EXCELLENT BOXING
SHOW AT MARKS
AIR FORCE BASE
A crowded gymnasium at the
Marks Air Force Base was the
scene of some excellent boxing
bouts Saturday night. The deci
sions were as follows:
Pfc. Duncan over Pfc. Jourez.
Pfc. Ellis over Cpl. Scoggin.
Pfc. Morr over Cpl. Powell.
Sgt. Obryant over Cpl. Bridges.
Sgt. Miller over Pfc. Ober.
' Pfc. Carroll over Cpl. McKen
sley.
Cpl. Brightman over Pfc.
Hughes.
Cpl. Perez over Sgt. Kelly. ‘
Cpl. Bobeda over Cpl. Vallejos.
All men showed strong compet
itive spirit as well as skill and
clean sportsmanship.
Cpl. William H. Lynn, trainer
and coach of the base athletic ac
tivities, stated that he was ex
tremely pleased with the turnout
of people of Nome and the Marks
Air Force Base, and showing tne
boys there was something behind
them. It was an encouragement
for future planning of similar
events.
Ernie Kling and Jim McLean
were referees and judges with Lt.
Beasley as the other judge, and all
did a fine job.
The crow d attending the
* matches gave a rising cheer for
the boys aqd many expressed ap
preciation for the privilege of at
tending the exhibition at the Base
gymnasium.
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QUEEN CONTEST
GETS UNDER WAY
In u release from Queen Contest
headquarters that there are sever
al beautiful girls entered in the
1949 contest for Queen of Nome.
Ted Duffield, chairman, said he
expects to have a grand time with
the girls this year trying to make
winners of each and every one.
At least there are prizes for all
entrants. Ted stated however, that
there is no limit to the number of
girls who can run in the contest
and any girl who can qualify for
the contest should enter with Ted
Duffield as soon as possible in or
der that publicity arrangements
may be made and the necessary
pictures taken.
“Come on, girls,” says Ted,
“let’s make it a big success.”
PROPOSE GIGANTIC NATION
WIDE TOLL-ROAD SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, UP)—A twelve
billion dollar system of super
highways across the nation was
proposed Saturday by Senator
Kilgore (D.-W. Va.). They would
be toll roads.
Six routes are listed in a bill
Kilgore introduced Saturday.
They would connect Boston and
San Francisco; Florida and the
Great Lakes; Florida and New
York; the Canadian-Minneso t a
and the Mexican border at Lare
do, Tex.; Jacksonville, Fla., dnd
San Diego. Calif., San Diego and
Puget Sound in Washington State.
A poisonous snake normally
loses and replaces its fangs at reg
ular intervals, usually from three
to six weeks.
QUEEN
Contestants
Wanted
1st Prize • * $150.00 Cash
2nd Prize ■ ■ $100.00 Cash
3rd Prize ■ • $50.00 Cash
ADDITIONAL PRIZES
Will Be Added
As Contest Progresses
COME ON GIRLS!!!
HELP US BUILD AN
ICE-SKATING RINK FOR NOME
All Contestants must be at least a six-month
s resident of Nome to be eligible.
Sponsored by
THE ARCTIC CLUB OF NOME
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Internation’l News
At A Glance —
(Contined from Page One)
to sign the pae4 which would t
their nations into a tight defens.vc
alliance.
Italian adhe’v.we to the treaty
was formally assured last nig'h us
the Italian Sena.e voted its ap
proval in Romo.
The foreign min sltrs of Brit on,
Belgium. Holland and Luxem
bourg meantime neared the
L^nited States aboard the liner
Queen Mary to be on hand for the
signing.
In London, diplomats of 10 na
tions today began shaping the
final details of a parliament of Eu
rope. The 10 nations are Britain,
France, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Luxembourg, Norway, S weden,
Denmark, Italy and Eire.
The controversial conference
for “World Peace” ended in New
York last night with a promise to
continue its work in the future and
with a salvo of praise of Soviet
“peace” aims.
Some 18,700 persons jammed
Madison Square Garden to cheer
the last session of the three-day
cultural and scientific conference
for world peace. Other thousands
picketed and jeered outside.
A Soviet officer in Berlin said
Russia would invade some western
European countries, in the event
of war. He wrote in the Red con
i trolled newspaper Taegliche Rund
schau that such an invasion would
be undertaken only if it were
“forced upon the Russians.”
