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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS__
VOL. LIII. No. 40 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1951_Per Copy—15#
Red Cross
Organizes Here
, For Annual Drive
The American Red Cross is not
canvassing Nome with a house
to house campaign this year, stat
ed Chairman Robert Treat, but
through the co-operation of sev
eral organizations in town will
take voluntary contributions in
the lobby of the Post Offict all
next week.
Organizations assisting in the
program who will have represen
tatives taking part are Home Arts
Club, Beta Sigma Phi, Nurses’
Association, Pioneer Women, East
ern Star, Rebekahs, Woman’s So
ciety, Catholic Women, Covenant
Ladies Aid, Nuzarene W. F. M. S.
and the Nome Skin Sewers.
These volunteer workers will
be at the Federal Building Mon
day through Friday of next week
from ten in the morning until
four o’clock in the afternoon.
Alaska Grocers
Still Covered by i
OPS Regulation 9
Juneau OPS- Grocery stores are
still covered under Ceiling Price
Regulation 9, Fred G. Hanford,
territorial director of tthe Office
of Price Stabilization said today.
. Hanford said inquiries had re
sulted from news releases from
Washingtton, D. C., this week
which told of a new pricing meth
od for food stores. He said this
new method did not apply to Al
aska and that grocers here are
still governed by Regulation 9
which calls for establishing a base
period price and figuring dollar
and - cents markups from that
period.
He urged all grocers and other
V. retailers to start at once to pre
pare their base period data in ac
cordance with instructions which
have been mailed from the Juneau
office.
NWA FAIR ASSN. TO PUBLISH
RULES A REGULATIONS SOON
The Fair Board announced after
their meeting last night that they
41 their meeting last night that they
would soon release through the
Nugget the rules, regulations and
prizes for the various departments
of the Fair.
They are, also planning a pic
torial souvenir edition to be made
available at the Fair.
Features of the program will in
clude several new inovations with
several features just for the chil
1 dren.
The movement of the ice at Ne
nana is of special interest to the
people here, stated Phil Lancaster,
who has the details.
Furious Fight
Near Manchuria
By the Associated Press
American troc/ps rolled into Red
Korea in force yesterday along a
10-mile front in the west.
Field dispatches said the cross
ing was aggressive but cautious
and met only light resistance at
the start.
American Sabre Jets shot down
three Russian-type Mig 15’s and
damaged three others in a furious
battle near the Manchurian bor
der. Other Fifth Air Force planes
pounded traffic-jammed Commu
nist supply lines in a day-long at
tack against the biggest Red troop
buildup of the Korean war.
An Allied task force drove four
miles north of the Red Korean
border today against heavy Com
munist resistance.
A field dispatch said the task
force met heavy Red mortar fire
and some artillery fire near Top
yong, four miles north of the bor
der on the western front. But it
drove ahead.
Another Allied force nearby
punched two miles into Red Korea
in the Yongpyong area.
Earlier reports said an Ameri
can patrol had crossed Parallel 38
on the central front and routed
Chinese Reds from two hills. The
patrol was probing the outer areas
of a huge Red buildup where al
most one-half million Communist
troops were massed for an expec
ted Red offensive.
According to intelligence re
ports, the Reds are mustering
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INTERIOR COMMITTEE
OKAYS STATEHOOD
* ALASKA & HAWAII
WASHINGTON, April 3, (£>)—
The Senate Interior Committee
today approved statehood propos
als for both Alaska and Hawaii.
Senator O’Mahoney (D - Wyo.),
committee chairman, said h e
would press for early action by
the Senate. In the last Congress
the House voted for statehood but
the legislation died in the Senate.
GRUENING NAMES 2
FOR BANKING BOARD
JUNEAU, (^P)—Governor Gruen
ing appointed a Sitka banker and
a Juneau insurance agent to the
expanded Territorial Banking
Board yesterday.
The Board, formerly made up
of the governor, treasurer and
auditor, was increased to a five
member body by the recent legis
lature.
Gruening said the appointments
of Harvey Brown of Sitka and
Keith Wildes of Juneau were sub
ject to approval by the next legis
lature.
Magnuson Urges
Alaska Stateh’d To
Deter Aggressors
Anchorage, {#>) — Sen. Warren
Magnuson CD-Wash.) told Demo
crats at a Jefferson-Jackson Day
dinner last night making. Alaska
a state will have a strong psycho
logical effect to deter those who
covet the Territory.
Magunson stopped here while
enroute to Tokyo to discuss fish
eries and marine phases of a Jap
anese peace treaty.
He was met at Elmendorf Air
Base by Bt. Gen. William Kepner
and other high-ranking officials
of the Alaska Command.
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Practice Saturday
For Evacuation of
Defense Personnel
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Headquarters, Alaskan Com
mand, Elmendorf Air Force Base,
Anchorage, Alaska, April 3, 1951
—An Alaska-wide test of evacua
tion facilities will take place this
Saturday, April 7, in conjunction
with exercise “Firestep”, it was
announced today by Lt. Gen W.
