4 THE NOME NUGGET
Racketeer Must Sell
“Treasures” To Pay His
Wife Back Alimony
NEW YORK, .UR—'There was a
huge double bed with an enor
mous headboard, peach satin
spread and peach satin pillow
covers.
Among other items were a
Chinese-painted television set and
matching piano; a Limoges dinner
set; a sterling silver punch set;
and a pair of six-foot-high marble
lamps, in the form of semi-nude
girls.
Such were the splendors that
adorned reputed kingpin racket
eer Vito Genovese’s ■ nine - room,
marble-staired residence at Atlan
tic Highlands, N.J.
They were all on display yes
terday at O’Reilly’s Plaza Art
Galleries here. The articles will
be sold tomorrow and Friday at
auction.
Genovese needs $6,000 in a
hurry. On April 24 he was given
just two weeks to raise that
amount in back alimony for his
estranged wife, Ar^ga, or face jail.
Wednesday, May 6, 1953
Radiomen, Deck Officers
Settle Their Differences
SAN FRANCISCO, UR — T h e
CIO American Radio Association
and the AFL Masters, Mates and
Pilots Union Wednesday announc
ed settlement of a long dispute
involving jurisdiction over ships’
radiof telephone equipment.
Capt. C. F. May, west coast
head of the deck officers, and Phil
O’Rourke, vice president of the
Radio Officers’ Association, an
nounced the agreement.
Under it, the radiomen will
have jurisdiction over all com
munications equipment, including
radio telephones formerly claim
ed by the deck officers. The
Mates will handle all electronic
navigation gear, including Loran,
formerly claimed by the radio
men.
TUESDAY
SEOUL, UR—The Korean battle
front was so quiet Tuesday the
sighting of a lone Communist sol
dier won official notice. But a
U. S. Navy task force poured tons
of shells and bombs into the bat
tered east coast port of Wonsan
in the heaviest strike in months.
Four ships led by the battleship
New Jersey bombarded Red gun
positions ringing Wonsan Harbor,
while dive bombers and fighter
bombers from Task Force 77
bombed and racketed the city.
Fairbanks Oldtimer Dies In States
HOQUIAM, Wash., L4*)—Charles
Slater, 78, of Fairbanks, died
Monday night while a visitor at
the home of his brother in law,
Stanley Ellingson. He had been
ill only a short time.
Slater was born in Ohio' but
had lived in Alaska 50 years. He
was a life member of Igloo No. 4
Pioneers of Alaska, and a life
member of the Fairbanks Elks
lodge. His widow survives.
Nationalists Claim
Chinese Commies
Helping Vietminh
TAIPEH, Formosa, UP)—Nation
alist Chinese intelligence reports
said Tuesday a Chinese Red gen
eral has taken command of Com
munist Vietminh forces in Indo
china and that 12,000 Chinese
troops had joined the rebels.
The reports said the Red gen
eral was accompanied by Russian
advisers.
Earlier Tuesday, a Chinese Na
tionalist news agency said 100,
000 Chinese Red veterans of the
Korean War had been shifted to
South China not far from the
Indochina border.
Vietminh forces recently invad
ed the kingdom of Laos, one of the
three associated states of Indo
china, and are threatening its cap
ital. Conquest of Laos could pave
the way for a Red attack on Thai
land, Burma and other southeast
Asian nations.
Nationalist intelligence identi
fied the general as Li Lien Po and
said his deputy commander was
Tu Yu-Kwang, another Red Chi
nese general. ,
HANOI, Indochina, UP—Commu
nist-led Vietminh leaders rein
forced their troops encircling two
stoutly defended French - Loatian
posts in the mountains north of
Luang Prabang Tuesday. But the
invaders continued to shy clear
of any direct assault upon the
royal Loatian capital.
Eisenhower May Call Another
Governors' Meeting This Year
WASHINGTON, UP — Washing
ton officials speculated today
that President Eisenhower, en
couraged by reaction to his spe
cial conference of state governors,
might call a second one before
another year is up.
Both the President and the gov
ernors spoke of hopes for future
conferences, but mentioned no
dates.
White House officials said the
governors or their states paid
transportation and hotel expenses
even though the President in- j
vited the state chiefs here.
The governors will hold their j
annual meeting in August in Seat- i
tie. The President still has under !
consideration an invitation to at- j
tend.
Legislation Would Check
Reclamation Construction
If Costs Exceeded Estimate
Washington, upi—1The House
Reclamation Subcommittee took a
preliminary look Tuesday at leg
islation designed to check con
struction of federal reclamation
projects where costs exceed ad
vance estimates.
Two sponsors of the proposed
bill, Reps. Saylor (R-Pa) and
Engle (D-Calif), said the legisla
tion was prompted by last year’s
experience with the Eklutna pro
ject in Alaska where costs now
are estimated to exceed 'by $15
million the expenditure author
ized by Congress.
The bill would require the Sec
reary of Interior to report to each
member of the Senate and House
Interior Committees when it is
discovered that a project or unit
of project cannot be constructed
within the limit of appropriations
authorized.
Engle said the sponsors of the
bill have no desire to “put an ob
stacle course” in the way of new*
projects or such big jobs as the
Missouri Basin development.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commence Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy tonight and to
morrow. Winds gentle and vari
able. Lowest temperature expec
ted tonight 33, hi^h Thursday 51.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
50, low 31. Max. wind 17 mph
from the SE. Sunrise at 3:10 a.m.,
sunset at 8:45 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 25, low 1. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 46 in 1936,
lowest 1 in 1952.
Other stations, 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 18 Clear
Kotzebue 38 Clear
Wales 24 Part cloudy
Gambell 29 Cloudy
Nome 45 Part cloudy
Unalakleet 47 Part cloudy
Bethel 39 Cloudy
McGrath 41 Cloudy
Anchorage 47 Part cloudy
Fairbanks 44 Cloudy
Whitehorse 49 Part cloudy
Edmonton 78 Part cloudy
Juneau 46 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 57 Cloudy
Seattle 62 Rain
San Francisco 62 Cloudy
Congress Asked
To Safeguard
Miners’ Rights
WASHINGTON, UP) — Congress
was asked Monday to safeguard
rights of miners operating on fed
eral lands — rights which Sen.
Dowrshak (R-Ida) said have been
abused by government officials.
Dworshak introduced a bill de
fining surface rights of mining
claim locaters. The senator said
real enforcement of mining laws
would require a housecleaning in
the Interior Department, and that
he hoped this would occur.
“This action alone will remove
many of the controversies over
use of the public lands and will
not interfere with legitimate min
ing enterprises,” Dworshak told
the Senate.
“The mining laws have been
the unending target of bureau
cratic officials of the Interior De
partment during the past 20
years,” he declared.
“These officials sought with ev
ery propaganda device to do away
with mineral property law based
upon location, discovery and pat
ent and to substitute a federal
system of leasing.
“Their real objective was to
gain bureaucratic control over ev
ery move made by industry, the
small prospector and the small
miner. While engaged in this
propaganda drive they failed td
carry out the administrative re
sponsibilities charged to them by
law.”
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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 the third Monday
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Boyd C. Harwood, W.M.
Karl F. Dewey, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
POLAR CURIO SHOP
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LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
— 486 FIRST AVE. WEST —
Nome, Alaska
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208