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The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
Alaska Statehood Committee Draws Up Bylaws

JUNEAU, (P) - AlaSka'S state hood committee completed it's first session here Wednesday.
 The group that was created by the l949 Legislature to chart the Territory'S route to statehood ad- journed after adopting bylaws and selecting sub-committees to continue its work.
 Bylaws were drawn to cover the fields of education, public re- lations, legislation, constitution and state organization.
 Chairman Robert Atwood, An chorage publisher, described the session as harmonious all the way through"
 The committee issued an invita- ton for Senator O'MahOney of Wyoming to bring his committee on interior and insular affairs to Alaska this year to study the Ter ritOry's qualifications and prepara- tiOnS for statehood.
 It also authorized a telegram to President Truman to thank him for calling on the House rules committee to bring out Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood bills for action when the House reconveneS Sept. 21.
 The telegram cited Alaska as being a vital area in national de- fense plans, but said it was vir- tually undefended. It cited the air force proposal to remove Boeing bomber production from Seattle to the midwest as "a disgraceful ad- mission of weakness"
 It declared that Congressional policy is almost an invitation to invasion and attack. Is this to be another Munich?"
 The statehood group did not em- ploy any personnel, but plans to send some members and other Alaskans to Washington if the
 Continued on Page Two)
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
NEWS IN BRIEF

YORK, Me. (P)-Supreme Court justice Wiley B. Rutledge, who is near death at York hospital, lapsed into a coma today.
 The 55-year-old jurist has been a patient with circulatory con- dition since last Saturday.
 At the hospital were Justice Rutledge's wife, and their son Neal, and their daughters, Mary Lou and Jean Ann.
 The family was vacationing at Ogunquit, a nearby seashore re- sort, when he was taken to the hospital.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
Appeal For Com pletiOn Of Council Solomon Road

Ralph Lomen, who is one of the dredge operators in the Council area made a flight to Nome We'd neSday and appealed to the Cham Der of Commerce for their help in having the Council-Solomon road completed this season.
 He stated that the road is within three mile sof completion and urg- ently needed by all the people in that area. The following telegram was sent to Col. John R. Moves al Juneau by the Chamber which took immediate action.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
Will Call "SlOt Ma chine Kingg'' In
 Vaughan Hearing

WASHINGTON, (P) - Senator Mccarthy R.-WiSJ said today he will insist that Frank Costello of New York, reputed "slot machine king" be called at a witness in the Senate investigation of five per centerS."
 'I think Costello is a very neces- Sary and important witness" Me Carthy told a reported today.
 Mccarthy is a member of the Senate investigations sub-commit- tee which has been digging into the question of whether there has been improper influence in letting of federal contracts. He has men toned Costello'S name several times during the hearings.
 On one occasion, Mccarthy ask ed Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, President Truman's military aide, whether Vaughan got any cam
 Continued on Page Eight
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
Nome, Alaska,
 August 3l, 1929

Col. John R. Moves
 Alaska Road Commission, Juneau, Alaska.
 We respectively submit that ter imitation of work on Solomon, Council road now three miles short of completion is inopportune, will cause hardship and loss to dredge operators and miners and will add several persons to the already large list of unemployed in this section. We urge that every effort be made to secure funds necessary to complete project this season be- fore men and equipment are with drawn. We assure our full coop eration.
 VIVA Chamber of Commerce,
 Harold F. Harper
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
News of the World At A Glance ---
Thursday. September l. l949

Today is the 10th anniversary of the beginning of World War II in Europe and the fourth anniversary of the Japanese surrender cere- mOny.
 The Moscow weekly New Times seized the occasion to declare the Soviet Union won the European war single-handed.
 The Soviet people bore the en- tire burden of the war against the German fascist invaders" it said.
 In Tokyo Cwhere is was Friday, Japanese time), Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur reviewed Japan's four years under allied occupation and declared communism is no longer a major threat to Japan.
 The Japanese people, said Macarthur, have fully and faith fully observed their surrender commitments and advanced stead fly along the road to spiritual re- generation and physical recon Struction."
 In four years Japan's population has grown by 9,5OO,OOO, MacAr- thur reported, yet there has been no mass unemployment, no social unrest and no large-scale dole"
 West German newspapers noted the 10th anniversary of Hitler's march into Poland with a chorus of We don't want another war" s ov et-licensed newspapers in Berlin said the American army is preparing for another war on Ger man soil.
 The Russians are just conclud- ing their summer military maneu- verS east of the Elbe. The Ameri- cans will marshal 10000 men in mock warfare in West Germany next week.
 In China, communists continued their march southwark Canton dispatches said communist irregu- lars have captured Hsingning, 125 miles east northeast of Canton, and another town, Meimsien, was abandoned by nationalists without a fight.
 Rightist rebels have made fur ther gains in Bolivia. The middle of-the-road government reported the national revolutionary party, which began the revolt Saturday, now holds at least four key cen ters. The government said the reb- els had taken over Yacuiba, an oil center on the Argentine frontier; and Sucre, 250 miles southeast of La Paz. The rebels also control Santa Cruz and Potosi.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
WASHINGTON, (R)-A serious

