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The Nome nugget., 1950-09-29
How Come Forest Fires Can Endanger ElmendOrf?
 (Ketchikan Chronicle)

(Ketchikan ChrOnicle)
 Ie be just little disconcertng to General Kep ner new head of the Alaska military command to have to cancel war against imaginary enemy so his troops go out and battle realistic enemy in the form of forest and brush fires threatening to de- Stroy ElmendOrf Air Base and Fort Richardson.
 This newspaper, we'll other friendly critics, has remarked on occasions that the Army engin- eers haven't yet adapted their thinking and methods to Alaska conditions and that this the basic why so many errors made and still are being made in Alaska defense preparations This fire situation around Alaskas biggest and most expensive defense installa- tions eloquently proves the point again.
 The evidence would to point to the fact that all enemy would need to do to rou American defenders in the Anchorage would be to drop some incend ary bobs then proceed methodicaly to pulverze les installations at other Alaska points, and make landings in the soft under-belly" of Southeastern Alaska where there absolutely deenses but there are some bases that could be turned against Boeng the Hanford atomic works and the San Francisco bridges.
 Any engineer with horse should have known enough to ring the Elmendorf defenses with series of
 fire breaks done in the forests of Oregon and Wash ington
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-29

Helen Bockman has received word that she has a new grand daughter, born at Seattle on Sept. 26th to her son Roger and his wife.
 Roger is now with the Boeing Airplane Co.,, in the research de- partment.
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-29

VANCOUVER, B. C. P)-Three new arrests were made on Van couver's streets yesterday as R. C. M. P. continued ferreting through the city underworld in the largest narcotics roundup of Canadian history.
 In the last 48 hours, l7 arrests have been made, including a 22- vear-old woman, to eclipse police action here months go when 10 were charged and tried. Six were convicted.
 Bail of $60,O0O in all was set for three men arrested with II others Wednesday. The three are charged with conspiring to sell nacotics-the remainder with sell ing.
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-29
Gen. Dean, 24th .Diy'n COmnander May Be Alive
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One) Chongju.
 The GIG reports came as the 24th Division, now under com mand of Maj. Gen. John H. Church, retook Taejon, scene of it's most shattering defeat and the loss of it's general.
 Taejon is 95 miles south of Se- oul, the Korean capital.
 Two wounded U. s. soldiers re- ported that 40-odd American pris- oners were tied up and shot at Taejon recently.
 The wounded men said they es- capped the massacre by playing dead.
 GIG officers said they did not know whether the three South Ko- rean informants actually saw Gen. Dean before they escaped.
 A Division spokesman said com munist prisoners reported the Reds killed and burned Is Ameri- cans and slew 787 South Korean soldiers and civilians before pull ing out of Chongju.
 Chongju was recaptured Tues day.
 The Division spokesman said the Americans were reported slain Sept. p, four days before the American chased the communists from the city.
 Other details of the American slayings at Chongju were not available he said.
 The Red prisoners-of-war said 187 of the South Koreans killed were blow nt0 bits when the com munists dynamited the stockade. The other 600 was shot dead, the captured Red prisoners said.
 U. s. army units advancing through Seoul Wednesday entered two schools where they believed some 300 American prisoners were held but found the buildings emp ty.
 However, a list of 300 captured Americans was found and sent to the U. s. Tenth Corps headquar- ters.
 Officers at Seoul were told the American prisoners had been transferred from there several days ealrier. The GIG reports in- dicate General Dean may have been among them.
 CHINJU FRONT, Korea, (P)- American prisoners of war res cued today said they were told by a North Korean medical officer that he had seen and treated Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, missing commander of the U. s. 24th Divi- sion. The time of treatment was not reported.
 General Dean was last seen by his CTS just after the July 20 fighting in the streets of Taejon. The city fell then to the Reds.
 The rescued Americans report ed the communist army doctor said Dean was seen later in Red prisoner-of-war camp in tn e north.
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-29
NEWS IN BRIEF

FAIRBANKS, [P) - All Fair banks schools were closed indefin- itely today because of an out break of poliomyelitis.
 Dr. Robert P. German reported eight Cases in the area, including Lad Air Force Base.
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-29

FAIRBANKS, P)-Twenty -one candidates are seeking office in the Oct. 3 election.
 Candidates for mayor are Ken meth D. Bell, partner in the Wilbur Bell Plumbing Company, and Rob- ert Hoopes, service station owner.
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-29

Enter to Worship. - Depart 10 Serve. Church of the Nazarene.
Evening star., 1950-06-18