In Sydney, the general secretary
of the Australian communist
party was charged with sedition
today for pledging support to Rus
sia if Soviet troops should enter
Australia.
Military Men Leave
Truman Posts
—
WASHINGTON, (tf*)—The Tru
man administration is now vir
tually stripped of the military
men who once played important
roles in the nation’s foreign pol
icy.
President Truman apparently
did not plan it that way. Despite
the often severe criticism levelled
at him during his first term for
the “military influence” which
some columnists and lawmakers
saw in U. S. foreign affairs.
It has been a series of resigna
tions, most of which he accepted
reluctantly, which has substanti
ally changed the character of Mr.
Truman’s team of advisors on in
ternational matters.
The latest came Friday when
Admiral William D. Leahy, 73, re
tired as a member of the Presi
dent’s White House staff and Gen.
Walter Bedell Smith quit one of
the* nation’s most important diplo
matic assignments, that of am
bassador to Moscow.
Leahy, who during the war was
U. S. envoy to Vichy France, was
Mr. Truman’s chief of staff. In the
early days of the administration,
he reportedly played a large part
in developing this nation’s “tough”
policy toward Russia.
The resignations started in Jan
uary* when the ailing Gen. George
C. Marshall quit as secretary of
state and was replaced by Dean
Acheson, an attorney and former
state department official.
At the same time Robert A.
Lovett was succeeded as undersec
retary by budget director James
E. Webb. Lovett was wartime as
sistant secretary of war for air.
Secretary of defense James For
restal’s resignation is effective at
the end of this month.
House Kills Huge
Pension Rill;
Introduce Another
WASHINGTON, (ff>) — A still
dizzy House was back on the vet
erans pension merry-go-round
Saturday.
Rep. Rankin <D.-Miss.> stepped
back to the controls Friday to in
troduce a limited pension bill for
veterans of World War I.
Only Thursday, after the House
buried his multi-billion dollar pen
sion bill for all World War I and
II servicemen, a disappointed Ran
kin had skid no pension legislation
could pass at this session.
But just a day later he bounced
back with his new proposal, intro
duced, he said, “by request.” He
said the American Legion and
“many members” of the House
veterans committee, of which he
is chairman, had urged the new
bill.
Of its prospects, Rankin de
clared: “I’m making no predic
tions.” Before his first bill got to
the House, he had confidently
forecast its passage by an over
whelming majority.
Rankin told the House he hoped
to have his new bill up for consid
eration “in a short time.”
Whereas the Mississippina’s
first bill provided $90 a month
pensions at age 65 to all 18,800,000
World War I and II veterans, the
second is considerably less inclu
sive and probably less costly.
It is limited to approximately
AFL Lacks Power
To Slop Trucks
NEW YORK, (A*) — Bulletins
have been sent to hundreds of
trucking firms, telling them it
“may be advisable” to resist a
union plan for stopping drivers to
examine their union status.
Joseph Adelizzi, managing di
rector of the motor carrier asso
ciation of New York, said Friday
night, he had mailed the bulletins
to member firms which operate in
the east, south and in some places
in the west.
He said his action was a result
of a plan by the AFL international
brotherhood of teamsters to exam
ine drivers for union cards “in ev
ery nook and corner of this coun
try.”
Dave Beck, the union's execu
tive vice president, disclosed the
plan. He also has called for a
boost in union membership from
the present 1,000.000 to £,000,000.
Adelizzi said the bulletins told
truck firms “it may be advisable”
to instruct drivers to “refuse to
stop on the road for anyone.”
“We know of no authority by
which anyone but police officers
can stop your trucks,” the bulle
tin said.
3.500,000 veterans of World War
I, and provides for pensions of $72
at age 65, for vets whose income
falls below a certain point. It also
prohibits “pryamiding” of bene
fits from other sources, and con
i fined pensions to honorably dis
charged veterans.
JUNIOR
QUEEN
CONTEST
WHO WILL BE THE LITTLE
QUEEN FOR 1949??
Any Young Lady Aged 6 Years
or under with 6 months residence
in Nome is eligible to enter
FIRST PRIZE
$50 PARKA
Other Prizes
Will Be Announced Later
Contact Alice Osborne
For Details on Junior Queen