WASHINGTON, (P)-A serious decline in Russia's grain crops was reported today by the depart ment of agriculture.
 In a report on European grain prospects this year, the depart ment said its gleaning of news from behind the iron curtain shows that Gin the Soviet Union heavy precipitation and other har- vesting difficulties have caused considerable reduction of the grain crop which looked promising ear- Her in the season."
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
Committee Sends Open Letter To
 Washington, D. C.

JUNEAU, (P)-Following is the statement adopted by the Alaska Statehood committee and address ed to President Truman, Vice Pres ident Alben Barkley, and House Speaker Sam Rayburn:
 "President Truman's inclusion of the Alaska and Hawaii State hood bills as among the must measures on which he asks early action from Congress after the House ends it recess on Sept. 2l is heartening and statesmanlike.
 Recent events indicate more clearly than ever that the defense of America and Alaskan statehood are inseparable and that if the United States is to carry out its avoWed policy of preventing the spread of totalitarian communism it must promptly grant statehood to the two incorporated Territories which have asked for it and are entitled to it.
 From the standpoint of defense the world is now at the cross roads. At great and unprecedented expense to the citizens of the United States, with a recent addi- tional appropriation of nearly six billion dollars, the advance of communism appears to be tempor- arily checked in Europe, and the eastern front of the United States, for the time at least, looks secure
 But in the west the communist hordes have overrun Asia and that entire continent is about to fall into their hands. A mere 54 miles separates Asia from America and the headlands of Siberia are visi- lble to the naked eye from Alaska.
 At one point Russia and United States territory are only two and a half miles apart.
 Alaska could be captured to- morrow by two parachute divi- siOnS coming either across the Bering Straits or over the North Pole. Congress has blindly refused to appreciate the vital necessity of defending the most strategic area in the world, the importance of which the late General Billy Nit chell signalized a generation ago.
 'The proposed removal of inn portant West Coast defense indus tries to the interior of the United States, beginning with the transfer of Boeing aircraft operations from the Puget Sound area, is a dis graceful admission of that weak ness. It is moreover a fragrant in- with American de- clared policies and professions. It is inconsistent with the expendi- lures of vast sums to stop com on one side of the globe, while apparently permitting it to run unchecked on the other.
 Continued on Page Seven)
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02

JUNEAU, (4) - Rent controls will continue in Alaska.
 Walter Walsh, rent attorney for the Alaska defense rental area, said yesterday on his return from a Washington, D. C., conference.
 With inadequate housing in the Territory. Alaska remains in the critical classification. Controls will continue"
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
TELEGRAM

JUNEAU - The general fund balance as of August 3l is Sl0s.- s3s.98. Unpaid vouchers in fhe auditors office amount 10 S573.- 878.5s. leaving the general fund short S464.342.6l.
 HENRY RIDDEN.
 Territorial Treasurer
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02

BANFF, Alta. (P)-Senator Ian Mackenzie. 59, of British Colum- bia, died today. He had been in a hospital since last Monday after suffering a heart seizure while on vacation at Sunshine Lodge, IA miles west of Banff.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
STORES AND OFFICES CLOSE FOR LABOR DAY

All Federal Offices, including the U. s. Postoffice, and most busi- ness houses will be closed on Mon day in observance of Labor Day. There will be no newspaper issued.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02

DETROIT, (P)-A showdown in the Ford contract dispute has been put off until next week.
 The CIO united auto workers and the Ford Motor Co.,, agreed yesterday to mark time on minor phases of the contract until We'd nesday.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02

JUNEAU, (P)-The budget bur- eau has increased the maximum per diem allowance for federal employees travelling in Alaska from S8 to S11. Delegate Bartlett said he had been informed from Washington, D. C.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
FAIRBANKS, (R) - The Ladd

air force base flyers, baseball team, has left for Selfridge air force base, Mich, en route to the air force worldwide baseball tour nament to be held at New York's Mitchell air force base Sept. 5-12.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
PETERSBURG, (P) -

