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VOL. XLIX. No. 58 ~ NOMETaLASKA. WEDNES~DAY, MAY 14, 1947 PER COPY — 15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
DETROIT, (JP) -• Fred A. Bar
aky, 33-year-old minor police
character and once-convicted
^ gambler, was shot down in the
street Tuesday in a slaying rem
iniscent of Detroit’s roaring rum
running era of the 1920’s.
FINDLAY. O. (>P)—A tornado
that ripped through the eastern
# endge of this city and wrecked a
trailer camp left at least 26 per
sons injured today. Poilce and vol
unteer workers were combing the
debris to ascretain if there were
any more casualties.
NEW YORK, (/P) — Robert P.
Boylan, an independent floor
broker, has been elected chairman
of the board of governors of the
New York Stock Exchange to suc
ceed John Coleman who has held
the position for the past four
years.
♦
NEW YORK, (iP) — Richard
Rowland, who as early as 1910
had become a millionaire in the
film industry, died yesterday at
the age of 66.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman will send a message to
^ Congress today on the portal-to
portal pay bill.
President Secretary Charles E.
Ross, telling reporters this yester
day, declined to forecast whether
Mr. Truman will veto or sign the
measure.
SHAWNEEE-ON-DELAWARE,
Pa., (/P)—Longer skirts this fall
will make obsolete 80 per cent of
the wardrobe of American wo
men, says Mack Gordon, president
♦ of the Linder Coy women’s spe
cialty store of Cleveland. Gordon
spoke before 100 textile manufac
turers, executive administrators
and technologists.
KETCHIKAN. (/P) — Akutan
peak on Akuian island, a 4.100
foot peak in the eastern Aleutians,
is again in eruption throwing light
* ash and smoke into the air at in
tervals of about three minutes,
the Coast Guard cutter Citrus ra
dioed today. The peak has long
been an active volcano, one of nu
merous ones in the Aleutian chain.
The island is northeast of Unalas
ka.
SEATTLE, (/P) — Cook Inlet
fishermen have asked for an AFL
charter in the seafarer’s interna
* tional union, according to Alaska
officials of the united fishermen
of Cook Inlet in Seattle yesterday.
The fishermen voted “100 per
cent” to withdraw from the CIO
Alaska fishermen’s union and af
filiate with the AFL.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Colin G.
Lennox of Hawaii urged Congress
* to order a federal investigation of
commercial fishing possibilities in
the central Pacific. Because of the
limited area of American com
mercial tuna fishing at present,
* Lennox said, the government
through the fish and wildlife serv
ice, should undertake studies that
may open new areas.
Russia Starting
Strikes in U.S.Zone
FRANKFURT, Germany, (JP)—
Gen. Lucius D. Clay declared to
d ?y that agitators would be jailed
if they attempted to capitalize pa-i
Ltically on the desperate German
fo d crisis.
He said lie had heard reports
that the Communist party was at
tempting to develop strikes in the
United States’ occupation zone.
The U. S. military governor said
he had no definite confirmation of
the reports, but he told a news
conference that “if any political
agitator attempts to capitalize up
on the serious food situation, and
if he is caught, he will be put be
hind bars.”
Clay’s warning came as official
American investigators reported
that the wintertime resignation of
the German people to food short
ages has given way to “an ugly
mood of bitter resentment” tow
ard the United States.
The military governor said he
expected some strikes in the U. S.
zone but hoped there would be no
demonstrations on the scale of the
recent ones in the British zone.
He said he hoped it would not be
necessary to use force in the event
of demonstrations or to collect
food reserves hoarded by German
farmers.
“I hope it won’t be necessary to
use troops,” he said. “That is the
last thing I want to do. I don’t
even like to talk of using force.”
Clay said measures would be
taken to alleviate the food situa
tion within a few weeks. He ex
pressed hope the crisis would be
eased by a speedup in the ship
ment of grain from the United
States, by a large-scale program
of providing dried milk at an early
date to supplement grains, and by
collections from the hoards of re
luctant farmers.
