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VOL. LI. No. 63 , NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1949 Per Copy-^5c
NEWS IN BRIEF
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SAN FRANCISCO, UP)—A Cal
ifornia College all-star baseball
team will tour Oregon, Washing
ton, British Columbia, Alberta,
The Yukon Territory and Alaska
from June 11 to August 1.
The team will play 45 games. It
will be coached by Pete Beiden,
Fresno State mentor. Players
from San Francisco State, San
Mateo Junior College. Fresno
State and College of Pacific will
make up the squad.
BUCHAREST, Romania, itf*)—
The government announced plans
yesterday to start immediate con
struction of a canal from the Dan
ube to the Black Sea.
Once planned with British aid
^ as a guarantee against Russian
control of the Danube, the canal
now will be built with Russian
aid, reliable sources said. It will
stretch about 60 miles fromCerna
Voda on the Danube to L/ake Tas
aul, near the coastal port of Con
stanta.
FRANKFURT, Germany. <&)—
| It was spoiled cream sauce on
bread pudding which sent 116 U.
S. soldiers to a hospital here May
19. the army disclosed today.
It was the second time in seven
weeks that mass food poisoning of
soldiers was caused by spoiled
cream sauce.
The first time was April 1
when 300 soldiers were hospital
ized. All recovered soon.
O T T AW A, (/P) — Commodore
Horatio Nelson Lay has been ap
pointed Canadian naval attache in
Washington and naval member of
the Canadian joint staff, naval
headquarters announced today.
Born in Skagway, Alaska, Com
modore Lay, 46, formerly was as
sistant chief of naval staff for
plans and air and will succeed
Commodore V. S. Godfrey, pre
viously appointed commodore in
Newfoundland.
TOKYO, (/P)—Officials of In
ternational Airlines here were
hopeful today of early restora
tion of traffic to Shanghai.
Northwest Airlines left its vice (
president, Don King, and district
I traffic manager, James Farrell, in
Shanghai when the communists
nullified Lunghwa airport. Pan
American’s Robert Jose also stay
ed in the city.
The Americans planned to con
tact communist officials at once
in an effort to restore traffic with
the big Chinese city.
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CALI. Colombia </P)—Seventeen
0 persons were killed by flaming
lava when they tried to scale an
active volcano, it was learned
here today.
The group of engineering stu
dents led by a professor were on
a field trip at Purace, site of the
volcano, about 150 miles south
west of Bogota.
Continued eruptions have pre
vented recovery of the bodies.
MANILA, (JP)—Gabanatuan po
lice today arrested postmaster
Dominador Santamaria and two
mail truck drivers in the disap
pearance of $500,000 worth of
Air Force Bombs
Kuskokwim Ice
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—Twelve 500
pound bombs shattered the ice in
the Kuskokwim River at four
points 10 miles north of Bethel
Wednesday in efforts by the air
force to prevent damaging floods
near the mouth of Alaska’s sec
ond largest river.
Maj. Charles Lenick, pilot of a
B-17 bomber from Ladd air force
base, said a low ground fog
stymied additional prevent i v e
bombing of ice jams south of
Bethel.
He reported the ice in the Kus
kokwim was broken up along a
30 mile stretch south of Aniak,
and that the remaining 70 miles
upstream from Bethel was “half
i and half’’—half ice and half wa
ter, with a level two feet below
the river banks.
All water was reported to have
drained off Anrak, and the air
field there now is visible.
Two more bombers here await
| ed clearing weather for additional
i flights to the Bethel area.
News of the World
Glance —
Friday, May 27, 1949
• Bv The Associated Press)
A British judge today denied
American demands for the return
of Gearhart Eisler on the ground
the United States has failed to
prove the fugitive communist was
convicted of an extraditable of
fense.
Magistrate Sir Laurence Dunne
handed down his ruling after al
most two hours of argument in
begrimed Bow Street court, where
Britain handles extradition cases.
