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VOL. LI. No. 122 NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1949 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
CALGARY, Alberta, OP) — A
LTnhed States air force DC-4 trans
port aircraft, believed on a flight
from Alaska to Great Falls, Mont., |
landed here Monday after trouble j
developed in one engine. The1
plane made a good landing and ^
none of the 31 passengers was in
jured.
U. S. Army officers would give
no information on their flight but
it was understood the plane was
on- a scheduled run from Alaska
to She United States carrying air
force personnel between bases.
The craft planned to take off later
for Great Falls.
MADRID, Spain, bP) — Christo
pher Columbus has a son—born
four days before the anniversary
of his distinguished ancestor’s dis
covery of America.
The son was born Sunday to
Columbus, the young duke of Ver
agua. The 24-year-old duke, who
is a lowly lieutenant, junior grade,
in the Spanish navy, holds the
hereditary title of grand admiral.
The baby will be christened
tomorrow. His name: Cristobal
Colon .Christopher Columbus( de
Caravajal y Ramirez, 17th marquis
of Jamaica.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — India’s
prime minister Nehru flew to
Washington yesterday for a good
will visit.
President Truman, who sent his
plane ‘‘The Independence” to Lon
don to bring Nehru here, prepared
a short formal welcome for his ex
pected arrival.
Secretary of defense Louis John
son was another dignitary on the
welcoming list. He got to know
Nehru while serving as a personal
observer for President Roosevelt
in India in 1942.
ST. PAUL, Minn., t/P)—Possibil
ity of a political alliance between
the AHL and the CIO apparently
was wiped out yesterday—at least
for the time being—by the for
mer’s decisions to go its own way.
Delegates to the American Fed
eration of Labor convention voted
at the closing session Monday
night against making any formal
alliance with the CIO or any la
bor or farm groups.
William Green, 76-year-old
president, was elected to his 26th
straight term.
SAN FRANCISCO. <(/P) — They
are still looking for more gold in
California’s hills. The October bul
letin of the State Division of Mines
reports activities at a number of
mines and placer locations in Mo
doc and Amador counties.
VATICAN CITY, </P)—Vatican
sources said yesterday the Lateran
Cross has been awarded William
Randolph Hearst, American pub
lisher, by the canons of the Basil
ica of St. John Lateran in Rome.
This is a simple medal and not an
award from Pope Pius XII, the
sources added.
FAIRBANKS, </P) — Fairbanks
schools return to standard time
next Monday.
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Murray Predicts
Steel Strike
W ill End Soon
«Bv The Associated Press)
Philip Murray, CIO President,
predicts the steel strike will end
soon with a union victory in the
fight for free pensions and insur
ance.
“I assure you that before very
long we will all be happy,” Mur
ray said in a fighting address at
youngstown, O. It was his first
talk of a pep tour to take him to
several of the nation’s steel cen
ters.
There was no reply from indus
try to M.irr r.-’s opiim'-m—or to
his chart's indu.try had forced
454,000 of his men to strike.
The V S. conciliation service
went ahead sr*tti»i_, up separate
meetings with union and top in
dustry leaders in an effort to
break the strike. The first session
is schedu’ed with Bethlehem steel
corporation tomorrow at New
York.
In other labor developments to
day:
John L. Lewis and soft coal op
erators went back to contract
talks a‘ White Sulphur Springs,
Va., as the coal strike continued
in its fourth week. Conciliators
said a crisis is near.
About 100 left-wing faction
leaders of the CIO in Cleveland
asked Murray to do all he canto
“keep the CIO united.”
Talk that left-wing CIO unions
may break away and form a third
major labor organization was de
nied by Grant Oates, president of
the CIO Farm Equipment work
ers. He denied reports which
named him as one of the key plan
ners of the rebel move.
In Washington, a group inclu
ding Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
accused the steel industry of act
ing “in favor of its profits and
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3 Fires Open Fire
Prevention Week
Nome is off to a bad start on
Fire Prevention Week with three
fires on record already this week.
Monday afternoon the fire de
partment was called to 4th and
Steadman to the Walluck residence
due to an overheated stove. No
damage was done.
Last evening the fire department
answered an alarm from the resi
dence of A. Brunell on Steadman
where a stack was burning out.
About midnight the department
was called out to 1st and Stead
man at the Cremidas apartments
where Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Replogle
live in the downstairs apartment
and R. T. Voss lives in the upstairs
apartment. This fire according to
reports was the most serious, al
though little damage was done.
Fire Chief W. W. Laws states
that all three fires were due to
sooty stacks which have accumu
lated carbon through the summer
when the stoves have been burn
ed low. He urges that everyone get
busy and clean all stacks, as this
is th source of most of the fire
damage in Nome.
Many Dead And
Much Damage
In States Storms
_
• By The Associated Press)
A storm which brought destruc
tive gales over the central States,
killing 16 persons and causing,
heavy property and crop damage, j
moved into the Hudson Bar area
yesterday.
The violent winds, which reach
ed a velocity of more than 100 j
miles an ohur in some areas of the
storm belt, diminished but rain 1
fell over wide sections of the mid
west.
