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VOL. LII. No. 91 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1950_Per Copy—15e
NEWS IN BRIEF
OTTAWA, (>P)—Nine men were
killed Monday in the crash of a
Royal Canadian Air Force four
engine Lancaster 600 miles south
of the North Pole.
One of the dead was believed to
be a member of the U. S. Air
Force. Seven others were RCAF
airmen and one was a civilian em
ployee of the Canadian Depart
ment of transport. ,
The plane, making a reconnais
sance, crashed and burned while
dropping supplies to a weather
station operated jointly by Can
ada and the United States.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Mrs.
Frederick W. Ayer, formerly of
Juneau, Alaska, died here Sunday
after a long illness.
Mrs. Ayer, 37, was the daughter
of former Federal District Judge
Simon Hellenthal of Juneau. The
funeral will be here later this
week.
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The de
fense department shortly will an
nounce its deferment policy for
reservists including the National
Guardsmen called to federal duty.
A spokesman said, however,
that the “interim” policy will not
apply to selective service draftees.
Government sources said the
commerce department will release
a list of essential industries as a
guide, and the labor department
will issue a rather short list of
“critical occupations.”
The military establishment, it
was reported, will emphasize that
the lists are not guarantees of ex
emptions from military service.
MOSCOW </P)—Prime Minister
Stalin says he is “overloaded with
work.”
He made this explanation in the
magazine Bolshevik, in apologiz
ing for delay in answering a ques
tion about his view on languages.
He predicted a general interna
tional language will develop grad
ually after socialism is victorious
on a world scale.
Stalin broadened this to discuss
Marixism.
JUNEAU, (7P)—R. J. Sommers
will represent Juneau at the fun
eral of the late Capt. Austin E.
Lathrop in Seattle tomorrow. *
Sommers was designated yester
day by Robert Boochever, cham
ber of commerce president.
Sommers was to join former
Gov. George A. Parks, who al
ready is reported in Seattle.
WASHINGTON, OF)—Secretary
of Agriculture Brannan today ac
cused profit-bent speculators in
farm and food products of trying
to cash in even at the expense of
the nation’s economy and war ef
fort.
Such trading on the nation’s fu
tures market by a “considerable”
number of speculators, Brannan
said, has contributed to recent
sharp price advances. He called
the speculation “excessive and
unrestrained” and said it is
threatening the country’s econo
mic stability and the war effort.
It is obvious, he said in a for
mal statement, that some means
Harry Asks Speed
On Four Billion
Arms-Aid Bill
WASHINGTON, (;P)^President
Truman told Congress yesterday
that world peace has been endan
gered by the Korean crisis and
asked it to vote quickly for bil
lion dollars of new money to arm
anti-communist allies.
Speed. in getting production of
military equipment under way is
imperative, the President said in
a letter to House speaker Ray
1 burn (D.-Tex.) formally asking for
the money.
Mr. Truman added:
“It is now clear that the free
nations must accelerate the efforts
they are making to strengthen
| their common security.
“They now have no alternative
but to increase rapidly their pre
paredness to defend the principles
of international law and justice
| for which the United Nations
' stands. This course provides the
1 best hope of deterring future cal
culated outbreaks against the
peace of the world.”
Mr. Truman had advised Con
! gressional leaders at a White
House conference Monday that he
! would ask for the four billions.
The reaction in Congress indi
; cated there was general sentiment
to provide it.
However, the Senate took occa
sion, in acting on another foreign
aid measure, to serve notice that
it thinks the time has come for the
i nations to stand up and be count
ed in the fight against commun
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PILOT JACK JEFFORD MAKES
DARING MERCY FLIGHT
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Pilot Jack Jefford, well known
pilot for C.A.A. and formerly one
of the best known bush pilots of
this area, made a hazardous land- j
ing at Gambell Monday on a j
mercy flight.
The field at Gambell is used i
only in the winter time and con-1
<
| sidered unsafe during the sum- j
1 mer, however when the call came
in that a child, Frances Noong
wook, was severely burned and
| urgently in need of medical aid,
I J^ck Jefford attempted the land
ing in a DC-3 to save the child’s
life. With him went Capt. Robert
Morrissey, doctor at Marks Air
Force Base.
In landing, it is reported, the
plane mired down in mud up to
the axle of the wheels.
t
The take-off was accomplished
1 through the resourcefulness of the
' pilot who had the natives lay a j
i couple of two by twelve planks,!
i about 16 feet long, it is reported to j
use as a start of the runway, from i
which the take-off was accom- j
plished satisfactorily.
The child, who was about six
; years of age, was taken to the
hospital where it died yesterday |
| from the burns which were re
ported caused while playing near
the fire.
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must be set up to stop, or at least
curb, excessive speculation if the
futures markets are to provide
price insurance to merchandisers
and processors. *
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Marines Have
Landed, “Will Give
’Em Best We Got”
(By Tom Lambert and
Don Whitehead)
A South Korean Port, (jP)—U. S.
Marines arrived in force tonight
at this South Korean port. They
called for beer, asked about shore
liberty and promised to make
things tough for the enemy.
