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The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Pravda Reports Three
Russians Arrested AS
Spies For The US.

MOSCOW, RAPravda reported
Friday that state security police
have arrested three men, and a
woman, all Soviet citizens, on
charges Of spying and alleged
that the us. Intelligence Service
had especially trained one of the
men for espionage.
II, Pravda said all four had passed
secrets to foreign governments.
Their activities, the paper said,
makes it evident ".that foreign in
telligence services use as agents
all kinds of criminals and rotten
elements"
The paper called again for in
tense vigilance against Soviet en-
emies.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Dulles Gives Germany
Till April | To Get In
Line to Receive us. Aid

- BONN, Germany, R-Secretary-
of State John Foster Dulles has
warned European statesmen that
unless "there are clear and Wis
ible signs by April 1" that the
European army treaty will be
ratified, the US. Congress will
balk at voting continued big-scale
military and economic aid.
This was disclosed officially
here Friday by West German
Chancellor Konrad .Adenaur, who
had just concluded a series of
conferences with Dulles and Mu-
tual Security Director Harold E.
Stassen.
The new deadline given AIDE
nauer stepped up by some three
weeks a limit which Dulles re-
portedly previously. gave in his
talks with the Italian, French and
British.
Adenauer confirmed that Dulles
had delivered him an invitation
to visit Washington to confer
with President Eisenhower and
other us. officials. He said he
planned to go in late March or
early April.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
u. S. Jet Night Fighters
In Action Over Korea

SEOUL, RNAmerican airmen
are flying right to the doorstep of
Communist Manchuria two types
of deadly jet planes which track
and shoot down Red aircraft in
the blacklist night.
They already have scored at
least six kills in night combat.
The planes are equipped with
fantastic radar and electronics de-
vices. These clock" on target air
craft and guide the jet in unerring
pursuit Guns are aimed and fired
automatically.
Almost always the first glimpse
the jet crew has of Red aircraft
is the trail Of flame as it plunges
earthward. ,tz
The Marine Air Wing and the
Fifth Air Force Thursday took the
security wraps off their deadly
night fighters, Both services have
been using them in combat in
North Korea since November.
The Marine jet is the Douglas
F-3 Skynight, a twin-jet that can
fly faster than the speed of sound.
The Air Force model is the
Lockheed Fob Starfire, pow
cred by single Allison jet en-
CINE with an after-burner which
gives it tremendous added thrust
in an emergency.
Each type carries a pilot and
radar crewman.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Puzzle: What Became Of
The Wire Recommending
Bob Reeve For Governor
By JIM HUTCHINSON

JUNEAU, III The mystery of
the missing wire to Secretary of
Interior Douglas Mckay on the
Alaska Republican Central Com
mittee majority endorsement of
Robert Reeve for governor of AL
aska appeared Thursday as the
territory'S most interesting poll
teal puzzle.
A special assistant to Mckay
said in Washington Thursday
that they hadn't found any wire
on the recommendation.
Alaska's Republican committee
chairman Elton Engstrom and sec
rotary Ray Beach both insisted
the wire was sent last Friday
night.
Beach handled its actual filing.
He showed a carbon copy Thurs
day of the wire sent to both Nc
Kay and the chairman of the Re
publican National Committee. He
checked with the Alaska Com
munications System and said he
had ascertained the wire had been
dispatched from Juneau.
Beach also displayed letter
confirming the wire to both men
and said it had been sent regis
tered airmail Saturday.
He said ACS is sending a tracer
on the wire.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Bishop Fulton ]. Sheen
Chosen Outstanding
TV Personality Of 1852

HOLLYWOOD, R-A Catholic
churchman, Bishop Fulton j.
Sheen, and red-haired comedi-
enne Lucille Ball hold the top
honors of the television academy.
Bishop Sheen, whose religious
talks have competed for listeners
with Melton Berle and Red Skel-
ton, Thursday night won the
academy award as the most out
standing personality on TV in
1852. He was chosen over such
professional entertainers as Ar
thur Godfrey and Donald O'Con-
nor and one non-pro, Adlai Stew
enson.
The academy's 400 members
voted Miss Ball the top comedi-
enne of 1852. Her show, 81 Love
Lucy" was also named the best
situation comedy program.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Oregon Congressman
Oppose Entry Japanese
Interests to Alaska Forests

