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VOL. LI. No. 135 _NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1949 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
HOUSTON, Alaska, (/?>—'Three
natives died late Tuesday from
drinking what the U. S. marshal’s
office said was apparently “a high
ly volatile alcoholic primer similar
to anti-freeze.”
A few hours after one had dmd,
an urgent message from an An
chorage doctor failed to save the
other two.
The victims were identified as i
Harry Chilligan, Jack Tanake and
Donna Nicoliskai. All lived in this
small settlement 57 miles north of
Anchorage on the Alaska Rail
road.
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WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman expressed the hope yes
terday that the United States can
get along with Russia.
He said he has always hoped
that their problems will be worked
out peaceably and continues to
hope that this can be done. And he
said the effort will be continued
through regular diplomatic chan
nels.
This was his view when he was
asked at his news conference about
the meeting of the foreign minis
ters in Paris.
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KODIAK, (/P)—A Kodiak-based
navy helicopter crashed at Afog
nak Island 10 miles from here late
Wednesday, shaking up the crew
and seriously injuring two navy
spectators.
The injured navy men were
identified as Jesse L. Allen arid
Dale A. Lynch. Hometowns were
withheld pending notification of
kin.
The ’copter pilot was Lt. (jg) 1
Henry M. Buerckholz, Chicago. He
was injured slightly, as were his
passengers, Gerald Reiper and E.
V. Hensen, both navy men.
WASHINGTON, </P)—President
Truman said in response to ques
tions yesterday that he knew of
no second atomic explosion in i
Russia.
The President was asked at a
news conference if he had any
evidence of another Soviet atomic
blast like the one he reported
Sept. 23.
He said there has not been an
other so far as he knows.
SEATTLE, f/P) — Bruce W.
Dedge, San Francisco, fuel super
. intendent for the Pacific-Alaska
division of Pan American World
Airways, is making an official trip
through the Pacific Northwest and
Alaska this week. He will study!
fueling problems in connection
with winter operations in Alaska.
SEATTLE, f/P)—Coming out of
layup for the first time since Oc
tober 19, the Alaska Steamship
company freighter Chief Washa
kie is scheduled to sail from Seat
tle tomorrow.
The Liberty Ship has been
equipped with two additional sets
of winches and booms at the after
end of No. 2 hatch to speed up
cargo work.
Northbound cargo includes 100 ;
sacks of drilling mud for the navy
at Toint Barrow. The special
earth, used in oil drilling, is from
Merced, Calif. It will be flown
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ANCHORAGE, f/P) — Amos E.
Heacock, president of the Inde
pendent Air Carriers conference
of America, caid Saturday he had
a relayed report of a promise by
President Truman that there will
be no “wholesale cuts" in non
schedule air service between Alas
ka and the States.
Heacock said the word came
from his Seattle office. He said the
office received it from Herb Hil-1
scher of the Alaska Development
board who said hp had been -ad
vised of it in a wire from Gover
nor Gruening. The governor was
in Washington, wheer he was re
ported to have spoken to the Pres
ident about the non-schedule air
service issue.
At the same time Heacock said
he had wired to Governor Gruen
ing an offer on behalf of the Inde
pendent air carriers serving An
chorage and Fairbanks to trans
port mail to those places for a dol
lar a year.
Heacock called it a “last ditch
fight” for the non-schedule carri
ers, and implied official discrim
ination in favor of the regular
schedule air lines.
He wired the governor that
“non-scheduled carriers can not
possibly continue to cope with in
creased harrassment and destruc
tive regulations of the Civil Aero
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Trap Fishers Plead
For Life At I
Seattle Hearings
SEATTLE, I7P)—The salmon in- j
dustry had its inning at a Con- j
gressional hearing Wednesday in
the lengthy controversy over pro
posed legislation to abolish Alas
kan fish traps.
Many of the witnesses, predom
inantly in opposition to the bill, j
described the traps as the “bal
ance wheel of the industry.”
A. W. Brindle of Ketchikan de
scribed the measure, H. R. 1515, as
“vicious legislation which threat
ens our very life.”
He said traps balance the sup- j
ply of fish in that cannery capa
city is limited and trap-caught
fish can be held until seine fish
are processed. Fish caught by
seiners must be processed almost,
immediately, he contended,
Both Brindle and Fred Gunder
son of Wrangell argued that traps
promote “real, true conservation,”
in that they are not destructive of
other fish.
"All the stuff you hear about
traps being great killers is a lot of
poppycock,” Gunderson asserted.
He testified that traps seldom
snare a halibut and only a few
flounders.
Elimination of traps would force
independent trap operators out of
business with heavy financial loss
and would tend to monopolize the
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into Barrow after being unloaded.
Capt. P. R. “Blackie” Selig is
master of the Washakie.
ITimian \\ ill Not
Permit Raise In
Price Of Gold
WASHINGTON, (JP)— President
Truman said yesterday there will
be no change in the value of gold
as long as he is President.
