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VOL. LH No. 70 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14, 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
TOKYO, (/P)—At least 48 per
sons have lost their lives in con
tinuing floods and landslides ac
companying the week long tor
rential rains sweeping the Tokyo
area.
Seventeen others are reported
missing and 10 injured.
SAN PEDRO, Calif., (JP) —
Charles W. Soderstrom is back
selling automobiles today after es
tablishing a coast-to-coast non
stop flight record for light planes.
The 37-year-old airman landed
at Los Angeles International Air
port last night. He made the re
turn trip from La Guardia Field,
New York, in 19 hours. 23 min
utes. 56 seconds. Last week he
flew from here to New York in
16 hours. 10 minutes.
There is no official record for
his type of plane over the routes.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Rur
al Electrification Administration
approved 28 loans totaling $8,
689,000 Monday. They included:
Homer Electric Association, Ho
mer, Alaska, $14,000.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—'The Uni
ted States today gave Vladimir
Houdek, former Czech represen
tative to the United Nations, per
mission to remain in this country.
The action was taken on grounds
that Houdek might have to pay
with his life if forced to return to
communist-run Czechoslavakia.
Houdek broke with the Czech
government and resigned his post
on May 16. Although breaking
with his government, Houdek
himself has not openly renounced
communism.
However, if his actions become
undesireable—if, for example, he !
engages in communist propaganda
—he could be ejected from the
country instantly.
John Osberg. son of one of the
owners of the Mansen Osberg Co.
who are constructing the break
water, arrived this morning to be
working on the project for the
summer.
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
Tuesday Games
National League
Chicago 6. Brooklyn 3 (11 innings)
St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 3
New York 7, Pittsburg 0
Boston 5, Cincinnati 3
American League
Chicago 6, New York ’
Boston 8, Cleveland 1
Detroit 6, Philadelphia 5
10 (innings)
St. Louis 8-6, Washington 3-1 .
Pacific Coast League
Hollywood 4, Sacramento 2
Seattle 13, Los Angeles 4
Oakland 7, San Diego 5
Portland 9, San Francisco 8
News of the World
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Wednesday, June 14, 1950
By the Associated Press
Until European nations turn
socialist, the ruling British Labor
party declared today in a major
policy statement, Britain should
stay out of programs for Euro
pean political and economic unity.
. The statement rejected the
Schuman plan for pooling west
ern European coal and steel re
sources, saying: “Such planning
will be worse than useless if it is
inspired, like the cartel of the
[ past, exclusively by the desire for
private profit.”
! The new policy, annopneed by
; the party’s national executive
committee, made it clear that
British Socialists fear mergers
with Europe may threaten labor’s
J policy of full employment and in
i creased production through gov
ernment planning.
The statement said European
unity is not an overriding end in
itself. It said national sovereignty
■ and Britain’s obligations to her
worldwide commonwealth and
empire must come first.
Labor has a shaky hold on the
present parliament and an elec
tion may be necessary this year
or next. Labor’s newly outlined
foreign policy will play a big part
in that election.
Elsewhere on the world news
front:
CHINA— Communist China’s
leader Mao Tze-Tung has made a
major statement of policy calling
for demobilization of Red armies,
land reforms and temporary re
tention of what is left of the cap
italist system in China.
The Peiping radio reported this.
JAPAN—As American defense
chiefs travelled to Tokyo, a lead
ing Japanese newspaper, JiJi
Shimpo, said Japan should lease
bases to the United States. Secre
tary of Defense Louis Johnson
and General Omar Bradley, chair- J
man of the joint chiefs of staff,
are in Honolulu on their way to
Tokyo for talks with Gen. Mac
Arthur.
FORMOSA—Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai Shek told military stu
dents a “do or die spirit” was a
sure means to crush the commu
nists said to b6 poised to invade
Formosa, the Nationalists’ last
stronghold.
UNITED NATIONS—The con
ference on technical assistance to j
under - developed areas seemed
certain to reach its goal of $20,- j
000,000 despite a Soviet boycott.
Fifteen nations have already
pledged $16,000,000 to the fund
and the United States said if oth
er nations put up an additional
$2,000,000 she would match it
with an additional $2,000,000. J
WEST GERMANY—The Bonn
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SAMMY MOGG PARTY
REPORTED SAFE
Word was received from Sam
my Mogg by his wife yesterday
that the skin boat that was feared
missing was safe at Wales and
awaiting favorable weather con
ditions and movement of ice be
fore proceeding to Diomede or re
turning to Nome.
Planes from Marks Air Force
Base searched for the missing
boat Monday and Tuesday.
