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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. L. No. 80.’Nome, Alaska/ Monday, July 5, 1948.PER COPY 15<t
SAGA OF THE
“CUDBBERED
► TURKEY” ENDED
MA/RKS AIR FORCE BASE—The
body of 1st Lt. Albert C. Kinney
Jr., the young army doctor who
parachuted at night last Decem
ber into the frozen barren waste
lands, approximately 90 miles to
the north of Nome, Alaska, in an
attempt to lend aid to the stricken
crew members of the B-29 “Clob
bered Turkey” which crashed in
this vicinity, was found by an
arctic bush pilot.
John Choss, old timer in Alaska,
flying his Piper Cub located the
body from the air lying on the
tundra where the snows have
finally melted. Cross found the
body in the immediate area where
Air Force and civilian personnel
heve been searching.
Cross immediately flew to Cape
Espengerg where he enlisted the
help of two local Eskimos (names
unknown). He flew the natives to
within seven miles of the location
of the body, whence the natives
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FIREWORKS —
Off With A Bang —
Stillwater, Okla., — (JP) —Fire
works merchant Jimmy Hoke had
his Fourth of July two days early.
And no one can say that Still
water didn’t get a bang out of it—
firecrackers, roman candles, sky
rockets, pin wheels and all.
* It began—and ended—a few sec
onds after the hired boy at the
fireworks stand found he didn’t
have a knife to cut that heavy
piece of string around a bundle
of flashcrackers. He tried to burn
it through with a match.
But there were no strings at- j
tached to Hoke’s business—just
nice, fat, functioning fuses.
Union Leadder
Arrested In Big
Numbers
— I
DETROIT, —(/P)—A CIO com
mitteeman was under arrest as
suburban Dearborn police sought
to close in on a reported $5,000,000
a year numbers ring operated at
the big Rouge Plant of the Ford
Motor Company.
Police Chief Ralph Guy said
he may ask a Grand Jury in
vestigation of what he termed
widespread gambling in the plant.
He charged that the company’s
premature intervention in an un
dercover police investigation en
k abled many of the alleged reck
eteers to escape a carefully plan
ned net.
The company made no comment
to the charge.
* Chief Guy said a warrant charge
of bribery would be asked against
Edward Hester, 38, a plant com
mitteeman for the CIO United
Auto Workers.
SALMON PACK
FAR BELOW
PREVIOUS YEAR |
SEATTLE, — <i*P) —A decreased
Alaska salmon pack for June, com-;
pared with previous years, was
reported today by the Fish and
Wildlife Service.
The figures, however, covered.
only through June 26. The report- j
ed pack was approximately 40
per cent below the pack through
June 28 last year. It was 37 per
cent below the six-year average,
but most previous reports have
been for a two-to-four-day longer
period.
This year’s pack was listed at
156,987 cases through June 26.
Last year’s was 267,564 through
June 28 and the six-year aver
age approximately 253,000.
The Southeastern Alaska total
was 4,766 cases, compared with
3,867 last year. Most of the pack
was king salmon.
It was far below the 23,715-case
total of four years ago, when there
were early packs of both red and
; chum salmon.
Other district reports included:
Bristol Bay, 32,680 cases, no
reports last year but 58,144 in
1943; Central Alaska 116,368, com
pared with 263,166 last year.
Rubber Firm Ups
Tire Prices July 6
DAYTON, O., — (/P) —Increases
ranging from 4 1/2 to 6 per cent
on prices of passenger car and
truck tires were announced Sat
urday by the Dayton Rubber Co.
Irve Eisbrough, vice president
in charge of tire sales, said the
increases will be effective Tues
day. Reason for the boost, he said
was the increased cost of mater
ials and labor.
ARAB REPLY
Not Made Public
CAIRO, Egypt, — (/P) —The
Arabs handed to Count Folke
Bernadotte today their reply to
his proposals for a settlement of
the Palestine warfare. The reply
was not made public.
Arab spokesmen had said earlier
the seven nations warring upon
Israel would reject the suggestions
of Bernadotte, the United Nations
mediator.
- Bernadotte flew to this city to
day from Rhodes, where he has
been negotiating for an extension
of the current four-week truce.
In Tel Aviv the Israeli foreign
office announced the cabinet will
meet tomorrow to draft the Jewish
reply to Bernadotte’s proposals.
