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VOL. LIII. No. 19 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1951 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
MESA, Ariz. (/P) — You can’t
park a plug by a plug and get
away with it if Mesa police have
their way.
Jeff Earl, 72-year-old Mesa res
ident, found that out yesterday.
He rode his horse, Starlite, into
town and hitched it to a fireplug.
When he returned from shopping
he had a ticket.
He will appear in police court
Saturday to answer charges of
parking a vehicle (a horse) within
15 feet of a fire plug.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., (yP)—
Bing Crosby is booked for a week’s
engagement at St. John’s hospital
following an operation for a kid
ney oilmen!.
The singer was operated on
Monday by Dr. F. C. Schulmber
ger and was reported resting com
fortably. The surgeon said Crosby
would be hospitalized at least a
week.
TACOMA, (/P)—An Arichorage,
man, convicted and sentenced to
two years in a federal peniten
tiary on charges of assault with a
dangerous weapon, has^ been or
dered released by U. S. District
Judge Charles H. Leavy, after
serving 14 months of his sentence.
Judge Leavy ruled that, since
William J. Newman was tried in
absentia in an Alaska court and
had no opportunity to confront
either the jury or the witnesses
who had helped convict him, he
was being held in violation, of his
constitutional rights.
Evidence showed that Newman
was in a hospital and was not
present at any stage of the trial.
Court officials said he indicated
he would return to his business in
Anchorage.
WASHINGTON, (IP)—'The Sen
at confirmed the nomination of
Clarence T. Larsen, as postmaster
at Seward, Alaska, yesterday.
JUNEAU, (/P) — A week-long J
meeting of the Alaska Game Com
mission and officials and agents
of the fish and wildlife service
opened here Monday.
Both organizations review e d
the work of the past year and con
sidered possible changes in regu
lations for the coming year.
The Territorial department of
education board also met here to
review the school system and to
consider the need for additional
quarters for schools througout
the Territory.
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SUNDERLAND, Eng. (/P)—'The
nurse told Henry Scott it was time
for his bath.
“Oh, No,” protested the 67-year
old coal miner. “I had a bath last
week.”
With that he dived out the win
dow of his hospital room and was
killed. A coroner returned a ver
dict of suicide.
SEATTLE (/P)—Seattle fisheries
executive Robert E. Buschmann
will face trial in Tacoma April 14
on two counts of income tax eva
sion.
Buschmann, 37, has pleaded in
nocent for failure to file income
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Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
Tuesday, February 13, 1951
(By The Associated Press)
The Allies pull back as much as
18 miles under a 100,000-man Red
assault on the central front. Some
American and South Ko r e a n
troops fight way out of massive
trap. Road hub at Hoengsong lost
after hand-to-hand fight. The
Reds appear building up to drive
a wedge down the main invasion
route through the center of the
peninsula. Gen. MacArthur visits
Han River positions looking into
Seoul.
In Lake Success the U. N. gen
eral assembly meets on Russian
charges of U. S. aggression against
China. The charges already have
been beaten in the political with
only the Soviet bloc in favor.
In Paris, A French official says
Big Four deputies are to hold pre
liminary talks in Paris between
March 10 and 15 to set the terms,
place and date for the proposed
I meeting of the Big Four Council
! of Foreign Ministers.
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Wednesday, February 14, 1951
United Nations forces hold firm
against a new Red onslaught on
the central front, rolling back the
first waves of an expected major
offensive to cut the vital supply
line. South Korean marines make
a surprise landing at Wonsan, 90
miles nort hof the 38th parallel on
Korea's east coast, meeting little
opposition. Str o n g American
French garrison is surrounded in
Chipyong, but are standing their
ground with dug-in artillery, and
are taking a heavy toll of the
charging Reds.
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Dr. Ryan Resigns
As Commissioner
Of Education
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JUNEAU, (/P) — Dr. Japies C.
Ryan announced his resignation
today as Alaska’s Commissioner
of Education. He said he had sub- j
mitted his resignation at the Ter- j
ritorial Board of Education’s meet- \
ing yesterday.
Dr. Ryan has held the post 10
years through one of the most dif
ficult eras in the Territory’s
school history when school prob
lems mushroomed during the mil
itary construction boom period.
He said there was no personal
clash with the board involved.
“The real reason is that I’ve
been working under such tremen
dous pressure for 10 years, under
staffed and with no real relief in
sight,” Ryan said.
“There has been no chance to
keep in contact with educational
leaders in the states,” he contin
ued, “and no chance for recrea
tion.”
Ryan’s resignation is effective
at the end of the school year. He
said he had no plans for the fu
ture.
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“I’ll make them between now
and June 30,” Ryan said.
Ryan, 50, has one son in a Jun
eau school. ''
GOP’s and Demos
Attack Each Other
(By The Associated Press)
Republicans squabbled among
themselves over foreign policy
and “me-tcfoism” yesterday, but
generally agreed there are still
“pinkos” in the government. They
all called for budget cuts.
In Lincoln Day political speech
es across the nation, the top mem
bers demonstrated a wide differ
i of opinion on such issues as send
| ing U. S. troops to Europe.
