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The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
Lee Wallard Wins 35th Annual Memorial Day
 Race With 126.244 MPH

INDIANAPOLIS, (P)-Lee Wal lard, 40, won the 35th annual 500- mile Memorial Day auto race at a record-smashing pace which left only eight cars on the track at the finish.
 Wallard, Of Altamont, N w York, took sixth place last year, and seventh place in 1948. His average speed for Wednesdays race was 126.244 miles per hour.
 Placing second was Mike Nag aruk of East Meadow. Long Is- land, and in third place was Man uel Ayulo of Burbank, Calif.
 There were no serious accidents in the race.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
Soviet Press Reports North Koreans Kill U. s. ParatrOOperS

MOSCOW, R - The Soviet press reported today that seven Americans, dropped by parachute behind the North Korean lines, have been captured.
 (The account indicated such paratroopers were being killed0
 A dispatch from the North Ko- rean capital of Pyongyang said the Koreans are showing great vigilance" in nabbing such para troopers.
 ''The local population" said the dispatch, catches them quickly and destroys them. During recent days, thanks to the vigilance of peasants, seven American diver sionist parachutists have been caught in various regions of Northern Korea. They had been dropped from planes"
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
President Truman Intervenes Iran Oil Crisis

TERRAIN, Iran, R-President Truman intervened personally to- day in Iran's oil crisis. He sent a letter to Premier Mossadegh urg- ing that negotiations be instituted with Britain for settlement of the present explosive" situation.
 President Truman's letter was delivered by U. s. Ambassador Henry F. Grady at Premier Mossadegh's home this morning. Mossadegh reportedly is sick in bed with a fever.
 Inforrnants in Tehran said the presidential note apparently was inspired in Washington from the State Department and not by sug- gestions from diplomats on the scene. This seems to emphasize the importance President Truman attaches to the oil situation. An earlier U. S. statement said the crisis is threat to the unity of the whole free world.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
Acheson On Stand In Far East Probe

WASHINGTON, R-Seuetary of State Acheson took the witness chair today in the Senate's Mac Arthur inquiry, but the first two hours brought only debate over whether to make public 1949 State Department document deal ing with Formosa.
 Some members of the commit tee have said the document in dicated Formosa might fall to the Communists and questioned it's strategic value. Formosa is the island where the Chinese Nation alist forces took refuge after they were driven from the mainland by the Communists.
 Senator Tobey R-NED told re- porters he would cast his ballot against making it public since the State Department contended "It is in the best interest of the country that it remain confiden- tial."
 But Senator Mccarthy R-Wis) said he had listened to a reading of the text at the closed door sessions of the inquiry panel. He told reporters: "I don't think its release would endanger the secur- ity of the country. It might en- danger the security of Acheson." :"
 Since the present hearings be- gan, all the top US. military men have testified Formosa should not be allowed to fall into the hands of an enemy.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
North Pole Flight sAwfully Easy" Says Blair

NEW YORK, P) Charles Blair, the first man to fly alone over the North Pole in single engine plane, says the record trip was lawfully easy" but he doesn't want to do it again.
 The 41-year-old airlines pilot flew across the top of hhe world Tuesday in his converted F-51 Mustang fighter plane, the 'Fly- ing Gas Tank" His 3,3O0-mile nonstop flight from Bardu, Nor way, to Fairbanks, Alaska, took 10 hours and 27 minutes.
 About eight hours later, Blair took off from Fairbanks and flew another 3,450 miles nonstop to New York, where he arrived at $40. pm. Wednesday.
 Blair said he is ready to dis pose of his plane which he used to set a nonstop transatlantic record last January when he flew it solo from New York to London in ' hours and AS minutes.
 During the 9-hour and 31-min- ute trip from Alaska to Idlewild Airport, Blair ate only a beef sandwich.
 ''I didn't eat when I was going over the pole," he said "becauSe l didn't know how to do it through an oxygen mask. But I learned on the way here. The trick is to take a deep breath, take off the mask, take a bit and then put the mask back on." .r
 He told newsmen he flew around 25,000 feet over the polar area and encountered tempera- lures as low as 25 degrees below zero.
 Blair carried 5000 letters with him across the pole. They were cancelled at Fairbanks and will be auctioned off in New York for the Damon Runyon cancer fund.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
Wide-Open Price War In New York Department Stores

