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VOL. Lll. No. 59 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1950 Per Cop>—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
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FAIRBANKS, (/P)—A navy sci- i
entist, missing for nine days, was
identified Wednesday night as
Rogers D. Hamilton. The identifi
cation was made by Johns Hop-:
kins University, sponsor of the j
Arctic Research Laboratory at
Barrow, Alaska, where Hamilton
is an assistant.
The scientist and pilot Bert
Galbreath have been unreported
since taking off from here May 9
on a flight to Barrow. Pilots of
searching planes said they had
drawn a complete blank for their
efforts.
EDMONTON, Alta.. </P) — No
trace has been found of a U. S.
C-54 plane reported spotted on
the ground northwest of Watson
Lake, Y. T., the Northwest Air
Command headquarters said here
Wednesday night.
The wreckage was reported ear
lier this week, but a search of a
600-square-mile area failed to re
veal any trace of the plane.
DAWSON, Y. T. (JP)—One sea
mon drowned and his two com
panions were arrested Wednesday
in what police said was an at
tempt to escape after a series of
attempted robberies.
The drowned man was Constan
tinos Theoharis. Arrested on
charges of theft were B. Bnllaski
and S. Ackerman. All are from
Vancouver. B. C., and crewmen
aboard the freighter Whitehorse
now undergoing spring repairs
here.
Police said the trio beat up J.
Salois. proprietor of the Westmin
ster Hotel, robbed the till of the
Rochester Hotel and attempted to
rob the Royal Alexandria Hotel
and Arcade Cafe.
As the alarm spread, citizens
took up the chase. The trio jumped
into a leaky rowboat in an attempt
to escape but the craft capsized
150 yards from shore.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—'The Sen
ate virtually killed the Fair Em
ployment Practices bill for the !
session today by refusing to block ,
filibustering by Southern oppon- I
ents.
The test came on an attempt to
choke off debate on a motion to
bring before the Senate for con
sideration this key measure of
President Truman’s civil rights
program.
A cloutre 'debate limiting- peti
tion fell short by 12 votes of get
ting the required 64 for adoption.
A roll call showed 52 “yes” and
32 “no” votes.
SEATTLE, (/PI — Carmena
French, Sitka, has been elected
vice president of the Associated
Stucfents of Seattle Pacific College
for the next school year.
SEATTLE, (/P) — A group of
Seattle business leaders will sail
aboard the SS. Aleutian tomorrow
for the annual Seattle Chamber of
Commerce sponsored tour of
Alaska.
The party is scheduled td reach
Ketchikan Monday morning. The
tour will include visits to Juneau,
Fairbanks, Anchorage, Seward,
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‘"Alaska Statehood
Chances Loom
Brighter*'—Bartlett
(By Charles D. Watkins)
((/Pi Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON, l/P) — Alaska’s
chances of winning statehood
from the present Congress are
brightening, in the opinion of the
Territory’s Delegate in Congress,
E. L. Bartlett.
Bartlett said today that while
the statehood bill still has to clear
many obstacles he feels there has
been a distinct trend in the Sen
ate toward approval of the legis
lation, already passed by the
House.
He told a reporter he believes
that if the Senate insular affairs
committee approves the measure,
Senate passage will follow. The
committee plans to take up the
bill next week.
Bartlett added that he thinks
the Senate committee soon will
approve another bill of import
ance to Alaska. This is a measure
authorizing the proposed $20,000,
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Fisheries Control
\\ ill Remain \\ ith
Federal Govt.
JUNEAU, (/P)—A Senate com
mittee revision of the Alaska
Statehood bill, described in Wash
ington as a tentative “work sheet,”
provides for regulation and con
trol of Alaska’s commercial fish
eries to remain with federal agen
cies if the Territory wins State
hood.
The proposed measure is being
re-drafted by the Senate commit
tee on interior and insular affairs.
A copy of it was received here by
Territorial Sen. Howard Lyng of
Nome, the Democratic National
Committeemai* for Alaska.
When advised of the Juneau re
port, a Senate committee spokes
man said the copy received here
“is a confidential work sheet and
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SCHOOL TERM CLOSES
TODAY—MAY 19
Today marks the end of the
school year after a week spent
with final examinations. The week
was highlighted by picnics for all
the grades as well as the high
school. Some of the groups spent
the day on Anvil Mountain, others
went down the Cape Road.
The first graders spent a most
enjoyable picnic time on the
school grounds playing games and
eating most everything that little
folks like, highlighted by icecream
made for them by Bert McCarthy.
Valdez, and Petersburg, with re
turn to Seattle by June 6.
Thomas M. Pelly. president of;
the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, heads the group of busi
ness men who include Harold
Afer, H. L. Van Ness, Chester Gib
bon, Glen G. Walker and A. L.
