a representative stationed full
time in Alaska. Much of this ex
pense fell on this bureau and the
detail was discontinued because
the results did not justify the fi
nancial outlay. However, as I
have indicated the department in
tends to re-establish an officer in
Alaska in the near future.”
* VISITORS
Don C. Foster, of Juneau, is in
Washington on official business in
connection with his position as
general superintendent of the
Alaska Native Service. *
Colonel J. P. Johnson, general
manager of the Alaska Railroad, is
in Washingtno from Anchorage to
confer with Interior Department
officials.
Kenneth J. Kadow is spending
some time in Washington for
meetings with interior department
officials. Mr. Kadow, whose head
quarters at Juneau, is director of
A-^ska field staff of the depart
yy meat of the interior in Alaska.
SAYS ALASKA iftlD HAWAII
SHOULD BECOME STATES
WASHINGTON, pP)—Rep. Pe
den (D.-OklaJ said yesterday he
thought the 81st Congress should
approve statehood for both Alas
ka and Hawaii.
“Not only should this be done to
aid in the defenses of the United
States, but it should be done be
cause we have promised statehood
to the people of Alaska and Ha
waii,” he said.
* Peden, who recently visited
Alaska, stressed importance of
building stronger defenses there.
He was defeated for re-election.
GEORGE# MADSEN WINS FIRST
PRIZE IN DRAWING
At 8 o’clock Saturday the win
ning numbers for the big raffle at
the Nome Hardware were drawn.
The first number drawn was 4729
and was claimed by George Mad
sen of the Polar Bar. Mr. Madsen
h is not yet made his choice of the
three fine prizes. A refrigerator,
washing machine and Philco ra
dio were the prizes offered in the
contest.
The second and third numbers:
5374 and 1960 have not yet beetn
claimed. Seven additional numbers
have been drawn and in the event
that the winning numbers are not
claimed in two weeks these num
bers will be announced
SOLDIER PLAYS PRIVATE
CHRISTMAS JOKE
SEATTLE. (/P)—Pvt. Gerald E.
Roberts went home for Christmas
after all. The story that he was
being shipped to Alaska was onyl
the private’s private joks, he said.
It was Rober's’ chance remark
some time back about chartering a
plane home for Christmas which
set off an airlift that carried 700
soldiers home for Yule in char
tered planes.
Roberts explained that the story
that the army was sending him to
Alaska on the eve of his departure
home was just a gag to throw the
home folk off the track.
“I wanted to walk in and sur
prise them,” he said. He and 50
other Fort Lewis GI’s landed at
Peoria, IllT, Friday.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
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American Ships
Will Still Get EGA
Relief Cargoes
WASHINGTON (aPi—American
ships will be guaranteed at least
halt of all Marshall Plan bulk car
goes for another month.
A decision by the economic co
operation administration to drop
this 50-50 provision effective Jan
uary 1 was modified Wednesday
an the recommendation of a 12
member public ‘’watchdog” com
mittee.
The previous action, designed to
take advantage of lower shipping
costs on foreign-flag vessels, had
aroused a storm of protest in mar
itime circles, in Congress and
elsewhere.
In announcing the delay, EC A
administrator Paul G. Hoffman
said:
‘‘In recent weeks, as a result of
the French coal strike and other
circumstances, the demand for
bulk cargo vessels has continued
at a high level, while during the
same period rate differentials have
decreased.”
Hoffman added that the post
ponement takes these factors into
account and also will “permit ap
praisal of the underlying problem
by the new Congress.”
Bulk cargoes consist chiefly of
coal and grain.
There had been no plan. ECA
said, to divert a higher percentage
of packaged goods, such as pro
cessed food, medicine and indus
trial equipment, to foreign ships.
The foreign aid act sets forth
the 50-50 provision but gives Hoff
man authority to alter it under
certain circumstances.
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Coast Guard Finds
Wrecked Mail Boat
SEATTLE, </P)—A coast guard
cutter found a heavily loaded
Alaska mail boat Saturday after
it had been unreported 24 hours,
1 with a hole in its hull.
