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VOL. LIV No. 131 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1952 Per Copv->15c
Both Candidates
Confident Of
Victory Tomorrow
By GARDNER BRIDGE
Associated Press Staff Writer
The long campaign trails end
on a big question mark today
and the great political spotlight
swings tomorrow to the most ar
dently-wooed people on earth
the American voters.
It will be their duty and priv
ilege to decide whether they want
Republican Dwight Eisenhower
or Democrat Adlai Stevenson to
guide their nation through the
perilous and difficult problems of
the next four years.
Both presidential nominees and
their running mates, Sen. John J.
Sparkman, Democrat, and Sen.
Richard M. Nixon, Republican,
will close out the campaign to
night with a final appeal for
votes over nationwide radio and
television hookups.
Eisenhower, joined by Nixon,
speaks from Boston at 10 p.m.
on a nation-wide radio-television
program. Stevenson, with Spark
man at his side, appears at 10:30
p.m. on a hookup of four radio
and four TV systems, from Chi
cago.
There are 75,579,783 persons
eligible to vote but on the basis
of past performance it is expected
that approximately 20 million of
them will not do so, for one rea
son or another.
Forecasts of fair and mild wea
ther over most of the nation fo
. morrow should help raise the
turnout.
This year’s voters are probably
the best informed in history. It
was the first campaign in which
wide use was made of television
to bring the candidates and what
they had to say and how they said
it home to the people.
Eisenhower and Stevenson, re
luctant prospects for the nation’s
highest office last spring, proved
to be two of the “fightingest”
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Election News at a Glance
(By the Associated Press!
Voters are expected to crowd
the polls in record numbers Tues
day to elect a president and vice
president, 34 senators, 432 repre
sentatives and 29 governors.
• Main elected a governor, senator
and three house members Sept. 8
—all Republicans'.
More than 75 million persons
are estimated to have registered
in the nation's 146,000 precincts,
about eight million more than in
1948.
There are more than 98 million
“potential” voters—those 21 years
of age and over, with an esti
mated more than half of them
women.
Republicans are out to break
the Democrat winning streak of
five straight presidential victories
—a Democratic record.
, Republicans hold the two-party
record of six straight between
1861-85.
Democrats now control the Sen
ate and House by the close mar
gins of 49 to 47 and 230 to 200
respectively. Republicans have
25 governors to 23 for the Demo
crats.
Palmer Basketball
Team To Play Here
November 28-29
The big sports news for Nome
this month is about the big two
game basketball series between
Palmer High School and the
Nome Nanooks. The dates set for
the games to be played in the
high school gym are Nov. 28 and
29, during the Thanksgiving holi
day.
This will be Palmer’s first visit
to Nome and the first time in
some years that Nome has been
host to a visiting high school
team. Palmer, an “A” school in
the tournament held at Fairbanks
'last season edged Nome 35-28.
They finished in a tie for sec
ond place in the Rail Belt League
last season and beat Anchorage
in the regular court play. Crites,
the Palmer coach, fields a well
conditioned ball club and uses the
race horse style o-f play or called
the fast break.
The Palmer Moose have lost
most of last year’s team due to
graduation, but had a very strong
junior varsity team to draw their
talents from for this coming sea
son.
Nome will be short of depth,
but will be familiar with their
home floor. The Nanook attack
will be built around Milt Willoya,
a sophomore, with plenty of help
from seniors A1 Sahlin and George
Bell. Other Nome players to see
actic/n will be: Gordon Swanberg,
Elmer Greene, Vernon Olson,
Robert Summers, Robert Herman,
Dave Bell and Sam Mogg, Jr.
The starting time for the high
school game will be 8:15 both
nights with preliminary games
preceding the main tilt.
Still Alive After Being
Reported Killed in 2 Wars
SAN FRANCISCO, (JP) — In
World War II the War Depart
ment reported Sgt. Omer Willette
killed in action. But he turned
ilp alive in a hospital.
Two weeks ago, the Defense
Department reported Willette
killed in Korea.
Last night, his wife received a
telephone call from Tokyo. “I’m
all right,” said Willette, who was
startled to hear he’d been re
ported dead. “I’m wounded but
I’ll be home soon.”
