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The Nome nugget., 1948-12-08
U. s. DISTRICT COURT

Francis Ramirez pleaded guilty to polygamy Tuesday in the '. s. District Court and was sentenced to one year in a federal peniten- tiary.
 Philip Martin pleaded not gull ty to murder in the first degree of Lucia Grant. Attorney Tanner will be assisted by Alien Orton on he case in his defense. The case was set tentatively for December 18th.
 Clyde Gray, former chief of po- lice of Nome, pleaded not guilty 10 bribery and taking bribes Cthree counts. His case is sched- uled to be heard on the 18th with Allen Orion as his attorney.
 Hilky Robinson, representing the Nome Mercantile Co.,, pleaded no guilty of sale of liquor to a minor and his case was set for De- cemDer 9th.
 s. David Mazen, former post master, pleaded guilty to making false entries while postmaster and was sentenced to one year inn priSonment and S250.00 fine. The sentence was suspended pending full restitution being made to the post office department during the year. His wife was sentenced SlO0.0O and sentence suspended
 It was stated restitution has been made to the post office de- partment.
 William Willok, who pleaded guilty to larceny and burglary was sentenced to one year on each count.
 The petit jury is called for We'd neSday morning.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-08
GEORGE SUNDBORG TO AID. DRESS MEETING DEC. IA

The regular board meeting of the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce was called to order Tuesday evening in the office of the president, H. Harper.
 Minutes were read and letters from Judge J. Kehoe, Senator Jones, Ralph Lomen, Dewey An deson and the Alaska Territorial Medical Assn, were read.
 A. Polet presented a letter from George Sundborg who stated that he was coming to Nome, Monday, December 13. =
 The board resolved that a public dinner meeting be given at the next regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at which the principal speaker will be George Sundborg, who will present the preliminary review study of the Second Divi- sion economic survey.
 A committee was appointed to have charge of the dinner and is composed of Paul Vaudeville, chairman, Donald Lyle and Steve Anderson.
 They plan to fill the Pioneer Hall which has capacity of about one hundred places and to invite representative people from Northwestern Alaska.
 The usual fee of S1.50 will be assessed per plate.
 This meeting it was stated will
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-08

be considered a forum and of vital interest to the people of Nome with a thorough presentation of many matters close to them.
 From this meeting program for the next legislature and Con- greSs will be assembled.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-08
Commissions For Qualified Veterans

Qualified veterans of the Armed Forces who have completed two years of college can get immediate commissions as second lieutenants in the Officers Reserve Corps un- der a plan recently announced by the Department of the Army. Sue cessful applicants will be given two years active duty with Inc army.
 The program is part of an inten- sive nationwide campaign to re- build the officer strength, partic- ularly in the company grades. The expansion of the army has created many openings in the officer grades.
 The new plan provides one of the simplest and easiest means for qualified young men to attain commissioned status over offered by the army. Qualified applicants, of whatever previous rank in the army, marine corps, air force, or coast guard, will be given com missions immediately, followed by a l2-Week course in branch serv- ! ice school to prepare them for their responsibilities as an officer.
 It is believed the offer will at tract a large number of qualified young men who did not attain commissioned status during the recent war.
 The offer is open to men be- tween the ages of 19 and 32, who have had at least one years active service in any of the armed forces of the United States during the period December 2, l941, and June 30, l947 The educational re- quirements specify that the appli- cant must have completed two years at a nationally accredited college or university, and score at least no in the Army's General Classification Test.
 Applicants must pass a physical examination and be approved by board of officers. These boards are located throughout the United States, at Army posts and stations and at U. s. recruiting district headquarters.
 This opportunity for commis- stoned status is available to men now serving in the army.
 Because the policy of the army is to encourage young men to com plete their education, college stu dents, or men scheduled to attend college at the time of xpctd entry on active duty, are not eligible. U. s. army recruiting stations will begin to receive applications at once. Men already in the army will send their applic ons through military channels.
The Valley settler., 1948-06-11
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NO QUOEtM

