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VOL. Lli" No. 127 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1950_Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
JUNEAU, \/P) — The Alaska
Road Commission said today it
has delayed the opening of bids
on five bridges, awaiting for an
eligible bid.
VALDEZ, (/P) — Dr. Foster R.
Sims, a Palmer dentist, is recov
ering in the Valdez hospital from
severe cuts, bruises and shock
suffered in a 300-foot fall into
Keystone Canyon.
The dentist, here for a week’s
dental work, fell when he pulled
a tree loose.
After he regained consciousness,
his calls were heard by a compan
ion, E. R. Alexander. He helped
the injured man to their car on
the Richardson Highway.
TAIPEI, Formosa, (TP)—Chinese
Nationalists yesterday began a
weeklong celebration of President
Chiang Kai-Shek’s 64th birthday.
It falls on Oct. 31.
SANTA MONICA. Calif. <TP)—
A young wife testified in divorce
court that her art student hus
band brought a friend home to
watch her take a bath.
Mrs. Marianne la Prelle, 29,
also said that Frank B. la Prelle,
told her that she and their child
“held him down” and he’d like to
go to France and study art.
The court granted her a divorce
Wednesday.
SEATTLE, (/P)—A marriage li
cense application was filed here
Wednesday by Jim B. Peterson,
31, Fairbanks and Viola Kotalik,
30, Yankton, S. D.
ANCHORAGE, {/P) — Mrs. Es
ther Morrison. 41, was found dead
Wednesday morning in the bed
room of her home at Whittier,
south of here. There was a bullet
wound in her head. It was listed
as a suicide.
Her husband is supervisor of
the Union Oil Company bulk
plant there.
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Care of tu
berculosis victims will be avail
able at a chest clinic soon to be
opened here at the Health Center.
Previously only x-ray and diagno
sis were available.
With the use of additional
equipment purchased through the
local sale of Christmas Seals the
clinic will be able to provide fa
cilities for patients who would
otherwise be hospitalized.
Specialized treatment for per
sons released from hospitals but
still requiring assistance, and for
those who do not require extend
ed hospital care, will be made
possible.
CHICAGO, (/P) — The . Chicago
Daily Tribune said today that “an
elaborate and highly efficient
handbook system is operating in
the main U. S. postoffice build
ing.
The newspaper said thousands
of dollars are wagered daily on
horse races by bettors among the
15,000 employees in the building
at 433 Van Buren St.
Postal Authorities know of the
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i Alaskan Science
i Conference Be
Held In November
I
More than one hundred scien
tists and administrators actively
concerned with Alaskan research
l will address the Alaskan Science
Conference, to be held in Wash
ington, D. C., under the auspices
of the National Academy of Sci
ences-National Research Council,
on November 9, 10 and 11, 1950.
Twenty individual sessions are
| planned including three symposia,
and one public meeting at which
Government officials will speak,
1 and special Alaskan films will be j
, shown.
Papers will be presented cov
ering a wide range of Alaskan sci
entific interests. There will be an
address by Governor Ern e s t
Gruening on “Alaska and its De
velopment” and other speakers
will deal with such subjects as:
“Psychological Aspects of Arc
tic and Subarctic Living” by Cap
tain Ernest L. McCollum;
, “A study on Climatic Adapta
tion in Arctic and Tropical Mam
mals and Birds,” by Dr. Laurence
Irving;
“On the Maintenance of the
Aleutian Low” by Dr. Sverre Pet
terssen;
“Geomagnetism” by Captain
Elliott B. Roberts and David G.
Knapp;
“Forestry of Alaska” by B.
Frank Heintzleman;
“Alaskan Research and Nation
al Defense” by Dr. H. E, Lands
berg;
“Heat and Water Interchange
at the Sea Surface off Point Bar
row, Alaska” by Dr. Jacob Wick
ham;
“The Big Game of Alaska” by
Dr. O. J. Murie; 1
“The Fisheries of Alaska” by
Dr. W. H. Rich;
“Revegetation and Soil Forma
tion in Alaska” by Dr. Robert F.
