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VOL. L. No. 140NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1948 PER COPY—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
JUNEAU, (/P) — The Advisory
Committee on Names in Alaska,
established on recommendation of
the Board of Geographic Names,
has elected B. D. Stewart, Territo
rial commissioner of mines, chair
man. Other members include Gov
ernor Gruening, E. L. Ke'.hahn,
curator of the Territorial museum,
and George Sundborg, consultant
of the Alaska Development Board.
VANCOUVER, B. C., (tf*)—CIO
longshore union officials said Sat
urday their members are not un
loading any cargoes diverted here
from strike-bound ports in the
United States.
Shipping officials, denying re
ports of increased port activity,
said the harbor was “not overly
busy.”
SITKA, (tP)—A wrecked fishing
boat and the body of an unidenti
fied woman were reported found
Friday at Kahz Bay 40 miles north
of here.
The troller was registered to
Tom Running of Juneau, well
known fisherman. However, it
was not known whether he or
others were aboard the craft.
The find was made by a fish and
.wildlife service boat. A federal
marshal and commissictner were at
the scene Saturday investigating
the case.
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Fairbanks’
homeless pooches will at last have
a home, with winter setting in.
The humane society, under Bob
Rogers’ direction, has recently
buil‘ a 14-foot by 18-foot log cabin
as a temporary shelter for stray
dogs until new owners can be
found for them.
ANCHORAGE, (7P)—The Alaska
Railroad has called for bids to dis
mantle and ship here a steam and
diesel electric power plant located
near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Bids
will be accepted untli Dec. 10.
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — Federal
Judge Anthony Dimond has ruled
that 'he United States govrenment
cannot legally confiscate pinball
machines because they are not
gambling devices.
His decision last week was on a
i test case brought by the govern
ment against a one ball machine
operated by an amusement com
pany.
Judge Dimond held that as long
as such machines did not pay off
in “chips, checks, credits, or values
exchangeable for money” they are
not gambling devices.
1 SANTA MONICA, Calif. (/P) —
Movie actress Esther Williams and
her husband, radio announcer Ben
Gage, have leased a service sta
tion. They’ll open it/* tomorrow
night—in typical Hollywood style.
Gas-pump attendants will wear
tuxedos .There’ll be searchlights,
an orchestra, beer for the guests,
gardenias for the ladiesf balloons
for youngsters. Keenan Wynn and
• Larry Parks plan to attend, wear
ing tuxedoes and riding their mo
1 torcycles.
Guests, which means the public,
are being notified that it is a
“black tie” affair. The hosts prob
ably are only kidding.
Internation’l News
At A Glance —
Saturday, November 20, 1948
(By The Associated Press)
The United States told the
United Nations today that the Ne
gev desert area of southern Pal
estine should not be taken from
Israel without full consent of the
Jews.
American deputy Philip C. Jes
sup also told the 58-nation politi
cal committee in Paris that the
United States looks forward to the
'admission of Israel to the Uni.ed
Nations.
Jessup expressed general accord
with the conclusions of the assas
sinated mediator, Count Folke
i Bernadotte, but made an excep
| tion of certain principles concern
i ing boundaries.
Bernadotte’s plan reversed the
partition arrangement adopted by
the U. N. last year by proposing
the Jews take western Galilee in
exchange for the Negev. Israeli
troops are in control of both areas
as a result of successful military
; operations.
Britain two days ago called tor
I solution of the Palestine problem
on the basis of the Bernadotte
plan. Jews attacked the plan say
ing it would reduce the size of
Israel by three-fifths. The Arabs
also opposed it because it would
mean recognizing that a Jewish
state is inexistence.
Referring to final Holy Land
! boundaries, Jessup said: “Our gen
! oral view is that we must seek
fur'her agreement between the
parties rather than attempt at this
lime to draw specific boundary
l lines.”
