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VOL. LIIL No. 10 NOME" ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2471951 Per Copy— 15c
NEWS UN BRIEF'
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WASHINGTON UP)— Delegate
Bartlett of Alaska introduced a
bill yesterday to allow lands re
served to Alaska for educational
purposse to be leased for periods1
non to exceed 99 years.
Another bill would permit gov
ernment agencies to pay cost of
living allowances and additional
fcompensation to officers and em- j
ployees of the United States sta- j
tioned outside this country or in j
Alaska.
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LONDON, </P)—'The foreign of
fice disclosed today that Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin has pneu
monia.
Bevin, who has been in poor
health for the last two years, came
down yesterday with what was
first diagnosed os influenza. He
will be 70 in Maroh.
WASHINGTON, (£>)—The gov
ernment today banned the use of
nickel in automobile trim and in
, nearly 400 other civilian products.
The purpose is to conserve the
short nickel supply for defense
and essential civilian uses.
One of the most important de
fense uses of nickel is to make jet
airplane engines resistant to great
heat and corosion.
HONOLULU, </P>—John Foster
Dulles, U. S. Ambassador at Large,
arrived today en route to Tokyo to
begin preliminary work on a Jap
anese peace treaty.
“Our hope is to create a treaty
* containing no impediment to Jap
an’s becoming a first-class power,”
he told reporters at Hickam Field.
Dulles’ special air force plane, a
Lockheed Constellation, was due
to take off for Midway and Tokyo
after a brief refueling stop here.
The plane was rerouted from
the North Pacific because of cold
weather and a faulty cabin heater
system.
FAIRBANKS, (JP)—It was still
53 degrees below zero here early
N today, w’hile word from the -‘top
* o’-the-world” at Barrow on the
Arctic coast told of two below
zero weather.
Barrow ordinarily is much cold
er than Fairbanks.
The weatherman said yesterday
a storm in the Gulf of Alaska may
bring warmer air here, but not be
fore tomorrow.
JUNEAU, (JP) — Two Cordova
trappers left Juneau by air for
f the “Outside” yesterday with two
wild live wolverines in their lug
gage.
The men, Ed Bilderback and
Bob Dettinger, described the ani
mals as the “strongest, meanest
and orneriest of all animals for
their size.” The wolverines are
destined for the Charlesbourg,
Quebec, zoo.
The trappers, who catch animals
alive for zoos as a sideline, were
headed for the St. Louis fur mar
ket.
Lifting The Lid
At Juneau
(By Jim Hutcheson)
JUNEAU, {JP)—A late-aftemoon
session was on tap yesterday for
both Houses of the Alaska Legis
lature. The Territorial Senate and
House of Representatives were to
meet at 2 pm.
Members of both chambers were
sworn in at opening meetings of
the 20th Legislative Session Mon
day.
The Senate marked time .await
ing -the arrival of Sen. John Butro
vich, {R.-Fairba n k s), but the
House speedily organized with the
election of Rep. William Egan,
<D.-Valdez) as speaker.
Egan succeeds Stanley McCutch
eon (D.-Anchorage) as speaker of
i the House.
The 36-year-old Valdez mer
I chant was first elected to the
House in 1941. He had a 1949 rec
ord of consistent support to Demo
cratic moves.
Egan is known as “Eagle Bill”
for his measures for bounties on
eagles.
Twenty House comm i 11 e e s
named Monday will elect their
own chairmen. Stanley McCutch
eon was expected to head the
powerful rules committee. Glen
Franklin, conservative Fourth Di
vision Democrat was expected to
1 head Ways and Means which sifts
tax bills and frames the budget.
Committees Were given author
ity to elect their own chairmen
over the objections of Andrew
Hope -(D.-Sitka), who argued that
the speaker, as a representative of
the majority party in the lower
chamber, should name them.
The only other speaker candi
date nominated when the House
convened at 10:12 am. Monday
was Mrs. Doris M. . Barnes of
Wrangell. The vote was strictly on
party lines, with 13 Democrats
voting for Egan and nine Republi
cans for Mrs. Barnes. Representa
tives Stanley McCutcheon, An
chorage Democrat, and Frank G.
Johnson, Kake Republican, were
absent.
Mrs. Margaret Grisham of Jun
eau was elected chief clerk of the
House without opposition.
Speaker Egan named Represen
tatives Barnes and Andrew Hope
of the First Division; George Mad
sen of the Second; C. Chester
Carlson and Jack Conright of the
Third and Gren Franklin of the
Fourth on the Committee on Com
mittees. Franklin was chosen
chairman.
The House then recessed until
mid-afternoon while a committee
interviewed applicants for clerical
jobs.
