THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, August 17, 1951
Lars J. Johnson of
Anchorage Adj.
Gen. of A.N.G.
Governor Ernest Gruening to
day announced the appointment
of Lars L. Johnson of Anchorage
as Adjutant General of the Alaska
National Guard, succeeding Col.
J. D. Alexander who had served
in that capacity on loan from the !
U. S. Army and is now being re
assigned.
Johnson came to Alaska in 1938
and for several seasons divided
his time between employment at
the Independence Mine near Pal
mer and commercial fishing at
Bristol Bay.
In August of 1941 he was called
to active duty at Ft. Richardson
where he served with the Air
Corps as an administrative officer.
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He was instrumental in establish- \
ing Air Corps detachments at Ko
diak and Umnak islands, and acti
vated the McGrath Air Corps base
where he was commanding officer
until April, 1943.
Johnson, as Adjutant General j
is rated a Lt. Col. in the Alaska
National Guard and has been re
commended for federal recogni- j
tion in that rank by a board of
f
officers.
In announcing Col. Johnson’s;
appointment, Gov. Gruening also'
stated: “Needless to say I greatly \
regret the assignment of Colonel
Alexander who has given unstint- !
inglv of himself in organizing and
spearheading the National Guard
throughout Alaska for the past
three years. I feel that this view
will be widely shared by Alas
kans who have come in contact j
with Col. Alexander and with his
work in the National Guard and
Civilian Defense.”
Three Bradley U. Athletes
Eight “Fixers" Indicted
In Basketball Scandal
NEW YORK, (/P)—Three Brad
ley University basketball play
ers and eight “fixers”—one of
whom was described as a gunman
and bank robber—were indicted
today in connection with the sus
pected fixing of key games.
The Bradley players named in
the indictments filed in General
Session Court were Eugene Mel
chiorre, an All-American star,
William K. Mann, and George M.
Chianakas.
Rotary Hears About
Pressing Need for Roads
Mr. Helmo Wedow, geologist in
charge of the Alaska Division of
the U.S. Geological Survey, told
Rotarians about the laboratory at
College equipped to make a fast
check on radioactive materials.
It was Thursday’s Rotary meet
ing and Program Co-chairmen Dan
Jones and Don Hurlbert had
teamed up on speakers who gave
good evidence of the need for
roads to develop this area.
The lab at College will be oper
ated the year around, Mr. Wedow
said, giving prospectors a chance
to see what they actually had. In
about a year the Geological Sur
vey Service plans to publish a
statement on the availability of
radioactive materials in Alaska.
The other speaker was “Walk
ing Sweezey”, an insurance man
with a novel twist who inadver
tently showed Nome’s need for
roads by saying this was the only
town he hadn’t been able to walk
into. He likes the country, he said
—especially the fishing—and the
ability to combine good living
with work.
And of course, there were some
road men visiting Rotary—Mr. S.
L. Lundwall, chief engineer erf the
Alaska Road Commission, and W.
S. Pinkus, both of the Juneau
office.
Materials in the vicinity of Nome
are awaiting access roads. Since
some materials are being devel
oped under pressure of critical
shortages of essential metals, it
is certain that roads would greatly
aid this program.
Another guest was Mr. A. E.
Hopp, district attorney from Fair
banks. He didn’t say exactly why
he was in Nome, but apparently it
had little to do with roads..
Ted Duffield was transferred
from his former classification of
U.S. Commissioner to that of Con
tractor.
Rotarian Don Lyle was presen
ted with a brand new Ford pickup
— probably an evidence of the
club’s civic spirit and interest in
good roads. Don is president of the
local Good Roads Association, and
of course could use another good
car—even if this one was a model
and of a different make than he
commonly prefers. It was Don’s
birthday.
Another guest of the club was
Don M. Kantole.
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OSS Slaying In
Italy 7 Years
*
Ago Is Solved
WASHINGTON, (/P) — A c0ld
blooded “deuce of spades” kill
ing of an American cloak-and
dagger officer behind enemy lines
in Italy seven years ago has been
solved.
