m NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL- LIV No. 12G . NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1952 . Per Copy—15c
Bartlett Asserts
GOP Must Redeem
Campaign Promises
ANCHORAGE, bP) — Con
gressional Delegate E. L. Bartlett
told delegates to the Territorial
Federation of Labor convention
Tuesday that Alaska’s Republi
cans now must redeem their cam
paign promises, since they won
control of the Legislature.
Noting that there is no doubt
about which party will control
the legislature, the Democratic
delegate assured the more than
60 labor delegates that the Demo
crats pledged themselves to co
operate with the Republicans to
bring the people what they want
and need.
"Alaskan Democrats find them
selves in their ancient role of
critics,” Bartlett asserted. “They
are in the minority now. They
will assume the job of watching
the Republicans redeem campaign
promises and will feeL it their
duty to' inform the people of what
goes on at Juneau.”
Bartlett said he is unable to
’give an accurate analysis of
Alaska’s vote to give the Repub
licans control of the Legislature.
"Is it a reflection of local con
ditions?” he asked, “or a deep
rooted desire for a change?”
In answer to recent questions
about his own position, now that
the GOP controls the Legislature,
Bartlett said it would make no
difference.
“There is no continuing contact
between the Legislature and the
Delegate’s office,” he asserted.
Statehood will suffer no set
backs if Congres should be con
trolled by the Republicans after
the November elections, he said,
adding:
“It is not a partisan issue, and
I will continue to cooperate with
congressional leaders to push
through a bill acceptable and
beneficial to Alaskans.
“On the other hand, I will not
sit idly by and watch anyone
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Grand Jury Indicts
Matanuska Bank Manager
For Embezzling $100,000
ANCHORAGE, UP) — A federal
grand jury Tuesday indicted the
farmer manager of the Matanuska
Valley Bank at Palmer on charges
of embezzling approximately
$100,000 in bank funds.
The indictment was returned
against Jack Maze 37, manager of
the bank from 1947 until he was
relieved of his duties in Decem
ber, 1951.
No date for arraignment was
set. Maze presently is at liberty
on $20,000 bond.
Maze, a stockholder in the bank
as well as manager, had been ac
tive in Matanuska Valley affairs
and was former president of the
Palmer Chamber of Commerce.
A group of Anchorage business
men took over the bank after the
shortages were disclosed.
The indictment was one of the
first retumd by the federal grand
* jury which went into session late
Monday.
Pentagon Pressure Forced
Mark Clark Reduce Points
In Eligibility For Rotation
TOKYO, UP)—-Gen. Mark Clark
under Pentagon pressure Wednes
day reversed an order requiring
battle front troops to stay in the
j line 9Vi> months before they are
eligible for rotation home. The
time remains at nine months, or
36 points under the Army’s sys
tem.
But rear area troops in Korea
and those in Japan would have
to serve longer than previously
because of a lag in replacements.
No specific point quota was an
nounced. Clark earlier had set it
at 38.
The Army gives four points a
month for time in the battle line.
It gives three points monthly to
troops serving immediately be
hind the front and two points a
month to troops far to the rear.
Troops in Japan get one point
monthly if their families are with
them, 1 V'2 points monthly other
wise.
"Permanent solution to the
problem of rotation,” Clark said,
“depends upon arrival of replace
ments from the United States, for
it is obvious that departures can
not exceed arrivals if combat ef
fectiveness is to be maintained.”
Iran Formally Breaks Off
Diplomatic Relations
With Great Britain
LONDON, (JP) — Iran formally
broke off diplomatic relations
Wednesday with Britain,* a foreign
office spokesman said.
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh
announced in Tehran last Thurs
day the dicision to break off re
lations.
He said he was taking that
Step because Britain had rejected
his terms for settlement of the
19-month-old dispute over Iran’s
nationalization of the IV2 billion
dollar Anglo-Iranian oil company.
Iran was said to have demanded
the complete withdrawal of Brit
ain's mission from Tehran. Simi
larly she was pulling her own
nine-man mission from London.
