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The Nome nugget., 1950-08-16
B-29's Smash Reds
 With $500 Bombs
(By The Associated PreSS)


 Panicky communist troops reel ed in retreat on the Naktong River frontin Korea today after a giant smash by 9S B-29 suporforts un- loaded 1,750,OOO pounds of explo- sives on their offensive buildup.
 The massive blow, inaugurating new role for the giant bombers, was aimed at breaking the back of a 6O,OOO-man communist build up across the Naktong where a kickoff had been expected against Taegu, the main American for ward position in South Korea.
 Large-scale US. endorsements have arrived on the battlefront in the southwest sector, where Ne gro units of thUe S52..th flo gro units of the U. s. 25th Divi- sion have been fighting some of the fiercest battles of the war in the area of Chinju, main commun- ist southern base. The replace ment units were not identified as to size or outfit.
 A communist admission that the North Koreans might eventually be thrown back to the starting point of their invasion was re- ported from Formosa, isla d stronghold of the Chinese Nation alists. Reports in Taipei said the Soviet Union and Red China have agreed that the Chinese commun- ists will throw 150,000 troops into the war if the invaders are push ed back to the 38th parallel, di- viding line between North and South Korea. Recent arrivals in Taipei from Red China reported that Soviet vice-premier V. M. Molotov, said to be in full charge of communist expansion in the Orient, visited Peiping to arrange the pact. The reports were uncon- firmed from any other source.
 President Truman spent 20 min utes today with his joint chiefs of staff, reviewing the Korean war, while the nation wondered if the massive superfortress strike meant turning of the tide which might lead to victory.
 There were some indications on the main front northwest of Taegu that the enemy might be blowing up the very underwater bridges he laid down for his big push. If this was so( it appeared the Reds expected a ground attack in the wake of the B-29 smash, which re- portedly spread terror in Red ranks. Observer pilots reported enemy units stunned and demor-
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The Nome nugget., 1950-08-16

ter the first catch. He inflafes one. ties it tc the tail of the captive fish by an eight-inch string. then losses the fish back into the wa ter. The bass wiggles off 10 join the school. WeatherbY follows the balloon.
 Proof of the pudding: Weather by usually comes home with his bag limit. l
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-16

TUNIS, Tunisia, (P)-Five Tu- nisian shepherds took refuge in a haystack during a storm yester- day. All were killed when light hing struck the stack.
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-16
Korean Situation
 At A Glance ...
Tuesday. August IS. 1850 (By The Associated PreSS)


 agely today against the American southern flank on the Naktong River bridgehead southwest of Taegu, main U. S. forward base in South Korea. This Red drive roll ed ahead six or seven miles in the Changnyong area, g miles south- west of Taegu, in some of the se- verest fighting of the war.
 A breakthrough in the Changn- yong sector not only would inn peril Taegu, but probably would signal the beginning of what the communists hoped would be the final push to Pusan to throw the defenders into the sea- But U. s. officer expressed confidence the Reds could be pushed back. Head quarters said the battle was Gin decisive"
 While the U. s. 24th Division battled the Red push on the south ern flank under a blistering sun, with both sides suffering heavy casualties, United Nations forces Were holding just to the north in the area where the Reds already have swollen, their bridgehead to 12,60O troops. The Changnyong front has been almost semi-circu- lar.
 The Reds rammed ano t h CT bridgehead across the river on the northern end of the Naktong river front near Waegwan, wheer the kickoff of a communist general offensive has been awaited, but severe Allied air punishment of the communist concentrat i on have thrown the Red timetable out of kilter.
 But there was heavy fighting on other fronts. On the northeast rim of the '40-mile-long battlefront. Allied forces moved to within a half mile of Red-held Pohang, for merly the No. 2 U. S. east coast supply base.
 On the southern end of the curl ing front-behind the advance of Marines and infantry-U. s. Ne gro troops with the 25th Division captured rocky hill in fierce fighting, freeing the remainder of force of 200 American artillery men who had been encircled by the Reds.
 American pilots reported a com- munis mechanized column of more than 100 vehicles moving toward Chinju, communist south ern base being threatened by the Am erican Leathernecks and Doughboys in their southern drive.
 Moscow admitted publicly that the Soviet Union was responsible for the military power of the Red North Koreans. The press carried an article by Kim Do Bon, chair man of the Presidium of the North Korean Peoples Assembly, which said Russia gave his country war material, machines, mining equip ment, electric locomotives and tractors in the postwar period. He said this material was that which was not produced in Korea, and he hailed Prime Minister Stalin as tour liberator and best friend of the Korean people,"
 A Russian-made North Korean L-~--1I l---- enA
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-16
A Different Kind Of Fish Story
UP NeWsfeatures)

