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VOL. LII. No. 7 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
JUNEAU, (/P)— Union fisher
men from Juneau, Ketchikan,
Craig and Sitka opened their an
nual convention here yesterday,
and unanimously reelected Andy
Barlow executive secretary of the
CIO united trollers of Alaska, lo
cal 100.
Delegates have yet to vote on a
proposal for merging the parent
union, the international fisheries
and allied workers, with the in
ternational longshoremen’s and j
warehousemen’s union, both CIO. J
WASHINGTON, </P) — Home
building set a new record in 1949
with work started on 1,019,000
dwelling units. Of these 983,700
were privately financed.
The bureau of labor statistics,
which announced the new record
yesterday, said the previous top
was 937,000 units started in 1925.
The 1948 total was 931,300.
HOLLYWOOD, (/P) — “The
glamour and money of Hollywood
are unimportant,” says 21-year
old Colleen Townsend, who is giv
ing up the films “to devote my life
in serving Christ the best way I
can.”
Miss Townsend, starring with
Dan Dailey in a forthcoming pic
ture, declared:
“Giving up a Hollywood career
may seem like nonsense to some
people. I had thought that per
haps I could serve Christ through
motion pictures. But I have de-1
cided that I can serve him if I
give all my time to him.”
A member of the Hollywood
Presbyterian church, Miss Town
send plans to go to theological
shool.
WASHINGTON, UP)—'The Tru
man administration today asked
congress to expand the social sec
urity program to cover practically
all employed persons—a broader
extension than the house voted
last year.
It also asked that benefits be in- !
creased more than the house bill
provides.
These desires were outlined to
the senate finance committee by
Arthur J. Altmeyer, the social
security administrator. He was
the first witness at hearings ex
pected to last 60 days.
FAIRBANKS, UP)—It was back
to the old Bastille quarters for
* three city jail trusties yesterday.
They recently were removed to
new and comparatively flossy f
quarters on Fifth ave., because of:
congestion in the old jail.
In the new place they enjoyed a
shower, several beds and card
playing facilities. Officers inves
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More Cold
For Northwest
By the Associated Press
Sub-zero temperatures moved
into western Washington today
for the first time this winter as
the current cold spell continued
its six-day clampdown on the
Pacific northwest.
The weather bureau, blaming
clear skies and an absence of
wind, reported at 4:30 a.m. today
the thermometer dropped to a mi
nus 6 degrees at Toledo, some 20
miles south of Chahalis. An hour
later, the mercury had dropped ,
another two degrees to minus 8.
Farther south, at Kelso, it was
three above. At Bellingham, on
the state’s northern border, it was
five above.
Minus readings were again the
order of the day in eastern Wash
ington with Ellenburg apparently
the coldest at —19. Other sub
zero spots included Spokane —10,
and Omak —7.
The continued cold brought in
creased fears for residents off the
beaten paths.
Elks Prairie, Ore., in Clackamas
county, was reported isolated and
running short of food, fuel and
feed for animals.
Spokane county authorities put
two-ski-equipped planes on a
stand-by basis to answer possible
distress calls throughout eastern
Washington and northern Idaho.
More than a dozen calls a day are
being received, they said.
More Steel Strikes
In Pennsylvania
And Alabama
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PITTSBURGH, (/P) — Roving
pickets spurted the number of
striking coal miners in six states
to more than 79,000 today with
paralysis spreading to new areas.
Five additional steel company
mines employing 1,000 were
forced to close in Alabama. Al
most all the 7,300 miners who re
fused to work in Alabama are em
ployed by either the United States
Steel Corp. or Republic Steel
Corp.
About 50,600 Pennsylvania soft
coal diggers are staying at home
out of the state’s total of 100,000.
Motorized bands of pickets exten
ded the no contract, no work
strike into central Pennsylvania,
where two Cambria county pits
and three in Indiana county were j
forced » to close. The Cambria j
mines arb owned by Bethlehem ;
Steel Company.
In Elk county, Pennsylvania, a
$75,000 steam shovel was dam
aged at a strip (surface) mine in a 1
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Acheson Urges
Strict Control Of
Atomic Energy
WASHINGTON, UP) — Secre
tary of state Acheson made clear
today that even if the United
States develops a super A-bomb |
it will stick with its policy of
seeking tight international control
of atomic energy.
Acheson discussed the subject
in circumspect language in re-,
sponse to questions at a news con
ference.
As he phrased it, he said he
does not know of any prospective
atomic weapons development in
the United States which would
cause the United States to change
its policy on international con- ,
trol.
Acheson knows, of course—as i
does most everyone in Washing
ton—that the government is hotly
debating under the surface the,
question of whether to try to de- j
velop a hydrogen atomic bomb
that might be 1,000 times more
powerful than the original uran
ium A-bomb.
He also said he knew of no at
omic* developments in Russia
that would make the United
States want to change its policy.
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Alaska Trollers
Vote To Break
With CIO
JUNEAU, Alaska (/P)— Dele
gates to the annual convention of
local 100, United trollers of Alas
ka, have voted to break with the
international fisheries and allied
workers of America (CIO) rather
than merge with Harry Bridges’
longshoremen and warehouse
men.
