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Cio^biuer H-Bomb
Test In Anlaretie
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, OP)
1 —A roundabout report that the
United states is considering
hydrogen bomb tests in the Ant
arctic has been tossed into New
Zealand’s election campaign as an
11th hour issue by Laborite lead
er Walter Nash.
He’s against any such operation
in the polar territory, 1,800 miles
south of New Zealand.
“You remember what happened
to those Japanese fishermen,”
Nash said in an address in Auck
land tonight, referring to 23 crew
men of a fishing boat showered
with radioactive ash after a Bikini
atoll test March 1.
Diplomatic circles in London
have been quoted here as saying
one of the main reasons for the
large scale exploratory expedition
the United States is starting to the
Antarctic next month is to search
for new H-bomb testing grounds.
No such aim was hinted by
Adm. Richard E. Byrd in disclos
ing plans for the expedition after
a White House visit in Washing
ton Oct. 22. Byrd; himself a vet
eran polar explorer, indicated the
plan was to look over the area—
“an untouched reservoir of natur
al resources”—from military and
economic standpoints. The 6,500
lon icebreaker Atka is to lead off.
A second and larger expedition
will follow.
Marine Corps Commander
Dedicates Massive Statue
Of Iwo Jima Flag Raising
WASHINGTON, OP)—Gen. Lem
uel Shepherd Jr., dedicated today
a massive statue honoring the U.S.
Marine Corps, and called it not
“just a monument to the departed
past ... a graphic message to
the future.”
Shepherd, the Marine comman
dant, dedicated the 75-foot repro
duction of the historic flag rais
ing on Iwo Jima on this \79th
anniversary of creation of the
Marines as a fighting force.
President Eisenhower headed
the list of distinguished guests
witnessing the dedication of the
monu ment.
Nine years in the making, the
giant statue of the six men who
raised the flag on Iwo Jima’s Mt.
Suribachi is the handiwork of
Felix De Weldon, Austrian-born
sculptor who began working on
it while serving in the Navy in
1945.
The statue, cast in bronze, is
reputed to be the bigge-st of its
kind ever created.
•Joe Rosenthal, the photograph
er who snapped the historic flag
raising scene for the Associated
Press on Feb. 19, 1945, was in
town for the dedication. So were
the three survivors Of the World
War II flag raising.
The other three men represent
ed in the statue died in the bitter
fighting for the Pacific island.
Their mothers were here for the
ceremony.
Dun & Bradstreet Index
Shows Food Prices Gain
4.6 Per Cent Over 1953
NEW YORK, UP) — Wholesale
food prices as measured by Dun
& Bradstreet climbed this week
to their highest level since Aug
ust. At $6.80, the Dun & Brad
street index of important basic
foodstuffs compared with $6.74
the previous week and with $6.50
in the same week of 1953 for a
gain of 4.6 per cent from a year
ago.
billed States, For Eighth Time,
' Demands Apology, Reparations
From Reds For Damage To Planes
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36 Americans
Killed In Far East
In Plane Incidents
By LeRoy Hansan
TOKYO, UP>—Gen. John E. Hull,
U.S. Far East commander, angrily
rejected Tuesday Soviet charges
that the B-29 plane shot down by
Soviet MIGs Sunday was over or
near Russian-held islands.
“Not by the wildest stretch of
the imagination could it be con
sidered over Russian-held terri
tory,”' Hull said. “At no time was
it near the Soviet base.”
Hull referred to the Soviet MIG
base on the southern end of Kuna
shiri Island, southernmost of the
Kurile chain which was given to
Russia in the now controversial
Yalta agreement.
He said the plane also was
“fired on without warning and
did not return fire.”
“A more flagrant incident
would hardly be possible,” Hull
told newsmen.
Two Red MIGs flew out of the
sun and shot down the plane
without warning. Ten crewmen
parachuted to safety but the 11th
was killed. His death brought the
number of Americans killed by
Russian pilots in the Far East in
such incidents to 36.