WASHINGTON, Up -- Another
Oregon congressman Friday join
ed in the protest against possible
entry of Japanese interests into
Alaskan forests.
In separate letters to Secretary
of State Dulles and Secretary of
Agriculture, Rep. Coon R-Ore)
said he felt American industries
should be given first chance to
develop Alaskan timber resources.
Coon joined with Rep. Norblad
R-Ore) who earlier had protested
that many smaller mills in Ore
gon already are running on an
irregular basis because Of a lack
of market.
japanese technicians spent all
of January inspecting various
sites in southeast Alaska, primar-
lily in the Tongass National Forest
area, as potential locations for a
saWmill.
Embassy spokesman said last
month it was hoped a sawmill
could be set UP by late summer
Eventual plans, he said, are to set
up a pulp mill if such a project
appears feasible.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Nationalist Consider
Stepped-Up Operations
Against China Mainland

TAIPEH, Formosa, R-Nation-
alist Chinese leaders, encouraged
by President Eisenhower's deci-
sion to de-neutralize the Formosa
Strait, are considering stepped-up
operations against the Red main
land.
Most observers here feel that
for several months, at least, such
operations will be limited to in
creased amphibious raids from
Nationalist island bases off Red
China.
Eventually, these observers be-
ieve, some kind of understand
ing will be reached between the
us. and Nationalist governments
on charging the scope of hit-and-
run warfare.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Legislature Sees Record
Number Bills Introduced
BY JIM HUTCHINSON

JUNEAU, R-AS the first Re-
publican controlled legislature in
20 years nears the end of its sec
ond week, members are setting a
bill-introducing pace nearly twice
last sessions early clip.
Through Thursday, the ses-
sion's 18th day, senators had in
troduced Is bills compared with
seven at the same stage last ses-
sion.
In the House, where four Demo-
Gratis have been the most prolific
bill sponsors, the bill total reach
ed So compared with II in 1851.
Very few bills have passed
either house, however, and none,
except a resolution for session ex-
penses, has passed both.
One memorial asking Congress
to clear the way for land acqui-
sition, for the Taiya aluminium
project also cleared both houses.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Secretary Dulles Calls On Europe
Put Away Dangerous Rivalries'

BONN, Germany, R-U.S. Sec
rotary of State John Foster Dulles
Thursday called upon continent
tai Europe to put away its "old
dangerous rivalries" and join
quickly in armed union to "pro-
vide the indispensable cornerstone
of strong Atlantic community"
The secretary and Mutual Sec
urity Director Harold E. Stassen
flew here from London, where
they repeatedly left behind a
warning to British leaders that
concrete progress must be made
within rs days toward creating
European defense army including
German troops or America may
reduce its aid program.
After a brief preliminary meet
ing with Chancellor Konrad AIDE
nauer, they swung into series
of conferences with German and
Allied leaders which will virtual
ly fill their 21-hour stay here.
Dulles said he and Stassen were
making this fact-finding tour of
the six nations which have signed
the treaty to create European
defense army because eve believe
these countries stand on the
Threshold of a great evolutionary
change which will supplant ma
tional rivalries with unity"
"In that way, and only in that
way" Dulles added, "can the ma
tons of Europe put aside their
rivalries which have been so dan
gerous in the past"
The 75-day period of which
Dulles repeatedly warned British
Prime Minister Winston Church
i'll and Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden - as well as Italian and
French government chiefs-would
put the deadline on April 20. That
is three days before the North
Atlantic Council Of foreign min
listers is to meet in Paris.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
COURT VOIDS FEC BAN
ON GIVEAWAY SHOWS

NEW YORK, R-Federal court
here has voided a Federal Com
munications ban on television and
radio giveaway programs.
A three-member federal statu-
tory court ruled Thursday that
such shows are not lotteries -
provided that the participants
contribute nothing to the prize
fund.
The decision was based on an
appeal by the American Broad
casting Company against a 1949
FEC ruling that giveaway shows
- such as "Stop The Music" =
were lotteries and could not be
broadcast.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
ALASKA SHIPPING FIRMS
TO USE AMES TERMINAL.

