Atty. Gen. Kennedy Asks
Congress to Create 59
New Federal Judgeships
WASHINGTON UP — Attv. Gen.
Robert F. Kennedy today asked
Congress to create 59 new federal
judgeships. Alaska would receive
one new district judgeship.
An administration bill sent to
the House and Senate would pro
vide nine new judges for the
U. S. Courts of Appeals and 50
new U. S. District Court Judge
ships.
In identical letters to Vice
President Lyndon Johnson and
House Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Kennedy said there has been no
increase in the federal judiciary
since 1954.
“Since 1954 there has been a
•decrease in the total number of
judicial positions resulting from
the expiration of three judgeships
created on a temporary basis,”
Kennedy asserted.
“In the meantime, the increase
in litigation in the federal courts
•has created serious problems of
court congestion with consequent
delay in disposition of the cases.”
Unemployment Situation
Termed Worst Since
Early World War II
By Norman Walker
WASHINGTON UP — The La
bor Department Thursday added
25 major industrial centers to its
list of substantial unemployment
areas. A spokesman called the
idle situation the worst since
early World War II.
It was announced that Secre
tary of Labor Arthur Goldberg
will make a five-state inspection
of unemployment areas beginning
today. He is making, at President
Kennedy’s direction, a series of
on-the-spot tours of areas where
unemployment is considered a
major problem.
The new Labor Department
survey of major labor centers
showed that the aggregate rise in
unemployment in the 150 major
areas surveyed increased about 50
per cent between November and
January.
More than half of the 150 major
areas are now classified as hav
f i g substantial unemployment—
that is, more than 6 per cent of
their workers idle. Some of the
areas reported an unemployment
rate exceeding 12 per cent. »
Our quotable notables: “Some
dames think they are hard to
get, when they are really just
hard to take.”
Arctic Club Drawing
Will Be on KNOM-TV
Wednesday Evening
The drawing for the winner of
the Arctic Club Dog Race fund
i raising project will take place on
KNOM-TV on Wednesday eve
ning at which time the winner of
a new Volkswagen, airplane,
motorboat or $2,000 in cash will
be chosen.
Ticket sale for this project, the
proceeds of which will go into the
Dog Derby next month, has been
in progress for the past two
months. It is a limited sale with
a maximum of 500 tickets being i
sold so that only a limited num
ber of people are among the ticket
holders. There are a few tickets
left which may be obtained from
Willie Brown who is handling the
; ticket sale at this time.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Ralph Alexander was sen- |
j tenced to 60 days in jail and a
i suspended sentence of $25.00 was
j re-instated.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Myrtle Sherbahn of
; Kotzebue, Lucy Okpealuk and
Edna Ahwinona.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Okpealuk
are the parents of a son born on
Feburary 9.
Mrs. Larry Fagan and her four
i children are the house guests of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clem
Boucher of FAA, from her home
in Kotzebue where her husband
: is with the U.S. Weather Bureau.
REV. McCRAY RETURNS
j Rev. Gerald McCray and fam
j ily returned this morning from
| New York and points south, after
j about a month’s absence.
There will be regular church
I services tomorrow at the Com- I
j munity Methodist Church with j
Boy Scout participation.
PTA ASSN. SPONSORING
VALENTINE PARTIES
The Parent Teachers Assn, are
sponsoring Valentine parties on
Tuesday afternoon from 3 un
til 4 o’clock in the elementary
school with room mothers in
charge of the entertainment.
GIRL SCOUT BAKE SALE
WILL BE HELD TOMORROW
The Senior Girl Scouts are
sponsoring a bake sale on Satur
day, Feb. 11 from ten till two at
the Northern Commercial Store.
The purpose is to pay for the
newly ordered Scout uniforms.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
— DEALERS IN —
Lumber 8c Plywood, Wallboard, Building Materials, Insulation
Acetylene and Oxygen including Breathing.
