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* _OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. L. No. 137NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1948PER COPY—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
WOODSTOCK, Ont., (VP)—The
mayor of Woodstock will hand out
$5 to each baby born here the
same day as Princess Elizabeth’s
child. Mayor Thomson said he
took his cue from the Lord Mayor
of London who announced he will
give funds to each child born that
day.
Woodstock has a population of
about 15,000.
* WASHINGTON (/P)—Charles A.
Lindberg is making a new study of
an aerial route he helped pioneer
before the war—the Alaska air
way to the Orient .
The air force announced Friday
night that Lindbergh was on his
way to the Arctic outpost to sur
. vey its operations there. He re
cently completed a tour of airforce
bases in the United States.
Lindbergh, who serves as a spe
p cial consultant for the air force,
made several wartime plane test
ing missions in the Pacific.
SEATTLE, </P)—A Pan Ameri
• can Airways plane was scheduled
to take off from Honolulu at 7:30
p.m. tonight on the line’s first
proving flight to the Pacific North
west. Regular service will be in
augurated Nov. 24.
The Pathfinder transport is ex
pected to reach Portland at 9:45
a.m. tomorrow. The flight will be
under the command of Capt.
Ralph Savory, chief pilot for Pan
Am’s Alaska region, company
headquarters announced.
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PORTLAND, Me., (/P)—1The na
4 tional Grange convention was
asked by one of its committees to
day to favor statehood for Alaska.
The request was made in a resolu- I
tion to be voted upon later this |
week. ,
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JUNEAU, (iP) — The body of
* Wort Newman, old time Juneau
resident, was found in the woods
on Douglas Island yesterday. He
had been missing since January.
Newman is believed to have
wandered off and died alone. Offi
cers said there was no indication
of foul play. Laundry marks on
remnants of clothing provided
identification.
A daughter, Mona Parker, lives I
•in San Francisco.
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SEATTLE <#*)—A union spokes
man said today that Bellingham
and Seattle machinists employed
in the Alaska salmon-canning in
dustry will vote Nov. 27 on whe- j
ther to reopen their contract with <
^mployers.
ATHENS, (;P) — The leader of
the Populist party, largest in the
Greek paliament, said last night
he was attempting to form a new
government.
Constantin Tsaldaris, Populist
leader, said his new cabinet would
not include former Premier The
mistokles Sophoulin who resigned
Friday.
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NEW YORK (JP)—Federal judge
>Harold R. Medina today postponed
until Wednesday the setting of a j
trial date for 12 top communist
party leaders. The trial originally
was scheduled for today, but last
U. N. Plan To
Demilitarize
Negev Desert
PARIS, (yP)—A security council
committee approved Saturday a
plan apparently intended to de
militarize virtually all of south
ern Palestine’s Negev Desert.
The United States, Britain,
China, France, Belgium and Co
' lombia supported the plan, sub
mitted by acting mediator, Dr.
Ralph J. Bunche. Russia abstain
ed.
The Negev Desert, originally as
■ signed to the Jews under the U. N.
! partition plan of a year agQ, has
been the scene recently of fighting
which resulted in Israeli victories
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over the Egyptians. Count Folke
Bernadotte, the assassinated medi
i ator, recommended before his
death that the Negev be given to
Arab Palestine.
Dr. Philip C. Jessup of the
United States was the first mem
ber of the seven-nation committee
to express his approval of today’s
Bunche plan.
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Internation’l News
At A Glance ™
<By The Associated Press)
Saturday, November 12, 1948
Communist artillery shelled the
government airfield five miles
east of Suchow tonight, unofficial
reports said, as fierce fighting for
the central China city roared into
its fourth night.
The Chinese government hurled
its air strength into the great Su
chow battle—a vast struggle
across the flats and chocolate wa
ters of the Grand Canal that may
decide the fate of Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek’s regime.
