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I. VIII, No~
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1951
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Crisis Threatens Peace Talks
PETS TO HAVE LOCAL VA APPRAISER
r. A. G. "Scotty” McRae,
ard contractor, was notified
week that for the purposes
dent to the administration of
provisions of Title III of the
'icemen's Readjustment Act
944, as amended by Public
268, 79th Congress, he has
designated as an appraiser
connection with home loans
ie Seward, Alaska, area, un
the Veterans Administration
Rations governing such
is.
nder the sei-up an appraiser
ives appraisal assignments
ct from the VA office, and
; the lending institution or
ers direct for the appraisal
ios Say Divided
irea a "Delusion"
[ASHINGTON (AP) — Demo
toaay defended President
lan's far eastern policies
assailed a Republican asser
that any final peace which
les Korea divided would be
Helusion.”
[ght Republicans, in a week
report on the inquiry into
>uster of Gen. Douglas Mac
^ur. called for ‘ liberation and
Ication” of Korea,
ley blamed what they lab
“appeasement" policies of
Truman and Secretary ox
Acheson for the loss of
|ia to the Communists. They
the Yalta agreement spawn
lost of America’s difficulties
Communism in Asia,
iswering unofuciaiiy, Sena
lunt (D-Wyo) said that if the
Republicans-headed by
^tor Bridges ox New iiamp
-want to risk World War
>y “excessive" demands in
;a, they ought to say so
fnator Cain (R-Wash), one of
luthors of the GOP report,
a reporter he and others
ft contending that a cease
lgreement must provide for
jlete withdrawal of the Reds
Korea.
JIAL TERM DIST. COURT
SEPT. 24
itice has been received at
Jeward Commissioner's Of
Ithat a special term of the
]ict Court for the Territory
ilaska, Third Division, is
to convene at Seward on
|4th day of September, 1951
}o o'clock p.m. in the Court
in the Federal Building.
lRD BOV/LERS TO MEET
ISDAY, AUG. 23
Seward Bowlers Associa
(cvill meet at the Elks Club,
sday, Aug. 23 at 8 p. m.
interested bowlers are re
?d to attend. Purpose of the
Ing is to organize for the
Ir season.
Indians, Eskimos Ask
Pay for Land, Water
And Seal Skins
AP Special Washington Service
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least
eight petitions are pending be
fore’ the Indians Claims Com
mission on behalf of Alaska's
Indians and Eskimos.
The list was compiled as rep
resenting a "big percentage" ox
the Alaska complaints. The com
mission itself has no geographi
cal breakdown of claims filed.
While mcsi of ihe cases seek
comensaiion for lands and waters
allegedly seized by ine wnite
men. at least two—fiied cn be
half of ihe Aieul community
and tribe on St. Paul Island in
ihe Pribiiots—ask additional pay
for sealskins which me island
ers have sold to the United
Siates under a monopoly agree
ment.
The claim dates back to this
country's acquisition ox" the is
lands from Russia in 1868. It is
being handled by Marvin Son
csky oi Wasnington, D. C *
None of the act.ons ask a
specified amount of compensa
tion. In most of tne cases, sev
eral attorneys said, investiga
tions are still under way and
the amount to be sought is not
yet compleeiy determined.
The deadline for filing claims
passed af midr.ighf August 13
The Senate has not acted upon
a House-approved Dill to extend
the filing period anoiner year.
If it does, aiicrneys predict a
new burst cf ciaims
"The Alaska Indians have
been too busy fishing,'1 one at
torney explained, "but when the
word reaches them about the
recent $27,000,000 award to the
Ute Indians, they'll take a re
newed interest.”
Th2 Interior Department said
last month it knew of la Alaska
tribes interested in filing claims
but who had not retained an at
torney. Some of these undoubt
edly were in the last minute
flood of claims received by the
commission.
James E. Curry, of Washing
ton, D. C., attorney who has
five Alaska claims pending be
fore the commission, said the
principal difference between the
claims of Alaska and U. S. In
dians is the absence of any or
iginal payment to the former.
"In mosi cases in ihe United
States the lands were brought
for sums which ihe Indians now
contend were inadequate. But in
Alaska." he conlended. "net one
dime was paid io the Indians for
any land."
He said fhe Alaska claims in
volve no ireaiies "except pos
sibly that with Russia in which
the United Slates agreed to look
out for he Indians well-being."
Curry’s major claim involves
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I .A. iheiial for Vei sonnet Serving in Korea
i
The establishment ox a United Nations medal for personnel serving
with the U.N. land, sea and air forces in Korea was announced
recently at U.N. Headquarters. The medal, shown above, is made of
bronze alloy and has an approximate diameter of l3/g inches. It is
attached to a ribbon with nine blue and eight W'hite vertical stripes.
