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The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
Gen. Marshall
 Testifies Against Gen. Macarthur

WASHINGTON, (P0 - Secre- tary of Defense Marshall con- tended to Senators today that Gen. Douglas MacArthur'S Korean war proposals would risk "an "all-out war with the Soviet Union"
 Replying to MacArthur's attacks on the administration Far East ern policies, Marshall also said:
 l. The Truman administrations urwavering policy is to deny Ma tionalist held F0rmosa to the Chinese Communists and to op- pose seating of the Reds in the United Nations.
 2. A Jan. F memorandum of the joint chiefs of staff, which Macarthur contended supported his proposals for fighting the Korean war by direct action against Communist China, was drafted for use if American troops had to withdraw from Korea.
 3. The memorandum was dis carded when it became apparent that American troops had turned the tide of battle.
 4. The memorandum contained Is courses of recommended ac- ton, only four of which were quoted by Macarthur in his testi- n4ony last week to Senators in quir;ng into his dismissal as Far Eastern commander and policy dispute involved in it.
 5. Macarthur was fired be- cause of "basic difference of judgment" not only with the President, but the chiefs of staff and Marshall himself.
 Marshall said Gen. Macarthur would have us, on our own in- : 'itiative, carry the conflict beyond Korea against the mainland of
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The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
Number of Alaska's
 Farms Drop From 623 In 1889 To 525 In 1850

WASHINGTON, R- Alaska's total number of farms dropped from 623 in 1889 to 525 in 1850, but their value increased from $3,841,O45 in 939 to $6,543,970 in 1850, the Census Bureau reported today.
 No reason was given by the Bureau for the decrease. It re- ported that the value of all farm products sold in the territory in 1949 was $1,571,931. The average value of each farm was .$12,465 in 1850 or double the $6,165 valu- ation in 1889.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
U. N. Extends Anchors Korean Battle Line

UNDATED, (A) - United Ma tiOnS forces extended both an- chors of their Korean battle line today - northwest of Seoul and north of the 38th parallel around Inje in the east. These were cau- tiouS, limited attacks.
 South K Korean troops jabbed carefully northwest of their bat tered capital against North Kor- can troops who had been told by one of their officers that there would be no big offensive because ''the war is about over."
 Allied intelligence officers of- ficers offered no interpretation of the statement, but presumably the North Korean officer meant the war had reached a Stalemate, with no victory-goal offensive ex- pected from either side.
 Despite constant Allied air pun ishment, the Reds kept transport rolling south. Far Eastern Air Force men called 1t an all-out Red attempt to resupply the Commun- ist divisions whose spring offen- Sive had fizzled.
 Tn the air war the Communists tried out night fighting jets. Three of these presumably new types of craft made unsuccessful passes at a lone JUN. B-26 before dawn Sunday.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
g Airnen Killed I'm Crash of Giant B-36 Bomber

ALBUQUERQUE, (P)-A giant B-36 bomber crashed in flames as it tried to land at Kirtland Air Force Base. yesterday, killing g airmen. The explosion made the base resemble a junkyard.
 It was the fifth and worst B-36 crash since the Air Force put the 139-ton, six-engined bombers - the worlds largest-into opera ton in August 1946. The toll of 23 dead is just three less than the combined deaths in the other four.
 Col. Perry c. Griffith, Kirt- land commander, said the flaming wreckage Hooked like a burning oil field. Flames shot up almost 20 feet in the air"
 Two survivors were in critical condition at Sandia Special Wea- ponS Base hospital. Sandia ad- joins kirkland.
 Twenty-two airmen were killed outright. The 23rd died at Sandia a few minutes later. The bomber, almost as long as a city block, had just finished a three-hour flight from CarsWell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Tex.
 Winds in excess of 40 miles an hour stirred up billowing sand storm and famed the flames quickly to a parked C-54 Air Force transport and a small pri- vate cargo plane.
 Minutes before, the bomber caused windows to rattle and walls to vibrate by roaring not over 400 feet above the city.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
Russia to Take Part Nm 1852 Olympic Games

VIENNA, (P)-Russia was rec ognized today by the International Olympic Committee. It now be- comes eligible to take part in the 1852 Olympic Games.
 The LOG action was taken when Russia was almost the first sub- ject discussed as the 35-man com- mittee opened it's three-day ses- sion.
 The Russians will now be eli gible to compete in the 1852 win ter games which start at Oslo, Norway, on February IA, and at the summer games at Helsinki in July and August, 1852.
 The Russians have taken part in only one previous Olympics, in Stockholm in 1912.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
U. s. Troops In Iceland: North
 Atlantic Alliance

