™£ NOME NUGGET
_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. XLIX. No" 93. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1947 PER COPY — 15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
|
PITTSBURGH, t^P)—The death
toll has risen to six in a fire and
explosion at the Carbon plant of
the Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical
Co., on Neville Island.
A volunteer fireman and one
other man were hurt while 13 men
working near the scene of the
blast yesterday escaped unhurt.
SHANGHAI, i/P)—Chinese mili
tary police today announced the
arrest of a dozen kidnapers of a
wealthy Chinese couple, and said
the gang had demanded as ranson
22V^ tons of rice “of the best qual
ity” and 12 carbines. The couple
still has not been found.
DANVILLE, 111. (/P)—A fourth
youth died today from burns re
ceived early yesterday when a
backyard clubhouse was destroyed
by a series of explosions and fire.
Paul Phelps, 17, of nearby Til
ton, was the fourth fatality. The
others, charred beyond recogni
tion, were Paul’s brother. Howard,
16; Harry Culp, 18, and Lohn L.
Hinner, 17. all residents of Tilton,
a small village two miles south
west of Davillle. The tragedy oc
curred in Tilton.
ANCHORAGE, </P)—'The second
half of a home-and-home baseball
series with the Fairbanks All-Stars
this week end was postponed due
to rain and wet grounds. New
playing dates will be announced
lSter. Anchorage leads 2 to 1 in
the annual six-game series.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. (/P>—
Honeymooners visit Niagara Falls
in vehicles of all vintages, sizes
and shapes. Parking attendants
said a honeymoon pair showed up
in a cement mixer.
AMHERST, Mass. (£>) — The
next time you bump into a door
the result is occymosis of the con
junctive and the peciorbital cutic
ular tissues, which the Univerity
of Massachusetts extension service
says is the proper name for a com-1
mon black eye. t
SEATTLE, (/Pi—Alaska Steam
ship company officials reported
today that a sudden summer
storm has brought loading of
canned salmon aboard five vessels j
to a standstill at Bristol Bay. The
freighters are expected to be de
layed at least three days by the
unusual weather conditions.
The freighter Victoria arrived'
in Seattle Friday with 70,000!
cases of canned salmon from
Prince William Sound points.
LIBERAL, Kas. (/P)—L. M. Mc
Donnell, mayor of Ketchikan, Alas
ka, for the past three years, has
applied for the position of city
manager here, mayor Joe Pittman
reported today.
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—The housing
shortage apparently is more acute
than people realized.
Frank Mapleton, a mortician,
reported the theft of a six-foot
six-inch wicker basket, just about
the right size to sleep one man in
moderate comfort if he weren’t
too restless.
United Nations
Victorious In
Indonesia
BATAVIA, Java. UP)—'The In
donesian Republic joined the
Dutch tonight in announcing a
cease-fire order to troops, stopping
the hostilities in Indonesia and
giving the United Nations its first
big victory for peace.
A Republican reply to the U. N.
security councils demand for a halt
to the 15-day war said the Repub
lic was issuing a cease-fire to all
troops tonight. The announcement
was broadcast from Jogjakarta
shortly fater 8 p.m. The Dutch had
•’nnounced Sunday a cease-fire ef
fective this midnight. Dutch ad
vances had halted even before the
deadline.
Jogjakarta announced plans for
a midnight broadcast by President
Soekarno in his capacity as com
mander in chief of troops.
The Republican governm e n t
asked the security council to ap
point an impartial committee to
supervise enforcement of the
cease-fire. It said Dutch military
operations had cut communica
tions in numerous places, leading
to difficulties in enforcing the or
der on the Republican side, and
asked that the world take this into
consideration.
A Dutch spokesman said most
Netherlands units were already
pulled up. Several hours before
the midnight deadline. There was
almost no activity today at Se
marang which had been the Dutch
troops’ expected jumping-off place
for an attack toward Jogjakarta.
The United Nations security
council last Friday called upon
both sides to cease fighting.
