NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _
VOL. LIV No. 146 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1952 Per Copy—15^
Local Republicans Endorse
Ralph Lomen For Governor
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Airliner In Near
Crackup After
Two Engines Fail
FALLON, Nev., {IP) — Forty
four persons aboard a sleek new
airliner narrowly escaped disas
~ ter in a near-cracklip after two
of the plane’s four engine failed
in flight.
The pilot of the Chicago to San
Francisco plane made an emer
gency landing here after the en
gines sputtered dead last night.
The brakes of the big Trans
World Airways Super-Constella
tion burned out as Pilot Irwin
Kravitz fought to hold it on the
Navy’s short auxiliary landing
strip. The plane swerved off the
runway, the right landing gear
collapsed and the ship came to a
screeching, grinding halt on two
wheels and a wing tip.
The 39 passengers and five
crew members were jolted, but
* unharmed.
Another Super - Constellation
was dispatched from Los Angeles
to pick up the passengers and
take them to San Francisco.
The plane is the same type as
the one which carried President
elect Dwight D. Eisenhower to
Korea.
Funeral Services For
Mother of Mrs. Truman
At “Little White House”
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., (JP) —
The “Little White House” here
was the scene today of funeral
services for Mrs. David W. Wal
lace; 90-year-old mother of the
First Lady.
President and Mrs. Truman and
their daughter Margaret were in
seclusion at the old - fashioned
> mansion which was Mrs. Wal
lace’s home from shortly after the
Civil War until her son-in-law
entered the bigger White House
in Washington.
Defendents in District
Court Plead Not Guilty
David Brower, postmaster of
" Point Barrow, was arraigned in
court this morning and the case
set for Tuesday, Dec. 9.
Pleadings on four cases were
heard this afternoon with Martha
Stephanson pleading not guilty to
purchasing 18 five-pound cans of
coffee from U.S. Air Force sup
plies; Herman Smith pleading not
guilty to handling four 60-pound
sacks of sugar and one 60-pound
^ barrel of butter; George Lambert
Jr. pleaded not guilty to acquir
ing U.S. military supplies, includ
ing over 100 pounds of sugar, 3
cases of milk, some lard, a case
of bacon, a ham, and 250 gallons
of stove oil.
Herman Smith on another
charge pleaded not guilty to issu
ing a check for $100.00 and not
having sufficient funds in the
bank.
Judge Earl Cooper set the date
of trial for Mrs. Stephenson for
January 12 and the other to fol
low.
* A meeting of the Nome Repub
lican Club was held at the City
Hall the evening of Dec. 5, at
which time the permanent organ
ization of the club was perfected.
The following officers were
unanimously elected:
William Munz, president.
Karl Dewey, vice-president.
Mrs. P. L. Reader, secty.-treas.
The new president appointed
the following to the executive
committee:
W. B. McCarthy
Sammy Mogg
P. L. Reader
A letter was read from Mr.
Ralph Lomen stating that he was
definitely a candidate for the of
fice of Governor o Alaska, and
appealing to the Club for support.
The Club went on record as
wholeheartedly endorsing Ralph
Lomen for the governorship and
will make this endorsement to the
Divisional and Central Commit
tees.
Pulled Back Muscle Forces
Harry Matthews to Cancel
Fight with British Heavy
LONDON, (TP)—A back injury
Monday forced Harry (Kid) Mat
thews of Seattle to cancel his
scheduled Wednesday night ten
rounder with British heavyweight
champion Johnny Williams.
Matthews, a top-ranking light
heavyweight contender, hurt his
back in training three days ago.
Promoter Jack Solomons said
Werner Weigand, heavyweight
champion of Luxembourg, would
substitute against Williams on
the Harringay Arena card.
Matthews pulled a back muscle
in a sparring drill last week but
he had hoped, to be all right for
the bout. The injury failed to
respond to treatment, however,
arid he bowed out after a gym
workout today in the presence of
two doctors. Matthews obviously
was in pain.
Solomons stopped the workout,
saying, “Come out, Harry, there
is no point in killing yourself.”