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, (P) - A contingent of American troops ar rived by air today at Reykjavik airport, 30 miles from this capital, for the announced purpose of aid ing Iceland'S defense under the North Atlantic Alliance. The num- Der of troops was not announced.
 In Washington, defense officials told reporters the initial detach- ment consisted of about 200 men under the command of Brig. Gen. Edward John McGaw of Phila- delphia.
 The arrival of the troops appar- ently was no surprise to the peo- pie of this old island republic, since it was generally known that negotiations had been under way for some time. Nevertheless, the announcement of the arrival was puDlSned Tn extra edluOnS O1 Reykjavik's newspapers.
 The government st a { e m n threw little light on the mission of the Americans.
 During World War II Iceland was a major assembly point for conveys to Russia.
 Members of Parliament's Demo- cratic parties were consulted, the government said, and it was ag- reed that now was the time to ask for defense forces. Of the B members of Parliament, 43 SUD- ported the government in it's re- quest. The nine Communist mem berS of Parliament were not con- suited.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
A-BOmb Be Set Off In Aleutians 300
 Feet Underground

SEATTLE, (R-S Senator Mag nuson said Saturday the govern ment plans to set off an atomic bomb 300 feet underground in the Aleutians ''to determine what happens when a bomb is exploded underground"
 ''What they want to find out" ," he said, eff what would happen if a saboteur should cause a bomb to be detonated in a subway or in the sub basement of some building in one of our large Amer ican cities"
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
At A Glance ..

GERMANY - Socialist Reich party, led by former supporters of Adolf Hitler, scores surprise success in lower Saxony elections.
 AUSTRIA - Pro-Nazi vote is factor in Austrian presidential el- ection. Run-off necessary as no independent candidate gets abso- lute majority; lead cut by support given independent candidate by former supporters of Hitler.
 EGYPT - All Egypt enjoys public holiday following wedding of King Farouk to 17-year-old commoner, the beautiful Narri- man Sadek.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
Bill Would Increase Alaska Airport Leases From 10 to 20 Years

WASHINGTON, (P)-The Sen ate has passed and sent to the House a bill to permit the Secre- tary of Commerce to lease space on Alaska airports for 20 years.
 The present limit of 10 years upon such leases, the Senate Com merce Committee said, "has made it impossible for the Civil Aero nautics Administration to interest private persons in providing ade- quate hangar facilities" at An chorage and Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
Gov. Warren of
 California to Visit Alaska University

SACRAMENTO, Calif., (P) - Governor Earl Warren is going to Alaska on a four-day trip.
 His office said today he has accepted Governor Ernest Gruen- ing's invitation to attend the Uni versity of Alaska commencement May 21.
 The Governors office said ii had no details on Warren's pro- gram in Alaska except that he will attend the University com mencement. He will leave Fair banks May 21.
 Asked about the Alaska trip, the governor said:
 Gee, I'd like to stay up there and fish," He has never been to Alaska.
 Warren said he may take his eldest son, Earl, Jr., 20, on the trip in Earl can get away from his studies at the University ot California College of Agriculture at Davis.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
200 Persons Die In Earthquake
 At San Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, Fl Salvador, (P) - At least 200 persons were reported killed in an earthquake yesterday in the cities of Jacuapa and Chinameca.
 Jucuapa is about 90 miles and Chinameca about 92 miles east of this capital city. Jacuapa has a population of about 12,000 and Chinameca of about 17,O00.
 The strong quakes, which began at pm. yesterday, destroyed many homes and public build ings. Many persons were said to have been buried in ruins. The exact number of dead is not yet known, but authorities estimated about 200 were buried in the debris.
 The Red Cross dispatched doc tors and medicine to the scene and public works ministry work men started clearing blocked roads. The towns are situated in the neighborhood of San Miguel volcano, but it did not erupt. The quake was attributed to under ground activity of the volcano, however.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
Anchorage Liquor Trial Ends With S3l2,OOO In Fines