In statements yesterday the In
donesians said they were “will
ing” to cease hostilties. but that a
truce could be carried out effec
tively onyl if the Dutch withdrew
to demarcation lines established
last ctober. There was no indica
tion of Dutch agreement to this.!
Britain Makes
Plans For
Economic Survival
LONDON, (/P)—Prime Minister
Attlee met with his top cabinet
ministers today to put the finish
ing touches to the plan to battle
for Britain’s economic survival.
“Crisis” talks — how to tackle
the economic situation caused by
the rapid drain of the nation’s dol
lar credits—went on at No. 10
Downing Street throughout the
day.
A special economic cabinet in
cluding Attlee, foreign secretary
Ernest Bevin chancellor of the ex
chequer High Dalton, Lord presi
dent of the council Herbert Mor
rison, and board of trade Presi
dent Sir Stafford Cripps, is doing
most of the work. It will report to
a full meeting of the cabinet to
morrow.
The plan will be announced by
Attlee Wednesday at the start of
a two-day debate in the House of
Commons of the nation.
Strike Ties Up i
Phone Service
In Anchorage
e>
ANCHORAGE, i/P) — The first
day of a municipal workers’ strike
Saturday left Anchorage without
phone service but power was be
ing supplied to homes and busi
ness houses despite the walkout of;
61 members of the AFL interna
tional brotherhood of electrical
workers.
Only one operator was on duty .
Saturday to handle emergency tel
ephone calls. City officials said
the power plant would continue to
function unless a breakdown oc
curs.
City councilmen said today a
Juneau labor conciliator will be
invited to participate in stale
mated negotiations over wage in
crease demands by striking elec
trical workers and telephone op
erators.
One hundred forty electricians
and 16 phone operators, who walk
ed off their jobs at midnight
Thursday, voted unanimously at
: a closed union meeting last night
| to reject the city’s “final offer.’’
All are members of the AFL inter
national brotherhood of electri
cal workers.
The city had proposed to give
the electricians a five per cent pay
raise and the operators 20 cents
more an hour. The electricians had
demanded increases of 17 to 19
per cent.
Lou Taylor, union business
agent, said the city’s action was a
“move to split the union,” and the
city’s offer was turned down by
the telephone operators because
“this local must stick together.”
During the strike telephone i
service has been limited to emer
gency calls, but power plants are'
being operated without the elec-i
tricians.
Taylor said the union had given,
emergency clearance for repair j
work on landing lights at Merrill
Field, civilian airport, and for
other repairs within the city if
they are in the emergency cate
gory.
GEN. EISENHOWER NOT
TO MAKE PUBLIC AP
PEARANCE IN NOME
_
General Dwight D. “Ike” Eisen-1
hower will arrive in Nome on
Wednesday after a busy visit in
Fairbanks where he was the honor
guest at a dinner for two hundred
and fifty at the Country Club. He
also was taken through the Uni
versity of Alaska. He had request
ed to talk to the Chamber of Com
merce but because of limited space
the party was held at the Country
Club. Reservations were sold to
“first come first served.”
A reception is planned at the
Officers Club for Wednesday
evening, it is reported, and Gen
eral Eisenhower is scheduled to
speak to the entire post personnel
on Thursday morning.
Due to limited time, post author
ities state, that it will be impossi
ble for the general to make a pub
lic appearance in Nome.
The general’s plane is scheduled
to arrive between three and four
oclock Wednesday afternoon.
Hold Newlyweds
On Murder Charge
In California
LAS VEGAS. Calif. UP\ — A
young Exeter. N. H., couple, mar
ried less than a week, was held
today on murder charges and
Sheriff Glen Jones said they had
signed statements acknowledging
the slaying of James W. McLain,
48, of San Fernando, Calif.
McLain’s body, shot three times
in the back of the head, was found
yesterday near Truckee, Calif.
Sheriff Jones said he had three
separate statements from the pair,
Joseph L. Hardy, Jr., and the for
mer Lois Hunt, 21.
The sheriff quoted Mrs. Hardy
in part:
“People have always taken roe
for a sweet, innocent little girl . . .
If only they knew how I am on
the inside, they would sing a dif
ferent tune.”
