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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV No. 135_NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1953 ,_Per Copy—15^
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Report and Recommendations
By Engineering Firm Received
On City Purchase of Power Plant
The engineering firm of Met-^
calf and Harstad of Seattle, who!
were retained by the City to in
vestigate the Northern Light &
Power Co. in the interest of the
city purchasing the power plant,
have made a report of over 40
pages to the city of their find
ing and recommendations.
Fifty copies of the report are
now on hand for interested voters
to study and analyze before mak
ing their decision on whether or
not the city should purchase the
plant. A careful study of the
analysis will also acquaint the
voters with facts about which they
can ask questions at the open
meeting scheduled for next Wed
nesday at the school auditorium.
Both Howard Harstad and Wm.
Winn of the bonding company are
expected to' be present to assist
at the meeting.
We quote from the report:
“We find that the value of the
property under option, as a going
concern, is substantially in ex
cess of the option price. The facil
ities have developed over a long
period, and the design and con
struction generally reflects the
long and practical experience of
the present management. Opera
tions have been satisfactory in
terms of the limited service re
quired, and, with minor excep
tions, the facilities have been ade
quately maintained and should
not require any unusual replace
ments for many years. The quali
ty and availability of service can
be improved by the city.
“A properly designed program of
rate reductions will induce in
creased usage, which will tend to
restore income lost through the
lower rates. The form and struc
ture of rate schedules can be im
proved, and the city can coordi
nate the long-term improvement
of the electric system and other
utility services, with a view to
ward a greater contribution to' lo
cal activities and living standards.
“We see no reason why the oper
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Vishinsky Charges U.S.
Plots Against Security
Of The Soviet Union
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (fl—
Russia’s Andrei Vishinsky charged
Friday that aggressive American
plots against the Soviet Union
have created international ten
sions making disarmament im
possible.
He listed three main examples
of the alleged American policy as
the establishment of a ring of air
bases surrounding Russia, plans
for the remilitarization of western
Germany and thwarting of a Kor
ean peace conference.
Vishinsky claimed the United
States planned bombing attacks
against Soviet cities from its ring
of bases.
He told the U.N.’s 60 - nation
Political Committee Russia “must
strengthen our might to repel any
such attack. Are we supposed to
be so impotent as not to be able
to repel the planned bombing at
tacks?” he asked.
Brightest Employment
Prospects Predicted For
Fairbanks Area In 1954
FAIRBANKS, UR — The man
ager of the Territorial Employ
ment office here predicts the Fair
banks area has Alaska’s brightest
employment prospects for 1954.
Charles C. Pugh,, the office
manager, reiterated the long
standing admonition against any
rush of job-seekers.
His advice for them was: “Come
north with sufficient cash to last
several months and be prepared
for disappointments.”
His comment on the prospects
was:
“Information from other em
ployment offices in the territory
indicates that all parts of Alaska
anticipate high employment levels
in 1954. However, in view of
known projects, such as the
Haines-Fairbanks pipeline and the
Big Delta developments, prospects
for Fairbanks residents look bet
ter than anywhere else in the
territory.”
Anchorage TV Station
To Start Commercial
Telecasts Sunday
AN CHORAGE, OP) — Television
comes officially to Alaska Sunday.
KFIA manager James Duncan
has announced that his station
will start commercial telecasts on
Channel 2 Sunday evening. Test
patterns have been on the air for
several weeks and some films have
been given trial runs.
Commercial programs will be
•on the air from 5 to 10 p.m.
daily. Duncan said the telecast
hours will be increased as busi
ness develops.
Local reception generally has
been good. Many sets have been
operating successfully without
outdoor aerials.
The station is owned by the firm
of Kiggins and Rollins.
Equipment has been shipped
from the states for a second tele
vision station in Anchorage.
What’s So Queer About
A Three-Dollar Bill?