EVANSVILLE. N. C. (P)-C. E.. WeatherbY. coach of WaYnesville High Schools athletics. always carries along a bunch of small bal looms on bass fishing expeditions.
 The balloons get into inc act af-
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-16

WASHINGTON, (P), The House voted today to restore city mail service to two deliveries a day.
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-16

(P) Newsfeatures)
 Nays largest. fastest and most heavily armed carrier-based dive-torpedo bomber is this AMI Mauler. It carries three torpedoes. l2 rockets and four 20 nm. cannon at 275 knots.
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08
SUBMIT ANSWERS IN WEEKLY SETS OF 6

Your Alaskagram answers should be mailed to Anchorage in units of six. Whenever a group of six Alaska newspaper will print an Alaskagram Answer Blank. You will send all six Alaskagrams for that week and also the weekly Alaskagram Answer Blank. And to be eligible for a prize each weekly set of six Alaskagrams must be accompanied by a quarter (25 cents in coin).
 In return for your remittance. after you complete 10 weeks of the contest. you will receive a copy of the TIP page Alaska Almanac which critics label the best modern reference on Alaska and which will be used as the official authority for spelling and definitions in this contest.
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08
Fire Destroys Montana Hotel

EUREKA, Mont. (P)-Authori- ties Monday blamed an oil burner explosion for a fire which swept through the Montana Hotel, kill ing five persons.
 Dead in the pre-dawn fire were John Powell and Delano Gray son, members of the Browning High School basketball team; Charles Cameron, about "A, Eure- ka farmer; William Peterson of Eureka, Great Northern Railway employee, and Ed La France, about 64, hotel clerk.
 The fire completely destroyed the 25-room frame hotel, which also housed the post office, a bar, five apartments, and this north western Montana towns only tel ephone.
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08
News of the World At A Glance -.
(Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One) and nine other cities were warn ed of impending mass raids.
 Shanghai was struck from the air for the second day in a row. The communist radio said Mon days raid on Shanghai killed 1000 persons and disrupted power and water supplies.
 The communist news agency said famine is sweeping East Chi ma north of the Yangtze River. Sixteen million people are feeling the pinch and some 2,790,000 are facing starvation. Drought, floods and disruptions in the aftermath Of civil war are blamed by the communists for the famine.
 The communists charged the Portuguese colony of Macao on the South China coast with help ing Nationalist warships escape communist capture. The Reds warned such action twill not be tolerated" Macao is virtually surrounded by Chinese commun- ist forces and could be taken at will
 Tn Prague, the U. 5. embassy announced that two American missionaries of the Norm o T h rch disappeared" in the Czech province of MOravia ir January. Reliable sources said the two men had been arrested anC were being held on unspecifiec charges. The Mormon Church ha! been meeting with difficulties from the Czech communist gov ernment in recent months.
 In Paris, delegates of Marshall plan countries said Western Flu. rope looks to private American investors to fill the gap when U s. aid tapers off in 1852. They re ported thees countries would neec about $5,OOO,OOO,OOO during the
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08
NOME HIGH ENJOYS
 TWELFTH STRAIGHT WIN

The Nome High Basketball team in their twelfth straight win, beat the 632nd squad last evening at the Post gymnasium with score of 50-37.
 The high school team will play another game Friday evening at the school at 7:45. Their oppon- ents will be the Nome Beverage team.
 The team needs all the support they can get between now and the time they take off for Anchor age as their roofing section down there will be pretty slim. They should leave with the feeling that the whole town is behind them and interested in their progress in the all Alaska meet.
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08
WHAT YOU DO TO WIN

