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VOL. L. No. 82. Nome, Alaska. Friday. July 9. 1948. ‘ PER COPY 15^
RAILROAD ENDS
WAGE DISPUTE
WASHINGTON, — (A*) —The
year-old wage dispute that nearly !
tied up the nation’s railroad sys-'
tem is settled.
The three strike-threatening un
ions came to terms with the car-,
riers at the White House last
night.
But a new round of pay boost
demands on behalf of all of the
1,250,000 railroad workers is just
around the corner. Management
officials look for that struggle to
begin in earnest in September.
However, the long procedure
called for by the Railway Labor
Act will delay any possible new
strike for several months after
that.
In the meantime the railroads
will be back under private oper
ation.
The government seized them
last May and then got a court
order forbidding the walkout that
had been ordered by the three un
ions—the Locomotive Engineers,
the Locomotive Firemen and En
ginemen and the 'Switchmen.
In announcing the settlement
the White House said the lines
will be freed of Army control as j
the necessary papers can be drawn.!
The 18 unions all received a
15 1/2 - cent hourly increase last |
fall but the three strike-threaten-!
ing brotherhoods refused to settle
for that without some changes in |
the operating rules, That is what
they got in the peace plan pro
posed on Wednesday by presiden
tial assistant John R. Steelman
and accepted by both sides last
night.
Three Planes
Are Wrecked In
Attempted Rescue
An Air Force L-5 aircraft from
Marks Air Force Base suffered
damage Wednesday in an attemp
ted take off from a strip of beach
near the mouth of Cripple River.
The plane, on a routine flight,
observed a small, civilian plane
upside down in about ten feet
of water near the mouth of Cripple
River. The Air Force pilot, upon
contacting by radio, civilian au
thorities in Nome and learning
the identity of the downed craft
and its occupant(s) was unknown,
landed on the beach near the
wreck to investigate. Upon land
ing it was learned that the civil
ian aircraft in the water belonged
to Les Bronson of Nome, who had
wrecked his plane attempting to
take off from the beach. Bronson
was in a native cabin and unhurt
(but very wet and cold). After re
laying the news back to Nome
the Air Force plane, during take
off from the beach, suffered dam
age due to existing driftwood on
the beach. The occupants, 1st.
Lt. Roger P. Stewart and 1st. Lt.
Charles A. Lewis, were unhurt, but
unable to take off. A weasel (trac
tor tread vehicle) was sent out
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Flying Freighters
Ferry Foodstuffs
From Frankfurt
FRANKFURT, Germany, — (IP)
—Flying food and coal to Ber
lin is just a snap to battle veter
ans running the big C-54 trans
ports.
Most of them have delivered
bombs, troops and Army supplies
ih combat. Many have had ex
periences a lot worse since the
war, such as flying for the U.S.
Air Force in Alaska.
After a week of shutling back
and forth between Frankfurt and
Berlin to overcome the Russian
blockade, high Air Force officers
say the crews are tired. They
should be, for they are on duty
16 hours, off 16, then back for
another 16, flying at least four
round trips every three days.
The flyers themselves find it
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High Army Men
On Alaska Tour
Of Inspection
ANCHORAGE, — (JP) —A 10
day inspection of Alaska military
installations w.as underway today
by 12 high Army officials.
The party which arrived at Fort
Richardson yesterday, includes
Gen. Lawton Collins, Army Depu
ty Chief of Staff; Gordon Gray,
Assistant Secretary for Army; and.
Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler,
Chief of the Corps of Engineers.
The group flew here from Mc
Chord Field.
ARMY GIVES
MUCH EQUIPMT
NW FLOOD ZONE
By William E. Lowell
(AP Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, — (/P) —Re
lief materials valued at more than
$1,000,000 have been sent to the
recently flooded areas of the north
west by the War Assets Admin
istration .
The shipments included a wide
variety of property, ranging from
a mobile crane to tableware and
| bed pillows.
As a result of negotiations with
the Army for equipment not yet
declared surplus but sadly needed
in the flood zone, the Alaska Com
mand agreed to ship, without ex
pense, 50 pieces of construction
machinery.
