the nugget
* _OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LI. No. 31 " NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1949 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
CLEVELAND, (;P> —John Car
roll University’s seismograph re
corded a “deep” earthquake at
10:53.29 a.m. (PST> yesterday. Op
erators placed it in the sparsely
inhabitanted Aleutian Islands.
WASHINGTON, (£>)—'The num
ber of jobless rose to about 3,700,
000 today as the result of the coal
mine shutdown.
The estimate is based on the
government report last Friday
that 3,200,000 were idle then.
The two-week mine holiday
starting today added 471,000 and
affected railroads laid off 69,425.
This pushed the total to 3,740,425.
ANCHORAGE, — Juneau
high school easily won the third
game of the All-Alaska interscho
lastic playoffs by defeating An
chorage High, 49-26, Saturday
i night. The outcom# had no bear
ing on the Territorial champion
ship, already won by Anchorage
through its twin victories over
Juneau in the first two games of
the series.
JUNEAU, (/P) — Federal judge
George W. Folta Friday ruled his
court has jurisdiction to hear the
case filed by the Juneau Spruce
Corp., against the international
longshoremen’s and warehouse
. men’s union and its local for
193,000 damages. ^
He gave the defendant unions
ten days to admit or deny the al
legations, after which time the
case can be set for trial.
The case developed as a result
of closing of operations of the
spruce corporation last April by
picketing.
DAYTON, O. (JP)—‘The Frigid
aire division of General Motors
today announced a new line of re
frigerators and electric ranges
and price reductions for 1948
models ranging from 5 to 7 per
cent.
The new line becomes effective
today.
SEATTLE, (£>)—A jury of eight
men and four women acquitted
Dr. Herbert J. Phillips of con
tempt of the State un-American
. activities committee Friday, but
' the State went ahead Saturday
with plans to prosecute five other
persons on the same charge.
Phillips, 57, is an ousted Uni
versity of Washington philosophy
teacher. He was accused of refus
ing to answer the committee's
quastion:
“Are you or have you ever been
a member of the communits par
ty?'*
FAIRBANKS, VP) — National
commander Perry Brown and
Mrs. Lauri Good, national auxil
iary president, have been invited
to be honor guests at the conven
tion of the Alaska department of
the American Legion at Mt. Mc
Kinley national park June 16-19.
Chairman Harry Palmer of Fair
banks' Dorman H. Baker Post an
nounced.
It SAN PEDRO, Calif., {/Py—Mrs.
Helen Pappas didn’t believe in
banks.
| • She put her purse down while
Giant B-36 Makes
Record Run; Two
Motors Out At End
! FORT WORTH, Tex. (A*) — A
giant B-36 bomber with two of its
six engines dead, landed at Cars
well air base here at 7:57 (CST)
Saturday after a record non-stop
non-refueling 9,600-mile fli g h t
over the United States.
It was the longest non-stop
flight ever made by a B-36.
The sensational flight exceeded
by 687 miles a similar simulated
bomb-run flight from Fort. Worth
to Honolulu and return made last
Dec. 6-7, ending on Pearl Harbor
Day.
The great silver ship climbed in
to the air at 1:20 p.m. Thursday
and flew 43 hours and 37 minutes,
carrying a 10,000-pound bomb
5,000 miles. Th* bombs were jet
tisoned in the Gulf of Mexico at
1:15 p.m. Friday after 24 hours
and 55 minutes of flight.
Two propellors were still as the
139-ton plane came in for a gentle
! landing. Carswell air base said it
carried fuel for two more hours
of flying.
Leaving Fort Worth, the bomb
er flew northward over Minneapo
lis; then eastward to circle Great
Falls, Mont. Then it looped south
j easrward across the nation in a
great diagonal course to Key West,
Fla., where President Truman is
; vacationing.
