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VOL. XLVlii. No. 14 5.N O M E , ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1946 > ' c< (I >“- filT
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♦NEWS IN BRIEF
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NEW YORK, (A*)—Mike Jacobs,
the nation's boxing promoter for
the past decade, was showing some
improvement in the hospital this
morning, afte: his collapse late
yesterday. The doctor said “He’ll
make the grade.” Jacobs, famous
as the proprietor of $1,000,000
fight business, was reported in a
semi-conscious condition during
the night.
WASHINGTON, (A*)—President
^Truman today appointed Charles
R. Denny, Jr., of Baltimore, Md.,
to be chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission.
Denny has been acting chair
man of the FCC since Paul A.
Porter left that post to be OPA
administrator. The chairmanship
^had been held for Porter until his
"decision last week not to continue
in government service.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of Interior J. A. Krug designated
the bureau of land management
today as the government agency
for disposing of surplus federal
real estate in Hawaii, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin islands. An office
in Anchorage already is in charge
.of surplus sales in Alaska. The
"bureau proposes to dispose of more
than $250,000,000 in Hawaiian
property.
COLLEGE PARK. Md. (/P) —
Which taste better—fish shipped
by rail or by air? The U. S. Fish
and Wildlife service laboratories
here will conduct a scientific fish
fry in response to requests from
seafood dealers in an attempt to
answer that question sometime
*fhis month. A spokesman for the
agency said the fish will be dis
patched from Miami or Tampa,
Fla., both shipments arriving si
multaneously. A table of “expert
fish-tasters” will render the ver
dict.
VANCOUVER, B. C. (/PI—Con
viction of John L. Lewis may
► mean a general strike in the United
States, Percy Lawson, United
Miners’ representative from Na
naimo, told the CIO international
mine, mill and smelter workers
convention here yesterday. Harvey
Murphy, the union’s western re
gional director, said his CIO or
ganization certainly would stand
behind the AFL mine workers.
^PLEASANT BEDLAM
^ SOUTHAMPTON, Mass. (/Pi
Residents of Bedlam street have
won a long fight for a less em
barrassing name.
It will be Pleasant street in the
future, if you please. Town fath
ers agreed to change the name
yesterday after sensitive home
owners pointed out that one dic
tionary describes bedlam as “an
abode of insane persons and a
place of confusion.”
f Community Calendar
Drama Club Presents.Dec. 7
School Program .Dee. 13
School Program .Dec. 20
Pioneer Roof Garden.Dec. 21
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O k. 14 u K A i O R FOR RUSSI A—This 90,GOO-I;\v generator is one of three being built
by General Electric at Schenectady, N. Y., for shipment to hussia for use on the Dnepr.
Molotov Agrees
To Accept U. S.
Arms Proposals
(By Max Harrelson)
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. </P) —
Soviet foreign minister V. M. Mol
| otov, in a conciliatory move,
j agreed today to accept United
I States arms reductions proposals
J as a basis for discussion and de
[ dared that the big power veto
would not apply to any system of
controls and inspections in con
nection with arms limitation.
His statement was hailed imme
diately by British delegate Sir
Hartlee Shawcross as an “import
ant concession.*’ Australian dele- j
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Ask For Jones Act
To Be Rescinded !
KETCHIKAN, (/P) — Prompted
by the long maritime strike, Alas
ka labor’s non-partisan political
action committee called yesterday
for rescinding from the Jones
Shipping statute of the discri
minatory clause which bars for
eign ships from hauling American
cargo to Alaska ports.
The committee decided to send
telegrams to President Truman,
Governor Gruening and Congres
sional Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bart- j
lett asking such action. The Cham
ber of Commerce also approved
similar telegrams yesterday.
Copies of the wires were sent J
Thomas Moore, president of the
Territorial federation of Labor at
Juneau, asking his group to take
the lead in the fight and CIO
members of the committee agreed
to make a similar approach to
other CIO unions in Alaska.
Elmer Wolf urged Ketchikan la
bor groups to start a Territory
wide movement to have the law
amended permanently.
Chamber Holds
Special Meeting
A special dinner was held in the
Nevada Lounge last evening by
the NWA Chamber of Commerce,
for George Sundborg, manager of
the Alaska Development Board,
who is at present, here making
an economic survey of the prob
lems confronting Nome because of
erosion and storm damage.
Mr. Sundborg made a report of
the active part the Development
Board has played in recent Terri
torial planning, maritime hear
ings, and in lighterage rate hear
ings. He also explained the diffi
culties and problems of the other
sections of Alaska because of the
maritime strikes and shipping con
ditions.