Fire Destroys
Fish Cannery
At Hydaburg
KETCHIKAN, — </P) — The
second costly fire of southeastern
Alaska’s current dry spell left
the cooperatively owned Hydaburg
cannery a pile of smoldering em
bers early today.
The cannery provides a major
portion of the income of the Prince
of Wales Island community’s 350
natives. Damage was estimated
at $150,000.
The fire started late yesterday
in the cannery building but in a
short time spread to the $60,000
warehouse completed last month
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INTERNATIONAL
! AFFAIRS
AT A GLANCE
UNDATED INTERNATIONAL—
(By the Associated Press)
War returned to Palestine today
on land and in the air.
Within five hours after the four
weeks armistice ended, a lone air |
plane, probably Egyptian, bombed '
northern Tel Aviv.
Israel and Egypt reported scat
tered combet, though apparently
not on a full scale offensive, in
southern Palestine. Mortar and
small arms fire were exchanged
in Jerusalem. Northern Palestine
appeared quiet.
HAIFA
The Israeli command said the
Jews captured the villages of Beit
Affa, Iraq Suweidan and Ibdis
from the Egyptian army. They are
near Majdal, 28 miles south of
Tel Aviv. The Jews acknowledged
the loss of Kaukaba and Huleiqat.
Their communique said 30 Egyp
, tians were killed and many others
wounded in the war’s renewal.
Cleavage between the seven Ar
ab nations and the Jews appeared
as wide as ever over establishment
of the Jewish nation.
U.S. and French warships sailed
from Haifa with about 160 of the
200 U.N. truce observers aboard.
Most of the other 40 remained in
Jerusalem.
LAKE SUCCESS ^
The U.N. Security Council al
lowed the Palestine truce to end
without acting. The United States
warned the seven warring Arab
states of strong measures—force
if necessary. Syria countered by
saying “Use your atomic bombs, i
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ROCKETS ADDED TO ARMAMENT OF JET FIG H T E R PLANE
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Eight high velocity rockets (HVARS) have been added to the armament
of the Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter, as shown in ground and flight
views here. Thunderjets already carry six M3 type 50 calibre machine
guns and fly in 600 mph range. Republic Aviation has about 1000 of these
craft on order from the Air Force. (A° Wirephoto.)
Maritime Comm.
Negotiating For
Alaska Service
WASHINGTON, — (&) —An
official of the Maritime Commis
sion said yesterday negotiations
for chartering ships for Alaskan
service are still in progress.
Commissioner Grenville Mellen,
who has been handling the matter
is out of the city and is not ex
pected to return until Monday.
An assistant told a reporter a
careful study of new legislation is
being made and “every effort is
being made to work out an ar
rangement which will be fair to
the government, the operators and
the public.”
He declined to say what spe
cific differences are delaying an
arrangement between the com
mission and shipping companies
on new contracts.
RAILROADS GET
FARE INCREASES
WASHINGTON, — (JP) —The
Eastern Railroads today were be
ing granted a new increase in pas
senger fares averaging 17 per cent.
The new fares can be put into
effect by the railroads upon five
days’ notice to the public.
The raise was authorized by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
for all of the railroads doing pas
senger business north of the O
hio and Potomac rivers and east
of the Mississippi.
The ICC order sustained the car
riers’ request for an advance of
20 percent in basic passenger
coach fares and 14.3 percent in
basic fares in sleeping and parlor
cars.
The increases are in addition
to the general 10 percent hike in
passenger fares granted by the
commission throughout the coun
try last year.
Four Fishermen
Are Drowned In
Bristo Bay Area
SEATTLE, — (/P) —The Alaska
Fishermen’s Union received word
today that four fishermen from the
Northwest drowned in storms in
Bristol Bay, Alaska.
Oscar Anderson, business man
ager of the CIO Union, said the
victims were Gustav Olson, Seat
tle; Ole Lamvick, Portland; Hjal
mar Harju, Kalama, and Oscar
Peterson, Woodland.
The men, gill-netting in 30-foot
open boats, drowned in separate
accidents, Anderson reported. Ol
son and Lamvick were drowned
last Friday, and Harju and Peter
son Wednesday.
Anderson said the accidents were
reported in telegrams to the union
and to the packing companies
here. He said the weather in Br s
tol Bay has been unusually bad
this season.