Lincoln Welding Equipment
Coal and Industrial Hardware
STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS
! Phone MAIN 147 Write BOX 700
6 Information I l T
Jim O'Sullivan I J
* Pier 42 | y *
| Seattle 4, Wash. ’ f ^ ^
Sailings from Seattle to Seward for con
nections with rail to Anchorage and Fair
banks every Tuesday and Friday.
Specify Alaska Steamship Company
routing for your winter shipments.
Anchorage Daily
Times ill Sponsor
The Spelling Bee
The Anchorage Daily Times
has announced that it will sponsor
the Alaska Spelling Bee for the
third consecutive year. Invita
tions to participate are being ex
tended to all schools in Alaska.
The spelling bee is an educa
tional competition, designed to
help boys and girls improve their
spelling, increase their vocabu- j
laries and develop correct English i
usage that will help them all their j
lives.
The winner of the Alaska Spell
ing Bee will be sent, as a guest of ;
the Anchorage Times, to the Na- J
tional Spelling Bee to be held in i
Washington, D. C., in June, 1961.
The National Spelling Bee is
sponsored by the Scripps-Howard
Newspapers and other leading [
publications in the United States,
including the Anchorage Times.
Other awards include a week’s
sightseeing and entertainment in
Washington for the Alaska cham
pion. We also expect special
prizes donated by Anchorage mer
chants, similar to those awarded
in the past two years. Prize money
in the national bee totals more
than $3,500 in cash, a luxurious
weekend in New York, a trophy
and plaque, and a national TV
appearance. Additionally there
will be special school and class
room prizes.
Participation in the Alaska con
test is limited to sixth, seventh
and eighth grade pupils who will
not have reached their 16th birth
day before the second week in
June. The national spelling bee
rules require that the Alaska
champion not have passed beyond
the eighth grade at the time of
individual school finals and not
have reached his 16th birthday
before the date of the national j
finals, the second week in June,
1961.
SNOWBOUND . . . ALASKA
WAS NEVER LIKE THIS
WALLKILL, N. Y. M — Sev
eral families snowbound for five
days in rural Shawankunk — “it
was never like this in Alaska,”
said one — are free today to
travel again.
A bulldozer opened a single
lane last night along their homes.
The area was hit by a 26-inch
snowstorm Saturday on top of a
25-inch fall.
The comparison with Alaska
was drawn by Mrs. J. Wnuk. She
and her husband lived in Alaska
for two years when he was in the
Air Force and she said they never
experienced such weather there.
PIONEER LADIES ATTENTION
Meeting Friday evening at 8
o'clock. Social Follows.
—Bev Blanning. Pres.
NOTICE
Nome Bowlers Assn, officers
and officers of each league will
meet on Monday at 7:00 p. m. at
the Bering Sea Club for a short
meeting.
N O T Tc E
Notice to all men of Headquar
ters and Headquarters Detach
ment and men of Company A,
Nome Detachment:
There will be no drill on Wed
nesday night. Assemble at the
Armory at 8 o'clock Thursday
morning in cold weather uniforms.
Korean boots or combat boots
and cartridge belts.
BINGO
ANB HALL
Friday 8:00 P. M.
WANT ADS
FOR RENT—3 Unmodern cabins.
Black 196 before 6 p.m.; Main
120 after 6 p.m.
FOR RENT: Warm Cabin. Call
Main 247. 17c
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15
IN THE
ABCTIC CLUB
DOG RACING
FUND RAISING
PROJECT
• 1961 VOLKSWAGEN SEDAN
• AERONCA CHIEF AIRPLANE
• BOAT, MOTOR and TRAILER
— OR —
• $2,000 IN CASH
GET YOUR TICKETS
FROM
WILLIE BROWN
SEE YOU AT THE
PIONEER CARD SERIES
At the Pioneer Hall
SATURDAY
PRIZES EACH EVENING! — GRAND PRIZES!
Refreshments Door Prizes
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