NO GU OE0M
 The Fair Beard failod to have a quorum at it's last meeting which rocessitatod the tablinG o@ several matters or importance until tho next TO oting.
 Mo. 8nodgrass. Vice President of the Board, ill Dc chairman during the absconcc of ? nzor L. ater tho next tTo rocks. ltc. Lostor announced that the Score Shoots for the --oae 8eautification Contest being sponsored by the Torthland Pioneer Grange 7i1l bo available 5oon through tho Secre- tar e. the Grange, l-rsa Nina Stock. They arc to he mino ographedo fou minor changes have been mado in thom fro@. t lro score shoot mich ros recently rintod in the T-71oy sottlor, So 500 .l,s. Sock Tor an up-to-dato score sheet mich yil1 be rcc7- soo-
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The Valley settler., 1948-06-11

WetTARLt GRADING 5CHlCL Tho Aericul tural CoTr1ittoo not on 7odnos-' day or this uook in tho Extension ofri ces. Tlo Vegetable Growers havo requested a grading School to be conducted in tho Valloy during this s,urlor. Accordingly the mittoo has uritton' to G."o Gcsser, Corn2is- sionor Of Aeri cul turo' in Alaska, for aesis- tanco along this line.
 Tho pro sont plan is to so+ up a school of this type in 1ato July or carly Aufust. It is the dosiro Of tho group to obtain man authorized as q UeSo Vegetable Gcodor to supervise tho grading Of vegetables sold conTlorc ially in tho Valley.
 7ord vas received by Er. :: Hrs. Frank Linn that Allen, their son: Has ing at the Tal1aco Ibcrt homo in Vanc ouvcr on his TO- trnn horo iron Pullman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
RETIREMENT PAY.
 SYSTEM OF ARMY
 OFFICERS pR0BED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-lR-A look see at the retirement system that lets some retired officers-draw disability checks and big salaries at the same time gets underway in Congress today.
 A House Armed Services Subcom- mittee called upon Army and Navy personnel experts for an explana- tion.
 The Subcommittee already has dug up figures indicating that a third of the higher rank officers who were retired for disability are well enough to work at paying jobs. One former Admiral had reported he gets a tax-free disability check for S550 a month and makes $l25,O00 a year as an engineer.
 We are holding this hearing, Chairman Elston (R-Ohio) told re- porters, ito determine whether or not there have been any abuses Of the Retirement Pay Law. If it de- velops that there have been abuses, we will attempt to draft legislation to correct them"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
Where Did DeSoto Land! Florida Wants 10 Know

TAMPA. Fla, Feb. 2.-lR-There is prospect of a 25-acre public park, if someone can decide just where Hernando De Soto landed in Am erica.
 The park is intended as National Monument to the Spanish explorer. The Public Lands Committee of the U. s. House of Representatives has recommended a bill to set aside 25 acres at the l539 landing place as a National Monument.
 But nobody knows just where to put It.
 A Congressional Commission once made study. It reached no con- clusion, but suggested the site might be at Shaw's Point, on the south side of the Manatee River.
 Other historians theorize it may have been even as far south as the shores of Charlotte Harbor
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
MRS. GR0NR00S RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP AND
 REp0RTS GOLD WEATHER

Mrs. Bonnie Jo Gronroos returned Saturday from Fulton, Mo, where she was called by the illness of her grandmother, Mrs. c. R. Gooldy. The latter passed away Saturday January 24 after long and serious illness
 Mrs. Gronroos reports that she had the opportunity to visit several localities while in the states and finds Alaska people are more to her liking. She states her trip back to Juneau was a cold one. Upon arriv- ing in Kansas City, Mo, it was 8 below zero, in Denver it was IT be- low and terrific amount of ice and snow.
 In the places she visited she says there is much enthusiasm and in- terest in the statehood of Alaska. In Missouri the political situation was at high peak of interest and great deal of banter between the different parties was taking place.
 Mrs. Gronroos says she is glad to be back home and has returned to her position a the local Red Gross offices.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
SeIi-Appoinied Musit (riiit Takes Shot at Choir

