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_ OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV No. 76 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1953 _Per Copy—15^
Military Secrets
Revealed Before
House Committee
WASHINGTON, UP>—Somebody’s
security slip was showing yester
day with publication of recent
testimony about military secrets
by Army officials before a House
Appropriations subcommittee.
Military secrets which popped
into the open included informa
tion about:
1. An entirely new weapons
carrying vehicle, nicknamed “the
thing” but carrying the official
designation “Ontos,” to be used
variously, including as a mount
for a new “very high-powered”
recoilless rifle and for a quadruple
.50-caliber anti-aircarft weapon
against low-flying planes.
2. A plan to provide “much
longer range” for the 280-milli
meter cannon, which now has a
20-mile accurate range and fires
either atomic or conventional
shells, and a new shell, slightly
smaller than the caliber of this
giant cannon, expected to' extend
its range “by about 50 percent.”
3. “Extra-light tanks,” two of
which are under test, of a type
expected eventually to replace the
28-ton Walker Bulldog tank.
4. A light-weight radar for bat
tlefront use, apparently to help
detect enemy atttempts at infiltra
tion of the front line, a technique
much used by the Communists in
the Korean War.
5. A long-range radar IFF (Iden
tification, Friend or Foe), which
could mean the identification of
aircraft long before they are with
in range of anti-aircraft guns or
guided missiles.
6. A folding, portable bridge, to
be carried on top of a tank as a
shelter for the crew while being
put in place under enemy fire.
7. A steam outboard motor for
small boats, to be used for quiet
crossing of rivers when the noise
of gasoline outboard motors would
warn the enemy.
Army officials expressed amaze
ment and appeared appalled when
copies of the 1,667-page printed
testimony released by the sub
committee reached the Pentagon.
Anti-Communist Riots In
East Germany Will Be Felt
•In All Soviet Satellites
BONN, Germany, UP)—President
Eisenhower said today the recent
anti - Communist revolts in East
Germany “will be felt throughout
the Soviet satellite empire.”
He expressed the hope that this
might persuade the Russians to
permit free*elections in their zone
to reunify divided Germany.
The American President ex
pressed these opinions in a note
to West German Chancellor Ade
naur assuring him of American
support for Adenauer’s proposals
to reunify Germany “in peace and
freedom” through free nationwide
elections.
Dr. Adenauer had appealed for
such support in similar telegrams
sent last Sunday to President Ei
senhower, Prime Minister Church
ill and France’s acting premier,
Rene Mayer.
Railroads Ask 45 Per Cent
Raise In Payments For
Hauling U. S. Mails
WASHINGTON, (iP) — The rail
road industry asked an increase
of at least 45 per cent in payments
for hauling the U.S. mail today.
A petition for the rise was filed
with the Interstate Commerce
Commission only 24 hours after
Postmaster General Summerfield
appealed to Congress for a general
postage-rate advance.
The Postoffice Department is
running millions of dollars in the
red each year and Summerfield
asked the postage rate hike—in
cluding a boost from 3 cents to 4
cents for letter mail—to close part
of the gap between revenue and
spending.
Summerfield estimated that the
rate hikes he asked would yield
close to 241 million dollars a
year in additional revenue.
Should the ICC grant the pleas
from railroads for higher mail pay
the increase in transportation bill
ings to the postoffice, amounting
to about 143 millions a year,
would absorb more than half of
the revenue increase sought thru
higher postal rates.
East Germans March In
Staged Show of Loyalty
To Communist Govt.
BERLIN, (/P) — Thousands of
Germans marched under Red ban
ners in East Berlin today in a
profession of loyalty to their East
German government.
Soviet riflemen ringed the gov
ernment headquarters, target of
the June 17 revolt, while the
Socialist Unity party brought the
workers into mid-city. Many of
them took part in a general strike
at the time of the revolt, but they
have been brought under the con
trol of Soviet military forces.
Premier Otto Grotewohl’s reg
ime said today’s demonstration
showed “the trust of the working
masses in their government.” But
Grotewohl was testing . his civil
authority with the backing of two
armored divisions and 38,000 Ger
man troops. ,
The Russian occupying forces
apparently were about 'ready to
lift martial law. It was believed
they would pull their armed forces
out of the city if they considered
the demonstration showed the
party to control the area.
The East German puppet reg
ime set up what looked like a sub
stitute government, to speed re
forms designed to ease the work
ers’ rebellion against Commun
ism.
U.S. Guards Kill Two Anii-Red
POWs In Breaking Up Escape
PUSAN, Korea, 18) — American
guards killed two anti-Commun
ist North Korean prisoners and
wounded another early today
when prisoners in Camp No. 2
near here attempted a mass
break-out, the U.N. Prisoner ot
War Command announced.
The Command said prisoners in
one enclosure made two attempts
to break out shortly after mid
night. Both were broken up and
none escaped.
There were no casualties among
U.S. guards.
Hawaii Labor
Leader Convicted
Of Red Conspiracy
HONOLULU, UP—Hawaii faced
a new waterfront labor crisis yes
terady —the second since Long
shore Leader Jack Hall was con
victed as a Communist conspirator
last week.
Hawaiian stevedoring companies
called new wage demands by
Hall’s longshore union an “emo
tional and inconsistent” reaction
to his conviction.
Longshore Chief Harry Bridges
met with his union leaders to
draft plans for a “fight to' the
finish” against the conviction.
An emergency convention of
300 union delegates met in a pol
icy-making session soon after
Bridges arrived from San Fran
cisco.
