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VOL. LI. NoT M NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1949 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
WRANGELL, Alaska, {/P) —
Wrangell voted in favor of a muni
cipal sales tax Monday at a spe
cial election 216 to 24. It is the
first town levying the tax under
the new Territorial law allowing
a municipal sales tax, not exceed
ing two per cent. The tax will be
come effective June first.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—‘The agri
culture department gave 100 em
ployees awards for outstanding
service Monday.
Superior service awards given
include Donald T. Lowery. Pal
mer, Alaska, and Anthony W. Tho
mas, Juneau.
WASHINGTON (/P)—The House
approved yesterday legislation au
thorizing the Indian Bureau to
spend $500,000 a year on roads,
trails, village streets, emergency
landing strips and dock facilities
in Alaska.
OLYMPIA. {/P) — James A.
Pryde, chief of the state patrol
during Governor Langlie’s 1941
45 administration, will resume
that post June 1, his appointment
was disclosed in an announcement
from the governor’s office Mon
day.
Acting chief Roy F. Carlson will
become his assistant.
For the past four years, Pryde
has been consultant with the in
ternational association of police
chiefs.
LOS ANGELES, </P)—Little Si
amese twin girls, born Saturday,
are given a good chance to live to
day, although joined at the head,
top-to-top.
The infants were born to Mrs.
John B. Jones, 35, a Negro. Only a
few similar cases have been re
ported.
Physicians say the babies are
doing well and have a good chance
to survive. Dr. Phoebus Berman,
hospital medical director, said a
study will be made to determine
if it would be possible to separate
the twins by surgery.
WASHINGTON, </P)—President
Truman has sent to the Senate the
name of Martin E. Olsen as post
master for Dillingham, Alaska.
OLYMPIA, UP) — The Seattle
Sourdough Club, Inc., was one of
27 establishments denied liquor
by-the drink licenses by the state
liquor control board yesterday.
The board said the clubs were
not “bona-fide” non-profit organ
izations as defined by the state li
quor act.
SHANGHAI (/P)—Sixty-one Eu
ropean refugees departed by air
today for Vancouver, B. C.
Two Alaska Airlines C-54’s are
expected in tomorrow to take out
others.
As of today 1,750 European re
fugees remained in Shanghai, most
of them were eager to get out.
ANCHORAGE, UP)—A six week
summer school course for elemen
tary school children in need of in
dividual help will open May 31,
Supt. C. C. Caldwell announced
today. Classes will be limited to a
number which can be handled by
four teachers and will be conduct
ed three hours daily.
Catches Head In
Railroad Trestle;
Ties Up Traffic
SEATTLE, (/P)—Seven-year-old
Jimmy Albright climbed up under
a railroad trestle last night and
stuck his head in a gap between
two girders.
Here is what followed:
A Great Northern mail train
was flagged to a stop down the
tracks. A firetruck screamed to
i the scene. Police cars and ambu
lances wailed to a halt. Railroad
crews rushed to the bridge. Traffic
jammed on the highway below,
hydraulic jacks grunted and
strained. An acetylene torch show
ered sparks.
And 90 minutes after he stuck
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News of the World
At A Glance —
Tuesday, May 17, 1949
(By The Associated Press)
German communists shrieked
“double cross” at their political
allies today as early returns from
the Soviet zone election showed a
sizeable vote against the single
ticket.
Election officials were told to
hold up vote tallies when the in
surgent trend became evident in
returns from the People’s Con
gress balloting.
Taegliche Rundschau, organ o»
the Soviet military administration,
accused the eastern splinter par
ties of the Christian and Liberal
Democrats of playing a “double
game.”
The paper accused the splinter
groups of swearing their allegiance
to the communist-front congress
and “agitating in secret” against
it.
The two-day balloting for the
congress ended last night. The
c o m m u nist-controlled people’s
council took complete charge of
issuing a final count, expected
later today.
The voting was for 2,000 mem
bers of the People’s Congress. All
candidates were hand picked and
put on a single ticket. Voters were
given a choice of voting “yes” or
“no.”
Before the secrecy lid was
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THREE NATIVES BREAK
TROUGH SHORE ICE
Three natives narrowly escaped
drowning today while attempting
to cross the rotten shore ice to
where the fishing had been excel
lent for several days.
It is reported that hundreds of
bullheads have been caught re
cently.
At the time of going to press the
name of only one of the three res
cued was obtainable; she was Rita
Chase.
WARNING
Chief of Polico W. W. Laws is
sued a warning this afternoon
that persons should not go out on
the ice as it is in a very dangerous
condition.
Call For House
Consideration Of
Statehood Bill
((jP) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, </P) —Backers
of statehood for Hawaii and Alas
ka, moved yesterday to get House
action on the subject.
Chairman Peterson (D.-Fla.) of
the House public lands committee,
which has reported favorably on
statehood bills, filed a resolution
intended to force the measures on
to the floor for a vote.
Approved several weeks ago by
Peterson’s committee, the legisla
tion was referred to the House
rules committee for scheduling on
the House docket. The rules com
mittee has failed to act.
Under provisions of his resolu
tion, the rules committee would
have 21 days in which to act. If it
fails to do so within that time, Pe
terson then can call directly for
House consideration and oypass
the rules committee.
“I don’t think the rules commit
tee has been stalling,” Peteison
told a reporter. “They have had a
lot of important measures to con
sider, but members or my commit
1 tee were getting impatient and
suggested that I file the resolu
tion.”
Charge Alaska SS.
With Unfair
Labor Practices
SEATTLE, (/P> — Filing of 78
charges of unfair labor practices
against the Alaska Steamship com
pany was announced Monday by
the Pacific marine stewards union.
