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VOL. LIII No. 95NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1951~ _Per Copy—15^
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Hitch Hikes From
Sail Diego to Nome
In Fourteen Days
Fern Wood, hitch-hiker from
San Diego, arrived on the Wien
tour last week, completing the trip
* in fourteen days:
f' Mrs. Wood, mother of twelve
children and already grandmother
to 25, has always wanted to travel,
she explained, and dreamed of
going to far places when her fami
ly was grown up. Her youngest
child is now married, so about ten
months ago she started hitch
hiking. She claims to have now
covered 180,000 fascinating miles
all over the U.S.A., Canada and
Mexico.
This friendly little old lady says
she was a little scared at first as
she started out with her two-wheel
cart and sleeping bag, but people
have been good to her wherever
she has gone. “Of course,” she
said, I have had many kinds of
adventures, but everything has
come out alright with God’s pro
tection.
She is writing a book on the ad
ventures of a lady hitch-hiker and
states she has already been of
ferred a fabulous price for the
manuscript.
Mrs. Wood stated that she usu
ally sleeps out while traveling,
but that it was too wet in Nome.
Nome’s first air hiker, with a mer
ry twinkle in her eye, said that
having the opportunity to come to
Nome after she'd reached the “end
of the road” was a rare treat and
the realization of a dream many
years old.
Katherine Nordale Is
* Collector of Customs
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Sen
ate has confirmed Katherine D.
Nordale of Juneau to be Collector
of Customs in Alaska, succeeding j
James J. Connors, resigned. The!
action was taken Friday.
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Early To Be Buried In
Arlington Nat. Cemetery
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Stephen
T. Early, press secretary to two
president, will be buried in Ar
1 lington National Cemetery tomor
row morning.
Early died Saturday of a heart
attack. As a World War I vet
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eran he was eligible for burial in
the National Cemetery where lie
many of this country’s great mili
tary and naval heroes.
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STEPHEN T. EARLY 1
First Scheduled Flight
Alaska Airline's New
Run Is Postponed
SEATTLE, (/P)—Last-minute de
lay in obtaining an operating cer
tificate from the Civil Aeronautics
Administration postponed the first
scheduled flight of an Alaska Air
lines passenger plane from Seattle
to Fairbanks and Anchorage,
which had been set for Sunday.
A. W. Stephenson, vice presi
dent and general manager, an
nounced the new scheduled ser
vice probably will be inaugurated
later this week.
Weather Squadron
Makes 500th Flight
Over North Pole
• FAIRBANKS, (/P)—A pole-hop
ping B-29 landed at Eielson Air
Force Base at 1:02 a.m. today to
complete the 500th flight over the
North Pole by the 58th Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron.
Special ceremonies marked the
completion of No. 500.
Lt. Col. Joseph H. Fletcher, the
squadron’s commander, comment
ed: “This finishes one phase of
Arctic studies and operations.
Many false assumptions about
polar flying have existed and
there have been many unknown
factors. It has taken us 500 flights
to understand the polar region.
We have now ccfmpleted these
studies and are ready to embark
on the routine phase of our work.”
For four years the “Ptarmigan”
fliers have been passing over the
North Pole every other day. They
never had a serious accident on
one erf the 15 to 21-hour flights.
Colonel Fletcher explained that
one of the chief problems has been
navigation. The magnetic compass
is erratic and virtually worthless
near the pole because of its tend
ency to point straight down.
The squadron has devised a sys
tem of navigaticm with gyroscopic
compasses, coupled with celestial
bearings and some help from the
plane’s radarscope.
FAIR NOTES
By The Fair Reporter
The 11th Annual N.W.A. Fair
is over and there were so many
events taking place with so many
people taking part that it can be
called one of the most outstanding
fairs we have ever had.
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A great deal of the credit goes
to Fair President Mrs. G. R. Jack
son, who gave so generously of
her time and by her enthusiasm
inspired others to take pride in
sharing in this worthy civic enter
prise.
Probably <the most popular dis
play was the mining department,
where movies were in progress
continually. Placer and lode min
ing films and the Alaska Develop
ment Board documentary “Alaska,
U.S.A. were shown by superin
tendent Dan Jones. •
Children's Pet Show—
Friday afternoon, although it
was pouring rain, many children
came with their pets for the pet
show. Dogs of all sizes and ages
and kinds were there as indicated
by the prize awards made by the
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Buffer Zone Still
Holds Up Cease
Fire Negotiations
MUNSAN, Korea, f/P) — The
chief communist armistice nego
tiator said tonight Korean truce
talks “will not make any pro
gress” unless the United Nations
changes its demands on where to
create a buffer zone.
The statement from North Kor
ean Lt. Gen. Nam II was broad
cast by the Red Pyongyang radio
ten hours after he had again re
fused to change his own demands.
The Red position is so* firmly
fixed that in Monday’s negotia
tion session Nam II rejected a
United Nations statement as “not
satisfactory” as soon as it was de
livered.
And, a U.N. communique said,
Nam II made the rejection while
“speaking from a previously pre
pared and translated paper.”
Penn. Boy Wins
Soap Box Derby
AKRON, O., </P)—1Tall, slender
Darwin Cooper, 15, a shy boy who
built his sleek black racer in the
dining room of his home in Dan
ville, Pa., is the hero of the Sus
quehanna Valley tod-ay. He rode to
victory in the 14th All-American
Soapbox Derby here yesterday,
defeating 140 winners from the
U. S., Can-ada, Alaska and the U.
S. Zone of Germany.
Cooper roared across the finish
line ahead of Raymond Marconi
of Gary, Ind., who placed second
and Paul F. Albright of Jeffer
son City, Mo., who was third.
Leroy West, Jr., of Juneau made
the best showing of entries from
Oregon, Washington and Al-aska.
