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VOL. L. No. 74. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1948. ' PER COPY I5p
Polet Returns
With High Hopes
For Alaska Future
On his return to Nome last
Friday, A. Polet, local business
man, stated he had an active
and very interesting trip south
during the past three months.
He states that he contacted all
other members of the Alaska De
velopment Board, —Jack Talbot
of Ketchikan, who was busy with
incidents relative to the maiden
voyage of his new passenger liner,
the SS George Washington, —
} Herb Hilscher of Fairbanks, who
has recently published a book on
Alaska, “Alaska Now” which is
being well received, —and Fred
Axford, jeweler, and president of
the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce.
Polet stated that if there was
a time Alaska needed a progres
sive program, it is now as the
nation’s attention is focussed on
Alaska and has been specially
stressed by President Truman in
his message to Congress. The na
tional press, governmental agen
cies and civic organizations are
by a large majoriey urging the
immediate develojment of Alaska.
The urgency, he states, and de
mand for a unified Alaskan au
thoritative development program
is evidenced by the large numbers
of requests for literature and the
many articles published in the
leading journals of the nation.
A simplified, comprehensive and
workable program should be ad
opted.
The Board members have agreed
to organize city development
boards and together with one mem
ber from each town in each div
ision form a divisional board thru ,
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HOSPITAL NEWS |
EMERGENCY FUND GROWS
VERY NEAR $10,000 GOAL
The Emergency Hospital Fund;
grows closer and closer to its;
goal of $10,000, it was announced
today, with the addition of $54,1
On Saturday, the Alaska SS!
Company added $50. and two of |
Nome’s tourists, Lavern Hite and
Lois Jentes of Anchorage, who j
had been housed overnight in a:
private home where the owner
refused pay, contributed $4. to i
the hospital fund in appreciation
k for the hospitality.
The total is now $9,549.70.
M/S JUMPER HITCH FINALLY
ANCHORS IN ROADSTEAD
After a week of trying to get
through the ice pack to Nome, the
Motorship Jumper Hitch, of the
Alaska Steamship Company was
at anchor today in Nome road
stead.
Captain L. Jacobson, who has
been coming to this port for the i
Alaska Steamship Co., since 1943,1
1 when he brought in the SS Col
umbia, maneuvered a very dif
ficult trip through the ice floes, (
one he states, will be long re
membered.
It is believed that deck cargo
will be removed this afternoon. (
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OFFICIALS USE RAFT TO INSPECT PAPER MILL NEAR PORTLAND
Mill officials row a rubber raft through the Columbia River Paper Mill
at Vancouver, Wash., to survey flood damage. Many industrial plants
in the Vancouver and Portland area have been flooded by the Colum
bia river. (AP Wirephoto)
4th of July Comm*
Plans Big Program
Ted Duffield, chairman of the
committee, which includes Steve
Anderson and Lester Bronson who
represent the City Council, an
nounced today that a big cele
bration is being planned for Nome
on the Fourth of July.
The city’s Fourth of July Com
mittee is working on the holiday
program and hopes to have a big
treat for the children if it is pos
sible to fly in a shipment of fire
works.
Contests will be held for the
youngsters and many prizes will
be awarded.
It has been many years since
a fireworks display has been seen
here, and many of the younger
children and some of the natives
from outlying districts heve never
witnessed such an event.
It is understood that some ar
rangements are under way to have
military participation in the cele
bration, both the army and the
Coast Guard.
More details will be announced
later, says chm. Duffield.
O'LEARYS FIRST TO BOARD
JUMPER HITCH ON ARRIVAL
Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs.:
Charles O’Leary made a trip on
Bering Sea, with a motor-equip
ped canoe, and wove their way
among the icebergs to the M/S
Jumper Hitch which was anchored
offshore to the westward of Nome.
The couple boarded the vesesel
and later returned through the
ice floes, bringing in the crew’s
mail.
MOTORSHIP NORTH STAR
AT NUNIVAK ISLAND
The Motorship North Star, of
the Alaska Native Service, is re
ported to be at Meykoruk on
Nunivak Island discharging sup
plies today.
