion of German units in West
ern European army paving way
for i m m ediate formation of
strong defense force.
In The United Nations Assem
bly the political committee begins
its first full discussion on request
to Red China to remove troops
from Korea. Motion may pass the
assembly this week.
Friday, December 8, 1950
Trapped U. S. Marines and
doughboys cover five of 45 miles
from Koto and Hungnam, escape
port. Their refreat from Changjin
reservoir contested every foot of
the way by overwhelming num
bers of Chinese. Reds start nib
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bling at east and west ends of U.
S. Eighth Army's defense lines,
south of Pyongyang.
United Nations diplomats stall
action awaiting word of the Tm
man-Attlee talks and Peiping's
answer to 13 Asian nations* re
quest that it halt its forces on the
38th parallel.
. In Washington the navy said its
late roprts indicated that the 3rd
Division relief column was with
in six miles of the marines and
infantrymen battling southward
from the Changjin reservoir area
in northeast Korea.
News dispatches said that a
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