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VOL. XLIX. No. 37. NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAYT mARCH 26, 1947 PER COPY^TfrT
NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, (A3) — Russia
has notified the United States that
she is ready to take “appropriate
steps” to carry out an agreement to
the control of the Manchurian port
of Dairen, the state department an
nounced today.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (/P)—Come
dian Chico Marx, 56, has announc
ed that he is retiring from the
show business immediately be
cause of serious illness.
MANILA, I A3)—Father Bernard
Hubbard, Alaska’s noted glacier
priest, arrived this week in the
middle of Manila’s usual spring
hot season.
Hubbard is making a photo
graphic survey of Catholic mis
sions in the Orient.
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TOKYO, (A3)—A free for all bat
tle broke up a meeting of the elec
tions committee of the lower house
of the Diet today and caused minor
injury of two of the representa
tives.
ASUNCION, Paraguay (/P)—The
Paraguayan government decreed
today the lifting of martial law
throughout the embattled country.
PORTLAND, Ore. (/P)—George
A. Johnson, 45, pleaded guilty to
collecting unemployment benefits
last year while working part time.
He owes the unemployment com
mission $125.
The court suspended sentence af
ter Johnson, now really jobless,
promised to repay the $125—out of
this year’s unemployment benefit.-., i
MILWAUKEE, (/P)—Milwaukee
has a new fire engine, but it is not
red like most fire trucks.
When the city’s red fire truck
burned the city council decided
that the new fire engine would not i
be red because there were too j
many privately owned trucks
painted that color. So the city has
a white engine to carry firemen to
fires.
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EDMONTON, Alberta, (/P) —
Tents to be used by mountaineers
in this summer’s attempt to scale
Mt. McKinley, 20300 feet of Alas
kan rock and ice, were flown north
from Edmonton today. The assault
of this mightiest of North Ameri
can peaks has been called “opera
tion white tower” and will be(
headed by Bradford Washburn, di- j
rector of the New England Muse- j
um of Natural History, Boston.
Climbers will be supplied by air
during the trip. The tents flown
from here were destined for An
chorage.
DANVILLE, 111. (&) — Spice
lends variety to the life of Ira
Clay pool.
He has a collection of 163 odd
sets of pepper and salt shakers.
They’re shaped like cats, dogs,
ducks, elephants, bells, bananas, I
pears, candles, corn, fish, etc.
Mr. Claypool also has what it |
takes to keep a record of them—
281 pencils of different types.
Sailors Union
Attempts To
Control Sailing
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — West
Coast ship operators protested to
the maritime commission yester
day that the Seattle local of the
sailors union of hte Pacific 'AFL',
was attempting to control sailing
schedules through a dispute which!
h is t'ed up th? motorship Rose
Knot four days.
The protest was sent by the Pa-1
cific American shipowners associa-i
tion on behalf of a member com
pany, the Alaska Steamship com-i
pany, which operates the motor
ship for the maritime commission, j
The telegram of protest charged
that on March 15 the union re
fused to move the ship—loaded
with supplies for Alaska—until
certain changes were made in the
heating equipment of the Rose
Knot and o'her ships.
On March 20. the telegram con
tinued, the heating demands were
met and a 5 p.m. sailing time set.1
The sailors, the PASA said, re
fused to sail until midnight, de
manding time to go ashore for
clothes.
Another crew was demanded
under the contract and the strik
ing crew discharged.
"To accede to the union de
mands,” the wire said, “would
mean to concede the right of un
licensed deck personnel to dictate'
the times at which a vessel will j
sail from various ports at which I
they call.”
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In Seattle, James Burke, acting
agent for the sailors union local,
reiterated that the Rose Knot de
lay controversy was caused by
failure of emergency heaters to
function and company refusal to
fix them by the scheduled sailing
time.
L. W. Baker, vice president and 1
general manager of the steamship
company, was in San Francisco in
connection with the controversy. \
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Salmon W orkers
Ask New Contract
SEATTLE, (A*)—Another meet-1
ing was held yesterday in an at
tempt to settle the contract dis
pute between seven unions and the
Alaska salmon industry, which
threatens this year’s Alaska sal
mon packing operations.
