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VOL. LI. No. 108 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1949 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
<(/P) Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON. i/Pi—President
Truman signed a bill Wednesday
which will permit Alaska to put
into effect its expanded tax sys
tem passed by the last legislature.
The bill in effect repeals federal
tax i on business, with the pro
\ ceeds going into a special fund in
the treasury to be disbursed by
Congressional action for the bene
fit of schools and roads.
The action now 'will permit
these taxes to go into the Territo
rial treasury and be disbursed by
the Territory.
BELOIT, Wis. I/P) — Fire swept
through the main plant of an ice
cream manufacturing plant late
Wednesday night, causing damage
estimated by a company official
at $600,000.
The two-story brick structure
housing the Taylor Freezer Corp.,
near the downtown district was
completely destroyed. Firemen
fought the blaze for more than
two hours before getting it under
control shortly after midnight.
SEATTLE, <P)—Run of salmon
in Puget Sound is far below ex
pectations, Seattle salmon brokers
said today.
With a big season in Southeast
ern Alaska ended, fishermen and
packers had expected the season
in this area to be at its height, but
instead the run is falling, brokers
said.
HONG KONG, <P)—An 18-hour
fire destroyed the power plant at
Macao, Portuguese colony on the
South China coast, with an estim
ated loss of $3,000,000 ^Portuguese
currency) it was revealed today.
Portuguese authorities said the
fire started from a short circuit
last Wednesday and continued
through Thursday.
DOVER, England. (P)'—Shirley
May France took one last look to
day at the English Channel she
failed to swim last week and then
started her trip home to Massa
chusetts.
“It looks better today and I feel
like jumping in.” she said.
The Amercian teen-ager was
dressed formally in a grey faille
gowfn and wore a perky white hat.
“The hat feels uncomfortable,”
Shirley said, “but just look, my
hair is still greasy from the swim
and I have to cover it up some
how.”
TOKYO, (P) — Officials today
set damage to U. S. army installa-1
tions and vessels at the Yokohama
port in the Aug. 31 typhoon at
$250,000.
SEATTLE, (/P)—Crewmen of a
fishing vessel which reported it
self sinking in Alaska waters got
out of trouble last night by bor
rowing a pump from a passing
troller.
The vessel Tenakee, ^vith a
heavy load of fish, reported itself |
sinking near Sitka. Crewmen were l
unable to pump water out of the !
hold.
But a coast guard patrol boat i
from Juneau turned bac kafter the '
Proposed Changes
In Mining Laws
For those who are interested in
Mining Laws, the following are
brief statements of desired changes
in the present mining laws:
Give permit for limited time to
subsurface exploration then pro
ceed to apply for patent, or re
linquish claim, or permit renewed
for short terms.
Require $300 or $500 worth of
worth on a claim annually. Require
an increase in amount of annual
assessment work if patent not ap
plied for within five years.
Hoover Commission Task Force
suggested that mining claims be
patented within three years or be
relinquished.
Require recordation of mining
claim location and annual assess
ment work at the District Land
Office. Declare invalid all claims
not so recorded within a reason
able time so as to clear title to
areas not actually under develop
ment. Make claims automatically
lapse to the status of open public
land unless filing of annual assess
ment work is done. Claims to be
void if patent or production of
minerals is not accomplished with
in five years. Prohibit refiling for
i three years of relinquished claim
by former claimants.
Greatly simplify law and regu
lations.
Abolish all extralateral rights
for new claims, giving title or use
only to a larger area bounded by
vertical planes from the surface
area. Abolish all distinction be
1 tween lode and placer claims for
new claims, and make claim boun
daries conform to legal subdivi
sions in surveyed areas, or to
north-south and east-west boun
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Three Die When
Boat Capsizes
Near Nenana
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FAIRBANKS, <&)—'Three sleep
ing bags, a can of gasoline and a
few water-soaked cigarettes were
the only traces found Wednesday
of an Episcopal priest and two
boys missing since Monday night.
An Eskimo boy, 17-year-old
Thomas Tuzroyluk, said he was
the only survivor when the boat
swamped Monday night in the
Tanana River.
Missing are the Rev. Robert H.
Reid, Jr., priest in charge of St.
Mark’s Episcopal mission at Ne
nana; Enoch Tooyak, 15, of Point
Hope and Teddy Mueller, 15, of
Nenana.
Young Tuzroyluk said the four
were on a hunting trip about 80
miles from Nenana when a large
wave capsized their outboard mo
torboat. He swam to shore and
could see no trace of the others
when he looked back.
The youth said he searched the
river bank for a mile below the
scene and could find only the ar
ticles which had drifted ashore
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Tenakee radioed it borrowed the
pump and “We are holding our
own.”
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Interior Dept. To
Hold Important
Alaska Meetings
(By Vern Haugland)
u/P) Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON, </P)—The inte
rior department said today the
most important field conference it
has ever held in Alaska will begin
at Mt. McKinley September 21.
It will be followed by a series
of public meetings conducted
throughout the Territory by assist
, ant secretary of the interior Wil
| liam Warne.