PETERSBURG, (P) - Fishing with a gill net Aug. 19 yesterday cost Frank Richardson S750 in fines and 30 days in jail suspend ed. He said he would serve out the fine in jail. U. s. Commissioner Dale H. Hirt, passed sentence.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02

PHILADELPHIA, (P) - Alaska won one of the American Legion's nine annual awards for increases in state department membership.
Evening star., 1949-10-14
Milford Haven Leaves
For u. ). With Fiancee
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON, Oct. 14.-The dash
ing Marques Of Milford Haven
left for New York today with Mrs.
Romaine Simpson, wealthy and
curvesome American divorcee
whom he plans to wed in Wash
ington next month.
The 30-year-old nobleman, q
cousin Of King George, took his
f1ancee aboard a boat train for
Southampton to embark on the
Queen Elizabeth.
Mrs. Simpson. who is 26,s self
consciously flashed her engage
ment ring for reporters and
photographers and said, II am
wearing it for the first time-we
only bought it yesterday"
It is a large ruby. circled by 20
diamonds, in a gold mounting.
Mrs. Simpson was the wife Of
William Simpson of Locust Valley,
Long Island. N. Y. They were
divorced last year after two years
Of marriage. She has been stay
ing at fashionable Claridge' s
Hotel while in London.
Also travelling on the Queen
Elizabeth were Henry Ford II,
president Of the Ford Motor Co. !;
Movie Actress Joan Fontaine, r.
A.. Railton, racing car designer; !;
the Most Rev. Peter j. Ireton,
Catholic bishop Of Richmond, and
the Right Rev. Lee ]. Ryan, vicar
general of Richmond.
Evening star., 1949-10-14
US. Asks 5 Million Acre Cut
In Cotton Paintings
By the Associoted Press

The Nations cotton farmers
may have to find a new use for
slightly more than 100000 acres
of their land next year.
The Agriculture Department.
holder of a $3.50, ,00o, 900 cotton
surplus-is asking them to reduce
their 1850 cotton paintings by
that amount.
To encourage individual farm
ers to cut cotton production, the
department also proposed rigid
marketing quotas on the 1850 crop
which would be designed to reduce
sales at least 20 per cent below
this years crop.
Quotas must be approved by
at least two-thirds of the growers
voting in a referendum before
they can be put into effect. The
question will be submitted to a
grower election December Is.
If the control program is voted
much of the land taken out OF
cotton probably would be diverted
to the production of livestock
feed grains and pastures. The
department has urged expansion
of the livestock industry in the
cotton areas.
Evening star., 1949-10-14
Taxi HoIdup Man
Gets Tear Gas
Instead of Cash
By the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 14.-A lot
of things happned last night just
after a taxicab passenger handed
the driver a note announcing 6
holdup.
The first thing was dose o1
tear gas into the face of the
holdup man, dispensed by the
driver, Albert Gilman, who keep.
a tear gas pencil on hand for jus
such emergencies.
Then, ignoring the gun in the
colored mans hand, Mr.. Gilman
leaped to the back seat and usec
some holds learned on Bougain.
vile with the Marines.
The two wrestled until they
tumbled out the door and into
the street. Then the passenger
took to his heels.
Mr.. Gilman said the story woule
have ended differently if he hae
landed on top when they hit thu
street.
Evening star., 1949-10-14
Two Pickpocket Suspects Held
After 7 uckIe byMurine Officer

Police had two agile pickpocket
suspects in custody today. one of
whom was eluding a policeman
successfully until he was tackled
by passing Marine officer.
Then he put the finger on his
partner. police said.
Carl Neuman, SO, of 1909 Kan
sas avenue NV, an off-duty
Washington Terminal policeman
told police he saw two colored men
board streetcar and watched one
Of them jostle a woman while the
other opened her purse.
Before the crowded streetcar
left its stop at Eleventh and F
streets NV, Mr.. Neuman shouted
and the suspects ran for different
exit doors. He grabbed for one
of them. rolled with him out the
door and into the side of a pass
ing taxi, but the suspect broke
away
AS he ran down Eleventh street,
the fleeing man drew the atten-
ton of Traffic Policeman P. j.
Mangum who gave chase. The
policeman was losing until an
unidentified Marine officer drop
ped the suspect with neat
tackle.
Evening star., 1949-10-14
.AP Wirephoto.

