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VOL LIV~ No. 34 ■ NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1952 Per Copy—15<- •
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Truman Pictures Himself Lonely, •
Sentimental .Man In New Book
Just Out, Entitled “Mr. President”
WASHINGTON, (/P)— Harry S.«
Truman pictures himself, in ma
terial he supplied for a new book
out Tuesday, as a sentimental,
lonely man who sometimes feels
the White House has turned him
into “a two-headed calf”—a freak
in the eyes of the American pub
lic.
He also says he believes “there
is no indispensable man in a
I democracy.”
But he is unwilling to turn over
to somebody else the job he re
gards as the hardest in the world.
The President doesn’t say, al
though he makes this comment on
politicians in general and he is
proud to call himself a politician:
“They never get out until they
die or are kicked out.”
► A big $5 book full of these
and thousands of other “unre
- hearsed private thoughts” of the
32nd president went on sale Mon- i
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day. The title: “Mr. President.”
casting System commentator, is
listed as the author. But some
65,000 of the 80,000 words are
those of Harry Truman himself.
They are from his leather-bound
diaries, his private memoranda,
his correspondence, his sometimes
startlingly frank conversations. *
This unprecedented—if uncriti
cal—look into the mind and activ
ities of a president still in the
White House discloses among
other things that:
Twice, at least, since he took
office, Truman has feared Worid
War III was on the verge of
breaking out.
As early as January, 1946, Tru
man declared he was tired of
“babying the Soviets,” — saying
so in a memo that rapped the
knuckles of James F. Byrnes, then
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Air Force
Criticized For
Waste of Manpower
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The Air
Force was criticized by a House
committee today for “needless”
1 spending and “wasteful triplic
ation” of manpower at its base
near Great Falls, Mont.
The House Armed Services
Committee’s special subcommit
tee o*n public works in Alaska,j
which today made public a re
port on its Alaskan investigation
criticized “duplication” of mess
halls and “maintenance” of Mon
tana highways by the Air Force.
Another item also involves
highly calssified activities and
therefore prevents detailed dis
cussion as would otherwise be
desired.
At Great Falls, an Air Force
spokesman said military person
nel are not engaged in road main
tenance, and added: concerning
the committee:
“They saw a lot of funny things
apparently for the brief two hours
they spent here.”
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Red Newsmen Predict
Truce Agreement In
Three or Four Weeks
MUNSAN, Korea, (A>) — Allied
spokesmen reported truce nego
tiators neared agreement Wednes
day on the ten ports of entry to
be used during a Korean armis
tice.
1 United Nations negotiators pro
posed a compromise. The Com
munists promised to think it over.
Col. Andrew Kinney said: “It
appears that we are in agreement
on the better part erf the ports
question.
Unverified rumors circulated
around the truce village of Pan
munjom that some new step was
in the making to break the long
+ deadlock over prisoners.
Communist newsmen, who of
ten reflect the views of Red dele
gates, talked of a truce agree
ment in three or four weeks.
Eisenhower Shows
Strength In
Minnesota Election
(By the Associated Prfss)
An astonishing show of write
in strength in the Minnesota pri
mary added considerable weight
Wednesday to Gen. Eisenhower’s
stature in the fight for the Re
publican nomination for Presi
dent.
Eisenhower, whose name was
not on the Minnesota ballot, was
within 8,000 votes of favorite-son
candidate Harold E. Stassen with
many precincts still to be tabu
lated.
More and more, the race for
the GOP nomination appeared to
be narrowing to a duel between
Eisenhower and Taft.
Frank E. McKinney, Democrat
ic National Chairman, told news
men after conferring with Presi
dent Truman at Key West, Fla.,
that Truman may not run for
reelection if a “satisfactory” truce
is reached in Korea.
He said the situation in Korea
is “paramount” in Truman’sf mind
in any decision about his political
future.
McKinney said, too, tot if
Truman doesn’t run, he won’t try
to handpick the Democratic nom
inee. He said the President would
favor an “open” convention.
Eisenhower backers were jubi
lant over the general’s showing in
Minnesota. Sen. Duff (R-Pa), said
the Minnesota voting “demon
strates beyond any question that
the people want Eisenhower.”
“The question is,” he added,
“are the Republican politicians
going to give the people the man
they want.”
ACTRESS BETTY HUTTON
MARRIES AGAIN
LAS VEGAS, Nev., {&)—Act
ress Betty Hutton and movie
dance director Charles O’Curran
were married Tuesday in a sur
prise elopement.
The actress, who is 31, obtained
a final decree of divorce in T os
Angeles Jan. 24’ from Ted Bris
kin, Chicago and Hollywood cam
era manufacturer. _
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If Ike Returns, Who
Will Succeed Him
To Head NATO?
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
Pentagon is almost as anxious as
•the politicians over Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower’s plans.
If and when he returns home,
the Pentagon will have to recom
mend a successor as supreme
commander of Allied powers in
Europe and also make other
changes in the NATO Command.
Washington talk puts heavy
emphasis on the possibility of Gen.
Matthew Ridgway, United Nations
commander in the Far East, suc
ceeding to any vacancy that may
develop in the top European com
mand.
But by no means ruled out are
several other American generals,
including Eisenhower’s chief dep
uty, Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther.
Ridgway’s prominent position
among those speculated on as an
Eisenhower successor appears
based on two primary factors: a
brilliant record in World War II
as a field commander plus the
experience gained since he be
came commander of the U. N.
forces fighting the Communists in
Korea.
