OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LII. No. 151__NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1950 _.__Pqr_gogjr^l5g
NEWS IN BRIEF !
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MISSION, B.C., W—An auto- j
mobile overturned in a water-filled i
ditch Wednesday night after car- j
eening off the highway, killing,
three members of an Indian fam
ily.
John Victor Mack, 38, the fath
er, escaped with a shaking up.
The victims, when the car sank
in 10 feet of water, were: his sons,
James Victor, 11, Gerald Victor, 8,
and his 38-year-old wife, Margar
garet.
W The family was returning from
Blaine, Wash., to their home on
the Chehalis Indian reserve near
Harrison, B.C.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Repre
sentative Brehm (R-Ohio) pleaded
innocent to seven counts of re
ceiving illegal campaign contribu
tions.
Brehm was arraigned before
federal judge Edward A. Tamm,
who set March 12 as the date for
* trial.
The Ohio congressman was re
leased in $1,000 bond.
Brehm was accompanied to dis
trict court by his wife and son.
NEW YORK, (/P)—Alfred Berg
doll, son of Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, notorious draft dodger
of World War I, was sentenced
Thursday to five years in prison
for dodging the 1950 draft.
* SALT LAKE CITY, (/P)— If the
cow could only talk, Joe Johnson
would be a happy man.
Johnson took advantage of the
balmy winter weather yesterday
to play a round of golf at Forest
Dale.
Then he reported to profession
al Jerry Hendershot that “I got a
hole in one on number eight.”
Henderson asked the usual ques
tions—what club, who were the
^ witnesses?
“That’s just the trouble,” said
Johnson, “The only one to see the
shot was an old cow back of the
green.”
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, (fP) — 3
Prague papers published Wednes
day a last-minute reminder to the
public not to send many Christ
mas cards.
They carried a brief item of the
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Plan Xmas Party
For All G. I.’s
In Nome Area
When it was learned in town
that no special program was plan
ned at the M.A.F.B. for the Christ
mas holidays a group of veterans
and their wives started the plan
of a G.I. Christmas Tree party for
all the boys at the Post.
American Legion Nome Post 19
volunteered the use of their hall
•and the Pioneers of Alaska the
use of their dishes.
The idea met with a wonderful
response from all contacted, with
Nomeites voluntarily offering a
liberal quantity of home-made
mise of differences remains to be
approved by both chambers be
fore they can go to the White
House.
House leaders, handicapped by
inability to get a working major
| itv on the floor, worked out-agree
; ments to act on conference re
ports completed today. There was
some hope that the profits tax
would go to Mr. Truman by last
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Hoover Urges
Fortifying America
| Like Gibraltar
NEW YORK, (JP)—Former pres
ident Herbert Hoover urged the
nation last night to concentrate on
fortifying the western hemisphere
as a “Gibraltar”.
He called on his fellow-country
men to “arm to the teeth” to hold
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
with the island outposts of Brit
i ain, Japan, Formosa and the Phil
ippines.
Mr. Hoover, speaking on radio
! and television, said it would be
! “sheer folly” to engage in land
| war with communist hordes in
Asia or the continent of Europe.
He urged the United States to
“arm our air and naval forces to
i the teeth” to defend the frontier
he laid out.
Mr. Hoover said the communists
j could never break through Amer
ican sea and air power to invade
, the western hemisphere. “They
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Christmas Message
To The People
Of Alaska
From Lt. Gen. W. E. Kepner, Com
mander in Chief, Alaskan Com
mand.
When the first Christmas dawn
ed the world held out new hope
for peace on earth. This Christ
mas, almost two thousand years
later, men of good will every
where are hoping, working and
dying for the same ideal.
To most of the children ctf the
world, this part of the globe is
closely identified with the Christ
mas season. A jolly old man named
Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, or
Father Christmas, lives at the
North Pole. The realms of snow
are his home, the reindeer are his
means of bringing joy ter everyone.
Surely the spirit that brought
this happy Yuletide fable into be
ing is precious to adults and chil
dren alike. It is the same spirit
that we, as Americans, feel from
the bottom of our hearts—the spir
it of love and friendship, of liber
ty and tolerance, of “good-will”
that is not merely a word in our
language.
On behalf of myself and the
members of my Command, 1 wish
to extend to all the people of Alas
ka my heartiest wishes for a very
j Merry Christmas and a Happy
! New Year.
Civilian Defense
Committee Meets
More than fifty citizens met last
Wednesday evening to work on
plans for Civilian Defense with
I Director H. F. Harper presiding.
