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VOL. L. No. 120 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1943_PER COPY 15c*
NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, (/P)—The passenger
ship Alaska has been returned to
Alaska Steamship company by
Northland Transportation com
pany, officials disclosed yesterday.
Northland had the vessel under
charter since June, 1947.
Meanwhile, Alaska Steamship
company turned back two of its
chartered freighters—the Jumper
Hitch and the Reef Knot—to the
maritime commission.-The Jumper
Hitch was turned back Friday; the
Reef Knot Monday night.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn., (/P)
Oliver P. M. Hubbard, 92, once a
United States attorney in Alaska
where he was second president of
the Territory Senate, died here
Monday at the home of his grand
daughter.
Hubbard, a graduate of Butler
and Georgetown universities, also
practiced law for many years in
Chicago.
He laves his daughter, Mrs. De
White, B. Libbey, and three
grandchildren.
BULLETIN
TEHRAN. Iran.(^ —Two hun
dred persons were killed and
thousands injured by an earth
quake last midnight, a dispatch
from Meshed said today.
Damage was reported great. The
dispatch said parts of the famous
Meshed Mosque called Gowhar
shad collapsed.
Meshed is the capital of Khora
san province, in eastern Iran.
SEATTLE, (/P) — Phil Truckey,
veteran Alaska freight official,
was appointed Monday to serve as
general agent in Seattle for the
Alaska Railroad emergency ship
ping program.
Truckey will head the adminis
trative staff for the government
agency at Pier 50 during the barge
shipping program, L. A. Moore,
assistant to the general manager,
said.
SEATTLE, (/P)—Celebrating the
50th year of the world-wide stam
pede to the Klondike, the annual
banquet of the Alaska Yukon Pio
neers will be held November 6, at
the Masonic Temple.
The Alaska Yukon Pioneers
Cabin No. 1 is an affiliate of the
Sourdough International, which
extends throughout the United
States and Canada.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (/P)—
King Phumphon Adulet of Siam
may lose the sight of his right eye
as the result of an automobile ac
cident near here Monday, a mem
ber of his staff said today.
The spokesman said the 19
year-old monarch is “completely
out of danger” but the condition
of his right eye is regarded as se
rious.
The king’s injuries, mainly
facial, were caused when a midget
car he was driving crashed into
the rear of a truck.
Mr. and Mr* Kirk Jackson who
have been mining in the Solomon
area, near the Quigley camp, ar
rived home thsi week.
Diomede Natives
Long Overdue from
Russian Visit
NOME, (/P)—Thirteen American
Eskimoes were reported long over
due today on their annual trading
trip across the Bering Straits to the
Siberian mainland.
The report came from a radio
operator, Roger Menadelook, on
Little Diomede Island in the mid
dle of the Straits.
He said that the island store
keeper, Elmer Elsanga, and a doz
en other men left the American
island early this summer. Travel
ing in a lareg native skinboat, they
were to go to the nearby Siberian
Diomede Island and then go on to
the Soviet mainlnad. He added in
reports to Nome. The mainland is
only about 40 miles away at the
nearest town.
The radio operator said the
group is now more than twe
months overdue.
He said one old native on the
little American island thoughl
that the group might have been
caught in the ice floes, alway;
prevalent in the Straits, and beer
unable to return. Others, he said
discounted the view.
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Strikers Agree To
Work Alaska
Bound Ships
SEATTLE, {/P)—Local leaders ol
the five striking west coast mari
time unions have offered to sail
all Alaska vessels.
William Gettings, regional rep
resentative for the CIO interna
tional longshoremen’s and ware
housemen’s union, said after a
meeting with Mayor William F.
Devin Monday that:
“The unions will sign interim
agreements to work every ship in
the Alaska fleet under the same
terms as the Nome supply ship. If
there is any more we can do, we’d
like to know what it is.”
The Nome relief ship, the
freighter Square Sinnet, sailed
last week under a special agree
ment between the unions and the
Alaska Steamship company. It
provided retroactivity on any wage
increases and other benefits ob
tained in a final West Coast settle
ment.
umciais oi me mree major
Alaska shipping companies said
they had not been notified of the
unions’ offer. They have, however,
signed contracts with the water
front employers association which
has refused to negotiate with un
ions whose officials have not sign
ed the Taft-Hartley law’s non-com
munist affidavits.
The mayor met with officials of
the northwest joint action commit
tee, representing the unions on
strike, at request of the unions in
volved, he said.
Mayor Deyin recently wrote
identical letters ^to Harry Bridges,
longshore union chief, and Frank
P. Foisie, head of the waterfront
employers association, asking both
sides to work out shipping relief
for Alaska.
Mayor Devin made it plain that
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Internal ion*l News
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At A (fiance —
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(By The Associated Press)
(Tuesday, October 5, 1048)
The Soviets notified the western
powers yesterday they will hold
parachute practice in the air cor
' ridor which American and British ■
planes use to supply Berlin. The j
British pro ested a new case of a
Russian fighter buzzing a British
: air lift plane.
(BERLIN)—Gen. Lucius D. Clay
U. S. military governor, said the
; west can keep the air lift going
into Berlin indefinitely and supply
j the 2,500 Germans in the western :
zones of the city with minimum
! needs in food and coal. Since the
blockade was imposed in June, U.
S. and British planes had flown in
231,191 tons of supplies and now
are delivering 4,500 tons a day.
Clay said recovery in western
Europe eventually will break the
blockade since Russia and her Iron
urtain satellites will have to
J trade eventually with the west,
j The blockade has worked two
| ways, squeezing also the East.
