Air Forces Make
Mercy Flights
To Gambell
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He stated further that there has
been an acute shortage of walrus
and seal this season, which is
Gambell’s main source of meat
Supply. Dundas said that the fox
was not plentiful and no whale
have been taken in 1947 or this
year. As a result of these shortages
meat for the residents of Gambell
and for the indispensable sled
dogs have not been available.
It is understood that in addition
to the scarcity of seal and \v;alrus
this year, the ice on the Bering
Sea has frozen far out from the
shores of Gambell making it dif
ficult to traverse the open water
in search of the seal and walrus.
An expression of thanksgiving
and gratitude was prevalent as the
Citizens of Gambell watched the
giant Air Force C-47s depart after
leaving their mercy cargoes of
food sent from Nome Air Base and
Anchorage.
lT.S. Commissioner’s Court
The U. S. Commissioner’s Court
has held Marco Martinovich to
answer to the Grand Jury when it
convenes on a charge of contrib
uting to the delinquency of a mi
nor.
Word has been received that the
bill before Congress to increase
the pay of commissioners in sev
eral of the incorporated towns has
passed the Senate.
W. J. Robertson who has been
with the Alaska Native Service as
teacher for several years and well
known here while stationed at
White Mountain arrived in town
enroute to Gambell to inspect and
repair the generators of the light
plant which have caused so much
publicity lately. He stated that the
department had not been aware
Of the plight of the Gambell peo
ple or the repairs would have been
made sooner.
He stated that the food condi-j
lion, although not too good was
not as bad as originally believed. j
The Music Department of the
Federated Church is making plans
for a special choir for the Easter
program. Mrs. William Cameron
•will direct the choir and will be
assisted by Mrs. M. Day as accom
panist. All interested in taking
part are invited to be at the church
this evening at 7:30.
Chennault Asks
Military Aid
For China i
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WASHINGTON. (/P)—Maj. Gen.j
Claire Chennault told the House
foreign affairs committee today
that military aid to China would
help stop “Russian aggression” in
Europe.
The former commander of the
“Flying Tigers” said failure to
provide aid to China “will inevi
tably set the stage for World War
III.”
The “Flying Tigers” were a vol
unteer force of fliers, mostly
American, who fought with China
against Japan before Pearl Har
bor.
At 57, Chennault is retired from
the army and heads a commercial
aviation concern in China. He flew
here to testify at the committee’s
hearings on the administration’s
request that Congress vote $570,
000,000 for aid to China.
Chennault’s 25-year-old Chinese
wife accompanied him to the hear- j
ing.
Royal Family To
Visit Australia
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LONDON, i/P) — Buckingham •
Palace disclosed vesterdav that the
l
King and Queen and Princess
Margaret Rose will go to Austra
lia and New Zealand next year by
way of Panama Canal.
The voyage of almost 12,000
miles probably will be made in
Britain’s mightiest battleship, the
Vanguard, which carried the;
royal family to South Africa last'
year.
A palace spokesman said the de
cision to travel via Panama was
made because the admiralty fear
ed the 42,500-ton battleship might i
have trouble squeezing through
the Suez Canal.
A group from the Nome High
School was taken through the U.
S. Post Office this morning to!
learn from U. S. Postmaster S. Da
vid Mazen, how the mails are han-!
died and to see how much work is
involved in the careful processing
of each piece of mail.
Barney Vogen of Teller arrived
yesterday enrfJute to Anchorage,
where he plans to spend a few
weeks. He stated that Teller is
quiet this time of the year and he
was taking care of a little business
and returning with the break-up.)
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Fail To Agree
Partition Plan
LAKE SUCCESS, (/P) — The
much-heralded U. S.-Ru s s i a n
agreement on Palestine partition
appeared today to be crumbling.
A battle of words outside United
Nations chambers yesterday spot
lighted their current differences
over the political future of the
Holy Land. It was the sharpest
split on the issue between the two
powers since last November when
they pushed the partition plan
through the U. N. assembly.
The core of the verbal tussle
was American insistence on bring
ing the Arabs, bitter foes of parti
tion, into United Nations consulta
tions. So far the Arabs have boy
cotted every discussion of the
splitup scheme. The Jews accept
the plan to create Jewish and
Arab nations by next Oct. 1.
The Jews oppose overtures to
the Arabs. Russia has termed the
moves worthless in view of past
failures at conciliation.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Seppala.
formerly of Nome, have moved
into their new home in Seattle,
Wash., after a long Alaskan resi
dence. They are at 13723 In‘erlake
avenue.
NOTICE
We desire to thank the general
public for their very fine support
of the Eskimo Show last Saturday
night. Also we wish to thank the*
performers and directors for their
splendid efforts in making the
show such an outstanding success.
Arctic Native Brotherhood ]
NOTICE
Chamber of Commerce dinner
Tuesday evening 6:30 Pioneer
Hall. All interested invited to at
tend. For reservations call Nome
Motors or Vi's Shop.
NOTICE
Dinner meeting of Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday evening,
March 9. Save the date.
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U. S. Trying To
Divide Europe
Claims Russia
(By Thomas P. Whitney)
MOSCOW, (/P) — Russia main
tained yesterday that the United
States is engineering a western
power scheme to divide Eurone
and increase military strength in
Germany for aggression against
the Soviet Union.
In a note to the United States,
Britain and France, Russia de
clared the western powers are try
ing to build up military potential
in the Ruhr so as to “turn Western
Europe into a strategic base for
American imperialism in Europe
with the purpose of aggression
against the U. S. S. R.”
The note was made public last
night at a news conference. Rus
sian officials said it was delivered
Saturday. It did not say what ac
tion the government intends to
take on its interprestation of
events.
The Soviet note rejected a Brit
ish reply to an earlier Russian
protest against a recent three
power conference in London on
Germany’s futurfi. That confer
ence, the Soviet note charged, vio
lated the Potsdam agreement of
1945.
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the Ruhr and a federalized form
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It’s allright to be poor but proud
if you aren’t too proud to work.
Japs Regret They
Cannot Vote For
MacArthur
TOKYO, UP) — General Mac
Arthur said today he would not al
ow the Presidential campaign to
interfere with the occupation of
Japan indicating he intends to re
main aloof from campaign issues.
His public relations officer is
sued a statement that MacArthur’s
announcement of availability does
"not change in the slightest” the
operations of headquarters. Re
quests for a news conference and
new, posed pictures were declined.
Col. M. P. Echols, the pro, said
the general has nothing to add to
yesterday’s announcement, which
he made as a "private citizen.”
'In Shanghai, China’s official
Central News Agency said in a
Tokyo dispatch: MacArthur re
cently told a high Chinese official
his (MacArthur’s) election as Pres
ident "would be the best thing
that could happen to Chiang Kai
Shek.” This official was quoted as
saying the general added, how
ever, his election "would be a mir
acle.”)
There has been no indication of
MacArthur’s views on any domes
tic United States problem.
He has not been in the States
since 1937. x
Tokyo buzzed with speculation,
notwithstanding official emphasis
on business as usual.
The newspaper Dai Ichi Shim
bun editorialized: "Eighty million
Japanese regret that they have no
vote to give MacArthur.”
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