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VOL. HI. No. 28 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
HAINES, (#*)—Residents of this
Southeastern Alaska community
voted at a special election in fa
vor of a one per cent sales tax. It
will provide the local end of fi
nancing of projected sewer and
water project under the public
works planning program. The tax
will be effective immediately.
JUNEAU, (/P> — A Canadian
army snow patrol has arrived at
Haines over the Cutoff highway
from the Canadian border and re
ported the route open.
The patrol encountered snow
drifts as deep as 12 feet. Their
vehicles also had to break through
snow slides. It was not known
here, however, whether there still
was a danger of new snow block
ing the Cutoff link to the Alaska
Highway.
Penguin snowmobiles, each
hauling two sleds of food and
equipment, were used by the pa
trol.
WASHINGTON, </P) — The air
force said last night no decision
has been reached to send Maj.
Gen. Roger M. Ramey from his
present post as commander of the
Eighth Air Force at Fort Worth,
Texas, to head the Alaskan Air
Command.
Re-occurring reports that Ra
mey will be given the Alaskan
Command were revived recently
by the appointment of a deputy
commander for the Eighth Air
Force. The deputy commander is
Maj. Gen. Archie *J. Old, Jr.
Maj. Gen Frank A. Armstrong,
Jr., the present Alaskan com
mander, has held that post for
more than a year, and is consid
ered to be in line for reassignment
shortly.
JUNEAU, (/P>—'The Highlands,
^ new residential section building
up with $8,000-$20,000 homes,
was voted into the Juneau City
limits yesterday.
The annexation vote, limited to
property owners, was 275 for and
25 against.
The section is located on the
Glacier Highway adjacent to the
city.
WASHINGTON, f/P) — Senator
Magnuson (D.-Wash.> was present
ed an ivory polar bear yesterday
as evidence of appreciation of
Alaskans for his help in getting a
law enacted to set up a Territorial
community facility program.
Delegate Bartlett told Magnu
son the gift was from him, Terri
torial officials and the mayors of
important Alaskan towns.
NORFOLK, Va. (fl>)—A heavy
crane hoisted an American bomb
ing plane aboard a French air
craft carrier today—and this na
tion’s billion dollar flow of mili
tary aid to Western Europe began.)
The bomber, its United States
insignia replaced by the French
tricolor, was followed aboard by
other war planes, the first of
three shipments to be carried to
France by the escort carrier Dix
mude.
Moments before, the acting
French ambassador, Jean Dari-1
dan, said the military aid program I
Criticizes Secy. Of
Defense Johrtson;
Gets Transferred
(By Ruth Cowan)
WASHINGTON, UP) — Disclos
ure that a navy critic of Secretary,
of Defense Johnson is being
transferred out of his high medi
cal post raised some blood pres
sures in Congress today.
The officer involved is Rear
Adm. Joel T. Boone, who has
called Johnson’s economic cutback
of military hospitals a “short
sighted” policy.
He has been the senior medical
officer in Johnson,s office, and
during his caree rhas served as
White House physician to Presi
dents Harding, Coolidge and Hoo
ver, besides winning the Congres
sional medal of honor in World
War I.
Congressional ire was centered
in a House armed services sub
committee which has been hear
ing repeated testimony that with
I out consulting army, navy and
air force medical authorities,
Johnson ordered several military
hospitals closed in an attempt to
save from $25,000,000 to $50,000,
000 in operating expenses. Boone
was a witness yesterday.
Military headquarters at the
Pentagon confirmed that eight
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Film Lights Guests
Of Ice Carnival
_
i FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Hollywood
film players Lois Butler and Lon
I McAllister gave added oomph yes
I terday to the Fairbanks Winter
( Carnival.
McCallisted was stationed at the i
Ladd Air Force Base here during I
the war. Miss Butler was the fea- \
tured guest at last year’s carnival.
They arrived here by plane Mon
day as guests of the Fairbanks
Carnival Association.
A queen contest, hockey games,
dog races, exhibits of native arts
and crafts, Eskimo dancing and a
mukluk and parka parade will be
among the carnival’s attractions.
