OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _
VOL~LIII No. 91 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1951 Per Copy—151
Truce Teams
Refuse to Budge
On Buffer Zone
U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR
( TERS, Korea, (/P) — United Na
^ tions and communist truce teams
again today refused to budge
from their opposing stands on
where to establish a buffer zone
■across Korea.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief I
U.N. delegate, talked for an hour
and 13 minutes telling the Reds
what was wrong with their de
mand. It was the longest speech
** that has been made in the 16
Kaesong cease-fire talks.
The communists want a buffer j
zone back along the 38th parallel, j
the old political boundary line
between North and South Korea.
That is inferior terrain for mili
tary defenses.
*
“Since this is a military armis
tice,” Joy told the five Red gen- i
erals, “we are interested only in
military realities.”
■* The U. N. insists that the cease
fire zone be established along
present battle lines, where both:
i armies would be in good defensive j
positions.
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Acheson Rejects
Red Proposals
WASHINGTON, (JP)—Secretary
of State Acheson rejected flatly
today the communist proposal that
a buffer zone be set up in Korea
along the 38th parallel.
Acheson told a news confqrence
the Reds wish to go back to a
line over which they launched an
* * unprovoked attack—to start the
Korean war—and he said that is
not acceptable.
He added that Secretary of De
fense Marshall has made it en
tirelv clear that any demarcation
line must be a defensible line.
Events have shown, Acheson
said, that this is not true of the
38th parallel.
He declared that the talks now
under way at Kaesong are es
sentially military talks, but that
| the communists have been trying
’ to use them for political purposes.
By this he apparently meant ’
that instead of being willing to
stop the fighting where the armies
now are and where both sides
would have strong defense posi- .
tions, the Reds have tried to leave i
Korea again in communist control
> while leaving the south to the
Allied forces. This would be a re
turn to the situation which existed
* before the communist assault last ;
summer. 1
Korean Casualties 80,079 J
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Announ
ced U. S. battle casualties in Korea <
reached 80,079 today, an increase
of 356 since last week. It was the
smallest weekly rise since the first ;
summary last August.
Killed in action .11,877 <
Wounded .55,597 :
1 Missing .12,249:
The coroner’s jury brought in a .
verdict of death by drowning yes
terday in the case of Bill Willock, !
native, wrho drowned while swim- <
ming near Fort Davis on Monday <
evening, according to the report, j
Advance Fall Styles
In Womens Dresses To
Be Shown at NWA Fair
The style show and entertain
ment for the Fair is well under
way with special dancing num
bers and vocal arrangements of
the “good old days” when Nome
was a rip-roaring stampede down.
Miss Betty Colby of the North
ern Commercial Co., is enthusi
astic over the beautiful gowns
which have just arrived by air
to be modeled at the fair. These
dresses were specially ordered for
the occasion, she stated and are
advance fall styles. Our loveliest
girls iof all ages'* are taking part
in the show which is sponsored
by the Beta Sigma Phi sorority.
Setting up of booths and plans
for decoration is scheduled to
start this evening, according to
the president, Mrs. G. R. Jackson,
so that there will be plenty of
time to get the many displays or
ganized.
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American Girl And
Expelled Priest Ask
Permission To Marry
MILAN, Italy, (/P) — Luciano
Negrini said today he had been
expelled from the priesthood in
the Roman Catholic Church and
that he was racing with time to
get legal permission to marry
American-born Claire Young.
Miss Ycrung, 21, is held in jail
here awaiting deportation Aug. 6.
From her jail cell she asked the
U. S. Consulate for clearance to
marry the former missionery she
followed here from Chicago after
they fell in love.
A police official said Mrs. Eileen
Young, the girl’s mother, has
asked American authorities to re
fuse clearance for the marriage—;
which is required by Italian law—
on the grounds she is not rational.
A terse official notice from his
church superiors said he was “ex
pelled,” Negrini said.
He said “This means now I can
freely do what I want” and added
us first act would be to marry
'he young girl who loved him so
much she tried to throw herself
from a police station window on
July 28 when she was refused
permission to remain in Italy any
onger.