Responsible diplomatic officials
in London said the five western
European alliance countries—Bri
tain, France, Belgium, The Neth- 4
erlands and Luxembourg — have
agreed informally to urge that the
proposed North Atlantic defense
pact with the United States and 1
Canada extend for 50 years.
In Southampton, England, a i
fourth of the crew of the linerj
Queen Elizabeth walked off the
vessel in sympathy with striking
American longshoremen. Cunard
officials said the liner’s departure
would be delayed at least 25 hours.
The United States and Britain ,
were reported to have turned (
down French pleas against re
building Germany’s indust rial
power.
Observers said the the lu-week-oid -
government of Premier Henri
Queuille may not survive mount
ing opposition in the French par
liament to the Ameriean-British
policy. That policy conflicts with
the traditional desire of the French
people to keep Germany weak.
France’s request for a change in
policy was said to have been turn
ed down after secretary of state
George C. Marshall and British
minister of state Hector McNeil
talked with French foreign min
ister Robert Schuman.
American and British officials
believe the revival of western Eu
rope requires a healthy economy
in western Germany.
Communist newspapers in the
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Globe Girdlers
Crash Sunday;
Neither Injured
FAIRBANKS. 1/P)—An old bush
pilot trick paid off for Mrs. Rich
ard Morrow-Tait and her naviga
tor, Michael Townsend, yes'erday
when they made a cresh landing
uninjured, 200 miles southeast of
here.
The trick is to follow a highway
ust in case there might be the
leed of an emergency landing.
The young British aviatrix had
been experiencing engine trouble
for several days prior to her take
off yesterday from Anchorage on
another leg of her round-the-world
flight.
So she followed the Glenn High
way, which leads northeast to a
junction with the Alaska Highway.
Her plane crashed near the road
30 miles southwest of Tok Junc
lon in 30-below zero weather.
The AT-7, a two-engined Beech
craft which was accompanying
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Maritime Peace
Negotiations
Continue Today
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SAN FRANCis^O, UP) — Nego
tiations looking toward settlement
of the lengthy and costly west
coast maritime strike are being
continued—despite the expiration
of a deadline.
The conferees were to meet
again today.
A spokesman for shipowmers and
CIO longshoremen said last night
it was agreed to continue the talks,
although yesterday was the last
day for a settlement under the
Roth-Murray formula.
That formula was approved by
Philip Murray, president of the
CIO, and A. E. Roth, president of
the San Francisco employers’
council. It stipulated 10 days in
which to seek agreement, with the
shipowners’ wage offer to be sub
mitted to the rank and file mem
bership of the union if no other
solution were found.
The spokesman said the talks
are continuing under the negotia
tion formula—except that “the
clock has been stopped.” That’s
procedure used by legislative bod
ies to continue action on measures
beyond scheduled adjournment
time.
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MRS. WM. MUNZ FILES
COMPLAINT AGAINST '
FORMER HUSBAND.
Mrs. William Munz has sworn
out a complaint for the arrest of
her former husband William Munz,
on a charge of assault and battery.
Mr. William Munz was granted a
divorce last week in the U. S. Dis
trict Court.
Newspaper clippings from Seat
tle, under the date of November
17, tell of the application for a
marriage license of William Munz
and Edith Meade, former waitress
at the North Pole Bakery.
It is reported that the warrant
for arrest cannot be served until
Mr. Munz returns to the Territory.
AFL Considers
Severing Russian
Trade Relations
■ <By The Associated Press)
Negotiations in the 13-day-old
east coast longshormen’s strike
held some hope today, but the top
federal mediator declared ‘Tm not
predicting anything.”
There were reports in Washing
ton that the AFL longshore union
had received a welfare plan offer
from employers in addition to the
10-cent hourly wage increase pro
posal just before the New York \
talks recessed Saturday.
The union has halved its de
mands for a 50-cent hourly hike
for its 65,000 workers whose pres
ent base rate is $1.75.