He was the only one of the group
to get past the first round. He
scored first and second round
heat victories but was third in
his third round heat.
4-Engine Navy Patrol
Bomber Is Missing
From Kodiak Base
KODIAK, Alaska, </P)—A four
engine Navy patrol bomber with
12 crewmen aboard was reported
missing today in Alaska. It was
the fourth plane to have vanished
along the Alaska and British Col
umbia coast since July 21. They
carried 60 persons.
The Navy PB4-Y-2 Privateer
disappeared yesterday after taking
off at 7:35 a.m. from its Kodiak
base on a routine operational mis
sion.
The Kodiak naval station said
nothing was heard from the big
plane after it gave a position re
port at 10:14 a.m. Its fuel supply
would have been exhausted at
9:35 p.m. Alaska time last night.
Names of the three officers and
nine - enlisted men in the crew
were withheld.
Meanwhile there was no slack
ening in the hunt for a Korean
airlift DC-4 which disappeared
July 21; a ski-equipped Norseman
which disappeared July 27; and
a Norseman on floats which dis
appeared Aug. 4.
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Senators Disagree Over
Need Report on Findings
MacArthur Ouster Probe
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senators
who spent olmost two months in
vestigating the dismissal of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur have appar
ently come to an abrupt parting
of the way over the need of a
report on their findings.
Yesterday Senator Cain (R
Wash) said flatly that he and
seven other members of the two
inquiry committees, have already
signed the ‘ report.
But on Saturday Senator Rus
sell, who ran the 2,000,000-word
hearings, repeated what he said
before—that he thinks no report
is needed.
However, Russell told a re
porter he would call a meeting of
the joint committee soon to moke
a final decision.
Hundreds Ecape Injury
In Passenger Train Crash
FOUR OAKS, N. C., iff)—Hun
dreds of passengers escaped death
or serious injury near here yes
terday in the wreck of the At
lantic Coast Line’s streamlined
passenger train, the East Coast
Champion.
More than 500 persons were
aboard the Miami-New York train
which crashed two miles north of
here. The railroad announced no
one was killed and no one was
seriously injured when the nine
middle cars of the 18-car train
were derailed and three cars
plunged down a 20-foot embank
ment.
Taft Will Support Increase
In Air Force But Oppose
Increase for Army or Navy
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Taft <R-Ohio) said today he will
support an increase in the Air
Force but will oppose any equi
valent boost in the size of the
Army and Navy.
Taft, v/ho heads the Senate Re
publican Policy Committee, told a
reporter he- is concerned about
reports that military leaders may
ask congress for an additional
$20,000,000,000 or more appropri
ations later in the year.
“If that comes along, it will
mean that we are headed toward
a $100,000,000,000 budget with de
ficits running about $25,000,000,
000 a year and I don’t think we
can stand such deficits,” he said.
Senate ta Get Report On
Wm. Boyle, Democratic
National Chairman
WASHINGTON, i(/P) — Senator
Hoey (D-NC) said today a Senate
investigating subcommittee may
get a preliminary report this week
on an inquiry into charges against
William iM. Boyle, Jr., the Demo
cratic National Chairman.
Hoey told a reporter that agents
for a Senate Expenditures sub
committee he heads, are in St.
Louis looking into accusations that
Boyle had attempted to influence
government loans and contracts.
Boyle has denied that he had
any connection with a $565,000
RFC loan to the American Litho
fold Co., a St. Louis printing firm
from which he said he received
legal retainers for a period in
1949 before he became National
Chairman.
Gov. Dewey To
Come to Alaska
At End of Tour
WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
(/P)—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey an
nounced plans today to visit Al
aska on his way home from a
whirlwind tour of the Pacific.
Dewey said he would spend
eight days in Alaska late this
month to inspect defenses there.
As for his Pacific tour thus far,
Dewey gave a gloomy picture. The
situation is “very bad,” he de
clared.
“Russia has never ceased mak
ing war since the end of the sec
ond world war,’ he told a news
conference. “Five wars are going
on in the Pacific—in Korea, Indo
nesia, Malaya, the Philippines and
Indo-China — and nobody else is
behind them but Russia. Russia
has two objectives: getting Japan
and Germany. If she can get both
she can tip the balance of power.
Japan’s ability to defend herself
must be built up.”
Arriving by plane from Aus
tralia for a three-day visit, the
New York governor advocated
more defense treaties in the Pa
cific, particularly one covering
Indonesia and Burma. He empha
sized that the only way to avoid
World War III is to be strong
enough to prevent it.
Dewey praised the Japanese
peace treaty as a brilliant piece
of negotiation.
No Honorable
Discharges For
Cribbing Cadets
WEST POINT, N. Y., <£>)—'The
Army was holding firm today to
its stand that there will be no
honorable discharges for cadets
found guilty of violating the mili
tary academy’s honor code.
There has been a strong move
ment, launched last week by head
football coach Earl (Red) Blaik, to
allow the accused cadets to leave
the academy without the stigma
contained or implied in other
forms of dismissal.
The restatement of the Army’s
position came yesterday with an
official announcement that final
hearings should be completed
early this week on the 90 cadets
facing dismissal for cribbing on
examinations.
SUNDAY RESULTS
National League
Brooklyn 7—Boston 2
New York 3-2—Philadelphia 2-1
Pittsburgh 1-0—Chicago 0-6
St. Louis 4—Cincinnati 0-6
American League
Cleveland 7—Chicago 1
Philadelphia 9-7—New York 5-4
Boston 6-6—Washington 2-2
Detroit 2—St. Louis 1
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 6-1—Oakland 5-8
Los Angeles 3-10—Hollywood
2-5
Portland 5-7—Sacramento 3-6
San Diego 10-1—Seattle 6-2