Food Poisons Many
In Wenatchee
WENATCHEE, Wash. i/l’i-An
estimated 75 Wenatchee members
of the Elks lodge were stricken by
food poisoning after a lodge din
ner last night and two ambulances
and scores of private cars were
pressed into service rushing the
extremely sick brothers to hospi
tals and private homes.
No deaths resulted and half the
men who attended the dinner, eat
ing the same food as the stricken
victims, were unaffected.
At the height of the excitement
at midnight, Dr. A. G. Young,
speeding to a local hospital, was
seriously injured when his car was
struck by an ambulance, hurrying
back to the Elks headquarters for
another load of victims.
Doctors and hospital attendants
this morning reported all victims
recovering.
Be Wise—Nugget Advertise
Vets* Legislation
Passes House
WASHINGTON, <#»)—'The first
veterans’ legislation of the 80th
Congress—a bill giving ex-GI’s
more time to reinstate their gov
ernment life insurance policies—
sailed through the House today
without opposition.
The veterans committee ap
proved it only yesterday—on re
commendation of the Veterans
Administration and leading veter
ans’ organizations.
Unless the Senate votes prompt
ly, the reinstatement privileges
for the World War II veterans ex
pires Saturday. Under the House
bill, the Veterans Administration
would determine how long they
may have to put their policies
back in force.
“I understand your sister told
you I was a musician?”
“Well, she said you blow your
own trumpet.”
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CHAMBER MEETS AT
NOON LUNCHEON
The NVVA Chamber of Com
merce met at a luncheon in the
Nevada Grill. Teh legislative com
mittee was instructed to keep the
: chamber informed of the activities
of the lP»th legislature regarding
bills, resolutions and memorials,
and to act on all measures ap
proved at previous meetings.
A resolution from the Fairbanks
Chamber regarding the establish
I ment of an experimental unit at
: the University of Alaska for
; musk-ox, for Territorial use, was j
| read.
A motion was passed that the
, Chamber support the resolution.
The committee which is work
! ing on the plan to send the Nome <
High School basketball team to |
i the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous
basket ball tournament re- i
ported that all arrangements were
being made and that the financing
would be done by giving three
dances during the next three
weeks, and that prospects looked
good for the team to show up web
in the tournament. The first of the
dances is scheduled for Friday of
this week, January 31, in the High
School Gym, to commence at 8:30
p.m.
It was announced to the Cham
ber that the Nome Nugget has ar
ranged for special coverage on the
18th legislature in order to keep
its readers, and the legislative
committee of the chamber, in
formed of the progress of bills,
memorials and resolutions.
CAA Requests Big
Sum For Alaska
iTP) Special Washington Service
WASHINGTON. (A5)—The Civil
Aeronautics Administration has
requested $13,994,440 for expendi
ture in Alaska in the fiscal year
starting July 1, according to Dele
gate Bartlett of Alaska.
He said he had been informed
that the agency asked $5,274,440
for establishment of air navigation
facilities and $8,720,000 for opera
tion and maintenance of a Tern ft
and general administration to
gether with enforcement of safety
regulations.
Bartlett added in a statement
that the bureau of mines has re
quested $162,000 for investiga
tions, exploration, inspection and
field offices in its coal research:
the bureau of land management,
$130,150 for protection of forests
and the forest service for $1,013,
000 for its Alaska regional office.
Bartlett said that a recent report
on public lands shows that ap
proximately 365,000,000 acres in
I the Territory are owned by the
government or is under the juris
diction of federal agencies. He said
the general land office had super
vision over 292,200,000 acres, the
fish and wildlife service 8,700,000
acres, the national park service
6,900,000 acres, the war depart
ment 4,900,000 acres and the office
[ of Indian affairs 2,000,000 acres.
Bartlett said the government
owns 99 per cent of the land in the
I Territory compared with 24 per
; cent of the land area in Continen
tal United States.
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BERING SEA CLUB HELD
ANOTHER BRIDGE PARTY
Last evening The Bering Sea
Club held another of its bridge
parties with Roger Johnson, Ben
Mozee and Mrs. Steve Anderson
winners of the prizes. Refresh
ments were served the players af
ter the games.
Asks Boycotts
Be Outlawed
WASHINGTON, (/V) — R. Staf
ford Edwards, president of the
National Electrical Manufacturers
association, said today union sec
ondary boycotts have increased
costs of some electrical fixtures as
much as 500 per cent.
Testifying before the Senate la
bor committee Edwards urged that
Congress outlaw such practices.
The committee is considering
new labor legislation and among
the bills before it is one to pro
hibit secondary boycotts.
Generally speaking, this term is
applied when a union refuses to
handle or work with the products
with which it has no direct dis
pute.
Reds Publish Book
Of U. S. Data
WASHINGTON, </P> — Rep.
Mundt <R.-S.D.) told the House to
day that its committee on unamer
ican activities is investigating Rus
sian publication of a book detail
ing vital United States industrial
information.
Calls For Polish
Election Confab
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Senator
Vandenberg HC-Mich.) called to
ady for “frank and immediate”
Big Three consultations on what
he called “a rigged and terrified”
election in Poland.
Vandenberg, chairman of the
foreign relations committee, who
served as adviser to former secre
tary of state Byrnes, told the Sen
ate he believed that there must be
immediate clarification by the
United States, Great Britain and
Russia of “who is who and what is
what in Poland."
m
Supporting official state depart
ment criticism of the conduct of
the election in which a new gov
ernment was chosen Jan. 19, the
Michigan Senator declared that
the solemn promises of the Big
Three at Yalta and Potsdam for
a “free and unfettered” election
had been violated.
Demanding a tightening of se
curity regulations in this country,
Mundt said:
“We should grant to the Rus
sians over here only what they
grant to us over there.”
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BERING SEA CLUB
Dancing every Saturday and Sunday Night
HYDE’S ORCHESTRA
Bridge Every Tuesday Night
All Bridge Players Invited
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