On the other side of the world,
the President of the U. N. Assem
bly and the U. N. secretary-gen
eral appealed to the chief execu
tives of Russia, The United States,
Britain and France to settle the
touchy Berlin crisis. It was a move !
unprecedented in U. N. history. |
The battle in China involved
more than 1,000,000 government
and Chinese communist troops.
Both sides claimed a margin of
victory. Each charged the other
had suffered huge losses in men
and materiel.
cninese government sources
said the Reds had been stopped
cold west of Suchow. The com
munists claimed their troops had
scored gains north, east and west
of Suchow and that other Red
forces have by-passed the whole
field of battle and were moving
cautiously toward the Yangtze
river, which skirts Nanking.
In Washington both Democrats
and Republicans shied away from
a suggestion by Senator Bridges
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week the defense asked postpone
ment for 90 days because of the
illness ol William Z. Foster, a de
fendant and national party chair
man.
Government counsel at that
time objected to a delay of more
than 30 days.
Statehood Dehate
Bring Out Many
Interesting Points
Sunday evening at nine o’clock
most radios in town tuned in on
WXLN for a fine debate on State
hood.
Sgt. John Mock,'' WXLN an
nouncer and mediator for the de
bate announced that the debate
was a contribution of the Nome
Rotary Club to the community.
John McNees, past president of
Rotary, taking the affirmative
sta ed definite facts that Alaska
was ready to assume its responsi
bilities, as its maturity has been
reached and it needs statehood as
much as the U.' S. needs it as a
State. He stated that self govern
ment is always better than govern
mental control from a great dis
tance and the Alaska citizens are
ready as government of, by and
for, the people cannot be achieved
without Statehood.
I
rie empnasizea mat lerrnoriai
powers granted Alaska can be
; taken away at any time and Con
j gress can veto any legislative act
i of the Territory as matters now
stand. He showed how 12 States in
the Union had less population
j than we have and only thirteen
! had more, when admitted to the
Union; and also pointed out that
migration always follows state
hood so increased population is to
be expected; also that Territorial
impotence is costly to Alaska to
the amount of millions annually.
He stated that forces opposed to
statehood know that it will be
achieved eventually but are delay
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Marshall Has No
Resignation Plans
PARIS, (/P)—U. S. secretary of
state George C. Marshall said Sat
urday he has made no definite
plans to resign.
In a statement given to report
ers by the American delegation to
the United Nations Marshall said:
“I note in this morning’s press
a statement alleging that I still
cling to my original intention to
resign from the cabinet by Jan. 20.
I regret that my remarks at the
press conference yesterday have
been misconstrued. I thought I had
made it obvious that I would
never take a decision of this na
ture without discussing it with
the President, and that he and I
have never discussed the matter.”
Two Dead In Army
C-45 Crash
ATTICA, Ind. (A5)—An army
C-45 crashed in open country
southeast of here early Saturday,
and at least two men are believed
dead.
State police said the plane was
so badly damaged that immediate
identification of those dead prob
bly would be difficult.
The light twin-engine transport
took off from Chanute Field, 111.,
at 1:45 a.m. and the crash is be
lieved to have occurred a few
minutes later. i
Royal Son Born To
Princess Elizabeth
And Prince Philip
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(By Tom Williams)
LONDON, (yP) — Joyous Britain
roared a welcome today to the tiny
Prince of Edinburgh, first born of
' beloved Princess Elizabeth. He
probably will be England’s next
king.
The “Bonny Lad,” as Bucking
ham Palace attendants called him,
weighed seven pounds, six ounces
at birth Sunday at 9:15 p.m. <4:14
p.m. EST>. Elizabeth, heiress-pre
’sumptive to the throne and her
son, who became second in line,
! both were declared in satisfactory
| condtion.
The U. S. warships Columbus
! and Hamul joined British naval
| craft at Plymouth in firing a 41
jgun salute to the royal child.
