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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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(Christian Science Monitor)
Whether the setting of “bogus” type and the pro
viding of supplementary local musicians is against the
public interest is up to Congress to determine by addi
tional legislation, the Supreme Court has ruled. But
such practices do not violate the Taft-Hartley Act.
Says that law:
It shall be an unfair labor practice for a labor organization
or its agents ... to cause or attempt to cause an employer to
pay or deliver or agree to' pay or deliver any money or other
thing of value in the nature of an exaction for services ‘which
are not performed or not to be performed.
When typesetters set type which is to be discarded
when replaced by an electrotype they are performing
work. When local musicians are employed in addition
to visiting artists or orchestras they, too, are either
seeking or performing work. Neither, therefore, come
into conflict with the wording of the law, said the court.
The majority conceded that such practices might
be more economically wasteful than performing no
work at all. But it took account of the legislative his
tory of T-H, and concluded that Congress’s intent was
to restrict as little as possible such practices designed
to cushion effects of “technological unemployment.”
Thus any assumptions that the Supreme Court
“approves” of “featherbedding” are unfounded. Its
ruling was on narrow grounds and puts the question
of merits back upon the lawmakers.
U. S. BUYS BEEF
The Department of Agriculture announced during
the last week in March it was beginning to buy beef
in an effort to help strengthen prices. Only two weeks
before Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson had
announced that the fall in cattle prices had heen
checked.
The two announcement may not directly conflict,
although the latter announcement would indicate the
Department of Agriculture is still not satisfied with
the trend in meat prices. It is understood that the gov
ernment-purchased beef will be given to the school
lunch programs, or to institutions. The Department has
also begun distribution of beef menus and other ma
terials in cooperation with the livestock industry in
an effort to promote more consumption of beef at
this time.
Benny Goodman Under
Oxygen Tent After
Collapse from Overwork
BOSTON, (iP)—Benny Goodman,
one of the nation’s top bandlead
ers of the 1930’s, was scheduled to
be moved to a New York hospital
today in an ambulance equipped
with an oxygen tent after he col
lapsed last night for the second
time in 18 hours.
He spent the night in an oxygen
tent in his Hotel Ritz - Carlton
suite. A doctor said his condition
was not serious enough to war--,
rant immediate hospitalization.
Brother-in-law John Hammond
said of the 43-year-old clarinetist,
“the cause seems to be sheer ex
haustion from Benny’s current na
tion-wide concert tour. He had
only four hours sleep in the four
days before his first collapse yes
terday.”
Goodman missed two concerts
at Boston Symphony Hall and
Hammond said the clarinetist may
have to forego the remainder of
his tour which features many
members of the band that brought
him to fame.
Drummer Gene Krupa took
over the orchestra for the Boston
concert.
Hilton Hotels Offer 120
Repatriated Americans
Each A Week’s Vacation
LOS ANGELES, UP) — The 120
Americans to be repatriated in
the Korea prisoner exchange can
have a week each, all expenses
paid vacation, at a Hilto'n Hotel
of his choice in the United States.
Hilton Hotels, Inc., issued the
invitations through American Ex
Frisoners of War, Inc., to Gen.
Mark Clark.
Two men to be chosen by lot
will be offered vacations at the
company’s hotels at San Juan,
Puerto Rico, and Chihuahua, in
Mexico.
Spring Storms Raise
Havoc In Western States
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., UPi —
A spring storm, sweeping out of
Canada, Saturday scattered tow
ering dust clouds, ice and fire
through six western states.
Forest fires in New Mexico and
Arizona blazed under lashing
winds. Gritty clouds of reddish
dust as high as 20,000 feet blank
eted out western skies from south
Colorado and eastern Arizona into
Oklahoma and Texas.
Motorists skidded on icy Col
orado roads and 14 cars and trucks
piled up in a blinding New Mexi
co sand storm. One was killed
and at least 10 injured in scattered
accidents.
Oklahoma farmers watched their
crops as the mercury skidded to
below freezing.
Ranchers were told to get
livestock under cover as seven
inches of snow from the north
piled up at Big Piney, Wyo.
Loss from a fire in the Lincoln
National Forest is estimated at
$804,000.
CHICAGO FIRE INQUEST
WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY;
RUINS SIFTED FOR VICTIMS
CHICAGO, OP)—An inquest into
34 deaths in last week’s Haber
Corporation fire will be resumed
Wednesday, Coroner Walter E.
McCarron said today.
Firemen continued to sift ruins
of the electrical appliance factory
for possible other victims.
