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VOL. LV No. 100NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1953 ‘Per Copy—15^
U. S- Admits Russia Has Made
Hydrogen Explosion — But Says
America Has Two - Tear Lead
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Air Force Assn. Will Press
For Use of Atomic Bomb
In Any Future Aggression
WASHINGTON, —Leaders of
the politically-powerful Air Force
Assn, urged Friday the immediate
use of atomic bombs against any
future Korean-type aggression.
The Association executive com
mittee presented recommenda
tions—in the form o'f a proposed
statement of policy—to some 1,000
Air Force veterans and Air Force
personnel attending its annual
convention.
The proposals will be voted on
Saturday.
The committee, headed by Ar
thur F. Kelly of Los Angeles,
urged establishment of a national
policy to “unleash the full force
of atomic air power against armed
forces of aggression in any future
Korea.”
“If there should be another
Korea, let us not put handcuffs
on the Air Force,” the committee
said.
Non-Communist Unions
Order Men Back To
Work In France
PARIS, UP) — Non-Communist
unions ordered thousands of
workers back to their jobs today
—the first break in the wave of
strikes that has strangled France
for 16 days. _
But the back-to-work trek was
slow. Unions were meeting all
over France to discuss the terms
of settlement.
The Socialist Worekrs’ Force
and the Christian Labor Federa
tion reached agreement with Pre
mier Laniel’s government early
today for postal, telegraph and
telephone workers to end their
strike. Other government workers
were expected to join the back-to
work movement.
On other strike fronts there was
little preceptible change. Only a
few railroad trains were running,
though Socialists and Cotholics
ordered their rail men back to
work.
Anchorage Mayor Proclaims
Monday Siaiehood Day, Urges
Residents Attend Public Hearings
ANCHORAGE, UP) — Mayor
Maynard Taylor of Anchorage
has proclaimed next Monday as
statehood day. He urged every
one around Anchorage to attend
hearings of the Senate Interior
and Insular Affairs Committee.
“Little men” campaigners plan
to meet the committee members
when they arrive at the railroad
depot Sunday night from Mt. Mc
Kinley National Park.
The Chamber of Commerce says
it has nearly a hundred witnesses
lined up and no" one has asked
to speak for statehood opponents.
> WASHINGTON, UR— The United
States Thursday confirmed Rus
sia’s boast of having touched off
a hydrogen explosion but implied
that this country has a two-year
lead in the race to' perfect the
most awesome weapon known to
science.
Whether either country has yet
developed a true H-bomb—that is,
a device compact enough to be
carried aboard a warplane—re
mains unknown to the public.
The Communist ' newspaper
Pravda said in Moscow late Wed
nesday night “the explosion, of a
type of hydrogen bomb was car
ried out with experimental aim.”
This prompted Chairman Lewis
L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy
Commission to announce early
Thursday that <A> U.S. atomic
sleuths had in fact detected a
Soviet atomic blast eight days ago
and then later determined that
both conventional and H-type re
actions were involved, and (B)
U.S. atomic tests in the Pacific
in both 1951 and 1952 involved
similar reactions.
There was no' immediate ex
planation of why the United States
waited for the Russian boast be
fore putting out its own announce
ment. Pressure has been mounting
in Congress and elsewhere for
President Eisenhower to tell the
world more about the status of
the U.S. atomic weapons program.
The Moscow announcement said
that Soviet possession of the H
bomb offered no cause for alarm
among peoples of other countries.
It called again for international
acceptance of a Russian disarma
ment plan including a ban on
atomic weapons.
The Russian disarmament plan
proposes a one-third reduction in
conventional arms by major pow
ers and a ban on atomic and bac
teriological weapons. Western na
tions object that there is no pro
vision for adequate international
inspection to check on whether
the projected ban on atomic wea
pons was being observed by Rus
sia.
The United States has long ad
vocated international control over
atomic weapons with a system of
international inspection.
$5 Million In Contracts
Let For Work At
Eielson Air Force Base
ANCHORAGE, UP) — The Army
Engineers’ Alaska District Office
has announced the award of three
contracts totaling $5,656,315 for
work at Eielson Air Force base,
near Fairbanks.
Largest contract was one for
$4,525,823 given Morrison-Knud
sen Co. of Boise, Idaho, for hard
stands, taxiways and hydrant re
fueling facilities at the base.
Adlai Stevenson, Home
From Global Tour, Will
Report to Eisenhower
CHICAGO, (iP — Adlai Steven
son, home after a world tour of
nearly six months, apparently will
give President Eisenhower a re
port of his global tour.
The defeated Democratic nomi
nee for President in 1952 was
asked by reporters if he had been
invited to consult with the Presi
dent.
“Before I left,” Stevenson said
“he (Eisenhower) asked me to see
him when I came home. Every
American responds to his Presi
dent’s requests.”
The former governor of Illinois,
who visited some 30 countries
since he left the United States
last March, discussed his world
tour and politics with reporters in
news conferences in New York
ad Chicago yesterday.
He told New York newsmen he
didn’t know whether he would be
a presidential candidate in 1956.
He also told them that Russia ap
pears to be in retreat in the cold
war and that the danger of a
major shooting conflict has eased
for the present.
He said the Democrats have
“excellent” chances in the 1954
congressonal races—better in the
House than in the Senate contests.
He commented that the “Demo
cratic party in Congres has given
the country the best example of
loyal opposition.”
Shah of Iran Enroute
Home From Rome Exile
BAGHDAD, Iraq, UP)—The Shah
or Iran, trimphantly enroute from
exile in Rome, landed here today.
The Shah, Mohammed Reza
Pahlevi, is returning after five
days of exile. He started his re
turn journey after Premier Mo
hamed Mosadegh was overthrown
Wednesday in a brief, bloo'dy Roy
alist revolt led by Gen. Fazollah
Zahedi, the new premier.
