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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LIII No. 105 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1951 Per Copy—15^
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Truman Challenges
Russia Sign Treaty
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
SAN FRANCISCO, </P)—Russia
blocked immediate adoption of
British-American rules for control
of the Japanese peace conference
today and protested Red China’s
absence from the meeting.
SAN FRANCISCO, <7P) — The
United States and Britain faced
an immediate showdown with
Russia today over control of the
Japanese treaty conference after
President Truman challenged the
Soviets to make good on their talk
of peace by signing the treaty.
The Kremlin’s chief delegate,
unsmiling Andrei Gromyko, grim
ly heard the President’s challenge
at the conference opening last
night.
“The treaty now before us of
fers more than talk of peace,” Mr.
Truman said emphatically. “It of
fers action for peace. This con
ference will show, therefore, who
seeks to make peace and who
seeks to prevent it; who wishes
tor put an end to war, and who
wishes to continue it.”
Gromyko, who had joined brief
ly in the swelling applause of
historic assemblage when Mr. Tru
man rose to speak, sat with folded
hands throughout the talk. Later
he told reporters he had no com
ment.
In his speech Mr. Truman pic
tured the Japanese treaty as af
fording Japan, defeated and
broken in World War II and re
organized under the six-year Am
erican occupation, an opportunity
“to win the friendship and trust
of other peoples over the years
r * to come.” He reminded the Japa
nese, however “The United States
has not forgotten Pearl Harbor or
Bataan.” And he made it plain
that the softening of its memories
will depend on Japan’s future con
duct.
Predicts Rough Going In
Senate for Peace Treaty
WASHINGTON, iff) — Senator
Connally <D-Tex) said today he
foresees long, stormy debate be
fore the Senate will ratify a peace
treaty with Japan.
Connally, chairman of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations committee,
told a reporter he believes there
is “no question” that the Senate
will approve the treaty ultimately.
A storm signal was raised by
Senator Jenner (R-Ind), who said
he found a “threat to our security
still hidden” in terms of the pro
posed peace treaty.
a In a statement Jenner said sec
recy surrounds the treaty itself
and companion pacts proposed on
one hand between the the United
States and Japan, and on the other
between Japan and Nationalist
China.
“How,” he demanded, “can sec
recy and double dealing help us?”
TUESDAY BASEBALL
American League
Chicago 3—Cleveland 1
a Only games scheduled.
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 4—Portland 2
San Diego 5—San Francisco 2
Hollywood 7—Sacramento 4
Oakland 10—Seattle 4
No Exchanges
Today Between
U.N. and Reds
TOKYO/ (/P) — For the first
time in days no notes were ex
changed today between the United
Nations command and commun
ists on the suspended Korean war
cease-fire talks.
Even the Red radios, usually
I loaded with accusations and de
nunciations of the allies, were
comparatively quiet.
It was believed that Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway, U.N. command
er had completed a message he
is due to send top Red command
ers. It will reply to North Korean
premier Kim II Sung and Chinese
Gen. Pen Teh-Huai. Sunday they
demanded that Ridgway either
stop “instigating provocations” in
; tfle Kaesong neutral zone of Ko
rea, where the negotiations were
held, or call them off.
There was no hint of what
Ridgway would say.
637 Die Violently
Over Labor Day
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(By the Associated Press)
A staggering death toll of more
than 600 from violent accidents
marked the nation’s observance of
the Labor Day weekend.
Fatalities on the highway, in the
i air and in the water hit an all
i time high for the holiday.
A survey from 6 p.m. Friday to
midnight Monday showed 637 ac
cidental deaths, compared to the
559 over the 1950 Labor Day
weekend, the previous high. 447
traffic fatalities as compared to
j the old record high of 410 for a
78-hour Labor Day holiday in
1949.
The National Safety Council
had estimated the traffic death
toll would reach 390 for the holi
day. “It’s a high price indeed to
pay for a little holiday fun,” com
mented Fred H. Dearborn, Council
president, on the record traffic
toll.
12 Die in Washington State
SEATTLE, \/P) — Highway and
water accidents claimed 12 lives
in the State of Washington over
the long Labor Day weekend.
