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VOL. L. No. 16_ NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1948'PER COPY - 15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
DAYTON, Ohio. (/P) — Orville
Wright bequeathed the world’s
first successful airplane, the “Kitty
Hawk,”’ to the science museum at
Kensington, England, near London
where the plane now is on exhibi
tion. The bequest was disclosed
yesterday when probate judge
Rodney M. Love admitted the in
ventor’s will for probate.
Wright, 76, died Jan. 30 of a
lung congestion and heart condi
tion after collapsing in his labor
atory Jan. 27.
BOSTON, f/P)—Passengers who
boarded the “Owl,” New Yark,
New Haven and Hartford sleepe
here, slept sounder than most rai’
voyages last night, but found
themselves breakfasting in Boston
instead of New York today.
As the train was pulling out a’
midnight, the locomotive became
derailed. The train crew decided
against disturbing the passengers
—until the train rolled again at
7:45 a.nv
COPENHAGEN, Denmark </P)—1
Prince Rene of Bourbon Parma
said yesterday his daughter. Anne,
probably will marry former King
Mihai of Romania here in May.
Both Princess Anne and Mihai
are in Switzerland. Prince Rene
returned from St. Moritz recently
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CLEARFIELD, Pa.. (/P) — Six-1
year-dld Andrew Larson of Pine
Grove, Pa., is feeling a little bit
sheepish about his pet ram today.
Andrew was walking along an
ice-covered road near his home j
yesterday, the ram by his side.
As an automobile approached.:
Andrew told police, the ram but-1
ted him into the path of the car.
The boy was held in a hospital for
observation.
ST. LOUIS, (iP)—Among those
successful in Wednesday night's
battles in the semi-final rounds of
the thirteenth annual Globe
Democrat golden gloves tourna
ment was Ray Mastilovich, Fort
Richardson soldier, who flew here
while on furlough to compete. He
decisioned George Gallas of St.
Louis in a 160-pound bout.
LAKE SUCCESS OP)—1The Sov
iet Ukraine today accused Britain
of obstructing the partition of
Palestine.
Vassily A. Tarasenko, Ukrainian
delegate on the security council,
charged that the position taken by
the British was contrary to the
United Nations assembly’s deci
sion to split the Holy Land into
Jewish and Arab nations.
WASHINGTON, {IP)—A Senate
committee refused again today to
clear Edwin W. Pauley and Brig.
Gen. Wallace H. Graham of any
implication that they used “inside
information’’ in commodity trad
ing.
Senator Knowland (R.-Calif.),
acting chairman of the appropri
ations sub-committee, announced
the vote was 3 to 2 against a pro
posal by Senator Green (R.-R. I.)
to absolve them. The committee
has been investigating speculation
on commodity markets.
Parsons Makes
Fine Hazardous
Landing
Stan Parsons, local manager of
Alaska Airlines damaged a ski on
his take-off this morning from
Candle on a row of oil barrels
which were partly submerged in
the snow at the Candle air field,
and also damaging the belly of
the plane, ripping open the fabric.
He obtained permission to make
an emergency landing on the
Army Air field this afternoon,
where an ambulance, emergency
crew and fire crew stood by—bu1
fortunately were not needed. Star
made a beautiful landing on one
ski—coming to a stop with the aid
of a wing.
Onlookers reported the landing
a hard job, very skillfully accom
plished.
De Valera Loses
Majority In Dail
DUBLIN, (/P)—Thomas L. Mul
lins, secretary of the Fianna Fa!
(Government party*, said toda:
prime minister Eamon de Valer;
lost his Dail (parliament! major
rty by a slim margin in Wednes
day’s general election.
But Mullins said the prime min
ister would be able to form a nev
government with the support o
the labor and independents. Com
plete returns from three quarter
of Eire’s 40 constituencies showe<
De Valera’s Fianna Fail could no
hope to obtain the 74 seats neede<
for a clear majority in the 147
member Dail.
Romania-Russia
Sign 20-Year Part
MOSCOW, <i(P) — Romania and
the Soviet Union allied themselves
yesterday in a 20-year treaty ol
mutual aid and friendship.
