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VOL. LIII. No. 24 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1951_Per Copy—15c
MEWS IN BRIEF
FAIRBANKS, (£>)—Firemen in
this northern city are laddies of
all trades.
Not only do they have to pour
water on burning buildings, but
they have to take the water off,
too. When a large store burst into
flames in 50 below zero weather
water from the fire hoses formed
giant icicles all over the gutted!
structure.
Friday the ice threatened to col
lapse in warm weather so firemen i
were busy chopping off the frozen
water and piling it in an adjacent
vacant lot.
TOKYO, FAR EAST Air Force
headquarters reported the sight
ing Saturday of survivors from
the lost Norwegian freighter Flor
entine.
A weather plane radioed that it
spotted them adrift in a lifeboat
about 275 miles southwest of I wo
Jima.
A B-29 Superfort was dispatch
ed from Guam. It carried a drop
pable lifeboat equipped with food,
water and medicine.
The navy tug Takelma was
steaming under full draft for the
area. *
WASHINGTON, VP) — For the
first time in U. S. census history,
women outnumbered men in last
spring’s big head count. The ratio:
1,000 women to 981 men.
This was one of the points in a
report on the 1950 census made
public Saturday night by the cen
sus bureau.
BALTIMORE, VP)—The Pappas
quadruplets, surprise arrivals at
Maryland General Hospital last
Saturday, continued strong and in
good health today.
“They all seem fine,” the hospi
tal reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pappas,
both 28, had been told to expect
twins next month and were total
ly unprepared for four. But Mrs.
Pappas' reaction when she saw
them for the first time yesterday
was:
“My, they’re wonderful.”
BOMBAY, India, {IP) — Police
said today they feared 31 persons
drowned in the capsizing of a bri
dal boat in Mulshi Dam lake, near
Poona, Friday.
The boat was taking a bride*
groom’s party to a wedding.
CARACAS, Venezuela, (IP)—At
least 12 persons were killed yes
terday by floods and landslides in
Venezuela.
Ten or more persons died in a
heavy flood at the coastal village
of Arrecife, 15 miles northwest of
Caracas, following torre n t i a 1
rains Saturday.
LONG BEACH, (IP)—Capt. Mi
nor C. Heine, U.S.N., Hamilton,
Ohio, will take over command of
the Long Beach naval station
early next rqonth, the Navy an
nounced today.
Capt. Heine has just completed
a tour of duty as director of intel
1 ligence in Anchorage, Alaska.
The naval station is a part of
the newly-recommissioned naval
base.
Korean Situation
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At A Glance —
Saturday, February 24, 1951
(By The Associated Press)
American patrols re-enter com
munist major road hub of Hoeng
song in the heart of central Ko
rea for the second time in the
same day. Withdrawing after a
three-hour battle on their first en
try, they make no contact on the
second, but withdraw under long
range fire from the hills. TheiReds
withdraw to a new defense line in ’
the mountains under pressure of
100,000 U. N. troops. Gen. Lin
Piao, a top Red China field com
mander, is replaced in Korea and
shifted to South China. The Allied
offensive in central Korea keeps
moving with the support of planes,
tanks, artillery and warships.
In Washington the Senate arm
ed services committee’s report
brands Russia as “our enemy,”
and urges the drafting og 18-year
olds. Mobilization director Wilson
calls for a giant effort to build up
our productive strength.
In Hong Kong the Red China
radio says anti-communist guer
rilla chieftain has been captured.
It called him an agent of the
United States.
Monday, February 26, 1951
By the Associated Presi
Doughboys of the U.S. Seventh
division knifed ahead today on
| the right flank of the 8th Army
offensive in central Korea to a
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Send Troops To
Europe—“Don’t
Haul Down Flag”
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey urged Congress
Saturday not to “haul down the
flag” by barring the sending of
American troops to Europe.
The New York Governor told
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the Senate foreign relations and
armed services committees ap
proval of a resolution by Senator
Wherry of Nebraska, the Republi
can floor leader, “would paralyze
the capacity of this nation for its
own defense.”
Wherry has proposed that the
Senate reccrrd itself as opposed to
the President’s dispatching any
more divisions to joint the North
Atlantic defense force until Con
gress passed on the policy in
volved.
Dewey, the 1948 Republican
Presidential nominee, said his op
position to the Wherry proposal
does not “imply approval of all
aspects of our foreign policy, or
the present fiscal policies of the
government, or its wage and price
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BULLETIN
JUNEAU OP)—The Senate voted
eleven to four today for increas
ing the cigarette tax to five cents
a pack from the present three.
The funds derived would continue
to be earmarked for school build
ings. The bill now goes to the
House. J
Three Blizzards
Paralyze Nome
A series of three blizzards, one
on top of another, for the past
several days has piled up an im
mense quantity of snow, as well
as fallen stove pipes and broken
aerials.
The worst of the storm came |
Sunday afternoon from the SSW j
with wind velocity recorded at 60 j
miles an hour and gusts to 72
miles an hour. One gust is report
ed to have reached 85 miles an
hour.
