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DULLES ON RUSSIAN ENSLAVEMENTS
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles recently ex
pressed the belief that President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er’s administration would take the lead in fostering a
“longing for freedom” among the captive peoples be
hind the Iron Curtain. In this way, Dulles asserted,
the enslavement of other peoples by Soviet leaders will
be undone.
We consider this approach one of the more prac
tical ways of countering the Soviet menace. !It is in
the line of a counter-attack and most generals believe
that the best defense is an offensive defense. This is
apparently the new approach.
There is always the possibility that the Russians
can be kept so busy holding the enslaved peoples under
their command in submission that they will have little
time or effort to spend cultivating new areas for en
slavement.
Already the Russians are having considerable
trouble in eastern Europe, where purges are consum
ing the lives of numerous citizens who are being ac
cused of being either spies or enemies of the State. This
is strong evidence that unrest is increasing in these
satellite countries.
The longing for freedom approach is a very potent
weapon if the fires of individual freedom can be
stirred in the hearts of the peoples under Soviet domi
nation. Properly aroused against Russian despotism,
these people will cause the Soviet Union more trouble
than several U.S. Army divisions, or fleets of aircraft.
Alaska-Based B-50
Fights Off Attack
Of Russian Mig 15
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utes later behind the B-50 and
some 5 to 6,000 feet higher than
the U.S. craft which was at an
altitude of 25,000 feet.
Rich said the planes, which
were then identified as MIG-15s,
“kept coming on our tail” and
suddenly one heeled over into a
“pursuit dive” and made direct
ly for the B-50.
As the B-50 screamed toward
cover, Rich Said, he heard three
or four of the crew members
shout over the intercom system:
“They’re firing at us.”
“I issued the order ‘fire back’,”
Rich said.
T/'Sgt. Jesse L. Prim, Ozark,
Ark., central flight control gun
ner, waited until the MIG was
within 400 yards and then fired,
by remote control, a burst of 20
shots from each of six .50 caliber
machine guns.
All of Prim’s shots passed be
hind the MIG, which dove under
neath the bomber, came up on
the other side in a high climb and
vanished.
The whole episode lasted about
14 minutes.
Rich said the weather was gen
erally clear and he could see the
Siberian coast plainly. The flight
was purely a weather reconnais
sance mission, he said, but the
plane was fully armed.
Outstanding Crew in B-50
The crew of the B-50, dubbed
the “Laboring Lady,” was named
the “Strategic Air. Force Com
mand Crew of the Year” last year
on the basis of outstanding ability.
The 15th Weather Reconnais
sance Suadron has been making
routine weather flights west over
Snowslide at Alaska RR
Resort Claims Life of
18-Year-Old Skiier
ANCHORAGE, OP—A snowslide
claimed the life of Donald Koeh
ler, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Koehler of Curry in a skiing acci
dent at a resort on the Alaska
Railroad.
Three companions narrowly
missed death as the snow swept
Koehler down the slope and
buried him.
William Mason was trapped in
the snow .but managed to work
free'by hanging on to brush.
Two girls, Grace Ushler and
Susanne Hayward, were only 50
feet from the slide.
Workers spent all Monday night
freeing the body, stopping only
when the flashlight batteries gave
out.
The dead youth’s father is
foreman of the railroad round
house at Curry.
the Aleutian Island chain and the
Bering Strait and to the North
Pole on alternate days for sev
eral years.
The B-50, a modernization of
the B-29 of World War II fame,
is a propellor-driven plane with a
range of 6,000 miles. It is equipped
with 13 .50 caliber machine guns
and can pack 20,000 pounds of
bombs.
In Washington Sen. Magnuson
(D-Wash) and Sen. Flanders (R
Vt) expressed the opinion the U.S.
plane might have ventured too
close to Russian territory just to
observe the weather.
Magnuson pointed out the B-50
was 600 miles west at the near
est American territory in the
Aleutian Island chain. He said he
could understand why the Rus
sians would want to challenge the
American plane but there was no
excuse for the MIG firing first.
COMMUNICATION
Sorenson Praises
2nd Div.Delegation
To 21st Legislature
Juneau, March 13
To The Nome Nugget:
This is an unofficial, unsolicited
and strictly personal report on
my personal obervations of our
Second Division representation in
the 21st Territorial Legislature.
Since Feb. 18 I have spent con
siderable time in the galleries of
the Senate -and House during their
deliberations and have been quite
favorably impressed with the cal
iber and industry of the people
representing us in the legislature.
It is quite natural that my per
sonal beliefs regarding some
pieces of legislation has been, and
is, quite contrary to that of some
of our legislators, however, I must
recognise and admit that in all
actions taken there has been a
sincere and conscientious effort to
incorporate the wishes of the Sec
ond Division electors into legisla
tion being enacted by this legis
lature.
I do not believe that any mem
ber of the House could show a
better attendance record than
that of Mrs. Bullock, Mr. Duffield,
and Mr. Fagerstrom. Neither do I
believe that any member can ex
ceed their diligence and effort to
grasp and understand the overall
picture of Alaska’s problems and
necessary legislation.
It is evident to most people
here that the Senate made a wise
choice when Mr. Charles Jones
was chosen as Senate president.
Charlie is doing a swell job in a
very difficult position and it is
something to see when he rises
in righteous wrath and brings
order out of occasional chaos.
Senator Howard Lyng, who has
built a very fine reputation as a
legislator during his many years
of service to the Second Division
and Alaska, is adding to that
reputation. In my mind Senator
Lyng is one of the outstanding
members of the 21st Legislature.
