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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
NOME IGL00 DID NOT PUT
 PRESSURE ON

Although several members of the Legislature report that they have had telegrams from various Igloos of the Pioneers of Alaska protest ing any cuts in appropriations for the Department of Public Welfare, at least one attempt to create a pressure group to Lombard the Sen- ators and Representatives ended in failure.
 The following communications are self explanatory:
 Nome, Alaska
 March 21, 1947 Senator O. D. Cochran
 Senator Chas. D. Jones
 Senator Tolbert Scott
 Representative Edward Anderson Dear Brother Pioneers:
 Yesterday afternoon I received a telegram from Russell G. Maynard, copy of which is enclosed. You will note that it is a 154 word day let ter. believe paid for by the Terri tory and that he asks for an an- swer by wire collect.
 Also enclosed is copy of our answer and as we do not believe public funds should be used in this manner we paid for the telegram ourselves.
 The other day we received wire from G. E. Almquist relative to his H B. T. In reply we stated that our brothers in Juneau would use their best judgment.
 We know that you will do the best for the Territory and that with your knowledge of how much can be appropriated you will allo- cate to each department their pro- per share.
 We know that there are many pensioners receiving funds from the Territory that spend every nickel of it for liquor this is an evil which cannot be eradicated today. , But we also know that the off, cials of the Department of Welfare are making use of Territorial funds for uses almost as evil. Why is it necessary for them to travel all over the Territory by airplane? Why is it necessary for them to employ a full time worker at Nome? (My mother represented the Welfare Department in Nome for short time at monthly salary of $50 as part time worker. She did not want the job, and l do not infer that my feelings in the mat ! ter are do to the fact that she was replacedD No doubt every welfare office throughout the Territory is i over manned. These evils should be 1 corrected now.
 1 The present rate of pension is ! too low to permit pensioner to live in comfort at the present pre- vailing prices Nevertheless, we be- lieve that the appropriation in the current bill would be sufficient to care for all indigent persons in AL aska if, the administration expense of the Department of Welfare could be cut to decent percentage of the total appropriation. , Here's hoping that you can get things cleaned up " the end of the session so it will not be neces- sary to call for special session next year.
 (SignedD Fraternally yours, ROBERT F. BALDWIN kzey nr50 l54 ty paid al 1 exa Juneau As Mar 19 1947 130pm
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DR0p5DEAD

Marion Mckinley, Field Captain of the Salvation Army at Hoonah, dropped dead there yesterday, ac- cording to advices received by Brig. c. o. Taylor Mckinley, raised in Hoonah, was in the fif- ties. He is survived by his wife
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
RUSSIA
 BLOCKS
 NEWACT
Proposal of } Nations to Include China Germany
 Case Is Opposed

BULLETIN--McscOw, March 26.-tRESecretary of State Mar shall warned the Council of Foreign Ministers tonight, after a session of four hours and 45 minutes that it was becoming "ensnarled" in trivial cOmpli- cations making the probability of reasonable progress unfor- tunately remote"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
SCORES ARE
 CAUGHT BY
 EXPLOSION
Fears FeIt Death List Will
 Be Ldrge-Fumes Con- front Rescue Crews

BULLETIN-Centralia, Mar. 26.-iR-Tired rescue workers fought against time today to reach 1l0 soft coal miners still trapped by an explosion after bringing 3l out alive from the deep pits.
 At ? pm. (CST) report on the tragedy and rescue opera tions was given by Chief Clerk J. o. Hays of the Centralia Coal Company who said that of 142 men known to have been in the mine at the time of the blast, 31 had been brought out alive and one dead.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
Comedian Marx
 Is Now Retiring

LAS VEGAS, New, March 26.- R-Comedian Chico Marx, 56, has announced that he is retiring from the show business immediately be- cause of serious illness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
IN FROM TENAKEE

J. A. Burg, from Tenakee, has arrived in Juneau with Alaska Coastal Airlines and is at the Cas- tineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
sITKA COUPLE ARRIVE

MT. and Mrs. A. B. MoSher of Sitka arrived in Juneau on board the Denali and are registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-26
PARK SERVICE MAN HERE

Ben c. Miller, with the National Park Service at Sitka, arrived in Juneau with Mrs. Miller and is at the Baranof.
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The Nome nugget., 1947-12-08
Durocher Again Dodgers Manager

