22 NOME NUGGET
_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. L. No. 99. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1948 PER COPY 15<t
NEWS IN BRIEF
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FITZ WILLI AM, N. H., </P) —
Harry Dexter White, former as
sistant secretary of the treasury,
died here Monday. White was a
treasury department monetary
expert for a dozen years before he
became assistant secretary of the
treasury.
White’s name came up during
the recent Congressional investi
gation of communist spy rings in
the United States. Elizabeth T.
Bentley testified that he had
given information to Red agents.
White denied the accusation.
BERLIN (/P)—An American C
74 Globemaster. largest plane
ever to land in Berlin, delivered
25 tons of flour yesterday to the
blockaded city.
The Globemaster can carry a
load four limes as heavy as the
C-54 Skymasters regularly on the
air lift. It landed at the British
Gaiow airport because runways
at the U. S. Templehof airdrome
were considered too small.
The run was a test.
SEATTLE, (/P)—Funeral serv
ices for Capt. Max Garski, re
tired master mariner who died
Saturday, will be held here today.
He sailed for many years in com
mand of the Libby Maine, an
Alaske cannery ship.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me.,
<iT*)—Army corporal Tony Furio
and his 25-year-old wife Mar
jorie, who started to hitch-hike
to the west coast to see him, were
re-united today at the railroad
station here.
Tony arrived by train after
crossing the continent in a freight
plane to talk his wife out of her
plan to span the continent with!
their 22-month-old son, Tony, Jr. [
SEATTLE (/P) — Air express
rates „ between Seattle and An
chorage have been reduced a total l
of from 25 per cent to 48 per cent, i
the air express division of the!
Railway Express Agency an
nounced yesterday. Shipments i
may be forwarded from Anchor
age to any of the 135 other Alas
kan points now served by Rail
way Express agency.
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BELGRADE Yugoslavia. </P)— j
Eastern Europe's communist bloc
voted itself exclusive control over
the Danube river today and the
western powers officially record
ed their refusal to heed the deci
sion.
JUNEAU (/P)—The appointment
of Lt. Gen. Joseph D. Alexander I
to head the national guard pro
gram in Alaska was announced
here today.
He arrived with a six-man
party from national guard head-,
quarters in Washington, D. C., to
confer with Alaska’s Governor
Gruening and begin an inspec
tion tour of Nome, Point Barrow,
McGrath, Fairbanks and Anchor
age.
MANILA, The U. S. army
transport Sgt. Morris E. Crain,
will leave tomorrow for SanFran
Cisco with the bodies of 3,588
American war dead aboard for
burial in the United States.
U. S. Denied
Soviet Charges
About Witnesses
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WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
Marshall said today that evidence
reported to the state department
does not sustain RussiaiAcharges j
against United States authorities j
in connection with the refugee;
school teacher cases in New York, j
Marshall told a news confer
ence a formal answer will be
given within the next 24 hours to
the Russian protests. He said the
U. S. views with serious concern
the charges made by representa
tives of the foreign power in
volved in the New York incidents.
He did not mention Russia spe
cifically by name.
Voluntarily discuss ing the
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Russian Blockade
Brings Trouble
In Russian Zone
(By Richard Kasischke)
BERLIN, </P) — Increasing eco
nomic troubles were reported yes
terday in the Russian zone of
Germany as a boomerang of the
Soviet blockade of Berlin.
Workers at the Krupp plant at
Madgeburg were reported to have
struck to protest food shortage.
Some strikers were arrested.
The British licensed newspaper
Social Democrat told of indus
trial and commercial shutdowns
in the Russian zone because of
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U. S. Troops Stage
Maneuvers In
Grunewald Forest
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(By George Bria)
BERLIN, (/P) — American foot
troops wound up all-night defen
sive maneuvers early today in the
Grunewald Forest of oviet block
aded Berlin. Reports from Ham
burg said the Russians are wind
ing up summer maneuvers of
their own near the zonal frontiers.
Helmeted troops with rifles,
mortars and machineguns simu
lated delaying action against an
“enemy” that had captured Gatou
airpbrt, the British supply field
for the sealed off western sectors.
Officers in charge of the opera
! tion said British troops theoret
ically took part in the maneuver.