voice vote, refused to back down.
House leaders believe the SEN
ate will back down If the House
refuses to accept the stop-gap
appropriation bill which would
let the military run on the Sen
ate figures until January Is.
Some Senators indicated that
they might bow to the will of
the House and hope that Mr..
Truman will impound the extra
House e-voted Air Force funds.
However, Mr.. Cannon said 1t
would be the Presidents duty to
release the money. 1T is the
duty of the Executive to carry
out legislation" he remarked.
Evening star., 1949-10-14
Suspect Hunted in Theft
OF $500 in Niqhtqowns

Police are searching for a thief
who stole IS nightgowns, valued
at $500, from the Trousseau Shop,
1920 Connecticut avenue NV,
late yesterday.
The man, who was colored, stole
the garments from a case near
the front of the store while Miss
Emily Debs. manager. was wait
ing on a customer. She said she
chased him and that he got into
a taxicab containing three other
men.
Another theft of nightgowns oc-
CURED in the same store about a
year ago. according to Miss Debs.
Evening star., 1949-10-14
Senate Stopgap Fund
For Military AssaiIed
By Cannon in House
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

A Senate proposal to finance the
Armed Forces on a stop-gap basis
until next January Is got an in
dignant reception in the House to-
day from Representative Cannon,
Democrat, of Missouri.
Mr.. Cannon, chairman Of the
Appropriations Committee, said
he will ask the House to table
and thus kill-the Senate pro-
posal. He said it would seriously
affect the national defense pro-
gram at q time when chances
cannot be taken"
'It is ridiculous" he added, "to
ask the National Military Estab-
lishment to operate on an uncer-
tain basis for one-fourth of the
entire fiscal year in times like
these"
One result of the tangled money
situation is that the Armed Serv-
ices have a payday coming up to-
morrow, and no money to meet it
unless something breaks in
hurry.
Regular Money Bill Stymied.
The regular Defense Department
money bill, which should have been
passed by last July Z, is stalled in
Congress by stubborn Senate
House disagreement over funds for
the Air Force. The Senate, with
President Truman's backing, is
holding out for a 48-group force,
the House for So. The 10-group
difference in Air Force figures
means $741 900, 900 in the budget.
Mr.. Truman repeated his in
dorsement Of the smaller figure
at his news conference yesterday.
There also is a matter Of a $275,-
100000 Senate cut in funds for
stockpiling strategic materials-a
cut the House has refused to
accept.
The Senate, apparently despair
ing Of agreement in the near fu-
ture, voted late yesterday to con-
tinue financing the Army, Navy
and Air Force on the same tempo
rary basis that has provided the
three services with money since
July.
Official Funds Exhausted.
Congress is hoping to adjourn
within a week; the Senate pro-
posal would keep the military in
funds until the lawmakers return
In 1850.
Technically, the armed forces
have been without official funds
since last Monday. the expiration
date of the last previous tempo
rary measure.
The House on April 13 passed
. $13,272,815,8 300 bill financing the
military establishment for the
present fiscal year. On August 20
the Senate passed the House bill
after trimming the Air Force fig
ure and knocking out the funds
for the stockpiling program.
Conferees went to work to ad-
Just the differences. They agreed
on everything but the size of the
Air Force and the stockpiling pro-
gram.
Both Sides Adamant.
Last Monday the House, by
roll-call votes of 305 to / and
sos to 0, refused to give in to
the Senate on the two items.
Subsequently the Senate, by
Evening star., 1949-10-14
Helpful Junior Tells How
He Turned in False Alarm
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

DENVER.-"He couldn't do it., ,"
insisted Elmer johnson, sr. "He
isn't big enough" "Oh, yes, I did, "
said Elmer, jr., "I1l show you"
So little Elmer showed his dad
and an assistant fire chief how he
turned in a false alarm. He just
stood on the seat of his tricycle.
and reached into the box. The
chief let Elmer, ST., carry on from
there.
Evening star., 1949-10-14

AS Pvt. Mangum was taking
the man to headquarters. the
suspect pointed out his accom-
plice, who was arrested then and
there.
The two are to be viewed by
six recent pickpocket victims in
a police lineup today.
Evening star., 1949-10-14
Teo Found Too Lote

