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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
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NOME NEEDS A COAST GUARD STATION
The sympathy of the entire community goes out
to the families of the eight young men serving with
the U.S. Navy who gave their lives while on duty in
this far northern part of the United States.
It is exceedingly sad ‘that their young lives had
to be taken to prove that this area needs to have a
Coast Guard station re-established with men on duty
while ships are in port and with authority to close the
port to small craft when weather conditions demand it.
The question has been asked as to how many lives
were saved during the many years the Coast Guard
maintained a permanent year ’round station here. We
do not know nor do we believe that this is the proper
way to evaluate its services. More important are the
services which were given during that period from the
turn of the century until the middle of World War II,
when constant vigil, intelligent understanding of the
weather conditions peculiar to the area and good sea
manship averted disasters.
Our sympathy also goes to those men who must
assume the responsibility for these deaths, as due to
the circumstances surrounding the terrible accident,
no one man should be held entirely responsible.
Tension In Berlin As
Red Blockade Threatens
BERLIN, (/P>—Tension mount
ed in divided Berlin Saturday as
West Berlin police alerted riot
squads to combat a threatened in
vasion of Western sectors Sun
day by thousands of demonstrat
ing Communist youth.
The planned invasion to demon
strate “fo'r peace” was announced
by the Communist press in the
wake of Friday night’s demand
by Russia that the Big Three
powers lift restrictions on trade
between the East - West zones of
Germany. The Soviets charged
the trade bars violate the 1949
agreement ending the Red block
ade of Berlin.
Although the aim of the Rus
sian move was not immediately
apparent, observers considered it
significant in view of the tension
in this re-encircled city. It could
foreshadow another blockade if
the Soviets are looking for an ex
cuse for such a maneuver.
Navy Patrol Plane Over
Yellow Sea Fights Off
Attack By Two MiG’s
WASHINGTON, (A5)—The Navy
, reported Monday that one of its
patrol planes fought off two Rus
sian built MIG jet fighters over
the Yellow Sea last Thursday, and
returned to its base in Korea.
Two of its crew were killed and
two were wounded in the fight.
The Navy said the plane, a
Martin Mariner, was on routine
patrol over the sea area west of
Korea when it was attacked by
two “Chinese Communist MIG”
fighters.
In a running fight, the Ameri
can plane, a 200-mile-an-hour fly
ing boat, was damaged but was
able to limp to the west coast of
Korea where it received spot re
pairs before proceeding to Iwa
kuni in Japan.
In the glassware business,
“handblown” is an expression
meaning blown by human lungs.
Air Defense Hq.
Send Jets to Chase
‘Saucer’ Reports
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
</P)—The nerve center of the na
tion’s air defense admitted Satur
day to being involved in the fly
ing saucer situation.
Headquarters of the Air -Force
Defense Command, located at
Kent Air Force Base here, re
ported that there has been a
flurry of reports of saucers and
other unidentified objects for the
past two weeks.
Fast interceptor planes are
kept on the ready to' jet aloft to
find out what goes on—if possible.
“We’ve really been scrambling,”
an ADC spokesman said. “Those
planes are kept loaded and ready
to go' and their pilots are never
more than a few feet away.
They’re in the air within seconds
of a report that seems definite
enough.”
The ADC isn’t saying what
might have been found. The re
sults of the scrambles aren’t for
it to announce. Findings are turn
ed over to technical experts at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
Dayton, O.
“It should be pointed out,” ADC
said, “that radar in many in
stances picks up certain natural
phenomena, such as ionized
clouds, which may give the ap
pearance of solid objects on the
scope.
“Other man-made objects, such
as flares, weather balloons and so
on, may also register on the scope,
and some interceptions have re
vealed that these are often what
the unknowns turn out to be.”
Both Nominees
Will Direct Their
Own Campaigns
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Gov. Adlai Stevenson and Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower have in
dicated they plan to keep a strong
grip on the direction of their cam
paigns for the presidency.
Gen. Eisenhower, the Republi
can nominee, told reporters at
Denver that “there can be no
boss of this campaign” other than
Eisenhower himself. He said the
advice of political advisers will
get top consideration but the final
responsibility is his.
