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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. XLVII. No. 59. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1945 PER. COPY — 15^
Tom Ringen and Rita Hardin of
Seward are each richer today by
$24,000, as a result of the annual
event called the “Nenana Ice
Pool.”
> The Ice Tripod fell, breaking
the wire, and stopping the elock
at exactly 9:41 a.m., this morning,
the 16th of May.
The previous latest breakup
was 1:32 p.m., May 15, in 1935.
The total of the pool to be di
vided this year is $100,000, split
t equally, each winner receiving
$50,000.
This figure sounds good, but
each of the winners, Tom Ringen
and Rita Harding, will have to
pay an income tax on the amount
of more than half the winnings.
Uncle Sam takes $26,000 from
each.
The Fairbanks Chena Pool
which broke at 1:56 p.m., May 15,
gave the winners, Dave Sanfoard
and Lena Leonard, both of Fair
banks, $1647.00 to divide equally,
as they jointly held the winning
number.
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v Among the minute pool win
ners around town Vi Endres won
$75 at Polet’s; Hugh Gabbard won
over $300 at the Board of Trade,
and $60.00 at the Nevada; Harry
Gabrielson won the $300.00 pool
at the Nevada; Ted Cavota and
George Madsen split $535.00 at
the Polar Bar;
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the Polar Bar; and the Wien Air
lines office pools were as follows:
Bud Harper, $50.00: H. J. Bernier,
$50.00; Gearge Madsen $50.00;
Walter Schroeter $48,00; and Lt.
Stuky $48.00.
♦ Rev. O’Conner Chairman
Alaska Housing Authority
Rev. O’Conner has been named
chairman of the Alaska Housing
^ Authority. The board has just
completed its first meeting in
Juneau and is now headed for
Anchorage where they will con
tinue their survey. Later they will
go to Faribanks to study condi
tions there. Glenn E. Allen was
chosen Regional director. Accom
panying the committee was Gov.
Gruening and Stanley Furman,
Regional Counsel from Seattle.
There ai*e more than 100 gey
* sers and 4,000 hot springs in Yel
lowstone National Park.
Savage Fighting
Rages Around
Davao City
By FRED HAMPSON
MANILA, May 16—(/P)—Fight
ing so savage that Americans at
tacked the Japanese with bayon
ets, knives and fists; with at least
two Yanks drowning enemy troops
by holding their heads below the
surface of the river, raged west of
Davao City on Mindanao Island.
The Japanese had fled yestward
from Davao toward the rugged
mountains inland, but the retreat
was slowed down up two rivers,
the Talamo and the Davao, be
tween which Major Woodruff’s
famous Twenty-Fourth trapped
them.
N.W.A. Chamber
Of Commerce Has
Good Meeting
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The Board of Directors of the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
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J Commerce met in the Federal
I building Tuesday evening with
six of the board members pres
ent. Directors Whaley, Walsh and
.
Bingham were out of town.
President Dudley Warner ap
pointed the following committee
chairmen: Roads and Harbors, H.
Harper; Aviation and Communi
cation, Frank Whaley; Mining and
Industry, M. J. Walsh; Finance
and Membership, Richard Webb;
Publicity and Entertainment, W.
Boucher; Health and Relief, Duke
Mitrovich; Legislative, Frank
Bingham; Committee at Large, H.
J. tsermer.
After discussing the many
needs of the community the board
decided to concentrate on two
projects. Roads were given first
consideration and the Chamber
plans to urge the building of a
road into the Kougarok to event
ually replace the present railroad.
The other problem to be tackled
is the housing need and plans
were laid to work with the FHA
for the improvement of living
conditions in Nome.
Richard Webb was appointed to
start the annual membership
drive to start this week.
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MONDAY GAMES
National League
Pittsburgh 1, Brooklyn 4. Chi
cago 5, New York 6. Cincinnati 5,
Philadelphia 4. Only games sched
uled.
American League
All games postponed on account
of rain.
Pacific Coast League
No games because teams were
traveling.
