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,OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LII. No. 137 NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
ROME, — Ilario Basioni of
Pozzc? Magra, 46-year-old father
of six daughters, always wanted a
boy. When he learned his wife
had given birth to triplets—all
girls—he jumped out of the win
dow of his one-story home.
Basioni, uninjured, told friends
who rushed to his aid:
“This is the saddest day of my
life.”
WASHINGTON (^—Wholesale!
prices hit the highest level on
record during the weeking ending
Tuesday.
The bureau of labor statistics
reported Friday that the whole-1
sale price index reached 171.1,!
which was 0.5 per cent above the
previous August, 1948 peak. The
index is* based on the 1926 aver
age equalling 100.
The new index was an advance
of 0.6 per cent in one week and
* 8.7 per cent above the June 20;
pre-Korean level.
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WASHINGTON, (JP) — The na
tional production authority noti
fied industry Friday it is drafting
an order to cut civilian use of cop
per. Size of the cut, not announc-1
ed, reportedly will be 25 or 301
percent.
Copper goes into telegraph and
telephone systems, radios, televi
( sion sets, cars and many house
hold appliances.
ANCHORAGE, 1/P)— Canadian
Mounties notified the FBI Friday
that three Anchorage minors were
held at Whitehorse, Y. T., after
crossing the border in an automo- ;
bile stolen here Nov. 10.
The three probably will be re
turned here to face charges,
which might include a recent se- i
l nes of burglaries and car thefts.}
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JUNEAU i/Pl—Severin Wanson,!
about 60, was reported today to
have been missing since he pre
pared to board the Territorial
health department medical ship,
Hygiene Thursday.
He was recently named the Hv- 1
giene’s captain.
Swanson was last seen by a j
taxicab driver who brought him
to gangplank of the Juneau small
boat harbor. He is believed to
have slipped and fallen into the i
f water. A high wind was blowing
at the time and the tide was ebb- :
ing.
A diver joined the search for i
hie body yesterday.
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FAIRBANKS f/PV-Fourth Divi
sion Democrats have indorsed
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Frank Barr and Maj. Hubert An
thony Gilbert for new appoint
^ ments.
Barr, a Territorial Senator, will;
be recommended for the job here |
of U. S. marshal, to replace Stan
ley Nichols, resigned.
Gilbert will be recommended j
for assistant district attorney.
Everett Hepp, former assistant
has been named district attorney.
WASHINGTON, (/P) —John H.
> Fahey, who became a top govern
ment housing official after a long
. career as a newspaperman, died
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Phone Strike Over,1
Pay Hike Granted
NEW YORK, (iP) — More than
33.000 telephone employees return
to work across the country today
under compromise settleme n t s
that ended their 11-day strike
against units of the huge Bell Tel
ephone system.
The agreements were reached j
yesterday in New York and De
troit, where federal mediators had
been seeking peace in the pay and '
contract dispute.
The big break came here at the
end of a 25-hour marathon bar
gaining session between Bell’s j
Western Electric Co. and Division
6 of the CIO Communications |
Workers of America, representing
11.000 equipment installers.
Within a few hours, parallel
settlements weer announced here
between Western Electric and
5.000 maintenance and ware
housemen in Division 18; in De
troit between the Michigan Bell
Telephone Co. and 17,000 mem
bers of CWA Division 15; and in
Haverhill, Mass., between West
ern Electric and 700 Division 68
plant workers.
The companies both are sub
sidiaries of the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Co., the par
ent Bell Corporation.
A. T. & T. said that aside from
some local interruptions, it main
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Explanation of
City Sales Tax
The following article has been
prepared by City Clerk Carrie Mc
Lain to clarify how Sales Tax
money will be spent.
The City of Nome has now set
aside $25,000.00 derived from City
Sales Tax, in the Nome Sea Wall
Revolving Fund. It is fitting that
Nome Sales Tax payers be in
formed as to what further use
Sales Tax funds will be put to,
and the reason for the very evi
dent need of its continuation.
The first need is to meet the
large 1950-1951 School budget,
which could not have been ac
cepted last spring, without antici
pating some funds coming from
the Sales Tax. A much needed
school expansion is under way
which is part of this budget. A
second objective is to purchase a
City dozer for snow removal and
so settle a contending situation i
arising every winter. A resurvey
of the City that will be necessary
before anticipating a Pu b 11 c
Works Program for Nome, is an
other contemplated objective of
City Councilmen. Fire Code re
quirements of the Pacific Board
of Fire Underwriters, problems of
sanitation, garbage disposal, street
drains, policing, etc., that are ex
pected to be maintained at mod
ern standards, are not possible i
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Christmas Cards j
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Winslon Churchill's paintings are to be shown in the U. S.—as
Christmas cards. The noted soldier-stalesman-author has long
been known as an amateur artist. Critics never have called him a
great painter, but few have failed to find charm, liveliness, good
taste and a touch of professional craftsmanship in his work. Now
a contract has been signed for use of 18 of his pictures on the holi
day cards. Seven are being issued this year. Several million copies
have been made. It is expected that the other 12 will be issued in
the next two years. Shown here is a reproduction of one of this
year's cards and a picture of the artist at his easeL Joyce C. Hall
of the Hallmark greeting card company, who got the contract for
the paintings, said there was no trouble in negotiations. An offer
was made and Churchill accepted without fuss.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
OFFICE OF THE ACTING
GOVERNOR OF THE
TERRITORY
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the President of the
United States, Harry S. Truman,
has issued a Proclamation in the
following terms:
“In keeping with the custom es
tablished by our forefathers and
hallowed by faithful observance
throughout the years, it is fitting
that once again at this season we
set aside a day for giving thanks
to God for the many blessings
which He has bestowed upon us.
