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VOL~ L. No. 40 _NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1948_PER COPY — 15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
Baltimore, —(/P)—Things were
quiet last night so accident room
doctors at Maryland General Hos
pital went to their recreation room
to watch a telecast of a rodeo
beiqg held here.
They saw one of the performers
tossed of a horse. Shrugging their
shoulders, they switched off the
television set and returned to duty.
Less than five minutes later
Lee Duhaims of Pueblo, Arizona,
was brought in for X-Ray and
treatment of a shoulder injury.
He was the performer who fell.
The hospital is just a few blocks
from the rodeo site.
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SAN FRANCISCO, —UP)—CIO
union fishermen from Santa Cruz
to the Oregon line kept their 750
boat fleet in port as the 1948 sal
mon fishing season opened yest
erday, protesting prices offered
by wholesalers. ♦
The CIO fishermen and allied
workers of America said the north
California fisheries association
was offering 20 cents a pound
while Uie fishermen want 26.
Association attorney Joseph Al
ioto said per pound price nego
tiations with the CIO fishermen
would violate the Sherman anti
trust law.
He said the 20-cent price was
for uncleaned fish, with 24 cents
offered for cleaned salmon.
WASHINGTON, — (A*) —The
government today turned down
two Pennsylvanians who laid
claim to the moon.
Secretary of the Interior, Krug,
saying the moon belongs to every
one, denied their request that the
government approve the claim.
In a formal reply to Robert D.
Eaton and Charles W. Honhold of
Sewickly, Pa., Krug explained
with tongue in cheeK seriousness,
that federal homestead laws le
quire applicants to inspect in peg
son the areas sought.
Further, he said, the sovereignty
of the United States has nt*\er
been established over the moon.
WASHINGTON, —(/P) —Presi
dent Truman signed a bill yester
day permitting the use of up to
80 acres in national forests of Al
aska for residence, recreation, pub
lic convenience, education, indus
try, agriculture and commerce.
Previous laws limited such tracts
to five acres.
The measure is intended to pro
mote settlement of Alaska by giv
ing settlers enough groudfcl upon
which to establish homes, educa
tional facilities, businesses and
small farms.
WASHINGTON, —(/P) —Presi
dent Truman today vetoed tht
$4,800,000,000 tax reduction bill.
In a message to congress, he
said it would “undermine the
soundness of our government fin
ances at a time when world peace
depends upon the strength of the
United States.”
The president also said the Rep
ublican-sponsored measure “is in
equitable as well as untimely.”
Last year the president vetoed
two other such tax-cutting meas
ures without his signature and
congress sustained him both times.;
It is believed congress will over
ride the veto this time however.
U.S.G.S. Reports I
Alaskan Volcanoes
Might Explode
. By Vern Haugland
WASHINGTON, —(JP)—The U.
S. Geological Survey says the pos
sibility of a catastrophic explosion
among the Aleutian Island vol
canoes “cannot be disregarded.”
The great Sitkin Island vol
cano, far out along the chain, ap
pears nearer exploding than any
other.
A violent eruption there could
badly damage or destroy the Naval
station on the island but would
probably not endanger life on
Adak, 25 miles away to the South
west, the geologists said in a re
port to the army.
Volcanic ash, however, might
pollute Adak’s water supplies,
damage machinery and impair
transportation. Adak is the site of
army and navy installations.
Other critical areas:
U m n a k Island — violent ash
eruptions are possible and could
cause extensive damage to Fort
Glenn, nine miles east of Okmok
volcano.
Alaskan peninsula—‘major ex
plosive eruptions of Pavlov vol
cano are to be expected at inter
vals in the future.” Fort Randall,
35 miles distant and up-wind, is
out of the probable lava path and
ash range.
The survey’s findings, summar
ized by geologist G. D. Robinson,
were the result of' investigations
started in 1946 at the request of
the army.
Robinson says that although the
report no longer is a military sec
ret, it has as yet been made avail
able to only about 100 persons.