Grant Jackson
Returns To Nome
Grant Jackson, president of the
Miners and Merchants Bank re
turned home Monday evening
from a business trip to the States.
Mj\ Jackson spent a week in
Washington. D. C., during which
time he accomplished a tremen
dous amount of work in such a
short time, getting a bill to Con
gress for the construction of a
breakwater for Nome, as an
emergency measure.
Mr. Jackson states that he is
positive that the breakwater will
not be built this year, but he feels
certain that it will be constructed
next year.
Mr. Jackson modestly directs all
the credit to Carl Lomen, as, he
states, the success of the venture
was due to Mr. Lomen’s knowl
edge of the intricate ways of get
ting things done in Washington.
REGIONAL DIRECTOR VET
OFFICE IS IN NOME
Harry Palmer, Regional Direc
tor of the Territorial Veterans Of
fice will be at the Wallace Hotel
J approximately three weeks to re
view all loans and bonus applica
j tions in the Nome area.
Exclusive Rights;
Increased Rates
Allowed to Alaska
<</Pi Special Washington Service!
WASHINGTON, (A3)—'The mar
itime commission announced to
day that it has approved contracts
with four Seattle steamship lines
for exclusive rights in the Alaska
shipping service despite protests
from San Francisco, Los Angeles
and Portland, Ore., chambers of
commerce.
At the same time, the commis
sion denied a petition by Alaska’s
Governor Gruening to suspend
freight rates and passenger fares
filed by three of the four com
panies.
This means these rates and
fares, which Alaska officials con
tend are too high, will become ef
fective May 21.
The commission said public
hearings on the rates will be held
"at the earliest practicable date.”
The Seattle concerns whose ex
clusive fights were confirmed are
The Alaska Steamship Co., North
land Transportation Co., Alaska
Transportation Co., and Santa
Ana Steamship Co.
The contracts will run until
June 30, ltft8, a one-year period
after the government ceases oper
ating ships in the Alaska trade.
The commission said the con
tracts with the four lines were
made in accordance with special
legislation by Congress to provide
for temporary operation of Alas
ka service until consideration can
be given to permanent operations.
The commission is to return to
the four companies all vessels that
were taken over for war service.
It will charter to the companies
government*owned ships "as
needed for the trade including
military requirements.”
The contracts, the commission
said, will insure maintenance of
about 30 vessels in cargo and pas
senger operation.
City Council Transacts
Important Business
The City Council met last Mon
day evening in regular session and
discussed many important issues
confronting the city at this time.
The City agreed to pay George
Hite $10,000.00 to remove the
Thornton building, which he has
purchased from Ben Gillette, from
its present site in the middle of
the street on Steadman Ave. He
was given thirty days to complete
the work.
The matter of torn up sidewalks
was referred to the Street Com
mittee to see that the law was en
forced and that property owners
replace any city sidewalks which
have been torn up.
It was called to the attention of
the present council that a petition
from property owners had been
presented two year sago to lift the
sidewalk on First Avenue between
B and D streets and put in gutters.
This was also referred to the
street committee.
It was reported that the Boy
Scouts have already started num
bering the houses as they agreed
to do.
Truman Signs
Law Banning
Portal Pay Suits
J
WASHINGTON (/P>—President
Truman signed into law today
legislation banning portal pay
suits and sent Congress a fresh re
quest that it raise the minimum
wage to 65 cents an hour.
In a message to the legislators,
the President:
1. Emphasised that he was sign
ing the portal bill because he be
lieved it in *‘the interest of eco
nomic stability” that both business
and the government be relieved of
the potential liability for billions
of dollars. But he said there were
1 defects in the measure and asked
Congress to remedy them.
2. Asked again that Congress
raise the statutory minimum wage
from 40 to 65 cents an hour.
3. In effect, prodded business
to reach wage agreements with
workers and reduce prices.
Mr. Truman said that with un
1 certainty over the portal claims
; removed “current wage negotia
i tions can proceed more readily to
' a satisfactory conclusion and busi
| nessmen will be able to plan with
assurance for full production and
price reductions.”