The Defense Department de
clared Major William V. Holohan,
then 40, was killed by two fellow
American servicemen with the aid
of two Italians. All were attached
to an Office of Strategic Services
mission parachuted into enemy
territory to get the low-down on
partisan guerilla bands.
Named by the department as
the principles in the case were:
Aldo Icardi, then a 23-year-old
lieutenant, formerly of Pitts
burgh but now employed in New
York City. The department said
in a formal announcement that
Icardi hatched the plot in a dis
agreement with Holohan over
how much arms aid to give to
communist partisans.
Carl G. LoDolce, then a ser
geant, from Rochester, N.Y. The
department said LoDolce “drew
the two of spades” and thus got
the assignment of shooting Holo
■han when Icardi decided poison
given him earlier might not be
effective.
It declared that two Italians
who were attached to the mission,
under intelligence officers’ ques
tioning a year ago “finally brake
down and told the real story of
what happened to Major Holo
han.”
The department said LoDolce,
later located in Rochester, “fin
ally confessed and wrote out a
statement” which corroborated !
that of the two Italians.
At his home in Preakness, N.J.,
Icardi denied any part in the j
killing.
Two Deny Accusation
WASHINGTON, </P) — Protest
ing their innocence, two former
servicemen have indicated they,
will fight any attempt, to send
them back to Italy for trial in I
the death of their commanding j
officer seven years ago. j
And the Italian government has
taken no announced action to ex
tradite them to face charges
made by the U. S. Defense De- j
partment that they played key i
roles in the killing of Maj. Wil- i
liam V. Holohan behind enemy !
lines in late 1944.
Both Americans denied the ac- j
cusation flatly.
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ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Don Lyle, Pres.
Dewey Gkrodrich, Secy.
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
WILL M. GILLIS, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
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Employment Security
Commission To Refund
$822,311 Alaska Employers
John T. McLaughlin, Acting Ex
ecutive Director of the Employ
ment Security Commission, states
his staff is now in the process of
mailing Experience Rating Credit
notices to 1,250 qualified Alaska
employers. These Notices apply to
the credit year ended June 30,
1951, or more specifically to the
calendar quarters ending Septem
ber 30, 1950, December 31, 1950,
March 31, 1951, and June 30, 1951.
Inasmuch as qualified employ
ers were required to have paid all
contributions due for the above |
quarters, such amounts will be
refunded to the extent of Experi
ence Rating Credit assigned them.
•No action is required by em
ployers for the purpose of obtain
ing these refufids, it was pointed
out. Refunds are presently being
computed and processed through
the Treasurer’s office and will be
automatically forwarded to the re
cipients. A total of $822,311.48 is
potentially refundable.
Refund computations are being
handled in serial number se
quence. The serial number is the
last four digits of the employer’s
account number. Those in the
2.000 number range will, there
fore, receive their refunds slightly
ahead of others in the 3,000, 4,000,
5.000 and 6,000 number range.
Employers are asked not to cor
respond regarding their refunds
until several weeks have elapsed, i
as such correspondence tend to I
t
delay the necessary clerical work j
that must be accomplished.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commeice,
Weather Bureau 'v
Forecast Nome: Partly cloudy
today and Saturday with gentle
variable winds. Lowest tempera
ture tonight 39, highest tomor
row 57.
Sunrise at 3:56 a.m., sunset
at 8:12 p.m.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 35 Cloudy
Point Hope 44 Cloudy
Kotzebue 45 Part cloudy '
Shishmaref 47 Cloudy
Wales 44 Fair
Gambell 45 Part cloudy 4
Nome 48 Part cloudy
Unalakleet 48 Part cloudy
Bethel 50 Drizzle
McGrath 53 Cloudy
Anchorage 54 Rain
Fairbanks 53 Part cloudy
Whitehorse 56 Cloudy
Edmonton 65 Showers
Juneau 54 Showers
Ketchikan 58 Part cloudy
Seattle 66 Clear
San Francisco 64 Smoke
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