BROOKLYN (P)-Leo Durocher Saturday was returned to his old job as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers by President Branch Hickey, succeeding interim pilot Burt Shotton, after serving out a season-long suspension by com missioner A. B. Chandler.
 No salary terms were announc- ed Durocher was. said to have signed a 1947 contract calling for S50,000 last winter before his sus- pension. The Dodgers never an nounced whether he was paid while sweating out" the ban in California.
 Durocher, always a stormy pe- trel during his 20 years in the ma jor leagues, was suspended April g by commissioner A. B. Chandler for the entire 1947 season for conduct detrimental to baseball"
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-08
AIRLINES
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES

On Saturday flight was made from Fairbanks with full load of freight and J. Prescott as pas senger. Departing for Fairbanks on the plane were E. Paluska and Ralph Ulrichson.
 Yesterday a plane arrived from Kotzebue with Dale Minner, en- route from Wainwright to Fair banks and Freida Howarth and two children passengers from Kot- zebue to Nome.
 This morning there was a flight to Kotzebue with MT. and Mrs. Thompson and two children, Joy and Judy, who are en route to Shungnak for the C.A.A.; Gene Remington was a passenger for Kotzebue.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-08
Oil Played Big
 Role in Wrecking Of Transport M

SEATTLE, (PD - Oil from the broken army transport Clarksdale Victory played the role of both villain and hero in the moments immediately following the vessels grounding and breaking up on storm-battered Hippa Island two weeks ago, three of the disasters four survivors disclosed here last night upon their arrival from Ketchikan, Alaska, by plane.
 The three men, brought here for a coast guard investigation into the tragedy that took the lives of 49 shipmates, were 2nd officer Henry H. Wolfe, 45, Oakland, Cal, 3rd officer William M. Rasmus 5en. 21, Modesto Cali, and seaman Carlos Sanabria, 23, La Ceiba, Honduras.
 All were taken immediately by ambulance to the Seattle Marine hospital to continue their recup- eration. Two still are on crutches.
 The fourth survivor, 3rd officer
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-08

Clair E. Driscoll, 32, Los Angeles, is expected to be able to make the trip in two weeks. He still is crip- pied with immersion foot" and was left behind in a Ketchikan hospital.
 Rasmussen, in recounting the 20 to 30 minutes of terror spent aboard the doomed transport, said it was but a second after the grounding that everything was coated with oil. The men could neither cling to the rail nor stand amidships.
 But when the men finally were knocked from their tentative saf- ety into the sea by towering com CTS, he said, it was this same oil that provided a protective coating against the icy waters of the North British Columbia coast.
 Pending recovery of survivors, no date for the hearings has been set.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-08
ALASKA AIRLINES

Passengers arriving on the Alas ka Airlines plane Saturday were: Mrs. Williams, R. w. Oliver, Mar tin Sloane, Lloyd Morley, Lowell Lambert.
 Passengers departing for An chorage on the Alaska Airlines plane Sunday were Arthur E.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-08
Forecast And Weather Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. $. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, December 8, l947

Monday, December 8, l947
 Forecast Nome: Cloudy tonight with occasional light snow fur ries. Partly cloudy Tuesday with fresh northeast winds. Slightly colder. Lowest temperature to night IS, highest temperature Tuesday "A.
 Nome data as of 7:30 am. today:
 Precipitation last "A hours, trace. Total precipitation this month 0.44 inch.
 Temperatures last "A hour: highest 31, lowest 26.
 Maximum wind last "A hours 32 miles per hour from the east.
 Sunrise at 9:43 a.m., sunset at 2:O4 pm.
 Comparative data: Tempera- lures one year ago today: highest -2, lowest -2l.
 Extreme temperatures on this day since 1907: Lowest PA in 1916, highest 40 in 1884.
 Data for other selected stations nc of 7.20 o m fOdau
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-08
Monday. December 8. ls47

Johnson, Raymond Irvine, Mrs. Ray Irvine, Gilmer Irvine Rich ard Urvina, Mir. Cacek, Pauline Bergamaski, Elizabeth Cross, Pa tricia Cross, Ann Thompson.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-08
JOAN OF ARC WAS ONCE

sued for breach of promise by a young man who had sought her hand in marriage, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
MRS. LEVERS HOME
 FROM SUNNY SOUTH

