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VOL. LIII No. 150 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1951 Per Copy—15<?
POW Lists Bring
New Strife Korean
Truce Negotiators
M-UNSAN, Korea, (/P) — Ex
change of prisoner of war lists
9 brought new strife today for Ko
rean truce negotiators.
The communists labeled the
United Nation’s list of 132,472
Chinese and Korean prisoners
useless.
The Allies complained the Red
total of 11,559 POWs was too
small.
U. N. delegates in subcommit
tee told the Reds they would not
budge an inch on how to super
vise the truce until the commun
ists agree to full rotation of troops
and effective behind-the-lines in
spection to guard against a sneak
military buildup.
Chinese newsmen at Panmun
jom pointed out there are innu
merable English spellings for any
Chinese name; and the, English
spelling could be translated back
into varying combinations of
Chinese ideographs.
They said the men were not
identified by rank, unit or in any
| other way.
Brig. Gen. William Nuckols, of
ficial U.N. Command spokesman
said: “We gave them exactly
what we requested from them.”
He said the U.N. list was “just
a confirmation of information al
ready given the communists by
the Red Cross. The information
is readily available to them. No
thing is being withheld.”
vy Seetv. Chapman
Accepts Pearl's
Petition for HST
<AP Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (ff) — A six
year-old Alaskan Indian girl in
a white rabbit fur jacket asked
President Truman yesterday to
halt the shutdown of an Alaskan
air line.
Pearl Ittigioh, whom officials
of the airline called a princess
^ because she is the daughter of a
village chief, presented her peti
tion, addressed to the President,
to Secretary of the Interior Chap
man.
Chapman assured her the peti
tion will be sent to the President.
He stroked Pearl’s fur coat and
said, “I wouldn’t dare to wear
such a thing in Washington these
days, but on you it’s all right.”
^ The petition, signed by more
than 3,000 Alaskans, protested a
Civil Aeronautics Board order
which would close down the Air
Transport Associates, Inc., next
Thursday.
Clyde Beatty Clawed
* By Black Panther While
Filming TV Movie
HOLLYWOOD, (/P) — Clyde
Beatty, circus owner and animal
trainer, is recovering today from
a clawing he got on the arm from
a black panther.
Beatty was filming a television
movie yesterday. He attempted to
quiet the panther during one of
the scenes. The big cat slashed at
his right arm.
After the injury was treated,
Beatty resumed work.
Pan American Airways
Strike Ends After 3 Days
NEW YORK, (/P)—A three-day
strike against Pan American
World Airways ended today as
CIO Transport Workers returned
to their jobs in compliance with
White House intervention.
Ground crewmen, stewardesses
and pursers lowered their picket
signs, agreeing to put off the
strike at least 60 days while an
emergency federal fact - finding
committee studies the wage dis
pute.
The CIO Transport Workers
Union said last night that strik
ers voted about eight to one to
call off the walkout. The TWU
claims to represent 5,800 Pan
American employes.
A spokesman for Pan Ameri
can, one of the world’s largest
airlines with routes circling the
world, said 100 per cent normal
schedules on all flights were ex
pected today.
President Frowns
On Feds Accepting
Presents or Favors
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
word went out from the White
House yesterday that President
Truman won’t like it if a federal
employe takes a Christmas pres
ent—or any other kind of pres
ent—from apybodv with an axe
to grind with the government. •
Mr. Truman made this known
in an around-the-corner sort of
way, -without issuing any specific
orders.
And the White House main
tained its six day long silence on
when the President will announce
the drastic action he has promised
to rid his administration of any
remaining wrongdoers.
Mr. Truman spoke out on the
gift matter in a letter, made pub
lic late yesterday, to Raymond H.
Foley, Federal Housing Admin
istrator, who had told the Presi
dent about his agency’s own ef
forts to keep influence peddlers
at arms length.
Richard Lee, Damages
Plane When Forced Down
During Monday's Storm
Richard Lee, mining man from
Solomon, made an emergency
landing on Bering Sea Monday
morning while flying his own
plane when the storm and wind
became too strong for him to
reach Nome.
According to reports, the rough
ice where he made his landing
cracked up the landing gear and
damaged one wing of the plane.
Lee and his two passengers, Al
len Lade and Sigmund Hale
walked three miles to the CAA
camp at Cape Nome, arriving
about 11 a.m., it is reported. They
were still there this morning. *
School Closed Yesterday A.M.
But Resumed In Afternoon
Families who had their radios
an yesterday morning heard the
announcement that there would
be no school, due to the storm,
which had blocked most of the
roads during the night. Classes
were resumed at noon, when the
roads were cleared and the storm
bad abated.
Demands U.S. Be
Labeled Aggressor
Against U.S.S.R.
PARIS, OP) — Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Vishinsky de
manded today that the United -
Nations label the United States’
mutual security law an act of ag- '
gression against the Soviet Union.
Moscow charges the law author
izes the U. S. to support anti- ,
Kremlin plotters on Soviet soil.
The Soviet Union placed for
mally before the U.N. Political 1
Committee its resolution demand
ing that the U.N. request the U.S.
to repeal the Mutual Security
| Law. Debate began at once.