One side carries the inscription “l or Service in the Defense of the
Charter of the United Nations.” and the other the U.N. emblem.
Search Resumed For
Hudson PSane
BULLETIN
II is reported late today that
the Hudson plane, with its
four passengers dead, was lo
cated 30 or 35 miles east of
Curry late issi night.
ANCHORAGE (AP)—Improv
ing weather permitted planes to
resume their search over the
weekend for bush pilot Glen
Hudson and his three passengers.
They have been overdue since
Wednesday night on a flight
from Talkeetna to Wolford Lake
170 miles northeast of here.
The passengers were Elmer
“Red” Wolford and his two teen
age sons, Larry Lee and Steven.
The Alaska Department of
Aviation offered today to pay
all gas and oil bills for private
pilots engaged in the search.
ALASKA FARMERS GROWING
SEED POTATOES
After completing th*? first field
inspection for potatoes, barley,
and oats, the field inspectors for
the Alaska Certified Seed Grow
er's Association announced that
they were highly pleased with
the interest shown by growers in
the various areas in producing
certified seed for those crops.
Unless some unforseen trouble
arises there will be some Certi
fied Edda barley and Golden
Rain oats seed available for com
mercial seeding for the 1952
season.
Portlcmd-Alaskci Daily
Airline Service
PORTLAND (AP)—Scheduled
daily airline service between
Portland and Alaska began Sat
urday when an Alaskan Airlines
DC-4 left the Portland airport
for Fairbanks and Anchorage.
Connections are available at
the two northern points for other
Alaskan terminals. Planes leave
Portland at 8 a.m., and arrive
at Fairbanks at 8:40 p.m., and at
Anchorage at G p.m. A stop is
made at Seattle to take on fuel,
cargo and passengers.
A second air transport com
pany will begin operating the
Portland-Alaskan route in Sep
tember when the Pacific North
ern Airlines starts its service.
PLANE CRASH FATAL
TO PASSENGER
Anchorage (AP) — Arthur
Burk, 45, one of three persons
aboard a small flaming plane
which crash-landed in trees be
tween Skwentna and Rainy Pass
Thursday night, died from burns
in an Air Force hospital here
Saturday.
The pilot. Tex Ziegler, was
reported improved. The , third
person aboard, an unidentified
16-year-old youth, escaped un
scathed.
The plane went down about
130 miles northwest of here.
Burk, a Civil Aeronautics Au
thority generator specialist, had
been married only about a
month. The surviving widow
lives here. Burk's mother lives
in Medford, Oregon.
MUNSAN, KOREA (AP) —
Allied and Communist subcom
mittees met briefly in Kaesong
today as a new crisis threatened
efforts to stop the Korean war.
General Headquarters in To
kyo said "partisan forces of eith
er side" may be trying to wreck
armistice negotiations.
The statement was in reply to
Red charges that U. N. forces
ambushed a Red patrol inside
Kaesong's five-mile neutral zone
Sunday. A Chinese patrol lead
er was killed and a Chinese
soldier seriously injured.
The subcommittees met for
only 70 minutes Monday. It was
their shortest session since they
took over for the main truce
delegations Friday.
There was no report of pro
gress from the secret talks. Bui
the negotiators agreed to meet
again Tuesday.
The subcommitees are trying
to hammer out a compromise
agreement on the question of a
cease-fire buffer zone. The main
delegations argued this point for
10 days and found themselves
completely dead-locked.
The Communists want the buf
fer zone to straddle the 38th
Parallel, old political dividing
line between north and south
Korea. The United Nations Com
mand wants it generally along
present battle lines, mesi of
which are north of 38.
Both sides have indicated a
willingness to compromise.
United Nations staff officers
at Kaesong today refused to let
Allied newsmen sit on the ver
andah of the conference build
ing. or stand near the two en
tranceways.
0!d»7iraers Urge
Alaska Statehood
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A
resolution urging immediate
statehood for Alaska was adopt
ed Saturday by Alaska gold
rush veterans attending the An
nual International Sourdough
Reunion.
The action was taken after
Archie McLean Hawks, Santa
Barbara, Calif., warned some
400 delegates:
"Red Russia now has a base
on Big Diomede Island, less
than 18 miles away from Ameri
can soil on Little Diomede Island
in the Bering Straits.
"Alaska must be made a state
so that America's northernmost
outpost can be better defended
against another ‘Pearl Harbor'.”
AIRLINES MAY LEASE SPACE
FOR TWENTY YEARS
AP Special Washington Service
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
House Interstate - Commerce
Committee approved today a bill
to permit the Secretary of Com
merce to lease space on public
airports in Alaska for 20 years.
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska
testified private airlines are un
willing to invest money in
hangar construction for the pres
ent 10 year lease period.