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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LIV No. 135 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1952 Per Copy—15^
AEC Will Make
No Comment On
‘Hell-bomb’ Blast
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
Atomic Energy Commission says
it will have an announcement,
apparently soon, in connection
with snowballing reports the first
American hydrogen bomb has
been exploded in the South Pa
cific.
Vivid eye-witness accounts of
a purported “hell"’ bomb blast—
some said it virtually sank Eni
wetok Island—have been received
in uncensored letters from sailors
to friends in this country.
An AEC spokesman said yester
day “we will make an announce
ment” as soon as the current
series of atomic tests is concluded.
Until then, he S3id, “we will have
absolutely no comment.”
Previously, AEC officials had
indicated that for security rea
sons it might be years before any
thing would be made public
about the new bomb.
Descriptions of the recent ex
plosion—H-bomb or super atomic
—agree that it was an awesome
thing.
One sailor wrote that he watch
ed the spectacle through binocu
lars from his ship 30 miles away.
He said he saw a great chunk
of Eniwetok Island just seem td
“melt away” in the fire that
burned for six hours after the
blast.
Finally, he said, the entire
_ mile-wide atoll “actually disap
peared.”
Reds Take Pinpoint Hill
13th Time In 29 Days
SEOUL, d/P) — South Korean
infantrymen stormed back to re
capture three strategic heights on
Sniper Ridge and Triangle Hill in
long, bloody battles today.
But they tailed to throw Chi
nese Communists off the Yoke, a
maze of tunnels and caves at the
northern end of Sniper which has
been the key to firm control of
the important ridge.
Once they had secured the crest
of Pinpoint, elements of three
ROK regiments drove northward
against the Yoke, taking part of
it in a -blast-them-out, burn-them
out battle against entrenched
Reds.
But the South Koreans were
forced to withdraw before dark, j
The Yoke is a virtually impreg
nable redoubt at night. ,
Firm Allied control of Sniper
Ridge has been impossible with
the Yoke’s tunnels and caves in
the hands of the Reds. It was
from those underground caverns
that Chinese reinforcements pour
ed today at the height of the bat
tle for Pinpoint.
It was the 13th time in 29 days
that the Reds had taken the hill
from United Natiens forces.
“ 25-Year Allergy—
And Didn't Know It
RALEIGH, N.C., (/P)—Paul T.
Poole of Raleigh has thanked his
customers for their kindness and
announced he is going out of
business. After 25 years as a poul
try dealer, Poole discovered he’s
allergic to chickens.
Leading Democrats Are
Against Stevenson Taking
Any Office Under GOPs
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senator
William Fulbright of Arkansas
said today the Democratic party
ought to be rebuilt from the
ground up -and Gov. Adlai Steven
son is the man to head the job.
Fulbright, who served in Stev
enson’s unsuccessful presidential
campaign headquarters, told a re
porter he does not go along with
suggestions that Stevenson be ap
pointed by President-elect Dwight
Eisenhower to the U. S. United
Nations delegation or asked to
take on any other federal job.
“I think Stevenson should
maintain an independent status
and be ready, perhaps along about
Mai'ch, to begin speaking for the
opposition on issues raised by the
Republicans,” the Arkansas sen
ator said.
Senator Lydon B. Johnson of
Texas, scheduled to become min
ority leader in the Republican
controlled Senate, agreed in a sep
arate interview that the defeated
presidential nominee ought to be
come the party’s general spokes
man.
Canadian Dollar Losing
Ground, Following
Post-Election Trend
NEW YORK, Uf) — The Can
adian dollar lost further ground
Monday in relation to the value
of the American dollar, continu
ing a post-election down trend.
The Canadian dollar was quoted
at 102 7-16 cents in terms of U.S.
currency. One week ago, the day
before the national election, the
Canadian unit closed at 103 5-8
cents.
Foreign exchange dealers have
noted a decline in most foreign
currencies in relation to the U.S.
dollar ever since the Republican
victory at the polls. In most quar
ters, this is attributed to the be
lief the new administration will
tighten up on American expendi
tures in foreign countries for the
purchase of scarce strategic ma
terials.