Tom pera lures moderated over
*’• ■ o ■ d •* '.fes but the unsea
sonably warm weather continued
over the southern slates an ! the
Atlantic coastal are i . T’ • me -
curv hit into the hiu'h 80’s and
low 90’s in some of the eastern
. • v 's erriay to break records
for the date.
The high winds which swept
across most of the midwest broke
a spell of hot weather. The winds
were strongest in Minnesota, near
the low pressure center. Minne
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Bogus $10 Bills
In Circulation
i
SEATTLE, (/P) — An influx of!
phony $10 bills was reported yes
terday by Leo A. Smugai, secret
service supervising agent in Seat
tle. Fourteen such bills already
have been turned in, Smugai said,'
most were received over the week
end at theaters and taverns.
So excellent is the engraving
that only a careful Scrutiny of the
bill will disclose it as counterfeit,
the agent said. Principal differ
ence is the lack of detail in Alex
ander Hamilton’s hair, giving it a
white appearance
The bills are on the Federal Re
serve Bank of Minneapolis and
bear the serial number “1167759
115E” and check and plate num
bers “F-ll.*
House Passes
Alaska Military
• *
Construction liill
j
WASHINGTON </P>—'The House
passed unanimously yesterday and
sent to the Senate a bill authoriz
ing $203,000,000 worth of military
construction in Alaska and Okin
awa.
The bill would authorize a little
over $70,000,000 for improving
the army and air force bases on
Okinawa. The rest would be spant
by all three services in Alaska.
The bill does not carry any ac
tu il money, but simply authorizes
the projects.
ng’vs would have to ••ore tne
h v.-y n a separate bill in n.der
<• me .vork to be carried on*.
In a letter to Congress, Presi
de. Truman asked $62,000,001) in
app opriations and authori*y to
m tf contracts up to $92,612,470
lor use in military construct’on in
A.lasku and Okinawa.
A budget bureau report accom
panying Mr. Truman’s request did
not state how much would be
'•pent by each branch of service
nor how much in either Alaska or
Okinawa
The bill passed by the House
would authorize the army to spend
$46,720,000 on its headquarters yi
Fort Richardson, Alaska, and
$28. 156.200 for improving Eielson
Field at Fairbanks. Much of this
would be spent for living quarters
and barracks.
The projects in detail:
A rmv—
Fort Richardson — $46,720,000
for construction of 259 family
quarters, three 20-man bachelor
officer quarters, nine enlisted
men’s barracks or 1.400 men, 400
bed station hospital, enlisted men’-:
service club, warehouses, repair!
shops, heating and power plants
and petroleum terminal storage
and dock.
Whittier — $12,645,700 for con
struction of housing and recreation
facilities for 832 enlisted men. 56
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A GOOD. BUT LITTLE MAN
News of the World
At A Glance - - -
Tuesday, October 11, 1949
<By The Associated Press'
The Soviet Union promised to
outline *a new plan for atomic war
fare control before the United Na
tions today. Western diplomats, fa
miliar with Russian tactics, were
skeptical of the move.
Deputy foreign minister Jakob
Malik brought the Russian plan
from Moscow last week. He will
deliver a statement before the U.
N. security council.
At his news conference last
week, President Truman expressed
doubt that the Russians would of
fer in\ hing r.t w ; This time,
io 't i ” n r Andrei Y.
'!' bins’ y .» v civ lias a proposal
lor outlawing the atom bomb be
e The Lbi. < n Nat’oss. However
Iiis proposal i_ tied in with a Big
Five peace proposal which will be
debated this week
Chinese communist armies
drove to within 40 miles of Canton
today while the nationalists has
tened their departure for Chung
king, their new p: ivisional capi
tal. Tsungyun, 40 miles to the
north, was the latest city reported
to fall.
No Nationalist opposition was
••eported.
President Vincent Auriol of
France has usked Socialist interior
minister Jules Moch to form a new
government. Moch is the man who
last year met successfully the
problem of communist-directed
nation-wide strikes. If he is suc
cessful in getting support from
other political parties he will be
come Premier to Succeed Henri
Queqille, who resigned last week
after his coalition cabinet split on
wage and price issues.
The Soviet Union formally re
cognizes today its own creation—
the new East ‘‘German Democratic
Republic” government. In a state
ment issued in Berlin last night.
Russia announced the end of mili
tary rule and said “all administra
tive functions” exercised by the
Russians would be transferred to
the new communist-control 1 e d
Fast German government.
In Frankfurt the American. Bri
tish and French high commission
ers of West Germany said in a
joint statement that “this so-called
government has no title to repre
sent Eastern Germany.”
Norway’s labor government was
returned to power with an in
creased majority in yesterday’s
elections. Labor’s gains were at
the expense of communist seats.
The Laborites brought Noi*way
into the North Atlantic Treaty and
the Marshall Plan
Three right wing newspapers in
Britain today predicted the Labor
: government would call an election
in November. The government has
1 not yet announced its decision. Its
term of office does not expire until
next summer but it can call an
< election at anytime.
Wednesday, October 12, 1949
Chinese communists today were
rushing in to take Canton, no ef
j fective nationalist force stood in
their way.
The nationalist government fled
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