CITY COUNCIL i
—
Last Friday evening the Nome
City Council held a special meet-,
ing far the purpose of taking ac
tion on the appointment of Carl
Lomen to represent the City of
Nome at Washing on, D. C. in con
nection with the appropriation of
necessary funds for the building
of the breakwater which was . p- ,
proved by Congress be. ire ad
journment.
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President H. Harper of the
Chamber of Commerce pointed
out the many benefits which the
city would receive and sta'.ed that
he had canvassed the business
men, other than south side owners
for financial support in the pro- j
gram and ha1 met with unan- j
imous support.
City attorney C. C. Tanner ex-1
plained the many benefits of "he
breakwater to be derived by the |
city and the necessity of full
hearted support to Mr. Lomen.
The council approved unani-;
mously the appointment of Mr. Lo
men and the city’s financial sup
port to aid him in his work in
Washington, D. C.
All councilmen were present j
with the exception of Lester Bron- j
son and Keith Hedreen.
Jews Shoot Down
Five RAF Planes
'Continued‘from Page one*
underscoring the gravity with
wh’ch Britain regarded the grow
ing tension with the pint-size
state.
All Palest ae frpnts appeared
quiet under » new U. N. cease lire,
tuhman Abdel Azzam Pasha, sec
* etarv general of the Arab League
*f Egypt, Trans-Jordan and live
• her Arab states, declared fight
r.g would be renewed in Pales
tine.
The British said four Spitfires
and a Tempest were shot down on
flic Egyptian side of the border.
An Israeli spokesman said the
planes were downed just inside
Palestine.
AUSTRALIA PLANS
RADIO BOARD
SYDNEY, f/P)—The Australian
Government plans to set up a
board of three to control broad
casting. Announcing the proposal
inParliament, Prime Minister Jo
seph B. Chifley said there was no
suggestion of socializing the air. At
present broadcasting comes under
the control of the postoffice.
JACK LENCER
Watchmaker
Box (>25 Nome, Alaska
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Dept. Of Justice
Files Anti-Trust
Complaints
Attorney General Tom C. Clark
announced today that a federal
grand jury at Kansas City, Mo.,
returned an indictment against 15
leading coal dealers, five of their
officers, a coal dealers’ trade as
sociation and its executive secre
tary, all doing business in the
Kansas City area.
The indictment charges the de
fendants with having fixed prices
and suppressed competition in the
coal business in the greater Kan
sas City area. It also charges that
the defendants have enforced
I their plan by preventing dealers
who refuse to adhere to the con
spiracy from obtaining supplies of
coal.
In announcing the action taken
J bv the grand jury, the attorney
I general said: “Inasmuch as coal is
I an essential commodity for heat
, ing a large percentage of homes
i and various public and private in
j stitutions, it has a direct effect on
j the cost of living.
“This case has been brought in
connection with the program of
the anti-trust division to prosecute
illegal conspiracies which affect
, the cost of living.”
Herbert A. Bergson, assistant
attorney general in charge of the
anti-trust division, commented:
“It is our purpose to protect the
interest of the public in prevent
ing arbitrarily high prices on pro
ducts which ai’e essential to con
sumers and to keep the market
free of attempts to restrain trade.
“In addition to protecting the
interest of the consumer, it is our
purpose to keep the market free
for those competitors desiring to
develop and maintain their busi- (
nesses without interference from
those who would restrain trade at
the expense of both their compet
itors and the genei'al public.”
1 Attorney General Tom C. Clark
announced that a federal grand
jury in Cleveland. Ohio, returned
an indictment today against K
leading manufacturers of photo
mounts, 6 of their officers, a pho
tomount association and its secre
tary.
The indictment charges the de
fendants with having stabilized
and controlled prices and sup
pressed compeititon in the manu
facture of photomounts used to
display photographs.
According to the indictment, de
fendants agreed to adopt and ad
here to standard schedules for de
termining sales prices and to
ad pt a uniform system of es‘im
ating costs.
Herbert A. Bergson, assistant
attorney general in charge of the
anti-trust division, commented:
“We desire to protect the public
from any and all price fixing
schemes. Such schognes arbi'rarily
increase prices to consumers and
reduce incentives lor the efficiency
which results from competition.”
Attorney general Tom C. Clark
announced that the United States
District Court at Boston, Massa
chusetts. today imposed fines to
taling $23,001 in a criminal anti
trust case involving the major
manufacturers in the United
States o!' surgical bandages. This
followed pleas of nolo contendere
by all of the corporate and indi
vidual defendants which included
Johnson & Johnson, of New
Brunswick, New Jersey; Parke,
Dnv's Sc Co., of Detroit, Mich.; and
Kendall Co., of Boston, Mass.
The indictment, which was re
turned on November 21, 1946, by
MacDONALDS PURCHASE
J. J. O'LEARY PROPERTY
The J. J. O'Leary residence on
First Ave., W., recently offered
for sale has been purchased by VV.
E. MacDonald who owns the ad
joining property.
a grand jury at Boston, charged
the defendants with a conspiracy
to restrain domestic and foreign
trade througn an agreement to Lx
the prices of surgical dressings.
Attorney general Tom C. Clark
said: “This case results from the
department of justice’s effort to
free governmental and institution
al purchasing from arbitrary re
straints. Most of the sales in this
industry are made to federal,
state, and local government agen
cies largely for hospital uses.”
Assistant attorney general John
F. Sonnett in charge of the anti
trust division stated: “The defend
| ants in this case produced and
sold $35,000,000 of surgical dress
ings in 1945, which was approxi
mately 75% of the total in the
United States. It is believed that
; the indictment has already had
! the effect of eliminating restraints
in this industry. The fines assessed
i should further encourage genuine
j competition in this field. It is im
portant that purchasers should be
: able to obtain these indispensable
products upon reasonable terms.”
*4!No Romance:
/
Just Contract"
i LOS ANGELES, (£»>—"This *
not romance," said Mrs. Am or
Eugenie Nicolson, 90, as she ol
tained a license to marry her 2E
year-old Negro chauffeur.
"This is more in the nature of i
contract,” she explained. "Mr
Woods drives my car, coo’s
me and attends to my personal
wants. He is a very kind man. J
want him to have my property
when I am gone.”
Mrs. Nicolson, white, and the
chauffeur, Allen Lee Gu start!
Woods, got the license Friday
She has been widowed twice and
he is divorced. They have not set
a wedding date.
GREECE PUSHES
SEED PROJECTS
ATHENS. (/P) — Exactly $850
i 000 will be spent to encouragt
, seed production in Greece th
i year. The ECA and Greek g- verr
; mcnt have agreed to con'inue th*
seed production program started
i by the Amreican Mission for aid
I to Greece last winter.
American experts say Greet*
I has the climate and soil to produce
: high quality disease-free seed. 1
1 is anticipated the program will re
duce seed importations.
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