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VOL. LI. No. 87_NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1949_Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
SEATTLE, (/P) — Two four
month-old Kodiak bear cubs ar
rived by airplane from Kodiak
Wednesday and were taken to the
Woodland Park Zoo.
One will remain there, the other
being slated for Salt Lake City.
They knocked Walter Muller,
Alaska Air Lines agent at Kodiak,
off a truck while being loaded for
their southbound trip.
MANILA, (/P)—A typhoon with
winds of 120 miles an hour near
its center headed toward Formosa
last night at eight miles an hour.
At midnight the typhoon was
excepted to be 460 miles east
northeast of Aparri, on the north
ern ‘ip of Luzon island.
COLFAX, Wash. </P) — Good
wheat land comes high in the rich
Palouse belt.
Urgel Bell, LaCrosse, Wash.,
paid $226,500 for a 1900-acre farm
Wednesday. The sale, made from
the estate of Fritz Zieoerth, was
confirmed by the superior court
judge John D. Evans.
John A. Oafus, also of LaCrosse,
bid $225,500 for the land.
HOLLYWOOD, Two six
year-old girls are the first gradu
ates of Mrs. Mozell Britton Dine
hart’s backyard swimming school
—all because of the drowning of a
neighbor boy.
Three weeks ago the five-year
old boy was drowned in the pool.
Mrs. Dinehart, widow of actor
Alan Dinehart, decided the best
way to prevent such accidents
was to teach the neighborhood
children to swim.
She hired Ralph Flannagan, a
former* swimming champ, as in
structor. The student body aver
ages two to seven years in age.
SEATTLE, fZP)—A former mo
tion picture bit player, Don K.
Evans. 24, was found dead in a
highway auto cabin yesterday.
His head was near the open oven
door of a gas stpve, coroner’s dep
uties said. Three top burners and
three oven burners were turned
on.
He had appeared in Columbia’s
“Flying Cadets” and a Universal
movie starring Donald O’Connor
and Charles Lamont.
Evans, who was unemployed,
faced a charge of petty larceny in
justice court here. He was ac
cused of having issued a worth
less $25 check last March.
PORTSMOUTH, O. (^) — The
Rev. Marion Stiltner will have to
preach to his flock without the aid
of a loudspeaker.
Judge Fred W. Everett ordered
the loudspeaker silenced yester
day after Milo Mullins, who lives
near the Church of the Lord Jesus
Christ, complained that the min
ister’s voice was “noisome and
discomforting.”
SEATTLE, (IP)—The Far West
Furniture Co., has one pleased
customer, at least, even though he
isn't exactly a welcome customer.
Police disclosed today that the
burglar who stole 14 blank com
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Senate Approves
North Atlantic Pact
< )verwhelniingly
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(By John M. Hightower)
WASHINGTON, (/P» — Over
whelming Senate approval of the
North Atlantic treaty cleared the
way today for President Truman’s
formal request that America help
arm its European allies.
The White House announced
that the President will send the
proposed program to Congress
Monday. Vice President- Barkley
! said it will be pressed for passage
, at this session.
Barkley, who attended a cabinet
session, said the administration
hopes to pass both an authoriza
tion bill and an appropriation to
1 finance the arms program before
it quits around Sept. 1.
He said he does not expect as
much debate on the arms program
as occurred in the Senate during
i consideration of the pact, which
1 the Senate ratified yesterday by a
vote of 82 to 13.
The President originally plan
ned to send the arms message to
both Houses today, but postponed
this action until Monday to suit
the convenience of Senate leaders,
Charles G. Ross, Presidential press
secretary, told reporters.
It is understood that the pro
posed authorization will be for
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Crashed Seattle
Plane Covered
By Insurance
SEATTLE, (JP) — Block-1 o n g
Harney Street was like a “carni
val of death” yesterday as crowds
of curious milled through the de
bris-laden area to see the destruc
tion wrought by a crippled twin
, engined C-46 airliner.
