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Fair Opens To
Capacity Crowd
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Last evening the Northwestern
Alaska Fair opened to a capacity
crowd. All day Fair officials and
department heads worked placing
vhe exhibits. At five o’clock over
7500 entries had been made for ex
hibit, the largest in the history of
the Fair.
The hall was decorated in fes
tive colors of purple and gold un
der the chairmanship of James
Vender Heydt who did a fine job.
The program opened with a
welcome address by the president,
Douglas Johnson, who expressed
his appreciation to those who as
sisted and co-operated in making
the Fair possible.
“Mushrooms Coming Up,” a
one-act play was then presented
under the capable direction of
Mildred Webb. The cast, which
was composed of Margaret M07.ee,
_Jane Galvin, Eloise Beacom, Eu
nice Logan, Irene Hyde, Dorothy
Bender and “Puddles” the Wien
Airline mascot, kept the house in
laughter with Iheir many clever
focal jibes.
The cast all acted their parts to
perfection. Assisting as stage,
crew were Ben Young and Dick
Webb.
The play was followed by a
group of musical selections sung
by Mr. and Mrs. G. E. S. Grill,
^ho were called back by applause
several times. They sang Gypsy
Love Song, Silver Lining, Seren
ade from the Student Prince,
April Showers, and Sometimes I’m
Happy. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Dorothy Thompson.
The Cheerio Trio, composed of
^’rade school students, Bonnie
Dunbar, Jack Dowd and Barrow
Morgan, surprised their friends
with some close harmony and
were accompanied by Barrow on
his guitar.
The last number on the program
was in line with the Health Pro
gram, a special movie by Warner
Brothers on the history of the de
velopments made in controlling
venereal disease, and was called
“Magic Bullets.”
After the program the audience
vasited the various concessions to
view the exhibits, and to visit the
lunch room where hot dogs, ice
cream, hamburgers etc., were
available. Mr. and Mrs. John
Whisenhunt have charge of this
department.
MR. AND MRS. HARRY NELSON
RETURN TO NOME
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Hfelson welcomed them home this
week after an absence of several
years. Mr. Nelson has been em
ployed by the C.A.A. during the
war and is returning to go into
mining again.
CHARLES O'LEARY
LEAVES FOR THE STATES
-Charles O’Leary of O’Leary &
Rullock, contractors, has left for
the States for about a month on a
combined business and vacation
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Northwest Airlines orders ten Boeing Stratocruisers at a cost of $15,000,000. This 75 to 105-pas
senger "big brother" of the famous Boeing B-29 Superfortress will make possible seven-hour coast
to coast non-stop flights and limited-stop transcontinental flights of about eight and one-half hours.
If Northwest's application for routes to Alaska. Tokyo. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Manila. P. I., is
approved, passengers traveling aboard Northwest Stratocruisers could leave New York at 8 a.m. and
arrive in Shanghai at 8:47 a.m. Shanghai time the following day.
Death Penalty
May Be Asked
For Redin
SEATTLE, April 12, (/P)—'The
U. S. government can, if it desires,
ask a death penalty in the espion
age case pending against Soviet
lieutenant Nicolai Redin United
States attorney Charles Dennis
said.
Redin v as the Seattle represen
tative of the Soviet purchasing
commission and is charged in five
counts in an indictment returned
by the Federal grand jury Tues
day. The deaht penalty could be
asked, said Dennis, on the fifth
count, which accused Redin of
conspiring to obtain and trans
mit to a foreign government plans
dealing with national defense, or
he said, if the young Russian lieu
tenant if guilty, could be senten
ced to a maximum of thirty years
on this count and a maximum of
ten years each on the other counts
making a total of seventy years
plus $10,000 on each of the first
four counts.
He announced that Russian of
ficials had requested the sched
uled Monday arraignment of
Redin in Seattle be delayed a few
days.
JOE WALSH TO BE LOCATED
AT NAKNEK AIR BASE
Joe Walsh who has been in
Nome on business returned to An
chorage yesterday from where he
will be transferred to the Naknek
Air Base for temporary assign-'
ment.
Franco Problem
Menaces UNO
NEW YORK, April 12, (>P)—A
mounting controversy over the
Franco government in Spain is ex
pected to reach the floor of the
United Nations security council
next week, is swelled by exiled
a Spanish Republican leader’s as
sertion that Franco has 450,000
troops massed menacingly on the
French frontier.
