FAIR NOTES
Are you ready for the Fair? It is
almost here! At 2:00 p.m. on
Thursday. April 17, the doors of
Ihe Territorial School Gym will
.swing open for the indoor activi
ties and exhibits of Nome’s Ninth
Annual Fair. At 7:30 p.m. of that
evening the official welcome will
be given, and it is hoped that you
will all be there!
Persons entering exhibits may
bring them to the building on Wed
nesday evening and during the
morning of Thursday, April 17, for
entry.
In addition to the interesting ex
hibits which will be on display,
the varied entertainment planned
for the Fair will bring many a
bright spot to the event. Native en
tertainment is being organized by
Sam Mogg. The movie and slide
display under the direction of
Woodbury Abbey, Jr., will prove
interesting to all. The ‘ Amateur
Hour” under the supervision of
Ellen Mandeville will be compar
able to anything that Major Bowes
ever had! Mrs. W. H. Cameron’s
“Style Revue” has everything from
the highest state of sophistication
to comical interludes.
An entertaining and comical
' Children’s Parade” is promised
by its superintendents Neva Wha
ley and Olive Fults. And above all,
don’t forget the ‘‘Costume Ball”
planned for the night of Saturday.
April 19, with dancing starting at
9:00 p.m. to the rhythm of Hyde’s
Orchestra. All persons attending
are urged to get into the spirit of
the event by attending with cloth
ing reminiscent of the early gold
rush days! It has been time proved
that a costume ball is unsurpassed
for gaiety and laughter.
SO, THE STAGE IS SET, AND
THE CURTAIN WILL SOON GO I
UP ON NOME’S NINTH FAIR!
Longshore Wants
Six-Hour Day
SAN FRANCISCO The CIO
international longshoremen’s and
warehousemen’s union, after re
electing Harry Bridges as its pres
ident and resolving to make the'
six-hour day its goal, turned from
waterfront matters to the problems
of sugar workers Saturday.
An international conference of
sugar workers got under way to
discuss policy and poblems of cane
sugar workers of Hawaii, Cuba,]
Puerto Rico, Mexico and the
United States. The conference was!
called by the ILWU.
The ILWU, concluding its sev
enth biennial convention last
night, adopted a resolution declar
ing that “our final aim is to make
the basic six-hour day a living
reality by fixing a Wage by which
a man can make a living in six
hours.”
The resolution was referred to a
caucus of longshoremen which is
preparing demands for submission
to ship operators on the reopening
of the Pacific Coast contract in
two months.
Pacific Coast waterfront em
ployers, meantime, appeals to the
ILWU to extend the present con
tract from its June 15 expiration
date to Sept. 30 to avoid “the series
of disastrous and unnecessary
strikes” which tied up shipping
last fall.
“We don’t want to repeat that
experience and believe you don’t
either,” said Frank P. Foisie, pres
ident of the employer group.
There was no immediate re
sponse from the ILWU.
Truman May Crack
Down On Wallace
WASHINGTON (/P)—The White
House turned aside today off ques
tions us to what President Truman
may do about Henry A. Wallace’s
speeches abroad criticizing U. S.
foreign policy.
It is apparent that the develop
ments are confronting Mr. Truman
with the choice of ta> cracking
down on Wallace, or <b> facing
charges that the administration’s
foreign policy isn’t above politics.
Wallace, highly critical of the
President’s Greek-Turkish aid pro
gram, has been roundly criticized
in Congress for remarks during his
current speaking tour of England.
Although they didn*t put it just
that way, some Republicans made
it plain they will have little pa
tience with talk about bi-partisan
cooperation if Mr. Truman doesn’t
disavow Wallace despite the polit
ical effect such a move might
have. •
Control Of Dairen
Will Shorten War
TSINAN, Chita <£>)—Gen. Wang
Yao-Wu, supreme government
commander in Shantung province,
said today that Chinese control of
Dairen. Manchuria, would cut off
the Chinese Communists main sup
ply route into Shantung “and shor
ten the qivil war here by six
months.”
Wang, whose provincial capital
is cut off from contact with the
no th and east by Communist
o:ces, said immediate settlement
of the Dairen problem was essen
t irfl to successful prosecution of
e war in this important sector of
North China.
EDWIN PUNGUK FAMILY
HERE FOR FAIR
Edwin Punguk and family of
Golovin arrived over the week-end
to take in the Fair. Edwin has
been a winner in Fair dog races
but it was not learned whether he
ilans on entering the races this
year.
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selected list of various products made by the Company.
In making its announcement to the general public last week,
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than to lower the prices of goods people buy.
“The American people have insisted, that the government
withdraw from its attempts to control prices in peacetime.
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of business and industry.
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