Here's how you take part in this big opportunity! Every issue this news paper will publish Alaskagrams in consecutive order, six each week for 12 weeks-a total of 72 Alaskagrams
 Each Alaskagram Is a group of scrambled letters which form mean ingless words or a nonsensical phrase. After an Alaskagram Is unscrambled the letters form the name of a place In Alaska: however, there Is one su- perf1uous letter which Is not needed to form the word.
 All you do Is re-arrange the letters to form a single word which Is the name of a place in Alaska, and you also show which is the extra letter. For example, the phrase "FoT q change" when 1t is unscrambled equals ANCHORAGE" plus the ex- tra letter "F."
 Just remember that all place-names consist of only one word-and re- member to show the extra letter. There is only one correct answer to each Alaskagram.
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08
Acquit Girl In
 Mercy Staying

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (R - Carol Ann Paight, acquitted in the mercy staying of her cancer doomed father, planned today to return to college as soon as she rests up from the ordeal of her trial.
 The 21-year-old blonde, who pleaded temporary insanity, was freed last night by a jury of 12 parents
 She spent her first night at home in nearby Stamford since she shot her father, Police Ser geant Carl Paight, last Sept. B as he slept in Stamford hospital.
 "Oh God" the attractive six foot girl sobbed as she broke down at the verdict. She was near collapse.
 Her attorney, David Goldstein, termed the verdict "just and fair," put dUueQ.
 "This is no precedent for a killing, in my opinion"
 He said the case was tried sole ly on the issue of whether Carol was insane at the time of the shooting.
 The jury deliberated four hours and 51 minutes before foreman Judith Memhard, 52, announced the verdict The trial lasted two weeks.
 Carol was charged with second degree murder in Connecticut's first mercy staying trial. She would have gone to prison for life if convicted.
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08
Seek To Reduce
 Size Of Katmai Natl Monument

The Katmai National Monu- ment should be reappraised in light of present day circumstance es, Delegate Bartlett declared this week in urging secretary of the interior Chapman to have a study made to ascertain if the Monu- ment could be reduced in size.
 The request for a study of the problem, which Delegate Bartlett has long advocated, was made by Helen C. Tibbets, member of the executive committeeof the Nak- nek Civil Club in a letter to the Delegate seeking restoration of the Monument to the public do- main so that it's resources could be utilized by the residents of the area for trapping and fishing and other pursuits.
 "I am confident" the Delegate stated to Secretary Chapman in urging an up-to-date appraisal, "that any fair-minded group would be amenable to the sugges- ton that the area of the Monu- ment be decreased very Substan- tially, indeed. After all, it was es- tablished only because of the dis cOVery of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Those natural wonders have largely disappeared with the passage of time. Addi- tionally, the federal government has failed signally in doing any thing at all in making the Monu- ment available to tourists. So far as I am aware, not a dollar has been spent in that direction. In view of the fact that Katmai's boundaries include over 2,000,000 acres of land it would seem en- tirely appropriate for the Interior Department to cause a study to be made based on the realities of to- day. If this is done, have every reason to hope that you will agree with me that the improvement of living conditions for the hard pressed people of Naknek and that entire area is much more vii tai than the continuing of Katmai National Monument in its present size"
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08
Butler Wants To .Curtail Power Of
 Interior Dept.
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 status of equality with the whites"
 Butler said the nation should move toward a policy of gradual ly abolishing reservations.
 Tn Alaska we should leave them free to go and come as they please, just as they can today" he said.
 He added: As first step be- lieve the interior department should discontinue its plans to es- tabliSh other reservations in Alaska. In my judgment the pres ent law was never intended to give the secretary of interior au- thority to establish such reserva- tionS."
 Butler said the next step should be to enact bill he and Senator Cain R.-Wash) introduced to to make it very clear the secre- amend the Wheeler-HoWard Act tary has no such authority"
 Butler, ranking Republican on the Senate interior committee for merly was it's chairman and in the 8Oth Congress introduced legisla- ton to repeal the interior depart ment's authority to create Alaska reservations and to cancel those established since 1886.
 The legislation was passed by the Senate but died in the House.
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08

final twO-year period of the Marshall plan and then they would need private capital to keep their economies steady after 152.
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08
Your Name In Headlines