SCIENTISTS TO SEEK TRACES
OF 1st ALASKA MIGRATIONS
PHILADELPHIA, f/P) — The
University of Pennsylvania an
nounced today that Dr. Froelich
G. Rainey, director of the Univer
sity museum, and three other ar
chaeologists will go to Alaska this
summer to make a study of the
Bering Strait region.
The group will work with ar
chaeologists of the Danish Nation
al Museum in Copenhagen and
from the University of Alaska.
Dr. Rainey said that for many
years authorities have believed
that the early inhabitants of Al
aska thousands of years ago may
have crossed the Bering Strait in
to Alaska from the Siberian
wastes.
Expedition members hope to
discover traces of these earliest
migrations from Asia.
PERCY IPALOOK NAMED
FIRST ESKIMO CHAPLAIN
' WASHINGTON. </P)— The Ar
my appointed its first Eskimo
chaplain today to serve in Alaska.
He is the Rev. Percy Ipalook, a
Prebyterian minister for 15 years
who lives at Wales, Alaska. He is
also a Territorial legislator.
He has the rank of captain, has
been the Alaskan National Guard
and now is assigned to the first
Alaskan Scout Battalion at Nome.
WASHINGTON, AP— I
$956,000,000 authorized in
bill will be spent in Washi
was passed by the Senate
president.
The Washington and AL
measure total more than $
James MeLean
Named Postmaster
WASHINGTON. Associated Press
The Senate confirmed the nom
ination of James M. McLean for
Postmaster at Nome.
More Asked For
Atomic* Program
WASHINGTON, (/P)— A still
larger expansion of the A-bomb
and H-bomb program may be re
commended by the Senate-House
j atomic committee.
This was indicated today by
lawmakers who reported that the
subject had come up in a closed
i door meeting of the committee
with members of the atomic en
ergy commission.
One member predicted the com
mittte would go along with any
new request from the Commis
sion. He asked not to be quoted by
name. Senator McMahon (D
Conn.), chairman of the commit
tee, has said in public twice re
! cently that he thought the nation
■ ought to spend more of its de
fense money on atomic weapons.
The atomic program cost an es
timated $2,000,000,000 to perfect
the first bomb, and billions more
have been spent since. Last year,
after the announcement of the
Russian atomic explosion, presi
dent Truman approved an accel
erated atomic expansion program
costing $200,000,000.
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Courtesy of P.A.A.
Gus Kunelis, Pioneer barber and well-known
Nomeite as he said farewell to his friends in Nome
enroute to Sitka where he is entering the Pioneer
Home. He retired from business recently.
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dore than one-fifth of the
the military public works
tigton and Alaska. The bill
yesterday and sent to the
iska items included in the
L20,000,000.
The measure authorizes „ liter
appropriations for numerous con
struction projects by the armed
services, some of them highly se
1 cret.
They include:
A R M Y— Alaska Communica
tions station, $7,873,700; Eielson.
Air Force Base, near Fairbanks*
$12,590,200; Fort Richardson, near
Anchorage, $36,882,845; Whittier,
Alaska, $3,131,000.
AIR FORCE— Great Falls Air
Frceo Base, $4,361,000; Moses
Lake AFB, Wash., $4,195,000;
Spokane AFB, Wash., $6,645,000;
Alaska warmup shelters for air
craft, $700,000; Eielson AFB, near
Fairbanks, $11,213,320; E 1 m e n
dorf AFB, Fort Richardson, Al
aska, $1,191,746; Ladd AFB, Fair
banks, $11,-83,000.
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
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The Chamber of Commerce met
yesterday noon for a busy season
with Bill Wood, former active
member of the membership and
tourist committee of the Chamber
as guest also Jack Dillon, the new
Alaska Steamship agent for Nome.
The possibility of the Nome of
fice of the U. S. Land Office be
ing moved to Fairbanks was
brought up and discussion follow
ed of formal protest beingmade
against such a move as this area
( needs records of Second Division
kept right here. The suggestion
was made that if the Land Office
was unable to keep its office here
on a full time basis, it might be
combined with some other fed
eral agency.
The discussion of a formal pro
test to Fish and Wildlife head
quarters followed as the present
game laws do not allow anyone in
this area to do any hunting when
there are birds available. It was
the concensus of opinion that a
short open season be granted in the
spring or an earlier season in the
fall.
Announcement was made by the
president A. Saaric that the Road
Commission would finish the
Council road this summer.
Commissioner Duf field stated
that it was highly probable that
the bill in Congress to defer the
completion of assessment work
until October 1st for this year
would be passed.
Bill Wood stated that he could
see no possibility of freight reduc
tions this year, due to increased
cost and continuous labor prob
lems.