SEATTLE, thames Terminal
soon will be used for shipping
freight to Alaska by several ship
ping companies.
Alaska Consolidating and For
warding Co., announced they will
shift to A m es Terminal about
February goth.
The Alaska Steamship Co. ex-
poets to move about ship week
out of the terminal and the Alas
ka Freight Lines plans two barge
sailings a week to Seward and
Valdez from the new pier loca-
ton.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Eisenhower Ends !.
All Wage and Some
Price Controls

WASHINGTON, President
Eisenhower Friday ended all
wage and salary controls. He also
ordered price controls lifted from
a wide range of consumer goods,
including all meat products.
A White House statement said
the President took the action in
a move toward eliminating in an
orderly fashion the price and
wage controls under which the
American economy has been re-
quired to operate for the past two
years" H
The controls were part of the
governments efforts to battle the
inflationary rise. in prices and
wages which set in sharply after
the Korean war broke out in 1880
The announcement as to price
controls said the Office of Price
Sterilization was issuing orders
removing price curbs Immediately
from "a wide and varied list of
consumer goods, including all
meat products, all furniture, all
apparel, all meals sold in restau-
rants and public eating places"
The statement said, as Essen
hover did in his state of the
union message Monday, that price
controls "have not been effective
in protecting the family budget
against high prices"
About 1000 employees of the
wage and salary Sterilization
boards already have been given
3O-day dismissal notices as a step
toward winding up those agencies.
The lifting of the controls
means probably as many as a
million workers will get quick
pay boosts. This is money most
of them probably would have re-
ceived anyway, but the negotiated
increases have been suspended
pending wage board consideration.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Believe Eisenhower
Considering Naval
Blockade of China

WASHINGTON, R-Rep. Short
R-Mo) called Friday for a full
naval blockade of Communist
China and said he believed Presi-
dent Eisenhower is considering
such a step.
I Short, chairman of the House
Armed Services Committee, said
Adm. Arthur w. Radford, COM
mander of Pacific naval forces,
assured the committee in secret
briefing Thursday that a block
ade would mean little chance of
war; with Russia.
! Radford, long an advocate, Of
China blockade, is in Washington
for top-level conferences Short
said he believes the President is
listening to him Bradford"
Short expressed belief in an in
terview that Congress would sup
port a blockade order and any
other steps by Eisenhower to
take the offensive throughout
the world"
He quoted Radford as saying
Eisenhower's order to- deneutral-
ize Formosa would have little di-
rect effect on the Korean cam
paign but could be significant as
the prelude to other steps.
The admiral advocated a block
ade tight enough to halt Russian
as well as other deep-sea ship
ping and smuggling, Short added.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06
Disappointed Alaska House
Wires Eisenhower on Failure TO

Wires Eisenhower on Failure 10
Mention Statehood for Alaska
JUNEAU, LR-The Alaska House
of Representatives agreed Thurs
day to message President Eisen-
hover expressing disappointment
because he did not mention state
hood for the territory in his state
of the union message.
The wire read: Deeply regret
failure to- mention Alaska state
hood in message. Hope you will
express your continued support
for Alaska statehood"
The proposal was made by Rep.
Howard Pollock, Anchorage Re-
publican. The House gave unani-
nous consent to sending the wire.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06

SEOUL, Up The Korean war
ground to a virtual standstill Fri
day as snow and low = hanging
clouds covered the war-torn pen
insula.
The us. Eighth Army reported
only light patrol activity.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-06

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jury trial of Owen baltimore Fri
day was set for May II.
baltimore, lecturer at Johns
Hopkins University and an occa-
sional State Dept. consultant, was
indicted December Is. One Of the
charges was that he lied under
oath when he told a Senate COM
mittee he never promoted Com
munism. He has insisted he told
the truth.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
A Mob of Condidotes

Selections in all categories
of acting will be difficult. But
by far the most difficult on
the pictures released to date
will be the years best male
performance.
Cliff, who has come close
before, is an obvious eligible.
So are so many others. Among
those checked as possible in
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Coming Attractions

Stage.
NATTONA-he Prescott Proposals" with Katharine Cornell
starting tomorrow.
SAM S. SHUBERT-"Flame- Out" play by Alan Now
bray starting tomorrow.
ARENA-"Charley's Aunt" comedy by Grandon Thomas
starting December T.
Screen
ANBASSADOR-"The Diamond, Queen" with Fernando
LamaS.
CAPTTOL-Escape Fort Bravo" with William Holden
COLUMBIA-"99 River Street." with John Payne.
DUPONT-"Fanfan the Tulip" with Gerard PHILIPPE
KETTHS-The Glass Web with Edward c. Robinson start
ing Wednesday.
MacARTHUR-"Nir. Lord Says MOI" with Stanley Holloway
starting Friday
METROPOLITAN Diamond Queen" with Fernando
LamaS
ONTARIO-"SnS of JeZabel" with Paulette Goddard.
PALACE-Beneath the IL Mile Reef with Terry Moore.
PLAYHOUSE-"The Living Desert" Walt Disney nature
film.
PIAZA-"Titned Thunderbolt" with Stanley Holloway.
Evening star., 1953-11-29

