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The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
Parents of Teen-Age Television Singer Take Agent Into Court

LOS ANGELES, R-The court has taken under submission a suit to block approval of the latest option of freckle faced Jimmy Boyd's seven-year contract with Abner Greshler Productions.
 Jimmy is the television singer who skyrocketed into big money with his recording of the song, T Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Attorneys for the 13-year- old hillbilly claim he is entitled to more money than he has re- ceived from the sale of 2,200,00O records.
 "The main difficulty" observed Superior Judge Frank G.. Swain, "Is that Jimmy has hit the jack pot, so to speak. He has made a lot of money. That has caused the parents, quite properly, to inquire into the contract"
 Greshler contends he has spent considerable time and money building Jimmy into a TV per sonality. But the lads parents contend the agent is entitled to only 10 percent of Jimmy's earn ings but is getting as much as 60 per cent on loanouts to producers.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
Red Negotiators Responsible For Prison Riots

TOKYO, R- The United Ma tions Command today charged the two top Communist armistice negotiators with "direct respon- sibility' for prisoner of war riots in Koje and Cheju islands.
 The LING quoted captured Communist documents and Allied intelligence reports in directly blaming North Korean Gen. Nam II, senior Red delegate to the sus- pended talks, and his deputy Lee Sang Cho.
 The Allies said th& uprisings, which cost the lives of more than 200 Red prisoners, were part of the ''Communist campaign on the second front of the Korean war" !"
 ''These two generals and their fanatical followers have exploited a new area of total war; the LING charged.
 The statement spelled out in detail steps it said the Reds took to organize the riots.
 "Many prisoners captured by the LIN. forces have admitted they were deliberate plants, dis patched to penetrate the prison camps at Koje, where they were to establish cell organization com mittees' in each camp" the state ment asserted.
 It declared there was direct chain of command from the ar mistice negotiations right down to individual compounds in the pri- soner camps.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
BRITISH CANBERRA JET SETS ENGLAND D-AUSTRALIA MARK OF p HOURS, ONE MINUTE

DARWIN, Australia, B- Brit aims Canberra jet bomber, al- ready the conqueror of Atlantic speed records, hung a new official England nd-to-Australia mark on it's fuselage today.
 The speedy twin jet whizzed down at the north Australian port just g hours and one minute after leaving London. Its actual flying time for the 8,6O8-mile trip unofficial so far-was 19 hours and one minute.
 This more than haIved the pre- vious official record listed with the British Air Ministry of 45 hours, 35 minutes, clocked by a four-engine Lancaster bomber in August, 1946.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
Masked Gunman Kills
 Fairbanks Club Owner,

FAIRBANKS, R m Two gun men wearing Halloween masks shot and killed 62-year-old Fair banks night club owner in the kitchen of his home early Mon day, police reported.
 The victim said they believed the gunmen were after receipts from the three bars Wright owned in Fairbanks. They fled with only $20, taken from Mrs. Wright's purse.
 While awaiting the Wrights' re- turn home, the men drank a quart of champagne and part of a quart of whiskey they found after forcing the rear door.
 Mrs. Wright told authorities she and her husband entered the house about 1:45 am. after closing their downtown clubs, and imme- diately noticed the empty cham pagne bottle on the kitchen table.
 Suddenly the two masked men confronted the couple. Wright was shot through the heart when he tried to resist and his wife was bound to a chair with wire.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
Writers On Two Alabama Daily May Not Use Ike"
 For President Eisenhower

MONTGOMERY, Ala, R - Headline writers on Montgom- ery's two daily newspapers must use the full name of the President of the United States in ews stories.
 Lets make our contribution toward restoring some of the dig nity that belongs to the office of the United States" managing edi- tor William J. Mahoney said in a notice banning such headline fa- vorites as 'sIke."
 Hereafter, headlines must refer to President Eisenhower as the President, or Eisenhower. In the body of stories he must be listed as Mr. Eisenhower, Gen. Eisen- hover or President Eisenhower.
 The rule applies to the jointly owned Montgomery Advertiser and the Alabama Journal.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
Republicans To Replace
 All Acting Postmasters'

