THE
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VOL. LII No. 67 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1950 ' Prr Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
FAIRBANKS, (/I*) — Tourists
from the States this July 4 may
sniff disappointedly at the mod
ern buildings and cement side
walks.
But if it’s roaring days of ’98
atmosphere they want all they’ll
have to do to make them think
they’re in a gold rush mining
camp is take a look at the five
o’clock shadows on the faces of
the male citizenry.
Beards, goatees, mustaches,
sideburns and even peach fuzz are
growing now, despite vociferous
protests from wives and sweet
hearts. Every man from the may
or on down is sprouting face foli
age for the annual celebration
next month.
SAN FRANCISCO. (/P)—Charles
S. Howard, Sr., millionaire auto
mobile dealer and famed owner of
the race horse, Seabiscuit, died
today.
Howard had been in failing
health the past few years.
He was best known, throughout
the world, for his racing interests.
By Vern Haugland
WASHINGTON. </P)—The pro
posed “project settlement” pro
gram in Alaska probably will
start in the Kenai-Kasilof area
south of Anchorage, the Interior
Dept, said today.
An interdepartmental commit
tee on group settlement in Alaska
has found that the area is the
most readily adaptable to settle
ment of five government land sec
tors totaling 300,000 acres, tem
porarily withdrawn from public
use.
The withdrawals were ordered
to permit thorough surveys of the
five areas before any settlement
gets under way. The Kenai-Kasi
lof area is along Cook inlet near
the northwestern base of the Ken
ai peninsula.
PALMER, (/P)—A scries of bid
openings are scheduled fo» mid
June by the agricultural research
administration.
They are for: Two residences
and an office at the Fairbanks
experiment station; a greenhouse
in Palmer; a garage and thrash
ing shed and a fire-proof grain
storage building for the Matan
uska station; and a four-bedroom
residence at Petersburg.
WASHINGTON, (/P)— The Uni
ted States has developed atomic
artillery shells and atomic war
heads for guided missiles, it was
learned recently.
News of these revolutionary
weapons comes in the wake of de
fense secretary Johnson’s report
to president Truman on March 31
that this country is developing a
variety of new atomic missiles
which may have tactical as well
as strategic significance.
That means they can be used
against troops in the field as well
as against industrial targets.
LONDON, (/P)—The British Ad
miralty confirmed today what
may have been a sabotage at
tempt on the 23,000-ton aircraft
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BARROW EXPEDITION
TO SUPPLY OUTPOSTS
Admiral Arthur W. Radford,
USN, Commander in Chief, Pacif
ic and U. S. Pacific Fleet, has an
nounced that the annual Point
Barrow, Alaska, Resupply Exped
ition will depart Seattle the latter
part of July to deliver approxim
ately 24,000 tons of vital supplies
to government outposts olong the
northernmost coast of Alaska.
Rear Admiral Peter K. Fisch
i lerr, USN. Commander Amphib
ious Force, Pacific Fleet, is coor
j dinating plans for the expedition.
| Units of the Pacific Fleet Service
• Forces, commanded by Rear Ad
miral Francis C. Denebrink, USN,
will join with amphibious ships to
bring supplies to the remote out
posts. In addition, a helicopter
detachment from the Pacific Fleet
Air Force and a patrol plane
squadron from the Alaskan Sea
Frontier will assist in gathering
weather information for the ex
, pedition.
j Captain Louis D. Sharpe. Jr.,
i USN, Commander Transport Div
ision ELEVEN, has been designa
ted expedition commander for
BAREX-50—short title for the
I 1950 Point Barrow Expedition.
Ships participating in the cruise
to Arctic waters include the at
| tack transport USS Henrico, flag
! ship for the expedition: the attack
cargo ships USS Seminole, USS
Washburn and USS Oberon; the
j ic3-breaker USS Burton Island;
i the landing ships tanks 112 and
1.146; and a fleet tanker, the USS
Ashtabula. The Coast Guard ice
breaker Northwind, operating in
the Alaskan waters, will be avail
able if additional ice-breaking fac
ilities are required.
A special feature of the 1950
Point arrow Expedition will be
participation by Naval Reserve
; Officer Training Corps students.
1
Forty-four of the reserve mid- i
| shipmen will go aboard ships of
the expedition as junior officers.
In addition, 30 officers and 250 t
enlisted Naval Reserve personnel j
will be embarked.
Principle purpose of the ex
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Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
Tuesday Games
National League
New York 10, Pittstgirg 4
Boston 8, Cincinnati 3
Chicago 7, Brooklyn 6 (10 innings*
St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4 .night
American League
Cleveland 16, New York 2
Chicago 8, Boston 4
St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 5, night
Detroit 12, ashington 8
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 3, San Francisco 1
Oakland 6, Sacramento 2
Hollywood 3, San Diego 2
Los Angeles - Portland postponed
Monday Games
American League
Detroit 7, Washington 4 (night)
Boston 12, Chicago 0 (night)
National League
Brooklyn 13, Chicago 1
Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 5 (night)
New York 5, Pittsburg 4 (night,
10 innings)
Only games scheduled
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
Question of the Week: "What
suggestions do you have as points
of interest for tourists?"
The Chamber of Commerce met
yesterday noon for an interesting
meeting, with Jack Whaley of the
Wien Airlines as a special guest.
Jack explained to the Chamber
the new schedule for his com
pany. which will be bringing in
[ large planes six days a week av
eraging 15 tourists a day. Wien
Airlines have just completed an
agreement1 with Northern Consol
idated Airlines Western Airlines,
and Pan American whereby pas
sengers will be handled coopera
tively from the States sen ed by
all these companies.
