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_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL, LII. No. 44 ~NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
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SEATTLE, (/P)—A slight earth
tremor was felt in the Seattle ,
area at approximately 3:05 a.m.
today.
Switchboard operators at both
Seattle newspapers and at police
station reported receiving numer
ous calls from anxious residents
who said they had been routed
from their sleep by the shaking of
their beds. The minor jar did no
apparent damage.
It followed almost a year to the
day the heavy tremblor which
shook the entire northwest on
April 13, 1949. That shock claim
ed a toll of eight lives and caused
damage into the millions of dol
lars.
PALMER, (yP)—Aside from the
1,500 foot extension to the dam j
near Matanuska, which is now j
under construction, the Matanus
ka Valley will have only a minor
place in rehabilitation plans of
the Alaska Railroad this year.
Bank widening is planned for
certain rail strips between Wasilla
and Willow, but that is the only :
railroad work definitely sched
uled for this area this season.
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PALMER, (/P)—Charles E. Ken
dall, a fire guard, will be on duty
this spring and summer at the
Palmer Fire Guard Station, Roger
Ri Robinson, regional forester an
nounced today. One helper also
will be stationed in Palmer.
Meanwhile, Robinson urg e d
that farmers and homesteaders
begin to burn off their fields and
yard areas as soon as snow disap
pears from the clearings. If the
work is not completed before
April 20, burning conditions will
no longer be safe, he warned.
HOLLYWOOD, f/P) — Mickey
Rooney now has three sons. His
wife, the former actress Martha
Vickers, gave birth to a boy at
Valley Hospital Wednesday night.
Rooney said the boy had been
names Ted—“not Theodore,’’ he
emphasized.
His two other sons, Mickey, Jr.,;
5, and Timothy, 3, were born dur-!
ing his marriage to Betty Jane,
Rase. He and Miss Vickers were
marrier last June 4.
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — Last
night was a big occasion for the
boys on skid row. They found
somebody cares that they exist— j
the census taker.
Across the nation, the bums and
broken men from the Bowery to
Howard Street here were counted, j
Census taker Victor Strock was ;
one of 24 census takers here to
tour 24 “hotels, third class,” mis- j
sions and plain flophouses.
“You don’t want me. I don’t
count for nothing,” said one wino.
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Armed Forces Day
Observed May 20
MARKS AIR FORCE BASE—
Plans are going forward for the
observance of Armed Forces Day,
May 20 at Marks, it was announc
ed by the Public Information Of
fice today. The observance, which
will be worldwide and will take
the place of the former Navy Day,
Air Force Day and Marine Corps
Day, will include open house, a
luncheon at the Officers Club at
noon for members of the Rotary
Club of Nome, and displays of
equipment and aircraft at the
base and at the National Guard
detachment in Nome.
Also on the schedule is the pos
sibility of having a flight of F
82’s. the Air Forces fastest jet
fighter planes, fly over the city of
Nome in formation on this date.
Included in the plans is the ob
servance of Open House at the
base, where the Link Trainer, Ra
dio Station, Gymnasium, Hobby
Shop, Aircraft of both the navy
and air force will be open, and
photo equipment of the VP-61
Naval Photographic Squadron
will be on display and can be
view by interested citizens of
Nome and vicinity on this day.
FULL HOUSE WITNESS
"ALASKA U. S. A." PREMIERE
The premiere showing of the
Alaska Development Board’s tour
ist picture was held last evening
at the Federated Church with a
full house of interested Alaskans.
The film is well edited and laid
out for the purpose of showing
the highlights of the wonders of
the Territory. The only complaint
voiced being that it was all too
short.
Due to the fact that many wnre
unable to see the show last eve
ning, Rev. R. Treat has announced
that the film will be repeated on
Saturday evening at 7:30. It will
also be shown at the Nome School
next week, after which it will be
started on its way across the
United States.
Any other group desiring to see
the film before it is returned next
week, may do so by contacting i
Rev. R. Treat, or The Nugget.
NOTICE
The Alaska Development Board
film "Alaska U. S. A." which was
shown Thursday will be repeated
Saturday evening at the Feder
ated Church at 7:30 so that ihose
who were unable to see it the the
First showing may do SO.
NOTICE
The Kegoayah Kozga Public Li
brary will not be open this eve
ning due to the program of the
Girl Scouts. The library will be
open as usual on Saturday after
noon at 2:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Program
Tonight. ft O’clock
The Girl Scouts held their dress
rehearsal last evening for the pro
gram they have planned for the
party this evening.
Lt. Pat Sano, assisted by Terry
Fisher have been perfecting a
group of tap dancing numbers bv
the Senior Scouts and a folk dance
by the Brownies.
Mrs. Carl Glavinovich and
Ilene Harwood have been direct
ing some playlets and it is ru
mored that a horse (could it be
Mr. Hoop’s?* will be one of the
actors.
; The Senior Girl Scouts are
j thrilled with their new uniforms
which weer just received and will
be in full charge of the games.
Singing is under the direction
of Mrs. L. Dunbar.
Troop leaders state that the
program will start promptly at
8:00 p.m.. and be followed by
games and home made refresh
ments.
The program will consist of:
1. Girl Scout Songs, Junior In
termediate Scouts.
2. Play “Girl Scout Week” Sen
ior Intermediate Scouts.
