Truman Keeps
Word: “Gives
Republicans Hell"
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Republican blight wipe out your
prosperity?”
Mr. Truman's biting language on
the domestic farm issue contrast
ed sharply wit ha solmn assur
ance that this government is doing
everything possible to avoid war.
He told his farm audience he
knew that “the war talk which is
so prevalent today is causing all of
you deep concern.”
“It is plain enough,” he con
tinued gravely, “that we are fac
ing a disturbing international sit
uation.
“I should like every American to
realize that this country is making
every effort to preserve the
’ peace.”
He said American leaders have
“kept our tempers” and "stood
firm” and that they will “continue
working for peace with every in
strument at our command” while
"buiilding up our strength.” This,
he said, is being done in the
knowledge that world peace and
United tSates interests require us
to be "strong and vigilant.”
His brief reference to the tense
international situation, however,
was “not the main point I wish to
cover today.” And he launched in
to the political speech for which
he travelled here on the first leg of
a 9,500-mile stumping tour in
which he has said he will fight
hard and “give ’em hell.”
He used the expression “gluttons
of privilege” and "Republican
gluttons of privilege” a half dozen
times and accused them of talking
“plain hokum.”
He told the farmers that in only
two years of control of Congress,
the Republicans were able to
weaken your position gravely.”
“If they should get both Con
gress and the Presidency,” Mr.
Truman went on, “what they have
taken away from you thus far
would be only an appetizer for the
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Anchorage Sends
Greetings To San
Antonio, Texas
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SAN ANTONIO, Tex., W-Two
B-29’s, carrying fresh vegetables
and a 25-pound Alaska king sal
mon, arrived here Saturday—com
pleting a non-stop flight from An
chorage, Alaska, in 21 hours and
45 minutes.
The planes arrived at Randolph
air force base today noon. The
flights were part of the celebration
of air force day.
Bob Atwood, president of the
Anchorage chamber of commerce
wrote in a letter handed C. J.
Crampton, vice president and gen
eral manager of the San Antonio
chamber:
“These bomb bays could have
been loaded with atom bombs for
the purpose of dropping on your
industrial plants.” ,
He expressed the hope that these
“bomb bays always be available
for carrying gifts of goodwill and
friendship.”
WOMEN CAN NOW TAKE UP
COURSE IN ATHLETICS
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. (£>)—A
study course designed to help
housewives understand the fine
points of athletic contests without
pestering their husbands with silly
questions was added today to the
adult education program here.
The course will be for women
only. It will teach sports terms
and scoring systems of football,
boxing, baseball, tennis, golf, bas
ketball and other games often un
derstood only by the male side of
the family.
REV. HARTJES TO BE SHISH
MAREF MISSIONARIES
Rev. and Mrs. Edson G. Hartje,
who have been absent from this
area for several years, returned
this week to take over the mission
work at Shishmaref. Their son
John accompanies them.
economic tapeworm of big busi
ness.”
Splits Skull In
Plane Accident
I
FORT LEWIS, (AV-Injured in
a plane accident on landing at the
Adak field, Alaska, S/Sgt. Russel
F. Crider, 29, of Harrisville, Miss.,
was rushed by airplane to Madigan
general hospital here Friday.
Crider, who has a serious skull
injury, a split of about nine inches,
was given temporary treatment at
Madigan. He was then taken to
McChord AFB where he boarded
another plane for Lettermon gen
eral hospital at San Francisco
where he was operated upon.
The plane at Adak skidded on a
wet runway and went into a ditch.
Crider was thrown through a door
without injury, but struck his
head when thrown into another
compartment of the plane.
CELEBRATE 62 YEARS
OF WEDDED LIFE
SEATTLE, (/P)—Capt. and Mrs.
A. J. Goddard of Woodinville,
Alaska pioneers who together op
erated the first steamer on the up
per Yukon river, will celebrate
j their 62nd wedding anniversary on
| Thursday.
i On June 21, 1898, Goddard pi
, loted his steamer, named for him,
j into Dawson, Yukon Territory,
from Bennett near the British Co
lumbia line. Mrs. Goddard accom
panied him, and she was the first
i licensed woman pilot on the river.
In recent years the Goddards
have'been active in the affairs
of the Washington and Alaska pio
neers.
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HARLD GATTY TO TRY FOR
! TUNA IN FIJI ISLANDS
LOS ANGELES, iff) — Harold
j Gatty, Australian airman, is plan
ning a commercial tuna fishing
venture in the Fiji islands.
Gatty, who was navigator for
the late Wiley Post on a ’round the
world flight in 1931, is complet
ing arrangements here for the Fiji
enterprise. He is president of
South Seas Marine Products, Ltd.,
and also a consultant for Pan
American Airways.