The report had two cheerful
aspects:
1. There is a ‘‘good possibility”
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Four Marines Are
Home Safe Today
After 3 Months
SHANGHAI, — (JP)—Four U.S. j
Marines captured by the Chinese
communists while on a Christmas
day hunting trip in north China
were released today.
U.S. Navy autrohities reported
the leathernecks were released at
Haiyang, a coastal city 60 miles
northeast of U.S. western Pacific
fleet headquarters at Tsingtao. 1
Officials said they presumed the
four are in good condition.
Efforts are being made to re
cover the body of a fifth, Pfc j
Charles Brayton Jr.,Fort Jay, Gov-1
ernor’s Island, N.Y., who died of
wounds received in the incident.
The four were Cpl. William L.
Pollard, Fort Worth, Texas, Pfc.
Carrol W. Dickerson, Olathe, Kas., j
Pvt. Robert Hart, Pittsburgh, Pa.,;
and Pfc. Thomas Kapodistria,!
Buffalo, N.Y.
There has been no clear ac-j
count of what happened Christ- j
mas morning near the village of,
Wantung Yuen, where the five |
were captured, marine authorities
reported the five entered commun
ist territory over the protest of
Chinese national guards at Ling-,
chan.
Nome Queen
To Be Crowned
Midnight Saturday
Tomorrow night at the Arctic
Club Carnival, the stroke of mid
night will mean the beginning of
homage and enchantment for a
modern day Cinderella. The story
book Cinderella had her career
nipped in the bud at midnight but
not so for this lucky lady to be.
Ope of the following named girls
will be crowned Queen of Nome:
Margaret Bjornstad, Jenny Sayers,
Vera Nelson, Vera Lonergan, Jane
Atcheson and Faye Carver.
Miss Clara Seifert, charming
young Queen for 1947, will place
the coveted crown on the new
ruler’s head. She will also intro
duce the Junior Queen and present
the prizes.
New prizes have been added for
the Queens. To date - here is the
list:- First prize, a beautiful en
graved trophy; Round-trip to Fair
banks; Framed enlarged color
portrait by Richter Photos, and
the choice of any suit in Vi’s Ap
parel Shop.
Sesond prize:- Engraved loving
cup; Round-trip to anywhere on
the Seward Peninsula; and any
evening dress in Vi’s Apparel
Shop.
Third prize:- Engraved loving
cup; and any afternoon dress in
Vi’s Apparel Shop.
The Junior Queen will receive
a made-to-order rabbit parka.
Holder of the lucky numbers
will win the following: 8-mm clip
loading movie camera; Radio
phono, Chairside model; Gibson
refrigerator; Easy Spindrier wash
ing machine; Biltwell overstuffed
davenport and chair; Philco deep
freezer; and Round trip ticket to
Seattle.
The winning tickets on the Jun
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Dr. J. B. Tucker
Says Army Will
Aid Nome Hospital
Dr. J. B. Tucker, who has been
in Anchorage since Monday meet
ing with army ^personnel and oth
ers in regard to supplies and equip-,
ment for the emergency hospital
states that he found army officials
most cooperative and interested
in our critical problem.
The list of necessary equip
ment and supplies submitted to
them by Dr. Tucker is being care
fuly checked against army in
voices by Capt. Lonero, who has;
been assigned to the job.
Lt. Col. Pervier, speaking for
General Twining, stated the army
would make available all supp
lies and equipment they could pro
vide.
Miss Helen Cass of the Red
Cross provided transportation for
Dr. Tucker throughout his stay in
Anchorage and through the Red1
Cross made contacts with the WAA.
where he was able to procure an
autoclave (sterilizer) and several
other of the necessary items.
Several items have not yet been
obtained but prospects are good,
and they should be along in the
very near future.
Soviet Orders
Inspection U.S. and
British Trains
.
BERLIN, —(/P) —The British
moved a freight train into Ber
lin today with supplies for Brit
ish occupation troops and the U.S.
Army issued orders for the move
ment of a similar train here with
American supplies.
The British announced their
freight had reached Berlin with
out undue trouble from the Sov
iet inspection regulations imposed
yesterday.
