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VOL. LX No. 50 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1958 Per Copy—1 Of
BLM To Issue Grazing Leases
To Alaskan Reindeer Herd Owners
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
Bureau of Land Management has
been given authority to issue leas
es to Alaska Eskimos and Indians
for reindeer grazing on public
lands in the territory, Secretary
of the Interior Fred A. Seaton an
nounced today.
Reindeer were first imported in -
to Alaska from Lapland late in
the nineteenth century. The
herds thrived and the govern
ment purchased approximately
200,000 head under the 1937 act.
After this time, however, the
herds declined rapidly and be
came almost extinct through ab
sorption into migrating caribou
herds and depredations by wolves.
As the result of the predator
control by the Fish and Wildlife
Service and the work of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in man
aging the herds. the reindeer
appear to be on the increase, and
are now estimated to to number
approximately 30,000 head.
The action is expected to foster
better management of domesti
cated reindeer, the secretary said.
He added that by the issuance of
regular grazing leases the natives
will be granted more secure ten
ure on specified areas of suffi
cient size to carry on an economic
operation.
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment expects several thousand
head of reindeer may be covered
in the first dozen grazing leases
to be issued through its Fairbanks
office. With the reindeer indus
try reported to be expanding,
more may be issued later.
The primary interest in rein
deer grazing leases centers on
and around the Seward Penin
sula, north and east of Nome, and
on the islands of St. Lawrence
and Nunivak.
Before issuing reindeer graz
ing permits, BLM will consult
with the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs and the Bureau of Sport
Fisheries and Wildlife to assure
leased areas do not conflict with
caribou migration routes.
Under the reindeer act of 1937,
reindeer herds in Alaska were ac
quired by the government for
exclusive use -by the native popu
lation. Government management
of the herds has been made. In
some places, however, particu
larly on St. Matthew, Umnak and
Atka Islands, the reindeer have
increased until critical over-pop
ulation exist.
BUFFALO. N. Y., (#> — A nag
ging conscience got the best of
someone. A $30 money order ar
rived yesterday at Community
Chest headquarters, with a note
explaining it was for a pledge
made in. 1928.
The note was signed “pro bomo
publico”—for the public good.
Hysterical Woman
Interrupts Ike At
Smithsonian Institute
WASHINGTON, UP) — An hys
terical red-haired woman broke
from a crowd of onlookers here
yesterday as President and Mrs.
Eisenhower left the Smithsonian
Institution, screaming “I’ve got i
•to get to him.”
Police and Secret Service I
agent grabbed her as she ap
proached Eisenhower and said
later she told a story of not be- I
ing able to collect her husband’s 1
allotment checks.
Eisenhower paused a moment
then entered his car and was
driven away.
Identified as Mrs. Edith Finch
of Brookline, Mass., the woman
was taken to a hospital for ob-1
servation.
In Boston, Louis Di Cicco said i
the woman is his sister and a ;
professional exotic dancer who
suffered a nervous breakdown l
eight months ago.
The Eisenhowers had visited the j
institution to look over 35 oil
paintings by Sir Winston Church- |
ill on display there.
NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY
Lutheran Church
Dedication Service
Set For Sunday
Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m.
the special Service of Dedication
will be held at Our Savior’s
Lutheran Church.
Taking part in the dedication
will be the internationally known
minister Dr. Fredrik A. Schiotz,
president of the Evangelical Luth
eran Church.
Dr. Schiotz, will give the dedi
cation sermon, followed by the
presentation of symbol by Dr.
H. L. Foss, president of the
Pacific District of the Evangeli
cal Lutheran Church.
Also taking part in the cere
mony are Rev. Thomas Knud
son, local pastor who has done so
much of the organizational work
here; Rev. Norval Hegland, pas
tor at Teller anl Rev. John
Maakestad from the Shismaref
Church.,
Also arriving to take part in
the dedication are about 65 mem
bers of the Lutheran Churches
of Anchorage and about 40 Luth
erans from Fairbanks.
Music will be by Alex Mac
Innes, accomplished organist with
the Lutheran choir.
Board of Deacons are Sam
Ailak, David Walluk and Steven
Tocktoo. Board of Trustees,
Kay Handeland, Washington Olan
na, Tommy Seetomona, James
Moses.
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
is a beautiful Church, both in
side and outside,, an invitation
to worshippers and an inspiration
to worship.