“We are deeply grateful for the
bounties of our soil, for the un
equalled production of our mines
and factories, and for all the vast
resources of our beloved country,
which have enabled our citizens
to built a great civilization. We
are thankful for the enjoyment of
our personal liberties and for the
loyalty of our fellow Americans.
“We offer fervent thanks that
we are privileged to join with
other countries in the work of the
United Nations, which was found
ed to maintain peace in a troubled
world and is now standing firm in
upholding the principles of inter
national justice.
“Contemplating these blessings
with humility, we have a deep
ened sense of our responsibility
to serve unselfishly, and we pray
to Almighty God for wisdom in
our relations with our fellow
men.
“Now, therefore, I, HARRY S.
TRUMAN, President of the United
States of America, in conformance
with the oint resolution of Con
gress approved December 26,
1941, designating the fourth
Thurday of November in each
year as Thanksgiving Day, do
hereby proclaim Thursday, No
vember 23, 1950, as a day of na
tional thansgiving, and I call upon
every citizen to offer thanks* to
God for His gracious guidance
and help. Again I ask all my coun
trymen to appeal to the Most
High, that the God of our Fathers i
who has blessed this land beyond ;
all others will in His infinite mer
cy grant to all nations that peace
which the world cannot give. I
entreat them, in church, chapel
and synagogue, in their homes
and in the busy walks of life, ev- ;
j
ery day and everywhere, to pray
for peace.”
NOW, THEREFORE, L, LEW
M. WILLIAMS, Acting Governor
of Alaska, call the attention of the
people of Alaska to this Procla
mation and urge compliance with
the request of our President.
(SEAL)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I1
have hereunto subscribed my
hand and caused the Seal of the
Territory of Alaska to be affixed.
Done at Juneau, the capital, this
10th day of November in the year
of our Lord nineteen hundred and
fifty.
LEW M. WILLIAMS,
. Acting Governor of Alaska.
Mrs. Bill Gillis and little Jimmy
who have been visiting in the
States for several months return
ed home yesterday. v
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
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Saturday, November 18, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
An armored column of the U. S.
■ Seventh Division plowed through
a snowstorm today to within two
miles of Kapsan, 21 miles below
the Red Manchurian border, as
communist resistance faded on the
northeastern Karea warfront.
On the western end of the 250
mile front, however, 100,000 Ko
rean and Chinese communists
were digging in on a mountain de
| fense line south of the Yalu Riv
| er’s power plants on the Manchur
; ian frontier.
U. S. Eighth army intelligence
l sources estimated about 28,000
| Chinese and about 70,000 North
| Koreans are on the Taechon-Tok
chon line, with other units in sup
| porting positions. There was no
evidence the Reds intended to pull
| back to the Yalu in that area, 45
1 miles northwest of Taechon.
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The power site area apparently
, will be defended at all costs. Pres
ident Truman’s assurance that the
power sites would not be molest
ed by U. N. forces was met with
this answer of the Chinese com
munists, broadcast on Peiping ra
dio:: “The Chinese people are not
, deceived by what they see
; through this curtain of lies and
bellicosity.”
Only scattered rifle fire from
the hills opposed the tankled Sev
enth Division column in the rug
ged northeast. The snowstorm
and rocky roads weer the biggest
obstacles. A field officer said the
column expected to reach burn
ing Kapsan tomorrow.
Heavy Allied air strikes cov
ered the advancing column. The
advance was delayed three hours
yesterday to let Sherman tanks
wheel off the road and clean out
entrenched Reds waiting to am
bush the column. After a skirmish,
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Fliers, Lost Ten
Da vs. Found Safe
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FAIRBANKS, (/P) — After 10
days in the frozen Arctic wilder
ness, where temperatures ranged
as low as 50 degrees below zero,
James Stevenson and Varion An
drick weer rescued yesterday.
Neither, apparently, suffered
undue ill effects.
Stevenson, manager of the Fort
Yukon branch of the Northern
Commercial Compand, said run
ning out of cigarettes on the sec
ond day was the “worst” part of
their experience.
The two men, who disappeared
Nov. 9 after taking off on a short
40-mile hop from Fort Yukon to
Yenetie, said strong winds blew
their light Aeronca plane 100
miles off course.
Stevenson said he flew until the
engine stopped, then made a dead
stick landing on a lake.
“After building a fire, we got
the engine started again and flew
another 30 miles before running
out of gas,” he continued.
That time, they crash landed
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