m NOME NUGGET
_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS__
VOL. LI I No. 63 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1950_Per Copy—15
NEWS IN BRIEF
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DETROIT, I/P)—Rep. John Les
inski <D-Mich.>, one of labor’s
champions in congress, died sud
enly early today. He was 65.
The veteran congressman, who
had served nine successive terms
in the House, succumbed to a
heart attack at his home in sub
urban Dearborn.
Lesinski, in private life the
head of a lumber company, held
an influential position in congress
as chairman of the house educa
tion and labor committee.
EPSON, ENG., (/P) — The
French-bred colt Galcador won
the English derby yesterday, as
the favored Prince Simon ran
second in the classic at Epson
Downs.
Double Eclipse, a stablemate
of Prince Simon, was third in the
mile and one half run.
Prince Simon, owned by Wil
liam Woodward, New York bank
er, appeared to have the race won
in the stretch but the French colt
caught him.
The winner paid 100 to 9, while
Double Eclipse, owned by Lady
Zia Wernher, as a 40 to 1 shot in
the field of 25 starters.
It was the richest derby of them
all, with the winner netting $47,
• 629. Second money was $5,636
and third was $2,818.
BASEBALL ROUNDUP
Hal Ncwhouser showed no tra
ces of his shoulder trouble in his
second route-going job against the
St. Louis Browns. Hal gave the
Browns six hits, riding home with
an 11-2 win. The scheduled sec
ond game was rained out.
The Boston Red Sox and Wash
ington were not scheduled.
Burt Shotton tried his Brook
lyn relief pitcher, Jack Banta, as
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Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
National League
Boston 4, Brooklyn 1
Philadelphia 5-1, New York 2-3
(1st 11 innings)
St. Louis 6-7, Cincinnati 2-2
Chicago 6-5, Pittsburgh 0-1
American League
New ork 6-5, Philadelphia 3-6
(2nd 6V£ innings*
Detroit 6-2, St. Louis 2-1
Washington 7, Boston 6
Chicago 2-0, Cleveland 0-7
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 4-0, Portland 2-9
Hollywood 8-0, San Diego 3-4
San Francisco 12-8, Seattle 6-7
Sacramento 4-9, Oakland 2-18
Saturday Games
Oakland 3, Sacramento 0
Seattle 4, San Francisco 3
Hollywood 6, San Diego 4
Portland 4, Los Angeles 1
Friday Games
Coast League
San Diego 4, Hollywood 0
Portland 8, Los Angeles 1
Seattle 19, San Francisco 4
Oakland 2, Sacramento 1 (13
innings)
American League
New York 2, Philadelphia 0
(night)
Detroit 11, St. Louis 2 (twilight)
Memorial Day
Services Place
Flajxs in Cem’teries
c?
By the Associated Press
Americans, worried over the
dangers of the cold war and pray
ing and working to prevent a
third conflict, will pause tomor
row to pay tribute to their war
rior dead.
At solemn services the living
will rededicate themselves to the
task of keeping the peace
achieved by the sacrifices of the
dead.
I A grateful nation will pay flor
j al and vocal tribute on Memorial
Day at cemeteries at home and
abroad where American service
; men lie.
Ceremonies will range from the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier in
Washington to modest graves in
tiny hamlets of the nation and in
foreign lands where Americans
fell.
Marching millions and the
massing of battle flags will exem
plify the theme that, once again
on Memorial Day, Americans are
“united for peace.”
1 A five-hour observance at the
Arlington <Va.» national cemetery
; will feature an address by gener
al of the Army George C. Mar
shall.
i Under the auspices of the arm
ed forces, an American flag will
be placed on each grave in the
i national cemeteries in the United
States, Alaska, Puerto Rico and
Hawaii and on graves of Ameri
j can war dead overseas.
There are more than 581,000
j graves in national cemeteries.
ARTIST OSCAR STROBEL
HERE TO DEPICT ALASKA
LIFE FOR 1952 CALENDAR
Oscar Strobel, noted water col
! or artist who is spending several
months in Alaska gathering mat
erial for a scries of calendars for
Brown and Bigelow, calender co.,
on a series to be used in 1952, ar
rived yesterday with Pan Ameri
can .and is at the Wallace Hotel.
Mr. Strobel stated that no collec
tion of pictures depicting life in
the territory would be complete
without some part of the series
being in Nome, which is the most
well known city in Alaska and
whose historical background is
probably the most colorful.
He stated that Charles Ward,
president of Brown and Bigelow,
came north during the gold rush
and is particularly interested in
the series now being planned and
sketched.
This year’s group of calendars
painted by Mr. Strobcl are on
New England, and the 1951 cal
endars w'ill be on the midwesterh
states.
Mr. Strobel’s home is in Scots
dale, Arizona.
Detroit at St. Louis (night, post
poned, rain)
Cleveland 2, Chicago 1 (night)
Only games scheduled
National League
Brooklyn 5, Boston 1 (night)
Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 0 (night)
Cincinatti 9, St. Louis 4 (night)
Philadelphia 3, New York 2
(night)
C A 15 Killing
Limits Non-Skeds
By the Associated Press
The Civil Aeronautics Board
cracked down yesterday on non
schedule air carriers.
It authorized non-schedule op
erations for two companies and
denied similar permission to 11
others (one of them of Seattle'.
