GEORGE MEANY
CHOSEN AFL HEAD
WASHINGTON, >(/P)—'The Am
erican Federation of Labor Tues
day chose 58 year-old George
Meany as its new president and
made a new bid to the CIO for a
merger.
Meany, secretary - treasurer of
the federation for many years,
was elected unanimously by the
AFL’s 14-member executive coun
cil as successor to the late William
Green.
William F. Schnitzler, 46, of
Chicago, was unanimously selec
ted to be the AFL’s secretary
treasurer, the post vacated by
Meany.
Meany told newsmen the AFL
council also had reactivated a
nine - man committee in union
with the CIO and had empowered
it to invite the rival labor organi
zation to join the new discussions
on a merger.
Such talks have been conducted
off and on many times in the past
without success.
Canadian Gov’t To
Up Gold Subsidy
OTTAWA, </P)—The Canadian
Government will come to the res
cue of its hard-pressed gold min
ers to the tune of $4 million a
year starting in 1953.
Finance Minister Douglas Ab
bott said he hoped it would halt
a procession of mine shut-downs
caused by ' climbing production
costs and low returns.
Officials estimate that the sub
sidy increase, effective Jan. 1 of
next year, will average about $1
per fine ounce of gold produced,
increasing the government’s av
erage payment in 1953 to about
$3.80 per fine ounce from $2.80.
If the exchange value of the
Canadian dollar keeps at its cur
rent level, the boost should give
the average producer about $38
per fine ounce in 1953, just a
little below the $38.50 he received
before the Canadian dollar was
set free at 1950.
Joseph Williams
Voted ANB Head
COaily Alaska Empire)
HOONAH — Presidents of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood and
the Alaska Native Sisterhood were
re-elected at the 40th annual con
vention here.
The ANB president is Joseph
Williams of Saxman, and theANS
president is Mildred Sparks of
Klukwan.
Other officers elected include:
ANB: First vice president, Pat
rick J. Paul of Angoon; second
vice president, Frank Degnan of
Unalakleet; secretary, Peter C.
Neilsen of Sitka; treasurer, An
drew > Gamble, reelected from
Kake; sergeant at arms, Jeff Da
vid of Haines.
ANS: Vice president, Elizabeth
Williams of Saxman; secretary,
Beatrice Anderson of Ketchikan;
treasurer, Sophie Peck of Juneau;
sergeant at arms, Mabel Johnson
of Angoon.
Peter C. Nielsen was named
grand secretary, replacing William
Paul, Sr.
No 1953 convention site has
been selected. Sitka offered to be
host if no other cities invite it.
Ninety-six delegates from 30
camps attended the convention.
Juneau delegatesi. ;v....
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TOUGH MOOSE
FAIRBANKS, (JP) — Franklin
Burr was driving his automobile
along the Richardson Highway
south of here Tuesday when a
moose jumped out on the road in
front of him.
The animal and car collided,
with these results:
The sedan suffered a badly
dented front fender and a broken
windshield.
Burr was rushed 30 miles to a
hospital here for treatment of
bruises and hand injuries.
The moose was apparently un
hurt. /
“That moose just got up and
walked slowly away,” Burr re
ported.
Citizen Group Gets
Ike’s Okay to Cut
Manpower Waste
WASHINGTON. (jP) — A citi
zens commission, set up to help
the armed services find ways to
get more fighting power out of
their 3,600,000 men and women in
uniform, went to work Tuesday
with the blessing of President
elect Eisenhower.
The citizens group, holding its
first organizational meeting with
the full 11-man membership in
attendance, is headed by David
Sarnoff, chairman of the board of
Radio Corporation of America
(RCA).
Eisenhower has heartily en
dorsed the commission’s objec
tives, set forth an an act of
the last Congress which directed
the Defense Department to reduce
the number of its desk - bound
servicemen so that military com
b a t effectiveness could be im
proved.
Sarnoff actually started *^ork
in October, but Secretary of De
fense Lovett delayed naming the
commission members until mid
November, to enable the new ad
ministration to have a hand in its
development.
Sarnoff has stated that the
commission may take one or two
years to complete its top-to-bot
tom study of how the military
services use the personnel allotted
to them.
DRAFT BOARD SEEKS "BUM"
WORCESTER, Mass., VP)—'The
local draft board is convinced a
Worcester woman, whose name
they did not divulge, thinks her
husband is a bum.
They asked the woman’s help
in locating the husband and got
this reply:
“The bum disappeared. But
don’t quit looking for the bum.
The bum is a great fighter, so
good he won his last bout with
90-pound wife. The bum will be
terrific against the Koreans. I
hope you catch up with the bum.”
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Ketchikan Hardest
Hit By Polio With
37 Cases Since May
JUNEAU, Nov. 22 — Ketchikan
has been hardest hit in the cur
rent outbreak of poliomyelitis in
Alaska. Of the 53 cases reported
since May, 44 have been from the
Ketchikan area, according to Al
aska Department of Health rec
ords as of November 21. The
Ketchikan reports include 7 cases
from Metlakatla. The only death
in the current outbreak was that
of a 45-year-old man in Ketchi
kan.
Six new cases reported to the
Health Department iast week in
cluded four from Ketchikan, one
from Anchorage, and one from
Haines.
The first four cases of polio re
ported this year were from An
chorage, Mountain View and Fair
banks from May to July, but a
sharp upswing in incidence of the
disease began in October with
most of the cases being reported
from Southeastern Alaska.
As a communicable disease,
polio cases are required by terri
torial law to be reported to the
Health Department, but because
physicians are busy these reports
are sometimes late in being re
ceived, it was pointed out by Dr.
C. Earl Albrecht, health commis
sioner. According to communities,
the number of cases reported since
May to date are: Anchorage 4;
Fairbanks, 1; Haines, 1; Ketchi
kan, 37; Metlakatla, 7; Mountain
View, 1; and Sitka, 2.
Ketchikan members of the
Southeastern Alaska chapter of
the National Foundation of Infan
tile Paralysis have been assisting
as volunteer aids in their city, ac
cording to Mrs. Marguerite Dud
ley of Juneau, chairman of the
Southeastern chapter.
FINAL NOTICE TO PAY
SCHOOL TAX FOR 1952
SECTIONS 37-4-1 to 12, Alaska Compiled Laws,
Annotated 1949, make ii mandatory for employers
to furnish lists of employees to the local School
Tax Collector before the first day of December, and
to withhold and pay the school tax for employees
over 21 and under 55.
; Federal employees and other gainfully employed
persons whose tax is not being withheld must pay
the school tax before December 1st even if no official
demand notices were received.
All sums-collected under the provisions of this
Act are being deposited in the "SCHOOL FUND"
for school purposes only. Failure or neglect to pay
the school tax is a misdemeanor and subject to arrest
and a fine of not more than $100.00 or imprisonment
of not more than 90 days.
With no exceptions, a penalty of $2.50 attaches
ii not paid on or before December 1, 1952.
DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION
, Territory of Alaska
NOME BRANCH
Publ. 21, 24, 26, 28 November 1952
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ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Boyd Harwood, Pres.
George Bayer, Secy.
Alaska Chapter No. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Dorothy Young
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen
Secretary
Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays each month.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
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Phone Main 40
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Will M. Gillis, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
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