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VOL. LIV No. 113_NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1952 Per Copy—15r
Russian Freighter
Shows Up In Midst
NATO Maneuvers
THE SKAW, Denmark, (/P) —
Hundreds of tough U.S. Marines
stormed ashore at the northern
tip of Denmark Monday in a
realistic amphibious landing cli
maxing NATO’s big naval opera
tion Mainbrace.
The first wave of about 500
leathernecks from Camp LeJeune,
N. C., hit the beach of Ca£e
Grenen, north of the Skaw, to
relieve, under the terms of the
problem of the maneuvers, a be
sieged land force. The landing
had been due 14 hours earlier, but
stormy weather forced a shift in
the landing spot and the conse
quent delay. A collision and an
uninvited Russian merchant ship
also hampered Mainbrace Mon
day.
The ships in collision were Brit
ain’s biggest and newest aircraft
carrier, HMS Eagle, and the
Dutch destroyer Van Glen, which
tangled while refueling Sunday.
The destroyer received “super
ficial” damage.
The Red intruder was the 5,000
ton merchant ship Carpato which
dropped her anchor in Danish
territorial waters where the Allied
fleets were maneuvering.
As scores of sailors massed on
the ship’s decks and her officers
scanned the Allied men-of-war
through binoculars, a Danish de
stroyer hurriedly ordered the
merchantman away from the ex
ercise area and out into interna
tional waters.
Feared Disorders At
Struck Aircraft Plants
Fail to Materialize
EL SEGUNDO. Calif., (/P)—Im
mediate fears of disorder at the
struck plant of the Douglas Air
craft Co. failed to materialize
Monday as steel-helmeted sher
iff’s deputies and police watched
the tense situation.
A group calling itself the Com
mittee for Union Democracy and
claiming 2,500 members had an
nounced there would be a back
to work movement. About 175
sheriff’s deputies, police and plant
guard officers were on hand.
At the regular time for the day
shift to report, 100 cars went
through the main gate of the
plant where 15,000 normally are
employed. Guards said this was
a few more than had been going
through on previous days of the
strike.
Approximately ' 100 pickets
yelled “scab” and passed union
literature to the cars as they
went through.
Large Deposits of Strategic
Kyaniie Found in Ontario
SUDBURY, Ont., iff) — Three
mining men here have reported
discovery of large deposits of kya
nite, a mineral which has become
valuable recently in construction
of jet aircraft.
Kyanite is a non-metallic min
eral capable of withstanding high
temperatures. In recent years, it
has become increasingly valuable
as a lining for the exhaust pipes
of jet planes.
Chaplin Will Return To
U.S. Despite Threat By
Government to Bar Him
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CHERBOURG. France, (/P) —
Charlie Chaplin, in high good
humor despite a U.S. threat to
bar him from returning to Am
erica, declared Monday “I intend
to go back to the United States.”
He said he did not know the
reasons behind the U.S. announce
ment that he may not be permit
ted to return.
“I am not political,” Chaplin
told a news conference aboard the
Queen Elizabeth here. ‘‘I have
never been political. I don’t w*ant
to create any revolutions. I just
want to create a few more films.”
Asked why he had failed to
take out American citizenship
during his 30 years residence in
the United States, Chplin replied:
“I am not a super-patriot. I
think super-patriotism leads to
Hitlerism and we have had our
lesson fom that. I assume that
in a democracy one has a right
to a private opinion.”
The U.S. threat to bar him for
reasons still unexplained, was
made while Chaplin was at sea
with his wife and children en
route to London for the premier
of his new film, “Limelight.”
British Airmen Stranded
On Greenland Ice-Cap Ask
Permission Grow Beards
LONDON, (/P) — Eleven British
airmen stranded with their plane,
wrecked on a Greenland ice-cap
radioed the Air Ministry a ques
tion today: “Shall we grow
beards?”
The message appeared to indi
cate that the men, who have been
sheltering in the fuselage of the
damaged bomber since last Tues
day, believe foul weather may
thwart their rescue until next
spring. U. S. Capt. Charles Stover
of Portland, Me., is stranded with
the Britons.
