No Agreement In
Cannery Strike
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-SEATTLE, (yp)—Alaska salmon
ct*.»nery negotiations near the crit
ical stage today as the pre-season
deadline approached with no
agreement in sight.
A series of conferences yester
day between the employers’ repre
sentatives and conciliation com
missioner Albin L. Peterson, and
Peterson and the union representa
tives produced negative results.
Two shiploads of cannery main
tenance workers, originally sched
uled to sail for Alaska last week,
are being delayed by the dispute.
1st Toyko Strikers
To Celebrate
WASHINGTON, (A*)—Sixty-one
of the eighty army air forces fliers
who made the first air strike
against Tokyo under the command
of Jimmy Doolittle are alive to cel
ebrate the fifth anniversary of the
feat.
The AAP said today most of the
men will attend a three-dav re
union at Miami Beach beginning
April 18, the date on which the 16
B-25 medium bombers made a pre
carious take-off from the navy’s
aircraft carrier lionet 800 miles
cast of Tokyo. Lt. Gen. Doolittle,
now vice president on an oil com
pany, plans to be present.
Of the 80 men and officers who
flew the mission, 33 are still in the
AAF.
FAIRFrELD, Calif. (/P)—Father
Edward J. Flanagan of Boys’
Town, Nebr., will leave here today
for Tokyo to serve as a consultant
to occupation headquarters and the
Japanese government on child
welfare. The famous priest was
specially requested by General
MacArthur for the job of directing
rehabilitation of Japanese youth
left homeless by the war. He will
be an official representative of the
war department.
Cabinet Explores
Price Situation
WASHINGTON. (/P)—President
Truman Tuesday called a special
se.-sion of his cabinet for today to
explore the price situation.
Presidential press seer e t a r y
Charles G. Ross said that chair
man Edwin G. Nourse of the Pre
ldem’s economic advisory council
has been asked to submit a report
at that time.
Mr. Truman, who has repeatedly
expressed concern over rising
prices, declared in r. speech Satur
day night lie hoped industry would
not go “whole hog for profits.”
Ordinarily the cabinet meets u*.
Friday.
The economic council has been
making a continuous survey of the
price situation.
Nourse and his council col
leagues went to the White House
Tuesday morning for a prelimin
' ary discussion with Mr. Truman.
WASHINGTON, 1/P)—President
Truman explored the economic
problem of rising prices during
an hour and 40-minute cabinet ses
sion today, but the White House
announced afterward “no action
was taken or is planned.”
Charles Ross, Presidential sec
retary, gave this report to news
men after the special midweek ses
sion of the cabinet and Mr. Tru
man’s top economic adviser.
Added to the lineup around the
cabinet table were Edwin G.
Nourse, chairman of the Presi
dent’s economic advisory council:
Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of
the federal reserve system, and
James E. Webb, budget director.
The participants referred all
questions to Ross. He said there
was a “general discussion” of the
price and economic situation and
that President Truman “did a lot
of listening.”
An onion a day gives your diet
away.
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! Nine Die In l
Bus-Truck Wreck
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SEATTLE. (/P)—Eight bus pas
sengers and an oil truck driver lost
their lives last night when a heavy
Seattle-bound North Coast lines
bus colided with the tanker at the«
south city limits and then plunged
into the Duwamish river along the
Pacific Highway,
Eleven other passengers and the
bus driver, Melvin D. Long. 22, of
Olympia, survived. Some had se
vere injuries but none was critical.
Heroic rescue work by eye wit
nesses and passing motorists, who
waded into the .river and climbed
atop the two-thirds submerged
! bus, prevented a heavier death
toll.
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The first rescuers at the scene
hacked holes into the roof to pull
to safety frightened passengers
who were fighting for air inside
■ the wreckage.
The bus driver escaped by kick
1 ing out the windshield while a
number of men got out without as
sistance and clung to driftwood in
j the river until rescued.