Mrs. J. w. Leivers arrived home yesterday by PAA plane after a delightfu six-weeks visit in Wash ington and Oregon, where she en- joyed lovely weather. She spent some time in Eugene, Ore, at the home of her brother-inla and sister, Dr. and Mrs. L. A. White
 Gardens in Eugene were lovely. Mrs. Leivers said, with all the early spring flowers and cherry trees in bloom. Quite a change in weather was experienced, as the last day she spent in Seattle, the temperature was 87 degrees. Still she said she is happy to be home, ill spite of the present. fog and rain.
 The return trip from Seattle was delayed by the stormy weather, with the plane passengers held over at Annette airfield from Saturday to Monday, but Mrs. Leivers stat ed PA hospitality at Annette left nothing to be desired. The accommodations are very comfort able, and the food was superb, she said
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
INTERNATIONAL
 HARVESTER IN
 BOOST, WAGES
Sixty-two Thousand En- pIoyees Benefiited-
 No Raise in Prices

CHICAGO, April 29.-IR-Inter- national Harvester Company today offered a 15-cents-an hour wage increase to 62,000 employees in 21 factories, represented by II unions and said the offer would not affect the company's present level of prices.
 The huge farm equipment con- cern last month announced price reductions on it's products which it said would mean a s20,000000 savings annually to users,
 The wage offer, following the pattern of wage settlements grant, ed to nearly 100000 workers in the steel, automobile and electrical industries, calls for a general wage increase of 11ia cents hourly plus six paid holidays.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
GARVIN ELECTED
 NEW pRESIDENT
 OF ROTARY CLUB

Homer Garvln wac announced today as the new President of Ju- neau Rotary Club, to serve for one year beginning in July. Garvin will succeed Edward L. Keithahn.
 Other officers, who were elected from among the membership of the Board of Directors and announced at the regular noon luncheon meet ing of the club, were Ellis Reyn- olds, ice-President, c. Herbert Hillerman, reelected secretary; Stan Grummett, assistant secretary.
 Election of a sergeant-at-arms was deferred until July, when the new officers will officially take of flee.
 Guest of honor today was Ray Brannaman, National Vice Com mander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. holding the Alaskan En- campment in Juneau this week.
 Brannaman spoke briefly before the club, and told of his personal interest in Alaska as a visitor to the Territory for the first time He spoke particularly of the official interest of the VFW in Alaska as one of the most vital defense areas owned by the United States in the event of another war. which would
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
MYSTERIOUS FIRE IS
 STARTED, BERKELEY;
 IS $100,0oO

BERKELEY, Calf, April 29- Rl-Fre of a mysterious origin, which apparently started beneath the street. caused damage estimat- ed at $20OOco in midtown Berk- elery last night
 Fire Chief William Meinheit, who provided the estimate of loss. said the four alarm blaze completely burned out the Santa Fe railway ticket offices, quarters of fur company florist and barber shop, and the Berkeley offic of the Oakland Tribune.
 The businesses were located in a flatiron building known as Shat tuck Square at Shattuck Avenue and Addison Street in the heart of the business area, two blocks from the edge of the University of California campus. Berkeley is acres the bay from San Fran cisco
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
SITkA VOlTURE 1126 OF AMER. LEGION HAS
 SPECIAL INITIATION

A special meeting oi Voiture 1126, 40 and 8. was held in the American Legion clubhouse at Sitka early this month, follow ing a regular Legion meeting. Chef de Care Russ Clithero was in the chair, with Chuck Pearl acting as Correspondent and Aumonier
 Charles Whittemore was Con- ducteur and Chef de Train, and Clyde Hager served as Garde de la Porte and Commis Voyageur.
 Special business of the evening was the initiation of Ben C. Miller.
 The spirit of the Unknown Sol dier was presented by Clyde Hag- CT, and the Chairman of the So-Long League was represented by Russ Clithero.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
MILLIONAIRE
 MOVIE MAKER
 DIVORCED NOW

LOS ANGELES, April 29.-lR-- Louis B. Mayer, millionaire movie maker and sportsman, was divorc- ed today by his wife of 43 years, Mrs Margaret Shenherg Mayer who receives cash settlement of S325o,000.
 Mrs. Mayer, i'll at home, was unable to appear personally, and the decree was granted on depo- sition read by her attorney and nephew. Raymond c. Sander.
 The deposition, dated a week ago set forth that Mayer came home May 30, l944. and said:
 well, I'm leaving"
 It added And then he got UT and left.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
METHODIST WS(S MEETS WEDNESDAY,;
 PROGRAM OUTLINED