Characters
Bobo Witherspoon (Tenderfoot
Scout) Karen Fricke.
i Miss Roberts (Girl Scout Leader)
Dorothea Hudert
♦
Jane Burke (Patrol Leader)
Carolyn Glavinovich
Lillian, Vera, Betty, and Helen
| (Members of Patrol) Lucy Ann
i Fagerstrom, Donna Lyle, Carolyn
i Hyndman, Carol Castel.
President Chamber of Commerce
Lois Gifford
; Mr. Burrows (Member of Corn
Chest) Kay Coulthard
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Plan New Military
Base For Galena
A complete military installation
similar to that planned for Mur
phy Dome near Fairbanks is to
be constructed near Galena, the
district engineer at Anchorage
disclosed recently. The project is
believed to approximate $1,000,000
in estimated cost and will be lo
cated on or nfcar the site of the
Galena airfield built during the
war.
Galena is a Yukon river village
situated between Ruby and Koyu
kuk, about 260 miles from Fair
banks. Access to the town is gain
ed only by air or river.
Invitations for bids on the pro
ject were issued recently, and
plans and specifications are on
file for the examination of bidders
at the resident engineer’s offices
at Ladd and Eielson air force
bases.
Truman Wants
“Rubber-Stamp**
Congress Elected
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Three
Republican Senators accused
: President Truman today of seek
! ing the election of a Congress
which would rubber-stamp his
foreign policies without debate.
But another GOP Senator said
the President seems sincere in his
i efforts to restore two-party coop
eration in international affairs.
Mr. Truman told a United Na
tions group yesterday that “this
time we are trying to elect a Con
gress that believes in internation
al cooperation wholeheartedly.”
Senator Ferguson (R.-Mich.), a
strong supporter of most of the
administration’s foreign program,
said the remark was one of “the
most unfortunate” statements Mr.
Truman could have made at this
' time.
“I’m disappointed that the Pres
ident is making foreign policy a
party issue,” Ferguson told a re
porter, “What he really wants is
a foreign policy approved with a
1 rubber stamp.”
Republican floor leader Wherry
of Nebraska declared Mr. Truman
i was “making a political football”
of the bi-partisan foreign policy.
“He wants a rubber stamp of
the Truman policies,” Wherry
said.
Senator Knowland 'R.-Calif.'
also used the term “rubber stamp”
in his reaction to Mr. Truman’s
statement, adding: “I do not be
lieve he will get that kind of co
operation from the Republicans.”
It was Senator Morse (R.-Ore.)
who went to the administraion’s
I defense. Declaring that Republi
cans are being consulted more
1 and more about foreign affairs,
Morse said the President appears
to be trying sincerely to “reestab
lish a working bi-partisan foreign
policy.”
Truman Asks *’ls It
Possible to Sue Me
Carthy for Libel?”
WASHINGTON, (/P)—In a new
blast at Senator McCarthy, Presi-1
dent Truman yesterday question
ed whether it is possible to libel
the Wisconsin Republican.
Mr. Truman’s remarks came at
a news conference when he was!
asked about a recent statement by
Senator Taft (R.-Ohio>.
Taft had said the President
libeled McCarthy by cracking at
Key West, Fla., recently that Mc
Carthy was the Kremlin’s biggest
asset in the United States.
“Do you think that’s possible?”
Mr. Truman fired back at his
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IlNews of the \\ or M
At A Glance - - -
Thursday, April 13, 1950
i By The Associated Press)
The Soviet Union and the Chi
nese People’s (communist) Repub
lic annousced today the ratifica
tion of their 30-year mutual aid
treaty.
Meanwhile, in Hong Kong,
travelers arriving from Shanghai
said Russian technicians and
party workers are streaming into
Red China. They estimated nearly
! 5,000 Russians have moved into
Shanghai.
In Prague, two Czech employ
eers of the United States Infor
mation Service faced court charg
es of spying and spreading hostile
propaganda. The official Czech
news agency said the defendants
are two translators who are ac
cused of supplying state secrets to
the head of USIS. Two other
j Czechs employed by USIS recent
ly resigned, charging it conducted
an inflamatory campaign against
Czechoslovakia.
French communist attempts to
stop the unloading of American
arms aid at Cherbourg fizzled. A
feeble attempt by 50 communist
demonstrators failed to arouse the
dock workers, who swiftly un
loaded armaments from the
freighter American Importer. It
was the first shipment to come to
Continental France under the At
lantic defense agreements.
Friday, April 14, 1950
Premier Sophocles Venizelos of
I Greece resigned today and a gov
j ernment of broader political rep
' resentation was reported being
I formed under the leadership of
| retired Gen. Nicholas Plastiras.
Venizelos, the Liberal Party
leader, had been criticized by U.
S. ambassador Henry F. Grady
because his government which
held only 60 of Parliament’s 250
seats, had left out important mid
t die of road parties.
Plastiras, who has been asked
by King Paul to form a new gov
ernment, is leader of the mildly
leftist National Progressive Un
ion. The party ran third in the re
cent national elections. Venizelos
had depended on right wing sup
port to stay in power. Plastiras is
expected to broaden the base of
support as suggested by the U. S.
ambassador.
Sixteen United States planes
continued to sweep the foggy Bal
tic today in the hope of finding
some trace of a missing navy Pri
vateer patrol plane which van
ished last Saturday. American au
thorities have indicated the Pri
vatter may have been the one
fired on by Russian fighter planes
over Latvia. The Soviet newspa
per Pravda hinted broadly this
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