Weather Balloon Released in Tokyo
Sinks in Atlantic Ocean Off Europe
TOKYO, UP—“By far the most'
successful” of the U. S. Navy’s
weather balloons launched from
Japan sank in the Atlantic off
Europe Monday after zigzagging
across the Pacific, Canada, the
United States and Mexico, the
Navy said.
A spokesman also said no data
has been received at the launch
ing site to indicate that a total of
three—instead of one—Navy bal
loons from Japan have floated
over Russian territory, as report
ed in Washington.
“There is nothing to indicate it
so far, but I cannot deny” the
possibility that two more could
have wandered over Russia, he
said. While the balloons are in
f>the North Pacific their radios are
heard in Kodiak, Alaska, and Jim
Creek, Wash., in addition to Ja
pan.
Russia has accused the U.S. of
using balloons for military recon
naissance. The Navy said its
spheres carry no photographic
equipment.
The Navy here said last week
that the 12th balloon launched
here floated over Siberia and ap
parently landed in Outer Mon
golia instead of the United States,
its intended destination.
The Navy said in Washington
Monday balloons No. 16 and 17
had gone up the east coast of Rus
sia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
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OPPAMA, Japan, I/P—1The U.S.
Navy said today weather balloon
No. 15, launched here Feb. 18, is
nearly to Africa, after crossing
the Pacific, the U.S. and most of
the Atlantic. The 40-foot gas bag
was reported 700 miles west of
French Morocco, traveling ESE at
30,000 feet at about 140 mph.
Tennessee Flan,
Fislitrap Ban for
Voters to Decide
FAIRBANKS UP—Fifteen thou
sand copies of the proposed Alas
ka State Constitution and 100,000
pamphlets analyzing the docu
ment soon will be in circulation
throughout the territory.
William Egan, president of the
Alaska Consittutional Convention,
said Tuesday the publications
should be in wide circulation be
fore the voters go to the polls
April 24 to ratify or reject the
proposed constitution.
Egan said there appears to be
some confusion on the ordinances
attached to the constitution.
“Voters may ratify the consti
tution with or without the Ten
nessee Plan and the fish trap
ban,” Egan said.
Egan said the voters will be
asked to answer three “yes or
no” questions on a single ballot.
The first question will be on
ratification of the constitution it
self, the second on inclusion of the
Alaska-Tennessee Plan, and the
third on inclusion of a fish trap
ban in the constitution.
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is the stipulation that all workers
other than Office personnel be
members of each trade, i.e.: a
laborer must be a member of the
Laborer’s Union, a carpenter, etc.
Added pressure can be brought
to bear if all members of unions
living here would write to their
unions asking that representation j
be established in Nome so that
local hiring will be done. The
agreement with the contractors
provides that all workers must
be membei's of a Union that rep
presents their particular skill. \
This does not mean that men
who do not belong to a Union can
not be hired, but does mean that
they must join the union, and
can work on a permit for hire
from the Union, and pay the local
Union Steward as he works, the
membership fee and subsequent
dues. If a local man has been a
member of a Union at one time
and has taken a withdrawal card,
he can be reinstated within the
rules governing his Union. Also,
if he has been a member and has
let his dues lapse, he also can
be reinstated. It is important that
all local men desiring work
on the projects now in operation
take heed and prepare themselves
accordingly.
Let us keep the economy, re
sulting from the work in the area,
in the area!
Let us not be caught as Unala
kleet was and only four (4) men
from the village hired in the last
season’s work there. All labor was j
brought in from either Anchorage
or “Outside.” Sharpen your pen
cils and get those letters written! i
It is estimated, from a survey 1
conducted by the Chamber of
Commerce, that there are ap
proximately 150 men in the area
who could be hired in various
trades. Let’s have some results!
French and Rebels
Count Heavy Losses
In Algierian Fracus
ALGIERS, Algeria Itf)—A French
military convoy fought its way
out of a rebel ambush in eastern
Algeria yesterday with the help
of French fighter planes. Both
sides lost heavily.
