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VOL. XLIX. No. 110 ' ~ NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1947 PER COPY — 15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, iJP)—Firemen plung-j
ed through flame and smoke of a
burning north end home early
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♦ yesterday to rescue a woman who
had collapsed while telephoning
the fire department that her home
was afire.
The woman, Mrs. Opal Tressler
38, was revived by artificial res
piration. Alone at the time, the
woman said her husband is in
# Fairbanks, Alaska.
DENVER. f^P>—A college stu
dent told police that, with the
phrase “until death do us part”
running through his brain, he shot
and killed his 17-year-old bride of
19 days as she sat in her wedding
dress discussing a planned annul
ment.
Detective sergeant Arthur
Shortwell said Charles E. Geiser,
Jr., 23, signed a written statement
he shot his bride, Mrs. Gertrude
<Sue) Geiser, while her horrified
^ younger sister looked on.
ST. LOUIS, f/P)—'Ticket scalp
ers were reported asking as high
as $50 for a pair of pasteboards,
hotels were turning hundreds
away, and a world series atmos
phere had permeated the town for
the three-game series between the
St. Louis Cardinals and the league
leading Brooklyn Dodgers.
^ Reserved seats for last night’s
first game had been sold out for
more than a week. Speculators
were said to have asked from $25
to $50 a pair for tickets, compared
with the box-office price of $3.50
for two.
BULLETIN
MIAMI, Fla. (/P)—The Atlantic
storm became a full-fledged hur
ricane with roaring 145-mile-an
j. hour winds today. The. weather
bureau reported at 11:45 a.m. it
was classified as "very danger
ous."
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SEATTLE, (/P)—Seven hours of
freedom for Pvt. Louis Premeau,
23, who escaped from a Fort Law
ton stockade work party, ended
late last night with his capture by
* army guards in a nearby railroad
yards. Sixteen guards had search
ed for him.
Army officers said he was
charged with desertion from Fort
Richardson, Alaska. He was ar
rested in Michigan and brought
here three days ago.
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
United Slates has demanded the
"immediate release" by Yugosla
via of nine British and American j
military personnel seized by the
Yugoslavians in the vicinity of
Trieste.
JUNEAU, (/P)—Michael J. Haas,
^ Territorial representative of the
U. S. department of labor, today i
announced his resignation, effec
tive October 3.
He said he was resigning from
his Alaska position but only tak
p ing a year’s leave of absence from
the labor department to assist in
his family’s factories in the Los
Angeles area. He said he would
supervise labor policies in plants
at Santa Ana and Maywood.
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Kuomintang Party
Takes Step Toward
Democratization
(By Harold K. Milks)
NANKING, (/P) — The ruling
Kuomintang party took a step
toward democratization yesterday
with a decision to elect party lead
ers, officials and staff workers
now subject to appointment.
Adopting the first section of ai
reorganization program, the Kuo- ■
mintang’s central executive com-;
mittee also approved a plan for
broadening the base of the party
through enrollment of farmers,
workers and young intellectuals.
A party spokesman said com
mitteemen virtually have decided
to shelve any formal statement on
j political reforms in favor of urg
I ing prompt adoption of reforms
i recommended at previous ses
• sions, of which, he noted, “only a
! small portion ever became effec
! tive.”
The spokesman said the party
j will seek to finance its activities
j through “forced contributions” by
j its 4,000,000 members.
Draft platforms submitted to
I the central executive committee
i by both the Kuomintang and the
Youth Corps organization provide
! for registration of finances by all
members and party levies based
on individual wealth to defray ex
penses formerly met by the na
! tional government.
Gen. Chang Chi-Chung, the
generalissimo’s representative in
northwest China, told committee
men today “the crisis in Sinkiang
appears to be past” although rebel
elements have an army of six
regiments and control three of the
ten districts in the province.
U. S. Gains Power, |
Leadership In
Western Grmanv
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WASHING TON, (JPt — The
United States appears to be mov
ing into a new position of power
and leadership in western Ger
many as a result of Britain’s in
ability to pay her own way there.