British-Canadian conference last
September in Washington and
was followed almost Immediately
by devaluation Of the pound from
$4.03 to $3.50 and the dispatch of
Commerce Department and Eco
nomic Cooperation Administra-
ton men to Europe to stir exports
to this country.
President Truman, Secretary of
State Acheson and ECA Admins
traitor Paul G.. Hoffman have since
been hammering at the idea that
trade is a two-way street" and
that 1t is vital to increase British
and continental sales to the
United States if there is ever to be
an end to American aid.
Scotch Best Seller
While the customs legislation
was being put into shape, orders
went out to officials to remove
such unnecessary obstacles to inn
ports as could be without chang
ing laws. j. o. Rennie. British
Embassy First Secretary, told a
reporter that as a result things
are improving every day."
Biggest British dollar Garner in
this country is still Scotch whisky,
even though it did not share In
the devaluation price cuts. It
might have been trimmed by about
20 cents a bottle, but there was no
need. The United States takes all
Britain can spare. about 3 million
Evening star., 1950-06-18
By Edword E. Bomor

ington. The field marshal is j.
w. Taylor, embassy. commercial
minister.
Other countries have somewhat
similar trade promotion organiza-
tions, but none compares in scope
with the British.
Some European exporters, like
the Belgians, favor exhibitions for
their products, but British officials
say they are relying mostly on
old-style digging to find out what
customers want what and how to
supply them.
It is supplying the goods that is
causing headache just now
Manufacturers. in the United
Kingdom have concentrated SO
long on sales to sterling area
and domestic consumers that they
are overawed at the size and COM
plexity of the American market.
They are being cajoled and bull
lied by the governments Board OF
Trade to aim for the worlds big
gest mass market. The agency,
which corresponds to the Ameri-
can Department of Commerce, has
set up a wide variety of credit and
insurance arrangement to stir
exports.
Britain has been making vigor-
GUS passes at American trade since
1916, but what gave the real i'm
petus to the current campaign was
last years dollar crisis.
This produced the American
Evening star., 1950-06-18
By james D. White

Java and Sumatra which later
became known as the Republic
Of Indonesia-just one among
Is United States Of Indonesia.
The Dutch whitfield the repub-
lie down to that status in q
f1ve-year series of conferences,
agreements and outbreaks of
colonial war. -.
The Dutch feared losing their
big investment in the Indies at
the hands of the Nationalists,
who lacked experience. Outly.
ing groups Of Indonesians dis
played a natural hesitancy, too,
when it came to turning their
affairs over to a central Java
nese government. So the Dutch
aided in setting up the states
separate from the republic and
equal to it in the federation
that came into being late last
year. While the Dutch could
cite some demand for regional
autonomy. the creation of these
states also meant that in the
U. S. I. the Javanese could be
out-voted by non-Javanese.
However, toward the end Of
this process. late in 1948, the
Dutch resorted to a second "po-
lice action" to keep the repub-
lie in line, and this turned many
of the "puppet" states against
the Dutch.
BY the time a truce was ar
ranged and a conference called
at The Hague, the non-Java-
nese states were willing to let
the Republicans ram through a
provision that any state that
wanted to could becorne mart of
Evening star., 1950-06-18
Britain S Sales in u. S. Are Climbing

leases a year. That is worth an
estimated $39 million to British
exporters.
Motor car shipments are coming
up steadily, however. In 1948
some $4,000 were sold in the United
States, last year almost as many.
This year prospects are sales may
reach 10000 and bring in $40 mil
lion or more. : About $500, 900
worth Of orders were taken at the
New York auto show last month
alone. Since devaluation some
sell for as low as 1899. Luxury
models range up to $4,000. Hun
dreds of buyers have been found
for British cars even in Detroit.
Other items which show promise
include motorcycles, linens. wor-
steds, biscuits, jams and puddings,
Icapdies. bicycles. sweaters, toys.
curios and the lawnmowers which
had a seasonal furry this spring.
In round figures the British cal
culate they sold $267 million worth
Of their goods in this country in
1948 and 5000 million last year
when there was a pre-devaluation
slump.
More optimistic than the EN-
bassy. some American experts
figure the total this year will pass
$3.50 million. II all goes well the
1851 total promises to hit a record
$500 million or more. That is q
fraction Of Marshall Plan aid to
Britain.
distributed by the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1950-06-18

