U.N. Casualties In Three Years
War In Korea Set at 406,542
SEOUL, Iff)—A truce in Korea
would halt hostilities that in near
ly three years have cost the
United Nations 406,542 casualties
and the Communists an estimated
1,897,000.
Latest official figures at the end
of May placed American losses
at 24,119 dead, 100,665 wounded,
and 11,345 missing and captured
for a total of 136,129.
South Korea reported its cas
ualty total as of the end of April
at 256,901 dead, wounded, cap
tured or missing.
John Wayne's Ex-Wife Denied
$9,350 Monthly Alimony
LOS ANGELES, Film Star John
Wayne’s estranged wife, who says
she needs $9,350 monthly to live
in the style to which she’s accus
tomed, will have to' do with about
one-ninth of that—$1,100 a month.
The former Esperanza Bauer,
30, ex-actress in Mexican movies,
bit her lip and blanched as the
judge read his decision yesterday
after a 15-day temporary alimony
hearing.
Wayne, 44-year-old box office
favorite, grinned. Teenagers pack
ing the courtroom applauded.
Bartlett Predicts More
Cost Authorization for
Eklutna Power Project
WASHINGTON, W — Delegate
Bartlett predicted Thursday the
House Interior Committee will in
crease the cost authorization for
the Reclamation Bureau’s Eklutna
hydroelectric project near An
chorage, Alaska.
The prediction was made in a
letter to Sen. Cordon (R-Ore\
chairman of the Senate’s Interior
Appropriations subcommittee. The
letter urged the appropriation of
more money for the project.
Bartlett suggested the appro
priation could be approved with
a proviso the money would be
used only in the event the cost
authorization is raised.
The original authorization for
Eklutna by Congress was for $20,
365,000. It now is estimated the
project will cost around $33 mil
lion.
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Friday
4:05—Baseball Game
5:30—Bud’s Bandwagon j
6:00—News
6:15—Sportscope
6:30—Rev. Romp. Requests
7:30—Douglas of the World
8:00—Father Knows Best
8:30—Doris Day
9:00—People Are Funny
9:15—Bell Ring
9:30—Texas Rangers
10:00—F.equestfully Yours
11:00—World News
11:15—Club 15
11:30—One Night Stand
12:00—Music from the Nite
12:30—At Ease
1:00—Sign Off
Saturday
6:20—Sign on
6:30—Rhythm Ranch
6:45—Rise and Shine
7:00—News
7:15—Rise and Shine
8:00—News
8:05—Rise and Shine
8:30—Morning Devotions
8:45—Nat “King” Cole
9:00—Let’s Pretend
5:30—Kot off R’cord Press
9:30—You Name It
10:00—Symphonies 4 Youth
10:05—You be Weatherman
10:30—Lone Ranger
11:00—Meet Corliss Archer
11:30—Space Patrol
12:00—Piano Playhouse
12:30—Platter Parade
1:00—Meridith Wilson
1:15—Hillbilly Jamboree
2:00—News
2:15—Personal Album
2:30—2000 Plus
3:00—Orchestras of West
3:30—America Calling
4:00—News
4:05—Baseball Game
5:30—Jubilee
6:00—News
6:15—Sports
6:30—Rev. Romp. Requests
7:30—Gene Autry
8:00—Mr. & Mrs. North
8:30—Grand Ol’ Opry
9:00—Life with Luigi
9:30—Broadway's my Beat
10:00—Requestfully Yours
11:00—World News
11:15—Downhomers 57
11:30—One Night Stand
12:00—Yawn Patrol
, Sunday
7:58—Sign On
8:00—News
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9:00—Religious
9:30—Music We Love
10:00—Religious
10:30—Greatest Story Told
11:00—Children’s Chapel
11:15—Hymns of all Chrchs
11:30—Week's Best
12:00—America Calling
12:30—Howard Barlow
1:00—Radio Theater
2:00—Pass in Review
3:00—Fellowship Hour
3:30—Music by Montovani
4:00—News
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8:30—Our Miss Brooks
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6:26—Sign on
6:30—Car'lina Cotton Calls
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7:00—News
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8:00—News
8:05—Rise and Shine
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8:45—Ronnie Kemper
9:00—Jack Kirkwood
9:15—Bell Ring
9:30—You Name It
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10:05—You be Weatherman
10:30—Lucky U Ranch
10:55—1-0-1 Ranch Boys
11:00—Curt Massey
11:15—Music from S. A.
11:30—Piano Portraits
11:45—the Bob & Ray Show
12:00—This I Believe
12:05—Bob Hope Show
12:30—Platter Parade
1:00—Strike It Rich
1:15—Hillbilly Jamboree
2:00—News
2:15—-Charleen Hawks
2:30—One Old One New
3:00—Syncopation Piece
3:30—M'eet the Band
4:00—News
4:05—Baseball Game
SCORCH Y SMITH
Alaska Jet Pilots
Will Prove Skill
At Gunnery Meet
ELMENDORF AFB, Alaska —
Sharpshooting jet pilots of the
Alaska Air Command will get the
opportunity to prove their skill in
aerial and ground gunnery v when
Maj. Gen. George R. Acheson,
commanding general of the Alas
kan Air Command, opens the gun
nery meet here on June 8th. The
meet is scheduled to last six days,
barring inclement weather.