This developing situation re
flects the general growth of Amer
ican influence throughout the Eu
ropean area due to the need for i
American dollars to buy the ne
cessities of life and to pay for
eventual reconstruction.
It appears to result not so much
from any deliberate' effort by the
United States to gain influence for
its own sake as from the Ameri
can attempts to restore conditions
in Europe to a point where the
nations there can develop as they
wish without heavy outside politi
cal influences, particularly Com
munism.
Fresh information on the way
things are going in the' Anglo
American . zones of western Ger
many came to light in connection
with the official announcement
Wednesday night of plans to boost
coal production in the Ruhr mines
of Germany. Much greater output
from these mines is regarded to
both London and Washington as
essential to economic recovery in
Europe.
COMMITTEES NAMED |
FOR TUBERCULOSIS ,
X-RAY CLI(JIC . !
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The importance of the free x
ray to each and every citizen of
the community was stressed last
evening by Miss Lois Jund at a
meeting called last evening by the
general chairman, Mrs. Paul
Mandeville. She pointed out that
tuberculosis is very easily arrest
ed if it is not too far advanced
when discovered and if prompt
treatment is given.
Early diagnosis of the disease
means the use of the x-ray. In its
early stages, tuberculosis does not
produce symptoms, she stated, and
a person having active tuberculo
sis in the early stages is usually
not conscious of being ill. Only
when the disease has progressed,
when the person is unreasonably
fatigued, does not feel like eating
or has a cough, does he become
aware of something and consult
his doctor.
Two good reasons were given
for everyone taking part in the
survey. First that it was good
health insurance and second to
discover the disease in its early
I stages which means complete re
[ covery in a short time.
Committees were appointed by
chairman Mrs. Paul Mandeville,
to work with the technicians who
are arriving next week.
Father Anable is assisting the
canvassing committee by taking
the entire King Island Village.
The Pioneer Women have vol
unteered to be the appointment
committee with Ann Walsh as
chairman.
Mrs. Alfred Lomen, Jr., volun_
teered for radio publicity, Mrs.
Wilfred Boucher for newspaper
publicity, Mrs. J. Kehoe as gen
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Egyptians Riot At
Constant Presence j
Of British Troops
CAIRO, f^P) — Egyptian crowds
tried to set fire to the British con
sulate and destroyed the statue of
Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French
engineer who built the Suez canal,
in violent demonstrations yester
day against the United Nations se
curity council’s failure to order)
British troops out of Egypt.
The demonstrations occurred at j
Port Said, in the British- occupied
canal zone, and at the coastal city
of Alexandria. Cairo, for the most
part, was quiet.
The d e m o n s t rators began
marching through Post Said soon
after news of the security council’s
failure to reach a decision in the
British-Egyptian case became
known, shouting “Down with the
security council; down with Bri- i
tain; long live Egypt and the Su
dan; long live Russia, Poland and
Syria.”
Egyptian police prevented the
Port Said crowd from firing the
British consulate there, after
which the demonstrators proceed
ed to a British camp on Kitchener
street, but Egyptian police sur
rounded the area and prevented a
possible clash there.
U. S. Prepares For
Opening Of U. N.
General Assembly
NEW YORK, i/P) — Indications
mounted today that the U. S. dele
gation to the United Nations, oper
ating under the personal direction
of Secretary of State George C.
Marshall, hoped to move into a
commanding spot in the early days
of the general assembly opening
here Tuesday.
The entire delegation was *dm
moned this morning to start map
ping strategy and Marshall him
self was due to arrive tonight to
join the conferences. The “skull” l
drills will continue tomorrow and
Monday.
It also was learned that Mar
[ shall will be the second among the
I 55 chief delegates "to speak in the
; assembly’s general debate. He will
follow Mexico to lay down basic
! U. S. policy next Wednesday.