NEW YORK, R) - Bargain grabbing customers stripped some store stocks bare today in the third day of New York's wide open price war.
 Opening gongs at big depart ment stores found hundreds surg ing against barriers at entrances.
 AS soon as the way was clear they ran and stumbled down stair ways and escalators, each dash ing to get a front-row post at a particular sales area.
 Here were some of the lower prices listed in various stores to- day, compared with the manufac- turer-set retail prices that pre- vailed before Tuesday:
 Lewyt vacuum cleaner, $52.97 vs. $89.95.
 Toastmasters, $14.72 vs. $23.00.
 Mixmasters, $26.59 vs. $46.50.
 The big price war developed suddenly this week, in the wake of a United States Supreme Court ruling that retail prices set by manufacturers are not binding on stores that have not signed Fair Trade agreements.
 Although the extreme price cutting thus far is limited to New York, trade sources were divided in opinion whether it eventually would spread elsewhere.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01

ANNAPOLIS, Md, (P)-A select company of Navy men welcomed a new 'sanchor man" today - Midshipman John G. Avis of Palos Verdes, Calif.
 He finished at the foot of his class.
 Graduating midshipmen save a special cheer at every commence. ment for the new ensign farthest removed from the honor man. AL wis finished at the bottom of this years order of merit for 722 grad uates.
 The 23-year-old midshipman is the son of a retired navy officer, Capt. John D. Avis. He hopes to be an aviator.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
Navy Officer Calls US. Foreign Policy "Red-Inspired"

WASHINGTON, (P-A Navy officer, fired for writing a letter that called the Roosevelt Truman Acheson foreign policy Commun- ist-inspired, said today his views are shared by "an overwhelming majority" of American fighting men in the Far East.
 Former It. William H. Evans, Jr., 27, of Edgwater, Md, said there is widespread belief among officers and men of all services engaged in the Korean war that the State Department is "the en- emy behind the enemy"
 That contention already has been disputed by Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, chief of naval opera tions, who disclosed Evans dis missal in questioning at the Sen ate Macarthur investigation We'd neSday. Sherman declared he did not think that was so and said a thorough investigation showed Evans shipmates did not share Evans views.
 At news conference the curly headed ex-officer produced a copy of the letter that led to his dis missa1 and said he felt it was his duty to write it.
 In the letter Evans referred to Secretary of State Acheson as "Red Dean Acheson" and spoke of ''his pro-Red gang" He wrote also of "that pro-Soviet, one world administration of ours and our senile, ignorant Congress-"
 Evans wrote the letter to Alfred Kohlberg, New York importer and administration critic, while serv- ing as assistant operations officer of the Destroyer Rogers off the coast of Korea last April, and gave Kohlberg permission to publish it.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
1,O60,OOO Words Recorded In MacArthur Inquiry

WASHINGTON, P) = When Secretary of State Acheson took the witness chair today, the Sen ate hearing on the dismissal of Gen. Macarthur already had piled up 1,O60,0OO words of questions and answer testimony.
 The estimate was made by Ward and Paul, secretarial firm taking the official transcript. That wordage would make a shelf of books of usual novel size.
 The hearings are in their 24th day. Six witnesses preceded Ache son.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
Mrs. Mildred Hermann Is HOnored By National
 Federation Press Women

SEATTLE, (PD - Mrs. Mildred Hermann of Juneau was among the women honored by the Ma tional Federation of Press Women today.
 A story she wrote for the Alaska Sunday Press was rated the sec ond best news story in a weekly paper, among the entries in the groups national competition. Mrs. Hermann is Juneau attorney.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
KOREAN SITUATION
(By the Associated Pr

(By the ASSoclated FreSS1
 Communist troops bitterly op- posed Allied patrols along the 125-mile Korean front except at the two ends of Hwachon reser- voir. Gains up to two miles were reported near Hwachon.
 On the western front, an Am erican staff officer said Chinese appeared to be digging in to Gre sist any further Allied advance toward the Chorwom-Kumhwa- Pyongyang supply triangle"
 Reds streamed into new posi- tions north of the 38th parallel to defend the concentration area, starting point of their ill-fated spring offensives.
 American seaborne air bases were augmented by the arrival of the big U. s. carrier Bon Homme Richard. She sent her fighters over Korea Thursday flor the first time. Pilots reported excellent re- suits in hitting Red-held ridges near Hwachon.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
REC Orders 3-Cent
 Cut In Price of Tin

