Husband’s Death
Cuts Visit Short
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SEATTLE, </P) — The sudden1
death in Alaska of her husband
has interrupted the American visit
of Laura Hagberg, part Eskimo
girl from Fairbanks, who passed
through Seattle late last Novem
ber on her way to New York City.
While participating in a radio
broadcast in Chicago on Wednes
day, Mrs. Hagberg was given the
opportunity of calling her husband
in Alaska on the telephone and
radio-telephone. She first learned
of her husband’s death at that
time. She promptly left Chicago to
return to Alaska for her husband’s
funeral. She will fly from Seattle.
The husband, John Albert Hag
berg, was a miner and worked at
Haycock. Mrs. Hagberg, daughter
of an Aleskan pioneer and an Es
kimo woman, recently has worked
as a waitress in the Territory. She
won a popularity contest, one of
the rewards of which was her
present trip “Outside.”
Congress Will
Scrap Most Of
Truman Proposals
WASHINGTON, Most of Pres
ident Truman’s major 1948 legis
lative proposals, particularly his
tax reduction and anti-inflation
plans, appeared headed yesterday
for a Congressional wastebasket.
But several, including rent con
trol extension, foreign aid, broad
ened social security coverage,
higher minimum wages and civil
rights guarantees, seemed likely
to pass in compromise form.
Still others, such as national
health insurance and compulsory
military training were lumped in
the “highly doubtful” category.
But leaders of both the Repub
lican majority and the Democrat
ic minority left little doubt that
they look for the President’s tax
and anti-inflation plans to be re
jected after prolonged wrangling
likely to lay the foundation for
this year’s Presidential and Con
gressional elections.
Party leaders privately predict
ed this outcome for statehood for
Alaska and Hawaii — “Perhaps
Hawaii, but not Alaska at this
time,” said a top Republican.
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To light up homes in the West
Indies glow worms, beetles and
fireflies are sometimes confined
in lanters.
Tender Survivors
All Improving
KODIAK, i/P)—The 10 surviv
ors of the cannery tender Spen
cer, rescued from an icy Alaska
peninsula cliff refuge five days
after their New Years Day wreck,
were all in improved condition,
hospital attendants said.
Some of the men still suffered
from badly frost-bitten feet but
the two women, Mrs. Gus Skon
berg and her daughter, Alva, were
expected to be released. Alva plans
to marry the vessel’s skipper,
Capt. Axel Carlson.
S. J. Homola, carpenter’s mate
2/c, Johnston, Pa. one of three
navy men who volunteered a res
cue attempt and who were hurled
into the icy water but made shore
safely, was discharged from the
base dispensary. E. W. Kelley,
seaman 1/c, Rochester, N. Y., suf
fering frost-bitten feet, will re
main a few days.
GOP (^11 Truman
“Left-Winger”
WASHINGTON, (TP) —Republi
cans pinned a political “left-wing
er” label on President Truman
as they set out to counter his state
of the union proposals with their
own laws-making program in
preparation for next November’s
ballot battles.
But Senator McGrath of Rhode
Island, chairman of the Democrat
ic national committee, replied that
the President has offered a busi
ness-like, practical program of
progressive liberalism.”
Senator Taft of Ohio, an an
nounced President candidate and
chairman of his party’s policy
committee in the Senate, took to
the air last night to compare Re
publican ideas for new laws with
those of the President.
ALASKA YUKON CLUB HELD
PARTY AT OAKLAND
Fay Delzene writes from San
Francisco that the Alaska Yukon
Club had a grand party at Oak
land on December 27 th with many
ex-Nomeites taking prominent
part. Officers of the club include
Katherine Bongard, and Mrs.
Pearl Van Sickle. He visited with
Al Winkler and wife as well as
Coke Hill and Harry Bloomfield.
Harry Gabrielson is now in busi
ness for himself at 991 Market
Street.
For Good Printing Call Main 125
Bn/oy 7/up
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Relax While You Travel
^/yj When yon go by steamer, you can relax In the luxurl*
S) ous comiort of staterooms, lounges and decks ... sit
X"* back and tnjoy the scenery as you sail.
Eat fha Bast Food —No Extra Chargo
The Aksku Line Is famad for the excellence ©t lu
n. cuisine. You will marvel at the deliciously prepared
. meals. The coat of all meals is included in the fare
Your berth, toot
’ Soilings Aro Froquont
|> From Seward:
January 23 and every two weeks thereafter for
V Juneau, Ketchikan, Seattle.
January 15 and every two weeks thereafter for
Valdez, Cordova, Juneau, Ketchikan, Seattle.
“Speculators Made
Millions"—Stassen
WASHINGTON (/P>—Harold E.
'Stassen testified today that high
administration “insiders” have
made a profit of about $4,000,000
by trading in commodities since
the war.
