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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 1st and 3rd Mondays each month.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Will M. GiUis, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
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EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
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Col. Fred Andrews,
Commander of A.C.S.,
Retires from Service
SEATTLE, (/P) —Col. Fred P.
Andrews, commander of the Al
aska Communication System, re
tired today, the ACS announced.
Colonel Andrews, a graduate of
Stanford University, was com
missioned in the Army in 1917,
serving with the American Ex
peditionary Force in France in
three campaigns, the Aisne
Marne, St. Mihiel and Meuse
Argonne.
He commanded the Cableship
Dellwood from 1927 to 1932 and
was in a retired status from 1935
until 1940, when he was recalled
to active duty. Shortly thereafter,
he was assigned to command the
ACS.
Under his leadership during the
second World War, the ACS grew
from a small, peacetime commun
ications network into a vast sys
tem through western Canada, Al
aska and the Aleutian Islands.
The colonel earned the Legion
of Merit for his services during
the second World War. He was
retired from July, 1946, to Sep
tember, 1948, when he was again
assigned to command the ACS.
Colonel and Mrs. Andrews live
in Bellevue, Wash. They plan a
vacation trip through the coun
try and into Mexico.
Waterfront Labor Problems
High on Agenda of All-Alaska
Chamber of Commerce Meeting
SEATTLE, (JFi—Seattle’s water
front labor problems stand high
on the agenda of the first meet
ing of the new all-Alaska Cham
ber of Commerce at Juneau the
week of January 12.
The chamber, representing 22
communities “from Ketchikan to
Kotzebue” has invited Ed Weston,
president of the Washington State
Federation of Labor, and other
labor authorities to speak.
OIL CARTEL REPORT
“MISREPRESENTED,”
TRUMAN AGREES
WASHINGTON, </P)—President
Truman agrees with the Federal
Trade Commission chairman that
an “organized campaign of mis
representation” is being waged
against a commission staff report
on alleged oil cartels.
This campaign, the President
said Monday in a letter to Com
missioner Stephen J. Suingam,
“is a good illustration of attemp
ted coercion and intimidation.”
Truman added that “it does not
contribute to the nation’s security
for propaganda of that kind to be
spread all over the world in an
effort to discredit the Govern
ment of the United States.
Spingarn has been charging
that some oil companies are try
ing to discredit the Trade Com
mission because of its report. The,
President has directed the Justice
Department to look into accusa-j
tions of cartel practices by a num-1
ber of large United States, British,
and Dutch controlled oil compan
ies and a grand jury investigation
is under way. The companies are
resisting orders to produce certain;
records for the grand jury.
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DIESEL OIL SALES
U. S. MERCANTILE CO.
GEN. VANDENBERG SAYS i
CUT IN U.S. PLANE OUTPUT!
WOULD BE "CATASTROPHIC"'
WASHINGTON, (JP)—Gen. Hoyt;
S. Vandenberg, Air Force chief of j
staff, says it would be “catas
trophic” for the U.S. to cut back,
now in plane production.
Russia has built five times as
many planes as the U.S. during
the last five years, he said Mon
day in an article written for
“Planes,” official publication of
the Aircraft Industries Assn.
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