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VOL. LII. No. 50 NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1950 Per Copy— l~5r
NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON (/P), The comp
troller of the currency yesterday
issued a call for a statement of the
condition of all national banks at
the close of business April 24.
SEATTLE, </P) — The Belling- '
ham, Wash., firm of Doming and
Gould has been awarded a $123,- ;
634 contract to supply 423,072
cans of salmon for the Veterans'
Administration.
The contract includes shipping
to supply depots, from which the
salmon will be distributed for use
in VA hospitals.
WASHINGTON, f/P), The House
Ways and Means Committee vot
ed yesterday to keep the 20 per
cent excise tax on night clubs and
also the imposts on coin operated
devices, bowling alleys, billiard
and pool tables.
Slowing down its excise trim
ming process at least temporarily,
the committee also voted to con
tinue the 20 per cent tax on club
dues, initiation fees, and safe de
posit box leases.
The committee thus held the
line at about $578,000,000 in cuts
of excises so far. But when it
turns to the levies on travel tick
ets, freight and long distance tele
phone and telegraph the total
may be boosted above $1,000,000,
000.
President Truman has proposed
a $655,000,000 limit on excise cuts
and. unless the committee finds1
new revenue in other taxes to i
cover the excise loss, the bill may 1
bump into a veto.
WASHINGTON, UP), The spring |
pickup in job openings in factor- j
ies and on the farms sent the
number of employed up 1,117,000!
in April to a 58,668,000 total early
this month.
The census bureau, reporting
this today said it cut the number
of unemployed to the lowest level
since December, when winter
weather curtailed construction,
farming and other activities.
WASHINGTON, UP)—Rep. Mc
Guire <D.-Conn.‘ introduced a bill
yesterday calling for a special'
House committee to determine an
appropriate design for the United
States flag in case Hawaii and
Alaska are admitted to the Union.
—
SEATTLE, (A3) — With her can
nery cargo still ahoard. the MS.
Square Knot sailed from Kodiak
yesterday, Alaska Steamship com
pany said. The ship had been pre
vented from unloading by pickets
from the United Fishermen of Ko
diak, AFL.
D. E. Skinner, general manager
of the Alaska line, said develop
ments today should determine
whether the ship may be forced to
return to Seattle with Kodiak can
nery supplies. Her next port of
call was listed as Moser Bay.
Union members picketed Kodi
ak area canneries in a dispute
over contract negotiations with
the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.
Canneries affected reportedly in
cluded Kodiak, Alitak, Port Bail
ey, Port Williams, Larsen Bay,
Uganik nad Moser Bay.
Statehood Advo
eates “Perpetrating
Great Hoax*
WASHINGTON, </P)—‘The Sen
ate interior committee was told
yesterday that advocates of Alas
kan Statehood “are perpetrating a
great hoax upon the people of
Alaska and the nation.”
W. C. Arnold, of Seattle, repre
senting the Alaska Salmon Indus
try, Inc., was the second witness
in the current hearing to oppose
the House-passed statehood bill.
The first was Father Hubbard,
the ‘Glacier Priest,” who said
Monday he was against statehood
at this time.
Arnold described the salmon
industry as the largest in Alaska.
He said it is Alaska’s heaviest
taxpayer.
“Our opposition,” he said in a
prepared statement, “is not direct
ed at statehood but at HR331,
which we believe would make
Alaska a pauper state on admis
sion.”
HR 331 is the Alaska Statehood
bill passed by the House.
Arnold outlined these four spe
cific objections to the bill:
1. Control of the fisheries, he
said, either would pass to the new
State of would be retained in the
Interior Department, as the secre
tary of Interior may decide.
Arnold said the decision when
made would not be final.
He compared control of the fish
eries to control of oil-rich lands
along the coasts of California and
the Gulf States “found below low
tide.”
“The only difference,” he said,
“is that in Alaska the federal gov
ernment is already in possession
and control of the fisheries while
in California and the Gulf States
ti is just now trying to take pos
session and control of the oil re
sources.”
2. The bill, he said, would al
low Alaska to “take nothing” of
its land resources, which he de- ,
scribed as minerals, oil, forest and
agricultural products.