The filings are in addition to
others filed previously against the
shipping line, Don L. Rotan, un
ion organizer said.
Rotan said the charges involve
refusal of the company last week
to hire 78 members of the union
who applied for work.
The union, an AFL group, is an
offshoot of the marine cooks and
stewards union, CIO. The union
1 split several months ago because
of political differences among the
members.
CONGRESS
ROUNDUP
(By Jack Rutledge)
WASHINGTON, (IP) — A Presi
dential defeat and a new tax plan
were top news in Congress yester
day.
The defeat was evident when
President Truman withdrew the
nomination of his old friend, Mon
C. Wallgren, to be chairman of the
national security resources board.
The nomination has been bot
tled up for weeks in the Senate
armed services committee, where
Senator Byrd (D.-Va.) joined com
mittee Republicans in preventing
action on it.
Rep. Mills (D.-Ark.) came up
with the new tax proposal. His
plan: Balance the government’s
accounts next year by collecting
corporate taxes six months earlier
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Bench Warrant
Issued For Eisler;
Bonds Forfeited
WASHINGTON, MV-'The $20,
000 bonds posted by communist
Gerhart Eisler in two criminal
cases yesterday were declared
forfeited by the U. S. district court
here.
At the same time the court is- ‘
sued a bench warrant for Eisler’s
arrest, as a person ineligible for
further freedom on bail while the
cases are pending. The actions in
volve contempt of Congress and
passport fraud.
The government plans to use
1 the warrant issued today as a
principal exhibit in getting Eisler
extradited from England, where
he fled as a stowaway on the Pol
ish ship Batory.
U. S. district judge James W.
Morris entered the orders in the
local court in response to a series
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Flood Kills Seven
In Ft. Worth, Texas
I FORT WORTH, Tex. (/P)—Flood
1 waters that inundated great sec
tions of Fort Worth receded today,
leaving behind the body of a sev
enth victim and a crippled drink
ing water supply.
The swirling flood that covered
residential, business and industri
al areas in the Trinity Valley
areas here injured 30 persons and
left an estimated 13,000 homeless.
The homeless spent last night in
public shelters or with relatives
and friends.
At dawn, weary searchers,
working the flooded area in boats
and afoot, found the body of a
man identified by police as John
B. Fawks near the animal cages
in Forest Park.
The newest drowning increased
the toll for three days of turbulent
weather in Texas and Oklahoma
to 14 dead and more than 138 in
jured.
The count was seven drowned
and 30 treated at hospitals here,
mostly from shock and exposure,
five dead and 83 injured from a
tornado at Amarillo Sunday night;
one dead and more than 38 in
jured from twisters in Oklahoma,
and one dead and at least 12 in
jured in West Texas tornadoes.
Magnuson Suggests
Pacific Alliance i
SEATTLE, (P) — Senator Mag
nuson (D.-Wash.) said here yester
day he will advocate a Pacific al
liance similar to the recently sign
ed North Atlantic Pact.
The proposal, he said, will be
made ii> a Senate speech next
week after he returns to the na
tion’s capital from the Pacific
Northwest with secretary of labor
Maurice J. Tobin.
Magnuson termed it essential
that the countries of the Pacific
Basin band together against the
communist threat of Asia. He men
tioned specifically Australia, The
Philippines, Burma and Thailand,
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“Ring Splice” To
Bring Material For
Nome Breakwater
SEATTLE. (#*)—The first vessel
to ring “standby” for departure to
Nome this year will be Alaska
Steamship Company’s Ring Splice,
scheduled to leave June 4, it was
announced by Adm. F. A. Zeusler,
executive assistant to the presi
dent.
She will carry 407 tons of feel
and 175 tons of fir piling for the
Nome breakwater in her cargo.
Construction of the breakwater
has been under discussion several
years.
Under command of Capt. Adolph
Danielson, the Ring Splice will
call at Unalaska, Solomon and
Golovin—the latter two in Norton
Sound—St. Michael at the mouth
jof the Yukon, Unalakleet, Moses
| Point, and thence to St. Lawrence
j Island to Savoonga and Gambell,
native villages.
All cargo is lightered ashore,
the ship lying sometimes five to
i ten miles offshore.
The first ship to go beyond
| Nome will leave July 8, Adm.
! Zeusler said, although which one
of the fleet it will be is not yet de
termined. She will call at the same
ports as the Ring Splice, and also
Teller, Wales, Shishmnref, Deer
ing, Keewalik and Kotzebue, the
latter four on the Seward Penin
j sula.
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Test Non-Resident
Fishermen’s Tax
JUNEAU, </P)—A district court
; test of the validity of the $50 non
resident fishermen’s tax was
sought in papers filed here today.
The papers were filed by Atty.
A. H. Ziegler of Ketchikan, repre
senting Kristian Martinson of Seat
tle, owner of the halibuter Ta
toosh; Edward Wick, Seattle, skip
per of the May B, and Polar Fish
eries. Inc., engaged in buying hal
ibut at Ketchikan.
They seek to restrain tax com
missioner M. P. Mullaney from
collecting the tax.
Information was given that hal
ibuters are unable to sell at Ketch
ikan because they did not have
non-resident licenses, and thus
were forced to go to Prince Ru
pert, B. C., to dispose of their
catches.
The case will be presented in
court tomorrow with a request a
date be set for an early hearing.
F.D.R., Jr., Wins
Seat In Congress
In Hot Election
NEW YORK, (A*)—Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Jr., first of the late
President’s five children to seek
elective office, has launched his
political career by giving Tam
many Hall a sound licking.
The 34-year-old lawyer, bearing
one of the most potent political
names in the nation’s history, caiv
tured more votes than all three of
his opponents In winning yester
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