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VOL. XLIX. No. 81 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1947 PER COPY — 15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (/P)—A con
test based on the re-designing of
the American flag if Hawaii is
granted statehood is being spon
sored by the St. Joseph News
Press and Gazette, daily newspa
pers. Selections will be based on
the best arrangement of 49 stars.
SEATTLE, (JP) — Mrs. Ruth B.
Brann of Skeletfeo, Sweden, was
in Seattle today en route to Jun
eau to join her husband, Gust R.
Brann, power plant employee,
whom she married a year ago in
Sweden at the conclusion of a five
month visit which Brann made to
his family. Mrs. Brann was ac
companied by Areannen, 10, a
daughter by a former marriage.
They will sail for Juneau Satur
day.
WASHINGTON, (>P) — Senate
approval has been given to a bill
authorizing the secretary of agri
culture to sell the city of Sitka
a tract of land formerly occupied
by the Alaskan agricultural exper
iment station. The measure, previ
ously passed by the House, now
goes to the President for his sig
nature.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Mrs. Eliz
abeth Skinner Ives, wife of Sen
ator Ives (R.-N. Y.), died early to
day in Bainbridge, N. Y., the Sen
ator’s office reported.
William Groat, administrative
assistant to Ives, told newsmen
that Mrs. Ives had been ill for
two years and had been unable to
join her husband here.
WASHINGTON, (/P), The House
rules committee kept the new in
come tax reduction on its fast
timetable today, sending it to the
House floor for two hours of de
bate and expected passage tomor
row.
PRAGUE, tfP)—'The Czechoslo
vak government decided in a
closed session today to accept an
invitation to the Paris conference
on the Marshall proposal, despite
Soviet rejection, semi-official cir
cles said.
CHICAGO, (/P) — Cincinnati’s
Ewell Brackwell and the New
York Yankee’s Spud Chandler
will be the starting pitchers in to
morrow’s major league all-star
game at Wrigley field, the man
agers of the respective National
and American league clubs an
nounced today.
YONKERS, N. Y. (JP)—In a new
edict handed down today by dep
uty public safety commissioner
William J. Comey, this city’s po
licemen are ordered to pay for all
merchandise and drinks—includ
ing apples from fruit stands. %
PORTLAND, Ore. <iP)—A wo-/
man drove 260 miles Sunday to
pay a 50 cent overtime parking
fine. The woman told Portland po
lice she came from Houlton on re
ceipt of a mailed warning that a
warrant would be sought if the
fine were not paid by today. k
Many Dead Over j
Week-End Holiday
(By The Associated Press) !
More than 500 persons died of:
highray traffic and other mishaps
during the nation’s three-day week [
end observance of Independence,
Day.
From 6 p.m., Thursday until j
Sunday midnight, there were 248 ,
reported deaths in automobile ac
cidents, 160 drownings, five in
fireworks explosions, and 103
from miscellaneous causes, a total
of 516.
i
1 California had the highest num
ber of fatalities with 38. New
York and Pennsylvania had 36
each.
The traffic toll was well under
! the total of 275 expected by the
national safety council, but it was
higher than for the same period
j last year when 241 deaths were
reported. The worst record was
, in 1941 when 628 persons were
killed during the July 4th celebra
I tion.
I The deaths by states in traffic,
drownings and miscella n e o u s
causes: Alabama 4; Arizona 6; Ar
i kansas 13; California 37; Colorado
3; Connecticut 6; Delaware 4; Flo
rida 24; Georgia 9; Idaho 6; Illin
ois 17; Indiana 10; Iowa 4; Kan
sas 7; Kentucky 14; Louisiana 9;
Main 9; Maryland 10; Massachu
setts 7; Michigan 26; Minnesota
10; Mississippi 2; Missouri 4; Mon
tana 2; Nebraska 4; Nevada 6;
; New Hampshire 1; New Jersey 19;
' New Mexico none; New York 36;
North Carolina 16; South Dakota
! none; Tennessee 7; Texas 32; Utah
3; Vermon 3; Virginia 15; Wash
j ington 7; West Virginia 8; Wiscon
sin 10; Wyoming 3; District of Co
lumbia 5.