Brazilian Woman On
Goodwill Mission
Heads For Home
VANCOUVER, B. C., (TP)—Ada
Ftogato, who has seen both jungle
and tundra roll under her plane
;ince she left her Brazilian home
four months ago, has arrived here
>n a goodwill mission that already
las covered 15,000 miles.
The 28-year-old aviatrix from
Sao Paulo, Brazil, traveling alone,
is on a tour of the Americas in
a light plane donated by the Bra
zilian government.
She started from Rio de Jan
eiro, flying to the west coast of
South America. Then she headed
lorth—and she got as far -as Fort
Vukon on the Arctic Circle in
Alaska.
She plans to head her plane for
San Francisco today. After a tour
yf the eastern states she’ll fly
iown the east coast and home, she
>ays.
To Ask Congress
For Good Strong
Price Control Law
WASHINGTON, '(/P)—President
Truman prepared today to ham
mer on Congress’ door for a “good
strong price control law” to re
place what he called the “de
ficient” act he signed last night.
Mr. Truman emphasized that he
accepted the new, one-year de
fense production act—“the worst
I ever had to sign”—only be
cause he could not risk the lapse |
of it’s rent ceiling and strong j
priority" control clauses.
But the bitterly disputed law
was on the books, and its Repub
lican and Democratic backers de
fended it against the angry White \
House blasts. Their views were
summed up by the veteran GOP
leader, Rep. Halleck (Ind>, who
said:
“It’s a bill which, properly ap
plied and administered, will ef
fect control despite Mr. Truman’s
statements.”
At the center of the storm
Michael V. DiSalle’s Office of
Price Stabilization hastily" ex
plored techniques for lifting price
ceilings to the levels now re
quired.
DiSalle ordered thousands of
price roll-backs — and a goodly i
number of roll-forwards—into ef- j
feet last night in the final hours
before Mr. Truman signed the
new measure.
By rushing the orders out last i
night, OPS avoided the immediate \
necessity of rewriting the ceilings !
to conform to the new act, which
entitles each manufacturer to pass j
on to buyers his full business;
cost increases up to July 26.
AEC Discloses
New Secret Sites
j
For Atom Weapons
I
WASHINGTON, (P) — The!
Atomic Energy Commission dis- j
closed yesterday it is developing
new but secret sites to “store”
-atomic weapons—and is planning
“much more frequent” test blasts.
Word of the new storage sites
came out of a news conference
held in connection with AEC’s
tenth semi-annual report to Con
gress made public yesterday.
A reporter noted a statement in
the report that “development of
new facilities for weapons pur
poses proceeded in the first six
months of this year) and announ
cements were made of some of
the sites.”
At the conference it was also
disclosed that the United States
has developed some weapons that
have a bigger “bang” — that is,
greater “energy release” — than
others. The commission said that
was one of the reasons why some
weapons hav£ been tested in re
mote Eniwetok while others with
lesser “bang” have been tested in
Nevada.
“One erf the considerations (in
choosing testing grounds) is hurt
ing somebody,” AEC chairman i
Gordon Dean told reporters.
“When they get very large (in -
energy-releasing capacity) we
take them away from people.”
Fair Will Feature
Commercial Displays
For the first time the North
western Alaska Fair will have
booths for commercial display, it
has been announced by the com
mittee. Heretofore the commer
cial angle has not been consid
ered, partly due to limited space,
but arrangements have been made
to take care of displays by the
following groups.
The Northern Commercial Co.,
Nome Drug Store, Nome Hard
ware Store, Po'let’s, Good Roads
Association, Wien Airlines, Wil
bur Walluk, Nome Motors, Alaska
Visitors Association, Dorothy’s,
Pan American Airways, U. S. I
Mercantile, Ministerial Associa
tion and Holy Cross Mission.
