Truman Defends
Military Policies
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., (^—Pres
ident Truman declared Saturday
the United States Air Force in
Korea “can bomb the enemy at
will, almost anywhere in his ter
ritory.”
He coupled this obvious reply
to Sen. Taft and other critics of
administration air policy with the
declaration that “short - sighted
politicians” are “playing with
fire” by slashing defense appro
priations while Russia may be
plotting “new Koreas in other
parts of the globe.”
In a major address to the an
nual convention of the 35th Divi
sion, with which he served in
World War I, Truman empha
sized “the cold fact that we are
still in danger” from Russia and
his point that talk that our Air
Force in Korea is “at the mercy
of Russian-made enemy planes”
just “isn’t true at all.”
Taft, candidate ror me itepuou
can presidential nomination, said
in a talk several days ago that
our planes “are outnumbered four
to one; our ground forces two to
one” and that administration neg
lect has left us with about 6,000 I
planes while Stalin has 20,000 in
organized combat groups and is
building them “faster than we
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are.
The President said Saturday
that the United States has nearly
15,000 planes “in active use.”
The President struck back
at Congressional opponents who
forced a reduction of from about
51 billions to 46 billion dollars in
his military recommendations and
a cut of his foreign military ec
onomic aid program from $7,900,
000,000 to $6,447,730,750.
“We can not tell what the |
Kremlin is planning. There may
be new offensives in Korea. There
may be new Koreas in other parts
of the globe. The Communists
may even be planning greater at
tacks than we have seen up to
this point. We do not know. We
cannot be sure.” t
The glances that over cocktails
seem §o sweet—
May be less charming over shred
ded wheat.
Fishermen’s Union
Rejects Industry’s
Fish Price Offer
SEATTLE,, (/P)— An offer on
fish prices from the Alaska Sal
mon Industry, Inc., in Bristol
Bay was rejected by a unani
mous vote by the Alaska Fisher
men’s Union (independent) in
branch meetings Friday night in
Seattle, Portland, Ore., and San
Francisco.
The Bristol Bay fishing season
opens June 25.
The offer rejected is the same
negotiated and accepted by the
Bering Sea Fishermen’s Union
(AFL) after a strike this year in
Bristol Bay. It provides that fish
ermen be paid 44 cents apiece for
reds caught in motor boats and
46 cents for those caught in sail
boats and in setnets from shore.
Bristol Bay fishermen use boats
and gear furnished by the can
nery operators. They also receive
board and lodgings and trans
portation from Seattle to Alaska
and back. Last year’s fish price
was 40 cents for reds regardless
of how caught.
The Bering Sea Union is a rival
of the Alaska Fishermen’s Union.
It is composed mainly of resident
Bristol Bay fishermen who quit
the AFU when a move was made
to merge the AFU with the Inter
national Longshoremen & Ware
housemen’s Union. The merger
was defeated later.
Legal Blanks at The Nuggel office
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Don’t neglect your in
come tax payments just
because the mink coat
season is over. The
babes around Washing
ton still like the beaches.
CALL
MUNZ
AIRWAYS
for
Dependable
Air Transportation
Main 109
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ARCTIC
SANITARY SERVICE
Phone RED 181
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CONTACT HERMAN HOOP
OR E. L. MULCH FOR RATES
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Main 52
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
B^n Young
THE NOME LIQUOR STORE
WE CARRY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINE
Out-of-Town Orders Carefully Handled
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STROMBOLI VOLCANO
ERUPTS VIOLENTLY
STROMBOLI, Italy, (/P)—Strom
boli, the volcano on this barren
Italian island, erupted violently
Saturday.
Smoking lava rolled down its
brown - gray sides from three
mouths of the crater. The village
of Ginostra, at the base of the
volcano, was covered with a thick
layer of ashes. There were no re
ports of casualties.
Stromboli’s cone rises 3,040 ft.
above sea level. The island orf
Stromboli, five square miles in
area, is about 50 miles north of
Sicily.
Machinegun Bullet Kills
Army Officer Accidentally
On Infiltration Course
FORT DIX, NJ., (JP)— A 20
year-old Army Signal Corps offi
cer candidate was killed last night
by a .30 caliber machine gun bul
let while undergoing flight infil
tration course training, the Army
announced.
In infiltration training, men
crawl on the ground under over
head fire of live ammunition,
which the Army said is fired at
a safety margin so the guns can
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800 Passengers to Alaska
Held In Seattle by Strike
SEATTLE, (IP)—Scheduled sail
ing June 1*1 of the passenger liner
SS Alaska was cancelled Satur
day by the Alaska Steamship Co.
because of the AFL sailors’ strike.
The Alaska had a full booking
of 205 passengers.
More than 800 passengers for
Alaska 'have been stopped here
by the walkout.
not change trajectory. An inves
tigation into the cause of the acci
dent was started.
^fhether you are familiar with the
intricacies of an Alaska salmon cannery or
have never been inside one of these modern
plants, you’ll enjoy reading "Alaska’s Salmon
Industry,” 16 pages of information about
this important industry.
Write for your copy of "Alaska’s Salmon
Industry.” We’ll mail you a copy or send it
to anyone you designate.
Now also is a good time to send friends copies
of "Welcome to Alaska,” 12 pages crammed
with information about Alaska.
Address inquiries for either of these booklets to
Alaska Salmon Institute, Box 893, Ketchikan.
Heor Sam Hayes, noted radio commentator...
every Sunday over your favorite
Alaska station.
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