NEWS IN BRIEF
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cards defaming Los Angeles to
eastern cities. The U. S. district
attorney said there was insuffi
cient evidence.
* Janson was re-arrested imme
diately on a charge he had failed
to notify his probation officer of a
change of address. He once served
a 60-day sentence for possession
of a gun. Los Angeles officers said.
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—The junior
chamber of commerce set up perm
anent headquarters here yesterday
to channel CARE package re
quests directly to New York City.
FAIRBANKS, </P) — The city
council gave mayor Maurice T.
Johnson the go-ahead Wednesday
night in planning construction of
256 apartment-type housing units
here to combat the housing short
age.
The mayor was authorized to
issue a letter of intent to the Bay
view Realty Co., and Nelse Mor
tensen and Co., Seattle Contrac
tors.
If a loan is successful, construc
tion will start in the spring and
be completed by next fall, Everetl
Nowell, Bayview president, said.
SEATTLE, (TP)—Northwest Air
lines will launch coach service be
tween St. Paul-Minneapolis and
Anchorage, Alaska, next Thurs
day with four-engine DC-4’s.
There will be a substantial sav
ing in fare, said R. O. Bullwinkel,
vice president in charge of traffic.
Four round trips weekly will be
flown, the one-way fare $126 com
pared with the previous regular
far of $188.40. No regular meals
will be served, but there will be
“snacks.”
KODIAK, Alaska, t/P) — Seven
Kodiak fishing boats suffered over
$100,000 damages in heavy seas
and a high wind which hit the
area Wednesday night and yester
day.
Six of the boats were swamped
and one drifted to sea during the
storm with winds at times reach
ing a velocity of 80 miles an hour.
EXCITING GAMES AT
MARKS GYM
Another exciting basketb a 11
game was played last Wednesday
evening at Marks Air Force Base
gym between Nome High School
and the 632nd Squadron.
At the end of the first half there
was a close score, but during the
second half a different style of
ball playing was used and the
school team won with a score of
46-28.
The Officers of Marks Base
played the Fire Station Team with
the firemen winning by a score of
24 to 21: The officers were handi
caoped in the game, being short
of players.
Another game between Nome
High School and Marks Air Force
Base team is scheduled for this
evening.
Anyone desiring to see the game
can take the 6:45 Marks Air Force
Base bus from town. They will be
given a pass at the gate which
must be signed by army officials
at the game and turned in at the
gate when they leave the post.
DREDGE No. 5 HAS
NEAR RECORD
The U. S. Smelting Co. closed
down operations of dredge No. 5
on December 3rd, which accord
ing td record is the latest the com
pany has operated since 1926, due
to the exceptionally mild weather
this fall.
More \\ itnesses
Testify Bridges
Was Communist
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of the communist party.”
Prosecutor George Gallagher
wanted to know how she remem
bered the incident.
She answered:
“Why 1 was flabbergasted when
he said that.”
Harris said he was a former
communist and had worked on
many newspapers. He listed them
as the San Diego Sun circulation
department, Pasadena Star News,
Santa Cruz Sentinel News, Union
Sun and Journal of Lockport N.
Y., People’s World of San Fran
cisco, and the Erie Dispatch.
He said he resigned his position
as public relations director of the
Erie paper last Friday.
Harris declared he left the San
Diego Sun in 1932, quitting the
paper to become a full-fledged
functionary of the communist
party.
He asserted he had attended a
communist party caucus in San
Diego in 1935 at which Bridges
and Schmidt were present.
The meeting, he said, was held
at 12th and B Streets and was
held to set up a “progressive”
slate of officers for the state fed
eration of labor, then in conven
tion in the southern California
city.
A pneumatic gun urns used for!
the first time in 1883.
CHARLES O'LEARY ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF IGLOO NO. 1
A: the regular meeting of the
Pioneers of Alaska on Wednesday
evening, Charles O’Leary was
elected as the new president with
Robert Baldwin and Mike Kelly
as vice-presidents. Dan Jones, sec
retary; A. Polet, treas.; Pete Ol
son. chaplain; Charles D. Jones,
historian; Gus Bjornstad, trustee;
Sgt-at-arms, L. W. Mattila.
Installation is planned for Janu
ary 7th at which time to Pioneer
Auxiliary will be guests of the
Igloo.
The annual drive for funds for
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the pioneers at the Pioneer Home
was started at the meeting with
a committee: Charles Jones, Pied
Rohn, Mike Kelly, Charles O’
Leary.
It was decided that this year
50 7> of the proceeds will be sent
to the home and 50% kept in a
fund to help needy pioneers in
the community.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
It has been ascertained by local
authorities that James Adams,
formerly U. S. Commissioner
here, who was reported as being
a deputy coroner in King County,
is not holding that position. The
party who is deputy coroner is
James P. Adams and the local man
is James A. Adams.
A WELL-OILED HIGHV/AY
HAMBURG, J* — A D
truck driver lost his cognac-laden
trailer on the highway near here.
He only noticed his loss when he
tried to park.
PRICE DOES NOT WANT
PUBLIC RELATIONS POSITION
WASHINGTON, </Pi — Byron
Price, assistant secretary general
of the Uniled Nation.-, in charge of
[ administration, has turned down
an offer by President Truman to
name his assistant secretary of
state for public affairs.
Informed officials said today
that Price had been offered the
assignment recently as successor
to George V. Allen, now American
ambassador to Yugoslavia. On one
or two previous occasions Price
had also been picked for this job.
which includes direction of the
Voice of America radio program
and an influential role in determ
ing state department public rela
tions policies.
It was understood that the prin
cipal, if not the sole reason, for
Price’s decision was that the state
department job carries a lower
salary.
N. W. Neilly. deputy marshal of
Kotzebue, who went to Seattle re
cently for medical treatment is re
ported recovering satisfactorily
from “an operation.
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MAN DIES. ANOTHER INJURED
IN TURKISH BATH
SAN FAANCISCO, (A1 — One
policeman was killed and another
seriously burned in a Finnish
j steam bath last night.
| Police inspector Frank Ahern,
head of the homicide detail, said
reports from physicians attending
the survivor indicated both men
were victims of monoxide gas
[ poisoning, although one may have
' drowned.
Both had gone to the bath fto •
work.
Thomas Kelly, 54, was dead
when the bath house manager
broke into the steaming sweat
room and found him face down in
scalding water. Robert P. Brown,
50, was lying face up and was cry
ing for help, though unconscious.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Quigley,
who have been mining at Solomon
and who left recently tor the
States have gone to Mayo Broth
ers Clinic in Rochester. Minn.,
where thev both had medical
I check-ups. Mrs. Quigley is re
■ ported recovering now from a mi
nor operation.
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