Mile-Long Lake At
Elmendorf Afford
Seaplane Facilities
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — A man
made lake located at Elmendorf
Air Force Base and affording sea
and float plane facilities for the
military in the Anchorage area
will be ready for use next spring,
Brig. Gen. Walter R. Agee said
today.
Dedication of a 1,600-foot earth
fill dam which will back waters of
Six Miles Creek to form the lake
was to be held at 10 a.m. with
high-ranking military and civilian
officials and Anchorage taking
part.
Agee, Elmendorf commander,
said the new base will be in
valuable in the expanding activi
ties of search-rescue units in the
Anchorage area.
Lake Hood, near Anchorage, is
now being used by 10th Rescue
Squadron float planes.
The new lake will have more
than a mile of usable runway. It
i is located three miles north of the
industrial area at Elmendorf.
Gambler Willie Moretti
Shot To Death
CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J., (VP)—
Willie Moretti, self-admitted gam
bler and crony of underworld big
shots, was shot to death yesterday
in a restaurant.
The dapper Moretti was a wit
n e s s before the Senate Crime
Committee in Washington several
months ago. He told the crime
probers he made thousands of
dollars — legally — betting on the
horses.
Moretti was a close pal of Frank
Costello and Joe Adonis and other
high-echelon racketeers. His broth
er is Sal Moretti, now serving a
prison sentence with Adonis for
gambling operations in New Jer
sey.
SHRINERS ELECT OFFICERS
% The Nome Shrine Club held its
annual meeting last night and
elected the following officers:
' Herb Jenks, president; Norvin
Lewis, vice president; Karl Dew
ey, secretary; and William Cam
eron, treasurer.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commerce.
Weather Bureau
Clear tonight and Saturday.
Lowest temperature expected to
night 22, highest Saturday 32.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 26 Snow
Point Hope 32 Cloudy
Kotzebue 20 Clear
Wales 29 Clear
Cambell 34 Snow
Vome 27 Part cloudy
Unalakleet 19 Clear
Bethel 26 Cloudy
^ McGrath 22 Clear
Anchorage 34 Snow
Fairbanks 30 Snow
Whitehorse 40 Cloudy
% Edmonton 47 Cloudy
Juneau 49 Cloudy
Ketchikan 50 Cloudy
Seattle 58 Cloudy
I New Wage Schedule
For Ungraded Employes
To Be In Effect Soon
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE
BASE, Oct. 2—A new general Al
aska locality wage schedule for
ungraded employees will be put
into effect immediately upon re
ceipt of additional instructions
from the Army-Air Force wage
board.
The schedule was approved by
the Wage Stabilization Board in
Washington. It will apply only
to Army and Air Force ungraded
employes within the Alaska Com
mand. It will not apply to Navy
employes or to general service Air
Force and Army employes.
This approval is based upon the
findings of a local wage survey
conducted in the Alaska Command
in March of this year. It is the
first time in Alaskan history that
wages for Army and Air Force
employes have been set up on the
basis of prevailing wage rates in
the locality.
The increase is expected to be
retroactive to the first pay period
after July 31, 1951. It will repre
sent an increase of from 25 to 77
cents per hour in initial step rates.
High School Students See
World Series on Television
ROCK ISLAND, 111., (/P) —
School was never like this in the
old days.
Most of the 1,200 pupils of Rock
Island High School are getting
time off from their classes to
watch the World Series game on
a 20-inch television set in the
auditorium. About 900 of the
pupils saw the opener yesterday.
Charles O. Austin, Jr., prin
cipal, said the young people are
being dismissed from study per
iods on request. Most classroom
work is going along on schedule,
he added.
BBC Bans As Political
Broadcast of Speech
“Having A Baby In 1951”
LONDON, {lP) — The British
Broadcasting Corporation banned
as political today a speech en
titled “Having A Baby In 1951.’’
It was to have been given by
a social service worker during a
| women’s hour program.
In today’s instance, BBC said
1 the talk was ruled out because it
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dealt with the national health
I service, which gives aid to ex
pectant mothers. That service was
introduced by the present socialist
regime.
Resolution Would Permit
Alaska Railroad Resume
Shipment of Explosives
ANCHORAGE, (JP)—A resolu
tion to permit the Alaska Rail
road to resume shipments of ex
plosives has passed the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee, Delegate Bartlett re
ported today.
Bartlett said in a telegram to
Larry Moore, Alaska manager for
Associated General Contractors,
•the resolution would allow steam
ship lines and the railroad to
handle explosives through the
Seward gateway until Feb. 15,
1952.
The resolution was a reversal in
attitude by the committee which
previously had refused to act after
the Coast Guard had invoked reg
ulations which halted shipments
of explosives, he said.
J. P. Johnson, general manager
of the railroad, said about $1,000,
000 a year in revenue is involved
in the shipments.
Explosives have been trucked
to Anchorage through Valdez
since the Coast Guard regulations
went into effect.
Kind Judge Considers
High Cost Of Living
NEW YORK, (/P)—‘T am not go
ing to take the bread, butter and
milk away from your children.”
With these words, Magistrate
Charles Murphy imposed 5, 10,
and 25-cent fines Wednesday on
15 minor .offenders. The total
ran to $1.50 when it could have
been $200.
Murphy, presiding in Long Is
| land City Court, said he was being
lenient because of the high cost
of living.
The 15 defendants, including
seven Glendale, Queens, house
wives, pleaded guilty to the minor
offenses which included smoking
in the subway or leaving garbage
cans uncovered.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
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Hospitalized Korean Vet
Says Navy Plane Stated
And Killed or Wounded 40
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., (/P)—
A hospitalized Korean war vet
eran says that a strafing Navy
plane shot off his left h-and and
killed or wounded an estimated
40 other members of his rifle
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The account of an apparent
mixup came from Pvt. Peter K.
Pivato, 22, of Cleveland. He ar
rived at Percy Jones General Hos
pital here yesterday after being
flown back from Japan.
The soldier’s story has been
denied by a qualified source of
the Far East Naval Command.
The source said that the command
had no planes in the area at the
time described by Pivato.
A confidential report, however,
has been sent to the Secretary of
the Navy in Washington, this
source said.
Pivato was philosophical. “It’s
just one of those things that hap
pen in a war,” he said.
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