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The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
Truman Signs New Draft Law Effective To 1855

WASHINGTON, (P-President Truman Tuesday signed the new draft law.
 The measure lowers the draft age, extends the selective service system for years and lays the foundation for universal military training.
 MT. Truman signed a bill in a White House ceremony.
 The new law keeps the draft in operation until July 1, 1855, and permits the induction of 1872 year-olds for military service if local draft boards exhaust their supply of older eligible men. It makes no change in the present maximum draft age of 25.
 The present law, which would have expired on July g, pro- hibited the induction of anyone under 19.
 The period of service under the law is 24 months instead of 21 under the expiring law.
 Although the minimum induc- ton age under the new law is 1872 years, men still must register when they become IS.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
Bakery and Restaurant To Open
 Soon I'm Renovated Nome Grill

The Nome Grill is being com pletely renovated, preparatory to opening very soon, into a modern restaurant and bakery.
 Ernie Gustafson, baker for the North Pole last year until the fire, who kept Nome supplied with bread and a fine line of pastries, will be in charge of the new business and his partner is Bob Renshaw of the Quianna Club.
 On the Coastal Rambler, they stated, is complete new bake shop equipment, including a large mod ern oven that will be able to keep the town in bread, wrapping and slicing machines, special mixers. This modern new shop expects to be able to furnish not only Nome
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
Asserts Foreign Policy Based On Fear of Russia

WASHINGTON, (P)-Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, former ann bassador to China, today accused the State Department of surren- dering the principles for which World War II was fought.
 Ever since the 1925 Yalta agree ment, he declared, U. S. foreign policy has been based on "con- sessions to Communism and fear of Russia
 Hurley also called for an end to what he called a 'policy of appeasement." He was testifying before Senate committees investi- gating the custer of Gen. MacAr- thur.
 When Hurley took the witness chair, the committee made public a letter from Macarthur contend ing that President Truman's or ders "silencing pertinent wit nesses" had denied the inquiry group the "full facts" about his recall from his Pacific commands.
 In his letter, Macarthur de- clined an invitation to return for further testimony before the com mittees.
 Hurley, a Republican, was the eleventh witness at the inquiry.
 He said: eve should quit sup porting ideologies abroad which if successful will destroy the Ameri- can system of liberty"
 Prior to today's session, Senator Byrd D-Va) said he didn't think Macarthur was kept sufficiently informed of policy decisions be- fore he was relieved of his Pa cific commands.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20

chorage's Elmendorf and Fair banks Ladd Fields. He also will inquire about Ketchikan, where the Governor recently asked for a new rent office.
 ''The whole Territory is under rent control" Woods said.
 Loopholes in the Jaw leave him powerless, he explained, to con- trol rents on housing built or con- verting after February, 1947, as we'll as on motels and some other units.
 Such loopholes have handcuffed him in cleaning up rent profiteer- ing around many military install lations in the south, he declared, but he will spur his Alaskan rep resentatives to take any action they can.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
Alaska Housing and Rent Conditions
 Are Worse Than Any Place In U. S..
 Asserts Federal Housing Expediter

SEATTLE, (P Housing and rent conditions in Alaska prob ably are worse than any place in the United States" Federal Hous- ing Expediter Tighe Woods said Monday in Seattle on a stopover enroute to Alaska.
 Woods flew to Alaska to in vestigate reports of outrageous rent-g0uging near military install lations there. He will confer with Gov. Ernest H. Gruening and with military and housing authorities in Juneau, Anchorage and Fair banks on charges of conditions he described as "so bad I want to see for myself before I talk about them"
 On his flying four-day tour in Alaska, Woods will check espec- ially on rent charges around An
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
Anchorage Voters Reject One Percent Sales Tax

ANCHORAGE, (P)-A proposed one percent sales tax to repair the streets was voted down by one-third of Anchorage's 5000 registered voters Monday. The tax would have been levied on all sales and services, with pro- ceeds going for street improve ments, retirement of street bonds and refunds to residents who paid street assessments during the past three years.
 The proposal also called for an additional one percent levy for school buildings if and when the school board imposes a tax in a school district outside the city limits.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
l9 Ships on Pacific Coast Tied Up By
 RadiOmen's Strike