WASHINGTON, B - Republi- cans have found they can take over more than 2,1OO postmaster ships immediately and are going to start making the appointments soon, it was learned today.
 COP senators have asked the Postoffice Department to check on the number of posts now filled by acting postmasters. The figure already has topped the 2,10O mark with two states to go.
 Former President Truman named acting postmasters for some of the vacancies, but the new administration will send up it's own names for the jobs.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
Charley Jones Nominated By Fellow OhiOan

JUNEAU, R-It looked like private party of -Ohioans when Sen. Charles Jones, 77-year-old Nome pioneer, was elected presi- dent of the territorial Senate Mon day.
 When Sen. John Gorsuch, An chorage Republican, learned that Jones came from Ohio 53 years ago, he asked the privilege of nominating him for the office which had been conceded him by the Republican majority.
 Gorsuch explained that he him self came from a community only 26 miles from Jones' boyhood home at Zanesville, Ohio.
 Jones, mayor of Nome, came to the area in 1900. He is one of the four living members of Alaska's first legislature in 1913.
 He is a former United States marshal in the Second Division. He was a member of the 1947 and 1949 sessions, was defeated in 1850 and elected again in 1852.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
PLUcKY PIGEON WINS PFC.

WITH U. s. 10th DIVISION, Korea, R - Homer the ho1ning pigeon, carrying a message from a 10th Division command post to the rear, developed wing trouble and made a forced landing the other day; he hopped the last two miles and delivered the message.
 ''For initiative and loyalty" said Pvt. William R. Raymond, Detroit, ''Homer has been pro- noted to PFC = Pigeon First Class"
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
First Measures Introduced In House Would Repeal Property Tax and Move
 Primary Closer to General Election

JUNEAU, tR - Bills to repeal Alaska's general property tax law and to move the primary election date closer to the general election topped the first batch of measures introduced in the House during the second day of the Territorial Legislature Tuesday.
 A memorial to Congress for an elective governor and lieutenant governor also was introduced.
 A bill was introduced by How ard Pollock R-Anchorage) to re- wise the Statehood Committee and extend it's authority.
 Only one measure was intro duced in the late-organizing Sen ate. It was by Charley Jones to establish $25 bounty on wolver- ines, with $15,000 appropriation.
 In other House measures, Jul ian Hurley R-Fairbanks) intro duced a bill to repeal the pro- perty tax. Hurley is from the Fourth Division, where opposi- ton has been strongest against the court-entangled 1949 law. The Republican platform called for repeal of the statute.
 Dorothy Prior R-Anchorage) introduced a bill which would change the primary election from late April to late June, change the filing deadline from Feb. 1 to April Is and change precinct cleo tion workers pay from SIS day to SIPS an hour.
 Pollock's Statehood Committee bill would call upon committee of eight legislators and three gubernatorial appointees to pre- pare an actual statehood bill and submit it to the voters by refer endum.
 Richard Cruel O-Fairbanks) introduced the No. 1 House bill memorial to President Eisen- hover and Congress. It declares that an elective governor would provide further evidence as to the validity of our claim of being able to govern ourselves as a state"
 The Senate agreed to hear the Governors message at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, but the House failed to take action on it before Tuesday afternoons ad- journment.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-28
OIL TANKER ACCIDENT