this changes fundamentally the
nature of the Indonesian ma
tions to which the Dutch gave
independence and membership
in the Netherlands Common
wealth. the Indonesians reply
that it is the federation itself
which Is deciding these steps
not the republic. The same men
dominate both governments.
The absorption process has
not been altogether smooth.
There was fighting in West Java
when the former Dutch para
trooper, Turk" Westerling. be-
came involved with a dissident
and fanatic Moslem group
known as Darul Islam and cap
tured briefly the city Of Ban
dung. There was fighting again
at Makassar. capital Of East
1ndonesia on the Island of
Celebes. There Is q group of
Indonesian troops, formerly
under Dutch command, who
have declared their independ-
ence and are holding out on a
small island, Ambon.
This island Of around 10000
people is unusual in that it is
predominantly Christian, and it
is somewhat typical of the con-
fused atmosphere in Indonesia
that the Ambonese Christians
produce the toughest fighters In
a Moslem nation.
For its defiance of the central
authority Of Java. Ambon at
present is blockaded and cut off
from the outside world. Indo-
nesianS say they don't expect 1t
to hold OiIt. verv 1ono
Evening star., 1950-06-18
| World Faces
| Rubber Crisis
By A. l. Mcintyre

SINGAPORE.-A crisis faces
the rubber consuming world as
stocks of natural rubber in
Southeast Asia dwindle and
prices continue to spiral.
The crux is that heavy world
demand created by stockpiling
in the cold war Is outstripping
supply.
1t is feared that Malaya's rich
estates. on which major rubber
consuming nations depend, may
crack under the strain.
Malayan rubber trade author
tiles say four main factors con-
tribute to the present situation:
!. Heavy Russian buying.
2. A heavy shortage of phys
ical rubber" which Is rubber
for immediate delivery.
8. Huge stocks bottled I'D in
1ndoneSla.
4. Strip tapping in Malaga.
Unsettled political and eco
nomic conditions In other parts
Of Southeast Asia provoked
Russia into coming into the
Malayan market for her rubber
supplies. The Soviet union took
delivery Of nearly 10000 tons
this year up to April, most of it
purchased earlier.
Some Heavy Profits
Dozens Of European estates
are tied up for months to fill
Russian orders placed when
prices were much lower than
today. These estates are further
penalized by having to pay ex-
port duty at prevailing higher
prices. The acute shortage Of
physical rubber" is blamed for
the climbing price Of rubber
over the past four months. Only
small holders-people who have
leased small acreages Of govern
ment land for rubber cultivation
and the Chinese-owned estates
have supplies Of physical rub.
ber." They are cashing In.
An estimated 10000 tons Of
cured rubber are in Indonesian
warehouses. Conditions there
are unstable. politically and
economically. Following the
u. s. !. governments recent de-
valuation Of currency by so per
cent, rubber holders wouldn't
sell their commodity for fear
Of further devaluation or de-
probation In the value Of the
currency.
II those stocks can be re-
leased somehow. the shortage
viii be relieved.
Rubber men said the United
States planned making big pur-
chases in Indonesia after the
Dutch government gave UP It's
sovereignty to local rulers. But
when stable conditions In the
new Indonesian republic failed
to materialize, the United
States placed It's orders in Ma
laya.
Usssrfbussa sv Ne 1asesiassA Press,
Evening star., 1950-06-18

Dollar-Short Britain, fast learn
ing how to win friends and in
fluence customers. is pressing
trade drive in the United States
that promises to boost its 1850
sales Is per cent over last year.
British and American officials
make this estimate on the basis
Of q trend which foreShadowS q
total Of at least $3.50 million.
Aided by American official back
ing and lower dollar prices made
possible by cheaper pound ster-
ling, the idea is to clinch q share
Of the United States market which
will help materially in relieving
the British dollar famine when
Marshall Plan aid ends.
American customers are help
ing out nicely thus far.
They bought quickly 10000
British-made lawnmowers shipped
over in March alone.
A single New York newspaper
advertisement produced 1000 mail
orders for women's cashmere
sweaters.
(The British Embassy is still
unhappy over that deal. The
jobber had only 5000 sweaters,
and those to whom he had to
make refunds included annoyed
wives Of several American Con-
gressmen.)
A Los Angeles distributor Of
fered q contract for q British
sport model car that would have
taken six months or more of the
manufacturers output. That had
to be turned down because Of
other export orders.
However, the sales drive has
produced numerous setbacks-
notably the rejection of a $500, 900
British bid on transformer equip
ment for a Seattle hydro electric
development.
Resistance is building up among
American competitors among
many lines, as evidenced by the
opposition just voiced by United
States textile representatives
against any further tariff cuts.
Not Downhearted
The Food and Drug Administra-
ton confiscated q shipment of
English plum pudding on the
ground it contained no plums.
British officials say they are far
from downhearted. Just now they
are hopefully cycling Congress fol-
action on legislation to streamline
American customs procedures. II
would make possible q fiourishing
mail order trade by exemptine
orders under $40 from duty.
4 Spearhead Of the campaign Il
a new field organization of special
trade representatives attached tc
the 80 British consulates ir
American cities. They operate un-
der direction Of four superintend-
ing trade councils. at New York
Chicago. San Francisco and New
Orleans. There is O lively two
way now Of information on de-
mands and general trade condi.
tions with the Board Of Trade n
London, via the Embassy in Wash
Evening star., 1950-06-18

