_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. LIV No. 40 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1952 Per Copy—1™
Senators Taft and Kefauver Score
Heavily in Wisconsin and Nebraska
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239 Vote in City Election,
Mayor Jones Re-elected
Voting was quiet in the Nome
city election yesterday with only
239 voters turning out to cast
their ballots.
Charles Jones was re-elected
mayer with a ten vote margin
over Steve Anderson.
The highest vote cast was for
City Clerk Carrie McLain, who
received 205 votes.
The returns, in detail, follow.
MAYOR—
Chas. D. Jones . 124
Steve Andersen .. 114
COUNCILMEN—
Grant Nelson . 189
Kieth Hedreen . 180
Clyde Kammerer . 172
CITY CLERK
Carrie M. McLain . 205
CITY TREASURER—
A. A. Daue . 200
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS—
Helen Fagersrom . 192
Robert F. Baldwin . 190
Jane Galvin . 180
Maurice F. O’Brien . 77
Threatened Strikes
Complicate U.S.
Production Picture
(By the Associated Press)
Strikes and threats of strikes
complicated the nation’s produc
tion picture Wednesday.
A nationwide steel strike next
week appeared inevitable, unless
•the government seizes the steel
industry or obtains a court in
junction forbidding the walk-out.
In communications, the na
tion’s telegraph and telephone
systems were notified to expect a
series of strikes starting at mid
night tonight.
In steel, the big trouble was the
government’s reluctance to pro
mise the industry price increases
which producers say are necessary
to offset a government-recom
mended wage boost.
The CIO United Steelworkers
ave set April 8 for a walkout
dess an agreement on wage
.kes is reached. The Wage Sta
dization Board’s public and labor
members recommended a HVi
ent hourly pay boost for the steel
^rkers over industry members’
ections.
leanwhile, some 30,000 West
. Union employes, members of
AFL Commercial Telegraph
Union, were set to walk off
their' jobs across the country at
midnight in support of a demand
for a 16-cent hourly wage in
crease and a cut in the work week
from 48 to 40 hours wUh no pay
reduction.
Miss Sober Doesn’t Drink
LOS ANGELES, (jP)—A dancer
who wouldn't take a drink wants
to become Miss Sober again.
Mrs. Selma Mary Fini, 32, ob
tained a divorce from Silvio A.
Fini, 34, also a dancer, Monday.
She testified he berated her
constantly because she refused to
drink with him. She asked the
court to restore her maiden name,
Selma Mary Sober.
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(By the Associated Press)
Senators Taft and Kefauver,
scoring heavily in primaries in
Wisconsin and Nebraska, opened
up big leads Wednesday in the
race for delegates to the presiden
tial nominating conventions.
Taft, the Republican from Ohio
won by 50,000 votes over his
nearest competitor in the Wiscon
sin primary yesterday. That gave
him 24 of the state’s 30 delegates
to the Chicago convention.
He held a smaller margin in
Nebraska about 5,000 — but the
trend indicated an apparent Taft
victory there, too.
Kefauver, the Democrat from
Tennessee, won by a thumping
majority in Wisconsin. He was
180,000 votes ahead of his closest
foe. And he licked Sen. Robert S.
Kerr of Oklahoma in Nebraska,
the first state where Kerr was
entered as a candidate.
Kefauver picked up 28 dele
gates in Wisconsin.
Nebraska s delegates — 18 Re
publicans and 12 Democrats —
were not committed to vote for
anyone at the conventions.
There was a strong likelihood,
though, that at least 16 of the 18
GOP delegates would go for Taft
at the convention. They had in
dicated they would abide by the
results of the popularity voting.
The division was not clear
among the Democrats.
Taft won all 10 at-large dele
gates in Wisconsin. Gen. Eisen
hower’s name was not on the bal
lot in that state. Write-in votes
were prohibited.
