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VOL. LIX No. 19 NOME- ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1957 Per Copy—15^
PLANS MADE
FOR SURVEY OF
NOME HOUSING
Plans for a comprehensive
survey of Nome were completed
last evening at a Home Arts Club
meeting held at the home of Mrs.
Martha Craft. Mrs. Russell Her
mann, president of the group,
conducted the meeting and Mrs.
Ingrid Walterson was co-hostess.
Poor housing is one of the ma
jor problems of the Second Divi
sion, and both federal and terri
torial governments have discussed
aid for housing. Copies of the new
survey, which will include an un
official census figure, will be sent
to all interested government
agencies. Additional copies will
be given to all city officials, the
Chamber of Commerce, and inter
ested individuals.
House-to-house visits will be j
made by Home Arts members be- :
ginning this week. At the meeting i
last night, Home Arts members
were given copies of a short ques- j
tionairre end assigned to neigh- j
borhoods. The survey reports are j
due at the April meeting of the 1
organization.
Guests at last night’s meeting i
were Miss Ernestine Zollman, j
Mrs. Barbara Samuels, and Mrs.
Virginia Pruitt.
Utah Prisoners Want
‘Open House’ Anniversary
SALT LAKE CITY, (JR — Sen.
Orval Hafen (R-St. George), Utah
State Senate president, said yes
terday Warden Mar cell Graham
asked inmates of Utah State Pris
* on, where prisoners rioted and
took over the compound or 12
hours last week, how they would
like to celebrate Graham’s anni
versary as warden.
“Let’s have an open house,”
Haen said the prisoners replied.
Coast Guard Helps
Bag Moonshiner
In New Style
MIAMI, Fla., OPl — In prohi
bition days the Coast Guard
chased rum-runners with fast
boats. Yesterday a Coast Guard
officer ran a monshiner ragged
with a helicopter when he spied
the man fleeing through a field,
a sheriff’s posse in pursuit.
Cmdr. Norman Horton spotted
smoke from a still. Wherever the
fleeing moonshiner turned, Hor
ton lowered the whirly-bird into
his path. Each time, the fugitive
veered off in another direction.
The sheriff’s department re
ported that when its men reached
the field, the moonshiner was
lying on his back exhausted and
offered no resistance to arrest.'
Severe Food Shortages for
Alaska in Event of War
SANTA ROSA, Calif., MB —
Alaska’s civil defense director
said yesterday Alaskans would
have severe food shortages in
the event of a war but he felt
other problems in the United
States would be far greater.
Harold Pomeroy told Philip
Batson, federal civil defense west
ern regional administrator, that
Alaska’s principal problem would
be obtaining food and other ne
cessities if attacks on major U.
S. cities cut supply lines to the
Territory.
Alaska was recently added to
the administrative area served
by the FCDA regional office
here, which includes eight west
ern states and Pacific Terri
tories.
ANTARCTIC ENIGMA
McMURDO SOUND, Antarc
tica, MB — Navy Seabees at this
U. S. Antarctic base are puzzled
by one Christmas decoration they
unpacked among supplies which
have arrived for the coming year.
In a box of artificial flowers
are several sprigs of mistletoe.
There’s not a woman in the Ant
arctic.
New French Plane
Flies IV2 Times
Speed of Sound
PARIS, UF) — French plane
builder Marcel Dassault said to
day his company’s new Delta
wing jet fighter has already trav
eled more than IV2 times the
speed of sound, and may turn out
to be the world’s fastest military
plane.
In tests during the past few
days, the Dassault works said,
the needle-nosed “Mirage 03” has
reached a ground speed of more
than 1,000 miles an hour in level
flight with a full military load.
The plane has not been stripped
down and pushed wide open for
a speed run.
The present international speed
record is 1,132 m.ph., established
by a British Fairey Delta last
spring. The U. S. Air Force X2
has flown more than 1,900 m.p.h.,
but that plane is a research, rock
et-powered aircraft, not intended
for combat.
Prostitutes Victims of
Mexico City Strangler
MEXICO CITY, (tf> — Police
are looking for a man who ap
parently has declared war on
Mexico City’s prostitutes. Five
have been killed in recent weeks.
The latest victim was found
strangled yesterday. Her feet and
hands had been tied. The four
others all died in a similar man
ner and all lived or operated in
the same area.
Congress Asked to
Op en Alaska Land
For Commerce
WASHINGTON, UP) — Delegate.
Bartlett (D-Alaska) has asked
Congress to relax laws affecting
settlement of Alaska lands be
lieved valuable for oil, gas or
coal deposits.
Settlement on such lands now
is possible only under the Home
stead Act. Bartlett’s proposal
would open the lands to -settle
ment under the Home Site, Head-!
quarters Site, Trade and Manu- j
facturing and Soldier’s Addition
al Entry Acts.
Another/Bartlett bill would per
mit incorporation of any lawful
business. Present law limits the
types of business which may be
incorporated.
Nylon Balloon Radome
Built for Arctic Weather
BALTIMORE, UP) — A huge
nylon tent, taller than a three
story building and loking like a
monstrous beach ball, was un
veiled by the Air Force today as
the latest thing in radar domes.
The giant balloon-like shelters,
61 feet in diameter, were de
signed for use at Arctic and other
air defense radar installations to
protect radar antenna from ad
verse weather conditions.
