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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, July 11, 1951
HOI'S ANGQ.
RUSSIAN JET-ENGINE BETTER
Among the interesting facts brought out by the
testimony of General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force
Chief of Staff, is the statement that the Russians have
a jet engine in the MIG-15 that is superior to any jet
engine that we possess today.
Moreover, General Vandenberg says that the
quantities in which the Russian jets are appearing on
the fronts, both in Western Europe and in the Far East,
indicate that mass production methods of very excel
lent aircraft are now a capability of the Russians.
On the other side of the picture, the General says
that the training of our men is superior and that gun
nery control in our aircraft is likewise above that of
the Russians. This gives our planes the advantage al
though the Russians have more speed and can operate
more easily at higher altitudes.
GIVEN U. S. CITATION
A Presidential Citation has been given the Glou
cestershire Battalion of the 29th British Brigade, by
Lieut. Gen. James A. Van Fleet for its sacrificial stand
against encircling Chinese Communists in the Seoul
area during the April offensive of the Chinese.
The Battalion, numbering 600 men, was cut off
and surrounded by the attacking Chinese- Forty-nine
men fought their way from the trap, after battling the
mass of Chinese attackers for two days. Another mem
ber, who was wounded, has been rescued after being
cared for by a Korean family for thirty-three days.
To illustrate the international aspect of the forces
fighting in Korea, the lone British survivor was dis
covered and rescued by a Greek patrol.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Not satisfied with the perplexities of life on the
globe some people are trying to solve the problem of
the plants.
When a man begins to tell you nice things about
you, if you are likewise a man, be sure the worst is
yet to come.
The idea that American youth are too valuable
to fight their country’s battles may be worth some
thing politically but, if put into effect, will mean the
end of the United States.
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Earl Landreth Appointed
Civil Defense Director
By Gov. Grvening
JUNfcAfU, (£>>—Earl Landreth,
retired U.S. Army colonel, was ap
pointed by Gov. Gruening yester
day as Civil Defense Director for
Alaska.
Landreth was named to head
the Civil Defense Council and De
partment of Civil Defense created
by the last legislature.
Landreth retired in 1945 after
37 years in the army. He rose from
the ranks to second lieutenant
while Serving in the Philippines
in 1915. He served in China dur
ing World War I and was in the
South Pacific in World War II.
Landreth had made his home in
Seattle since his retirement.
British Switch Tactics
In Iranian Oil Dispute
TEHRAN, Iran, (jP) — A sharp
switch in British tactics in the
Iranian oil dispute became in
creasingly clear. There’s a sur
prising move to soft-pedal pre
vious threats to withdraw all Brit
ish technicians from Iran and “let
the Persians stew in their own
oil.” A new policy of trying to
hang on as long as possible—in
the face of nationalization of hold
ings of the British-owned Anglo
Iranian Oil Company—is replac
ing the tough talk of only a week
ago that the big refinery at Aba
dan and the surrounding South
Iranian oil fields would be shut
down.
There was no indication that
Mossadegh would change that “no
compromise” determination to
seize control of the billion-dollar
company’s Iranian installations.
But a government spokesman said!
the premier is giving careful con
sideration to President Truman’s
offer to send his personal repre
sentative. W. Averell Harriman,
to Iran to help find a settlement.
In 1900, 41,100 Americans died
of cancer. An estimated 210,000
will die of cancer this year, the
American Cancer Society says.
FOR HIS FRIEND — Jimmy Dur
ante, beloved comedian of screen,
radio and T.V. fame, strikes back
at cancer. Jimmy is. appearing in
the 19*1 Cancer Crusade’s news
reel trailer, as, a memorial to his
partner Ion Clayton who died of
. cancer last year. Durante asks
' everyone to contribute to the
American Cancer Society by mail
ing a contribution addressed sim
ply to “Cancer," care of the local
post office.
Glenn Highway -Extended
To Include Tok Cutoff
WASHINGTON, {JP>—Secretary
of the Interior Chapman Tuesday
extended the name of the Glenn
Highway to a 135-mile section of
the Alaska road system between
Gakona Junction and Tok Junc
tion on the Alaska highway.
The newly-named section for
merly was known as the Tok
Cutoff.
The 342-mile Glenn highway is
named for Captain Edwin F.
Glenn, an early Alaska explorer.
It now extends from Anchorage
by way of Palmer and Glennallen
to the Alaska highway, main link
with the United States.
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Dr. Moore, President of
Alaska University, Lands
Plane On Juneau Icecap
JUNEAU, (/P) — Dr. Terris
Moore, president of the University
of Alaska, has made four land
ings on the famed Juneau icecap
in his private plane.
Moore flew Maynard Miller of
New York to a camp on the ice
cap, and brought in supplies in
the ski-equipped plane. Miller, di
rector of the Juneau icecap re
search project, will camp for
three weeks on <the mountain with
Frederick Small, glacier expert,
and Charles Wilson, surveyor.
The Juneau icecap, largest of
the kind in the world, has more
than a dozen glaciers coming from
it. Dr. Moore said he believed the
icecap would be a big tourist at
traction in the future.
The people who get rich quick
usually get that way by taking
the money from people who think
they will get rich quick.
Lt Coghill of Nenana
Preceded Tn—an As
Fourth ol July Speaker
Lt. WilHam F. Coghill ot Ne
nana was a principal speaker pre
ceding President Truman at the
Fourth of July celebration at the
Washington Monument in Wash
ington.
Lt. Coghill, a West Point grad
uate and a veteran of the Korea
war in which he lost a leg, made
a special plea for the sale of
United States savings bonds. Lt.
and Mrs. Coghill will leave Wash
ington for Fort Benjamin Harri
son in Indiana in the fall where
Lt. Coghill will go to the Army’s
finance school for 15 weeks.
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Propose Birth Control For
India’s Masses To Ease
Recurring Food Shortages
NEW DELHI, India, {JP) — A
special commission headed by
Prime Minister Nehru announced
its recommendations for a five
year plan to give India economic
and social stability. It includes
proposals for birth control to cut
India’s vast population growth
and so ease recurring food short
ages.
The commission, which worked
since March 1950, to produce the
344 - page report, proposed the
spending of $33,765,300,000 to spur
India’s advance toward better
ment of her agricultural and in
dustrial position and her national
standard of living.
The report recommended, as a
means of curbing the population
growth—the increase is estimated
at 5,000,000 a year—that the state
provide facilities for sterilization
or the giving of contraceptive ad
i vice on medical grounds.
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