Dr. De Los Rios, former dean
of the University of Madrid, and
onetime Ambassador to Washing
ton told a press conference last
night that he had documentary
proof of the existence in Spain of
“aggressive spirit, and aggressive
plan against France.
He expressed hope that the docu
ment to which he referred will be
presented to the council when it
takes up Poland’s charges that
Spain is a threat to world peace,
and that Franco is harboring Ger
man scientists who are experi
menting on new atomic weapons.
Earlier in the day President
Truman told a press conference
that the Polish charges were polit
ical. The President didn’t elab
orate.
LIQUOR DEALER FINED
IN CITY COURT
The Nome Liquor Store was
fined yesterday by the City Mag
istrate for violating Ordnance 310
and selling intoxicating liquor to
men who were already under the
influence of liquor, namely Pat
O’Brien and Art Rinland. The
liquor store was fined $100.00.
International
Hiway Commission
Debate In House
WASHINGTON, April 12, (jP)—
A bill to create an Alaskan Inter
national Highway Commission
sailed clear in the House Rules
committee after Senator Magnu
son protested that such a body.
could serve no real purposes at
this time. Magnuson said surveys
of possible routes connecting the
United States and Northwestern
Canada and Alaska had already
been made by two commissions. j
Moreover Canada has taken the
position that it would not assist in
building such a route or connect
ing roads with the present Alcan
Highway at this time, he testified.
Rep. Mansfield, Montana Demo
crat, asked the committee to bring
the bill before the House, terming
it “one of the most important
measures ever to come before
Congress.” Magnuson said only
the military can use the Alcan j
Highway, and that Russians flew
planes over the route from Great
Falls.”
Truman Signs Vets|
Housing Bill
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WASHINGTON, April 12, </P>— •
President Truman signed into law
the bill providing 253 million for
veterans housing funds to be used j
to provide approximately 100,000
temporary dwellings for war vet
erans. Most of the homes will be
converted service barracks.
Navy Heads May
Resign If Armed
Merger Comes
WASHINGTON, April 12, <JP)—
In shocked, angry silence the
Navy department held aloof as
wide speculation that top berth
resignations might follow Presi
dent Truman’s biting blast against
admirals and others opposing his
armed forces merger program.
Immediate conjecture was cen
tered on whether Secretary For
restal might decide to quit now
instead of waiting for summer,
and whether Admiral Nimitz,
chief of naval operations might
’•equest a retirement. Both have
vigorously fought the merger.
There was no question that Tru
man had his gloves off when he
pointedly notified the navy where
he stood, and used the words
“propaganda” and “lobbying” in
speaking of continued opposition.
He said the public were inter
ested in facts instead. The Presi
dent told a news conference yes
terday that while individual naval
officers are entitled to voice their
honest opinions, he expected both
the navy and war departments to
support his unification policy,
when he, as commander in chief,
once established it.
Truman Will Carry
On Roosevelt's
"Tyranny** Fight
HYDEPARK, April 12. (/PI —
President Truman vowed to carry
on Roosevelt’s fight against “tyr
anny" abroad, also for “progres
sive and humane principles and a
new deal.”
Standing during the ceremonies
dedicating “this hallowed spot”
Hyde Park, as a national shrine
on the first anniversary of Roose
velt’s death. President Truman
said “May Almighty God, who
watched over this Republic as it
grew from weakness to strength,
give us wisdom to carry on in the
way of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Roosevelt’s foreign policy, he
said, “recognized the solemn duty
of this country toward nations
which have been weakened in the
death struggle against tyranny.”
Roosevelt’s domestic policy, he
sic truth, “recognition of this ba
sic truth that this government ex
ists not for benefit ef the privil
eged few but for the welfare of
all people.”
MRS. JOHNNY KAKARUK
IN TOWN FOR FAIR
Mrs. Johnny Kakaruk and
daughter Stella arrived from Ig
loo to visit with friends during
the Fair.
BIRDIE McNEIL TO HAVE
EXHIBIT AT FAIR
Birdie McNeil, matron of the
White Mountain School, and Mrs.
Paige, teacher, are due to arrive
in Nome today with an exhibit for
the Fair. ,