cans who will join them.
“They need it so Alaska may be
set up as a great defense bastion
against any enemy from Asia.
“They need it so all the people
of the world may know that
American democracy pract ices
what it preaches.”
Bob Austin, who has been man
ager of the U. S. Mercantile Co.,
since it was taken over by Larry
Galvin, leaves Sunday by Pan
American to be with the Alaska
Market in Fairbanks.
Mr. Austin was employed by the '
Northern Commercial Co., prior
to working with the U. S. Mer-1
cantile. Leaving with him are his!
wife and two children.
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ALASKAGRAM No. 53
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Truman Has Power
But May Not Use It
To Seize (loa! M i lies
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman said yesterday a draft of
plans for seizure of coal mines are
drawn up. But he did not indicate
when or under what circumstances
it might be used.
His news conference comment
came when he was told that there
was a report around Washington
that the government was prepared
to seize the mines unless the un
ion and management reached an
agreement.
The President said the matter
was still in the hands of the
courts and that he had nothing to
say about his plans.
Told of a report that a seizure
draft of some sort had been pre
pared, the President said drafts
are always prepared covering all
the President’s powers.
A story published by the Eve
nning Star said the coal seizure
plan was drafted with a view to
putting it into action if other mea
sures fail to end the strike of 372,
000 coal miners by early next
weekh
Mr. Truman said that he would
follow the law to the letter in an
effort to break the coal strike.
He did not elaborate on that.
However, there is a provision in
the Taft-Hartley law for a report
to Congress when emergency pro
cedures under the law fail to end
a threat to the national health or
welfare.
The President said the situation
is very serious.
A reporter quoted Henry Ford
as saying there will be an indus
trial closedown within two weeks.
Mr. Truman commented that
he would not go as far as that,
but the situation is serious.
AMERICAN LEGION INITIATES
SIX NEW COMRADES
This last Tuesday evening, Feb.
28th, a large part of the members
of the American Legion turned
out to welcome Nome Post 19, six
new comrades.
Those being initiated into the
Legion were George Beacom, Tho
mas Pushruk, Allen Soosuk,
George Tucker, and Roscoe Wilke.
A regular meeting followed, one
high point was when the mem
bers were shown the Honor Ban
ner the Post had won for exceed
ing its membership quota. A new
quota of 50 members for 1950 has
been. set; this should be broken
soon if Ben Young and his com
mittee continue to bring in new
members.
After the meeting a hearty
lunch was served, during which
time many incidents and experi
ences of past wars were retold by
the comrades.
Although only 11 per cent of U.
S. farms had electricity in 1935,
more than 61 per cent have elec
tricity today.
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Govt. Prepares for
(ioal inline Seizure
(Continued from Page One'
Mine Workers Union was inno
cent of contempt of court although
its 372,000 miner-memgers have
refused to obey a court order for
thme to go back to work.
On the heels of that decision the
justice department moved (1> to
appeal, and <2) to get the tempor
ary “stop strike” order replaced ]
by an injunction.
A successful appeal would open
the may for fines to be imposed
o nthe union if the strike con
tinues. But an appeal is a slow
business and the coal shortage
already has reached despa rate
proportions in some areas. Indus
trial shut-downs, due to lack of
coal, have thrown over 200,000 1
out of work.
The Senate labor committee to
day deferred action until tomor
row on legislation to pave the way
| for government seizure of the
strike bound coal mines.
The committee postponed a vote
, on a seizure bill by Senator
Morse <R.-Ore.» because of lack
' of a quorum.
Only six Senators were present,
i Seven are needed to transact
i business. Senator Elbert D. Tho
mas tD.-Utah>, committee chair
I man, called a special meeting for
; tomorrow morning. He said the
Morse bill and possibly others
would be taken up then.
Before prohibition in the Unit
ed States, the eating of turtles
was associated with liquor con
sumption and the market was
: only partially regained after re
i peal.
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I Inventory blanks at Nome Nugget.
Goes Jovriding
In Hie Air
ANC HORAGE, (TP)-An exub
erant character pirated an airlines
DC-3 transport plane, flew low
in buzzing sleeping residents for
1 1 minutes, abandoned the plane
in the middle of an airport run
way and fled in a stolen taxicab
early yesterday.
Northern Consolidated Airlines
and police were still searching to
day for the nocturnal jov rider of
the skies.
Norman Maither, civil aeronau
tics administrator tower operator
at Merrill Field, told authorities:
“Nobody heard the plane warm
ing up, hut about 1:42 a.m., I no
ticed a plane with no lights on the
runway. I flashed the red light,
but the DC-3 left the ground
without clearance.”
Maither notified airline offi
cials, who called police. By the
time police got to the civilian
field, the plane was back on the
ground—abandoned in the middle
of the east-west runway. Police
saw the taxi speeding away.
They said they believed the cul
1 prit or culprits had taken the cab
from outside a downtown nighi
club. It was found abandoned
later.
A pilot who had seen the night
gallivanting craft in the air said
“It sounded like it wasn't getting
the right fuel mixture, or the
props were not synchronized, or
the motors were not coordinated.
It was flying about 600 feet high.”
A check of the plane disclosed
no apparent damage. The master
switch was off, but other swit
ches were left on.
Whisky had been spilled on the
floor of the cockpit.
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