LITTLE FALLS, N.Y., R - A gasoline-laden tanker skidded on an icy hill early today, overturned and exploded, setting fire to seven houses on the outskirts of this central New York city. No cas- ualties were reported.
Evening star., 1953-09-12

with the American forces in
Germany.
Routine peacetime assign
mentS followed including grad
uation from the Army War Col
lege here.
In November. 1941. he was
assigned to the War Plans Divi-
sion of the General Staff and
continued to serve with that unit
after reorganization of the de-
partment in March, 1912.
Assigned to Europe.
The following July he was
assigned chief of the European
section of the operations divi-
sion in which capacity he
handled all operation matters
IN the European theater.
The following January he was
designated chief of the theater
group and charged with the re-
SponSibility for handling oper-
ational matters for all overseas
theaterS.
Gen. Hull became assistant
chief OF staff for operations in
October, 1914.
In 1946 Gen. Hull was COM
mander of the Army, Middle
Pacific, and of the Hawaii de-
partment with headquarters in
Hawaii after which he was in
command of Operation Sand
Stone.'
Before becoming vice chief he
was for a short time deputy chief
OF staff for administration.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
BY the Associoted Press

SWEA CITY. Iowa. Sept. H.
The parents of Capt. Harold
Fischer, jr., double jet ace shot
down in the Korean fighting,
appealed directly to President
Eisenhower today for help in
obtaining his release from the
Communists.
The Reds identified Capt.
Fischer as a prisoner and then
did not repatriate him. Cor
respondent Wilfred Burchett, a
Red news correspondent, told
newsmen yesterday that Capt.
Fischer and other airmen the
Communists claim were shot
down over Chinese Manchuria
were not claSSed as prisoners of
war. He said their freedom may
have to be negotiated through
diplomatic channels.
In Washington, meantime. the
Pentagon included Capt. Fischer
as among 944 American military
personnel believed to have been
captured but still unaccounted
for.
Fischer, 27, had 10 MICS to
his credit when he was reported
shot down and captured last
April.
His parents, who have a 200
acre farm near SWea City, said
today they are sending a letter
to President Eisenhower asking
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Captured Jet Ace sPorents Ask
President to Help Free Him

that the United States Govern
ment intervene.
I'VE are confused about this
and don't know what to think, "
their letter said. will you
please help us out and inter-
cede with the Chinese to return
him.
I'VE wouldn't want Harold to
be in the same fix as Mr.. Oats
before the Communists released
him. He was held in jail for
such a long time before he was
released. Please help u.s."
They referred to the case of
William Oats, Associated Press
correspondent who was arrested
by Communists in Czechoslova-
kia. Oats finally was freed after
more than two years lmprlson-
ment.
Capt. Fischer's parents have
received no direct word from
their son since the Chinese Reds
first reported his capture.
After he was shot down they
received a tape recording dis
tributed through the Red Cross
in Tokyo in which he was quot
ed as saying that he knew his
father needed help on the farm
and that he hoped to come back
soon and give him a hand.
Harold always said he wanted
to be a farmer" Mrs. Fischer
commented.
Evening star., 1953-09-12

he was serving as a radio
mechanic for the ROK 7th Divi-
sion.
His name has never appeared
on any list of prisoners. but was
mentioned on a Chinese propa-
ganda broadcast.
A native of Washington, Sergt.
Tilch is a graduate of Oxon
Hill High School. He was a
Star carrier boy for three years,
and worked as a plumbers helper
between graduation from high
school and enlistment in Janu,
ary. l949.
He was in Japan when the
Korean fighting broke out in
July, 1850, and was moved to
Korea right after.
Among missing prisoners iden-
titled by the Pentagon was Capt.
Fischer. The flyer from Swea
City. Iowa, had been identified by
Burchett as prisoner who.
he said, was shot down over
Manchuria.
Allied pilots have been forbid
den to cross the Manchurian
border-the Yalu River-from
North Korea, but the Air Force
has acknowledged that some
may have crashed or parachuted
into Red Chinese territory after
their planes were damaged in
air battles just south of the
Yalu.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Sister Meets Trains in Vain,
D.. C. Prisoner Fails to Arrive

several reporters met three trains
from the West this morning be-
tween 9:10 and 9:35, Eastern
daylight time. When her brother
failed to appear, she checked
with train officials, who said
there was a faint possibility he
might be on a train due later.
Mrs. Nichols said she did not
know whether to remain at the
station or not, since she is NOV
ing from her apartment in vi
emma to a new home at 241 Bur-
roughs street, Fairfax, and must
complete the move today.
Mrs. Nichols said both her par
ents are dead and there are no
other brothers or sisters. A
grandfather, William Anderson
Grubbs. lives in Richmond.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
New Commander in Far East
Headed Atomic Tests in 1913
Gen. J. E. Hull, So,
Succeeds Clark;
Rose From Ranks