! Dimond Issues
! Writ Against
Northern Airlines
ANCHORAGE, — Judge Anth
ony J. Dimond of the District
Court for the Territory of Alaska
on June 16, 1948, issued a writ
of permanent injunction against
Northern Airlines, Inc., enjoin
ing it from engaging in air trans
portation of passengers or prop
erty as a common carrier between
any point in Alaska and any point
in the continental United States
on a scheduled basis. Under the
writ Northern may continue air
transportation of persons or prop
erty as a common carrier bet- j
ween any point in Alaska and any j
point in the United States but
only on an irregular basis.
The action against Northern
Airlines was brought by Pacific
Northern Airlines, Inc., with Pan
American Airways, Inc., North
west Airlines, Inc., and the Civil
Aeronautics Board as intervenors.
The action of the Court was
taken upon a motion by Northern
Airlines, Inc., consenting to Ihe
issuance of the writ, the motion
being agreeable to the plaintiff
and intervenors.
THREE STRANDED TWO DAYS
ON SLEDGE ISLAND
Over the week-end three local
men, Frank Bingham, Elmo Mil
ler and Mike Kazinguk, made a
trip to the Sledge Island area to
hunt seal. They were caught on
the island by an ice floe and
forced to stay over two days,
when they had planned the trip
for a one-day stopover. They had
but one day’s rations.
The trio returned to Nome with
out having suffered any real hard
ships.
i Guerrillas Cry
For Military Aid
UNDATED International —(/P)
—Greek Communists were report
ed pleading for help from Mar
jshal Tito of Yugoslavia as 70,000
Greek government troops moved
in on them today.
The greatest offensive in the
guerrilla war developed near the
border of Albania. It was powered
by six Greek Divisions, planes and
artillery. Some guerrillas have al
ready surrendered.
G-O-P* Convention
Begins Today Amid
Banners n Fanfare
By Jack Bell
CONVENTION HALL, Phila.,
—(/P)—Banners waving, Republi
cans streamed into their conven
tion hall today cockily confident
they are picking the next presi
dent but still as uncertain as ever
over who that man is.
All the preliminary sparring be
fore the first gavel’s fall left the
race for the coveted nomination
apparently still wide open.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and
Senator Robert A. Taft acknow
ledgedly were out in front, but
lacking the votes at this time to
assure the nomination. Each said
he felt certain of winning.
Harold E. Stassen said he would
be on the first ballot and winner
on the ninth.
Senator Arthur A. Vandenberg
and friends were not calling their
shots in that manner. But they
claimed Vandenberg is in a good
position to step out toward the
end and run off with the big
prize. Backers of a half-dozen
others talked similarly.
The actual balloting will not
start before Wednesday, or may
be Thursday. Meantime, the GOP’s
biggest oratorical guns will be
labor the Democrats and the party
will adopt its platform.
LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR
MIDNIGHT SUN HIDES
Today is the longest day of the
year. Many midnight excursions
and picnics have been planned
to take advantage of the nice
weather we have been having.
Unfortunately, however, the U.S.
Weather Bureau forecast says the
sun will not be available tonight.
U. of W. Glee Club
Here on Jubilee Tour
NOME WAS FAVORED YESTERDAY by the visit
of the University of Washington Men's Glee Club,
under direction of Dean Charles W. Lawrence, of
the University School of Music.
Arthur L. Ganson, manager of the tour, and Mrs.
Lawrence, whe ot the dir
ector, are with the group.
M. Dederer, finance chm. of the
tour, and chairman of the Alas
ka division of Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, accompanied the
group to Fairbanks and will join
the group upon its arrival in
Anchorage, as will Mayor William ;
Devin of Seattle, to participate
in the celebration there.
The Glee Club on tour, arrived
aboard a charter flight of the
Pan American clipper from Fair
banks, seing much of Alaska’s
grand scenery enroute. The pilot
of the clipper ship, took them
out over the Bering Sea ice-fields
where the Motorship Jumper
Hitch, which has been trying for
the past week to bring supplies
to Nome.
The group arrived Sunday mor
ning about 11:00 and proceeded to
get settled in various lodging
quarters on the army base and in
town, —then sightseeing through
the town and outlying country
side, including a trip aboard the
U. S. Smelting Company’s No.
5 dredge, which had begun op
eration this past ■week.
At five o’clock, a dinne- was
given in their, (the group' honor.
The tables were beautifully set
and served by the Girl Scouts.
They had gone out to the hills
in the afternoon and picked many
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