I did not know Senators Wil
liam Beltz or Percy Ipalook until
coming here but have been well
impressed with their sincerity,
their attention to all bills coming
before the Senate and their un
tiring efforts in behalf of Alaska
as a whole and their constituents
of the Second Division.
Again I wish to state that there
has been some legislation either
proposed or supported by our Sec
ond Division legislators to which
I personally am opposed, how
ever, the sincerity of these people
and their honest and tireless ef
forts to carry out the will of the
people who elected them cannot
be questioned. The Second Divi
sion can, I think, rest assured
that, it’s interest is in good hands, j
Very) truly yours,
Paul M. Sorenson
(Ed. Note: Paul Sorenson has
been superintendent of the U.S.
Tin mine at Lost River until re
cently. Thanks Paul, for the fine
report).
1,180 Reds Killed Last Week
SEOUL, UP—The Eighth Army
reported in its summary that Al
lied ground troops killed 1,180
Reds, wounded 960 and took 7
prisoners during the week ended
March 14.
In Washington the Navy an
nounced Monday it is sending two
new types of jets to Korea—both
considered a match for the Rus
sian-built MIG-15s. They are the
F-9-F6 Cougars and F-J-W Furies,
both swept-wing interceptors.
One of Smallest Atomic Explosions
Tested on Average Homes and Cars
Ozark Gunner on B-^O
Gives Russian Jet Hot
Reception on Cold Day
FAIRBANKS, Uft — A 30-year
old Air Force gunner from Ozark,
Ark., who returned the fire of a
Soviet MIG-15 over the Bering
Sea, probably was one of the first
people to sweat at 58 degrees
below zero.
That was the temperature when
T/Sgt. Jesse L. Prim peered thru
his sights and pulled the trigger
that sent six guns into action in
the top turret of the B-50 bomber,
“The Laboring Lady.”
Prim said he didn’t hesitate
when the bomber commander, Lt.
Col. Robert S. Rich, shouted “fire
back.”
“He never expected us to fire
back at him and he was plenty
surprised when we did. We gave
that attacker a hot reception on
a cold day.”
Prim is a veteran of 10 years
of service in the Air Force. He
was a bomber-gunner in Europ
ean combat in the last war.
Prim said his wife and three
children are in Burlingame, Kas.,
near Topeka where the B-50 is
permanently stationed.
House Passes Bill To
Increase Cities’ Share Of
Business License Tax
JUNEAU, OP) — A bill to elimi
nate the Commissioner of Labor
as an elective territorial office
failed twice in the House Monday.
It was stymied on an 11-11 mor
ning vote with two absent.
A move for reconsideration
brought it before the House again
Tuesday afternoon and it lost
18-6.
The House also passed a bill
unanimously to provide licensing
of dental hygienists who work in
dental offices or institutions in
such routine work as teeth clean
ing.
The House passed Monday the
Cdghill - Hendrickson bill to in
crease the cities’ take from the
business license tax.
It provides that the cities get
85 per cent of the tax collected
instead of the present 60 per cent.
Rep. Edith Bullock labeled it
“another raid on the treasury by
the cities.” Juneau mayor - Rep.
Waino Hendrickson responded,
“You talk like the cities don’t
belong to the Territory. Don’t for
get most of the revenue comes
from them and the Territory has
taken over most of the tax
sources.”
Rep. Wendell Kay contended
the cities already have property
and sales taxes exclusively and
“this just knocks another $430,000
from the general fund.”
By BILL BECKER
ATOM BOMB SITE, Nev., WJ—
Dawn came in with an atomic
rumble Tuesday for 1,000 troops
and hundreds of other observers
on Yucca Flat—the soldiers and
some newsmen closer than any
human has been since Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.
Two combat battalion teams
and 20 reporters only two miles
from the 300-foot tower where
the blast flared at 5:20 a.m. came
through unscathed.
The low, fiery blast sucked dust
from the desert floor into whirl
ing, purplish - red fireball, but
little heat was felt by observers
on News Nob, seven miles awaiy.
The shock of the blast was
sharp and bounced over the
mountains ringing the test site to
crack down as far away as Pasa
dena, Calif., Cedar City, Utah, and
points in between, it was an
nounced here. In Las Vegas, near
est sizeable city to the site, 75
| miles away, it flashed a brilliant
white, over nearly half the hori
zon, then turned yellow before
finally fading away into pink, but
it caused no excitement, and only
a few residents reported feeling
the sound wave.
The test was designed primar
ily to gauge how houses and cars
would come through a real blast.
The Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration built two two - story
homes on the proving grounds
and scattered nearly 70 cars
among the Joshua trees.
The closer of the two Civil De
fense houses being tested was
believed to be smashed, but a
light appeared to be burning in
the vicinity of the more distant
house, 7,500 feet from the tower.
The $20,000 homes were erected
to help architects design homes
with maximum protection.
At first, the low purplish burst
sucked up dust and dirt from the
desert floor into an angry, brown
mushroom. Dust swept eastward
along the desert floor finally ob
i scured both test houses. The tower
from which the device was set
off was believed vaporized.
Of the dozen atomic explosions
viewed by this observer, this was
one of the smallest. The fireball’s
brilliance was less and it ap
peared smaller than most. The
AEC announced beforehand that
it would have an energy output
equal to 15,000 tons of TNT.
While the burst did little to
warm the spectators on News Nob
it certainly thrilled the vast ma
jority. “Awesome,” “fascinating
and intriguing” and “A challenge
for all humanity” were some of
the reactions.
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