Soviet Army Turns
Berlin Frontier
Into No-man’sLand
BERLIN, Of) — Soviet might
turned the Berlin frontier into a
no man’s land Thursday and sent
before a firing squad a German
accused of organizing anti-Com
munist riots.
Berlin’s east sector, controlled
by the Russians, was in virtual
paralysis under the eyes of an
armored division sent in from the
Soviet occupation zone of Ger
many. The quiet contrasted sharp
ly with Wednesday’s demonstra
tions, which cost the lives of at
least 16 Germans.
The firing squad execution was
a grim warning to the Germans
living under Soviet rule. In addi
tion, the Russians extended mar
tial law to Potsdam, the suburb
where ^the Truman-Stalin-Attlee
meeting took place in 1945.
No one was crossing the border
between East Berlin and the
western sectors controlled by the
United States, Britain and France.
And no smoke was rising from the
Soviet sector’s chimneys that were
visible from the west. East Berlin
workers by the thousands had re
fused to go to work Wednesday.
More than 100 Germans were
reported under arrest Thursday
in East Berlin and facing Soviet
courts. Flying squads of People’s
Police and Communist Party offi
cials raided workers’ homes, hunt
ing suspects.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Fog tonight and early Saturday
morning becoming clearer Satur
day afternon. Winds SW 10-15
mph. Low temperature expected
tonight 35, high Saturday 54.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
47, low 33. Max. wind 16 mph
from the west. Sunrise 1:18 a.m.,
sunset 10:49 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 65, low 45. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 75 in 1937,
low 27 in 1929.
Other stations, 7 a.m. today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 36 Cloudy
Kotzebue 36 Fog
Wales 38 Fog
Gambell 38 Drizzle
Nome 37 Fog
Unalakleet 50 Cloudy
Bethel 47 Cloudy
McGrath 49 Drizzle
Anchorage 51 Cloudy
FairbanS 61 Cloudy
Whitehorse 57 Cloudy
Edmonton 54 Cloudy
JuneAi 54 Rain
Ketchikan 51 Rain
Seattle 54 Part cloudy
San Francisco 59 Clear
MAY WEATHER SUMMARY
May in Nome was unusually
warm and dry. The temperature
averaged 7.5 degrees above nor
mal, giving us the warmest May
in 47 years of record.
Precipitation totaled only 0.37
inches, the driest May since 1941.
The unusually warm weather
caused the shore ice in Norton
Sound to move out on May 7, but
considerable drift ice remained at
the end of the month.
DEATH ON SEWARD HWY
ANCHORAGE, UP) — Phillip
James Corliss, 19, of Anchorage,
was killed Sunday .night when the
ear he was driving failed to nego
tiate a curve at Mile 64 on the
Seward Highway and crashed
over a 90-foot embankment.
Churchill Shocked A1 Rhee's
Release of Anti-Red Prisoners
LONDON, OP) — Prime Minister
Churchill said today he was
“shocked and grieved” over Syng
man Rhee’s release of 25,000 anti
communist prisoners of war, but
that he still held hope for a truce
in the war.
Korean Vet Kills 6-Monihs-Old
Son But Doesn't Know Why
TACOMA, Wash., MV-A young
Korean war vet who told a U.S.
Commissioner, “I don’t know why
I did it,” was bound over to a
Federal grand jury Wednesday on
a charge of killing his six-months
old son.
“I know I did it, I knew the
baby was dead, but I don’t know
why I did it,” exclaimed SFC.
Donald L. Elmore, Mitchell, 111.
The child, Donald, died June
10, a day after it was beaten and
choked in the sergeant’s quarters
at Fort Lewis.
C-124s on Japan-Korea
Airlift Are Grounded
TOKYO, UPl — All giant C-124
Globemasters flying the airlift be
tween Japan and Korea were
grounded today pending an in
vestigation of history’s greatest
air disaster which killed 129 Am
erican servicemen yesterday.
Air Force crews still worked at
the grisly task of identifying the
bodies of 122 airmen and Army
engineers and seven plane crew
men who perished in the crash of
a Globemaster near here yester
day. There were no survivors.
Most of the victims <vere head
ed back to battle stations in Korea
after brief rest leaves.
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