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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
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Sen. Taft in Line for
Senate Majority Leader
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Senator
Dirksen (R-Ill) said Thursday he
is “quite certain that Sen. Taft
would like to be majority leader
of the Senate — all but dispelling
any lingering doubt that the Ohio
an wants the post.
Taft himself has said only he is
available for the floor leadership,
but Dirksen made plain in an in
terview that he had been in touch
with Taft and was expressing
more than mere personal impres
sion. Dirksen is one of Taft’s
closest associates.
Sen. .Carlson (R-Kan), who was
one of President-elect Eisenhow
er’s closest campaign advisers,
said on Tuesday he assumed Taft
would be floor leader if he want
ed to be and added he personally
would be for him. Carlsofl made
the comment after talking with
Eisenhower in New York.
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Walter Hickel Mentioned i
As “Dark Horse” in Race
For Alaska Governorship
JUNEAU, (A5)—Gov. Gruening,
back from a five-week stay in the
States, denied Wednesday he had
stated he would not resign prior
to expiration of his term in April
if Walter J. Hickel of Anchorage
should get the appointment to
succeed him.
A published report in Fair
banks quoted the governor on
such a statement.
Hickel, an Anchorage contruc- j
tor, has been mentioned during
the past week as a possible “dark
horse” candidate for the govern
orship. He was the Republican
Party’s finance chairman during
the recent campaign.
The governor returned from a
trip that took him to Washington
D.C. and to the governor’s con
ference at Phoenix, Arizona.
MEANS NOT JUSTIFIED
BALTIMORE, {/P) — Charles j
McCloud, 50-year-o‘ld hospital or
derly appeared before Magistrate
William Laukaitas Friday charg
ed with stealing a candelabra
from a downtown department I
store.
“I took it for a Christmas pres
sent,” McCloud explained.
“A Christmas present for
whom?” asked the magistrate.
“For my priest,” said McCloud.
He got 60 days.
HEARTS ARE WARM IN NOME
From "Brace & Crutch"
Alaska Crippled Children's Assn.
The usual contributor from
Nome, the Bering Sea Club, has
■contributed S63.50 as of Oct. 27.
This amount was sent in by Mrs.
Donald Lyle, our chairman, who
also told of a $28.00 donation by
A. E. Lord and Glen Snyder of
Nome.
CENTRALIA, 111., (JP)— Marie
Foltz got experience on her first
day at the Valmeyer, 111., switch
board that would equal that of
some veteran “hello” girls.
A small tornado roared up the
valley into Valmeyer. In quick
order the new operator handled
fire and ambulance calls before
lines went down and her switch
board all but blacked out.
Cardinal Spellman Leaves
To Spend Christmas with
American Troops in Korea
NEW YORK, (£>)—Francis Car
dinal Spellman left by plane to
day to spend Christmas Day with
American troops in Korea.
He said he would say three
Christmas Day Masses for the
troops. He told reporters:
“I am going to Korea bearing
with me messages of love from
hundreds of American families. I
bear the love of the American
people to their sons in Korea.
“I am bringing with me mani
festations of the love of the peo
ple of America for their loved
ones in the form of 100,000 cig
arettes, 50,000 religious and 1,500
holy cards. These are symbols of
the unity of the folks back home.”
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FRENCH ASSEMBLY VOTES
AMERICANS IN FRANCE
OVER ONE YEAR BE DRAFTED
PARIS, (JP) — The French Na
tional Assembly voted Wednesday
night to draft into France’s army
Americans of conscription age
living here more than a year,
either in one stay or on several
visits.
The draft age in France is 18Vfc
to 25 years.
The assembly passed the bill
without a debate.
Raymond Triboulet, speaking
for the National Defense Commit
tee, frankly said the action was
being taken as reciprocity “of the
| worst kind” foT U.S. laws which
make Frenchmen living in the
United States subject to Ameri
ca'h military service.