Gen. John E. Hull, named
yesterday by President Eisen-
hover to be Far East Com
mander, last held field com
mand when he headed Opera
ton Sandstone" which was the
1948 atomic test at Eniwetok.
The 58-year-old four star gen.
eral, a native of Greenfield
Ohio, succeeds Gen. Mark Clark
who retires.
During the years since the
atomic tests, Gen. Hull has been
denied field commands because
his services were needed in such
key spots here as Director of
the Weapons Systems Evalua-
ton Group and Army Vice
Chief of Staff. He has held the
latter post two years.
He also is given credit for play
ing an important role in the de-
velopment of the Army's giant
atomic cannon, one of the worlds
newest and most potent weapons.
Speculation on his successor
included 1t. Gen. A. C. Nc
Auliffe. Washington native who
is Deputy Chief of Staff for OPP
erations and Administrations,
and Gen. Charles L. Bolte, COM
manding general in Europe
Didn't Attend West Point.
Unlike many,of his fellow gen.
eral officers, Gen. Hull is not a
West Pointer. He entered the
Army through the reserve in
1917 shortly after graduating
from Miami University at OK
ford, Ohio.
Gen. Hull's career was almost
cut short. The troop transport
carrying him to France was tor
pedoed by a German submarine
and he drifted around in the
Atlantic for several hours before
a British destroyer picked him
up.
In May, 1918. he was with
the 4th Infantry Division in
France, where he took part
in the Vill-Sayoye offensive,
for which he was awarded
the Silver Star for gallantrv.
He saw action in other often
SiveS. After armiStice he served
Evening star., 1953-09-12

A washington prisoner of war
who was scheduled to arrive this
morning from San Francisco
failed to appear and his dis
traught sister said she does not
know how to locate him.
The released POW, Pfc.
Charles E. Elliott, 90. is the
brother of Mrs. Max NJ. Nichols
of Dunn Loring drive, Vienna, Va.
Mrs. Nichols told newSmen she
learned from a local paper that
her brother was scheduled to
leave San Francisco on Septem-
Der 9, his Goth birthday. At 4:47
that day she received a telegram
informing her he was feeling fine
and would see her lin a few
days"
AIRS. Nichols, her husband and
Evening star., 1953-09-12

protested against this violation
of the rights guaranteed to the
neutral nations inspection teams
by the armistice agreement and
demanded that Jan Hajdukiewicz
be returned to the inspection
team"
The commission met for 2
hours and 35 minutes, took up
only routine matters after the
protest, then scheduled another
session for Monday.
More Anti-Red POWs Moved.
Meanwhile the U. N. command
continued moving prisoners who
refused to return home to the
demilitarized zone 5 miles north
west Of Panmunjom.
The second group of 900 anti
Red Chinese POWS was turned
over to the custody of five
nation repatriation commission
and placed under the guard of
Indian troops.
In all. ii, 700 Chinese and about
5000 North Koreans will be
handed over to the commission
while they make up their minds
where they ultimately will live.
About 1000 North Koreans al
ready have been moved into the
demilitariZed zone.
The repatriation commission
today drafted rules of procedure
for handling the balky prisoners.
In another development, 1t.
Gen. K. S. Thimayya, head of
the Indian expeditionary force,
| journeyed to Kaesong, the Com
munist base camp north of Pan
munjom, for conferences with
Red officials.
He repeatedly went to arrange
the return to the Reds of nine
North Koreans who originally
had refused repatriation but
changed their minds upon de-
livery at the buffer zone last
| Thursday.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Denver Judge Indorsed