The Royal Air Force announced
it would dispatch a supply plane
to the marooned men tomorrow
from the RAF station at Top
cliffe, in Yorkshire. The supplies
will include special Arctic cloth
ing and a case of Scotch whisky.
Although no direct information
had been received, the Air Min
istry said bad flying weather ap
parently had balked an attempt
by the U.S. 6th Air Rescue Squad
ron to land a two-engined plane
on skis at the spot where the
party is encamped.
First Criminal Hearing
In Second Div. Court
Session Set For Oct. 20
Earl Cooper, U.S. District Judge
for the Second Division, returned
Saturday from the States accom
panied by his wife and children.
Judge Cooper opened court this
morning at which time the calen
dar for this session’s term of court
was announced.
Wednesday, Oct. 22, was set for
naturalization cases. It was an
nounced that juries would be
called in October and the first
criminal hearing was set for Oct.
20 at which time the case of the
United States vs. Elizabeth Cham
berlain will be held.
Sen. Nixon To
Report to Nation
Bv Radio and TV
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(By the Associated Pkess)
Sen. Richard Nixon interrupted
his campaign tour today to pre
pare a report to the nation on
the $18,000 gift controversy. And
Adlai Stevenson once again urged
repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Meanwhile the Eisenhower
whistle-stop train chugged o*n
through the midwest with the
Nixon affair still front and cen
ter.
Stephen Mitchell, Democratic
National Chairman, has called on
Nixon to quit because he accepted
$18,235 in contributions from a
group of California businessmen.
Mitchell said this was morally
wrong; Nixon said it wasn’t, that
the money was used for political
purposes and saved the taxpayers
money.
Stevenson took another whack
in his AFL speech at the Repub
lican harmony meeting between
Eisenhower and the man whom
the general defeated for the GOP
nomination, Sen. Taft of Ohio. He
coupled that attack with a de
fense of his own position on labor
legislation.
Stevenson took note of Repub
lican accusations that he was*
forced to turn to the left and call
for repeal of Taft-Hartley because
of labor union pressure. He said
these statements were mere pol
itical propaganda and showed the
Republicans have no issues to
raise.
“Why is it,” he said, “That
when political ammunition runs
low, the rusty artillery of abuse
is always wheeled into action?”
Nixon announced his change in
campaign plans at a hastily-as
sembled news conference in
Portland, Ore. He said his nation
wide address will be given either
Tuesday or Wednesday, that it
will originate in Los Angeles and
last a half-hour.
He said he had told Eisenhower
in a telephone conversation last
night, of his plans to go before
the American people via radio
and television. Eisenhower agreed
it was the proper thing to do,
he said.
Five U.S. Soldiers Play
Dead on Old Baldy and
Live To Tell About It
SEOUL, (/P) — Five American
soldiers played dead in a battered
bunker on Old Baldy and lived
■to tell of a 72-hour nightmare'
without food, water or medical
attention.
When their buddies from the
U,S. Second Infantry Division re
captured the rugged hill Sunday,
the five dazed men crawled or
were carried from their under
ground shelter.
They had huddled in the dilapi
tated log and earth cave under
the earth - shaking pounding of
Allied and Communist big guns.
Twelve men had crawled into
the bunker Thursday evening
when an assault force of Chinese
swarmed over their positions.
Seven died in the bunker or may
have escaped.
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New Lewis Coal Contract
Removes Threat of Strike
And Boosts Daily Wages
PITTSBURGH, (IP) — Northern
soft coal miners, elated over a
new contract which removes all
threat of a strike and boosts daily
wages to a new high, headed back
tb the pits today.
United Mine Workers President
John L. Lewis completed the ag
reement Saturday night with
Harry L. Moses, president of the
Bituminous Coal Producers Asso
ciation, just a few hours before
the 170,000 miners were scheduled
to go on strike. The new pact
gives the men a daily pay raise
of $1.90 increasing wages to
$18.25 a day.
It also requires operators to
pay into the UMW welfare fund
40 cents for each ton of coal pro-,
duced. Under the old pact oper
ators were required to pay 30
cents.
Miners throughout the north
ern soft coal fields cheered loud
and long when they learned
terms of the agreement. Many
referred to the contract as “Lewis’
greatest victory.’’
Two Escaped Convicts !
