* Ulility Strike
Threatens Tie-up
Of Anchorage
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SEATTLE, (iT*)—A strike which
■would shut off all light, power
and telephone service in Anchor
age hung in the balance yesterday
as federal mediation officials
stepped into the picture.
All utilities in the Alaskan city
are municipally owned and man
aged. City officials have been ne
gotiating for a month with inter
national brotherhood of electrical
workers in efforts to effect a new
h contract.
William Hosie, Seattle director
of the federal mediation and con
ciliation service, said here he was
informed that tension between the
city and employees neared the
breaking point yesterday. In re
sponse to a joint appeal by union
and city leaders, federal mediator
Harry Lewis was ordered to fly
from Seattle to Anchorage in an
attempt to settle the labor issue.
Forecast U. S. Aid
To Nationalists
On Formosa
(By Stanway Cheng
TAIPEH, Formosa (/P)—Well in
formed sources said yesterday U.
S. military and economic aid will
come to Formosa if the National
ists can hold the island from Red
Chinese for another six to eight
weeks.
These sources said economic aid
will come from the $48,000,000
unused portion of economic aid
administration funds allotted to
China and will precede military
aid.
Military aid, they said, will
mainly be centered in the $75,000,
000 military assistance program
voted by the American Congress.
This same source revealed both
American economic and military
assistance will be closely super
vised by U. S. advisors whose
status may not be as United States
government representatives but as
private individuals invited here
by the Nationalist government.
When Generalissimo Ch i a n g
Kai-Shek arrives from interior
Formosa he will have his hands
full streamlining the Formosa de
i Ex-treasurer Olson
Sentenced To Ten
Years, And Fined
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: Olson signed a statement.
The sentence by Judge Folta
was heavier than recommended
by either government or defense
attorneys. P. J. Gilmore, Jr., U. S.
district attorney, suggested a sev
en-year concurrent sentence and a
fine equal to the amount in the
' second count. He said Olson coop
I erated and assisted the govern
ment in the case.
Defense attorney Robert Boo
chever asked for a two-year sen
tence. He urged the judge to con
! sider that Olson had a wife and
two children.
Judge Folta, in a brief state
ment, declared "there is no more
| flagrant or aggravated case that
has come to my notice. The court
is not able to take the family into
account. If he (Olson) doesn’t
think of them it is not up to us.”
Then he levied a fine double
l the amount of the second count,
! and announced the prison term.
Olson may serve out the fine at
| $2 a day, or pay it outright. Or he
may swear a pauper’s oath after
j serving 30 days on the fine after
! completing his sentence, or on be
ing paroled.
Boochever indicated the latter
course might be followed when he
announced that Olson “will be a
pauper from now on. He can’t pay
any large fine.”
The maximum penalty under
the law is 15 years in prison and
a fine of not more than twice the
amount of the embezzlement.
Olson made no statement after
the prison term and fine were an
nounced.
fense and civil administration for
the anticipated arrival of U. S. aid.
Chiang is expected back from the
Sun and Mook Lake today.
The Rhine river is navigable
for 800 miles.
MUSIC STUDIO
Tillie Stangroom
Teacher of Piano
Call MAIN 108
Gov* Gruening
Pays Visit to Nome
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with councilmen the possibility of
utilizing space in it for the vari
ous Territorial offices in the com
1 munity.
Much time was devoted to dis
cussing the Alaska Public Works
Act, and the method by which
Nome could take advantage of this
this expenditure of funds to gain
badly needed civic improvements. 1
Following a review of the Guard
Unit at Nome during the early
evening, the Governor met with
the Board of Directors of the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Commerce and other interested
citizens. All interested individu
als as well as organized groups
were urged to appeal to members
of the coming session of Congress
to keep Marks Air Force Base
open and active. The Chamber of
Commerce promised group action
as well as urging individuals to do
as much as possible to prevent loss
of funds that might mean the clos
ing of the only Air Base in North- j
west Alaska. There is still time
for anyone interested in sending a
wire or letter to get it to Wash- i
ington in time for a Congressional
hearing on January 12. If you
need a name or an address of a
Congressional member, get in
touch with a member of the Cham
ber of Commerce and they will
secure it for you.
The Governor reminded the
community that filing for the next
[ session of the Legislature must be
completed by February 1st.
Departure was made from
j Marks Air Force Base at 9:30 Sat
I urday morning.
