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VOL. T .TTT No. 57 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1951 ^^PerCopy—15^
Nome To Celebrate
Armed Forces Day
Wednesday, May 16
Armed Forces Day will be cele
brated throughout the United
States and its territories on Sat
urday, May 19. A Proclamation
by President Harry S. Truman
has called for this day to honor
the Armed Forces of the United
States.
An earlier celebration of Armed
Forces Day will be held in Nome
r on Wednesday, May 16. A half
hour band concert by the 774th
Air Force band from Ladd Air
Force Base is scheduled to begin
at 4:30 pm. in front of the Fed
eral Building. The concert will be
followed by a colorful military
retreat ceremony.
A dance sponsored by your
armed forces will be held at the
Nome School on Wednesday eve
ning at 8 o’clock. Music for danc
ing will be provided by the 774th
* Air Force Band.
The celebration of Armed
Forces Day is an expression of the
unification of 'the armed forces as
established by the National Se
curity Act of 1949. President Tru
man has called on all Americans
to join in the celebration of this
day, honoring the men and women
of your armed forces. Members of
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and
Air Force, they are working to
gether as a single team toward
the goal of peace and security
throughout the world.
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Aerial Ice Patrol
Frying Length of
The Yukon River
FAIRBANKS, (JP) — An aerial
ice patrol is flying the length of
the Yukon. Bombs are the wea
pons aganist ice jams.
Air Force officers reported the
creation of a special reoonnais
| sance patrol 'to watch for ice jams
which might back flood waters
into isolated Alaskan villages.
Planes of the 449th All-Weather
Squadron are pa trolling the Yukon
River daily for 1,000 miles from
Fort Yukon to the Bering Sea.
They also are patrolling the lower
Kuskokwim, to the south of the
Yukon.
Ladd Air Force Base reported a
new ice barrier at Bethel, on the
Kuskokwim, was knocked loose
with bombs Thursday night. Gal
ena, on the Yukon, also was re
ported safe from a flood threat
after aerial action.
First Boat For Bering Sea
To Leave Seattle June 6
The Alaska Steamship Co. has
announced that the June 6 sailing
for this area has been revised to
meet the demands for freight for
Teller.
The ship, which has not been
named, is scheduled to call at
Nome, St. Michael, Unalakleet,
i Golovin, Solomon, Teller, Savoon
ga, and Gambell.
According to agent, J. J. Dillon,
freight will be received at Pier
42 commencing about May 21 until
June 4.
The second sailing will be from
Seattle on July 11.
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FOUR NATIONAL HEADLINERS will be on the Commencement Program of the University
of Alaska, May 21, 1951.
Top left: Governor Ernest Gruening of Alaska, who will speak on "Alaska's Position in the
National Picture."
Top Right: General Nathan F. Twining, Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force,
Washington, D. C., who is flying to the University to be present at Commencement. General
Twining will speak on "Alaska's Strategic Position."
Lower Left: Honorable Earl Warren, Governor of California, who is making a special trip
to Alaska to be the key-note speaker at Commencement. Governor Warren's address will be "Alaska's
Position in the Destiny of the West."
Lower Right: Bradford Washburn, noted mountain climber and scientist, and President of the
Boston Museum of Science, will speak on "The Pursuit of Science on Alaska's Highest Mountains."
Commencement exercises are from 10 to 12 o'clock the morning of May 21, on the campus of
the University of Alaska.
Latest A-Bomb
Test Emphasizes
Defense Study
HONOLULU, (/P) — The United
States has exploded another bomb
! at Eniwetok in the first atomic
test emphasizing defense against
the A-bomb.
Even the time of the closely
guarded “Operation Greenhouse”
explosion was not definitely
known. But presumably it took
place Monday or Tuesday in the
200-square-mile proving ground,
2,000 miles west of here.
Its force was thrown against
structures built at the Eniwetok
Proving Ground to develop infor
mation on construction, design,
and materials which . best can
withstand the A-bomb’s destruct
ive power.
