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U.S. Demands
Just Compensation
For Downed B-50
WASHINGTON, iff) — The
United States demanded “appro
priate compensation” today for
the shooting down of an Ameri
can B-50 bomber over the Sea of
Japan July 29.
A formal Arperican note re
jected Moscow’s version of the
incident and protested “in the
strongest terms” against the at
tack.
The American note, delivered
to the Russian Foreign Office in
Moscow today, requested “an ex
haustive investigation” regarding
the whereabouts of 16 crewmen
aboard the plane.
At the same time, it demanded
payment not only for the loss of
the plane but for “the lives of
any of its crew who may have
been killed as a result of the
attack by Soviet fighters.”
In a note shortly after the in
cident, Russia had claimed the
American four-engine bomber
flew over Russian territory near
Cape Gamov. Moscow contended
that the American plane opened
fire on two Soviet fighters which
were “inviting it to leave air space
of the Soviet Union,” and then
disappeared in the direction of
the sea.
In answer today, the United
States said Russia’s story is “in
complete contradiction of the
facts of the case” as establiriied
by a thorough investigation by
American authorities” including
questioning of the lone known
survivor, Capt. John E. Roche.
Instead of being over Russian
territory, the plane actually was
approximately 40 statute miles
southeast of the nearest of the
Soviet territory, Povortny, the
American note said, adding:
“This position was established
by radar by the navigator just
prior to the attack.”
Dulles and Rhee Reach
Quick Agreement on
Ground to Be Covered
SEOUL, UP)—U.S. Secretary of
State Dulles and Korean President
Syngman Rhee reached quick
agreement today on ground they
will cover in four days of vital
talks.
They reportedly decided to seek
an international post-armistice
Far Eastern political conference
between Oct. 1 and 15.
When the U.N. Assembly re
convenes Aug. 17, it is to arrange
details of the international con
ference, which by terms of the
Korean armistice must start by
Oct. 27.
A qualified source said Dulles
and Rhee agreed that Korean
questions left unsettled by war
should rate primary attention at
the conference.
CLARA ROBINSON NAMED
FOR NOME BY WELFARE DEPT
JUNEAU, UP)— Director H. A.
Harmon of the Alaska Welfare
Department Tuesday appointed
Clara Robinson, since 1948 a med
ical and social consultant in the
department, as district represent
ative in the Second Division head
quarters at Nome.
Congress Closes
1st Session With
Debates, Speeches
WASHINGTON, OP) — At the
stroke of midnight, Monday,' the
Republican-controlled 83rd Con
gress wrote finis to a mixed rec
ord of action and lethgary in
helping President Eisenhower ful
fill his campaign pledges.
But the lawmakers left behind
for their second session beginning
Jan. 6—or a possible special meet
ing this fall—an imposing list of
key measures which will make
or break their record.
Many of the hottest potatoes,
including some of the President’s
recommendations, were simply
left in the bin. Others, on the ad
vice of the President were handed
to study commissions for closer
scrutiny.
This first session—of the first
Congress in two decades to be
Republican - controlled while a
Republican was in the White
House—made a firm start toward
edging away from the Democratic
party’s New Deal and “Fair
Deal” philosophies.
But even Republicans conceded
it was only a start—and much of
it at that achieved only with
Democratic aid.
Eisenhower will give the nation
his own estimate of his session’s
achievements in a radio broad
cast Thursday, from 8:30 p.m. to
9 p.m. (EST) to be carried by all
major networks.
A special session in October or
November was obviously in pros
pect.
Official windup time for the
Senate was midnight. The end
came in the House at 10:07, just
three minutes before Sen. Mcfrse
began a speech in the Senate at
tacking the Eisenhower adminis
tration’s power policy.
But the end didn’t come in the
House before an angry debate
over a resolution to open the way
for members of Congress to give
themselves a pay raise.