“It seemed like a miracle,” Mrs.
Willette told reporters.
Their 7-year-old son, George,
piped up:
“I guess my daddy is bullet
proof.”
COUNCIL RECOMMENDS
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
BE PUT ON PROBATION
KANSAS CITY, </P) — The
N.C.A.A. Council Monday recom
mended that the University of
Kentucky be placed on probation
for the 1952-53 academic year for
its violation of subsidization and
eligibility rules during a period
from 1947 through 1951.
Walt Byers, executive secretary
of the N.C.A.A. said the recom
mendation was made to the Asso
ciation’s national convention to be
held in jVashington next January.
Two other schools also were
cited for infractions. They are
Bradley University and Midwest
ern University of Wichita Falls,
Tito Pledges To
Work with West In
Preserving Peace
ZAGREB, Yugoslavia, (/P)—In
fiery defiance of Russian threats
of domination, Premier Marshal
Tito accused the Soviet Union to
day of promoting a third world
war and pledged Yugoslavia’s co
operation with the west in pre
serving peace.
He laid before the sixth con
gress of the Yugoslav Communist
party a 40,000 word review of his
struggle to maintain his country’s
freedom against heavy military
and economic odds since he broke
with the Kremlin-led Cominform
in 1948.
Tito addressed the 2,300 dele
gates as boss and secretary-gen
eral of this country’s minority but
ruling Red party. The Congress
represented 779,382 members
drawn from Yugoslavia’s 16Vfc
million people.
Of Yugoslavia’s relations with
the West, Tito said co-existence is
not only possible between Com
munistic and capitalistic countries
but that experience has shown in
concrete ways that such coopera
tion may prove mutually useful.
He expressed Yugoslavia’s ap
preciation for Western aid in time
of need but made plain his opinion
it was extended chiefly as a mat
ter of self-protection for the West.
Turkish, Bulgarian Border
Guards Exchange Fire
ISTANBUL, Turkey, (JP) —
Turkish and Bulgarian border
guards exchanged fire for nearly
four hours last night near the
Turkish border post of Mirgos,
informed Turkish sources report
ed today.
No casualties were announced
for either side.
One report said 40 Bulgarians
opened fire on five Tui'k soldiers,
who later received re mforce
ments.
Foreign Minister Fuad Koprulu
told visiting Yugoslav journalists
several days ago that continuing
incidents on the Bulgarian border
had no particular significance.
Turkish army sources said Mir
gos is less than 50 miles from
Edirne — where Allied Supreme
Commander Gen. Matthew Ridge
way is expected to make an in
spection trip tomorrow.
Last Rites Held For
George Swinehart, Pioneer
Nome Newspaper Man
SEATTLE, (A5)—Last rites were
held Monday for George B. Swine
hart, 86, pioneer Alaska editor
and publisher who died Friday
after a short illness.
Swinehart came to Seattle in
1889 and shortly afterward went
to Alaska. There he founded the
Juneau Mining Record in 1892
and served as its editor and pub
lisher until 1899.
In 1898 he founded the Daw
son Midnight Sun and in 1900
founded the Nome Midnight Sun.
He was said to be the first per
son to advocate an Alaskan Dele
gate to Congress.
In 1900, Swinehart served as
■United States Commissioner in
Nome. He returned to Seattle in
the early 1900s and started a gas
and electric fixture company
Truman’s Declassification of “Secret”
Document Adds Emphasis to Korea
Issue As He Awaits Tomorrow’s Voting
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Gen. Wedemeyer
Backs Eisenhower
On Korean Issue
HOLLYWOOD, (JP) — Lt. Gen.
Albert C. Wedemeyer charges
that the Democratic administra
tion failed to train and equip as
many South Korean troops as it
might have and also rejected help
proferred by Generalissimo Kai
Shek.
The former commander of Am
erica’s World War II forces in
China told a nationwide radio
audience last night that he was
speaking out “because I feel that
I would be derelict in my duties
as a citizen were I to remain sil
ent and leave the truth about
Korea untold.”
