OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS__
VOL. LIII. No. 18 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1951 . Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
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FAIRBANKS, (iP)— A fire de
stroyed the Beachcomber Club on
the highway two miles south of
here Friday.
The one-story frame building
was valued at approximately
$12,000.
The Fairbanks and Ladd Air
Force Base fire departments ans
wered the call but ran out of wa
ter before the fire could be ex
tinguished.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — A Wash
ington State man proposes to
solve Alaska’s housing shortage
by building log cabins.
In a letter to Rep. Mitchell (D.
Wash.), Elmo Meyers of Olympia
said he had plans for a ready cut
house of logs which “is very warm
and can be erected very fast.”
Meyers identified himself as a
brother Qf Washington’s L»t. Gov.
Victor A. Meyers.
APPLETON, Wis. (/P) — Police
asked the Junior Chamber of
Commerce to take down its bill
board advertising highway safety
Saturday.
The darn thing was a traffic
hazard.
BALTIMORE, [JP) — A young
wallet snatcher on a crowded bus
chose a one-time member of the
police headquarters pickpocket
squad for his victim Friday.
The snatcher got away, but ex
detective William A. O’Brien knew
pickpocket’s signal language and
held a suspected accomplice for
police.
SEATTLE </P)—An engine room
oiler was instantly killed Satur
*day in a fall aboard the Alaska
bound ship Baranof, the coast
guard reported.
The coast guard said the oiler,
identified as Alvin Millard, fell
into the crank pit. The body was
taken ashore at Alert Bay, B. C.
PALMER, (/P)—Palmer’s entire
faculty of 23 teachers were on j
record today as opposing a $3001
per year wage increase for teach- j
ers as “inequitable.”
In a letter writing campaign
this week they supported Anchor- j
age teachers in a demand that the
raise be based on a cost of living
survey compiled last summer.
The protests went to legislators
and the Territorial Board of Edu
cation opposing the increase pro
posed by the executive committee
of the Alaska Education Associa
tion, which is tcf come before the
Legislature.
They said the survey, showing j
Seattle as 100 per cent, pegged1
Juneau at 130 per cent; Anchor
age 161, and Fairbanks and Nome
at 196.
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TEHRAN, Iran, (/P)—The Shah
of Iran was married to 19-year
old Sorya Espandiari amid a Per
sian omen of good luck—a snow
fall.
WAKKANAI, Japan, (^—Six
teen careless whales were cruis
ing along today, not paying much
attention to the hazards of sea
Nome High School Basketball Team Has High Hopes Of
Winning In Coming Fur Rendezvous Tournament ' j
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The Nome High School Basket
ball team which has won nine out
of eleven games played this sea
son, plans to depart for Anchor
age Wednesday or Thursday to
enter into the Alaska High. School
Tournament being held there
starting on Friday.
Nome’s team has a splendid
record from last year, having!
placed second in the Class B
group and just missing winning
the tournament by a very close i
margin.
The boys have played with four
different teams this year, all older
and experienced players and in
many cases taller than the mem- j
bers of the school team .
Their tournament starts with a !
game Friday against Cordova,
which will be followed by a game
with Wasilla or Kodiak. Other
teams in Class B are Valdez, Ko
| diak NOB. The winner of Class j
B tournament will be entitled to J
play the winner of Class A this
year, for the first time. The Class
A group includes Anchorage,
f Fairbanks, Palmer and Seward.
Coach Hawkinson, who has had
experience at Sparta, Wisconsin,
where he coached in the Rerea
tion System, states that he pre
dicts the boys will make an excel
lent showing. He stated that their
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“Sea and Air Might
U.S. Best Weapons”
Says Herb Hoover
NEW YORK, (/P) — Herbert
Hoover, declaring that air and sea
might are America’s best weapons
against aggression, said last night
that land war against Russia
would risk “the loss of all civiliza
tion.”
•He urged a period of watchful
waiting for evidence of Europe’s
unity and military strength before
sending more ground troops
there.
The former Republican Presi
dent said that instead o£ commit
ting land armies abroad, the U. S.
should build “overwhelming air
and naval power” for use against
Russia if she attacks Europe.
“A land offensive against the
communists,” he said, “could
bring no military victory, no po
litical conclusion.” It could bring
catastrophe to America, he added
“with no salvation to Europe.”
In his second major foreign pol
icy speech in recent weeks, Hoo
ver urged emphasis on production
of planes, ships and munitions and
sending of suplies to nations “do
ing their utmost to defend them
selves.”
He proposed that Chiang Kai
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travel.
They bumped into a cluster of
small ice bergs off the northern
tip of Hokkaido Island. Every one
of the whales was knocked cold.
Along came some poor Japanese
fishermen and (bagged all 16. The
whales, 20 to 30 feet long, were
valued at $10,000.
Lifting The Lid
At Juneau
(By Jim Hutcheson)
Saturday, February 10, 1951
JUNEAU, (/P)—A proposal for
a $12,500,000 bond issue for
schools was killed yesterday in the
Senate. I
The vote was 8 to 7 against a
memorial asking Congress for the
right to issue Territorial bonds
for school buildings. The memori
al was introduced by Gunnard M.