this preliminary glance at the
field, for instance, are William
Holden for his "Stalag II"
role, Bing Crosby in Little
Boy Lost" Mall MacGinnis
for Martin Luther" and Jack
Hawkins for his ship captains
role in 1.-THE Cruel Sea-"
Superb. each of these, but
what to do about Fred AS
taire for his most engaging
performance in years in 1.-THE
Band Wagon?" Or Danny
Kaye. in many ways the
movies best performer, for
such a brilliant go at a vague
script in Hans Christian An
dersen?" Or, still in music,
how about Howard Keel's ro-
buStly brilliant job in kiss
Me, Kate?"
Pretty complicated, this cat
egory. 1t is even worse than
this indicates. Don't forget
Shane" in which Van Hef1in
and Alan Ladd turned in two
Superlative performances. And
in which young Brandon de
Wilde played a surprisingly
winning boy, equaled possibly
by the performance of little
Christian Fourcade in Little
Boy Lost"
And Still Others
At this point, a desperate
judge might want to start all
over. He might, then, begin
with Gregory Peck as the cor
respondent in Roman Holi-
day" or Kirk Douglas in 1.-THE
Juggler" or "Story of Three
Loves" Then there was Rich
ard Burton's performance in
THE Robe" but this thing is
clearly out OF hand.
Let's take a look, instead, at
the distaff side. This one is
considerably easier, if not
easy. If this moviegoer had to
vote, which fortunately he does
not, he would settle the prob
lem in this category by elect
ing Audrey Hepburn.
Her sheer radiance as the
heroine of Roman Holiday"
should win hands down for
Miss Hepburn. OF course, this
might be unjust to Bette Davis
who gave better perform
ance as "The Star" than at
least one which won her an
earlier Academy Award. Also,
Leslie Caron, another young
ster who was such a sweet
enchantress in 'Llii."
Still a third member of the
younger generation, Jean Sim
mons as Young Bess" and the
heroine of "The Robe" is an
eligible candidate in this class.
Obviously, it is going to be
the toughest task of it's kind
the judges Of such things ever
undertook. Before it is fin
ished, they might want to con-
sole themselves with the
thought that there cannot be
such a thing as too much good
acting.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
By Harry Macarthur

lightweight frolic by Gerald
Savory entitled George and
Margaret" In this, just for the
heck of it. apparently, Mr..
Savory wrote three acts of ex-
position leading up to the ar
rival of the George and Mar
garet of the title. They made it
simultaneously with the final
curtain and never were seen
at all.
This is a fine cul-de-sac on a
Sunday morning. Back to the
main trail post haste before
we're all dry-gulched here.
Life With Father" Incl
dentally, started its television
career with just such a scene.
with the cook brief1ng a new
and nervous maid on her en-
ployer's personality quirks.
CINE play opened WIN a scene
involving a new maid and
Winnie Day getting the same
business out of the way.)
Not Situation Comedy
Here, however, all resem-
blance between Life With
Father" and all of television's
other half-hour comedies
ended. Whether the situation
comedy cycle which is gener-
ally considered to have begun
with Il Love Lucy" though it
wasn't television's first, now
Evening star., 1953-11-29
On theAn
Character Humor Comes to N
Clarence Day. Jr, Life With Father Is Thing Apart
From TeIevsons Many Situation Comedy Shows

Today, with only the second
chapter coming up tonight at
Z on CBS-TV, it is a bit too
early to predict the future Of
Life With Father" on tele-
vision. 1t did start auspiciously
last Sunday and all the signs
point to a long and happy life
for the new series.
It certainly is on the firmest
of foundations, the reminis-
cences of Clarence Day, jr.,
about life with his father.
Americans have taken these to
heart in magazines and books
and on stage and screen. There
is no reason why the firm,
individual spirit of Clarence
Day should not carry on un-
diminished in the newest medi-
UNI of communicating enter
tainment.
CHS has entrusted the Sc
ries to the guidance of a pro-
ducer of both integrity and
imagination, Fletcher Markle.
It has assigned advisory roles
to Katherine B. Day, the late
authors widow, and to How
ard Lindsay and Russell Grouse,
who turned the Day memoirs
into the longest-running play
ever to hit Broadway. They
are sure to see that the spirit
of the original is not violated.
Still Too Eorly
The network also has been
fortunate, probably diligent,
too, in the casting. Leon Ames
and Lurene Tuttle make a
Father and Mother Day who
are not likely to be at odds with
your memory of the original
portrayals. Mr.. Ames was
quoted in a recent interview
as saying this is a part every
actor would relish and relish
it he obviously does.
Still it is a bit too early to
write an official review of the
new TV series. It is barely
off the ground. It would be
like reviewing a play after
watching Act I, Scene L.;
wherein the butler and the
maid lay the expository ground
work and prepare you for the
characters to come.
There probably is only one
play in the history of dramatic
literature which could success
fully be assayed from the ex-
position alone. This was a
Evening star., 1953-11-29