LONG BEACH, Calf, Feb. 2.--tR A self-appointed music critic heard the choir of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, disapproved ci it and expressed his opinion with pistol shots.
 The choir was holding pre-ser- vice rehearsal last night when a quavering tenor joined them in, a hymn. Investigation disclosed the uninvited chorister was a blottc profundo, leaning below an open window
 The choir resumed it's singing when the inebriate shouted: No, no that ain't the way it goes" so chor- ister Joseph Farrer slammed the window shut.
 The dru n emptied pistol through the window. Nobody was hurt but the intruder disappeared before the police arrived
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
BRI(KER LOOMS,
 cop DARKH0nSE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--Rl-. Senator Bricker of Ohio moved back into a Republican darkhorse role today.
 Reports are that of packers of Senator Taft fail to win the COP Presidential nomination for their man. Bricker will be their second choice.
 As the Vice Presidential nomi- nee in l944, Bricker has a wide acquaintance with party members, and ii recent demonstration for him at the COP national commit tee meeting here means anything, he is popular with organization Republicans who have a loud voice in national conventions.
 Bricker has stepped aside this year in favor of Taft, just as Taft got out of his Ohio colleagues way in l944. Tn addition, Bricker has made plans to campaign activ- ely for Taft
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
RUSSIAN PROTEST
 E TURNED DOWN
 LD,STATE DEPT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--tP- The United States rejected outright today Russia's protest against the visit of American warships to Italian ports
 A State Department note said that the Italian government grant, ed advance permission for each such visit. It said that the calls were "in strict accord with the comity of nations
 Tt is customary for sovereign states to grant the privileges of visits to naval vessels and person. nel of friendly foreign powers" the note added
 Russia charged in note deliv- cred Wednesday by Ambassador Alexander s. Panyushkin that the presence of American warships in Italian ports violated the new peace treaty with Italy which re- quired the withdrawal of all allied armed forces by last December IS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
Gold Weather Over Nation Is
 Moderating

CHICAGO, Feb. 2iR-Tns Ma ticn's newest cold wave materialized as little more than an oversized ripple today, compared with the ser ies of chillers which preceded it.
 It brought an extreme minimum of IS degrees in Eastern North Da- kota, but the Weather Bureau said the zero line went no further south than lower South Dakota, and Min nesota and central Wisconsin.
 Effects of the cold front as it moved across the Great Lakes re- zion were moderated by cloudiness and resistance of high pressure area over Tennessee. The lessened cold was expected to stagnate over the Ohio Valley tomorrow Compara- lively low temperatures will finger another two days in the Midwest.
 In most of the eastern half of the Nation where an estimated 250 900 workers have been made idle be- cause of gas and other fuel short ages in industry, the weeis-long cold wave was broken, the Weather Bu- reau said
 Somewhat warmer weather was in prospect today in both the East and South.
 In eastern states generally, the temperature was expected to climb to freezing or above as the worst of the frigid blast moved out to sea.
 Although large area of the South was colder early today than the North Central States, a leveling off was in prospect there also.
 The latest cold wave moved across the Canadian line in the Dakotas and Minnesota last night and had brought a minimum of Is below zero to Grand Forks, N. D. At Min neapolis the mercury skidded from IA above last night to 5 at 4 am.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
INVESTIGATION OF
 C0MNIES IS STILL
 ON IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Feb. 2.-LR Funds of State Legislative Un-American Activities Committee were choked off by the State Treasurer's office today but the group kept right on with its probe
 It was told by Mrs Howard Cos tigan, wife of the former leader of the Washington Commonwealth Federation, that there lis no moral ity in the Communist Party. It will stoop to any level No one talks more democracy and practices more dic- tatorship than the Communist Party"
 Following her husband to the witt ness stand, Mrs. Costigan said he had been told he would never be able to get a job again in the North west"
 Costigan, once an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress, had said he lost a job only last week He testified that he had been non- card carrying member of the Com munist Party from 1887 to l940, leav- ing it when he realized it was "prim- arily interested in advancing the pro Russian line"
 The Committees activities have heen challenged hy the Washington Pension Union. The Treasurer s office announced 1t would honor no more Committee vouchers until the lagality of the group was settled by the courts.
 Committee Chairman Albert Can well said the group would continue operation until it heard from Att torney General Smith Troy. The lat ter said no action would be taken until the Treasurer turns down a Committee voucher"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
HOuSE PASSES BILL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-tR- The House passed today the COP backed $6,50O,0OO,000 tax-cutting bill
 It cuts everybody's income taxes and drops 100000 low-pay peo- pie from the tax rolls. But the Rouse vote is just the start. The bill now goes to the Senate which may make a lot of changes.
 The vote was 297 for and l2o against.
 Whatever Congress finally agrees o.I will then go to President Tru- man. He can veto it il he thinks the cuts are too big. A veto is considered probable for a $6,50o,- o00,000 cut
 Before its final vote, the House t,ened down a Democratic backed substitute to cut the tax bill of individuals by s4,OO0,0oO,Oo0 but up corporation taxes by S3,200,000 900.
 The COP measure, drafted by Chairman Knutson, R-Minn., of the House Ways and Means Commit tee, calls for:
 An increase of $100 in personal in- come tax exemptions;
 Application generally of the com munity property principle of tax payment;
 And reductions in tax rates ranging from 30 percent in the lowest bracket to 10 percent in the higher bracket.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
ANS OFFICIALS TRAVEL

