OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LII. No. 133
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NEWS IN BRIEF
BERLIN, (JP) — The East Ger
man Railway System flooded
West Berlin yesterday with train
tickets bearing communist slo
gans.
West Berlin police seized 92,000
elevated train tickets in the Span
dau station and setn out squads
to examine the tickets.
Slogans on the new tickets in
cluded:
‘•Ban the atom bomb.”
“Be prepared to defend the
peace.” ^
EDMONTON, Alta., (/P) —Two
persons died of carbon monoxide
poisoning in an automobile here
early yesterday. Police identified
the victims as Douglas Ausley of
Fairbanks, Alaska, and 18-year
old Mary Lika of Edmonton.
Ausley was reported to have
been en route from Fairbanks to
an unknown destination in the
United States.
The couple had apparently
parked the car and left the motor
running so they could keep warm
ir. zero weather.
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—1The stork’s
wings must have iced up at the
gates of Eielson Air Force Base
26 miles from here early Wednes
day as the temperature sulked at
five degrees below zero.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Herring,
who live at Aurora Lodge 40 miles
dow nthe highway from here,
were speeding in their automobile
for the St. Joseph’s hospital here.
When they got as far as the
Eielson gate Mrs. Herring gave
birth to a five-pound boy.
ANCHORAGE, (JP) — Clayton
Rider was killed and John Col
berg badly hurt Wednesday in the
explosion of the gas boat “Cop
per” at Seldovia on the Kenai
Peninsula.
The boat disintegrated in the
blast which rattled town windows.
Rider was a passenger. Corlberg,
the owner, was brought here for
treatment by the Tenth Rescue
Squadron.
JUNEAU, {J-P)—The Bureau of
Public Roads has recommended
the awarding of a contract for sec
tion C of the Richardson Highway
to Lytle and Green Construction
Co. on its lcrw bid of $1,771,091.
The work will be grading and
bituminous surfacing of 38.5 miles,
Big Delta to Rapids, on the Fair
banks-Valdez road.
Other bidders included Stock &
Grove, 9nchorage 1.992,278; Peter
Kiewit & Sons, Seattle, $2,077,
008; Aogers & Babler, Portland,
$2,115,486; Morrison Knudsen,
Seattle, $2,243,537.
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—'The body
of James M. Pierce was en rorute
yesterday to Springdale, Ark.,
home of the slain man’s mother,
Mrs. Ida Pierce.
An inquest Wednesday listed
the cause of death as gunshot
wounds at the hands of Wilbert U.
Wilson during an altercation Oct.
27 at Mountain View.
Wilson is held here under a
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon.
Six Cities Send
Delegates To
Tourist Meeting
Representatives from Fair
banks, Nenana, Nome, Palmer,
Seward and Anchorage, gathered
in KENI’s studio at Anchorage to
take preliminary steps in the or
ganization of an Alaskan Tourist
Bureau. A similar meeting was
held in Juneau on Saturday, act
ing chairman George Sundborg of
the Alaska Development Board
told delegates.
Sc? eager were delegates for the
birth of an Alaskan tourist asso
ciation much of the morning’s
time was devoted to an outline of
plans and projects which repre
sentatives thought the organiza
tion should adopt, rather than to
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All Federal offices will be closed
tomorrow, including the Post Of
fice. Mail will be dispatched as
usual, but there will be no win
dow service, according to Post
master McLean.
Most business houses are also
observing the holiday.
Breakwater Pro
tects Nome As 88
Mile Winds Hit City
With winds recorded as high as
88 miles per hour in peak gusts
late this morning and 63 miles an
hour for a period of a minute err
more, school children and others
going home for lunch made slow
progress.
Telephone wires and power
power lines are down in many
places and pedestrians as well as
drivers of cars are cautioned to be
careful.
Spray from the ocean was car
ried well over town and the break
water was getting a real test and
at press time no damage was re
ported from the south side of
Front Street.
Many of the business men re
ported that without the break
water this storm could have
meant another great loss for the
city.
The U. S. Weather Bureau fore
cast that by evening the storm
will have abated considerably and
winds will probably be down to
about 35 miles per hour.
Telephone Strike
Slowly Paralyzes
Communications
NEW YORK, (ff) — CIO equip
ment workers struck the huge
Bell telephone network from
coast-to-coast yesterday in a work
stoppage that threatened to para
lyze a major link in the nation’s
communications system.