The intercepter squadrons of
the command will vie for top
honors as the winning squadron
and also as high-scoring indivi
vidual pilot and radar observer
teams. Slated to participate are
flyers of the 449th Interceptor
Squadron from L^dd Air Force
Base and those of Elmendorf’s
64th, 65th, and 66th Interceptor
Squadrons.
The purpose of the meet is to
further the mission of the Alas
kan Air Command by creating
competitive interest in aerial and
ground gunnery and improving
the proficiency of all concerned.
It will help in gaining a clearer
understanding of the problems af
fecting the gunsight and the F-94
all-weather jet as a primary wea
pon in the air defense of Alaska.
Mystery Man Grunewald
Gets Suspended Sentence
For Contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON, WV—Henry W.
Grunewald, Washington mystery
man, was fined $1,000 and given
a suspended jail sentence Thurs
day for contempt of Congress.
U.S. District Judge Alexander
Holtzoff sentenced the influence
peddler to 90 days in jail, but in
stead of requiring him to serve
the sentence, placed him on pro
bation for one year.
The judge said in imposing the
sentence that he was considering
“as a mitigating circumstance”
that Grunewald had received
“bad advice—so bad that it was
fantastic” —from his former at
torney.
The judge said that the record
showed that when Grunewald
first appeared before the House
Ways and Means Subcommittee
investigating tax scandal his then
counselor, William Power Malo
ney, repeatedly directed him not
to answer questions.
Fairbanks Restaurant Workers
To Strike After 30-Days Cool-Off
FAIRBANKS, MP) — Restaurant
workers here have voted to go on
strike at the end of a 30-day cool
ing off period if local cafe own
ers do not meet their demands for
pay increases and other benefits.
Robert Fenzel, business agent
for the AFL Culinary Workers
Union, said the workers had ask
ed for a pay increase for all
restaurant employes and two
more paid holidays each year.
He said the restaurant owners
have pledged that business was
poor and turned down the de
mand. The strike is scheduled to
start July 3 if the demands are
not met.
FEDERAL LAW CASE PILE-UP
IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK
"WORST IN UNITED STATES"
WASHINGTON, W — Chief
Judge John Biggs Jr. of the Third
Circuit Court of Appeals de
scribed the pile-up of federal law
cases in southern New York yes
terday as “the worst in the United
States.”
Judge Briggs, representing the
Judicial Conference of the United
States, testified in behalf of pro
posals to create additional federal
judgeships in 24 states, Alaska
and Puerto Rico.
Before the subcommittee, head
ed by Rep. Jonas <R-I11) was a
Senate-approved measure to add
39 judgeships and a bill by Chair
man Reed (R-Ill) of the House
Judiciary Committee to add 27.
Seahawks Win Firsi Game
From Nebraska Basketball Team
SEWARD, UP) — The Seward,
Alaska, Seahawks won their.first
game of a three-game basketball
series with Seward, Neb., last
night, defeating the Bluejays 53
48 in the final contest.
Delmar Peters topped scoring
with 19 counters for the stateside
team.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued clear tonight and to
morrow. Northerly winds 10-12
mph tonight becoming southwest
erly 10-12 mph Saturday.
Low temperature expected to
night 45, high Saturday 55.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
70, low 45. Max. wind 15 mph
from the north. Sunrise at 1:36
a.m., sunset at 10:23 p.m.
Benson Gains Broad
Authority to Reorganize
Agriculture Department
WASHINGTON, (tf) - Secretary
of Agriculture Benson gained
broad authority yesterday to re
organize his agency, which has
67,000 employees.
This power went to him last
Tuesday midnight after Congress
permitted an Agriculture Depart
ment reorganization plan, submit
ted in March by President Eisen
hower, to go into effect.
Both the House and Senate vot
ed down measures to disapprove
the Agriculture plan. The House
action, taken Wednesday, was by
a voted 261-128, with only one
Republican, Rep. Gross of Iowa,
voting against the plan.
Just what Benson will do in
the way of revamping his agency,
with its 20-odd bureaus and agen
cies, only time will tell. In a
statement Wednesday, he prom
ised no “radical” changes In the
immediate future.
Freighter and Tanker Collide
In Messina, Siciliy, Straits
MESSINA, Sicily, UP)—An Am
erican freighter and a Norwegian
tanker collided in the Straits of
Messina yesterday and exploded
in /lames. All crewmen escaped
injury and both vessels were
towed into port here after the
fires were put out.
The collision, shortly after
midnight, entangled the 7,606-ton
American Export Lines ship Ex
mouth and the 9,938-ton tanker
Pericles. Tugs pulled them apart.
The Exmouth suffered a smashed
bow. The Pericles had a 50-foot
gash in her side.
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