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[NEWS UN BRIEF
ANCHORAGE, </P) — Lt. Gen.
W. E. Kepner, commanding gener
al of the Alaskan Defense Com
mand said last night America
must be charitable with its neigh
bors but still “maintain its self
respect.” He spoke at Fur Rendez
vous ceremonies.
TOKYO, (/P)—“The Third Man”
theme song was with the Douglas
MacArthurs today. Young Arthur
Mac Arthur was responsible.
Arthur, son of the United Na
tions commander, celebrated his
13th birthday. Among gifts he re
ceived was a zither from his par
r ents. i
He immediately picked out
“The Third Man,” a song popular
in the United States last year. i
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LONDON, (/P) — Another Con
servative attempt to unseat the:
British Labor Government — the
fifth this month—was defeated in
i the House of Commons last night
by a vote of 302 to 295. The dis
pute was over the government’s
much ridiculed peanut-growing
venture in Africa.
CHICAGO, (/P) — Hyman Zuss
man protested in court when his
wife, who is suing for separate
maintenance, asked that the fam
ily dog be included in his support
payments.
Zussman, 40, made no objection
to his wife’s plea for support for
h herself and their three children.
But when his wife, Sally, also 40,
asked to include the dog, Zussman
suggested she sell it for his es
timated $1,000 value.
The dog, a 150-pound prize-win
ning Great Dane, eats like a horse
Zussman said.
Judge Daniel A. Roberts, or-;
dering Zussman to pay $45 a week
and rent for Mrs. Zussman and
children, told the couple to settle
“this trivial matter”—the dog’s
upkeep—among themselves.
WASHINGTON, (/?)—'The gov
ernment yesterday charged a New
Jersey meat packing firm, its vice j
president and two soldiers with \
conspiracy to deliver inferior
meats to the army.
Attorney General McGrath an
nounced a federal grand jury at
Newark indicted the group a few
minutes before noon, accusing
them of “a scheme to defraud the
government.”
The justice department said the
firm, Ben Grunstein and Sons Co.,
Hoboken, N. J., had “corrupted
the army inspectors” by gifts and
money payments in order to have
them “approve for delivery to the
army large quantities of inferior
• meat.”
ANCHORAGE </P)—The Alaska
railroad straemliner Aurora was
derailed eight miles north of Cur
ry Monday. Curry is midway be
tween Anchorage and Fairbanks.
One engine power car, a bag
gage car and three coaches left
the tracks, but no one was injured.
Railroad officials said they ex
I pec ted service to be restored im
mediately. The cause of the acci
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Grueiiing “Has No
Complaint” Over
Delay In Hearings
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(By Jim Hutcheson)
JUNEAU, (/P)—Gov. Gruening
said today “I have no complaint”
about the decision of the U.S. Sen
ate insular affairs committee to
postpone a verdict on whether ad
ditional hearings will be held on
Alaska statehood.
Sen. Howard Lyng (D-Nome),
member of the statehood execu
tive commitee, declared that “in
my opinion the committee w’as en
tirely justified in holding up the
statehood bill.”
The House apparently expressed
its opinion Monday when it divid
ed 12-12 on a piemorral recom
mending against any further hear
ings.
The Third division’s ardent
statehood oponents in the House,
however, tried determinedly to
get the memorial approved Mon
day. They insisted that failure
would be a setback to statehood
because of the interpretation foes
in Congress would place on it.
Of the Senate committee de
cision to bypass further Hawaii
hearings while delaying a decision
on Alaska, the governor said:
“It’s a fair procedure. At the
last session of Congress Alaska
had the first chance at statehood
and, after all, Hawaii started its
statehood move earlier and has
and ,had its statehood conven
tion.”
Rep. Stanley l^IcCutcheon (D
Anchorage) reaffirmed the Third
division Democrats’ stand for a
largjf^. *Third division.
