Major Acquitted of
Collaboration With Reds
After Long Military Trial
FT. FILL, Okla., I.-P—Maj. Am-j
brose H. Nugent, whose Army j
career was interrupted for 38
months as a prisoner of war in
Korea and seven weeks as a de
fendant in a collaboration trial,
yesterday was free to return to
his first love—the field artillery.
Nugent, charged with aiding
the enemy while a Red prisoner,
was acquitted on nine specifica
tions Monday by a general mili
tary court-martial board of nine
colonels, seven of whom were
Korean veterans.
The sudden climax, which came
j after the board deliberated just
over two hours, was a surprise to
' all who witnessed the seven-week
| trial—longest in U.S. military his
j tory.
More than one million words
j were recorded as 47 witnesses
: testified for both sides. It was
1 estimated it cost the government
j more than $100,000 for the trial.
Nugent said his acquittal was a
j vindication of military justice.
Nugent told a newsman after
j the trial: “I want to take a short
| leave for a*physical checkup and
I have my teeth fixed and then I
| want to resume my career in the
Army.”
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
Maj. Gen. William Dean
Makes First Alaska Visit
For Operation Grandchild
FAIRBANKS, eft — Maj. Gen.
William Dean, hero of Korea, ad
mitted frankly Monday his first
visit to Alaska has mainly to do
with what he called “Operation
Grandchild.”
His main assignment, the dep
uty commander of the Sixth Ar
my, Presidio, San Francisco, told
a televised press conference,
seems to be washing dishes.
General and Mrs. Dean are vis
iting their daughter, Mrs. Robert
C. Williams, who is expecting her
third child shortly. Capt. Williams
is attached to the Fourth Infan
try, stationed at Ladd AFB.
General Dean, who is on 30
days leave, also said he was “very
excited” to be in Alaska because
he had read Jack London’s “Love
of Life” many times while con
fined in a North Korean prison
camp.
“I hadn’t been allowed to read
for a year and a half and they
handed me that book,” he added.
“It’s all about Alaska.”
He and Mrs. Dean had seats of
honor Saturday in the Fairbanks
Winter Carnival parade review
ing stand.
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Fryers, 95r pound; Roasters 85r j
pound at NOME MARKET.
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Liquor Licenses
Restricting Bill
Passes House 18-2
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, OP—A measure to re
strict the issuance of any more
liquor licenses in Alaska passed
the House Monday afternoon
on an 18-2 vote, despite some
opposition.
Under its terms, no new liquor
license could be issued unless
there is less than one among each
1,500 population in a 10-mile ra
dius.
Rep. Metcalfe <D-Juneau>, the
sponsor of the bifl, said it was
aimed at stopping a rush for new
licenses such as Ketchikan under
went wThen work started on the
new pulp njill there.
It has the support of law en
forcement agencies and several
ministers to whom he has spoken,
he said.
Rep. Robert McNealy (D-Fair
banks) said he thought it would
help the situation there. It should
stop the issuance of licenses to
“anyone who gets enough money
to buy one and then opens a
shack where, to make a living
under stiff competition, he starts
selling to drunks and others who
should not have it,” he argued.
Rep. E. G. Bailey (D-Anchor
age) charged it would create a
monopoly among those who al
ready have licenses, many of
whom, he said, are undesirable
persons. He also said it would ex
tend the trend toward making
people “buy their way” into busi
ness in Alaska.
Flood Waters From
Ohio River Menace
Hundreds of Families
(By the Associated Press)
Flood waters from the Ohio
River menaced hundreds of fam
ilies in four stales. An estimated
2,600 families already have been
forced from their homes in Ohio,
West Virginia, Kentucky and In
diana. Hundreds of others are
threatened. Many business estab
lishments have suspended opera
tions.
The Weather Bureau at Cincin- *
nati called it a “major flood,” as
more than two-thirds of the 981
mile river was at least five feet
above flood stage along its natur
al borderline separating the four
states.
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