22,500 Red Prisoners
Moved Without Incident
KOJE ISLAND, Kofea, (A3) —
Four big prisoner of war pens
were emptied Tuesday of 22,500
Chinese and North Korean Com
munist POWs. The only excite
ment was provided by two POWs
who broke ranks to get away
from Red prisoner leaders.
Eleven thousand North Koreans
were to remain out of compounds
92 and 96 only long enough for
American guards to search the
stockades for weapons and escape
tunnels.
About 5,500 Chinese from 602
and 6,000 North Koreans from
adjoining 603 were dispersed to
new smaller units housing about
500 each.
The Chinese sang lustily to
their own string music and hand
ed Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner,
Koje commander, a present: a
miniature tank fashioned out of
i
ration cans.
Boatner has used the threat of
tanks frequently in the past few
weeks in gaining uncontested con
trol over the island’s 80,000 pris
oners.
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Washington News - Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett
Delegate in Congress from Alaska
GOLD MINING CLAIMS
The House Judiciary Commit
tee has received a Senate-ap
proved bill which would permit
any owner or operator of a gold
mine or gold placer operation to
seek reimbursement for losses
brought about by involuntary
closure during World War II.
Under the terms of the bill re
covery could be sought through
suits in the Court of Claims.
The mine-closing order, L-208,
was effective October 8, 1942, and
was rescinded on July 1, 1945.
“The records of the War Pro
duction Board,” the Senate re
port on the measure stated, “show
that the gold mining industry was
selected as a guinea pig to* test
the policy of shutting down so
called non - essential industries
during the war. The issuance of
the order was based upon dubious I
if not nonexistent authority. The |
order failed completely to make j
any substantial contribution to
the war effort and inflicted ruin
ous costs on the gold mining in
dustry. No similar order was is
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LONG ISLAND RAILROAD
RESUMES OPERATIONS
NEW YORK, (JP) — The Long
Island Railroad resumed normal
service Wednesday after a two
day engineers* strike forced thou
sands of commuters into New
York’s worst traffic jams in years.
Settlement of the strike came
! late Tuesday just as suddenly as
the start of the walkout. Issues
involved working conditions and
rules.
The Long Island line serves an
area of more than a million resi
dents.
sued against any other industry
in the nation during the war
years.’*
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
Legislation to increase the ap
portionment of funds for the
school lunch program in Alaska
has been reported favorably to
the Senate, having passed the
House last October.
School-lunch funds are appor
tioned to the States and Alaska
and Hawaii on a basis of a formu
la which takes into account the
number of school - age children
and the per-capita income of the
political division. However, un
der present law the total amount
made available to Alaska and
Hawaii is limited to 3 percent of
the funds appropriated annually
for the school-lunch program.
Under the bill now before the
upper house, Hawaii and Alaska
would participate in the appor
tionment on the same basis as the
States.
If the bill now under consider
ation had been in effect last
year, Alaska would have received
$28,098 instead of $10,551 actual
ly received in the 1951 appor
tionment.
Humming birds have been ob
served to* fly as fast as an auto
mobile travelling 60 miles an
hour.
SCHEDULED BUSH FLIGHTS
TUESDAY, FRIDAY —
Teller, Wales, and Shishmaref
WEDNESDAY — Deering, Candle, and Kotzebue.
MONDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY —
Solomon, Council, White Mt., Golovin, Haycock,
Koyuk, Ungalik (Thurs.), Shaktoolik. Unalakleet.
DAILY SCHEDULED FLIGHTS
By DC-3 Starliner
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Anchorage, McGrath, Unalakleet, and Nome
TUESDAY — Moses Point and Kotzebue.
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HOUSE APPROVES RAISE OF
ANCHORAGE BOND LIMIT
WASHINGTON, </P) — The
House Tuesday passed and sent
to the Senate a bill which would
authorize Anchorage to issue and
sell bonds not to exceed \%Vi
million dollars for municipal pur
pose^. The present authorization
is $5,000,000.
Despite action by Congress, be
fore any bonds may be issued in
the city, largest in Alaska, they
must be approved by the major
ity of qualified voters.
SAVE SAVE SAVE
SAVINGS UP TO 40%
on all food and household items. Standard brand items such
as Libby's. Del Monte. Stokely. etc. Nome and Kotzebue
boats leaving Seattle on June 4th and July 9th.
Write for your copy of our latest price list.
REFERENCES: First National Bank. Anchorage. Alaska
ALASKA FOOD ENTERPRISES
P. O. Box 133 Anchorage. Alaska
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