Foreign minister V. M. Molotov
speaking at signing ceremonies in
the Kremlin last night, said the
pact acquired a special importance
“now that the incendiaries of a new
war from the imperialist camp are
making efforts to form military
and political blocs directed against
the democratic states."”
(The Russians customarily re
serve use of the word democracy
for the Communist states.*
By the pact, the two nations,
pledge immediate military aid and
other assistance to each other if
either becomes involved in mili
tary action with Germany or any
other power joined directly or in
directly with Germany in aggres
sion, the announcement said.
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (/P)—
Barbara Ann Scott, Canada’s
pretty, 19-year-old figure skating
champion, says she doesn’t want
to follow Sonja Henie into profes
sional ranks—she’d rather “learn
to cook.”
Asked after her historic victory
today in Olympic stadium if she
contemplated a professional ca
reer, the blonde skating stylist
answered: “I think I want to re
main an amateur. I want to’ learn
to cook, too.” She added she had
received no professional offers.
! Whaley and Munz
Receive Air Medals
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—-—
Frank Whaley of Wien Alaska
Airlines and William Munz, owner
of Munz Air Service, were award
ed Air Medals by Major General
J. H. Atkinson, Commanding Gen
eral, Alaskan Air Command, in a
ceremony held at the Nome Air
Base yesterday afternoon. The
| decorations which were awarded
for the daring rescue of six sur
vivors’ of the B-29 “Clobbered
Turkey,” which crashed north of
Nome on December 23rd, • were
presented personally by General
Atkinson.
Othei’s present were The Mayor
of Nome, Luther Dunbar, and the
Nome City Council, Brigadier Gen
eral Frank Everest, Command
ing General Yukon Sector; Chuck
O’Leary and Sammy Mogg, trail
men who participated in the evac
i uation and Doctor Maxwell Ken
nedy, who accompanied Frank
Whaley to the scene of the crash.
Colonel Burkhalter gave the
i opening address, followed by
Chaplain Albert Darling who led
the audience in prayer. Said May
or Luther Dunbar:
1 “The people of Nome are proud
that we have in particular two
men who have learned from force
of necessity to be well acquainted
with the country. We are equally
proud that these two men could
‘ work with the members of the
Nome Air Base and could do their
j part in the rescue. Since early
1942, there has been a close co
j operation between the members of
the Air Force Post and the civil
. 1
ians of Nome. It is mutual that
each party is anxious to give aid
to the other when possible. This
was recently demonstrated when
, men from the Nome garrison were
sent to the rescue of an amateur
pilot who crashed a few miles
, east of us.”
j Colonel Burkhalter stressed ‘.he
part played by the many persons,
' including many natives from
i Shishmaref and Cape Espenberg,
who gave so willingly of their
, time and efforts.
Said General Atkinson, ‘‘It gives
me gx-eat pleasure to be able to at
tend the ceremony in honor of Mr.
Whaley and Mr. Munz. The plea
sure I feel is great indeed for these
; two men volunteered their serv
i ices, using their own aircraft! to
attempt rescuing of the survivors
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Alaska Finances
In Good Condition
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JUNEAU, (IP)—Alaska finances
now are in good condition and are
expected to remain that way until
June, Territorial treasurer Oscar
Olson said yesterday in a monthly |
report.
As of January 31, Olson said,
the Territory had a cash balance
of more than $50,500. Of more
, than $2,000,000 in the bank, Alson
said $821,000 is obligated funds
and more than $1,100,000 has been
designated for various special
funds.
i The department of education is'
expected to present vouchers in
! June for approximately $375,000j
| annual school refunds.
Second German
War Criminal
Takes Own Life
PARIS, oP) — A war ministry
spokesman announced today that
Gen. Otto von Steulpnagel. war
time commander of German troops
in occupied France, hanged him
self this morning in Cherche-Midi
prison. Stuelpnagel, a 69-year-old
bachelor, was under indictment on
charges of “crimes against inter
national law,” including the exe
cution of hostages.
