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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCLTTED PRESS_
VOL. LI. No. 147 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949 Per Copy—loo
NEWS IN BRIEF
DALLAS, (/T) — Mr. and Mrs.
Rea B. Moseley are goiln * to court
to try to get some peace and quiet
— from neighbor kids.
They’ve filed suit for a tempor
ary injunction against eight neigh
bors, all with one or more chil
dren. A hearing has been set for
Dec. 28 in district court.
The couple says the children
have “destroyed the peace and
quiet of the neighborhood . . .
with horns, whistles, cowbells and
especially screaming at the top of
their lungs, in a manner not nor
mal to usual play by said chil
dren.”
SEATTLE, f/P) —• Washington’s
Japanese-American veterans will
be eligible for the state’s World
War II bonus.
Richard Setsuda, chairman of
the Nisei veterans committee, said
a letter from Lyle L. Iverson, as
sistant state attorney general, said
residence would be determined by
“intent” of the applicant.
Such a policy would permit
Nisei to collect the bonus if bona
fide residents of the state prior to
having been evacuated from the
area in 1942, regardless of the
place of their enlistment.
LONDON, (/P)—The Christmas
es are not so merry today. A burg
lar entered the flat of Mrs. Phyl
lis Christmas and stole the 14
pounds f$39.20> she had saved to
buy Christmas presents for Diana,
8, and Richard Christmas, 7. He
also took three pounds ($8.40> that
Diana and Richard had saved to
buy presents for their mother.
WALLACE, Idaho. UP) — Loca
tion notices were filed here Tues
day on a north Idaho gold claim
from which a specimen reportedly
ran 128.6 ounces of gold to the
ton. That amount of gold would
bring $4502 at the current market.
The claim, identified as the “Old
Lewis Sam Claim” 20 miles north
east of Avervn, Idaho, was filed'
by George Horine of Spokane.
He said the assay was made by
the Associated Laboratories in
Portland, Ore.
BALTIMORE, (/P) — Baseball’s
minor leagues voted against re
peal of ,their controversial bonus
rule today in a closed executive
session of the national association
of minor leagues.
Thirty-tow of the 59 leagues
were in favor of scuttling the
rule, but a three-fourths majority
—45 votes—was necessary to re
peal it.
Twenty-six leagues voted to re
tain the regulation. One league
passed its opportunity to vote.
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LOS ANGELES, UP) —Charles,
Janson, 56. janitor, has been
cleared of charges he sent post
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FINALS
Tomorrow night at 9:00 P.M.J
Charles O’Leary, newly elected
President of Igloo No. 1 Pioneers
of Alaska will, in behalf of that
organizaiton deliver the custom
ary Address of Welcome to the
guests who will assemble in the
school auditorium to participate
in celebrating the 41st Annual
Roof Garden. The committee in
charge of the floor and seating
arrangements would appreciate
the people arriving on time so as
not to cause unnecessary noise or
, confusion during the speaking and
the program that will follow. It
being apparent now from the in
terest manifested, that the audi
torium will be taxed to capacity.
| However, seats will be provided
for all and ushers will be on hand
to assist parents with children in
charge.
It is obvious that the people of
Nome realize the necessity of a
celebration of this kind to usher
in the winter social season. The
Pioneers, in keeping with their
traditional custom offers this op
portunity to the residents of the
community to meet together, ex
change greetings, get acquainted
with your neighbors, leaving your
business and professional troubles
at home. Relax, enjoy a whole
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Angus Ward Party
Reach Tientsin
TOKYO OP)—Freedom was just
a day or so away today for Angus
Ward and his staff from the Red
harassed U. S. consulate in com
munist Mukden.
The consul general and his
party arrived last night at the
communist north China port of
Tientsin. By train it had taken
nearly 27 hours to travel the 700
miles between Mukden and Tient
sin.
Rut it meant the end of nearly I
a year’s virtual imprisonment for
Ward in the Manchurian capital.
The consulate staff was in Muk
den when the Chinese Reds
marched in. Then it couldn’t get
out. The communists finally
agreed to “deport” the staff—but
not until after they forced Ward
to spend a month in jail on what
the state department called
“trumped up” charges.
State department officials here
received word from Tientsin
which indicated the entire group'
of 20 was well and that it encoun
tered no difficulties on the long
railroad journey. The arrivals
were housed in U. S. consulate
residences in Tientsin.
It still wasn’t certain exactly
when the party will board an
American ship—or ships—for the
long delayed voyage home.
Mrs. Thomas Will
Seek HnbbGs Job
As Representative
WASHINGTON, <AJ» — Rep. J.
Parnell Thomas got six to 18
months in jail and a $10,000 tine
today or cheating the government
by “padding” his office pay roll.
Immediately after the sentence
was pronounced, Thomas’ wife an
nounced:
“I intend to seek, the Congres
sional seat about to be vacated by
my husband.”
Mrs. Thomas told reporters her
husband's resignation is in the
mails.
Thomas is 54. His wife is a little
younger.
Federal Judge Alexander Holt
zoff gave on ear-burning lecture
to Thomas along with the jai
term and the fine.
He told the little man who sever
times was elected to the House as
a Republican from New Jersey
that he knew he had a good rec
ord in the first world war and had
done ’ much good work” in Con
gress as chairman of the House
un-American activities commit
tee.
But, the judge said sternly:
“These can’t properly be con
sidered mitigating circumstances.’
