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VOL. Lll No. 71 NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY. JUNE 16, 1950 Por Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
CALGARY, Alberta, (#>)— Ro
tarians and their wives from New
York State and northern New Jer
sey were given a regular western
sendoff last night on their way
back home from an Alaskan boat
trip.
Indians held a pow-wow on the
railway station platform around
the city by Calgary Rotarians.
Heading the party was Hart I.
Seely, of Waverly, N. Y., pub
lisher of several weekly newspa
pers.
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NEW YORK, (IP)— A special
federal g r a n d jury yesterday
cleared government officials and
agencies of any shortcoming in
the Amerasia stolen documents
case.
1 At the same time, however, the
jury called upon the department
of justice to issue a detailed re
port on the case.
The panel has been investiga
ting subversive activities for the
past 18 months. During its ses
sions, it returned a perjury indict
ment against William W. Reming
ton, former commerce department
economist and espionage indict
ments against Judith Coplin and
Valentin Guditchev.
FAIRBANKS, <(/P)~Ground will
be broken this week for a $1,000,
000 housing project of 73 units,
one-third of which will be com
plete and ready for occupancy in
September. Strand ,Reed and
Martin, Fairbanks, are the own
ers and contractors.
PORTLAND, (!■P)— A houseful
of furniture—minus the house—
flew to Fairbanks, Alaska, yester
day.
All the household equipment of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gillanders,
complete to piano, trailer, and
ground tiller, was put aboard an
Alaska Airlines plane and shipped
to Fairbanks. The freight charges
will amount to $1,600.
Gillander is moving to Fair
banks as auditor for the Lathrop
Company.
SEATTLE, (/P)— Civilian and
military police, breaking up what
they called a “potential riot,” ar
rested 14 Negro soldiers in a
housing project near the Seattle
ball park last night.
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NOME NURSES SPONSER
CANCER DRIVE
The Nome Nurses Organization,
with Mrs. Ben Mozee as chair
man, is sponsoring the local drive
on the National Cancer Society
campaign.
They plan a house-to-house
campaign over the weekend and
will be calling on you for your do
nation for this very worthy cause.
Some organizations have not
waited to be called upon but
have already taken up a collection
among their members and have it
ready for the Nurses Organization.
Sixty percent of all funds
raised remain in Alaska; 25%
goes to research and 15% goes to
research and 15% for eductaional
research and 15% for an educa
tional program. •
. ESKIMO NINE
I TO VIE WITH NAVY
IN NORTH POLE "SERIES"
SAN DIEGO, Calif., (/P)— ~A
Navy softball team and an Eski
mo nine will compete for the
North Pole softball championship
this summer during the Pacific
fleet’s amphibious force resupply
j exdepition to Point Barrow, Al
' aska.
Each of the eight ships carrying
supplies to the northern Alaska
outposts will enter teams in a
) softball league. Early games will
I start in San Diego and the league
I winner will meet the Barrow
| Bombers, an Eskimo team, in a
North Pole ‘‘World Series.”
The championship game will be
I played upon completion of the un
; loading operations at Point Bar
row.
WHEELER CITED BY CAA
FOR ICE FLOE RESCUE
Floyd Wheeler of the CAA here
' who rescued the two King Island
i
Eskimos Frank Pushka and Tom
my Alasuk a couple of weeks ago
when they were adrift on an ice
floe about 15 miles off-shore, has
been given a letter of commenda
tion by the CAA for heroic ser
vice under hazardous conditions,
according to reports.
The natives, who were spotted
by an MAFB plane, were unable
to use the rubber craft dropped
them, due to the strong north
wind. Wheeler went out in a
small boat with an outboard mo
tor and rescued the men in about
an hour, but due to the strong
northerly wind and rough sea
took about 5 hours getting back.
—Calling All Softball Players—
Ted Duffield Is organizing a
softball team to play a midnight
game on June 20th with the
Marks Air Force Base team.
He will welcome all volunteers
who are interested in participa
ting ir? the event and invites them
to call on him at his office.
Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
Wedne sday Games
National League
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 2, night
Chicago at Brooklyn, rain
Cincinnati at Boston, rain
[ Pittsburg at New York, rain
American League
Philadelphia 8, Detroit 2
Chicago 5, New York 2
Cleveland 7, Boston 3 (night*
Washington 4, St. Louis 1, (night*
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 5, Portland 3
Sacramento <*', Hollywood 3
Oakland 5, San Diego 4
Los Angeles 8, Seattle 3
Thursday Games
National League
Boston 5-6. Cincinnati 3-5 (2nd
game 10 innings)
St. Louis at Phil., postponed, rain
Pittsburgh at N. Y., postp., rain
Chicago at Br’klyn, pstpnd, rain
American League
Detroit 7, Philadelphia 3
Chicago 5, New York 0
Cleveland 3, Boston 1
St. Louis 16. Washington 9, night
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 2, Portland 1
(14 innings)
Oakland 9, San Diego 0
Sacramento 12, Hollywood 5
Seattle 10, Los Angeles 9
ALASKA AIRLINES
BRINGING CAPACITY LOAD
OF SATURDAY SIGHTSEERS
According to manager Paul
Spurlock of the Alaska Airlines,
a special chartered flight from
Anchorage will bring in a capaci
ty load of sightseeing tourists on
Saturday afternoon who will
spend the night here and return
to Anchorage on Sunday. It is be
lieved that most of the group arc
Alaskans.
Joe Wallaci of the Wallace Ho
tel announces that arrangements
are being made for an art and
handicraft exhibit in the game
room of the Hotel for the visitors
! as well as an Eskimo entertain
ment, which is scheduled ta start
; at 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
The exhibit and entertainment
are being planned and organized
cooperatively by Joe Wallace, the
Alaska Airlines and Mrs. Levers
of the ANS.
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SOME 2nd DIVISION
i FISHING LAWS
Grayling and trout are game
fish, other fish are not.
Game fishes may legally be ta
ken only by angling with a line
held in the hand or attached to a
rod so held, but each line shall at
no time have attached to it more
man two meg or nooKs,- nor more
than one plug, spoon, or spinner.
It is against the law to catch any
game fish by the use of a net,
trap, or seine; except that lake
trout and Dolly Varden trout may
be caught by using a net, trap, or
seine in salt water.
The daily bag limit for game
fishes is 20 fishes singly or in the
aggregate, but not to exceed 15
pounds and 1 fish daily. One is
allowed to have two daily bag
limits in his or her possession.
However, there is no limit on Dol
ly Varden trout taken in salt
water.
It is unlawful to fish for, take,
or kill salmon by any means ex
cept by hand rod, spear, or gaff
in any of the creeks, streams, or
rivers, or within 500 yards of the
mouth of any such creek, stream,
or river for commercial purposes
evxcept that native Indians and
bona fide permanent white inhab
itants along the Yukon River may
take King Salmon in other ways
even though for commercial pur
poses.
It is unlawful to erect or main
tain any fixed or stationary ob
struction in any of the waters at
any point where the distance from
shore to shore is less than one
thousand feet, or within 500 yards
of the mouth of any creek, stream,
or river into which salmon run,
excepting the Yukon River, with
the purpose or result of captur
ing salmon or preventing or im- ,
peding their ascent to the spawn
ing ground. j
It is unlawful to lay or set any
seine or net of any kind within !
100 yards of any other seine, net, j
or other fishing appliance which i
is being or which has been laid
or set in any of the waters of Al
aska.
It shall be unlawful to fish for, 1
take, or kill any salmon except by
hand rod, spear, or gaff for per
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Vast Haze,
\alure Freak,
Covering Pacific
HONOLULU, UP)—A vast haze
still hovered over the middle Pac
ific today, covering possibly two
million square miles.
Scientists say it isn’t an atomic
mist since geiger counters showed
no radioactivity.
Just nature on a binge, they
speculated. The finger of suspic
ion was pointed at massive Mauna
j Loa, still spouting fire and brim
stone as it enters its third erup
| tive week.
i Mauna Loa, on the island of
Hawaii, southeast of here, is put
ting on its greatest show of mod
ern times. One river of red-hot
rock still rolls into the sea; two
others have cooled.
