Caviar Surplus
Not Top Grade
NEW YORK, (/P)—U. S. grain
and commodity exchanges weren’t
the only American markets upset
last week. There was sharp tre
mor in the caviar trade, too.
Pravda started the excitement.
The Soviet newspaper announced
Russia’s far eastern Khabarovsk
fisheries had produced over 4,500
tons of caviar during 1947.
Dealers in the aristocoat of all
hors d’oeuvres were shocked.
Heretofore, trade sources said,
limited Russian production had
held annual American imports to
a 100-ton maximum.
Telephones began to ring incess
antly in the New York offices of
the Romanoff Caviar company.
Romanoff is the world’s principal
packer of caviar and chief Ameri
can importer of the high grade
Russian “black sturgeon species.”
Currently, it retails here for $24 a
pound.
Apprehensive dealers in Boston,
Philadelphia, Chicago and other
distribution centers were calling.
What, they inquired anxiously,
would this huge yield do to the
American market? How would it
affect prices?
Romanoff officials hurried over
to the Amtorg Trading corpora
tion, the Soviet export-import
agency.
Cables to Moscow began to hum
with urgent inquiries.
Three days later came another
U.S.S.R. production note.
That 4,500-ton Kraba r o v s k
catch, explained Amtorg, consist
ed solely of “red” salmon caviar.
That’s a cheaper, proletariat va
riety of the white tie and tails
member of cocktail table delica
cies.
The trade breathed easier.
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Texas Marriage Not j
Legal In California
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (/P) —
Laraine Day and Leo Durocher
are going to be married again
soon.
They obtained a license here
Friday and, although neither
would say when the ceremony
will take place, it appeared cer
tain they would not delay the date '
beyond February 25, when Duro-1
chcr is due to leave for the Brook-!
lyn Dodgers’ training camp at;
Santa Domingo.
The baseball manager gave his
age as 42 on the marriage applica
tion and said he has been married
twice previously. Miss Day said
she is 27.
She and Duocher were married
in El Paso, Tex., in January, 1947,!
a day after her interlocutory di-i
vorce decree from James Ray
Hendricks, airport manager, was j
issued in California.
The Texas marriage was not •
recognized in California.
• -
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (/P>— j
Garrulous Leo Durocher of Brook- j
lyn and film actress Laraine Day!
are legally Mr. and Mrs. Durocher
in California today. They were
married for the second time last
night. Mormon Bishop William
Brown performed the ceremony
in the presence of relatives only.
California did not recognize the
couple’s marriage in El Paso, Tex.,
Jan. 21, 1947, immediately after
Miss Day had obtained a Mexican
divorce from Los Angeles airport
employee Ray Hendricks in Juar
ez. Laraine had obtained a Cali
fornia divorce the day before the
Juarez decree.
Mrs. Carl D. Anderson returned
to Nome over the week-end to
take up residence here. Mrs. An
derson made many friends when
here a year ago who are glad to
welcome her back again.
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BOY SCOUTS MAKE GOOD
AS CITY FATHERS
Boy Scout Troop 6(56 took over
the city on Saturday and accord
ing to Chief Brown and Scoutmas
ter Baker had a busy, eventful and
instructive day.
To start the day off the boys
sat in on the city court and wit-1
nessed the city magistrate, Carrie |
McLain, handle the following |
cases:
John Atoongak, drunk and dis-i
orderly, fined $20.00.
Oarfield Okitoon, drunk and
disorderly, fined $20.00.
Frank Okpealuk, drunk and dis
orderly, fined $20.00.
Then on a very special warrant:
C. W. Anderson was brought be
fore the court, having been arrest
ed by Max Gray, police chief for
the day, assisted by Garry Long
ley, assistant chief, with bail set
at $50.00, on a charge of publish-!
ing false statements in the Tattle
Tale was found guilty by City
Magistrate, Ralph Bingham, with
Frank Sheldon participating as
City Attorney. He pleaded not
guilty and requested a jury trial
which was set for a “later date.”
The fire department crew also
had a busy day with the following
boys taking part: John Hudert,
fire chief; Carl Smith, chief en
gineer, with Ray Miller assisting;
Logan Dowd as fireman, Gordon
Swanberg, checking fire calls, and
George Beltz in charge of the hy
draulic crew of David Bowen,
Clarence Willoya, Roy Luke, and
Herbert Kagoona.