islands, inhabited by hundreds
Of tribes and racial groups
speaking different dialects and
languages. About half the to.
tai population is concentrated
on the richest island, Java.
To anyone planning to ad-
minister this vast territory in
a world full of real or fancied
enemies, a natural preference
for centralized authority is al
most automatic. Historically,
authority in the Indies always
has centered on Java.
For roughly a thousand years
before the Dutch came, Java
was the center of a series of
Indonesian empires. At one
time or another they dominated
all or more Of Indonesia. The
rulers were of Malayan stock,
but their civilization was mainly
Hindu and originated in India.
From India also came the Mos
lem religion, which came to be
dominant and today claims
80 per cent Of the Indonesians.
The Dutch ruled, from Java,
under a single colonial admin
.istration for 800 years. The
brief but demoralizing japanese
occupation during World War II
was monolithic and based on
Java.
AT the end of the war, be-
fore the Dutch could return.
IndoneSian nationalists de-
clared their independence. They
were mainly Javanese, mainly
Moslen1, and they declared In
dependence for all Indonesia,
not just for those portions of
Evening star., 1950-06-18

Since 1850 began, 13 member
States in the newborn Repub-
lie Of the United States of In
donesia have been absorbed by
the Republic of Indonesia, which
was just one of the original
group Of 16. Two more are
in the process Of absorption.
Is this greed, bad faith, his
tory at work, or all three? You
get different answers from diff
ferent people. The Dutch, who
are giving up their sovereignty
over this rich empire Of 80 mil
lion people. contend that the
republic Is gobbling its sister
states against their will and
contrary to the terms of the
agreement under which the
Federated Republic of the U. s.
I. gained independence last year
and status as q member Of the
Netherlands Commonwealth of
Nations.
The Indonesians say it's all
legal and according to the will
Of the people.
At any rate, what started out
to be q federation Of states now
faces the future as a single
unitary state. The background
to the change begins with the
peculiar geographic nature Of
the Indies. A
Immensely wealthy in natural
resources, they sprawl across a
longer segment Of the world
map than either. the United
States of America or the sub
continent Of Europe. At the
same time they are made up
Of thousands of big and little
Evening star., 1950-06-18

the republic ''by democratic
means"
This is what has been hap
pening this year, except that it
has not been happening by pop
ular vote. No elections have
been held. and none probably
could be held because of dis
turbed conditions. Instead there
have been DEGREES and laws
passed by the federal govern
ment based on local petitions
and votes by local assemblies,
asking incorporation into the
republic.
Still officially outside the re-
public now are only East SUI
matra and East Indonesia. The
last is an enormous area made
up of hundreds of islands lying
between Borneo and New
Guinea. These states are ex-
pected to be merged "of1icially"
soon.
Netherlands New Guinea is
still considered Dutch territory,
but under The Hague agree
ment it's status must be decided
during 1850. Unification Of the
federated states under the re-
public naturally increases Indo.
nesian bargaining power on this
question:
In early May, President SUI
karno (who is president both of
the U.SI. and the republic)
called for a unitarian govern
ment dissolution Of the feder-
ated U.SI. set-up. On May 10
this was voted by the federal
government itself.
To Dutch complaints that all
Evening star., 1950-06-18

tSee MULLINS. Page C-Sl
Evening star., 1950-06-18

(See GOLDBERG, Page C-2)
Evening star., 1950-06-18
US. DefenseV eVitoIIyLinked
To Decision on jap Treaty
Tokyo Visit by Dulles. Johnson and Bradley
To Determine Need for Pact Now, Along
With Security Arrangements 1t Will Contoin
By creston B. Mullins