SAN FRANCISCO, (P) - CIO radio operators and shipowners recessed an all-night negotiating session at dawn today without ending five-day-old strike. The walkout has crippled non-military shipping on the Pacific coast.
 Federal Conciliator Omar Hos kins said the two factions will meet again at noon. He refused to indicate whether a settlement was near.
 The strikers, members of the CIO American Radio Association, have tied up 19 ships in Pacific coast ports. They demand $415 a month, $63 increase that would put them on a par with second mates.
 The Pacific Maritime Associa- ton rejected that and asked for a Is to 3O-day extension of the con- tract while negotiations continue.
 Only American passenger lines and flag freighters are affected.
 Meanwhile, there were reports of unrest among three other mari time unions supporting the strike.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
2l US. COnmies Indicted Today

WASHINGTON, (P)- Twenty one members of the Communist party's secondary command were indicted today on charges of plot ting violent overthrow of the United States government.
 Seventeen of those indicted by a federal grand jury in New York were seized in an early morning roundup by FBI agents. The four others were being sought.
 The government moved against the lesser lights in the wake of this months Supreme Court de- cision upholding the conviction of the party's II top leaders.
 Attorney General McGrath and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover said in statement:
 Some of the individuals ar rested are members of the alter nate National Committee, recently formed by the Communist party to serve as the top policy making body in the absence of the present national committee members, now convicted"
 Each of those seized today was described by Hoover as "a prom inent, active functionary of the Communist party, U.S.A."
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
Quadruplets Born To New Jersey Housewife

BAYONNE, N. J., (R-Q Quad ruplets were born today to a Lyndhurst, N. J., housewife, but one was born dead.
 Three girls and boy were de- livered to Mrs. Selma Kronen- berg at Bayonne hospital. The last, a girl, was Stillborn.
 Hospital authorities said the three others and the mother were "doing fine"
 The father, Irving Kronenberg, operates variety store here. The couple have one other child.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
Korean Situation
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
 Ten Red planes were shot down or damaged today in the Korean wars first double-deck dog-fight.
 Both jet and propeller driven planes-98 of them-took part in the fourth consecutive day of air war over northwest Korea.
 On the ground, North Koreans suddenly abandoned Punchbowl Valley, which they had fought for so viciously. United Nations guns now dominate the former Red build-up area on the eastern front.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20

but surrounding towns and vil- lages with sufficient bread at lower prices than that being ship ped in by air from Fairbanks and Anchorage.
 MT. Gustafson and MT. Ren- shaw stated that Lee Matterson, who is we'll known here, will ar rive to handle the cooking, and that only the best of materials will be used to serve the Nome people.
 A fine line of fresh meats for the restaurant has already been arranged for and other merchan- disc is on the Coastal Rambler.
 The new restaurant plans to open as soon as the new equip ment can be installed.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20

SEATTLE, (P)-The 28-foot tug Marilyn of Portland capSized while attempting to cross the har- Dor at Nehalem, Ore, the Coast Guard reported today. One mem Der of the crew was drowned.
 Coast Guardsmen from tn e Tillamook Bay lifeboat station re- covered the body of Allen Arne- son, of Portland.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
Investigating Committee Threatens Florida Gov.

WASHINGTON, (P)-The Sen ate Crime Committee today, for the third time, asked Gov. Fuller Warren of Florida to appear be- fore it in Miami. It threatened further action" unless he accepts or gives satisfactory response" before noon tomorrow.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20

COLUMBUS, O., (P-Ohio fun eral directors holding their annual convention here report the av- craze cost of a U. s. funeral now is S513-more than S100 greater than it was 10 years ago.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-20
FIRST GIRL BORN IN 22 YEARS

FAIR ISLE, The Orkneys, (P)- After g years of nothing but boy babies in Fair Isle (pop. 127), the girls have started to arrive.
 Mrs. Douglas Stout gave birth to the girl yesterday. This broke a run of 15 boys on the island, in- cluding two for Mrs. Stout.
Evening star., 1951-03-03
.Czechs Arrest 200
AS 'Titoist PIotters'
BY the Assoeiofed Press

