AIRLINES
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
A flight was made from Fair
banks yesterday bringing in a# ca
pacity load of perishables and
other Christmas freight. The plane
left this morning for Gambell
with Christmas freight and one
passenger, Joe Slwooko, and is ex
pected to return to Fairbanks this
afternoon.
An attempt was made to take
the Christmas Tree gifts sent by
the Chamber of Commerce of Seat
tle to Shishmaref but weather was
unfavorable. Another attempt will
be made today.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arvo Sarrio arrived on the Mon
day flight of the Alaska Airlines.
Floyd Swan will depart for An
chorage on the Alaska Airlines
flight today.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving with the Pan American
yesterday was Mr. Austin of the
C.A.A.
Departing for the States were
Hilky Robinson aftd H. W. Weid
man.
3600 pounds of Christmas mail
were received.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
. Jack Jefford, John Friedland,
Anchorage. C. O. Roberts, Solo
mon.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
AT CATHLOIC CHURCH
12:00 Midnight Mass Christmas
Eve.
9:00 a.m. Mass Christmas morning.
Rep. Martin
‘‘Repudiates''' Taft
.Anti-Inflation Bill
WASHINGTON. </P> — Senator
O’Mahoney (D.-Wyo.) contended
.yesterday two Republican law
makers have “repudiated'* the
claim of Senator Taft <R.-Ohio>
j that the GOP cost of living bill is
adequate to curb inflation,
j Taft has said that if President
I Truman signs the legislation now
before him the chief executive will
j have power to check “nearly all the
principal causes of inflation, if he
really wishes to do so.’’ The Ohio
Senator urged a slash in govern
ment spending as a supplementary
step.
O Mahoney, who fought the
Taft-sponsored measure as too
weak, told a reporter Taft’s stand
has been “repudiated and contra
dicted” by House Speaker Martin
and Senator Wilson (R.-Iowa.>
Senator O’Mahoney noted that
Martin has referred frequently to
the bill as the start of a Republi
can drive to cut prices and has
said “There are other steps to be
taken.”
N. C. STORE CLOSED
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
In appreciation of the fine co
operation of our employees during
the Christmas rush we are giving
them a two-day holiday. We'll be
open as usual Saturday morning.
N. C. STORE
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Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. 3. Dept, of
[ Commerce, Weather Bureau.
—
Wednesday, December 24, 1947
Forecast Nome: Deere a s i n g
i cloudiness tonight and cold. In
i creased northeast wind. Lowest
| temperature tonight —5, highest
temperature Thursday 5.
Mome data as of 7:30 p.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.02
inch. Total precipitation this
month 0.75 inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 3, lowest —7. .
Maximum wind last 24 hours 13
miles per hour from the north.
Sunrise at 10:04 a.m., sunset at
1:59 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
26, lowest 11.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —27 in
1923, highest 37 in 1935.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 3 Snow
Point Hope —3 Clear
Kotzebue 1 Snow
Shishmaref —8 Snow
Wales —13 Cloudy
Gambell —6 Snow
Nome 1 Snow
Unalakleet 4 Snow
Bethel —2 Snow
McGrath —1 Cloudy
Anchorage 31 Cloudy
Fairbanks —6 Partly Cloudy
Juneau 33 Cloudy
Whitehorse 21 Clear
Ketchikan 42 Cloudy
Edmonton 30 Partly Cloudy
Seattle 49 Partly Cloudy
Whisky Holiday
Ends Tonight
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The 60
day whisky-making holiday ends
at midnight tonight, leaving dis
tilleries free to use as much scarce
grain as they wish until the gov
ernment finds a way to intervene.
The situation is not expected
to prevail very long, however,
since intimates of President Tru
man say he is prepared to sign the
Jlepubl ican anti-inflation bill
which restores his wartime power
to ration grain for making liquor.
(Presidential press secretary
Charles G. Ross told a news con
ference today and the bill may “be
signed any day after Christmas.”
He added that “there will be a
statement with it!”
If so, the distillers may be lim
ited to 2.500,000 bushel.' of grain a
month—a figu e which secretary
of agriculture Ander'on has been
trying to persuade them to accept
voluntarily.
The 65 per cent of the industry
represented by the Distilled Spir
\ its Institute, while unwilling to go
all the way with Anderson, is
pledged to use only 45 per cent as
much grain as it consumed a year
ago.
The institute has asked the rest
, of the industry to follow suit. If
the formula were adopted, about
3,500,000 bushels a month would
be used.
The expiring 60-day holiday
was agreed upon by the industry
, in respjonse to an appeal by the
citizens food committee during ‘ts
campaign to save grain for Eu
rope.
CHARLOTTE BLOMFIELD
| ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT .
Charlotte Bloomfield has an
nounced her engagement to W. A.
McDaniel, a former Nomeite, in
,San Francisco. Both are Alaskans.
Halt Deportation
Proceedings
Against Greek
(Continued from Page One)
ceedings, Lie wired Austin:
“Would appreciate prompt con
sideration in conformity with
headquarters agreement.”
Lie’s action also was expected
to delay deportation proceedings
pending against an Indian corre
spondent accredited to the U. N.
