Soviet Military
Try to End Strikes
In East Germany
BERLIN, Iff) — East Germany’s
leading Communist newspaper ad
mitted Saturday the Soviet zone
is rocked bv strikes and disorders
and a U.S. general declared the
Russians are trying to “tamp
down dynamite.”
Maj. Gen, Thomas Timberman,
American commander in Red-en
circled West Berlin, said the Rus
sians had brought in the major
elements of two armored divi
sions, about 25,000 men of the
1st and 14th Divisions, to throttle
rebellious East Berlin.
' “These two division can tamp
the place down for a while,” he
told a news conference. “What
happens then, I don’t know. I do
knowr what happens when you
tamp down dynamite,
i “I am certain that these Rus
sian gunners with their tank muz
zles staring down our throats
know themselves that this is no
solution to the overall problem,”
he added.
Communist officials claimed that
strikes and unrest were dying
down after last Wednesday’s riot
ous anti-Red outburst in which
100 Germans are rumored to have
been killed.
But Neues Deutschland the
Communist Party organ in East
Germany, admitted chaotic con
ditions still prevailed. It said East
Berlin was short of food because
of “transport difficulties,” a ref
ei'ence to a zone-wide strike by
rail workers. It added that no
vegetables were available and
that “hoarder buying” had emp
tied stores.
It further disclosed that the
huge Leuna synthetic gasoline re
finery near Halle—swept by a
huge fire Friday—was struck. The
plant employs 23,000 workers.
The nearby Buna artificial rub
ber plant also was reported burn
ing Friday.
A refugee from Arthenow re
ported that demonstrators hanged
the local state security chief, Willi
Hagedorn. after a youth had cried
out, “That’s the man who killed
my father.”
The Communists announced that
“many paid provocateurs,” who
were seized during the riotous
workers' demonstrations Wednes
day, were facing Soviet military
courts.
SENATE APPROVES BILL ON
TERRITORIAL EDUCATION
WASHINGTON, UP) — A bill to
grant the consent of Congress to
establishment by western states
and Hawaii and Alaska of a com
mission for higher education was
approved by the Senate and sent
to the House Thursday.
Primary aim of the compact
would be to permit the states
and territories to cooperate in pro
viding professional, technical and
graduate training.
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Tot Recovers From
Emergency Operation
After Race With Death
SEATTLE, UP— Jimmie Rich
ardson, a two and a half year old
Juneau boy, is recovering in Se
attle from the emergency opera
tion for removal of his right kid
ney. /
Jimmy’s troubles began two
weeks ago when he took a tumble
at his Juneau home. A week ago
Jimmy had a serious hemorrhage
and he clung to life by the nar
rowest of threads. Doctors said
he must be flown to Seattle for
an emergency operation to save
his life.
A Pacific Northern Airlines
plane flying from Anchorage to
Juneau was radioed to “speed it
up.” The plane did, arriving 25
minutes ahead of schedule.
Jimmie, a nurse, and his moth
er were loaded aboard. The plane
arrived in Seattle an hour ahead
of schedule.
Jimmie’s operation was a suc
cess. His mother says she hopes to
return to Juneau with Jimmie in
about a w'eek.
SOUTH KOREA PREMIER
ENROUTE TO HOMELAND
SEATTLE UP — South Korea’s
Premier Paik Too Chin got a hair
cut in Seattle Friday as he waited
between planes on his flight to
his homeland from Washington,
D. C.
And that was about all the story
reporters who attempted to inter
view him could get.
The premier refused to discuss
current conditions in Korea be
yond saying “I’m going home to
find out what I can” about the
release of anti-Communist pris
oners.
He said, however, that “South
Korea would be in a desperate
condition” if truce proposals op
posed by President Syngman Rhee
are effected.
From Seattle he is flying to An
chorage, Alaska, Shemya and to
Tokyo.
ROSENBERG CHILDREN
IN SECLUSION WITH FRIENDS
TOMS RIVER, N.J., UP — The
children of Julius and Ethel Ros
enberg, who were executed Friday
as atom spies, have been taken
into seclusion by the family
friends who are caring for them.
Visitors to Nome
Nome was honored last Thurs
day by having as visitors Mr. and
Mrs. August Geiger of Miami
Beach, Florida. Mr. Geiger is the
past president of the Miami
'Chamber of Commerce and also
past president of the Rotary Club.
Shortly after reaching Nome
aboard Wien’s airliner, Mr. Geiger
met our genial mayor, Steve An
dersen, and personally delivered
a message of good will from the
mayor of Miami Beach, A. Shap
iro. Going south, as the messenger
of Nome’s mayor, Mr. Geiger will
convey Mayor Anderson’s mes
sage of good will and best wishes
to the mayor of Florida’s most
popular beach city, from the Far
North to the Deep South.
Another visitor is Mr. Richard
Shilbauer, who is, in a way, all
Alaskan. Although he was born in
that great progressive State of
Wisconsin, he also born in Alaska
—Alaska, Wisconsin, that is.
This citizen of Wisconsin de
clares that ever since, as a school
boy he became aware that there
was a Greater Alaska in his geo
graphy, he has had a keen desire
to visit the motherland of his town
of Alaska. For the past ten days
he has been around on foot, by
bus and above Alaska—and he
loves every bit of it. There may
be a time, he says, when he will
return and become a citizen of
our territory.
Mr. Shilbauer is vice president
of the Mueller Engraving Co_ of
Milwaukee, Wise. He advises us
there are many people in the Mid
•would be west who would be
numbered among Nome's future
visitors if they knew that the cost
of a trip such as he is making is
less than for a Vacation or sight
seeing trip from home down to
New Orleans. Air travel advertis
ers should make this known to
their tour directors and agents.
Doctor Margaret Waldo of San
Francisco and her sister, Mrs.
George H. Newsom of Miami
Beach, Florida, are among our
visitors. Today (Friday^, our visi
toTs’ favorite flower is that attrac
tive bit of feathery-like white
blossom commonly called the cot
ton flower. This once was used by
our early-day Eskimos for lamp
wicks for light and warmth in
their small “eenies.”
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Reds Demand
26,000 Prisoners
Be Recaptured
MUNSAN, UPi—The Reds Satur
day angrily told the Allies if the
U.N. wants a truce it must control
South Korea’s rebellious govern
ment and recapture 26,000 anti
Red war prisoners freed by Presi
dent Syngman Rhee.
Although the Communists pro
tested violently at Rhee’s arbi
trary action, they did not rule out
an armistice.
But their terms appeared near
impossible—the Korean prisoners
have melted into the countryside
with Rhee’s blessing and the split
between South Korea and the
U.N. Command apparently was
growing deeper.
Rhee’s action has cracked the
unity of the Allies and the Reds
have made the most of it.
The Communists listed their de
mands in a letter handed to the
Allied truce delegation. In* their
letter, the Reds warned ominous
ly, “Your side must bear the ser
ious responsibility for this inci
dent,” and asked a series of blunt
questions:
“Is the United Nations Com
mand able to control the South
Korean government and army?
“If not, does the armistice in
Korea include the Syngman Rhee
clique?
“If it is not included, what as
surance is there for the imple
mentation of the armistice agree
ment on the part of South Korea?
“If it is included, then your side
must be responsible for recovering
immediately all the 25,952 prison
ers of war who are at liberty . . .
and your side must give assurance
that similar incidents will not re
cur in the future.”
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Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen
Secretary
Meets the third Monday of each month.
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
— 486 FIRST AVE. WEST —
Nome, Alaska
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
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Boyd C. Harwood, W.M.
Karl F. Dewey, Sec. k
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
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