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VOL. L. No. 58. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY, 14, 1948 PER COPY 15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
FLASH BULLETIN
WASHINGTON. — (/P) —Pres
ident Truman formally proclaimed
United States' recognition of the
new Jewish State in Palestine.
The President's announcement
said that this country "recognizes
the provisional government as the
defacto authority of the new State
of Israel."
• In a separate statement the
Whitehouse said the proclamation
of the Jewish State does not lessen
the desire of the United States to
obtain a Palestine truce.
EVERETT, Wash., — (/P) —Fun
eral services will be held here
tomorrow afternoon for Mrs. Hil
da Leinann, 79, of Everett, who
is said to be the mother of the
first two white children born in
Nome, Alaska. The twin daughters
Mrs. Carrie Moore and Mrs. Rose
Freeman, now of Everett, were
born to Mrs. Lienann after she
had made the trip to Alaska from j
Norway aboard the battleship'
Ohio in 1898 with a herd of rein-!
deer for which her husband was
a caretaker.
Mrs. Leinann died yesterday.
WASHINGTON,—</P) —Senato:
Robert Taft (R-Ohio) said todaj
he favors Statehood for Hawaii
But Taft told reporters he was
not decided whether to support a
resolution by Senator Knowland
(R-Calif.) to take the Hawaiiar
Statehood bill from the Senate in
sular affairs committee and bring
it before the Senate for debate.
Taft talked to newsmen after
a meeting of the Senate Republi
can policy committee, of which
he is chairman.
He said the committee did not
discuss the decision by the in
sular affairs group to defer act
ion on the Statehood bill until
after its members make another
trip to Hawaii.
WASHINGTON, — (IP) —Sena
tor John H. Overton, of Louisiana,
72, died today at Bethseda Naval
Hospital. He underwent a ser
ious abdominal operation May 5.
Once a center of political con
troversy in his State. Overton
had been a member of Congress
since 1931.
WASHINGTON, — (/P) —Plans
for a nation-wide strike of long
distance telephone operators were
set up today by the CIO American
Telephone Workers Union but the
date for a#walkout was left open.
The union headed by John J.
Moran, has been engaged in a
wage dispute with the American
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany.
The union represents 23,000
long distance workers in 42 States.
Union and A. T. & T. representa
tives came here yesterday for con
ferences with conciliators of the
federal mediation service in an
effort to reach an agreement.
NANKING, — (/P) — China’s
vast armies, about to engage the
Communists in a death struggle
in Manchuria, have been ordered
to observe June as “Love the Peo
ple Month.” I
| Bartlett Presents
Steamship Service
Bill in iHouse
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| WASHINGTON, — —Legis
1 lation to extend government sub
sidized steamship service to Al
aska until 1953 and permit all
companies wishing to engage in
the service to apply for free gov
ernment ships was proposed in
Congress yesterday.
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska in
troduced the bill in the House.
Another bill, offered earlier by
Rep. Tollefson <R-Wash.>, would
extend the present service until
i 1950.
i The service now is operated
i by three Seattle companies us
| ing government owned ships
i which they charter for one doller
! a year.
Bartlett’s bill would authorize
| the maritime commision to char
ter dollar year ships to any steam
ship companies wishing to oper
ate the service. No two companies
controlled by the same interests
could receive more than 50 per
cent of the ships allocated to the
service.
Alaska Steamship Company and
Northland Transportation Com
pany, both controlled by the Skin
ner interests of Seattle, and Alas
ka Transportation Co., now oper
ate the Alaska service.
Interior department approval
would be required for any con
tracts entered into by the com
mission and ship owners.
Other provisions of the bill:
(1) The commission in deter
mining the reasonableness of the
freight rates to Alaska shall dis
regard the insurance paid on the
vessels, largely by the govern
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Warne Tells Seattle
Chamber of Com’ce
Alaska’s Needs
SEATTLE, — (/P) —Assistant
secretary of the interior William
E. Warne, outlined a nine-point
program today for Alaska’s de
velopment and said a federal in
ter-agency committee is consider
ing the possibility of opening the
door to ’hand-picked1 European
refugees.
In a talk to the Chamber of
Commerce, upon his return from
Alaska, Warne referred to the
latter point in these words;
“Among other things, the com
mittee is considering what spec
ial measure, if any, would be
neded to facilitate settlement in
Alaska of an appropriate number
of carefully selected persons from
war refugee camps in western
Europe. Many of these refugees
had their homes in areas where
climatic conditions are similar to
those of middle Alaska.”
Citing the desire of other cities
to enter the Alaska trade by ship
or air, Warne admonished:
“If you businessmen of Seattle
wish to maintain your place in
the Alaska picture of tomorrow,
you will have to be alert and
progressive. The test will be the
extent to which you improve your
service to Alaska and adjust costs.
Increased trade, lower unit costs,
reduced prices—this is the form
ula to keep you abreast of Alaska
development.”
He outlined the following points
for an Alaskan development pro
gram:
1. Statehood for Alaska as “soon
as possible.”
