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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL, LI I No. 80 " NOME, ALASKA FRIDAY, JUlF7, 1950 ... ..,7 , er Copy-15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
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SAN FRANCISCO, </P)—Sixth
army announced Wednesday that
one battalion of the Fourth Regi
mental Combat team will move to
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Alaska from Fort Lewis, Wash.,
^ “in the near future.”
* The shift has no connection
with the current Korean situation.
The unit has been scheduled to go
to Alaska for some time but a
lack of military housing had de
layed its departure. The battalion
will travel by ship.
LONDON, (>P) —Field Marshal
Lord Chetwode, 80, a veteran of
61 years in the British army, died
yesterday of injuries suffered in
a fall from a bus last week.
SAIGON, Indo-China, OP) —
French military sources said yes
terday that a strong force of pro
communist Viet-Nam rebels at
tacked French posiitons in the
Bentre region, 60 miles south of
Saigon, two nights ago and cap
tured two small forts.
The attack was the first major
action undertaken by the Viet
nam in Cochin China in two
months.
CHERBOURG, France, </P) —
More American arms for France
—450 tons made up mostly of anti
aircraft guns—arrived here yes
terday under terms of the Atlan
tic pact armament agreement and
were unloaded without incident.
MANILA (/P), Two slight earth
iromors were felt in towns in Sa
mar and Leyte yesterday. No
damage or casualties weer report
ed. '
HONG KONG, (A5)—A trusted
informant in Red China reported
yesterday that an ammunition
plant explosion in Peiping had
killed or injured hundreds of
workers. He did not give the date.
MANILA, (IP) — The first ship
ment of U. S. arms aid to the
Philippines under recent provi
sions arrived today aboard the
American army transport General
Gaffey. »
The shipment included small
arms and fire control equipment
for artillery. It was part of the
~f|)J$5,500,000 worth of arms aid the
Philippines will get under the U.
S. arms assistance program for
Korea, Nationalist China and 'the
Philippines.
TOKYO, (IP)—Use of South Ko
rean plane markings by North
Korean invader planes was re
ported yesterday by General Mac
Arthur’s communique. It said four
such disguised planes attacked
Osan.
ANCHORAGE, (IP)—'Two Seat
tle firms combined their efforts
and submitted the low bid of
$717,391.50 for the grading and
paving of streets at Elmendorf air
base.
S. Birch and sons and the J.
ISoespflug Construction company
were the cooperating firms| The
y government estimate on the work
was $985,508.
The M-B Construction company
bid $963,040 and the Morrison
Knudsen company $1,036,695.
Seen A Flying
Saucer? They’re
The Real McCoy
(By Jack Most)
The city that cannot boast a
fleeting visit from a flying saucer
today is as old-fashioned as an
undeveloped settlement without
electricity.
The .area encompassed by re
ports on the mysterious, flying
saucer extends from Main to Cali
fornia and from Florida to the far
north.
Wherever friendly conversation
prevails, it invariably leads to
speculations on the origin, the pro
pulsion and the eventualities of
this swift traveler of the skyways.
The flying saucer stories have
put considerable distance behind
them in magnitude since they
were touched off three years ago
by Kenneth Arnold. Arnold, a
Boise, Ida., private pilot, reported
that while flying his small private
plane to Yakima, Wash., on a
balmy June day in 1947, he saw
nine peculiar, tailless aircraft
over Mt. Rainier.
Later the mysterious flying
saucer began to appear frequently
throughout the country. On Jan
uary 7, 1948, a disclike object ap
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Nome Beverage Co.
To Bottle Coca-Cola
Monday, July 10, will see the
advent on the market of a locally
produced, nationally advertised
product. Coca-Cola is to be manu
factured in Nome by Mr. John A.
McNees, owner of the Nome Bev
erage Company.
After negotiating with the
Coca-Cola Company for more than
a year, Mr. McNees was granted a
franchise covering the entire Sec
and Judicial Division on June 1,
1950.
Mr. J. D. Britton, of the Coca
Cola parent organization, is in
Nome to aid Mr. McNees in begin
ning the manufacture and distri
bution of the same delicious and
refreshing drink which is made
and sold over all the world out
side the Iron Curtain.
L ATE BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, (#)—The gov
ernment ordered the use of thrf
draft to add some 600,000 men to
the armed services, voluntary en
listments are invited. The an
nouncement was made at the Pen
tagon while the President simul
taneously summoned Congression
al military leaders to the White
House to inform them of the deci
sion.
LAKE SUCCESS, (/P)—General
MacArthur's appointment as First
Supreme Commander of the
United Nations forces in Korea
was made possible by the security
council which voted seven to noth
ing to authorize the unified com
mand in Korea* and asking the
United States to designate such
forces. Three abstentions were In
dia, Egypt and Yugoslavia.
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MAYNARD-MacDOUGALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
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Erected in 1949, replacing the former Maynard Columbus Hos
pital that had burned in 1948 after serving this northwest part of
Alaska since 1918. Moved into on Good Friday, April 15, 1949, and
to be, dedicated tomorrow, July 8, 1950. Built and operated by the
Woman's Division of Christian Service of the Methodist Church.
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Tomorrow morning at 10:00 o’
clock, the Maynard Mac^ougall
Memorial Hospital will be formal
ly dedicated with several promin
ent people, who arrived yesterday
taking part.
Presiding at the dedication will
be Mrs. A. C. Johnson, vice presi
dent of the Woman’s Division of
Christian Service; Mrs. Frank G.
Brooks, President of the Woman’s
Division of Christian Service will
make the presentation and Mrs.
Robert Stewart, Secretary of the
Bureau of Medical Work, of the
Woman’s Division of the Metho
dist Church, who will also take
part in the dedication. Robert
Long will represent the architects
sentation oJ} the hospital.