The long-threatened walkout
began at dawn on the east coast
and spread gradually across the
country as the 6 a.m. local time
deadline passed.
The 33.000 strikers are mem
bers of the CIO Communications.
Workers union. Some 16,000 are j
employed by Western Electric
Company, manufacturing and in
stalling arm of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. A Wage dispute touched off
the walkout after the union re
jected a proposed wage increase
of 10 to llVfe cents an hour.
The union asked a “substantial j
boost.”
The remaining strikers are em
ployed by the Michigan Bell Tele
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ELMENDORF A. F. B., Alaska—Lieutenant General W. E. Kepner, Commander-in-Chief, Alaska, has
urged the military throughout Alaska to cooperate with the civilian population in observing the coming
Armistice Day. Commenting on the present important need for community of purpose between members
of the military and civilians, the General said:
“On Saturday, November 11, the nation will again celebrate Armistice Day—a commemoration of
that great day thirty-two years ago when the nations of a free world laid down their arms after having
triumphed in the name of Democracy. We thoughtwe had won a war to end war, and with prayers of
thanksgiving, humbled by the memory of our dead, we looked toward a new era of peace and brother
hood among all men.
“Unfortunately, the dream was not realized. Another generation—another war, fiercer and more
wide-flung than the first. That war, too, meant victory for the forces of Democracy. But once again we
face the threat of a world-wide holocaust. Now, in Korea, American men are dying in an effort to stem
the tide of tyranny and destruction.
“On this coming Armistnce Day, it is hoped that the citizens of Alaska will pause to ponder the
meaning of the day—what it has signified in the past, what it signifies now. It is the memory of a tri
umph—and the challenge to future triumph.
(‘We here in the Territory have an especially vital job to do—a job that cannot be done by the mili
tary alone. If there is a threat to Alaska, there is a threat to the homes and families of Alaska. The armed
forces are ready with all they have, but only a whole-hearted oneness of purpose can see a people
through difficult times. The strength and determination of the citizens of Alaska are needed to support
the strength and determination of the military services to protect this Territory against any danger from
within or without. We should all celebrate Armistice Day by reminding ourselves of the challenges this
country has valiantly met . . . and by dedicating ourselves to the new challenge that faces us in the
1 world today.”
Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
Thursday, November 9, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
Gen. MacArthur’s spokesmen in
Tokyo said today there are 60,000
communist Chinese troops array
ed against U. N. forces in North
Korea and a like number immedi
ately available across the Man
churian frontier.
The war itself slowed down,
with commanders possibly await
ing major diplomatic develop
ments. Communist China has been
asked to appear before the U. N
Security Council and explain the
presence of her troops in North
Korea.
The United States is expected
to press without delay a demand
for the withdrawal of the Chinese
forces fighting in support of the
Red Koreans and a call on all gov
ernments to refrain from? assisting
the North Koreans.
A number of old diplomats urge
a cautious and slow approach to
the ticklish situation in fear it
might explode into a world war.
The great strength of Chinese
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‘‘Alaska Must Be
Defense Bulwark”
WASHINGTON, (jP) — Alaska’s
health commissioner said yester
day the Territory “must become a
bulwark of defense” because of
its proximity to Soviet Russia.
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht addressed
a conference of American and
Canadian scientists, called by the
National Academy of Sciences for
discussion of research on such
Alaskan problems as national de
fense, housing, climate, settlement
and health of the people.
“It’s (Alaska’s) close proximity
to Soviet Russia necessitates it be
strong, and well defended for it is
indeed the back door to u*: United
States,” Albrecht said.
It is also well that Alaska be a
beacon of democracy where all
the rights and privileges of free
men may demonstrate to Red Si
beria just across the Bering Strait
the glories and benefits of free
dom Aider our system of govern
ment."
Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska
told the conference the Territory
was “rediscovered” with the out
break of World War n, and that
he believes “America has redis
covered Alaska for keeps.”
He called this rediscovery “a
continuing and enlarging process”
which has been stimulated by the
“manifestly growing menace of
the Ototalitarian state, the Siberi
an headlands of which are visible
with the naked eye frrm the Alas
kan n ainland and from various
islands off its coast.”
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A “short
age” Of scientific manpower may
limit research and development in
“strategic” Alaska, a defense de
partment official believes.
Deputy secretary F. H. Richard
son of the defense department’s
i research and development board
told a reporter this yesterday be
j fore addressing a private confer
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