R. Brust, Assistant General Sup erintendent of the Alaska Native Service, left here via PAA yester- day for Seattle where he will con- fer with officials of the Federal Bureau of Supply at their new &c., attle office. He will discuss gov- ernment purchasing plans for the Native Service and expects to be absent for a week
 John Peden, ANS Field Represen- tative, left with Brust but will be ahsent for month. He will con- fer with Louis Peters, manager of the recently organized Alaska Ma tive Industries Cooperative Associa- ton on AMIGA functions connected with ANS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
IMPORTANT TREATY IS
 NOW PACT
Unified Sfafes and Italy Sign Commercial Dotu-
 ment with Promises

WASHINGTON, Feb 2.-lR-The United States and Italy signed today a new Commercial Treaty including a promise by each to allow free dom of information"
 That clause says Italians in the United States and Americans in It. ally will be free to write, report and send news without censorship.
 It is the first time there has been such a clause in any Anierican Treaty with a European Country.
 The Treaty replaces a pact of friendship, commerce and naviga- ton" made in 1871. But set aside during Mussolinis regime.
 In general, citizens of each country are granted equal rights in commer- cial and legal activities.
 The Treaty will become effective when the United States Senate and a special committee of Italy's Cham Der of Deputies ratifies it.
 Each country keeps the right to declare it ended.
 The Treaty was signed in Rome by American Ambassador James c. Dunn and Count Carlo Sforza. It. allan Minister of Foreign Affairs.
 Each country reserves full rights to control import and export of tis- slonable materials-the source of at cmic bombs and power
 Each also reserves the right to control traffic in arms, ammuni- tion and implements of war
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
Murder Cana Being Hunted
 In New Delhi
Others SIated for Assds- sinafion Following
 Killing of 6andhi

NEW DELHI, Feb. 2.---iR- Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru staked the survival of his government to- day on the issue of restoring peace for which Mohandas K. Gandhi was killed
 In swift implementation of Neh- rus stand, the Home Ministery is sued communique abolishing private armies and "any organiza- tion preaching violence or com munal hatred
 Gandhi's ashes were prepared for commital to the Ganges, a river his Hindu followers consider sac- red. His body was cremated on huge sandalwcod pyre by the waters of the Jumna River after his youngest son, by Hindu rite, had lit the fire Gandhi, 78, was assassinated enroute to a prayer meeting. His assailant was held incommunicado.
 ClOWuS III bCLuDdyi dllStIeu py Gandhis death, tried to burn the house of a member of the mill tant Mahasabha (Greater Hindu Organization They attempted to stop traffic and close shops. They kept all but a few workers from their jobs
 Home Minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel said he, Nehru and Maulana Abul Dalam Azad, the Education Minister, all had been marked for assassination because they advocat- ed peace with the Moslems, as did Gandhi. The gang accused of plot ting the deaths was hunted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
FORTY PLANES IN SEARCH FOR GRAFT
 WITH E ABOARD

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. D. IR--Forty planes take off from Ber- muda today to press the widening search for British transport plane missing since Friday with 29 persons aboard.
 Clearing skies spurred searchers who have been hampered by fog and clouds in their quest for the mis- sing ship, tudor " type craft known as the Star Tiger.
 Sir Arthur Cunningham. retired British Air Marshal and hero of the recent war. was among those aboard the missing craft.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
TAX BILL l. SLASHING STARED
Republicans Plan Ram ming Measure Through
 Demos Conlede Losing

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-iRE- House Republicans were all set today to ram through their S6,500,- Qe0000 tax slashing bill.
 Democrats conceded they were if hting a losing battle in efforts to substitute smaller cut. along With revived excess profits tax on corporations.
 But they were determined to go through the motions as the first big election year issue in Congress came to the voting stage.
 Republicans and Democrats alike, however, agree that the bill up for passage today is unlikely to be the one that goes to the White House.
 Both sides look for the Senate to whittle down the amount of the cut in an effort to corral the Dem cratic votes needed to override an almost certain Presidential veto.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
FoRECAsTER Is DEAD

