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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, January 25, 1952
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“Glacier Priest”
Predicts Alaska
V olcano Eruption
SAN JOSE, Calif.. (A5)—Alaska
will be the scene of a major
volcanic eruption in the near fu
ture, the “glacier priest” predic
ted Wednesday.
The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard,
64, famed for his explorations and
geological researches' in Alaska,
said that all signs point to a big
eruption this summer in the up
per part of the Alaskan Penin
sula.
But he noted that the region is
sparsely populated and said the
danger to life will be small.
Father Hubbard, a noted lec
turer who makes his home at the
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University of Santa Clara, pointed
to 25 years of volcanic research
to back his prediction.
He said the pattern of Alaskan
volcanic activity over the past
two years is the same as in the
period before the eruption of Mt.
Aniakchak, in central Alaska on
May 1, 1931.
When Aniakchak exploded, he
said, flames shot 10,000 feet high
and ashes were blown up to 30,
000 feet and scattered over a ra
dius of 600 miles.
He recalled that in the past 18
months, three Alaskan volcanoes
—Pavlov, Knife Peak and Mageik
—have “let off steam” by blow
ing out their sides and spewing
ashes over the countryside. He
also pointed to recent volcanic
eruptions in the Philippines and
Japan.
“Usually before a bag eruption
there is considerable volcanic ac
tivity of this kind,” he said, add
ing that he plans to go to Alaska
in late May or early June to see
the fireworks.
A meteor from outer space be
comes a meteorite by surviving
the friction of passage through
the earth’s atmosphere and reach
ing the ground.
Navy Secretary
Blasts Inefficiency
In Gov’t Workers
MILWAUKEE, f/P)— Secretary
of Navy Dan A. Kimball, struck
sharply at inefficient government
employes and harping civilians
Wednesday night and also said
the Navy would carry the war
to the enemy if there is no truce
in Korea.
He delivered his strongly word
ed speech to a meeting of the local
Navy League Council and the
Milwaukee Executives Club after
laying aside his prepared text.
Referring to men in govern
ment, Kimball declared. “If they
don’t deliver the goods, let them
get to hell out of office.”
As for critical civilians, he said:
“If you’re not willing to come
down and show us how to do it
better, don’t sit at home and criti
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cize.
The Navy secretary did not
mention any names.
“If — God forbid — we do not
have a truce in Korea the Navy
will carry the war to the enemy,”
Kimball warned.
“We’re not going to fight the
next war in the United States.
We’re going to fight it somewhere
else, and it’ll be up to the Navy
to take the Army, the Air Force
and the Marines to their new pos
itions, and it’ll be the Navy which
supplies them with what they
need to do their jobs.”
Gun Fight Checks
Mexican Bank Robbers
EL PASO, Texas, </P)—Mexican
officials said Thursday a blister
ing gun fight on the Mexican side
of the Rio Grande near here took
care of four bandits who pulled
a daring daylight raid on a Juarez,
Mexico, bank.
However, about $70,Qp0 of the
$174,000 loot is still missing.
Two bandits were killed in the
half-hour battle and two were
captured.
Bethel N. C. Co.
Destroyed by Fire
ANCHORAGE. Jan. 21— Beth
el’s only department store, ■ the
Northern Commercial Company,
burned to the ground with noth
! ing saved except a few records.
The fire originated in the fur
nace about 3 a.m. and it is be
lieved that a strong wind probab
ly created a downdraft, causing
the stove to backfire. Nearby
buildings were saved as well as
the N. C. light plant.
Two other major fires in the
past few months included the only
hotel with a loss of four lives and
the Alaska Native Service hos
pital.
ADMISSION PRICES UP
FOR 1952 BASEBALL
WASHINGTON, -(^)_The gov
ernment Tuesday authorized six
major league baseball teams and
all minor league clubs to raise
admission prices for the 1952 sea
son.
The action was taken by the Of
fice of Price Stabilization.
The ticket cost boost for the
major league teams ranges from
five cents on grandstand seats
for the Cleveland Indians to 50
cents on box seats for the Chicago
Cubs and the Chicago White Sox.
OPS explained that the higher
ceilings for some professional
baseball clubs are necessary be
cause of player salary increases,
higher traveling expenses for
teams on the road and higher
costs of maintaining ball parks.
There are about 675,000 living
species of insects.
Rotary Club Hears
Wall Street Crash
It was Black Thursday, the
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ticker tape was running wild,
General Electric and American
Can were falling, and the bull
market on famed Wall Street sick
ened and died!
That was not quite 20 years ago,
but the Rotarians listening in by
delayed recording “at this more
convenient time” during yester
day’s Rotary luncheon got a good
bit of the feeling of panic that
! was then in the air. They were
mighty glad that it was one bit
of American history that was safe
ly past.
They heard Babe Ruth hit into
a long run, and they heard the
voice of one of America’s presi
dents say “So we are going to
win the war, and we are going to
win the paece that follows.”
Next week it will be the “cold
war”, Program Chairman Ted
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
MANAGER GRANTED LEAVE
FOR STATEHOOD HEARING
George Sundborg, general man
ager, has been granted leave of
absence from the Alaska Develop
ment Board in order to comply
with a request from the executive
committee of the Alaska State
hood Committee that he be avail
able in Washington during the
consideration of the Statehood
Bill by the Senate, Don H. Good
man, chairman of the Develop
ment Board, announced today.
During his leave Sundborg will
be working exclusively for and at
the expense of the Alaska State
hood Committee.
Duffield promised.
Jim von der Heydt, Nome’s dis
trict attorney, finally received his
Christmas gift from a fellow gear
man, a long plastic diamond.
Guests were John E. Prouty,
accountant of Nome and Fair
banks, and Walter Glavinovich,
of USSR &M Co., Nome branch.
MERCHANDISE STILL AT SALE PRICE
Cloths for the Whole Family
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