ANCHORAGE, (P) - A liquor association, five corporations, and 10 individuals accused of fixing liquor prices were fined a total of $312,000 Saturday.
 They changed pleas of innocent to Nolo Contendere (no conteSD on antitrust charges two weeks after their trial started in Fed eral Court.
 A settlement was forecast We'd nesday when Federal Judge An thony Dimond excused the jury saying the case had "been con- tinued for good cause" The trial began April 20 with predictions it might last two months.
 This was the second trust trial here after a series of indict- ments last year. A trial of taxicab operators ended recently with some convicted and others ac- quilted.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07
Shirley Temple Undergoes AppendectOmy in Tulsa

TULSA, Okla, (P)@Screen star Shirley Temple underwent an emergency appendectomy here last night after being stricken while driving through town.
 Attendants at Hillcrest Memori- al Hospital described the condi- ton of the 23-year-old movie act ress as good.
The Nome nugget., 1951-05-07

Iceland is the second North Att lantic island for which the United States has assumed defense res possibilities. An agreement for the mutual defense of Greenland was negotiated with Denmark only a few days ago.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Georgia Senators Fear Way Alaskans Would Vote

JUNEAU, (P - Governor Gruening returned f rom a six week trip to the States with a report that Georgia's governor had stated openly that his oppo- sition to Alaska statehood was based on a fear of the way Alaska senators would vote.
 Gruening said Gov. Herman Talmadge told the annual Cover nor'S conference that the people of Georgia were opposed to any more senators who might be in favor of cloture - the procedure limiting debate. It is the cloture rule that can stop filibusters, an oft-used tactic Of southern sen- ators.
 Talmadge gave the explanation in response to a question after he had cast a lone mo" vote on the resolution for endorsement of statehood.
 Gruening said in an interview that, in Talmadge's statement, 'it was at least stated clearly what those who have watched the state hood battle have long suspected. When last year a group of south ern senators talked to me about their opposition to the Alaska statehood bill, not one of them gave this as their reason"
 Governor Gruening expressed the opinion the Talmadge state ment might be valuable to state hood proponents in the future.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Three Killed In Crash Of CAY At ElmendOrf

ANCHORAGE, (F9 - An Air Force CAT crashed in landing at Elmendorf air base Wednesday night, killing three of it's five occupants.
 The two others were injured critically. All names were with held.
 The CAY, attached to the 9th Radar Celebration unit at Elmen- dorf, crashed a quarter of mile west of the runway in attempting a ground control approach landing in heavy fog, base officers said.
 The plane caught fire but base firemen quickly extinguished it.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Japanese Freighter In Trouble Tn Mid-Pacific

SAN FRANCISCO, (F1 - The Japanese freighter Kinugasa Maru, with AZ men aboard, was reported in distress in the North Pacific early today.
 The RIGA Radio Marine station at Pt. Reyes, Calif., said it picked up an sos from the 4,971-ton ves- sel saying she was in need of immediate rescue.
 The vessels position was given as approximately midway be- tween Japan and the Aleutian Islands on the Great Circle route.
 The Kinugasa was reported laden with iron ore.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
NY Longshoremen
 Go Back To Work

NEW YORK, (P) - Striking longshoremen flocked back to freight damned piers today after their leaders agreed to end the ports billion-dollar, 25-day wild cat walkout.
 Along the miles of waterfront from Hoboken and Jersey City, N.J., to the far reaches of Brook lyn, thousands streamed to work before the 1 pm. deadline set by their leaders. O. ..->.
 The rebel union faction, which steamrollered the strike into New York's longest port tie-up, yielded to New York fact-finding board in the pre-dawn hours to end the strike.
 John Dwyer, co-chairman of the strike committee, told a gath ering of 1,20O dockworkers that If we had this crowd every morning on the picket line we would have continued the strike. y
 Dwyer said that behind the committees back work action was the fact that an injunction against picketing had been issued in New Jersey yesterday, and an application for a similar injunc- ton was to be filed in New York.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
SEE Indians Claim 382,OOO Acres Of Prince of Wales Is.