The drastic action was the lat
est highpoint in the two nations’
dispute that already has deprived
the west of at least 45 million
tons of oil and oil products in the
past 19 months.
Iran has suffered loss of oil
revenues that have plunged the
nation to near bankruptcy.
Says Gov. Gruening
“Whistling In the Dark'*
FAIRBANKS, (/P)_A Republi
can leader described Gov. Ernest
Gruening Tuesday as “whistling
in the dark when he says the
overwhelming Republican major
ity elected to the Alaska Legisla
ture is not weathervane indica
tion of a GOP victory in the na
tional elections.”
The statement came from Mau
rice T. Johnspn, Fairbanks attor
ney and president of the Fourth
Division Republican club.
It was prompted by the Gov
ernor’s statement to the Associ
ated Press that the significant
straw-in-the-wind election is for
the seat of Delegate to Congress,
which was won by E. L. Bartlett,
the Democratic inctirhbent.
Airlines in Nome
Offer Direct Flight
j Seattle - Portland
Daily scheduled flights to Seat
tle and Portland are now offered
to the people of Nome, Kotzebue
and vicinity through the joint
schedule offered by Alaska Air
lines and Wien-Alaska Airlines.
The schedule now offers service
from Nome to Fairbanks with
Wien-Alaska Airlines making dir
ect connections with Alaska Air
lines for departure to Seattle or
Portland. This was being stressed
by Alaska Airlines officials Mr.
Ralph Starkey, vice president of
traffic and sales, and Mr. E. M.
Higgins, district sales manager,
who are now in Nome.
It was also pointed out that
this service offers Nome’s only
direct daily through service to
Seattle and Portland. Alaska Air
lines offers tire people of the ter
ritory the only direct service to
Portland without making a change
in Seattle. One airport service for
a 11 connections for stateside
points, therefore, eliminates the
change of airports; and, for
through service to Portland, elim
inates the change of airline.
The winter schedule of the air
line offers direct connections at
Seattle and Portland for continu
ing to other points throughout
the States.
Alaska Airlines and Wien-Al
aska Airlines ticket office per
sonnel are well versed in the
handling of reservations.
963 U. S. Casualties In
Korea Fighting Last Week
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The De
fense Department today announ
ced the highest weekly U.S. cas
ualty toll in ^the Korean war
since the week ended July 2. The
total for the week ended Jast Fri
day was 963.
This raised the total U.S. cas
ualties in the Korean fighting to
122,117.
The department’s weekly re
port showed that 133 U.S. service
men were killed in action last
week, bringing the total number
of Americans killed in the fight
ing to 19,184.
South Koreans Recapture
Bloody Sniper Ridge
SEOUL, UP) — South Korean
soldiers scoi'ning a deadly rain of
Communist mortar shells, recap
tured the bloody crest of Sniper
Fudge today in a fierce battle with
Chinese Reds.
They battled back to the top of
the central front hill nine hours
after being chased off by about
1,500 Chinese.
Little action was reported else
where along the 155-mile battle
front. Allied w’arplanes hampered
by clouds fog and rain, made
comparatively few strikes against
Red front lines.
Quake Felt in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, (JF) — A
short, moderate earthquake—the
second in 10 days rattled windows
and dishes in the San Francisco
Bay area, but caused no damage
at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday..
Richard Greuel Is Only
Dem. From 4th Division
Elected To The House
FAIRBANKS, (JP)—A 26-year
old radio announcer, who was the
only Democrat elected to the
House of Representatives from
the Fourth Division, said Tues
day he feels the Democratic set
back in the last week’s election is
only temporary.
“If the Republicans keep all
their promises they’ll bankrupt
the U.S. in four years,” said Rich
ard Greuel, who won the divi
sion’s No. 5 seat in the House.
He nosed out Rep. Glen Franklin,
an independent Democrat who
headed the important Ways and
Means committee in the 1951 ses
sion. •
Greuel served in Alaska during
the war and settled here after his
discharge. He was elected to the
city council in 1951.
He said of the prospect of being
one of only three or four Demo
crats in the 24-member House:
“Like David, I have my slingshot
ready.”