Griggs;
“Permafrost Research in Alas
kan Development” by Col. G. W.
Rathjens;
“Early Man in Alaska” by Dr.
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Arctic Club
Carnival Nov. 4th
| _
One of the first public events
j of the winter season will be the
! forthcoming “Carnival” sponsored
by the Arctic Club, which is
scheduled for the evening of No
j vember 4th in the High School
gym.
The Carnival committee com
posed of Ben Young, Dan Jones,
George Beacom, Jim McLean and
I Clem Boucher, are busy working |
| on the many phases of the affair
which promises to furnish needed
entertainment and enjoyment for
everyone.
Many fine prizes ranging from
electrical appliances on down to
bubble gum are to be won by
those individuals turning out for
the evening’s fun, whether it be
to play bingo, wheel of fortune,
or the fish pond .... only a few
of the many games and activities
planned for the evening.
i
Truman May Call
Congress Back
Before Nov. 27
(By D. Harold Oliver)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman may call Congress back
before its scheduled return Nov.
27, but he said yesterday he has
not yet reached a decision.
He said if the call is made it
would be to give Congress a little
more working time on a whole list
of things, including an excess
profits tax, rent control extension,
and statehood for Alaska and Ha
waii.
Mr. Truman discussed the pos
sibility in a White House news
conference that covered a wide
range of topics.
The new 82nd Congress does
not meet until Jan. 3, nearly two
months after the Nov. 7 elections.
Mr. Truman said he has taken
up the matter of recalling Con
gress with Vice President Bark
ley, but would talk it over with
other party leaders before making
a decision. He said he would an
nounce his decision when he
reaches it, whether it is before or
after the elections.
Responding to other questions,
Mr. Truman said:
1— He does not expect any
trouble in Western Europe this
winter. A reporter had remarked
that some people in Holland were
anticipating war in a few months.
2— He knows of but one atomic
explosion ever having occurred in
Soviet Russia. Gordon Dean of the
atomic energy commission had
been asked at a press conference
Tuesday whether he knew of any
more atomic explosions in Russia
and he replied that “the President
hasn’t seen fit to make any more
announcements” beyond the one
he made last year.
3— That Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur knew in advance of this coun
try’s plan to drop the atomic bomb
on Japan. A newsman had said
that writer John Gunther had re
ported otherwise. The President
said that was not true. He added
he gave the order to MacArthur
and the general issued the order
to drop the bomb.
—ne is seriously considering
making one or two campaign
speeches but said he probably will
not leave Washington for it. He
said national Democratic chair
man William Boyle had urged
him to make several speeches be
fore the election, but that he had
not made up his mind.
Mr. Truman said he did not be
lieve he could take a brief vaca
tion in Key West, Fla., next month
because he will be too busy.
Asked to comment on the state
ment Wednesday night by Harold
E. Stassen that the President will j
favor admitting Red China to the j
United Nations after the Novem
ber elections, the President said
he wondered where Stassen got
his informaiton.
Smiling, he added Stassen prob
ably .got it from Chairman Guy
Gabrielson of the Republican Na
tional committee, not from me.
He said it was his understand
ing that Korean Republic forces
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Non-Essential
Building Banned
WASHINGTON, (JP)—'The Na
tional Production Authority yes
terday banned the building of any
new structures for “amusement,
recreational or entertain m e n t
purposes.”
The order, effective at midnight
last night, was issued to conserve
materials for armaments.
Covered by the ban are theaters
of all kinds, amusement parks,
race tracks, golf courses, night
| clubs, skating rinks and summer
camps. In all, there are 44 forbid
den types of structures.
The NPA administrator, Wil
liam H. Harrison said in a state
ment accompanying his action
that the barred construction “is of
a type which does not further the
defense effort, either directly or
indirectly, and does not increase
the nation’s productive capacity.”