Brownie Troop News
The Fourth Grade Brownie
Troop met last Wednesday after
: school for the regular weekly
; meeting with our leader, Mrs.
I Grant Jackson.
At the business meeting we dis
j cussed the Christmas party we
| are to have at the next meeting.
We have completed the cup
5 boards which we made out of
j boxes. We lined them with pretty
j paper and put curtains on them.
We all have enjoyed the many
! folk dances Mrs. Jackson has been
teaching us. The members of our
troop are Jimmy Mays, Edna
Johnson, Kathy Fisher, Claudia
Straub, Dorothy Russel, Julith
Ahkolik, Maggie Panek and Mar
sha Brown.
— Marsha Brown
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British Clergyman
Defies Communists
At Peace Congress
VIENNA, (A3)—A British cler
gyman Thursday defied Commu
nist domination of the World
Peace Congress in Vienna and at
tacked the Soviet Union for sev
eral of its present-day interna
tional policies.
Canon C. F. Harman, a vicar of
Swindon, Wiltshire, describing
himself as a Christian pacifist,
told the congress he wished to
refer to several methods “causing
great disquiet among a large sec
tion of public opinion in the
West.” He said they were:
1. “The cavalier dismissal by
Mr. Vishinsky of the Indian pro
posals for a truce in Korea has
caused bewilderment and a sense
of hopelessness.
2. “The retention of German
prisoners taken in the second
world war. This is not calculated
to foster friendly relations be
tween Germany and Russia.”
3. My Christian conception of
the sacredness of human life re
volts against the savage sentences
imposed on political offenders in
any country. A more peaceful ap
proach to political and racial mi
norities would do much to allay
bitterness and bring about recon
ciliation.”
So far only three other persons
among scores of speakers have in
any was criticized Russian or
Communist policy during the five
day congress. Their criticism was
mild in comparison with that of
Canon Harman.
Packer's Daughter Kills Self
BURLINGAME, Calif., (JP) —
Mrs. Eleanor Florence Lane, the
only child of an Alaska packing
family, was buried Wednesday,
victim of despondence over the
death of her husband three years
ago. Coroner William Crosby said
Mrs. Lane shot herself Tuesday.
She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wayland Balcom, who
recently bought a 200-ocre or
ange grove near Santa Barbara
and were planning to retire.
Balcom owned salmon canner
ies throughout Alaska. Mrs. Lane
left u note for her mother saying,
“This is what I must do.”
Inventory Blanks at Noma Nugget
Bering Sea Club
Dining Room
Now Open
DINNERS ONLY
4-12 p.m.
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High School Girls Down
Alumni and Lomen’s Five
Beat Nanooks Wednesday
In last Wednesday evening’s
games, the High School Huskies
upset the favored Alumni 20-16
and Lomen Commercial evened
their series against the Nanooks
as they handed them a 35-23 set
back.
Paced by Marge Willoya who
scored 13 points, coach Hannah
Ross’ Huskies led 10-8 at halftime
after trailing 6-4 in the first
period. Other High School scoring
were Beatrice Havercamp 4 and
J ulia Brown 3. For the Alumni,
Beatrice Lee 12, Vera Huff and
Norma Scott 2 points each.
Lomens won their third game
of the seasson as they knocked
over the Nanooks 35-23 who had
previously beaten them 45-42. The
score was tied 16-16 at the half
after the Nanooks led 10-7 in the
first quarter.
Chug Willoya was high point
man with 17, followed by John
Bell 7, Isaac Larsen 6, and Louie
Kost 5. For the Nanooks, Buzzy
Swanberg 6, Milt Willoya and
Elmer Greene 5, A1 Sahlin 4, and
Pete Larsen 3.
Due to the Christmas program
in the gym tonight, the regular
scheduled league games will be
played tomorrow night at 7 and
8:15. The CAP meets the unde
feated 32nd Det. Tundrabirds,
followed by Lomens vs. the 23rd
Detachment.
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