Rep. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont)
denied that the U.S. would ever
commit aggression against any
country. He countered with a
charge that Soviet interference in
other countries’ affairs was one
of the chief causes of world ten
sion. Mansfield is a member of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee which considered the Mu
tual Security Act.
Mansfield said it was “one of
the supreme ironies of all time”
that Russia, with a long record of
interference in the domestic af
fairs of other countries, should
accuse the U.S. of the same thing.
U.N. Adopts West
Disarmament Plan
Discards Russia’s
PARIS, (£>) — The United Na
tions overwhelmingly adopted the
Western disarmament plan today
and threw out a Russian bid for
an immediate ban on atomic wea
pons.
The decision was taken by the
60 - nation political committee
after the longest single-subject
debate in assembly history. It will
be formalized by a final vcfte of
the same nations sitting in the
assembly itself. '
A new disarmament commis
sion, instructed to try to end the
costly world arms race along lines
laid down by the Western pow
ers, will be set up under the
plan. !
Russian amendments which 1
would have twisted the Western 1
proposals into a Kremlin plan all
were decisively spurned.
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Death Toll From Cold
Wave Mounts Above 200
(By the Associated Press)
. Another snow storm and cold
struck again today over wide
areas of the nation1 which stag- ;
gered from nearly a week of blus
tery wintry weather.
The new storm centered in the .
northern and central Rockies and 1
snow pelted areas in the moun
tain region and the northern
plains states. ;
It was another morning of sub- 1
zero cold in the snow-covered
Midwest as a new mass of cold
air pushed across the Canadian j
border. t
The death toll from weather’s
onslaught since last Friday rose to
above 200. Thousands of persons
suffered injuries in falls on icy
streets and sidewalks.
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Communists Turn Over List of 11,559
Prisoners Including 3,198 Americans
MUNSAN, Korea, (JP) — The
communists turned over to the
United Nations Tuesday, a list of
11,559 prisoners, including 3,198
Americans.
They said the list includes all
prisoners of the Korean war in
:heir hands. The U.N. gave the
Reds a list of 132,474 Chinese
and North Korean prisoners.
General Matthew B. Ridgway’s
headquarters in Tokyo said it un
derstood the communist list in
cludes Maj. Gen. William F.
Dean, lost commander of the U.S.
24th Division. Dean has been
missing since the fall of Taejon
in July 1950.
Communist newsmen at Pan
munjom said Associated Press
photographer Frank Noel was
also listed.
Lists were exchanged Tuesday
when communist truce negotia
tors suddenly capitulated to U.N.
demands.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuchols,
U.N. spokesman said “The com
munist lists have not yet been
verified. They probably include
errors, omissions and possibly
fictitious additions.
“I cannot emphasize too strong
ly that this is a communist list.
“Any information on prisoners
received from the communists is
questionable due to their contin
ued refusal to allow International
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Committees of the Red Cross in
spect their prisoner of war facil
ities and operations.”
The communist lists fell far
short of previous public Allied es
timates of perhaps 100,000 or
more.
The 3,198 Americans listed as
prisoners compare with approxi
mately 12,000 Americans offic
ially listed as missing in action. %
Newspapers, Radio, and
TV Bring POW News
To Anxious Relatives
NEW YORK, (/P)—Newspapers
concentrated on the Korean list of
American prisoners of war as one
of the biggest stories of the year
today and radio and television
networks stayed on the air
throughout the night, relaying
the news to anxious relatives.
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Newspapers crowded edition
times to print as many names as
available and supplemented their
coverage with pictures and inter
views with relatives.
They also provided information
to families calling in the hope
that maybe their boy’s name was
on the list.
The radio and television net
works cancelled late shows dur
ing the night to start the special
services and continued them on
into the morning hours.
Community Christmas Tree Program
NOME SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
8 p.m. Friday Evening, December 21
WELCOME . Mayor Chas. D. Jones
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“ CHRISTMAS BELLS”
By MARIAN MOSER
SCENE I
Narrator . Virginia Doyle
"Christmas Bells" . Elin Valtyrson
First and Second Grade Chorus:
"Christmas Lullaby" "Up on the Housetop"
SCENE II
Narrator ... Victor Karmun
'Oh, Christmas Tree" . Fifth Grade Chorus
'Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" . Second Grade Chorus
SCENE III
Narrator . Helen Glavinovich
'Santa Claus Is Cornin' to Town" . Third Grade Chorus
"The Christmas Fairy" sung by Dorothy Russell, Douglas Lee,
Maggie Panek, Laura Afuk, Clarice Hardy, Frank Hawk, Marsha
Brown, and Edna Johnson. ~
SCENE IV
Narrator .;.., Ruth Glavinovich
'Bethlehem Babe," "Toyland" . Fourth Grade Chorus
scene v
Narrator .'. William Willoya
'Christmas Candles" . Sixth Grade Chorus
SCENE VI
Narrator . Virginia Doyle
'God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen" . Seventh and Eighth
Grade Chorus
Christmas Carols . Sung in Eskimo
Sisterhood Choir of the Methodist Church
and the Covenant Translated Choir
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SANTA IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AFTER THE PROGRAM
WITH CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS FOR THE CHILDREN