Wilson Wyatt, Gov. Stevenson’s
campaign manager, said all ele
ments of the campaign “will be
coordinated with Governor Ste
venson.” He explained that this
doesn’t mean the Democratic na
tional committee will play a lesser
role in the campaign. “It will be
a different one,” he said.
In Kansas City, President Tru
man left it clear that Democratic
campaign strategy is up to Ste
venson. The President is willing
and ready to stump the country.
But he is waiting for the Illinois
governor to give the word.
General Eisenhower promised
a fighting campaign starting
about Sept. 1. Eisenhower said he
and his running mate, Senator
Richard M. Nixon of California,
will go into “all the nooks and
crannies in the United States.”
The Republican candidate said
he believes development of a
sound program for world peace
overrides ,all the issues of the
presidential campaign. He made
this reply when asked to com
ment on a statement by Gov. Ste
venson that foreign policy is the
principal issue.
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TO EAT YOUR HAT
USE A GOOD RECIPE.
NEW YORK — If you have
to eat your bat to pay off a
bet after next November’s
presidential election, you may
as well make it digestible.
So thinks Harry Rolnick,
president of a hat company
(Resistol) in Garland, Tex. He
has come up with a hatful*of
recipes for succulent fedoras.
His recipe for “Top Hat
Dumplings”: Cook top hat in
salad water 10 min. Grind
top hat and combine marjor
am, onion, salt, crumbs, flour
and egg. Mix well. Boil
noodles in beef broth 8 min.
Shape mixture into 1 - inch
balls. Drop onto noodles.
Cover. Cook 10 minutes.
Serve hot.
Rolnick has other recipes
on tap for “Chinese Roast
Pork Pie Hat,” “Homberg-er
Deluxe,” “Jiffy Macaroni and
Fedora,” “Shredded Straw
Hat au Gratin,” and “Panama
Hat Patties.”
Selective Service May
Soon Re-Survey Men
With Dependents
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Maj. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey says a resurvey
of men deferred from military
service because they have depend
ents may soon be necessary if
the armed forces are to be kept
at their present levels.
Hershey, the director of Selec
tive Service, expressed this opin
ion Monday in an editorial in the
publication, “Selective Service,”
which is sent to the 4,000 local
draft boards over the nation.
The question which “must be
faced in the not too distant fu
ture,” he said, is the source of
the manpower which will inevit
ably be needed. The group of
about 900,000 deferred in Class
3-A because of dependency, he
added, “is one of the largest that
can be made available to supple
ment the present supply of man
power available for military ser
vice.
“The future policy in relation
to this group is of the utmost im
portance,” he added.
Hershey said the United States
historically has given greater con-,
sideration to fatherhood in defer
ment from military service than
any other nation.
Stephen Foster, creator of such
American folk songs as “My Old
Kentucky Home” and “Old Folks
at Home,” was born on the same
day that both Presidents John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson
died—July 4, 1826.
NOTICE
A meeting of all volunteers who
assisted in the recent Cancer
Fund Drive has been called for
Wednesday evening at 8 at the
City Hall to meet with Mildred
Herman, territorial chairman.
All other persons interested in
combating cancer or obtaining in
formation on same are cordially
invited also.
Army Creates Rear Area
Headquarters In Korea
TOKYO, (/P)_ The U.S. Army
split its Korean Command Satur
day with the creation of a new
rear area headquarters parallel
ing Gen. James A. Van Fleet’s
fighting U.S. Eighth Army.
The new outfit is the “Korean
Communications Zone.” It will
handle all the back area support
Jor the fighting army, prisoners of
war and civil assistance.
Its commander, whose main
headquarters are at Taegu, is
Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Herrin of
Dadeville, Ala.
Gen. Mark Clark’s Far East
Command headquarters two
weeks ago announced that Van
Fle#’s command would be split
for the sake of efficiency.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving Friday were: Chris
Roust, W. J. Russell, J. D. Craw
ford, Clem Morie, M. Larson, Jack
Dempsey, Jorgen Krohm, Floyd
Baldwin, Bryant Davis, Hilkey
Robinson, Mary Weirschem, and
Laura Saxton.
Departing were: Roy Couts, M.
W. Macklin, Harry Stotts and two
children, Herb Williams, Allen
Grant.
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