CITY COUNCIL
The Nome City Council met in
regular session Monday evening
1 with Mayor Steve Anderson pre
siding.
Mr. Yenney and his helpers
were praised for their progress
on restoring the cemetery and the
work there as far as it has prog
ressed. It was stated that 250
crosses have been made to remark
graves and they are in the precess
of being painted.
A list of employees of eating
and drinking establishments who
have their health certificates was
* submitted and letters were to be
sent to employers who have em
ployees who have not complied so
that all health certificates can
posted by July 10th.
The matter of dumping refuse
along the beach was discussed
I and the statement made that the
city owned dumping ground was
now available to all individuals
as well as organizations for this
purpose.
The Fire Committee reported
that sufficient wire had been
purchased from U. S. Surplus to
re-wire the fire alarm system
completely.
They also reported that the
new hydrants on D Street have
been completed and progress is
being made on laying the new
main east of the M and M Bank
on Front Street.
Councilman Herk Edwards re
"CLINIC FOR MUNICIPAL
ILLS" AT ANCHORAGE
Officials from 13 of Alaska’s
leading towns have been invited
to Anchorage by the Mayor of
Anchorage to a “clinic for munici
pal ills.”
The Mayor of Anchorage plans
to bring in experts on technical
problems of municipalities to
lead the discussions and result in
definite recommendations for the
improvement of city organization.
It is believed that this meeting
will be of great value of too rep
resentatives. It has not been stated
as yet who will represent Nome.
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Women are told what to do
only up to a certain age. Men are :
told what to do all their lives.
signed as he will be out of town
until fall. j
Luther Dunbar and Jerome,
I Trigg resigned from the planning
' council due to stress of work and i
a new board is planned to be ac- |
tivated soon so that the important i
task of meeting the qualifications,
of the Public Works Fund may be j
met and work started on neces- |
sary improvements to our streets
and sanitary system.
Paul Dryden asked to purchase
Lot 24 in Block 8.
A motion was made to pay the \
city’s one third share of harbor ;
maintenance. One third is paid by i
the Territory and one third was
asked of Lomen Commercial Co.,
last fall.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
KETCHIKAN {&)—Two student
fliers weer injured at Metlakatla
Monday night when their two
place float plane crashed into the
harbor.
Romey Atkinson, a well-known
athlete, was brought to the Ketch
ikan hospital in critical condition.
The coast guard said the second
victim, Frank Perez, had been
taken to the nurses’ town clinic
at Metlakatla. His condition was
not known.
Witnesses said the plane crash
ed when the engine stalled after
the two men had buzzed a boat
in the harbor and gone into a
steep climb.
JUNEAU, (iP) — Governor Er
nest Gruening said Monday that
official Washington is taking the
attitude that “anything may hap
pen” in the explosive Korean sit
uation.
Gruening, who returned Mon
day from the annual U. S. govern
ors’ conference, said he conferred
also with President Truman re
garding adequate defenses for the
Territory.
On the local scene, the Alaska
Governor said Mayor Jack Talbot
of Ketchikan has withdrawn his
resignation to the Alaska Devel
opment Board.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Delegate
Bartlett of Alaska said today he
is optimistic that the Senate will
approve legislation to authorize
construction of the $20,000,000
Eklutna power project in Alaska.
When the bill came , up in the
Senate two weeks ago, Senator
McClellan (D.-Ark.) objected to
its consideration. He did so, he
said, because of a difference of
opinion over whether the army
engineers or the reclamation bur
eau should build such projects in
the Territory.
Bartlett said he since has con
ferred with McClellan and that
the Senator indicated he would
not renew his objection when the
bill is called up again.
MEXICO CITY, (/P) — Gold
prices went up another 15 points
on the Mexico City market under
the impact of war news. There
was little change in the price for
stocks and dollars.
W A S H I NGTON, f/P> — Rep.
Mack (R.-Wash.) has asked the
federal trade commission to re
quire labeling on crab meat im
ported from Russia that will pos
itively identify it as a product of
Russia.
Mack suggested to Chairman
James Mead that the labeling can
be changed from “Product of
USSR” to “Product of Communist
Russia.” “Soviet Russia” or “Soviet
Union.”
He said that would identify it
more clearly to housewives.
WASHINGTON, (^—President
Truman’s reappointment of Ben
jamin B. Mozec as United States
Marshal for Division No. 2 in
Alaska was confirmed by the Sen
at yesterday.
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W A S H I N GTON. </P> — The
Smithsonian Institution reported
The Nurses Assn, committee
for the Alaska Cancer Fund re
port that they have collected
$666.95 during their local drive.
Mrs. Ben Mozee, chairman of the
drive committee stated that the
response of all who were solicited
was generous and she is well
pleased with the amount raised.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kanari ar
rived from the Kougarok for the
funeral of A1 Carey, a lifelong
friend
today that a little-known people
in northern Alaska is rapidly dy
ing out. chiefly because of “great
epidemic of influenza and mea
sles.”
The people, generally known as
the Nunotagmiut Eskimo, num
bered 3,000 nomad caribou hunt
ers two or three generations ago,
the report said. It added:
“Now a single group of less
than 40 is left alive.”
| Geology Instructor
Killed In Crash
FAIRBANKS. (/P) — Vincent E.
E. Shainin, 30-year-old University
of Maine geology instructor,
drowned Sunday when a navy
helicopter crashed into a lake
near the northern rim of Alaska.
The navy said the pilot and an
other passenger escaped unhurt.
The mishap occurred in the
Brooks Mountain range which ex
tends across the Arctic top of the
Territory.
Shainin was on summer assign
ment at Point Barrow for the U.
S. geological survey and had
planned to return to his teaching
post in Maine this fall. It is near
Barow that the navy is conducting
explorations for oil.
The young instructor’s body
was flown here yesterday. His
wife and child live at Orono.
Maine.
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