It is also reported that U.S. in
vestors in Canada, whose heavy
flow of capital into that country
has helped boost Canadian cur
rency, are now withdrawing some
capital in order to protect in
vestments at home.
Arthur Buel, 75, Gold
Hush Cartoonist, Dies
SAN FRANCISCO, .(/P)—Arthur
Buel, 75, whose cartoons appeared
in newspapers from Alaska to
California shortly after the turn
of the century, died here Monday
night. He had been ill several
months.
Born in San Jose, Calif., he fol
lowed the lure of gold to' the
Klondike. But there he found the
artist’s pen more fitted his talents
than the miner’s pan.
He began working on news
papers in Dawson and Nome,
later heading south to work on
papers in the mining towns of
Tonopah and Goldfield, Nevada.
He joined the McClatchy news
papers in 1911, working on the
Sacramento Bee and Fresno Bee
a total of 35 years and retiring
i in 1946.
Eden Blue Prints
Solution To POW
Issue In Korea .
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (JP)—
British Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden laid down today four
principles for settling the dead
locked prisoner of war issue and
asked Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Vishinsky if he would accept
them.
In a broad policy speech before
the U.N. Assembly, Eden turned
down Vishinsky’s proposal for a
new commission to end the Ko
rean war as of “no' help over our
present difficulty.”
Eden gave his four principles
for settling the prisoner issue:
“First: That every prisoner of
war has the right, on the con
clusion of an armistice, to be re
leased.
“Second: That every prisoner
of war has the right to be speed
ily repatriated.
“Third: That there is a duty on
the detaining side to provide facil
ities for such repatriation.
“Fourth: That the detaining
side has no right to use force in
connection with the disposal of
prisoners of war. In other words,
after an armistice, a prisoner of
war may not be either forcibly
detained or forcibly repatriated.”
Eden’s proposal, if accepted by
the Communists, would give the
Korean truce negotiators at Pan
munjom a blue-printed solution of
their prisoner of war dispute.
1,318 Casualties Reported
In Korea Last Week
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The De
fense Department today reported
1,318 Korean battle casualties in
a week’s fighting — the largest
weekly increase in a year.
This brought to 125,887 the total
of killed, wounded and missing in
action since the war began.
Increase Total
Killed in action.266 19,712
Wounded .962 93,237
Missing . 90 12,938
Total .1,318 125,887
Battle deaths .284 21,984
Current missing . 50 9,395
Army . 812 98,946
Navy . 13 1,703
Air Force . 2 1,307
Marine Corps .491 23,931
Eisenhower To Confer
With Leading Republicans
Before Leaving For Korea
AUGUSTA, Ga., (JP) — Presi
dent-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower
is planning an important round of
conference with Republican lead
ers in New York next week before
leaving for Korea, associates said
today.
These associates, who asked not
to be named, said the conferees
may include Sen. Robert A. Taft
of Ohio, chairman of the Senate
GOP Policy Committee, and Sen.
Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin, in
line to head the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee when the
Republicans take over control o*f
Congress in January.
He will confer the early part of
the week at the White House with
President Truman, who has in
vited the general to sit in at a
discussion of international and
domestic problems facing the new
Republican administration.
“Red Tide” In Gulf of
Mexico Brings Death
To Millions of Fish
FORT MYERS, Fla., (^P)-^Fears
were expressed today that a new
“red tide” has returned to Gulf
of Mexico waters off the south
west Florida coast, bringing death
to millions of fish.
The “red tide” infestation took
a heavy toll of fish in these
waters a few years ago. Scientists
said it apparently was caused by
an organism in the gills.
Shrimp boat skippers returning
from Dry Tortugas and Campeche,
Mexico, reported the dead fish
from 70 miles out all the way to
Fort Myers beach.
“They were packed solid 10
miles out,” said Capt. „ Gordon
Ford of the shrimp boat Lucky
Star.
Residents of Sanibel Island re
ported a dark-brown discoloration
of water off the island, where
thousands of dead fish littered the
beaches. Similar water discolora
tions and many dead fish also
were reported by residents of
Boca Grande and Captiva Islands
off the southwest Florida coast.