The coroner said he had sub
poenaed all city, state and private
investigators who have been en
gaged in inquiries about the
$500,000 blaze. No cause has yet
been determined.
Room For Seven
More Alaska Scouts
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Attend Jamboree
ANCHORAGE — Seven more
lucky boys will be among the
ones selected to take part in the
Alaska Council’s delegation of 76
to attend the 3rd National Jam
boree of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, to' be held in Southern Cali
fornia during July. The seven
spaces yet to be filled are open
to boys who are at least 12Vfc
years old, who can reach first
class scout rank by June 15, and
who, with their parents, can pro
vide the expenses of the trip. They
must also meet physical and so
cial standards for the trip.
Alaska’s contingent will assem
ble in Seattle on June 16, with
most of the scouts travelling there
by chartered or regular commer
cail airplane from the Territory.
About 50 of the boys, from the
Fairbanks and Anchorage areas,
will fly from Anchorage to Seat
tle in a special charter flight with
one of the regularly scheduled op
erators. From Seattle the group
will spend four weeks in a tour
of the 11 Western states, stopping
at principal points of interest and
visiting state capitols and nation
al parks.
Sightseeing at San Diego, Holly
wood and Los Angeles will bring
them to the site of the mammoth
gathering of 50,000 boys from all
over America at the Irvine Ranch,
in Southern California, where
they will participate in the week
long Jamboree. Following the
Jamboree, they will spend an
other week in visiting the prin
cipal Pacific Coast cities, on their
way back to Seattle. The entire
trip from Seattle will be made in
specially chartered Greyhound
buses, with the group returning
to the Territory about Aug. 1.
Boys and parents who are inter
ested in the possibility of partici
pating in the tour may contact
the scout offices at Juneau, Ketch
ikan, Fairbanks, or Anchorage
for further information. Total cost
of the trip is expected to be about
$500 per scout, with special uni
forms and spending money not
included in this amount.
Re-united Twins Start
Army Careers Together
DETROIT, — Twin brothers,
Jimmy and Jerry Bantin, Satur
day started their Army careers
with the strong hope that they
can remain together throughout
their service duty.
The 19-year-old twins were in
ducted here yesterday after a big
reunion at their draft board.
The twins had not seen each
other in 15 years.
Selective Service officials made
arrangements for the reunion of
the twins. Both were shy, but
quickly warmed to each other.
100 Allies Exchanged
For 500 Glum Reds
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of a trip back to the United States.
First American across the line
was Pvt. Carl W. Kirchenhausern
of New York and Company E, 7th
Infantry Regiment, U. S. Third
Division.
Like the 29 others who followed
he seemed glad to be on his way
home. Kirchenhausern limped
from frostbite on his feet.
Each was given a packet of
cigarettes and a letter from Gen.
Mark Clark, U.N. commander, as
they stepped over the line.
Some were bearded; some were
clean - shaven. All looked older
than their years.
One had a bottle of Chinese
beer in his hip pocket. Another
had a bottle of wine.
New, Chinese Uniforms
All wore new, blue Chinese uni
forms, peaked caps and black
tennis shoes the Communists gave
them at Kaesong, six miles up the
road.
In contrast, some Chinese who
went back had soiled and tom
their new uniforms gjven them
by the U.N.
A large number of Reds refused
breakfast in a haughty manner as
they started for the Communist
side.
There was laughter from sev
eral of the returning Americans.
Others stumbled from the am
bulances a bit bewildered, as if
they could not believe they were
at last out of the hands of the
Reds.
Clark met them at Freedom Vil
lage and shook hands with nearly
all. He saluted Pfc. Robert C.
Stell of Baltimore, Md., a stretch
er case and introduced himself to
the Negro soldier.
To Pfc. Donald K. LeGay of
Leominister, Mass., a prisoner of
the Reds for 29 months, Clark
said:
“Do you feel good?”
LeGay answered: “Damn right.”
Clark said nothing.
Bank Not Required Make
Good Funds Embezzled
By Ex-Treasurer Olsen
SEATTLE, UP)—1The State Su
preme Court has affirmed a year
old decision by Superior Judge
Hugh Todd that the Seattle First
National Bank is not required to
make good the losses suffered by
two surety companies for em
bezzlement of funds deposited in
the bank.
The companies, both o'f which
had posted surety on Oscar G.
Olson, former territorial treasurer
of Alaska, were required to reim
burse the Territory of Alaska $10,
266 embezzled by Olson from
April 1, 1939 to May 7, 1949.
Olson pleaded guilty of embez
zlement and was sentenced to
McNeil Island Federal Peniten
tiary.
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