The street and fire department
worked most of the night keeping
the main roads open so far as pos
sible.
Drifts of snow were like sand
dunes, shifting from one place to
another as the wind changed.
Barometric pressures since last
Monday have been abnormally
low.
The airfield and approaches at
noon today were not in condition
for air traffic and all flights were
cancelled until further notice.
Raymond Paul
Dog Team Winner
;Fur Rendezvous
ANCHORAGE, {£*) — Raymond
Paul, Galena, brought his dog
teanj in first Friday in 1:42.59 in
the 2nd 25-mile heat of the $6000
Fur Rendezvous All-Alaska sled
dog championship.
Howard Luke, Fairbanks, still
managed to hold a slim lead at the
halfway mark of the 100-mile
race. At the end of the second day
of racing Luke was had accumu
lated time of 4,42.22^. Paul was
second with 3:43.56.
Other leaders at the end of the
50 miles were Gareth Wright, Ne
nana, third, 3:46.30V6; Joe Carter,
Kotzebue, fourth, 3:50.27; Dan
Snyder, Noorvik, fifth, 3:50.30;
and Earl Norris, Anchorage, sixth,
3:50.49.
Twenty - two seconds separate
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Anchorage Beats
Nome In First
Two Games
ANCHORAGE, (IP) — Anchor
age’s Class A champions defeated
Nome, Class B titlists, 58-31, Fri
day night in the first of a two of
three series for the western Alas
ka basketball championship.
The Eagles tremendous height
advantage was too much for the
speedy but small polar bears.
Anchorage led at halftime, 30
to 11.
Co-captains Fred Fultz and Ray
Leonard paced the winners. Clar
ence Willoya and Gil Ozenna each
scored nine points for the losers.
ANCHORAGE, (IP)—Anchorage
High- School will represent west
ern Alaska against a yet-to-be
determined southeastern cham
pion in a forthcoming series for
the all-Alaska basketball crown.
Anchorage, winner of the Fur
Rendezvous Class A basketball
tourney here last week, defeated
Nome, Class B titleholder, 67-35
yesterday to capture the western
Alaska championship.
Anchorage now will play host
to the southeastern champions.
The Eagles weight was too
much for the Polar Bears in yes
terday’s game. Anchorage led 37
to 10 at halftime.
Fred Fultz was high scorer for
I the winners with IS points. Clar
ence Willoya Ml the losers with
14 points.
Honoring the basketball team
which is scheduled to arrive to
day or tomorrow, the High School
has planned a big party for Fri
day evening.
The trophy cabinet at the school
is being re-arranged to make a
place for the B Championship
Cup.
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fourth and sixth places. The first
six teams were separated only by
eight minutes, 26Vfe seconds.
Colder weather prevailed Fri
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FACE TO FACE _.
Lifting The Lid
At Juneau
Monday, February 26, 1951 ...»
JUNEAU, ((/P)—The Senate com
pleted legislative approval Satur
day of House bills for the removal
o f Governor Ernest Gruening
from the development board and
the board of health.
They were the first of 10 House
bills which would relieve the gov
ernor of numerous board positions
as he requested before the open
ing of the session. The two bills
will head for the governor’s desk
this week.
Both Houses hit the fastest
pace of the session Saturday in
handling bills and memorials.
The House passed three bills
and four memorials while the
Senate passed three bills and one
memorial and spent an hour in a
hearing over the controversial 40
hour week section of the House
approved wage hour bill.
Labor and industry witnesses
were scheduled to appear today
during continued hearing on the
measure.
The House voted 20 to three for
Republican George Miscovich’s
| bill which would provide a $10,
000 territorial bonus for any una
nium discovery sufficient to qual
! ify for the atomic energy commis
sion’s previously approved bonus.
The House also approved Re
publicans Ed Locken and James
MacKinnon’s memorial asking
that Alaska fishing vessels be ex
empted from a congressional bill
which fould require vessels over
15 tons to undergo Coast Guard
inspection before setting out for
outside waters.
A second memorial introduced
by Locken was approced by the
House. It asks the federal govern
ment to restore World War II war
risk insurance in Alaska because
of the Territory’s “exposed and
dangercrus position.” The memor
ial said possibility of war destruc
tion is “ a dark cloud over sales
prospects for municipality and
school district bonds.”
The House also approved mem
orials asking the federal govern
ment to negotiate with Canada to
keep customs stations open around
the clock on the Haines highway
and one by Republican Frank G.
Johnson asking a two-year exten
sion on Indian claims now before
the claims commission.
Other House action included
approval of bills to allow banks to
r
pledge assets to cover municipali
ty as well as territorial deposits
and to allow tax commission
agents to make arrests in fisher
man’s license cases.
The Senate completed legisla
tive approval of Anchorage Dem
ocrat Jack Scavenius’ memorial
for a Seldovia -Kasitna Bay road
and for a ferry from the bay to
Homer, to link with the Alaska
Highway system.
JUNEAU, UP)— A consultant
from the council of state govern
ments arrived here over the week
end for conferences with legisla
tors and territorial officials on
modernizing the territorial gov
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