Wednesday, January 24, 1951
JUNEAU, Alaska, </F)—-The bit
ter fight over presidency of the
Alaska Senate was the dominat
ing factor again today, as the Ter
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j Gov’t Seeks Peace,
| No Interruptions,
In Alaska Military
1951 Construction
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ANCHORAGE, {&)—A group of
contractors and labor union offi
cials were told by government
representatives Monday that the
coming construction season is the
most critical in Alaska’s history.
Ex-Sen. Frank P. Graham of
North Carolina presided over the
meeting during which the govern
ment will «try ter obtain a no-strike
pledge from unions in case nego
tiations for working agreements j
fail to result in contracts.
Marine Col. Justice M. Cham
bers said “this year is the most
i critical and if certain projects are
I not completed it will leave us wide
j open.”
Chambers said other talks of
this nature are scheduled on a na
tional basis, but warned that
“Alaska is too close to Russia to
wait for these national oonfer
' ences.”
Chambers, who was a member i
! of a Senate armed services com- |
mittee tha t visited Alaska last year
to see what was wrong with mili
: tary construction in the Territory,
| said:
‘The world situation is like
fire and we don’t know whether it
will be put out or spread."
Graham said it was not the in
tention of the government to in
terfere with the right to collective
bargaining. He said:
“We want cooperation. We all
are American citizens and not a
combination for profiteering at the
expense of the people of the
United States by taking advantage
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$500,000 Fairbanks
Fire Destroys
Three Buildings
FAIRBANKS, {&) — Firemen
controlled .a lire in the downtown
section today alter iit destroyed
several business buildings in 50
below zero weather.
The blaze destroyed the Coop
erative Drug Store, the North Pole
Bakery and a building housing
Avakoff’s Jewelry Store.
The Bums Apartment building
was vacated, but not burned.
An unidentified fireman from
nearby Ladd Air Force Base was
injured. He toppled from a roof
into one of the burning buildings.
He was rescued by other fire
fighters and rushed to Ladd Field
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Investigating
Aluminum Indus*
try For Alaska
(By Frank W. Vaille)
((IP) Special Wanshington Service)
WASHINGTON, (IF)—A House
judiciary sub-committee, studying
the defense program for expand
ing the nation’s aluminum produc
tion, will 'be asked to look into
the possible development of the
Taiya projeot near Skagway,
Alaska.
The request will be made by
Rep. Tollefson (R.-Wash.) and
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska to the
group headed by Rep. Celler (D.
N. Y.). This committee is inquiring
into the possible monopolistic ten
dencies in the expansion program
and specifically into a reported
agreement under which this coun
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Korean Situation
At A Glance -
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Tuesday, January 23, 1951
(By The Associated Press)
Allied forces drive (back into
Wonju, grab its little airstrip and
push armored patrol five miles
north of important central front
communications hub. American
jets down four Russian-made jets.
and claim several other “prob
able” kills in biggest jet air battle
of Korean war. Russian-made
planes came from Manchuria in
attack U. S. fighters as they bomb
and strafe Sinuiju airport on
northwestern Korean border.
United Nations sidestep Ameri
can charges of Red Chinese ag
gression to study new Peiping pro
posals for limited cease-fire fol
lowed by seven-nation negotiaions
' on major Far Eastern problems.
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Wednesday, January 24, 1951
U. N. patrols push 10 miles north
of Wonju cm the central front, the
vital rail hub they hold only dur
ing daylight, and within 33 miles
o flhe 38th parallel. In the farth
est northward drive since start of
probing actions, Allies entered.
Hoengsong. Other U. N. elements
cross icy Han River, surprise Reds
and take Yongwol, 31 miles south
east of Wonju, after heavy artillery
and bombing attack drives enemy
out. American jets shoot down one
Russian-built jet in dog fight near
Manchurian border.
In Paris police and troops gird
for possible communist riots pro
testing the presence of Gen. Eisen
ihower. The Atlantic Pact com,
'mander is expected to see French
officials before returning home to
morrow via Iceland and Canada
to report his findings on the build
up of the Pact defense army.
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THREE BASKETBALL GAMES
FRIDAY NIGHT
As the time is nearing for the
High School Basketball team to
leave for Anchorage to take part
in the annual High School toum
ment, the boys have been getting
in a lot of extra training and some
real workouts.
Coach Hawkinson states that
Friday’s game should be a real
exciting one and urges everyone
to get out and give the boys a
rousing support with cheering as
inspiration.
In addition to the feature game
at 8:15, the Junior Varsity will be
playing a game against the Meth
odist team at 7:00 and the Girls
of the High School will play the
Girl Alums.
1 * All three games are played by
well balanced teams.
JAY, Nf Y. (/R-^Paul Coolidge’s
wandering Holstein heifer disap
peared into the woods in the
wake at a deer.
Two months later she reappear
ed—leading a buck and a doe.
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BASKETBALL — FRIDAY NIGHT
17:00 Junior Varsity vs. Methodist Church 8:15 High School. vs. C. A. P.
High School Girls vs. Alur ni Admission. 50c - Children 25c
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