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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. T.TTT. No. 9 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1951 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
NEW YORK (/P)—Dwight Deere
Wiman, 55, one of Broadway’s
most famous theatrical producers,
died Saturday in Columbia Me
morial Hospital in Hudson, N. Y.
As a producer Wiman was re
sponsible for the rise of many
prominent stars. His revival of Ro
1 meo and Juliet, which is sched
uled to open in Detroit today and
then come to New York, will be
his 57 th production on Broadway.
WASHINGTON, {JP) —- Casualty
list No. 207, released today by the
department of defense, reported
army Pfc. Edward Demoski, bro
ther of Miss Justine Demoski,
Koyukuk, Alaska, as missing in
action in Korea.
SEATTLE, (JP) — Charles Gist,
62, of Anchorage, died Saturday
at the Buena Vista nursing home.
Born in Yugoslavia, he come to
the United States in 1905. In 1907
he went to Alaska and worked as
a miner and powder man. He
came to Seattle last August be
cause of pocfr health.
The funeral will be tomorrow.
A cousin, George Strbac, sur
vives in Anchorage.
PARKHURST, B. C. {IP)—'Two
small sisters died of asphyxiation
Saturday night when fire destroy
ed their home.
Carol Dalziel, 11, and her 3-year
old sister, Edna, were overcome
by smoke.
Their 4-year old brother was
rescued by Ole Kitteringham, a
sawmill worker who disregarded
warnings to stay clear of the blaz
ing house. He rushed in and found
the boy in the burning debris.
OKLAHOMA CITY, (/P) — “I’ll
beat that rap some way,” declar
ed confessed slayer William E.
Coo, Jr., as he awaited indictment
tomorrow in the kidnap-slaying of
the Carl Mosser family.
This determination was express
ed to prisoners sharing Coo’s com
partment aboard the train which
arrived here yesterday from Los
Angeles.
A grand jury will be asked to
morrow to indict him on a Lind
bergh law kidnap charge: abduct
ing the five Mosser’s of Atwaad,
HI., with intent to do 'bodily harm:
“To wit, murder ”
CHAMPAIGN, 111. (JP) — Head
football coach Ray Eliot of Illinois
who had been considered for the
vacant coaching spot at the Uni
versity of Southern California, an
nounced today he is staying at
Illinois.
SYRACUSE, N. Y. {JP)-MiS.
Hubert L. Parlow went to a thea
ter yesterday to see her Marine
son in a movie.
Summoned from the audience
when her husband called from
home, she was told of a telegram
from the defense department.
The message said Sgt. Kenneth
A. Partlow, 20, had been killed in
action Dec. 1. He previously had
been reported wounded on that
date.
Sgt. Partlow appeared with
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20th Legislature
Convenes At
Juneau
JUNEAU, (£>)—The 20th Territ
rial Legislature convened here to
day. All ibut four members of the
Senate and House of Representa
tives were on hand for opening
ceremonies.
The Legislators were to be
sworn in by District Judge George
W. Folta, after their election had
been certified by Lew Williams,
Secretary of Alaska.
Missing Legislators were Sen.
John Butrovich, Jr., of Fairbanks;
Rep. Andrew Hope of Sitka; Stan
ley McCutcheon of Anchorage;
and Frank C. Johnson of Kake.
Butrovich was due here tomor
row from Seattle; Hope was due
by steamer at noon today, Jahnson
was delayed by weather and Mc
Cutcheon was enroute from Wash
ington, D. C., where he appeared
at Palmer airport hearings.
The Democrat-controlled House
was expected to organize quickly
with Rep. William A. Egan, Val
; dez, as probable choice for speak
er.
The Senate, evenly divided with
! eight Democrats and eight Repub
licans, may wait until Butrovich
arrives to complete its organiza
tion.
Whether the next session is as a
Territorial or State Legislature,
will depend on what happens in
Congress, not what happens here.
With control of the House solid
ly in Democratic hands, 14 to 10,
the evenly divided Senate with
; one or two “unpredictables” in
each party lineup—looks again
i like the chamber in which the big
j controversies will whirl.
The lineup in the Senate on the
election of a president and on the
issues that will follow is a tough
' one to predict.
On the Democratic side, Sen.
Howard Lyng, of Nome, broke
openly with Governor Gruening,
with a bitter blast at him, after
the election.
Sen. James Nolan of Wrangell
has been definitely opposed to
many Democratic majority pro
posals.
In the Republican camp, Sens.
Anita Garnick of Juneau, Gun
nard Engebreth of Anchorage and
Pency Ipalook of Wales have sup
ported a number of proposals of
the pro-Gruening faction in the
past.
