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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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’'Continental’ Or ‘Contiguous,’ Alaska
Statehood, Thanks, Is Not ‘Conditional’
By PAUL DUKE
WASHINGTON, UP) — Is Alas
ka a part of the “Continental
United States” or is it “within the
United States?”
The Comptroller General’s Of
fice ruled last month that the
“Continental” reference doesn’t
include Alaska. But then along
came the Internal Revenue Serv
ice to voice an opinion that it
does.
The first ruling made many
Alaskans happy because it meant
federal employes would continue
to receive special travel allow
ances.
The Revenue Service decision
made many Alaskans unhappy
because it meant cost of living
allowances for government em
ployes would hereafter be taxable.
However, today the IRS re
versed its earlier ruling and said
the allowances would not be tax
able.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission got into the act with a
report that the agency no longer |
was issuing orders containing the i
phrase “within the United States. ’
Instead, it would use the term
“within the Continental United
States.”
This upset some Alaskans who
Thunderjet Fighter
Makes Record Non-Stop
Cross-Country Flight
ELGIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.,
UP) — A Republic F105 Thunder
chief jet landed at Elgin AFB yes
terday after a record 3,850-mile
nonstop flight from Alaska. The
fighter-bomber made the flight in
five hours and 27 minutes for an
average speed of about 700 miles
an hour. The plane, piloted by
Billy B. White of Caddo Mills,
Tex., was refueled in flight.
The 30-year-old White said the
■weather was good all the way, and
the entire flight was without in
cident.
The Air Force said it was the
longest nonstop flight by a fight
er type aircraft within the conti
nental limits of the United States.
saw no reason why the 49th State
shoudn’t qualify for billing “with
in the United States.”
The ICC then explained it was
all a mistake — that the old
phrase would be kept. It said the
new “continental” line would not
only be superfluous, but confus
ing as well.
To try to clear up this shilly
shallying in semantics, a couple
of experts were asked to shed a
bit of historical light.
Dr. Howard Merriman, history
professor at George Washington
University, said he regarded Alas
ka as outside the continental Uni
ted States. He explained that the
term was an outgrowth of the
country’s expansion westward —
a continental expansion. On the
other hand, he said he classed
Alaska as part of the nation’s
“overseas” expansion.
The National Geographical So
ciety recently thrashed out the
problem and came up with this
solution: to use the simple term
“The United States” when refer
ring to all 49 states and “the 48
contiguous states” when referring
to all but Alaska.
And a spokesman for the U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey said
that agency has still another sys
tem. It proposes “Continental
United States including Alaska”
or “Continental United States ex
cluding Alaska.”
From all this you might conclude
that only one thing is certain.
Alaska is a state — continental
or otherwise.
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Ike Calls On GOP
To W ork Full Time
By JACK BELL
DES MOINES, l#t — President
Eisenhower told the Republican
National Committee yesterday that
the GOP must not become a “hi
bernating elephant” that awakes
•nly at election *ime.
In a message to N^t’orial C '.air
man Meade Alcorn the President
called for a sustained year-around
program of Republican campaign
ing which would imprint the im
age of “progressive leadership”
on the party.
This was in harmony with Al
corn’s own recommendations to
the national committee in its ini
tial meeting of a two-dav session
that the party “preach and prac
tice an enlightened Republicanism
365 days a year.”
Saluting Alcorn’s proposal ior
formaiicn of a year-around cam
paign staff, Eisenhower said the
sessioni h<me should become “the
first .$Vp in r, continuous work
program of the Republican Party
that will never cease.”
“I deeply regret that some
people look upon our party as a
kind of hibernating elephant who
wakes with a mighty trumpet
blast at election time and then
resis calmly until the next cam
paign,” Eisenhower said.
Cow - Feeding Will Cost
Weather Bureau $210
OKEMAH, Okla., OP) — A gov
ernment experiment may cost $210
additional because of what it did
to a curious cow.
Farmer A. L. Starkey sent a
bill for that amount to Weather
Bureau officials who, in turn, for
warded the message of the cow’s
death to Washington.
Weathermen sent a balloon to
the earth’s outer atmosphere. It
burst and then settled back to
earth — in a pasture occupied by
Bessie, a 3-year-old polled Here
ford.
She munched on the equipment
and despite efforts of a veterin
arian, she died.
“You can call Bessie a victim of
the space age if you want to,” said
Starkey. “But she was worth $210
— maybe more.”
A charming little recipe for a
desert called income tax pudding:
Take a good deal of dough, you’ll
knead it.
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U of A Will Allow
Co-ed To Study
Alaska Wildlife
OROVILLE, Calif., IvPl — A 19
vear-old University of Alaska co
ed from Oroville is going to have
her way about studying wildlife
management — a course previous
ly open only to males.
Dianne Seater asked for permis
sion to major in that subject, which
she studied in her freshman year
at Humboldt State College in Ar
eata, Calif.
But Frederick Dean,- depart
ment chairman, replied in a let
ter he was not interested “in ex
pending time, effort and money to
make available the special and
separate arrangements which are
necessary for a woman in the
field.
He suggested Dianne join other
co-eds in the study of biology in
steam-heated labs and leave Alas
ka’s wilds to the menfolk.
Quicker than you could recite
“Dangerous Dan McGrew,” Di
anne’s mother, Mrs. James Seater,
fired off letters to the new state’s
two senators, the Governor, the
board of regents and the Univer
sity president Ernest N. Patty.
She received a letter from Pat
ty yesterday saying “We have no
objections whatever to Dianne en
rolling as a wildlife major and
her classification will be changed
on the opening of the second se
mester.”
Spiritual Truths
Contributed By
Nome Gospel Home
$238,000 Offer Rejected
Herb Elliott, who ran the fastest
mile in history, has been offered
$238,000 by Leo Leavitt, an Amer
ican promoter, to become a star
in a troupe of professional ath
letes.
The 20-year-old Australian has
finally made the decision to re
ject the offer and stay in the
amateur field. He says that he val
ues remaining free from profes
sional ties more than any amount
of money that could be given him.
The power of choice is a won
derful thing. We exercise it prac
tically every day in our daily life.
There is also a special choice we
are called upon to make which af
fects not only “the one life” we
have to live here, but our eternal
destiny as well. What a joy it is
to choose to acknowledge Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior. Yes,
our friends can suggest things for
us to do, but we must make the
choice. . . . “Therefore choose
Life. . . .” (Deut. 30:19)
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