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Bulletin
SEOUL, Korea, (/P) —
Both sides in the Korean
war quit the ground fight
ing today.
U. S. Eighth Army troops re
ceived an order to stop fighting
and they did so immediately.
AP correspondent Milo Farnetti,
on the western front, said he saw
the order and that it came from
U.S. Eighth Army headquarters.
The army headquarters denied
that it issued the order.
Farneti quoted a U. S. Third
Division officer that Allied ground
forces have stopped shooting at
the communists “for all practical
purposes."
“We are not shooting at them
unless they shoot at us,” the offi
j cer said. “It will be a period of
watchful waiting while we see
how serious the communists are
about our 30-day cease-fire pro
posal.”
The provisional cease-fire line
is to become the cease-fire line
only if negotiators reach a com
plete armistice by Dec. 27.
The officer said all frontline
units have been warned not to
relax and that the war is not
over.
“Our men in the companies
have been told not to expose
themselves unnecessarily,” the of
ficer said. “But they have orders
to defend themselves against any
communist attack.”
The order said the Allies would
hold down offensive action on the
ground during the 30-day period
to “clearly demonstrate the will
ingness to reach an agreement
while preparing for offensive
action if negotiations are unrea
sonably delayed.”
The order instructed that pres
ent main lines “be defended to
the maximum.” This meant Allies
could counterattack to regain any
positions lost to the Reds.
There was nothing to indicate
any slackening of jet warfare
over northwest Korea. Three Red
MIG-15s and a U.S. F-86 Sabre
were knocked out of the sky
Wednesday in the second consecu
tive day of jet battles in MIG
Alley.
Dem. National Chairman
Ready To Expose Political
“Termites" In Government
NEW YORK, UP) — Democratic
National Chairman Frank E. Mc
Kinney says he and President
Truman are ready to help expose
and punish the “few” political
“termites” in government.
“In my opinion,” McKinney
added “99 9/10 per cent of those
entrusted with public office are
honest and incorruptible.”
McKinney’s comments were
made Monday night in his first
major speech since becoming Na
tional Chairman Oct. 31. He ad
dressed a $100-a-plate banquet of
the Democratic National Commit
tee.
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City Passes Ordinance
Licensing Cab Drivers
The Nome City Council by res
olution, appointed Hank Miller to
fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of Elmer Straub.
A new ordinance concerning the
licensing of taxicab chauffeurs
was adopted.
A liquor license application by
Hilkey Robinson was accepted by
the council.
Capt. S. J. Lemmon of MAFB
requested the cooperation of the
Nome Fire Department at the
Base in case of crash landings.
He was assured by the Council of
the City’s willingness to cooperate
at any time when called upon.
Councilman Reader resigned
due to the fact that he will be out
of town until June.
The Council was advised by
Attorney General Gerald Wil
liams that liquor licenses may be
acted upon as usual and turned
over to the U.S. District Clerk,
who will in turn pass them on to
a judge in another division for
approval, due to the absence of
a Second Division judge.
Pressure Pul To
Drop Prosecution
Of Tax Offenders
WASHINGTON, i/P)—T. Lamar
Caudle testified today that mem
bers of Congress and other in
fluential persons put “tremen
dous pressures” on him to drop
prosecution of tax offenders while
he was head of the Justice De
partment’s tax division.
Caudle was recently fired from
his post as Assistant Attorney
General by President Truman.
Caudle didn’t name any of those
who he said sought to influence
him, nor did the House Ways and
Means subcommittee investigating
the nationwide income tax scan
dals ask him to do so.
“Every time someone walked in
that door, they wanted some
thing,” he said. They were men
in public life, men who would in
sist that constituents of theirs
were innocent.
The question came up when
committee counsel Adrian W. De
Wind said he felt the public
should know more about the
forces of pressure on Caudle.
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
Navy reported today one of its
patrol planes was fired on by
a wooden vessel about 50 miles
east of the south China port of
Swatow.
Swatow is near the southern
end of the Formosa Strait, which
has been patrolled by the Navy
since the start of hostilities in
Korea.
The Navy also reported one of
its attack planes slightly damaged
when two Red MIG-15 fighters
jumped a Navy flight on the
northeast coast of Korea yester
day.
A spokesman said this was the
first -time enemy planes had ap
peared in this sector.
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Reds Refuse Ban
Military Build-ups
Or Inspections
MUNSAN, Korea, (/P) — Com
munist truce negotiators flatly
refused today to ban military
buildups in Korea during an ar
mistice or to set up joint inspec
tion teams to police the truce.
The Red stand led Vice Adm.
C. Turner Joy, chief negotiator
for the United Nations command,
to express suspicion the Reds
might be planning to resume
fighting after a temporary truce.
Joy told newsmen “The com
munists came out in the open and
said they were completely op
posed to our principles” for in
spection teams and guarantees
against military buildups.
“They brought up the question
of withdrawal of foreign troops,”
Joy reported. “They said that
; with withdrawal of foreign
troops” the problem “would be
j settled.”
“You see what we are up
against?” the admiral asked.
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Atomic Tests
“Very Useful”
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WASHINGTON, (/P> — Chair
man Gordon Dean of the Atomic
Energy Commission said today
the atomic weapons tests con
ducted recently in Nevada proved
“very useful” in development of
the nation’s military might.
