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THE
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. LIII No. 130 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1951 ~_ Per Copy—15c
Reds Press U.N.
Accept Proposal
For Buffer Zone
MUNSAN, Korea, iTP) — Red
truce negotiators pressed Allied
delegates today to accept the com
munist proposal for a cease-fire
buffer zone across Korea — but
balked at issuing an ultimatum.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuchols,
U.N. command spokesman, said
the communist subcommittee at
Panmunjom urged the Allies to
give up their demands for Kae
song and accept the Red line.
Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes, head
of the U.N. subcommittee, asked
the Reds if they were issuing an
ultimatum.
“They refused to answer di
rectly,” Nuckols said, “and were
evasive, saying that sincerity was
necessary on both sides.”
While the truce teams argued,
small fights erupted between pat
rols all along the snow-covered
battlefront. No heavy fighting
was reported as ground troops
waited to see what happened at
Panmunjom.
The Red negotiators insistence
on quick acceptance of their buf
fer zone followed the same pat
tern as Moscow newspapers. The
Russian press said the Reds’ truce
zone proposal along their version
of the battle line was intended
to remove “all possible pretext”
for Americans to prolong armis
tice negotiations.
Western Union Convicted
Maintaining House Where
Persons Placed Bets
BRIDGETON, N. J., (/P) — A
jury has convicted the Western
Union Telegraph Co. and its local
office manager of maintaining a
disorderly house where persons
placed bets.
The huge communications firm
issued a statement immediately
after its conviction yesterday that
it would appeal the decision,
which may affect laws governing
the interstate transmission of
messages.
Western Union contended
throughout the 25-day trial that
it is required, under its franchise,
to send all messages provided
they are not indecent or libelous.
Judge Horuvitz, in delivering a
50-minutes charge to the jury be
fore it retired, said Western
Union must serve all “legitimate
customers without discrimination,
but it is not required by its li
cense to* serve those using its
services for illegal services.”
MS Kotzebue Located
Near Sledge Island
The MS Kotzebue was located
late this afternoon near Sledge
Island, apparently unharmed, by
planes which have been search
ing for the past four days.
Earlier today it was reported
from an unconfirmed source
that one of the barges which
she had in tow was seen on the
beach southeast of Nome.
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Public Welcome Attend
Chamber Dinner In Honor
Of Congressional Party
The congressional party, sched
uled to arrive next Tuesday, will
meet at the U.S. Court Room im
mediately following a dinner
given by the Chamber of Com
merce, it is reported. At the meet
ing there is to* be a hearing on
H.R. 4388, which concerns abori
ginal and land rights for natives
as well as the proposed $40,000,
000 for loans to Alaskan natives.
Members of the party include:
Clare Engle and Norris Poulson
of California, Wayne Aspinall
of Colorado, Chester McMullen
of Florida, Wesley D’Ewart of
Montana, Frank Bow of Ohio? and
Edward Jenison of Illinois. Also
in the party are Delegate Bart
lett, Attorney Peden and Hugh J.
Wade of the Interior Department.
The dinner is scheduled to be
held at the Board of Trade. Res
ervations are being made with
Don Hurlbert, who advises that
space is limited and all those
wishing to attend the dinner
should get their reservations to
him or to Sam Mogg as soon as
possible.
Although sponsored by the
Chamber, anyone is welcome to
be a guest at the dinner.
To Investigate
Alleged Shortage
At Barrow P O
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — District
attorney Everet Hepp said that
an investigation into an alleged
shortage of $13,800 in postal
funds at Point Barrow is under
way.
The postmaster at that north
ernmost American settlement is
David K. Brower, member of a
prominent Arctic family. Hepp
said he had asked Brower to
come to Fairbanks in connection
with the case.
Hepp said he entered the case
as Fourth Division attorney be
cause there is neither a district
judge nor a district attorney in
the Second Division, in which
Barrow lies.
Joseph W. Kehoe recently re
signed -as Second Division judge
to become Secretary of Alaska,
and the division’s attorney went
to’ the States several months ago
and has not returned.
MINEOLA, N. Y., (IP) — No
standby musician — no “Star
Spangled Banner.”
“That’s what happened at cor
nerstone ceremonies yesterday
for the new $2,500,000 Nassau
County administration building.
Officials were about to play a
recording of the anthem when
union construction workers
threatened to walk off the job
unless a standby musician was
hired at a $16 fee.
With no musician immediately
available, ceremonies went on
without playing the anthem.
: $5 Billion Tax Bill
Now In Effect
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Thursday
was the day you started contribu
ting your share of the new $5,
'691,000,000 in annual revenue to
Uncle Sam. That averaged out to
$38 for each person but not every
body, of course, will owe that
amount.
You’ll notice the tax increase
in your next salary check and
probably in a lot of things you
buy—a pack of cigarets, an auto
mobile, a tankful of gasoline, a
bottle of liquor, a roll of film, or
a fountain pen, for instance.
The 3Vf* percent excise comes
off your electricity bills. You can
now buy baby lotion, a house
trailer, a heating pad and a ticket
to a high school football game or
a symphony concert—all without
paying any federal tax. Prices on
those tickets may not come down,
though—the high schools and or
chestras may keep the difference.
All these changes were in the
big bill passed Oct. 19 by Con
gress to provide more money for
the nation’s huge mobilization ef
fort. President Truman promptly
signed the measure, although he
had asked for new revenue of al
most twice as much—$10,000,000,
000.
Will Eisenhower
Leave NATO Post
To ‘Run’ In 1952?