Police chief George D. Eastman
estimated that more than 30,000
persons jammed the area in a
three-hour span last night, less
than 24 hours after the plane car
ried its 32 occupants on a death
dealing plunge through power
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Alaska Seeks Loan
In States Banks
JUNEAU, (/P)—'The Territory of
Alaska, rich in resources, needs a
million dollars in cash, and treas
urer Henry Roden left yesterday
for Seattle to try to get it.
Roden said he was authorized
by the board of administration to
get a $1,000,000 loan from bank
ers.
“We have sufficient revenue in
sight to pay off the loan between
the middle and end of January,”
he said.
Alaska has $1,300,000 in the
bank, but it’s earmarked for cer
tain funds. A loan will be used to
take up certain warrants and pro
vide operating expenses until ex
pected revenue is receivd.
Atty. Gen. J. Gerald Williams
gave legal approval to the board’s
action.
| Many Injured In
| Hawaii Strike Riot
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HONOLULU (/P)—Violence left
its mark on Hawaii’s 82-day-old
dock strike yesterday.
The first major outbreak in the
bitter dispute occured Wednesday.
Several hundred CIO pickets and
sympathizers swarmed down on a
group of non-union stevedores
getting ready to unload strike
bound freighters.
Police broke up the clash with
in 10 minutes. But 19 men were
injured and 30 arrested. Those
jailed—identified by police as
ILWU strikers—were held with
out charge on suspicion of riot.
Circuit judge John E. Park last
! night issued a writ of habeas cor
pus for the pickets. He ordered
police chief Dan Liu to produce
i the prisoners in court and show
: cause why they should not be re
I leased.
The international longshore
men’s and warehousemen’s union
struck the Territory’s six ports
May 1. It demanded a 32 cent
boost of the SI.40 hourly wage for
its 2,000 stevedores. The employ
ers offered 12 cents. Then all ne
gotiations came to a halt.
Gov. Ingram M. Stainback call
ed the legislature into special ses
sion Tuesday to enact a program
designed to end the tie-up. A leg
islative steering committee already
! has drafted 15 bills.
Committee Tells
Armed F orces How
To Save Money
j
WASHINGTON, —A Senate
committee report laid down some
detailed advice to the armed serv
ices yesterday on how to save mil
lions of dollars.
Fewer flying hours for air force
■ and navy pilots assigned to desk
jobs could save $50,000,000 or per
haps more, the report said.
It also asked Removal of extra
! gadgets from jeeps and trucks and
i questioned spending $150,000 a
j piece for a new type 8-ton truck.
It also expressed some doubts
about a $238,000 gun.
The list of economy hints and
directives back up the Senate ap
propriations committee’s drive to
slash $1,118,736,322 from the $15,
908,000,000 previously approved
by the House. This covers army,
navy and air force costs for the
fiscal year that began July 1.
A copy of the detailed report
was made available to a reporter
before chairman Elmer Thomas
(D.-Okla.) filed it with the Senate.
Thomas called the full appro
priations committee back into
closed session in hopes of saving
another $500,000,000 to $525,000,
000. He wants to cut back an
$825,000,000 sum previously ap
proved by Congress for stockpil
ing critical and strategic materi
als such as metals, rubber, qui
nine, pepper, castol oil and a long
list of other supplies.
Thomas calls the five-year post
war stockpiling plans “cockeyed”
but defense officials and Senators
from western mining states are
opposing him.
I n<| ucst Verdict In
Blatchford Death
Denotes Suicide
An inquest was held yesterday ,
on the death of Alfred Blatchford,
25. son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Blatchford of Solomon, who was'
found dead id the city jail Thurs
day morning and the verdict of
the coroner’s jury which was in
i session from ten yesterday morn
j ing until eight o’clock last evening >
was that the death was caused by
1 suicide.