Nine persons died in accidents
on highways crowded by vacation
ers bound to and from holiday
outings. Three persons were
drowned.
The State Patrol said scores
were injured, many seriously, in
other accidents during the period
checked—between 6 p.m. Friday
and midnight Monday night.
Vets Administration To
Fire 5,000 By Oct. 10
WASHINGTON, <£>)—The Vet
erans Administration said today it
will fire about 5,000 employes by
Oct. 10 to meet budget cuts.
The agency said the reductions
will be nationwide and will in
clude all administration activities.
Excluded are employes of the
Department of Medicine and Sur
gery, who staff VA’s 151 veterans
hospitals and its numerous clinics.
The agency’s appropriation for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1952, limits VA’s expenditures for
non-medical personnel to $195,
000,000.
Tenth Alaska Air
Tragedy .Claims
Five at Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, (JP) — Alaska’s
air tragedies climbed to 10 in the
space of six weeks when a twin
engined Cessna smashed down in
suburban Rogers Park yesterday
just after taking off for Seward,
killing five people.
Pilot Norm Mathier fought val
iantly to keep the wounded plane
from striking houses, bringing it
down in flames in the yard of an
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occupied home.
Horribly burned, he was pulled
from wreckage alive but died en
route to a . hospital. Also killed
were the four passengers of the
Christianson Air Service craft,
identified as O. M. Beaver of An
chorage, Laurence Arnbt, Palmer,
Alaska, and a military captain and
his wife.
Eighty-nine people have been
killed or lost in the series of ac
cidents since a Korean air-lift
plane disappeared July 21 with 38
aboard.
Had this not been the first day
of school here, the death toll
might have been much higher, as
a large number of children usually
are playing in the area. As it was
the plane narrowly missed two
houses and crashed in the back
yard of a third.
Witnesses said it appeared that
Maither fought the plane all the
way to the ground to keep it from
striking the houses, after one en
gine appeared to catch fire just
after the takeoff.
Maither was a veteran pilot,
formerly with the CAA and for a
time manager of the Anchorage
airport. He leaves his widow and
a daughter here and a son, Brian
Maither, who is enroute to school
at Napa Junior College in Cali
fornia.
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Author Louis Adamic
Found Dead In Partly
Burned Farmhouse
FLEMINGTON, N. J., (JP) —
Author Louis Adamic was found
dead yesterday in his partly
burned farmhouse, a bullet wouncf
in his head and a rifle across his
knees.
State police and firemen said the
kitchen of the house was burned
out and kerosene-soaked rags
were scattered through the rooms.
Maj. Russell Snpok, executive
officer of the state police, said in
Trenton “first reports indicate it
could be most anything — acci
ental, foul play or suicide.”
Adamic, 52, a native of Yugo
slavia, was best known for his
books on the problems of the for
eign bom and their children in
America. One of his better known
books was “What’s Your Name,”
detailing the case histories of a
number of American immigrants.
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ATLANTA, (JP) — A course in
How to Keep out of Debt is being
offered by the Smith-Hughes Vo
cational school here, and all it
costs is a $1.50 registration fee.
“How to Avoid Financial Diffi
culties” is one of several courses
the school has scheduled in a
training program designed for
persons in the sales and distribu
tion fields.
Justice Douglas
Suggests U. S.
Recognize China
SEATTLE, (/P)—In the face of a
congressional furore around his
head, Supreme Court Justice Wil
liam O. Douglas declined to com
ment on his suggestion that the
United States recognize Red
China.
The jurist’s idea quoted in a San !
Francisco i nterview last week,
was that such recognition would
tend to wean China from the Rus
sian orbit by cashing in on the in
herent conflict between China na
tionalism and Russia’s drive to
solidify the Far East.
He was quoted as saying recog
nition of Red China would give
the free world “a real political
victory.”
As a result of the Justice’s re
cognition suggestion Rep. Wood
ruff (R-Mich) has urged President
Truman to ask Douglas to resign
from the Supreme Court.
Justice Douglas returned re
cently from an expedition along
the southern fringe of the ‘‘iron
curtain.” He talked freely of his
observations there.
