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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. LIII No. 86 • NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1951 _ Per Copy—151
Bad Weather And
Floods Stop Cease
Fire Conferences
By ROBERT EUNSON
MUNSAN, Korea, (/P) — The
Korean armistice talks, focus of
world hopes for peace, took a
back seat today to the weather.
A flash flood turned a creek 10
miles south of the Kaesong con
ference site into a raging torrent
and barred jeeps carrying United
Nations delegates to the truce
city.
Bad weather also grounded the
helicopters in which U.N. dele
gates usually travel the 14 air
lines miles to Kaesong.
The eighth session between U.N.
and communist teams—generally
regarded as crucial in this first
phase of the peace talks — was
postponed until 10 a.m. tomorrow
(5 p.m., PDT Friday).
A single major issue bars agree
ment on an agenda which would
permit the armistice talks to move <
into the second phase.
While there has been official
silence at the U.N. advance camp
here, both communist and high
United States sources have made
clear that the knot was tied by
Red demands for withdrawal eft
all foregin troops from Korea.
In Washington, U. S. Secretary
of State Acheson said a U.N. force
“must remain in Korea until a
genuine peace has been firmly
established.”
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King A1 Mullah
Of Jordan Is
^Assassinated
CAIRO, (JP)—King Abdullah of
Jordan was assassinated today as
he was entering a mosque in Je
rusalem.
The killing promised new diffi
culties in the Middle East for the
British, already harried by the
Iranian oil crisis. The British put
Abdullah cm the Jordan throne
after World War II and supplied
funds to his government and its
strong Arab legion.
Abdullah, 69, was shot and
killed at the entrance of the Agsa
Mosque in the old city of Jeru
salem, the British foreign office
said. The government radio at
Amman, in announcing the death
of the bearded leader, said Ab
dullah’s second son, 35-year-old
Prince Naif, has been named tem
porarily as prince regent. The
crown prince, Tallal, 40, has been
under treatment for a nervous
^disorder.
The king claimed direct descent
from the family of the prophet
Mohammed.
The British foreign office said
the assassin was identified as
Mustafa Shakir. He was said to
have been shot dead.
Fair To Feature Hobby Show
The NWA Pair is planning a
hobby show this year in response
, to popular request. In charge of
* this department is Wilson Russell.
It is planned to divide the en
tries into three general classes:
most useful, most complete and
most unusual.
A wide variety ctf hobbies of
both adults and children are ex
pected to be exhibited.
Fairbanks Marshal Frank
Barr Resigns Post To
Work for Alaska Airlines
FAIRBANKS, </P)—-Frank Barr
resigned as United States Marshal
in the Fourth Division yesterday
to accept a position with Alaska
Airlines.
Barr said he had been offered
the post as northern division man
ager of the airline which is open
ing a new Fairbanks-to-Portland,
Ore., air service.
The marshal’s office is under
manned and underpaid, Barr said,
and he had no* choice but to take
the offer since Alaska living costs
are high and he has a family.
Military Court
Finds Pitts Guilty,
Sentenced 10 Years
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — An eight
man military court found Pfc.
Chester W. Pitts, 27, Terrell, Tex.,
guilty of the slaying of Pvt. Her
bert E. Brown, 19, Denver, and
he was sentenced to 10 years in
prison.
“He engaged in an act inherent
ly dangerous to others, or in
wanton disregard for human life,”
the court held, after deliberating
an hour and a half.
The court also ordered forfeit
ure of all pay and allowances
and a dishonorable discharge.
Pitts took the verdict stoically.
His counsel automatically will
appeal the case to the Army Court
of Appeals in Washington, D.C.
Testimony developed that Pitts’
automobile stalled on the Alaska
Highway and that he tried to halt
Brown who was driving a truck.
Brown continued. A hundred
yards further, a shot crashed
through the truck cab and hit
Brown in the head.
Pitts testified the rifle went off
accidentally, when he was at
tempting to unload it. Pitts said
he and two companions had spent
the night drinking at three road
houses before going rabbit hunt
ing.
