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Nome, Alaska, Monday, January 28, 1952
"DRAFT” ANIMAL
ON TELEVISING CONGRESS
A member of the 82nd Congress has proposed that
Congressional sessions be televised, so that the public
could see exactly what was happening in Congress. He
is Jacob K. Javits, New York Republican.
Javits believes the test of a democracy is the ex
tent to which the people participate in their own gov
ernment, and he sees in television a new method of in
creasing participation of the average citizen. He also
sees in the new medium a way to educate the average
voter and increase his interest and knowledge of gov
ernment.
Javits cites the Kefauver crime committee hear
ings as a major point in his argument. The impact of
the crime committee hearings in New York was tre
mendous, surprising even those who conducted the
hearing, and Javits believes the lesson learned in that
probe could be translated into a broad program, cover
ing television of the entire Congress.
Wthdrawal of McMahon
Narrows Democrat Field
To Truman and Kefauver
By Edwin Haakinson
WASHINGTON, (ff) — Demo
crats who want President Truman
to run again said Saturday their
cause had been strengthened by
the surprising withdrawal of Sen
ator McMahon (D-Conn) from the
Illinois presidential primary.
Some Capitol Hill associates of
Mr. Truman hoped the McMahon
move might quicken a definite
announcement by the president.
But this was uncertain.
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee
was left as the only Democratic
presidential entry for that April
8 primary.
Both Kefauver and Senator
Douglas (D-I11\ indicated sur
prised regret at McMahon’s with
drawal. They agreed this would
diminish importance of and in
terest in the Illinois primary.
Some of Mr. Truman’s backers,
who asked that their names not
<be used, pointed out that the Illi
nois preferential primary is “a
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2 AIRLIFT CRASH VICTIMS
WASHED UP ON BEACH
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., (/P)—
The body of Pilot John Pfaffinger,
Silver Lake, Wash., and an un
identified person, were washed up
on the beach Friday near the
scene of the Korean airlift plane
crash of Jan. 18 in the Queen
Charlotte Islands near Sandspit
Airfield.
Forty-three persons were aboard
the plane. Seven survived, 14 bod
ies have been recovered and 22
persons are still missing.
gates are not bound by it.”
They said the 60 Illinois dele
gates will not be required to vote
for Senator Kefauver at the Dem
ocratic national convention. And,
they added, an announcement by
President Truman prior to or even
after the rimary April 8 might
produce surprising results.
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Meanwhile, Senator Taft con
tinued his energetic drive for sup
port at the Republican conven
tion. He spoke in New York City
Friday night and plans to fly to
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MARINES IN
JUNK BUSINESS
AP Newsfeatures
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. —
United States Marines are in the
junk business here — a sideline
Sergeant inspects scrap
to their fighting profession.
They also let out land, for
farming and grazing.
The combined program, camp
headquarters of Maj. Gen. Oliver
P. Smith estimates, has saved the
government more than two mil
lion dollars in a year.
Everything from worn out type
writers to damaged mess tables
goes into the junk pile.
The camp supply depot also sal
vages grease and renders fat for
cooking purposes—161,000 pounds
a year at an estimated value of
$32,226.
Approximately 5,500 acres of
the camp’s 125,000 acres are
leased to farmers or stock grazers,
with a total revenue of $213,856
per year.
The scrap pile has brought a
cash total of $133,372. Reclaimed
items were valued at $1,699,922.
Home and Business Sites
Made Available In Alaska
Chugach National Forest
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of the Interior Chapman has made
about 76,000 acres of the Chu
gach National Forest in Alaska
available for home and business
sites.
He said the action is part of a
cooperative effort by the Bureau
of Land Management and the U.S.
Forest Service to encourage set
tlement and development in fa
vorable areas along the Anchor
age to Seward highway.
The lands extend for 19 miles
along the north shores of Turn
again Arm on the south flank of
the Chugach Mountains.
Jack Whaley, manager of Wien
Alaska Airlines, who has just re
turned from a vacation in Hono
lulu is here on a business trip.
His family is still in Seattle
where his daughter, Corky, is in
the hospital.
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Girl Teams Matched
In Last Friday Basketball
By Herb Williams
Local fans were again treated
to two fine games at the high
school gym last Friday as the
Alumnae Girls beat the High
School Girls 39-16 and the Nome
Nanooks trounced the CAP 51-20.
In the preliminary game, the
spectacular shooting of Beatrice
Lee with 23 points paced the win
ners. After a tight first half which
found the Alumni leading 14-10,
the winners broke the game open
in the second half and romped to
victory.
The High School boys had their
shooting eyes on in the second
game and rolled over the Patrol
as Clarence Willoya hit for 18
points. Elmer Green was high for
the losers with 9. The CAP was
held scoreless in the first quarter.
Games tonight at the base gym
at 7, the Community Church vs.
the 32nd Det, followed at 8:15 by
Grayson’s Hustlers meeting the
Army Five.
Tuesday’s games at the high
school, the Nanooks tangle with
the Blue Devils and the CAP
against 142nd Radar.
Ed Wagnon and Alma Fitch
were united in matrimony Fri
day afternoon by the U. S. Com
missioner, Russell Arnett.
Mr. Wagnon is employed by
the Bering Sea Club and Mrs.
Wagnon has been operating the
Snack Bar at the Board of Trade.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Winona Ashenfelter,
Edna Aukon.
Discharged: Dennis Erickson.
Cable Car Planned
To Top of Mt. Fuji
TOKYO, (/P)—It’s a long, hard
climb to the top of Mt. Fuji—
Japan’s sacred mountain. Some
enterprising Japanese business
men would like to pick up a few
million yen operating a cable car
for tourists to the summit.
Theres plenty off opposition.
Followers of the Shinto faith
must worship at the top of 12,425
foot Mt. Fuji once before they die.
Riding up would be sacrilege.
The Japan Nature Protection
Association circulated pamphlets
arguing “mountain climbers build
character through hardships.”
The government transportation
ministry is studying blueprints.
“Flying Boxcar” Crashes
And Explodes In
German Village
RAUNHEIM, Germany, (/P)—A
blazing American “Flying Box
car”—abandoned by its five crew
men in mid-air—exploded like a
bomb in this village Monday and
killed three Germans.
The burning C-82 struck the
roof of a small two-family house
near the railway station. With a
great roar, wreckage scattered for
200 yards and set other dwellings
afire.
The plane was reported flying
in a formation of 12 C-82s when
it caught fire five miles west of
its base at Rhine - Main, near
Frankfurt.
The five crewmen bailed out
from a hazardous low altitude. All
landed safely.
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than Vladivostok, Russia.
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