Matty Feared Dead
In Mine Explosion
CENTRALIA, 111. (IP) — Amid
rapidly dwindling hopes of rela
tives and official belief that 122
men had perished, rescue crews
struggled against lethal fumes to
day for possible survivors of a
mine explosion in the heart of the
.iouthern Illinois coal fields.
Eighteen hours after the blast
trapped virtually a complete shift
it 3:30 p.m. tSCT) yesterday, as it
was about to leave work, rescuers,
wearing gas masks, w'ere held
jack by poisonous fumes halfway
ilong the three and one-half mile
passageway.
Soldiers from Scott Field, II!..
joined state police in controlling
the throngs of relatives and sight
»eers gathered at the tipple as the
{quads of workmen toiled to seal
off side entrances and improve
ventilation.
Of a total of 131 AFL union
miners trapped by the blast, nine
were brought out alive, one was
brought out dead, and 14 were
counted dead by that official, at
the bottom of the 540-foot shaft.
Rescuers worked at the job
through a freezing night, and were
still trying to get through poison
ous gas and fallen timbers to save
any who might have survived the
fumes.
Other experienced mine men at
the scene shared Hellmeyer’s pess
imistic view of the situation.
Elmer N. Baird, face boss, said
it would take “at least until s x
o’clock tonight” to recover the!
last body, because “we may have
to work at the rate of thirty min
utes for each sixty feet of prog
ress.”
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Jap Laborers
Poisoned Bv Food
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (/P)—
Botulism anti-toxin, rushed here
by navy plane from Seattle, was
being administered to Japanese
fa m laborers suffering from an
apparent case of food poisoning
which killed two of their fellow
workers.
Several of the laborers were
known to have partaken of the
same food as the two Japanese
whose deaths were tentatively as
cribed to botulism by prosecutor
A1 Bradford. One worker was hos
pitalized.
The semm was rushed by plane
after doctors used the last of the
#two vials on hand here and an ap
peal was made to Dr. Arthur L.
Ringle, ^tate health director.
Coroner F. L. Simmonds said to
ilay post mortems on Juti Kirihari.
who died late Friday, and Sam Yo
mada, found dead yesterday, indi
cated they had suffered from food
poisoning. A chemical analysis is
being made to definitely determine
the cause of their deaths.
Bradford sard a case of home
canned goods used at the camp
is being analyzed to ascertain if it
contained botulism poisoning.
J’JLES GUNDERSON CELE
BRATES 66TH BIRTHDAY
Monday evening Jules Gunder
son, well known Kougarok miner,
celebrated his 66th birthday at a
dinner party given at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Me Alee. Invited
guests included Miss E. Juska and
Sgt. Guan.
During the evening Mr. and Mrs.J
Frank Whaley. Mrs. Jack Whaley
and Mrs. Garnet Martin called to
wish him many more birthdays.
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Krug Sure of Paper
Mills For Alaska
(>(/P) Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON I/P)—Any news
print concern which plans to saw
into Alaska’s untouched forests
must also process its logs there, in
terior secretary J. A. Krug has or
dered.
Krug told reporters the interior
department “fully supports forest
service policy” in this regard.
Krug said a number of groups
are “very actively considering" es
tablishing Alaskan newsprint and
pulp plants costing $20,000,000 td
$30,000,000 each, and capable of
producing 600 tons of newsprint a
day.
He predicted that “one or more
of the projects will go through be
fore too much time passes.”
“Some interests want to cut logs
m Alaska and bring them to the
United States or Canada for pro
cessing,” Krug said.
“One of the chief reasons we
want to establish an Alaskan pulp
and newsprint industry is to pro
mote the Territory’s economy.
"Just one of the six mills pro
posed would support a greater pop
ulation than the biggest town now
in Alaska.
“One plant, .with its employees
and their families, would bring to
Alaska 12,000 persons. The interior
department fully supports the for
est policy that processing of Alas
ka logs must be done in Alaska.”
Krug said timber resources of
Alaska can permanently supply
one-fourth the present U. S. de
mand for newsprint.
Butler Against
Statehood
Urging that “Alaska, Hawaii
and Puerto Rico be set up, by
treaty, as independent and self
governing nations,” Nicholas Mur
ray Butler, president emeritus of
Columbia University, has ex
pressed objection to granting state
hood to the territories.
Dr. Butler’s has been the lone
voice raised recently in opposition
to statehood at a time when hear-|
ings on statehood for Hawaii have
been conducted by the House pub
lic lands committee to be followed
by hearings on Alaska statehood in
April.
In a letter addressed to Secre
tary Krug and published in the
Congressional Record, Dr. Butler j
further stated, in part:
“Under no circumstances, should
Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico, or
any other outlying island or terri
tory be admitted as a State in our
Federal Union. To do so, in my
judgment, would mark the end of
the United States as we have
known it and as it has become so
familiar and so useful io the world.
Our country now consists of a
sound and compact area, bounded
by Canada, by Mexico, and by the
two oceans. To add outlying terri
tory hundreds or thousands ot
miles away, with what certainly
must be different interests from
ours and very different back
ground, might easily mark, as I
said, the beginning of the end.”
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Rev. and Mrs. Walter Anderson
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MARRIAGE LICENSE
‘ISSUED
A marriage license was issued
to Floyd Pauwok and Alma Ka
tongan on March 24 both of Nome.
Seed Oysters
Arrive From Japan
ASTORIA, Ore. i/P), The freight
er John Mary Oden is scheduled to
arrive here March 30 with a deck
load of Japanese oyster seeds from
the port of Oginohomo and to dis
charge 9,225 cases for “planting"
in Tillamook Bay. This will be the
first foreign cargo received here
since the war and marks resump
t'on of trade between the lower
Columbia river area and Japan.
Willipa Bay, which is the lead
ing production center on the Pa
cific coast, will get 20,750 cases.
The American mail ship, Island
Mail, delivered 6,000 cases at the
Washington state port Sunday.
British Columbia is to receive
2,192 cases and Alaska, 100 cases
the association reported.
FAIR NOTES
Dog mushers should be getting
their teams in shape for the Fair
Races to be held on Sunday, April
20, with worthy cash prizes and
cups going to the drivers of the
winning teams. Two races will be
held, one to Cape Nome and re
turn and one speed race, which
should create interest to both
Sourdoughs and Cheechakos alike
with many picture taking possibil
ities.
The Dog Races will be under the
auspices of the Arctic Club with
cash prizes being given by both
the Arctic Club and the Fair As
soc:ation.
The committee, headed by John
McNees, hope to have as many en
tries as possible, making for an ac
tive interest in one of Nome’s old
est and exciting sports.
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