Killed, One Captured
In Furious Gun Battle
NEW YORK, (/P)—Two escaped
convicts were shot to death yes
terday in a furious gun battle
with police alter leaving a trail
of terror across part of Pennsyl
vania into New York City.
A detective was mortally
wounded in the hail of sub-ma
chine gun and pistol fire.
Joseph Nolen, 26, and his broth
er, Ballard. 22 — two gun-crazy
bad men from Harlan County, Ky.
died in the roaring five minutes
of close - range fire.
Detective Philip LaMonica. 4'5.
shot three times in the chest, died
in a hospital a short time later.
Captured was Elmer Schuer, 21,
of Chicago, who broke out of the
Lewisburg. Pa., federal prison
with the Nolen Brothers on Sept.
10. The trio stole a dozen weapons
from a Bronx gun store last Mon
day and looted a Bronx bank of
$12,670 in a daring daylight hold
up the next day.
A vast manhunt had been
pressed for the three men since
they escaped from Lewisburg.
Terrorizing a large section of
Pennsylvania, they held a fam
ily of seven captive for 19 hours
while they hid in their home,
stole money and at least three
cars, and stabbed a private-duty
policeman.
SUNDAY BASEBALL
National League
Brooklyn 8—Boston 2
Philadelphia 6—New York 2
Chicago 3—St. Louis 2
Cincinnati 4—Pittsburgh 3
American League
New York 1—Philadelphia 0
Cleveland 7—Detroit 1
Chicago 4—St. Louis 1
Boston 7—Washington 3
Coast League
Sacramento 3-1—Oakland 1-4
Portland 3-6 — San Francisco
2-5
Los Angeles 22-2 — San Diego
5-1
Seattle 6-7—Hollywood 5-2
Hearing on Coast
Guard, for Nome
Thursday Evening
The U. S. Coast Guard party,
headed by W. W. Kenner, com
mander of the 17 th Coast Guard
District, will be honored Thurs
day evening with a dinner at the
Bering Sea Club under the aus
pices of the Chamber of Com
merce.
After the dinner a public hear
ing will be held at the Court
Room in the Federal Building,
where representatives o*f the
Chamber, City and Rotary Club
will explain various phases of the
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importance of the reestablishment
of a U.S. Coast Guard station in*
Nome immediately.
The dinner is scheduled for
6:30 and the hearing for 8:00 p.m.
All wishing reservations for the
dinner are asked to contact Mrs.
G. R. Jackson immediately as
space is limited.
Following the City Council
meeting this evening a special
meeting has been called in the
City Hall to lay plans for the
presentation of all information
concerning the justification of the
reestablishment of the station.
All interested parties are reques
ted to attend the meeting.
Congressional Probers
May Call Supreme Court
Justice Clark to Testify
WASHINGTON, <jP)—Congres
sional investigators take a look at
hitherto secret FBI files today to
determine whether they warrant
an expanded probe of the Justice
Department that might lead to
testimony from Supreme Court
Justice Tom Clark.
Representatives of a House
Judiciary subcommittee will get
a series of documents which
Clark, as attorney general, al
legedly ordered the FBI to turn
over to the Justice Department in
1947 and kept for two years.
Chairman Chelf (D-Ky) and
Rep. Keating of New York, the
ranking Republican, said in a
joint statement they would de
termine, after studying the docu
ments, whether to switch to a
full - scale probe of the depart
ment’s part in the case.
If so, chief counsel Robert Col
lier told newsmen he would call
“all necessary witnesses”. Presum
ably this would include an in
vitation for testimony from Clark.
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Examiner Dismisses
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Charges of Negligence
Against Pilot of Baranof
SEATTLE, </P)—A Coast Guard
examiner dismissed negligence
charges Friday against the pilot
of the Alaska liner Baranof in the
steamer’s collision with the Greek
freighter Triton last July.
James Donahue, civilian trial
examiner, held that Coast Guard
prosecutors had not proved Capt.
Ernest J. Landstrom negligent in
failure to sound whistle signals
when his ship changed course be
fore colliding with the Triton July
26 off Nanaimo, B.C.
Lt. C. S. Rojeski of the Coast
Guard filed the charge as a re
sult of investigations since the
crash.