Unexplored Area
Believed Rieli In
S raninm Deposits
CORDOVA, UP)—Valuable ura
nium deposits may bo locked in a
glacier-ringed and virtually un
explored Alaska wilderness, a vet
eran explorer and prospector said
here Tuesday.
Dr. Will H. Chase, an original
leaseholder and discoverer of the
K: talla-Yakataga oil fields pres
ently being developed by Phillips
Petroleum and another stateside
firm, said the promising area lies
at the headwaters of the Chitina
River, in a triangle formed by the
Chitina, Mount Logan and Mount
St. Elias.
The area is adjacent to the
Bering River coal deposits, the
McCarthy gold discoveries, and
the Kennicott copper mines, he
said.
Chase, former mayor of Cor
dova, said aerial surveys had
helped reveal the possibilities of
the region. He also described it
as the last good Alaska prospect
ing area not covered by the stam
peders of the gold rush days or
modern geologists.
Rough Terrain Hampers
S. Alaska Oil Wildcatters
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP!—Kerr
McGee Oil Industries, Inc., said
today its vvildcatting oil expedi
tion in the high cliff and glacier
country on Icy Bay, in southern
Alaska, was 60 days behind sched
ule because of the terrain.
It will be April or May before
machinery can be moved into the
million acres staked out for drill
ing, Tom Seale, the company’s
chief engineer, disclosed. A crew
was landed in August of last year.
Because of boulders and ice in
the area, the campsite has already
been changed, Seale said.
Kerr-McGee is in partnership
with Phillips Petroleum in the
venture.
Son Of Famed Mountain
Climber Dies In Fall
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
Iif1—An 18-year-old Colorado Col
lege freshman, whose father con
quered the highest peak in North
America three years ago, fell and
rolled 400 feet to his death Mon
day afternoon.
The victim was Robert Albert
Buchtel, son of Dr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Buchtel of Englewood, Colo. .
Buchtel and three other stu
dents were climbing in a rocky
region of William Canyon near
Manitou Springs when the acci
dent occurred.
The youth’s father, a widely
known surgeon, is an accom
plished mountain climber. With
two others, Dr. Buchtel re-ached
the peak of 20,270-foot Mt. Mc
Kinley in Alaska in 1951.
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| Hawaiians Signing
Giant Petition
For Statehood
j HONOLULU, OP'—A giant pub
lic petition asking Congress to
approve statehood for Hawaii was
spread out for signatures along
Honolulu’s main street today. The
Royal Hawaiian Band, hula danc
ers and bathing beauties cheered
I on the show.
A city block was closed off for
| three hours in this latest attempt
to attract attention to the islands’
aspirations for statehood.
The stunt, sponsored by a citi
zens committee, has official sanc
tion. Gov. Samuel King has grant
ed* time off to territorial employes
wishing to sign the petition.
The petition, a 5-foot wide,
I half-ton roll of newsprint unfurled
I from a truck bed, possibly will be
j the biggest document in Hawaii’s
i or anybody’s political history.
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Murderer Of Exotic
Writer Admits Crime
NEW YORK, UP—Harold Wein
berg, 25-year-old dishwasher, ad
mitted today that he shot exotic
writer Max Bodenheim, found
slain last Sunday with his wife,
police announced.
Bodenheim, purple-penned nov
elist and Bohemian poet of Green
wich Village in the 1920s, and his
wife were found dead in a $5-a
week room that had been rented
| in Weinberg’s name three weeks
i ago.
i Weinberg was known as a ne’er
| do-well companion of the impov
I erished and almost-forgotten ec
j centric writer.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: S. E. Smith,
Wallace Mclver, Tom Campo
basso, Wilbur Karmun, Jim Mc
Daniels.
To Anchorage: Capt. E. Schiller,
Ray Lowe.
From McGrath: Chaplain E.
Young.
From Unalakleet: Sarah Koton
gan, Stephan Ivanoff, Russell
Hermann, Roscoe Wilkie, Art
Johnson, John Smeaton.
To Kotzebue: John Smith Clar
ence T. Allen.
From Kotzebue: Father Tom
Cunningham.
Texas is about 200 times the
size of Rhode Island.
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Junior Varsity,
Detach. 23rd Win
In Tuesday’s Tilts
The- Junior Varsity tied up their
current series with the Little
Guys last evening as they upset
their rivals 29-26. lit the second
tilt, the Detachment 23rd downed
Lomen Commercials 45-33.
Coach Tripp’s Little Guys had
led through the first three quar
ters of the game until the JVs
opened up with a bombardment
of baskets during the final period.
The quarter scores favored the
losers 10-9, 16-13 and 22-20, but
at the concluding quarter the final
score read 29-26 Junior Varsity.
For the- winners, Willie Willoya
13, Edgar Roth 6, Steve Glavino
vich 4, Skip Senungetuk, A1 Rus
sell and Everett Enix 2 points
each. For the Little Men, Dick
Di'ake and Doug Cabinboy 8 each,
Amos Alexander and Jay Russell
5 points each.