JUNEAU, (P)-A congressional subcommittee studying aboriginal land claims was told yesterday the Tee-Hit-Ton Indians of south. eastern Alaska claim 382,000 acres at the north end of Prince of Wales Island.
 William L. Paul, Sr., appearing before the committee as a repre- sentative of the tribe, estimated the land is valued at $8,000, ,000.
 Other witnesses were attorneys R. E. Robertson and N. C. Ban field and William L. Paul, Jr.
 The latter, speaking for the Alaska Native Brotherhood, said his people would even consider a reservation plan in order to gain paper title to the lands.
 Banfield, an American Legion representative, asked for equit- able adjustments but opposed large grants and plans for reser- vations. Robertson stressed the need to clarify the status of south east Alaska tidelands to help speed development of industry.
 It was the sixth such hearing for the committee which came to Alaska six days ago from Seat tie. The group planned to visit Sitka today and Ketchikan to- morrow.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Daughter of Former Sitka Marshal Charged Larceny

SEATTLE, (P)-Mrs. Gertrude Tucker Meehan, 31, daughter of a former US. marshal at Sitka, was bound over to Superior Court on a grand larceny charge yes terday by Justice of the Peace William Hoar.
 Filed July 16, it accuses Mrs. Meehan of drawing about $328 in state aid to dependent children funds to which she was not en- titled, having failed to notify wei fare authorities of her marriage to a Coast Guardsman, which re- suited in her receiving an $85-a- month government allotment.
 The court was told Mrs. Nee han has made full restitution. The superior court will now dispose of the case.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Small Nations In U. IN. Plead For Greater Security

PARIS, (P) - Small nations pleaded for greater collective se- curity against the possibility of another Korea today in speeches before the United Nations As sembly. Their pleas followed dis couraging new tough talk by the United States and Russia.
 AS they spoke, US. ambassador Philip C. Jessup, in a special news conference, challenged the Soviet Union to start disarmament talks in the JUN. now-not to wait until some time before June 1, 1852, as the Russians proposed yesterday. JesSup also accused the Russians of trying to bypass the JUN. in asking a worldwide arms confer ence.
 RuSsia'S proposal was in an- swer to a US. plan-also put be- for the LIN. General Assembly yesterday-for a census of arma- ments and progressive reduction of both conventional and atomic weapons. Jessup said the US. and her British and French allies would push for quick JUN. action on their proposal.
 In the General Assembly meet ing today F. w. Doidge of New Zealand urged increased mea- sures of collective security to give the free world strength to repel any future aggressions such as occurred in Korea.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Philip Murray Reelected To 18th Year Head CIO

NEW YORK, (P(-Philip Mur- ray, 65-year-old former coal miner, was reelected today to his 18th year as president of the CIO after confetti-throwing demon stration by shouting convention delegates.
 Murray's name was put into nomination by Jacob Potofsky, head of the Amalgamated Cloth ing Workers, who called Murray not only a union leader but a leader of mankind"
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Two Women Die In S5O,OOO N. C.. Fire At Bethel

BETHEL, Alaska, (P) - Fire swept Bethels two main build ings Wednesday claiming the lives of school teacher and a hotel manager.
 The Bethel school superintend- ent said an l8-year-old native from Kipnuk village was missing after the fire but it was not de termined whether he was a vic tim.
 The dead were Mrs. Bessie Smith, about 60, territorial public school teacher, and Miss Ann Joyce, manager of a road house hotel.
 The school superintendent said five others escaped through win dows of the roadhouse after fire broke out in the kitchen about 5::3O am.
 The roadhouse and the towns movie house, owned by the Nor thern Commercial Co.,, were burned to the ground with a loss estimated unofficially at $5O,00O. Cause of the fire was not known.
 Bessie Smith will be remem- bered by many in Nome as the ANS teacher stationed here sev- eral years ago.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Will Recommend
 Continuance Oil Exploration Alaska

DENVER, (R)-A committee of industry advisors to the Navy concluded today that exploration for oil in Naval Reserve No. 4 in Alaska should continue.
 Capt. R. H. Meade, chief of Naval Petroleum Reserves, an- nounced the decision at the end of a four-day meeting here. He was chairman of the committee of advisors to the Secretary of the Navy.
 Capt. Meade announced that the committee will recommend to the secretary that he ask Congress for funds to carry on exploration in the 37,000-square-mile Alaskan reserve through 1852 and 1853. The reserve is above the Arctic Circle.
 He said the committee con- firmed the discovery of a new Alaskan oil field at Umiat on the Colville River and heard from responsible sources" tn re- serves there are from 30 million to 100 million barrels, based on present limits of the unit.
 Capt. Meade said he was an nouncing for the first time that the committee has been advised of widespread occurrences of nat ural gas in the Alaskan Naval Re serve.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Find Nc Trace Missing Fairbanks Airplane