Ordering Eisler freed, the judge
declared the runaway communist
“no doui>t committed the offense
for which he was convicted.”
Then he added: “The question
is whether he was convicted of an
offense in America which is con
sidered both in America and here
akin to perjury. I should have
thought the answer is obviously
not.”
The U. S. accused Eisler of
making false replies to a question
naire when he sought an exit per
mit. He also has been convicted of
contempt of Congress.
After the verdict, Eisler said he
would go to Germany, his birth
place, as soon as possible.
Eisler, who was called the No. 1
communist agent in America by
the un-American activities com
mittee of Congress, jumped $23,
500 bail in New York and stowed
away on the Polish liner Batory.
He later paid his fare to Gdynia,
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United States war claim pay
ments.
Police said the two truck driv
ers, Ricardo and Jose de Guzman,
admitted forging endorsements
and cashing checks with the Ca
banatuan postmaster who receiv
ed 10 per cent commission for his
services. The checks assertedly
were taken from mail sacks over
a period of a year. '
U. S. Court Indicts.
Harry Bridges,
Tough ILWU Head
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P)—Harry j
Bridges, left wing west coast la
bor leader, and two of his top
aides were indicted by a federal
grand jury Wednesday on perjury
and conspiracy charges stemming
from Bridges’ citizenship hearing
in 1945.
The immigration service imme
diately filed a civil complaint
seeking to revoke Bridges’ citizen
ship. This action declared Bridges
.was not only a communist at the
time he became a citizen, but still
is.
Many west coast observers in
terpreted the double barrelled ac
j tion as signalling the start of a
third government attempt in 10
years to deport the 47-year-old.
Australian-born Bridges. He is
I president of the CIO international
longshoremen’s and warehouse
men’s union.
i Indicted with him were J. R.
Robertson, first vice president of
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CONGRESS
ROUNDUP
Thursday, May 26, 1949
(By Jack Rutledge)
WASHINGTON,I UP) — A joint
Congressional committee learned
today that the atomic energy com
mission cleared two men lor secret
work in spite of an adverse re
commendation from its security
officer.
The men were identified as Dr.
Edward U. Condon, director of
the national bureau of standards,
and Dr. Frank Graham, now a
United States Senator from North j
Carolina.
Commission chairman David E. |
Lilienthal made the statement un
der questioning. Lilienthal’s resig
nation has been demanded by sev
eral lawmakers who have criti-1
cized him sharply for the unex
plained loss of some “hot” urani
um compound and for the award
of AEC fellowship to at least one
—and maybe more—communists.
The security officer whose re
commendations were overruled
was Rear Admiral John Gingrich,
now back with the navy.
Lilienthal, the first witness in
the investigation being conducted
by the joint Senate-House atomic
energy committee, delivered an
hour-long opening statement.
After Lilienthal’s appearance,
the hearing was recessed until
some time next week, although
the committee is expected to meet
in a closed session tomorrow.
The commission headed by Lil
ienthal took over the development
of atomic energy from the army
in 1946.
His appointment was fought
bitterly in the Senate at the time.
Congress got a final report from
the Hoover commission which has
been studying government reor
ganization. Pleading that the
President be given a free hand in
modernizing the sprawling array
of departments and bureaus, the
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Nome High Grads
R< *ceive Diplomas
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Eight graduating students of
the Nome High School received
diplomas last night at exercises in
the auditorium of the school, be- i
fore school mates, parents and
friends.
The eight are: Margaret Bjorn
stad, Aarnout Castel, Jr., Gary
Longley, Edward O’Connor, Lois
Overbough, Robert Rose, Jenn»e
Sayers, Clara Seiffert.
Honor students, Clara Seiffert
and Margaret Bjornstad, gave the
Salutatory and Valedictory ad
dresses of the class of ’49.
Miss Seiffert, in the Salutatory
address stated the class motto is
‘‘In Ourselves Our Future Lies.”