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Russian Fleet
Moves Into Dairen
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TAIPEH, Formosa, (#*)— Chi
nese navy reports today said parts
of the Russian Asiatic fleet, inclu
ding more than 20 submarines, !
had moved into ice-free Dairen, j
Red-held north China port.
Nationalist leaders here suspect
that any attempt by Chinese com- i
munists to invade Formosa would
come from Dairen and Tsinta, an
other communist north China '
port, instead of from the mainland
Heacock Charges
CAB Conti nets
“Kangaroo Court**
SEATTLE, bPi — A civil aero
nautics board order that Air Trans
port Associates, Inc., of Seattle
show cause why its operating
privilege as an irregular carrier
should not be revoked brought a
prompt challenge from ATA pres
ident Amos Heacock.
Heacock, who also is president
of the Independent Air Carriers
Conference of America, immedi
ately accused the CAB of prepar
ing to revoke letters of registra
tion of all carriers “who dare to
challenge the government support
ed monopoly.’’
“I challenge you,’’ Heacock
wrote the CAB, “to defend your
action before the public opinion
of the people of Alaska who were
first brought fresh eggs, milk,
meat and produce at prices they
could afford by the non-scheds
you are destroying.”
The CAB order was issued last
week. The agency said it acted on
information that the company had
been making regular flights be
tween Seatlte and Anchorage, in
violation of its letter of registra
tion as a non-scheduled operator.
Heacock denied that ATA has
violated the civil aeronautics act
of 1938.
He denounced the CAB as a
“Kangaroo Court” which is “legis
lator, the prosecutor, the police
man, the judge and the jury,” att
at the same time.
Alleged non-scheduled opera
tion with “undue frequency and
regularity” is a crime only inso
far as the board says it is in a reg
ulation adopted by the board “with
100 miles to the west of Formosa.
Intelligence reports of the na
tionalists say the Chinese reds
have bought 20 British tank land
ing ships and numerous motor
boat engines in Hong Kong.
Reports say the Chinese com
munists in the north have been
concentrating ships for the even
tual assault on Formosa expected
soon. Russian assistance in the
formation of the communist am
phibious operation is suspected
by the nationalists.
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the full knowledge that the regu
lation would put us out of busi
ness,” Heacock charged.
The ATA president said the wa
assets administration invited vet
j erans to start airlines and Con
j gress gave them priority rignts to
| war surplus aircraft.
“We were shocked and amazed
1 at the utter incompetence of our
scheduled airline competitors—
their huge waste—their half em
pty aircraft fulfilling CAB author
ized schedules,” he said. “We
couldn’t understand until we dis
covered they could not possibly
lose money because the board
guaranteed mail pay to make up
any losses.”
“As an non-scheduled airline.”
Heacock continued, "wo proved
we could provide low cost air
transportation to Alaska at one
third and less than one-third the
per ton mile cost figures of the
scheduled lines. Yet our scheduled
competitors in Alaska service re
ceived as high as 50 per cent of
their revenue in mail pay.”
Heacock asserted the CAB is
“preparing to revoke the letters of
registration of ATA, Golden North
Airways, Mt. McKinley Air Lanes,
Arnold Air Service and other car
riers who dare to challenge the
govemnment-supported mon o p -
oly.”
Inventory blanks at Nome Nugget.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
SECOND DIVISION,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF ROBERT SCHEIDL,
Deceased.
No. 67S
Notice of Hearing on Administra
tor'* Reports and Accounts and
Determination of the Heirs and/or
Beneficiaries of This Estate
Notice is hereby given that B. B.
Mozee, Administrator De Bonis
Non of this estate, has filed in the
above named Court his Final Re
port and Account and that by or
der of said Court a hearing on the
Administrator’s Reports and Ac
counts will be held in the said
Court on the 24th day of Febru
ary, 1950, at the hour oJ 10:00
o’clock a.m.:
Notice is further given that at
such time and place the Court will
adjudicate the heirs and/or bene
ficiaries ol this estate:
Objections to the Administra
tor’s Reports and Accounts and
proof as to the heirs and/or bene
ficiaries of this estate will be
heard as such time and place.
DATED this 17th day of Decem
ber, 1949.
B. B. MOZEE,
Administrator De Bonis Non
Pub. I )< c. 21, 28. ’49. Jan. 4, 11, ’50.
Monie !Jireelory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Stanley R. Morgan, Pres.
Ron Brousseau, Secy.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
STANLEY R. MORGAN. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
ORDER OF THE
WALRUS
NOME. ALASKA
WES WELCH. Pres
A. L. WALKER, Secy.
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40