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STALIN’S HOPE
Reports from Russia indicate that Premier Joseph
Stalin thinks the present world outlook is ail in Rus
sia’s favor. In calling together the Russian Congress,
it appears that Stalin is concentrating more on econ
omic programs at home than he is on further world
wide expansion.
Some American observers believe that the Russian
Premier believes the chain of conquest and victories
through force and infiltration, which the Russians have
made over a period of years, is now at an end. They
believe the Russians will now attempt to consolidate
their gains and wait for the capitalistic countries to
suffer a depression.
It is further reported that Stalin expects the United
States and Western European countries to experience
a depression within three years, possibly within a year.
It is, of course, during times of severe economic strain
that the Russians have their best opportunity to infil
trate and spread the Communist germ. If such an econ
omic crisis does occur, Stalin hopes that Germany and
Japan will break away from the United States orbit
and, once again, become independent powers.
OUE A IE BASE AT THULE
This nation is now in the process of building a
strategic air base at Thule, Greenland, which is only
r;30 miles from the North Pole. This air base is possi
ble through a treaty with Denmark which owns the
great island of Greenland.
A quick glance at a globe of the world will reveal
4 hat this air base will make it possible for American
bombers and fighters to sit on top of the world, rela
tively near the great Russian land mass.
Constructiong an air base at this out-of-the-way
Tace was a difficult job and involved many hardships.
Since shipping is blocked for all but two or three
months of the year, the bulk of the job of transporting
workers and materials has fallen on big transport
planes.
There was nothing about any bygone era more
romantic than the present. In fact, we’re inclined to
favor the present one.
There comes a time, in the lives of many of us,
when it seems that living isn’t worth the effort—but
time proves it is.
Personnel Of
Fletcher’s Island
Rotated Home
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
tro'op rotation program has come
to Fletcher Ice Island — present
strength nine men, present posi
tion 130 miles from the North
Pole.
A weather observer and a radio
operator are back in the compar
atively tropical surroundings of
Alaska, first of the ice island per
sonnel to come back after almost
four months of floating on a
super-sized ice cube at the top of
the world.
Air Force Headquarters here
said they are T/Sgt. James K.
Colbert of Farmington, N.M., the
weather observer, and S/Sgt. J.
D. Jones of Dawson Springs, Ky.,
radio' operator. They are at El
mendorf Air Base, preparing for
furloughs and new assignments.
The Air Force said four of the
five remaining men, including a
civilian geophysicist, Dr. Albert |
P. Crary, will be flown out soon.
Except for a radio man, T/Sgt.
Fi'ed T. Whiteside of Dallas, Tex.,
who has chosen to stay for an
other three months, an entirely
new crew will man the semi-per
manent station during the winter.
The polar night already is set
ting in at the ice island, with but
two or three hours of faint twi
light each day.
The “summer” weather on the
ice island brought problems. The
sun, its rays penetrating into the
snow cover of the ice, created
lakes and roaring creeks on the
surface.
Bad weather apparently exists ,
most of the time—fog and “white
outs” caused by frost, sno*w and
fog — reducing visibility to zero
and making the landing of planes
hazardous.
The ice island residents get
their food by parachute drops of
cargo from transport planes. At
one point in July the fresh meat,
flour, eggs and other staples ran
out and the crew lived for a
time on'the filling but monoton
ous B-ration diet.
The ice island party landed on
the huge ice island last June,
when it was floating at a point
several hundred miles north o‘I
Alaska. Purpose of the project is |
to report weather conditions from
the high, polar latitudes which
otherwise are covered by periodic
flights of B-29 weather reconnais
sance flights to the North Pole.
Job Friniing At The Nugget
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That, by
order of the Probate Court for the Cape
Nome Precinct. Second Division. Terri
tory of Alaska, the undersigned, has
been appointed Administrator with the
will annexed of the Estate of ALMA L.
KEENE, DECEASED. All persons having
claims against said estate should present
them with proper vouchers, within six
months from the date hereof to the
undersigned, in Nome. Alaska, where
the principal business of said estate will
be conducted.
DATED this the 14th day of October,
1952.
MINERS AND MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
Administrator
COLLINS & CLASBY
Attorneys for Administrator
Publish Oct. 20, 27. Nov. 3, 10, 1952
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Intensive Exploration Of
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Is Expected Next Year
Intensive exploration of Alas
ka’s petroleum possibilities by pri
vate interests is expected to get
under way next year, it is repor
ted by the Alaska Development
Board.
During the past summer, repre
sentatives of three major oil com
panies made preliminary investi
gations in regions of Alaska where
geological conditions for the accu
mulation of petroleum appear fa
vorable. The Development Board
already has been advised by one
firm that it plans to return to'
Alaska next year to step up its
investigations.
Since February 1, more than 61
square miles in Alaska have been
taken up under 45 separate oil
and gas leases, the majority cov
ering lands in the Matanuska
Nelchina province. Many of the
lease holders are resident Alas
kans, living in the Anchorage and
Fairbanks areas.
Prior to February 1, there were
34 oil and gas leases in effect in
the Cold Bay area, 24 in the Inis
kin Bay field and 548 leases in
the Katalla - Yakataka province.
A drilling program by Deep
Rock Oil Co. of Tulsa, Okla., is
expected to begin early next year
in the Katalla region.
From 1914 to 1933, a small re
finery was operated at Katalla,
producing 154,000 bari'els of high
gravity, paraffine-base oil valued
at $750,000. The refinery was de
stroyed .by fire during the latter
part (?f 1933 and was not l'ebuilt.
Petroleum seepages fii'st were
discovei’ed by the white man in
Alaska about 1353, the first well j
being drilled prior to the Klon
dike gold rush. The 1953 explora
tory program should do much to
determine commercial possibilities
of Alaska’s indicated petroleum
provinces, the board reported.
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Truman Criticism of Ike
Stirs Up Controversy
(Continued from Page One)
from this intemperate and unfair
and vicious attack.”
Irving Abrahumson, an execu
tive of the American Jewish Con
gress, chided Silver for “stooping
to public condemnation of the
President.”
\
Herbert Hoover, 78, and the
last Republican to live in the
White House, came out of political
retirement to describe the Demo
cratic “New Deal” as the incu
bator of the Communist party in
America. He told a CBS radio-TV
audience Saturday the U.S. Com
munist party membership grew
from 13,000 to 80,000 during the
fii'st ten years after the New Deal
administration recognized Soviet
Russia. A
Mark Clark Refuses To
Reopen Korea Truce Talks
On Communist Terms
TOKYO, (JP)—Gen. Mark Clark
today refused to reopen Korean
armistice talks on Communist
terms.
In a strongly-worded message ^
he told the top Red commanders
in Korea the U.N. Command will
never agree to negotiate further
on any proposal requiring forced
repatriation of war prisoners.
The Communists Thursday sub
mitted a plan for renewing the
truce talks at Panmunjom.
Clark told them today it was i
the “same old package” and con
tained “nothing new or construc
tive.”
The U.N.C. suspended the talks
indefinitely Oct. 8. Allied dele
gates said they would resume ne
gotiations if and when the Reds
accepted one of several U.N. pro
posals to settle the prisoner issue
or submitted a “constructive”
proposal of their own in writing.
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