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VOL. LI. No. 131 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1949 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, </P)—Mrs. Nellie Su
san Milvihill, 75, widow of a for
mer mayor of Skagway, died
Sunday after an extended illness.
Mrs. Mulvihill came to Seattle
for hospitalization last June, short
ly after her husband, Will, died in
Skagway.
The Mulvihills were Skagway
pioneers, moving there in 1901.
The remains were sent to Skag
way for burial.
Survivors include a son, Wil
liam, Setattle; and a daughter,
Mrs. Verna Smith, Wenatchee.
PALMER, </P) —James Keeler,
operator of heavy equipment at
the Independence Gld Mine, was
recovering yestei’day in Valley
hospital from injuries suffered
when a bulldozer he was driving
went off a ramp at the mine.
Keeler suffered a dislocated shoul
der, fractured skull and lacerated
face.
PALMER (/P)—The new Palmer
school district, incorporated last
June, notified property holders
Monday of a 10-mill tax levy.
The tax is due next Fezruary 1.
SHIPPENSBURG Pa. </P)—Em
ployees of the SKF Corporation
here took yesterday off to go hunt
ing—and they get paid for it.
The company said it was shut
ting down in line with a union
contract agreement which makes
the opening day of the small game
season in Pennsylvania a paid
holiday.
JUNEAU, f/P)—1Th,e Haines Cut
off was reported blocked Monday
by rain-loosened slides between
Mileposts 20 and 21, and flooding
rear Haines.
The torrential week-end down
pour over much of Southeastern
Alaska has disrupted telephone
communication with Haines and
Whitehorse.
The Cutoff highway was to have
been closed for the winter Nov. 1.
JUNEAU, </P) — Coast guard
headquarters reported Monday that
Ivan Winter, missing Metlakatla
hunter, had been located on the
north arm of Prince of Wales Is
land and taken to Ketchikan for
hospitalization.
A search plane spotted Winter
and directed the cutter Hemlock
t to the spot to pick him up.
JUNEAU, (/P)—Alaska's general
fund was $644,943.96 short of the 1
amount needed to meet obligations
at the end of October, Treasurer
Henry Roden reported today.
The treasurer, after closing the
Territorial books October 31. said
the sum of $70,565.13 was on hand.
Against this amount, the auditor's
office held unpaid vouchers total
ing $715,509.09.
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PIERRE, S. D. (JP)—'The twin'
states of North Dakota and South f
Dakota are 60 years old today.
It was on Nov. 2, 1889, that the
pen of President Benjamin Harri
son sliced in two the 28-year-old j
Dakota Territory. The twins be
came the 39th and 40th States ad
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Report of Hoard
i )f Education
The Board of Education of
Nome, Alaska, wish to report to
the taxpayers in what manner
their money is being spent in re
spect to the Public School. We
herewith submit a report as to the
needs, work done, conditions dis
covered and moneys spent this
past summer and early fall.
The General Electric boilers
have proved very unsatisfactory
for a building the size of the
school. We felt very fortunate
when the army of Marks Air Force
Base donated two Kewanee boil
ers to the Nome Public School. A
contract was let by the city coun
cil for the installing of the same.
This was awarded to C. B. Hynd
man for $3300.00, work to include:
1. Opening in west wall, not
less than 50” clearance and to be
made permanent by a door.
2. Removing of rafter over the
boilers to give sufficient height
and for fine protection.
3. Removal of oil storage tank
to outside, to be conected with 100
gal. capacity tank inside—much
safer in case of fire.
4. Lengthening and widening of
the concrete base for boilers.
5. Removal of old boilers and
placement of new.
6. Installation of end-off valves
in laterals feeding other parts of
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Alaska Legislation
First Session
A complete review of Alaskan
legislation in the 81st Congress i
will be presented in the Nugget in
a series of three articles taken
from the “Washington News-Let
ter,” written by Mary Lee Council,
secretary to E. L. <Bob> Bartlett.
Delegate to Congress from Alaska. |
First of a series.
The first session of the 81st
Congress adjourned on October 19
after having enacted 23 bills for
Alaska and appropriating a rec
ord sum of $248,159,708 to carry
on federal activities in the Terri
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Mollie White' Bear
Returns to Nome
—
Vera Nelson, known as Mollie
WhiteBear to Hollywood returned
| today from her trip which was
sponsored by “Truth or Conse
quence” beaming with pleasure at
the “wonderful trip” she had and
the fine accommodations at the
Knickerbocker Hotel.
She invited Jane Scott, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert Scott
to attend the broadcast which was
attended by many movie stars.
At the conclusion of the broad
cast, Morton Tahlor was awarded
the $200.00 he had been promised I
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Prospecting Goes
On Despite Assay
FAIRBANKS, (ff)—Art Glover
had no comment yesterday oh re
ports he had located the gold
bearing reef at Fishwheel which
has caused such a flurry.
Glover is assayer in charge of
the Territorial assay office at the
University of Alaska.
FAIRBANKS, </P) — Dozens of
prospectors, undaunted by snow
and an adverse assay report, dug
in at Fishwheel gold boom camp
on the frozen Yukon River to sink
their prospect holes to bedrock.
Their determination to chance
their luck on the Yukon flats 165
miles northeast of here was re
ported by a number of the gold
seekers who returned by plane
from Fishwheel.
Most of the 100 or more men re
maining were said to be old time
prospectors. The rest were de
scribed as “enthusiastic tender
feet.” Their common creed, how
ever, was that “nothing’s proved
until you scrape bed rock.”
To speed up the job of reaching
bed rock, prospect boilers and
core drills will be flown to the
scene from Fairbanks this week.
They are expected to bring final
proof in a fortnight or more whe
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News of the World
At A Glance - - -
Tuesday. November 1. 1949
'By The Associated Press*
The Italian government' is fac
ing a political crisis today follow
ing the walkout of three anti-com
munist Socialist cabinet ministers.
Those resigning were vice Pre
mier Giuseppe Saragat, leader of
the Italian Socialist Labor party
'PSLI* and two other party mem
bers.
They left the coalition cabinet
of Premier Alcide de Gasperi be
cause of a bitter row within the
Moderate Socialist ranks.
Premier de Gasperi said he
would attempt to persuade the
three to return to his government.
He seemed certain to continue as
leader of any reshuffled cabinet
since his Christian Democrat party
won a heavy majority in the 1948
elections.
1 At Lake Success, a special
United Nations group began final
izing its recommendations on the
future of Italy’s prewar African
colonies.
The committee has agreed upon
independence for Libia by 1952,
and for Italian Somaliland by
1959. It recommends that a five
nation committee of inquiry go to
Erotrea to report on the situation
there.
The plan calls for Italian trus
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Yukon Gold S< ‘arch On
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Prospectors set up camp on Discovery Island on the Yukon River, near Fairbanks, Alaska, where gold was reported discov
ered October 21. Left to right are: Solomon Flitt, Joe Peters, Earl Hurst, and Sam Gambling. Hurst nad Gambling are veteran
Alaskan prospectors. Note the gold pan in Gambling's hand, and the Yukon stove, which is standard camp equipment.—(JP) Photo