CIVIL AIR PATROL
BENEFIT FRIDAY NIGHT
The Cvl Air Patrol has sched
uled a double-header in basketball
for Friday evening. The first game
is between the evenly matched
high school girl teams Wolverines
vs. Huskies and the second game
is between the Civil Air Patrol
Flyers vs. A. A. C. S.
The purpose of the games is to
help raise some funds to establish
a supply of gas for the Civil Air
Patrol plane which was put into
condition last month. This plane
has already been used for three
emergency flights and it is neces
sary to have fuel available if they
are to continue in these rescues.
In charge of the games arc Bill
Shepherd, Robert Emmons and
Jennie Sayers.
“will facilitate the determined ef
fort which France is making to
ensure her own security, a condi
tion and consequence of the se
curity of all."
Northwest Plane
Crashes In Bliz
zard; 15 Killed j
MINNEAPOLIS, (>P) — Roaring
through a blinding March bliz
zard, a Northwest Airlines plane
crashed and exploded last night
to convert a Minneapolis home
into a blazing funeral pyre for 15
persons.
The ship carried ten passengers
and a crew of three.
Two children, who had just
been put to bed in the house the
plane struck, were also trapped
in the flaming inferno which
spouted from the ship’s sundered
gasoline tanks. The rest of the
family were watching television.
Originating at Washington, D.
C., the ship—on NWA flight 307—
made stops at Pittsburgh, Cleve
land, Detroit and Maidson, Wis. It
was scheduled to set down at
Rochester, Minn., but that landing
was prevented by the heavy wea
ther and the craft was ordered
into Minneapolis. It would have
I proceeded thence to Winnipeg,
Manitoba, via Fargo and Grand
Forks, N. D.
The plane, a Martin 2-0-2 Mars,
was trying for an instrument
landing here in gusty winds and
swirling snaw.
Mai Freeburg, NWA operations
executive, said he was investigat
1 ing a report the plane struck a
flagpole at the Fort Snelling Na
tional Cemetery, just south of
Wold-Chamberlain airport on its
first instrument run, which was
unsuccessful. He said this report
was borne out by the fact one
wing was found eight blocks from
the scene of the main crash.
Less than two airline miles
from the safety of the airport, the
plane plummeted into the home
of Franklin Doughty.
Shafts of flame spewed immedi
ately from the shattered airliner
to fire the neighboring homes of
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CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
Question of the Week:
"Do you think the C.A.B. should
curtail non-scheduled and bush
operations in Alaska'" Please use
our suggestion boxes or mail in
your opinion.
Yesterday noon the Chamber of
Commerce met at the Polaris Grill
for regular session and held a
very busy session.
John McNees brought up the
matter of the Alaska Steamship
Co. reducing the number of ships
to this port to three for this sea
son. It was decided to get direct
information on the subject before
taking action.
A discussion was held on the
proposed Shungnak reservation
vote to be held next month. The
Chamber had already taken ac
tion strongly opposing the action
and it was reported the Alaska
Native Native Brotherhood were
also working on the subject.
Another subject of discussion j
was concerning the Motor Ship |
North Star. An informal discus- j
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House Passes
Bill To Give
Hawaii Statehood
WASHINGTON, UP), The House
yesterday passed a bill to make
Hawaii a State. All debate was
completed Monday and the mea
sure was brought to the verge of
a final vote.
Last Friday, the House passed a
bill to admit Alaska to Statehood [
by a vote of 186 to 146.
Neither bill has been approved
by the Senate, and may not be ,
this year. Several of the House;
opponents of the Alaska statehood
bill joined the backers of Hawa
iian Statehood.
Among them was Rep. Johnson
iR.-Calif., who said he felt that
Hawaii has the population and
the financial resources to support
a state government, while in his
opinion Alaska does not.
Hawaii’s population is 530.U00;
Alaska has about 100,000.
Led by Delegate Farrington <R.- j
Hawaii, supporters of Hawaii
statehood emphasized the tradi- 1
tional evolution of Territories in
to States.