Delegation to a statehood con
vention—if and when. That was
the issue in the House memorial
sent to the Senate committee
which was given by U.S. Sen. O’
Mahoney (D-Wyo.) as a reason
for delaying action on Alaska
statehood hearings.
MeCutcheon argued the 10 dele
gates for the Third division,
which would be twice what any
other division would have, is
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Pennsy Railroad
Indicted For
Manslaughter
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. (IP)—
The giant Pennsylvania Railroad
stands accused of manslaughter on
84 separate indictments — today
exactly two weeks yesterday after
“The Broker” crashed at Wood
bridge with the loss of 8 lives.
The indictments, in the names
of each of the dead commuters,
were returned Moiday night by
the 'Middlesex County grand jury
to climax its probe into the dis
aster—the nation’s worst since.
1918.
If convicted on each count, the
railroad faces a maximum fine of
$384,000.
Since no individual defendants
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were named in the indictments,
which charged that the company
did feloniously kill and slay" the
riders, jail terms are not possible.
Fur Rendezvous
Basketball News
(Reported by Bill Boucher# Jr.)
Monday afternoon the Nome
High Basketball team won a vic
tory over the Kodiak City High
team with a score of forty-nine to 1
forty-two, making three straight
wins for the Nome team. Clarence
Willoya scored high again with
fifteen points.
Kodiak NOB beat Valdez 33-26.
Yesterday Kodiak played Wa
silla and the winner of that game
was scheduled to play the Nome
team today for the Class B. cham
pionship.
After today’s game the winners
of the Class B championship may
challenge the Class A champions
in a tournament of two out of
three games.
Last year Kodiak City won the
championship for Class B without
a single losing game and Anchor
age was champion in the Class A
event. The tournaments are dou
ble elimination affairs.
There the four teams in the
Class A group: Anchorage, Fair
banks, Palmer and Seward.
Civilian Defense
Activities
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The following report was sub
mitted by H. ^F. Harper, director
of Civil Defense, summarizing
the work of that organization to
date:
Since the Nome Civil Defense
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organization was formed on De
cember 17th, a vast amount of re
search and organizational work
has been accomplished by the di
rectors an dtheir volunteer assist
ants. The compiled reports of
there activities clearly indicate
the need for definite policies and
provide the information on which
to base them.
Therefore a combined meeting
of the advisory council and the
board of directors of the Nome
on Sunday for the purpose of es
Civil Defense was called by Di
rector Harold F. Harper, at the of
fice of the Nome Motor Company
establishing definite policies to
guide the organization in the fu
ture.
Present at the meeting were
executive head, acting Mayor Les
ter O. Bronson; director Harold
F. Harper; deputy director and
member of the advisory council
Carl Glavinovich; advisory coun
cil members and assistant direc
tor Eric Hay; assistant directors
James McLean, Dr. F. M. Lang
sam, Dewey Goodrich, W. L. An
gell, assistant directors B. B. Mo
zee and A. Polet were absent.
By unanimous approval the fol
lowing measures were adopted:
1. That one assistant director be
added to the board to be known
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NOTICE OF CLOSING
In observance of Washington's
Birthday, on Thursday, Feb. 22,
most of the business houses have
announced that they wBl observe
the day by remaining closed all
day. >
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Tuesday, February 20, 1951
(By The Associated Press
General MacArthur pays flying
visit to the central front as Allies
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kick off for a renewed forward
drive. He says he will not “arbi
trarily executive the authority” to
cross the 38th parallel “if cogent
political reasons” against it are
advanced when U. N. forces
reach old North-South Korean di
viding line.
U. N. good offices committee at
Lake Success begins daily secret
meetings to try to get Peiping
agreement on peaceful Korean
settlement.
Informed sources in Washing
ton say John Foster Dulles, on a
Far East tour, is prepared to dis
cuss U. S.-Australian-New Zea
land alliance for Pacific defense.
Wednesday, February 21, 1951
U. N. forces push new initiative
against fleeing Reds on central
front, take town of Chunchon.
Only light enemy resistance on all
fronts. Allied patrols advance as
much as 10 miles in sevarl fronts.