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Mar.
3.-More than 200 persons-in-
Guiding top Communist Party
officials-were reported on good
authority to be under arrest today
in Czechoslovakia's current purge
of 'Titoist plotters.
They were said to have been
arrested in an alleged conspiracy
to cut Czechoslovakia's ties with
the Soviet Union and line her up
with the Western capitalist states
like Yugoslavia.
Two major trials and a series
of smaller hearings are expected
after the authorities have pre-
pared thoroughly the states case.
According to charges leveled at
last weeks conference of the Com
munist Party's Central Commit
tee, the prisoners fall into two
main groups. One is the Slovak
separatist group of former For
eign Minister Vlado Clements,
who is accused of spying for the
French.
The other group includes Otto
Sling, former party political Sec
retary for the Brno region, and
Mrs. Marie Svermova, a former
deputy secretary general of the
party. Mr., Sling is charged with
being a spy for the British.
Evening star., 1951-03-03
Police Private's Car
Stolen and Wrecked

Fellow officers early today re-
covered the remains of the stolen
automobile of Police Pvt. Ray
mond E. Bright.
The car crashed into a tree at
Bladensburg road and Benning
road NE. after chase which at
times reached speeds of 80 mfies
an hour. Damage was estimated
at $500.
Three occupants of the car, Car
roll Stewart, "a, colored, no fixed
address; Catherine Warren, %
colored, of 1881 Ninth street NV.
and Francis Griffin, colored, Of 44s
Kings court NV, were slightly
injured. All were treated at Gal
linger Hospital for cuts anc
bruises.
Pvt. Bright, who is assigned tt
the fourteenth precinct, reported
his private car stolen at midnight
Two hours later, Detective Sergts
John w. Hayes and M. c. Davi.
of the Safe Squad spotted it al
Seventh and r streets NV. They
overlook it at Eleventh street ane
Vermont avenue NV. and ordered
the driver to pull over.
The detectives said Stewart
who was driving, stepped on the
gas. In the ensuing chase, tn.
detectives said the fleeing Cal
went through eight stop signs ane
three red lights.
The car went out of control anc
knocked down a SLOW" sign before
it struck the tree, they reported.
Evening star., 1951-03-03
DC. Food Prices Hit New Peak:
Rise Continues Despite freeze
January Index Soors to 22l.2;
All Items Up Except Eggs, Sugar

December Is to January Is. The
figure is 221.2, as compared with
1914 year ago.
This is 1873 per cent higher. It
means that Washington home
makers during the December JAN
uary period paid 1921 for items
that a year earlier cost $1.94, Mr..
Hollander pointed out.
Back in 1885, 1899, which is the
base period for BIS statistics, the
same amount of food could be
bought for 81. So the new index
represents an increase of 121 per
cent over pre-war, the price chief
noted.
The food price rise here as of
January Is is slightly under the
national figure of 2.6 per cent.
Government experts are esti-
tSee D. C.. FOODS. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1951-03-03
Six Persons Claim
Two 500 Bills
Found by Girls

The line is forming on the right
today for all those who lost 500
bills at Ninth and Monroe streets
NE. yesterday.
The Misses Patricia Joan DWyer
and Marion Campbell, Trinity Col
lege students found two century
notes on the sidewalk and prompt
ly turned them into the Twelfth
police precinct.
Word of the find spread quickly
through the neighborhood. Thus
far, six persons have appeared at
the precinct to claim the money
Police said they accepted only the
claim of Philip O. Crimmins. OF
3346 Seventh street NE. He re-
ported he lost two $100 and one SIC
bill at about the time the Trinity
students made their find.
The money was sent to the
police property clerk who adjudi-
c&tes all claims.
Evening star., 1951-03-03
House Action on GIs
For Europe Possible
Along With Senate
Sentiment Shown for
Policy Declaration by
Congress as q Whole
By J. A. OLeuy