Stassen said in Chicago that
“Sen. Taft received a setback be
cause he failed to obtain more
than one-half of the total popular
vote” in Wisconsin.
“Combined Stassen -Warren
votes,” he said, “show that the
voters want a liberal, dynamic
foreign policy.”
Federal Employees’
Ideas Save Government
Over 16 Million Dollars
• It was stated at the CAA man
agement and supervisory confer
ence this morning that in a recent
year the Government had realized
an estimated saving of $16,739,000
as a result of employee suggestion
plans operating in 16 Federal
agencies. Employees submitted
56,729 suggestions and 13,064 were
adopted. A total of $248,174 was
paid for 11,444 useful suggestions.
In order to help local employees
to effect further economies in gov
ernment operations Lansom B.
Harvey, Airways Engineer of the
CAA regional office in Anchorage
presented the subject, “Improving
Work Methods,” and demonstrat
ed the principles and techniques
for handling these problems.
Tomorrow morning’s session
will be devoted to discussion and
practice demonstrations on the
holding of effective conference
meetings. The subject of “Confer
ence Leadership” will be pre
sented by Robert L. Thomas, Dis
trict Supervisor from the Airways
Operations Division of the CAA
regional office in Anchorage.
Eisenhower Says:
U.S. Must Get More
Results For Money
Spent In Europe
PARIS, (>P) — Gen. Eisenhower
said Wednesday the United States
needs to continue its support of
European rearmament—but must
get more results for the money.
The general’s opinion was stated
in his first annual report as com
mander of the North Atlantic
Treaty defense forces.
Americans looking at the re
port could speculate that he had
one eye on the voters who later
may be asked to put him in the
White House.
“Europe must become self-sus
taining in military manufacture at
the earliest possible date,” he said.
“America cannot continue to be
the primary source of munitions
for the entire free world.
“It would be fatuous for any
one to assume that the taxpayers
of America will continue to pour
money and resources into Europe
unless encouraged by steady pro
gress toward mutual cooperation
and full effectiveness.”
But the general left no doubt
■about his belief in NATO.
Without it, he said, the future
of the United States and Canada
“could promise ever-greater dan
ger of attack, requiring endless
sacrifices and defense costs which
would ultimately break their
economies.”
Eisenhower presented a 12,000
word report to America and the
other 13 nations aligned in de
fense against Communism.
His voice was heard on inter
national hookups and his figure
was seen, through films, on tele
vision screens across America.
This was a special 750-word re
cording designed to give the gist
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Most European Editors
Praise Gen. Eisenhower’s
Annual SHAPE Report
PARIS, (£>) — Most European
editorial writers praised General
Eisenhower Wednesday for his
annual SHAPE report, and agreed
that it formed a policy statement
for his campaign to get the Re
publican presidential nomination.
The report, said the Independ
ent Welt of Hamburg, “is prob
ably the initial policy statement
of a favorite presidential candi
date.”
The -London Times termed the
report “a tribute to Gen. Eisen
hower’s sound common sense and
grasp of essentials,” and added
that “certainly Europe has, for
the second time, a debt of grati
tude to pay this unusual soldier
who handles nations as easily as
divisions and has a bunting faith
in this mission.”
The London Daily Worker, a
Communist newspaper, headed its
story: “U.S. Governor of Europe
Eisenhower Presents Report.”
It said the report “reads like a
report of a mid-Victorian viceroy
of India describing the behavior
of potentates and people in the
subject provinces under his con
trol.”
Nome-Fair banks Road Holds 1st Place
In Chamber Recommendation to ARC
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Subscription To Paint
Local Broadcast Station
Meeting Ready Response
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paint the AFRS broadcasting sta
tion at Nome Field has met with
a ready response among the peo
ple of Nome.