Farrington said that the people
i of Hawaii feel that they were
promised statehood when the is
lands were annexed to the Union
• as an incorporated Territory in
1898.
I He urged Congress to fulfill
j that promise and make reality of!
the “hopes that have been nour
| ishcd for two geneartions.”
The issue of communism was
i raised by Rep. Cox (D.-Ga.), who
1 said Hawaii is “communist con
j trolled” and dominated by Harry
' Bridges, the president of the CIO.
International Longshoremen’s Un
ion.
Rep. Crawford <R.-Mich.> term- i
ed Cox’s argument “99 per cent I
whifflepoof”
Farrington said he would be the
last to deny that Hawaii faces a
communist problem as well as
other serious problems. But, he
said, Hawaii should be given the
autonomy of statehood so it would
have the moans to settle its prob
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ANNOUNCE NEW RULES
FOR QUEEN CONTEST
This year the Queen of Nome
will be chosen from the single
girls of Nome, aged 16 to 21, with
at least six months’ residence in '
Nome. The rules of the contest \
will be as follows:
Only those persons attending
the Carnival on April 29th, can
vote.
One ballot to a person.
The Arctic Club urges people to
consider personality, popularity j
and sportsmanship in choosing
their candidate. There will be ex-1
cellent prizes for the Queen and
runners-up.
More details in later issues of,
The Nome Nugget.
Proceeds of the sale of tickets
on the Chevrolet Sedan will go
toward defraying of expenses and
purchasing the prizes for Queens.
Pick your favorite queen and i
put her over.
Girls who wish to enter the
Queen Contest should register
with Ted Duffield.
News of the \\ orld
At A(dance - - -
Tuesday. March 7, 1950
iBy The Associated Press*
The Conservative Populist‘Roy
alist* party held a narrow lead in
near final returns today from the
Greek election, but it may not be
included in a new coalition gov
ernment.
A surprise was the showing
made by the newly-organized, left
ist National Progressive Union,
which ran second to the Populists.
The Liberals, under former Pre
mier Sophocles Venizelos, came in
third. Before the election, Veni
zelos and other party leaders said
they would not enter a coalition
headed by deputy Premier and
foreign minister Constantin Tsal
daris, who heads thi* Populists.
This presented the possibility
that middle road and leftist par
ties might unite to form a govern
ment, leaving Tsaldaris as the
main opposition leader in the 250
member parliament.
Washington informants said U.
S. secretary of state Dean Ache
son is willing to meet the foreign
ministers of France and Britain in
a three-power conference but the
meeting is not expected to take
place before two months’ time.
The meeting is expected to map
a common Big-Three policy on the
Far East, and Germany.
The powerful Conservative bloc
in the British House of Commons
is pressing today for a vote ex
pressing dissatisfaction with La
bor’s policies of nationalization of
steel and construction of housing.
The Conservative amend men"
was introduced during the debate
on the speech from the Throne.
Lobar has a slim majority of seven
votes in the House.
On Formosa the Nationalist
Chinese government said several
hundred communist soldiers in
Kwantung province in the com
munist-dominated mainland have
deserted to Nationalist guerrillas.
President Chiang Kai-Shek an
nounced Gen. Chen Chong has
been nominated Premier of Na
tionalist China. Chen, a bitter
anti-communist, was praised by
American generals for his leader
ship in the Burma campaign of
World War II.
In Sofia, Bulgaria, a former
Bulgarian translator in the U. S.
delegation “confessed” yesterday
that ho spied for the United States
at the behest of former U. S. min
isted Donald R. Heath. The
United States has broken all dip
lomatic relations with Bulgaria.
The alleged confession of the
translator, Michael Shipkov, came
two days after the state depart
ment in Washington released an
affidavit signed earlier by Ship
kov telling how Bulgarian police
had extorted a false confession
from him by methods including
torture.
Wednesday, March 8. 1950
A surge of non-communist votes
today broke up communist fili
buster tactics in the French Na
tional Assembly, and it passed an
anti-sabotage bill after four days
of hubbub and haymakers.
The bill is aimed at protecting
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