You will be regarded of the great living thorities the Territory if you win of the Alaska gram prizes If Alaskagrams easy to you you should get in the for rich cash prizes-many testants have just started to complete solutions.
 If you think you solve every Alaskagram you might make hundreds of dollars
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08

The Gibraltar colony of Britain has an area of only one and seven- eighths square miles.
The Nome nugget., 1950-02-08

Inventory blanks at Nome Nugget.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-12
LONE STAND OF
oath DIVISION
IN KOREA TOLD

CHICAGO, Aug. IL = R = The
"agonizing story" of the Oath Divi-
sion's lone stand in the first 10 days
of the Korean war was told today
by the Chicago Tribune.
In dispatch from Eighth Army
headquarters in Korea, Walter Sim
mons, Tribune correspondent. said
growing American strength in Ko-
rea made possible the lifting Of
voluntary censorship on the story Of
the division.
The Division was commanded by
Maj. Gen. William Dean of Carlyle,
ILL.,, who is missing in action.
Simmons said the oath landed in
Korea with only 1880 of the $4,000
officers and men normally in an
Infantry Division. He said its battle
losses were nearly 80 percent-94
men killed in action, 901 recovered
wounded, and 1852 missing.
He said the Division lost 80 of its
two and a half ton trucks, one
third of its jeeps. one-fourth of its
three-fourth ton trucks, and large
quantities of weapons and supplies.
The Division was ordered to leave
Japan June 30. Simmons said:
Three days later it had advanced
leading elements, 200 miles within
Korea and made the first major
contact with the enemy. This is be-
lieved to be the fastest such move
in American military history"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-12
ANCHORAGE
PLUMBERS
MAKE KICK
Masters Ineensed at ExtIu-
sion Big Meet Protests
Are Dispatched

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 12-
Anchorage Master Plumbers, in
censed at being excluded from a
Seattle meeting called to deal with
the 18-day- old Anchorage plumbers
strike, protested last night to Pres
ident Truman.
kilograms were sent to Mr.. Tru-
man, Defense Secretary Johnson,
Alaska Delegate E. L. Bartlett and
Cyrus Ching, director of the Fed
eral Cancellation Service.
Johnson said this week with the
Presidents concurrence that the
strike is endangering national sec
urity.
Ching yesterday scheduled an
Aug. Is meeting in Seattle. Invited
were representatives of the AFL
Plumbers Union, Local 367, and of
eight contractors working on Al
aska defense projects. They will
huddle with a panel of three con-
ciliators.
Plumbers in the Anchorage local
have been on strike since July 26,
seeking a. wage increase of SO cents
an hour. Present rates are So an
hour within the city and $3.50 an
hour with room and board outside
Anchorage.
Master Plumbers, representing
the plumbing shop owners, licked
off handful of objections in their
kilograms. They said:
l. The Seattle meeting may set
wage scales for plumbers that will
have to be paid by residents of the
Territory from, now on and can
very we'll sound the death knell
for all private building and indus
try in Alaska"
2. If the plumbers gain wage
increase, the way is open for every
other building trade to get the
same raise. CA spokesman added
that there just isn't any end to
this vicious circle; it has got to
stop somewhere
8. AS representative Alaskans,
Washington bureaucrats trying to
run our affairs by remote control
from offices outside the Territory"
4. They insist that Ching invite
them to participate in the Seattle
meeting. but propose to have their
representative present in any
event."
In an earlier message to the con-
Citation service director they de-
manded that the session be trans
ferred to Anchorage.
Ching yesterday appealed to the
good citizenship" of labor and
management to settle the wage dis
pute and not embarrass their
country.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-12
CITATIONS
MADE FOR
(0NTEMpT5