The mysterious cloud stretches
from Wake island. 2,000 miles
west of Hawaii, to an area 1.900
miles south of Honolulu. Plane
! reports fixed the eastern bound
ary about 308 miles east of Ha
waii, but officers of the freighter
“Hawaiian Fisherman” said they
ran into the haze last Friday 1,900
| miles east-southeast of Honolulu.
Plane reports said the haze belt
is from 300 to 600 miles wide and
raised a4 high as 16,000 feet.
Wendell Mordy, sugar and
j pineapple industry meteorologist,
said tests showed a sulphate con
tent, This points to volcanic orig
in, he said.
Tests by Frederick A. Schram,
territorial chemist, showed:
The air over Honolulu was 33
times normal weight and con
tained as high as 600 times the
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11 Charter Ships
For Alaska Supply
May Be Withdrawn
WASHINGTON, (JF)—Rep. Tol
lefson (R-Wash) said today that
unless Congress extends the law
permitting charter of war-built
vessels to private operators 11
cargo vessels serving Alaska must
be returned to the government in
16 days.
The special law under which
the Maritime Commission char
tered vessels to operators of Al
aska shipping lines expires June
30. Tollefson urged the House
Merchant Marine Committee to
approve legislation to extend the
law.
‘‘I am supporting this extension
of authority to charter vessels op
erating in the Alaskan trade be
cause I realize there is a short
age of this type of cargo ship used
between the United States and
the Territory.” Tollefson told the
committee.
‘‘I firmly believe that regular
service between continental Uni
ted States and Alaska is absolute
ly essential in the interest of our
national security.
“If these ships are withdrawn
from service on June 30 it will
impose a hardship upon the resi
dents of the Territory and will
stop the flow of supplies to can
neries in Alaska.
Democrat Heads
Hold Fate of State
hood Bill, Report
i WASHINGTON, (/Pi— Senator
j Taft of Ohio, the Republican pol
| icy leader, said today that wheth
er the Senate acts on the Hawaii
! and Alaska statehood bills is up
| to the Democratic leadership.
After a meeting of the GOP
policy committee, which he heads,
Taft told reporters there are only
five or six “vital" measures upon
which Congress must act before
final adjournment. There are a
1 number of other lesser measures
that could be handled, he added.
Reporters asked if these inclu
ded the Alaska and Hawaii state
hood bills, which have been ap
, proved by the House.
“I’d rather not comment upon
them.” Taft replied. “It’s up to
(Senate majority leader' Lucas in
the last analysis. We can only co
operate by keeping our boys from
talking."
Lucas has not announced any
complete list of bills upon which
! he plans to demand action before
adjournment. But he said today
| he is going to drive for adjourn
ment by July 31.
Any bills not acted upon die at
the end of this session.
Bill May Release
Alaska Lands
For Settlement
WASHINGTON, (&)— Delegate
Bartlett (D-Alaska) said today he
hopes a bill to authorize classifi
cation of public lands in Alaska
j may speed release of several hun
dred thousand acres * withdrawn
i from settlement by the interior
i depart some years ago.
The House public lands com
mittee yesterday approved a bill
to permit the secretary of the in
terior to classify all vacant and
unreserved public lands in the
Territory for use and occupation.
Bartlett explained that the in
terior department wants authori
ty to go into public land ahead of
homesteaders, to find out if that
land is best suited for grazing,
farming, timbering or some other
use, and to classify it accordingly.
Bartlett said the department
apparently feels a prospective
homesteader would have a better
chance for success if experts first
examine the soil,*timber and oth
er features of his land.
The delegate said the depart
ment withdrew large areas of
public domain from homesteading
in anticipation of farm settlement
legislation. But, said Bartlett, this
legislation still is before Congress
and probably won’t get anywhere
this year.
Bartlett said the classification
bill contains a provision that
would allow settlers to go into
the land they have chosen 18
months after they are ready to
move, whether or not the depart
ment has classified that land.
He observed that government
lands in Alaska are the only part
of the public domain where class
ification is not done.