In the closing hours that in
cluded a pause for tribute to the
late Sen. Robert A. Taft, Congress
pushed through final agreement
on a huge 53V£> billion dollar pro
gram to finance the spending of
the government and the armed
services in the year which started
July 1.
The bill was trimmed but not
enough to balance the budget.
The outlook is that despite the
cuts there will be a whopping
$5,800,000,000 deficit at the close
of the fiscal year.
TUESDAY SCORES
(Bv the Associated Press)
National League
Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1
. Chicago 5, New York 3
Philadelphia 8, St. Louis 1
American League
Chicago 8, Philadelphia 3
Cleveland 3, Washington 0
New York 15, Detroit 0
Boston 6, St. Louis 2
Coast League
San Francisco 4-5, Portland 1-4
Hollywood 4, Sacramen:o 1
San Diego 7, Oakland 1
Seattle 6, Los Angeles 1
Alaska Population
Exceeds Nevada’s
By 2,000 Persons
Bv Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. Bartlett,
Delegate t® Congress from Alaska
Alaska’s population on July 1,
1952, exceeded by 2,000 persons
the Nevada population, according
to statistics recently published by
the Bureau of the Census.
The statistics reveal that Neva
da had 180,000 persons residing
within its borders a year ago,
while Alaska’s population was es
timated at 182,000. This compares
with April 1, 1950, figures of 128,
643 for Alaska and 160,083 for
Nevada.
The increase of approximately
53,000 people in the territory is a
41.3 percent increase over the
1950 census figure, the largest
percentage increase of any area
given.
Arizona with 14.6 percent had
the highest percentage growth be
tween the census of 1950 and July
1, 1952, for the States, with Neva
da next with 12.4 percent.
The national average of popula
tion growth over this period was
3.4 percent.
Big ILS. Bomber
Crashes In Atlantic
Survivors Sought
LONDON, Iff!—A big 10-engine
U.S. Air Force bomber blazing
like a meteor plunged into the
North Atlantic early today and its
23 men jumped into the icy
waves.
Fourteen hours after the B-36
reconnaissance plane went down
a British ship, the Manchester
Shipper, radioed she had picked
up one survivor and recovered
one body, 420 miles west of
Prestwick, Scotland.
Search planes sighted two
masses of wreckage 285 miles
apart. Ships rushed to both
places.
One cirfcling rescue plane ra
dioed that it had spotted a raft
with five men aboard. Four of
the men waved but the fifth seem
ed to be motionless on the wildly
tossing raft.
Later, another bit of wreckage
was sighted 285 miles south east
of the raft. An American search
plane that made this find said it
believed a floating silk parachute
was among the jumbled floating
mass spotted. The plane circled
the area awaiting the arrival of
a surface vessel. \
It was assumed that because of
the speed with which the bomb
er traveled, the men who' jumped
were scattered over a wide area.
With dusk approaching in the
search area, it is easier some
times to spot a single man by
night by the flare with which his
survivor suit is equipped than it
is to see him in daylight, airmen
said.
As soon as the raft was spot
ed, the searching plane dropped a
boat.
A drizzle reduced visibility to
one mile, and the cloud ceiling
was down to 100 feet.
Russell Hermann
New 2d Div. D.A.
JUNEAU, (jT)—Russell R. Her
mann, 29, has been appointed Dis
trict Attorney for Alaska’s Sec
ond Division and will depart for
Nome Friday.
He received notice of his ap
pointment from J. E. Cooper,
Third Division interim judge.
Hermann was graduated from
Juneau high school and the
George Washington Law School.
He is a member of the bar in
Washington, D.C. He received an
A. B. degree from Washington
State College in 1949.
Hermann served with the ski
troops in Italy and was awarded
a Purple Heart.
He has been a clerk in the law
office of his mother here, Mrs.
Mildred Hermann. His wife,
whom he married last March, will
accompany him to Nome.