LOUISVILLE, Ky., UR — Any
thing may turn up on Friday the
13th, including a $3 bill. It’s gen
uine.
Such assurances from the Trea
sury Department and Secret Ser
vice were welcome news to Wilson
K. Beatty. The attorney has a
client — not identified — who put
up $500 for the bill, then began
wondering about its authenticity.
He was told the certificate,
about the size of today’s green
backs, was issued on government
authority by the Mechanics Bank
of Georgetown, D.C., Nov. 26,
1852. Printed only on one side, it
has a bald eagle on the face and
a symbol of the 13 original states.
Now that Beatty knows the bill
isn’t counterfeit, he’s carrying it
clipped to a small poster which
asks:
“What’s so queer about a three
dollar bill?”
Bristol Bayites
Rather Work Than
Accept Relief
JUNEAU, Off)—Bristol Bay resi
dents, hard hit by the season’s
fishing failure, have suggested a
number of work projects to keep
them off the dole, the assistant
director of the Federal Civil De
fense Administration reported
Thursday.
Ernest Hall, back from a tour of
the affected area, said the finan
cially hard-pressed fishermen told
him they want to earn their
money “so we can buy our own
supplies.”
He said the natives also plan
to augment their earnings by trap
ping and hunting for food.
W. E. Hendrickson, Civil De
fense Administrator and Secre
tary of Alaske, said there was no
immediate need for direct aid. He
said, however, that federal food
supplies will be shipped north
and stockpiled at Anchorage and
possibly Bristol Bay in case of an
emergency.
(His view differed from that of
the Rev. Father George E. |Dndal,
Jesuit priest at Dillingham, who
said in Anchorage “There is an
immediate need for money and
food in many instances in Iliamna
and the Nushagak areas.”
(The priest and Jim Downey of
the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Union
agreed however, that the fisher
man wanted work projects rather
than relief gifts).
Nixon Welcomed in Korea
SEOUL, UR— An estimated 50,000
South Koreans braved an icy win
ter wind Thursday to greet U.S.
Vice President Nixon on his arri
val in this battered capital.
Nixon told top U.S. and Korean
officials who met him at the air
port that Korea is the halfway
point and highpoint of his good
will tour through the Far East.
He said Korea was where “ag
gressive imperialistic Communism
was stopped.’’
South Korean Woman POW
Who Refuses To Go Home
Gives Birth To Baby Girl
PANMUNJOM, UR — The 332
South Korean war prisoners who
refuse to go home became 333 this
week, the custodian Indian com
mand said Friday.
An Indian spokesman said a
“pro-Communist” mother—one of
five women in the group—gave
birth to a girl Tuesday.
The spokesman said the baby is
not “politicla” but will follow her
mother wherever she goes.
Police Guard Hotel Suite of
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
WASHINGTON, UR — Police
have placed a 24-hour guard at
the Waldorf-Astoria hotel suite of
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U.S. am
bassador to the United Nations.
Authorities would give no rear
son for the action, saying only that
a guard was put there three days
ago.
Lodge is aboard the special train
carrying the President and Mrs.
Eisenhower to Canada on a two
day good will trip.
Heavy Pressure From Top Officials
Causes Republicans To Drop Plan
To Require Harry Truman to Testify
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Truman Rejects House
Subpoena To Testify
In White Investigation
NEW YORK, UP)—Former Presi
dent Harry S. Truman said Fri
day his refusal to honor a con
gressional subpoena did not neces
sarily mean he would remain si
lent on the Harry Dexter White
controversy.
He made the remark during his
usual pre-breakfast stroll but did
not elaborate.
On Thursday Truman rejected
the subpoena of the House un
American Activities Committee on
the grounds that the executive
and legislative branches of the
government were separate enti
ties.
The committee had wanted to
question Truman about Atty. Gen.
Brownell’s charge that Truman
appointed Harry Dexter White, a
treasury aide now dead, as Am
erican director of the Internation
al Monetary Fund despite an FBI
report White was a Soviet spy.
