_ OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED TRESS_
VOL. LL No. 150 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1949 Per Copy—15o
NEWS IN BRIEF
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FAIRBANKS, i/P) — Mr. and
. Mrs. Herman H. Ross won’t get
$70,375. and the British Yukon
Navigation Co., won’t get $500.
That was the effect of a jury
verdict Tuesday night in the Ross’
suit and the company’s cross-com
plaint. The jury decided neither.
side was entitled to damages.
Ross, Anchorage attorney, sued
for $45,600 and his wife, Martha,
for $30,775. The damage suit was
the outgrowth of a collision with
a company truck near Edmtonton,
Alta., Jan. 29. 1949. Ross sued be
cause of spinal injuries and his
wife for head injuries.
The company’s cross-complaint
asking $500 sought compensation
for damage to the truck.
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — The past
year showed a decrease in vice
and crime in Alaska.
Tha twas the conclusion yester-1
day of a meeting of the armed i
services disciplinary board at
Ladd Air Force Base.
The board was made up of Ma
yor Maurice T. Johnson and other
civic leaders, and staff representa
tives of the navy, army and air
force. Col. Levi Browning, com
manding officer of the station hos
pital at Elmendorf Air Force base
in Anchorage presided.
The board heard from the bar
tenders association, city govern
ment, the ministerial association
and the chamber of commerce.
SEATTLE, OP)—A former mili
tary aide to Alaska’s Governor)
Gruening has been named acting !
assistant to Washington’s Gover
nor Langlie.
He is Robert B. Schoettler, 46,
of Seattle, anglie picked him I
yesterday to succeed H. P. Ever
est, who is returning to his job as
director of the University of
Washington school of journalism.
Langlie said Schoettler served
with the office of naval intelli- j
gence in Alaska and in China dur
ing the recent war, as well as
handling the assignment to the
Alaskan Governor’s office.
TACOMA, Wash. f/P)—Sen. Vic
tor C. Rivers, Anchorage, member
of the Alaska Territorial Legisla
ture was a guest of the Tacoma
Moose lodge last night. He spoke)
briefly on his trip to Washington.
D. C„ in the interests of Statehood
for Alaska.
Rivers will be in Seattle tomor- j
row on his way back to Alaska. I
BATAVIA. Java. UP) — Radio 1
Jogjakarta announced today that ;
President Oekarno of the Indone
sian Republic has been elected !
first President of the new United
States of Indonesia. He is to be
sworn in tomorrow morning.
The new nation in the rich East
Indies is to come into formal be
ing shortly after Christmas, when
the Dutch turn over to the Indo- j
nesians the reins of government
they have held for three centuries.
LAKE SUCCESS, UP) — U. N.
secretary-general Trygve Lie an
nounced today he is not a candi
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Fares Cet Holiday !
In New York City
\\ ater Shortage
NEW YORK. i/P)—Habit proved
too strong today for New York
City men. They shaved.
Few stubbly faces could be seen
as subways and buses unloaded
their passengers at office opening
time on this “Dry Friday,” a one
day experiment to conserve the
city’s fast disappearing water sup
ply.
Failure of the men not to fol
low a “no shave” admonition was
not considered a test of the
scheme, however. There were
other suggestions to save water.
City residents were asked to
save water.
City residents were asked to
forget tub baths and showers for
the day, do all family laundering
at one time, wash dishes in one
batch, and even to drink one glass
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Cannot Stop
Spending; Must
Have More Taxes
KEY WEST, Fla. (/P)—President
Truman said yesterday that treas
ury and Congressional staff ex
oerts are making studies to deter
mine whether war-time excise
taxes can be repealed.
In. a surprise vacation news con
ference, the President declined to
say whether he will ask new taxes
of Congress.
However, he said it was always
his aim to balance the budget.
Reminded that he had told a
news conference in Washington
recently that he knew of no way
to wipe out a deficit other than by '
raising taxes, he was asked if he ■
still felt that way.
He said the whole matter was
under consideration by a treasury
committee of experts and by staff
members for the House ways and
means committee. He said they i
were worKing narmomousiy.
Walking into the press room on
the navy’? bachelor officers quar
ters here, the President suddenly
went into a press conference on
which he gave no advance warn- \
ing. Some of the reporters were in
their pajamas.
A recent statement by secretary
of commerce Sawyer suggesting
elimination of war-time excise
taxes to aid business was called to
his attention. Asked if he agreed
with Sawyer’s proposals, he said
the question was under considera
tion by the experts.
The matter will be covered in
the budget message, he said.
Budget director Frank Pace
said last week he saw no way to
balance the 1951 fiscal year bud
get without new taxes.
Did the President plan to ask
new taxes?
That will have to be covered in
the budget message that goes to
Congress in January, he replied.
Would the budget be balanced?
It has always been his aim to
have a balanced budget. Mr. Tru
man said.
Annual (Jiristmas
Musical Program
At Federated
The annual Christmas musical
program to be presented at the
Methodist Federated Church will
be held this Sunday evening at
7:30 p.m.
The program is as follows:
Organ Prelude .Mrs. S. Johnson
Choir Processional: Candles
“O Come All Ye Faithful”
The Birthday of a King.Choir
Solo .Mrs. Luther Dunbar '
Neidlinger I
Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming
Choir Michael Praetorius
Scriptures . Luke 2:1-11
A Choral Reading The Choir
A Christmas Story..... Rev Treat
“The Little Red Sled”
Offertory .Emily Boucher
Carol: “Joy to the World’
Handel
The Congregation
Hymn No. 89
Carols.The Senior Choir
“Hark! The Herald Angels j
Sing” . Mendenssohn
‘.Deck The Hall”.Old Welsh
The Men's Section
Woman’s Response
“The First Noel”...Traditional
Duet: “Christmas Voices”
Earl B. Clark and
Marguerite Glavinovich
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Vegil et Sancti
Today There Is Ringing
Christianson
The Choir
Silent Night .Franz Gruber
The Chori
Daniel Jones, Reader
Postlude .Mrs. S. Johnson
Choir Personnel
Emma S. Cameron.Director
Emily Boucher
Pianist and Accompanist
Sopranos—Enid Duffield, Edith
Weaves, Reta Harper, Carrie M.!
