Navy Rapidly
Readying Ships
For Arctic Dash
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SEATTLE, l/P) — The plimsoll,
marks on the side of the navy at
tack cargo transport Achernar |
mched closer to the green waters
of Elliott Bay. as winches whined
and loading was rushed on navy
vessels for the annual "dash” to
Point Barrow.
The Achernar is the first of the
Barex <Barrow Resupply Expedi
tion* to load. It will stow its capa
city 7,000-ton load by Saturday.
By July 26, four other trans
ports, an oil tanker and four LST's
will also have taken cargo aboard
for the long trip into the Arctic.
The LST’s will deliver cargo to
Barter Island, east of Point Bar
row.
Ice breakers will precede the
:ine of ships as they must get into
he Arctic -and back out again be
fore the Arctic ice pack sets in
against the shore.
“Once we get there, we’ll have
to unload around the clock,” Capt.
Thomas C. Cameron said. "There's
22 hours of daylight and two hours
of sun-set up there at this time
of the year, so we’ll work six
hours on and six hours off ’and
serve four meals a day.”
Crew members of the Achernar
include B. S. Sabin, chief electri
cian’s mate, and G. A. Cross, yoe
man second class, both of Everett.
Wash., and warrant boatswain M.
V'. Belcoe. Mount Vernon, Wash.,
farmer navy heavyweight boxing
champion.
12 Newspapermen
Receive Awards
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (/P) — 12
newspapermen, including two city
editors, yesterday were announc
ed as recipients of Nieman fellow
ships by the Nieman Foundation
at Harvard University.
The group also includes an edi
torial writer, two political writers,
a copy deck chief, two feature
writers, two Washington bureau
members and two city staff re
porters.
They were selected by a com
mittee of three newspapermen and
three university officials. The fel
lowships provide a year of study
at Harvard. The foundation was
established in 1938 under the will
of Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow
of Lucius W. Nieman, founder of
the Milwaukee, Wis., Journal.
The Nieman foundation commit
tee includes: Erwin D. Canham,
editor of the Christian Science
Monitor; James B. Reston, diplo
matic correspondent New York ]
Times; John McClark, Claremont, j
N. H.. Daily Eagle publisher; Da- i
vid U. Bailey, secretary of the
Harvard corporation; William M.
Pinkerton, director of the Harvard
news office; and Louis M. Lyons,1
Nieman foundation curator.
Carl Rylander returned from
Haycock, where he made a trip to
take care of the affairs of his >
father who died last week and
left for Anchorage where he
makes his home.
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Halt Beer Sales
In Hawaii Due To
Longshore Strike
HONOLULU. iJP) — CIO long
shoremen and employers today
were far apart on any settlement
of the waterfront strike.
A meeting to try to settle the
wage dispute that brought on the
wo months strike broke up after
11 minutes yesterday with nothing
done.
A fact finding board last week
recommended a 14 cent raise
which employers accepted. The
union voted it down.
At yesterday’s meeting the un
ion indicated it w^uld compro-1
mise for less than 32 cents "an hour
increase if employers would offer
more than a 12 cents an hour hike.
The employers answered they
would bargain in an area “sub
stantially less” than 14 cents.
Meanwhile the Hawaiian brew
ery corporation today had sus
pended beer sales. The measure
was taken after breweries had
been accused of using grain con-!
signed to dairymen to make beer.
The grain was brought in on a re
lief ship. j
The association contended that
grain used in brewing beer is con-!
verted into enriched cattle food.
The Hawaiian Brewery corpora
tion said it would continue mak
ing beer and producing “valuable
cow feed.” But as a gesture of
good faith it will suspend beer
sales for the duration of the strike.
Pineapple packers and fish can
ners said yesterday they would be
out of tinplate in another month
if the strike was not ended.
RICHARD ESCHOLT OF
DEERING. PASSES ON
Richard Escholt. old-timer of!
Deering passed away at the May-,
nard Memorial Hospital after an j
illness of about three weeks. Mr. j
Escholt was born in Germany in j
August 1870, and came to Alaska j
during the gold rush days.
He is survived by three daugh
ters 'and a son. Mrs. Ronald Gillis
of Deering, Mrs. William Porter
of Haycock and another daughter
in Seattle. His son David resides
in Deering.
