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VOL. LII. No. 11-9 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1950_Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF ,
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SEATTLE, (/P) — Mrs. Emma
Widmot Rogers, who lived at Jun
eau and Douglas from 1902 to
1914, died here Friday at age 82.
She was the mother of Nat. S.
Rogers, former Seattle Chamber
of Commerce president. Her hus
band, the late Mansford G. Rog
ers, was a merchant during their
years at Juneau.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—1The ex
port-import bank was reported
Saturday to be putting the final
touches on a $25,000,000 loan to
Iran.
Officials looked for a formal
announcement within a few days
to beat Russia to the punch in a
cold war diplomatic struggle that
has become steadily tighter since
the start of the Korean conflict.
Russia is negotiating a new
trade agreement with its oil-rich
southern neighbor which also is
due for completion shortly. If the
long pending American loan is an
nounced first diplomats hope
Moscow’s recent efforts to woo
the Iranians will suffer a setback.
JUNEAU, </P)—An administra
tion board has unfrozen $50,000
in the veterans' revolving fund
for home loans to Alaska veter
ans. Another $50,000 will be au
thorized next month if expected
funds are available.
Treasurer Henry Roden said fi
nances are good, due chiefly to
new income tax returns.
The veterans fund of $1,200,000
was frozen June 20, 1949, but
$100,0C0 was chipped off last
April.
....WASHINGTON, (/P> — Senator
Magnuson (D.-Wash.) said Satur
day that Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her
shev, selective service director,
has assured him that local draft
board has authority to defer mer
chant seamen.
Magnuson got this response, he
said, after he had relayed to Her
shey a complaint from Sailors
Union of the Pacific that able sea
men were “being pulled off ships”:
by selective service boards in the
state of Washington.
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LONDON (/P)—The only known
Russian plane capable of drop
ping atom bombs at long range is
a copy of the American B-29,
Janes’ “All the World’s Aircraft”
reported Saturday.
The authoritative annual sur
vey also listed a 52-mile-an-hour
jet fighter as the fastest known
Red military plane.
Jane’s said the Reds claim to
have a faster-than-sound fighter
in the “Yakovlev Supersonic” but
added “insufficient information
is available.”
The survey said no Soviet
counter has so far been found to
official U. S. claims that 10 dif
ferent types of American jet and
rocket-powered aircraft have al
ready exceeded the speed of
sound.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., (^—Cur
tis B. Johnson, publisher of the
Charlotte Observer for the past
34 years, is dead at 74.
Johnson, former president of
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Territory-Wide j
Election Campaign
Ends Today
(By The Associated Press)
Alaska’s heated 1950 election j
campaign winds up today.
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The chief interest in tomorrow’s;
Territory-wide vote centers in
whether the Republicans or Dem
ocrats can win control of the Leg
islature, or, more basically, whe- j
ther the House and Senate ma-!
jorities will be friendly of opposed
to Governor Gruening and his ad-j
ministration.
The contests for two Territory
wide offices have failed to gener
ate much political heat.
In the race for Delegate to Con
gress E. L. (Bob) Partlett, the
Democratic incumbent, is favored
heavily over Aimer R. Peterson,
Anchorage Republican. With
Treasurer Henry Roden unoppos
ed, the only other Territory wide
contest is for Commissioner of
Labor. Henry Benson, the Repub
lican incumbent, is opposed by
Ross Kimball, Fairbanks.
With the so’-called “White” and
“Black” Republican factions unit
ed for the first time in many
years, Albert White of Juneau,
the party’s leader, has hit the
campaign trail aggressively to
lead the G.O.P. drive.
He has accused the Democratic
Administration of having harbor
ed ‘corruption, malfeasance and
misfeasance.”
The Democrats retorted that
the actions to oust accused office
holders were initiated by Demo
cratic officials ot Legislators.
They counter-charged that the
Republicans failed to offer any
program to the voters.
The record of the 1949 Legisla
ture has been a major issue.
White has blasted at “the Pal
mer ariport deal” as improper;
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Water Control Bill I
Not Now Necessary
Says Gruening
JUNEAU, (JP)—Gov. Gruening
says he is “far from certain” that
a water control bill is now neces
sary.
He was referring to a proposal
disclosed Friday by the Fairbanks
News-Miner, which would place
all Territorial water control un
der the highway engineer.
Gruening said he questioned
the desirability of giving control
of the measure’s provisions to the
highway engineer, who he said al
ready is overburdened.
Kenneth Kadoe of the* interior
department’s field committee said
he believed the law was necessary
to replace the present “piecemeal”
regulations.
Highway engineer Metcalf said
he had not seen the bill and knew
nothing of proposed administra
tion by his department.
The News-Miner said the bill
would embrace waters used for
industry, mining and agriculture,
and charged it was a Democratic
party plan to introduce it at the
next legislative session.
Polio Extends
Ketchikan North
To Point Barrow \
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(By The Associated Press)
Alaska’s polio scare extended
Saturday from its southeastern
tip to northernmost Point Barrow.
A death Friday at Ketchikan
was the fourth in the Territory in
two months and the second in the
Southeastern Alaska community.