NEW YORK. Feb. 2.-lR-There will be no official groundhog watching here today because the civic groundhog has died of old age, and the severe cold has driven the live ones far underground.
 New Workers will have to watch their own shadows or use other means of predicting how long the winter will last.
 The deceased pet of the Boys Club was used for many years to determine whether he saw his shadown on Feb. ?, thereby fore casting six more weeks of winter.
 G. Dana Younger the clubs executive secretary, says the other groundhogs, owing to the cold weather, have 'holed up too deep" to come out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
RECORD FILING IN
 FOURTH DIVISION

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 2.-iRl The Fourth Division today boast ed the largest number of candidates for the Legislature it has ever had.
 When Territorial filings closed Sunday there was total of 36scan- didates for two Senate and five House seats
 Five Democrats and four Republi- cans filed for the Senate, the re- mainder for the House
 The official filing deadline was originally Saturday at pm, but Attorney General Ralph Rivers per mitted additional Sunday filings by arrangement with Divisional Court Clerks since February First was the legally designated date for the close of filings for the Territorial Prim- aries. But in the Fourth Division no one filed on Sunday. The Primary is April 27
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
Many Candidates File for
 Nomination, April primfaY

Voters of the First Division at the Territorial Primary on April 27 will have wide selection Of candidates, both Democrats and Republicans, from which to make nominations. Filings closed Sun day afternoon at 5 o'clock.
 The complete list of filings, First Division. is as follows.
 TERRITORIAL
 DELEGATE E. l.. Bartlett, Democrat, incumbent R. H. Stock, Republican, of Anchorage.
 ATTORNEY GENERALr-J. Ger aid Williams, Democrat; Amer J. Peterson, Republican, both of An chorage.
 Frank A. Boyle, Dem ocrat, incumbent, of Juneau, Harry DeLand, Democrat, of Juneau; AL bert Goetz, Republican. of Douglas. HIGHWAY ENGINEER Frank Metcalf, Democrat. of Juneau; Don aid Macdonald, Democrat, of Fair banks: Ira P. Farnsworth, Repub- ican, of Fairbanks
 LEGISLATIVE
 Democrats
 FOR SENATOR--Judg William A.. Iiolzheimer, Juneau. Norman R. Walker, Ketchikan Dr. R. M. Mac kenzie of Ketchikan.
 FOR REPRESENTATIvE-Peter Wood, Eugene Lockridge, Abel An derson, Vernon M Metcalfe, G. F. Almquist, Erwin H. Hill and Rob- ert E. Coughlin all of Juneau, J.. II. Sawyer, Windham; Amelia A.. Gunderson. Earl Leding and Al Daniels, of Ketchikan; Andrew Hope, Sitka; James Nolan. Wran- gell; Leonard King, Haines; and Marcus F, Jensen, Douglas.
 Republicans
 FOR SENATOR,-Anita Garnick, Juneau; Steve vukovich, Juneau; Harry Race, Ketchikan; Mrs. El- ton Engstrom, Juneau; Harry D, Williams, Ketchikan.
 FOR REPRESENTATIVE-Hel- mi Aalto Bach, Douglas; William E. Feero, Jr., Skagway; Frank G. Johnson, Rake; J. P. Montplaiser, Kasaan Doris M Barnes, Wran- gell; Ed Locken, Petersburg, Frank 5. Shelton, Ketchikan; J. Simpson AIacKinnon, J. J. Fargher, William A. Winn, William Paul, ST, all of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-02
Ground Hog
 Day, So What!

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. Feb. D. Rt-A little animal crawled out of his hole today-and so. as the leg end goes, ycu can crawl into one for the next six weeks Brother Groundhog saw his shadow.
 Yes, throughout Pennsylvania, this little animal known variously as the whistle-pig, woodchuck, sandhog-and just plain groundhog emerged from his wintry under ground hideaway and became en- veloped in his own shadow
 The legend is that if the ground hog sees his shadow it means six more weeks of winter Spring would have been just around the corner il the animal saw no image of himself on the ground.
 It was a unanimous verdict, too.