Maryland had three deaths from
firework*! exolosions, and Cali
fornia and Maine one each.
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Petrillo To Make
Radical Changes In
I Broadcast Policy
—
WASHINGTON, UP)—James C.
Petrillo said today tfiat his Amer
ican federation of musicians may
seek to ban radio network broad
casts of music when present con?
tracts expire Dec. 31.
The union president also de
clared a “present intention” to let
all music recording contracts ex
pire at the end of the year. He said
the union may decide to make
records itself.
Petrillo told a House labor sub
committee investigating his
union’s activities that he is “con
sidering a new union policy”
against all chain broadcasts.
Noting that 603 radio stations
now employ no musicians, the
union's president said:
“We want to allow these people
who are dissatisfied (he referred
to the radio networks) to become
satisfied.
“If they want to broadcast
Harry James, let them bring
Harry James to each station.”
Petrillo took the position that
musical recordings and network
' broadcasts are forcing unemploy
Celebrations Held
Over Week End
Despite Weather •
—
Despite threatening skies and
occasional rain, the two-day festi- j
val celebrating America’s Inde-1
pendence turned out to be a gala j
occasion, thoroughly enjoyed by j
young and old.
The patriotic or literary exer- j
cises were held in the high school
auditorium on Friday afternoon,
with an hour of Eskimo dancing
preceding the 4th of July dance
held at the same place Friday
evening.
In the evening the American
Legion held a public dance with a
program furnished by members of
the 501st Avn. Squadron, with 1st
Lt. Johnson as master of cere
monies. Singers participating
were A. Donaldson, C. Manson,
H. B. Croswell, B. Mosley and R.
Davis, who sank a group of songs
entitled: “Don’t Let It Be Said Too
Late,” “Over My Head,” Toiling,”
and “Anyhow.”
! Early Saturday afternoon the
! scheduled athletic events took
place on Front street in from on
1 the City Hall, and were entusias
tically participated in both by the
kids and their elders.
Eskimo sports occurred later in
the afternoon at the picturesque
King Island village on the out
! skirts of town. Here the unusual
native games and skin boat races
were greatly enjoyed by the large
crowd, among which could be
spotted many tourists from the
t States.
It was a veritable field day for
the camera addicts — dozens of
I them shooting all over the place.
Several news reels also recorded
the Eskimo idea of fun and sport.
The committee sponsoring the
highly enjoyable two-day affair,
desires to extend warm thanks to
Col. John E. Bodle, commander
of Nome Air Base, the American
Legion Post No. 19, the Alaska
Native Brotherhood, the Nome Po
lice Dept., Harold Jackson, the
popsickle purveyors, W. W. Laws
and Monte Ferguson, all of these
for their cooperation and invalu
able assistance. Especial thanks
goes to Bud Richter, of Richter
Photo Studios, for lending the use
of, setting up, and operating his
loud speaker system, with records
and record playing attachment,
where ever needed during the
tWo-day celebration.
List of event winners will be
published in a later edition of the
Nugget.
TWO-CAR TROUBLES
SEATTLE, (fl5)—When a car is
parked too long or in a restricted
zone the city impounds it and the
driver must call to get it back.
When Mr. and Mrs. G. A. God
frey, Jr., met at the impound win
dow in the city traffic bureau they
stared at each other and chbrused:
“What? You, too?”
The Godfrey’s are a two-car
family.
ment among musicians.
He predicted half the musicians
in the country will be jobless
within the year.
Time Magazine |
Features Alaska
Alaska is honored this week by
having its Governor Gruening on
the front page of Time Magazine
and a four-page feature article in
the issue. Outstanding among the
statement made are the following
excerpts: “Despite the airplane,
Alaska is still far from markets,
its chief problem is distance and
the fact that vessels which come
north loaded go south empty with
no industries to give them cargo.
Nor can Alaska’s vast resources
be made to preduce wealth and
new industry overnight.
