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VOL. L. No. 124 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15~948_PER COPY 15<*
NEWS IN BRIEF j
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Second Lt.
Denver Cook, 21, of Ellicott City, |
Md. escaped with minor cuts and
bruises when his F-80 crashed on
the Chena river during a landing
approach at Ladd Field.
SPOKANE, (jP)—School super
intendent John A. Shaw said yes
terday Hugh Miller, public rela
tions officer for Spokane public
schools, has accepted a position as
manager of radio station KFRB
in Fairbanks. Shaw said Miller
will leave for Alaska next week.
FRANKFURT, Germany, (/Pi
Ten Germans convicted of war
crimes were hanged today at
Landsberg prison, near Munich,
the U. S. army announced. Crimes
charge to the 10 included the mur
der of captured American flyers.
BERLIN, (jP) — Siegmund von
Hassegger, 76, German conductor
and composer, has died at Munich,
the Berlin press announced yes
terday.
MANILA OP)—Twenty-one per
sons were missing aboard a sail
boat off North Luzon customs
commissioner Alfredo de Leon
said yesterday.
FRANKFURT, Germany (jP)—
About 9,000 German transport
workers struck yesterday over a
drawn-out wage dispute.
The trade union-backed move
affected only private transport
business in the American zone
state of Hesse.
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LONDON, (jP)—The British air
ministry, noting that birds caused
13 plane accidents on 'British air
fields last year, announced yester
day the Royal Air Force has
bought 15 falcons and trained six
men as falconers in hopes of keep
ing birds out of the RAF’s air.
SEATTLE, (/P)—M. G. Ringen
berg, president of the waterfront
employers of Washington, in a
statement yesterday said the W. E.
A membership is "standing fast"
against any move to split its ranks
and obtain separate agreements
with irresponsible union leader
ship."
Ringenberg said the association
has rejected a suggestion by
Alaska Gov. Ernest Gruening
that the W. E. A. reach "some
agreement" with striking mari
time workers who handle Alaska
trade.
SEATTLE, (jT*)—Northwest Air
lines has announced substantial
cuts in one-way and round trip
fares between Seattle-Tacoma and
Anchorage-Alaska, effective Oc
tober 15.
Passengers from other cities
along Northwest’s system who tra
vel to or from Alaska via Seattle
Tacoma will receive the same re
duction on this part of the trip.
DENVER, Colo. (/P)—More than !
200 enlisted men at the Lowery
air force base were stricken with
ptomaine poisoning yesterday.
Some were serious enough to re
quire hospitalization, but all were
reported by base officers today to
be recovering.
Murderer-F irebug
Still At Large
U. S. Marshal, B. B. Mozee, an
nounced today that the killer-fire
bug in the slaying of Mrs. Luella
A. Grant early last Monday morn
ing is still at large.
Mozee stated that his office
woul dappreciate any information
would appreciate any information
have to offer m the case, and that
the public should cooperate to the
fullest extent until the culprit is
apprehended. Some inconsequen
tial bit of information might lead
to the finding of the killer, he said.
Pacific Military
Discuss Defense
Of Alaska
(By Frank L. White)
TOKYO, (/P) — American com
manders in the Pacific and Alaska
discussed measures to prevent an
| other Pearl Harbor in a series of
I top secret conferences with Gen
| eral Douglas MacArthur ei/ding
j yesterday.
The problem of Pacific defenses
' brought together key officers of
j the army, navy and airforce
| guarding the northwestern and
far eastern frontiers of the United
I States.
Airforce Lt. Gen. Nathan F.
Twining, commanding the Alaska
defenses, and Vice Admiral John
L. McCrea, deputy commander of
the U. S. Pacific fleet, met with
General MacArthur for three
days.
They met within view of Japan’s
Imperial Palace grounds — just
across the moat from the big white
building housing allied headquar
ters—where the Dec. 7, 1941, at
tack on the U. S. Pacific fleet re
ceived final sanction.
Informed sources confined in
formation on the talks to two
points:
1. The American commanders
discussed with General MacAr
thur practical precautions against
the possibility of another surprise
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U. S. Has No Air
Defense Force
In Panama
(By Elton C. Fay)
• W A S H I NGTON, (/P) — The
United States’ air defense in Alas
ka this winter apparently will
consist of five bombers and one
group of about 75 fighters.
Down at the other side of the
American perimeter, the Panama
Canal Zone, there presently is no
organized air combat unit.
This came to light today in con
nection with an air force an
nouncement that three five-plane
flights of the new B-50 bombers
will rotate on training missions in
Alaska between November 1 and
March 15. Under this program,
only five of the bombers will be
in the area at any one time.
The only other combat unit in
the polar frontier sector is the
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Geodetic Survey I
Ends Season In
Alaskan Waters
SEATTLE, (/P)—The U. S. Coast
geodetic survey fleet is winding
up its season in Alaska waters.
The survey ship Explorer is
scheduled to arrive in Seattle to
day, leaving only one vessel, the
Patton, in northern waters. The
Patton is scheduled to return here
at the end of this month.
The Explorer, commanded by
! Capt. F. B. T. Siems. has been sur
i veying and charting Aleutian wa
ters near Kiska since April.
The vessel Lester Jones pulled
into Seattle yesterday morning af
ter a season in the vicinity of
Bristol Bay and Prince William
Sound. The Derickson arrived in
Seattle Monday.
Meanwhile, the Pioneer, which
worked with the Explorer in the
Aleutians, returned to its San
Francisco base today.
Alaska R.R. Barge
To Sail Next Week
SEATTLE, (/P) — The Alaska
Railroad said today its first emer
gency Alaska barge sailing from
Seattle is scheduled for next Wed
nesday.