Warne told a reporter the meet
ings are a part of a program in
tended to speed development of
1 Alaska.
Warne leaves tomorrow for a
i speaking engagement at Milwau
i kee, and will fly to Anchorage by
I way of Seattle Sept. 20, conferring
; with Indian Service representa
tives there and at Palmer.
The Mt. McKinley meeting,
through Sept. 23, will be the regu
lar quarterly meeting of the Alas
ka Field Committee. The commit
! tee is composed of representatives
i of all interior department agencies
1 in Alaska. Kenneth Kadow is com
mittee chairman.
“We will review the progress
we have made on the Alaska de
velopment program and will try
to iron out the rough spots,”
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Kurland Musi Sell
Goods For Dollars
To Survive
WASHINGTON. f/P> — Sir Staf
ford Cripps declared today that
the “only satisfactory solution” for
Britain’s economic plight is to sell
enough goods for dollars to become
self-supporting.
Britain’s chancellor of the ex
chequer made that statement in a
speech prepared for a national
press club luncheon.
Indicating British acceptance of
American advice to dreamline
selling techniques, he said that “on
the question of exports to dollar
markets, I believe that theer is a
most urgent need for more inten
sive salesmanship.*'
Sir Stafford pictured the solu
tion of his country’s economic cri
sis as essential fo rthe coordinated
political and military strength of
the West in its struggle with com
munism.
He said that secretary of state
Acheson and British foreign min
ister evin have made “remarkable
progress" toward building the
western political and defense
structure but added:
“All this progress will be in
vain if we fail to provide a sound
economic basis for thees combined
efforts of the free democracies.”
The twin themes of Cripp’s ad
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Pioneers Present Scholarship
At University of Alaska
The Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo
No. 4, Fairbanks, have voted a
scholarship of $150.00 for a stu
' dent attending the University of
Alaska, according to an announce
ment made by Dr. Terris Moore,
president of the University. This
| scholarship is being presented in
memory of the late Richard C.
j Rothenburg, former Secretary of
Igloo No. 4, who passed away
early this summer. It is to be
given to any worthy son or daugh- j
| ter of a Pioneer of Alaska, accord- 1
ing to the conditions conveyed to
| the University by a letter received
from C. J. Woofter, present secre
tary of Igloo No. 4, and is to be
known as the Richard C. Rothen
I burg Memorial Scholarship.
Many of the outstanding Pio- !
neers of Alaska have come to the
“end of the trail” without a memo
rial or a monument, and it was
the intention of Igloo No. 4 that
Richard C. Rothenburg should b_*
remembered, Woofter stated. It is
to be awarded annually, and ac
cording to the terms as set forth
by the Igloo, the selection is to be
left to the discretion of the Schol
arship Committee of the Univers
ity.
This is the first of such scholar
ships to be presented to the Uni
versity by the Pioneers, but it may ■
be the beginning of a new era in
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C. J. Woofter Secretary Igloo No. 4, notifies Dr. Terris Moore.
President of University of Alaska of Pioneer Scholarship Award.
News of the World
At A Glance - - -
Wednesday, September 7, 1949
'By The Associated Press'
The first freely elected German
parliament since pre-Hitler days
convened in Bonn, capital of the
West German State. The Bundes
rnt, upper house of the federal re
public, wa.> the first branch of the
new governmen tto begin its work.
The communist drive southward
in China appeared retarded today.
At Canton, the national defense
ministry said its forces had recap
tured several villages on the ap
proaches to the Canton-Hankow
railway.
At La Paz, Bolivia, the govern
ment said the 12-day old rightist
rebellion has been all but crush
ed. President Mamberto Urriola
goitia said Santa Cruz is the only
rebel stronghold left.
In Moscow, Soviet economic
writers predicted that as a result
of the British-Canadian-United
States economic talks in Washing
ton, the British pound and other
European currencies would be
devalued.
Thursday, September 8, 1949
Britain’s chancellor of the ex
chequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, has
appealed to the United States for
a greater opportunity of earning
American dollars.
Washington observers of the
three-power talks on Britain’s fi
nancial plight interpreted the Bri
tish appeal as a bid for the lower
ing of United States tariffs. Sir
Stafford said:
"It would be of the greatest pos
sible assistance and encourage
ment to us if the U. S. and Canada
could take whatever steps are pos
sible for them to enlarge our op
portunities of earning” dollars.
Secretary of the treasury John
W. Snyder, the American spokes
man at the U. S.-British-Canadian
talks, promised “sympathetic con
sideration” to suggestions made.
Synder, however, warned that
the United States is determined
that it be relieved of the huge bur
den of Marshall Plan aid by 1952.
He emphasized that Britain’s ma
jor need is to become self-suffi
cient by that time.
borne topofficials of both Britain
and the United States are known
to believe that unless the United
States adjusts tariffs encouraging
the import of Briitsh goods, Bri
tain will never overcome her
money crisis.
In Canton, Chinese nationalists
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BULLETIN
WASHINGTON. —A govern
men official said today "We still
have hopes" of averting a strike
scheduled for mid-afternoon on
the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Frank Douglass, member of the
national (railway) mediation board
told a reporter:
"We have hopes—rather vague
hopes I'll admit—that the walkout
can be averted."
Douglass was keeping in close
touch with officials of the four
railroad unions involved in the
dispute.