Give Tidelands to
States, Says McKay
; WASHINGTON, W— Secretary
:of the Interior Douglas McKay
recommended Tuesday that Con
gress enact legislation promptly
giving the states clear title to the
submerged coastal lands. Some of
the lands are rich in oil and their
ownership long has been in con
troversy.
Setting forth the Eisenhower
administration’s views, McKay
told the Senate Interior Commit
tee he was not indorsing any
specific bill.
But he said there should be
prompt enactment of legislation
dealing not only with the lands
beneath the marginal seas but
also in the continental shelf out
beyond the states’ seaward bound
aries.
McKay did not state any spec
the mileage, but it is generally
argued that these offshore state
boundaries are three miles out to
sea in all states except Texas and
the gulf coast of Florida. Those
states claim 10V£ miles because of
the conditions under which they
joined the Union.
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Cost of Getting Married
Now Runs to $19.50
(Just to Start, That Is)
JUNEAU, Ifl)— Have you checked
up lately on the cost of getting
married?
(Or are you one of those people
of experience who isn’t concerned
because this is one field in which
you don’t cater to the old theory
of initial costs being the highest?)
Sen. Doris Barnes of Wrangell
looked into the situation in con
nection with a bill she and Sen.
Mike Stepovich of Fairbanks in
troduced for a $1.50 increase in
the long-standing $1 charge for
recording of marriage documents.
This is the way the bookkeeping
turned out:
Pre-marital exam for two .... $6.00
License . 2.50
Filing and recording . 1.00
Marriage by commissioner.... 10.00
TOTAL .$19.50
But the report Mrs. Barnes re
ceived from a territorial bureau
carried this comforting anti-infla
tionary footnote:
“The above cost would be re
duced to $3.50 in cases where no
doctor is available and the U.S.
commissioner issues a waiver of
pre-marital examination; and if
the parties can find a clergyman
who will marry them with no
charge.”
SNOW, WINDSTORMS, RAIN
END CALIFORNIA DROUGHT
LOS ANGELES, UP) — Snow
storms in the mountains and pelt
ing rains in the lowlands of South
ern California have snapped a
40-day winter drought.
The winter playground areas of
the San Bernardino Mountains
were blanketed in snow that
ranged up to 16 inches at Crest
line. Winds in northern California
rose in gusts up to 80 miles an
hour at Fairfield-Suisun.
Last year, control towers of the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
handled an average of one take
off or landing every two seconds.
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SOURCE . U.S OEPT Of AGRICUTURE
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy tonight -and to
morrow. Gentle wind from the
northeast. Lowest temperature ex
pected tonight 5, highest Thurs
day 15.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
24, low 4. Maximum wind 20 mph
from the north. Sunrise at 7:21
a.m., sunset 5:07 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 9, low -2. Extremes this date
since 1907: high 39 in 1947, low
-32 in 1938.
Other stations, 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -20 Clear
Kotzebue 1 Light snow
Wales -10 Light snow
Gambell -3 Cloudy
Nome 4 Part cloudy
Unalnkleet 21 Light snow
Bethel 32 Light snow
McGrath 25 Light snow
Anchorage 33 Cloudy
Fairbanks 11 Cloudy
Whitehorse 31 Cloudy
Edmonton 34 Cloudy
Juneau 37 Light rain
Ketchikan 43 Light rain
Seattle 42 Cloudy
San Francisco 53 Clear
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
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Destructive Wind Proves
Value of Vapor Seals
In Building Construction
The old adage “It’s an ill wind
that blows nobody good” was re
emphasized at the Palmer Agri
cultural Piesearch Laboratory dur
ing the stiff blow which started
January 25.
To determine which of the ex
perimental cabins were maintain
ing the desired 70° F., observa
tions w,ere made during one of the
most windy periods of the “blow.”
Only one of the four log cabins
built in the usual manner was up
to 32° F. inside temperature. Four
similar cabins to which air-and
moisture-tight seals had been ap
plied on the interior surface of the
logs were all 50° F. or warmer.
Identical heating units were used.
Methods of using native mater
ial more effectively in Alaskan
structures are being studied by
Mr. Branton, agricultural engin
eer of the Alaska Experiment Sta
tion, as part of the expanded Ag
ricultural Research Laboratory in
Palmer, Alaska.
NEW YORK, WPt— Police Com
missioner George P. Monaghan
has fired 23 policemen after find
ing them guilty of taking graft
from ex-Bctokmaker Harry Gros.
Six plainclothesmen, who were
given a departmental trial along
with the 23, have been found in
nocent by Monaghan and restored
to duty.
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Fairbanks Winter
Carnival is Alaska’s
Mardi Gras
By HELEN SLIFER
Jessens Weekly Correspondent
In Fairbanks, March first will
begin a week of carnival, rival- ^
ling in spirit the famous Mardi
Gras of New Orleans but conduc
ted on a throne of “gold camp to
metropolis” in the Land of the
Midnight Sun.
This Winter Carnival combines
the old with the new, with winter
sports, indoor sports, dances, par
ades, and exhibitions. And of *
course there will be the inevitable
beauty contest with seven lovely
girls vying for the honor of reign
ing as Queen of the Winter Carni
val and representing Alaska in
the national “Miss Universe”
beauty pageant to be held in Long
Beach, Calif., later this year.
The North American Dog Mush
ers Championship races will take
place, with entries from all over
the northland competing for the
top prize money and the title of
“Champion Dog Musher of Amer
ica.” This event is looked forward
to by all of Alaska in this day of
waning importance of the dog
team as a means of transportation
and the increased use of the plane.
In addition to the oldtime sports
of square and folk dancing, spell
ing bees, cribbage and curling
tournaments which have been the
winter life of Fairbanks residents
in the past, such newer activities
as a ping pong tournament, photo
and art exhibits, hockey games,
skiing and ski jumping contests
will take place.
There will be a baseball game
on snowshoes, reindeer races,
demonstrations by the military
forces, and Eskimos from the Arc
tic coast will perform their fa- 4
mous ceremonial dances and play
the traditional blanket-toss game.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Boyd Harwood, Pres.
George Bayer, Secy.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Dorothy Young
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen
Secretary
Meets the third Monday of each month.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Os
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Phone Main 40
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Boyd C. Harwood, W.M.
Karl F. Dewey, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meeu> j
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
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