Early speculation that the test
might involve a hydrogen bomb
was discounted. The hydrogen
bomb experimentation was be
Alaska Tourist
Traffic This Year
i
Shows Promise
SEATTLE, (A*)—Tourist traffic
to Alaska this year promises to be
much greater than last year, a
spokesman for the Alaska Steam
ship Co., said Saturday.
Reservations for June sailings ,
are considerably ahead of last (
year. When the Denali left Seattle ,
for Alaska Friday, she was carry- ,
ing 160 passengers, an unusually
large number for this early in the
season.
lieved to be still in the early «
stages. •
First positive word on the latest •
test came from Rep. Henry M. <
Jackson. He said here that he had ,
attended “a test” at Eniwetok.
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■ A short time later, in Washing
ton, a member of the Senate- !
House Atomic Committee, asking ]
to remain anonymous, said “the <
test has been finished.” li
AT A GLANCE . . .
(By the Associated Press)
KOREA—United Nations troops
dig in for next Communist of
fensive expected to be launched
in abbut ten days, possibly with
greater fire and air power. U.N.
forces confident they can handle
anything -the Reds can pitch at
them.
WASHINGTON—Senator -Flan
ders says “There seems to be
something big in the wind” to
support Secretary of Defense Mar
shall's statement the Allies are
moving toward success in Korea.
TEHRAN—Premier Mossadegh
moves into parliament building
mowing to stay until nationaliza
tion of Anglo-Iranian Oil Com
pany is completed. Premier fainted
and fell off rostrum after telling
parliament he may be next vic
tim of fanatical Moslem assassins.
The Nome Drug Store, the
Nome Hardware Store, and other
business houses contacted will be
:losed Wednesday at 4:30, dur
ing Armed Forces band concert.
UN Voles World
Wide Ban Of War
Shipments China
By STANLEY JOHNSON
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., <#)—
The United Nations Sanctions
Committee today voted a world
wide ban on shipments of war
goods to Communist China. The
vote was 11 to nothing, with Egypt
abstaining.
The sanctions group, formally
known as Additional Measures
Committee, is a 14-nation body
set up to consider punishment of
Red China for her intervention in
Korea. The committee’s vote is
only 'the first step toward imposi
tion ctf the world-wide embargo.
All signs point to eventual as
sembly acceptance, however, and
the U.S. hopes adoption will be
by an overwhelming majority.
British and French opposition
to the move, based on the fear
that it might enlarge the area of
conflict, evaporated last week.
Pushing of punitive measures
against the Chinese Reds indicates
the extreme pessimism with which
the U.N. regards the possibility of
a negotiated peace in Korea.
John A. Talbot, 57,
Five Times Mayor
Of Ketchikan Dies
KETCHIKAN, (/P)—Ketchikan’s
mayor for five terms, John A.
Talbot, 57, died at his home here
Saturday night.
- A native of Cripple Creek, Colo.,
Talbot came to Alaska in 1914
with the U. S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey. Later he started a wharf
and building material business in
Ketchikan. * ;
He was former president of the
Alaska Transportation Co., and
was chairman of the firm’s board
of directors when it ceased opera
tions two years ago.
An overseas veteran of World
War I, Talbot was commander of
the Ketchikan Post of the Am
erican Legion and belonged to the
Masonic • Lodge and the Eagles,
Elks and Rotary Clubs. He also
was a member of the Ketchikan
School Board and the City Coun
cil before he was elected to his
first term as mayor in 1936.
Talbot went to Seattle in 1902'
from Colorado, graduated from
Lincoln High School there and
attended the University of Wash
ington for three years..
Survivors include his widow,
Elaine, and a daughter, Mrs*
James Church, both of Ketchikan;
a son, John, and a sister, Mrs.
Harry Townsend, both of Seattle,
and two grandchildren.
$2 Million FHA Housing
Project For Fairbanks
JUNEAU, UP) — A $2,000,000
housing project for Fairbanks was
announced by C. C. Staples, di
rector of the Federal Housing Ad
ministrator in Alaska.
He said the FHA-insured pro
ject would be on Bentley Island,
adjacent to Fairbanks. He said Is
land Homes, Inc., will erect 150
single family homes and make
provisions for flood control, a sew
age plant, streets and other util
ities.
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