The unions, representing about
20,000 workers in the salmon in-!
dustry, have served notice their
members will not go north unless
new contract demands a^e met.
Federal conciliator Albin L. Pe
terson met yesterday in separate'
sessions with two of the unions
concerned, the district council of
carpenters (AFL> and the Alaska
fishermen’s' union (CIO) and con
ferred also with the employers
group. He reported “some prog
ress” was made.
SEATTLE (JP)—Hope was abon
doned today that cannery mainten
ance workers would sail north on
schedule Saturday as a deadlock (
continued in Alaska salmon can
nery operations.
Russia Intends To
Conquer U. S.
WASHINGTON (A*)—Testimony
by former ambassador William C’.
Bullitt that “t me is running short"
because Russia definitely intends
to "assault” and "conquer” the
United States stirred the House
committee on un-American activi
ties today.
It produced:
A call from chairman Thomas
‘ R.-N. J.>, for an immediate “show
down” to put American relations
with the Soviet Union on a strict
give-and-take basis.
Suggestions from Rep. Bonner
iD.-N. C.) for a “show of strength”
to Russia and for “arousing Amer
ica to the Soviet menace.”
A proposal by Rep. Rankin <D.
Miss.», that the United States lay
in an "ample” supply of atomic
bombs and enough planes and pi
lots to handle them.
Bullitt appeared before the com
mittee yesterday at hearings on
bills to outlaw the Communist
party. He said the time is not ripe
for that.
Last Ol tig Three
Secrets Bared
WASHINGTON, </P)—A score of
long suppressed clauses of the
Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam agree
ments were spread on the record
today with an official promise that
they were the last of the secrets
from the war-time meetings nf the
Allied Big Three.
The official texts published by
the state department included dis
closure of an agreement at Tehran
by President Roosevelt Marshall,
Sta*lin and Prime Minister Church
ill favoring Turkey’s entry into
the war against the Axis before
the end of 1943.
Acting secretary of state Dean
Acheson told the Senate foreign
relations committee yesterday that
Turkey’s neutrality aided the Al
lied cause by barring'the way to
Axis expansion into the Middle
East.
The Tehran “military conclu
sions” spoke of forthcoming nego
tiations to bring Turkey into the
war but left unanswered whether
the Turks actually were pressed at
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the time to join the Allies. They
eventually did declare a state of
war with Germany and Japan ef
fective March 1, 1945, less than,
three months before V-E day.
Also at Tehran, the agreement
disclosed, Stalin pledged that
should Turkey become a foe of
Germany and as a result be at
tacked by Bulgaria, Russia would
declare war on Bulgaria.
The stale department published j
the official texts at the direction
of Acheson, who agreed to the ac
tion at last week’s hearings in the
House foreign relations committee
on the proposal for $400,000,000 of j
aid to Greece and Turkey.
The maintenance personnel was
slated to go on the Steamship
Alaska to canneries in the Cor
dova, Port San Juan and Ketchi
kan areas to prepare for the ap
proaching season’s operations.
U. S. Asks AH Of
Anti-Nazi Nations
For Treaty Hearing
MOSCOW, (/P)—U. S. Secretary
of State Marshall urged in the !' >r
eign ministers council tonight tha‘
all nations which declared war on
Germany participate in the final
peace settlement.
The Marshal! recommendation
was made as the minister.- tov>l; up
discussion of procedure tor the
German peace conference.
Soviet foreign minister V. M.
Molotov urged that Albania and
Iran be included among the mem
bers of the consultative and infor
mation conference which would
assist in drafting a preliminary
treaty. The question of participa
tion of these two countries was re
ferred to the ministers’ deputies.
Marshall proposed that the for
eign ministers conference, with
1 China, call a peace conference ol'
all states which haci been at wa»
with Germany and that all have
full and equal rights.
