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VOL. L. No. 93 “ NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST’ 4, 1948 PER COPY 15^
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NEWS IN BRIEF !
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BUFFALO, N. Y. (/P)—Ben1
Hogan, the mighty mite from
Hershey, Pa., won the 1948 west-1
ern open Monday by one of the
widest margins in big-time golf
history, then went out to Mike
Parco’s driving range to sharpen
his game.
“I think I can use some extra
driving practice,” said bantam
Ben.
Hogan Monday trounced Ed
, (Porky) Oliver of Seattle by nine
strokes in their 18-hole playoff.1
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PORTLAND, (/P) — A police
man’s wife was fatallV wounded
as the young woman joined her
husband in attempting to quell a
tavern brawl between four men.
Detective Sgt. Jokn Warren re
ported Mrs. June Buzzell, 22,
• mother of a 20-months-old son,
was shot in the forehead. He said
the gun was discharged when of
ficer Ross Buzzell was grabbed
from behind after drawing the
pistol. The victims’ parents wit
nessed the shooting.
SEATTLE (/P)—24 Seattle boys,
ranging from 11 to 17 years of age
are on a two-week Alaska yacht
ing cruise. They will serve as the
crew of the 85-foot, diesel-pow
ered Twanho. All of the boys are
members of the Seattle Y.M.C.A.,
which arranged the cruise.
HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (£>) —
t W. V. Aston. 65, veteran Okla
homa state penitentiary guard,
died today of injuries received
when he was attacked by an in
mate in the solitary wing of the
McAlester state prison Friday.
Deputy warden H. C. McLeod ^
said that Thomas Woods, 22, a ne- ■
gro serving ten years for auto
mobile theft was being held in
connection with the attack.
McLeod said that as Aston was
checking the cell, Woods jumped j
on him, clutched the guard’s,
throat and pounded his head
against the bars and wall.
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PEARL HARBOR, </P) — The
navy said today an epidemic of
measles had broken out on Guam
with 900 cases reported so far.
The report from the department ,
of public health did not say how ;
*many navy or civil service em
ployees were affected, if any.
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SEATTLE, </P) — Two barge j
loads of military vehicles includ- i
ing 150 jeeps, came back today
from Shemya Island at the ex
treme end of the Aleutians. The
war surplus cargo, totaling 3,000
measurement tons, was brought
A by a tug of the Ocean Tow fleet.
Aleutco corporation of Hastings,
Nebr., bought the surplus recent
ly at a government sale.
TOKYO, (fP)—Two around-the
world B-29’s will leave here at
A 8 a.m. tomorrow for Anchorage,
on the next to the last leg of their
globe circling hop.
No attempt is being made by
the air force planes to set a new
♦speed record. The crew were given
an additional day of rest after a
long hop from Ceylon to Manila
and thence here.
Intemation’l News
At A Glance —
(By The Associated Press*
The buoyancy of the three
western power envoys as they
emerged from their long talk with
Stalin in the Kremlin raised hope
the Russians might ease the cold
war tension between the west and
east.
The U. S. and French ambassa
dors and a special envoy of Bri
tain talked with the Soviet Prime
Minister two and a quarter hours
Monday night. They came out
smiling and in good spirits. Sta
lin gave them more time than he
ever has before to foreign diplo
mats- Foreign minister Molotov
also was present.
Walter Bedell Smith of the U.
S., Frank Roberts of Britain and
Yves Chataigneau of France went
immediately to the American em
bassy for another conference.
They rushed up three flights of
stairs without awaiting the eleva
tor. Smith, after laughing banter,
said:
“Generalissimo Stalin and Mr.
Molotov received us all at a meet
ing. There probably will be a
communique to that effect to
night’.’
The communique was devoid of
news. The western power capitals
were silent lest premature talk
ruin future prospects.
The feeling was general that
the ambassadors told Stalin some
thing like this:
The United States, Britain and
France desire deeply to cooperate
with Russia on a reasonable,
friendly basis. Cooperation works
both ways. The governments of
the western powers will not be
intimidated. Berlin is a four
power city, and Russia may not
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Selective Service
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Announces Dates
For Registration
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John L. McCormick, Territorial
director of selective service, an
nounced today that the initial
registration of all men 18 through
25, inclusive, will take place on
the following dates. Every man
in this age group is required to
present himself for registration,
regardless of the fact tha* he may
have registered before. All men
of this age group who have had
previous^military service are like
wise required to register.