The statement, the sheriff con
tinued. relates that the girl once
studied nursing, worked for a t:mc
in a New London, Conn., gambling
place, met Hardy in New Hamp
shire and started west.
“We had np money so we had
to slug several people on the
head,” Jones said her story read.
“We also cracked a few gas sta
tions. I then got hold of a gun and
my husband and I decided to find
a likely prospect we could kill
and rob.
“We tried it once in Texas but
the guy ran and we failed. We
then proceeded to Reno where we
met a rich old guy on a vacation
from Burbank. McLain was a vet
erans administration worker in
Burbank, Cal., near San Fernando.
“We made friends with him and
eventually I lured him into the
mountains between Reno and San
Francisco. I got him into the right
position by my charm, and my
husband shot him three times
through the head. We stole his car,
money and went back to Reno. We
gambled and got drunk. Then
moved on to Las Vegar. We drank
some more and decided to go to
Texas once more. My husband was
very tired and fell asleep on the
Boulder road. We had a bad acci
dent ...”
Churchill Willing
To Back New Loan
From U. S.
WOODSTOCK, Eng. (/P)—Wins
ton Churchill pledged today that
his Conservative party would back
any efforts of the Labor govern
ment to. obtain “easements’ of the
swiftly disappearing $3,750,000,000
U. S. loan and to obtain new
American credits.
Churchill, in a party speech,
said some of the,loan conditions
“alarmed” him. Particularly the
clause obligating Great Britain to
make current sterling transactions
by British customers freely con
vertible into dollars.
“However I relied, and rely now
on the wisdom of the fair-minded
American people to make the
n e c e s sary easements, without
which a policy for which they
have made heavy sacrifices will
certainly fail in its effects,” the
wartime prime minister said.
Into use Heat
Brings Deaths
In States
'By The Associated Press*
The nation trudged back to work
today to face a hot Monday after
all but the East Coast experienced
a sweltering week end.
A wave of heat warmed Sunday
outings from the Pacific Coast
through the Mississippi valley
with Pierre, S. D., reporting the
highest temperatures—110—as Ar
kansas sweated through its eighth
straight day of 100 plus which re
sulted in two deaths.
Although the eastern seaboard
for the most part escaped the week
end’s heat, temperatures were ex
pected to climb today and fore
casts were for continued high mer
cury readings over almost the en
tire nation for the next day or
two.
i
Portland, Maine, however, hit
a record low yesterday for the date
at the mercury read 48, three de
grees below the previous low set
in 1927.
I
! Across the country the tempera
ture hit 90 in Los Angeles for the
ninth straight day of 90 or above,
which the weather bureau said
was the longest sustained hot spell
since 1939. The heat is expected to
continue over the lower Pacific
coast.
To the north lightning killed a
fisherman and knocked out his
companion at Spokane. Wash., as
temperatures soared to 90 despite
scattered storms. Cooler weather
was forecast.
All along the Rockies heat was
the subject of the day Sunday and
temperatures up to 100 were pre
dicted for the next two days in the
plains area with reading in the
90’s in Utah and the Mountain
States. Phoenix, Ariz., reported
107 yesterday. Boise, Ihado. had
its hottest day since 1927—103.
U. S. Objects To
Soviet Proposal
For Delay In II. N.
•
LAKE SUCCESS, (/Pi — The
United States objected strongly
today to a Soviet proposal that
the United Nations delay consid
eration of membership applica
tions from Austria, Italy, Hungary
and Romania.
Hayden Raynor, U. S. represen
tative, told the security council’s
membership committee that the
United States could not accept
Russia’s contention that study of
these applications must await rat
ification of the peace treaties.
He pointed out that treaties with
Italy, Hungary and Romania al
ready had been ratified by all
necessary states except Russia and
added:
“Surely the peoples of states
which merit admission should not
be penalized solely because of the
failure on the part of one state to
ratify.”
Raynor said Austria should be
I placed in a different category al
together, since the big powers all
; had agreed she was not to be con
' sidered as an ex-enemy state.