WASHINGTON, (P-The Re construction Finance Corporation ordered another three-cent cut in it's price of tin today in a new effort to drive down the world price.
 The cut, the fourth in a row, was from $1.39 to $1.36, a pound. The REC price is the one at which it sells the metals to Am erican producers.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
Two Valdez Men Killed I'm Early Morning Joy Ride

LdIly W1OTnlIlS Joy NA0c
 VALDEZ, Alaska, iR) - An early morning aerial joy ride killed two men early yesterday.
 The victims were Stanley Knuteson, 25, Alaska-born war veteran, and youth still un- identified.
 Joe Dieringer, owner of the crashed Luscombe plane, said he was not aware his plane was miss ing until informed of the tragedy.
 The plane was heard flying low over Valdez after am., and crashed on the flats a mile and half north of here presumably at 4:30 a.m., the time shown on Knuteson's smashed wrist watch
 Knuteson is survived by his widow, four young children, and two sisters.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
U. s. Chamber Commerce Urges Congress Abolish Price and Wage Control

WASHINGTON, (P)- The US. Chamber of Commerce urged Con- gress today to wipe out the gov ernment's authority to control wages and prices and adopt in their stead an indirect program to combat imitation.
 Herman Steinkraus of Bridge port, Conn.,, president of the Chambers executive committee, said in a statement prepared for the House Banking Committee, that price controls can only ag- gravate the imitation program by stifling production and that the present Wage Board is encourag- ing wage boosts rather than con- trolling them.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
Memorial Day Celebration Safest Since End of War
By the Associated Press)


 The nations celebration of Memorial Day appears to have been one of the safest since the end of World War II.
 The death toll in violent acci- dents-116-was one of the low est for a single Memorial Day holiday in several years.
 A new record low was set in the traffic death toll. The Fl killed on the highways was far below the National Safety Councils es- timate of no.
 The Safety Council, noting that the toll was running below the estimate, termed the record "a marvellous achievement" Millions were on the highways for the seasons first holiday outing.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
King County Restaurant, Hotel Workers Postpone Strike

SEATTLE, (P - A strike of 10000 King County restaurant, hotel and tavern workers, set to begin at midnight last night, has been postponed two weeks.
 Meantime, workers will con- sider a new employer proposal offered at midnight last night.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
Mrs. Clark Gable Files For
 Divorce. Sails To Honolulu

HOLLYWOOD, (P-Mrs. Clark Gable sailed for Honolulu today after filling suit for divorce yes terday.
 Described as Ca woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown" the former Lady Sylvia Ashley boarded a schooner yacht last might and immediately secluded herself below deck.
 Her breakup with the 50-year- old screen herman came less than Is months after their marriage, the fourth for each. She charged mental cruelty.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-01
CAB Grants Ellis Air Lines
 Permit Fly To Prince Rupert

WASHINGTON, (P)-The Civil Aeronautics Board today author ized Ellis Air Lines to establish regular passenger and cargo ser vice between Ketchikan, Alaska, and Prince Rupert, B. C. The air line is a Southeastern Alaska ser vice.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-08-11
President Inks Private Legislation
To Admit Japanese Fiancee to us.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Aug. IL
(ADC)-The President signed into
law this week private bill author
izing the entry of Sanae lid, ia
panese national into the United
States for purposes of marriage, the
Washington office of the JACL An
ti-Discrimination Committee was
informed today.
Introduced by Representative Do
Maid L. Jackson (Rep.. Calif). the
measure permits the Japanese fan
Gee of Douglas F. Reeves to enter
this country In order to marry him.
Reeves, an American citizen born
in Salt Lake City, Utah. IS present.
ly resident of Los Angeles. Calf.
A civilian employee of the United
States government, Reeves Is now a
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-08-11
Lest We Forget Mr. Finch of Hottiesburs
He Was the Godfather Of Nisei Soldiers