“This,” he added “will be of
real value to labor and manage
ment in the maintenance of a con
tinued high level of employment.”
—
CHRIS NEIBUHR. CLDTIMER.
PASSES ON
Chris Neibuhr who was brought
1 to town several weeks ago from
his claim on Rock Creek by Ed
Rohn, who made the trip there
with his dogs when Chris failed
to make his usual visit to town
for supplies, died Thursday at the
M. C. hospital.
When brought to town he was
1 taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Yaeger and was then in
a very weakened condition.
He came to Nome from Wis
consin, having come to the States
from Germany when he was five
years old. He came to Alaska in
1896 and was among the first
miners to locate at Circle City on
the Yukon. Later he joined the
stampede to Dawson in the Klon
dyke rush and in 1900 walked to
Nome. He has spent the remainder
of his life prospecting and mining
in this vicinity, always making
friends through his honest, gen
erous and cheerful nature.
He died at the age of 79 years,
and never despaired because he
failed to hit the pay streak, and
was buried by the Pioneers of
Alaska on Monday afternoon.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs.
A. H. Bach, in Kansas City, Mo.,
I and a nephew in Wisconsin.
Dick McLain was appointed
utility man nad A. L. Montgom
ery assistant chief of police.
The school budget was submit
ted and acted upon with the city’s
share being $16,945, approximately
one-fifth of the total budget.
Councilman Keith Hedreen was
instructed to look into the matter
of some kind of protection for the
city’s property as the bulkhead
was destroyed last fall.
Far West Phone
Strike Ended
SAN FRANCISCO, i/R) — The
n idonal federation of telephone
workers’ strike in the Fur West
vir:u .lly was ended today. Agree
ment on settlement of the 37-day
s rike against the Pacific Tele
p.iwne -and Telegraph Company
was reached last night.
‘“This concludes, subject to the
members’ ratification, the whole
NFTW strike in the far west,” said
U. S. conciliator Omar F. Hoskins
in announcing the agreement.
Picket lines were withdrawn in
San Francisco last night. A com
pany spokesman said he believed
pickets remained only at some
Western Electric company plants.
Hoskins said the agreement,
which affects the three Pacific
Coast states, Nevada, and part of
Idaho, provided for wage increas
es of $4 a week in metropolitan
areas and $3 in other areas—the
same as those accepted by other
unions earlier.
The non-discrimination clause,
which had delayed agreement, was
revised, Hoskins said, to provide
that no former employee will be
denied reinstatement or be subject
to any ther punitive action be
cause of his participation in the
strike.
Ratification of the agreement
must be completed and the em
ployees must be back to work not
later than May 19, Hoskins said.
He said, however, many locals
probably would ratify and return
to w'ork earlier than that. Com
pany spokesmen said they ex
pected most California workers to
return today.
Two leaders of striking Wash
ington-Idaho telephone workers
expressed doubt today whether
the agreement announced in San
Francisco last night would be rati
fied in the Washington area.
Arne Gravem, field representa
tive of the NFTW, said a show of
hands at a Seattle meeting last
night indicated opposition to terms
of the agreement which require
that they return to work by next
Monday.
“It would mean they might have
to cross picket lines of other un
ions still out on strike next Mon
day,” he explained.
Vets To Challenge
Reynolds’ Reeorcl
*
NEW ORLEANS, (/P) — The
Times-Picayune said in a copy
right story today that a pair of
former Army bomber pilots plan
i ned to challenge Milton Reynolds’
j world flight record in a converted
I P-38 purchased as surplus for
$1,300.
The newspaper said the fliers
planned to take off from here
early in August on an earth-cir
cling course of 26,000 miles which
they hoped to negotiate in 60
hours.
The airmen are William V.
Flowers, 32, native of Big Spring,
Tex., and former Tulane football
player; and Adolph Brocato, 26,
native of Mangham, La. Both are
instructors at the Chapman air
school here.