THE NOME NUGGET
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A DEMOCRACY HONORS LABOR
One of the nation’s leading holidays will occur on
the first Monday in September, when the people of
this country will observe Labor Day. It represents
public appreciation of the services rendered by the
laboring classes of the United States and appreciation
of the contribution that this segment of society makes
to the well-being of all.
Labor Day in the United States is not to be con
fused with the celebrations that occur in European
countries on May Day. For many years, the parade
of labor in older countries has constituted something
of a militant assertion of the rights of labor, with an
unhealthy fringe of radicalism involved. In this coun
try, few sensible Americans question the patriotism
or loyalty of the vast majority of those connected with
labor organizations.
While much remains to be done to bring about j
a closer rapprochement between labor and capital:
and a more generous public appreciation of the bene
fits which organization has brought to working people,
the rank and file of labor, both organized and unor
ganized, can take consolation from the general ob
servance of Labor Day.
OPS Grants Higher
Alaska Salmon Prices
SEATTLE, i/Pl—Higher Alaska
red salmon prices have been
granted today by the Office of
Price Stabilization.
William C. Eardley, head of the
national OPS fish section, said the
ruling was based on an abnor
mally small 1951 Alaska red pack.
It was 783,000 cases up to Aug.
18, compared with 1,110,000 at the
same time a year ago.
The new case prices will be $32
for one-pound tall cans, up from
$29; one-pound flats up to $33
from $30; half-pound flats $19.25,
from $18.
The new ceilings, effective at
once, amount to slightly more than
10 percent over OPS prices for
Alaska red salmon which became
effective earlier this month. These
were fixed before the extent of
the shortage in pack in western
* Alaska was evident.
Old Administration Board
Legalizes Actions of New
JUNEAU, (/P)—The old Alaska
Board of Administration met in
the Governor’s office yesterday to
pass on acts of the new board.
It was a legal “hedging” pro
cedure, to guarantee legality of
certain actions of the new board
iust in case the courts should find
the new board’s creation to have
been illegal.
The old board is composed of
the attorney general, treasurer,
auditor, commissioner of educa
tion, highway engineer and the
governor as chairman.
The new board met for the first
time last July. Attorney General
J. Gerald Williams advised the
new board at its first session that,
to insure legality of its actions,
it should have the old board pass
the same resolution.
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U.S., Philippines
Sign Mutual -
Defense Pact
WASHINGTON, i(/P) — The
United States and the Philip
pines yesterday bound themselves
together in a new defense pact
pledging each to help the other
fight aggression.
Speaking at the signing cere
mony, President Truman called
the treaty a “strong step towards
security and peace in the Pacific.”
“It demonstrates to all nations
that we intend to continue our
common course and to work to
gether in the future, as we have
in the past, for peace for all man
kind,” Mr. Truman said.
Philippine President Quirino
said that while the new treaty has
“unavoidable connotations of mili
tary action” it is “wholly dedi
cated to peace and to the methods
of peace.”
Duck Season Extended
For Ten Extra Days
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The In
terior Department yesterday
granted the nation’s duck hunters
five to 10 extra days of shooting
this fall.
Acting Secretary Richard D.
Searles, Jr., signed new migratory
waterfowl hunting regulations,
liberalized because of favorable
conditions on the northern breed
ing grounds throughout the sum
mer.
The season and limits for Alaska
were announced Aug. 1. However,
the bag limit for ducks in Alaska
is five, and the possession limit
is 10, instead of four and eight
as announced Aug. 1.
Dawson Pioneer Dies
SEATTLE, (>P) — John Henry
Baltuff, 31, a veteran of the
Alaska gold rush and former
Seattle resident, died Wednesday
at Auburn, Wash.
A mining engineer, Mr. Baltuff
made his first big strike at Hun
ker Creek where he took $30,000
out of a mine. Later he,made and j
lost fortunes several times.
A mountain near Dawson is
named for Baltuff.
He lived for a number of years
at McCarthy, Alaska, where he
owned and operated a large ware
house and a hotel and built *and
ran the air plant for the Mother
Lode Mine.
Hearst’s Sons Named
To Head Enterprises
LOS ANGELES, (yP) - Two of
publisher William Randolph
Hearst’s five sons have been
named to succeed him as presi
dents of Hearst Consolidated Corp.
and the Hearst Publishing Co.
William Randolph Hearst, Jr.,
was named- by the board of di
rectors to head Hearst Consoli
dated, and Randolph A. Hearst
was elected chief executive of
the Hearst Publishing Co.
RED WATER ON TAP
WINNSBORO, Tex., (^—With
in a few weeks housewives will
find just plain water when they
turn on their faucets. Not red
water.