TUESDAY GAMES j
National League
St. Louis 8, Boston 7. Chicago
4, New York 5. Pittsburgh 3,
Brooklyn 6. Cincinnati 7, Phila- j
delphia 3.
American League
All games postponed on account
of rain.
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 5, Oakland 7. San
Diego 10, Hollywood 6. Only
games scheduled.
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I Hospital Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mandeville
are the proud parents of a baby
girl born Tuesday, May 15, at the
| Maynard Columbus hospital. She
has been named Pamella Ann and
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weighed in at six pounds and I
, seven ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Love have
a new daughter born Tuesday
evening at the M. C. Hospital.
This little lady weighed seven
pounds and eight ounces.
Cpl. and Mrs. David Nelson of
Nome are the parents of a baby
boy, born Monday, May 14. He
weighed seven pounds. Cpl. Nel
son, the father, is stationed at the
Nome Garrison.
Other patients in the hospital
this week are Alex Grade, Ed
Moloney, Gerald Dean Kiyutelluk,
of Nome, and Lucy Tocktoo, Etta
Tocktoo and Holly Sackpick of
Shismaref.
MRS. DOUGLAS JOHNSON
RETURNS HOME
Mrs. Douglas Johnson, who has
been in the States on a short visit
returned to her home in the Rein
deer Service building.
City Council In
Meeting Covers
Much Business
The Nome City Council held its
regular meeting at the City Hall
last Monday evening with all
members of the council present.
The petitions of the Nome Liquor
Store and Cavey’s for renewal of
licenses were laid on the table.
The School budget was read and
approved for the 1945-46 school
year. The city will pay $9,524.00
and the balance of $25,996.00 is to
be paid by the Territory.
Councilman Baldwin reported
that he had interviewed Postmas
ter Mazen concerning the septic
tank of the Federal building and
that he was unable to get any
action. Mr. Mazen has tried to get
action from Washington without
avail. At the suggestion of Coun
cilman Mish the matter was left
until the arrival of the Postal In
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OPA Issues
Change In Rent
Regulations
The Rent Division of hte Office
of Price Administration in Juneau
has received an important notice
of an amendment ot the rent reg
ulations for housing and for ho
tels and for rooming houses. The
new amendment applies to all
rented housing accommodations,
hotels and rooming houses. It
provides that all landlords who
acquired title to rented properties
between March, 1943, and May 5,
1945, must file a notice showing
the change in the identity of the
landlord on or before May 31,
1945. Forms for reporting the
change in identity have alreadj
been received in Nome, and are
available at the local War Price
and Rationing Board Office.
This new revision in the rent
law also provides that when the
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SECURITY CONFERENCE AGREES
ON MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEM
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 15—</P)
—The United States plan of guar
anteeing any group of the United
Nations the right to organize for
collective defense goes before the
World Security Council backed by
enough votes to assure its event
ual approval. The plan is design
ed primarily to give the Pan
American defense system a strong
and permanent position within
the proposed world security or
ganization.
Secretary Stettinius announced
on the authority of President Tru- j
man that the United States will ;
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invite the other American na- 1
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tions to negotiate a long-term mu
tual defense treaty after the con
ference here.
Formulation of the American
plan, with approval of virtually
all of the Latin American states
and most of the big powers, Rus
sia remains to be heard from, puts J
this conference over one of its j
biggest hurdles.
The greatest obstacle remaining
in the opinion of United States
authorities is the development of
a formula for setting up interna
tional trusteeships to allow United
States and other powers to de
velop the military bases which
they believe to be necessary to
the security of this country, and
are specially concerned about re
taining the Pacific bases captured
from Japan.
The British delegation last
night received London approval
of the tentative Anglo-American
trusteeship formula, but on this
also, Russia remains to be heard
from. '
The Pan American conference
to draw up a long term treaty to
replace the wartime pack made in
Mexico City in March will prob
ably be held in Washington in No
vember.
The heart of the United States
proposal is that any group of na
tions have the right to plan col
lectively for its own defense, so if
the projected world security coun
cil fails to prevent armed attack
on one of them all the others can
go to its assistance.