VOL. LVII No. 79 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1955 Per Copy—15^
Major Steel Strike Averted But
No Quick Settlement Seen for
Strike by 60,000 Copper Workers
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The nation’s steel mills made
ready Saturday for an early re
sumption of operations but hopes
faded for quick settlement of a
strike against three of the nation’s
largest copper producers.
The shortest steel strike in the
industry’s history ended Friday,
When U.S. Steel signed a contract
with the CIO United Steelworkers,
ending a 12-hour walkout. Within
hours, all of the industry’s “Big
Six” producers had signed up.
The union got slightly more
than 15 cents an hour wage boost.
Before the raise the workers had
averaged $2.33 an hour.
U.S. Steel announced after the
settlement that it is boosting its
prices about $7.50 a ton and other
producers are expected to follow
suit.
In Denver, a spokesman for the
International Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers expressed
doubt that differences which led
to a strike against three of the na
tion’s major copper producers
could be ironed out before late
this week.
He said bargaining sessions had
been recessed at Butte, Mont.; at
Miami, Ariz., and at Salt Lake
City. He said negotiators for both
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sides would probably meet for
full scale discussions Tuesday.
Affected by the strike are plants
and mines operated by the Amer
ican Smelting & Refining Co.,
Phelps Dodge Corp., and Kenne
cott Copper Corp. employers
stayed on the job at the Anaconda
Co., the other of the Big Four
producers.
The Big Four employs an esti
mated 50,000 to 60,000 union mem
bers who are seeking a 20-cent
hourly wage hike plus fringe ben
efits.
Wages for underground miners
now are $14.87 to $15.77 for an
eight-hour day and $13.64 to
$14.40 for common laborers.
Strikes of bus and streetcar op
erators went into their second day
in Washington D.C. and Buffalo,
N.Y. A transit strike went into
its 12th day in Los Angeles.
However, a threatened strike
against the Railway Express
Agency was averted for at least
30 days Friday night when Presi
dent Eisenhower appointed an
emergency board to look into a
wage dispute between the com
pany and the A F L Teamsters
Union.
Two Marine Fliers '
Still Missing In
The Pacific Ocean
TOKYO, UP—The search for two
missing Marine fliers dragged into
its sixth day with no sign of either
man Saturday.
Capt. H. P. Montague, of Jack
son, Miss., and 2nd Lt. David
Winton Bel of Wayzata, Minn.,
were presumed drifting helplessly
on liferafts in the fog off Japan.
Their Marine Sky Knight jet
ran out of gas in fog June 25.
The Marines said it was be
lieved Lt. James R. Day of Min
neapolis went down with his heli
copter when it crashed in the sea
Wednesday in the search. Three
of his crew mates were rescued.
The body of a second Marine,
Lt. Alan M. McAneny of Yonkers,
N.Y., who was lost in the search,
was found Friday beside the
wreckage of his Fury jet on O
Shima, an island 65 miles south
of Tokyo.
Boyd Harwood Returns From
Pharmacy Board Meeting
Boyd Harwood has returned
from Anchorage where he attend
ed a meeting of the Territorial
Pharmacy Board of which he is
a member. Another member of
the Board, who was also a former
Nome resident, was Ed Steffen,
now of Ketchikan.
CAB Investigating
Mail Pay of Two
Alaskan Airlines
WASHINGTON, UP*—'The Civil
Aeronautics Board has begun an
investigation into the mail pay of
two airlines in Alaska—Cordova
and Wien Alaska—because the
current rates “appear to have be
come excessive.”
The CAB said proceedings to
determine new mail rates would
be in the public interest. It gave
the airlines 30 days in which to
file traffic and financial informa
tion.
The board added its investiga
tions showed that:
1. Wien Alaska, granted mail
pay of $1,360,583 a year expected
to produce $51,802 profit annually,
earned a net profit of $143,599.
2. Cordova, granted $367,494 an
nual mail pay Jan. 1, 1952, expec
ted to provide a profit of $19,561 a
year—equivalent to 10 percent on
the investment—reported a net
profit after taxes of $45,014 for
the year ended March 31, 1955.
A late model jet fighter with
afterburner can climb eight miles
to intercept enemy bombers and
fighters in the same time needed
to drive an automobile around an
average city block.
SHOWING AT THE THEATER MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THE MOTION PICTURE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER
“COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA”
★ with SHIRLEY BOOTH * BURT LANCASTER * and TERRY MOORE *
Emmons and Party
Feted Thursday
The Chamber of Commerce and
the City of Nome are sponsoring a
no-host dinner for Glenn Emmons
and his party Thursday evening at
7:30 p.m. at the Bering Sea Club.
The party is here and plans to
enjoy the holiday in Nome but
will take some side trips between
the 4th and the 7th. In the party
are Mr. and Mrs. Emmons, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Beck and Mr. Wil
liam Olson.
The party leaves for St. Law
rence Island on the North Star
following the celebration today
and will return for the entertain
ment on July 7.
Seating capacity for the dinner
is limited, the committe has an
nounced, and all attending the
function should get their reserva
tions in immediately.
Military Bands Here From
Ladd and Eielson AFB
Members of two military bands
are participating in the celebra
tion today. Members of the 774th
of Ladd Field, under Chief War
rant Officer Charles A. Wolf, and
members of the 592nd, under
Chief Warrant Officer C. Macey
woski from Eielson, arrived yes
terday.
The two groups will work to
gether for music during the day
and also at the American Legion
Dance in the evening.