An accidental encounter on the
main street Of small southern
town. a momentary flash of sym
pathy lighting up human heart,
and a mans whole life was turned
upside down. An unknown business
man, who had never wandered far
Their than 100 miles from his home.
became a citizen Of the world.
It started in January. 1913. when
the Tooth Battalion. composed of
Japanese American members of the
Hawaiian National Guard, was ac-
tivated and some months later sent
to Camp Shelby. near Hattiesburg,
Miss. for training in combat tao
tics.
Both inside and outside the train
ing area, the 1000 Nisei were greet
ed with insults, resentment, and
GOODNESS. They weren't welcome at
the local UsO canteen: they couldn't
buy coke In jukebox joint; no.
body invited them to church socials
or to community dances. People
believed they were spies, and
thought the government was crazy
to put them In the Army.
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oNE-MAN cANTEEN

AS he talked with the men, he got
a vivid picture of the Nisei's dismal
situation-and he resolved to dc
something about It. Earl was pref
ty well fixed financially. His store
did a good business. He and his ia
ther raised cattle on the farm
which yielded sizable income. So
Earl rented a vacant store and or
ganized the first Japanese-Ameri-
can USO canteen.
The first thing" he told a group
of the boys, we've got to hold a
big dance"
The Nisei told him they loved to
dance. But where we gonna get
girls? The nearest Nisei girls are
in Camp Rohwer. Ark" Rohwer
was $50 miles away.
That's easy" Earl replied. We'll
just hire every Greyhound bus in
our county and send over for the
girls"
1t took plenty Of string pulling
and money. but on the evening of
the dance. the fleet Of BUSES pulled
up with $50 Nisei girls. Mr.. Finch
had hire1 a Filipino band that was
playing In night club in New Or
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relief. it Is to the credit of the
Nisei that they appreciate sweet
music, confided well-known or
chestra leader to US: sweet music
he said, has a civilized beat in con-
trast to the screeching tunes which
are strange and mysterious as the
battle cries OF the jungle beasts
that we heard and feared in our
young heart in days gone by.
and we cite such jumpy melodies as
Come on MY House. and Pretty
Eyed Baby" which. when analysed
don't make any sense. the
peoples choice" in the Los Angeles
Nisei Week Festival queen contest
wasn't even considered as one of the
five finalists. leading Us to suspect
that the crooked arm of politics
may have had hand in the deci-
sion. wonder how a so-called
queen" feels when she. dressed ur
and made up. rides in beautiful
float, waves and smiles tshowina
her teeth. Of course) at the crowd
and receives only a polite. If any
applause; maybe. she feels like Q
sap, fellow surmised, or maybe
she knows then that 1t isn't what
it's cut out to be. IS another friend
put 1t.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-08-11

loan to buy a house. Hundreds Of
the Nisei named their babies Earl.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-08-11
Bill Would Help
Americans Kin

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Aug. IL
(ADC)-The House Judiciary COM
mittee this week informed the
Washington office of the JACL An
ti-Discrimination COMMITTEES that
it had favorsbly reported Senate
approved private bill to permit the
mother and brother of American CT
tizens to enter this country for per-
manent residence.
The bill. introduced by Senator
Edwin G. johnson (Dem., Colo)
provides that Mrs. shizu Fulfil and
her son, Suenori Fulfil, the mother
and brother respectively of Carl.
John and Joe Fujii of Denver. Colo.
may be admitted into the United
States to join their family.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-08-11

leans. The dance was huge sue
cess.
AS the weeks went by, Mr.. Finch
found himself drawn more and more
into the problems of his new friends.
He was learning new language
learning that bla-la is the name of
music Nisei like for dancing. that
buddahead is Nisei from Hawaii,
as contrasted with one from the A
merican mainland. He started pro-
nouncing exotic names like Yoshi-
mao and Kazamura that twisted
his Mississippi tongue around. He
learned about strange habits of eat
ing-pouring soy sauce On practi-
cally everything but ice cream, eat
ing raw fish and picked abalone
and beef sukiyaki.
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INVITED TO DINNER