2 Mrs Floyd Phelps, chairman, announces that the Evening Circle of the Methodist WS.CS. will meet at 8 o'clock Wednesday, App Til 30, in the social room of the church so that following the lesson all may help arrange the rooms for the annual May Day Tea and Bake Sale open to the public, which is to be held May l from 2 to 5:30 o'clock
 Mrs. Joe Alter, hostess for the evening, will be in charge of the study discussion continuing the course, The Fatherhood Of God" "
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
STRIKE OF SHRIMP
 PACKERS SETTLED

The wage dispute between the shrimp pickers and the cannery operators at Petersburg has been settled according to an announce ment made by Territorial Commis- sioner of Labor. Henry A. Ben- son. He said that the two unions involved, the AMWU, AFL, and the ANU, CIO, had agreed to ac- oept wages in line with the market price for shrimp.
 Under the new agreement, pick CTS will receive 19 cents per pound at the current price of 85 cents per pound but will receive either a one cent increase or decrease for each five cent change in the market price of shrimp.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
Z MYSTERIOUS
 KILLINGS TAKE
 PLACE, JUAREz

JUAREZ, MexIcc, April 29. tHl- Police are checking the second mysterious killings here in two days. Both bodies were found in the Juarez irrigation canal.
 Police Chief Antonio Maise said the first victim, whose body was found Sunday, had been sought as the accused rapist of a six year-old girl. The body was bullet riddled.
 Maise said the second body had not been identified positively, but he believed it was another rapist suspect whose victim was a five year-old girl. The man had been beaten to death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
ENROUTE TO HAYNES

Al Hansen, Joe Shields and Mrs. Anna Hansen, all with the Haines Packing Company, registered last night att the Baranof Hotel, and left today for Haines on the mail boat Estebeth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
irving Fisher Is
 Dead in New York

NEW YORK, April 20-N-Irv- ing Fisher. SO. profes sor emeritus of political economy at Yale Uni versity, died today. Cause of death was not disclosed At his bedside when he died was his son, Irving Norton Fisher.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29

certainly be directed at the nation over the top of the world.
 There will be no buffer states to protect us and give us time to pre- pare when the next war arrives, said Brannaman. The United States has proved herself the leader among the nations of the world; and the next aspirant at world domination will direct his first sud- den attacks at us.
 Preparedness Insurance
 We must pay the price of pre- paredness," said Brannaman. That kind of insurancse is expensive, he added, but if the United States is to remain fis to survive, she must gird herself for scientific warfare.
 Universal military training is the very core of such defensive protec- ton, he said. and as such is one of the central aims of the VFW It is absolutely necessary that our young men be trained to an aware ness of their responsibility to the nation, and as the technicians who can take on the job of waging sci entific war.
 Other guests at todays meeting of Rotary were R. E. Charles of tho P F Shoorar COuonapv nunarS of the Capitol Theatre; Ralph Mize, of the Alaska Native Service; and Walter T. Stuart.
 Next Tuesday the Rotary Club will bring to Juneau the school children from Tee Harbor. Special cars will travel out to pick up the youngsters during the morning, and they will he entertained at the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
DIR. KAISER RETURNS

Dr. E. H. Kaser has returned from an extended visit with his two daughters and granddaughter in Seattle. He arrived here yesterday by PA plane
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
WE SHOULD WORRY

CHICAGO, April 29.--Ft-A new price cut was announced today but it wasn't likely to benefit many households
 Director Robert Bean Of the Brookfield Zoo said the price of live snakes had dropped from 30 to 17ia cents pound because of 8 price war between two reptile dealers competing for the Zoos business.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29

LOS ANGELES-The FBI step ped into the telephone strike sa- botage investigation today after a Navy teletype line was cut on the desert north of here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
WHIZ FISH MAN HERE

K. w. Hoyt, with the Whiz Fish Products Company at Seattle, is registered at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29

Records from India indicate that cotton was used there as early as 5000 years before Christ.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29

noon luncheon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. During the afternoon they will be shown around the town.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29
WELFARE OFFICERS IN

Florence L Phenix of Washing ton, D. C., and Agnes Fuller of San Francisco. both with the U. s. Children's Bureau have arrived in Juneau and are registered at the Baranof Hctel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-29