In a long-awaited statement of
policy, the board said any non
schedule operator between the
States and Alaska will be forbid
d e n to make more than eight
1 flights in one direction within any
i four-week period.
Amos Heacock, presidenti of the
i independent air carriers confer
ence of America, issued a hot
blast against the CAB at Seattle.
He said the stand of the Board
may ground all non-schedule
flights between Seattle and Al
aska.
The Board said it will deny
: temporary permits to applicants
who have been violating the rules
against frequent flights between
cities.
Those receiving permits are for
j bidden to make more than three
flights in the same direction with
I in four consecutive weeks be
tween certain large cities speci
fied by the Board or more than
eight flights in one direction with
in four weeks between any other
! pairs of cities. The latter rule will
apply to Alaska-State flights.
The Board ordered the carriers
to count contract flights as well
as common carrier or general
transport operations in computing
their allotted totals.
The Board ordered the carriers
to count contract flights as well as
common carrier or general trans
port operations in computing
their allotted totals.
Many of the large non-sked car
riers have been complying with
the rules, the CAB said, but many
others have been concentrating
their operations among a few
large cities. The CAB said it had
the effect of being regular route
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American Legion
Bids All Nomeites
Honor VS ar Dead
The final arrangements have
been made for the Memorial Day
ceremonies to be held tomorrow,
May 30th.
•‘Brad” Gunderson, Chairman
of the Memorial Day committee,
states that the procession of vet
erans will form at the American
Legion Hall at ten. The line of
march will be by 3rd Avenue,
down Steadman, along Front St.,
up B Street, and out 3rd Avenue
to the cemetery. The procession
will halt temporarily in front of
the Post Office so that any vet
erans who wish to honor the day
may fall in from there.
Although the ceremony is being
conducted under the auspices of
, the American Legion, Commun
' der Godsbe requests that all vet
erans join in the procession to
I honor those who made such a
sacrifice that our country might
remain free.
I
The Order of March will bo
first the Colors: Ben Young and
; Brad Gunderson, rifle guards;
Dan Jones National Colors; and
Maurice Kelliher, Legion Colors.
They will be followed by the Mu
j sic: Jack Estes, drummer, and
Ralph Gage, bugler. Then will
come the Firing Squad, which is
made up of Alaska National
Guardsmen. They in turn vdll be
] followed by the war veterans.
The Commander will be in
1 charge of a short program at the
cemetery honoring the memory
of America’s Noble Heroes. He
| will be assisted there by the chap
: lain and sergeant-at-arms.
—
TRUMAN SIGNS
ALASKA ELECTION BILL
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
' Truman has signed a bill to auth
( orize the Alaska legislature to de
cide how much to pay election
| judges and clerks and newspa
, pers which publish election no
tices. The legislature also will be
permitted to fix fees for polling
places.
TWO CROSSES
MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO
DIED FOR PEACE
News of the \\ orld
At A (dance - - -
Saturday, May 27, 1950
By the Associated Press
Western allied troops in Berli
were on trigger alert again*
trouble today as 400,000 commu
nist youths in the cast sector be
gan their long-heralded “peac
and unity” demonstrations.
Red leaders poked fun at west
ern fears that the blue-shirte<
Marxist-trained youth might in
vade west Berlin.
Correspondents said Berlin, pro
sen hot spot in the cold war, wa
freer from violence than at an:
time in recent months. But Amer
ican, British and French troop
were readied for any emergency
East Berlin became an amuse
rnent park for the touring commu
nist youths as sugar-coating foi
their ideological refresher course
and pep rallies. The big match o
an advertised half-million teen
agers has been ballyhoo2d for to
morrow.
Other news highlights arounc
the globe:
Formosa — Chiang Kai-ShekT
Formosan government announcec
it is making it tough for Chines*
seeking exit permits. Hundreds
upon hundreds have applied for
permits to leave tins invasion
threatened island. The govern
ment told businessmen wishing
to pull out that they must put up
$875 to guarantee their return. If
' they are not back in two months,
I the government takes the money.
Indochina— American officials
m Washington have promised that
arms for communist-threatened
! Indochina will start moving very
! soon. Bulk of the military aid for
! the 150,000 French troops and
smaller Vietnam forces fighting
the rebel forces of Moscow-train
ed Ho Chi Minh will be in the na
ture of general transport and com
munication equipment.
Britain—Joyous British motor
ists began their Whitsunday week
end holidays with all the petrol
'gasoline they want. The govern
■ ment announced the ending of gas
1 rationing yesterday. The move
was made possible because two
American oil companies agreed to
1 supply gasoline for sterling in
stead of American dollars as had
previously been required.
South America—A typhus edi
demic and mounting cases of
i pneumonia were reported in Czco,
j Peru, the ancient Andes capital
, still reeling from the effect of last
Sunday’s disastrous earthquake
which killed 83 persons, left 200
injured.
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Monday. May 29. 1950
Divided Berlin is still divided
today — the communists still in
control in the east and the west
| ern allies still holding the west.
Yesterday’s climaxing parade
of 500,000 communist-led youth
' went off with precision, with
i shouted hate fot the west—and
1 without incident. Both sides
j claimed victories but the facts
| showed only a continuing dead
lock. •
The Soviet-sponsored “march
on Berlin” by rank after rank of
blue-shirted “free German youth’*
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