Sentiment appeared to be grow
ing today for action by both
branches Of Congress, instead OF
the Senate alone, on the troops
for Europe issue.
Senator Hickenlooper, Repub-
lican, of Iowa, said today he
would not be satisfied with adop-
ton of resolution by the Senate
alone, as proposed by Chairmen
Connally of Foreign Relations and
Russell of Armed Services-the
two Senate committees dealing
jointly with the subject.
The Iowa Senator said such a
resolution would be only "a pious
declaration" without the force of
law. At least half a dozen other
Republican Senators, who favor
sending more American troops to
Western Europe, have indicated
they want the policy laid down by
Congress as a whole.
Closed Sessions Continue.
1t probably will be near the end of
next week before the issue is voted
on by the two committees, which
are still holding closed sessions
with military leaders to answer
questions which could not be dis
cussed in the open hearings.
Senator Hickenlooper empha-
sized that his statement did not
mean Congress should direct troop
movements in detail. or limit the
numbers to be sent to Gen. Eisen-
hower's North Atlantic defense
force. He thinks both houses
should pass on the policy. however.
Two Republican Foreign Rela-
tions Committee members-Sen-
ators Lodge of Massachusetts, and
Knowland of California-already
have drafted substitutes that
would require House as we'll as
Senate approval.
Meanwhile, the hope expressed
by Democrats and Republicans
alike during the hearings that
Spain would soon be brought into
the North Atlantic defense setup,
had some cold water poured on
it in the Senate late yesterday.
Hunt Says Franco Balks.
Senator Hunt, Democrat, of
Wyoming, said "the highest au-
thority in Washington" had in
formed him Spain's Generalissimo
Franco does not want to join
the North Atlantic pact.
Senator Hunt did not identify
his authority, but told reporters it
was not President Truman. In
his testimony on the troop issue
Tuesday former President Her.
bert Hoover said he understood
Franco would not want to take his
Army out of Spain.
Republican Senators Wherry of
Nebraska and Cain of Washing
(See FOREIGN POLICY. Pig. A-3.)
Evening star., 1951-03-03
By Robert X. Walsh

Chairman Fulbright of the Sen
ate subcommittee examining in
fiuence on the Reconstruction FL
nance Corp. declared today that
testimony to date shows the need
for a general investigation OF
the moral level" in Government
His subcommittee does not have
authority and he has no personal
wish to conduct such a Congress
sional inquiry, he said.
But he maintained that an
overall probe is warranted" be-
cause the current hearings have
demonstrated that "too many
people seem to think that, just
because an action by a Govern
ment official is legal, it is there
fore all right"
The subcommittee recessed yes
terday until Monday. Senator
Fulbright said he hopes to finish
the hearings by next Friday. He
declared he did not want to spend
the rest of my life on this cock
eyed thing"
There nevertheless will be so
many loose ends" that special
inquiries by other committees as
we'll as a general investigation of
the prevalence of "impropriety" in
Evening star., 1951-03-03
Socialist Guy MoI|et
Called on 10 Organize
New French Cabinet
Queuille FuiIs to Break
Deadlock on Reforms
In Election System
Q BY the Associuted Pres,

PARIS, Mar. 3.-Henri Que
uille. a Radical Socialist, aban-
doned today his attempts to form
new French cabinet and Guy
Mollet, 46-year-old Socialist
school teacher, said he would try.
Mr.. Mollet is the third French
political leader to accept an invi-
tation from President Vincent
Auriol to try hand at getting a
cabinet together. Mr.. Mollet
said he would talk with labor
unions as we'll as politicians.
Mr.. Auriol had named Mr..
Queuille premier designate yes
terday in the hope he could break
the deadlock over reforms in the
electoral law that brought the
downfall of Premier Rene Pleven S
government Wednesday night.
Mr.. Mollet has never been
premier. He was minister of
state for Council of Europe af-
fairs IN MFR. Pleven's cabinet.
No Assurance of Success.
Georges Bidault. leader of the
Catholic Popular Republican
movement CMRP) was the first
called on by Mr.. Auriol to make
the attempt. Mr.. Bidault threw
in the sponge yesterday after
trying in vain for "a hours.
There was no assurance a So
cialist could succeed where Mr.
Bidault and Mr.. Queuille had
failed.
There is growing talk of get
ting together an interim cabinet
that would try to work out some
kind of compromise election law
then hold new elections quickly
The. elections must be held before
next November.
The Radicals and the MRP are
in Mr.. Pleven's coalition and their
split on the electoral issue forced
Mr.. Pleven to step out.
Referendum Is Favored.
The Radicals have insisted on
majority election with runoffs
conducted on the second Sunday
The MRP has demanded a single
ballot type election based largely
on proportional representation.
Most of the other parties op-
pose proportional representation,
because such a system favors the
Communists. All non-Communist
parties agree that the law must
be changed before the next ma
tional elections scheduled for
November.
A move to solve the impasse
through referendum is gaining
headWay among the Radical
Socialist leaders.
Despite their name, the Radical
Socialists are a party of rightists
drawing most of their strength
from small businessmen ano
farmers.
Evening star., 1951-03-03
RFC Evidence Shows Need
OfOveroN Probe, FuIbright Says
Inquiry Chairman Declares Moral Level
Of Government Should Be Investigated

