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South Korea Charges Communists
Kidnap Airliner With 32 Aboard
Congressman Says
It’s Time U.S. Make
South Pole Claims
WASHINGTON, UP) — A group
of congressmen who visited Ant
arctica was reported today to
have recommended the United
States claim sovereignty over
part of the continent and discuss
joint administration of other
areas.
In a formal report to the House
the subcommittee said “We are
of the opinion that the time has
arrived for a re - evaluation” of
the position on Antarctica the
United States has maintained
since 1924. This position was that
the United States recognized no
territorial claims of other coun
tries in the. far southern continent
and made none of its own, but
reserved all its rights.
Subcommittee chairman Harris
(iR-Ark) said today he is still not
at liberty to disclose the subcom
mittee recommendations on ter
ritorial claims. But he said it did
not recommend and he does not
favor proposals to keep the whole
continent under international
control.
Tod Purcell Arrives For
Scout Blue and Gold
Banquet Tonight at 6:30
Todd Purcell, Boy Scout exec
utive, arrived from Fairbanks this
morning to participate in the
Blue and Gold Banquet being
held this evening at the multi
purpose room of the school for
all Scouts, their parents, leaders
and sponsors.
Wilbur Arnold, chairman for
the dinner states that dinner will
be served promptly at 6:30 and
requests everyone to be on time.
Okinawa Put Under
Mistaken Air Raid Alert
NAHA, Okinawa, Off)—The U.S.
Air Force got its signals crossed
and put Okinawa under a false
air defense alert for an hour to
day.
The 5th Air Force said an alert
signaled by a training group in
the West Pacific was mistakenly
transmitted to Okinawa and the
island went on Yellow Alert—
f‘an air raid is probable.”
People ran for air raid shel
ters, anti-aircraft crews went on
standby and soldiers mustered at
arms lockers before headquarters
called off the alert.
CHICKEN!
WASHINGTON, LR—Employes
of the Office of Territories didn’t
appear today to be accustomed to
cold weather.
Only 10 of the 53 went to work
through the 14 - inch snow and
near zero cold that has descend
ed on Washington.
The others accepted the gov
ernment’s suggestion they stay
•home and take a day of their
annual leave.
f SEOUL, UP) — Pyongyang radio
admitted toilay a South Korean
passenger airliner with two Am
ericans and 30 others aboard flew
to Communist North Korea yes
terday.
A broadcast from the North
Korean capital asserted the plane
“fled to North Korea (in protest)
against the Syngman Rhee gov
ernment’s war policy.”
It was believed one or more
Communists boarded the plane
and forced the American pilots
to fly north. 'Korean National
Airlines charged the plane’s pas
sengers were kidnaped.
The U.N. Command will meet
the Communists tomorrow and
demand the return of the plane.
The U.N. Command said the
plane was tracked by radar north
of the truce line before it van
ished.
The wife of the pilot, Willis P.
Hobbs of Vallejo, Calif., cabled
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. K.
Hobbs of Arthur City, Tex., that
authorities said he was safe. He
formerly flew in Japan for the
Chennault Airlines and for the
Ethiopian Airlines, had worked
for KNA about two months.
A U. S. Air Force officer, Lt.
Col. Howard W. McClellan of
Buchanan, Mich., was acting as
co-pilot. A U.N. spokesman said
American officers often fly with
the line to log extra flight time
and pay.
Annual Chamber Dinner
Tuesday Will Also Be
Farewell For Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh, president of the
N.W.A. Chamber of Commerce
will be toastmaster at the annual
dinner meeting and introduction
of new members to the Board of
Directors is scheduled for tomor
row evening at 7:00 p.m. at the
Seaview Room of the North Star.
In addition to the usual busi
ness of this meeting, the dinner
will be a farewell to the president
i who leaves shortly to make his
home in Ketchikan where he has
been transferred by Pan Ameri
can Airways.
Friends will take this oppor
tunity to extend a formal fare
well to Jim Walsh and his family.
Reservations for the dinner are
being made at the Music Box,
the Trading Post, and at the
North Star.
Saint Clare of Assisi
Named Patron Saint of TV
VATICAN CITY, l/F>, — Pope
■Pius XII today proclaimed Saint
Clare of Assisi the patron saint
of television.
Saint Clare was co-founder of
the Roman Catholic Order of
Poor Ladies. She died at Assisi
in 1253.
While on her sickbed in nearby
San Damiano at Christmas, 1252,
Saint Clare is said to have heard
and seen the Christmas Day ser- j
vices in the Basilica of San Fran- I
cisco in Assisi. She is said to have
seen and heard the chorus sing
ing and saw all the masses.
GRAND JURY
The Grand Jury was selected
1 this morning in District Court.
The members are: Luther Dun
bar, foreman; Charlie Katchatag,
deputy foreman, and
Joseph Katchatag
Alfred Adams
Guy lone
Fredrick Kokchee
Allen Ahnangnatoguk
Nettie Foxglove
W. W. Tuttle
Esther Ipalook
Gertrude Sagoonick
! Irene Kavairlook
Charles Reader
Fred J. Larsen
Robert K. Lewis
May Tevuk
Benjamin Towksjhea
Flora NorlJert
Clarence Ongtowasruk
Ralph Ballot
Emery Ewalt
Clement Lean
Glen Lenert
Airman Farrell
Okay After 7-Day
“Trip to the Moon”
By GARTH JONES
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., OR—Air
man Donald G. Farrell completed
seven days in a make - believe
space ship yesterday and came
out saying “I believe anyone
could have done the same thing.”
Scientists at the School of Avia
tion Medicine at Randolph Air
Force Base jubilantly agreed the
23-year-old native of the Bronx,
N.Y., has proved man is ready for
space flight.