He said the bill “purports” to
give Alaska four sections in each
township plus 1,000,000 acres.
‘Examination reveals that nei
ther the grants of sections nor
general grants are given . . . un
til rectangular surveys are made
and approved by the Interior De
partment.”
Only the department, he said,
can make and approve official
surveys. Less than one per cent of
Alaska’s total 365,481,600 acres
have been surveyed to date, he j
said.
‘The Department can complete j
and approve surveys at its lei
sure,” he said, “thereby control
ling the location and extent of!
lands passing to the state.”
The department, he said, has,
been surveying an average of 27,- !
500 acres a year in Alaska. At
that rate, he said, it would take
“approximately 15,000 years for
the State to obtain full benefits of j
the grant.”
3. He said the bill would sub- j
ject “every acre of land in the
new State to the cloud of Indian
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Benson Continues
Lead In Rare For
Labor Comnrr
.TUNEAU, tfp)—With only about
500 additional votes tabulated
since yesterday, Labor Commis
sioner Henry Benson continued
today to hold a lead of about 1,100
in his race for renomination on
the Republican ticket.
Ross Kimball, Fairbanks truck
ing operator, held to a 2B0-vote
margin over Territorial Rep. Al
fred A. Owen, Jr., of Anchorage
for the Democratic nomination.
Owen cut only about 30 votes off
Kimball’s lead on the additional
overnight returns from the Third
; and Fourth Divisions.
The latest Associated Press tab
ulations were:
Republican—Benson 3,514; Ray
Beach of Juneau 2,410;
Democratic — Kimball 2,494;
Owen 2,214.
The returns were from 105 of
the 231 precincts in the Territory.
They included all major popula
tion areas. They included 34 of 52
Southeastern Alaska precincts;
Nome only in the Second Divi
sion; 50 of 75 in the Third (south
ceneral and southwest) Division;
and 20 of 70 in the Fourth (Cen
tral) Division.
Congressional Delegate E. L.
Bartlett had 8,788 votes for re
nomination without opposition on
the Democratic ticket. Aimer Pe
terson of Anchorage, who will be
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HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
WELL RECEIVED
Last evening the Nome High
School presented “The Boarding
House Reach,” a three act com
edy which kept the audience in
laughter most of the time.
The complications invo 1 v e d
around a 13 year old boy, well
portrayed by Ray Miller, who
rented out his home to boarders
during the absence of his parents,
kept plenty of action going during
the play. He was ably supported
by his bosom friend Hercules
^John Hudert).
Adult roles of parents and aunt
were excellently handled by Olga
Hay, Dean Bronson and Alice
Miller. Teen-age parts were well
cast and acted by Shirlee Frieke,
Martha Markley, Donna Miller.
Character roles, including a
wide variety of types were excel
lently portrayed by Louis Kost
and Kitty Bjornstad as crooks,
Alfred Sahlin and Irene Gray
as pugilist and trainer, Ralph
Bingham as insurance salesman,
Mary Louise Lyle as sleepwalker,
Lois Swanberg as a walking en
cyclopedia and Bill Boucher as
the Sam Spade of the show.
Mrs. William Cameron, high
school instructor who has been
responsible for many entertaining
and well directed plays for sev
eral years, each a little better
than the one before, was present
ed with a beautiful orchid and an
Alaskan copper console set by the
cast in appreciation for her untir
ing work.
Following the performance Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Cameron were
hosts to the cast at their home.
I Final Notice
And Rules Of
Queen Contest
: There will be a voting booth at
the Carnival where each person
can get one ballot. As each person
votes they will be stamped on the
back of the hand with a rubber
stamp to show that they have
vote. Only one vote will be al
lowed each person. Voting will
close at 12:00 midnight. From
12:00 midnight to 1:00 a m. the
votes will be counted, and at 1:00
| a.m. the Queer will be announced
and she will be allowed to draw
the lucky number for the car.
