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VOL. LV NO. 63 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1953 Per Copy—15^
Koreans Reject UN
Truce Plan, Draw
Up One of Own
SEOUL, LP—An official Korea
source said today the Republic of
.Korea, strongly opposed to the
new Allied truce plan, had drawn
up one of its own and would sub
mit it later in the day.
While the new Allied plan has
not been disclosed officially South
Korean officials have given out
some of the particulars and have
denounced it as a “dishonorable
and surrendering truce.”
South Koreans object stren
uously to that part of the new
Allied plan which would let the
ultimate fate of 34,000 North
Korean prisoners be decided by
the United Nations Assembly.
They insist these prisoners, who
refuse to return to the Reds,
should be freed in South Korea,
as the Allies proposed recently.
Maj. Gen. Choi Duk Shin, who
boycotted the armistice negotia
tions when the new Allied plan
was offered last Monday, was said
to have worked out the Korean
plan with President Syngman
Rhee.
A nine-man assembly delega
tion will travel to Munsan to meet
Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison,
senior Allied truce delegate, and
demand that the latest U.N. Com
mand plan be scrapped.
Federal Judge Orders Air
Force “Show Cause” For
Extraditing Toth to Korea
WASHINGTON, UP)—A federal
judge today ordered the Air
Force to show that it had a right
to take Robeft W. Toth, 21, of
Pittsburgh, to Korea to stand trial
for murder.
U.S. District Judge James Mor
ris agreed to sign the order at
the request of attorney Anthony
McGrath of Pittsburgh who
charged Toth had been denied his
constitutional rights as a citizen.
The order calls upon the sec
retary of the Air Force to “show
cause” why Toth should not be
returned to this country.
Toth, honorably discharged
from the Air Force last Decem
ber, was arrested May 13 in a
Pittsburgh steel plant and flown
to Korea in connection with the
slaying of Kil Bong Soon, a South
Korean civilian, in September,
1952.
The issuance of the “show
cause” order is a preliminary to
legal arguments on whether the
judge should issue a writ of
habeas corpus for Toth’s release
and returned to' the United States.
Oalis Enters Sanitarium
NEW YORK, UP) — William N.
Oatis, Associated Press corres
pondent recently released from a
Czech Communist prison, will en
ter a sanitarium within a few
days for treatment of a lung con
dition he contracted during his
confinement.
He has been pronounced in
good physical condition by phys
icians who examined him, except
for a possibility that tuberculosis
is still active in a small area.
The length of his stay in the sani
tarium has not been determined.
Howard Lyng Removes
Self From Alaska
Statehood Committee
JUNEAU, (A*)—Senator Howard
Lyng removed himself from the
Alaska, Statehood Committee yes
terday. The senator submitted his
formal resignation at Juneau ex
plaining that he believes Gover
nor Heintzleman should name his
own boards and committees.
A letter to the governor from
Senator Lyng said: “With the
passing of the old administration
and with the advent of a new ad
ministration—under which state
hood will, be prosecuted—I deem
it advisable to remove myself
from the statehood committee.
“I think it fitting and proper
you be extended the courtesy and
privilege of naming all commit
tee and board members.”
Grandson of Founder of
Juneau Awarded
U. of A. Scholarship
JUNEAU, (J*>—John Harris, the
22-year-old grandson of Juneau’s
co-founder, was awarded a $1,000
scholarship to the University of
Alaska yesterday.
It was given by the Territorial
Sportsmen, Inc., of Juneau, and
its main requirement was that the
recipient show an interest in re
sources conservation.
John graduated from Juneau
high school last week after com
pleting his studies in less than
three years.-His entrance to high
school was delayed while he spent
three years in a tuberculosis san
itarium.
He is an ardent sportsman and
his father was a famous Alaska
hunting guide. John intends to'
study game management.
Juneau originally was known as
Harrisburg, after the family, but
the name was changed to avoid
confusion with the Pennsylvania
capital.
U.S. Deports Romanian
Diplomat Who Tried To
Blackmail U.S. Citizen
WASHINGTON, UP — T h e
United States ordered Tuesday
the “immediate departure” of a
Communist Romanian diplomat.