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50 Nations Invited
Sign Japan Peace
Treaty on Sept. 4
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
United States today invited 50
nations to meet in San Francisco,
Sept. 4, to complete and sign a
peace treaty with Japan.
The invitations were accompan
ied by copies of a treaty draft
jointly sponsored by the United
States and Great Britain. The in
vitations specified the conference
would be held “on the terms" of
that draft.
Russia was among the countries
invited but officials here regarded
it as virtually certain that Mos
cow would reject the bid. The So
viet Union has sharply criticized
not only some parts of the pro
posed treaty, but also the way it
was drawn up.
Russia had wanted a drafting
system which would give it a
veto over treaty provisions.
The treaty, as presently drafted,
does not recognize Russia’s pos
session of the Kurile Islands or
the south half of Sakhalin, taken
from Japan after World War II.
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VIPs to Visit Nome
On Alaska Airlines
Inaugural Flight
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SEATTLE, {JP) — A group Of
officials, business leaders and
press representatives will fly to
Alaska Tuesday on an Alaska
Airlines’ inaugural flight of a new
Portland-Seattle-Fairbanks serv
ice. They will return Friday.
The party, which will include
Mayor William F. Devin and Er
nest Gruening, Governor of Alas
ka, will first go to Anchorage,
then to Nome, from there to Fair
banks, and from Fairbanks to
Seattle. Those of the party not
wanting to go to Nome will be
taken on a fishing trip in the An
chorage area.
Sept. 1 Tentative Date For
P.N.A. Alaska-States Run
SEATTLE, (/P)—September 1 is
the tentative date for inaugura
tion of Portland-Seattle-Alaska
service by Pacific Northern Air
lines, Harold A. Olson, vice presi
dent, announced yesterday.
P.N.A. was granted a certificate
May 25 by the CAB.
Olsen said the line will operate
from Portland municipal airport
and from Seattle’s Boeing field,
and later plans to fly from Se
attle-Tacoma International Air
port.
P.yiA. will fly DC-4s from the
Pacific Northwest to Juneau and
Anchorage.
Chapman Calls For
Development of
Far North
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By VERN HAUGLAND
WASHINGTON, (£>)—Secretary
of the Interior Chapman called
today for joint development of
the Far North by the United
States and Canada.
He said that:
1. Alaska alone, given a boost
by the federal government, has
a multi-billion-dollar future and
could produce 50 billion kilowatt
hours of hydroelectric energy an
ually.
2. Thinly-settled Northwestern
Canada, properly developed, could
support a population of 6,000,000.
In a report to Congress on a
recently-completed $150,000 field
study of the engineering and ec
onomic problems of the northern
regions, Chapman said:
Ultimately, Alaska will con
tribute billions of dollars a year
to national income.
“This will only be possible
when the natural resources are
fully developed and utilized.
“It is a task too great for small
groups of individuals, or even for
Alaska.
“It is a responsibility of the
federal government to conserve
and develop these resources so
that people can utilize them for
the creation of wealth and the
.benefit of mankind.”
Chapman’s report was submit
ted with the approval of Presi
dent Truman, but without specific
recommendations for legislative
or fiscal action. It has been re
viewed by the Budget Bureau,
the Agriculture and Commerce
Departments, and other agencies.
Former Commissioner at
Kenai Is Sought For
Embezzlement of $4,000
• ANCHORAGE, (JP) — A District
Court warrant was ordered yes
terday for the arrest of Paul Wise,
former United States Commis
sioner at Kenai, on the Kenai
Peninsula.
The • action was taken after
Wise failed to appear to face
charges of embezzlement of $4,000
in public money from April 1,
1949 to Feb. 1, 1951.
His bail of $5,000 was ordered
forfeited. Law enforcement agents
put out a “dragnet” for Wise,
last reported seen in Seward on
July 7.
Meanwhile the trial of Eugene
Lanier, the mayor of Seward, who
is charged with obtaining money
from the City of Seward under
false pretenses, was continued and
possibly will start today.
34 Forest Fires
Reported Raging
In Alaska Monday
ANCHORAGE, {JP) — A 6,500
acre lightning-caused forest fire
is endangering Alaska’s principal
caribou herd in the Tyone Lake
area near Gulkana, R. R. Robin
son, regional forester for the Bu
reau of Land Management, re
ported Wednesday.
