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VOL. L. No. 42. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1948_PER COPY — 15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, —(/P)—A
16-man logging operation is re
ported underway at Kake, a small
Indian village on Prince of Wales
Island.
Work began last week. The
department of interior recognizes
the area as the property of the
Kake community.
Thomas L. Jackson, native man
ager of the Kake Timber Project,
reported the timber development
corporation of New York has given
assurance it will take all the logs
that are produced. The firm has
a contract with the community.
+ FAIRBANKS, — </P)—'Things
just had to get better for Mrs.
Josephine Chamlis.
Two weeks ago she slipped on
some ice and broke her ankle.
While climbing stairs on her
crutches last Thursday, she fell
again and broke an arm.
Today, in St. Joseph’s Hospital,
Mrs. Chamlis said she has been
notified she is one of four per
sons who will inherit $132,000
each--after taxes—from a great
uncle, James Price of San Fran
cisco.
She saw him once during his
life—25 years ago.
JUNEAU, —(j*P)—In an election
without a contest, mayor Waino
Hendrickson and councilmen G.
Jorgensen and James Larsen were
retained in their offices by Jun
eau’s voters yesterday.
J. O. Christensen was elected
as the third councilman.
The election drew 846 ballots
• out of a registration of 1,422. Only
those who cast ballots yesterday
will be eligible to vote in the
April 29 bond issue election.
At Douglas, mayor Mike Pusich
was reelected without opposition.
His daughter, Helen Forrest, de
feated his son-in-law, Guy Russo,
for the school board.
OKLAHOMA CITY, —(/P)—For
all his judicial power, state sup
reme court justice Nelson Corn
couldn’t even spring his baby
grandson from imprisonment last
night.
Like uncounted thousands of
’ other tots, 15-month-old Robert
Baxter Case wandered into the
family bathroom and accidentally
shot the bolt.
Justice Corn delivered several
opinions through the door, with
no results whatever.
The habeus corpus action was
' finally carried out by fireman
Delbert Gee, who did a second-(
story job while the law smiled.
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LOS ANGELES, —(>P) —You
might say that Raymond Bobbitt
is in a rut, except that he’s in
jail, instead, awaitig another trial.
Eighteen months ago he went
to San Quentin prison because a
woman detective in a drugstore
caught him stealing a box of can
dy.
* Bobbitt served his sentence and
came back to Los Angeles. He
returned to the same drugstore.
The same detective, Mrs. Elva
Bartlett, arrested him again. She
says Bobbitt was making off with
a $4 box of chocolates.
Truman Awaits
Formal Acceptance
ERP Chairman
WASHINGTON, —(/P) —Presi
dent Truman awaited today the!
formal acceptance of Paul G.'
Hoffman before naming the Stude
baker corporation head to direct
the European Recovery Program.
Hoffman returned to Washing
ton today from Japan, where he
went with undersecretary William
H. Draper Jr., to make a survey
for the army. He was expected to
contact Mr. Truman during the
day. Luncheon with army sec
retary Royall at the Pentagon was
1 on Hoffman’s program.
White house sources said pri
vately that Hoffman is Mr. Tru
man’s choice to head the multi
billion dollar program to stop com
munism in Europe.
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Armed Forces Ask
Military Reserves
In Aleutians
WASHINGTON, —(/P)—Ameri
ca’s armed forces want to set up
j vast military reservation in the
shortest range to the Russian area
in the Aleutians.
While the services said “it is
! purely routine” when asked to
explain the moves to get control
of the area islands, their role in
World War II makes the aim ob
vious.
The plan was disclosed when
official notice of a hearing May
4, on army, airforce and navy
petitions to withdraw the affected
areas from public lands status.
The notice appeared in federal
register which reports orders other
than the actions of public agerfc’ies.
Sen. Fred Crawford
Speaks in Defense
Alaska Statehood
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WASHINGTON, News Letter,—
Senator Fred Crawford, who vis
ited Alaska last summer as chair
man of the subcommittee or. Ter
ritorial and Insular Possessions of1
the House Public Lands Commit
tee. spoke in favor of Alaska state
hood this week when the House
was considering an appropriation
bill. The Michigan congressman
said, in part, as follows
“I think Alaska is one of our|
strategic areas of defense, and I,
look upon Algska as the buffor
state between Russia ana the Un
ited States, and now I look upon
the United States as tne buffer
state between Russia and the rest
of the world. T consider power
production and distrioution in this
country as essential as bread and
butter and mei , and I consider
the protection of the people in our
States, and apparently the commit
tee is moving in this direction. I
am in favor of developing hy
droelectric power in Alaska, and
I am in favor of making Alaska
a state of the union and paving
the way for a million nev; sett
lers to go to that territory We
(Continued on Page Three)
Alaska May,Get
Public W’ks Bill
WASHINGTON News Letter—
A comprehensive public works
program for Alaska will probably
be presented to Congress in bill
form by the administration in a
few weeks, Delegate Bartiett pre
dicted this week. Such a bill may
envision a total expenditure of
$50,000,000 for federal, territor
ial and municipal projects in the
Territory on a cooperative basis
so far as projects in the last two
catagories are concerned.
It was also rumored this week
that the long-awaited special pres
idential message dealing with the
long-term program for the devel
j opment of Alaska’s resources will
; be sent to Congress within the
I next week or ten days. The pro
gram is understood to embrace
the fields of housing, public health,
education, community facilities,
agricultural development, timber
production and fisheries, and tour
! ist and recreational possibilities.