The four-week Palestine truce
is due to expire next Friday.
Coast Strike Threat
Gets Cool-off Order
Until September 2
SAN FRANCISCO, — UP) —A
“cooling off” injunction under the
Taft-Hartley Act Saturday ban
ned a tie-up of West Coast ship
ping at least until September 2.
Taking action similar to that
of East Coast courts, federal judge
George B. Harris Friday extended
a temporary restrainer for the
full 80-day period provided by
law. The temporary order, issued
June 14, had been extended once
before, for ten days and would
have expired July 4.
Judge Harris recognized the gov
ernment’s contention that a mari
time tie-up would imperil the
national health and safety. His
order called for both employers
and unions, whose strike origin
ally was scheduled for June 15,
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Communists Lose
In Finnish Election
A Poor Third
HELSINKI, — </P) —The Com
munist led popular Democrats, the
strongest party in the last par
liament, may be a poor third in
the new one, it appeared today.
With eight of 15 districts report
ed returns from the election of
Friday and the day before gave
the Social Democrats the most
I
i parliamentary seats — 55.
| The Agrarians, a center party,
ranked second with 52. The Popu
lar Democrats were behind them
' with 44 seats, seven less than the
parliament chosen in 1945. Par
liament has about 200 seats.
The leading Popular Democrat
: paper, Vapaa Sana, said a rever
sel of political power in Finland
; could not be risked by the Soviet
Union.
, The election was the first since
Finland signed a treaty of friend
ship and mutual assistance with
Russia in the spring.
In the old parliament, the Popu
lar Democrats had 51 seats, the
Social Democrats and Agrarians
i 48 each, the conservative rally 29,
[ Swedish People’s party 14 and
Progressives nine.
ODDFELLOWS PLAN FOR
DEPUTY GRAND MASTER
The I. O. O. F. held a regular
meeting last Friday evening to
discuss and begin planning for the
visitation of Deputy Grand Mas
ter Oliver Anderson of Spokane.
He is scheduled to arrive in
Nome on Friday, July 16, and
will remain here three days, leav
ing for Anchorage on the 19th.
The entire group at the meet
ing acting as a planning committee
discussed possible plans for en
tertainment as well as instruction.
Further plans will take place at
the regular meeting next Friday
evening.
Tugboat Uses Highway As Vanport Starts Repairs
A tugboat, pushing a barge loaded with telephone cables, uses a
route close to the highway at Vanport, Ore., to disgorge the load as work
starts in the flood-striken area to rastore telephone service to Portland
and Vancouver, Wash. (AP Wirephato)
4TH OF JULY
PROGRAM TO BE
IN SCHOOL GYM
Due to the unusually stormy
weather yesterday and today, the
program originally announced has
been changed as follows:
FORMAL PROGRAM
At 1:00 p.m. in the Territorial
School auditorium - with address
and music.
Children's parade and foot races
will follow the above program.
REFRESHMENTS
Ice Cream. Candy Bars., and
Balloons will be given to the kids
at the School building.
As much of the native sports
will be held in the auditorium as
possible.
FIREWORKS
Fireworks will be held outside
this evening as scheduled unless
the weather worsens.
DANCE
The American Legion Dance
will be held as scheduled in the
auditorium following the Fire
works Program.
IKE FOR PRES
IS CRY FROM
DEEP SOUTH
UNDATED POLITICS, — By
Jack Bell, — UP) —Senator Spark
man of Alabama said Saturday
that only a clear “No” from Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower now can
stop efforts to deliver the Demo
cratic presidential nomination to
the wartime commander,
Sparkman, who directed Demo
cratic speakers in the 1946 Con
gress campaign, told a reporter
in Washington he doesn’t know
whether Eisenhower would ac
cept the nomination if it is of
fered him.
But the Alabama Senator made
it plain that Southern Democrats
balking at President Truman’s
civil rights program will read fur
ther silence by Eisenhower as
willingness to have his name of
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Flood End Official
Waters Recede In
Columbia River
PORTLAND, — tjP) —Forty
five days from its start, the Colum
bia River flood will end here to
day.
The Weather Bureau forecast
that the river would get gack in
its banks at the 18-foot level then
for the first time since May 22.
That will be the official finale,
going into the books as the second
longest Pacific Northwest flood—
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