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VOL. LIII No. 85 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1951 Per Copy—15^
Cease-Fire Envoys
Agree On 2 Points
In Agenda Talks
By ROBERT EUNSON
SEOUL, (^P) — Allied and Red
envoys agreed today on two points
of the cease-fire agenda but a
dispute over “at least one major
point” is blocking the start of
actual Korean war armistice ne
gotiations.
The United Nations announced
this today after negotiators re
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turned from their longest session
this week. It was the first report
of agreement on any part of the
agenda.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, head
of the U.N. cease-fire team, ac
cepted communist wording for
two agenda items at the close of
Tuesday’s conference, the an
nouncement said.
When he did so, “the entire
communist delegation seemed to
show gratification, perhaps mixed
with a certain element of relief,”
said Brig. Gen. William Nichols of
the U.S. Air Force. And when
Admiral Joy presented the Allied
view on the major unresolved
question, Nichols said, the two
Chinese members of the commun
ist delegation nodded and ap
peared to appreciate the United
Nations viewpoint.”
Observers speculated that the
key question was whether to dis
cuss withdrawal of foreign troops
from Korea. The communists
want this on the agenda. The
United Nations do not.
Ground Fighting
"Almost Vanished
From Korea War
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, (/P) — Fight
ing almost vanished from the
Korean war fronts today. But be
yond the lines Allied bombers
hammered steadily at highways
and railways to prevent com
munists from moving in new
troops.
Only one Allied patrol found
any communists.
It bumped into a Red patrol in
no-man’s-land.
In the 24 hours ended at 5 p.m.
yesterday not a single American
was killed in combat, the Army
announced in Washington. That’s!
the first time that has happened.
The average for the war has been
30 Americans killed in action
daily.
Trail Marked Up
Mount McKinley
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ANCHORAGE, (;F) — The route
up Mt. McKinley, North America's
highest mountain, is now “vir
tually a Boston Post Road,” says
Bradford Washburn, leader of the
latest expedition to conquer the
20,257-foot peak.
Washburn, director of the Bos
ton Museum, said yesterday mem
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bers of the mountain-climbing
party left markers every 100 feet
to guide future climbers.
All eight members of the party
reached the summit, Washburn
said.
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Esteleah Baker, Soprano,
To Present Concert Here
At NWA Fair On Aug. 11
The people of Nome and the
personnel of Marks Air Force
Base have a wonderful surprise
and a rare treat in store for them
on Saturday, August 11, at the
Northwestern Alaska Fair. Este
leah Baker, spinto soprano, who
has given several concerts in Fair
banks during the past year and
who has won more applause and
popularity than any other concert
singer has ever done in the far
north, has consented to present a
concert in the area during the
Fair.
Mrs. Baker is the wife of Gen
eral David H. Baker, commanding
officer of Ladd Field. Her voice
has an unusual range and she has
a charming personality. Her pro
gram of operatic selections will be
announced in the near future.
Mrs. Baker graciously passed up
a vacation trip planned for Aug
ust to accept the invitation of the
Northwestern Fair Association.
Catholic Church
Raises Seattle
To Archdiocese
WASHINGTON, i/P)—'The Ro
man Catholic Diocese of Seattle
was elevated to the status of an
Archdiocese last night in a direc
tive from Pope Pius XII. The
order also created dioceses at
Juneau, Alaska, and Yakima,
Washington.
The Most Reverend Thomas A.
Connolly, Bishop of Seattle, was
appointed Archbishop.
The Rev. Robert Dermot O’Flan
agan, pastor of Holy Family Par
ish in Anchorage, was named Bi
shop of the Juneau diocese, in
cluding all the southern coastal
region of Alaska. Msgr. Joseph P.
Dougherty, former Chancellor of
the Seattle diocese, was named
first bishop erf the Yakima diocese.
The Most Reverend Amleto Gio
vanni Cicognani, apostolic dele
gate to the United States, an
nounced the appointments here.
The Cathedral Church of the
Juneau diocese will be that of
the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary in Juneau. The diocese will
include only southeastern Alaska.
The remainder of the territory
will continue to be administered
as 3 vicariate apostolic.
Bishop-elect O’Flanagan, born in
Ireland in 1991, went to Alaska
in 1933 to become pastor of the
Holy Family 'Parish at Anchorage.
$25,000,000 Flood
Relief Bill Signed
WASHINGTON, {^—President
Truman today signed a bill pro
viding $25,000,000 for relief for
the flood-ravaged Middle West.
He acted less than 12 hours
after his return from a flight
over the stricken areas in Kansas,
Oklahoma and his home state of
Missouri.
The money will be used to help
state and local governments to
ease suffering and damage, with
stress on health measures.
St. Louis Is
Threatened By
Rising Water
ST. LOUIS, Mo., </P) — Emer
gency crews worked feverishly
today to bulwark dikes and check
rising water that already has
caused damage estimated at neaiv
ly a million dollars to factories
and rail yards in this immediate
area.
As. St. Louis was 'bracing for
the flood, already the nation’s
costliest, President Truman made
a first-hand aerial survey of con
ditions, and the federal govern
ment rushed efforts to rehabili
tate vast areas of Kansas, Miss
ouri and Oklahoma.
The situation at St. Louis was
becoming worse hourly as the
mighty Missouri continued to pour
its tremendous volume of flood
waters into the Mississippi. A
stage of 40 feet was forecast for
St. Louis by Saturday.
Water had subsided at Kansas
City, but the major portions of
the flooded industrial districts
were still under water—eight to
10 feet of water in some places.
The crest of the Missouri was
approaching Jefferson City, the
capital in the center of the state.