It said he tried to blackmail an
American citizen into spying for
the Romanian government.
The State Department said the
diplomat, Christache Zambeti, le
gation first secretary, “attempted
to subvert” V. C. Georgescu, a
naturalized American citizen of
Romanian descent, May 20 in New
York.
“The price offered for this col
laboration was the welfare of Mr.
Georgescu’s minor sons and their
possible restoration to their par
ents,” the department said.
Georgescu’s sons, Constantin,
19, and Peter, 14, still are in Ro
mania and have been refused per
mission to join their parents in
the United States.
Georgescu, who was former
general manager of Romano Am
ericano, a subsidiary of Standard
Oil of New Jersey in Romania, re
ported Zambeti’s proposition to
the- FBI and the State Depart
ment.
Eisenhower and
Taft Opposed In
Views on Korea
WASHINGTON, OB — President
Eisenhower laid new stress on
American and Allied support of
United Nations principles in the
Korean truce talks at almost the
same time Sen. Taft was saying
last night: “We might as well for
get the United Nations as far as
the Korean war is concerned.”
How much—if any—of a split
is indicated between the views of
the two top Republicans was not
immediately clear today.
The White House would not
talk about any subject related to
that question.
The Taft remarks were read in
a speech by Robert A. Taft, Jr.,
at a dinner in his father’s honor
at Cincinnati. The Senator him
self is in a hospital there.
Eisenhower’s comments were in
a statement which the White
House said was issued to clear
up unspecified misunderstandings.
They were a quick follow - up,
whether intentional or not, to a
semi-formal complaint from South
Korea that the latest western pro
posal for peace terms in that coun
try are “completely unsatisfac
tory.”
Eisenhower aimed especially at
the issue of forced repatriation of
prisoners, as demanded by the
Communists. He said there will be
no abandonment of the principle
that no prisoners will be driven
home against their will.
He said: “I think we should do
our best now to negotiate this
truce, and if we fail, then let
England and our other allies know
that we are withdrawing from all
further peace negotiations in
Korea.”
Taft said he still believes in
the U.N. but not as an effective
means to prevent aggression. He
said it is mainly a means of de
terring and preventing war thru
peaceful persuasion.
“I believe we might as well ab
andon any idea of working with
the United Nations in the east
and reserve to ourselves a com
pletely free hand.”
Distinguished Service
Medal Awarded by CAP
To Dr. Terris Moore
FAIRBANKS, UP — The Civil
Air Patrol Tuesday awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal, its
highest award, to Dr. Terris
Moore, president of the University
of Alaska.
The educator was cited for
heroism in connection with his
landing last Nov. 28 on the slopes
of Mt. Gannett, 60 miles southeast
of Anchorage, to identify a crash
ed military Globemaster.
The award was authorized by
the Air Force and made by Civil
Air Patrol headquarters in Wash
ington, D.C. The medal was pre
sented here by Col. Jack Carr,
commander of the Civil Air Pat
rol in Alaska. Dr. Moore is a
Civil Air Patrol senior member.
The university president said he
was accepting the medal “on be
half of all those who engage in
search and rescue missions but
are not fortunate enough to be
honored.”
Adm. Byrd Will Make
Another Expedition To
South Pole After Truce
NEW YORK, UP)—Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd says he will
make another expedition to the
South Pole as soon as the Korean
war ends.
The veteran polar explorer,
now 64, says there is an unex
plored Antarctica land area which
has an “untouched reservoir of
natural resources” — coal, oil,
uranium and other deposits.
He adds that these sources
might be tapped by new techni
ques, possibly including the use
of a hydrogen bomb or other nu
clear devices to melt ice and
snow.
MIGs Avoid Fights Today
SEOUL, (ff) — Allied bombers
pounded vital Red targets Wed
nesday unhindered by a battered
Red air force that refused battle,
and the battleship New Jersey
dealt Wonsan a surprise blow.
The battleship dashed from the
Yellow Sea, where it had ham
mered the west coast port of
Chinnapmo only Monday, and
lashed Wonson on the east coast
with its mighty 16-inch rifles.