The boat was the Dart, with 450
( sacks of mail for small coastal set
tlements of Southeastern Alaska.
I An all-day search was fruitless
Friday after it hit a rock off He
cate Island.
The cutter Cahoone found it and
planned to patch and tow it to
Ketchikan 110 miles to the north
east.
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WASHINGTON STATE GETS
COLD WEATHER
SEATTLE, </P) — Washington
was among the coldest states in
the Union last night but the wea
ther bureau predicts that temper
atures will rise somewhat today
and tomorrow.
For the second night in a row,
Omak in north central Washing
ton, reported 20 below zero. El
lensburg reported 16 below; Col
ville, 10 below; Yakima 2 below;
Spokane 0; Walla Walla 13 above;
Olympia 17 above; Tacoma 18
above and Boeing Field (Seattle>
23 above.
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
TO RUSSIA RESIGNS
MOSCOW, (/P)— Informed for
eign sources said today that Sir
Maurice Peteson, British ambassa
dor to the Soviet Union, probably
will retire early in the new year.
This would mean two new west
ern power envoys to the U.S.S.R.
as Gen. Walter Bedell Smith gen
erally is not expected to return
from his present trip to Washing
ton.
Peterson, who is 59 years old,
was appointed ambassador to the
Soviet Union May 17, 1946.
JOHN J. O'SHEA APPOINTED
ASSAYER AT ANCHORAGE
The appointment of John J.
O’Shea, Jr., to the position of as
sayer-in-charge of the laboratory
of the Territorial Department of
Mines at Anchorage, was an
nounced by B. D. Stewart, com
missioner of Mines.
Mr. O’Shea, member of a well
known family, who are long-time
residents of Interior Alaska, brings
to the position an excellent back
ground of training and experience.
He was graduated as a mining
engineer from the University of
Alaska, Class of 1938; after which
he was employed by the Fairbanks
Exploration Company at Fair
banks in the responsible capacity
of foreman of the gold-room. In
1943 Mr. O’Shea was elected a
member of the House of Represen
tatives in the Alaska Legislature
and served as such during the Six
teenth Session. He did not seek re
election in 1945, having joined the
U. S. Army, in which he served at
Anchorage and elsewhere in Alas
ka. On discharge from service he
assumed the position of coal-ana
lyst for the Alaska Railroad and
remanied in charge of their coal
; analysis laboratory a tAnchorage
until it was discontinued on De
cember 1, 1948.
Mr. O’Shea succeeds L. A. Dah
i ners, who resigned from the posi
i tion in October in order to accept
I appointment as mining engineer
j with the Cyprus Mining corpora
tion, which conducts a large cop
per-mining operation at Skiourio
tiana, Nicosia, Island of Cyprus.
, Mr. Dahners and his family, for
Alaska Politics
Starting To Boil
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KETCHIKAN </P)—On the heels
of the Governor’s calling a special
session of the Alaska Legislature
for January 6 to handle the Terri
tory’s financial plight, friends of
Senator Frank Peratrovich of Kla
work announced he would be a
candidate for president of the Sen
ate in the special session.
It was believed Victor C. Rivers
of Anchorage, present Democratic
chairman for Alaska, has the in
,-ide track for the presidency at the
regular session.
Peratrovich’s claim is based on
the fact that the Fourth and Third
Division each had the presidency
in the last two sessions and his se
niority. including continuous serv
ice in the House, is now greatest
on the Democratic side.
Peratrovich and newly elected
Senator R. M. MacKenzie, plan
s'ops at Wrangell and Petersburg
enroute to Juneau for the session
to discuss legislative matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Duke Mitrovilch
who have been visiting with their
' son George Beacom for about a
week, returned to 26 Mile yester
day with Pan American. Duke
i says the work is about done there
and it may be possible that he will
return to Nome.
mer residents of Anchorage, were
to depart from New York enroute
, to Cyprus on the first sailing of a
vessel following settlement of the
1 recent strike.
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