Ganson. They will be joined by
other members of'the Alaska Di
vision of the Chamber already in
Alaska.
Alfred Lomen, Sr.,
Old-Timer Here, I
Passes On At 61
SEATTLE, IP)—Alfred Julian
Lomen, 61, president of the Lo
men Commercial Co., at Nome,
died in a hospital Wednesday
Wednesday night after a lingering
illness.
Lomen was prominent in the
business and political life of the
Territory from the time he first
went to Nome in 193. He was a
leader in two famous air searches
and also was well known for his
reindeer-propagating enterprise.
Lomen was in charge of the ex
pedition that sought Ben Eielson
i and Earl Borland when they were
lost on an Arctic flight. He coor
inated the search by a dozen pi
lots operating out of Teller, and
by Russians, some of whom had
flown from Moscow to partici
pate.
The bodies of the airmen finally
were found in Siberia and were
returned to the States for burial.
Lomen was also the first white
man to reach the scene just south
of Point Barrow where Will Rog
1 ers and Wiley Post crashed to
their deaths in 1935. He helped
fly the first photographs out to
Seattle.
Lomen was one of five brothers
prominently identified with Alas
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Four Graduates In
Class Of 1950
Graduation exercises were held
last evening in the Nome School
Auditorium for the Class of 1950,
who were: Harold Bell, Dean
I
Bronson, Irene Gray, and Olga
Hay.
The program opened with a
Processional “Grand March from
Aida” played by Juanita Fager
strom, during which the four
graduates filed slowly down the
auditorium in caps and gowns.
This was followed by the invo
cation given by Rev. L. E. Hud
: gins.
The Salutatory was given by
Harold Bell who was an outstand
ing member of the school basket
ball team this year.
The Glee Club, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Wra. Cameron, pre
sented “Bells of St. Mary’s” which
was enjoyed by all.
Olga Hay was class Valedicto
rian and presented a summary of
what school has meant to her and
appreciation to teachers and par
ents.
The Graduation address was
given by C. C. Tanner, well-known
j attorney, who had as his theme
J “Will Power.” He particularly
stressed to the graduates what he
! considered the outstanding pit -
■ falls of life, namely: Habit of
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Nuslioalook "l)i<l
Not Mean To Si^n
A.F.U. Contracf
SEATTLE i/P»—Joe Nashoalook
says he doesn't intend to go back
to Alaska to do the negotiating
for the Eskimo cannery workers.
“I don’t plan to go to Alaska
until a contract is signed," he de
clared at a news conference here
late Wednesday. “Instead T have
asked two leaders of Local 4fi to
come here for negotiations and
for clarification of the situation."
Joe, of Unalakleet, is executive
secretary of Local 4fi of the In
ternational Fishermen and Allied
Workers of America < IFAWA).
He is caught in a tug-of-war
, here between two CIO unions in
tneir sparring for strength in
Alaska. One is the IFAWA. The
other is the Alaska Fishermen’s
Union, which is taking a referen
dum on whether to withdraw from
IFAWA.
Another wire for Joe to come
home to negotiate was reported
yesterday. The office of Alaska
Salmon Industry, Inc., said it had
been advised from Alaska that
Don Hunter, of the Local 4f> advis
ory council, had sent the wire
from Bethel, in care of the IFAWA
office here.
Joe was not immediately avail
able, but the IFAWA office said
no wire had been received there
for the Eskimo union officer yes
terday morning.
Joe has been in the States since
he came for the IFAWA conven
tion in January.
His news conference was held
Wednesday in the IFAWA office.
It was called by Joseph Jurich, in
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Sr;i Ship Schedules
SEATTLE (VP)—The Bering Sea
steamer schedule for the coming
season was announced yesterday
by H. N. Peterson, general traffic
manager of the Alaska Steamship
company.
Four saililngs are included, the
vessels to be named later. The
j first is listed to depart from Sbat
| tie June 7, for Unalaska, Nome,
Solomon, Golovin, St. Michael,
i Unalakleet, Savoonga and Gam
bell.
The second departure, set for
July 12, is to call at Unalaska,
Nome, Teller, Wales, Shishmaref,
Deering, Keewalik and Kotzebue.
The next sailing is set for Au
gust 18, calling at Unalaska, Nome,
Solomon, Golovin and St. Michael.
, September 28 is the date of the
last Bering Sea sailing this year.
Its ports include Unalaska, St.
I Michael, Unalakleet and Nome.
I Lower Yukon River points are
I server in connection with the
' Northern Commercial Company
j river boat at St. Michael.
“In the event traffic develop
ments warrant, additional vessels
| will be scheduled,” Peterson stat
| ed. “Such a possibility exists this
year if contemplated construction
in the Bering Sea area receives
the ‘green light’ before the end oC
the season.”