After jettisoning its bombs in
| the Gulf of Mexico, the bomber
j (Continued on Page Seven)
I Rent Control Bill
i Sure To Pass
I __
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Exultant
House leaders Saturday predicted
sure passage of a 15-month rent
control extension, after once
snatching it from the very brink
of defeat.
By a slender 15-vote margin,
the administration chiefs late Fri
day beat back a Republican at
tempt to limit controls to only 90
days. Their 178 to 163 triumph
came on a second rally after the
first count gave the GOP mem
bers, joined by 30 Democrats, a
165 to 161 edge.
House Democratic leader Mc
Cormack of Massachusetts .said:
“The major fight is won.”
But the victory still hasn’t been
nailed down. A final House vote on
continuing rent controls for 15
months was delayed until Tues
day. And a rent bill still must be
taken up by the Senate, which has
been thrown into a legislative log
jam by filibustering southerners.
she picked out a few items at a
rummage sale. When she turned
to pay for them, the purse was
gone.
In the purse, she told officers,
was $9,400, representing the life
savings. of herself and her son,
George Isiokos, marine engineer.
He didn’t believe in banks
either, she reported tearfully.
SAN FRANCISCO, t/P)—YWCA
delegates passed a resolution Sat
urday urging statehood for Ha
waii and Alaska.
More Applications
For U. of Alaska
Presidency Sought
! i
JUNEAU,, UP) — The board of
regents announced late Friday
that additional applications for
, the University of Alaska presi
! dency will be received until May
»• i
I A statement issued by the board
after a meeting said:
] “A good many applications have,
I been received to date. A plan was
established whereby committees
within the board were appointed
to expedite details.”
The statement, issued by chair
man Andrew Nerland, Fairbanks,
said the unanimous approval of
five members present was given
to an understanding reached with
the United States department of
agriculture’s research administra
tion on the establishment of a
(Continued on Page Six)
Internation’l News
At A Glance —
Monday, March 14, 1949
(By The Associated Press)
The Soviet government, which
has been shuffling around its high
officials lately, announced another
switch today.
,The presidium of the Supreme
Soviet said Nokolai A. Voznesen
sky, a member of the powerful
politburo, has been freed of his
duties as chairman of the state
planning commission and deputy
prime minister.
The presidium also announced
a decree appointing M. S. Sabu
rov, also a deputy prime minister,
to the planning commission post.
The action freeing Voznesensky
was taken March 5, at the same
time V. M. Molotov was freed of
his duties as foreign minister and
A. I. Mikoyan was released from
the duties of foreign trade minis
fContinued on Page Three)
Lewis Protesting
Boyd; Calls Soft
Coal Strike
I
WASHINGTON, </P) — A two
week coal shutdown started in the
east today as Jdhn L. Lewis’ lat-.
est protest against President Tru
man’s selection of James Boyd as
bureau of mines director.
Lewis’ announcement Frid a y,
stirred swift demands in Congress j
to keep a big club against major!
strikes in the impending labor
law. But it caused little concern
over the loss of fuel.
An abnormal 45-day supply is
on hand; about 70,000,000 tons of
bituminous coal. A 30-day backlog
is considered normal.
The move was another in a long
series of Lewis attacks against the
nomination of Boyd, appointed to
the post in March, 1947. Except
for five months, he has been serv
ing without the usual $10,000-a
year salary.
Lewis insists Boyd is not suited
for the post because he has never
actually worked in the mines;: *f
Governor Calls
Extra Session
Of Legislature
i
—
(By James Hutcheson)
JUNEAU, <JP) — What will the
special extension of the legislative
session cost if held under the gov
ernor’s tentative call?
] The best unofficial estimate is
about $2,400 o day.
The estimate is based on the
; regular session appropriation of
$112,000, which included roughly
; an average of $1,200 daily for em
ployees, printing, etc. It also
would include $600 daily for the
40 legislators—$15 pay and the
same per diem. During the regular
session, the federal government
foots the legislators’ daily pay, but
I the Territory must pay for special
sessions.
