Government Sued
For $1,382,365.60 In
Third Dist. Court
ANCHORAGE, (JP)—A damage
suit totaling $1,382,365.60 was
filed in Third District Court Mon
day against the federal govern
ment by seven men who were in
jured in an Alaska Railroad ac
cident March 24, 1950.
The men, who seek damages
ranging from $101,028 to $285,797,
charged that the government does
not maintain on its railroads the
standards of safety required by
law of all other railroads operat
ing in interstate commerce.
The suit charged the men, em
ployed by a private construction
firm working on rehabilitation of
A.R.R. tracks, claim they sus
tained serious incapacitating in
juries when a railroad-owned gas
car in which they were riding
collided with a train near Rain
bow, about 19 miles south of An
chorage.
According to the complaint, the
accident occurred when the men
were returning to camp from the
construction site. When the gas
car’s operator saw the approach
ing train, the complaint said, he
jumped from the gas car, aban
doning his duty.
The complaint further charged
that the railroad had been warned
that the gas car operation was
dangerous, since there was no sig
nal or safety device for warning
of approaching trains.
Bulldozer Crushes Air Force
Private at Elmendorf AFB
ANCHORAGE, </P) — The Air
Force announced Monday that
Pfc. Billie A. Meeks, 20, Augusta, j
Ga., was killed outright Friday
when he was crushed by a bull
dozer at Elmendorf Air Force
Base.
Meeks, a member of the 813th
Engineering Aviation Battalion at;
Fort Richardson, was caught be- j
ncath the tracks of the bulldozer
when it rolled back down a slope
as he tried to jump from the
driver’s seat.
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Senate Preparedness
Committee To Review
State of U.S. Security
WASHINGTON, W—'The Sen
ate Preparedness subcommittee
plans to look at secret intelligence
reports on Russian air power
while reviewing the state of Am
erica’s security.
Chairman Lyndon B. Johnson
(D-Tex) said Tuesday unusual
precautions will be thrown around
•the hearings, scheduled to open
next Monday. However, while
some witnesses will be heard be
hind closed doors, he said others
will testify in public.
The inquiry is one of a series
planned by the subcommittee,
which often has been sharply
critical of the Pentagon and
civilian defense agencies on
grounds they have been slow and
wasteful in erecting defenses
against possible Communist at
tack.
Announced goals of the study
are to determine how the U.S.
compares with Russia in quantity
and quality of war planes, and
how the coming months and years
may change the picture.
How The Russians View
The American Primaries
MOSCOW, (/P)—It’s not corrup
tion in the U.S. government that’s
costing President Truman votes
in current presidential primaries,
says Russia’s literary Gazette.
Corruption, the Gazette explain
ed Tuesday, is such a customary
thing in Washington that no one
gets excited about it.
The votes against Truman, the
magazine went on, are against
Truman’s entire policy — “which
has pushed the nation along the
path of bloody adventure in Ko
rea and preparation for war in
other parts of the world.”
It told its readers that the Am
erican voters had no choice, for
the Republican and Democratic
parties are both the <sagents and
servants of the monopolies,” but
that the vote against Truman was
a “vote of protest against the
policy of Wall Street, which is
alien to the interests of the peo
ple.”
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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
No. 871
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
NAPOLEON BERG AM ASCHI, De
ceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
undersigned, Administrator of the fore
going estate, will sell at public sale for
cash and to the highest bidders, at the
hour of 11:00 a.m. on the 14th day
of April, 1952, at the office of the
United States Commissioner, Nome,
Alaska, the following described . real
properties, to-wit:
Lot Forty-seven (47) in Block Fifty
seven (57), Nome. Alaska, with any
and all improvements thereon and the
contents thereof.
The South one-half (Vfe) of Lot Four
(4) in Block Sixty-four (64), Nome,
Alaska, together with the cabin there
on and the furniture, fixtures and
household equipment used in connec
tion therewith.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that
the properties described herein just
above, will first be offered for sale
separately and second, collectively, and
chat the bids or bid from which the
greatest revenue will be derived for the
estate, will be accepted.
Dated the 24th day of March, 1952.
Russell E. Arnett,
U. S. Commissioner
Publish March 26, April 2, 9, 1952.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Main 52
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
B«n Young •
WE CARRY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINE
Out-of-Town Orders Carefully Handled
THE NOME LIQUOR STORE
(Formerly Gordon’s Shoe Store)
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To be scene of multiple service to public.
Mr. and Mrs. Ludbrook are the new occupants
and it is their plan to offer the following services:
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0 Shoes at reduced prices, while they last,
plus a lot of accessories.
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0 Manual shoe repair and shine.
0 Setting glass in windows.
0 Furniture repairing or refinishing.
0 Show cards made to order.
0 Signs made — big or little,
and they will hang them for you.
0 Selling and general trading.
0 Miscellaneous art work.
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