Persons woh start other build
ings which do not further the de
j fense drive—even though not on
the prohibited list—run the risk of
being barred from completion of
the building, Harrison said.
Such construction begun after
midnight last night may be halted
“even though its commencement
at the present time is not forbid
den by this order,” the production
chief specified.
The order' applies to federal,
state and city recreational pro
jects as well as private buildings.
The NPA simultaneously issued
two more orders settling the de
fense yoke more firmly on the
economy.
1. The steel industry was direct
ed to furnish steel for the produc
tion of at least 10,000 freight cars
a month. This will take upward^
of 300,000 tons monthly from the
civilian supply.
2. Other allocation programs of
the same type were made possible
by an NPA amendment to its
steel production order. This will
permit allocations of steel, similar
to the freight car plan, for steel
deliveries to the petroleum and
mining industries, farm machin
ery makers, and other defense
supporting industries.
Calling All Alaska
Businessmen
Who Are Interested in Bringing a
New $100 Million Industry
to the Territory
The potential value of a well
developed Alaska tourist industry
is practically without limit, but
$100 million is suggested as an in
itial goal. Every Alaskan has a
direct interest in seeing a new
basic industry of this proportion
established in Alaska. No matter
what your line of business, that
business will be better if the tour
ist industry is really built up ter
support a greater number of
Alaskans.
We’ve got the stuff—the most
beautiful country in the world, a
wealth of interesting things for
visitors to do in all seasons of the
year. The demand exists—mil
lions of Americans looking for
new places to spend their tourist
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Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Thursday. October 26. 1950
(By The Associated Press)
An Allied spearhead reached
Red China’s Manchurian border
tonight.
South Korean patrols raced un
opposed to the south bank of the
Yalu River, in the center of the
uneasy frontier between North
Korea and Manchuria. They were
the first U. N. troops to complete
the long thrust up the mountain
ous peninsula.
Other elements of the same di
vision—the Republic of Korea
Sixth—were reported under at
tack by Chinese communists some
50 miles to the south. There was
no high Allied confirmation, how
ever.
U. S. Eighth Army spokesman
said “there is no evidence of overt
or open support of North Korea
by the Chinese communist army.”
Two Chinese prisoners, he said,
were in North Korean uniform.
The Eighth Army command was
making an intensive investigation.
One prisoner had reported that
20,000 Red Chinese troops had
crossed into North Korea from
Manchuria, The other had report
ed the Chinese were attacking.
The spokesman made it clear
that all U. N. forces, including
American, can operate anywhere
in North Korea that strategy dic
tates. There had been reports
that U. S. troops might be stopped
short of the Manchurian border.
And oh the east coast, the U. S.
Marine First Division spearhead
ed a 50,000-man landing force at
captured Wonsan port.
The Korean Military Advisory
Group reported that the honor of
being the first U. N. force to reach
the Manchurian boundary fell to
the Seventh Regiment of the ROK
Sixth Division.
In Berlin, a Soviet controlled
newspaper announced that Chi
nese communist forces have cross
ed Tibet’s frontier to “liberate”
the people of the little mountain
nation.
The first assertion that Red Chi
nese actually had entered Tibet
came from Taegliche Rundschau,
which said:
“In the early morning hours of
Tuesday, a formation of the Chi
nese People’s army crossed the
Tibetan frontier.” The advancing
force was identified as the Second
Chinese Field army.
This followed an announcement
by the Peiping radio yesterday
that Red China’s troops had been
ordered to march on Tibet.
The communist Chinese have
been hinting and threateneing an
invasion of Tibet for months. In
Moscow, the communist newspa
per Pravda said the Chinese Sec
ond Field army has been ordered
into action. It said the “liberation’*
army would bring freedom, peace
and democracy to the 3,000,000 in
habitants of that remote region.
The communists charge Tibet is
dominated by Britain and the
United States.
A spokesman at Gen. MacAr
thur’s headquarters said Ameri
can troops in Korea have a mis
sion to perform that is far from
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