McLain, Marguerite Glavinovich, ,
Beverly Morgan.
Altos — Helen Dunbar, Reva
Leise.
Tenors—Earl B. Clark, Daniel ,
Jones, Rev. Robert Treat.
Basses—Robert F. Baldwin, Ted
Duffield, Raymond H. Tveter,
Aichard Small.
ROTARY PARTY
SATURDAY NIGHT
The Rotarains heard the final
brush up plans on the Ladies
Night party scheduled for this
Saturday night at the Arctic Club
building.
The program was under the aus
pices of the Club Service Com
mittee. chairmaned by Bill Cam
eron—a committee that seeks to
help members be better men
through their Rotary fellowship.
International connection, Inform- !
mation committee, weekly pro- i
grams responsibility of represent
ing their classification in the com
munity and poked along by the
gag man—the sergeant at arms. 1
Fellows on last Thursday’s pro- 1
gram were Bud Harper, John Me- |
nees, Paul Mandeville, Gordon J
Osborne, Don Lyle and Bob Treat.
Walter Leslie, who had been
with the Engineers during the
war and returned to Nome recent
Miniv Dead Sn
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lilast-W reeked
Swift Co. riant
SIOUX CITY. la. UP>—Amid a I
scene of ruin “just like the place
had been bombed,” workmen and
machines yesterday dug through
rubble where at least 16 persons
perished in a violent explosion
Wednesday.
As sorrowing families of the 16
identified dead went about funer
al preparations the search at the
Swife & Co. packing plant con
tinued for three persons still miss
ing.
I
Nine of some 90 other persons I
injured remained in critical con
ditions at hospitals.
Leaking gas which had ham
pered search operations was stop
ped Wednesday night.
Workmen who labored through
out the night under floodlights
used blow torches to melt away
twisted girders.
The searchers were able to dis
card their gas masks after am
monia fumes from the plant’s shat
tered refrigeration system were
cut off at their source.
The blast rocked the building
shortly before the noon hour Wed
nesday. There were about 1,000
persons in the building.
The front end of the building
was hit hardest. The first and sec
ond floors which housed the office
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Alaska Steam To
Bring Showdown
On Hiring Hall
SEATTLE. (/P) — Expected to
bring a showdown in a crucial
dispute over jurisdiction of stew-!
ard department employees, three,
AFL unionists were employed
Wednesday by the Alaska Steam
ship Company.
All three were dispatched
through the Pacific Marine Stew- j
ards’ union hall, Don L. Potan, !
organizer for the AFL affiliate,
said.
It was the first time in 15 years j
that stewards department employ
ees were not hired through the
hiring hall of the National Union
of Marine Cooks and Stewards,)
CIO affiliates, which holds the '
contract with the Alaska Steam- j
ship company.
Eddie Tangen. international i
secretary-treasurer of the CIO
union, said he was aware that the
AFL men had been hired, but re
served comment at this time.
Previous jurisdictional disputes
over the steward department have 1
resulted in violence.
Two of the men, Harold Paige !
and A. L. Makemsen. were dis
patched to the SS. Denali, due in
Seattle yesterday, while the third,.
Marvin Landz. was dispatched to
the Coastal Monarch, now in port.
All are former members of the
CIO organization.
The CIO union, the Alaska j
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ly because he liked the town, was
a guest.
News of the World
At A Glance - - -
Thursday, December 15, 1949
• By The Associated Press)
U. S. Roving ambassador Philip
C. Jessup is off today on a policy
study tour of the Far East. His
findings are expected to shape
America’s future relations with
neighboring countries of commun
ist China, and with communist
China itself.
Jessup prboably will confer
with Gen. Douglas MacArthur in
Tokyo. In Bangkok he will meet
top American diplomats from Far
Eastern posts. They will discuss
moves that may be made to con- »
tain the spread of communist
power.
The U. S. global trouble shooter
will embark on a ship to sail from
San Francisco. Administration
critics who looked for quicker ac
tion from the state department
last week criticized essup for tak
ing “A Slow Boat To China.” He
has a well prepared program be
fore him and a record of success
in ticklish diplomatic spots. Jessup
helped engineer the Soviet lifting
of the Berlin blockade.
A responsible British source in
London said Britain is pressing
the United States and Canada to
help launch a gigantic new aid
program for the Middle East and
southern Asia. The idea is to save
strategic potentiallv-rich regions
from falling into the Soviet orbit.
This source said the program is
now being discussed at top-secret
three-power talks now going on in
Washington.
Delegates of 16 Indonesian
states flew to Jogjakarta in Java
today to pick a President for the
United States of Indonesia. The
Indonesian Republic, the parent
of the new union, was threatened
by a communist uprising last year.
Observers said the rubber and oil
rich islands will need American
and western financial aid to bol
ster their economy against future
communist infiltration.
In Hong Kong, there were un
confirmed reports that Britain
will soon recognize the Chinese
communist regime. Eight of Maj.
Gen. Claire L. Chenault’s Civil
Air Transport planes left unex
pectedly for Formosa on hearing
these reports.
In Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito
told the Diet (Parliament) at its
opening session that Japan now
can hope for speedy admission in
to the international community of
nations. He expressed Japan’s
hopes for an early peace treaty.
The United Nations trusteeship
council was called into closed ses
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7 Shopping Davs
Until Christmas