NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VO L.XLVIII. No. 125 NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1946 PER COPY—15c
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NEWS IN BRIEF
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WASHINGTON. f/P)—'The Jus
tice department announced today i
it will ask a federal grand jury
here to return a new treason in
dictment against Douglas Chand
ler and Robert Best who were ac
cused in 1943 of having broadcast
Nazi propaganda over radio Ber-1
lin.
Officials would not say what ef
fects existing indictments may
have.
^ A department spokesman told
reporters that three Germans will
be brought here in about a week '
to testify against the pair before
the grand jury.
CHICAGO, (/P)—Vice Admiral
Louis Denfeld, chief of naval per
sonnel .asserted today that “a high
degree of success has marked the
Experiments conducted to defend
our navy against future use of;
warfare.”
Denfeld, assigned to take com
mand of the Pacific fleet next
year, said that the U. S. Navy—1
which he termed ‘‘still the great
est in the world” despite retire-,
ment of many ships—have moved
into ‘a‘n unprecedented period of
scientific development.
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IOWA CITY, la. f^t-Two Uni- i
versity of Iowa students sat down
at a table inside a double display j
window of an Iowa City restau- ,
rant yesterday and while a crowd
outside watched, many enviously, |
started eating steaks in a contest
celebrating the end of price con
trols on meat.
* An hour and 20 minutes later
one of the students, John McKay,
w-Vio weighs 250 pounds and is f' j
tebt 4 inches tall, had polished off
eight steaks. The second contest- I
ant, Bill Mahone, of Clear Lake, I
la., had consumed six but with;
the time limit set at two hours and
a class coming up, he conceded J
victory to McKay.
SEATTLE. (j*P) — Pioneers of
Alaska and the Yukon will get to
gether next Wednesday night at
the annual banquet of the Alaska
Yukon Pioneers at the Masonic
temple.
There won’t be much of a pro
gram, but they will do a bit of
eating and then settle back in
their chairs to recall old times and
greet old friends, acording to John
A. Buck, one of the original 89’ers
and recorder for the association.
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NEW YORK. (£>)_Tami Mau
riello, the Bronx heavyweight
knocked out by Joe Louis in their
title bout last month, is the father
of a seven-pound baby . boy, bom
to Mrs. Mauriello yesterday at
Parkohester general hosjpital. It is
their first child
MILDRED MAYNARdI
^MARRIED IN JUNEAU!
Mrs. George Maynarci, formerly
jpfjtNome . ’-’s annoupcetp the mar
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"Ike” Lands a Big One
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MINOCQUA, WIS. — (Soundphoto) — Enjoying their first vacation together since 1926, the five
Eisenhower brothers, of whom General Dwight D. Eisenhower is the internationally famous member,
show off their limit catch of 10-17-pound “Muskies,” plus an 8-pound Northern Pike caught in \V isconsin s
famed Lac Du Flambeau waters. Left to right: Arthur, of Kansas; General “Ike”; Edgar, Tacoma,
Wash.; Milton, Manhattan, Kan.; and Earl, Charleroi, Pa. A “Muskie” must be over 30 inches long
to be a “keeper.”
Ask For Support
Sans Reservations
JUNEAU, (/Pi—Attorney Gen
eral Rivers said today he was
writing Interior Secretary J. A.
Krug, asking that his valued sup
port for Alaska Statehood be
without reservations. He referred
to a recent Seattle dispatch in
which the secretary was quoted as
favoring statehood for the Terri
tory, with the federal government
retaining control over salmon fish
eries pending a report from Con
gressional House Fisheries sub
committee, headed by Rep. Henry
M. Jackson (D.-Wash.).
Rivers said Alaska could con
trol fisheries by a commission
which would be as responsible as
any federal agency.
ROTARY CLUB
MET YESTERDAY
The Rotary Club of Nome held
its regular meeting yesterday at a
noon luncheon. Plans were dis
cussed regarding the big celebra
tion to be held soon on the entry of
the Nome club into the Rotary In
ternational. The charter was re
ceived on the 8th of October but
the ceremony and presentation
will take place in the early part
of November.
Father Tom Cunningham was a
guest speaker at the luncheon, and
told the Rotarians about U. S. re
lations in the Far East.
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In 1767 James Hargreaves de
veloped the “Spinning Jenny,” in
principle a spinning wheel with
many upright spindles.