In fact, he said, as chairman o
a Congressional committee, Tho
mas “had a duty to set an example
of upright living.”
Holtzof concluded:
“J. Parnell Thomas, it is the
judgment of this court that you
be determined by the attorney
be imprisoned in an institution to
general for a term of not less than
six months and not than 18
months, that you be fined $10,000
and that you stand committed un
til the fine is paid.”
Thomas’ lawyer, William H.
Collins, had pleaded with the
judge not to punish the Congress
man by jail and fine.
Collins described Thomas as
“broken in body and spirt.”
Standing before Judge Holtzoff,
Thomas did, indeed, seem to bear
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GEORGE HITE ACQUIRES
NOME GRILL
Thursday afternoon, the U. S.
Marshal’s office sold at public
auction the real and personal
property known as the Nome
Grill, popular eating place which
was operated by Monte Ferguson,
now in the hospital in Anchorage,
and his partner A. E. Lord.
The only bidder on the property
was the Miners and Merchants
Bank, who bid was $18,500.00.
This morning is was announced
that George Hite, local contractor
would purchase the building from
the bank but no statement has
been made as to whether the
building would be used for a res
taurant or for some other business.
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TestiiN firidires
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Was (>onimimisl
SAN FRANCISCO, iA') — Two
more witnesses have testified
I Harry Bridges was active in the
communist party.
Bridges, CIO longshore leader,
! on trial in federal court for per
jury, is accused of falsely denying i
he was a communist at natural
ization proceedings in 1915.
Two of his waterfront aides,
1 Henry Schmidt and .1. R. Robert
son, are accused of conspiracy in
i connection with his obtaining
United States citizenship.
The witnesses are Mrs. Irene
Patti Harris. 63-year-old wife of a
■ longshoreman, and Stanley Benja
|min Harris, 41, of Erie, Pa.
They corroborated testimony of
a previous government witness,
John H. Schomaker, a former as
| sociate of Bridges.
Mrs. Harris said she was “flab
! bergasted” to hear Bridges say he
was a communist at a meeting she
attended in 1938.
She said:
! “Mr. Bridges, well, he made a
report on the waterfront, talked
about what the communist had
done. . . . Then he made a plea to
those there to become members
• and also stated he was a member
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Nationalists Move
Capital to Formosa
(By Spencer Moosa)
Chengtu, (/P)—The Nationalists
shifted their capital to Formosa
yesterday and virtually abandon
ed most of the mother country to
the Reds.
The sweeping move was decreed
by the cabinet. It could mean the
end of large scale warfare in
China after 22 hectic years.
Guerrilla forces were left be
hind to keep pecking at the Reds.
i hut the main Chinese force was in
I or headed for Sichang, behind Si
kang’s snow covered mountains,
ion Formosa, or Hainan Island,
300 miles southwest of British
Hong Kong.
Formosa is .Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-Shek’s stronghold which
has been armed and equipped for
a last-ditch stand against victori
ous Chinese communists.
The emergency cabinet session
also decided to make Sichang, in
Sikang province west of Chengtu.
j general headquarters for opera
tions on the mainland.
The cabinet accepted the resig
nation of Gen. Chang Chun from
the post of director of southwest
China headquarters. Gen. Ku Chu
Tung, was given this job in addi
tion to his present duties as chief
of staff.
Generals Hu Tsung-Nan and
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News of the World
At A Glance - - -
Thursday. December 8, 1949
Another former Bulgarian com
munist leader pleaded guilty to
day to anti-state activities before
a people's court in Sofia. But the
trial is not running true to form.
Yesterday the former No. 2 Bul
garian communist. Traieho Kos
tov, repudiated his confe si >n that
he spied for British intelligence,
worked for Premier Marshal Tito
of Yugoslavia and betrayed the
communists.
The retraction of Kostov, a
former deputy premier, reported
ly shocked the court. It looked
like the first time in history any
one had ever dared to change
their admission nto a denial in a
Soviet satellite spy trial.
The Kostov repudiation was re
ported by Peter Burchett, corre
spondent of the Londan Daily Fix
press and Tass, the official Rus
sian news agency.
The latest guilty plea was ut
tered by Nikola Nachev, a former
deputy construction minister. Al
together. 11 former leaders are on
tfial. All are charged with treason
and spying. Former finance min
ister Ivan Stefanov yesterday
pleaded guilty.
me inai is similar 10 one re
i cently held in Hungary, another
Soviet satellite nation.
A Yugoslav regime spokesman
said recently the trials are a Sov
iet attempt to build-a case against
the Tito government as a fore
runner of aggression. The spokes
man said the Bulgarian trials had
been postponed for awhile because
Kostov was not quite sure of his
lines of confession for the trial
about to be “staged.”
Acting President Li Tsung-Jen
of China arrived in New York for
treatment of a stomach and liver
ailment in a New York hospital.
In Moscow, the commun i s t
newspaper Pravda quipped that
>tomach and liver trouble is like
ly to become a fashionable disease
among Chinese nationalist leaders.
In Berlin. Otto Grotewohl,
prime minister of the Soviet-spon
sored East German government
was a serious illness. West Ger
man sources said he has had a
nervous breakdown.
Friday. December 9, 1949
A communist purge of “Titoists”
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Pioneer Roof Garden Tomorrow Nite
High School Gym Doors Open 8:00 P.M. Program 9:00 P.M.