Read tire wan,-acs for Dargainsl
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-06
Oldtimer.Sea Captain Dies ''With Boots On''

PORT ANGELES, (F) - Capt. Richard J. Healy, 66, central fig ure in two dramatic Alaskan sea rescues nearly score of years ago, died suddenly Monday as ne was preparing to pilot a Seattle bound vessel through Puget Sound to port.
 As master of the American Mail Lines President Madison, Healy drove through an Aleutian storm in September, 1882, to Ama- tignak Island to save three seamen only survivors of the wrecked freighter Nevada
 Three years earlier, while cap tain of the freighter Montauk, he ignored the danger of heavy seas to rescue B crewmen from the battered lumber freighter Allo- way, wallowing helplessly off Uni mak Island.
 Seattle staged one of it's biggest welcomes for Healy and his crew when the Montauk returned with the survivors.
 Healy started as a deckboy in Ireland 50 years ago, working his way up through various deck off cer ratings until he received his masters license in 1900 while skippering freighters in Alaskan and Arctic waters. Later he was an American Mail line trans-Pacific ship master for many years.
 He became Puget Sound pilot in 1922 and was aboard a tug off Ediz Hook, en route to his piloting assignment, when he was stricken.
 Healy is survived by his widow and two daughters.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-06
WAA ANNOUNCES SURPLUS AIRPLANE SALE

The War Assets Administratin has announced the disposal of Air craft in Nome, Fairbanks, Adak and Anchorage on a Where is, and as it" basis.
 On the Nome Base are two planes, both Noorduyn planes, listed at S8,5OO.OO each.
 Anyone interested is invited to inspect the planes and purchase is to be arranged through the An chorage office of the War Assets Administration.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-06
Hollywood Romance Ends

HOLLYWOOD, (P) - A cele- brated Hollywood romance has ended with the announcement that handsome Cornel Wilde and his wife, beauteouS Pat Knight, have separated.
 "I have had too many pictures the last two and half years said Wilde in a statement issued from Catalina Island where he is stay ing. "I have been exhausted and nervous. Pat has had her prob lems. At this time we have no further plans"
 Wilde and his actress wife were married Sept. 21, 1887, at Elkton, Md They have a four-year-o daughter, Wendy.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-06
Start New Type Air Freight Service TOS. E.. Alaska

SEATTLE, (P)-Using ingenuity and a war-surplus flying boat, three Seattle men this week will start a new air service from Seat tie to the "airportless" maritime region of Southeastern Alaska.
 If the idea pans" out, it will bring heavy air freight and pas senger service to Alaskan coastal villages that have never seen any thing larger than small pontoon planes, F. A. Davis, one of the packers of the venture, said today.
 "The present air freight lines are bypassing this area because there are practically no airports there," Davis pointed out. "That's where we come in. We don't need an airport-we taxi right up to the beach,"
 DdChcIS Ol lllC NClituiS ' diC La wis, who will handle the business end; his brother, Newell Davis, who will be in charge of mainten- ance; and Dwayne Campbell, chief pilot. The firm is known as Totem Air Service, Inc.
 Their aircraft, a specially-con- verted PBY5A, they bought from surplus coast guard stocks. Davis was a major in the army at An chorage, his brother was in the Marine Corps, and Campbell is a former navy pilot.
 The new line will service Sitka, Petersburg. Wrangell, Ketchikan, Juneau and smaller towns. The company will be able to fly can nery workers direct to their des- tinations, Davis points out.
 Later, the company plans to make charter runs on special hunt ing and fishing trips to Alaska. It will make its first trip north Thursday, Davis said
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-06
Naval Pilots Train In Low-Wing Monoplanes

The navy's pilots will no longer commence flight training in light bi-planes, commonly referred to as yellow perils". In the future all students will be soloed in the SNJ "Texas,' a loW-Wing mono plane with many of the aspects of modern operational type air craft.
 Since March, 1947, at the naval air training bases, Corpus Christi, the havy's basic air training com mand, under Read Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague, USN, has been con- ducting a successful experimental primary flight syllabus, with a class of 100 student aviators.
 When first inaugurated, the ex- perimental syllabus caused some apprehension among veteran pri- mary flight instructors. However, as the experiment progressed, much enthusiasm was evidenced by students and instructors alike. It is expected that the change-over will give the Navy a better aviator in a shorter period of time, and at less cost.