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VOL. L1L No. 22 NOME7ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1950 Per Copy— \i>c
NEWS IN Bill I
ASMARA, Eritrea (/P)—Bloody
rioting flared anew today in this
former Italian colony capital
where 18 persons were killed and
55 were wounded in Moslem
Christian fighting yesterday.
About 10 hand grenades ex-:
plodcd in the native market.
HONG KONG, UP)—1Two Chi
nese Nationalist planes today
killed 15 railroad passengers and
injured 20 others in a straffing
attack on the nearby communist
village of Sunchun.
The planes blew up a gasoline
dump of more than 2,000 gallons.
BERLIN, (/I5)—Sixteen Germans
working in a uranium mine in
Soviet-occupied Saxony were kill
ed recently by a tunnel cave-in,
the West Berlin newspaper Sozial
Demokrat reported today.
The newspaper said a prema
ture explosion was blamed for the
disaster.
WALLA WALLA, Wash. </P)—
Only 306 days until Christmas.
Retailers had that thought in
mind last night when they held a
“pre-post Yule party” complete
with mistletoe, holly and Santa
Claus.
“We were too busy during
Christmas and we’ll probably be
too busy again this year,” one
merchant explained.
NORTH WAY, Alaska, (/P)—Ex
ercise Sweetbriar, the joint Cana
dian-American sub-Arctic maneu
ver, has had just about every
thing but bullets. Last night
American soldiers added a new
touch.
Their collaboration provost pa
trols found two soldiers of the ag
gressor force and two more of the
Canadinn-American force oppos
ing it fraternizing.
Condition of the soldiers was
what is commonly called “high."
They were detained but later re
leased.
MANCHESTER, N. H. (JP)—An
all-male jury was completed to
day for the “mercy killing” trial
of Dr. Hermann Nelson Sander on j
charges that, to cut short her suf-;
fering, he murdered a woman pa-1
tient doomed by cancer.
Well weighted with maturity,'
the jury reflects the complexion
of this industrial center—both in |
their jobs and religion.
The average age of the 12 who
will hear the case is 54. At least
seven are Roman Catholics.
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SEATTLE, (/P)—Burial services
were conducted here yesterday
for Sanford (Snap) Seidenberg, 39,
Seattle and Portland merchant,
who was born in Nome. Seiden
berg lived in Portland and Seat
tle for 20 years. He died at Port
land Saturday.
Sanford Seidenverg was the
oldest son of Leo Seidenverg, for
mer business man of Nome and
the brother of Ed Seidenverg,
who owned the Bon Marche Store
here for several years.
CALCUTTA, India. (JP) — The
body of Sarat Chandra Bose, In
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N.W.A. Chamber
< )f Commerce
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The monthly general meeting of
the N. W. A. Chamber of Com- j
merce was held at the Bering Sea
Club on Tuesday, Feb. 21
Following a tasty turkey dinner
Past President Harper introduced
the newly elected President Saario |
who called the meeting to order, j
President Saario first called on 1
John McNees to give a brief re
sume of the past year’s C. of O. \
activities.
Cited were:
1. Resolution on law enforce
ment.
2. Breakwater.
3. Sales Tax and C. of C endors
ing it.
4 Co-ordinating Committee.
5. Legislative action.
6. Effort made toward contin
uance of Marks Air Force Base.
7. Efforts to get ship during
shipping strike.
8. Better business program.
9. City Planning Committee.
10. Aid given to Bureau of
Reclamation.
11. Aid given to Fishing Survey.
12. Opposition to Reservation
plan.
13. Promotion of Housing.
14. Affiliation and co-operation
with other Nome organizations
toward betterment of Nome.
President Saario brought to the
attention of those present that C.
of C. Suggestion Boxes were to be
distributed around Nome and
urged that all persons with sug
gestions or gripes use them.
The C. of C. committee reports
were made—
Don Lyle chairman of the roads,
rivers and harbors reported that
the Alaska Road Commisison pro
gram has been cut, with the re
sult that this year work done will ;
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Truman Insists
t )n International
Atomic Inspection
(By Ernest B. Vaccaro)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., (^—Pres
ident Truman declared today that
any system of atomic weapons
control without the international
inspection—which Russia has re
jected—would be a “sham agree
ment.”
“Anything less would increase,
not decrease, the dangers of the
use of atomic energy for destruc
tive purposes,” he said. “We shall
continue to examine every avenue,
every possibility of reaching real
agreement for effective control.”
In what he called a “straight
from the shoulder” foreign pol
icy talk, Mr. Truman spoke at the
unveiling of a statue of the first
President at the George Washing
ton National Masonic Memorial.
Mr. Truman is a 33rd degree Ma
son and a former master of the
Missouri lodge.
As he has often before, the
President denounced “commun
ism’s threat of force” as a chal
lenge to the free world and said:
“In many parts of the world,
men are searching for a better so
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Alaska Individual
Nel Income S ax
Form iMusl lie Filed
The Alaska Individual Net In
come .Tax Return—Deptax 600—
must be filed on or before March
15th with the Divisional Office,
Department of Taxation, llox 250,
Nome, Alaska or direct with the
Tax Commissioner at Juneau,'
Alaska.