Although the crew was not
called out to answer any alarms
they spent a very busy and inter
esting morning with Cheif Brown
who invited the boys for lunch.
When asked which they preferred
for lunch, oyster stew or spaghetti
and hamburger, they voted one
hundred per cent for spaghetti
and it is reported they did a good
job of cleaning up.
Sunday the following boys skied
to the scout camp at Dexter to
pick up equipment for the Father
and Son Banquet scheduled to be
held on Tuesday. The boys were
Ray Miller, Ralph Bingham,
Charles Castel, Max Gray, Gary
Longley, Carl Smith, George
Beltz, Frank Sheldon, Johnny
Beltz, John Hudert, David Bowen,
Logan Dowd, Gordon Swanberg.
Acting Mayor Scout Glen Ma
zen along with other duties even
found mail on his desk addressed
to Mayor Mazen.
The boys state that they wish to
thank the city officials for the co
operation shown to help make
their day a real success.
BOB LEDGERWOOD FUNERAL
LAST SATURDAY
The funeral of Bob Ledgerwood,
aged 93, was held Saturday after
noon at the Federated Church un
der the auspices of the Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Midnight Sun Rebekah lodge as
sisted by the pastor Rev. M. Day
and Music by Mrs. Luther Dunbar
and Robert Baldwin.
Mr. Ledgerwood was deeply in
terested in both orders, having
been a member for many years.
He was also an active member of
the Pioneers and will be hvssed at
their parties. The body will re
main at the Undertaking Parlor
until favorable weather makes it
possible for burial at Belmont
Point.
Pete Anderson was injured
while working on the thawing
project for the hotel founda
tion under construction back of
May’s Tavern and received burns
which fortunately were not too se
vere as Pete was able to be about
on Sunday.
Quadruplets
“Doing Just Fine**
LATROBE., Pa. (/!*)—'The Zava
da quadruplets—three girls and a
boy whose coming was forecast by
x-ray last November — entered
their second day of life today, ap
parently ‘‘doing just fine.”
The babies, not expected until
April, were delivered by Caesar
ean section yesterday to Mrs. Bar
bara Wagner Zavada, 26-year-old
wife of a metal works inspector.
The four infants, weighing a to
tal of 13V£ pounds, were born
within five mintes while their
father, Andrew. 35, mopped his
brow in a hospital waiting room.
Dr. J. Wiley Hartman, chief ob
stretician, who attended Mrs. Za
vada aided by four other doctors,
said the boy was delivered first,
Just 15 minutes after Mrs. Zavada
had been wheeled into the operat
ing room.
A half hour after their birth,
they were christened John Mich
ael, Bernadette Elizabeth, Barbara
Rose and Anna Mary.
Mrs. Zavada’s first husband,
Harold McBryer, was killed in
the Normandy invasion in 1944.
She married Zavada in August,
i 1946.
The Pioneer Women met Friday
I at the Igloo for an enjoyable eve
| ning of bingo. Winners were Mrs.
Hagen, Jones, Waldheim, Bald
win, Louise Walsh, Elizabeth
Walsh, Lewis, Grant, McLain and
Pat Walsh.
“Baby Shower”
LOS ANGELES, (A*) — Jerry
King, 26, a teleprinter operator,
wagered $6 on a $2 across-the
board hunch bet on "Baby Show
er” in the eighth race at Santa
Anita park.
Just about the time the race
i was being run yesterday, King’s
! wife Rne Jean, 21, gave birth to
an eight-pound boy at Monte Sano
hospital, the couple’s first child.
“Baby Shower” came home
first, paying $17.40 to win, $8.30
to place and $4.80 to show. King
collected $30.50.
N. J. Girl Dies In
Forgotten Well
RIVERSIDE N. J. OP)—Eleven
year-old Dorothy Kenney sank to
her death as the ground of a lawn
adjoining her home gave way be
neath her.
Her eight-year-old brother, Jo
seph, stood by helplessly yester
day as Dorothy struggled and
screamed for help. Dirt, ice and
slush piled on top of the girl as
j she disappeared from sight.
Her body was dug from a hid
den well by a fire rescue squad
two hours later. Police said ap
parently recent rains and snows
weakened the well covering of
leaves that had accumulated
through the years.
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