The highlight of the meeting
I .
; was a splendid report by Public
j Health Nurse Marie Grant, who
; was complimented by all depart
! ment heads for the splendid way
in which she had conducted the
survey delegated to* her in the
! field of the women’s share of the
program. Her report gave details
of clothing, and food supplies for
families. Quoting Deputy Direc
i tor Glavinovich: “Miss Grant’s re
port is of so much importance
that all Directors will have ta
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Xmas Home-Going
Halts Passage Of
I Truman’s Bills
| WASHINGTON, (IP)—Caught in
i a home-for-Christmas exodus, a
major portion of President Tru
man’s emergency mobilizat ion
legislation appeared stranded to
day until at least Jan. 1.
The holiday jam of absenteeism
caused House leaders to sidetrack
action on bills to (1) give the Pres
ident wider powers to speed the
mobilization effort and (2) to au
' thorize union shop agreements by
railway labor.
And unless Senate-House con
ferees can reach agreements by
night fall final Congressional ac
tion may be delayed on - the $3,
£00,000,000 excess profits tax and
•the $20,000,000,000 arms bill.
Both bills have been passed by
House and Senate, but a compro
night.
When the House adjourned yes
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Pope Announces
Tomb of St. Peter
Has Been Found
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ROME, (JP)—Pope Pius XII an
nounced today that the tomb of
St. Peter, prince of the apostles,
and revered by Roman Catholics
also as the first Pope, has been
found in the subterranean grottos
of the Vatican.
Th^ Pontiff reported in his an
nual Christmas message, broad
cast from the Vatican, that a sci
entific study of discoveries made
during excavations beneath St.
Peter’s Basilica has been com
pleted during the 1950 Holy Year.
These findings, Pope Pius de
clared, were disclosed to be of the
highest importance and will be
published soon.
“Has the tomb (of St. Peter)
been truly found?” the Pope asked
and then gave the answer, “Yes.”
Bones had been found near the
sepulchre, he declared, but it was
not possible to determine whether
“these were those of St. Peter.”
The Vatican reported last March
! that 10 years of digging in the
! long-hidden underground cham
I bers below St. Peter’s church
j yielded archeological evide nee
supporting the Catholic belief that
1 the Prince of the Apostles was
buried on that site.
NOTICE
In observance of Christmas,
there will be no publication on
Christmas Day# which is Monday.
Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
Thursday, December 21, 1950
By the Associated Press
Red China rejected today the
United Nations’ repeated appeals
to negotiate for a cease-fire in
Korea.
It could mean war to the bitter
end unless other means for peace
can be found.
The Peiping radio broadcast the
statement of rejection by premier
Chou En-Lai.
It spumed the proposal of a
special U.N. assembly committee
as rising Red attacks in western
Korea prompted a warning by
general MacArthur that a big new
Chinese military offensive may be
omthe way.
In northeast Korea, evacuation
of nearly 25,000 frightened civil
ians from the Red-besieged beach
head port of Hungnam was repor
ted by AP correspondent Tom'
Lambert.
Close-range rocket ships, _big
naval guns and artiller y still
shielded the small beachhead —
the United Nations’ last foothold
in North Korea.
China’s rejection of any talk to
| ward a cease-fire was made in a
six-point statement broadcast in
Peiping and heard here.
The Red premier-foreign minis
ter said the three-man U.N. com
mittee’s appeal was “unlawful”
because Chinese communists did
not participate in formation of the
committee at the U.N. assembly.
The committee had sent the
Peiping regime three requests to
negotiate for a cease-fire—the last
one Thursday night, New York
time.
The 'United Nations general as
sembly at Lake Success set up the
committee during a consideration
of the Korean crisis.
A Red Chinese delegation’s
chief spoesman blasted the U.N.
in a lengthy speech but it was not
permitted to participate in the de
cisions because Red China is not a
member. The Chinese left new
York for home earlier this week.
The Red attacks in western Ko
rea started shortly before Chou’s
rejection of cease-fire dickering.
The attacks indicate an all-out of
fensive against U.N. forces could
be expected almost any hour.
Observers were guessing that
Christmas Eve might be the sig
nal for the new Red drive be
cause of the Oriental practice of
striking on Occidental holidays.
General MacArthur’s late Fri
day war summary said from 10 to
12 divisions have been identified
along parallel 38, arbitary bound
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FROM THE STAFF—Emily, Jim, Dick, Bill, Clyde, Sammy, Don, Junior, Bruce, Joe, David, George.