Hall and six co-defendents were
convicted under the Smith Act of
conspiring to teach violent over
throw of the government. Hall is
Hawaii director of Bridges’ Inter
national Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s Union.
Shortly after Hall’s conviction
Friday the ILWU staged a three
day territory-wide slopwork dem
onstration and doubled wage de
mands in negotiations for steve
dores. It originally had asked an
11 cents increase on hourly basic
wages of $1.94.
Some 24,000 of the ILWU’f
26,000 membership joined in the
demonstration which tied up the
Hawaiian waterfront and shut
down sugar and pineapple planta
tions.
Waterfront employers in a let
ter to' the ILWU Wednesday night
said the new wage demands were
“emotional and completely incon
sistent with the public interest or
general welfare of your member
ship.”
“They can be construed only as
part o'f the ILWU’s program |o
hurt the entire community be
cause of the Smith Act convic
tions,” the letter said.
American Plane Sighted
In Inaccessible Section
Of British Columbia
EDMONTON, Alta., UP) — Hope
for the safety of three Americans
missing three days in the rugged
northeast corner of British Col
umbia rose Friday with an RCAF
report that a search plane has
spotted wreckage of a red air
craft northeast of Fort Nelson,
B.C., 500 miles norttrwest of Ed
monton.
The report, received here from
Lt. S.N.E. Beauchamp of Fort
Nelson, said there were survivors
and they were trying to walk to
safety.
The Americans, James Kelly of
Vancouver, Wash., pilot; Norval
Foster, Vancouver, Wash., also a
pilot; and D. L. Dutton of Port
land, Ore., were flying a four
passenger red Stinson aircraft.
The aircraft, which spotted the
plane was unable to proceed in
the direction indicated by the
ground panel because of poor fly
ing weather which has dogged the
search for more than 48 hours.
Bishop Gordon and Two
Passengers Escape Injury
In Kotzebue Plane Crash
FAIRBANKS, UP>—Bishop Wil
liam J. Gordon, Episcopal Bishop
of Alaska, and two passengers es
caped serious injury when their
plane crashed at Kotzebue yes
terday.
The Rev. Gordon, known as
Alaska’s Flying Bishop, regular
ly visits his missions throughout
the Territory in his own plane.
The crash occurred when his en
gine cut out when he was taking
off.
The Bishop tried to bring the
plane back tor the field but it fell
a little short, hit rough ground
and flipped over. The trio suf
fered only bruises and lacerations.
The two passengers were identi
fied only as the Rev. Edward
Turner and a Doctor Moore, both
Episcopalian ministers.
Alaska Airlines Starts
Twice-Weekly Cargo
Service Seattle to Alaska
SEATTLE, UP — Semi-weekly
freight flights have been begun by
Alaska Airlines to all points in
service in Alaska, Ralph W. Star
key, general traffic manager, an
nounced yesterday. Cargo planes
will leave Seattle each Monday
and Wednesday.
Northbound planes will carry
freight and return in passenger
coach service, Starkey said. Be
ginning July 6, the air line will
use DC-4’s exclusively in the
cargo capacity.
Special Envoy and
Pres. Rhee Discuss
“ Good Ideas ”
SEOUL, Saturday, [ft — Presi
dent Eisenhower’s truce trouble
shooter meets again this after
noon with President Syngman
Rhee after disclosing in secret
what the stubborn South Korean
executive called “good ideas” on
the Korean truce crisis.
Their first face to face talk yes
terday—two hours and 45 min
utes— produced hope for closing
the deep U.S.-South Korea rift
on armistice terms.
Walter S. Robertson, assistant
U.S. Secretary of State, delivered
a secret message from Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles and
personal word from Eisenhower,
presumably disclosing new pos
sibilities • to ease South Korea’s
bitter opposition to a truce.
After the meeting Rhee said:
“Mr. Robertson has brought
good ideas and our mutual under
standing is being greatly im
proved.”
Robertson told newsmen:
“We hcrpe we are making pro
gress in removing misunderstand
ings.”
EISENHOWER ASKS $239,000
FOR CARE ALASK'S INSANE
WASHINGTON, (£>— President
Eisenhower asked Congress Tues
day to appropriate $239,000 for
increased cost of the care of the
insane in Alaska.
FOURTH OF JULY PROGRAM
The outline of the big program planned for the
Fourth of July celebration was laid out last evening at
a meeting of committee heads with city officials.
Friday July 3—10 p.m. to Midnight—City Airport
Baseball Games — Air Force vs. Infantry
Winning Team vs. Eskimo Team
Saturday, July Fourth
10:00 a.m. to 12 Noon—Children Sports. Clyde Kam
merer, chairman.
12 Noon to 1:00 p.m.—Ice Cream Cones for the chil
dren. W. W. Laws, chairman.
1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.—Drill Team Exhibition.
1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.—Parade. Philip Lancaster, chair
man. Composed of Air Force and Army units, the
774th Air Force Band, American Legion, V.F.W.,
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. — Patriotic Exercises. George
Goshaw, chairman.
2:30 to 4:00 p.m.—Eskimo Sports. Clinton Gray and
Robert Okpealuk, chairmen.
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. — Team Competitive Sports.
Philip Lancaster, chairman.
5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.—Retreat Ceremonies.
5:30 p.m.— Skeet Shoot. Keith Hedreen, chairman.
American Legion Dance—Nome School Gym
. 8:00 p.m.—Eskimo Dance.
9:00 p.m.—Roller Skating Exhibition, to be followed
by dancing to music of 774th Air Force Band until
1:00 a.m.
General Committee — Mayor Steve Andersen and
Councilmen p. A. Jones and Keith Hedreen.