Officials said 2200 tons of foods
and other essential freight will be
shipped to Seward for distribution
in the rail belt area,
i Meanwhlie in Tacoma, sched
uled air and sea “picketing” by
: striking Seattle maritime unions
! was postponed because of fog.
Strike officials said a plane equip
ped with a loudspeaker will “pic
ket” the harbor when weather
permits.
AFL longshoremen there have
driven off picket lines of the CIO
unions. The CIO group had been
picketing ships in the harbor, con
tending they were diverted from
ports where striking CIO long
shoremen hold sway.
Navy To Hold
Maneuvers In
Alaskan Waters
WASHINGTON, </P)—The navy
j said yesterday that exercises to be
held next February' in Alaskan
waters are minor in size and
aimed at testing clothing, equip
ment and personnel under cold
i weather conditions.
No more than 12 fighting ships
and less than 12000 men, including
2000 marines, will take part, an
official said.
In response to questions he said
there is no significance to the fact
the exercises will be held closer to
Russian territory than any previ
ous fleet exercises.
In the Pacific the navy has only
the Alaskan area to practice cold
weather operations and experi
ments he said .
The exact location of the exer
cises was not given, but he said it
would be close to American bases
in Alaska.
No army personnel will take
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Three Shipwreck
Survivors Found
—
SEATTLE, (/P)—Three persons,
overdue on a trip in North Pacific
waters which had been swept by
storms, were found safe Wednes
day.
The coast guard said the three
persons had been located on an
island in the Gulf of Alaska. How
ever, it had no word on what hap
pened to their 20-foot Donna M.
A coast guard plane located the
skipper of the vessel, Earl Moore,
on a beach at Montague Island
and picked him up.
Moore reported that his two
passengers were safe at another
point on the island but short of
provisions. Unable to land there,
the plane dropped sleeping bags
and food and radioed an army tug
to proceed to the scene. Moore
was returned to his home at Sew
ard.
The passengers have been iden
tified only as Mr. and Mrs. Bow
ers.
The Donna M left Seward Oc*.
3 on the 60-mile trip to the island
and was to have returned Oct. 7.
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Internation’J News
At A Glance —
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(By The Associated Press)
Thursday, October 14, 1948
; The United States Britain and
' France were reported drafting
yesterday a demand that the
i United Nations security council
i act to lift the Russian blockade of
: Berlin.
I Mediation efforts have broken
down. The Kremlin rejected over
j tures of the Six neutral powers on
i the security council. Russia asked
that the west drop its charges and
that negotiations revert to the
Aug. 30 four-power agreement at
Moscow, on which Russia subse
quently shifted ground by impos
ing new demands, including con
trol of the Berlin air lift.
The council meets tomorrow on
the issue. A Russian veto could
and probably will block any posi
tive action.
Meantime, the Palestine ques
i tion came up for airing because of
persistent Jewish and Arab
breaches in the U. N. truce.
The Communists kept blockaded
Berlin in a turmoil. One of their
spokesmen predicted the city’s
elected central government will
fall t® pieces soon.
The Berlin radio, which Russia
runs, said Soviet Maj. Gen. Alex
ander Kotikov renewed his offer
to feed and heat all Berlin, in
cluding the western zones. The
2,000,000 western Berliners now
being fed by the expensive air lift,
which also is bringing in a trickle
of coal, have shown disinterest in
such Russian offers.
The Communist-led French coal
strike continued. Walkouts in
other French industries such as
railroads appeared to be ending. A
million government workers
struck for more pay in Italy and
the communist head of Italian
unions muttered about a nation
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Fish Traps Lose
By Big Majority;
Denis. Win Offices
Republicans Leading
In Legislature
JUNEAU, (/P)—Democratic and
Republican leaders disputed the
significance of Alaska’s slowly
mounting election returns.
With Democrats elected to the
four Territory-wide offices? Gov.
Ernest Gruenmg claimed, on the
| basis of the “As Alaska goes, so
goes the Nation” precedent, that
the trend presaged a national
Democratic victory in the Novem
ber election.
Henry A. Benson, secretary of
1 the Republican central committee,
hailed the election returns as
j howing Republican gains in the
1 legislature, asserting:
“Early returns indicate Repub
licans have increased their mem
bership in the Alaska Senate and
will exercise control in the next
legislature.
Individual Republican candi
i dates in every district are leading
! in the race for both Senate and
House.”
The value of Alaska elections as
a national political barometer
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Square Sinnet
Unloading Here
The Alaska Steamship M/V
Square Sinnet arrived here yester
day morning and is discharging
some of the much-needed supplies
for the coming winter. The vessel
is expected to return southbound
by the end of the week. NWA
j Chamber Sending telegrams of ap
j preciation to Gilbert Skinner,
Lawrence Kratley and John R.
Steelman for cooperation in ob
j taining relief ship for Nome.
The following are copies of tele
grams sent by the NWA Chamber
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Atomic Bomb
Explodes In Dewey
Truman Campaign
(By the Associated Press)
An atomic dispute sizzled in the
election ba'tle today as President
Truman and Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey fired new campaign charg
es. Mr. Truman was ballot-bound
through Indiana after a Milwau
kee address in which he said his
Republican Presidential foe “im
plies” there ought to be “private
exploitation” of atomic energy.
The New York governor mean
while moved his vote hunt into
Minnesota from Kansas City
where he bias ed the Democratic
administration as too “tired” and
“confused” to provide “good gov
ernment.”
Dewey sno’-c on atomic matters
■ vre w :r’ s ago in Phoenix, Ariz.
said then that eventually the
“do 1 hand of government” must
be lifted from a omic development
—but that the present government
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