The Royal Horse Artillery, King
George’s own troops, wheeled six
guns into Hyde Park and fired tu
multuous rounds in honor of the
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Railroad Unions
Settle Their
Wage Disputes
CHICAGO, OP) — The nation’s
railroads and three operating un
ions have settled their third round
wage dispute.
The some 125,000 union mem
bers—engineers, firemen, switch
men—accepted a pay raise of 10
cent san hour, retroactive to Oct.
16. The boost in their weekly sal
ary checks will cost the carriers
an estimated $40,000,000 a year.
A similar wage hike was ac
cepted by two other operating un
ions—conductors and trainmen—
last Oct. 4. At that time the rail
roads estimated the pay raise to
the 175,000 workers would cost
them $55,665,000 annually.
There was talk in rail circles
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Truman Hints He
Won’t Run Again
WASHINGTON, (£>)—President
Truman’s post-election hint he is
not going to run again has plowed
the field for a new crop of Demo- i
cratic Presidential contenders.
With four years in which to
make a record, two new Demo
cratic mid-western governors may
give veteran party leaders a hot
race for the 1952 nomination.
They are Adlai E. Stevenson,
who won a smashing victory in
the politically important state of
Illinois, and Frank J. Lausche,
who takes over again in Ohio after
a two-year lapse while the Repub
licans were in control. Lausche
had to buck the regular Demo
cratic state organization to get the
nomination.
Two other new Democratic gov
ernors may be heard from around
party convention time four years
from now—Chester Bowles of
Connecticut and Paul Dever of
Massachusetts. But they aren’t as
well placed geographically as Ste
venson and Lausche.
Hoj >e For Lasting
Maritime Peace
After Settlement
SAN FRANCISCO, UP)—Nego
tiators announced today they had
taken steps to make peace last
once the 75-day west coast mari
time strike is settled.
•‘Definite progress” in talks tow
ard new’ contracts was reported by
representatives of the waterfront
employers’ association and the
CIO longshoremen.
The post-sirike peace plan calls
for revised arbitration machinery
to remove causes of work stop
pages by settling disputes on the
: local level wherever possible, a
, joint statement by the association
and union said.
Optimism prevailed among
those attending week-end confer
! ences seeking to end a walkout
w’hich has paralyzed most of the
coast’s shipping.
Some 28,000 workers are out in
the strike involving five unions
and tying up about 250 of the 375
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Defense Dept.
Confirms Shipment
Of Arms To China
• By The Associated Press)
Five thousand tons of small
arms ammunition were on their
way Saturday from the United
States to beleaguered Chinese
government forces and another
5,000 tons of explosives were beinjf
loaded aboard a Canadian freigh
ter at Vancouver, B. C.
The Canadian shipment also
was reported to include 30 Mos
quito bombers, although an an
nouncement from Shanghai today
said the Chinese nationalist air
force had abandoned use of the
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Late Storm Hits
Pacific Northwest
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SEATTLE, i/P)—Residents of the
Pacific Northwest repaired dam
age today along the trail of a late
autumn storm which blew in from
the north Pacific to shake this re
gion till its teeth rattled.
Winds clocked at 50 to 60 miles
yesterday set off land-slides, rip
ped out power lines, felled trees,
damaged planes and claimed the
life of a California woman.
Mrs. Alice Edna Griffith, 48, of
Thornton, Calif., was crushed by a
gale-toppled fir tree near Oak
ridge, Ore.
Mile-a-minute winds and rain
loosened Angel Rock near Port Al
berni, on Vancouver Island, and
spilled several tons of rock and
dirt across the Port Alberni-Na
naimo highway.
At Hoquiam, Wash., gusts
reached the speed of 80 miles an
hour, and then started to blow in
earnest. Two light planes were
yanked from their moorings, flip
ped on their backs and wrecked.
Commercial airlines reported
they did not cancel any flights,
but were finding it difficult to
maintain regular schedules.