PO Investigates Complaint |
Sen. McCarthy Misused
Free Mailing Priveleges
WASHINGTON, (TP) — The
Postoffice Department said Wed
nesday it is investigating a com
plaint that Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Carthy (R-Wis> has misused his
free-mailing privileges.
The department declined to dis
close the source of the complaint
or to say what was the nature
cf the mailed material involved
in the complaint.
“We have received such a com
plaint and it is being investi
gated by the Bureau of Finance,
which handles such matters.
“The complaint was filed by
someone who apparently received
through the mails something
which they believed should not
have been franked.”
Skagtowners Make Things
Hum By Gum on Chicagof
Island Deer Hunting Trip
JUNEAU, (/P) — Two Skagway
residents, Bill Bettinger and Sam
Nelson, went hunting on Chicagof
Island recently. They got their
deer, a cafe owner got nearly a
new building and the island’s resi
dents got a free feed and enter
tainment as a result.
While visiting the Blue Moon
Cafe owned by Speedy Floresca,
Speedy told them he needed help
in moving back one wall of his
establishment 18 inches to make
a larger dance area.
The Skagtowners went to work,
removed an entire section of the
wall and moved it back eight
feet. They had lain new floor,
new walls, and were working on
the ceiling and roof when Speedy
said:
“But I only wanted 18 inches.”
“You only own the joint, we’re
doing the work,” the pair replied.
In a few days Speedy had a
new dance floor addition, com
plete with roofing.
They didn’t want any pay so
Speedy threw a shindig for the
whole town, with eats and re
freshment^ on him. Bettinger and
Nelson then shot their deer and
1 returned to Skagway.
Long Coal Strike
Seen As Lewis
|
Insists on Full Pay
WASHINGTON, (/P) — A long
coal sti'ike — possibly extending
past the presidential election —
seemed in- store today with John
L. Lewis insisting his miners get
all of a government-limited pay
raise.
Lewis appears to have turned
down a dead-end street by saying
striking soft coal miners will re
turn to work only when they get
the full $1.90 daily pay raise his
United Mine Workers had negoti
ated with the industry.
The Wage Stabilization Board
had shaved 40 cents from this
total, saying only $1.50 was al
lowable under inflation - control
policy. Mine owners say they can’t
violate the government order.
Reducing of negotiated pay
raises by the WSB has happened
many times in the past, with the
unions always accepting the de
cisions, even though reluctantly.
But Lewis, in a letter to a chief
industry negotiator yesterday,
fired a bitter verbal barrage at
WSB members and other Stabili
zation officials and wound up by
saying the miners will return to
their jobs when they get the full
$L90 daily pay raise.
Tropical Storm Wreaks
Havoc In Philippines
MANILA, (iP) — The season’s
worst tropical storm killed at
least 47 persons and injured hun
dreds in a wild sweep across the
Philippines before it veered into
the Sooth China Sea.
Thousands were homeless.
Crop damage ran into millions of
dollars.
Across the South China Sea,
nature struck another savage
blow. A tidal wave ripped into
the Indochina port city of Phan
Thiet late Monday, killing at least
30 persons. It is feared the death
toll may run into the hundreds.
The wall of water cut the town
in two. Much of it is still under
six feet of water today.
Whale Aground in Tenakee Inlei
Sprays Stinkum All Over
Curious Bystander
JUNEAU, (jP)—Bill Rice, owner
of a ranch near Tenakee, 40 miles
southeast of here, came to Ju
neau Monday to buy a new jacket.
He lost the old one in an en
counter with a whale.
One of the 75 - foot monsters
which frequently are seen sport
ing about Tenakee Inlet chased
a school of small fry into the bay
in front of Rice’s ranch and got
stuck on a reef.
Its wildly thrashing tail lashed
the small bay into a fury and Bill
ran down to see what was going
on. He got too close and the whale
blew out a shower of vile smelling
spray—inundating Bill and soak
ing his jacket. He couldn’t get the
skunky smelling stuff out of the
jacket so he got out—and into
a new one.