General Election, October 12, 1948
ELECT
GEO. J. WALDHELM
Republican Candidate
FOR
SENATOR
ELECT *
ALMER J. PETERSON
FEARLESS — INDEPENDENT — ENERGETIC
#
Republican Candidate
FOR
Attorney General
GENERAL ELECTION — OCTOBER 12th. 1948 '
QUALIFICATIONS OF A VOTER: ANY AMERICAN CITIZEN 21
YEARS OF AGE, RESIDENT OF ALASKA ONE YEAR AND RESID
ING IN PRECINCT 30 DYS BEFORE ELECTION MAY VOTE. NO
* PREVIOUS REGISTRATION NECESSARY.
Emil Ludwig, 67.
Biographer, Dies
ASCONA, Switzerland, </P)—Emil
Ludwig, 67, world famous biogra
pher, playwright and political es
sayist, died at his home here Fri- '
day night.
Among Ludwig’s works was the
"Life of Napoleon." which he
adapted to a motion picture in Hol
lywood in 1933. His biographies in
cluded Jesus, Goethe, Bismarck, ;
Beethoven, William II, Lincoln
and Wilhelm Hohenzollem.
He made no attempt to return
to Germany after the rise of Hit
ler. Several of his books were
burned by the Nazis.
Ludwig was known widely in
the United States through popular
reading of his biographies and
such works as “The Nile.” He also
went on American lecture tours.
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HOBBS TAKE DOGTEAM
TO McGRATH STATION
Mr. adn Mrs. P. J. Hobbs, who
I have been on St. Lawrence Island
for the past year passed through
Nome Saturday enroute to their
new station at McGrath. They took
with them several dogs of a team
they used on the Islnad last win
ter, and will get much use of them
in the McGrath area this winter as
soon as the snow flies. The Hobbs,
plus dogs, arrived in Nome Friday
afternoon on the Vicky C from St.
Lawrence Island and left for their
new home Saturday via the Alaska
Airlines.
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PETERSON HERE ON GOP
CAMPAIGN TOUR
i Aimer J. Peterson, of Anchor
age, Republican candidate for the,
office of attorney general, arrived
on the Alaska Airlines plane this
morning and is conducting a vig- |
orous campaign in behalf of the
Republican ticket, throughout the
Territory.
i Mr. Peterson stated he was plan
ning to tell his fellow Republicans
that they must continue their ac
: tive campaign in order to win this
most important election. He will
be guest speaker at a general
meeting called by Robert E. Long, j
president of the Nome Republican
Club, and which will be held in
the City Hall Tuesday night.
PHYLLIS ROELL ARRIVES
AT STEVENS COLLEGE
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roell \
have had word from their daugh
ter Phyllis, of her safe arrivel at,
Stevens College where she has en- 1
Tuna Fisheries May
Become Important
Alaska Industry
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hauling them in, Anderson said.
He heard their argument among
fishermen that American post-war
atomic bomb experiments in the
Marshall Islands area might have
chased the tuna into northern wa
ters and also might have contrib
uted to the scarcity of Pacific coast
salmon and sardines in recent
years.
Guesses that the Japanese cur
rent may be shifting northeast
ward, closer to the North Ameri
can continent—thus extending the
range of warm-water fish— also
have been hazarded.
“The government’s central Pa
cific fishery research program that
is just getting under way should
shed some light on our Pacific
coast fisheries,” said Anderson.
“At present there’s no basis for
that talk about the atomic bombs
or the Japanese current. It’s quite
possible tuna have been in north
ern waters all along, and we sim
ply haven’t found out about it any
earlier. There’s been very little re
search to date in that area.”
Tuna were caught commercially
off Oregon and Washington for the
first time in the early 1930’s, An
derson said. By 1945 the annual
albacore catch of those two states
had increased to 18,208,000 pounds.
Within the past three years tuna
also have been fished commercial
ly off southern British Columbia,
the 1947 catch totaling 900,000
pounds. The British Columbia gov
ernment operated three research
vessels out of Victoria this year to
aid the halibut fleet, idle much of
the year, in tuna operations.
Anderson said the fish and wild
life service is watching the Alas
kan situation closely. As yet, he
said, it is unable to determine def
initely whether a permanent tuna
fishery for the Territory will be
developed.
HOSTESSES AT NEW ZEALAND
TEA PARTY
Mrs. Andrew Nerland and Emily
Morgan were hostesses at a New
Zealand tea party at the Nerland
residence on Sunday. Their many
friends enjoyed the different deli
cacies served in real New Zealand
fashion.
rolled for the year. Phyllis has
been employed at the Nome post
office.
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