Judge Cooper Returns,
Says Approval of McQuire
Nomination Not Confirmed
Judge Earl Cooper returned to
day from Anchorage, where he
has been holding court in the
Third Division Court until his
term of office expired with the
adjournment of Congress.
Judge Cooper stated that it was
reported that Andrew Thomas
McQuire of New London, Conn.,
had been nominated by President
Eisenhower to succeed him, but
that no word has been received
as to whether the Senate approved
of the nomination before the ad
journment.
Cooper explained that if the
nomination was not approved
President Eisenhower could give
McQuire an interim appointment
such as he had here.
Judge and Mrs. Cooper are leav
ing soon to make their home in
Anchorage. He stated he planned
to go into private practice.
Senate Public Works
Committee Decides Qn
August Trip to Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP—'The Sen
ate Public Works Committee yes
terday tentatively decided to
make an inspection trip to the
Pacific Northwest and Alaska the
middle of August.
The committee, headed by Sen.
Martin (R-Pa), plans a first-hand
look at flood control and rivers
and harbors projects in Washing
ton and Oregon and at public
works projects in Alaska.
Alaskan cities on the tentative
agenda include Ketchikan, Ju
neau, Anchorage and Fairbanks.
A committee aide said the li
man committee would return
from Alaska along the Alaska
Highway.
RUSSIA'S NOTE AMBIGUOUS
ON FOREIGN MINISTERS
CONFERENCE ON GERMANY
WASHINGTON, itt—'The State
Department said today Russia has
left the door open for a Big Four
foreign ministers conference on
Germany. The announcement
added, however, that the new So
viet note on the subject is am
biguous and will require a great
deal more study.
Prisoner’s Report
On Red Sentencing
Dims Exchange Joy
PANMUNJOM, UF) — Four hun
dred happy Allied war captives
rode Russian trucks down the dirt
road from North Korea to free
dom today.
The massive, five-week Korean
war prisoner exchange was on—
12,763 U. N. troops — including
3,313 Americans—for 74,000 Reds.
The Communists said 392 more
prisoners, including 70 Americans
will be liberated tomorrow.
Seventy Arpericans came out of
the Bleak Communist prison
camps in the first detachment.
For them and 330 other former
Allied captives the Korean war
had finally ended, nine days after
firing stopped at the front on
July 27.
However, the sharp joy was
blurred by a grim report from the
first American officer released.
Maj. John Daujat of Richmond,
Calif., told newsmen the Reds had
sentenced some U.S. officer- cap
tives to long prison terms only
two days ago for “instigating
against peace.”
That was seven days after the
armistifce.
Daujat was swept into the home
ward processing before he could
elaborate. In a later interview at
nearby Freedom Village he didn’t
add to his first report.
In Washington, Pentagon and
State Department spokesmen de
clined comment.
The returned Allied trops looked
drawn and tired. Some were so
weak they could hardly walk.
At Freedom Village, Col. Fred
W. Seymour, head of the hospital
there, said his doctors found a
high percentage of tuberculosis
and other lung diseases among
the repatriates.
For the second day’s exchange
the Reds gave no explanation why
they were returning only 392,
rather than the 400 promised
daily.
Mt. Village, Nunivak I. and
Shungnak Airfields Denied
Further Funds This Year
“There will probably be no air
port at Mountain Village, Nunivak
Island and Shungnak this year,”
stated Tony Schwamm, director
of the Alaska Aviation Depart
ment, upon receipt Monday of a
telegram from Washington, D.C.
The wire advised him that the
CAA “will not clear any agree
ments in any part of the country.”
This decision was made by the
CAA as the congressional appro
priation contains “no federal air
port funds for this fiscal year.”
Schwamm has been very busy
personally directing these pro
jects for the past few weeks, hop
ing to complete these badly needed
fields this year before the short
construction period ends.
This curtailment of funds is a
serious blow to the Second Divi
sion and to other parts of Alaska
which were just getting started on
a sound network of airfields ur
gently needed in remote areas.