New Alaska Mining Firm
To Operate Near Hyder
SEATTLE, lIff—One of the in
corporators of a, new Alaska min
ing venture told something of the
firm’s plans at Seattle last night.
James W. Boothe, an assistant
secretary with a Se-attle firm of
c.onsuting engineers, said his as
sociates are L. E. Bigham and
Frances F. Bigham, both of Hyder,
Alaska. The company was incor
porated as a Washington state
firm ;.t Olympia today, with capi
talization of $300,000.
Bigham, who will be president,
and his wife, Franc--3, are long
time Hyder residents, Boothe said.
He himself will be secretary
treasurer.
The company has holdings in
silver, lead and zinc, and gold
bearing areas between Hyder and
Stewart, B.C., near the head of
Portland Canal, he said.
First development is planned on
the tip top group of holding on
Cantu Mountain, 15 miles from
Hyder.
400 Alaska-Bound Airmen
Sail Saturday from Seattle
SEATTLE, (iTl — Four hundred
Alaska - bound airmen will sail
Saturday on the transport Fred
erick Funston for Whittier and
Kodiak, inaugurating the Air
Force’s new program of shipping
Alaska replacements through
Seattle.
They will be the first of an
estimated 7,000 men scheduled to
move through Seattle annually,
under recently-announced plans.
In addition, some officers and
critically-needed specialists will
travel to territorial assignments
by air from the McChord Air
Force Base.
The Air Force detachment at
Pier 91 has been stepped up from
50 to 80 men to handle assign
ments. It has also been redesig
nated the 2355th personnel squad
ron, under command of Maj. W.
H. Croft.
WASHINGTON, (/PI — T h e
United States is considering giv
ing fighter escorts to American
aircraft which fly near Commun
ist territory, Secretary of State
Dulles disclosed Tuesday.
Dulles told a news conference
the question is presently being
studied by the joint chiefs of staff.
He noted the pilot of the RB-29
photographic plane shot down by
Soviet fighters over Japanese
waters last Sunday had authority
to shoot back, but did not do so.
Dulles said this was one of
those hairline decisions on which
people might take different judg
ments afterwards. That was the
case also with ambassador Charles
E. Bohlen and his decision to at
tend a Soviet party in Moscow
Sunday night following the plane
incident. Dulles said.
Dulles said Bohlen had to make
a quick judgment without instruc
tions from Washington on the
basis of incomplete information
which reached him less than an
hour before he left for the party.
The ambassador’s attendance at
the party was criticized by Sens.
Knowland (R-Calif) and Bridges
(R-NH) just before Dulles’ meet
ing with, newsmen.
Dulles also declared Russia’s
claim that the RB-29 fired first is
a falsehood. The significant thing,
he added, is that the Soviet gov
ernment felt it necessary to justify
the shooting down of the plane.
Russia countered America’s
protest with a declaration of ab
solute innocence, but U.S. officials
indicated the Kremlin has not
heard the end of the matter.
For the eighth time since the
cold war began, the United Stales
demanded an apology and repar
ations from Russia for violence
done American aircraft by Soviet
planes.
Moscow countered with a claim
that its planes were in the right.
But the orginal U.S. note '. ad
promised that the- Kremlin would
hear more from Washington after
investigation established ail the
facts “regarding human life and
material losses.”
Canada Expects To Cut
$100 Million Off Defense
Expenditures This Year
VANCOUVER, UP) — Canada’s
defense expenditures may be
down $100,000,000 this year com
pared to the year before, De
fense Minister Campney said here
yesterday.
“We’re not doing anything spec
tacular in any one thing, but we
are saving here and there,” the
minister said in an interview. “If
the world situation does not alter,
I think we can reach the goal of
$100,000,000.”
He said the defense bill this
year will be about $2,000,000,000.
Turning to northern defense,
Mr. Campney said one radar de
tection screen across northern
Canada was complete and consid
eration was being given to an
other screen further north. A
study also was being made to
determine how a radar screen
could be established in the Pacific.
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