The sponsoring organization,
which is the Women’s Missionary
Federation can be justly proud
of the new Church, for which
they collected funds from all
over the United States.
The first Lutheran missionary
to this area, Rev. Tollef Brevig \
is believed to have slept on the1
golden sands of Nome before
Nome was here when he was en
route by dog team to the Teller
Reindeer Station in 1894. Rev.
Brevig was pastor to the Lapp
lands as well as their school
teacher.
The new church was built by
Dufseth Construction Co., of Fair
banks last year. Services have
been held since Oct. 1957.
Import of Lead and Zinc
Injuring Domestic Market
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Tar
iff Commission hed unamiously
Thursday that lead and zinc “are
being imported into the United
States in such increased quant
ities as to cause serious injury
to the domestic industries.”
By dividing evenly on the
question of what to do about it,
however, the commission left the
decision up to President Eisen
hower.
The Republican members of
the Commission, Chairman Edgar
Brossard, vice chairman Joseph
Talbot and Walter Schreiber, rec
ommended application of the
highest permissible rates of duty
plus quota restrictions of the
Tariff Act of 1930.
House Rules Committee Chairman
Admits He Delays Alaska Bill
WASHINGTON, (0) — Alaskan
statehood legislation, faced with
a filibuster in the House Rules
Committee, went back into the
committee icebox today, possibly
to emerge again next Monday.
The committee took the bill up
at its meeting yesterday—for the
second time in the 10 months
since the Alaskan measure was
handed to it last June—but ad
journed with no definite date
for resuming.
Chairman Howard Smith (D-Va)
said later he would put the bill
on the committee’s agenda for
next Monday but added: “We
have several other matters to take
up and I don’t know if we’ll get
to it.”
Smith said he was in no hurry
i to complete committee considera
| tion of the bill although he said
| the committee had be “threatened
i by the leadership” to bring the
[ bill to the House floor.
“I’ve been accused of filibus
tering this bill—an accusation
| I won’t deny,” he declared.
When other committee mem
bers expressed a desire to speed
! the hearing, Smith said he would
t be willing to meet whenever
! they wanted “but I’m not going
to help you hurry it along.”
The Virginian, who has done
most of the questioning of wit
nesses, opposes the Alaska bill
on grounds it would not be proper
for Alaska’s small population to
have the same Senate represen
tation as Virginia and larger
states, and that land grant pro
visions in the bill would con
stitute a “giveaway” to Alaska
of resources belonging to the
United States. Statehood advo
cates counter that the question
of equal Senate representation
was thrashed out at the Consti
tutional Convention in 1775. Land
grant provisions in the bill are
similar to those given all new
states, they say.
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American League
1 Kansas City 7, Detroit 2
| Cleveland 6, Chicago 4
i Boston 4, Baltimore 3
National League
J Chicago 14, Los Angeles 2
: San Francisco 6, St. Louis 5
Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 4
i Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 2
Pacific Coast League
i Sacramento 6, Phoenix 4
: Vancouver 2. Spokane 1
Salt Lake City 10, Seattle 1
Secretary McElroy
To Reword Military
Reorganization Bill
WASHINGTON, UP) — Secre
tary of Defense McElroy agreed
today to try to reword President
Eisenhower’s defense reorgani
zation proposal to rule out any
'possibility it would merge the
armed services into one force.
McElroy was a witness before
the House Armed Services Com
mittee in a session that sounded
much like a negotiating confer
ence on possible compromises
with critics of the White House
plan.
The secretary, however, care
fully emphasized he was only
talking about attempts to work
out suitable language and not
agreeing to any changes in ad
vance.
McElroy was asked today
whether, if all the forces in the
field were so organized, it would
be possible for the separate mil
itary departments to lose their
identity.
“I don’t see how they could
lose their separate identities if
the legislation provides that they
must continue to exist,” McElroy
replied.
Rev. Thomas Knudson
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Nome, Alaska
Dear Rev. Knudson:
The members and officers of the Northwest
ern Alaska Chamber of Commerce would like to
take this opportunity of extending our congratu
lations to you, your Church Board, your member
ship, and your visiting guests on the occasion of
the dedication of the new and modern sanctuary
on April 27th, 1958.
Nome is justly proud of this beautiful new
building, as we know you and your membership
are. We are certain that its influence in the
Nome community will bear fruit. Again, may
we say thank you, and wish you and our newest
church every success in your work.
Very sincerely yours,
James G. Manning, President
NWA Chamber of Commerce
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