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The Nome nugget., 1948-11-01
MahOpac, Navy Tug, On Rocks

SEATTLE (P)-The coast guard reported today four vessels are at tempting to haul the navy tug Ma hOpac off reef on the British Co., lumbia coast.
 The vessel went aground on Dall Rock in Seaforth channel Satur- day about l60 miles southeast of Prince Rupert, en route to Alaska. She is reported to have two small holes, but is in pretty good shape.
 The coast guard cutter has re- moved several tons of mail from the Mahopac
 Also on hand are two Canadian salvage tugs, and the tub Barbara Foss. Coast guard headquarters said the arrival of a navy tug from Bremerton was expected momen- tarily.
 The crew of three officers and 42 men is still aboard.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-01
Bartenders Become
 Baby Sitters Nov. ?

DECATUR, III. (P)-About 100 Decatur union bartenders will be available for baby sitting jobs to- morrow, Election Day. Mothers wanting a sitter so they can go to the polls can get a bartender as baby sitter at Local 23, bartenders, hotel and restaurant employees union.
 R. K. Young, union business agent, said the bartenders agreed to offer their services because they will be idle. By state law sa- looms are closed in Illinois during the time the polls are open on cleo ton day.
 Young said the union has not decided on wages for the bartend- CTS. But they won't be much, he said.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-01
Two Dead In
 Chicago Fire

CHICAGO, (P) Two persons were known dead and nine were injured early Saturday in a fire that destroyed a ur-story brick aparement building on the south side.
 Police estimated about 100 per- sons, who occupied 35 apartments in the building, escaped to the street in sleeping attire.
 The dead both unidentified, were a man and a woman. The charred body of the man was found on a third floor landing and that of the woman in her second floor apartment.
 Bremen carried about 25 occu- pants from the building. Most of those who escaped from the blaz- ing structure made their way down a fire escape.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-01

ka includes:
 Fort Richardson, permanent de- pot storage, Sl,78l, ,462, and bar racks for 800 men, $3,956,00O; Eielson base, 12 barracks for A men each, Sl,l73,440, four supply and day rooms $186,000, one 1000 man mess hall, $2l2,OOO, five hous- ing units, S222,000, and utilities, $429, ,190.
 Ladd Base, aircraft shops, $327,- 600, motor-pool facilities S264,6 500, 40 bachelors officers quarters, $674,400, non-commissioned off cer or civilian housing (eight unitS) $328,000,; 48 non-commis- stoned officer housing units, $1,- 968,OO0, utilities $4,238,750, and barracks for 800 men, $4,76l 300.
 Davis Base, telephone exchange, $83,000, 36 housing units, $l,373,- 160, radio transmitter, $121, 800. 250-man barracks, $2,022,600, and utilities $1, 300.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-01
COP Needing Out "ReactiOnaries"

DENVER, (P)-The Republican party, says Sen. Wayne Morse R.- Oreo, is getting rid of its reaction arieS-"and thank goodness"
 Morse. speaking at a political rally here last night, blamed a CO., alition of 'reactionary Republi- cans and Democrats" for passage of the Hartley labor act over President Truman's veto.
 He termed the law a "tremen- douS mistake of the Republican 80th Congress" and said the veto would have been sustained in the Senate Eff the President had lifted even little finger to help me"
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-01
FAMILY" COUGHING

FALLS CITY, Neb.-Mrs. Otto Gibson had almost mastered the task of caring for of her children 5, 6, 9, and ', who had caught whooping-cough, when the other four, Yvonne, 10; Douglas, l2; Suellen, 2; and Dick, ' months, fell ill with the same disease. Now, Mrs. Gibson has it.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-01
Contractors Heavy Users Of Air
 Freight Service
Continued from Page One)