(LONDON)—The chiefs of staff
of the five western European alli
ance countries met in London to
coordinate defenses. U. S. officials
said the appointment of Field Mar
shal Lord Montgomery of Britain
as military chief of the nations—
Britain, France and the low cotin
tries—was one o£ the key moves
necessary before the U. S. can “as
sociate” i self with the defense
• union. The United States is expec
ted to finance the strengthening of
military power of the alliances.
(WASHINGTON)—U. S. author
1 ities considered retaliatory moves
to the Russian order limiting the
movement of U. S. and other for
eign diplomats in Russia to the
city limits of Moscow. The 290 of
ficials and employees of Russia
have free movement anywhere in
1 the U. S. Some Washington offi
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! Favor Cleveland
; In World Series
BOSTON, (/P) — Sportswriters
who took a last look at the tune-up
of both teams today were putting
I Cleveland down at 30 to 16 series
| favorite.
The Associated Press polled the j
sports experts as Cleveland and J
Boston went through their final
workouts and found 30 writers rid
ing with the Indians. Sixteen were
going along with the Braves but
most of them felt it would fake
Beston seven games to do it.
The Indians’ piers numbered 17
who forecast a six-game win and
11 who thought Cleveland would
take it in five.
BOSTON, <£>) — Johnny Sain
hurled first 1-0 world’s series
shutout since 1923 today when he
blanked Cleveland’s Bobby Feller,
to give the Boston Braves the
opening game of the series before
40,135 fans.
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Batteries Feller, Hegan, Sain and
Salkeld.
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NWA. FAIR
OPENS TONIGHT
Pitchblende
Found Here Many
Years Ago (
NOME, (A3)—A veteran prospec
tor said today that uraninum
bearing minerals were found years
ago in several areas of Northwest- j
ern Alaska.
His statement followed by a day
the announcement of another pros
pector that radioactive minerals
have been located just across the
Bering Sea from Siberia.
Oscar Margraf, old-time pros
pector said finds of radioactive
ores were made manyyears ago in
the Seward Peninsula area. He
added that uranium minerals were
located in many other areas of
Northwest Alaska in the quest for
gold but were left to be relocated
in this later age when the value of
[ the minerals became known.
Louis C. Stringer, Alaska pros
j pector who now lives in Newark,
|N. J., reported yesterday that de
! posits of “considerable” size were
i located less than 100 miles from
Nome.
Margraf said today that two
Nome businessmen—Dr. Maxwell
Kennedy, a dentist, and William
Munz, an airplane operator—sent
out samples through Stringer and
received exceptional reports on
the geiger count from government
laboratories.
Truman Promises
To Replace
Taf 1-Hartley Law
(By Ernest B. Vaccaro)
Aboard Truman Campaign Train
(/P)— President Truman opened
his third campaign tour today with
a promise that the Democrats, if
elected, will write “decent Demo
cratic labor legislation” to replace
the Taft-Hartley act passed over
his veto.
Mr. Truman made his promise at
Wilmington, Del., first stop enroute
to Philadelphia where he will
make a major address in conven
tion hall at 6:30 p.m.
“Back in President Hoover’s
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Typhoon Kills 800
In China
CANTON, China UP)—Press dis
patches reaching here yesterday
said 800 persons were killed when
a typhoon struck Leichow Penin
sula and the Pakhoi, Kwangchou
wan and Hoihow areas Sept, 27.
The reports said 600 persons per
ished when the typhoon sank more
than 100 fishing boats near Lei
chow. Another 200 were killed
when 70 salt laden sailing junks
were destroyed near Pakhoi.
Heavy damage and casualties
also weer inflicted by torrential
rain which inundated the area
around Hainan island.
With the Native Potlatch to be
held in the Nome High School
gymnasium tonight at 7:30 p.m.,
the grand opening of the North
western Alaska Fair will be off to
a big start.
The Natives of the Arctic Native
Brotherhood and the auxiliary the
Native Sisterhood will entertain
visiting natives.
The program scheduled tonight
will include talks, games and
songs and a few numbers by the
752nd Air Force Band. Bandmas
ter Ch W/O Arthur A. Jason,
stated that the 24-piece band will
play for all events during the four
days of the Fair and at other occa
sions to be announced.
The band flew in from Anchor
age yesterday on an army trans
port plane and were busy last eve
ning getting tuned up for Nome’s
big occasion.
As an extra special feature of
j the Northwestern Alaska Fair’s
program it has been announced
that Marguerite Renfrew, an out
j standing organist, will arrive in
i time to play for the dance on Sat
urday evening and will also give
a concert on Sunday afternoon at
: : wo o’clock.
Marguerite Renfrew is bringing
with her an electric Hammond Or
gan from the Aleutian Conserva
tory of Music of Anchorage and
will arrive with the Alaska Air
lines.
Prompted by Nome’s whole
hearted support of the Washington
Glee Club last spring the Fair
manager C. D. Anderson, feels
that Nome will welcome the op
portunity of hearing the fine con
cert of classical, semi-classical and
popular music by this well known
artist.
The Fair Board is in receipt of
a shipment of Matanuska products
which are to be placed on exhibit
in the Fair and it* is understool,
will then be sold.
Hurricane Hits
Havana; Does
Much Damage
(By Jose Arroyo Maldonado)
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
HAVANA, (iT*)—(By telephone to
Miami)—Preliminary reports indi
cated several hundred persons
were injured by a hurricane which
lashed Havana around 5 a.m. yes
terday.
Communication were out be
tween Havana and Piner Del Rio
in the western Cuba cigar tobacco
area, which apparently was in the
path of the storm.
It appears there were several
hundred persons injured in Ha
vana alone. Property damage in
Havana was heavy, and glass lit
ters Avenida de Italia, better
known as Galeano, in the heart
of the business district.
In the tin can cardboard com
munity better known as Llega y
Pon (Arrive and settle down), loss
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