2. “The entire transportation sys
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A PROCLAMATION
"I AM AN AMERICAN DAY" 1948
Pursuant to the following Proclamation by the
President of the United States designating Sunday,
May 16, 1948, as '‘I AM AN AMERICAN DAY":
WHEREAS the stature of our country has been
augmented by the millions who have come here
from other lands to realize their dreams of liberty
and opportunity; and
WHEREAS the vigor of our national life is con
stantly renewed by the coming of age of our native
born youth, who add their strength to the cause of
preserving the heritage which has been held in
trust for them; and
WHEREAS loyalty to a great ideal has brought
together people of every race, creed, and culture—
all blended into a unity which has been the strength
of our country and has enabled it to meet every
crisis; and
WHEREAS the trying problems both foreign and
domestic, which face our nation today require un-!
selfish devotion and united effort on the part of all
our citizens*
NOW, THEREFOR, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, Presi
dent of the United States of America, under and by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the Congress1
in a joint resolution approved May 3, 1940 (54 Stat.
178), do hereby designate Sunday, May 16, 1948, as
I AM AN AMERICAN DAY, and do set aside that!
day as an occasion for stressing the worth and
meaning of American citizenship and rendering
special recognition to those who have been natur-i
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Nenana Ice Out
15 Ticket Holders
Devide $150,000
FAIRBANKS — Ice broke at Nenana on the Tan
ana River with a hundred fifty thousand dollars
hanging on the minute hand. Fifteen guesses from
the thousands entered in the annual prediction
contest hit the breakup squarely on the minute -
11:13 a.m. in a breakup of spectacular suddenness.
Jews Proclaim
State of Israel
UNDATED INTERNATIONAL
By the Associated Press — Tht
new Jewish State of Israel, with
the biggest active army in the
Middle East, was proclaimed to
day in Tel Aviv, at 3:00 a.m. Nome
time.
The Arab League secretariat
proclaimed in Damascus last night
a state of war between the Arab
countries and Palestine Jewry.
Fighting resounded in half a
dozen places in Palestine but still
there was no definite indication
of a full fledged Arab invasion.
The British struck their colors
over government house in Jerusa
lem. Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham,
the high commissioner, left Pales
tine and went aboard the cruiser
Euryalus at Haifa. The British
mandate ends at midnight, 11:00
a.m. Nome time. The United Na
tions still talked of ways to keep
the peace in Palestine.
| Russia tossed her weight ar
ound in Korea, Berlin and Greece.
Washington—President Truman
asked $2,434,441,000 more for de
fense to expand the U.S. total for
the year above 14 billions. The
House received a bill to crimp
the Communist Party in the U.S.
Seoul—North Korea, occupied
by Russia, cut off‘power to the
U.S. zone in South Korea, wrere
anti-Communists scored a smash
ing week-end election triumph.
The North Koreans talked of an
old bill for power; the U.S. moved I
two Navy power barges into the
breach. An officer at Gen. Mac
Arthur’s headquarters accused the
Russans of breaking an agreement
to send 50,000 Japanese home
each month.
Berlin—Russians walked out of
the public safety committee of
the four-power rule of Berlin. Au-i
thorities said the Russian military
administration in Germany is un
dergoing a purge. The Soviets
placed new barriers on interzonal
traffic.
Moscow—Pravda of Moscow ac
cused U.S. foreign policy makers
of a retreat after seeking to soothe
U.S. public opinion by suggesting!
conciliation talks. Tass said Rus
sia had protested to Greece ag-:
ainst the execution of rebels and
declared these must stop. Greece,
has identified the condemned as,
convicted murderers.
Amman, Trans-Jordan—If the
Arabs were to inVade Palestine,!
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®“ Predictions have been that it
would be after May 16, the latest
date so far.
Winners at 11:13 a.m. were
George, Carty and Doemort, Cor
dova; Fern and Toney Frank, Fort
Richardson; Verona Smartwood,
'Anchorage; Charles Johnson, Ho
mer; William A. Fonken and Co.,
Ketchikan; Jean and Edward M.
I Cox, Fairbanks; Saulich Pool;
i Warren Ruehm, Fairbanks; Tony
! Marsh, Juneau; Co-op Drug Co.
Pool. Fairbanks; William S. Wil
; son, College; M. N. Curry and
j Co. Anchorage; Myrtle Creek
Pool, Fairbanks; Lucky Four Pool,
Fairbanks; Mrs El Cecotti and
Mrs. Selma Fors Co. Juneau.
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JUNEAU, — UP) —A Juneau
watchman who won $10,000 in
the Nenana ice break-up guess
ing contest yesterday said today
he may quit his job and visit the
States for the first time in 40
years.
Tony Marsh, 73, night watch
man at the Juneau Sub-port, was
among those who guessed the
breakup time on the minute—
11:13 a.m. yesterday. Marsh came
to Juneau in 1908 from what now
is Yugoslavia. He hasn’t been “out
side” since.
Two Juneau women, Mrs. E.
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Plane Crashes
Claim Lives of
At Lease 20
UNDATED PLANE CRASHES,
By the Associated Press — Six
plane mishaps on four continents
have claimed the lives of at least
20 and perhaps 55 persons.
Best known among the dead
was Lady Harrington, the daugh
ter of Joseph P. Kennedy of B os
ton, former U.S. ambassador to
London. She died near Pnvas in
southern France with thiee others
including Lord Fitzwilliam, the
eighth Earl of his line, the other
two were crewmen.
Only one survivor came through
the six mishaps.
Thirty-five were missing
The other crashed plane; were
in Belgian Congo, Saudi Arabia,
Alaska, Massachusetts and Swit
zerland.
A Sabena airliner which dis
appeared yesterday over tne Bel
gian Congo with 25 passengers
and six crewmen was found
wrecked in the African colony.
The plane was a DC-4. The air
line’s office in Brussels said no
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