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Dulles Rejects North Korean Peace
Proposal As Scheme To Destroy
Present South Korean Government
GENEVA. UPl — Secretary of
State Dulles today rejected North
Korea’s peace proposal as “a
scheme designed to destroy the
authority 'of the existing (Seoul!
government and to replace it by
a Communist puppet regime.”
At the same time, Dulles called
on the 19-natiomFar Eastern con
ference to back up the 1948
United Nations plan calling for
general elections under U. N.
supervision.
Implementation of this pro
gram, he said, would require the
Chinese Communists “to with
draw their forces of aggression
and occupation from North Korea
so that the United Nations can
complete its task in an atmo
sphere free of menace.”
The Secretary of State said the
United States does not wish its
own troops to remain in Korea
indefinitely, but once before the
United States had withdrawn its
troops and this turned out to be
premature.
Dulles said the North Korean
proposal for general elections,
presented yesterday by Foreign
Minister Nam 11, “is in essence
the same as that made in June,
1950, as a prelude to the armed
attack on the Republic of Korea.” '
“The present Communist pro
posal on Korea provides that the
freely elected government of the
Republic erf Korea, representing
at least three-quarters of the Ko
rean people, would be forced into
combination, on the basis of
equality, with the Communist re
gime ruling a small minority of
the people in the north.
“This then is the North Korean
proposal. The United States must
reject that proposal because it
does not meet the requirement of
a free, unified and independent
Korea, for which so much blood
has been expended and suffering
endured.”
B.C. Firm To Open Up
Mica Deposit In SE Alaska
KETCHIKAN, (A*)—A possibility
that a British Columbia mining
firm will spend 1V£ to 2 million
dollars in developing an Alaska
mica deposit south of here was
reported by O. Cote, the control
ling stockholder.
He said the British Columbia
Mining Co. proposes to develop
the deposits which lie mainly on
Sitklan Island, 56 miles southeast
of here near the mouth of Port
land Canal, which is the dividing
line between Alaska and British
Columbia.
Cote arrived here from Van
couver on the yacht Quest I to
join Frank Blasher, the original
finder of the mica deposit.
Cote and Blasher are * due to
leave today to establish a camp.
They said they expect to employ
20 men in quarry mining. Cote
said an engineer’s preliminary re
port indicates 600,000 tons of mica
on Sitklan Island alone.
Evacuation of
Dien Bien Pliu
\\ minded Proposed
A
GENEVA, OP)—Russia proposed
today an immediate meeting of
representatives of French Union
forces and the Communist - led
Vietminh to discuss evacuation of
wounded from Dien Bien Phu,
the besieged French stronghold in
northwest Indochina.
It also suggested that leaders
of the Vietminh, who have fought
the French for more than seven
years, be invited to participate in
the Geneva debate on peace in
Indochina—along with represent
atives of the United States, Brit
ain, France, Russia, Red China,
and the three associated states of
Indochina — Vietnam, Laos and
Cambodia. With the exception of
the Vietminh, the French have
proposed the same list.
Bidault had asked that the
evacuation of “hundreds and hun
dreds” of wounded from Dien
Bien Phu be agreed before de
ciding on the nations which will
participate in talks here on peace
in Indochina.
The rebels have denied a re
quest from the garrison com
mander, Brig. Gen. Christian de
Castries, for a brief truce to per
mit evacuation of the wounded.
PAA DC-6B Sets New
Juneau-Seattle Record
SEATTLE, (#)—Aided by high
altitude winds of near jet stream
velocity, a Pan American World
Airways DC - 6B Clipper estab
lished a commercial speed record
of 2 hours, 35 minutes, from Ju
neau to Seattle yesterday after
noon.
The plane averaged 368 miles
an hour over the 938-mile dis
tance. The jet streams were en
countered at 24,000 feet. Normal
Juneau-Seattle flight time is 4
hours.
