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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS__
VOL, t.ttt No. 77 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1951 Per Copy—15^
Touring Teachers
Enthusiastic Over
Diomede Trip
Mickey Stafford and Esther
Ahonen, Anchorage teachers who
are seeing every bit of ithe far
north, returned Thursday from
Diomede full of enthusiasm for
the wonders they had seen and
the thrills they had enjoyed.
Miss Ahonen stated that her
Diomede trip was the most won
derful adventure she had ever had
and Diomede people “the kind
liest people she has ever known.”
“I just loved their tiny little stone
houses which are so low we had
to crawl to get in and when we
did get in, we had to sit on the
floor,” she said.
The oomiak ride both north
bound and southbound was a
thrill, she stated that every one
who can, should enjoy as “you are
so close to the water with only
a walrus skin between you and
the Bering Sea.”
Time means so little on Dio
1 mede Island she explained, as
folks sleep when they are tired,
eat when they are hungry day or
night (there is no night), hunt
when the weather is right and
enjoy dancing and singing when
in the mood. Because they en
joyed their guests they danced
often she explained.
A special thrill that one can’t
get any other place in the world
or on any other tourist tour, was
to watch and be watched by the
Russians on Big Diomede Island.
Twice a day birds fly in black
clouds from the many rookeries
and they enjoy watching the Dio
meders catch them with nets or
with ancient bolos.
These two adventurers are
hoping to make another oomiak
flight to Sledge Island to see the
bird rookeries there.
United Air Lines Pilots
Return To Work
CHICAGO, <yP)—A pilot’s strike
that has halted operations for 10
days on the vast United Air Lines
network was ended today by a
truce. The union ordered its 900
striking pilots to return to their
posts today.
The truce agreement was an
nounced by Thomas E. Bickers,
executive secretary of the Na
tional Mediation Board, after a
pre-dawn meeting with represen
tatives of the company and the
striking AFL Airline Pilots Asso
ciation.
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Physio-therapist Here
To Treat Polio Victims
Carmen Stoltz, physio-therapist
for the Territorial Health Depart
ment arrived from Anchorage at
the request of Dr. Langsam, to
work with the two Savok chil
dren, who are recovering from
polio.
Miss Stoltz, who has specialized
in this type of work for several
years, is also working with the
children in Fairbanks who were
stricken last year.
i'- She will also give classes of in
struction to local nurses so they
will be able to assist in the com
munity, should any further cases
develop.
New Price Bill
Would Ban New
Price Rollbacks
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A bill to
extend price, wage and rent con
trols eight months but which
would curb drastically or pos
sibly ban any new price rollbacks
was passed by the Senate early
today.
The bill, which falls far short
of the kind of measure President
Truman contends the country
needs to combat inflation, was ap
proved at the tag end of a tumul
tous marathon session iby a roll
call vote of 71 to 10.
Weary senators sent the bill to
the House, which plans to shunt
it aside temporarily and act in
stead—probably later in the day
—on stop-gap legislation to ex
tend the present controls law 31
days.
The current law expires at mid
night tomorrow. House leaders
have decided against considering
at this time the longer range ex
tension approved by the Senate.
So the Senate appeared to face
the alternatives of (1) going along
with the House on a stop-gap ex
tension, or (2) letting the controls
program lapse. Agreement on a
brief extension seemed to be the
likely choice.
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Administration
Asks 3 Billion Hike
In Income Taxes
WASHINGTON, (£>)—The Tru
man administration asked the
Senate Wednesday to add about
three billion dollars more to the
House-approved boost in individ
ual income and excise taxes.
Secretary of the Treasury Sny
der told the Senate Finance Com
ihittee the $7,200,000,000 tax hike
voted by the House is insufficient,
because it threatens to put the
government in the red and add to
inflationary pressures.
