Communication
Allen, Hilen Froude A De Garmo
Seattle,. Wash.
May 20, 19*9.
Boy Scouts Organization,
Nome, Alaska.
Re: Estate of Annie Hall Strong,
Deceased.
Gentlemen:
This office has handled the pro
bate of the estate of Annie Hall
Strong, deceased. Mrs. Strong was
the widow of John F. A. Strong,
one time Governor of Alaska, and
under the terms of her Will she
provided as follows:
“ARTICLE III.
<M) To the Boy Scouts Organ
ization at Nome, Alaska, the sum
of One Hundred Dollars (100.00>.”
The Decree of Distribution in
this estate was entered yesterday,
and it is therefore our privilege to
send to you herewith a check pay
able to the Boy Scouts Organiza
tion in the sum of $100.00 in pay
ment of this bequest.
Very truly yours,
Allen. Hilen, Froude & DeGarmo
By L. W. Thayer.
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TO RIDE THAN
WALK
CITY CAB
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Yukon Receding;
Kuskokwim Rises;
Aniak Evacuated
(Continued from Page One)
basin of the Yukon river, parallel
ing the Kuskokwim to the north,
showed that the ice has cleared
all the way to Galena and there is
little prospect of further floods.
Danger to Galena, site of a large
air force base, apparently was re
lieved when a giant jam 50 feet
high moved out under force of the
rushing river early Monday.
The Yukon rose eight feet after
the jam broke, but is still safely
below flood stage.
Ladd Field fliers said the entire
course of the Tanana river, one
of the main tributaries of the Yu
kon, was free of ice.
Although waters were receding
slowly at Fort Yukon, far up
stream near the Territory’s east
ern border, the Alaska native
service has been unable to start
rehabilitation work.
The 200-odd homeless villagers
bedded down in the open Monday
night on army cots for the fifth
straight night.
The cots, blankets, food, medi
cine and pots and pans were par
achuted to the fort by the 10th
rescue squadron.
An aged woman and a teen-age
boy who became separated from
the rest of the villagers were
sighted by Ladd airmen who
dropped blankets to the arm-wav
ing pair.
Flood waters at the fort have
dropped eight feet from last
Thursday’s peak.
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CITY COUNCIL
Monday night, in regular ses
sion, the City Council passed Or
dinance No. 330, pertaining to
dancing. The ordinance is pub
lished elsewhere in this edition.
The building committee report
ed that much of the equipment of
the emergency hospital had been
moved to the new building. The
committee questioned the owner
ship of the equipment purchased
by public subscription of the citi
zens of Nome.
Clean-up week has been desig
nated as the period of June 12-19.
It was stated by the health com
mittee that there are many lots
and areas which need a thorough
cleaning and should be brought to
the attention of the owners.
The situation brought about by
some individuals dumping refuse
on others’ property was said to be
a serious problem, according to
the health committee. The situa
tion calls for some immediate ac
tion. Mayor Anderson asked the
ordinance committee to draft
some measure to cope with the
situation.
Discussion on the sanitation
problem led to a statement by a
: councilman to the effect that
: there should be compulsory refuse
disposal and that it should be let
out to contract for such garbage
and refus-al disposal.
Another problem confronting
' the council was the need for fi
nances and methods of raising the
necessary funds. A sales tax of
2 per cent was suggested. This, it
is claimed, would lower real
| taxes, eliminate personal taxes
and make available the necessary
funds to handle city business.
A complaint was entered by one
of the taxi companies operating
in the city that children playing
in the streets of Nome pose a con
siderable problem for drivers of
vehicles, both army and civilian.
It was thought that some preven
tive measures be looked into. In
; this respect, the Nome Nugget
I was asked to cooperate through
its editorial columns, to reach the
parents of the children in warn
j ing.
W. W. Laws retained as chief
• of police and fire departments for
I the city's fiscal year.
Bids for other offices were held
for approval at a meeting to be
called by the mayor. Two appli
cants for the position of patrol
men are: Woodbury Abbey, Jr.,
and Robert Austin, Jr. Jacob
Smith was the only applicant for
utility man.
Bids for remodeling the rear of
the city building for the jail cel’s j
were held over until next regular
meeting and all bidders were to
be notified.
Councilmen Osborne and McAl
lister were appointed to a com
mittee to make a complete .survey
of necessary requirements to re
condition the city cemetery.
OLAF HALVORSON'S FATHER
HONORED IN NORWAY
Olaf Halvorson, of the Nome
High School has recently received
good news from Norway.* His un-1
cle, who is one of Norway’s lead- ■
ing violinists and composers has
been asked by the Norwegian
Broadcasting Company to make
some more records. Many of his
earlier records have been popular i
throughout Norway, among them
being his own composition called
“Lokke Toner,” meaning ‘‘Calling,
Notes.” He frequently plays over;
the radio.
Though he is approaching 74
years, Olaf’s uncle has managed
to keep his fingers limber for the
violin. He has turned down sever
al opportunities to make musical
tours of the United States.
Gunman Again
Tries To Slay
Victor Reuther
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un-American trick.”
Like his brother, Victor holds
high office in the UAW. He is the j
1,000,000-member union’s educa
tional director.
The assault on Victor was(
strangely similar to that on Wal-1
ter.
In each, the gunman crept to a j
window and fired a shotgun blast1
through a glass, then fled, wit-1
nesses said, in a car.
In bushes near the Victor Reu-1
ther home police found a 12-gauge;
double-barreled shotgun. Both
barrels had been fired.
Victor Reuther’s shooting fol
lowed by 72 hours the mysterious
shotgun slaying in neighboring
Windsor, Ont., of a rank and file
member of the UAW in Canada.
That victim, William D. Allen,
37, also was shot through a win
dow of his home. Allen was an
inspector at the Ford Motor Co.
of Canada.
Police, however, said they could
j establish no connection between
! Allen’s slaying and the attempt on
! Walter Reuther’s life, nor any
] connection with the Ford strike.
The gunman’s blast struck Reu
: ther almost full in the face. One
; pellet hit him in the neck.
He and his wife, Sophie, were
; sitting in the living room. They
i had just changed light bulbs in
the living room lamps. She sat
across the room from him.
“All of a sudden I heard a
shot,” Mrs. Reuther said. ‘‘I saw
Victor falling to the floor. His
head and face were bleeding bad
ly.”
Mrs. Reuther. uninjured, called
police.
Congress Will Not
Act On Most Of
Truman’s ^Musts”
'Continued from Page One>
paigns are under way. It probably
will have written its record one
way or the other on all of them
by the time the voters decide in
November of next year whether
to keep the Democrats in power or
give the Republicans control of
one or both Houses.
Senator Lucas of Illinois, the
Democratic leader, indicated to re
porters that the administration
will consider it a job well done if
Senate action can be finished by
July 31 on three major items:
House-approved reciprocal trade
legislation, a substitute for the
Taft-Hartley labor law and the
North Atlantic Treaty.
House leaders are trying to
round this program out with ap
proval of long range housing and
aid to education bills already ap
proved by the Senate, as well as
Taft-Hartley repealer.
Lucas left room for Senate ac
tion on some other important is
sues, including an increase in the
minimum wage level, the interna
■ tional wheat agreement and a
proposed $1,450,000,000 foreign
arms proposal.
But he made it clear that he
won’t be disappointed personally
if the Democrats have something
fresh to talk to the voters about
' next year.
“We had a program that could
n’t possibly be enacted by any
Congress in seven months,” he
said. “We have to leave a few
good things until next year.”
Chairman Lesinski <D.-Mich.)
said the House labor committee
will have another repealer ready
for floor action in two or three
weeks.
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