The new radome is constructed i
of panels of specially-treated ny- j
Ion fabric which are zippered to- j
gether on the inside. Steel clips j
are fastened to the exterior seams j
to produce an air-tight seal. The j
complete radome is then attached j
to an anchor base on the ground
and inflated—just like a beach
ball—by automatic blower units
which constantly regulate the
pressure inside to provide a uni
form shape. ,
Supported entirely by the low
air pressure the radomes can
withstand 100-mile-per-hour
winds without collapsing, the
ARDC said.
Congressman Finds Tab
Hunter Great Competitor
ALBANY, N. Y., iSt — Rep.
William H. Ayers (R-Ohio),
hemmed in by shrieking teen
agers in a hotel lobby yesterday,
said he was impressd with the
enthusiasm o Albany’s “youing
Republicans.”
One o the girls set him straight.
The tourout was or actor-singer
Tab Hunter.
“Who’s he?” Ayers asked.
Shocked, the girl told him and
asked, “Say, who are you, any
way?”
“A Congressman.”
“What’s that?” she inquired.
Nome ‘Threshold of Progress’ Theme at
Tuesday Night’s Annual C.C. Banquet
The annual banquet of the
Chamber of Commerce was held
last evening at the Bering Sea
Club with outgoing president Stan
Morgan acting as toastmaster.
Several interesting reports of
committees were given showing
the activities of the Chamber
during the past year.
Jim Walsh, chairman of the
Civic Affairs committee reported
briefly on the projects they had
worked on, most important of
which were the water and sewer
age system for Nome which is
now before the Alaska Public
Works and procuring of land for
the projected Alaska National
Guard Armory. His committee
recommended that one member
of the Board of Directors of the
Chamber, in the future be dele
gated to attend the City Council
meetings, so that their work can
be better correlated.
Carl Glavinovich, chairman of
the mining committee reported
considerable work, being planned
for the next season. Among the
known operations for next year
are the Fox Bar dredge, by a
Portland organization: Casa de
Paga property being operated by
Grant Nelson; Bill Munz and his
small dredge on the Eldorado at j
Bluff, and 'three dredges at Nome j
by the U. S. Smelting Co., includ- j
img the newly built No. 6 on the
Submarine. He announced that
his company would probably
have the biggest payroll since
the war. Glavinovich also told of
the lead and silver exploration at
Tin City and about the lead ore
work being done by bush pilot
and miner Willie Foster.
His committee recommended
trunk and access roads for devel
opment of mining areas as well
as mining exploration.
Boyd Harwod reported on the
progress of transportation in the
area, announcing that years and
years of work by the Chamber
in the past as well as years ahead
of constant plugging are neces
sary to get the necessary develop
ment to the local airport for the
larger ircraft to land safely. He
said only by constant committee
work can progress be made. He
announced that due in a large
measure to the work of the
Chamber the C.A.A. will be
spending probably a million dol
lars to rehabilitate the airport
this year. A narrower runway;
new lighting system; a complete
drainage system; resurfacing, are
some of the work for the future.
His committee recommended the
Chamber to start working toward
an adequate terminal building at
the airport.
It was also reported that 100,
000 cubic yards of coarse fill ma
terial from tailing piles will be
used for the drainage project of
the Nome Airport.
Ben Young reported for the
membership committee showing
that a 40% increase in member
ship from 33 members o 54 in
dicated that the community is
waking up to the need of a united
effort for the building of Nome.
Dewey Goodrich reported on
road progress stressing the im
portance of much more work to
be done this year on plugging for
Highway 97. Twenty six miles of
new road on Highway 97, to
unite with 40 miles in the Kouga
rok; an aerial survey of the Tel
ler projected road as well as im
provement in the Council road
he felt were achieved due to the
roadmindedness o f Governor I
Hientzleman and the fact that
Alaska Highway Engineer Irvin:
Reed has a personal knowledge of
the enormous possibilities for
mineral devlopmnt in this ara.
His mining knowledge, and the
sincere interest of the Second Di
vision, helped in a great measure
to divert funds to the long ne
glected Second Division which,
had little road money other than
maintenance during the war
years.
Goodrich stated that the Board
of Road Commissioners of which
he is a member will be seriously
handicapped when it has its first
meeting with the Department of
Public Roads officials next month
as the two members of the Board
who had previous experience
have been deleted from the Board
by recent Legislative action.
President Morgan expressed
appreciation to the new manager
of the M and M Bank for the
faith his bank had in the future
of Nome and urged the members
to not only continue their good
attendance at regular meetings
this year but increase the per
centage.
He announced the new presi
dent to be Jim Walsh and pre
sented him with the gavel (made
from wood of the S.S. Victoria).
Other officers were vice-presi
den Jerry Manning, secretary
Jim von der Heydt, treasurer
Don Hungerford; directors Wil
bur Arnold, Boyd Harwood, Carl
Glavinovich, Larry Galvin.
New committees named were:
mining, Carl Glavinovich, Willie
Foster, Mike Walsh; roads, Jerry
Manning, John McNees, Frank
Morris, Dewey Goodrich, Ernie
Bohrer; legislative. Jim von der
Heydt, Russell Herman, Walter
Hodge; civic affairs, Stan Mor
gan, Fred Cavota, Robert Kolb,
Rose Silverman; transportation.
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VALENTINE DANCE
NOME HIGH SCHOOL Music by The Arctic Combo 9:00 p.m. to loo a.m .
admission: $1.00 ” and The Six Hearts ^ Friday, February 15