Backing up his plea, Snyder
said the government already has
started borrowing money again to
make ends meet and will have to
borrow “several billion dollars” in
the next six months. It is the first
time in nearly a year that the
government has -had to resort to
deficit financing.
Congress, he insisted, should
provide at least the Toughly 10
billion dollars in extra taxes asked
by President Truman originally—
and should aim chiefly at indiv
idual income and excise taxes for
the three billion dollar addition
to the House tax bill.
Gordon Osborne Named
Chairman Fair Fish Derby
The Northwestern Alaska Fair
Board has announced that Gordon
Osborne will be chairman of the
Fish Derby to be held during the
NWA Fair in August. He will be
assisted by Bob Herman of the
N. C. Co., and Everett Adams of
the U. S. Mercantile.
Rules will be announced shortly
and all entries will be recorded
by the Secretary with prizes
awarded at the Fair. Salmon,
trout, greyling and some of the
rarer fish will all be part of the
program.
Ridgway Proposes
Meeting with Reds
On Danish Ship
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., (jP)
— U. N. Commanding General
Matthew B. Ridgway today pro
posed that the commander-in
chief of Communist forces in Ko
rea meet him on a Danish hos
pital ship in Wonsan harbor to
discuss an armistice.
The text erf Ridgway’s message
.to the Communist commander, re
leased at United Nations, said:
“I am informed that you may
wish meeting to discuss an armis
tice providing for cessation of
hostilities and all acts of armed
force in Korea, with adequate
guarantees for maintenance of
such armistice. Upon receipt of
word from you that such meet
ing is desired I shall be pre
pared to name my representative.
I would also suggest date at
which he could meet with your
representative. I propose that such
meeting could take place aboard
Danish hospital ship in Wonsan
Harbor.”
Send Instructions
For Negotiating
Korea Cease-Fire
WASHINGTON, (£>>—The gov
eminent today sent Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway general instructions
on negotiation of a cease-fire in
Korea. Just what they are was
not disclosed in the official word
given out here. But informed
sources in London said they had
the support of all the 16 United
Nations with fighting forces in
Korea.
In Korea itself, fighting had
laregly died down under a wave
of cease-fire talk. There was some
patrol and air activity but the
front on the whole was quiet.
Ridgway was at his Tokyo head
quarters but there were rumors
he might leave for Korea at any
time.
The South Koreans were un
happy, howevA\ over the prospect
of a cease-fire along the 38th
parallel—the old border between
North and South Korea. Their
legislature adopted unanimously
a resolution opposing it.
Korean Situation
(By the Associated Press)
The fighting war virtually dis
appeared from the Korean front
today under a mounting wave of
cease-fire talk.
A small, fierce fight raged
throughout the afternoon for a
single hill northwest of Yonchon
on the western front. The ridge
changed hands six times before
Allied forces withdrew, leaving
Communists still holding the hill.
Elsewhere ground action was
confined to patrol activity.
“The Chinese don’t shoot unless
we provoke them,” one officer
commented. “They sit tight until
we come in gun range, then they
let loose.”
The U. S. Eighth Army took
only 108 words Friday night to
cover the entire ground action in
the briefest communique it has
issued this year.
Maritime Board
Approves Increase
Alaska SS Rates
SEATTLE, {ff) — The Alaska
Steamship Company reported to
day Federal Maritime Board ap
proval of its freight and passen
ger rate increases.
The new rates are effeotive im
mediately under the board’s rul
ing, said D. E. Skinner, vice pres
ident and general manager.
The new tariffs provide for a
10 per cent boost in passenger
fares for all ports. There are vary
ing increases on freight to dif
ferent areas, with only fishery
items and ore cargoes affected
outside of southeastern.
A company spokesman said
“much of Alaska will be unaf
fected by the increases” because
general commodities are affected
only in the southeast. He said the
ore cargoes in other sectors are
insignificant and the increases on
fishery items range from 4 to 20
per cent, with the over-all average
probably below 10 per cent.