“We will give them the best we
got—and that’s a lot,” said a Ma
rine sergeant.
A veteran of World War II and
a typical Leatherneck, he calmly
scanned the low hills as the big
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transport edged into a dock. It
brought the first contingent of
marines from the United States to
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Seek $4,393,000
For A. C. S.
—
(By Mary Lee Council)
WASHINGTON — The Presi
dent, in sending his message to
Congress this week asking for de
fense appropriations in excess of
ten billion dollars, included a re
quest of $4,393,000 for the Alaska
| Communication System.
Of that total, $3,717,000 would
go for operation, maintenance and
| improvement of the system and
$676,000 for construction.
This amount is in addition to
the money sought in the general
appropriation bill which has pass
ed the House and is now being
considered on the Senate side. The
regular 1951 fiscal years money
bill now includes three millian for
ACS operation and $2,877,920 for,
construction as recommended by
the Senate appropriations commit
tee as compared with the House
allowance of $3 million for opera
tion and $1 million for construc
tion. Should the Senate commit
tee recommendation prevail
through Senate passage, this par
ticular item will have to go to con
ference between the two houses, j
Other Bills Delay
Consideration Of
Statehood Bills
(By Charles D. Watkins)
0(jP) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (>P)—'The Sen
ate probably won’t be able to con
sider Statehood bills for Alaska i
and Hawaii until some time next
week, at the earliest. * |
“I want to see both statehood
bills become law,” Senator Mag
nuson (D.-Wash.) said today, “but
I don’t see how we can possibly
ge to them before some time next
week.”
Bills to admit both Territories
to the Union have been passed by
the House and approved by the
Senate insular committee.
Magnuson told a reporter he be
lieved the appropriation bill now
before the Senate can be disposed
of by today. Then, he said, Presi
dent Truman’s emergency powers
bill probably will be given the
right-of-way, after which at least
one day will be devoted to bills
concerning the maritime industry.
“And if the President’s tax bill
is received before that time it
I probably will again delay calling
up the statehood bills,” Magnu
son added.
Sfcantor O’Mahoney (D.-Wyo.),
chairman of the insular commit
tee agreed that the tax bill could
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FATHER HUBBARD TO
LECTURE FRIDAY NIGHT
Father Hubbard, well known
lecturer, explorer, known as the
“Glacier Priest,” arrived from
Diomede yesterday via Teller.
As announced in this issue he
will give a lecture at the School
Gym Friday evening, showing
pictures which he has taken at the
North Pole, also pictures of Japan.!
Father Hubbard, wTho is an elo
quent speaker is an honorary
member of the Pioneers of Alaska
Igloo No. 1.
Proceeds of the lecture will be
used for the local parish it has
been announced.
FLYING SAUCERS ARE NO JOKE I
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A
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Tuesday, August 1, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
The North Koreans punched to
within 40 miles of Pusan today
while a steady stream of Ameri
can army reinforcements poured
ashore.
A front line dispatch said the
Reds made a 10-mile advance fol
lowing their capture of Chingju
near the souht coast on Monday,
and were within 15 miles of Ma
san, a small port.
Tv*> more U. S. army units de
barked at a South Korean port,
probably Pusan, following the ar
rival of the Second Infantry Divi
sion Monday. Advance “office
force’ elements of the First Ma
rine Division arrived by air. The
fighting men of the Marines were
expected almost any time.
The First Cavalry and 25th In
fantry Divisions on the central
and northwestern fronts made
short withdrawals. The enemy’s
lancing columns were poised at
32, 33 and 52 miles northwest,
southwest and north of Taegu,
provisional South Korean capital
on the MacArthur supply line to
Pusan. The enemy was shifting
forces for new and stronger push
es.
But the American withdrawals
were described in a communique
as a smoothing and consolidation
of the lines. A headquar ters
spokesman said the time was not
far off when the tide would begin
to turn. He said he believed the
phase in which things kept getting
worse is about over.
The Red advance on the north,
a pilot reported, appeared to have
been stopped when the commun
ists got into Andong and were met
by street battlers.
American and Australian Air
Forces flew from dawn hunting
crawling columns of North Korean
Infantry in mountain passes.
The spearhead of a probing
North Korean column, which ap
peared to be in division strength
or greater, was turned back by
24th Division troops and South
Koreans outside Kochang on the
western front where one thrust
was aimed at Taegu.
An American colonel said mor
tar fire chased the communists in
to the hills and “Our South Kore
ans took off right after them.”
President Truman asked Con
gress to vote $4,000,000,000 for
rearming anti-communist nations
quickly, declaring world peace
was endangered by the Korean
crisis.
Representatives of four of the
Brussels Pact nations — Britain,
Holland, France and Luxembourg
—met at the Hague and decided
to urge their parliaments to fall
in with increased tempo of Euro
pean rearmament and defense.
Western nations appeared as
sured of enough votes to overrule
the Soiets in the United Nations
Security Council, meeting at Lake
Success today, in the communist
effort to take up the question of
China’s representation ahead of
Korean discussions. Soviet deputy
foreign minister Jakob Malik had
served notice he was abandoning
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