Stuelpnagel was arrested on his
estate in the French occupation
zone of Germany Dec. 12, 1946.
He had been sought by the French
since Germany’s defeat in the
spring of 1945. He was brought to
Paris to be tried.
China Should Have
Much More Aid
WASHINGTON. (/P)—Secretary
of State Marshall’s global strategy
for peace appears likfcly to meet a
critical test in Congress over hi*
aid for China program.
Officials have disclosed the.4 this
program calls for $510,000,000 of
American assistance 4.o the Chi
nese government during the 15
months beginning April 1
While the sum is cousiderab.vl
larger than the $300,000,000 Mai -
shall previously suggested infor
mally, it is expected to encounter
criticism, both in and out of* Con
gress, from advocates of much
greater help.
South Angry Over
FBI “Gestapo’”
WASHINGTON (JP)—1The bitter
Democratic feud over civil rights
hit a new pitch today. Senator
Russell <D.-Ga.) contended that
President Truman is planning an
FBI “Gestapo” to break down
race segregation in the south.
Russell told a reporter the
south’s revolt against the Presi
dent’s call for new measures to
knock down racial barriers “is
more serious than any I have seen
in my lifetime.”
This is true, the Georgian said,
because southern Democrats have
interpreted the President’s de
mand for an end to Jim Crow
laws on trains and buses as the
opening wedge in a fight to halt
all race segregation.
Navy Gives Kodiak
“Ultimatum”
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Mayor
Lee Bettinger of Kodiak, yester
day described a compro m i s e
agreement with navy limiting
civilian use of its ship service
stores as an “ultimatum” to mer
chants.
Representatives from Kodiak
conferred early this week with
asst. secy, of the navy Mark E.
Andrews on their complaint that
the navy was competing with
them by allowing the civilians to
use the navy service stores.
The mayor said in an interview
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Bridges Is A 1
Communist Says
Wife At Hearing J
SEATTLE, (A*> — The surprise g
testimony of the former wife of ,(
Harry Bridges, Pacific coast long
shore union leader, brought a cli- v
matic close last night to a nine- j
day hearing of the legislative un- e
American activities committee ,r
into Communistic activity in „
a
Washington State.
Testifying behind locked doors,
Mrs. Agnes Bridges asserted that
her former husband was a member
of the communist party. She said
he had a communist party mem
bership book which he concealed
under the bathroom linoleum or
in a slit cut above the door of
their San Francisco home.
(Bridges repeatedly has denied
party membership and in San
Francisco last night issued a mim
eographed statement charging his
divorced wife’s testimony was in
competent.
(“That very same statement was
handed to Judge Edward Foley in
the form of an affidavit when 1 ■
was granted citizenship, and it ■
was thrown out by the judge on
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Communism Can
Be Curbed With
Present Laws
WASHINGTON, (TP) — Attorney
General Clark said yesterday
I Communism in this country can
I be curbed by tightening up laws
already on the books.
He said there is no use trying to
(outlaw the Communist party be
cause that would only drive the
members underground. And. he
I said, such a law might be declared
uncontsitutional.
' There is “no more potent wea
pon,” he added than the work of
the House committee on un-Amer
ican activities in “bringing into
the spot-light of publicity the ac
tivities of individuals and groups.” |
Clark suggested to a sub-com
mittee of this group, however, that
Congress:
1. uequire ail aliens to report
their addresses once a year.
2. Permit the justice department
to hold aliens for a definite length
of time when their own countries
refuse to take them back.
3. Hold officers of subversive
groups responsible for seeing that
they are registered under the
Voorhis act. This act requires reg
istration of groups which are un
der foreign control or aim to over
throw the government by force.
4. Strengthen the espionage act
along lines to be recommended
later.
Clark disclosed that this coun
try now is holding about 3,400
aliens whose own countries will
not admit them. “About 2,100 of
these alien?,” he said, “are de
portable to countries behind ‘the
iron curtain’.”
He said at least a hundred of
those who should be sent back to
the Russian-dominated nations are
1 in custody because they have been
found guilty of “suversive activi
1 ties.”