All persons both adult and
children who can write will be al
lowed to vote. The girl you vote
for can be any girl who has lived
in Nome for 6 months: must be
from 16 to 21 years of age, inclu
sive and must be single. Your
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Bartlett Urges
Statehood As
Defense Measure
WASHINGTON, (/P) —Delegate
I Bartlett of Alaska told a Senate
committee Wednesday the Alaska
.Salmon Industry -opposes state
hood for the Territory because it
j fors the new State would abolish
fish traps
j Bartlett appeared before the
j Senate Interior Committee, which
is considering House-approved
; legislation to grant statehood to
; Alaska.
j He filed his statement, saying
I he would not testify verbally in
! order that the time he would
j have used might bo given to other
j Alaskans who came hero to ap
i pear.
, Bartlett said he was probably
the only member of Congress to
introduce so important a bill and
then not testify verbally for it.
Chief opposition to the bill comes
! from the Salmon Industry, Bart
lett said. The Industry presented
I its case today.
“The Salmon Industry is against
statehood for Alaska,” Bartlett’s
statement said. “Why should this
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I
U. S. MERCANTILE TO HOLD
OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY
The U. S. Mercantile Co., is
holding open house on Saturday
from ten in the morning until four
in the afternoon celebrating its
fiftieth year in business in Nome.
Coffee and cookies will be served
during the day.
At the same time Randy Acord,
representative of the S and W line
fSussmnn and Wormer) will be
on hand to help in the celebration
as his company is also having its
golden anniversary and commem
orating it with a Gold Star Sale.
He will have a food demonstra
tion and a cutting serving sam
ples throughout the day.
Mr. Larry Galvin owner of the
U. S. Mercantile has announced
that he plans to feature this well
known brand of quality merchan
dise.
iiNews of l!ie W orld
m m m
j -
Thursday, April 27, 1950
i By The Associated Press
Premier Marshal Tito of Yugo
slavia waved an olive branch
toward neighboring Italy and
Greece today and pro mised
friendly cooperation with the
west. His speech sounded a new
note in a sabre-rattling world.
Speaking to the newly-elected
communist-dominated parliament
Tito laid down a nine-point for
eign policy in which he also said
conciliation with Russia and her
satellites is now impossible.
Although Yugoslavia has quar
reled bitterly with Greece in the
postwar years, Tito declared the
“newest developments" in Greece
promised “from now on there will
be possibilities to substantially
improve the relations between our
two countries.
Tito evidently referred to the
new middle-of-the road Greek
government which has shown
signs it would live to be and have
1 a good neighbor.
Yugoslavia, before she broke
with the Cominform, was accused
of aiding the communist insurg
ents in Greece. Pugoslavia's quar
j rel with Italy is over the Adriatic
1 territory of Trieste, which belong
| ed to Italy before World War IT.
| Yugoslavia occupies Zone B of
Trieste. She has practically an
! nexed it.
In Canberra, Prime Minister
Robert G. Menzies introduced a
bill in Parliament to outlaw the
communist party in Autsralia.
The communists have held key
positions in many unions. Men
zic’s bill orders the party dissolv
ed and provides severe punish
ment for communist activity. The
Labor part}*, ousted by Menzie’s
Liberal-Country party coalition
: last December has called a meet
ing May 1 to decide whether to
support or oppose the bill
The invasion of Chushan Island
by Chinese communists is ex
pected momentarily, Nationalist
Chinese said today. The island,
nine miles off the China coast, is
the key Nationalist blockade base
for Shanghai. Reports from Tai
pei, Formosa, Chiang Kai-Shek’s
capital, said seven Red armies are
massed on the mainland and
coastal islands ready for the in
vasion.
The Chinese communist radio
charged the American freighter
California Bear “ignored mari
time laws” in ramming a Chinese
ship off Taku Bar. port of Tient
sin, last Thursday. It said TO
Chinese drowned as their vessel
sank. The American owners of
the ship said her captain made in
tensive and exhaustive rescue ef
forts for nine hours over an area
of 50 square miles and 27 persons
were rescued. The accident oc
curred at midnight in thick fog.
Friday. April 28. 1950
Ex-President Herbert Hoover
says the United States is becom
ing “more and more isolated as
the sole contender in this cold
war” and urges a reorganization
of the United Nations to exclude
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