WASHINGTON, <fl>) — Next
Monday’s meeting between Presi
dent Truman and Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower will provide the chief
executive opportunity to pose a
question of administrative as well
as political import to him:
Will Eisenhower leave his post
of supreme commander of Allied
powers in Europe to seek a presi
dential nomination in 1952?
If so, the President undoubt
edly would like to know that now
so he can advise the other mem
ber nations of the North Atlan
tic Treaty Organization (NATO),
perhaps privately, they should
begin thinking about someone to
fill the job.
Eisenhower was appointed to
the supreme command early this
year at the request of the other
11 members of the NATO. He was
picked essentially because of his
fame and personality while su
preme commander of Allied forces
in World War II, not primarily
because he was an American.
Whether the European mem
bers of NATO would want an
other American commander, like
Gen. Omar Bradley, now chair
man of the joint chiefs of staff,
remains to be seen.
Announcement that Eisenhow
er would be in the capital Mon
day and Tuesday produced some
surprise and puzzlement.
White House Secretary Joseph
Shrot said the general was mak-.
ing the flying trip at the sugges
tion of Mr. Truman.
President Formally
Proclaims November 22
As Thanksgiving Day
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Formally
proclaiming N6v. 22 as Thanks
giving Day, President Truman
yesterday called on his fellow
Americans on that day to “seek
divine aid in the quest for peace.”
peace.”
“Our hearts impel us, once
again in this autumnal season, to
turn in humble gratitude to the
giver of our bounties,” Mr. Tru
man said.
“We are profoundly grateful
for the blessings bestowed upon
us: the preservation of our free
dom, so dearly bought and so
highly prized; our opportunities
for human welfare and happiness,
so limitless in their scope; our
material prosperity, so far sur
passing that of earlier years; and
our private spiritual blessings, so
deeply cherished by all. For these
we offer fervent thanks to God.”
Congress in 1941 specified that
Thanksgiving Day fall annually
on the fourth Thursday of No
vember.
Air Secretary Says
U.S. Nearing Time
Of Atomic Plenty
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Air Sec
retary Finletter said today the
United States is “moving into a
time of atomic plenty” which will
make nuclear weapons available
for the battlefield.
He told a news conference that
“it is, therefore, very important
to make sure that our air plans
keep up with the increased num
ber and changed types of weap
ons that will be carried.”
Finletter, who returned recent
ly from a series of conferences
with U.S. and Allied military
officials in Europe, including Gen
eral Eisenhower, said he “was
glad to find that all those that
I have talked to were very alert
to this matter of the importance
of air power” in Europe.
Finletter added he thought
there was a “general recognition
that while it is absolutely neces
sary to have the proper number
of divisions to hold the line, we
must have predominant air pow
er to gain air superiority and to
keep an enemy off the back of
our troops.”
SEATTLE, {!■P) — The Recon
struction Finance Corporation has
approved a loan of $705,550 to’
Northern Consolidated Airlines,
Inc., of Anchorage, RFC officials
here have announced.
A total of $215,000 of the loan
will be used to construct a hang
ar, operations center and offices
at the new Anchorage Interna
tional Airport. The remainder of
the funds will provide for con
struction of operations and wait
ing rooms at King Salmon and
Dillingham, in the Bristol Bay
area; housing at Fairbanks for
company employes; working cap
ital, and purchase of equipment.
Radio-Active Joe,
A-Soldier, Says:
‘This Ain’t So Bad’
LAS VEGAS, Nev., </P)—Radio
active Joe, America’s first atomic
foot soldier, brushed himself off,
gritted his chattering teeth, and
cracked:
“H-H-Hell, Mac. Maybe this
thing ain’t so bad after all.”
That — if Army spokesmen are
correct—might be the consensus
of the pioneer nuclear shock
troops jolted in Exercise Desert
Rock yesterday.
The front line soldiers were
within 10 miles of the powerful
blast, which rumbled like an.
earthquake through the surround
ing desert and mountains, and
broke seven store windows in Las
Vegas, 75 miles away.
Today four congressmen who
witnessed the historic maneuver,
issued a statement saying tactical
atomic weapons, if delivered ac
curately and used in sufficient
numbers, can give our troops a
sledgehammer advantage.
Reps. Melvin Price (D-Ill), Carl
Hinshaw (R-Oalif), Charles El
ston (R-Ohio) and Chet Holifield
(D-Calif), members of the Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy
Committee, quoted one soldier as
saying that in some ways the ex
plosion was worse than he ex
pected. But the soldier expressed
surprise, the congressmen said, at
the protection afforded by a fox
hole.
59,650 Men To Get
Draft Call in January
WASHINGTON, W—The De
fense Department today asked
for 59,650 draftees in January—
the largest number asked for
any month since last spring. Of
the total 48,000 will go to the
Army and 11,650 to the Marines.
The Department said this goal
compensates for the low call in
December when inductions were
suspended for the holiday Decem
ber 21, 1951, through January 2,
1952.
The induction call for January
is to “provide an oTderly build
up of the armed forces to author
ized strength, including the re
cent increase in the strength of
the Marine Corps.”
NEW LAW DUSTS OUT OLD
GOV. PROPERTY PROVISIONS
WASHINGTON, (&)— With a
stroke of the pen President Tru
man wiped out Wednesday any
legal backing for the U.S. Com
missioner of Education to sell
any male reindeer the govern
ment might have and to use the
proceeds to buy female reindeer
for distribution among the na
tives of Alaska.
This was one of the cobwebs
dusted out of the law books by
a new law. It not only repeals
a lot of antiquated legal provi
sions relating to government
property, some of them dating
back to 1882, but also clarifies
other statutes on the subject.
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