Solomons told reporers, “I’ll
give the boy* full marks. He did
try.”
Jack Hurley, manager of Mat
thews, was bitterly disappointed.
“We traveled 3,000 miles for
this fight,” he said. “What can I
say? It’s just one of those things.”
Hawaii Observes 11th
Anniversary of Attack
On Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR, (/P)—Eleven
years to the minute after the
Japanese sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor, somber Americans gath
ered in a misty rain Sunday and
heard warnings of a possible new
war to come.
A 7:55 aan. ground was broken
for a $75,000 shrine to honor the
dead of the US. Navy — more
than 2,000 of whom lost their
lives on that fateful Sunday in
1941.
, Far across the Pacific, the Japa
nese ignored the date. Most Japa
nese seem to regard the attack as
the nation’s greatest mistake.
Wage Stabilization
Industry Members
Resign In Protest
WASHINGTON, {IP) — Econ
omic Stabilizer Roger Putnam
took charge of the stalled W^age
Stabilization program today, de
termined to tirm over to the
Eisenhower administration func
tioning wage controls even if he
has to administer them himself.
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Putnam had n,o wage board and
there were indications he might
have trouble in setting up a new
one. /■ ,
All industry members of the
Board, along with their col
leagues on at least two of the 14
regional wage boards quit in
angry protest to what they called
“political expediency” in Presi
dent Truman’s handling of the
coal wage case.
The law says the Wage Board
can operate only with equal rep
resentation of members represent
ing industry, labor and the public.
AFL president George Meany
in a television interview, said
that a foldup of the WSB may
result in protest strikes by unions
if a way is not found to clear
a logjam of pending wage agree
ments. There are about 12,000
such cases before the board.
Meany said the AFL favors
wage and price controls, but he
thinks the situation is tending to
ward an end to both. And he said
if price controls are lifted, wage
controls must be suspended, too.
Nixon Predicts
Taft Will Work
With New Admin.
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Vice -
President-elect Nixon said Mon
day that Sen. Robert A. Taft is a
“team player” who will work
smoothly with the incoming
Eisenhower administration.
Nixon was returning from Mex
ico City where he represented
President-elect Eisenhower at in
auguration ceremonies for Presi
dent Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.
Taft and Eisenhower split
sharply last week over the ap
pointment of Martin P. Durkin,
a staunch Democrat and presi
dent of the AFL Plumbers Union,
as secretary of labor. Taft said
the appointment was “incred
ible.”
Nixon said the appointment has
been criticized on the grounds
Durkin is a representative of or
ganized labor.
“I believe it is essential that
this administration not make the
mistakes of the present adminis
tration in loading the cabinet
with individuals who are on any
one side,” Nixon said.
ROCKEFELLER CENTER AIR
RAID DRILL SENDS 40,000
SCURRYING TO SHELTER
NEW YORK, (/P) — A surprise
air raid drill in four Rockefeller
Center buildings Friday sent more
than 40,000 persons scurrying to
shelter areas in less than three
minutes.
Among those affected by the
alert, one of the city’s first sur
prise tests, were employes 6f 11,
000 firms and 10,000 visitors in
the busy midtown center.
MacArthur Sees
“Clear Solution to
Korean Conflict*’
NEW YORK, Doug
las MacArthur, mentioning Presi
dent-elect Eisenhower publicly for
the first time since the election,
says “there is a clear and definite
solution to the Korean conflict.”
MacArthur, in a speech Friday
night to the National Association
of Manufacturers, said he was
! confident a solution “can be ex
ecuted without either an unduly
heavy price in friendly casualties
or any increased danger of pro
voking universal conflict.”
The ousted Far East command
er did not go into details, saying
that basic decisions are involved
“which I recognize as improper
for public disclosure or discus
sion.” He said, “It is well known
that my own views have not been
sought in any way.”
Of Eisenhower and the Korean
situation, MacArthur said:
“Our respected President-elect
has gone there in search for an
honorable end to so tragic a
slaughter, and all Americans join
in prayer that he may safely pass
through the hazards involved and
accomplish his self-appointed task
with vision and wisdom.”