Some erf them called for unity
and urged a damper on “mere ob
structionism.” Others said that
“me-tooism” had cost the party
elections in the past. ,
There were new attacks on Sec
retary of State Acheson and sev
eral GOP speakers defended Sen
ator McCarthy (R.-Wis.) and his
attacks on communists in govern
ment.
Democrats brought McCarthy
under fire in Senate debate in
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Kodiak Cattlemen
Want Protection
JUNEAU >(7P)—A representative
of Kodiak Island cattlemen said
Monday he will present the “bear”
facts before the Alaska Game
Commission at its meeting here
this week.
Garl Branstad said he will pre
sent the commission with affida
vits and resolutions from the Ko
diak Stock Growers Association.
The association claims the famed
Kodiak brown bear is running cat
tlemen out of business.
One affidavit states that the
brown bears “get all the protec
tion and the cattlemen ncme.”
Branstad said one rancher lost
six cattle and another five last
summer when the bears raided
their ranches.
Cattlemen contend that the Ko
diak Island cattle ranges could
support two thousands badly j
needed cattle if the bears were
controlled.
Who Can Guess
When Tanana
River Will Go Out?
(Special to The Nugget)
NENANA — The Tanana River
opposite Nenana has never in the
memory of most of the old-timers,
frozen up as low as it did this
last year.
A1 Linder, with 41 years of
watching the ice go out agrees
Sid Sheldon, Charley . Shade,
Charley Wilson, Fred Clark, Char
ley Griess, other old-timers, that
the river being so low could move
early, providing a l-ar*ge flow of
water came down, simply by rais
ing it, jerking the anchor ice loose
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Proposes Alaskans
Be Given Vote
For President
((>P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, {JP)—'The peo
ple of Alaska, Hawaii and the
District of Columbia would be al
lowed to vote for President under
a proposal put before Congress.
Senator Case (R.-S. D.) intro
duced a bill to give each Territory
and the District of Columbia one
vote in the electoral college. Alas
kans and Hawaiians now vote in
%
Territorial elections but citizens
of the District are voteless.
Cast told the Senate in a speech
there is “considerable doubt that
either Territory will win state
hood in the immediate future.
“It has occurred to me that
granting the Territories and the
District of Columbia an opportun
ity to vote for President, with
representation in the electoral col
lege, might command the respect
of many members of Congress
who appose statehood.”
Since Case’s proposal is to
amend the U. S. Constitution, it
would require approval by Con
gress, the President and the Legis
latures of three-fourths of the
States.
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I Lifting The Lid
At Juneau
(By Jim Hutcheson)
Tuesday, February 13, 1951
; JUNEAU, (/P) — The hotly dis
puted bill creating a four-member
investigating committee was up
for reconsideration in the Terri
torial House of Representatives
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today.
Indications were that the slim
majority which pushed the bill
through the House Saturday
would stand firm.
House members Saturday voted
14 to 10 in favor of the measure.
One of the most vigorous oppon
| ents, Rep. * Stanley McCutcheon,
| (D.-Anehorage), switched over to
i the majority after arguing heated
ly against it in order to serve no-'
| tice for reconsideration today.
Supporters indicated they would
try to get the Senate to amend
the bill to provide for election of
committee members while the leg
islature is still in session. The
bill now provides that the election
shall be held after the law takes
effect.
Wednesday. February 14. 1951
| JUNEAU, i(/P)—The first of ten
of ten bills introduced to remove
governor Gruening from numer
ous territorial boards clearsd the
i Alaska House of Representatives
yesterday.
The vote was 23-0 on a bill by
i Rep. Mike Stepcrvich (R - Fair
j banks to substitute the attorney
general for the governor on the
l board of budget.
Gruening proposed in his mess
age to the legislature that he be
removed from most of his more
than 20 board posts.
The House also voted 13-10 to
invite former Rep. Marcus Jen
sen to appear before the House
tomorrow in a closed door ses
sion which one member said was
sure to be a “knockdown and
dragout affair which I hate to
see.”
Rep. Vernon M. Metcalfe (D
Juneau) used that expression in
reference to Jensen’s accusations
against Rep. Stanley J. McCutch
eon <D-Anchorage) who is probab
ly its bitterest political enemy.
The House had a lively argu
ment before the close vote to al
low Jensen to appear, but wheth
er he actually would get a chance
remained in doubt. Rep. Wendell
P. Kay (D-Anchorage), who voted
for Jensen’s appearance^ served
notice of reconsideration of the
vote today.
Jensen wrote the House “in or
der to explain to the members
just what occurred in my investi
gation last summer.
“I request the House for the
privilege of the floor,” Jensen
said. “There have been charges
made on both sides and I feel the
members should hear the evi
dence to judge correctly.”
McCutcheon brought Jensen in
to the picture Saturday by men
tioning him as a “headline hunt
er” while McCutcheon was oppo
sing a bill to create an investiga
ting committee.
The Anchorage Democrat said
Jensen made rash charges and he
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