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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVI No. 19 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1954 Per Copy—15^
18 Methodist
Ministers Enroute
Alaska For 8 Days
SEATTLE, LT) — Coming from
many parts of the country, 18
Methodist ministers and 3 laymen
were in Seattle Thursday enroute
to Alaska to lay the groundwork
to further strengthening and ex
panding the church in the terri
tory.
The Rev. Gordon Gould, Phila
delphia, director and superintend
ent of Alaska missions, and lead
er of the party, described Alaska
as “the most important theater
for Christian action in the world
today.”
“Our government is trying to
tell the rest of the world how we
would help the peoples achieve a
larger measure of abundant liv
ing,” he explained. “In Alaska we
have the place to demonstrate
what we are talking about.
“For Alaska is big enough to
have within its boundaries all of
the significant human problems
the world faces today. It is rich
in natural resources, and it has
the people who are helping de
velop a better way of life.”
The minister said that in the
past five years, the Methodist
Church has doubled its member
ship, ministerial and missionary
leadership and places of church
work in Alaska.
A similar visit, under his lead
ership was made by a different
group last year. He said this new
trip, will feature an eight - day
evangelistic and visitation pro
gram in various parts of the ter
ritory.
Except for the Rev. Mr. Gould,
all members of the group are on
their first trip to Alaska.
—
Duke Mitrovitch Going To
Japan as Pulp Adviser
SITKA — Mayor M. S. “Duke”
Mitrovitch has been retained as a
“technical adviser” by the Alaska
Pulp Co., Ltd., and will leave
soon for Japan to confer with!
principals of the company which !
hopes to establish a plant in
southeast Alaska. He is an elec
trician by trade.
Mayor Mitroitvch, a Republican
candidate for the House of Repre
sentatives, will make the trip to
Tokyo with a goodwill group or
ganized by the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce, leaving about
Feb. 15, and plans to remain in
Japan three weeks.
North Wind Is First
Vessel Into Nome
In 1934 Season
The helicopter flying over town
this morning heralded the arrival
of the first boat of 1954, the
North Wind which was visible
this morning on the horizon and
had been slowly making its way
through the ice until it anchored
aat about 1:30 this afternoon.
This is the first winter voyage
of the Northwind into tfle Nome
anchorage in Bering Sea. The
ice breaker Burton Island made
the initial trip several years ago
and also attempted to come thru
again last year.
Although the Burton Island was
unable to visit Nome last year
because of unfavorable ice condi
tions it managed to get to several
mainland villages and several is:
| lands in this area.
Gouzenko Says Russian
People Don't Want War
WASHINGTON, UR—Igor Gou
zenko, the former Soviet code
clerk who gave Communist es
pionage secrets to the west, said
Friday the U.S.S.R. would be at
war with the free world within
10 years “if it is left up to the
Soviet high command.”
But he added, in an interview
with columnist Drew Pearson,
that “if you take the will of the
Russian people alone, indepen
dently from their masters, they
wish peace will be forever.”
The interview was recorded in
Canada for telecasting Friday
night. The text was made public
here.
Gouzenko went back over state
ments he first made several years
ago, which were taken by Senate
investigators as corroborating evi
dence that Alger Hiss was an
agent of the Russian government.
Gouzenko said Friday, as
tly he had before, that he
<. er given the name of a
[escribed to him as a
gent who was an assistant
iate Secretary of State Ed
:rd Stettinius at the San Fran
cisco conference of 1945. That con
ference set up the United Nations
organization.
Pearson asked whether “there
was ever any evidence that Alger
Hiss was associated with the Rus
sian spy ring.”
Gouzenko replied: “To this I
can answer that I didn’t have
direct evidence.”
House May Restore
Some of Alaska’s
Public Works F unds
WASHINGTON, UP) — Delegate
Bartlett said today he has re
ceived “a very strong indication”
that the House Appropriations
Committee will recommend re
storation of some Alaska Public
Works funds cut by the Bureau
of the Budget.
The Department of the Interior
originally asked 10 million dol
lars to carry out the public works
program in the year beginning
July 1. The Budget Bureau scaled
this down to five million as con
trasted with appropriations of 12
million this year.
Appearing before the committee
on behalf of various Alaska items
yesterday, Bartlett said the Bu
reau’s action had eliminated nine
projects planned for undertaking
during the year.
He said the cut violated virtual
assurances by appropriations com
mittees that community projects
meeting all legislative require
ments would be carried out.
He said later there was a “very
strong indication” that a portion
of the cut would be restored, but
ventured no estimate as to the
extent of the restoration.