The IF AW A recently moved to
merge with the international
longshoremen’s and warehouse
men’s union (CIO>.
Delegates said they had nothing
against the ILWU but could not
fish.
see how shoreworkers could help (
fishermen get better prices for
A final decision on the break
will come after the rank and file
through southeastern Alaska
takes a vote.
If the decision favors the break, i
local 100 will apply for a national
charter. The charter would give
the united trollcrs an industrial |
union with full autonomy for
southeastern Alaska.
Allan Haywood, vice-president
of the CIO and regional director
of the organization in Washington, •
D.C., already has been contacted
on the matter of obtaining a char-j
ter. |
Chamber Of !
Commerce Has Big
Noon Meeting
The regular weekly meeting of
the Board of Directors of the
N.W.A. Chamber of Commerce
was called to order by president
Harper in the Behring Sea Club
yesterday noon.
On the direction of President
Harper, chairman McNees of
Marks base committee reported ,
by reading a large unmber of let- '
ters and telegrams which have
been received and sent in relation
to the situation arising from the
threatened closing of Nome Base.
Optimism was manifested by
the wmmitte from the digest of
the voluminous correspondence
that the timely exposure of the}
proposed closing brought fruit and
and that a favorable reconsidera
tion will be undoubtedly undcr
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Bridges* Trial
Continues Bitter
SAN FRANCISCO, bP)—• De
fense and prosecution shifted pos
itions today for the second half
of the bitterly fought Harry Brid
ges perjury trial. Score at the end
of the first half was a matter of
opinion.
Chief prosecutor F. Joseph Don
ohue rested yesterday in a sur
prise move. He hinted he might be
saving some of his best witnesses
for rebuttal.
Donohue said prosecution wit
nesses had proved the three
counts of the perjury indictment
“beyond any reasonable doubt.”
One of these charges is that
longshore labor leader Bridges de- '
nied falsely under oath that he
was a member o the communist
party. That was when he became
a citizen in 1945. One accuses
Henry Schmidt and J. R. Rob
ertson of helping in the fraud by
supporting B r i d g e s’ testimony.
The third names all three in a
conspiracy charge. Schmidt and |
Robertso are officials in Brid
ges CIO international longshore
men’s and warehousemen’s union.
Bridges said the government
case was “full of holes.” The gov
ernment did better the other two
times it tried to deport him, he
added.
The defense promised “effec
tive attack” on testimony the gov
ernment piled up in 36 court days.
The trial began Nov. 14.
Chie defense counsel Vincent
Hallinan indicated probable delay
before calling his first witness.
Before that will come legal mo
tions and arguments seeking a
directed verdict of acquittal.
News of the World
At A Glance
Tuesday, January 17, 1950
By the Associated Press
France and Germany argued
over the future of the coal-rich
Saar today following the German
visit of French foreign minister
Robert Schuman.
France now occupies the 738
square mile industrial area. She
is reported seeking a 50-year
lease.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
argues that the rich coal mines
are the property of the west Ger
man republic he heads, because
it inherited all property of Hit
ler’s Third Reich.
Both Adenauer and Schuman
agreed that the Saar’s future
would not be settled until the
peace treaty is concluded. How
ever, in the meantime, Adenauer
charges, France is making incor
poration of the Sarrland an ac
complished fact.
In Paris, former French social
i s t premier Leon Blum urged
Franee and Germany to cal m
down over the Saar issue. He said
the disputed territory “does not
represent the major interest for
either France or Germany.”
Russia advanced her propagan
da campaign in Germany. The So
viets announced they are giving
up control of cast zone concentra
tion camps where 30,000 Germans
are believed to be held. The prop
aganda-wise East German com
munists ballyhooed the opening
gates of Saehsenhausen, Buchen
wald and Bautzen concentration
camps.
The west German government
had a big announcement, too, for
hungry east Germans to consider.
It said all food rationing, except
for sugar, would end March 1.
Counting of votes for 300 elec
tors who will meet Feb. 15 to
name the president, will begin
tonight, following a two-day elec
tion. Meanwhile, the Finnish gov
ernment drafted a reply to Rus
sia’s New’ Year’s eve charges that
Finland is harboring 300 Soviet
war criminals.
Iii Paris, a Spanish embassy of
ficial denied reports that Spain
and the Soviet Union are nego
tiating a multi-million dollar
trade deal. An unofficial source
in Madrid yesterday said Spain
would swap mercury, wolfram,
olive oil and wines for Russian
wheat and petroleum products.
The report said Spanish and Rus
sian trade envoys were discussing
the trade pact in Cairo and Paris.
Deputy labor prime minister
Herbert Morrison fired the first
gun in the British elections last
night. He said the electors’ choice
Feb. 23 is a straight one between
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Benefit Basketball Game
Thursday m T Tv* n* 1 rn r*» nr High School
7.30 p.m. Nome Hi vs MAro rire 1 earn Gym
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