The auickened tempo Of cold Developments in Asia is
pressing the United States decision whether Japan
win get treaty viii continue under Allied
The decision should be by middle month";
John Foster Dulles special adviser Secretary
Defense Secretary johnson Bradley
Evening star., 1950-06-18
Soviet Grip
On Czechs Is
Relentless
Beron Expected to
Be Target of New
Anti-Church Drive

"A. /. Goldberg of the Asso-
cidted Press United Nations
staff formerly iD1s chief of the
Associated Press Bureau In
Prague, and has interviewed
Westerners recently back from
there.)
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-01
LAUREL METHODIST CHURCH

c. g.. Spellman, Pastor
Church school, 9:45 a. m. Harold
Richardson, superintendent.
Morning worship, II a. m. Ser
mon by DR.. Walter B. Spaulding.
DR.. Spalding is executive secre-
tary of the Methodist Board of
Education for the state of Mon
tana.
Senior and intermediate M. Y. F.
will meet at the church at $50.
The intermediate M. Y. F. will
be hosts to the Park City M. Y.
F. Sunday evening.
Evening worship, 7:30 at Park
City.
Monday, Z p. m. Boy Scouts will
meet at the church.
Tuesday: 1915 a. m. Rotary will
meet at the church.
Choir practice, 7 p. m, Mrs. L..
B. Conrad, director.
Adult Bible class, 8 p. m.
Wednesday: 8 p. m. Board OF
Education meeting at The church.
Friday: 2 p. M, Spiritual Life
study. Group will meet at the
church.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-01
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH

H. c. Haemmelmann, Pastor
"The Church With the Carlton"
Sunday, Feb. 5:
Listen to the Carlton 9 a. m.
Sunday school $50 a. m.
Worship Service in English will
holy Baptism 1890 a. m. A rug
offering will be received.
District Christian Endeavor con.
vention 2:30 p. m. DR.. Ray Glib.
bons of New York City, N. Y,
will be the speaker.
The social hour 5 p. m.
Youth conservation service z p.
with DR.. George Stickney, Con-
gregational superintendent of Mon
tana, will deliver the message. A
candlelight communion service will
conclude the meeting.
Monday, 7 p. m. Brotherhood
Bible class.
Tuesday, 7 p. m. junior choir;
1880 p. m. senior choir.
Wednesday 1880 p. M, Dorcas
Society monthly meeting.
Saturday, Catechetical instruc-
ton 2 p. m. Prayer meeting Z
p. m.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-01
Kittens in Heating Unit
Chill Church Congregation

DETROIT.-Thu Oak Park Chris
tan chapel finally got the kittens
out of the heating pipes and now
the congregation assemblies with
certainty of more comfort than hao
previously been the case.
For an entire week, the congrega-
ton had been shivering at the night
ly services because there were kit
tens in the pipes of the heating sys-
tenn. The Rev. James B. Shallow
feared that firing the furnace might
~suffocate the kittens and-well, that
would be unpleasant.
He and the congregation had
learned that a white Angora cat
had a litter of kittens in the heat
ing duct of the newly-built church.
No one was sure just how many.
So when the weather became cold,
the cat and kittens became a real
problem.
The mother cat, SNOWFALL, and
two kittens finally were lured out.
But meowings from the pipe indi-
Gated there were others. At last all
were out, apparently, but one. 1t
refused all Establishments.
An electrician heard about the
church's problem and offered to
help. His technique was simple. He
ratified a long wire inside the ducts.
The kitten skipped about just
ahead of the wire and-at last
popped out among the peWs.
Just to make sure all kittens were
accounted for, the electrician
checked all the ducts with mirror,
flashlight and the long wire.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-01
PARK CITY METHODIST
CHURCH
c. G. Spellman, Pastor

G. q. Spellman, Pastor
Church school, 10 a. m. Mrs
Charles Stonerock, superintendent
At 5 p. m. intermediate M. Y. F
will come to Laurel to meet with
the Laurel intermediate M. Y. F
for an evening of games and wor-
ship.
Evening worship, 1880. Sermon
by DR.. Walter B. Spaulding. DR..
Spaulding will also conduct a study
group after the sermon. This
study will be carried on two hours
an evening on Monday and Tues
day. The study is for all Sunday
school teachers and interested
workers in the church.
Wednesday: 7 p. m. Senior M.
Y. F.
Thursday: 2:30 p. m. The w. S.
C. S. will meet at the home of
Mrs. Charles Eastlick.