The Detachment 23rd picked up
their third win against two loses
through the second half and were
never behind in the tilt with
Lomens. They led 10-8, 23-18,
30-24 and 45-38 as the Commer
cials couldn’t overcome the De
tachment’s zone defense.
Scoring for the 23rd: Weaver
and Etherton 10 points each,
Shrag 9, Cunningham and Jones
6 each, Swygert 4. For Lomens:
Herb Williams 15, Vince Ahkolik
! 13, Johnny Schellenbach 8 and
j Larry Okpealuk 2.
Friday’s scheduled games will
be changed and will be played
tomorrow evening because of the
high school Valentine dance. In
the first game Thursday, the Nome
Merchants (2-0) play the Air Force
Five (0-5). At 8:13 the Nome Nan
ooks (3-2) will meet Lomen Com
mercial »3-2).
Word from Coach Ed Tripp’s
practice headquarters finds the
Little Men hard at work devising
a method of defense to stop the
hard-charging, undefeated Lini
ment Squad, whom they will meet
on March 2. The second game fol
lowing the battle of small against
large will pit the Nome Merchants
against- the Nome Nanooks. This
will be the Nanooks' last game
before leaving for the tournament
to be held in Fairbanks March
9 to 13.
MacARTHUR'S NAME FORGED
3Y DESTITUTE MUSICIAN
NUERNBERG, Germany, UP—A
destitute German musician was
given a two-month suspended jail
sentence today for forging Gen.
Douglas MacArthur’s name to a
$1,000 check. He is George Lang,
60 years old.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, SECOND
DIVISION. CAPE NOME PRECINCT.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
ARVID PANDING. Deceased.
No. 901
Notice of Hearing of Final
Account, Report and Petition
For Distribution and Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that Arvo
Saario. administrator of the estate of
Arvid Panding, deceased, has this day
filed in the court his Final Account and
Report and Petition for Final Distribution
and Discharge in the above entitled es
tate, and that the court has designated
Monday, the 29th day of March, 1954, at
the hour of 2 o’clock in the afternoon of
said day, as the time, and the office of
the United States Commissioner, Ex
Officio Probate Judge, of the Cape Nome
Precinct, Second Division, Territory of
Alaska, at Nome, Alaska, as the place,
when and where said Report. Account
and Petition will be heard; and all per
sons interested in said estate are hereby
required to file their objections to the
said report, account and petition, if any
they have, in writing on or before the
said day, in the court, and to appear at
the time and place aforesaid and present
their objections; and at the said hearing,
the court will determine what persons
are to take the estate under the intestate
laws of he Territory.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 27th day
of January, 1954.
(SEALt Helen M. Boekman
Probate Judge
Publ. Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 1954.
West Coast Cooks And
Stewards Start Vote On
Union To Represent Them
SAN FRANCISCO, Iff)—Thou
sands of West Coast maritime
cooks and stewards began voting
today in a 90-day National Labor
Relations Board election to deter
mine what union shall represent
them.
The election is between the AFL
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
and the Independent National
Union of Marine Cooks and Stew
ards.
Harry Bridges’ longshore union
asked the stewards to cheek the
slot on the- ballot marked “nei
ther.” Bridges’ International
Longshoremen’s and Warehouse
men’s Union had asked the NLRB
to certify it in the election, but
the board refused on grounds that
the Bridges’ union application
came too late.
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j Shipping Activity Drop
Puts 1,500 Seattle Seamen
‘ On The Beach”
SEATTLE, OP)—M ore than
1,500 Maritime Union members
were estimated Wednesday to be
“on the beach” here in the drop
in shipping activity since the end
of the fighting in Korea.
After a survey of union leaders,
the Post-Intelligencer said the sit
uation exists in other ports, too,
“in one of the nation’s worst ship
ping winters in years.”
Nearly 50 ocean-going vessels
are reported in various stages of
idleness here.
The newspaper commented:
“Some union men think the
props have been pulled from un
der the U.S. Merchant Marine.
Others see this winter’s unem
ployment as part of a return to
normalcy after boom days of the
Korean War.”
THE NOME LIQUOR STORE
WE CAREY A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINE
OUT-OF-TOWN ORDERS CAREFULLY HANDLED j
Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.
SCHEDULE - Effective Jan. 24, 1954
TUESDAY (Freight Only)
Fairbanks - Nome - Kotzebue
DEPARTURE FROM FAIRBANKS CONNECTING
WITH PAA FREIGHT FLIGHT FROM SEATTLE
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY
(Passengers)
Arrive Nome 11:50 A.M.
Depart Nome 12 29 P.M.
THURSDAY
(Passengers)
Arrive Nome 10:15 A.M.
Depart Nome 10:45 A.M.
Bring Your Valentine
to the ,..J
Formal Dinner Dance
at the |
BERING SEA CLUB 1
Saturday, February 13 ;