Marshall also urged that, after
the peace conterence, the foreign
ministers draft a final treaty for
Germany, considering as top pri
ority all recommendations passed
by a two-thirds vote ol the confer
ence. He asked that note be taken
of all other recommendations pass
ed by a majority vote.
MOSCOW, (/P) — The American
secretary said he did not believe
any German government should
be saddled with the onus of sign
ing a treaty and that the constitu
tion to be adopted by the Germans
shouJd contain a clause which
would commit the Germans to live
up to the terms of the treaty.
This, he said, would let the
whole matter be passed on by the
German people.
French foreign minister Georges
Bidault supported the American
view, but British foreign secretary
Ernest Bevin opposed it—at least
temporarily. Bevin said he doubt
ed the legality of such a clause.
Molotov said he would have to
consider the Marshall proposal.
Bevin also urged the participa
tion of all powers which had been
at war with Germany. He said the
council of foreign ministers should
not act “in a dictatorial manner”
with regard to participation by the
smaller countries.
The Soviet minister held that the
German government should sign
the peace treaty.
The session broke up early, |
without any decision. Members of
the council had been invited to at
tend a performance of the ballet,
top social event thus far of the
conference.
JOHNSON-BEACOM
NUPTIALS ANNOUNCED
The marriage of Eloise Beacom,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milan
Mitrovich and Lieutenant Robert
W. Johnson has been announced
for next Saturday evening at
seven o’clock at the Base Chapel
with a reception following at the
Officers Club. After leaving Nome
the newlyweds plan to spend
some time in Maine.
LIFTING THE LID
ATJUNEAU
JUNEAU, (/V)—The income tax
11 which the Senate killed was
. e-inti ouuced in the House and
P iK>ed by a 21 to 2 vote, one ab
sent. It is doubtful, according to
-;e..oral opinion, whether the Sen
ate will have anything to do with
it.
The legislature is getting good!
For instance introduced in the
Senate was Senate committee sub
stitute for House committee sub
stitute for House joint memorial
number thirty-four, which boiled
down, asks for an appropriation
for $200,000 for Territorial schools
as the native school closing is
throwing natives into Territorial
institutions.
The Senate this morning killed
by a 6 to 10 vote the general prop
erty tax bill. This is the second of
three Walker-Rivers tax bills to
g » down in defeat, and the third,
tne general business license tax
expects to meet the same fate dur
ing the afternoon session.
The House passes McCutcheon’s
tobacco bill which is expected to
raise $61)0,000. It puts a tax of two
cents a package on twenty cigar
ettes and a graduated scale of two
to six cents on cigar; a cent and a
quarter an ounce on tobacco.
The House expected to start
work on the appropriation bill to
day. With only two days remain
ing in the session, it looks like the
la. t day will continue well .into
Friday.
A clean sweep ol management of
the Pioneers Home at Sitka was
recommended by the committee on
Territorial institutions of the Sen
ate and Hou.'.e making a joint re
port to the legislature. The com
mittee recommends a new board
of trustees be appointed immedi
ately. The members should consist
of a doctor, a preacher, and one
woman, all residents of Juneau; se
lect a new manager and combine
the superintendent and doctor with
experience in hospital work. The
present board of trustees consists
of Charles W. Carter, Henry Ro
den, Juneau; Jack Conway, Sitka.
The report also states that bed
bugs appear to be a year around
plague condition without excuse.
They find the hospital under
staffed; only two registered nurses
now, was brought about by the
resignation of four nurses, three of
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Filings In
City Election
Following is a list of candidates
filing for office in the city election
held on Tuesday, April 1.
Mayor—Luther Dunbar. Jim Frye.
City Attorney—C. C. Tanner.
City Treasurer—Marjorie Saario.
City Clerk—Carrie M. McLain.
School Board—W. A. Boucher,
Charles Fagerstrom, A. C. Stein
wandel.
City Council—Carl Dewey Ander
son, Steve Anderson, Lester
Bronson, Fred Cavota, Keith
Hedreen, Chas. B. Hyndman,
Howard Jonish, T. A. McAllis
ter, E. C. Straub, Jerome Triggs.