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-tR-The
House today dispatched to two US.
District Attorneys for possible pros
ecution contempt of Congress cita-
lions against Sc witnesses who de-
fled the un-Ancr.can Activities
Committee.
Prosecutors here and in Honolulu
will decide whether the cases shall
be placed before grand juries.
Capitot Hill veterans said they
could recall no previous occasion on
Wien either branch of Congress
voted so many citations in so short
period.
In matter of about an hour the
House yesterday adopted 81 con-
tempt recommendations of the un-
American Activities Committee.
Two citations lad been voted t*e
previous day.
Thirty-nine of the citations were
referred to the U. S. District st
torney in Honolulu. Those cited
were witnesses who appeared before
the committee when it went to
Hawaii last April to investigate
Communism.
The other II go to the district
attorney here. These witnesses
testified in Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-12
HUMpY RUN
EXPECTED,
kET(HIkAN
Roundup Of Various Areas
Given-Sedson Opens
Next tuesday

PETERSBURG, Alaska, Aug. 70
R-Pre-season indications show that
the Ketchikan area will be nearest
the big humpback salmon run when
the season opens Tuesday in South
east Alaska for purse seiners.
The only large run Of salmon to
date has been west of Prince OF
Wales Island.
Since early July, thousands OF
silver salmon have been caught by
trollers near Coronation Island, and
now fishermen are landing many
humpies. Farther north, at Point
Baker, king salmon are being
caught with trolling gear and in
Clarence Straits, several large
schools of humpies have been
sighted.
At Petersburg, no favorable signs
have been reported. However. purse
seiners here are busy scouting the
waters with seaplanes and small
boats in an effort to locate the
humpies by the seasons opening.
Last year Petersburg packed
213,l91 cases of salmon during the
25-day season, the larges. pack
since 1941.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-12
NO BUSES, NO
Street CARS
IN St. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 12-tR-Resi-
dents of st. Louis, the nations
eighth largest city, had no bus or
streetcar service today.
The state-seized public, transit
system was forced to discontinue
operation last night because of a
wildcat strike by union operators
seeking higher wages.
Ironically, the strike was started
despite use of a state law passed
three years ago to prevent disrup-
ton of public utility services.
1t also was staged in defiance
of Gov. Forrest Smith and leaders
of the union, an AFL Street and
Railway Motor Coach Union, rep
resenting some 800 workers.
The tieup paralyzed the city.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-12
RUSSIA PROMISES
REPLY TO j. :. ON
LEND-LEA5E ACCT.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IL = R =
Russia has promised to reply to
new demand from the United States
for settlement of Moscow's long
overdue lend-lease account.
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister. gave the pledge
in Moscow this week to American
Ambassador Alan Kirk.
Officials here gave no indication
as to when the Russian reply may
be expected. 1t was generally anti
cipated that Soviet officials would
be slow to make any acceptable offer
for clearing the books of the nearly
$11 ,OO0, 900, 900 American claim.
However, there was some hope
that the reply will provide definite
information of the whereabouts Of
100 small naval craft whose return
the United States has been demand
ing for the past three years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-12
Ball Of Fire in
NV 5ky(ause
Wild Furore

SEATTLE, Aug. 12-lR-A fiery
object that split into three bril-
liant segments, then vanished,
whipped across the sky last night,
creating CONSERVATION in many
parts of the northwest.
But experts said it probably was
a fireball-the popular name for
a large meteor which is character
ized by the intensity of the light
it displays and its size.
Unframed observers came up
with theories ranging from flying
saucers to secret weapons or men
from Mars.
Telephone calls flooded news
paper switchboards at Portland,
Seattle and Tacoma. The Van
couver, Wash, police station was
swamped with inquiries. A num-
Der of Salem, Ore, residents re-
ported sighting the bright greenish
object, as did a few watchers
in Yakima and other central Wash
ington citeis.
BY plotting the reports, it APP
peared the strange object passed
overhead between Seattle and Port
land about $50 pm. (PDT), head
ing west.
A prominent Seattle astronomer,
Mrs. Bror Grondal, pegged the
"whatzit" as a fireball, which she
said is a lone traveller in space
that often explodes with a great
light.