A health department report of
an Eskimo woman being stricken
at Point Barrow raised the total
listed cases in the Territory to 28.
Fifteen of them have been Report
ed at Fairbanks, where there have
been two deaths.
Iron lungs and two special polio
nurses have been rushed to the
Territory to* assist in the emer
gency which has been described
by health authorities as of epi
demic proportions at Fairbanks.
Anchorage also has reported 10
cases.
The latest victim at Ketchikan
was Robert J. Tomlinson, 28. past
president of the Veterons of For
eign Wars post there.
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, Territori
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Yankees Take
4th Straight Game
NEW YORK. (IP) — The New
York Yankees beat the Philadel
phia Phillies five to two Saturday
to sweep the World Series in four
straight games. Whiiey Ford 21
year-old rookie southpaw pitched
the victory before 68.000 fans. It
was the lowest scoring series in
history. It was the sixth time in
history that the Yankee have won
a series in four straight games.
FOUR-GAMES STATISTICS
Attendance—196,000.
Receipts—$953,669.03.
Commissioner’s share — $143,
050.35.
Players’ share—$486,371.21.
Clubs’ and leagues’ share —
$324,247.47.
City Election
Results Over The
Territory
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Fairbanks’
new mayor is Robert Hoopes who
defeated his only opponent, Ken
neth Bell, 526 to 413, in Tuesday’s
hotly contested municipal elec
tion. Hoopes is a 17-year resident
of Alaska, a retiring member of
the City Council this year and
former member of Alaska Legis
lature and owner of Hoopes Auto,
Service.
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ANCHORAGE, <jP)—Incumbert
| Dan Setchfield polled 456 and
Mrs. Marshall C. Hoppin 667 for
two three-year terms on the An
chorage City Council. Other can
didates and votes are E. G. Barber
-.405, James D. Brown 195, Arthur
L. Engebreth 409, Ferdinand P.
LeFort 126, Carl T. Rentschler
440, Evander C. Smith 178.
SKAGWAY, (JP) — Morgan W.
Reed was elected mayor.
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SEWARD, (iP) — Unofficial re
port of the election for municipal
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; U. S. Firmness Up
!sets Reds Timing
| ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (£>)—
The communists’ time-table may
have been stopped altogether by
“our firmness in Korea,” accord
ing to Undersecretary of the Army
Archibald Alexander.
Speaking at the 72nd annual
convention of the New Jersoy
1 State Federation of Labor Friday,
Alexander added: “There is no'
way to be sure however. Our only
alternative ... is to be strong.”
Alexander said the plans and
organization of the defense de- j
! partment “are so well established
j that we can quickly supply our
I American fighting men with their
essential needs at any point in the
^ world.” |
LETS NOT FUMBLE THIS ONE. EITHER
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Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
Saturday, October 7, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
The U. S. First Cavalry Divi
sion captured Kaesong, vital city
two miles south of border on the
west coast road to Pyongyang,
Korean Red capital. South Kore
ans push to within 20 miles of
Wonsan, key industrial center on
North Korean east coast. Pyong
yang and Wonsan are anchors of
a new Red front.
Air force rips Red convoys and
rail lines in north. U. N. forces
mass an await signal to cross bor
der.
U. N. General Assembly in New
York set to put final approval on
Korean peace plan allowing U. N.
troops to cross the 38th parallel.
Monday, October 9, 1950
U. S. troops roll ahead north of
33 th parallel after MacArthur’s
“last time” ultimatum to Reds.
South Koreans drive^to within
a mile of Wonsan, stop in face of
heavy Red artillery opposition be:
fore key city commanding west,
ward route to communist capital.
Allied planes rake Red lines
with heavy fire. B-29’s hit com
munist communications.
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Peter Wood Offers
To'Accept White’s
Debate /Challenge
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Named by Democrats in the
Juneau area to represent the party
in accepting Albert White’s chal
lenge to debate the issues of the
coming election Peter Wood of
Juneau has sent the following
message to Mr. White “Although
the terms of your challenge to de
bate have been revised so often as
to suggest you really don’t wish
to debate at all I am here offer
ing to take you on concerning the
issues of the present campaign
and the October tenth General
Election.
“Your oft-revised challe n g e
first voiced in Fairbanks and
from there reported by the (IP)
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and first accepted in Fairbanks by
Warren Taylor whom you had at
tacked, has changed so often that
I shall take the liberty of sug
gesting further modification of
terms.
“First, there should be no ad
mission charge. The largest possi
ble attendance is desired. After
all voting is a democratic process
and no head tax or poll tax should
be assessed against attendance at
a discussion of the issues. While
the cancer fund is a most deserv
ing and worthy cause, you should
not use it as a front for the fur
therance of your political views.
You might better make a private
contribution on the occasion, if so
disposed, for you are of substan
tial means and have been ever
since your retirement to private
life. As a second condition I pro
pose that the debate be broadcast
as a public service. If time on the
air is not provided free, its cost
may be shared fifty-fifty by you
and me.
“I understand that you are an
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