Stassen, a candidate for the Re
publican Presidential nomination,
also told a Senate appropriations
subcommittee inquiring into spec
ulation that Edwin A. Pauley,
special assistant to secretary of
the army Royall, “did not make
a full disclosure” of his trading
activities when he appeared be
fore the committee last month.
Stassen said his information is
that Pauley actually made a profit
of approxi mately $1,000,000
through his trading and did not
lose about $100,000, as Stassen
said Pauley inferred.
He urged the committee to “car
ry through” with a complete in
vestigation, saying integrity of
government is involved.
ROTARY CLUB MET
THURSDAY NOON
The Rotary Club held their reg
ular weekly luncheon at the Pio
neer Hall yesterday with Mrs.
Jack Reed serving a delicious
luncheon. In the absence of the
president John McNees, Karl
Dewey presided".
NOTICE
Pioneers, their wives or lady
friends, Pioneer Women, with
husbands or escorts, are invited
to the Pioneer Joint Installation to
be held Saturday, January 10 at
8:00 p.m. Performers at last Roof
Garden will be given special invi
tations. Entertainment and re
freshments after installation.
Robert Baldwin, Secy.
Attention Pioneer Women
Full attendance requested for
regular meeting Friday evening
at 8 o'clock as plans for joint in
stallation will be completed.
Rosa B. Hagen, Secy.
Classified Ads
CREATION VS. EVOLUTION.
Can a Christian be an Eveolu
tionist? The Pioneer Hall Sun
day, January 11.
HOUSE FOR SALE at one. -See
Cherry Eaton. Campbell in front.
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SITUATION WANTED — Child
care, $12 week. Call Nugget Of
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or if you are familiar with the
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and would like to help yourself
by helping others please write to
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DREAM
THEATER
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2 Shows, Jan. 9, 7:30 and 9:00 p.m.
Friday
"SONS OF THE PIONEERS"
Roy Rogers
Also Chapter 7 "Secret Service
In Darkest Africa"
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1 Show, January 10, 1948 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
"THE HARVEY GIRLS"
Judy Gferland - John Hodiak
Also "White Rhapsody"
—•—
2 Shows Jan. 11, 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Sunday #
"HIT THE HAY"
Judy Canova Ross Hunter
Also "Star in the Night"
Italian Bank i
W orkers Strike t
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ROME, {&)—A stubborn mne
day-old strike of 60,000 » bank
workers snarled Italy’s complex
economy and threatened today to
grow into something bigger—per
haps the Communists’ long-ru
mored nationwide general strike.
The Communist-dom i n a t e d
chambers of labor in Milan and
Rome voted full support to the
bank workers last night. The
Rome chamber declared that it
was awaiting only“ dispsitions
from the national organism”—the
6,000,000-member general labor
confederation — before taking
; “concrete action.”
Sources in the Italian interior
ministry said extraordinary po
lice precautions had been ordered
on the basis of information re-.
ceived by the • government that
“something was in the air.” One
rightist newspaper mentioned a
“plan against Rome.”
BASKET BALL GAME SUNDAY
AT GYMNASIUM
Two outstanding basket ball
teams, Nome Air Base Fliers vs.
Nome All Stars, will meet again
'next Sunday for a lively game at
the gymnasium of the Nome Ter
ritorial School. All those who at
tended the New Year’s Day game
report that the teams were well
matched and it was nobody’s game
until the very last of the playing.
All proceeds are being turned
over to the Infantile Paralysis
Fund, care of B. B. Mozee.
Gruelling Agrees
With Truman
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—Gov. Ernest
H, Gruening today described Pres
ident Truman’s request for Alas
ka and Hawaii statehood as “a
splendid recommendation which
coincides with the will of the peo
ple of Alaska as expressed in the
last election.”
Gruenmg, a vociferous cham
pion of statehood for the Terri
tory, is here to discuss serious fi
nancial straits of the University of
Alaska and to canvess opinion of
Territorial legislators on the ad
visability of calling a special ses
sion of the Alaska legislature.
The plight of the university,
funds for which are reported in
capable of permitting operation
during the 1948-49 year, is but one
of the critical problems facing
the Territory.
Gruening, .who is expected to
propose a possible program for
the Territory in a speech before
the central labor council here
Sunday, said he would sit in Fri
day as an “interested spectator”
when the Fairbanks junior cham
ber of commerce invites Fourth
Division members of the legisla
ture to discuss special session pos
sibilities.
CPL. REED ENJOYED
NOME FURLOUGH
Corporal Anthony J. Reed, of
the U. S. Marines, who has been
visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Reed for the past twenty
days, is leaving today for his sta
' tion at Kodiak.
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ATTENTION
FUR SEWERS
Please call for materials at the store
instead of Fur Shop.
Bessie Bourdon in charge.
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Handmade Fur Garments - Native Footwear
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