ICE POOL HAS RECORD
SALE IN NOME
This year marks a record sale
of Nenana Ice Pool tickets, with
five thousand dollars worth of
hopeful wishing going into the big
event from Nome.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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The U. S. S. R. & Mining Com
pany siren will be tested at 1:00
o'clock P.M. Saturday, April 12,
1947. Citizens are not to be alarmed
in that the siren may be sounded
several times.
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Classified Ads
FOR SALE—3-room house, furn
ished, with bath, also garage, V2
ton 4x4 Dod|e pick-up, 12 x 14
tent frame, tent and fly, and baby
sled. Call Red 9, or see Gregory
at 3rd and “C” Sts. 42-2t
FOR SALE—Sun-Kraft Quartz Ul
traviolet lamp; brown wool Top-i
per Coat with red fox collar,
size 14. Call Main 143 after 5
| p.m. 42-2tp
FOR SALE—Good 6-room house, j
completely furnished, $2,500. C.
F. O’Dell, care Ed Horen. 43-ltp
Legal B’anks at The Nugget office
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Radio Writers
To Strike
NEW YORK, •(#*)—Formal no
tice of a nation wide strike by tlie
radio writers guild will be served
on the networks and other stations
today, it was announced yester
day by Roy Langham, national ex
ecutive secretary of the guild. The
strike will not become effective
until thirty days after the notice.
The strike will include approxi
mately 1,700 free lance writers
who turn out scripts for many o'
the leading network programs.
Sam Moore, national president
of the guild, said in Hollywood
that the strike is principally con
cerned with ownership of scripts.
He charged that writers lose all
title to their material once it is
sold.
People Hanging
Onto E Bonds
WASHINGTON UP)—'The Amer
ican people are hanging on to
their war bond savings this year
in sharp contrast to the way they
turned them in for cash in early
! 946.
Treasury figures today showed
that cash-ins of the Series E sav
ings bond—the old “war bond”—
were 38.5 per cent lower during the
first three months of this year than
the same period of 1946.
As a result, the treasury sales of
these bonds exceeded redemptions
by $326,146,000 during the first
Lewis “Gratified”
With Coal Output
WASHINGTON, U*» — John L.
Lewis Tuesday expressed “gratifi
cation” that coal production Mon
day was “substantial” and in
structed miners to resume work as
fast as each mine is certified as
safe.
Lewis, president of the AFL
UMW, made public a telegram he
sent to each district president of
the union. It said in part:
“Let us all hope that the be
lated efforts of the federal govern
ment to establish safety in the
mines will not prove to be a spas
modic gesture and will pave the
j way for mandatory safety legisla
tion by the federal Congress.”
The coal mines administration
said its reports of labor showed
100,000 miners, including 54.000
members of John L. Lewis' UMW.
digging coal in 500 nits on the
first day of the scheduled safety
stoppage after the union’s six-day
mourning period for victims of the
Centralia, 111., blast. The UMW
has 400,000 soft coal miners.
MRS. GLADYS SEEDS
RETURNS FROM STATES
Mrs. Gladys Seeds, co-owner
of the Nome Drug Store who has
been in the States on a buying trip
returned last Monday evening with
, the Pan American.
quarter of this year. Redemptions
exceeded sales by $204,540,000 in
the first quarter of 1946.
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We have never before had such a fine
assortment of fresh green goods!
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We have received this week—
FRESH TOMATOES, CAULIFLOWER
RHUBARB, GREEN ONIONS
, LETTUCE, CUCUMBERS
ZUCHINI, CALAD GREENS,. ENDIVE
ASPARAGUS, CELERY
BROCCOLI, AVOCADOS, CABBAGE
NAVEL ORANGES, LEMONS, GRAPEFRUIT
— and —
FRESH BEEF
In the clothing department we have—
NYLONS in All Sizes
CHILDREN’S LONG STOCKINGS in All Sizes
PERCALE PRINTS and FLANNEL PRINTS
— and —
Window Shades Again
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