THE NOME NUGGET
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Nome, Alaska, Monday, January 16, 1950_
WHOM CAN WE BELIEVE?
The shrouding in secrecy of the closing of Marks Air
Force Base was brought out in the open recently by the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce, demand
ing a statement concerning the proposed closing of this
Arctic base.
On January 4th the Air Force from Washington, D. C.
made a statement that the Air Force had no plans to
close the base; On January ninth the Air Force head
quarters at Washington, D. C., repeated their denial of
the closing of Marks Air Force Base; on January thir
teenth the Air Force made a statement to the press that
Marks Air Force Base would “be shut down by Novem
ber, 1950.”
January 14th Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Com
mander-in-Chief of Alaska cleared for public release
“the military regards Nome as one of its mhin forward
air bases and it will be so considered in our plans for
the defense of the Territory.”
The Washington release states the shut-down “is be
ing made to save considerable money” and “final dispo
sition has not been decided.” Gen. Twining says “civil
ian government agencies to maintain the airfield at
Nome.”
Who is pushing who around and who is creating the
feeling that we cannot have faith in the decisions of our
military leaders?
We would like to know just what is the purpose of
this false economy to the extent that they would lay
open to attack and make possibly the invasion of Alaska
by the lack of proper organized resistance on the north
ern frontier of North America.
Alaska is not broadcasting its protest for the protec
tion solely of the people who live where they can al
most see Russia. Alaska is voicing its protest of lack of
defense along the Alaskan coast to let all the people of
North America know that another Pearl Harbor will be
in the making unless stronger defenses are maintained
on the coastal area of this vast Territory.
WHY U. S. ASSISTS TITO
The United States government is lending some sup-!
port to the regime of Marshal Tito but this does not I
mean that there is anything like modern freedoms in
that country. The common bond is opposition to the im-1
perialistic policy of Soviet Russia.
There is nothing like free institutions in Yugoslavia. |
There is no representative government of the people, no
guarantees of individual liberty, no freedom of speech
and religion. The regime in power continues to rule the
people by devious and dubious ways but, to its credit
as far as the United States is concerned, the Marshal
stands up to Stalin and asserts the sovereignty of his!
country.
If Russian aggression is to be halted it must be check
ed where it begins. There are signs that it might get un
derway through a campaign against Yugoslavia. There
fore, the United States lends limited support to Tito and
seeks to bolster him in his opposition to Moscow.
“AN ACT OF MERCY”
From Goffstown, N. H., comes the news that a prom
inent physician has been charged with murder upon the
allegation that he gave a fatal injection to a fifty-nine
year-old woman, who was about to die from cancer.
While the doctor entered a plea of not guilty, officials
say that he admitted injecting air into the woman’s
veins, knowing that it would be fatal. He is reported to
have said that he had no malice and that what he did
was “an act of mercy,” because the woman’s death
might “have been a matter of a few hours.”
For many generations, there have been individuals to
suggest that persons suffering from incurable diseases
should be painlessly killed to eliminate unnecessary suf
News of the World
At A Glance • - -
(Saturday, January 14, 1950)
(By The Associated Press)
Western Allied officials in
Frankfurt said today that a group
of former German generals hpve
submitted plans to Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer for a new Ger
man army.
Reports published abroad said
the generals told the leader of the
West German republic that if
Western Germany is to re-arm it
must have at least one infantry
division by June and an armored
corps by next year.
Filed Marshal Viscount Mont
gomery, chief of the Western Al
liance military program, has advo
cated German strength in Western
armies. Adenauer has said previ
ously that if the Allies wanted
German troops to aid in Western
European defenses the Germans
could serve only as units of an in
ternational command and not as
a German army.
The British commonwealth for
eign ministers have decided on an
economic-aid program for south
and southeast Asia.
At their conference in Colombo,
Ceylon, just ended, the ministers
decided to recommend the pro
gram of mutual aid to their home
governments.
'The program parallels Presi
dent Truman’s Point Four pro
gram of technical and monetary
aid to underdeveloped countries.
His program has not yet won Con
gressional approval.
The idea beind both programs is
to stop the advance of commun
ism and make for a more prosper
ous free-trading world.
No firm news have come out of
Moscow regarding the defense,
trade and friendship agreements
being discussed between the Sov
iet Union nad communist Chinese
leader Mao Tze-Tung. There has
been much speculation over the
talks in world capitals. A qualified
informant in London said Russia
is negotiating for important naval
and military bases in communist
China.
Vast issues face Mao and Prime
Minister Stalin. Mao’s prolonged
visit of nearly a month points to
the complexities of the situation.