Engebreth, Anchorage Republi
can. The Senate also killed a sim
ilar measure during the last ses
sion of the Aleska Legislature.
Four Democrats and three Re
publicans voted for the memorial
yesterday. Five Republicans and
three Democrats voted against the
proposal.
The arguments of the opponents
emphasized that, with ciites and
States heavily bonded, the Terri
tory remains unique in freedom
from bonded debt; chances for
statehood were better if it stays
that way and any such request to
Congress should be only after a
referendum vote by the people.
Arguing for the memorial, En
gebreth said the “number one
problem of the Territory is con
struction of schools.” He said he
opposed such action at the last
session but added that he was
“convinced it was necessary now.”
He said that city and state
bonding for construction projects
is “recognized as sound practice.”
Sen. Steve McCutcheon, An
chorage Democrat, declared that
about 7,000 Children in Alaska
were without schools the past bi
ennium and added that “it’s about
time for us to stop fiddling
around.”
Voting for the memorial were
Democrats William Beltz, Hay
cock; Walter Huntley, Dr. R. M.
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Asks Re-Activationi
Of Marks Air Field
Below is reproduced Senate
Joint Memorial No. 1, introduced
in the Senate 'by Senator Ed An
derson:
To The President of the United
States, the Secretary of Defense,
The Chief of Staff of Defense
and to the Delegate to Congress
from Alaska:
Your Memorialist, the Legisla
ture of the Territory of Alaska, in
Twentieth Session assembled, re
spcetfully represents:
WHEREAS, inactiva t i o n of
Marks Airfield at Nome, Alaska,
leaves that section of the Terri
tory of Alaska vulnerable to at
tack and invasion by enemy
forces; and
WHEREAS, such vulnerability
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“No Lockout, No
Strike” Agreement
Aid Alaska Projects
WASHINGTON, {JP) — Senator
Lyndon Johnson (D.-Tex.) said
Saturday a “no-strike, no-lockout”
-agreement in Alaska has given
the urgent Alaskan defense build
ing program a “shot in the arm.”
Johnson, chairman of the Sen
ate preparedness sub-committee,
said he hears that one or more
major strikes already have heen
prevented by e conference at
which an agreement was reached
to sign contracts for a full year.
A fellow committeeman, Sena
tor Hunt (D.-Wyo.), forecast in an
interview “the most productive as
well as most harmonious Alaska
defense production season in his
tory.”
Johnson said in a statement
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Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
. Saturday, February 10, 1951.
(By The Associated Press)
Allied troops recapture Seoul’s
Kimpo airfield, port of Inchon
and industrial suburb of Yong
dungpo. South Korean patrols
probe into old Korean capital.
Red’s western defense of city col
lapses. Chinese communists and
Red Koreans dig in rugged hill
country far to east for their main
defense line. Allied planes roar
back into battle in clear weather.
Encounter Russ!ian-made MIG-T
jet fighters. No damage to either
side.. U. S. Superforts bomb rail
yards 30 miles north of Red capi
tal of Pyongyang.
Former President Herbert
j declares air and naval might are
I America’s best weapons against
' aggression. Urges watchful wait
jing before committing more
group troops to Europe.
{ Monday, February 12, 1951
The Allied line imperiled by
South Koreans’ collapse on the
30-mile sector of the central front
before 60,000 Chinese and Korean
Reds attacking in zero weather.
The situation is serious, says U: S
intelligence. South Korean Capital
Division probes north of 38th par
allel after capturing Yangyang
five miles north of the boundary
on the East Coast. Reds cling to
Seoul under Allied land and air
bombardment. A French corre
spondent is killed covering a U. S.
Rangers patrol. He was the 15th
Allied newsman lost in the Ko
rean war.
. In Washington price director
Michael V. Disalle expects a six
percent rise by summer; says: “I’d
be tickled to death if by June or
July we would begin to see some
results of stability.”
In New York, Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey splits with Herbert Hoover
and Sen. Robert Taft (R.-Ohio) to
urge the free use of large Ameri
[ can army in Europe.
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Fine Brotherhood
Of R. R. Trainmen
$25,000 For Strike
CHICAGO, >(/P) —The Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen* a fed
eral judge ruled Friday in fining
it $25,000, was responsible for the
rail switchmen’s “sick” strike
last December.
Judge Michael L. Igoe imposed
the fine on the rail union as full
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crews of switchmen ended a 10
day similar “sick” walkout and
returned to work across the coun
try. ■ . , ’ y f
The fine was based on violation
of a federal court order of Dec. 13
directing the switchmen to return
to work. The stoppage ended after
three days. .
The union faces a second
charge of contempt in connection
with the walkout just ended. A
hearing is scheduled for Feb.; 14,
but Judge Igoe indicated he would
continue it to a later date.
Judge Igoe, who dism i s s e d
charges against 40 of its national
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