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Asks Delay Deportation
Frank Costello Until He
Answers More Questions
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Senator
Williams (R-Del) said Tuesday he
has asked the Justice Department
to delay the deportation of
gambler Frank Costello because
Costello could be an important
witness at trials “of some of our
former key government officials.”
In a letter to Attorney General
McGranery, Williams also said the
dapper New York rackets leader
should not be forced to leave this
country until “satisfactory an
swers” have been obtained to
these questions:
"1. Has the Treasury Depart
ment given Frank Costello’s tax
account a thorough going over
■and have all outstanding assess
ments been collected? .
“2. Who is responsible for this
evidence, upon which he is now
apparently being deported, lying
dormant in the (Justice) Depart
ment files for the past 27 years?
“3. Who in official circles has
been giving Mr. Costello and the
other racketeers of this country
their protection?”
Williams, who has staged a one
man crusade against alleged tax
scandals, wrote McGranery that
“After we have obtained answers
tcf these questions and to any
others which might arise, then de
portation proceedings can be re
sumed.”
Cook Inlet Fishermen Ask
More Fishing Days a Week
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Fishermen
and cannery operators, arguing
that their survival was at stake,
presented a united front plea
Tuesday for more than two days
a week of fishing in Cook Inlet.
They appeared at one of the
annual commercial fishery hear
ings of the U.S. Fish and Wild
life Service, calling for the air
ing of proposals for changes in
1953 regulations.
The fishermen and cannerymen j
acknowledged the need for con- |
servation measures but said they
are so tight as to threaten the
Cook Inlet industry.
“Fisherman just can’t make a i
living on two days a week fish
ing.” declared Harry Tallman of
the Seldovia Bay Packing Co.
“You’re going to conserve us I
right out of existence unless you
find some means of allowing us
more fishing time or some other
basis which will allow us to make
a living,” Tallman said.
HE’S STILL ACTIVE
AS SURGEON AT 88
PITTSBURGH—Dr. Janies P. Kerr may be 88 but
his n'mble fingers are just as surgically sure today as
when he first hung out his shingle in 1889.
Then he was fresh out of the University of Maryland
Medical School. By 1902 he was so well established in
Allies Lose 30 Planes
In Korea In September
While Destroying 62 MIGs
SEOUL, (/P) — The U.S. Air
Force reported Wednesday that 30
Allied planes were lost to all
4
causes in September. But it said
only seven of its jet fighters were
shot down in the furious air bat
tles which cost the Communists a
record 62 MIG-15s destroyed.
The announcement came soon
after the Allies opened another
month of air blows with,a mass
ive B-29 attack against a sprawl
ing chemical plant only 400 yards
from the Manchurian border. An
armada of 48 Superforts dropped
about 425 tons of high explosives
on the Namsan plant in one of
the biggest B-29 raids of the war.
Brightly colored pennants flut
tered on the western front as
Chinese Communists celebrated
the third anniversary of the
founding of their Red regime.
The Reds added a gruesome touch
by displaying the body of a dead
American soldier before one for
ward position.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
this steel city that he was called
upon to help organize St. Joseph’s
Hospital. Two years ago he and
his associates turned the hospital
over to the Sisters of St. Joseph.
President for 40 Years
Dr. Kerr resigned as chairman
of the board of directors, but for
40 years was president and now
is honorary president and staff
surgeon at the 170-bed institution.
A far younger man is hard put
to keep up with the energetic
doctor. Other surgeons regard
him with admiration.
Typical of his outlook on life
was his answer when a newsman
asked for an interview. All right,”
Dr. Kerr said, but mind you, I’m
not ready to have my obituary
written.”
Politically Active
A native of nearby Beaver
County, Dr. Kerr’s life story is
intertwined with the history of
Pittsburgh. During his medical
career, Dr. Kerr kept an active
interest in politics.
He is a former city controller
and councilman and ran for com
missioner of Allegheny County \
(Pittsburgh) and for mayor. His !
political observations are just as i
sharp as his scalpels.
Dr. James P. Kerr
The Grand Canyon of the Colo
rado is 278 miles long with a
maximum width of 13 miles and j
depth of 6,000 feet.
WEATHER FORECAST
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Compiled by the
Increasing cloudiness tonight,
becoming mostly cloudy Thurs
day. Northeasterly winds 10 to 15
mph shifting to Easterly Thurs
day. Low temperature expected
tonight 26, high tomorrow 40
In last 24 hours, as of 7:00 a.m.
today high temperature 39, low
24. Maximum wind 30 mph from
the NE. Sunrise 6:14 a.m., sunset
5:30 pm.
A year ago today, high tem
perature 38, low 27.
Extremes this date since 1907:
high 58 in 1942, low 16 in 1919.
Old Newspapers For Sale
At The Nugget Office
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VOTE REPUBLICAN
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IRVING REED
FOR
TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER
OVER 52 YEARS A RESIDENT OF ALASKA
REGISTERED MINING ENGINEER
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OVER 40 YEARS ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
* IN THE TERRITORY
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Election Date October 14, 1952
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ALASKA AIRLINES
DC-3 Scheduled Flights
To Unalakleet, McGrath and Anchorage
Arrive — 11:25 a.m. Depart — 11:55 a.m.
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On same day for Seattle.
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AN ALASKAN REPUBLICAN
That Delegate Bartlett boasts of the many good deeds he
has clone for the people of the Second Division. Ask him where
are the good roads within this second Division? Federal road
funds are mostly spent in the First, Third and Fourth Divi
sions—down in the Third Division, hundreds of miles of good
roads as against a few hundreds of yards of fair roads only in
the near vicinity of Nome. Highway Engineer Metcalf prefers j
to build roads in those area where he believes he will harvest
votes. i
Ask Metcalf and Treasurer Henry Roden and Governor |
Gruening why they maintained a bank account in a Juneau )
bank, contrary to Alaska laws. This wholly illegal bank account
| was of money collected by the ferry barge Chilkoot, operating
between Juneau and Haines, cities in the First Division. Money
collected is required by law to be deposited to the Territorial
account; but no, Highway Engineer Metcalf prefers to have
direct charge of this special illegal account. Highway Engi
neer Metcalf prefers to operate this ferry, than to build needed !
roads in the Second Division.
Democrats who desire honesty in Territorial financial
matters, join with Republicans and —
For a Change Vote Republican—Win with Ike