_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. L1I. No. 68 ' NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY ~JUNE 9. 1950 Per Copy—15c
ANTI- TS
23 ALASKA
Submarine Sighted
In Salisbury Sound
*
SITKA, i/P)—The Sitka Sentinel
reported yesterday a fisherman
sighted a submarine periscope on
Salisbury Sound north of here
June 1.
Harold Veatch, the Sentinel
publisher, said the report came
round-about 1'iom M. C. O’Mallcv
of the troller “Mollv-O”, whe
told him A1 Sailers of the troller
“Sea Bird’ was the man who
sighted the periscope.
Sailers reportedly saw the peri
scope sticking four or five feel
out of water while his vessel was
some 150 feet away. He told O’
Malley he was close enough tc
note curvature of the uppermost
part of the periscope, “sort of a
bell-like struc^rre.’’
Sailers said he didn’t have long
to view the periscope because
when he got close to the pilot
house wiirdow to see better, the
periscope speedily retracted out
of sight.
At Seattle the Navy said it had
no reports of any American sub
marines being in the Sitka area
around June 1.
Truman Names*
Mozee for Marshal
WASHINGTON. (/P)—President
Truman yesterday nominated
Benjamin B. Mozee for another
term as U. S. Marshal, Division
Two, Alaska.
Basel Kill Scores
Wednesday Games
American League
New York 5, Detroit 4
Boston 20. St. Louis 4
Philadelphia 5, Chicago 0 <night)
Washington 5. Cleveland 4 (night)
National League
Brooklyn 9, Pittsburgh 0 (night)
Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 0 night
Boston 10, St. Louis 2 (night)
New York 13, Chicago 4
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 6. San Francisco 3
Hollywood 10, San Diego 1
Los Angeles at Portland postponed
Thursday Games
American League
Boston 29, St. Louis 4
New York 11. Detroit 4 (night)
Washington 7, Cleveland 6 'night)
National League
New York 6, Chicago 5
Pittsburg 4, Brooklyn 3 (night)
Cincinnati 8, Philadelphia 4 night
St. Louis 18, Boston 6 (night)
Pacific Coast League
Last night’s results
Hollywood 4, San Diego 3
Oakland 8, Sacramento 5
Portland 4, Los Angeles 1
San Francisco 11. Seattle 8.,
Mrs. Ada Arthurs,
| Former Nomite,
Dies At 76
SEATTLE, </P)— Funeral Ser
vices were held yesterday for
I Mrs. Ada M. Arthurs, 76, widow
! of the former postmaster of Nome,
j Alaska.
She died Sunday.
Born in Minnesota, Mrs. Ar
thurs went to Alaska in 1903 and
' lived in Nome and Fairbanks
until the death in 1947 of her hus
band, William Arthurs, a former
postmaster of Nome. She came Jo
Seattle two years ago.
Mrs. Arthurs was a past presi
dent of the Pioneer Women of Al
j aska and a past Noble Grand of
the midnight sun lodge No. 3-A of
' the Rebekahs,. both at Nome.
Mrs. Arthurs is survived by her
only daughter, Mrs. Noel Wien,
who resides in Fairbanks.
Senate* Passes Bill
To Extend Assess
ment li Months
| WASHINGTON, (/P)—1The Sen
ate passed a bill yesterday to al
low a three-months extension un
til Oct. 1 for completion of annual
assessment work on mining claims
I this year.
Existing law provides that not
less than $100 of assessment work
shall be done on or before July 1
I of each year for each mining
j claim.
, The measure now goes to the
t House.
1 . I ... ...... ---•
Non-Skeds Start
Nafl Organization;
Pledge $15,000
\\ ar Chest
MIAMI, Fla., (A*)—A national
organization of non-scheduled air
lines with a $15,000 war chest
pledged by 10 charter members
was started here last night.
The operators organized “The
Independant Non-Subsidized Air
Carriers Association” and outlined
a plan to form a national organi
zation and have a lobby in Wash- |
ington in Washington.
Phillip Mann, Secretary-Treas
urer of American Air Transport,
who presided at the meeting, said
the current Civil Aeronautics
policy “means we’ll all be out of
business in six months.”
He said the thing that hurts is
a CAB ruling a year ago that all
non-chartered air lines must get
individual exemptions from ob
taining operating certificates re
quired of scheduled lines. Until
that time, non-scheduled lines
were granted mass exemptions.