Chances for Easing
Iranian Oil Crisis
Don’t Look Bright
TEHRAN, Iran, (IP)—U. S. Am
bassador Henry F. Grady ap
pealed anew to Premier Mossa
degh today for concessions that
would insure the flow of oil to
the West from the world’s largest
refinery at Abadan.
Grady talked for 90 minutes
with Mossadegh, then told news
men that chances for easing Iran’s
oil crisis “don’t look too bright”
despite Mossadegh’s promise to
suspend anti-sabotage legislation
opposed by the British. But Brit
ish officials, with the refinery j
under -the guns of one of their
cruisers, appeared more hopeful.
Grady called suspension of the
anti-sabotage bill a goodwill ges
ture. It followed on the heels of
Mossadegh’s letter yesterday to
President Truman.
The U. S. Ambassador made
clear that the premier would not
budge an inch on the nationaliz
ation program.
Pacific Northwest
Has Heat Wave
(By the Associated Press)
A thermometer - popping sun
blistered the Pacific Northwest
again today—the fifth day of a
near-record June heat wave.' No
relief was in sight. Water short
ages were threatened in several
cities.
The weatherman predicted tem
peratures today would match or
top such readings as the 97 at
Eugene, Salem and Roseiburg,
Ore., yesterday or the 92 at
Washington's Grays Harbor.
As the- temperatures rose the
humidity fell and state officials
warned of critical conditions in
the forests.
Two drownings in Oregon and
one in Washington added a tragic
sidelight as thousands sought to
escape the heat.
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Plans Ready For
Fourth of July
Celebration
Councilman Wallace Mclvor and
committee have just about com
pleted the 4th of July program*
which is bigger and better than
ever before. U
The program which starts in the
morning is scheduled to last all
day, culminating in the evening
with an American Legion dance.
Starting the program will be a
parade headed by the National
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Guard and American Legion and
Cub Soouts followed by the chil
dren in costume. At the othef end
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of the parade will be floats and
vehicles.
Mrs. Paul Carlson and Mrs.
Earl Towner are in charge of the
children’s parade.
There will be special prizes for
best Independence Day costume,
cutest costume, best Native cos
tume, best decorated float or
motor vehicle, best decorated bi
cycle, best decorated building, and
best decorated horse, with gener
ous prizes of $5 for costume and
$10 for vehicle and building.
Free ice cream for the children
at noon will be followed, by a
full program of sports for children
of all ages.
A race of Model T’s is planned
with a $20 prize and a trap shoot
on the breakwater, east of the
bank.
A wonderful display of fire
works will continue throughout
the afternoon under the direction
of’Keith Hedreen. This big dis
play will be aided by the use of
dark glasses which are being fur
nished for the event.
It is reported that about five
hundred dollars worth of fire
works will be displayed on the
afternoon of the Fourth. Included
are such fancy numbers as Rib
bons of Gold, Bleeding Hearts,
Flaming Arrows, Whistles and
Stars, Thunder and Rainbows, Sil
ver Surprise, and many other sur
prises never before seen in Nome.
They will be set off just east of
the M and M Bank, it is reported.
Eskimo events during the after
noon include high kicking, blanket
tossing, kyak races, oomiak races.
In the evening the Eskimos will
sponsor a dance featuring both
men’s and women’s dances and a
blanket toss for the women. This
will be followed by a big dance
given iby the American Legion at
the School gymnasium.
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(By the Associated Press)
Thursday Scores
American League
New York 3—Washington 0
Detroit at Chicago rained out
(Only games scheduled)
National League
New York 5—Brooklyn 4
Philadelphia 3—Boston 2
Chicago 8—St. Louis 0
Pittsburgh 7^—Cincinnati 5
Pacific Coast
Sacramento 6—San Francisco 5
Portland 13—Oakland 8
San Diego 6—Hollywood 1
Seattle 9—Los Angeles 8
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