Scores of Allied fighter-bomb
ers worked over the Red com
munications across North Korea.
Sabre jets dared the Red MIGs
to interfere, but the few Com
munist jets that appeared avoided
combat in the overcast skies.
The Sabres had knocked down
12 MIGs Tuesday without losing
a plane and they had hoped to
fatten their bag of 51 MIGs shot
down this month.
Only scattered patrol skirmish
es were reported along the 155
mile battlefront.
Attorney Asks Stay of
Execution for Rosenbergs
NEW YORK, UP — An applica
tion to vacate the death senten
ces of Julius and Ethel Rosen
berg, convicted atom spies, was
filed in federal court Wednesday
by defense counsel Emanuel H.
B^och.
Bloch contended that the death
\
sentences imposed by Federal
Judge Orving Kaufman in April,
1951, were illegal and that the
maximum penalty under the law
should have been not more than
20 years in prison.
The attorney asked for a stay
of execution pending a decision
by the Court of Appeals after
arguments on a hearing, sched
uled for Monday.
Bloch’s latest move to save the
couple, accused of giving atom
bomb secrets to Russia, came after
the Supreme Court of the United
States refused Monday for the
third time to intervene.
McFadden Will Try Crack Sound
Barrier On His 85th Birthday
DANSVILLE, N.Y., UB—Physi
cal culturist Bemarr McFadden
announced today that he plans to
celebrate his 85th birthday on
Aug. 16* by trying to crack the
sound barrier in a jet aircraft.
McFadden marked his 81st,
83rd and 84 th birthdays with
parachute jumps from planes. The
first jump was made here, the
second into the Hudson River and
the third near Paris, France.
Soviets Charge U.S.
Parachuting Spies
Into the Ukraine
MOSCOW, UP—The Soviet gov
ernment charged the United
States today with parachuting
four spies — all apparently of
Ukranian or Russian origin—into
the Ukraine a month ago. A com
munique said the four had been
arrested, tried and executed.
The announcement from the
ministry of internal affairs said
the four admitted at their trial
that they jumped into the Uk
raine, one of the republics of the
Soviet Union, on April 26 from
an unmarked four-motored Am
erican plane.
It said they confessed they
were sent in on diversionist, ter
rorist and espionage assignments.
The communique said the men
claimed the American intelligence
service had ordered them to' set
tle in ‘Kiev and Odessa and had
equipped them with radios for
contact with American spy cen
ters in West Germany. It said they
were ordered to murder Soviet
citizens, if necessary, in order to
obtain identification certificates
to replace forged papers they car
ried when they jumped.
There was no immediate com
ment from U.S. officials in Wash
ington or West Germany.
The Soviet Union made a sim
ilar announcement Dec. 18, 1951,
saying two American spies with
Russian names had been executed
after having been dropped by
parachute from a plane over Mol
davia, formerly a part of Ro
mania. The then Secretary of
State, Dean Acheson, denounced
the charge as a complete fabrica
tion.
Soviets Refuse To Enter
Talks with West On
Austrian Independence
LONDON, (*) — The Soviet
Union has turned down a western
invitation to reopen talks on an
Austrian independence treaty.
President Eisenhower had called
for Soviet agreement to such a
pact as a sign of the “sincere in
tent” of Russia’s post-Stalin peace
talk.
Soviet deputy foreign minister
Jacob Malik, who also is ambas
sador to Britain, spurned the Al
lied offer to reopen the long-stale
mated negotiations in a letter to
the general secretary of the Big
Four’s deputy foreign ministers.
There was no immediate official
reaction to the brusque turndown
in Washington, London or Paris.
TUESDAY SCORES
National League
Milwaukee 6—Cincinnati 0
St. Louis 6-2—Chicago' 3-3
Coast League
Sacramento 6—Seattle 5
San Francisco 3-4—Oakland 2-2
Los Angeles 3—Hollywood 2
San Diego 3—Portland 2
Business houses have an
nounced the observance of Dec
oration Day by closing all day
Saturday. Federal and terri
torial offices including the Post
Office will also be closed.