Robinson said the chief danger
to the herd, numbering roughly
5,000 had been believed averted
when firefighters swung the path
of the blaze away from the cari
bou range.
Of 34 fires reported Monday,
about 20 were still raging out of
control Wednesday. The Tyone
fire was the largest in the An
chorage district.
Robinson said no attempt has
been made to combat 12 to 15
fires in inaccessible forests in the
Kuskokwim-Fort Yukon areas.
Women are on the fire lines at
Chalatna River, about 220 miles
west of here, and they’re doing a
good job, Robinson said.
The forester reported native
women weighing 05 to 100 pounds
were hauling 150 pound sacks.
“I 'tried to take the heaviest
load,” he said, “then they out
walked me to the fire and worked
14 hours.” . .
LONDON, (JP) — Robert Gordon
was accused in the divorce court
today of selling his wife’s bed for
money to bet on the races.
Mrs. Rowena Gordon told the
judge her mate’s luck was poor
and she spent 18 months sleep
ing on the floor.
She got her divorce—on a cruel
ty count.
Baseball Scores
THURSDAY RESULTS
American League
Cleveland 5—Boston 4
Chicago 2—New York 1
Philadelphia 5-3—Detroit 0-4
St. Louis 9—Washington 7
National League
All games postponed, rain.
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 9—Hollywood 3
Portland 8—San Francisco 2
Sacramento 7—Oakland 3
San Diego 7—Los Angeles 5
Record 40.5-Foot
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Crest Expected
At St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, (/P)—The untame
able Missouri River headed to
ward a crest near its juncture
with the swollen Mississippi to
day, crumbling protecting levees
in its drive toward St. Louis.
Army engineers predicted that
all dikes at the confluence of the
two great rivers would be swept
away within the next 48 hours.
The Mississippi, carrying the
muddy Missouri waters which
created the nation’s first billion
dollar flood, is expected to crest
at 40.5 feet at St. Louis Monday.
That would be the highest mark
recorded here since 1844.
Most of the 300 people living at
West Alton at the crossroads of
the rivers remained skeptical,
however, even as the waters
poured over the last remaining
barrier protecting the commun
ity.
The Coast Guard was standing
by with boats to evacuate the die
hards who through the years have
become accustomed to floods.
Some merely moved groceries and
other possessions to second floors
of their homes.
Babe Ruth Estate
Settled At $360,000
NEW YORK, <jP)—Babe Ruth,
who made an estimated $1,425,000
in a quarter century of baseball,
left a net estate of $360,000.
Final figures on the estate —
whittled somewhat by the home
run king’s spending habits—were
approved yesterday by estate tax
appraiser Samuel E. Lepler.
Ruth died of cancer three years
ago at the age of 53.
Jersey Joe KO’s
Charles In 7th
For Heavy Crown
PITTSBURGH, <iP) — Jubilant,
excited, 37-year-old Jersey Joe
Walcott, the oldest man ever to
win the heavyweight champion
ship, acted like a colt yesterday
as he promised to be <sa fighting
champion.”
“Ezzard Charles deserves to get
a return chance at the title and
he's going to get it first,” said the
unmarked, smiling Camden, N. J.,
veteran at a news conference.
“Charles waS shook up pretty
much,” said Walcott, who knocked
out the Cincinnati Negro in 55
seconds of the seventh round on
Wednesday night.
“Charles gets the return,” said
manager Felix Bocchicchio. “If
we beat him then we'll take cm
Joe Louis. Joe deserves a chance,
too, and we’d love to fight him.
Walcott will take care of them
both and then we'll take 'em nil
down the line, Rocky Marciano
and anybody else.”
The unofficial estimated finan
cial breakdown of the Walcotts
Charles heavyweight champion
ship fight: Attendance — 28,272;
gross gate—$245,004.49; net gate—
$176,586; TV and radio receipts—
$100,000; total net gate—$276,568;
sponsor's share—$27,656; Charles*
share—$99,564; Walcott's share—
$49,782.