Gen. Eisenhower moves into
a Trianon Palace Hotel suite in
Versailles to start the big job of
building^ an international army for
Western Europe’s defense.
The western Big Three propose
talks with Russia in Washington
on all matters causing interna
tional tension. Suggest prelimin
ary talks to map Big-Four discus
sions to be held in Paris March 9.
Investigate Death
Of Stan Nichols;
“Not Murder”
KEY WEST, Fla. (A5)—State and
local authorities are conducting
an investigation today into the
death of Stanley J. Nichols, 53,
former U. S. marshal at Fair
banks, Alaska. v
A warrant was issued yester
day, for the arrest of a man seen
with him Feb. 11, the day before
he was found unconscious in a
motor court. Nichols died in a hos
pital Friday, apparently of a cere
bral hemorrhage.
State Atomey J. Lancelot Les
ter told a coroner’s jury holding
an inquest that “I am not satisfied
that there was not any criminal
ity in the case.”
Peace justice Ttoy Hamlin is
sued the warant fbr the arrest of
Nichols’ coinpanion, identified va
riously as Tommy Moffat, Tommy
Hut and L. A. Moseley. He was
charged with stealing Nichols* au
tomobile.
Hamlin told the jury the man
left a note in the rogm saying he
“knew Nichols would be tod ill to
drive” and that he was taking the
car to Miami.
Mrs. Stanley Nichols arrived
from Fairbanks Monday and said
she was not satisfied with circum
stances surrounding her hus
band’s death.
She told police that $6 00 in
Travelers Checks, a wrist watch,
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Lifting The Lid
At Juneau
Tuesday, February 20, 1951
(By Jim Hutcheson)
JUNEAU, {/P) — Alaska legisla
tors, continuing a study of former
Rep. Marcus Jensen’s report on an
investigation af Territorial af
fairs, scheduled another executive
session today. Territorial officials
expected to be summoned to the
closed-door meeting starting at 2
p.m.
The executive session today
was the third for legislators who
called in Attorney General J. Ger
ald Williams during a three-hour
meeting Monday.
Before locking the doors, the
House passed 23-1 a bill removing
the Governor from the board of
road commissioners.
It was in line with a recommen
dation of Governor Gruening who
said in his message to the Legisla
ture he should be removed from
most Territorial boards. Five such
bills have passed the House, but
the Senate has yet to act on any
of them.
A move was disclosed in the
Senate to bring a government
analyst from the Council of State
Governments for discussions on
revamping Territorial government
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operations, especially in the field
of fiscal management.
Senate President Gunnard En
gebreth (R.-Anchorage) reported
the Governor had received a let
ter from the Council saying a rep
resentative would arrive Saturday
for a week’s conference and study.
Engebreth said he had written
to the Council originally although
no plans were yet made to finance
the representative’s visit.
Engebreth and Sens. John But
rovich (R.-Fairbanks), Howard
Lyng (D.-Nome) and Steve Mc
Cutcheon (D.-Anchorage) all spoke
of the advisability of getting an
expert to study ways of stream
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Shishiaref
Postmaster Has
Narrow Escape
Verne Eutuk, Shishmarefs post
master, celebrated Lincoln's Birth
day with an unexpected bath in
the Arctic Ocean. Eutuk, who is a
veteran of World War II, and
served in India during the war,
going there by way of the 4011th
erly part'of Australia, went seal
hunting with ^t^^her. yetjBTans
Vincent Tocktoo^jjakey JVfihgohna,
also Arthur s
Seal hunting ^profitable these
days as the hunters get, six dollars
bounty for the. sealf&f as well as
the food supply an<£ skins for
clothing.
They did not have a kayak with
them. As the seals were killed in
the water and too far from the
solid ice to put in their seal hook
to which was attached a rope.
Vincent Tocktoo with a kayak
paddle used a floating icecake for
a boat and pushed himself out to
the dead seal, where according to
the report he attached the hook
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