Foss and Malcolm of Juenau.
Dr. P. Gordon Gould, Superin
tendent of the Alaska Mission
who arrived earlier in the week
for the Church meeting will also
take part.
Local people who will have a
part in the program will be Rev.
Robert Treat, Mayor Steffen An
dersen, Rotary President Don
Lyle; and the summer pastor' of
the Methodist Federated Church,
Rev. J. Detzer.
Mrs. Luther Dunbar will be so
loist and Mrs. Selmar Johnson
will be organist.
Dr. F. Langsam, superintendent
of the Hospital will make the re
sponse in acceptance to the pre
Ten Killed; Many |
Injured In Freak
Railroad Accident
GALESBURG, HI. </P) — Ten
passengers were v crushed and
twisted to death. yesterday in a
freak collision of two sleek Santa
Fe Railway streamliners, running
side by side.
Coroner Chauncey Wood of Pe
oria County announced the toll of
ten. The number of injured rang
ed between 50 and 75, some crit
ically. The wreck occurred early
yesterday morning at Monica, 111.,
148 miles southwest of Chicago.
Monica is 30 .miles from Gales
burg.
A mail coach of the El Capitan,
extra fare all coach train running
between Los Angeles and Chica
go, suddenly left the rails and
swerved into the Kansas City
Cheif, 5 combined Pullman and
coach express. This train operates
between Kansas City and Chicago.
Both trains were running east
bound, toward Chicago, the Kan
sas City Chief was on the normal
ly westbound track, under auto
matic train control.
About 15 coaches of both j
streamline trains were jammed j
together in the wreckage. Four or
five were telescoped and badly
wrecked. Some nosed into the soft
earth along the right-of-way.
The mail coach that led the
chain of derailling cars was four
or five cars behind the diesel lp
comotive. Mark Friess of Chili
cothe, 111., who was in charge of
the' El Capitan mail coach, said
the train was traveling normally
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Chance Bullet
Kills Baseball Fan
NEW YORK, (P)—A bullet aim
ed by chance or incredible marks
manship whipped. through the
Polo grounds Tuesday and struck
one of 40,000 baseball fans dead
in his grandstand seat.
Twelve hours later part of the
40 detectives working on the case
found several empty 22 caliber
shells on the roof of a nearby
apartment building—and a 22 tar
get pistol and two 22 rifles in an
apartment one floor below.
They questioned a 14-year-old
Negro boy who lived in the room
with his grandmother, but said he
denied any connection with the
holiday shooting.
He was detained for further^
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TRUMAN FOR PIKE 100%
DESPITE COMMITTEE VETO
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman declared yesterday he is
100 per cent behind Sumner T.
Pike for renomination to the
atomic energy commission. He
said Senate opposition to Pike
stems from Republican party pol
itics.
At his news conference, Mr.
Truman also criticized Senator
Edwin C. Johnson <D.-Colo.), who
joined four Republican Senators
in the 5 to 4 vote against Pike’s
re-appointment.
The vote was cast by the Senate
members of the Senate-House
atomic energy committee.
The nomination still is to be
considered by the full Senate
which is due to vote Monday on
confirmation.
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Thursday# July 6# 1950
A tank-led force of 40,000 com-'
munist troops stabbed 60 miles
south of captured‘Seoul today on
the heels of withdrawing Ameri
can and South Korean forces.
Even so, Gen. MacArthur advised
Washington the American’s situ
ation was not considered serious.
American jets and bombers, in
the heaviest air action of the war*
hammered at the advancing Reds*
destroying eight of their tanks
and 45 trucks.
In the face of the steady com
munist push against the American
and South Korean ground forces*
reassuring word came from Pres
ident Truman and Gen. MacAr
thur.
Mr. Truman told a news con
ference there are no present plans,
to call the national guard or
armed reserves for duty. The
President, in response to a report
er’s question, said of course he is
hopeful that everything will work
out all right in Korea.
1 An army spokesman m Wash
ington said Gen. MacArthur had
advised the Pentagon the situation
of the retreating GI’s in Korea “is
not considered serious in any
way.” The spokesman denied that
an American infantry outpost had
been “wipe out” byt the Red ad
vance. He. said the outpost had
withdrawn behind strong defen
sive positions with “very moder
ate” losses and under approved
tactical procedure.
The North Korean tank force
captured Pyongtaek, 36 miles
south of Seoul. Then it overran
t
Songhwan, another five miles to
the south, and Chonan, seven
miles beyond Songhwan.
A spokesman at U. S. headquar
ters in Korea said 20 to 35 North
Korean tanks -and 19 to 25 Rus
sian-built Yak fighter planes have
been destroyed by American forc
es in Korea. But the communists
pressed on apparently unchecked,
and the spokesman confirmed
that the Americans had retreated
from th^ir forward positions. The
I spokesman said 160 to 170 Red
tanks are believed south of the
38th parallel.
Gep. MacArthurs headquarters
said last night rocket firing F-80
jets destroyed eight tanks and
five trucks of the communist
force pushing south from Suwon.
In addition,a flight of B-26 bomb
ers destroyed 40 trucks.
The spokesman at American
headquarters in Korea said U. S.
troops had been rolled back eight
to 10 miles but field dispatches
put the vanguard of the tank-led
communist thrust at least SO miles
south of Suwon.
The air war picture was less
gloomy. Raids by B-29 superforts
and strikes by British and Ameri
can carrier-based planes against
i North Korea targets appeared to
have had telling results. The lack
of North Korean fighter opposi
tion over Pyongyang and other
targets has led to speculation that
the Allied strikes against fuel de
pots left the Reds short of fuel to
get their planes aloft.
Korea’s rainy season — upon.
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