On a sudden impulse Earl said
Gould you boys come out to my
house this Sunday around noon fol
dinner with my parents and me?"
The Nisei looked at each other
unbelievingly. Then they nodded
unable to speak a word.
That Sunday they came. They
Toasted on fried chicken, mashed
potatoes, black-eyed reas, apple pie
and coffee. Earl's mother. delight
ed with the visitors, got the boys
talking about Hawaii. In mid-af-
ternoon. the young soldiers bowed
politely and said goodbye.
Mr.. Finch thought that was the
last of it. He had invited GIs to a
meal many times before. Afterward
they departed and he never heard
from them again. But the next day
when he returned from his store. he
saw the two Nisei sitting on the
front porch, talking with his mo-
Their. Every vase in the house was
filled with the dozens of American
beauty roses they had brought her,
THAT kind of gratitude sure i'm
pressed me-" Earl says.
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budget officer and special assistant
to the Controller. Economic and
Scientific Section. soap.
Miss Ida is employed as a secre-
tary to bank official in Tokyo.
Inasmuch as Reeves Is not vet
eran of World War II nor Service
man, he is not entitled to the bene-
fits of the so-called JACL ADO
sponsored CT Brides Act of 1850
which authorizes the Japanese wives
of American soldiers or veterans to
enter this country for permanent
residence Accordingly, a private
bill was the only way In which the
racial exclusion laws of 1924 could
be waived in The case of his Japan
csc fiancee.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-08-11

He began to devote practically all
his time to his godsons He gave
watermelon feasts and rodsos on his
farm. He arranged parties at
Christmas and New Years. From
Chinese merchants in New York, he
imported soy sauce, bamboo shoots,
soya flour, exotic vegetables. He or
ganized sightseeing parties to New
Orleans.
When any. of the Nissi was killed
in action, Finch took 1t upon him.
self to visit the parents, who often
were in an internment camp. He
was named as the executor of about
$500 wills.
BY 1914. Earl was travelling several
thousand miles year, visiting the
relatives of soldiers, and wounded
veterans In hospitals. He became
an unofficial consultant of the War
department and the Interior de-
partment on the problems OF the
Japanese Americans.
Mr.. Finch became legendary fl
cure to Japanese Americans. When
the war ended, he continued fight
ing for Nisei rights. in Washington
and elsewhere. He helped veterans
recover their farms and small busi-
ness enterprises. He found jobs for
hundreds of Nisei men and women
as gardeners and mechanics and
stenographers and laboratory as
sistants. He lent money to many
of them to go into business for
themselves. He helped them get a
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-08-11
LOOKED LONELY

That's the way 1t was until late
one afternoon in June of that year.
Earl Finch. the 28-ye sr-old proprje-
tor of the Earl M. Finch Company,
large and profitable store in Hat
tiesburg. had rung UP the last sale
on his cash register and locked the
door of his store. Strolling up Mar
ket st. toward his parked car, he
saw two soldiers who were gazing at
a store window.
They looked like the loneliest
human beings In the world" Earl
recalls. To this day, he doesn't
know what made him stop and
speak to them.
Hello. boys. You from Camp
Shelbya"
Eyes. SIR they answered.
You look cold"
TITS. much hotter in Hawaii
where we come FROM" one of the
boys said.
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personal piffles. interest in
Nisei queen contests is dying down
fast If the amount of space allotted
to them In Californian and other
newspapers Is any indication.
we often wish the music makers
would do away with voices" which
sound like those owned by a sick
COW or wild ape; the Seattle Park
departments extremely popular
concert singers are a welcome. re-
freshing and very much pleasant
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-08-11
MOVES TO HAWAII

In 1916, Mr.. Finch made his first
visit to the isl,nds. Wherever he
went, he was followed by band Of
musicians and showered with flow
ers and leis. He was the guest OF
honor at civic celebrations; the day
of his arrival was declared holi-
day. and schools. offices and shops
were closed.
A year later. Mr.. Finch revisited
Hawaii and decided to settle down
there. In 1913, he sold his store,
said farewell to his parents
and friends in Hattiesburg. and
moved to large house In a suburb
of Honolulu. He now operates the
Asiatic Trading Company in Homo
lulu with his partner, Kenny Okla
moto. a veteran of the 442nd Regi-
ment. The firm imports candy
from the United States, and exports
colorful Hawaiian sports shirts to
this country.
Earl Finch has shown how to
build bridge between different ma
tionalities. 1t is a bridge not OF
steel or ships or Point Fours or
speeches. It is built out of the kind
ness of the hart, out of one mans
human respect for another.
Chr stan Science Monitor.
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NV. JAcL CONVENTION
SEPT. 1. 2 and 8. SEATTLE