Gruenther, a close personal
friend of Eisenhower, has a repu
tation as a far-sighted planner
and strategist. He has been called
the “brains of the Army.” But
his prospects for succeeding to
the European command are han
dicapped by the fact that he has
never held a major field com
mand.
OPS Official Urges
Nome Businesses
To File Reports
Mr. Charles W. Preston, area
manager for the Office of Price
Stabilization with offices in Fair
banks, is currently a visitor in
Nome. Mr. Preston is making an
effort to contact Nome business
concerns and help those who have
not yet filed the required state
ments.
The following is a brief check
list of what is required from the
various types of businesses:
Mercantile Stores—Commodity
sales are covered by Ceiling Price
Regulation 9. Generally this reg
ulation allows you to use the
same percentage mark - up you
used during the base period of
December 19, 1950 to January 25,
1951. To take advantage of this
percentage markup provision you
are required to file a letter stating
that you wish to use percentage
markups. You are also required to
post a statement in your store as
follows:
"The prices of merchandise
in this store are no higher than
the OPS ceiling prices of the
articles." j
Restaurants and Bars are now
regulated by Ceiling Price Regu
lation 120 which was effective on
January 17, 1952. This regulation
°stablishes your ceiling prices at
1V,°. highest prices you charged
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during tv>e period January 2
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Armed Services Committee Says
Billion Dollars Must Be Invested
In Alaska Public Works By 1954
WASHINGTON, </P) — TheS
House Armed Services Commit
tee says that between* now and
1954 “just under one billion dol
lars more must be invested in
Alaskan public works construc
tion to complete the plans of the
military.”
The report, prepared by a spe
cial subcommittee which inspected
military public works in the terri
tory last fall, was approved by
the full committee yesterday.
The committee said details of
the Alaskan program cannot be
revealed for security reasons, but
added:
“When completed, the entire
program will have created in Al
aska a network of permanent
bases, large and small, including
radar and other classified instal
lations, calculated to insure that
this outpost of American defense
can itself be adequately defended
and also perform its mission of
intercepting hostile attacks di
rected over Alaska toward the
industrial heartland of the United
States.”
High on the list of eight recom
mendations in the report were
suggestions that the services low
er their sights in the housing con
struction program.
The report said future construc
tion “should not be limited to
three bedroom family quarters
units” but should include smaller
units to meet the actual needs of
military families.
The report criticized present
planning procedures, saying that
the military has “been lax in plan
ning and coordinating their con
struction needs” for bases to be
used by more than one branch.
In this regard, the committee
said it had found plans to dupli
cate numerous facilities for each
of the services at Ladd and Eiel
son Air Force Bases.
Hundreds of GIs Marry
Japanese Girls So They
Can Come To U. S.
TOKYO, (JP) — Hundreds of
American servicemen married
Japanese girls Wednesday — just
in time to beat the deadline for
taking their petite brides home to
•the United States.
James B. Pilcher, U.S. consul
general, estimated the last-day
rush of civil ceremonies at six
consular offices increased the
number of servicemen legally
married to Japanese to about
8,000.
Ninety-five soldiers, sailors and
marines were married at the Tok
yo consulate. ^Similar numbers
stood beside their fiancees at con
sular offices in Yokohama, Na
goya, Kob, Fukuoka and Sapporo
and said “I do” to this question:
“Do you solemnly swear that
according to the laws of your state
you are of legal marriagable age
and there is no hindrance, legal
or otherwise, to your uniting in
marriage with this girl?”
That’s all there was.
In The Korean War . . .
SEOUL, Korea, (/P) — Outnum
bered American Sabre pilots dam
aged two Red MIGs Wednesday in
a jet battle fought above the
clouds of northwest Korea.
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Shooting Star jet pilots reported
they started landslides with their
1,000 pound, bombs, burying large
sections of Red railway tracks
under tons of dirt.
It was a bright day for Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, U.S. Eighth
Army commander. He celebrated
his 60th birthday with his son,
James, Jr., an Air Force lieuten
ant he had not seen for 15 months.
Lt. Van Fleet begins flying com
bat missions as pilot of a B-26
bomber next week.
The battleship Wisconsin and
two American destroyers stood off
the eastern end of the 155-mile
oa‘tle line Tuesday and ham
mered Red troops around the
Air Command To
End Duplication
In Alaska Facilities
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The Air .
Force has ordered the Alaskan
Air Command to eliminate dupli
cating facilities planned for Eiel
son Air Force Base near Fair
banks.
Brig. Gen. Robert E. L. Eaton,
director of Air Force legislation
and liaison, advised Rep. Norblad
(R-Ore) of the order in a letter
which the congressman made pub
lic Wednesday.
Norblad had complained that a
personal inspection of the Eielson
*base indicated the Army and Air
Force proposed to build identical
chapels, non-commissioned offic
ers* clubs, enlisted men’s clubs
and other facilities directly across
the street from each other.
He said the duplication was “a
! needless burden and cost to the
tax-payers” and indicated that
little was being done to unify and
merge facilities of the three ser
vices.
Third New York City
Tax Collector Is Ousted
WASHINGTON, (iP) — Monroe
D. Dowling, named seven months
ago to replace an ousted Internal
Revenue collector in New York
City, has been ousted himself.
Revenue Commissioner John B.
Dunlap Monday announced ac
ceptance of Dowling’s resignation,
by request “in connection with an
irregularity in one of his (per
sonal) income tax returns.” The
action, Dunlap stressed had no
thing to do with Dowling’s con
duct in office.
Dowling was the nation’s eighth
—and the New York City area’s
third—collector forced from of
fice in the current investigation
of tax irregularities. He was
named by President Truman in
August to succeed James W. John
son and clean up the upper Man