Former Alaskans
Smuggle 600 Jews
Nightly To Israel
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fined SI,000 by the CAB and
shortly afterwards resigned. He
had directed the firm’s operations
for two years.
It was estimated that 29,000
Jewish refugees have been trans
ported by the Near East Transport
Company since the inception of
the plan, which is financed by J.
O. I. N. T., the. Jewish immigra
tion agency.
The relatively short flight that
takes the refugees from hostile
Arabia to the safety of Israel be
gins at Aden, in the British pro
tectorate of Yemen, which is lo
cated on the Red Sea.
From a closely guarded camp,
ten miles in the desert, Sephardic
Jews await their turn to climb
aboard the overloaded C-54 air
planes. Early in October 13,000
refugees crowded the ramp. They
slept m the cool night air of the
desert and cooked their meals in
open-air kitchens.
The C-54s of the Near East
transport crowd 150 to 160 into
their stripped-down fuselages—
nearly triple the normal capacity.
In the words of George Weller,
foreign correspondent for the Chi
cago Daily News, “—the refugees
are loaded into the four-engine
C-54’s at a remote corner of the
Aden Airport . . . they whimper
and sometimes weep with fear.
Few ever before have seen an air
plane. automobile or bicycle.”
VALUABLE PAINTING
FOUND IN RUBBISH
LOS ANGELES. </P) — Poking
| through a rubbish heap paid off
for Joseph Pa rode, a boilermaker
1 with artistic leanings. •
He turned up a painting identi
fied as a 250-year-old work by an
Italian artist, Vincenzo Oleotti.
Phil Bernay, Los Angeles art
dealer engaged to restore the pic
| ture, said it is a copy of a master
piece done in 1600 by Andrea del
Sarto, which now hangs in the
Palazzo Pitti museum in Florence.
It depicts the Holy Family.
Beray estimated the painting to
be worth at least $2,000 and theo
rized that it was discarded by a
family unaware of its worth. The
colors, he said, have retained their
original richness and warmth. The
' finder, Padore, is a painter him
. self and has done a mural for his
! church.
RIO DE JANEIRO. (/F)—A plan
! to bring three thousand Swiss
farmers to Brazil is being carried
, out by Brazilian immigration offi
cials. These immigrants will settle
• in the central mountainous States
of Minas Gerais. They had previ
ously asked to go ot the southeast
State of Parana where the climate
is cold. The initiative to bring im
i migrants came from the Young
; Men’s Christian Association of
Brazil.
Anne Vogen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Barney Vogen of Teller
was brought to Nome yesterday
by her mother for an appendec
tomy and is reported getting along
nicely.
JACK LENCER
Watchmaker
Box 625 Nome, Alaska
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Monday. November 21. 1949
5:00 p.m.—News—Short Wave
5:15—Music of the Masters
6:00—Music from America
6:30—Twenty Questions
7:00—Number Please
8:00—Dennis Day
8:30—NCO Club on the Air
9:00—Judy Canova
9.30—Sam Spade
10:00—One Night Stand
10:30—G.I. Jive
10:45—Words with Music
11:00 p.m.—Sign Off
Tuesday, November 22. 1949
7:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
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Wednesday, November 23, 1949
7:00 a jn.—Morning Melodies
7:15—Morning Devotions
7:30—Sunrise Serenade
8:00—Fred Waring
8:30—Not So Quiet, Please
9:00—Zeke Manners
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1:00—Around World In History
1:15—Club Fifteen
1:30—Yesterday's Best
2:00—Name It For A Song
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spots are 25 minute programs.
George Goshaw. who has been
here for the first meeting of the
Second Division Board of Assess
ment and Equalization, of which
he is chairman, with A. Castel and
Bert Bell, left this morning for
his home in Shishmaref.
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Lvnn Canal May
Be Opened For
Fishing In 1950
JUNEAU (A1)—Opening of Lynn
canal in Southeastern Alaska to
salmon fishing in 1950 will be
i recommended by the Territorial
department of fisheries.
That was one of the decisions
announced after the five-man
board concluded its session here
Friday.
Lynn canal has been closed to
fishing for many years. It is the
long inlet between Juneau and
Skagway.
A longer season but shorter fish
ing week also is proposed by the
department for Southeastern Alas
j ka.
The board’s over-all policy was
reported in favor of trap elimina
tion at the earliest possible time,
with no new areas to be opened
to traps in the meantime.
The board felt that were traps
now operated, all other legal
types of fishing should also be al
lowed, which has not been the
case for years. The board pointed
particularly to the Chignik and
Cook Inlet areas in that regard,
stating that discriminations have
been shown against purse seiners.
The board expressed opposition
to the present prohibition against
motor-driven fishing vessels in
the Bering Sea areas, such as Bris
tol Bay, Chignik, Kotzebue and
Kuskokwim. It contended the mo
tors should be allowed for safety’s
sake to cut down the annual loss
of life in these hazardous fishing
areas.
Federal regulations now forbid
the use of motor-driven fishing
craft in that region. Fishermen
have contended that the rule
forces them to use antiquated fish
I Atomic Attack
On U. S. Very Slim
jSays Sen. Johnson
WASHINGTON. (£>)—What are
the chances of a surprise atomic
bomb attack upon the United
States?
If this is worrying you. then
Senator Edwin C. Johnson <D.
ColoJ has some comforting “per
sonal opinions.”
“I think the odds are about one
million to one against any enemy
dropping one atomic bomb on any
part of the United States,” John
son told a reporter. "Of course T
refer to the foreseeable future—
say the next 20 years.”
Johnson is in a position to give
an estimate. He is a member of
the Senate-House atomic energy
committee and this group probably
knows more atomis secrets than
any other, except the atomic en
ergy commission and its scientists.
Johnson’s own views of possible
danger from attack apparently
differ widely from other Congres
sional atomic committeemen.
senator ivicivianon, cnairman
I of the joint committee, already
, has announced that hearings on
possible civilian defense against
the dread weapon will be conduct
ed early next year.
And Senator Tydings (D.-Md.
a member of the atomic group and
chairman of the Senate armed
services committee, said such ci
vilian defense should be one of the
first matters of business when
Congress meets in January.
ing methods, which are much
more hazardous in event of rough
weather and a threat to the health
of fishermen.
Fisheries director C. L. Ander- ‘
son is preparing a full report of
the board session.
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