Injured Forest Ranger
And Helicopter Rescuer
Rescued — On Foot
DARRINGTON, Wash., {&)—An
injured forest ranger escorted by
a helicopter pilot and a doctor,
also injured in a crash-thwarted
rescue attempt, came out of the
northwest Washington wilderness
last night—one on foot, one on
horseback, and tHe ranger strap
ped to a stretcher.
A crew of 30 weary foresters
carried the ranger, Warren Pres
sentin, 35, down a narrow 14-mile
mountain train from Miners Ridge
where he was injured Sunday in
a fall from his lookout tower.
Lt. Charles E. Mueller, pilot of
a Coast Guard helicopter which
crashed in an attempted landing
at the ranger station preceded the
party on horseback. Dr. Howard
R. Terry, who accompanied Muel
ler on the ill-fated flight, walked
at Pressentin’s side.
Seven Airmen Killed
In B-29 Bomber Crash
MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho, OP
— Seven Air Force fliers were
killed last night when a B-29
bomber crashed one-fourth mile
from a runway at Mountain Home
Air Force Base.
Public relations officials said all
the victims were stationed at the
air base and that the plane was
on a routine training flight from
the base.
The big bomber exploded on
impact.
Seven Men Perish In
Navy Bomber Crash
QUONSET POINT, R. I., {/P>—
A seven-man crew perished last
night when a Navy patrol plane
plunged into the sea and exploded
during operations with a sub
marine.
Witnesses said the plane gave
evidence of distress just before
the crash.
Truman Indicates
He Will Run In ’52
SAN FRANCISCO, <£>) — Presi
dent Truman appeared today to
have hit the re-election campaign
trail with a 1952 platform vir
tually written.
He did everything but formally
announce his candidacy at a
Democratic rally here where he
called his opponents names rang
ing from “special privilege boys”
to “economic fossils.”
And he constructed his 1952
platform under the familiar “Fair
Deal” banner as he predicted “we
are going to elect & president next
year.”
He didn’t say it would be Harry
S. Truman, but the way the Demo
crats stood up and cheered—and
his own obvious relish of the ap
plause—.made things pretty clear
to those around.
Memories of his “give ’em hell”
campaign of 1948 were stirred by
the President’s assertion:
“The Democratic party has a
duty to the country ,and if I am
not badly mistaken the Demo
cratic party is going to keep right
on doing that duty.”
“Next year, 1952”—the Presi
dent got no further. His audience
rose, cheering in campaign fashion
as though the election were just
around the comer.
Chamber Plans Dinner
For House Armed
Services Committee
Honoring the House Armed
Services Committee which is
scheduled to arrive today, the
Chamber erf Commerce has re
served the Bering Sea Club for a
dinner. Reservations have been
taken by chairman Charles D.
Jones, mayor.
A hearing is planned in the fed
eral court room tentative to the
time of arrival of the party which
is headed by Porter Hardy, Jr.,
of Virginia, and includes Clyde
Doyle of California, Victor Wick
ersham of Oklahoma, Walter Nor
blad of Oregon, James E. Van
Zandt of Pennsylvania, William
Bates of Massachusetts and Dele
gate Bartlett of Alaska.
The committee is accompanied
by Bryce N. Harlow, clerk; Chas.
F. Ducander, member of the pro
fessional staff; Wilfred Goding, of
the Interior Dept., and some mili
tary men whose names were not
obtained.
This committee on Armed Ser
vices recently completed action on
the multi-billion dollar military
public works bill which authorizes
$333,717,430 for expenditure in the
territory for Army, Navy and Air
Force projects. The bill is now
pending in the Senate, having
passed the House Aug. 14.
Salmon Season Closes
JUNEAU, </P) — No extension
was granted, and salmon seining
and trap season closed Saturday
in southeastern Alaska.
Cannerymen and other fishing
officials met with the Fish and
Wildlife Service late last week to
argue whether to extend the sea
son.
C. Howard Baltz, assistant re
gional director, ruled against any
extension .at the conclusion of the .
hearings Saturday.