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VOL. LV No. 71 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1953 Per Copy—151
Eisenhower Speaks
Out Against
"Book Burners”
WASHINGTON, Iff) — President
Eisenhower, speaking out against
“the book burners,” declared yes
terday that Americans must fight
Communism “with something bet
ter, not try to conceal the think
ing of our own people.”
Eisenhower named no names,
but his statement recalled the de
mand by Sen. McCarthy, acceded
to by the State Department, that
the government withdraw from
its overseas libraries books by
authors who are known Commun
ists or fellow travelers.
The President said even those
with whose views we disagree
have a right to have their views
on record in public places—“or it
is not America.”
“Don’t join the book burners,”
the President told the graduating
class at Dartmouth College in
Hanover, N.H. “Don’t think you
are going to swerve something by
concealing evidence that it ever
existed, don’t be afraid to go to
the library and read every book,
so long as that document does not
offend our own ideas of decency.
“How will we defeat Commun
ism, unless we know what it is,
and why it has such an appeal
for men? Why are so many people
swearing allegiance to it. It is
almost a religion—albiet in one of
the nether regions. We have got
to fight it with something better,
not try to conceal the thinking
of our own people.”
This was the first two short
talks the President made yester
day in the whirlwind finish to a
five-day speaking tour which took
him into five states.
Weather Bureau May
Close Two Alaska Stations
WASHINGTON, UP—Dr. F. W.
Reichelaerfer, chief of the U. S.
Weather Bureau, has told Con
gress that some weather bureau
stations will have to be closed
down if there is" any sharp cut
back in funds.
Dr. Reichelderfer gave the Sen
ate a list of stations which might
be subject to closing or curtail
ment of operations if funds were
cut. He added, however that it is
not a firm list and that “We will
have to talk with the CAA, we
have to talk with the Air Force,
Navy and Army, to see whether
closing affects them.”
The station he said were under
consideration for closing if there
is a lack of money include:
Cordova and Galena, Alaska.
F-84 Thunder jets Arrive
In Formosa For Chinese
TAIPEH, Formosa, UP) — The
first American jet warplanes for
Nationalist China—F-84 Thunder
jets—arrived at a southern For
mosa air base Monday for formal
delivery Tuesday..
Although the number was not
disclosed, Col. Edward F. Rector,
chief of the air section of the U.S.
military assistance advisory group
said these are only a forerunner
of “many jet aircraft program
med for the Chinese air force.”
Elder L. S. Michaux of
Washington, D.C. Church
Preached Here Sunday
Two distinguished visitors ar
rived Saturday with Wien Air
lines and contributed generously
at various church meetings on
Sunday.
They are Elder L. S. Michaux,
well known radio and television
minister of the Church of God at
Washington, D.C. Elder Michaux
has broadcast every Sunday from
Washington, D.C., over the Mutual
Broadcasting Co. for over twenty
years. His program is dedicated to
the development of good neighbor
spirit among all races and creeds.
He is accompanied by Elder
James McCorckle who is also a
photographer, and Louis Patmont,
lecturer and linguist who has tra
veled the world over and states
that he can converse in 22 lang
uages. This is his sixth trip to
Alaska, distributing bibles, and he
plans another trip to reach the
Aleutians next year. Dr. Patmont
comes from Witter Springs, Calif.
Both visiting speakers partici
pated in the Youth for Christ
meeting Saturday evening. Mich
aux gave the sermon at the Com
munity Methodist Church Sunday
morning and Patmont was the
speaker at the Covenant Church
services.
The group have planned a trip
north before departing for Homer,
Alaska.
Convicts Riot Because
Guards are ‘*Too Tough”
SANTA FE, N.M., UP — Armed
with meat cleavers and knives,
rioting convicts at the New Mex
ico penitentiary today seized dep
uty (warden Ralph Tahash and
nine guards as hostages.
Warden Morris Abram said the
convicts, in a note addressed to
him, demanded that Tahash and
six prison guards be fired.