DENVER, Sept. IL P.-
United States Circuit Judge Orie
L. Phillips of Denver was unani-
mously Endorsed by the Colorado
Bar Association yesterday for
appointment as Chief Justice of
the United States Supreme Court
to replace Fred M. Vinson, who
died this week.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Father Greefs POW
Son Who Survived
Wounds and Cruelty

A 29-year-old Sabre Jet pilot
who survived 40,000-foot para
chute Jump, five wounds and
cruelties at the hands of the
North Koreans walked safely
into the arms of his father yes
terday at Andrews Air Force
Base.
He is 1st 1t. Myron E. Stouffer,
jr., of Windsor Hills, Roanoke,
Va.
His father. Myron Stouffer.
ST., of Chatham, N. j., wept as
his son hurried down the plane
ramp.
What a lucky day" he ex-
claimed. Il didn't know my boy
was still alive until last Sunday" )"
1t. Stouffer said he bailed out
at 10000 feet near Kunuri, North
Korea after suffering two head
wounds, ear injuries and pune
tured ear drum on October g.,
1852.
Held OFF Capture.
Hiding in the hills, he said, he
managed to avoid capture and
fight off several Koreans for five
days before he passed out and
was taken prisoner.
The slightly built jet pilot cor
roborated stories recently re-
leased that airmen were sub
jected to greater punishment
than foot soldiers.
Because he refused to CON
fess" to crossing the Yalu Oh
tactical missions and taking. part
in germ warfare. he said he was
placed in a special prison camp
for recalcitrants near the Ko-
rean border.
"They put a gun up to my
head" he asserted, "and told me
to confess, or else. Under threat
of death I told them a few
things, but apparently they were
not satisfied.
They kept after us pilots al
most constantly. Their prime
purpose seemed to be to get us
to say we had operated tactically
over the Yalu.'
When not pleased. he said, the
Koreans put us in the hole" an
outdoor affair too conflning to
either sit down or stretch out in.
Some men were in for as
many as 80 days." 1t. Stout1er
said.
Food consisted primarily OF
rice, potatoes and soybeanS.
Family at Camp Pickett.
1t. Stouffer's wife, Mrs. Ger
aldine Stouffer. his mother and
his 8-year-old son, Myron Sd,
met him later in the day at
Camp Pickett, Va.
With 1t. Stouffer aboard the
Military Air Transport plane
that landed at Andrews were
Joan Leslie of the movies and
four other POWs. one from Vir-
ginia, two from Maryland and
one from West Virginia.
They were Sergt. James Long
of Tyaskin. Wicomico County.
Md; Pfc. Richard Germroth of
Baltimore, Pfc. Larry Wool
bridge of Lynchburg, Va. and
Sergt. Ira Smith of Bradshaw,
w. Va.
Miss Leslie boarded the plane
In San Francisco. She is bound
for the Aviation Medical School,
Montgomery, Ala, to complete
filming a picture entitled Flight
Nurse"
Evening star., 1953-09-12

District and vicinity-Chance
of scattered showers this eve
nlng, followed by partly cloudy,
windy and turning cooler to-
night, lowest about SO. Tomor-
row, partly cloudy, windy and
cooler.
Maryland and Virginia-Con-
siderable cloudiness with scat
tered thundershowers in east
early tonight. followed by partly
cloudy, windy and turning COOL
er, lowest in the SOS in west and
central portions and near so in
extreme east. Tomorrow, partly
cloudy, windy and cooler.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
CuIpeper Judge to Hear
Fuirfux Weaver Case
BY the Assoeioied Press