Asked if he would accept an in
vitation to appear before the Sen
ate Investigating Committee, as
suggested yesterday by Sen. Rob
ert C. Hendrickson (R-NJ), Tru
man said:
“I haven’t been invited. Let’s
cross that bridge when we come
to it. We’ll have to wait and see
what they have in mind.”
A newsman referred to pub
lished speculation that Truman
kept White in government service
because the FBI was investigat
ing him.
“I haven’t seen the stories,” the
former president replied. “I have
n’t had a chance to look up the
facts in the case.”
Anchorage Schools Will
Cost $8 Million In Next
Four Years Is Estimate
ANCHORAGE, l/P)—Anchorage’s
school superintendent predicts
eight million dollars will be need
ed for new school buildings here
in the next four years to keep up
to increased enrollments.
Supt. A. W. Morgan predicted
at a Chamber of Commerce meet
ing there will be at least 11,180
pupils enrolled by the fall of
1957. There now are 5,682 in the
district’s eight schools. He recall
ed that when he arrived here only
two years ago the total was only
3,800—a gain of 50 per cent in
two years.
Unless one of two buildings un
der construction is finished by
fall,” he said, “I expect to see the
return of double shifts next year.”
Romulo Will Not Serve Officially
In New Philippine Government
MANILA, UP)—Carlos P. Rom
ulo, former Philippines ambassa
dor to Washington and former,
U.N. Assembly president, said Fri
day he would not serve officially
in the new administration, of
Ramon Magsaysay.
He managed the successful cam
paign of Magsaysay who takes
office Jan. 1.
> WASHINGTON, UP) — Heavy
pressure was applied by the Re
publican National Committee and
the White House before Republi
can members of the House un
American Activities Committee
dropped their plan to require for
mer President Truman to testify.
This was learned Friday from
reliable sources who may not be
named.
The idea of having the ex-presi
dent as a witness in an investiga
tions of the Harry Dexter White
case originated with the Repub
licans, and they made the decision
to give it up. How much weight
they gave to the view of high top
GOP figures could not be pinned
down.
Supreme Court Justice
Tom Clark Also Refuses
To Comply With Subpoena
WASHINGTON, UP) — Supreme
Court Justice Tom Clark refused
Friday to comply with a subpoena
to testify before the House un
American Activities Committee on
the Harry Dexter White case.
Clark offered, however, to give
“serious consideration” to any
written questions the committee
may wish to send him.
In a letter to the committee,
Clark based his rejection of the
subpoena on the premise that
the judiciary branch of the gov
ernment is independent of the
legislative.
This is the same constitutional
basis on which former President
Truman declined yesterday to
honor a committee subpoena. Tru
man’s stand was that the execu
tive branch of the government
was not subject to authority of
the congressional branch.
Karl Dewey Plans No
Personnel Changes In
Territorial Taxation Dept.
JUNEAU, (j¥) — No personnel
changes are planned in the Alaska
Department of Taxation, Karl F.
Dewey, the territory’s newly ap
pointed tax commissioner said
Thursday.
Arriving here to take over his
new post, Dewey said R. D. Stev
enson, who has been acting dir
ector, will become deputy com
missioner. Mrs. Glen Oakes is
chief administrative assistant in
the department and Gil Koffel is
chief of the income tax section.
Dewey came to Alaska in 1943
as a freight agent for the Lomen
Commercial Co., after 15 years in
the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Since 1945 he has been assistant
purchasing agent at Nome for the
U.S. Smelting Co.
4th DIVISION VACANCY ON
ROAD COMMISSION FILLED
JUNEAU — Gov. Heintzleman
has announced the appointment of
Maurice T. Johnson, Fairbanks at
torney, to the Territorial Board of
Road Commissioners representing
the Fourth Division.
The appointment fills the vacan
cy caused by the death of Cecil
Wells.