Mossadegh surrendered yester
day, and is under heavy guard in
Tehran.
The Shah’s chartered Constella
tion, with 20 newsmen aboard,
landed after a seven hour flight
from Rome.
He said he would stay here over
night in the company of his “good
friend,” 18-year-old King Faisal
of Iraq and personally fly his
own plane back to Tehran.
It was in this plane that he
escaped to Baghdad last Sunday
with three suitcases as his only
luggage.
JOINT COMMITTEE DUE
AT JUNEAU TODAY
JUNEAU, W)—The joint Senate
Armed Services and Public Works
Committee is scheduled to arrive
here today for an overnight stay,
Gov. Heintzleman announced.
Only informal conferences are
scheduled with the Governor and
territorial road officials, Heintzle
man said.
DINNER WILL HONOR
STATEHOOD GROUP
AT PIONEER HALL
A dinner sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce and the
City of Nome with Walt Sipprell
of the Alaska Steamship Co. as
chairman, is scheduled for 7:30
this evening at the Pioneer Hall
for the Congressional Statehood
Committee and party of 11 peo
ple who are due to arrive late this
afternoon from Pt. Barrow.
In the party are:
Sens. Hugh Butler, Neb.; Frank
Barrett, Wyo.; James Murray,
Mont.; Clinton Anderson, N.M.;
Earl Clements, Ky.; Henry Jack
son, Wash.; Del. E. L. Bartlett,
Kirkley S. Coulter, Chief Clerk,
William Strand, Department of
Territories; Charles Reynolds, of
ficial reporter; and Mrs. R. H.
Allen, Honolulu news reporter.
Following the dinner there will
be an informal hearing at the Pio
neer Hall.
The dinner is being catered by
the North Star Grill. Reservations
have been made by 60 guests, who
are advised that the dinner will
be held whether or not the con
gressional party arrives, due to
the uncertainty of weather today.
BULLETIN
The Congressional party has
been forced to pass up Nome,
as the weather made it impossi
ble to land.
The dinner scheduled for to
night will be held as an open
Chamber of Commerce meeting
with several important matters
to be discussed.
Japanese Fishing Fleets
Return From Bering Sea
With Record Catches
TOKYO. (#) — Three Japanese
fishing fleets, 105 vessels in all;
returned to Hokaido this week
from a four-month fishing expedi
tion in the Bering Sea with a
record catch of 7,700,000 salmon,
the newspaper Mainichi reported
today.
Mainichi said fishing was poor
during April, May and June, but
picked up when the fishing
grounds permitted the Japanese
was extended 30 nautical miles
eastward in July.
Mainichi also reported that the
Japanese crab fishing fleet was
returning from its first fishing
expedition in 13 years to Bristol
Bay with 58,000 boxes of canned
crabmeat.
The crab fishing expedition
caught its target haul of 950,000
crabs. Because of the unexpected
ly large size of the crabs, the
fishermen were able to' can 58,000
boxes, or 8,000 boxes more than
originally estimated.
The Mainichi said that the fish
ing expedition worked out in
early April an understanding with
fishermen from the States, avoid
ing disastrous competition and
were able to continue their ac
tivities on a very friendly relation
with the American fishermen.
Fairbanksans List
Troubles Under
Territorial Govt.
FAIRBANKS, (A*t—Farmers and
businessmen outlined to a Senate
committee last night the difficult
ies they said they encounter in
operating under a territorial form
of government.
They were among 18 witnesses
who appeared before the Senate
group at the concluding session of
the Fairbanks statehood hearing.
The committee, headed by Sen.
Butler will go to Anchorage for
another session Monday after
weekend trips to Barrow and
Nome. .
Thursday night’s witnesses,
most of whom spoke in favor of
statehood, included Dick Swain, a
union business agent; Fairbanks
Mayor Ralph Rivers, and Cecil
Wells, Fairbanks automobile deal
er.
Swain, a homesteader, told the
six senators that development of
farms in Alaska is extremely dif
ficult under the present terri
torial form of government. He
said statehood would solve Al
aska’s agricultural problem.
Rivers testified Congress does
n’t have the time to solve Alaska’s
problems. He said industrial firms
coming to Alaska feel the instab
ility of being dependent upon
Congress for small decisions.
The Fairbanks mayor cited the
need for additional federal judges
in the Third and Fourth Divisions
of Alaska.
Wells told the Senate body
statehood would open the poten
tial of Alaska in water power,
pulp production, mining and
farming. He added he believed the
territory could support statehood.
“Alaska, with 160,000 people,
paid 47 million dollars in federal
taxes in 1952 while Hawaii paid
only 72 million with four times
the population,” he said.
150 U.S. “Incorrigibles”
Returned by Communists
PANMUJ7JOM, Iff) —A rollick
ing 150 Americans, the largest
single-day delivery yet in the
Korean war prisoner exchange,
rode out of Red captivity at this
wayside village Friday.
Eager as youngsters, they shout
ed and danced as they were freed,
with 300 South Koreans.
The Americans were from a
camp at Chongsong on the Yalu
River, the Red stockade for “in
corrigibles” who actively resisted
Communism.
The 150 Americans returned to
day brought the total to 1,465 of
the 3,313 the Reds said they held.
In all, 6,983 Allied prisoners have
been returned of the 12,763 listed
by the Communists.
Meanwhile, 362 repatriated Am
ericans were loaded aboard the
troop ship Marine Adder in In
chon harbor and the vessel was
scheduled to sail Saturday morn
ing for San Francisco.
LWY COMMUNITY HYMN SINGEVERYONE WELCOME!!
With Special Movie, “Vesper Melodies,” at the Community Methodist Church, Sunday, 9 p.m.