There seems to be little senti
ment among Legislators for in
! creasing of taxes. Several have ex
pressed the opinion that some
ironing out, and tightening up, of
present tax laws should suffice.
Liquor control proposals are an
other likely prospect.
Sen. John Butrovich, who is ex**
pected to be the Republican leader
in -the Senate, said he doesn’t ex
pect any new taxes and that keep
ing a tight rein on the budget is
the major job. .
Sen. Steve MeCutcheon of An
chorage, who is likely to be the
Democratic floor leader in the
Senate, commented:
“It would appear that the most
important problem facing the
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Do Alaskans Want
Statehood Under
New Proposed Bill?
Last week Senator O’Mahoney
and 18 other Seantors introduced
a bill in the Senate to grant state
hood to Alaska, which was follow
ed by one in the House on Jan.
j 15th, by Delegate Bartlett which
is reported >to be substantially the
same as the Senate bill.
The following excerpt of a letter
from Carl Lomen to G. R. Jackson
! here would indicate that the De
partment of Interior is still trying
to outsmart and outmaneuver the
people of Alaska and retain a
strangle hold on its development
land its resources.
We quote from Mr. Lomen’s let
ter—which is in reference to the
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Pioner Card Series
Starts Saturday
The most popular indoor game
series of the winter season is about
to start, announced Chairman
Pearse Walsh of the Pioneer Card
Party Whist Series.
He stated that the first party of
the season is scheduled for Satur
day night, Jan. 27. There will be
six games in the series: Saturday,
Feb. 10; Saturday, February 24;
Thursday, March 15; Thursday,
| March 29, and Saturday, April 7.
As is customary, a door prize
will be drawn each evening with
prizes and lunches served at each
party, as well as Grand Prizes at
the end of the toyrnam'ent.
Season tickets are available at
the Glue Pot and Polet’s accord
ing to Pearce Walsh, who is co
chairman with Mike Kelly.
Also on the committee are Eric
Hay, Ellen Waldheim, Elda Jones
I and Phyllis Roell.
Truman Asks i
$104^85,066 For j
Gov’t Civilian j
Activities In Alaska
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((A3) Special Washington Service) '
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Delegate
| Bartlett of* Alaska said Saturday
that President Trurpan’s 1951-52
budget includes $104,295,066 for
the government’s civilian activi
ties in Alaska.
“This figure,” Bartlett said, “ex
clusive of additional funds to be
requested at a later date, does not
include any money for military
public works construction or re
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studies on developing a permanent stabilized fish yield hi Alaskan waters. The Insti
tute, established at the University of Washington In T944, Is financed by the Alaska
Salmon Industries, Inc, an organization off Alesha sahnoa packers.
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Saturday, January 20, 1951
CBy The Associated Press)
Allied probing troops were
forced out of the key road-rail hub
of Wonju in central Korea today
by Reds attacking in overwhelm
ing numbers.
An Associated Press field dis
patch said the reinformed Allied
patrol held off one attack. Then
as Red fire subsided the Allied
force withdrew to positions south
of the city.
An Allied convoy bringing food
to Wonju had to cut its way
through a communist roadblock
southeast of the city earlier. It
left communist dead strewed in
the snow.
General MacArthur on his quick
visit with Lt. Gen. Matthews B.
Ridgway in Korea, told a news
conference:
“No one is going to drive us into
the sea. This command intends to
maintain a military position in
Korea just as long as the states
men of the United Nations decide
that we should do so.
“The army stands resolute and
undefeated, awaiting that further
political decision which can come
from the chancelleries of the
world now faced with this new
and entirely unanticipated prob
lem.”
At Lake Success, the United
States pressed its view that the
Chinese communists are aggres
sors in Korea and moved for a
strong stand against the Peiping
regime. American diplomats
sought to line up support for a
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Recess Indefinitely
Palmer Airport
Deal Hearing
(By Frank W. Vaffla)
((IF) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (A3) —The Sen
ate investigating committee hear
ing into allocation of federal funds
for the Palmer, Alaska, airport
has been recessed indefinitely, af
ter a heated exchange over whe
ther the inquiry was an offshoot
at the Alaska statehood fight.
The assertion that the statehood
fight question was involved in the
Palmer investigation was made
made Friday by Stanley McCutch
eon, speaker of the Alaska House
of Representatives, and attorney
for the Territorial Aeronautical
Commission.
McCutcheon also denied that
there was any intent to defraud
the government and asserted that
the Civil Aeronautics Administra
tion “knew exactly what we were
doing every step of the way.”
The sub-committee is investigat
ing circumstances concerning the
commission’s rejection of one
CAA-approved application for
funds for an airport at Palmer and
its submission of a second request
listing higher land value figures.
The second request would have
raised federal participation in the
program from $94,750 to $145,125.
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