By that, it means each individual
is responsible for his or her future
successes. To take advantage of
further education or some posi
tion in life to serve others, to
take their place in the world, is
the view now before each mem
ber of the Class of '49.
The Valedictory address given
by Margaret Bjornstad was a
farewell to school, teachers and
underclassmen, but with a note to
fond memories to be carried
through life. She referred to the
present state of world affairs in
the feud between Democracy and
Communism. “Self-interest in a
democracy is three-fourths of the
incentive,” she stated, “while in
communism self-interest is taken
entirely away. For this one reason
democracy will win out.”
The graduation address was
given by Col. Frederick H. Black,
chief of staff, U. S. Army, Alaska.
Col. Black encouraged the stu
dents to continue on with their
methods of thought acquired in
the schooling they had received
and to follow the highest, most
honorable methods in their future
professions.
He stated that they should be
thankful for the motto of the
teachers: “For God, Country and
Students.”
“Leaders are needed in this
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LATE BULLETIN
NEW YORK. (£>) — Robert L.
Ripley, cartoonist of "Believe It
or Not" fame died today at 1 p.m.
(PST) at Harkness Pavilion of Co
lumbia Presbyterian Medical Cen
ter where he was admitted yester
day after a brief illness. He was
55.
SAN FRANCISCO. (JP) — CIO
longshore leader Harry Bridges
surrendered to the federal court
today on an indictment charging
perjury and fraud in connection
with his naturalisation in 1945.
Judge Louis Goodman turned
down a government motion that
the bail be increased to $20,000;
and denied a defense motion he be
released on his personal recogni-1
sance. The bail was left at $5,000
which also was posted by two
aides charged with aiding an al
leged conspiracy. They are Henry
Schmidt, ILWU coast labor rela
tions committee member, and J.l
W. Robertson, first vice president
ILWU. Bridges trial has been set1
for June 9.
Rita And Alv Wed
Midst Lobster
And Champagne
VALLAURIS, France, </P)—Ra
diant Rita Hayworth of the mov
ies became the princess bride of
Aly Khan today in a ceremony
performed by this town’s com
munist mayor. The wedding went
off on schedule today—thanks Ur
communist mayor Paul Derigon’s
disregard for official red tape.
A delay in the ceremony was
feared because the prince didn’t
want to go through with formali
ties normally required for French
marriages.
He frowned on having a notice
of intention to marry posted for
10 days on the city hall door of
the village of Vallauris. He also
didn’t want to publish a notice of
intention abroad.
Mayor Derigon of Vallauris,
with French gallantry in such
matters, decided he could do with
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Shanghai Huns Up
While Flag
SHANGHAI, (A*) — Nationalist
troops yesterday ran up a white
flag atop the Shanghai postoffice,
and it appeared the dogged de
fense of the lower Soochow Creek
was collapsing.
The communists crossed the
Szechwuan bridge and began
rounding up nationalist prisoners.
The Garden bridge was evacuated
by the nationalists but still was
under fire from the nearby Broad
way Mansions, 17 floor apartment
where a number of Americans are
trapped. The communists had not
tried to cross the creek there.
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”CAB Creates Air
Monopoly, Doesn’t
Want Competition”
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A spokes
man for non-scheduled air carri
ers accused the civil aeronautics
board yesterday of being “the
most formidable obstacle in the
way of establishing mass air
transportation.”
The statement was made by
Amos E. Heacock, chairman of the
executive committee of the Na
tional Independent Air Carriers.
He is president of Air Transport
Associates, Inc., of Seattle, a non
scheduled carrier serving points
in Alaska.
He told the Senate interstate
commerce committee, which is
trying to find out why most com
mercial airlines are operating at
a loss in a boom period, that “this
country’s -air transportation has
fallen under the control of a mo
nopoly.” •
Heacock added that “this mo
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MEMORIAL DAY
Commemorating Memorial Day.
all Federal offices, including the
Post Office, the M. and M. Bank,
and most of the business houses
will be closed on Monday, May N.