Highlights And
Views On Alaska
Election
JUNEAU, (>P>—New unofficial
returns from 47 of the 60 precincts
in the Fourth Judicial District
election indicated today that Dem
ocrat Robert Hoopes had forged
ahead of Republican Lawrence W.
Meath and that Jessie R. Dale,
Democrat, was close behind
Meath. A. F. Coble, Republican,
and Joy M. Johnson still were
leading. Five are to be elected to
the House of Representatives.
Unofficial returns from 2P> of
the Second District’s 33 precincts
showed Edward Andreson, Nome,
Republican, had moved ahead of
W. E. McDonald, Nome, Demo
I crat. in the four-seat House race.
| Leading them were C. D. Ander
i son, Nome, Republican; L. E. Ost,
| Nome, Republican, and W. W.
Laws. Nome, Republican.
KETCHIKAN, (/P)—Republican
gains in the Alaska election are
not surprising, said Delegate E. L.
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Kl ukwans Do INol
Want Reservation
JUNEAU, (/T*)—Klukwan Indi
ans want no reservation, they
made clear at a hearing at Kluk
wan Tuesday. Don Foster, general
manager for the Alaska Native
Service, reported today on his re
turn here.
He said the older generation ap
peared to favor having lands set
aside for exclusive use, but ob
jected to the term “reservation,”
while the younger natives were
opposed to any kind of reserva
tion, as they want to take their
place among the whites.
He said they desire “security
lands” with aboriginal claims ex
tending to Canada along both
shores of Lynn canal, excluding
Skagway and Haines. Under res
ervation policies they would not
I get outright title, with power to
sell or trade their land.
Alaska Steamer To
Carry Coal to China
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SEATTLE—The veteran Alaska
freighter Derblay, bought by Chi
nese interests, will load a full
cargo of coal soon to carry to
Shanghai after the maritime strike
is settled, shipping circles said to
day. The 3,475-ton vessel, sold by
; the Alaska Steamship Company to
the Yu Chung Steamship, Ltd.,
Shanghai, is the seventh of the
company’s vessels sold recently.
William Byrd, dubbed “Father
of Musicke,” was the pioneer
among English composers of
Queen Elizabeth’s day.
Alaska Day,
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ALASKA—The greatest of the
territories of the United States in.
area and in prospective resources.
It practically is divided into three
distinctive regions—the main ter
ritory, the panhandle or souAt
eastern Alaska, and the Aleutian
archipelago.
The main territory includes all
that part of the continent of NorA
America to the west of the 141st
meridian of west longitude; the
other boundaries are the Arciir
Ocean to the north, Bering Sea
to the west and the Pacific Ocean
to the south.
The panhandle of Southeastern
Alaska comprises a narrow fringe
of continental coast—with the out
lying adjacent islands, extending
from Portland Canal north to Mi
St. Elias.
The Aleutian Archipelago coBr
sists of all the islands west of the
Alaskan peninsula to include Atfer
off the Asiatic coast. Under Ara»
ican jurisdiction also are the is
lands of the Bering Sea—the Prib
iloffs. St. Lawrence and others
near the Alaskan mainland.
The geographical extension of
Alaska is very great, from 51 de
grees north in the Aleutian Arch
ipelago to about 72 degrees north
latitude at Point Barrow, and
from 130 degrees west longitude*
in the Portland Canal, westward
to Attu Island in 173 degrees east
longitude.
Its area, 590,884 square miles,
is greater than Texas, California,
and Montana combined, or by the
same token it is greater than the
area of the twenty-one smallest
states combined.
ALASKA DAY
All federal offices were closed
today in observance of Alaska
Day. a legal holiday.
GOD BLESS ALASKA
God bless Alaska, land that we
love
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with the light
from above.
Chorus
From the mountains
From the water
From the tundra wide and lone
God bless Alaska, our
Home Sweet Home.
While the storm clouds gather
Over land and sea
Let us show allegiance.
Let us make her free.
—Contributed
NOME DRAMA CLUB
PREPARING PLAYS
The Nome Drama Club is pre
paring to present a s*» *ies of plays
in the near future. Plans are being
made by the members for some
very entertaining and interesting
plays. Anyone interested in this
type of recreation is invited to get
in touch with Mrs. Richard We*bl»
at the Wien Airlines office.