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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. L. No. 47.NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY. APRIL 19, 1948PER COPY — 15c
NWA Chamber To
Hold Dinner-Meet
Tuesday Night
The Northwestern Alaska Cham-,
ber of Commerce will hold the
annual meeting at the first of a
series of dinner meetings under
the new officers tomorrow even- j
ing at seven thirty in the Pioneer
Hall.
This meeting is of special inter
est to new members to acquaint
them with the activities planned
for the coming year and to ac
cept the sugestions from the mem
bership.
Out of town visitors are par
ticularly welcome, president H.
F. Harper stated, as this Chamber
work on problems for the entire
Second Division and is most anx
ious to the needs of the other com
munities.
A splendid Alaska dinner is be
ing planned and it is hoped that
reservations will be made early
to give the cooks ample time to
prepare the dinner.
Secretary of the chamber, Geo.
Beacom states that dues may be
paid him at the meeting if the
member desires.
Inflation Control
Bill Gets Chill
From Congress
By Marvin L. Arrowsmiih
WASHINGTON. — (/P>—Presi
dent Truman's springtime appeal
for inflation controls got the same
generally frosty reception in Con
gress today that his November
plea did.
In fact the chill was more not
iceable in some cases, particular
ly among the Republican major
ity.
“I think the chances for the
president’s program are even less
now than they were last fall,”
said Senator Flanders <R-Vt.).
Senator Bridges (R-NH) put it
this way:
‘‘The possibility of any action
now is absolutely nil.”
And Senator Capehart <R-Ind.V
commented: “The president must j
have had his tongue in his cheek
when he said inflation is getting
worse.”
Mr. Truman said that Saturday
night in his address to the Amer-1
ican Society of Newspaper Edit-1
ors.
He said “The plain fact is x x j
that our economy is in serious'
danger as a result of high prices
and inflation." He asked for ac
tion now on the ten-point cost-of
living program he laid before the
special session last November 17.
Congress shelved most of it. J
—
First Count Shows
Christian Demos
Lead In Italy Vote
ROME,— (/P) —The first final
tabulation of votes in two of
Rome’s 183 Senatorial elections
—including Premier Alcide De
Gasperi’s own section—g a v e
Christian Democrats 71 percent
to the Communist led Popular
Front’s 15 per cent.
Internat’l Events
Slightly Better
UNDATED INTERNATIONAL
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Italy’s, parliamentary elections,
which may hold the key to the
world’s peace, ended today after
a mighty turnout of voters which
cheered anti-communist forces.
First, fragmentary returns in
Rome senatorial districts gave the
Christian Democrats almost a 5
to 1 lead over the Communist-led
Popular Front.
Counters proceeded at once to
tally the contents of 83,294 bal
lot boxes which hold the Italians’;
choice between Communism and j
Western Democracy. Officials es
timated 90 percent of the 29,000,
000 eligible voters cast ballots.
This may be a world record for
a free election.
The senate vote was counted
first. Early senate returns were
expected late tonight. First re
turns on the Chamber of Deput
i ies 574 seats, which hold the best
barometer of Italian sentiment,
are due tomorrow.
The grim struggle between Rus
sia and the West in Italy was re
flected in the often violent three
months of campaigning, but the
threat of violence which hung ov
er the two-day voting dissolved.
The government had 330,000
armed watchers on guard. Tanks,
! armored cars, jeeps and soldiers
patrolled cities.
1 Bishops, priests, monks and nuns
voted in large numbers, mindful
of the Pope’s warning that fail
ure to vote would be a mortal sin.
I The three Western powers will
j begin a new series of talks to
] morrow on the future of western
j Germany, the British foreign of
! fice announced. The Benelux na
tions—Belgium, the Netherlands
and Luxembourg—will be repre
sented at the meeting, and occu
pation chiefs from Germany will
sit in.
The German Socialist press re
ported that Russians are drafting
young Germans of the Soviet zone
for Red Army service. The news
paper Social Democrat said the
Rusians were choosing former
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Donors To Date
For Emergency
Hospital Fund
The Hospital Committee states
that word was received here that
most of the necessary equipment
as listed by Dr. J. B. Tucker, has
now been made available by the
Army, and should be ready in
about two weeks. The vitally nec
essary operating table, however,
was not among the items avail
able.
Additional names on the list of
donors to the Emergency Hospital
Fund are;
Joseph E. Dexter $ 5.00
Lennie Mae Nerland 15.00
Ed. Rohn 6.00
Conrad Yenney .5.00
Howard Jonish 10.00
Frank Daugherty 10.00
Nat! Groc. Co, Anchorage
Office 50.00
Total fund to data $8,902.70.
Railroad To Alaska1
Is Planned By
Eastern Capital
SEATTLE, —(iP)—A Seattle civ
il engineer said he represents an
eastern syndicate which hopes to
obtain from Congress within a
few weeks financial assistance to
ward the building of a railroad
to Alaska.
The engineer, Willis T. Batc'n
eller, who made preliminary en
gineering studies of Grand Coulee
dam for Washington state, said the
plan is for the syndicate to build
part of the road and the govern
ment the remainder.
He said that before the eastern
capitalists are pdepared to put
up a planned $200,000,000, the
American and Canadian govern
ments must provide $375,000,000.
He reported he has conferred
with both the American and Can
adian governments on a number
of occasions since last summe’’.
He said he believes a bill provid
ing for funds will be introduced
shortly in Congress.
Batcheller, president of a Se
attle firm of consulting engineers
bearing his name, said he expects
to see preliminary work started
this summer on the line north
from Prince George, B.C. to Fair
banks.