Bad Weather Obscures
Troop Carrier Wreckage
On Mt. Silverthrone
ANCHORAGE, (iP)—Tenth Air
Rescue Squadron fliers planned
more photo flights over rugged
Mt. Silverthrone today seeking
definite identification of plane
wreckage believed to be a miss
ing C-119 troop carrier which had
19 men aboard.
From their picture's, search
leaders may also be able to de
termine if there is a snowfield
area near the 12,000 - foot level
where a smaller plane may land
parties before more winter sets
in, or if there is a good climb
ing route to the area.
Bad weather broke up two
photo flights yesterday and nei
ther was able to get pictures.
Earlier, however, search lead
ers had said there was “no doubt”
that the wreckage sighted two
days ago was that of the missing
“Flying Packet” lost last Friday
on a flight from Elmendorf to
Big Delta. The flight was part of
the current “Exercise Warmwind”
Arctic maneuvers of men and
planes flown north from the
States.
Gruening Believes 83rd
Congress Will Confer
Statehood to Alaska
PORTLAND, (/P)—Gov. Ernest
Gruening of Alaska Aid here yes
terday he believes that statehood
for his territory finally will mar
terialize in the 83rd Congress.
Gruening told reporters he
doubts whether the change of ad
ministration will change the state
hood situation much. Leaders of
both parties have approved the
statehood program, he said.
Gruening also said the next
Congress probably will approve
legislation to' enable the Alumi
num Company of America to ac
quire enough land to build its
proposed aluminum plant near
Skagway.
Gruening’s appointment as gov
ernor expires in April, 1953, and
he said he expects to be relieved
at that time.
UN is Urged Purge
Sp ies or Get Out
Of United States
NEW YORK, </P) — The United
Nations should either help purge
itself of “spies and saboteurs” or
get out of the United States, say
two members of the U.S. Senate
International Security Committee.
One of the two senators is the
committee chairman, Pat McCar
ran (D-Nev), who said he also
thinks Trygve Lie resigned as
U.N. Secretary - General because
“of disclosures we will make in
,the future.”
. The senators’ search for sus
pected American Communists on
the U.N. headquarters staff was
resumed yesterday. Lie’s resigna
tion on the previous day served to
embellish the committee’s already
dramatic hearings.
McCarran, here for the first
time in four weeks of intermittent
sessions, and Sen. Willis Smith
(D-NC), composed a subcommittee
which heard three more American
U.S. employees refuse to answer
some questions concerning Com
munist party membership.
A fourth witness said earlier
she switched her citizenship from
American to Russian simply by
obtaining a Russian passport.
She is Olga Michka, 33, an Ameri
can-born U.N. clerk and typist.
A State Department official in
Washington said later he did not
think she automatically lost her
American citizenship when she
received the Russian passport.
Smith, angry at the attitude of
some witnesses, snapped at the
close of the all-day hearing that
it is up to the U.N. “to help us
purge it of spies and saboteurs.”
If that cannot be done, he said,
the U.N. “ought not to be allowed
to sit in America.”
“Senator,” added McCarran, “I
agree with you heartily.”
Budget Representative
Dodge Will Not Try
To Influence Democrats
WASHINGTON, .(/P) — Presi
dent-elect Eisenhower’s financial
representative, Joseph Do'dge, met
today with Budget Director Fred
erick J. Lawton, but told report
ers he would not try to influence
the size or nature of the budget
now being prepared.
At a news conference in Law
ton’s office, Dodge said he would
not agree or disagree with any
thing he saw in the budget, which
covers government spending for
the year .beginning next July 1.
The fact he sat in on the budget
discussions should not be taken
as approval or disapproval, he
emphasized.
A reporter asked Do'dge whe
ther he had been offered the post
of Budget Director under the
Eisenhower administration and
had accepted. He said, “It is not
true.” However, he declined to
say whether this meant it was not
true that he (1) had been offered
the job or (2) had accepted it.
He said:
“My objective is to inform my
self and Gen. Eisenhower of the
facts and factors connected with
this burget so that Gen. Eisen
hower may have some basis for
drawing his own conclusions.”