Military sources said today 19
I soidiers of the seven-truck convoy
and 34 rebels were killed.
In addition to the ambush, the
French authorities said 41 persons
had been killed or kidnaped else
where in Algeria in Nationalist
! incidents in the past 24 hours.
—
Quizmaster Hal March
Gets Brief Honeymoon
LAS VEGAS, Nev., (UP)—A brief
honeymoon is ahead for Quizmas
i ter Hal March of the CBS TV
show “the $64,000” question” and
the former Candy Toxton Torme,
recently divorced from singer Mel
Torme.
March, 36, and the former mod
el were wed Saturday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Belden Katleman,
owners of the El Rancho Vegas
Hotel.
More than 350 persons attended
a reception, where a six-tiered,
200-pound cake was cut, after the
civil ceremony.
DUD BOMB REPOSES
UNDER THE ROSES
TOKYO, UP>—A school teacher
who found an unexploded World
War II bomb under a rose bush in
his back yard was told today it
would just have to stay there for
a couple of months.
Bomb disposal officials ex
plained they had spent all their
allotted money for digging up
7,000 bombs and shells during
the past 10 months. Until they get
more funds the school teacher
doesn’t plan to do any rose culti
vation.
AIR FORCE CONSIDERS USING
MOTHBALLS ON RUNWAYS
TO KEEP SEAGULLS AWAY
The U.S. Air Force is consider
ing the use of mothballs on mili
tary airport runways near sea
coasts.
Protection against moths? No,
says the USAF, against seagulls.
Plane collisions with the big
birds have, one occasion, caused
severe damage to planes and pi
lots.
Housewives” Group Finds Faults and
Loopholes in Mental Health Bill
WASHINGTON, The Sen-'
ate Territories subcommittee gave
further consideration Monday to
a House-passed bill that would
give Alaska control of its mental
health program.
Opposition came from Mrs.
Stephanie Williams of Burbank,
Calif. She said she was president
of American Public Relations
Forum, Inc., which she identified
as an organization of housewives
who study legislation.
Mrs. Williams linked the Alas
ka bill to mental health legisla
tion she said has recently been
passed by Connecticut and other
states. The Connecticut bill, she
said, provides tor “transfer out
of the state’’ of mentally in per
sons.
Coast Guard Bid Forms
For Harbor Light Upkeep
Available at Nugget
Specifications and invitation to
bid forms have been received at
the Nugget Office from the U.S.
Coast Guard regarding lights and
buoys in this area; green and
white lights on the Nome Harbor
to be lighted in July ahd main
tained until November.
Port Safety Range lights and
four buoys.
Three buoys in Grantley Har
bor according to specifications.
Four buoys at Kwiniuk River.
One buoy at Golovin Bay; two
buoys at Cheenik Spit, and 14
buoys in the Fish River flats.
Anyone interested may get
forms from the Nugget Office.
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“This bill," she said, pointing to
the Alaska measure, “provides for
receiving them in Alaska.’’
She expressed her contention
despite assurance by Sen. Dible
(DNevt, acting chairman, and
others that nothing in the bill
would permit removal of any norv
Alaskan to the territory for com
mitment.
Mrs. Williams also objected to
the bill’s failure to spell out to
whom Alaska may sell or lease
the one million acres it would
receive under the bill to finance
the treatment program.
The bill, she said, “contains
nothing to prevent Russia from
buying the entire million acres—•
they already say Alaska belongs
to them.”
Wesley D’Ewart, assistant sec
retary of Interior, warmly praised
the bill, however. He said Alaska
commitment procedures have var
iously been described “as archaic,
barbaric and inhuman. In my
opinion the expressions are apt.”
Other administration spokes
men and various Congress mem
bers have warmly endorsed the
measure that would give Alaska
a million acres with which to de
velop revenue to finance the pro
gram.
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