Couldn't Whistle
“There was one strange sen
sation,” Farrell said after a solid
week in a hermetically , sealed
tank that represented the cabin
of a space ship.
“I couldn’t whistle.”
Other than that the calm vol
unteer reported few physical or
mental discomforts on being
locked in the tank-like experi
mental space cabin. He could not
see or hear what was going, on
outside.
He did not think the clustered
researchers could hear him. How
ever, it was revealed during the
tests that he could be heard by
special microphone that was re
cording his report on paper.
Felt No Fear
“I didn’t feel in the true sense
that I was on a space ship,” he
said. “I realized I was on the
ground at all times. There was
no fear such as there might be
in a real space ship. Other than
that it simulated a real space
ship flight.”
Space test experts explained
Farrell’s non-whistling ability
stemmed from the fact that a
simulated 18,000-foot altitude was
maintained in the space chamber.
Farrell commented: “Really
and truly I wmild like to make
a trip to the moon.
“It would be easier if there
were someone with you but that
is just my personal opinion.”
When he emerged from the
3-by-5 cabin yesterday, he was
able to stretch his full 6-foot
frame for the first time in a
week. Only by shifting scientific
equipment that almost filled the
cabin was Farrell able to par
tially lie down for his 4Vfc hour
sleeping periods.
President Insists In Letter to Bulganin
That Russia Show Good Faith Before
He Will Agree to Any Summit Meeting
WASHINGTON, UP)— President
Eisenhower in a new letter to
Soviet Premier Bulganin has sug
gested both sides work through
“normal channels” for an even
. t'ual East - West summit confer
ence. He described present efforts
as at an “impasse.”
In what was in effect a reply
to Bulganin’s criticism of Secre
tary of State Dulles, Eisenhower
said any preparatory work
“would, as far as the United
States was concerned, require the
participation of our Secretary of
State.”
The White House made public
today the text of Eisenhower’s
six - page reply to letters from
Bulganin.
Puzzled by Russian Attitude
Eisenhower expressed “consid
erable puzzlement” in view of
Bulganin’s proposals as to “what |
you think another such (summit)
meeting could contribute as a
genuine settlement of our prob
lems.”
Eisenhower said he came to
this conclusion because Bulganin
has “proposed and insisted on”
discussing ten topics. Eisenhower
in turn suggested discussing eight
other problems to which Bulganin
has objected.
“I wrote that, if there were to
be a top-level meeting, I would
be willing to discuss your pro
j posals in good faith if you would
so discuss mine. Your answer is
that I must be prepared to dis
cuss you proposals but as regards
mine there must, you said, ‘be
unanimous agreement of all par- j
ticipants as to the necessity for I
considering such proposals.’ In •
other words, you demand the
right to veto discussions of the
matters I believe to be vital to
'peace.”
"War-Minded Imperialists"
Setting aside diplomatic lan
guage, Eisenhower said he de
plored “constantly mounting ac
cusations within the Soviet
Union” to the effect the United
States is ruled by “aggressive
war-minded imperialists.”
He cited party chief Khrush
chev’s Jan. 22 speech- in Minsk as
“an outstanding example of such
charges.”
“What is the explanation of
such charges?” Eisenhower
asked. “They seem to fly in the
face of established history.”
The President said he was
really amazed to hear Soviet lead
ers who have never been near
this country contend that there
are Americans who call for • pre
ventive war.
“If such persons exist in the
United States,” Eisenhower said,
“I do not know of them, nor do
I know of any ‘imperialist ruling
circles’ that are supposedly eager
to plunge the world into war in
order to make financial gains.”
As a followup to last month’s
cultural exchange agreement
with Russia, Eisenhower suggest
ed that leaders of thought and
influential citizens within the So
viet Union should visit the United
I States not to acquire technical
I knowledge but rather to learn at
first hand “the feeling of our
people toward peace and the
working of our popular institu
tions as they affect our conduct
of foreign relations.”
Cold Covers East
States from Maine
To Mississippi
(By The Associated Press)
The coldest weather of the
winter swept in today over a
wide area of the eastern United
States on the heels of a raging
snowstorm.
At least 127 deaths were at
tributed to the stinging fury
which swept from Mississippi to
Maine over the weekend.
The mercury fell to 6 above
zero in New York City, to 3 de
grees in St. Louis and plummstdd
to 15 below in upstate New York.
Coldest spot in the nation appar
ently was Atlantic, Iowa, with 34
below zero.
A state of emergency was de
clared in many New England
towns where more than two feet
of new snow piled up. In the area
around Buffalo drifts of 30 feet
were reported.
Many industrial plants remain
ed closed and a large part of the
school population were excused
from classes. The huge General
Electric plant at Schenectady,
N. Y., employing 25,000, shut
down.
U.S. and Britain to
Mediate French
Tunisian Crisis
PARIS, Lf)—France and Tunisia
today accepted the good offices
of the United States and Britain
to settle the French - Tunisian
crisis.
The offer was made and ac
cepted after Tunisian President
Habib Bourguiba announced in
Tunis he had ordered a new de
mand be made to the U.N. Secur
ity Council for an investigation
of the Algerian rebellion.
Bourguiba said he had cabled
his U. N. delegate, Mongi Slim,
to put the new demand before
the council as an expansion of
Tunisia’s previous protest against
the French air attack Feb. 8 on
a border village.
The council is scheduled to de
bate the first Tunisian complaint
tomorrow. The British-American
offer was designed to avert the
council debate, which the West
feels would give the Communists
a new chance for propaganda at
| tacks on the Western powers.