Bartlett said that the $250,000
requested for Alaska Native Ser
vice patients at the Seward San
atorium would be below the hos
pital’s break-even cost and make
questionable its continued oper
ation. He urged a minimum ap
propriation of $319,375 which he
said would provide for care of 70
patients daily.
Two Prospectors Report
Finding Rich Copper Vein
150 Miles From Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, UR — Two pros
pectors from Big Delta, have re
ported finding a promising vein
of Copper near the Cantwell Road
now under construction between
the Richardson Highway at Pax
ton and Mt. McKinley.
The prospectors, John Petty
john and E. O.* Albertson, said the
vein was in the McClaren River
area and that some ore samples
tested out 40 per cent copper.
The men said 11 claims have
been staked in the area, 150 miles
southwest of Fairbanks, and that
the U.S. Geological Survey is in
vestigating the extent of the de
posit.
Gov. Heintzleman
Decides Against
Special Session
WASHINGTON, UR — Gov. B.
Frank Heintzleman of Alaska said
today he has decided against call
ing a special session of the Alaska
legislature at this time.
The governor told a reporter
there has been considerable de
mand in the territory for a special
session.
Heintzleman is here for budget
hearings and also is working with
other government officials on Al
askan problems.
The governor did not rule out
entirely the possibility of a spe
cial session “later,” but he de
clined to comment further.
AEC Chairman Proposed
As Permanent Member Of
National Security Council
WASHINGTON, UP) — Rep. W.
Sterling Cole (R-NY) proposes to
make the chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission one of the
nation’s top planners because he
says “atomic energy is now at the
very heart of all our plans for
military preparedness.”
Cole, chairman of the Senate
House Atomic Energy Commission
planned to introduce legislation
today to make the AEC chairman
a permanent member of the Na
tional Security Council, the coun
try’s top strategic planning body.
The present chairman, Lewis L.
Strauss, has attended council
meetings at President Eisenhow
er’s invitation, Cole says, but, he
adds, the chairman should be “a
full-fledged and permanent mem
ber ... to serve as such no mat
ter which party has the presi
dency.”
The Security Council, charged
with coordinating global military,
political and economic planning,
includes the President, Vice Presi
dent, the Secretaries of State and
Defense, administrator of the
Foreign Operations Administra
tion and director of Defense Mo
bilization. It meets weekly.
STASSEN ENROUTE TO EAST
SEATTLE, UP)—Harold E. Stas
sen, director of the foreign oper
ation administration, and five
other government officials are
scheduled to stop here briefly this
evening on a flight that will take
them to Tokyo, Manila, Hong
Kong and Honolulu.
ROK Asks Gen.
Van Fleet Organize
Army to Fight Reds
SEOUL, LT! — South Korea said
Friday it had offered a full army
division to fight Communism in
Indichina and it asked for help
from retired >U.S. Gen. James Van
Fleet.
The government information of
fice, in a statement indirectly crit
ical of the United States, said it
had been asked to help fight the
Reds in “two urgent appeals sign
ed by the cabinet ministers of the
Laos government,” one of the
three states of Indochina.
A source in the French ministry
of foreign affairs in Paris said it
had no information on such an
offer.
South Korean foreign minister
Pyun Yung Tai said in an inter
view that his country has offered
a division to anti - Communism
forces in Indochina fighting under
the French Union banner.
Shortly after the Pyun inter
view President Syngman Rhee’s
government isued a sharply-w'ord
ed statement declaring:
“From the United States we ask
only that it give us the services
of its great soldier, Gen. Van
Fleet, who achieved such miracles
in creating the Korean army and
in fighting the Communists in.
Greece.
“We want Gen. Van Fleet to
come and help us organize our
own forces and at the same time
train and organize the armies of
Indochina. “He could, with his
tremendous energy, do both jobs,
and we would cooperate by pro
viding our own army officers to
help in the training of the Indo
chinese.”
SOUTH KOREA OFFERS
TROOPS TO FIGHT
REDS IN INDOCHINA
WASHINGTON, UR—Diplomatic
sources disclosed Thursday that
South Korea has offered to send
at least one and possibly two army
divisions into Indochina to help
battle Communist-led rebels.
Informed officials said South
Korean President Syngman Rhee
personally made the offer to Gen.
John E. Hull, American Far East
commander, who arrived here
Thursday for conferences at the
Pentagon.
The French Embassy said it
knows “absolutely nothing what
ever about any such offer.”
AT THE COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH, FEB. 14 TO 21, 7:30 P.M. SPECIAL MUSIC AND GOSPEL MESSAGES
SPEAKERS: REV. D. A. MORRIS, MICHIGAN, REV. L. B. HAVENS, PENNSYLVANIA
Dr. Gordon Gould Preaches this Sunday at 11 o’clock. Open House for the public at the new parsonage Sunday from 12 to 3