“The most exciting news of the
year came from the navys petro
leum base number four in the
Arctic. Texas rounghnecks, toiling
in the murderous cold at Umiat,
180 miles from Point Barrow,
sank a well and struck oil, amaz
ing oil which poured like beer
and smelled like gasoline.
“Throughout his seven and a
half years in office, he (Governor
Gruening) has been an advocate
of change and a figure of con
troversy. The major points of his
legislative program have not yet
been adopted. But his insistence
on a new and more independent
Alaska has also won him friends.”
.
Unification Will
Bring Big Savings
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Gurney (R.-S. D.) today forecast
“astonishingly large” savings
through unification of the army,
navy and air forces.
Opening Senate debate on a
compromise bill to fuse the armed
services, the chairman of the Sen- j
ate armed services committee said j
critics of the plan continually ask >
“how much in dollars and cents
will be saved each year by unifi- j
cation.’
“Personally I think the savings]
, will be astonishingly large be
' cause—if for no other reasons, if
you please—our present system #is
so horribly uneconomical,” he
said.
“Urging speedy Congressional
i approval, Gurney said that in an
era of “supersonic planes and
guided missiles with atomic war
heads” an overall defense plan
should not be delayed.
“It is not being an alarmist to
point out that in the even of an
other global war hostilities will
be initiated without prior warn
ing, and by an attack as complete
and devastating as lies within the
capabilities of the nation which
launches it,” he said.
Gurney earlier told a reporter
he Is confident the Senate will ap
prove the bill which would place
the services under a single cabinet
officer.
NORWICH, Conn., (/P) — More
than 100 300-pound blocks of ice
cascaded out of the rear doors of
a large truck as it ascended a hill
yesterday.
Consequently, traffic was re
routed around the area for more
than one hour because of “icy
conditions”—even though the tem
perature was 82 degrees.
“Flying Saucers”
Seen In Many Parts
Of United States
SAN FRANCISCO, —From one
end of the country to the other,
new reports of disk-like “flying
saucers” skimming through the
skies today added to the mystery
which has baffled the nation since
June 25.
There was no satisfactory ex
planation of the phenomenon. The
saucers first were reported seen
in the state of Washington on
June 25. Then persons in other
western states said they had seen
them. The peak came over the
July 4 holiday, when they first
were reported seen east of the
Mississippi.
The latest tabulation showed
the mystery objects had been re
ported seen in 38 states, the Dis
trict of Columbia and in Canada.
Yesterday they were reported
to have been seen in more than a
dozen states, and in southwestern
Ontario.
An aerial patrol by the Oregon
national guard reported it had
failed to sight one of the objects.
The guard planned to send a plane
today to a spot near St. Maries,
Idaho, where a woman said 10
persons saw eight of the disks
disappear in timber on July 3.
Kenneth Arnold, businessman
pilot of Boise, Idaho, first report
ed seeing the disks. He said he
saw nine flying in formation at
a speed estimated at 1,200 miles
an hour over the Cascade moun
tains. Other observers have given
the objects various speeds and, in
at least one case, said they ap
peared to be suspended in the air.
Most observers usually agreed
that the objects were round or
oval. Guesses as to their size have
ranged from that of a five-room
house or large airplane to one de
scription of “a silver ball, six
inches in diameter.”
The army, the navy and the
atomic energy commission all dis
claimed any connection with the
mystery. An army air forces
spokesman in Washington said the
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Briton And Jew
Have Word Battle
__
JERUSALEM, iff) — Sir Abdur
Rahman, of India, accused David
Ben-Gurion, chairman of the Jew
ish agency, today of “deliberately
evading questions” in a series of
sharp exchanges before the United
Nations special committee on Pal
estine.
Ben-Gurion had asserted that
Jews in Palestine had “no conflict
with the Arabs,” but rather that
“international forces” were block
ing their efforts to “regain” con
trol of the country.
It was after the Indian repre
sentative on the U. N. committee
asked Ben Gurion about the pos
sible need for force to apply a
United Nations decision that Rah
man accused him of evasion.
“If you persist in these types of
answers, we shall be here another
two months,” Rahman told Ben
Burion.