In support of the Alaska Air lines petition for a regular flight permit, Dunkelberger said the car riers now flying the north-south route on regular schedules are not able to meet the demands.
 "Once when we were shipping three million pounds of cargo in one shipment" he continued, "nei- ther Northwest or Pan American had the equipment"
 He said the firm finally lined up American Afrlines for 100 flights. Alaska Airlines took over the con- tract flights in June, 1947. He said A. A. service has been "very, very satisfactory.
 He estimated 27,000 men have flown north for construction work.
 Reports submitted by Mt. Me Kinley Airways continued to be a hearing issue. Capt. Pat Baker, it's chief pilot, was recalled to the stand to answer opposition allega- tions that his firm had overloaded planes. He said that on several oc- casions, the tonnageS listed in his firms report were divided be- tween planes, rather than being carried on one.
 He said a check of manifeSts showed it. The company's exhibit at the hearing did not mention any extra planes.
 Mt. Mckinley also is seeking a permit for regular schedules be- tween Alaska and the States.
 Jack Scavenius, Mt. Mckinley president, was another witness who was recalled to the stand Fri day for further questioning on his firms report. Before resuming the stand, he said he and his attorneys did not have time to go over his firms exhibits prior to the hearing at which the Pan American Air ways attorney criticized them.
 Scavenius told a reporter "the report is incorrect; corrections will be made in supplement"
 Financial assistance was assured Mckinley by Clifford McGahan Seattle truck and tractor dealer He said he was prepared to put up $5OO,OOO if Mckinley got regu- lar (certificateO route.
 eff more than $5OO,0OO is need ed, that will be raised too," he said.
 Pacific Northern Airways ended it's case for increased schedule rights with two final witnesses Merl Smith, president of Cordova Air Service, and Charles Whyte P. N. A. district manager in Jun eau.
 Whyte described the problems o1 the Juneau link between Pan Americans north-south service and Pacific Northern's service tc the west.
 Putting up passengers in Jun. eau cost the company in excess ot $5,000 due to missed connections he said.
 Examiner Cusick said he expect ed the hearing here to end tomor- row. He gave Mckinley Airways a week to offer additional correc. tive material in its exhibit.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
Education
$500 College Scholarships

Aptitude tests will be given Decem-
Der II to candidates for $500 college
scholarships under the Naval Reserve
Officers Training Program.
Applications must be submitted bv
November Is. High school BOYS in
their senior year and graduates be-
tween the ages of II and 21 may ap-
ply. Forms are available at most high
schools and colleges and at all naval
recruiting stations.
Candidates who pass the aptitude
tests will be interviewed and given
physical exams, after which scholar
ships will be awarded to the highest
ranking on state quota basis.
Successful candidates will be given
a four-year college course with the
government paying for tuition, books
and other ordinary fees, plus a $50 a
month living allowance.
Students may select their own
schools and their own courses within
certain limits. After graduation thew
must serve two years on active duty
as commissioned officers in the NAVY
or Marine Corps.
The tests will be given in $50 cities.
Successful candidates will begin col
Iege in the fall of 1949.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
incomes
Healthy Outlook

Noting that personal incomes are
setting record this year, the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics predicts
1949 incomes will be Just as high. And
what's more, the Bureau foresees a
continuing boom in employment.
At the same time, the Federal Re-
serve Board paints rosy picture of
the nations farmers. Their buying
power this year, Board experts say, is
more than twice what it was before
the war
However, the agency adds, incomes
received by farmers who operate small
acreage have been small, and it appears
that sizeable numbers of these farmers
have been taking industrial Jobs"
It estimates that 10 per cent fewer
persons worked on farms at the end
Of l947 than before the war, while
nOn-farm population has risen nearly
20 per cent since 1887.
The Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics says personal incomes NAV
taper off toward the end of 1949. but
Tor the year as a whole they will equal
the 1913 record.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
Atoms
Hot Fractions

Hot Fractions
The Los Alamos Laboratory in New
Mexico which puts together atomic
bombs has succeeded in measuring
how far pieces of atoms fly after the
split which creates the explosion.
The two halves of split plutonium
atoms travel distances ranging from
one-half inch to we'll over an inch.
These journeys are shorter than
those taken by some atomic particles,
like the neutronS which cause the
splitting. Each of the splits is itself a
complete atom. Most are heavy atoms,
too.
This little trip through matter is
the explanation of the atomic bomb
explosion. 1t creates terrific heat, be-
cause the split atoms bump a lot of
other atoms.
This heat is the atomic bombs am
munition. The expansion of the heat
is the explosion.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
Turkey
No BED Of Roses