Lie acted after receiving a mesr
sage from the Greek correspond
ent—Nicholas Kyriazidis — advis
ing that he was being detained at
Ellis Island for deportation “on
charges concerning only my po
litical affiliation.”
W. F. Watkins, district director
of the justice department’s immi
gration and naturalization service,
said Kyriazidis had been arrested
last Thursday under an immigra
tion warrant charging his “belief
and membership in and affiliation
with an organization advising, ad
vocating and teaching the over
throw by force and violence of the
government of the United States.”
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Chairman
Eaton (R.-N. J.) of the House for
eign affairs committee spoke out
today against any attempt by Re
publicans in Congress to write
their own version of long range
aid for Europe.
The administration’s Marshall
plan should be only the beginning
of efforts by this country to bring
j about economic recovery in 16
western European nations. Eaton
told newsmen.
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P)—A new
| contract with the San Francisco
| employing printers association
! gives 750 job printers a weekly
; wage boost of $10.50 beginning
[Jan. 1, with negotiations to con
tinue, on other matters. The agree
] ment was announced yesterday.
The International Typographical
Union is refusing to sign contracts
without closed shop provision.
The new weekly scale is $90.50 for
day work, $95.50 for night work
i for a week of 40 hours.
MUNZ AND KENNEDY
BAG TWO MOOSE
Bill Munz and Dr. M. Kennedy
had the good fortune of hunting
down two stray moose which have
been in the vicinity of Dexter all
summer. The two moose were
killed near Bluff and were re
ported to be very large animals.
i
NOME CITY COUNCIL
MET MONDAY NIGHT
Nome City Council met last
Monday evening and issued 11
liquor licenses.
The Rules and Regulations of
the Fire and Police department
were reviewed and will be brought
up again at the next regular meet
ing.
It was voted to attach a 5 per
cent penalty for delinquent taxes
and 6 per cent interest on same
BEN SHALLITT BECOMES
RECRUITING OFFICER
Reserve officer Lt. A. Ben Shal
litt formerly of Nome and now re
siding in Fairbanks has been ap
pointed Volunteer Reserve Re
cruiting Officer for the Navy. His
office is in the Federal bldg., in
Fairbanks.
J The Chinese Hung of Triad So
ciety has the largest membership
of any secret society in the world
and has existed since A. D. 386.
Founded to spread religion, the
organization later became politi
cal.
War-torn, Bloody
World Observes
Christmas Day
(Continued from Page One)
growing tendency toward insincer
ity” which he said the nations
were displaying in dealing with
one another.
The little town of Bethlehem,
the cradle of the Lord Jesus, was
an oasis of peace in a Holy Land
ripped by communal hatred and
and bloodshed. More than 300 per
l sons have been slain in Palestine
since Nov. 29, when the decision
was taken to split the land into
Arab and Jewish states.
Pilgrims flocked to the tiny hill
side town, where Christ was born
in a stable, for traditional relig
ious observances on the anniver
sary of His birth.
In London, King George VI sin
gled out British coal miners for
eight of 18 Christmas awards for
heroism, recalling instances ot
bravery in mine disasters of 1947.
In Spandau prison, Berlin,
bleak Christmas Eve services were
planned for Rudolf Hess, Karl
Doenitz, Erich Raeder Constantin
von Neurath, Albert Speer, Baldur
von Schirach and Walher Funk—
one-time Nazi bigwigs—sentenced
for war crimes at Nuernberg.
Travelers leaving Sydney for
San Francisco tonight and U. S.
sailors aboard a tanker out of
Honolulu will have two Christmas
days and will observe both. The
Australian Airways plane on
which the Sydney passengers
travel will cross the international
date-line, and the airline has ar
ranged to serve two Christmas
dinners. That’s the way it was on
the tanker Ashtabula, too.
Fire Destroys
Barracks
JUNEAU, (iT*) — Fire destroyed
the commissary, office and 12 bar
racks of the Juneau Spruce Cor
poration’s logging camp at Bar li
ner, on Edna Bay, yesterday, it
was learned here today. No injur
ies were reported but damage es
timates were placed at $30,000, in
cluding the .loss of $10,000 in .nip
plies.
Cause of the blaze, which start
ed in the commissary, was un
known.
The corporation’s craft, The Sa
trina, was being loaded here to:
day with supplies for the camp.
E. S. Hawkins, general man
ager, is now in Portland, Ore.
—
Government Bonds
Drop In Value
i NEW YORK, (/P)—Prices of U.
S. government bonds dropped
abruptly today as the federal re
, serve system apparently lowered
' the levels at which it has recently
supported the market.
The victory loan of 2Vfes of De
cember 1967-1972, a pivotal issue,
cracked % of a point to 100 Vi on
i the over-the-counter market. A
■ decline of that amount is compar
atively large for a federal issue.
I The federal reserve bank of
New York declined to reveal at
what levels support would be
forthcoming. A spokesman indi
cated that market action would
show the bank’s policy.
VESTA SHELDON
VISITS NEW YORK
Vesta Sheldom, former Nomeite,
visited New York recently and
sgw several former Nomeites, in
cluding Josephine Tripp and sis
ter.