is ended cannot be foretold. It
isn't likely.
If Life With Father" in
spires, as Lucy" did, countless
imitators. they cannot be
called situation comedies. They
will be character comedies. or,
better still, continuing humor-
Gus character sketches. There
is a vast difference.
Some of the approximately
two dozen comedies to which
Washington viewers now are
Cor if they desired could be)
exposed every week are built
around a highly. individual
character, to be sure. "Mr.
Peppers" demands the presence
of Wally Cox. Only Danny
Thomas could play Make
Room for Daddy"
The same is true of Ray
Bolger in Where's Ray
mond?" of Marie Wilson in
"My Friend Irma," of Oracle
Allen on THE Burns and AL
len Show" These all are char
acter roles which would have
to undergo some change, sub
tie or broad, if some one else
tried to play them.
They're interchangeable
A number of the other
shows, however, have certain
interchangeable qualities. Ann
Southern of Private Secre-
tary" and Eve Arden of Our
Miss Brooks" say, could
change places without materi-
ally altering the tenor of Ell
ther show. If the scripts for
The Stu Erwin Show" and
"Ozzie and Harriet" somehow
got crossed in the mail you
might never notice. No more
than you would if Paul Hart
man turned up in Pride Of
the Family" with an old life
of Riley" script.
Sacrilegious though it may
seem to some, Lucille Ball and
Joan Davis could trade places
without too much trouble. 1t
would only call for acceptance
of Desi Arnaz as judge and
of Jim Backus as a Latin
bandleader.
The point is that in all Of
these the comedy stems from
something funny that happens
to the central figures. the
situations colored in varying
(See MACARTHUR, Page 'E-2D
Evening star., 1953-11-29
By SheiIoh Graham

prepared to take a chance
again?
Besides, I like John Wayne
very much. And I think Es-
peranza or Chata (Which
means "pug nose" in Spanish)
as she is nicknamed, has lost
a good guy who was madly in
love with her right up to the
time of their breakup.
He Will Have Time
But we are not going to re-
hash that old story. It's yes
terday'S news. And one good
thing about the future is that
the judge, in granting the
Waynes their divorce. made it
clear that neither party can
remarry for a year. here or
abroad; otherwise he or she
will be regarded as a bigamist.
So John will have time to find
out if he really wants to marry
that little Peruvian pastry.
If he does, Pillar will be lucky.
He may drink some, but Johns
faithful to the woman he's in
love with. That is why I
didn't believe Esperanza when
she accused him of romancing
with Gail Russell.
"I was completely faithful
to Chata, the whole time we
were married." John assured
me. II loved her so much" But
he surely doesn't love her now.
With most of the major STU
dioS in a state of semi-hiber-
nation, Johns movie company,
Wayne-Fellows, is bustling
with pictures and plans. They
made two in 1952-"Big Jim
McLain," starring Wayne, and
"Plunder Of The Sum-" with
Glenn Ford in the lead. This
year John has made Island In
The Sky and "Hondo." The
latter is now going into release.
Next is his big aviation picture,
THE High And The Mighty"
with Laraine Day, Robert
Stack, Jan Sterling. Robert
Newton, Claire Trevor. and
himself. Johns part is small,
but important. When he and
his partner, Bob Fellows, could
not interest a top star, John
decided to Go it himself, and
director Bill Wellman then
had the role rewritten to make
it more important.
Sold No to Ford
Coming up on the Wayne
Fellows agenda is Ring OF
Fear" with Clyde Beatty, the
wild animal trainer, and
Mickey Spillane the creator of
tough, rough Mike Hammer
detective stories.
How come you aren't doing
Evening star., 1953-11-29
HOLLYWOOD.

"I'm never going to marry
again, so help mel" said John
Wayne to yours truly, the eve
ming after the day he lost wife
number two, the former Esper-
ANA Bauer of Mexico, via
divorce.
So, the very next morning,
he flies to Mexico City. And
who should be there waiting
to say Hello" to John, but the
probable Mrs. Wayne number
three, Peruvian Pillar Palette!
But, the shortage of men be-
ing what it is, who am I to
raise a chiding finger against
a man who loves marital life
to such an extent that he is