'For a year, the reddish tinge of
the water here has angered house
wives. Now a new well is being
sunk in the northeast part of
Winnsboro. Mayor Malvin Cain
sized up a sample from a test
well sunk at the site and de
clared:
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“The analysis of the sample
shows only one tenth of one part
(of red) in a million parts. I don’t
believe anyone will ‘see red’ when
a faucet is turned on.”
Ask Extension Of
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Season for Salmon
Traps and Seiners
JUNEAU, \>P)—Gov. Gruening
joined the Alaska Salmon Indus
try yesterday in a plea that the
Fish and Wildlife Service extend
the southeastern Alaska season
for salmon seiners and traps.
The season is scheduled to end
at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
C. Howard Baltzo, assistant re
gional director for the Fish and
Wildlife Service, one of three
agency representatives here for
the hearing, said a decision would ;
be announced before the dead- I
line.
Omening said: “I am not a
scientist but it would seem from
evidence put forth here that the
season could go another four or
five days, or possibly a week,”
He expressed the hope that “for
the prosperity of the Territory
and economics of the fishermen”
the season w'cruld be extended.
Andy Barlow, head of the Troll
ers Union, offered the only oppo
sition to the extension.
Barlow said it would injure
trailers who catch cohoes or sil
vers. “Traps and seiners are after
pinks or humpbacks, but catch
cohoes anyway,” he said.
Pacific Coast League
Baseball Teams Demand
Equality With Majors
SAN FRANCISCO, -(£>)— Rum
blings of a new baseball war were
heard over the Pacific Coast to
day.
Directors of the big, triple-A
Pacific Coast League voted unani
mously to quit organized baseball
unless their demands for aboli
tion of the draft and recognition
of major league equality were ac
cepted.
The drastic steps culminated a
five-year struggle to free the coast
circuit from the draft law which
permits major league clubs to
pick up triple-A players for
$10,000. The coast loop was the
last of the minor leagues to ac
cept the draft, agreeing ta it in
1931.
The last league in this country
to buck organized ball was the
belated Federal League. It opened
in 1914 and folded after the 1915
season but managed to throw a
scare into the National and Am
erican Leagues.
WEDNESDAY RESULTS
American League
Philadelphia 3—Cleveland 0
Washington 2—Chicago 1
Bos'on 7—Detroit 5
New York 15—St. Louis 2
National League
Brooklyn 13—Cincinnati 1
New York 3—Pittsburgh 1
St. Louis 3—Philadelphia 2
Boston 4—Chicago 1
Pacific Coast League
Seattle at Hollywood postponed- j
rain.
Los Angeles at San Diego, can
celled, Tain.
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ROTARIANS HEAR
ABOUT NEW A.N.G.
SHOOTING RANGE
The National Guardsmen, and
other interested citizens of Nome,
will soon have a shooting gallery,
Don Hendershot, co-chairman of
the Hotary program committee
told the club yesterday at the
noon luncheon.
The National Guard is now set
ting up the inside range for .22
caliber precision shooting with a
thousand-inch length inside the
120-foot building, just behind the
battalion headquarters building.
Steel plating will guard against
any possibility of shots straying.
It was further pointed out that
the National Guardsmen would
not shoot up the bank — they
would be facing the other direc
tion.
Plenty off caribou are to be
found up the Noatak river, pros
pective hunters were advised,
with mountain sheep on the ad
jacent, and already snow-covered
mountains. There ought to be
ducks enough almost anywhere
with plenty of ptarmigan too, for
those more interested in outside
shooting ranges, the genial lieu
tenant said — during the open
game season, of course.
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Gordon Osborne had a birthday
which was properly recognized
by the gift of another sole.
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President Bill Cameron told the
club of the Sunday noon luncheon
the Rotary Board held, honoring
John and Mrs. Almquist. John had
piloted the club-sponsored Nome
Boy Scout troop for the past two
years, and the Club presented him
with a gold-nuggetted walrus
tooth tie clasp in recognition of
his outstanding civic work.
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Twenty-six of the twenty-eight
members turned out for Thurs
day’s meeting, and Jack Dillon,
one of the absentees, was sick.
There seemed to be no excuse for
the other — attendance chairman
Joe Wallace.
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Guests at the club were Nome's
new coach, Pete Hahn, who said
he hoped to have another winning
basketball team; and Pan Ameri
can’s Dale Dqpn and Harry Angle.
Simon Pushruk of King Island
was given a sentence of 60 days
in the federal jail for larceny of
money by U.S. Commissioner Jim
Von der Heydt.
Frank Ryan, well known resi
dent of Unalakleet, and Alaska
Airlines representative there, was
a visitor in town seeing his many
friends.
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