Abadan Refinery,
Vi orld’s
Is Shut Down
ABADAN, Iran., (/P) — A red
haired Scotsman pushed a button
yesterday and halted the last gaso
line producing machine of the
world’s largest refinery—closed in
the bitter oil row between Britain
and Iran. '
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Com
pany’s giant plant at Abadan Is
land has been slowing down pro
duction for the past month. Tues
day it ceased altogether because
no room remained in the acres of
storage tanks to put any more
gasoline, kerosene and other pro
ducts.
There was little fuss over the
closing of the refineries’ last op
erating unit.
The shut-down climaxes the
months-long dispute over owner
ship of the billion dollar AIOC
which has choked off a major
source of oil supply for the Brit- i
ish navy and western Europe.
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Search Planes Find No
Trace Missing Transport
VANCOUVER, B.C., Aug. 1, (/P)
— Sea and air search has failed
to find “yellow objects” reported
sighted off the Alaskan coast in
the hunt for the missing Canadian
airlift plane.
A U. S. Air Force plane spotted
the objects late Monday night.
The pilot reported they looked
like lifebelts.
The big plane, bound for Tokyo,
with 38 aboard disappeared July
21.
The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter
Storis made a wide sweep of the
area but reported “negative re
sults.” Planes also combed the
area without result. Nineteen air
craft participated in the hunt yes
terday and 21 are scheduled to
resume the search today.
Fish Derby Under Way
First entries for the NW Alaska
Fair Derby are now on display
at the N. C. Store.
Two beautiful Dolly Varden
trout have been entered. Mrs. W.
%
Cameron’s measures 20 inches and
Bobby Herman’s measures 18
inches.
Two greyling on display are
entered by A. E. Craft, measuring
18inches and Mrs. Bob Oliver
with 17 inches.
U.N. Will Go To
%
Rescue Yugoslavia
If Russia Attacks
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., (JP)
—The United Nations will go to
the rescue if Russia attacks Yugo
slavia, chief U. S. delegate War
ren R. Austin says.
Austin told news correspond
ents taking part in the radio-tele
vision show “United — or not”
Monday night that such support
for Yugoslavia would come under
the “peace through deeds” resolu
tion adopted by the general as
sembly last fall.
“If Yugoslavia is attacked, we
(the U.N.) will go to her rescue,”
he said in response to questions.
The former senator from Vermont
emphasized, however, that he did
not believe such an attack was
imminent.
ACS Asks $5,576,000 For
Construction Projects
(AP Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (/P)-^€onstruc
tion projects are planned at more
than a dozen stations in the Alas
ka Communications System in the
next 12 months.
The program was outlined in
general by Army Signal Service
officers in urging a House Appro
priations subcommittee to approve
$5,576,000 for the Alaskan system.
This amount would be divided
between $4,176,000 for mainten
ance and operation and $1,400,000
for construction of public works.
Maj. Gen. K. B. Lawton, dep
uty chief signal officer, testified
the plans call for spending $878,
000 for “construction of opera
tional buildings, utilities, and so
forth at 13 stations and $521,400
for the construction of 22 family
quarters at six stations.”
None of the stations was identi
fied by name.
To Draft 41,000
Men In October
WASHINGTON, (TP)—'The De
fense Department today called for
the drafting of 41,000 men in Oc
tober—5,000 for the Marine Corps
and 36,000 for the army.
The total for the month is an
increase of 6,820 over that pre
viously:. asked for September,
when the army is to get 28,000
and the Marines 6,189.
The Marine Corps resorted to
the draft in August? for the first
time since the start of the Korean
campaign.
The October call for 41,000 is
the highest monthly draft quota
since March when 80,000 were re
quested, all for the army.
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Ted Duffield Resigns
As U. S. Commissioner
Announcement was made today
of the resignation of Ted Duffield
as U. S. Commissioner here.
James Vo*n der Heydt, formerly
with the U. S. Marshall’s office
here, has been appointed by
Judge J. Kehoe as commissioner
here. Mr. Von der Heydt has been
working at Tin City this summer.
He is a lawyer and is waiting to
take his bar examinations this
fall.