THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at th.e
postoffice at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
21st LEGISLATURE CONVENES TODAY
With the inauguration of President Eisenhower
over, Alaskarfs turn their thoughts to the problems at
home and the opening of the Alaska Legislature, hop
ing that the representatives of the people will be able
to effect legislation for the good of those whom they
serve.
Foremost in the needs of Second Division is a
road from Fairbanks to Nome, that last link in the
great arterial which links the people of northern
Alaska to the people of the rest of Alaska and the
United States; a life-line for progress and development
and a permanent means of ground transportation.
Also the establishment of permanent modern
quarters and facilities for fighter planes to be based
on the coastal areas facing those bases on the Siberia
coast, to be ready for surprise attacks.
A better road program within the division with
the road from Nome to Teller and Lost River being
most vital. We also urge our legislators to demand the
reestablishment of the Land Office at Nome to facili
tate the mineral devolpment in the area as well as
the re-establishment of the U.S. Coast Guard in the
area.
Although millions of dollars are being, appropri
ated for the roads and military as well as the Interior
Department and its various departments, it is all being
spent before it reaches the Bering Sea coast. This is
due in a great measure to the unfair and unwise action
of the military when it withdrew from the area, vcaus
ing other branches of the government, such as the
U.S. Land Office, to withdraw from the area also, using
the excuse of economy and hindering a part of the terri
tory they are supposed to serve.
With a change of administration and changes in
the Interior Department we urge that our legislators
meet the challenge so that all economies are not made
in the Secoind Division to the advantage of the other
parts of the territory.
Allen W. Dulles Appointed
Director of The CIA
WASHINGTON, (£) — President
Eisenhower today picked Allen
W. Dulles as director of the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency.
A White House announcement
said Dulles’ nomination will go to
the Senate after the Senate has
confirmed the nomination of Gen.
Walter Bedell Smith, now CIA
director, as undersecretary of
state.
Dulles is brother of John Foster
Dulles, new Secretary of State.
Communication
Mt. Edgecumbe Sanitarium
Jan. 15, 1953
We wish to express our sin
cerest appreciation to the Evan
gelical Mission Covenant Church
for the nice treats they have sent
us, and to all of those who have
remembered us by sending the
nice Christmas cards.
John Muller
Ed Jones
Rita and David Tatoowi
Mark Abloogalook
Arson Suspecled In Box
Manufacturing Plant Fire
PHILADELPHIA, UP — A mil
lion and* a half dollar fire swept
through a southwest Philadelphia
paper box manufacturing plant
early Saturday and a high rank
ing city official said there was a
“definite possibility of arson.”
John F. Connelly, owner of the
damaged plant, the Connelly Con
tainer Co., told reporters the
plant had been shut down “by a
wildcat strike” Friday night.
The blaze flattened the main
Connelly plant and burned within
i a few feet of several nearby oil
tanks.
AUTHOR OF "LIFE BEGINS AT
FORTY" ENDS HIS AT 75
PALO ALTO, Calif., UP—Walter
B. Pitkin, author of the best-sell
ing “Life Begins at Forty,” died
from a heart attack yesterday in
a hospital here. He would have
observed his 75th birthday in 11
more days.
Porpoise oil is often used to
lubricate delicate machinery like
watches.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Main 52
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
Ben Young
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I^SO DIFFERENT- FROM A PRIVATE OFFICE
TAXES AND HIGHWAYS
The practice of many states, and the Federal gov
ei nment, using gasoline tax revenue and other tax
revenues intended for highway use, has become a
press ng one. Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, Democrat of
Washington, recently charged that the Federal govern
m r>; h d collected $1,800,000,000 in taxes on gasoline
and auto parts in .952 and had given only $575,000,000
to the states.
Magnuson says he will intrduce a bill to correct
this situation, requiring that all such revenue be ear
marked for road construction and safety research. A
national magazine recently charged that, from 1924
through 1950, several billion dollars had been collected
from highway users and spent for purposes other than
highway construction. It said that the diverted funds
would have built many thousands of miles of modern
highways.
Statistics at the Federal Bureau of Roads show
that highway-use tax revenues are setting records each
year but there is not a corresponding increase in the
money set aside for the usage intended for such funds.
SABRES DOWN 16 MIGs
By JIM BECKER
SEOUL, W) — Allied Sabre jets
destroyed at least four Commun
ist MIG-15 jets high over north
west Korea Saturday, as two new
jet aces were crowned and a
third pilot took over top stand
ings in the MIG-killing race.
The Fifth Air Force announced
that the week of -Jan. 17-23 was
the most successful for its Sabres
since the week beginning Nov. 21.
The total destroyed MIGs was 16;
probably destroyed, one; and
damaged, 16.
The Communists downed only
one Sabre during the past week,
the Air Force said. It was the j
first F-86 lost to' the Reds since
the week ending Dec. 26.
Three other U.N. planes were
downed by enemy ground fire ]
during the week ending Friday—
an F-86 Shooting Star, a Navy
Corsair, and an F9F Panther jet. j
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NOTICE
The School of Practical Nursing
in ML Edgecumbe will admit its
fourth class on February 16.
Requirements are: Good health, j
eighth grade education, age 17 to i
35, one-fourth native, and interest
in nursing.
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WRANGELL, (/P) — Assistant
Regional Forester Charles G. Bur
dick said Friday the U.S. Forest
Service knows of no agreement
whereby Japanese interests can
acquire timber in Tongass Nation
al Forest other than through a
long established practice of open
bidding.
Burdick is accompanying a
party of Japanese industrialists
surveying Alaska with an eye to
purchasing Tongass forest timber.
A Japanese spokesman for the
party said, “It is our duty to re
port our findings to Japan. It
may eventually aid in replenish
ing our lumber shortage and help
Alaska develop a market in
Japan.”
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Sec. McKay Vetoed
Most Candidates
For Governor
SEATTLE, m — Alaska’s Re
publican chairman says that Sec
tary of Interior McKay “has
said ‘no’ to most of the men who
have been mentioned prominent
ly” for governor of the territory.
Territorial Sen. Elton Engstrom
of "Juneau, the long-time party
chairman, made the statement
here before his flight home after
attending the presidential inaug
ural ceremonies. He had an hour’s
conference with McKay while in
Washington.
“He expressed the hope an Al
askan can be named to the post,”
Engstrom reported.
Engstrom also reported:
McKay said he had not made
any recommendation to President
Eisenhower for the governorship;
In a talk about it during their
Pacific meeting, Eisenhower ex
pressed the hope that an Alasknn
would be recommended;
McKay said he had made abso
lutely no commitment on the ap
pointment.
Engstrom said he was greatly
impressed with McKay and with
his information cn territorial af
fairs and his sincere and open
minded desire to get more. “I
think he will make a wonderful
secretary.”
Army-Noire Dame Football
Series To Be Resumed In 1957
WEST POINT, N.Y., (*l — The
U.S. military academy announced
Saturday that the colorful Army
Notre Dame football series, sus
pended after the 1947 season,
would be resumed in 1957. The
two teams will play a home-and
series, with the first game at
Notre Dame Oct. 12, 1957, and the
second game at West Point, Oct.
11, 1958.
WIEN AIRLINES
To Fairbanks: Wilfred Gaulin,
Bob Schwald, Don Grundy.
To Kotzebue: Guy Elam, Red
Mullaly.
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