costs of the train, making it more
expensive for the public to use the
transportation services provided.
In China one American dollar
i is worth about 60,000 Chinese
yuan. But inflation in China, it
appears, is not confined to money.
It has spread to hogs. A Shanghai
newspaper reports that a sow in
Jukai has given birth to a litter
of seventy-two pigs.
If the United Nations had any
backbone, it would “read the riot
act” to Yugoslavia and Albania.
The Communist-dominated gov
ernments of these two countries
have refused permission for U. N.
inquiry sub-commission to enter
their borders to investigate guer
rilla activities on the Greek fron
tier. If this world organization
which was established to maintain
peace can be defied by a couple of
dinky Balkan nations, it might
just as well fold up and go out of
business. Certainly if the U. N.
cannot investigate comparatively
minor troubles between little coun
tries, it never can hope to settle
any important controversy be
tween major powers.
The policy announced by the U.
S. atomic energy commission is
sound and realistic. It says “we
maintain and increase the pre
eminence of the United States in
atomic weapons until . . . accept
able international agreements” are
reached and effective control ma
chinery is set up. Any other policy
would be suicidal. The atomic
bomb is this country’s “ace in the
hole.” Throwing that away in the
mere hope that some satisfactory
and effective policy of internation
al atomic control will be establish
ed would be sheer folly.
Refusal of three officers of a
CTO tobacco union to tell a House
committee whether they are Com
munists was tantamount to an ad
mission that they are. They based
their refusal on the ground that to
answer might incriminate them.
Certainly if they are not Com
munists, they could not incrimin
ate themselves by saying so.
Chinese Nationals
Press Reds Into
Yellow River
•
j NANKING, I/P) —Air-supported
government troops in western
Shantung province forced units of
Red Gen. Liu Po-Cheng’s army
back against the flood-swollen
Yellow river yesterday while gov
ernment forces in eastern Shan
tung increased pressure along the
Tsingtao-Tsinan railway.
Military observer said govern
ment commanders had every op
1 portunity to inflict a major defeat
on the Communists in the west be
cause the Yellow river was now
five miles wide and few boats
were available. Liu’s army invad
ed western Shantung from neigh
boring Hopeh province several
weeks ago in an effort to reinforce
the Reds’ Shantung armies.
In eastern Shantung govern
ment assault troops moved in to
attack Kiaohsien, 45 miles north
west of Tsingtao. Dispatches said
other government forces capturei
Yitu, 90 miles northwest of Kiaoh
sien and were pushing northwest
to attack Lintzu, 16 miles away,
i The dispatches added that Com
; munists in the Poshan coal mining
region southwest of Yitu were
showing signs of retreat.
A semi-official source in Han
king said Generalissimo Chiang
| Kai-Shek and his personal chief
I of staff. Gen. Yu Chi-Shih, flew
j to Yenan today to confer with
; Gen. Hu Chung-Nan on strength
; ening government defenses in
! northwest China.
It was Chiang’s first trip to that
I part of China since * Hu Chung
Nan’s troops captured Yenan, long
I the Red capital of China, last
spring. He was expected to re
turn today.
A corpmon mineral, corundum,
becomes a ruby when it contains
a minute quantity of chromium
1 oxide.
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Nome Army Air
Base Sidelights
Cameras clicked madly Wednes
day. when Nome was honored with
the visit of the Chief of Staff,
General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The General showed at once, why
he is so popular with the men in
the ranks, as well as with the
other people of the world. He has J
what might be called a “personal-:
ity greeting.” After greeting the
officers, the General immediately
stepped over to talk with the en
listed men for a few minutes. Af
ter a short speech to the men, in
the gym. on Thursday morning.
General Eisenhower and his staff
made their farewell at 0900.
The crypto section in AACS has
another man. He is Charles R. Nol
der, who hails from Lutherburg,
Pa. Two men, Jacob Chack and
Bill Brand, have been two-timing
the Army by taking advantage of
a ride in one of the PB4Y-2’s that
performed by the Navy on Air
Force Day here at Mark Field.
The AACS also has lost the former
writer of this AACS column, S/
Sgt. William C. Rice. He left for
Fairbanks to be stationed at Scott
Field, Illinois.
In Hq. Det., Fiscus, Prigg and
Siler have finally gotten bock to
home plate with a fine record un-1
der their belts. As part of the Post I
Softball Team, they made a fine!
showing at the Kodiak tourna
ment, copping second place. We’re
proud of you fellas, but why do
you insist upon telling us about
the trees and grass you saw, the
meals you ate, etc.? Cpl. Roy
Noonan has finally received his
transfer to WXLN and he may
now be found disc jockeying all J
over the place.