Western officials believe that Mao
is discussing, among other things,
the future status of Inner Mon
golia, Sinkiang, and Manchuria.,
Outer Mongolia already has been
Sovi'etized.
The United Nations security
council is going ahead with its |
business despite the walk-out yes-,
terday of Russia's Jakob Malik.
Russia lost the vdte to have Na
tionalist China’s delegation ousted
from the U. N.
The United States and five other
nations voted against the Russian
proposal. Britain and Nopvay,
which have recognized the Chi
nese communist government, ab
stained.
Russia, Yugoslavia and India I
voted for the ouster. Seven of the
11 council votes are required to'
unseat the Chinese Nationalist (
chairman, F. T. Tsiang.
Italian President Luigi Einpaudi
has asked Premier Alcide de Gas
peri to form a new cabinet. The
I Italian cabinet resigned Thursday
to effect a government reorgan-!
ization. De Gasperi heads the1
Christian Democrat party, which
controls the lower house of Parlia- j
ment. It was net known immedi-!
ately whether he would form a
Christian Democrat cabinet or i^n
i other coalition.
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Monday. January 16, 1950
GOP Congressmen, wrought up
over the latest break between the
United States and Red China, have
levelled their guns at Secretary of
State Acheson, demanding every
thing from an explanation to a
resignation.
Democratic leaders accused the
Republicans of trying to make po
litical hash out of the nation’s for
eign policy in the wordy Senate
debate over Formosa and China.
Senator Lucas of Illinois, the
Democraitc leader, hurled the
charge at G.O.P. members who
fering. The consensus of the opinion of mankind, how
ever, has been overwhelmingly against such killings.
Religious leaders have been notable in their opposition
to such action.
If you are interested in the development of Nome, you
will give some of your time for the common good; the
town needs personal service more than it needs a cash
contribution.
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Soviets To Boycott
All U. N. Organs .
LAKE SUCCESS, (/P)— Soviet
bloc delegations walked out of an
other United Nations body today
in protest over the continued pre
sence of Chinese nationalists and
said they would spread their boy
cott to all U.N. organs.
The new walkout took place in
the economic and social councifs
committee on procedure.
This time Czechoslovakia join
ed Russia in the protest against
further participation of the Chi
nese nationalist delegation in U.N.
agencies.
The Russian delegation walked
out of the security council last
Friday and announced it would ■
not return as long as the Chinese
nationalists $at at thq tabk
The Soviet bloc countries mean
while continued their two-year
boycott of the year-around tyttjlje.
assembly where Chinese national
ist delegate T. F. Tsiang w a js
ready to renew his demands that
Russia be indicted for aiding the
Chinese communists.
This was the first 1950 meeting
of the little assembly.
been storming against President
Truman’s hand-off policy toward
Formosa.
Lucas received a sharp retort
from Senator Brewster of Maine,
chairman of the Republican Sena
torial campaign committee, who
declared it is the Democrats who
are churning up the political pot.
Top British officials are report
ed seriously concerned over Red
seizure of American property in
Peiping, Chinese communist cap
ital.
Reliable sources in the British
capital said government leaders
are worried over criticism from
some other Commonwealth mem
bers for recognizing the commun
ist government.
From Formosa came word that
more than 100 Nationalist planes
and a few warships were pummel
ing communist invasion craft
massed on Luichow peninsula for
the invasion of Hainon island off
the China south coast.
The attacks were designed to
cripple the Reds before they
could mount an attack on the big
island which served as one of the
main bases of Japan’s wartime
southward advance in the Pacific.
Other Formosa dispatches said
Nationalist Governor Ho Kuo
Kwang was strengthening his grip
in the far inland province of Si
kang, bordering Tibet. The reports
said Ho has promised all persons
who return to the Nationalist fold
they will be pardoned and well
treated.
Finland’s aged President Juho
K. Paasikivi faced a stiff re-elec
j lion fight today as Russia’s small
| neighbor began voting for a gov
| ernment chief.
The Finns vote today and to
morrow for 300 electors who meet
Feb. 15 to choose a President. He
will serve for six years. As official
candidate of a majority Conserva
, tive-Liberal coalition, 79-year-old
Paasikivi is expected to win by a
| narrow margin.
King Farouk opened Egypt’s
new Wafdist-controlled parliament
today with a promise to end mar*
|lial law in force since the start of
the Palestine war.
| The King’s traditional speech
from the throne, read by the new
Wafdist Prime Minister Mustafa .
el Nahas Pash, said the govern
ment would “immediately” pre
sent legislation to end the two
■ year state of siege.