17 Die In Pile-Up Of
Two Passenger Trains
And N.Y.C. Freight
CONNEAUT, O., GW—At least 17
persons died in a pile-up of two
passenger trains and a New York
Central freight Friday night.
A piece of pipe rolled off an
eastbound freight, derailing some
cars of a westbound freight that
followed.
Into the derailed freight cars
slashed a Buffalo-to-Chicago pas
senger train, roaring along at 80
miles an hour. A minute later the
Southwestern Limited, enroute to
New York from St. Louis, ram
med the wreckage.^
A railroad man had to run three
miles to report the wreck, and
the hurtling debris felled com
munications lines between here
and Erie. More than 1,000 feet of
rails were torn up.
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Army Announces Use
Guided Missile Anti
Aircraft Weapon
WASHINGTON, UP) — Faster
than-sound guided missiles soon
may bolster the nation’s defense
against attacking aircraft.
The Army announced it will
begin this summer to equip anti
aircraft battalions in unnamed
strategic areas with the “Nike”—a
rocket type weapon named after
the Greek goddess of victory.
Units are already equipped with
the radar - guided “Skysweeper”
anti - aircraft guns for defense
against medium and low - flying
planes.
The “Nike” was described as
being able to soar to high alti
tudes day or night and in any
kind of weather. It is known to
travel so fast it can track down
another missile.
CIO President Reuther Predicts
Trouble Ahead for Republicans
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., (fl —
CIO President Walter Reuther
says he thinks the Eisenhower ad
ministration is not giving enough
consideration to means of main
taining employment and produc
tion when defense orders taper
off.
If they (Republican leaders)
rely solely on automatic opera
tions of the market we’ll get into
trouble,” Reuther added.
France has long been the larg
i est producer of wine in the world.
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GOP Nat. Committeeman
Wesley Robert Resigns,
Accused of Lobbying
WASHINGTON, M — Wesley
Roberts resigned as Republican
National Chairman Friday night,
within hours after legislative in
vestigators accused him of violat
ing at least the spirit of the Kan
sas lobbying law.
The criticism came in a report
by an inquiry committee of the
Kansas legislature. Roberts
blamed a political plot and de
clared “my conscience is clear,”
but added he felt his usefulness
as national chairman was de
stroyed.
President Eisenhower said Rob
erts made “a wise decision,” but
Wayne J. Hood of Wisconsin,
member of the Republican Na
tional Executive Committee, said
the committee should refuse to
accept the resignation.
Involved in the Kansas investi
gation was Roberts’ part in help
ing to sell the state a $110,000 hos
pital building, and accepting an
$11,000 fee. He had no party or
government job at the time, and
said he acted only as a public
relations man, not a lobbyist.
Roberts, 49-year-old former
newspaper man, politician and
wartime Marine major, was an
early recruit to Eisenhower’s pol
itical cause. He worked for the
general’s nomination six months
before the 1952 Republican na
tional convention. He was named
national chairman Jan. 17, with
the President’s concurrence, to re
place Arthur Summerfield of
Michigan who became Postmaster
General.
Malenkov Announces Amnesty
For Soviet Prisoners Serving
Less Than Five Year Terms
MOSCOW, UFi—Prime Minister
Georgi M. Malenkov’s government
announced a sweeping amnesty
program to free Soviet prisoners
serving five year terms or less—
providing their crimes repre
sented “no great danger to the
state.”
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Union Protests
Closing Nushagak
To Salmon Fishing
WASHINGTON, WV-The House
Territorial subcommittee inquired
Friday into an order closing the
Nushagak River in Alaska to sal
mon fishing.
Albert M. Day, director of the
Fish and Wildlife Service, testi
fied the action was necessary be
cause of depleted salmon runs in
the river resulting from too much
fishing during World War II.
Representatives of the Bering
Sea Fishermen’s Union contended
on the other hand that closing of
the river will throw many fisher
men out of jobs and will work
great hardships on some 2,000
people in the area.
Jim Downey of Dillingham, sec
retary - treasurer for the union,
asserted residents of the locality
should be given preferential
rights to fishing on the Nushagak
over fishermen brought in by the
salmon canning industry.
Downey and other officials of
the union said closing of the Nu
shagak would virtually destroy
their union, to the advantage of
what they described as “the Com
munist dominated” Alaska Fish
ermen’s Union.
Testimony of the Bering Sea
Union witnesses was hotly denied
by George Johansen, secretary
treasurer of the Alaska Fisher
men’s Union.
He told the subcommittee that
he is not and never has been a
Communist and said his union is
in no sense “Communist dom
inated.”
Should the river remain closed
and the members of the Bering
Sea Union be forced to find work
elsewhere, Johansen said he and
his union would have no objec
tion to their working in the same
plants where they are employed.
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Seafarers International
Urges Members Seek
Better Wages, Conditions
SAN DIEGO, Calif., UP) — The
AFL Seafarers International
Union of America declared Sat
urday it didn’t want U.S. policy
on coastal waters disturbed by
the question of oil.
A resolution adopted by the
sixth annual convention of the
International, whifti represents
sailors, fishermen and cannery
workers in the U.S. and Canada,
called attention to the so-called
tidelands oil proposal in Congress
Another resolution urged that
all affiliated i'ishermen’s and can
nery workers’ locals seek wage
increases and improved working
conditions ^as soon as possible.
NOTICE
The following ordinances were passed
by the City of Nome, at a regular
meeting of the Nome Common Council,
held March 23, 1953. For complete in
formation refer to these ordinances
posted at the U. S. Commissioner’s
Office, Post Office and the City Hall.
ORDINANCE No. 354 is an ordinance
on ‘‘Class A” explosives repealing Or
dinance No. 353 and conforming more
closely to U.S. Coast Guard regulations.
ORDINANCE No. 355 condemns build
ings which have become a fire hazard,
a health hazard, or a public nuisance,
defines these terms and provides pro
cdure for abatement and removal of
same and for recovery of the costs of
abatement and removal.
ORDINANCE No. 356 defines the use
and operation of taxi-cabs and motor
buses for passenger service, prescribes
special qualifications of persons driving
taxi-cabs and motor buses and provides
for the revocation of licenses and pen
alties for violation of this ordinance,
and repealing Ordinance No. 350.
ORDINANCE No. 357, amending Sales
Tax Ordinances Nos. 335 and 351, elim
inates collection of sales tax on rental
of houses and lots, effective January
1, 1953.
ORDINANCE No. 358 sets the salary
of the City Clerk at $375.00 per month
and the salary of the City Treasurer at
$1.00 per year, for the new City Council
term.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL,
By Carrie M. McLain, City Clerk
Publish March 25, 27, and 30, 1953.
Nome Directory
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George Bayer, Secy.
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Dorothy Young
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen
Secretary
Meets the third Monday of each month.
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Karl F. Dewey, Sec.
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
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LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
Office: Wallace Apartment No. 2
Nome, Alaska
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208