Swiss Mountaineers
Repulsed from Mt. Everest
By Cold and Strong Winds
ZURICH, Switzerland, (/P)—The
Swiss Mt. Everest expedition has
abandoned its attempt to climb
the world’s highest peak, the
Swiss Alpine Research Founda
tion announced Saturday.
A communique by the founda
tion said 'extremes of wind and
temperature forced the Swiss
climbers and their Napalese help
ers to turn back “in spite of all
their great efforts to reach the
top.”
“It is not yet known,” the com
munique . said, “what bright was
reached by the climber who tried
to reach the summit from Camp
Seven, which had been estab
lished on the south col (pass).”
The communique said the ex
pedition returned safe & sound to
their base camp on the Khumbu
Glacier at the foot of Everest on
Nov. 22 on their way back to
Kathmandu, the Nepalese capital.
The expedition was the second
Swiss attempt to conquer the 29,
000-foot peak this year.
Reliable reports reaching New
Delhi, India, said the climbers
had been forced back by buffet
ting winds and 30-degrees-below
zero cold.
No Word On Progress Of
Rescue Crew on Mi. Gannett
ANCHORAGE, (A5)—No word
was received here yesterday at
Alaska Command Headquarters
on the progress being made by a
12-man trail crew fighting its
way up 9,100-foot Mt. Gannett to
the wreckage of a C-124 Globe
master.
The rescue party set out a
week ago in an effort to re
cover the bodies of 52 crash vic
tims, killed when the giant, four
engined Globemaster struck the
peak at the 8,000-foot level Nov.
22 on a flight to Anchorage from
' McChord Air Force Base.
Ike Confers With
Advisers Aboard
Warship at Sea
By DON WHITEHEAD
ABOARD U.S.S. HELENA, En
route to Hawaii, (/P)—President
elect Dwight Eisenhower today
opened a forrrial conference with
advisers and future members of
his administration within two
hours after they were brought
aboard his heavy cruiser toy heli
copter from Wake island.
The Korean war was believed
to be the main topic of discus
sion but Eisenhower’s press sec
retary, James C. Hagerty, told
reporters there would be no an
nouncement of subjects discussed
or decisions that might be
reached.
! Hagerty made it clear to re
porters aboard the Helena that
j the general may not disclose his
plans until after he has taken
office Jan. 20.
Those who came aboard at
Wake Island were:
John Foster Dulles, secretary
of state designate; Gov. Douglas
McKay of Oregon, who will be
secretary of the interior; George
M. Humphrey of Cleveland, sec
retary of the treasury-designate;
| Gen. Luciuc Clay, close friend
! and adviser to Eisenhower; Jo
seph M. Dodge of Detroit, who
may be the next director of the
budget, and C. D. Jackson and
Emmet Hughes, who will be on
the general’s White House staff.
Northern Cal Storms Take
Five Lives Over Weekend
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P>—Wind,
rain and snow pounded northern
California over the weekend, tak
ing five lives and temporarily
stranding seven passenger trains
with 1,370 passengers.
The storm paralyzed highway
travel and communications, flood
ed lowland communities and dis
rupted power service over much
of the area.
The storm dumped 6.91 inches
of rain in 24 hours on Woodacre
in Marin County, forcing resi
dents to evacuate Kay Park.
Still unsolved was the mystery
of red flares reported near Tahoe
City. Residents said they saw
flares dropped from an airplane
“which disappeared behind a
mountain and exploded in a burst
of flame.” A posse searched the
area but found nothing. There
were no reports of missing planes.
64 Million Tons of Coal
In Kenai Coal Fields
WASHINGTON,’ (#>)—The Geo
logical Survey reported today
that more than 64 million tons of
subtituminous coal in beds more
than three feet thick are present
within five miles -of tidewater in
the Homer district, Kenai coal
field, in Alaska.
The survey announced release
of a preliminary report on coal
investigations in the Homer dis
trict made in 1950 and 1951 by
E. H. Cobb, one of its geologists.
Subtituminous is a low grade of
coal which can be used for fuel.
He said the coal occurs in many
beds, all less than eight fleet
thick.