The rate of the Alaska Net in-,
come Tax is ten per cent (10'; > of
the Federal, Tax that would be
payable for the same taxable year,
on all net income from sources
within the Territory of Alaska. In
cases where earnings from out
side of Alaska and from within
the Territory are involved, the
Alaska tax will be that portion of
the federal tax that would apply
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Pilot Leaps From
Jel Plane As ii
Hits Snow Hank
EDMONTON, Alta., UP) — An
American jet fighter pilot escaped
passible injury in a crash landing
Monday by vaulting from his
plane as is slewed through deep
snow at the edge of the White
horse, Y. T., airport.
Royal Canadian Air Force head- j
quarters here said the flier, Lt. W.'
S. Blodgett of Montgomery, Vt.f
undersot the runway on his re
turn from a patrol flight over the
Alaska-Yukon border during ex
ercise Sweetbriar.
Blodgett, a member of the 65th
Fighter Squadron. Elmendorf
Field, Anchorage, told the RCAF
‘‘The fire went out” in his ‘‘Shoot
ing Star” jet fighter engine as he
was coming in for a landing.
The plane slithered through the '
snow' for 150 yards, tearing off
the left wing tank and nose wheel. J
The RCAF said six other planes
have been damaged or wrecked
during the joint U. S.-Canadian
sub-Arctic wa rmaneuvers.
Fonlrnijii Fines
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WASHINGTON, f/P> — The en
tire treasury of the striking coal
miners, variously figured at $13,
000,00 Oto $20,000,000 was endan
g( red yesterday by their defiance
of a court order once again to end
a coal strike.
Reports from the coal fields
showed a spirit of rebellious in
difference to the situation.
The United Mine Workers—but
not president John L. Lewis per
sonally—was cited for contempt
of court here Monday by Judge
Richmond B. Ke'ech, who had is
sued the back-to-work order.
The union was given until Fri
day to clear itself of contempt by
getting the 372,000 idle miners
back to work. LTnion lawyers
were told to explain Friday, if the
men are still out.
That didn’t seem to bother the
miners. They expressed such
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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
TO BE OBSERVED FRIDAY
Alaskans will sing the final
amen Friday evening to a chain of
prayer services which will begin
almost twenty-four hours earlier
in the Fiji Islands just west of the
International date line.
Nome will observe World Day
of Prayer with a corporate wor
ship service to be hold at 7:30 p.m.
Friday at the Methodist Church,
Federated. A children’s service
will be held at 4:00 p.m. at the
Church of The Nazarene. Chap
lain R. W. Fricke will broadcast
a prayer service for shut-ins at
7:00 p.m. over station WXLN.
These services are planned for
everyone who believes with Ten
nyson. that “More is wrought by
prayer than the world dreams of.”
They will include leadership and
special music from the various
churches. Everyone in Nome and
vicinity is invited to join in mak- j
ing this day a community-wide, as
well as a world-wide, symbol of
fellowship.
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Tuesday, February 21, 1950
< By The Associated Press)
An American business man was
sentenced to 15 years in prison
and a British associate to 13 years
by a Hungarian corn t today after
they abjectly confessed guilt on
spy charges.
The Hungarian manager of the
International Telephone and Tele
graph Company’s Budapest
branch and another Hungarian
national accused in the same spy
plot were sentenced to death.
Robert A. Vogeler, 38, the Amer
ican executive of I. T. and T., and
Edgar Sanders his British aide,
confessed to espionage and sabo
tage. They said they gathered vi
tal Hungarian defense secrets to
pass on to American and British
intelligence.
On pronouncement of the sen
tences, the defense announced it
would appeal to a higher court.
The prosecution immedia t e 1 y
hammered back that it, too, would
ippeal—but lor stiffer penalties
for the American and Briton and
three other co-defendants who
did not receive the death sentence.
Their arrest last November
tightened further the strained re
lations between the two western
nations and Hungary.
In New York, Paul Ruedemann,
an executive of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey said
Hungary’s prisoners and forced to
“confess” through torture, solitary
confinement and threats. Ruede
mann said “confessions” were
wrung from him in 1918 before he
was expelled from Hungary.
In Sofia, five Bulgarians, two
of them former employees of the
American legation, were charged
with spying for the Ignited States.
The communist-control led press
issued the indictment as a signal
for stepping up its campaign
against the U. S. legation.
Opposing Labor and Conserva
tive leaders in Britain and wind
ing up their campaign for Thurs
day’s election with last minute ap
peals to the heavily-taxed and ra
tion-weary independent voters.
The “floating” vote which has
not yet made up its mind it the*
main target of Prime Minister
Attlee and Winston Churchill,
Tory chieftain.
Churchill claims his call for Big
Power talks with the Kremlin to
end the world atomic weapons
race has become a major issue in
the campaign.
Attlee contended the Labor par
ty has a sound program for peace
which it will continue to work
out through the United Nations.
Crewmen on an airliner run
ning between Hong Kong and Ha
noi, Indo-China, reported today*
that communist Chinese troops
have invaded the Nationalist-held
island of Hainan. They said they
saw violent fighting on the island.
Hainan and Formosa are the last,
two major island holdings of the
nationalists.
Wednesday, February 22, 19S0
There was speculation today
whether the United States would
extend its toughened diplomatic
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