Truman Glad Of j
Traffic Death Fall
WASHINGTON, </P>—President
Truman today applauded a ’’sharp
and gratifying decline” in the na
tion’s traffic casualties but' called
on highway users and officials to
reduce still further the “appall
ing” annual toll.
“We have won a major victory
in the campaign against careless
ness,” said Mr. Truman in an ad
dress delivered at the opening ses
sion of his second highway safety
conference.
Noting that at least 6,500 lives
were saved last year as measured
against “the black record” of pre
war 1941, when 40,000 fatalities
occurred, Mr. Truman declared
the safety campaign is “well start
ed, but it is by no means done.”
Men, women and children died
last year as a result of highway
accidents, and well over 1,000,000
were injured,” he said. “That is a
tribute to inefficiency this nation
cannot afford to pay.”
MRS. JOHN SOLON
RETURNS FROM STATES
Mrs. John Solon returned from
a short trip to the States for med
ical attention for her infant
daughter Terry.
JAMES ADAMS BACK FROM
BUSINESS TRIP
James Adams, U. S. Commis
sioner, returned home from a trip
to Seattle and Olympia, where he
states it rained most of the time.
EASTERN STAR HOLDS
REGULAR M&5TING
Alaska Chapter No. 1 O. E. S.
held their regular meeting last
Monday evening and conferred
degrees of the order on Charlotte
Jane Scott and Julia Silverman,
both daughters of members of the
chapter. Mrs. Tolbert Scott, a past
matron, presented each of the
girls with a beautiful emblematic
pin from their mothers.
A special program was prepared
honoring the fathers of the order
after which refreshments were
served by the committee composed
of Mrs. H. Harper, Mrs. Ben Gil
lette and Mrs. Robert Baldwin.
KING ISLAND NATIVES
ARRIVE IN NOME
Following the return last week
of several King Island men for
I the longshore season, their famil
i ies and all of the population of
| the island came to Nome this
week to spend the summer. With
i the Eskimos was Father B. F. La
Fortune, pastor of the island peo
! pie, who has not been to Nome for
i the past few years.
The natives will make their
home at the east end of town in
the section known as King Island
Village.
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THE LATE SIR THOMAS LIP
| ton, British sea merchant and
world-famed yachtsman, was once
: a street-car conductor in New Or
i leans, according to the Encyclo
paedia Britannica. He also worked
1 on a plantation in South Carolina
i before he returned to Scotland to
become rich and successful.
Tailored Sport Jackets
Just the thing for “Summer” Wear
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Phone Main 26
FOR SALE
i MY RESIDENCE
1 On North Steelman Street
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: Which Is a Nine-Room Home with
| Hot and Cold Running Water and Bath
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i ALSO MY IM CAT TRACTOR
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| Which I have recently had overhauled
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| Because I have sold most of my cabins
[ I am anxious to leave on the next boat
| and will sell at a considerably reduced
( price.
f I HAVE TWO GOOD CABINS LEFT AND
[ YET FOR SALE
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Can’t Stand Cost
Of Statehood
SEATTLE, (>P) — Statehood
would be a great help to Alaska,
Mrs. Elton Engstrom of Juneau
said today, but she added a doubt
that the Territory was “rich
enough to pay the added expens
es that Statehood would bring.” .
Mrs. Engstrom, one of the five
women elected to the Territorial
legislature since 1913, has been a
patient in Swedish hospital here.
Also patients -are her sons, Elton,
Jr., 12, and Allan, 9. They plan to
return to Juneau by air about
July 1.
“They really mean it when they
say Alaska is a man’s country,”
said Mrs. Engstrom, recalling her
campaign by air for her seat in
the legislature.
Little Acquitted In
! Court Martial
i
| WASHINGTON, (JP)—A secret
[ court martial which lasted 97 days
acquitted Lt. Comdr. Edward N.
Little of accusations that he mal
treated fellow Americans in a
: Japanese prisoner of war camp.
! The court martial, which was
| closed to the public at Little’s re
i quest, heard 80 witnesses,
j The navy had identified the
main charges against the defend
ant as maltreatment of a oerson
subject to his orders, conduct to
the prejudice of good order and
discipline, and conduct unbecom
, ing an officer and a gentleman.
The navy did not elaborate on
: its announcement of the acquittal
verdict last night.
Allied headquarters in Tokyo
J has disclosed that Little was mess
officer of a Japanese camp at
Omuta. Then a lieutenant, he was
senior in rank among the prison
ers and under prisoner of war
conventions they were subject to
| his orders.
I Fish Packer
i
Refloated
PORT ANGELES. f;P)—The 90
j foot fish packer Terry, owned by
j Leslie Grove of Juneau, Alaska,'
! was refloated and placed on the J
i marine ways for repairs Monday
| after running aground on the Port
| Townsend business district water
( front.
Perishable goods in the vessel’s
heavy cargo were damaged when
she developed a heavy list and
flooded.
A jammed rudder caused her toj
go aground while enroute from
Seattle to Alaska.
Grove estimated the cargo dam
age at $3,000 and the damage to
' his craft at $1,500.
Walter McCarthy
| SOLOED THIS WEEK
Walter McCarthy, youngest son
j of Mr. and Mrs. W. McCarthy,
; who graduated from high school
' last month, soloed this week with
; Peninsula Flying Service. Walter,
i who is only 16 years old is one of
i the youngest boys to have soloed
I here.
I Dan Wheeler, jailer at the U. S.
pail also soled this week.
CUAS. D. JONES BACK
jFROM STATES TRIP
Charles D Jones, senator from
Second Division, returned home
Monday from a trip to the States
following the legislative session.
It is reported that he visited in
California with his daughter and
grandchildren and saw many other
i Nomeites on his trip.
Japan Hard Hit
By Food Shortage ’
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TOKYO (JP)—Allied authorities
describing food conditions here as
comparable with those of Ger
many, declared today that the peo
ple of Japan—especially those de
pendent on officials rations—will,
feel the “pinch’ of hunger in the:
next few months. }
The food situation will not re
sult in mass starvation, headquar
ters officials said. Japanese will
be able to supplement rations from
black market food stocks, mostly
food turned over to the govern
ment by farmers.
The government will resort to a
“skip plan”—eliminating occa
sional rations—in an attempt to1
OLAF LUNDBERG HERE
FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION
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Olaf Lundberg, oldtimer from
Candle was brought to Nome this
week by the Alaska Airlines for
medical attention.
SEATTLE, (/P> — A superior
court jury yesterday brought in a
verdict of acquittal for Archie E.
Phelps, former King county com
missioner charged with ‘miscon
d ’ct ot a public officer.” Still on
♦rial before another jury were
George and Lena Genss, accused
of collecting salary for services
which Mrs. Genss did not perform.
spread evenly food supplies on
hand and those which will become
available during the summer, the
Allied sources said.
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BEN YOUNG
NORTHERN
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G.-E. Mazda Lamps Refrigerators
Electrical Appliances Washing Machines
Wiring Material
Phone MAIN 105
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Neill, Clark & Company
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS
TAX COUNSELORS
Office in Wallace Hotel - Phone Main 11
Juneau NOME Fairbanks
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