Mr. Sundborg read a letter he
had . received yesterday from Col.
L. H. Hewitt, Corps of Engineers,
Seattle, in which the Colonel cited
the conditions relating to the prob
ability of federal assistance in car
rying out a plan of defense against
further damage.
The Development Board head is
surveying the Nome situation at
the request of the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce.
Nome has suffered two severe
storms this fall, at a cost of two
lives and thousands of dollars in
property.
Proposals which are being cur
rently considered include the pro
tection of the present townsite by
the construction of an adequate
breakwater and seawall; moving
the business section one or two
blocks back from the beach, and
moving the entire community to
an entirely new townsite.
Mr. Sundborg pointed out that
each of the plans bears with at a
great amount of work and expense
to the community and because of
the laws in existence, and the at
titude of the present Congress,
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Reef Knot To Load
Alaskan Relief
Largo At Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. i/P)—1The U.
S. Maritime Commission today
named the 5000-ton freighter Reef
Knot to load Alaskan relief cargo
here for shipment to the Territory
and waterfront officials rushed
peparations for its sailing.
Lt. Comdr. E. P. Chester, special
Alaskan agent, said the Maritime
Commission advised him the ship
would require 14 days repairs be
fore sailing but that officials of
Lidell and Clarke. Inc., the agents
for the vessel, believed it could
depart within several days
Com. Chester announced he had
telephoned acting governor Lew
Williams at Juneau for Alaskans
to direct their orders to the Port
land Chamber of Commerce and
that business and mercantile firms
here were rapidly assembling car
goes for the loading.
Meanwhile a Portland air-serv
ice forwarding firm organized by
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Union Asks For
Less Overtime
VANCOUVER, B. C. t/P>—Re
ports of workers earning as high
as $340 in a two-week period in
Vancouver shipyards while others
are unemployed resulted today in
a union request for less overtime.
William White, president of the
CIO boilermakers’ union, said to
day he had requested operators to
halt overtime work in the Pacific
drydock and North Burrard yards
in order to spead the work more
equitably among the union’s mem
bers. Some workers, White said,
totaled 240 hours, including holi
day double time, during a two
week period.
General Strike
3 hrculenin"
Oakland, Calif.
OAKLAND. Cal !'. (/P) — An
n used mayor, declaring “The
city of Oakland is not going back
to the jungle,” demanded drastic
emergency powers today to cope
with an expanding mass “protest”
walkout of organized labor which
has kept a metropolitan area of
1,000,000 people tied up since 5
a.m. yesterday.
Even as Mayor Herbert L. Beach
summoned the city council to act
because “no community can exist
in anarchy,” the word was passed
among AFL unions for an even
greater show of strength.
The huge walkout, protesting
a police-protected delivery of mer
chandise through picket lines to
two struck department stores, has:
Stopped all public transporta
tion,
Halted commuter service across
i the eight-mile-long San Francisco
; Oakland Bay bridge and thus
| iammed it with privately owned
uitomobiles carrying more than
I 70,000 persons.
Closed up a huge segment of
East Bay industries.
Pulled AFL sailors off merchant
1 ships.
Forced suspension of newsoa
j oers, including the Oakland Tri
I bune, one which hadn’t missed an
I edition since 1874.
GLEANINGS FROM
THE ROOF GARDEN
| Gust Johnson, general chairman
of the Roof Garden Committee re
ports he is receiving one hundred
percent cooperation from the
members of the Ladies AuxMiary
! of the Pioneers. In fact Gust 'ays
| the ladies are furnishing more as
' sistance than the men; giving more
I time and thought to new innova
tions; planning surprises, showing
a determination to make this Roof
Garden something that will long
be remembered. Of course Gust is
slightly partial to the ladies.
Charlie Jones, chairman of the
Entertainment Committee, is con
duct i n g scheduled rehearsals
which are well attended. Charlie
is resourceful when it comes to
procuring talent. He knows what
it takes and there are no limita
tions.
Rube Cremer, in charge of the
floor, says you can enjoy a
dreamy waltz; jitterbug; Highland
Fling; Virginia Reel or the Big
Apple. Special dances by request.
His orchestra will be ready to ac
commodate you.
FIREMEN. SAVE MY BIRD
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. W1)—Mrs.
R. H. Gillespie’s Thanksgiving
dinner was a success—thanks to
the fire department.
Just as she had completed plans
for the feast, her turkey flew the
coop—into a tree in a neighboring
yard. Hysterical, she phoned fire
men, and they shot the bird out
of the tree.