The American order for the
freight train was issued by Gen.
Lucius D. Clay’s command since
the Soviets imposed the inspection
regulations.”
While the Russians announced
that all incoming passenger trains
and outgoing passenger and freight
trains had to be inspected, their
new regulations on incoming
freight were vague.
Americans, refusing to submit
to Soviet inspection, resorted to
planes to bring in passengers and
freight.
U.S., British and French auther
ities protested the sudden Soviet
order for inspections, effective at
midnight Wednesday.
Gen. Clay, U.S. military gov
ernor, said the traffic stoppage
could not be broken immediately
without use of force.
British and American author
ities ordered their train command
ers not to yield to the Russian
order that all passengers and
freight entering the Soviet zone
be inspected at border control
points. The result was that four
east-bound passenger trains were
stopped at Marienborn, a Soviet
check point five miles east of the
| British zone boundary.
In Moscow, the communist news
paper Pravda declared “The part
ition of Germany has become a
completed fact.” It said the four
power allied control council had
ceased to exist as the governing
authority.
A Russian-licensed German
newspaper suggested the western
allies get out of Berlin. The
western powers have some 25,000
troops and civilians there. About
10,000 are Americans.
UNDATED International, by the
Associated Press, —The Russians
rejected western protests today on
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Suit Filed In Son’s
Death at Nome
SPOKANE, —(/P)—A $11,009.68
damage suit against the govern
ment as a result of the death of
4-year-old Fredric George Beach
in Nome, Alaska, is scheduled for
trial in federal court on Monday.
The plaintiff is Herbert Beach,
the boy’s father. He alleged in his
complaint that the child was killed
May 25, 1945 because of the neg
ligence of an army truck driver.
The boy was run over on the main
street on Nome.
The father asked $10,000 gen
eral damages and $1,009.08 for
funeral and transportation expen
ses.
Report Given At
Committee Meeting
On Hospital
The Emergency Hospital Com
mittee met at the City Hall last
night to hear a report of progress
on the project to date.
Carl Glavinovich, construction
supervisor, in charge of convert
ing the Native School building to
an emergency hospital, stated the
the painting would be finished
Friday and with the arrival of
linoleum, which will require about
two days for laying, the job of
reconstruction will be done.
Rewiring the building is com
pleted; fire exits added; parti
tioning for rooms and wards done;
necessary plumbing and heating
requirements installed; building
shored up and stairways repaired.
The estimated costs to date for
labor and materials is $4,800. The
finance committee reports monies
on hand is $4,025.00, with some
business firms and organizations
yet to be heard from, and some
pledges yet to be fulfilled. It is
hoped that donations continue as
there will be many incidental ex
penses to keep the building in con
dition, for which purpose the fund
will be used.
Should it become necessary for
the emergency hospital to function
1 through a winter, insulation to
many parts of the building, and
repairs to storm windows will
be required. In addition to this
expense, the materiels and equip
ment being loaned for the emer
gency will have to be dismantled
and returned following the term
ination of use of the building as
a hospital: This will entail a little
expense.
The committee asked that any
i and all interested persons aid in
making up the present $800 de
ficiency and assures that and re
serve will be used for improve
ment of the building.
Mr. Glavinovich told the com
mittee that all improvements to
date have increased the value of
the building for whatever fu’u-e
use Nome and its citizens decide
when it reverts to the City.
The committee expressed sin
cere appreciation for the coopera
tion of the Army and civilian per
sonnel of Nome Base, the U. S. R.
and Mining Company, and all who
have given time, labor, materials
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Alaska Statehood
Bill In Committee
WASHINGTON, — f/P) —Recog
nition of tribal rights of natives
was stricken tentatively from the
Alaska statehood bill yesterday
by a House territories subcommit
tee.
The amendment offered by Rep.
D’Ewart (R-Mont.) was accepted
by the majority of the committee.
Rep. Crawford <R-Mich.) chairman
said it will be formally adopted
by the full public lands committee
at a meeting next week.
The bill now authorizes the
state to recognize individual rights
of Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos’
but denies all recognition of tribal
rights.