The J. Beck family of Bristol,
England, enjoyed unrationed tea
when Mr.. Beck found q package
while repairing his roof and Mrs.
Beck remembered putting 1t
there 10 years ago in case war
brought a tea shortage.
Evening star., 1949-10-14

acknowledgements NET SAVED HER-Frenen ready
Helen Schwandt leaped from footwide
thdoy ledge outside apartment yesterday Her husband
Schwandt said trying to from police
had gone her committed to psyche
pathc hospital She taken there after the leap.
-AP Wirephoto
Browning chief., 1949-08-19
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''Well, I've got nothing to COM
plain about" said the slightly
disheveled young man as he
listened to another slightly di-
sheveled young man describe his
election from a dance hall in a
tough neighborhood. "They
treated me all right"
"They did?"
eyes. They threw me out the
back door out when I told the
bouncer that I came from a very
good family he picked me up
gently, brushed me off, and es-
corted me back into the dance
hall. Then he threw me out the
front door,"
Jacob Birnstein had passed
three months on the road, selling,
selling, selling. He finally arrived
back home and greeted his wife
warmly.
eli sye, old chap, it's jolly
good to see you again." she said.
''Nu," said Jacob in consider
able surprise, what goes? What's
de meaning frum dees Henglish
accent. Amt good, plain Ameri-
can good enuff no more?"
"You reahlly must be reason
able, old fellow" she continued
in her affected speech. "Ahfter
awl, you must remembah that
we have a tiny Henglish baby
that we adopted. Hi just cawn't
let him grow up and let i'm
think we don't know how to speak
Henglish."
Browning chief., 1949-08-19

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(the kind intended to fit on glass
inside an auto) and stick it on side
of electric refrigerator or stove
(away from oven) or on any other
surface which won't mar. It's q
handy place to hang pot holders.
Browning chief., 1949-08-19
For Larger Figures

FOR Larger Figures
This attractive two piece frock
= is in answer too many re-
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for the larger figure. Make it with
a contrasting front panel, or all
the same fabric.
Pattern No. 1852 is In sizes "a, SO, 3s,
20, AZ, a, 46, 48, so and So. Size SO, az
yards of 3s-inch; 1st yards contrast.
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formation. Free pattern printed inside
the book. IS cents.
Browning chief., 1949-08-19
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Browning chief., 1949-08-19
For Pre-Teen Miss

ror fre-Ieen MISS
TOR THE school miss Of pre-
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back dress with contrasting
fabrics that. are very appealing.
The pattern also provides pert
wing sleeves, if you like.
Pattern No. 8349 comes In sizes (. L
9. 10 and II years. Size 8, yards q
39-inch; 70 yard contrast.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-19

THURSDAY RESULTS
Over the Top 8, Tokuda Drug
Stop n Shop 8, Marthas
Gyokko Ken 4, New Chinatown /
NIGHTS HIGH
Singles-Peggy Tanaka, Stop n
Shop, 1879.
Series-Rose Young, Over the
Top, 483.
China Import g. Export was off
the schedule but its girls had no.
thing to fear as far as its lead in the
eNGBO Seattle Nisei Girls Bowl
ing Organization was concerned
Thursday in Main Bowl. Second
place Martha's Beauty Shop lost
81 decision to Over the Top Bev-
erage.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-19
Els Ichikawa
PAGES Lotus

Clever Ets Ichikawa single-hand-
edly kept Lotus in the upper div
ision of the girls basketball league
Tuesday night in the Buddhist gym.
She fired 20 points into the net as
Lotus tripped the Chicks, 20 to 90
Tomo Iwasaki of the Chicks had
Is digits to her credit.
The scoring follows:
LOTUS (28)-Hanada 4, Ichikawa
20, Saito. Otoshi 2, P. Tanaka.
Tsutsumoto, Tomoguchi. Ishida. Tai
naka. Kusakabe 2; CHICKS (2O)--
T Iwasaki 49, D. Iwasaki 8. Kanda.
Kitayama 1, Fujino, watanabe.
Yoshioka.
COMETS f29)-Fukuyama 4, Nit
ia 2, Ito 7 Tokunaga. Ishimitsu A.
Yoshinaka, Mihara 8, Horita 4. MI
nsto; GREENHOUSE (2o)-Aoyama
2, Mano 2, Tanaka, M. Mano I, Ma
gasawa 4, Shigihara 2, T. F,Inai 6.
Mikami /, A. Funai 2, Iwasaki.
SAvOYS -shibata 3, Hino
II, Okamura 8, Yoshinaka 4, Yee
10, Kodama Asaba, Osawa, Yoshi-
no; LANCERs t20-Oyabe, Eda-
mura 8, Mano 4, Aoyama, Naka-
mura 1, Kono 10, Jinguji 2.