Mr. Whaley urged that the
Chamber got busv and plan side
I
| trips and railroad excursions,
I midnight sun flights, Eskimo dan
| ces, dredging trips, beach mining
I and other things which may seem
! common and everyday affairs for
us, but which would be novel to
people from other parts of the
i States.
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"LIFE" FEATURE WRITER
ON ASSIGNMENT IN NOME
Ruth Adams, feature writer for
‘•Life*’ Magazine, accompanied by
Tom McAvoy, photographer ar
rived in Nome on an assignment
covering the growth tand devel
opment of the Territory and its
military installations.
From Nome they plan to go
North as far as they can and cov
er the Navy’s project.
Miss Adams stated that the ar
ticle should appear in an Aug
ust publication of “Life”.
SITKA, f/P)—Max Penrod, su
perintendent of the Edgecumbe
Vocational School, has been ap
pointed Educational Director of
the ANS for Alaska with offices
in Juneau. He succegds Dr.:
George A. Dale. Clarence succeeds
Mr. Penrod at Sitka.
MERRY-GO-ROUND PLANNED
FOR PLAYGROUND BY
HOME ARTS CLUB
The Home Arts Club held their
last regular meeting of the season
last evening at the home of Mrs.
W. Boucher with Mrs. Ben Hynd
inan presiding
The Plant Sale committee re
ported fine co-operation on their
sale with many people sending in
plants who were not solicited,
showing that the community is
interested in their project of keep
ing the young people off the
street by the use of the playfield
which they sponsor.
The funds raised will be used to
! purchase a merry-go-round for
, the playfield. It will seat as
many as forty children.
Instead of the usual paid super
visor 'as the funds are being used
for the new equipment* mothers
i of children who use the playfield
will donate their t’me on a regu
lar schedule. The hours of super
1 vised play will be from 9:30 a.m.
I to 11:30 a.m. Chairman Mrs.
Pearse Walsh statgs that the fol
i lowing mothers hyve offered to
take their turns as called upon:
Mrs Steve Anderson, Mrs. L.
I Gunderson, Mrs. George Madse^,
! Mrs. Rapmond Tveter. Mrs. R.
Baldwin, Mrs. Don Cross. Mrs.
R. Long, Mrs. Pearse Walsh. Mrs.
j Paul Carlson, Mrs. Bill Gillis,
j Mrs. Jim Walsh. Mrs. John Hu
1 dert. Mrs. E rl Coni’hard, Mrs.
A. Doyle, Mrs. W. Mclvor, Mrs.
E. Straub. Mrs. C. Boucher, Mrs.
C. Haberman, Mrs. W. Abbey,
Mrs. R. Herman, Mrs. Dick Corn
wall.
Any mothers wishing to volun
teer may call Mrs. Pearse Walsh.
U.S.S. & n. Co. PRESIDENT
ARRIVES FOR AREA SURVEY
Roy Earling, U. S. Smelting ex
ecutive from Fairbanks, arrived
this morning, accompanied by the
president of the company. Mr.
Frederick Mulock. who has not
been in Nome since 192". They
are on a survey of the Nome area
and company holdings.
The company is tit present oper
ating two dredges here.
_ THE RED TIDE COMES IN
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<MIANO
Mac*Arthur
(damps Don n
< hi Jap Reds
TOKYO, (/P)—Gen. MacArthur
appeared headed for a showdown
fight with Japanese reds tonight
after purging 17 policy makers of
the bombastic party newspaper
Akahata.
The new order brings to 11 the
number of Red wheelharses ban
ned in ’4 hours from .Japanese
political life. Eight of them are
members of Parliament.
The two mo^es set the stage
f r possible s'i kes, vio’1 ce and
world-wide repe’cussions.
The Red ^ wer* caught napping
by the new ..Mer. They ha 1 just
named a “leadin' group” of eight
members to rer'ace the ’4 polll
buro leaders wl o felt M icArth
ur s wrath yesterday.
•ut, far from quailing before
I/acAr1hur, Ai-flata biased ba .c
with a headune today declaring
“ i * e commu nist party, togett er
1 with the people is indestructable.”
Anothei banner s< reamed forp?)
tv members “to defend the com
■ r mist party.”
A general strike was called by
Akahata. But there was no indi
■ cation party members were rally
ing to the call.
Japanese police raided union
headquarters searching for a let
ter denouncing MacArthur and
calling for termination of the oc
cupation and ousting of occupa
tion troops. The letter was read at
a communist meeting Saturday.
One rumor flashed around the
city hinted the Russian mission
might be asked to leave Japan.
Russians were active over the
weekend in Japan. They were
seen photographing police assem
bled to cope with a strike called
for last Saturday by the commu
nists. Neither the strike nor
scheduled student demonstrations
materialized.
The Japanese government yes
terday banned from public life 24
members of Japan’s communist
politburo on orders from Gen.
MacArthur.
NOME FIRE CONTROLLED
BY TWO FIRE DEPARTMENTS
The Fire Department was called
out late yesterday afternoon to
the east end of town where some
* children had been playing in
Jleinie Muller’s car. it is reported,
and in trying to start it, it back
fired, starting the dry grass on
fire.
The fire spread quickly with
the strong West wind and an area
of about a block was burned be
fore the blaze couM be extin
guished.
The Air Force Fire Department
also answered the alarm and the
combined efforts of the two de
partments kept the fire from get
ting out of control and developing
into what might have been a very
serious fire, due to the wind.
One other car was destroyed
and is believed to have been one
belonging to Andrew Kalerak.
The quick response of both de
partments and the efficient way
in which they co-operated has
brought praise from those who
l witnessed the fire.