Military Court Clears
Col. Schwable For
Germ Warfare Confession
WASHINGTON, UR—The mili
tary future of Col. Frank H.
Schwable was shrouded in uncer
tainty today even though his su
periors had decided not to try
the bemedaled flying Marine for
signing a false germ warfare con
fession while a prisoner of the
R§ds in Korea.
The Marine Corps yesterday
announced the findings of a spe
cial court of three generals and
an admiral which sat for a month,
considering the case of the 45
year-old colonel who has 23 years
of service and a World War II
combat record behind him. The
panel said Schwable’s conduct
was “excusable on the ground
that it was the result of mental
torture.”
Bazooka Shells At
Galena Kill One
And Injure Six
FAIRBANKS, UP—One service
man was killed, another lost both
legs and five other persons were
injured seriously in two separate
accidents involving dud bazooka
rockets -at Galena, Alaska, the Air
Force announced yesterday.
The first accident occurred Sat
urday when three children enter
ed an old bazooka firing range
area. They picked up a dud rock
et in the snow and took it back
to the village, there, they threw
it against stationary objects until
it exploded.
All three children received
wounds and burns over most of
their bodies.
Ladd Air Force base officials
said the bazooka range is posted
with -warning signs which two of
the victims were old enough to
read.
Four Air Force men were sent
to the range Monday from Cam
pion Air Force base at Galena to
post additional warning signs
around the abandoned range.
After completing their work,
one of the men located another
dud rocket in the snow and took
it back with him to the work
party’s vehicle. The three-quarter
ton weapons carrier had just
started back to the base when the
man dropped the rocket. It ex
ploded, injuring all four men ser
iously.
The three children were the
sons of Charles Evans, a Civil
Aeronautics Administration em
ploye at Galena. They were
identified as Dick 14, John 10,
and Allan 6. All are expected to
recover.
Retired General Named
Head of Immigration
And Naturalization
WASHINGTON, OP — President
Eisenhower today nominated a
West Point classmate, retired Lt.
Gen. Joseph M. Swing of San
Francisco, to be Commissioner of
Immigration and Naturalization.
Upon Senate confirmation
Swing succeeds Argvle R. Mac
key, who steps down from com
missioner to deputy.
Along with the nomination the
White House announced Mackey’s
resignation from the top post, ef
fective when Swing qualifies to
take over.
At the same time, Atty. Gen.
Brownell, under whom the Im
migration and Naturalization Ser
vice operates, announced that he
had asked Mackey to stay on as
deputy and Mackey had agreed.
In response to qeustions, the
White House said Mackey’s res
ignation was submitted at the
time Eisenhower took office in
January, 1953. There was no ex
planation as to why the President
decided to accept it at this time.
Nackey, a career official, has
been commissioner for the last
four years.
Early Returns Give Bartlett More Votes
Than Rest of Candidates Combined
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Results Of Primary At
Nome and Little Creek
Four hundred and sixteen voters
of Nome and 13 of Little Creek
participated in the territorial elec
tion yesterday. Nome’s vote was
about 40 more than last year.
Some 30 precincts in the Second
Division are waiting to be heard
from.
For Delegate To Congress
Ltl.
Nome Cr.