The eastern capitalists, he said,
would put up the money to pur
chase and rehabilitate the pro
vincially owned Pacific Great
Eastern Railway of British Col
umbia and to extend it into Van
couver on the southern end and
from Quesnel on to Sifton Pass
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Barge Corp., Plans
Huge Terminal
At Anchorage
SEATTLE, —(/P)—The Alaska!
Freight Express, Corp., Saturday j
announced plans for a $1,000,000
barge terminal at Anchorage, Al
aska, to give that city “its first
waterfront facilities for direct com
mon carrier service from Puget
Sound.”
L.^ B. DeLong, president, said
construction will begin next week,
with $500,000 to be expended this
season.
More than 275,000 board feet
of lumber to be used in building
the terminal left Seattle Saturday
as part of the cargo of the comp
any’s steel freighter Barga 618.
The lumber, purchased from Se
attle and Everett firms, will be
discharged at Seward and ship- J
ped to Anchorage over the Alaska!
Railroad.
DeLong said the terminal will i
be located 280 feet south of Ocean
Dock on Knik Arm, and will in
clude three warehouses, a tim
ber barge grid to overcome the
extreme high tide average of 29.6'
feet, and rail and truck facilities. I
War department approval for
the terminal was granted March
11, DeLong said.
Other waterfront installations
are planned by the company at
Whittier to supplement present
operations from Puget Sound to
Seward.
John L. Lewis Held
In Court Contempt
May Go To Jail I
WASHINGTON. — (/P)_Justice1
T. Alan Goldsborough today held
John L. Lewis guilty of criminal
contempt for not sending the strik
ing coal miners back to the pits
when ordered by the court.
The judge announced he will
pronounce sentence tomorrow.
He is the same judge who fined
Lewis $10,000 and the United
Mine Workers $3,500,000 for dis
regarding a court stop-Strike or
der in 1946. The Supreme Court
cut the union’s fine to $700,000
but let Lewis’ stand.
Goldsborough, before adjourn
ing court, hinted that he is at
least considering a jail term for
Lewis this time.
He said he did not think, be
cause of the seriousness of the
case, that it could be decided on
the basis of “expediency.”
When he find Lewis in Dec
ember, 1946, in the other case,
the judge said he had to consider
“expediency” involved and was
giving a fine instead of a jail
sentence.
So his talk of not regarding
“expediency” this time suggested
strongly that Goldsborough is
thinking of a jail term for the
miners’ chieftain.
In the 1946 case, Lewis and the
| union were found guilty of both
civil and criminal contempt.
Goldsborough asked the gov
| ernment to bring in recommend
! ations for punishment at 10:00
A.M. <EST> tomorrow.
Goldsborough said:
“The court thinks there is no
difficulty in deciding the evidence
beyond all doubt is sufficient to
show defendants are guilty of
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Campaign For
Anti-Jim Crowism
In Military Service
WASHINGTON, — <£>)—'Grant]
Reynolds, a negro, told Congress ]
today a nationwide campaign of
civil disobedience has been start-,
ed in protest against segregation
of races within the armed ser-<
vices.
Reynolds testified before the
House Armed Services committee
as national chairman of the “Com
mittee Against Jim Crow in Mili
tary Service and Training.” The
committee is considering a mili
tary draft bill.
He showed the committee a
card saying he will not be drafted,
for “Jim Crow Military Service.” J
Reynolds said this is the first,
such card to be signed. They will,
be circulated nationally, he testi->
fied, and others of all races will
be urged to sign them.
Senator Bridges <R-NH), mean
while urged quick action on a 70
group Air Force. Bridges said in
a statement:
“The Senate Appropriations
Committee (of which he is chair
man) is prepared to act swiftly
regarding Air Force defense or
any other national security mat
ters placed before us.”
Committee Shies
Raeial Segregation
In Draft Law
WASHINGTON. — (JP)—House
Armed Services Committee mem
bers today shied away from put
ting a flat ban on racial segrega
tion into a Draft Law.
They also showed reluctance
to write in any broad deferment
for scientists, technicians or en
gineers.
Both matters, several membeis
told reporters, should be left to
administrators of the law.
As it stands now the bill before
the committee would give the pres
ident wide authority to defer men
because of occupational or pro
fessional skills.
Aides said the committee tenta
tively has decided to boost the
Army’s manpower ceiling from
782,000 to 837,000. And the Army,
preparing for a possible increase
in strength, prepared to poll re
serve officers to learn how many
| of these are willing to return to
active duty.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Army
Chief of Staff, told the commit
tee this week that the 837,000
figure would be needed to keep
up with the Air Force if that
service is expanded from 55 to 70
groups. 4 *
The Senate appropriations com
mittpe will begin hearings next
week on a $3,198,100,000 House
approved bill to start the Air
Force toward the larger figure.
Another Senate group, the Ar
med Services Committee, will
| hear Secretary of Defense For
j restal present defense estimates
today.
Chairman Gurney <R-SD) had
his own estimate last night on
the cost of expanding the Air
Force. He said after a meeting
of committee Republicans that the
bigger air arm would boost de
fense spending by $6,000,000,000.
“If that is done we probably
will get into deficit spending,”
he said.
The Draft Bill sponsored by
chairman Andrews (R-NY* of the
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An Atomic Weapon
Tested At Bikini
WASHINGTON,—(yp)—A test of
“an atomic weapon" has been held
at the proving grounds on Eni
wetok Atoll in the Marshall Is
lands, the Atomic Energy Com
mission announced today.
This is the first such test an
nounced since those held at Bik
ini, also in the Pacific, in 1946.
The commission said that for
security reasons the date the test
was held is not being announced.
“A classified report of the test
results is being made to the joint
Committee on Atomic Energy in
Congress,” the announcement said,
adding:
“The test was conducted under
full security restrictions of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1946, andi
pursuant to the provisions of the
act, the public issuance of fur
ther information concerning the
test is not permissible at pres
ent.”