Gov. Edwin L. Mechem, who
arrived at the prison soon after
Abram announced the riot under
way about 8 a.m. said he was
told Homer Lee Gossett, notorious
for “Houdini” escape attempts,
was a leader of the uprising.
Warden Abram said the convict
rioters demanded that Tahash and
six guards be fired because they
are “too tough.” The convicts pro
mised that none of the hostages
would be hurt unless the rioters
are injured.
Gratitude Fund Nears
$7,000 For Wounded
Anchorage Policeman
ANCHORAGE, UP) — The “Citi
zens Gratitude Fund” for 28-year
old police patrolman William Pfal
mer, who was wounded in a gun
battle Tuesday neared $7,000 Sat
urday. His condition remained
critical.
All the city’s policemen have
agreed to give two days pay and
voluntary contributions have
poured in. Both Anchorage news
papers have joined in the cam
paign.
Pfalmer, father of three chil
dren, was chasing a car believed
stolen when the battle occurred
at Spenard. Two Air Force men
were less seriously injured in the
shooting.
Rhee Warns Newsmen
Against Spreading Stories
Unfavorable To Korea
SEOUL, (jP) — President Syng
man Rhee warned today that he
would not tolerate newsmen who
spread accounts unfavorable to
the Republic of Korea.
Rhee said in a statement:
“There are some correspond
ents, both local and foreign, who
are spreading accounts unfavor
able to the Republic of Korea.
Now that our country is facing a
national crisis, we warn that we
will not tolerate the activities of
these correspondents should they
continue to evoke international
hostility and thereby precipitate
our national crisis.”
Rhee did not name any corres
pondents.
He said he had read news re
ports that American soldiers
“caused injuries to our high
school girls (during anti - truce
demonstrations last week) with
razor blades and committed other
inhuman acts and I am extremely
shocked.”
“Even if these reports are true,
news reporters and editors should
be extremely careful in handling
accounts of this nature. They
should not be careless enough to
have these accounts published.”
To Ask Increase In First
Class Postal Rates
From Three to Four Cents
WASHINGTON, UP) — Postmas
ter General Summerfield will ask
for an increase in postal rates in
an effot to 'wipe out a $594,250,
000 deficit facing the Post Office
Department.
This was disclosed by Repub
lican congressional leaders after
their weekly conference today
with President Eisenhower at the
White House.
House Speaker Martin (R-Mass)
told reporters Summerfield hopes
the rate increases, if Congress
grants them, will go into effect
next Oct. 1.
Martin said Summerfield pro
bably would recommend an in
crease in virtually all rates from
first class mail down. The request
presumably will be for increase
from three to four cents in the
cost of mailing a first class letter.
Moscow and Belgrade
Exchange Ambassadors,
First Since 1948 Split
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, tP) —
Moscow named an ambassador to
Yugoslavia today for the first
.time since the Cominform split in
1948. Belgrade agreed to return
the favor.
The two countries never broke
off diplomatic relations entirely,
but maintained them on a formal
and chilly basis through charge
d’affaires. The new step contained
potentialities for settling the five
year-old feud between the two
countries, but President Tito de
clared in a speech yesterday:
“The exchange of ambassadors
does not mean normalization of
relations, and does not mean im
provement of relations.
“Never again will we trust them
(the Russians) 100 per cent.”
Thirty Thousand Chinese Rip Into
Allied Lines As Armistice Nears
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Developments Point To
Imminent Armistice
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, UP)—Signs of a quick
truce increased today even as
Communist armies to the east
smashed south in a stretch drive
offensive.
Although reasons behind the
eleventh hour Red attack left ob
servers mystified, these develop
ments pointed to an imminent
armistice:
1. Word leaked out that staff
officers writing the last details of
the armistice have struck no
snags. However, they may have to
consider the changing battle line,
which might change the 2Vfc-mile
wide truce buffer zone they are
setting up.
2. Troops and supply trucks
poured into this base camp as
the Allies rushed preparations for
the huge prisoner exchange . to
follow an armistice.
3. Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor,
U.N. field commander, warned his
Eighth Army by radio that the
impending armistice would not
end the war in itself and told the
soldiers to stay ready to fight if
necessary. He said the “possibility
of an armistice has increased to
the point that we must consider
what a signing would mean . .
Thirty-four Japanese
Firms To Form Company
Handle Alaska Resources
TOKYO, UP)—Thirty-four Japa
nese companies are discussing
plans for a multi-million-dollar
corporation to develop and har
vest Alaskan forest resources,
Kyodo news agency reported to
day.
Kyodo said the participants first
would organize a Japanese com
pany which would then set up
an American corporation.
A 2V2 - million - dollar lumber
mill would be constructed the
first year. Half the lumber and
all the chips would be exported to
Japan.
The mill would be followed by
a pulp plant capable of 10,000
tons of pulp a year. All the pulp
would be shipped to Japan.
The Japanese company, Kyodo
said, would invest in the Ameri
can corporation and would act as
the American corporation’s sole
agency in Japan.
HOUSE WILL VOTE TO
EXTEND EXCESS PROFITS TAX
WASHINGTON, W) — Hou'se
Speaker Martin said today he ex
pects the House to vote an exten
sion of the excess profits tax. He
indicated Congressignal leaders
might, if necessary, by - pass the
House Ways and Means commit
tee which has such legislation
bottled up.
Parachutist Dies Before 50,000
MANNHEIM, Germany, tP) —
French parachutist Roger Au
douin dropped to his death from
an altitude of 5,000 feet here last
night before a horrified crowd of
: 50,000 after his parachute failed
■to open.
* SEOUL, UP) — Thirty thousand
Communists ripped into Allied
lines today, breaking through as
deep as two miles in the mightiest
Red offensive in two years.
Two- South Korean divisions on
the east-central front buckled un
der an assault by two fresh Chi
nese divisions about 20,000 sol
diers.
A few miles to the west, an
other 10,000 Reds pierced Allied
lines in several places before they
were halted in bloody trench
fighting by infantrymen of the
U. S. Third and South Korean
Ninth Divisions.
U.S. airmen flying shuttle mis
sions dumped more than 2,225,000
pounds of bombs on the flaming
40-mile front. Smoke of battle
could be seen for 60 miles.,
It was the greatest Red drive
since the 1951 spring offensive,
and apparently intended to gain
the Communists as much ground
as possible before the impending
armistice.
Fighting raged throughout the
day and last reports described it
as “fluid”—meaning in full blast
and undecided.
Some Allied officers considered
the offensive a Communist move
to punish the South Koreans,
whose government has threatened
to drive to the Manchurian border
if a truce is signed. There was a
possibility, too, that 'the Reds
wanted one final victory before
an armistice, for prestige purposes.
Frontline officers said the Com
munist gains were so great that
the line of demarcation between
the opposing armies, supposedly
being worked out by truce nego
tiators at Panmunjom may have
to be revised.
By terms of the proposed armis
tice, each side is supposed to pull
back two kilometers—about IVi
miles — within 72 hours of the
signing, leaving a 2V£-mile wide
“buffer zone.”
In a demonstration of aerial
superiority Sunday, Allied fight
ers and bombers flew a record
1,600 sorties, without loss or dam
age to a single plane.
Supreme Court Reverses
Perjury-Conspiracy
Conviction Harrv Bridges
WASHINGTON/ (£>—'The Sup
reme Court today reversed the
perjury - consiparcy conviction of
Harry Bridges, left wing West
Coast longshore leader.
The high tribunal directed that
the indictment against Bridges be
dismissed.
The Australian - born Bridges
was convicted of lying when he
told a 1945 naturalization hearing
that he was not a Communist. He
was sentenced to five years in
Federal prison and his United
States citizenship was revoked.
Bridges was indicted in 1949, as
a result of the statement he made
iij 1945 at the naturalization hear
ing.
Justice Burton said the statute
of limitations — that is the law
governing the period in which
crimes may be charged—had run
out. Hence Burton said, the indict
ment “came too late to be effect
ive.”