The firmness of the American
line and how far Marshall was
i prepared to go in taking the lead
remained to be seen, but the U. S.
pre-session plans far outstripped
the 1946 setup.
Last fall secretary of state
James F. Byrnes—pre-occupied
with the foreign ministers coun
cil sessions running simultaneous
ly in New York—appeared only
once in assembly debate. He left!
Senators Arthur H. Vandenburg;
(R.-Mich.) and Tom Connally <D.
Tex.) and permanent delegate
Warren R. Austin to carry on in
the U. N.
Sailors Demand
Large Hikes
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SAN FRANCISCO, (JP) — The
AFL sailors union of the Pacific
sought wage increases of from IVi
to 30 per cent from employers in
the Pacific coast maritime indus
try yesterday, simultaneously with
management announcement of a
“strike fund" to reimburse opera
tors for losses in a CIO longshore
union tie-up.
Harry Lundeberg, president of;
the SUP, said the IV-i per cent de- \
mand on the Pacific American
shipowners association was made
for ordinary seamen and the 30
per cent for boatswains, the most
experienced category in the union.
The contract expires Sept. 30.!
The hiring hall issue will be dis
cussed after settlement of other
phases of the new agreement,
Lundeberg said. He has threaten-j
ed to call a strike unless the hiring
hall clause is continued.
The waterfront employers asso-1
ciation of the Pacific announced
the strike fund, intended to reim-!
burse the Outer Dock and Wharf
company of Los Angeles and the
Luckenbach Steamship company
of San Francisco for losses in the
two-month-long tie-up over steve-1
dore “walking bosses."
SEATTLE, (JP)—Sam Knudson,
dock manager at Valdez, Alaska,
for the Alaska Steamship company
for 32 years and a resident of
Poulsbo for the past six years,
died Tuesday at his home at
Poulsbo. He was 77.
Aid To Europe
Will Develop Many
Shortages In Li. S.
WASHINGTON, (A>t — The ad
ministration’s plans to help Eu
rope may reach down into the
daily life of the American people.
If approved by Congress, the
help-Europe program may require
some controls over business—con
trols this country otherwise might
get along without.
The government almost certain
ly will have to keep a rein
on the kinds and amounts of
things which are exported. Some
restrictions—either voluntary or
government-imposed — may be
necessary on the use of flour and
wheat products.
One difficulty is that things
which Europe needs most are not
always plentiful in this country.
Whatever is sent aboard will
mean that much less for the
American people.
Take steel. Europe needs a lot
of it. But the American people are
not now getting as many automo
biles as they want, partly because
steel supplies are “tight.”
The picture of the strain that
will be put on this country is in
complete but it is taking shape.
Ship Freight Over
Haines Cut-Off In
Half The Time
SEATTLE, — A successful
trial run of freight from Seattle to
Fairbanks via the Haines Cut-Off
highway, in the fast time of five
days, was reported yesterday by
an official of the Alaska Trans
portation company.
Traffic manager E. W. Hundley
said he was informed that the
food shipment of 80 “measurement
tons’* reached Fairbanks in less
than half the time by the usual
shipping route. It left here last
Thursday and arrived on Tues
day.
The cargo, consigned to the
army at Fairbanks, moved to
Haines on the freighter Grommet
Reefer and was carried from there
in refrigerated trucks to Fair
banks over the highway, which
joins the Alaska highway in Ca
nadian territory.
The freighter’s run to Haines
took four days. The cargo was
then unloaded from the ship onto
trucks at the dock, and they start
ed out immediately.
The trial cargo was half perish
able vegetables and half frozen
meat, Hundley said. The run was
undertaken jointly by the ship
ping firm and the auto freight
line, with cooperation of United
States and Canadian military au
thorities.
Hundley said the shipment is
expected to be the forerunner of
“a steady flow” over the route.
“The Haines Cut-Off is in good
shape” he said, and it is hoped it
will remain in such condition
throughout the winter.”
It is 680 miles from Haines to
Fairbanks. The Cut-Off covers
160 miles of the distance.