Mann said that of 80 carriers
that have applied for exemptions
since the rule went into effect, the
CAB has acted on only 13, and
denied exemptions to 11 of them.
The CAB also announced that
charter lines will be limited to
three instead of eight Lights a 1
month between two point'.
At the meeting last night were 1
representatives of American Air
Transport, Peninsular Air Trans
port, Modern Air Transport, and
Continental Charter.
SUPER HIGHWAY
' Jf?RLP'S
: BUDGET
WASHINGTON, —Ten indictments were returned
sealed at Anchorage last Monday and were opened to
day before U. S. Judge Anthony J. Dimond. They
charged price-fixing and restraints of trade in shipping,
the distribution of meats, food sales, fuel supplies, the
liquor business, dry cleaning, and taxicab services.
The indictments named 23 corporations, 138 individ
uals, and two retail liquor dealers associations, all doing
business in Alaska.
CAB Proposes
Sharp Limit (hi
|l\on-Sked Serviee
«
WASHINGTON. i/P)—'The Civil
Aeronautics Board said yesterday
it proposes to place sharp limits
on frequency of service b.\ the
large irregular air carriers.
A public notice on the proposal
asserted such carriers—whose op
erating permits provide for irreg
ular service only—will not be pci •
mitted to make m >r? than eight
flights in the same direction be
tween any two points in any four
successive weeks.
In addition the Board proposes
to set a tighter limit o* three
flights in the same direction dur
ing any four-week period be
tween New York and Detroit; and
between Chicago and Los Angel,
es, San Francisco, Seattle, Wash
ington and Miami.
Reiterating its position that the
irregulars must not “establish a
regular pattern ow operations
during a series of weeks,” the
Board said:
“Any carrier desiring to give
truly irregular service will find
that this restriction will not ham
per its operations.”
Those interested in commenting
on the plan were invited to sub
mit statements by July 10. They
will be examined prior to final
action.
The proposal stems from the
Board’s effort to prevent the ir- i
regular lines from operating regu
larly in competition with the com
panies licensed for regular routes.
CAB last year put an end to
the blanket authority under
which the irregular airlines were
operating and began calling these
lines individuals for licensing af
ter examining their proposed ser
vices. Most of the individual cases i
thus far disposed of have included !
the restrictions on frequency of j
service now proposed for the ir- i
regulars generally.
Lowell M. Puckett, Regional ad
ministrator of the Bureau of Land
Management for Alaska, arrived
yesterday by Alaska Airlines to
confer with local representative j
Helen Bockman on problems per
taining to this area.
. The list of defendants ranged
from the big Alaska Steamship
Company of Seattle. Wash, to
Last Chance, Inc., a retail liquor
outlet at Anchorage.
The trust inquiry, first of its
kind in Alaska, came virtually as
a surprise although months of in
vestigations preceded the call of
the grand jury. The jury con
vened March 27 and began its de
liberations two days later,
i The original subpoena list in
cluded 163 individuals, firms and
officials. They were called to tes
tify on conduct of the coal indus
try. motion picture distribution,
, fisheries, meat, grocery supply,
taxicab operation and liquor ship
ping.
Another 100 subpoenas were is
j sued after the investigation got
; underway.
i Charles L. Hittinghill. chief of
| the northwest office, anti-trust
; division, Department of Justice,
headed the investigations. Assist
ing him were Thomas Kerr, eonn
' omist from Washington, D.C.;
Gerald G. Galassi. and Isidore Co
hen, attorneys from the Seattle
bureau; and Garreth M. Neville,
Washington, D.C., attorney.
Alaska Steamship Company at
Seattle issued immediate denial
a n d expressed confidence trial
would clear the company.
First indictment read at An
chorage names steamship com
pany. Second indictment named
coal companies, Lathrop, Harry
Hill. Anchorage, and Emil Usi
belli.
Third indictment named K and
L Distributors, Anchorage Cold
Storage and eleven other individ
uals.
The fourth indictment named
Ketchikan Retail Liquor Dealers
Association and fourteen individ
uals.
T h e fifth indictment named
Anchorage Retail Liquor Dealers
Association and 55 individuals, all
believed members of the Associa
tion.
The sixth indictment named
eight Anchorage cleaning estab
lishments, including Peacock
Cleaners, plus owners of other
firms.
Thirteen individuals were
named in the seventh indictment.
The eighth indictment named
five individuals.
Ninth names Tongass trading
(Continued on Page Two)