Governor Gruening issued the
special call Saturday, asking an
extension to start March 28 and
lasting for not more than two l
weeks.
The present session is due to;
end March 24.
Earlier the Governor had
agreed, before a joint session of
the Senate and the House, to call
the extension if the legislators
“streamlined” their work in an
effort to finish the present session
on time.
He suggested the appointment
of a joint committee to give prior
ity rating to major bills. He paid
(Continued on Page Four)
l -
LIFTING THE LID
AT JUNEAU
—
Saturday, March 12, 1949
<By James Hutcheson>
JUNEAU, U-P)—Extension of the !
Alaska Legislature for two weeks
beyond the March 24 adjourn
ment of the regular session ap
peared a foregone conclusion to
day.
Both Houses voted yesterday to
ask Governor Gruening to call the
special 14-day session.
Earlier the Governor had said
he was ready to issue the call if
the legislature asked and the
members were “willing to make
the sacrifice of staying on the job
to make sure all important mea
sures are taken care of.” •
After the senate had given us
approval, 9-7, late yesterday the
House went on record 16-7, last
night in favor of the extension.
- The resolution which goes to
the governor specifies that the
j special session sholl not be more
| than two weeks, but House pas
sage came after speaker Stanley
McCutcheon assured memb ers
that the call is only a “safeguard”
to allow passage of bills if major
ones such as general appropria
tions are left hanging by regular
adjournment date.
McCutcheon explained that the
Governor is required to issue the
call 15 days in advance of the ex
tra session, so “it must be done
immediately or not at all.”
Voting against the resolution in
the House were one Republican
George Miscovich, and six Demo
crats, Frank Angerman, Essie R.
Dale, Glen D. Franklin, Marcus
(Continued on Page Two)
Senate Will
Confirm Gruening
Today, Unless - - -
Spacial Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Butler (R.-Neb.) said Friday that
“unless responsible persons ap
pear to oppose” the nomination of
Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska
for another four year term the
Senate interior committee “will go
ahead and confirm him.”
Chairman O’Mahoney <D.-Wyo.)
told a reporter the committee
would act today. He said “nothing
has been filed with the committee
against Governor Greuning.”
Butler is ranking Republican on
the committee. It last week post
poned action until today to pro
vide an opportunity for any op
posing Gruening to testify against
the nomination.
“The point of postponing action
I until today,” Butler said, “was to
! determine if there has been suffi
! cient evidence that responsible
| persons will appear to oppose
: Governor Gruening’s nomination.
1 If we don’t have such witnesses
I we will go ahead and confirm
! him_”
Meantime the committee was
getting many telegrams concern
| ing the nomination. It declined,
however, to make them public.
Butler said he had not seen the
i telegrams.
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska, pre
dicted Gruening will be approved
by the Senate.
—
Coal Strike Seeks
| To "Intimidate and
Coerce Senate”
—
(By William G. Smock)
PITTSBURGH, OP)—A miners*
work stoppage today reduced the
nation’s mighty coal output to a
mere trickle.
It idled some 471,000 hard and
soft coal miners east of the Missis
sippi. It hit the nation’s coal-de
pendent industries by forcing fur
lough for some 69,000 railroad
workers.
The diggers started a two-week
voluntary lay off in answer to
John L. Lewis’ call for a memori
al to dead and injured miners. The
(Continued on Page Five)
Communication
i • ^•
Department of Taxation
of the
Territory of Alaska
Juneau, Alaska
March 9, 1949
JUNEAU—According to N. P.
Mullaney, Tax Commissioner of
the Territory of Alaska, many
people must file Declaration of
Estimated Alaska Net Income Tax
for the year 1949 and make their
first quarterly payment on the ba
sis of those declarations Taxpay
ers with a taxable income from
sources not covered by withhold
ing, such as Federal employees,
investors, businessmen, doct o rt
lawyers, storekeepers, mtmbers of
the Armed Fqrces, domestic and
agricultural workers, clergymen.
(Continued on Page Seven)