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NEWS IN BRIEF
ROME, (/P) — Jack L. Begon,
publisher of Rome’s English lan
guage Daily American, was con
victed yesterday of distributing
obscene literature in the form of
the American Esquire Girl calen
dar.
The calendar is published an
nually by Esquire Magazine and
features illustrations by its artists
showing luscious young women in
t various stages of undress.
JUNEAU, (/P)—Four men who
bid $200 per goat will get the con
tract for catching mountain goats
—alive and wild—the federal fish
•and wildlife service reported yes
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terday.
There were 14 bidders on the
job.
The goats, when caught, are to
be transplanted from the main
land to Kodiak and Chichagof is
^ lands.
The successful bidders were
Victor Hanlon and Herman Kitka
of Sitka, Simon Jenson of Cordova
and Ed Vogel of Juneau.
PETERSBURG, (JP)—Employees
of the Kayler-Dahl cold storage
plant have voted to switch their
affiliation to the American Feder
ation of Labor.
They have been affiliated with
the Harry Bridges-led intemation
• al longshoremen’s and warehouse
men’s union, which was ousted
from the CIO earlier this year.
The switch will associate the
Cold Storage Union with the local
of the International Longshore- i
men’s Association (AFL).
The employees’ unit signed a i
memorandum agreement with:
Kayler-Dahl on wages and work- !
ing conditions, to run to next
March 31.
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NEW YORK, iff) — “The U. S.
fighting man” is Time Magazine’s:
“man of the year.” •
The annual selection is reported
in the Jan. 1 issue. The cover
bears a portrait of a grim-faced
soldier symbolic of all the U. S.
armed forces.
This is the first time the weekly j
news magazine chose a symbol,
rather than a specific individual,
as the “man of the year.”
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CENTRALIA, Wash. (yP) — The
22 girl escapees from the state
school at Grand Mound had ap- i
parently reached the end of the
road yesterday. All were believed
in custody after walking away
from the fenceless institutiom
Tuesday night.
School spokesmen said early
yesterday they had been advised
of the recapture of 12 of the
group. Eight others, however,
were picked up in Seattle Wed
nesday night and two were re
ported taken into custody st Ore
gon City, Oregon.
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BOSTON, (^P)—-Done pounding
a beat is patrolman Edwin F.
Flanders, A.B., B.L.I., Ll.D.
But he wasn’t promoted, he’s re
tiring after 28 years in the de
partment’s lowest grade — despite
his three college degrees.
The 60-year-old cop said he
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Longshoremen
Ponder New
Security Ruling
SAN FRANCISCO, (iP)— West
Coast longshoremen apparently
were split today cm procedures to
follow in regard to the Coast
Guard’s new waterfront security
cards.
A spokesman for Harry Bridges’
70,000-man International Long
shoremen’s and Warehousemen’s
union said the locals up and down
the Pacific coast had agreed to de
lay any action until a meeting
January 11 at Longview. Wash.
Bridges’ spokesman, Morris
Watson, ILWU publications chief,
declared that regardless of cards
“the longshoremen aren’t going
to commit any sabotage.”
In Seattle ILWU members be
gan the necessary processing to
obtain cards.
The Coast Guard reported at
least 100 longshoremen had been
processed in Seattle yesterday
and most were members of the
ILWU. ArtOlsen, an ILWU busi
ness agent, said Seattle members
were being sent to the Coast
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Nome May, Hear
Concert Tonight
At M. A. F. B.
This evening the people of Nome
will be the guests of MAFB to
hear the George Washington Uni
versity Glee Club Concert at the
Base Theater at six o’clock. The
Base is providing transportation
from town at 5:15 and 5:45,
leaving from the Federal Bldg., as
well as transportation to town af
ter the concert.
This famous glee club is on
tour of all military installations in
the Territory, and it will be a
great privilege to hear their fine
program.
Gwyn Perce, manager of the 26
members of the Glee Club, stated
that outstanding on their program
is the quartet which is called the
Colonial Quartet composed of
Steye Anderson, Richard Hodges,
Wade Currier and John Parker;
and a trio of girls called the Thrill
Billy Threeo, composed of Virgin
ia Perrot, Ethel Johnson and Joan
Haag, who sing cowboy songs.
The director of this interesting
group, whose college is only a
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Govt. Sharply Cuts
Money Available
For Private Loans
WASHINGTON, (IP)—The gov
ernment cut down sharply today
on money available for private
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loans and forged strong new
links for harnessing the national
economy more firmly to the de
fense drive.
A federal reserve board order to
its 6,885 member banks called for
freezing $2,000,000,000 out of the
loan market.
The board said its action would
cut off a potential further increase
of $12,000,000,000 in the already
record-high volume of bank loans.
This is because banks could have
lent the two billion dollars over
and over again.
The Economic Stabiliz a t i o n
Agecny announced that it will
open 13 regional offices “to handle
price and wage problems,” a step
apparently paving the way for
stricter controls expected later.
The National Production Au
thority decreed that the U. S. will
take over immediately as sole im
porter and distributor of natural
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Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Thursday, December 28, 1950
By the Associated Press
Fighting front—U.N. forces de
fending a 15-mile front near the
38th parallel brace for commun
ist blow. Gen. MacArthur says
major offensive may come any
time in the next two weeks. Com
mander says Red China is mobil
ized on national scale with 1951
military budget three times great
er than in 1950.
Diplomatic Front—Twelve Asian
countries expected to meet today
at Lake Success to urge United
States to negotiate with Red Chi
na for a settlement of all Far East
ern problems. American attitude
hostile to appeasement.
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Friday, December 29# 1950
The first blow of the newly
massed communist army drives U.
N. forces back 10 miles on the
east flank. Skirmishes are report
ed all along the 150-mile line near
the 38th parallel. Air observers
spot heavy Red troop movements
toward battle zone. New comand
er of U. S. Eighth Army, Lt. Gen.
Matthew B. Ridway, says he has
! complete confidence in ultimate
! success of U. N. Korean effort.,
At Lake Success the U. S. re
jects Russia’s contention that any
of the great powers should have
veto over proposed Japanese peace
! treaty. The Americans are press
ing for a treaty regardless of the
Russia nattitude.
Truman Brands
Herbert Hoover
“Isolationist”
WASHINGTON, <iP)—iPresident
Truman’s comment that the na
tion is going to steer clear of iso
lationism, set the stage today for
Republican John Foster Dulles to
join the “great national debate’*
on foreign policy.
Mr. Truman, at his news conier
ence yesterday, pinned the isola
tionist label on former President
Herbert Hoover’s proposal to con
centrate on Western Hemisphere
defense until Western Europe
demonstrates it has the will and
ability to meet communist ag
gression. Mr. Dulles announced
in advance that he agrees with
much Mr. Hoover said, and is
scheduled to state his own views
this afternoon at 2:00 pm. (Nome
time) in an address at New York
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to the American Association for
the United Nations. Dulles, ad
visor to Secretary of State Ache
son, said however, he would ex
press a viewpoint “somewhat dif
ferent” from Hoover’s.
The state department has made
plain it expeots Dulles to support
the basic administration policy of
collective security through the
North Atlantic Pact.
NOTICE
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Monday being New Year's Day#
the staff of the Nome Nugget will
take its usual vacation. There will
be no paper until Wednesday.