The President replied with what
he described as a categorical“No”
when he was asked if anyone in
the administration was giving con
sideration to raising the price of
gold as a means of reducing the
national debt.
Any sqch action would have to
take the form of a recommenda
tion to Congress.
The answer to the question. Mr.
Truman asserted, is a categorical
no. As long as he is President of
the United States, he said, the
value of gold is fixed.
The $35 an ounce U. S. price for
gold have been in effect since Jan
uary, 1935.
It was set when President
Roosevelt “revalued” the paper
dollar by lifting the government’s
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Airman Parachutes
To Death
CONDON, Ore. </P)—One naval
airman parachuted to his death
as a four-engined plane crash
landed in a wheat field north of
here Wednesday night.
The six others aboard the navy
Privateer were safe. Two para
chuted and four rode the plane
down.
A sheriff’s searching pa r t y
found the body of the victim at
dawn yesterday. Members report
ed at the nearby Louie Barnett
ranch that he was killed by a blow
on the head in landing. He was not
named pending notification of
next of kin.
The plane, on a training flight
from Whidby Island naval air
station on Puget Sound, was forc
ed down by icing, the CAA report
ed.
Armistice Day
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Hie Nation
•By The Associated Press'
Tiie nation’s top military lend
ers today urged Americans to
keep their armed forces powerful
and thus help avoid a third world
war.
They spoke at Armistice Day 1
observances across the nation, as '
: the world marked the 31st anni
versary of the close of World War
j I—the “war to end wars.”
Secretary of defense Johnson
set the tone with a speech at St.
Louis in which he declared that
“weakness breeds war, and that
{strength commands respect and
discourages war.”
In a talk at Greenville, N. C.,
secretary of the army Gray placed
! the probable ultimate cost to this
I country of World War II at one
trillion dollars, and added that the
United States must stay strong to
avoid future conflict.
Secretary of Air Symington
; weighed the cost of the second
world war in terms of men and re
sources, as well as dollars, and
said “we must do everything in
our power to prevent recurrences
of those international disasters
| called ‘World Wars’.”
There were similar expressions
from other leaders in government,
, the military and civic affairs.
President Truman, who was due
to address the national conference
of Christians and Jews during the
afternoon, led Americans in ob
servance of the holiday with the
traditional Presidential tribute—a
wreath on the Tomb of the Un
known Soldier at Arlington Na
tional cemetery.
Speaking in nearby Arlington
Amphitheater, George N. Craig,
national commander of the Ameri
can Legion, declared that the na
tion is observing Armistice Day
this year “within the dark sha
dow” of the atomic bomb.
One reason, he said, is that the
United States and other nations
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KEEP HIM BEHIND lit
News of the Wor i<i
At A Glance - - -
Thursday. November 10. 1949
(By The Associated Press'
The conservative government of
Co lumbia has suspended all ses
sions of the liberal-dominated
Congress and imposed a nation
wide state of siege.
Censorship of press and radio
were -also ordered by conservative
President Mariano Ospina Perez.
The government contended it
acted because of official informa
tion it has recevied in the past
several days about grave disorders
: nseveral parts of the country.
Newspapers said hundreds had
been killed.
‘“Public order i en : nf’orod,” it
| said.
Elections are scheduled for Nov.
27. The conservatice presidential
! candidate is Laureano Gomez. Lib
eral leaders last night reiterated
they would not recognize the re
sult of the election. They threat
ened to push through a four-man
provisional government to replace
President Ospina.
Troops cordoned off Colombia’s
parliament building and moved to
strategic spots throughout the na
tion.
Foreign ministers of the United
States, Britain and France meet
■ ing in Paris reported ‘“satisfactory
progress” in yesterday’s talks on
Germany. The Big Three were said
to have reached agreement that
most dismantling of German in
dustry should stop.
Informed sources said the for
eign ministers agreed that the
west-sponsored Bonn government
should be admitted as an associate
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Krug Resigns As
Secretary Of
The Interior
(By Vern Haugland)
WASHINGTON, (JP)—President
Truman today accepted the resig
nation of Secretary of the Interior
Julius Krug and chose Undersec
retary Oscar L. Chapman to suc
ceed him.
The cabinet shift is to be effec
tive Dec. 1.
Presidential press secre t a r y
Charles G. Ross announced the
President’s action. He would not
say why Krug is quitting.
When asked about that, Ross
sai dthat an exchange of letters
between the President and Krug
would be made public, later in the
day.
Both Chapman, and secretary of
agriculture Brar.nan are from
Denver, Colorado.
Once intimate friends. Krug and
the President apparently have not
been on the best of terms recent
ly.
There was some evidence of this
at the news conference Mr. Tru
man held yesterday, several hours
before Krug’s resignation.
Asked about differences with
Krug, and particularly whether
he had written the cabinet officer
a strong letter about reclamation
policy, the President declined
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