Turkey, which is getting American
arms and dollars under the Truman
Doctrine, is not too happy about some
aspects of the program.
Turkish newspapers have carried
increasing reports of plane crashes
about IA a month under the stepped
up training program directed by
Americans.
Last week Turkey grounded a num-
Der OF American P-47 fighter planes
because of what they claimed were
technical defects. US. Air Force tech
nicians flew out to the base where the
trouble occurred and quickly adjusted
the equipment.
Many Turks complain that much of
the American military equipment
sent them is either mo good" or so
outdated as to be second rate. Ameri-
cans retOrt that Turks have not vet
acquired the technical know-how in
handling equipment.
Turkeys expanded army also is
proving drain on national economy.
not wholly compensated for by Amer
lean financial aid. Premier Hasan
Saka, ordering a recent increase in
the price Of sugar, said it was neces-
sary because of mounting military ex-
penSeS.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
Science
Annual Awards

A biochemist in virus research and
development of influenza vaccine and
an engineer, pioneering in research
Tor superSOnic aircraft, will receive the
1948 Franklin gold medals. prized
scientific awards of the Franklin In
stltute in Philadelphia.
The presentations will be made
October 20 to DR.. Wendell Meredith
Stanley, biochemist and director of the
virus laboratory of the University of
California, and DR.. Theodore Won
karman, director of the Guggenbeim
Aeronautics laboratory, California In
stltute of Technology.
Previous recipients of the annual
awards include Thomas A. Edison.
GuglielmO Marconi, Orville WRIGHT
Albert Einstein, Harlow ShapIev
Enrico Fermi and Sir Robert Robinson
DR.. Stanley discovered that a virus
can be nucleOprotein rather than a
living organism, establishing a turning
point in virus research.
DR.. Won Karman is the author
OF mathematical and engineering
achievements in aerodynamic design,
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
Red SURGE
In. China

NHE fall of Tsinan, capital of
4 Shantung Province, rich in
cattle and industry, is more than
just the loss of another CITY to
Chinese Communists. It is a stark
defeat for Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek. AS result he has lost face
with Asiatics from the Indian Ocean
north to Siberia.
Probably even more significant is
the fact that the Chinese Reds some-
where, somehow, have come up with
a real fighting army. The force that
took Tsinan is well trained and well
equipped.
Fall Offensive
The Communists are following their
Tsinan victory with a fall Offensive
over many thousands of miles. which
seriously threatens the Manchurian
corridor.
Communists virtually control all
north China. Only Tsingtao, Shantung
port where the us. Navy has its far
eastern base, and the Peiping-Tientsin
oasis, plus the Peiping- -Mukden rail-
way to Shanhaikuan at the Great
Wall, remain in Nationalist hands.
TSlnan's loss extends Communist
lines almost to the Yangtze. Marking,
itself, may be their goal in a few more
weeks.
The meeting of the Chinese high
command in Nanking reflects the
seriousness of the situation. Chang
somehow must put into the field
an army capable of stopping the
reVltalized Communist forces surging
down from Tsinan.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08

not make use of its auxiliary rocket
power IN outdistancing the Jet fighters.
The official description of the BAT
says only that it is designed for speeds
IN excess of 500 miles an hour. Jet
fighters, such as the F-8Os, can f1v
at least $50 miles an hour. Therefore.
the speed Of the conveyed BAT was
considerably above this.
Still Range Problems
While designers may be finding an
answer to the problem of relative
speeds in bombers and fighters. thew
still are confronted with the limited
range of jets.
The B-36 has flown 8,O62 miles with
a tive-ton bomb load. Even old B-29s,
wartime bombers with improved post
war features, have flown $3.50 miles
with the same bomb load.
By contrast, the tactical radius Of
the BAY is listed as under / 1000 miles.
Tactical radius" is the distance to
target with some extra mileage for
bombing runs and evasive tactics. At
best the maximum range of the BAT
is little better than 1000 miles.
But engineers, fuel specialists and
designers are working constantly. An
other jet bomber, the eight-engined
Northrup BAG ''Flying Wing' has
been credited with a combat radius of
over 1900 miles.
Concentrate on Efficiency Factor
Moreover, The NelO York Times re-
ports that two American manufac-
turerS have succeeded in increasing
conventional engine ranges by 20 per
cent through "compounding" of the
internal combustion engine. The proc
ess involves the use of exhaust gases.
led through ducts to turbines geared
to the main propeller shaft.
The principle has worked so well
in aircraft engine tests, it reportedly
will be applied to electric generators,
railroad diesel locomotives and autos
mobile engines.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08