Earlier yesterday other Ameri
can troops joined French units in
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A. POLET REPORTS
ON DEVELOPMENT
BOARD MEETING
At a meeting of the board of
directors of the NWA Chamber of
Commerce, A. Polet reported fully
on the recent meeting of the Alas
ka Development Board in An
chorage. He stated that the board
in a body also attended the gen
eral meeting of the newly-formed
Alaska Coordinating committee,
under chairmanship of Kenneth
Kadow, relative to the future ef
forts to assist Alaskan progress,
and public relations.
Chamber president H. F. Har
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Babe Ruth, Idol
Of Millions,
Dies Of Cancer
(By M. L. Stephenson)
NEW YORK, (&)—Babe Ruth
is dead!
The all-time Yankee home run
king, wasted by two years illness
and almost constant pain, died of
cancer of the throat at 7:01 p.m.
Monday night. He was 53.
A priest who administered the
j last rites of the Roman Catholic
church said “The Babe has been
.
prepared since July 21 for his
death.”
' Ruth never knew he had can
cer, however.
{ More than 100 children whc
i were gathered outside Memorial
i hospital center for cancer and al
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Alaskans Give
Portland Business
| PORTLAND, Ore., </P) — Port
land’s flying businessmen report
ed yesterday their 8,000 miles
pleasure flight to Alaska and
back was also profitable.
Frank Womack, assistant man
ager for the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, said he was over
whelmed by unsolicited orders of
all types of cargo to be shipped
north on the coastwise line due to
start from Portland Aug. 24 for
Seward.
State Senator Angus Gibson,
Junction City, reported a $40,000
cargo order was thrust on one
business executive in his party.
Russian Teacher After She Jumped From Building
Her right arm entangled in wire, her leg twisted and broken, and her clothes disarranged, Mrs.
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina lies at barred rear door of the Russian consulate building in New
York. She told police she jumped from an upper story of the building. Her condition is serious.
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Railroad To
j Alaska Would
| Injure Seattle
SEATTLE, UP)—Enthusiasm in
Seattle for a railroad to Alaska is
“misplaced” Frank J. Gavin,
president of the Great Northern
Railway, said in Seattle Monday.
| He said a railroad to Alaska
from Prince George, B. C., would
j inevitably adversely affect the
business Seattle now does over its
| waterfront.
The opinion was given in re
i sponse to the question: “What ef
fect would a railroad to Alaska
i have upon Seattle business gener
j ally and upon the cross-country
! business the northern transcon
l tinental railroads do particular
ly?”
The Great Northern president
said he doubted American rail
roads could successfully compete
I for transcontinental business con
signed to Alaska.
“The southern terminus of such
a road would be at Prince George
| where it would connect with the
J Canadian Nation’s Prince Rupert
branch,” Gavin said. “The Cana
; dian National, if it desired, could
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Greek Campaign
Soon Successful
ATHENS, (/P) — Govern m e n t
spokesmen said yesterday there is
little doubt the Grammos cam
paign against Communist rebels
will end soon, and successfully
I for the Greek army.
A general staff spokesman said
the defense line along the whole
southwestern sector of the front
had crumbled and war minister
George Strates told the cabinet
Monday night the guerrillas are
abandoning war material and
wounded in unorganized flight.
Spokesman said the rebel per
imiter in the north had been whit
tled down to 22 miles and Stratos
said the army had captured the
highest peak in the Grammos
mountains, once a major strong
hold of the rebel chieftain, Mar
kos Vafiades.
IV. F. W. FISH DERBY
REGISTRATION ENDS
MIDNIGHT, AUG. 31
Officials of the V. F. W. Fish
Derby announce registration for
the Derby will close 31 August
1948, at midnight, at which time
all registration books will be col
lected and no more cards issued.
Fish entries will be accepted up
to midnight, 20 September 1948
by any person holding registra
tion cards. . _
Still topping the list in prize
winning fish are: Gordon Osborne
with a 32-14 inch, 9 lb., 14 ounce
Arctic troute and Miss Bonnie
Ann Dunbar with a 23 inch, 3
lb. Greyling. No Dollie Varden
have as yet been entered.
Reports covering all sections of
the Seward Peninsula indicate
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