E. Kepner, commander-in-chief,
Alaskan Command.
Participants, who are requested
to take part on a voluntary basis,
include dependents of military
personnel, dependents of Depart
ment of Defense civilian person
nel; and female Dejartment of
Defense Employes.
Individual instructions will be
given the participants prior to the
drill, and radio stations in the
various communities will be used,
when and where necessary, to
tender further directions. The
tast will involve automobile, air
craft, rail and sea transport facili
ties, giving dependents through
out Alaska an opportunity to prac
tice the method of travel they
would be likely to use in the event
of an actual evacuation.
Residents of civilian communi
ties, other than those mentioned,
will not participate in the drill,
and there will be no restrictions
t
on public travel during the test
period.
BENEFIT GAME FOR
CAP’s THIS FRIDAY
Friday evening the CAP basket
ball team promises a fast and
furious game with the Billikens
and the Girl’s High School team
will play its final game with the
Alums.
The groups are hoping for a
good attendance so that they may
finish paying for their basketball
uniforms.
This will probably be the last
game of the season, according to
the players.
Charles D. Jones Elected Mayor;
297 Ballots Cast in City Election
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CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
Special guests at the Chamber
of Commerce luncheon yesterday
were Norman C. Stines, well
known consulting engineer, and
Mrs. Christine Peterson of Teller
who are in the city in the interest
of tin holdings in the Teller area
at Cape Creek.
The importance of roads for the
development of an industry to
provide work in the Teller area
was stressed by Mrs. Peterson,
She recommended a skin boat ride
from Nome to Teller as a real
thrill for tourists.
Mr. Stines’ remarks were very
interesting to the Chamber but
not available for publication at
this time. The assistance of the
Chamber was pledged on his pro
ject.
Phil Lancaster asked the sup
port of the Chamber for the com
ing Fair and Spring Festival
which he promises will be most
interesting to all in the commu
nity as well as to tourists. A. Po
let stated that even real reindeer
would be made available to the
Fair by the Reindeer King of
Kotzebue, Wilson.
The Chamber, in response to its
protest last week to airlines re
ported by-passing Nome on tour-,
ist routes, has learned that Nome
would not be by-passed and would
be on the tourist routes.
Operation Firestep
Brings “Air Raid”
To Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, (A5)—Jet fighters,
fighting a mock war, filled the air
over this central Alaska city yes
terday.
In the opening phase of a three
week concerted military opera
tion labled “Operation Firestep”
the “aggressor” aircraft struck
first at Ladd Field in a thrust to
catch the defense by surprise.
Ladd Air Force officials reported,
however, that thq warning system
eliminated all the elements of sur
prise. The defenders were ready,
but took some stiff losses.
Aggressor planes theoretically
destroyed 12 defensive fighters
and suffered the loss of two air
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craft from anti-aircraft fire.
Bases of all the armed services,
spread across the vast Territory
from the Canadian border to the
Aleutians, braced for surprise at
tacks. Bases in the Fairbanks area
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were on “alert”. All personnel
was carrying full battle regalia.
For the first time in the history
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’ With a slight increase aver the
number of ballots cast last year,
Charles D. Jones, pioneer of Nome
and former legislator, was elected
mayor of Nome in yesterday's
election.
The returns, in detail, follow.
For Mayor—
Bronson, Lester D. JJ
Hunt# Mrs. Jos. K.
Jones# Chas. D.
For Councilmen 2-yr. term
Alexander. J. H. .
Cavota, Fred . J”
Mclver, Wallace . 2X7
Russell, Wilson J. ***
For Councilman 1-yr. term
Reader. P. 'L. . 2**
For City Clerk—
McLain. Carrie M. **•
For City Treasurer—
Daue. A. A. . 22®
For School Board Member
2- yr. term—
Boucher. Clement . 22*
For School Board Member
3- yr. term— '
Tveter# Raymond H. 231
Johnston Plan
Would limit profits
To Halt Inflation
WASHINGTON, (JP)— The ad
ministration was reported ready
today with a tentative new mas
ter plan to smother inflation with
interlocking business, farm and
labor price controls.
Simultaneously, President Tru
man appeared set to take personal
charge of the effort to woo labor
back as an active element in the
mobilization command.
Mr. Truman arranged to meet
with the United Labor Policy
Committee, representing most of
the principal unions, at the White
House tomorrow.
Well-placed officials said eco
nomic stabilizer Eric Johnston has
worked out the following tenta
tive plan to close leaks in the
anti-inflation dikes:
(1) To set an over-all limit on
industry’s profits; (2) To end cost
of-living wage increases on June
30; and (3) To freeze the “paraity’*
formula by which farm prices are
set.
Johnston’s idea, the officials
said, is to put an end to “catch
up” jockeying by business, agri
culture and labor resulting in a
never-ending, inflationary spiral.
Labor’s representatives have re^
frained from participating in the
mobilization program for nearly
two months.
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HIGH SHOOL GIRLS Vs. ALUMS
CAP Vs. BILUKENS
None School Friday, 7:00 P.M.