Sunday ‘Quake
Damaged Craig:
New Tremors Felt
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ing roofs. Dishes, glassware and
mirrors were broken in nearly
every home, the officials reported.
The postofficc shifted a few
few inches; a plank street settled
in front of Bob Cogo’s confection
ery, a crack appeared in the road
near the city light plant and sev
eral persons said they were
knocked down by the intensity of
the Sunday quake.
A stove oil tank at the Libby
cannery burst, releasing hundreds
of gallons of oil.
SEATTLE, </P)—Earth tremors
were recorded early today lor the
fourth strigrt day on the Univers
ity of Washington seismograph.
Two pre-dawn recordings show
ed weak tremors* but Prof. G. E.
Goodspeed reported three moder
ate and one strong recordings yes
terday.
The strong one continued from
12:26 p.m. *iPST) to 1:18 p.m. It
was recorded widely on Pacific
coast seismographs.
Professor Goodspeed estimated
all the latest series of quakes were
within 500 miles of Seattle. He
said they are all linked with the
after-effects of Sunday night’s se
vere quake, which centered under
the North Pacific.
PRINCE RUPERT, <>P) — The
Queen Charlotte Islands rocked
“quite distinctly” under new
shocks felt yesterday afternoon, a
resident of Graham Island report
ed.
Mrs. Stewart Burton of Musset,
in the north, of the chain, said the
periodical earthquakes which be
Feldman Twists
In Chair As Hunt's
Diary Is Read
—
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Senate in
vestigators today confronted Maj.
Gen. Herman Feldman with pas
sages from a diary of James V.
Hunt saying Feldman asked Hunt :
in 1948 to get in touch with “con- j
tacts” in Congress about retire
ment legislation for army officers.
Shifting in the witness chair.
Feldman admitted talking with
Hunt about the matter but flatly
denied asking Hunt to contact any
one on Capital Hill. There is a law
against lobbying by army officers.
Feldman, suspended quarter
master general of the army, was
on the witness stand for the sec
ond day at the Senate inquiry into
whether improper influence has
figured in the handling of govern
ment business.
i The special sub-committee con
ducting the investigation ques
| tioned Feldman at length regard
ing his relations with Hunt.
Other witnesses have testified
that Hunt, who described himself
as a management counselor, boast
ed of an inside track to the White
House through friendship with
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan.
Vaughan is President Truman’s
military aide.
Frank Dundas and family, who
have been on St. Lawrence Island
for the C.A.A. left this morning
for the States.
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gan Sunday night are making
farm animals unruly.
"Horses and cows are acting
nervously,” she reported.
The latest shock, registered at
1:31 p.m. <PDT> yesterday, shook
dishes from kitchen shelves.
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Victoria Paper
Says Rail Link To
Alaska “Probable”
VICTORIA, B. C., */P) — The
Daily Colonist says in a news
page story that a vital rail link
between Seattle, Wash., and Alas
ka, through British Columbia,
now appears probable.
It says news that the United
States Senate foreign affairs com
mittee again is urging President
Truman to establish such a line,”
again brings forth hope that B. C.
might receive additional financial
aid, either from United States or
Canada, and make possible exten
sions “that this province might
otherwise be unable to afford.”
The newspaper says the news is
looked upon “as further evidence
that the Pacific Great Eastern
Railway may eventually become
part of a vital rail link between
the United States and her northern
Territory.”
Premier Johnson has already
indicated he thinks the extension
from Prince George to the Peace
River is justified on economic
grounds and would lead to tre
mendous development of central
and northern B. C.
The Senate committee’s resolu
tion, paralleling a similar resolu
tion by the House committee was
suggested as a means of bolstering
Alaskan defenses.
I It asked President Truman to
! determine Canada’s attitude on
extending the railway north from
Prince George to the Alaska boun<
dary and to have surveys made
which would take the line north
ward from the B. C. boundary to
Fairbanks.
The Colonist says: “Sources be
lieve United States railroads, rec
ognizing that a rail link with Alas
j ka is inevitable, are pushing the
i B. C. route in the hope that most
i of the east-west traffic will be on
! U. S. lines to Seattle and then
i
i north, via Canadian lines,
i “The alternative route through
Alberta would mean reduced traf
fic on the United States side of
! the boundary. What Alberta lost,
B. C. would gain, not only in fi
nancial aid. but in increased traf
fic over the P.G.E. as Alaskan de
velopment continued.”
Stepfather Holds
Disabled Veteran
“Prisoner of Fear**
MONTESANO, Wash. UP) — An
army veteran who lost his left leg
in a Japanese bombing was being
cared for by the American Legion
today after telling authorities he
had been his stepfather’s “prison
er of fear” for 18 months.
The stepfather, identified by
Sheriff Mike Kilgore as Frank
Chase, 52, was held in the Grays
Harbor county jail on a charge of
third degree assault.
Kilgore said the veteran, Henry
Chum. 29, was found Monday by
neighbors who investigated after
hearing shouts.
The sheriff said Chum to d him
he left the army in 1943 after his
leg was amputated above the knee
as the result of a Japanese bomb
ing in New Guinea. His mother
had died a month before.
With a 60 per cent disability al
lowance of some $120 a omnth he
purchased a chicken farm.
He said he was induced by
Chase about two years ago to give
him full power of attorney, and
that he has been virtually a “pri
soner of fear” for the last 18
months.
Mediation "Falks
Await Bridges
_
HONOLULU, (>P) — A federal |
try to reopen peace talk- in tlie
116-day Hawaii waterfront strike
marked time today awaiting the
return of Harry Bridges.
Leaders of his striking inter
national longshoremen’s and ware
housemen’s union here said they
would not meet with federal me
diator George Hillenbrand until j
Bridges arrives, probably tomor
row.
Hillenbrand met with represen- ,
tatives of the seven struck steve- |
doring firms yesterday. He is at- j
tempting to find a new basis for
diredt union-employer negotiations j
as suggtsed by Cyrus S. Ching, di
rector of the U. S. conciliation
service.
Ching also invited both sides to
go to Washington or New York
where he would mediate if any
peace try here fails. The last ne- j
gotiation effort here collapsed ,
Friday.
An employer spokesman said
after meeting with Hillenbrand j
the companies’ decision would not
be made until after Bridges talk- i
ed with the mediator.
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Miss Dorothy Toomey returned
from a business trip to Kotzebue
on Monday. Miss Toomey, who is
1 with the U. S. weather bureau in
! Juneau, plans to leave today with
I Alaska Airlines.
CITY COUNCIL
Nome City Council m last
Monday evening at eight ock.
The health committee reported on
all eating houses in the c y ^rat
ing that all employees of • mie < o
not have their health earns and
urged a better display the
health cards as required by law.
Two ordinances were p p rcl
and read, one for the app^ me t
of a city attorney and th
for changes in the pfopost
tax.
A telegram was read fr n Rob
ert Sheldon head of the Unem
ployment Compensation C nm --
sion asking for employme . c > -
ditions in Nome.
It was voted by the <x . c l o
pay SI.600.00 of the Heal'h
Nurse’s salary and to keep up and
maintain and repair a jeep >.• her
use.
Applications were read from
Patty Watt and Ed Delfdnk for
the position of utility man or the
city.
It was reported that a contract
is being prepared for the co-oper
ation of fire fighting units on the
post and in town that w 11 be
ready to work together in case of
fire or any disaster without delay.
Another drive on loose dogs was
recommended as there have been
complaints about many dogs at
large whic hare not owned by
anyone.
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