E. L. Bartlett .227 6
Barbara Dimock ....127 5
Ray Beach . 31 1
Neil Moore . 12 1
For Territorial Treasurer
Earle Hunter .117 5
Hugh Wade .Ill 4
J. B. Caro . 56 2
Leonard Peck . 32
| R. E. Coughlin . 30 1
For Commissioner of Labor
Henry Benson .175 5
H. J. Lannen . 91 5
Jack Westfall . 79 3
For Territorial Senators
W. W. Laws .180 5
J. von der Heydt ....165 6
Willie Faster .149 5
William Beltz . 93 3
Les Stevens .>73 5
Percy Ipalook . 71 2
Frank Degnan . 35 1
For Territorial Representatives
Edith Bullock .202 8
Richard E. Lee .193 3
Charles Fagerstrom 164 6
Carrie McLain .137 4
Wallace Mclver .133 2
Tom Martin .125 8
Lester Bronson .103
Ruth Reed . 53 2
For National Committeemen
W. J. Hickel (R) .... 77 4
W.L. Lhamon (R) .... 53 3
R. E. Plummer (D) 58 1
For National Commileewomen
Doris Barnes OR) .... 97 8
K. Nordale (D) . 58 1
Wallace Johnson Reported
Killed In Plane Mishap
Unconfirmed reports were re
ceived in Nome today that the
Alaska Airlines Norseman miss
ing since Saturday was sighted at
a bay north of Platinum and that
the twa persons aboard were
dead. The plane was reported
piloted by Robert Lindsey, with
mechanic Wallace Johnson as a
passenger.
Wallace Johnson is a member
of the well-known Haycock fam
ily of Arthur JonsnhoLindseya
ily of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur John
son. A brother, Art Johnson, is a
pilot for Alaska Airlines, flying
out of Unalakleet. His mother and
a sister reside in Fairbanks.
TUESDAY SCORES
National League
Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 7
St. Louis 7, Brooklyn 3
Milwaukee 3, New York 2
American League
Chicago 5, New York 3
Coast League
Sacramento 6, Seattle 2
Hollywood 3, Los Angeles 1
> (By the Associated Pdess>
Congressional Delegate E. L.
Bartlett ran up a tremendous lead
for renomination on the Demo
cratic ticket in the early returns
from Alaska’s Tuesday primary
election.
Territorial Rep. Barbara Dim
ock was leading for the Republi
can nomination, but with only a
fraction of the vote that Bartlett
was rolling up.
Bartlett, who has traditionally
been a heavy vote-getter regard
less of whether the territorial
swing has been to the Republican
side, ran up an early lead of
more than 6 to 1 over Territorial
Auditor Neil Mopre.
The returns were fragmentary
from the vast territory’s 258 pre
cincts. On the basis of 60 pre
cincts, Bartlett had 4328 to
Moore’s 645.
Mrs. Dimock, of Anchorage, had
848 to 481 for Ray Beach of Ju
neau.
Not only was Bartlett far ahead
for his party nomination, but his
early vote total was twice the
size of the vote for all other
candidates in both parties.
Henry Benson, the Territorial
Commissioner of Labor, was run
ning up a 2 to 1 edge over Jack
Westfall of Ketchikan for renom
ination. H. J. Lannen of Cordova
was unopposed for the Democrat
ic nomination.
In the race for Territorial Trea
surer nominations, where no in
cumbent is involved, Earle Hunter
of Juneau was running far ahead
for the Republican spot and Hugh
J. Wade of Juneau, former head
of the AN.S., had a 3 to 2 margin
over Robert E. Coughlin on the
Democratic side.
Only a few fragmentary returns
from Anchorage and the Fair
banks area were in for Republi
can National Committeeman, but
Walter Hickel of Anchorage had
a clear edge over Territorial Sen.
W. L. Lhamon of Fairbanks.
Psychiatrist Tells Court
Cpl. Dickenson Is
Emotionally Unstable
WASHINGTON, (£1—A psychia
trist told a military court today
that Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson is
“basically emotionally unstable,”
the type of man who is “easily
intimidated.”
The testimony came at the
eighth day of the court martial
of Dickenson from Dr. Morris
Kleinerman, a practicing psy
chiatrist who worked at his pro
fession at hospitals in in the
United States, England and Bel
gium during World War II.
Dickenson, 23, of Cracker’s
Neck, Va., is charged with col
laborating with his Chinese cap
tors while a prisoner of war in
Korea and with informing on his
buddies. Kleinerman was called
to back up the defense contention
that Dickenson was a victim of
the “fence complex” which pre
vious witnesses have said is com
mon among men long imprisoned.
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