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Nugget, Polet’s, Nome Drug Store,
and Nome Hardware, where con
tributions are being received:
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Bill Boucher, A. Polet, Norvin
Lewis, May Mueller, Bill Saxton,
William Gillis, Mrs. Fred Parsons,
Mrs. L. George, Hans Arp, Fred
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Anchorage Night
Spots Visited By
Unofficial Officials
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Anchorage
area night spots had a distin
guished group of callers Monday
night, and all was quiet. .
Mayor Maynard Taylor and
Maj. Gen. Julian Cunningham
were members of the group of
city and military officials on a
look-see tour of the night spots.
“Things were surprisingly
quiet; we didn’t find a thing
wrong,” the city officials reported.
Although it was after a military
payday, the officials reported the
bars were not overly crowded.
“Word must have gotten out
after the first few places we
visited,” said Mayor Taylor.
“When we got outside the city,
some night spots were closed. In
one place the whole crowd left
about two minutes after we en
tered.”
All military members of the
party wore civilian clothes. The
group also included Brig. Gen. C.
W. Pence, city manager Robert
Sharp, police chief T. H. Miller
and councilman Jack White.
Sabre Pilots Shoot Down
10 MIGs On Tuesday
By SAM SUMMERLIN
SEOUL, Korea, {JP) — U. S.
Sabre pilots Wednesday destroyed
one MIG-15 and damaged two
others erf a Chinese Communist
air force that showed little de
sire to fight aftei^ the rough
handling it got Tuesday.
The Air Force raised Tuesday’s
MIG casualty total by two more
damaged, confirmed after evalu
ation of gun camera films. These
raised the day’s toll to 10 MIGs
shot down, three probably de
stroyed and 12 damaged.
It was the second biggest daily
bag of the war for the Sabre
pilots.
The U.S. Fifth Air Force said
the Red airmen failed to show up
in force anywhere on Wednesday.
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In response to a request by
A. F. Ghiglione, territorial
commissioner of roads, the
Road Committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce prepared
the following list of roads
needed for the Second Divi
sion in order of preference.
1— NOME TO FAIRBANKS
As a defense measure this high
way would furnish an artery of
supply and if need be, a retreat
for military installations both ex
isting and contemplated.
Nome is the present hub for all
transportation and supply to the
military of the area and would
be the most practical terminus
for such a road.
At your request, Lt. Colonel
Joseph of General Kepner’s staff
at Fort Richardson, Alaska, will
supply your agency with more
detailed information relative to
the advantages of this road to
the military, which information
is not available to us.
As an asset to the commerce of
the entire territory, this road
would open vast areas of mineral,
both actual and potential, many
of which are highly strategic, and
chiefly tin and scheelite deposits
of which there are large deposits
in this section awaiting develop
ment.
As an advantage to transporta
tion, this road, by tying in with
the Alcan Highway, would bring
transportation costs down to a
level where the prospector could
afford to come in, settled and aid
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NBC Signs Margaret
Truman for Another Year
Of Radio, TV Programs
NEW YORK, <jP>—The Nation-,
al Broadcasting Company has
signed Margaret Truman for an
other year of radio and television
performances.
The broadcasting company said
Monday she will appear on nine
radio and video shows at a salary
of $2,500 each.
Miss Truman’s original agree
ment with NBC called for 12 ap
pearances during the 1951-52 sea
son. Her salary never was an
nounced officially, but reports put
it at $2,500 for each radio show
and $4,000 for each TV perform
ance.
Bank Robber Sutton
Sentenced to 30 Years
NEW YORK, .(£>)—Bank robber
Willie Sutton was sentenced Wed
nesday as a fourth offender to 30
years to life imprisonment by a
judge who said he wished he
could sentence him to death.
Judge Louis Goldstein said in
sentencing Sutton to life impri
sonment as a fourth offender, “I
only regret that the law prevents
me from sentencing you to death.
He had plead guilty to a gun
carrying charge.
Sutton stood, blinking, and
handcuffed to two guards in Kings
County Court, but made no com
ment during a 15-minute castiga
tion delivered by the judge.