SIR HUBERT
VISITS IN NOME
Sir Hubert Wilkins, noted ex
plorer of international repute, is
visiting Nome in the interest of
the Army and Navy and the U.S.
Weather Bureau, in an advisory
capacity, relating to developments
in proper clothing for members
of the armed forces. •
He • stated the new clothing is
a far cry from the deer skin par
ka of the early days. (One which
was pulled on over the head.)
Today our men must have all
the modern features of clothing
as well as the best protection from
extreme weather.
Wilkins is renewing ol$l ac
quaintances and friendships which
he made on his first trip to Nome
in 1913, with the Vilhjalmar Ste
phensen party, and at later visits
including a trip during the war.
Fairbanks Closes
Dens Of Iniquity
FAIRBANKS, —<^P)—Dice cups
disappeared, slot machines were
padlocked and card rooms dark
ened in Fairbanks today after
Air Force urged officials to “clean
up this wide open town.”
The closure order was issued
by city officials after Brig. Gen.
Dale Gaffney, commander of the
Yukon Composite Air Wing at
Ladd Field, told the Chamber of
Commerce that the alternative
would declaring the city off limits
to troops.
Gen. Gaffney, first commander
of Ladd Field in 1940 who recently
returned to head the base three
miles from Fairbanks., said moral
conditions were worse here now
than when he left six years ago.|
He said the military would be
roundly criticized if youthful
draftees were subject to moral
conditions prevailing here.
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Truman Requests
Ike To Make A
Public Statement
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — (/P) —The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch said to
day in a copyrighted story from
Washington that the White House
has taken steps to get Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to issue a public
statement this week-end “flatly
and • irrevocably removing him
self as a possible Democratic pres
idential nominee.”
The story, by Edward A. Har
ris, said, “the intermediary in
this remarkable behind-the-scene
political maneuver will be George
Allen, once known as the White
House ‘court jester’.”
It said the mission for Allen
was decided upon last Wednesday
at a meeting of what the Post
Dispatch called President Truman’s
“kitchen cabinet.” Alleiv had pre
viously been invited to spend the
week-end with Eisenhower in
New York.
Strike Threat To
Cook Inlet Salmon
Fishing Industry
ANCHORAGE, — </P) —A strike
threat for the Cook Inlet salmon
fishing and canning industry op
erations was reported yesterday
by the Anchorage office of the
Alaska Fishermen’s Union (CIO).
A union spokesman said the
strike threat was based on the
absence of an agreement with can
nery operators. He said the morn
ing of July 5 was set as the dead
line for an agreement. If terms
are not settled by then, the union
spokesman said members will be
on strike at those canneries where
they are employed or for whom
they may be fishing.
The main fishermen’s issues are
the prices to be paid for red and
silver salmon taken from upper
Cook Inlet. For tendermen, the
principal issues are monthly rates
of pay and payment for overtime.
The union is asking at least 65
cents for reds and silvers. Last
year’s prices were 42 2/3 cents
for salmon caught above Boulder
Point and 46 2/3 for catches be
low the point. The industry has
offered 53 and 57 cents, respect
ively, for catches of independent
fishermen. Employe fishermen
would get less.
WASHINGTON, — (JP) —The
Comptroller of the Currency today
issued a call for a statement of
the condition of all national banks
at the close of business June 30.
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I Coal Companies
■ Refuse To Sign
New Contracts
WASHINGTON, — </P) —Eigh
teen steel and coal companies re
fused today to sign the new coal
: mining contract and filed charges
| of unfair labor practices against
IJohn L. Lewis and the United
Mine Workers.
Their stand appeared certain to
bring a strike at the so-called
“captive” coal mines of the steel
companies. What the miners will
do will become known July 6,
when the present mining holiday
ends.
| Truman Signs
Shipping Extension
WASHINGTON, — (TP) —Presi
dent Truman signed a bill yester
day providing for extension until
March 1st of the present tempor
ary steamship service to Alaska.
The legislation authorizes con
tinuance of a contract between
the Maritime Commission and
/
three Seattle steamship companies.
Under the contract, the commis
| sion charters government-owned
: ships to the companies at $1 a year
and pays the insurance.
The .plan is designed to lower
i steamship rates to Alaska.
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