“European Coun
try" Snubs Armed
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VIEN'NA, Austria. (TP)—Senator
Thomas <D.-Okla.> said Saturday
one European country had snub
bed his armed forces sub-commit
tee of the Senate appropriations
committee and “any more money
granted to that country wilt be
over my protest.”
Thomas did not name the coun
try. but Congressional members of
his party said he was referring to
Sweden.
“The government officials,”
Thomas told newsmen, “acted as
if they did not know we were
within a thousaid miles of the
place. . . . The country I refer to
has helped no one in the last 135
years.”
Thomas is chairman of the
seven-man sub-committee, which
is touring Europe to investigate
the use of American aid funds.
The party arrived in Vienna Fri*
day night for conferences with
American military and diplomatic
officials.
They plan to leave here today
for Greece.
Mystery Boat Turns
111> Near (Cordova
CORDOVA, — A “mystery
boat” ashore on Kayak Island was
identified Saturday as an Alaska
fishing boat.
Its salvage for former Mayor
Ira Rothwell of Cordova ended
speculation over the possibility of
its having been a drifting derelict
from across the Pacific.
Part of the mystery continued,
howoever. There was no answer
to the question of how the ship
happened to go aground and why
it was abandoned. It was a 40-foot
steel craft, while most Alaskan
coastal fishing boats are wooden.
It was identified as the Olga N. of
Seldovia.
There were no papers aboard it
except for a calendar with the
days checked off to May 5, 1949.
A check with the coast guard fail
: ed to disclose the listing of any
boat of that name. One of similar
| size and description, however, was
reported lost last May. It was list
; ed under the name White Swan.
, The salvaged vessel is undam
1 aged, has a new engine and its
batteries still were good.
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Barkley Has
Close Call In
Near Air Crash
WASHINGTON, (A1)—Vice Pres
ident Barkley’s close call in what
a bomber’s crew said was a near
collision with a commercial blimp
near Washington appeared certain
today to speed up studies on sep
arating traffic around airports.
The popular “Veep,” who is to
be married next Friday, was un
aware o fthe incident at the time.
Crew members said the air force
B-17 in which he was a passenger ;
roared within 50 feet of the blimp
with no forewarning it was there. ;
Barkley told newsmen at Hartford,:
Conn., last night he “didn’t know
a thing about it.
It happened last Thursday night j
but did not become known—ex
cept by those immediately con
cerned—until last night.
This was the second incident of
its general nature reported in the
area of the Washington national
airport since Nov. 1. That was the
day on which a Bolivian fighter
plane collided with a big com
mercial airliner, killing 55 per
i sons.
A week after the Nov. 1 crash
which killed 55 persons, an East
Army Will Practice
Russo-Finnisli
War Tactics
ANCHORAGE, <JP) — The army
is going to study sub-Arctic war
tactics of the Russo-Finnish war
at its frigid Big Delta training cen
ter this winter—but it won’t say |
where or how it got the informa- J
tion.
Announcement that the troops
would give extended study to the
1939-40 clash was made by Maj.
Gen. Stanley L. Scott, army com
manding general of Alaska, Sat
urday.
Describing information concern
ing Russian-Finnish tactics as
“valuable” the announcement did
not elaborate on what it includes j
or how it was obtained.
Scott’s annoucement stated that
new knowledge on northern war
fare recently became available” >
and that the 1950 winter courses
had been expanded to include it.:
ern Constellation filed a complaint
that an airforce B-25 had nearly
collided with it south of the air-!
port. It said this near-hit came
while the airliner was climbing to
cruising altitude.
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WOODEN SHIPS MADE
FOR RUSSIA
MOSCOW, (/P) — “Red Fleet”
says that the largest dockyard for
construction of wooden ships in
the country is being built on the
river Svir. Ships having a capa
city of from 25 to 3,000 tons are
under construction.
Copies of
Nome Nugget
For Sale at
News Stands
at
NOME DRUG STORE
And POLET’S
K.K.
Public Library
Open
Fridays—7:30 lo 9:00 P.M.
Saturdays—2:30 lo 4:00 P.M.
SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY
Sealed bids will be received in
the office of the ALASKA DIS
TRICT ENGINEER, CORPS OF
E N G I N EERS, ANCHORAGE,
ALASKA, until 3:00 P.M., on the
18th day of November, 1949, and
then publicly opened, for the sale
of a quantity of items, including:
Quonset Huts of various sizes
Frame Buildings
Cowin Huts
Miscellaneous shacks and struc
tures
Wood tanks
Paint, Malthoid roofing, barbed
wire, etc.
The property being offered is lo
cated near Marks Air Force Base;
also, in the Ordnance-Utilities
Material Yard area, the Old Hos
pital Area on the South bank of
Snake River, and the Plumbing
Supplies Area northeast of the
North-South runway of Marks Air
Force Base, near Nome, Alaska. It
may be inspected at any time, al
though a pass may be required to
enter the Main Base.
Successful bidders will be re
quired to remove the buildings
and materials covered by the bid
from the premises.
Specifications of sale, bid forms
and other information may be ob
tained from the Resident Engineer,
Nome, Alaska, the Air Installa
tions Officer, Marks Air Force
Base, or the office of the District
Engineer, Alaska District, Anchor
age, Alaska.
Pub. Nov. 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16.
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