George Dirgo, the sole Ordnance
contribution to the Post All Star
team, talked so well of his trip to
Kodiak, it almost made a couple
of us wish we had gone out for
practice. Sgt. Erickson is one of
our bay chiefs and it is his job to
see that our men are up at 6 a.m.
The way Erick goes around every
morn could put Paul Revere to
shame. The latest ratings went to
T/5 Charles Paul and Ray E. Ar
vila.
S/Sgt. Leslie has gone back to
the Endicott Mtns. after returning
to Nome for a short time. With
the Post team back ffom Kodiak,
the softball league will resume
play. The Engineers were sched
uled to play the 7th of July.
Sgt. Denny and Cpl. Hill are
now on leave. We sure do hope the
two boys enjoy themselves. We of
the 10th Rescue hope that all the
people of Nome enjoyed the air
show which was given the 1st of
August. For the show, 10th Rescue
Supply opened up a parachute
and strung it from the hangar
ceiling. Two drops were male by
the OA-10 over the runway.
With great sorrow T/4 Bill
Kappa was homeward bound, Sat
urday afternoon. Also we wel
comed a new member the same
day, Pfc. Edmund Kopalski of
Reading ,Pa. Signal has lost an
other member. Monday night our
mascot “Tundra” passed on to Dog
Installment Buying
Open November 1
WASHINGTON, (/P>—President
Truman today signed legislation
killing all controls on installment
buying November 1, 1947.
The President said he regretted
that Congress did not follow the
recommendation of the federal re
serve board and of the council of
economic advisers “by enacting
legislation to provide for continu
ing as long as necessary regulation
of consumer credit as a means of
helping to promote economic sta
bility.” *
SON BORN TO MR. AND
MRS. PAUL AMAROK
A son, Paul, Jr., was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Amarok on
August 4th.
Heaven. Sgt. Lansford and Cpl. j
Buscher report they had a won- i
derful trip to Kodiak, and they
say the chow was wonderful. No
reflections on our chow, but steaks
do sound better than lamb stew.
Thanks to Air Corps Day, QM
had loads of fun doing various
things otherwise more or less con
fined. Oliver Duplesis and Bill
Bulvt took the week end down at
Penny River. Some of the others
went up the mountain range for a
bit of exploration and found the
scenery very interesting. Others
consistently hammer on Colorado.
Ohio, and Minnesota. <We don’t
mention such places as the
“Bronx.”)
The Post Softball team had
quite a successful trip to Kodiak
for the Inter-Alaska Softball i
tournament. They took second
place in the tournament, winning
6 and losing 2. The two games
were lost to Adak, which took the
tournament undefeated The Nome'
team had the pleasure of elimin
ating five teams from the tourna
ment. They eliminated Amchitka,
For Greeley, Fort Glenn, Ladd
Field, and Fort Richardson. In the
final game, Adak defeated Nome
3 to 1, when their catcher got a
home run with one man on in the
seventh inning. Nome proved that
it had the hardest hitting team in
the tournament, with a team av
erage of .307.
Iwo J;mr.'s
Still Tough
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LOS ANGELES, CAL.—(Sound
photo) — Two of those rescued
when the S.S. Lake Sapor hit a
reef near Iwo Jima were Mrs.
Hallveig Kolsoe, wife of Lake Sa
por’s Captain, and son, Reider
Kolsoe. They are shown on rescue
ship S.S. Colgate Victory as she
arrived in L.A. Harbor. AH 39 on
board the Lake Sapor were res
cued.
To Hold Hearings
On Hunting Lands
WASHINGTON. OP) — The in
terior department said today as
sistant secretary William E. War
ren will conduct public hearings
in Alaska this month to determine
whether 2,300 square miles of land
near Shungnak should be reserved
as a native hunting ground.
Harry M. Edelstein, assistant so
licitor of the department, will as
sist Warren. Edelstein said he will
leave by plane tomorrow and will
be joined in Seattle by Warren
and Joseph T. Flankne. chief of
the department’s Alaska branch.
The hearing swill open at Nome
Aug. 16 and at Shungnak village
Aug. 18.
Natives have asked a strip of
land northeast of Nome, along the
Kobuk river which empties into
Kotzebue Sound, be reserved to
them for hunting purposes. The
area consists of tundra and marsh.
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