RICHMOND, Sept. 12.-Jus-
tice Willis D. Miller of the State
Supreme Court of Appeals yes
terday named Judge Burnett
Miller. jr., of Culpeper to preside
in the Fairfax County Circuit
Court in the case of the Com
monwealth versus Samuel T.
Weaver.
He will replace Judges Arthur
w. Sinclair and Paul E. Brown
who disqualified themselves.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Mexico City AccIoims
PiunoIess Rubinstein
RY the Assoeioted Prass

MEXICO CITY, Sept. r.
The Palace of Fine Arts was
packed and pianist Artur Rubin
stein was on hand and ready to
give his widely advertised con-
cert. Then the event was post
poned last night-no piano.
Some one forgot to round up a
crew to bring the piano from the
basement and last-minute ef-
forts to raise it by elevator
failed.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Polish Truce Official
Says U. 5. Kidnapped
Interpreter in Korea
BY the Associafed Press

PANMUNJOM. Sept. 12.-The
Polish member of a four-nation
commission policing the Korean
truce charged today that a Po-
liSh interpreter who fled to free
dom was kidnapped by American
Army officers and demanded his
immediate return.
Jan Hajdukiewicz, a 2S-year-
old civilian interpreter. broke
from a truce inspection team at
a South Korean air base We'd
nesday and was given political
asylum by United States officers.
The Army won't say where
Mr.. Hajcukiewicz is now. There
has been speculation that he
was flown either to Tokyo or
Okinawa.
Protest at Armistice Meeting.
Maj. Gen. M. Wagrowski,
senior Poluish officer in Korea,
today read a letter of protest at
a meeting of the Armistice Su-
pervisory Commission.
The letter charged that Mr.
Hajdukiewicz was kidnapped by
American officers and demanded
his immediate return.
The letter was addressed to
Gen. Mark w. Clark, United
Nations commander, and was
not submitted to the commission.
Tine commission took no ac-
ti0n on the letter, said Mai.
Gen. Sven Grafstrom. Swedish
delegate and commission chair
man. Gen. Grafstrom said the
commission would not intervene.
He said the incident was a mat
ter between the Polish delega-
ton and the U. N. Command.
Letter Received by Clark.
The Red Peiping radio said
copy of the letter was given
to an allied liaison officer at
Panmunjom yesterday for deliv-
cry to Gen. Clark. The u. N.
Command confirmed a letter had
been received, but would not
Immediately divulge its contents.
Peiping said Gen. Wagrowski
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Letter Received by Clark.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Wind - Southwest at 20-30
miles per hours, shifting to
northwest tonight. Northwest at
20-35 miles per hour tomorrow.
District Medical Society rag
weed pollen count for "a hours
ending at 9 o'clock this morning,
rs grains per cubic yard of air.
River Report.
(From U s. EngineerS.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry;
Shenandoah clear at HarperS Ferry.
Humidity.
tReadings, Washington National Airport)
Yesterday Pct. To-day Pct.
Noon -------- AZ Midnight -- Il
4 p.m.-- ~ 8 a.m.- 81
8 p,m.------ co 10 a.m.------ SO
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Indiu Gets Bill to Pay
For CustodiuI Force
By the Associoted Press

NEW DELHI, India. Sept. 12.-
Thet government has submitted
to Parliament supplementary
budget demands for 6 million
rupees $1,260,0O0) for expenses
connected with sending the S.
000-man Indian custodial force
to Korea.
The force is looking after war
prisoners reluctant to return to
their own authorities.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
American Faces Trial
In Striking of Swede
By the Associoied Press

SEOUL. Sept. 12.-The Army
tonight said an American SOL
dier charged with striking a
Swedish neutral officer last week
will be tried Monday before q
special court-martial.
The Army identified the SOL
dier as Pfc. Millard F. Arm
strong. Louisville, KY.
A Swedish spokesman said the
American struck and cut the lip
of Capt. Rune LARSON of Stock
holm. member of the neutral
nations inspection team at
Taegu. Korea. The spokesman
said the incident occurred when
the Swedish officer ordered Pvt.
Armstrong to send a telegram.