Meanwhile, shipping was tied
up from Maine to Virginia. At
Southampton, England, where ap
proximately one-third of the giant
liner Queen Elizabeth’s crew
struck in sympathy with he Amer
ican longshoremen, the crew mem
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Interest Rates
Will Increase
i CHAMPAIGN, 111. CP)—A New
' York banker said Saturday the
upward trend in merest rates will
continue as long as the business
level remains high.
I R. C. Effinger, vice-president of
Irving Trust Co., New York, told
the Illinois Bankers conference
j that short-term rates have been
rising for the last 16 months “and
in some quarters further increases
are being suggested and are an
ticipated.”
He said, however, “it now seems
likely that they will be more mod
' erate and go into effect more slow
ly than was expected some weeks
ago.”
Fourth Round Of
Wage Hikes Starts
PORTLAND, Ore. CP)—One of
; the hottest issues before the CIO
| exploded into the open Saturday—
the question of punishing left
i wing CIO councils that refuse to
| follow CIO policies.
The CIO executive board met to
act in the case of the Greater New
York industrial union council, ac
cused of thwarting CIO policy and
aiding “enemies of labor.”
A three-man committee which
I held a hearing in Washington last
i month was reported to be recom
mending that the board revoke
the New York City council’s char
ter.
Meanwhile Walter Keuther,
president of the united auto •work
ers, fired an early round of post
war wage raises.
Friday Reuther told a group of
Portland businessmen, the City
Club, to get ready for a fourth
round.
He said the UAW is “already
talking about a fourth round.” He
said, “If you haven’t heard it, you
will hear it next week.”
By “next week” he meant the
CIO convention which started here
today.
Will Attempt To
Salvage Cargo from
Railroad Barge
SEATTLE. UP)—The expert who
directed the $3,500,000 salvage job
on the sunken freighten Diamond
Knot and its cargo of canned sal
mon 14 months ago, is going to
Alaska and another major job.
The veteran San Francisco sal
vage expert, Wal er L. Martignoni,
will be sent north to survey the
chances of saving a wrecked Alas
ka railroad barge and its $750,000
cargo.
The seagoing barge, loaded with
more than 2,000 tons of emergency
government cargo for Alaska,
grounded on rocks in Fern Har
I bor, Southeastern Alaska, Nov. 8.
Repeated efforts have failed to
| free the barge.
A. R. Sessions, Alaska Railroad
: representative in Seattle, said
Martignoni will be sent north by
J the Foss Launch and Tug cora
; pany. He left here by plane Sat
urday.
Martignoni was in charge of the
unusual salvage operation which
I reclaimed most of the cargo of the
[ frieghter Diamond Knot af.er it
! sank in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
fol.owing a collision with another
v .3 el.
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Of Snow Drifts
KANSAS CITY </P»—Plainsmen
in three states Saturday were cut
ting through deep snowdrifts to
rescue stranded travelers and live
i stock.
Winter’s first swoop across east
ern Colorado, southwestern Ne
braska and westren Kansas had
ridged them with drifts from three
to 20 feet deep. Trains, basses and
motor cars were stalled. Telephone
and power lines were down, and
many communities isolated.
One death'was reported. A 15
year-old girl died at Hutchison,
Kas., of diabetes when drifts
blocked efforts to get her to a hos
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Fight Russia Now
Before She Has
Atomic Bomb
LONDON (/P)—Philosopher Ber
trand Russell declared Saturday
the west must either tight Russia
before she has ‘he atom bomb or
“lie down and let them govern us.”
Russell said if the west waited
until Russia had the atom bamb, it
would find the Kremlin “much
more difficult to argue with.”
The philosopher-mathematician
said he did not believe Russia had
atomic weapons now because ex
perimental explosions would have
been detected.
The Sunday School Classes of
the Federated Church had a fare
well party last Saturday for two
of its regular attendants. Nina
Whaley and Ann Solon, who are
leaving this week for the States.
In charge of the party was Mrs.
Ken Rank, superintendent of the
Sunday School.