The tour started almost as a process
sion with Gov. Dewey hot on the
heels Of the President through the
west. Dewey was two days behind
Mr.. Truman in Iowa but they were a
day apart in Denver and again in
Los Angeles.
Their paths diverged after that. The
President swung south through Texas.
Oklahoma, Kentucky and West Vir-
ginia. Gov. Dewey rolled north
through Oregon, Washington, Nom
tana, Utah, winding up with a major
speech in Jefferson City in the Presi-
dents home state Of Missouri
Mr.. Truman made certain his train
stopped at Temple, Tex, where he
talked briefly. In 1904, the Temple
City Council heard that President
Theodore Roosevelt intended to pass
without stopping and passed an ordi-
nance ordering all Presidential trains
TO halt at least five minutes. The CITY
marshal tagged the train at the CITY
limits, climbed aboard and served
papers on the engineer. That ordi-
nance had never been repealed and
the President said he did not intend
to break any laws.
Foreign Crisis
The crucial developments in the in
ternational situation at Paris had
their effect on both campaigners.
President Truman was in constant
touch with Secretary of State Mar
shall and conferred aboard his train
with Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith.
one OF the three western envoys to
the Kremlin on the Berlin crisis.
Smith said that in his opinion reIa-
tlons with Russia never were more
serious.
Aboard the Dewey train was Allen
w. Dulles, brother of John Foster
Dulles, the New York governors rep
resentative at Paris. The brothers kent
IN communication by transatlantic
telephone.
Agreement on Basic Policy
The Republican and Democratic
Presidential rivals are shoulder to
shoulder on the broad basic issues of
this nations foreign policy despite
some differences on administration.
Gov. Dewey, on the eve of a major
address on foreign policy at Salt Lake
City, said:
1t is important for the world to
know that this election will serve to
strengthen and unity our whole ma
ton. Let no ruler in this world for
one moment suspect that this consti-
tutlonal process-which they do not
understand-is going to leave us di-
vided."
Henry Wallace, the Progressive
Party candidate for President, charged
however that the course approved
by Truman and Dewey is leading
toward speedy destruction of the
United Nations.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
PARIS: U.N Confronted bv Berlin Cr;e;e

N THE Berlin crisis, hard core
4 OF east-west differences over
Germany, the United Nations is
confronted will an explosive issue
which may make Paris the last
full meeting of the 58-state world
organization.
Britain'S Ernest Bevin warned that
the U.N. may fall apart over the east
west split but, he said, "It is better to
have our difficulties now than to live
in FOOLS paradise"
BeVin'S address before the General
Assembly was a typical crisis speech
OF the type for which the blunt, forth
right British foreign secretary is IA
nous. He spoke with such emotion that
his voice sometimes broke. His effect
was electrifying and when he finished
he was accorded an ovation-except
by grimly silent delegates Of the Soviet
bloc.
Russia, Alone, to Blame
Russia, alone, will be to blame, said
Bevin, if the black fury of an atomic
war grips the world. He accused the
Soviet Union of insincerity, untruth-
fulneSs and evasion.
If it is impossible to work for peace
on a world basis" he declared. 1--WE
must proceed on a regional basis"
Bevin spoke as his government.
France and the United States formally
cited Russian acts in Berlin as threat
to peace, placing the issue before the
Security Council.
In breaking off direct negotiations
with Moscow on Berlin, the us. State
Department issued a white paper"
In which it says Premier Stain fully
agreed month ago to lift the blockade
but that his military commander in
the German capital refused to honor
the agreement.
The Turning Point
Furthermore, Washington said. the
Soviet government backed up Marshal
VASTLY SOkolovSky in his refusal. That
was the turning point in negotiations.
The blockade began on June %
when Russia suspended all rail and
barge traffic into Berlin because of
technical difficulties"
On July 6, the us. protested the
blockade as a clear violation of occu-
patton agreements. Beginning to sup
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
Long Rood Aheud