Dean’s guarded statement to re
porters was his first public com
ment on the latest series of tests,
which he indicated has not been
concluded. Six explosions have
been conducted, in the series of
22, ranging from what was ap
parently a baby A-bomb to one
of the largest yet detonated.
Dean said: “I don’t think there
has been anything in the -Nevada
‘shots’ (tests) that has ever dis
pleased us.”
Eleven Airmen Die In
Crash of Navy Bomber
SAN DIEGO, Calif., {/P) — A
Navy PBM (Martin Mariner) sea
plane plunged into the ocean
seven miles west of here yester
day, carrying 11 airmen -to their
death. It was San Diego’s worst
military plane disaster in a dec
ade.
An eyewitness to the PBM crash
said the plane, a two-engined
craft, plunged straight downward,
hitting the water with a terrific
splash.
“It was diving so fast, I thought
it was a jet plane,” said Donald
Hibbard, truck driver.
The Navy said the plane, at
tached to Fleet Air Wing 14, on a
routine training flight from the
San Diego Naval Air Station,
broke into pieces when it struck.
Three officers and eight en
listed men were aboard.
Company Dredges Shut
Down For The Winter
All three dredges of the U.S.
Smelting Co. have now stopped
operations for the winter.
All three dredges which have
been operated this season by the
U.S. Smelting Co. have closed
down for the winter and equip
ment is being stored away until
spring.
According to Manager Carl
Glavinovich, the dredge camp at
No. 5, which was kept open last
winter, will be closed this year.
BUCK WHITMORE DIES
Word has been received of the
death of Buck Whitmore at the
home of his sister in Colfax,
Washington, where he was visit
ing.
Mr. Whitmore and his wife are
well known here and had mining
interests in the Kougarok. He was
employed by Morrison-Knudson
Co'. No details were received con
cerning his death.
Burial will be at Colfax tomor
row and will be in charge of the
Masonic lodge of which he was a
member.
Britain Will Not
Take Direct Part
In European Army
STRATSBOURG, France., (/P)
— Britain indicated today she
would not take a direct part in
the projected European army, but
insisted she had not yet made up
her mind finally. A French
spokesman said that Britain’s im
plied rejection of the European
army would upset plans for cre
ation of the international force
and threaten West German integ
ration in western European de
fenses.
Sir David Muxwell-Fyfe, home
minister of Britain’s Conservative
government, told the European
consultative assembly that Prime
Minister Churchill will not com
mit Britain at this time fo no
more than “closest association”
with either the European army
or the Schuman coal-steel pool
plan.
Later at a news conference he
said “the door is not yet closed
and my statements should not be
interpreted as a refusal to co
operate.”
Marshal Tito Invited
To Visit The U. S.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, (/P)—
A group of American congress
men unofficially invited Premier
Marshal Tito today to visit the
United States. The marshal said
the “press of duties” prevented
him from accepting at this time,
but that he looks forward to such
a trip in the future.
The invitation was made by
Rep. Clement J. Zablocki (D
Wis), member of the U.S. House
Foreign Affairs subcommittee
which is visiting here on a Euro
pean fact-finding tour.
Only Official
Announcement
Is Lacking
SEOUL, Korea, (/P)—Field dis
patches based on Allied officers*
reports said ground fighting in
Korea came to a complete stop
today wtih only the official an
nouncement lacking to proclaim a
cease-fire.
By midafternoon, apparently
well aware of the gentlemen’s
agreement, Chinese soldiers play
ed volleyball in full view of non
shooting American troops.
When darkness fell, the Reds
abandoned their 18-month black
out and the twinkling of com
munist bonfires and the glow of
cigarettes marked out the silent
145-mile front.
Only a few rounds of Red ar
tillery, possibly from uninformed
gunners, broke the unnatural sil
erfce. Patrols roamed the quiet
front under orders to take no
offensive action. And in many
cases they made no contact.
The Eighth Army issued a
warning statement that said
“There is as of this date, 28
November, 1951, no cease-fire in
Korea.”
This statement was directly
counter to the facts on the front
—facts known to tens of thou
sands of soldiers and to scores of
war correspondents at the front
and at headquarters.
The facts were that for the
time being, unless the communists
attack, there is a ground truce
along the front that amounts to
a cessaion of hostilities on the
ground.
Air Raid Drill Clears
New York City Streets
In 2 to 3 Minutes
NEW YORK, (JP) — An all-out
air raid drill cleared New York’s
normally teeming streets of all
visible life within two or three
minutes today.
The shrieking sirens of the first
post-war test halted all traffic
and sent pedestrians scurrying
into nearby buildings at 10:33 a.m.
The “all clear” sounded 10
minutes later.
Times Square, in the heart of
the city, was deserted.
Trading on the Stock Exchange,
center of the financial world,
came to a temporary halt.
Skaters on the ice rink at
Rockefeller center clumped on
their skates into nearby buildings.
Office workers in New York’s
skyscrapers took refuge in inner
corridors.
President Fires
Another Tax Collector
KEY WEST, Fla., (/P)—Presi
dent Truman today removed
James G. Smythe as collector of
internal revenue at San Francisco.
Presidential Secretary Joseph
Short said he fired the collector
“for failure to manage his office
properly.”