FAIRBANKS, G Air Force and Civil Air Patrol pilots searched high mountains along the Alaska Railroad today for a light plane and it's two occu- pants missing nearly a week on a flight to Anchorage.
 Bob Rouse, a Fairbanks con- struction foreman, was at the con trols of the Cessna when it left here last Saturday on what was to have been a pleasure jaunt. Viola O'Brien, Fairbanks cafe employe who formerly lived in Spokane and Walla Walla, Wash, was a passenger.
 Jim Magoffin, who piloted Civil Air Patrol plane in the search, said the railroad line had been searched without finding a clue.
 Magoffin said the pilots plan was to follow the railroad to An chorage but he apparently left the railroad to escape fog re- ported at points along the line on the day of the flight. Rouse had no instrument training, Magoffin said.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
U. 5. Presents It's
 "Foolproof'' Arms Count Plan To JUN

PARIS, (P)-The United States presented it's "foolproof" arms count plan to the United Nations Thursday. Russia dismissed it as '1udicrous" and called for a world conference by next June to con- sider tn e whole disarmament question.
 U. S. Secretary of State Dean AchesGn formally presented the Western power plan along with a challenge to Russia to work sin cerely for peace in Korea and to show good will.
 The plan, which President Tru- man elaborated Wednesday night in a major speech, calls for step by-step disarmament and a count and limitation of atomic and other weapons under strict JUN. controls.
 Following Acheson to the floor at this sixth session of the U. N. Assembly, Soviet foreign minis ter Andrei Y. Vishinsky heaped ridicule on the plan, said he could mot keep from laughing"
 Then he countered with a So- viet proposal whose main points were:
 Cessation of hostilities in Korea within 10 days and withdrawal of troops to the 38th parallel;
 Withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea within 30 days;
 Conclusion of a pact of peace by the. five oig powers, meaning inclusion of communist China, plus the disarmament conference by next summer.
 There is little liklihood tn e West would even consider such a plan. The ''Pact of Peace" has been the keystone of Soviet pro- paganda for months.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Gold Production Up 20 Per Cent
JAP Special Washington Service,

LAT SpeCidI WdSNHiBtOn SeTVlCej
 WASHINGTON, (P) Gold production increased 20 per cent during 1850 to reverse a two-year downward trend, the Bureau of Mines said yesterday.
 The bureau said that the 1850 output of 2,394,23l ounces was more than twice the wartime low reached in 1945.
 South Dakota was the leading gold producing state in' 1850. It also was top producer in 1949.
 California, second in 1949, was forced into third place in 1850 by Utah. These three states, with Alaska, supply 72 per cent of the national total.
 Gold production in 1850 in- cluded:
 South Dakota, 567,996 fin C ounces; Utah, 457,551; California 412,118; Alaska, 289,272.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
$650,000 In Frozen Funds Released To Alaska Veterans Bureau

JUNEAU, (P)-AlaSka'S Board of Administration approved yes terday the release of $650,000 of long-frozen funds to the Commis- sioner of Veterans Affairs.
 The office of Floyd Guertin will have the money for home or business loans to veterans. The finds have been frozen" since June, 1949, awaiting improvement in the territorial treasury.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-09
Fairbanks Jaycees To Help Police

FAIRBANKS, (P) - To help meet the urgent police needs of Fairbanks, the Junior Chamber of Commerce has offered to organ ize and train an auxiliary force, of volunteers. The volunteers would stand regular shifts with policemen.
The Nome nugget., 1951-01-12
Harry Will Consult Congress Out Of POliteness;'' Then
 Do As He Pleases

'Contin'ied from Page One' rticts the number of troops by lim- iting appropriations.
 And if the lawmakers want to go to the country with that kind of a restriction, he declared, he is willing.
 He licked 'em once before, the President said in an obvious refer ence to his attacks on the Repub- lican 8Oth Congress in the 1948 Presidential campaign.
 Taft told reporter he thinks the only practical limitation on the Presidents authority may be in such appropriations restrictions
 But Taft said the Presidents in- sistence on his right to send troops to Europe without prior Congress sional approval of the policy and what Taft called MT. Truman's .by-passing of elected Republican leaders in his consultations ''brings an end ti the bipartisan foreign policy"
 MT. Truman also told his news conference that Gen. Douglas Mac ArthuE contrary to some publish ed reports, has not recommended that United Nations forces be