Gov. Warren Is I
GOP Candidate
For President
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SACRAMENTO, (/P)—Governor
Earl Warren, only chief executive
of California ever to be elected as
the nominee of both the Republi
can and Democratic parties, was a
candidate for the Republican nom
ination for President today.
Warren entered the race with
only two reservations. He will not
make an active personal campaign
and he will not seek delegates in
other states.
Under the circumstances, he told
a press conference yesterday, he is
willing to have his name presented
by the California delegation at the
Republican convention as a candi
date. Further, he told news men.
he hopes the California voters will
approve the delegation pledged to
him.
Nobody in authority, he said,
has proposed to him that he take
a second place on the ballot and
he “would not be interested” in
the vice presidential nomination if
it were tendered.
Warren’s decision had been fore
cast except that some of his close
associates believed he would not
so quickly make up his mind on
the question of permitting his
name to be entered in the Presi
dential primaries of other states.
When he made his announce
ment however, he had resolved
this question and reached a deci
sion not to compete in other pri
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Traffic Victim
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SEATTLE, i/P> — Seattle con
gratulated itself last New Year’s
holiday without a traffic fatality.
Yesterday, however, Ben Fergu
son, 7K, veteran of the# Klondike
and Nome gold rushes, and a for
mer northern chief of the Alaska
Yukon Pioneers Association, died
of injuries suffered when hit by a
car last Jan. 1. He had been con
fined to a hospital bed since.
His bedside was a frequent
meeting place of Alaskans during
his long confinement. He was ac
tive in Dawson theatrical circles
in the early days.
maries.
Warren declined to elaborate his
reasons but associates said his de
cision was based upon the belie!
his best prospects of obtaining the
nomination rested on the chance
he might emerge as the compro
mise candidate—as a result of a
deadlock in the convention ballot
ing—and that this possibility
would be enhanced if he had not
antagonized other candidates by
competing with them in their own
states.
A resolution adopted by the Re
publican state central committee
declared Warren possesses “all at
tributes which command respect
and confidence, and is eminently
i fitted in character and accomplish
i ment, in experience and capacity
! to fill the high office of President.”
High Bidder On
German Ship
SEATTLE, UP)—Alaska Trans- i
portation company is high bidder
for one of five former German
ships taken by the United States
as war reparations.
The company bid $1 11,450 for
the Empire Consequence, coastal
type vessel built by the Germans
just before the war for Baltic
service, according to S. J. Swan
son, vice president of the lino.
Alaska Transportation also bid
$21,800 for another of the ex-Nazi
freighters, the Empire Contyne,
but was low bidder on that vessel.
The maritime commission is
studying the bids for all five of
the ships before concluding the
sales.
Swanson said the Empire (. onse
quence, a 4,000 deadweight ton
vessel with four hatches, is “well
adapted for Alaska service,” hav
ing “tween-deck cargo space and
a comparatively shallow draft.
“20-40“ CLUB TO HOLD PARTY
NOVEMBER 29
A “box-lunch social” and dance
will be held in the Pioneer hall on
the evening of November 29. The
ladies will furnish the box lunches
which will be auctioned off to the
lucky fellows. This type of an af
fair has always proven successful
in the past as far as having a good
time is concerned, so make a note
to attend the forthcoming “20-40”
party, and be assured of having an
evening well spent.
FINAL OFFERING
of ARMY SURPLUS in a
SPOT BID SALE
at
Engineer Yard NOME Alaska!
AL0-070L-85
TRUCKS TRUCK PART AND TIRES
SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT powFR PI aivts
BUCYRUS ERIE CRANE PARTS
DUBBIN SHAVING PREPARATIONS
RAZORS SALTED PEANUTS
Sales dates Nov. 20 and 21st, 1947.
Bid Opening 3 p.m., Nov. 21st
Inspection Dates: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Nov. 17, 18, and 19th.
Property may be paid for and picked up immediately
after awards are made at 3 p.m., Nov. 21st.
Similar merchandise of this type has been previously offered to priority claimants,
hence these groups may submit bids but without priority rights. No deposit is re*
quired with bid. fiowever. 10% deposit or payment in full will be required of sue*
cessful bidder at time of award. In all cases payment in full and removal of
property at purchaser's expense must be accomplished within ten days from date
of award. Purchaser's orders must state: 'This order is subject to WAA Standard
Conditions of Sale, and all other advertised terms and conditions, and no other
terms and conditions shall be binding on War Assets Administration. The War
Assets Administration reserves the right to reject any or all bids. This will be the
last sale of Surplus Property at Nome.
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Box 2466 Anchorage, Alaska Phone: Main 766
Nobel Award Goes
To French Author
STOCKHOLM i/P)—1The French
author Andie Gide received the
Nobel prize in literature yesterday.
The Nobel prize awards for
physics and chemistry were to be
announced last night.
Gide, bald ar.d bespectacled anil
a lifelong bachelor, announced
early in the 1930’s that he had be
come a communist. His enth is,asm
for communism was at a peak
from 1933 to 1936. He visited Mos
cow in 1936 when the purge trials
were on, and returned to Pa is to
write a book of bitter disi’lu-i la
ment, “Retour de l’U. R. S. S.” Tim
communist criticism caused Gide
to write more of the same story of
his disillusionment with J i.-ef Sta
lin’s Soviet Union.
The book was “Retoucnes A
Mon Retour de l’U. R. S. S.’ Many
French intellectuals joined Code
Ex-Jailed Mayor
Seeks Nomination
BOSTON, (/Pi—Andrew J. (Bos
sy* Gillis, who once ran the city
of Newburyport from a jail cell,
was back in the political spotlight
yesterday after promising ‘‘a hell
uva campaign” if nominated.
The former mayor was nomin
ated Wednesday with Mayor John
M Kelleher. Kellher polled 1,211
votes to 1,114 for Gillis. The elec
tion will be held Tuesday, Dec. ?.
During the first of his three
terms—in 192B—Gillis was jailed
for two months for clearing trees
in violation of a city ordnance to
make way for his now prosperous
gasoline station. He conducted .he
city’s business from his cell.
in reaction against commun sm.
He is the eighth French nulhor
to receive the Nobel award for lit
erature. Gide has written con
stantly for 55 years.
BEBING SEA CLUB
Open 10 A.M. to Midnight
Dancing — Cards — Liquors
SERVICE CLEANERS
4th and B Streets—Opposite School House
QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickleson, Props.
Prompt and Courteous Service
Phone RED 96
NOME TO ANCHORAGE
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Departing Nome
12:15 P.M.
$60.00
KOTZEBUE
Every Tuesday
$35.00