Ike Meets With
Command Chiefs
PARIS, (/P) — General Dwight
D. Eisenhower met Tuesday with
his central command chiefs in an
important conference to plan the
defense of this new Western Eu
ropean area.
The meeting brought together
top figures in British, French and
American military lines, including
Field Marshall Viscount Mont
gomery and the British and Am
erican command in Germany.
Gen. A. Juinn, resident general
of French Morocco, who is boss of
the big Allied army forces as
signed to the command, flew from
North Africa to Paris for the
meeting.
The conference was expected to
result in an early announcement
that Juin would relinquish his
African duties to take over the
full time job under Eisenhower.
This would dispell recurrent re
ports here that Juin was unwill
ing to give up his Moroccan post
for the supreme headquarters
command. r
Train Collision Kills Four
FORT WAYNE, Ind., {IP) — A
nickel plate train and a Wabash
passenger train collided with a
thunderous roar at a crossover
junction Monday night and four
persons were killed and 13 per
sons hurt.
The toll rose to four today with
the finding of an unidentified
Negro woman’s body under an
overturned refrigerator car. She
was believed to have been a pas
senger on the Wabash train.
Others killed in the crash were
three Wabash crew members.
The trains piled up in a tangled
mass near New- Haven, seven
miles west of Fort Wayne. State
police said the freight rammed
and sideswiped the passenger
train, splintering a coach.
Busy Chamber Meeting
The NW.A. Chamber of Com
merce discussed the mail tie-up at
Anchorage at their noon meeting
Tuesday, due to the fact that Paul
Warber, district superintendent of
mails from the Anchorage area,
was visiting in Nome.
It has been reported, since the
meeting, th*t Mr. Warber stated
that at present there is no backlog
of mail in Anchorage for Nome.
He also advised that when the In
ternational airport in Anchorage
is completed, mail will be exped
ited most efficiently, being trans
ferred right a the field, for the
State| or from the States.
Mayor Jones, upon request of
Board member Arvo Saario, stated
that city officials had met with
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Tony Schwamm of the Territorial
Aviation Board and some concern
was felt over the necessary funds
for maintenance of Marks Air
Force Base Field, which had been
turned over to the CAA.
Robert Hall of CAA h^s assured
the city, however, that repairs
are now under way and he stated
that CAA would adequately main
tain the field and there should be
no concern over it at this time.
Copies of letters to the Nome
School Board, the Commissioner
of Education at Juneau, and the
City Council were read, recom
mending and asking that a music
supervisor be included on the
staff of the Nome school this year.
This action was voted several
meetings ago in response to re
quests that a city band be or
ganized and children given the
opportunity of music training as
extra curricular school work inas
much as their other outside activ
ities are limited during the long
winter months.
Air Force Discloses
25,000 Radar Men
On Steady Watch
By ELTON C. FAY
Military Affairs Reporter
WASHINGTON, <(/P) — Almost
25,000 Air Force radar men now
are on steady watch at stations
and control centers in the United
States and Canada to detect the
approach of any strange and pos
sibly hostile planes, the Associ
ated Press was told by officials
today.
Three years ago, in the days
of economy and before the swift
buildup Of military strength which
started with the Korean war, only
about 3,000 to 4,000 men were in
the entire warning system. That
system then consisted of a few iso
lated defense areas where radar
scanning of the skies was con
ducted part time. There was no
coordinated warning system.
However the fact that warning
stations now are almost fully
manned does not mean that the
U. S. has all the warning system
it plans or wants or that the
equipment used at those stations
all is necessarily modern.
The exact number of warning
stations and control centers and
their locations are secret.
. The stations in the U. S. and
Alaska work with those in Can
ada under the mutual Canadian
U.S. defense plan.
Alaska Airlines
To Start States
Schedules Aug. 12
According to latest advices daily
flights to Seattle, Portland and
Tacoma will be scheduled by
Alaska Airlines beginning on Sun
day, August 12.
Paul Spurlock, local manager,
stated that DC-4s are now being
refinished with beautiful interiors*
This marks the first time any
certificated Alaska carrier has
been permitted to serve in the
United States proper.
Flights from Tacoma and Port
land as well as Seattle will pro
vide direct connections between
the 6,000 miles presently flown
in the territory to 01 points.
The new schedules will add
728 passenger seats weekly to the
links between Alaska and the
States.
Talk With Franco
On Possible Role
European Defense
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of State Acheson announced to
day that the United States has
opened talks with Spain’s Franco
government on its possible role in
the defense of Europe. He con
ceded that this country is split
with Britain and France on the
question.
Acheson declared in a state
ment read at his news confer
ence that “military authorities are
in general agreement that Spain
is of strategic importance to the
general defense of Western Eu
rope.”
Acheson said he understands the
Spanish government may make an
announcement tomorrow about
changing some of its policies
which have been criticized here
as dictatorial.
Referring to Adm. Forrest Sher
man’s talk with Franco on Mon
days, Acheson said it was “nat
ural” that talks should be started
to find out what Spain “might be
willing and able to do” to build
up the common defenses against
possible aggression. Sherman,
chief of naval operations, is on a
European tour concerned mainly
with Atlantic Pact defenses. Spain
is not a member of the defense
I alliance.
(By the Associated Press)
TUESDAY RESULTS
National League
Chicago 7—New York 4
Pittsburgh 4—Brooklyn 3
Cincinnati 9-0 — Philadelphia
8-10
American League
Chicago 4—New York 3
Cleveland 8—Boston 6
Washington 7-0—St Louis 2-2
Detroit 8—Philadelphia 5
Pacific Coast League
Hollywood 10—Portland 1
Seattle 2—San Francisco 1
Oakland 11—San Diego 5