Stumping for the Republican
ticket, Wedemeyer said “Presi
dent Truman has attacked the in
tegrity of General Eisenhower
whom I know to be a man of
the highest integrity ...”
The speaker said he agreed with
the Republican presidential no
minee, Dwight Eisenhower, that
“we should employ all free Asians
who are ready and willing to
fight against those Asians who
are unfortunate tools of the Krem
lin.”
As to Chiang’s offer of help,
Wedemeyer said “he was turned
down flatly and admonished to
keep his fighting men on For
mosa. The joint chiefs of staff did
not turn him down, the Congress
did not turn him down. No, that
decision was made by the Presi
dent and Mr. Acheson.”
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Deadly Chinese Mortar
Fire Stops 110K Attacks
SEOUL, (TP) —Deadly Chinese
mortal’ fire today cut to' bits and
stopped cold -a series of heroic
South Korean attacks on bloody
Triangle hill.
At least four times the PtOKs
stormed the crest. Dug-in Chinese
stood them off with pin-point
mortar fire and showers of hand
grenades.
Big U.N. guns literally blew the
top off Triangle and saturated
Red positions in a valley to the
north. The barrage disrupted the
Chinese artillery, batteries, but it
couldn’t suppress the lighter,
more accurate mortars, nor route
Red troops from their holes and
tunnels.
Savage fighting on the central
front hill mass continued until
dusk with the Reds holding grim
ly to the prized peak.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, U.S.
Eighth Army commander, said in
a statement that Allied forces are
“in compelte control of the situ
ation” at Triangle and nearby
Sniper ridge.
“We can and will continue to
chew up all the Chinese they
want to throw into the battle,” he
asserted.
In using balloons to lift objects,
about 13 cubic feet of hydrogen
‘is required to lift one pound.
* By ERNEST B. VACCARO
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., {JP) —
President Truman’s declassifica
tion of a “top secret” document
added new emphasis to the Korea
issue today while he waited for
tomorrow’s voting.
He said the release of a memo
randum to show the joint chiefs
of staff, with Dwight D. Eisen
hower as a member, recommend
ed the withdrawal of U.S. troops
in 1947 was made to “set this con
troversy at rest.”
It was a reply tor what he said
were attempts by the GOP presi
dential nominee to ‘create a false
impression” that civilian officials
were “guilty of blundering, if not
something worse.”
Republican Senator William F.
Knowland of California took a dif
ferent slant. He pointed out that
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon,
who quit the Republican party to
campaign for Democratic nominee
Adlai Stevenson first read the
document at Minneapolis last
ivionaay.
He said he had been informed
earlier the document was classi
fied and that he followed up this
information with a telegram to
Attorney General McGranery cit
ing the law against disclosures of
such documents and asking what
McGranery and the FBI intended
to do about it.
Knowland said the State and
Defense Departments were not
notified of the declassification o.
the document and asked whether
Truman acted in the light of his
subsequent wire “to protect Sen.
Morse from a violation of th^
law.”
The document in question dated
Sept. 26, 1947, in reply to Eisen
hower’s criticism of U. S. troop
withdrawals in Korea and other
Far Eastern foreign policy, was
one from the late Secretary of
Defense James V. Forrestal to the
State Department.
It said that the joint chiefs con
sidered that from the standpoint
of military security the United
States “has little strategic interest
in maintaining the present troops
and bases in Korea.”
The joint chiefs, it added, felt
the 45,000 troops then in Korea
could be well used elsewhere and
their withdrawal would not im
pair the military position of the
Far Eastern Command “unless in
consequence, the Soviets establish
military strength in South Korea
capable of mounting an assault on
Japan.”
Young Mother Killed
When Struck by Rocket
While Watching Fireworks
VANCOUVER, B. C., (5s) — A
young mother watching a Hallow
e’en fireworks display with her
6-weeks-old baby in her arms
was struck ai;d killed last night
by a skyrocket that tipped over
just after it was lit.
The victim was Mrs. George
Peppin, 27, whose husband was
standing beside her when the er
rant rocket hit her in the head.
Peppin, a Canada Pacific Airlines
mechanic, and the baby were un
injured.