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Sen. Morse, ( )regon
Requests Inquiry
Alaska Shipping
! WASHINGTON News Letter,—
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon
has recommended that the Sena:e
Committ.ee on Interstate and For?
eign Commerce "proceed without
i delay to make inquiry into ai’e
! gations” set forth in a recent ari
i icle having to do with the prob
lem (5f Alaska shipping.
The article referred to was writ
ten by Richard L. Neuberger and
appeared in the latest issue of THE
NATION entitled “Monopoly at
Alaska’s Throat.”
Senator Morse’s remarks on the
Senate floor came during the week
that the Maritime Commission re
commended to the House Merch
ant Marine and Fisheries sub
committee studying Alaska’s ship
ping that there be a return to
government operation of ships in
the Alaska trade under agency
agreements operated substantially
on ‘‘the same principle as during
wartime.” The view's of the com
mission were expressed by com
missioner Grenville Melltn. It L
understood the commission will
submit in a week or ten days )ts
written recommendations to the
Alaska subcommittee.
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Four Marines Held
By Chinese Reds
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SHANGHAI, China, —(/p)_The|
navy announced today it had be
gun efforts to free four U.S. Mar
ines held by Chinese communists.
An announcement said there had
been no direct word from the four
who were captured yesterday
when their marine transport plane
was forced down by engine troub
le 18 miles west of Tsingtao, north
China.
“The navy is contacting com
munist troops relative to their
return,” the announcement added.
Four other marines seized by
the communists last Christmas in
the same area were released only
Thursday.
Dunbar Re-elected
Mayor Of Nome
City Clerk Keeps Job
Luther Dunbar, Incumbent mayor, won the race for
reelection over four other contestants for the job of
heading the city government for the coming year.
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Hoffman Approved
To Administer Aid
Europe Program
WASHINGTON, — UP)— The
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee voted 13 to 0 today to approve
the nomination of Paul G. Hoff
i man to administer the multi-bil
lion foreign aid program,
j Chairman Vandenberg <R-Mich>
[ told reporters he will ask the
i Senate to confirm Hoffman’s nom
; ination right away.
Hoffman, president of the Stu
' debaker corporation, was selected
late yesterday by President Tru
man to administer the $5,300,000
. 000 western European recovery
' program.
Before the committee acted,
members questioned Hoffman be
i hind closed doors for approxi
I
mately an hour and a half.
Emerging from the meeting, the
56-year old auto manufacturer
' told reporters:
“They asked me a lot of ques
tions and I tried to answer them.”
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| No Grandstand
This Time In
Atomic Tests
HONOLULU, —(£>)—A top level
American scientist-military team
is evidently conducting a secret
series of major atomic weapons
tests at isolated, guarded Eniwe
tok Atoll.
The first of these tests to chart
wartime uses of atomic fission,
probably already has been con
ducted.
The tests are not the grand
stand show of the 1946 Bikini
experiments. Then diplomats, ob
servers, hundreds of newspaper
men, scientists and military ex
perts from many countries wit
nessed and told the world what i
they saw.
At the current tests, the only
spectators are a few experts from
one country—the United States.
The U. S. atomic energy commis
sion has warned everyone but a
few well-screened experts to keep
away.
There is no indication that any
one is expected to return soon
from Eniwetok.
It seems evident to careful ob
servers that at least two types
of tests were planned. The first
presumably, would be the use of
atomic warheads on guided mis
siles, on short range flights; the
second, atomic bombs dropped
from the air.
> Luther Dunbar, incumbent may
or, won the race for reelection
over four other contestants for
the job of heading the city gov
ernment for the coming year.
The three councilmen elected to
j serve with the mayor and three
' hold-over councilmen, are, Fred
Cavota Thomas McAllister and
Gordon Osborne.
In the contest for the position
of City Clerk and magistrate, Car
rie McLain won easily oves C. D.
Anderson. Carie McLain has
been in office for the past five
years.
C. C. Tanner continues ag City
Attorney, Marjorie R. Saario con
tinues as City Treasurer, both
uncontested positions.
Mildred Webb was uncontested
i for Member of School Board.
The Ordinance vacating a por
tion of a certain alley, was rati
fied.
Herewith is the talley for the
several offices:
For Mayor:
James Adams 39, Luther Dunbar
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Berlin Incident
Blame Charged
British Plane
The International Picture
(By the Asso. Press)
The Russians resumed the of
fensive in the propaganda war in
Germany today. They blamed
the British for the Berlin plane
crash which killed 15 persons and
went ahead with plans to seek
a plebiscite of Germans on a uni
fied government.
Field Marshal Lord Montgomery
chief of the British imperial gen
eral staff, went back to London
without any public indication
whether his dinner meeting with
top Soviet military leaders in Ber
lin last night had cleared and
roadblocks in the way of four
power amity.
Montgomery was believed to
have discussed with the Russians
the crisis over restrictions on al
lied rail traffic and other factors
in the worsening East-West re
ations, including the plane crash,
in which a Soviet fighter and a
British transport collided Monday.
A Russian investigating com
mission charged that the crash
was caused by British violation
of allied regulations. The commis
sion said it occurred over a Soviet
airport in Berlin. British officials
denied a Russian charge that the
British transport suddenly darted
from the clouds into the Soviet
fighter.
The Soviet zone’s communist
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