A Yale surgeon says that new medi-
cal tools have made possible for the
first time detailed study of body cells,
opening new paths in cancer research
which promise important discoveries.
DR.. Samuel c. Harvey says break
down OF the cell, the body's basic unit,
can be brought about through use of
the recently developed electron micro
scope and the ultra-centrifuge, a high
speed whirling device.
This new research data may enable
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
CANCER: New Research Tools

an understanding of the difference
between cells that get out of hand and
those which behave themselves, he
says.
The Yale professor cautions against
any talk of immediate cures. He doubts
even If unlimited funds for research
were available that cancer can be con-
quered within specified months or even
years.
DR.. Harvey compares the present
situation with that of the days before
bacteria were found to be the causative
agents in infections.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
Business
Veterans Ventures

@'N9I NlII0 VIIIUI %
It's tougher going now than it used
to be for veterans who want to start
their own business.
The veteran who starts a venture
OF his own-unless he has a UNIQUE
idea which no one else has thought of
can expect to face increasingly stiff
competition" says Secretary Of Com
merce Sawyer.
Under present costs he will need
more working capital than in normal
times and his risk is greater"
A survey by the Commerce Depart
ment has shown that about 20 per cent
OF recent business failures were World
War II veterans.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
Finance
Hands Across the Seq

] llStISAS M OSS tIIS OGQ
The United States has sent $123, ,532,-
663 more into the battle for foreign
recovery, during the week ending
September Is, the latest for which
statistics are available.
The Economic Cooperation Admins
tration allOcated the amount to nine
western European nations, western
Germany and the Netherlands East
Indies. It included 12.4 million dollars
in us. cotton for Bizone Germany.
lis million dollars in Canadian alu-
minum ingots for Britain, ia million
dollars in Arabian petroleum for Italv
and 7.8 million dollars in US. wheat
for Belgium.
Total ECA authorizations for all
participating European countries and
China reached $1,824, ,425,81O on Sep
tember 25.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
In Short

Urged: BY the Berlin City Council,
IN note to the United Nations, COM
pIete evacuation of occupation troops
from Germany as the only way to end
the present crisis and prevent new
ones.
Sued: BY Alger Hiss, former us.
State Departmen aid, Whitaker
Chambers for $4,000 damages for
calling him a Communist in broad
cast of House committee testimony.
Won: By the Boston Braves, their
first National League baseball pennant
in "a years.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08

currency in Berlin and lifting of all
transport curbs. Stain also said he
no longer insisted on deferment of the
west German state but hoped the step
would be delayed.
After nine meetings in the Kremlin.
the talks shifted to Berlin on August
81 to iron out technical difficulties. On
September IA western powers notified
the Kremlin that Marshal Sokolovsky
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08

NEW JET-The XF-s9 is under.
going tests at MUrOe Field, CuIif.
menting extensively with the Boeing
B-47 jet bomber and the Lockheed
F-8O jet fighter. It undoubtedly is
these ships Symington referred to in
his comment on the bomber running
away with its fighter escort.
The BAT has six jet engines, de-
veloping a total thrust of $4,000
pounds. In addition to the jet engines,
1t carries 18 JATO rocket units which
produce $4,000 pounds of thrust when
fired simultaneously. These are used
primarily to boost power on takeoffs.
1t was learned the jet bomber did
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08

ply Berlin by air, it declared it would
not be pressUred into abandoning its
rights.
Kremlin Conferences
On August 2, western ENJOYS in
Moscow were told by Stain that if
they wanted to settle the crisis that
night he would propose simultaneous
substitution of Soviet for western
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08

would not honor agreements reached
with Stain.
On September 18, Foreign Minister
Molotov defended Sokolovsky, declar-
ing he Strictly followed" the agree
mentS.
On September 26, the west referred
the issue to the United Nations, charg-
ing that Russian tactics in Berlin
constitute threat to world peace.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-08
Election Won 4 Shift
U. S. Foreign Policy

UT four weeks remain the 1948 Presidential election campaign
Candidates OF the major parties returned intensive swings
about the country President Truman Dewey concluded
Woee railway tours from coast to Both major adj
dresses IN the big cities before huge crowds
informal talks from the observation platforms their campaign