The persons to^ be registered
and the dates fixed for them to
present themselves are as fol
lows:
j (a'Persons from in the year 1922
after August 30, 1922, shall be
j registered on Monday, the 30th
day of August, 1948.
j (b> Persons born in the year
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C. OF C. BOARD HAS
BUSINESS MEETING
Last night at the office of the
president, H. F. Harper, the board
of directors of the NWA Chamber
of Commerce met for business
discussion.
The ways and means of getting
the appropriation for the Nome
breakwater were discussed and
letters dispatched* to influential
Congressmen; our Delegate, E. L.
Bartlett; the chamber delegate
at-large, Carl Lomen, for the pur
pose of urging the Congress to
pass an appropriaitfon measure to
provide funds, for construction of
the breakwater which was au
thorized by the 80th Congress.
No word has been received from
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Silvermaster Not
Spy, He Says
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Nathan
Gregory Silvermaster swore to
day he never was a spy for any
foreign nation, but admitted that
naval intelligence authorities once
sought his removal from govern
ment service.
In the witness chair of the
House un-American activities
committee, Silvermaser also re
fused to answer questions as to
whether he ever had been a com
munist. His refusal was on the
grounds he might incriminate
himself.
The committee members then
put back on the stand Elizabeth
T. Bentley, the former communist
who originally brought the charg
es of espionage against Silver
master. She said again that he is
' the man she knew during the war
who turned secret information
over to her for relay to the Rus
| sians.
While he refused to answer
questions about any affiliation
with the Communists, Silvermas
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Giant Ice Floes
Threaten Barrow
POINT BARROW, </P)—Patrol
planes kept constant vigil today
on a rapidly shifting, unpredict
able ice field that threatened to
seal off the navy’s oil exploration
bases and native villages from an
eight ship navy supply convoy.
The vessels were to rendezvous
early today about 10 miles south
of here. There they will wait out
i the shifting ice pack, prepared at
a moment’s notice’to slip into
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BEAR CARRIES OFF, KILLS LITTLE GIRL
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Carol Ann Pomerkaney, 3, (left) wis carried from her forest home near
Sault Ste, Marie, Mich., by a black bear and mauled to death. The bear
was tracked down and killed (right).
With the bear are (1 - r) Alex McLean and Clifford Peterman, Michigan
Conservation officers; Dr. C. D. Logsdon, veterinarian, who performed
an autopsy on the beast to determine if it was the one that killed the
child. (AP wirephoto)
Expose More High
Govt. Officials
As Communists
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Whit
taker Chambers, who said he was
a communist from 1924 to 1937,
testified yesterday that the red
“underground” then included Al
ger Hiss, state department offi
cial, and Nathan Witt, attorney
for tjje national labor relations
board.
Chambers testified under oath
before the House un-American
activities committee, which is in
vestigating charges of Soviet spy
ing in this country.
Across the Capitol, a Senate
committee also was continuing
hearings on alleged communist
spying. There, chairman Fergu
son <R. Mich.) protested the com
mittee’s failure thus far to receive
information it had asked from
the commerce department about
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Alaska Relief
Unlikely At
Special Session
(By Charles D. Watkins) *
j ((A3) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, </P)—Delegate
Bartlett of Alaska said yesterday
prospects for action by the special
session of Congress on pending
Alaskan legislation have become
| “increasingly remote.”
“The Republican leader ship
has announced the session will be
very brief and only matters of a
j national or emergency nature will
be given consideration,” Bartlett
told a reporter.
“In general this policy will ap
ply even to non-controversial bills
which have passed one house and
where action was not taken in the
other because of adjournment of
the regular session. Included in
this category are several Alaska
relief bills.
“The Republican policy state
ment also indicated no action will
be taken on nominations before
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Another Timber
Site May Be Sold
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ANCHORAGE (/P)—Ira Mason,
chief of the timber management
division of the U. S. forest service
disclosed yesterday that early de
velopments are expected toward
opening of a second pulp-paper
industry site in Alaska.
The Washington, D. C., corre
spondent for the Anchorage Times
said surveys already are under
way in the Sitka area. He quoted
Mason as saying the area may be
advertised for bids within a week
or month.
The Ketchikan Industrial En
gineering corp., represented by
Ben Mullen of Juneau and New
York, was said by Mason to be
actively interested in the Sitka
area.