Government seem justified, he
said.
He mentioned the investigations
subcommittee of the Senate Ex-
penditures Committee as one
group that could make further
explorations. Other Senate or
House committees could study
some of the "tax or corporate an
giles" disclosed at the hearings, he
1added.
Senator Fulbright commanded
an editorial in The Star yesterday
on Mink Coat Standards of
Honor" The editorial observed
that "a double standard of mo-
rality for public Office and private
life is beginning to be cynically
accepted as one of the facts of
life"
THAT is exactly the position
the subcommittee takes in this in
vestigation," he explained. 1--WE
are not trying to be censors or to
regulate morals. AS for that mink
coat, we didn't say it was stolen
or that there was anything illegal
about buying a mink coat. But
it was highly improper to buy
that one"
He was referring to disclosures
Evening star., 1951-03-03
Red Terror in Swallow,
Crushing Of GuerriI|as
In KWangsi Reported
Dispatches Declare JuiIs
Are Filled With Suspected
Adherents of Chiunq
BY the Associated Press

HONG KONG, Mar. 3.-Red
terror in Swatow. a crushed guer-
rilla movement in Kwangsi, seeth-
ing peasant unrest in the south
these were the reports out OF
Communist China today.
They all added up to what the
Red capital at Peiping itself ad-
mitted only last week-that the
dissidents are challenging their
Communist masters all over
China.
They come at a time when
the Chinese Nationalis:s in their
Formosan fortress 100 miles of
China's southeast coast are de-
claring they will return to the
mainland.
Dispatches to the independent
Wah Kiu Yat Po and other Chi
nese newspapers in Hong Kong
said the tommygun ruled in the
port Of Swatow, opposite For
mosa.
Tell OF Jammed JallS.
They told of jails jammed with
suspected adherents of Chang
Kai-shek, of relentless house-to-
house searches, of 60 or more Chi
nese being marched out to Sna
execution grounds nightly.
A dispatch to Wah Kiu Vat Pc
today said so many Chinese were
fleeing the Red terror of Swatow
that Communist officials have
clamped on new travel restrictions
Wah Kiu Yat Pc, which says it
has an underground reporter in
Swatow. reported 13 Chinese were
arrested for forging government
papers for the use of outbound
travellers"
The same newspaper carried a
Canton dispatch which quoted
official circles" as revealing 2,70O
''reactionaries,.' had been executed
to date in Swatow. The Swatow
purge repeatedly has been on for
two months. Thousands of others
have been executed in Kwang-
tung province. the paper said.
No other newspapers carried
these reports. If true, they show
a purge of far greater proportions
than any reported yet. ~
Blow at Guerrillas Reported
A pro-Communist dispatch from
Canton asserted the guerrilla
movement had been dealt a crush
ing blow in Kwangsi, the South
China province which has been 8
hot spot of resistance to Red rule
This account said 1,505 guer.
rillas had been killed or wounded
29,373 captured and 9,265 hac
(See RED PITRGE Papa A-2N
Evening star., 1951-03-03
BY the Assoeioted Press

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Mar.
3.-This is the strange story of
two scientific snowmakers who
made so much snow that they and
their equipment became snow
bound for several days on a $500.
foot mountain peak.
They're safe. A rescue party
fought its way through 4-foot
drifts late yesterday and brought
back the men, Joseph Vowels and
Joseph Within. They were fam
ished but otherwise none the
worse for their experience.
The men were engaged in 9
rain and snow increasing project