The young man, a veteran o:
World War II, one of a family of
seventeen, was picked up by act
i ing patrolman Councilman Gor
don Osborne Wednesday night for
disorderly conduct while fighting
in the street. He was jailed in the
j city jail with four other boys:
' Harry Wilson, David Willoya,
Barney Wheeler and Harry Ko
monaseok; four of whom are re
ported to be minors. The five boys
I were in one cell, which has room
enough for eight occupants. All of
the boys were in for disorderly
! conduct on different charges.
The evidence brought out the
I fact, it is reported, that Alfred
Blatchford committed suicide by
tying a piece of the mattress cover,
a strip about ten feet long and
j three inches wide, about his neck
, sometime during the night. He
j was found in a sitting position by
David Willoya who was the first
j of the group to awaken. Willoya
releaesd him and laid him on a
, bunk where he was found by city
officials in the morning.
Truman “Not
Interested ln“
Sen. Wherry^s Fear
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! WASHINGTON. (/P) — Senator |
Wherry, the Republican floor
! leader, told the Senate yesterday J
that before approving the North
Atlantic Pact, it should "close the
door” against giving the atom
bomb to other members.
With a vote only hours away,
j the Nebraska Senator said he is
concerned that the treaty may ob
ligate this country to let others in
on A-bomb secrets.
At President Truman’s news
conference, held shortly before
the Senate met, a reporter had
mentioned the stand Wherry was
taking.
Mr. Truman brushed it off with
the comment that Senator Wherry
has a lot of ungrounded fears
about the treaty which I’m not in
terested in.
Wherry had raised questions
Wednesday about the a-bomb and
the treaty.
At that time, Senator McMahon
<D.-Conn.*—chairman of the Sen
ate-House atomic energy commit
tee—said the treaty carried no ob
ligation to share atomic secrets.
He said the question should be
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Mr. L. E. Evans, of the U. S. de
partment of labor is here on a
routine visit from his office in
Juneau.
News of the \$orld
At A Glance —
Thursday, July 21, 1949
1 By The Associated Press*
Italy’s attempt to ratify the
North Atlantic Pact yesterday was
nullified when it was discovered
that the ballot box in ’he Chamber
of Deputies contained more votes
than there were voters. The an
nounced result had been 333 for
approval to 208 against, making a
total of 546 votes, but there were
only 469 deputies voting. A new
vote was arranged for today.
Nationalist China got gloomy
reports from the Central China
front, dimming hopes of a come
back against the triumphant Chi
nese communists. Private reports
said the communists were only
20 miles north and east of Chang
sha. capital of Hunan Province,
and the reports said the indica
tions were the vital rail city would
be abandoned without a fight. Na
tionalist troops must decide soon
whether to fight a decisive battle
for Hunan Province or retire.
Chiang Kai-Shek, leader of na
tionalist China. ha> flown back to
his island redoubt of Formosa af
ter establishing a 12-man emer
gency council under his leader
ship in Canton to direct the war
on the communists.
Her long coal miners strike
plagued Australia in the midst of
the coldest weather of the Austra
lian winter. The government
planned to send 3.000 troops to
mine coal in New South Wales
Aug. 1 unless the strike is over by
then.
In the Middle East, six accused
members of the National Rvrian
party, now outlawed, were exe
cuted by a firing squad. They had
been convicted of armed revolt. A
military tribunal has condemned
59 others to life imprisonment.
Anton Saadeh, president of the
party, was executed July 8.
"Don't He Alarmed
By Secret Atomic
Ta 1 k s’'—'T ru man
WASHINGTON, (^—President
Truman said yesterday there is
nothing for the American people
to be alarmed about in current
hush-hush talks about atomic for
eign policy.
Mr. Truman was sharply criti
cal at a news conference, how
ever, of the man he said leaked
information to the press in ad
vance of an atomic policy meeting
the President held at Blair House
last Thursday.
Mr. Truman said he knows who
the man is, but he did not identi
fy him.
The Blair House conference,
bringing together high govern
ment and Congressional leaders,
was the first of two major confer
ences which have been held on
atomic matters.
The second was a meeting at
the Capitol Wednesday, called by
the Senate-House atomic energy
committee.
The second meeting appeared to
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