Burial date will be announced
later upon receipt of word from
Deering.
“Seattle Must Give |
Better Service To
Alaska Or Lose It ’
SEATTLE, 4/P>—Rep. Henry M.
Jackson <D.-Wasl).) says Seattle
may lose a large share of its ti ade
to Alaska unless Alaskans are
given “reasonable shipping rates
and uninterrupted service."
Jackson stopped here Monday
en route to Washington.
“We’re going to have to wake up
or lose a lot of Alaska trade.
Jackson told newsmen. “The Alas
kans’ hostility to Seattle is real.
They want reasonable shipping
rates and uninterrupted service.
“Unless we give it to them—
and it’s a big job—the Alcan High
way and air shipments out of Min
neapolis and Edmonton will get an
increasing amount of Alaskan
freight.”
Jackson said he expected Con
gressional hearings would be con
ducted in Washington, D. C. in a
few weeks on possible legislation
to lower Alaskan shipping rates
and construction costs in the Ter
ritory.
The Representative said he
would recommend to military
leaders that all Arctic research be
centered at the University of Alas
ka.
"The University already has
done important work in health
and agriculture research in the
Arctic,” he said, “and will be of
great assistance to the military
forces.
“Our whole future depends on
the job we do now,in Arctic re-j
search. The Russians are way
ahead of us. We know very little
about the Arctic. It makes sense
to concentrate our basic research
at the University of Alaska.”
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Machetanz.
photographers who are in the Ter
ritory preparing a series of motion
pictures for distribution through
the Alaska Development Board of
the scenic beauty a$ well as the
various industries of the Territory
chose to be in Nome over the 4th
of July to obtain pictures of the
unique and interesting features of
the local celebration.
Roy Bassett of the well-known
Nome family, arrived Sunday and
is employed by the Alaska Road
Commission.
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NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
EXECUTIVES VISITED NOME
Volnev Richmond, general man
ager for the N. C. Co., who is on
his annual trip to over thirty
stores in the Territory arrived on
Friday with Mr. B. Boyd, super
intendent for the Alaska depart
ment and Howard Stevens who is
in charge of the Caterpillar de
partment of the company. They
departed Sunday by Pan Amer
ican.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
SECOND DIVISION,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE of C. F. JANNSEN.
Deceased.
No. 821
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that O. S.
WEAVER, of Nome, Alaska, has
been duly appointed the Executor
of the Estate of C. F. Jannsen, de
ceased:
All persons having claims
against said Estate should present
them, with proper vouchers at
tached, to the undersigned at
Nome, Alaska, within a period of
six months from the date of this
Notice.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 2nd
day of July, 1949.
O. S. WEAVER,
Executor.
Pub. July 6, 11. 18. 25. 1949.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
The Fairbanks School District,
an independent school district cor
poration, acting by and through
the President and Clerk of the
Board of Directors, will receive
sealed bids at the office of the Su
perintendent of Schools, Fair
banks School Building. Fairbanks,
Alaska, until 8:00 o'clock P.M.,
July 21, 1949, at which time said
bids will be publicly opened. Said
bids are to be for the construc
tion of a new high school building
and civic center according to plans
and specifications heretofore pre
pared, which plans and specifica
tions may be seen and examined
in the office of the Superintend
ent of Schools in the Fairbanks
Public School Building, Fair
banks, Alaska. Prospective bidder
are hereby directed to read care
fully and consider the plans and
specifications and to visit the site
of the work so that they may thor
oughly familiarize themselves
with the conditions, particularly
the difficulties, existing at the
site: no consideration will be
given to any claim that a bid was
made without full comprehension
of the conditions to be encounter
ed. The Board of Directors of the
Fairbanks School District reserves
the right to reject any and all
bids.
i DATED at Fairbanks, Alaska,
this 22nd day of June, 1949.
FAIRBANKS SCHOOL DISTRICT
By Frank Conway.
Clerk of the Board of Directors
Pub. June 27, July 6, 11, 18. 1949.
Nome Directory
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ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Karl F. Dewey, Pres.
Ron Brousseau, Sec.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
EARL COULTHARD. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
ORDER OF THE
WALRUS
NOME, ALASKA
WES WELCH, Pres.
A. L. WALKER, Secy.
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY
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Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40