.Kotzebue Fourth of July
Celebration Features
‘Different’ Contests
Kotzebue is modernizing its
Eskimo sports this year: in the
oomiak races, the oomiaks, in
stead of being propelled by oars,
will have powerful outboard mo
tors to speed them on Kotzebue
Sound.
Another feature of the Kotzebue
Fourth of July celebration will
be the butchering of a white
whale.
Other interesting contests in
clude a cracker-eating contest,
which is open to all who care to
participate; an Arctic Baby Buggy
race (women’s race with baby on
back); a muktuk eating contest for
both children and adults; a baby
contest for the prettiest baby
under a year old, and a queen
contest for all women 15 years
and over.
Expect Tourists To Spend
A Billion Dollars In The
Pacific N.W. This Year
SEATTLE, U!)—The amount of
money spent by tourists and for
recreation in the Pacific North
west this year will approximate
one billion dollars, according to
the Pacific Northwest Trade Assn.
The association, in a report is
sued Friday, said the States of
Washington and Oregon will gath
er in about 50 percent of the sum
spent in the entire Pacific North
west.
PROGRAM, MONDAY, JULY FOURTH
10:00 a.m.—CHILDREN’S SPORTS
American Legion, Post 19, directing. Cmdr. Robert Emmons, Chairman
30-yard Dash (Boys 8 to 12).$3.00 2.00 1.00
24- yard Dash (Boys 5 to 7). 3.00 2.00 1.00
50-yard Dash (Girls 13 to 16). 3.00 2.00 1.00
25- yard Dash (Girls 8 to 12). 3.00 2.00 1.00
20-yard Dash (Girls 5 to 7). 3.00 2.00 1.00
20-yard Dash (Boys and Girls under 5). 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Sack Race (Boys 13 to 16). 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Sack Race (Boys 12 and under). 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Sack Race (Girls 13 to 16). 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard Sack Race (Girls 12 and under). 3.00 2.00 1.00
25 yard 3-Legged Race (Boys 13 to 16). 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard 3-Legged Race (Boys 12 and under).. 3.00 2.00 1.00
25-yard 3-Legged Race (Girls 13 to 16). 3.00 2.00 llOO
25-yard 3-Legged Race (Girls 12 and under) 3.00 2.00 1.00
Shoe Scramble (Boys and Girls under 13).... 3.00 2.00 1.00
200-yard Bicycle Race (Boys 13 to 16). 3.00 2.00 1.00
100-yard Bicycle Race (Boys 8 to 12). 3.00 2.00 1.00
50-yard Bicycle Race (Boys 7 and under). 3.00 2.00 1.00 y
75-yard Bicycle Race (Girls 13 to 16). 3.00 2.00 1.00
50-yard Bicycle Race (Girls 8 to 12). 3.00 2.00 1.00
40-yard Bicycle Race (Girls 7 and under).... 3.00 2.00 1.00
20-yard Tricycle Race (All 5 to 7). 3.00 2.00 1.00
15-yard Tricycle Race (All 5 to 7). 3.00 2.00 1.00
Half-Mile Foot Race (All 16 and under). 3.00 2.00 1.00
12:00 Noon—ICE CREAM FOR CHILDREN
W. W. Laws, Chairman
1:30 p.m.—PARADE
Units form on 1st Ave., rear Federal Bldg. Line of march: east
on 1st Ave. to Steadman, south on Steadman to Front SL, west
on Front SL, passing Review Stand, to B St., north on B SL
to Nome School on 3rd Ave. and disband. Military Bands to
return to Review Stand.
Military Band A.N.G. Color Guard
Color Guard Alaska National Guard
Military Marching Units American Legion Color Guard
Military Band Civil Air Patrol Cadets
Color Guard Dept, of Interior M.S. North Star
Military Marching Units Girl Scouts, Brownie Scouts
U.S.C.G. North Wind Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts
U.S.C.G. Clover U.S.A.F. Crash Truck
U.S. Signal Corps Decorated Bicycles and Riders
Alaska Communications System
Prizes to be awarded to Most Attractively Decorated Bicycle
And Most Attractively Dressed Boy or Girl, comic or otherwise
2:00 p.m.—PATRIOTIC EXERCISES
Master of Ceremonies .M. J. Walsh
Invocation . Rev. Louis Hudgins
National AnAhem . Military Bands
John Shumaker, Soloist
Reading Preamble to the
Declaration of Independence . Thomas Tungwenuk
Address of Welcome . Mayor Steffen Andersen
Address of Day. Brig. Gen. T. Allen Bennett, USAF
Commanding 11th A.F. Division, Ladd Field, Alaska
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" . Military Band
Community Singing led by John Shumaker
Benediction . Father W. T. McIntyre
3:00 p.m.—DONUT AND PIE EATING CONTESTS
3:15 p.m.—ESKIMO SPORTS
Sammy Mogg and Joe Amarok, Co-Chairmen
High Kicking .$ g.OO $4.00
Blanket Tossing, Men and Boys . 5.00 2.00
Blanket Tossing, Women and Girls . 5.00 2.00
Women race to put baby on back, inside parka 5.00 2.00
Eskimo Dancer, Man ... 5.00 2.00
Men's Oomiak (Skin Boat) Race . 50.00
4:00 p.m.—MILITARY BAND CONCERT
In Front of Federal Building
5:00 p.m.—RETREAT
Military Band and Color Guard
8:00 p.m.—Nome High School Gymnasium
ESKIMO DANCES Sammy Mogg, Leader
American Legion Annual Independence Day Dance
Admission, Adults $1.00 Students SO cents
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE
Mayor Steffen Andersen, Counoilmen James Walsh and Keith Hedreea
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