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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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THINGS CHANGE SO RAPIDLY
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THE 49th STAR
Tre North Star—the brightest star of them all,
the newest and the biggest star shone proudly on our
flags Monday. Of course it was located in various
places on each individual flag, but it was there where
it belonged on little flags and big flags throughout
the community.
There has not been a new star on the flag of the
United States of America since 1912 and never have a
group of American citizens fought longer, more cour
ageously than Alaskans for the privilege of calling
themselves real Americans.
With statehood come responsibilities which will
have to be met intelligently and new leaders must be
chosen not from Washington, D.C. but by the people
of Alaska. Only by a non-partisan, cooperative effort
can the biggest State in the Union boom into the
most self sustaining state of them all.
Those of northern Alaska who can almost smell
the salt of Siberian mines when the West wind blows
realize how the signing of the Statehood bill by Pres
ident Eisenhower will show those behind the Iron
Curtain how the land of the free and the home of the
brave” find happiness in a democratic way of life.
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Sadie Hawkins Night Wednesday
Four Nomeites
Receive Civil Air
Patrol Awards
Saturday evening over KNOM
four Nome residents received
awards from the Civil Air Patrol
when a group of CAP officials ar
rived from Anchorage.
Awards were presented by Col.
Harry Stiver, CAP Alaska Wing
Commander, assisted by Lt. Col.
F. Parry, Wing Director of Per
sonnel; Major Robert Mason, ad
visor to Wing Command and
Capt. Ollie Trower, CAP Public
Information Officer of the Alaska
Wing Staff.
Lt. Alice Hudson received a
white service ribbon and a com
mendation on her sustained ser
vice as finance officer, Sr. Chap
lain Roald Amundsen, received
a mission ribbon with clasp and
four year service ribbon; Capt.
Phil Lancaster a blue service
ribbon and letter of appreciation
for his services as past comman
der; Maj. Lester Bronson a
blue service ribbon and also a
letter of appreciation for his sup
port of CAP through legislation.
The group were entertained
with a no host dinner at the
Bering Sea Club and the fol
lowing day held an official meet
ing at squadron headquarters in
the CAA area.
New staff of officers for CAP
here are:
Commander — Maj. Dusty
Rhode, Chaplain—1st Lt. Roald
Amundsen, Finance Officer—
2nd Lt. Alice Hudson, Training
Officer—L. E. Hough, Person
nel Officer—1st. Lt. Scottie
Rhode, Public Information Of
ficer—S/M Audrey Rauch, Sup
ply Officer—S/M Clem Boucher,
Operations Officer—W/O Bob
Fennell, Communication Officer—
Lloyd Sundstrom, Coordinator
for C/D—Capt. Hap Lancaster,
Commandant of Cadets—S/Sgt.
Ike Obermier, Chaplain of Ca
dets—S/M Charels West, Exec
utive Officer of Cadets—Evelyn
Boucher.
Cadet Squadron officers are:
2nd Lt. Jerry Trigg, 1st Sgt.
Sig Larsen and Adj. Sgt. Alice
Scott.
The officials left Nome
for visits at Kotzebue and Galena
,where new groups are being
formed. Others in official party
were:
2nd Lt. Ercelle M. Davidson,
2nd Lt. G. L. Oborn, Dolores B.
Neely, Joanne H. Collins, Laura
McIntyre,. 2nd Lt. AJ Shewe.
S/Sgt. Harold P. White, 1st Lt.
John A. Niemi, W/O Carl H.
Pobjok.
Appreciation was expressed to
KNOM for their cooperation and
to those responsible for the use
of the bus, through the courtesy
of John McNees.
Stepoviches Display
Alaskan Flag In Calif.
SARATOGA, Cal., UP—A strange
flag—eight gold stars arrayed on
a blue field to depict the big dip
per and the north star—fluttered
proudly from the pole in front of
18650 Sobey Road here Monday.
Breathlessly, Mrs. Michael Step
ovich, wife of Alaska’s 39-year
old governor, ran up the Alaska
territorial flag when she heard
the news of Alaska’s impending
statehood.
She is here with their eight
children, aged six moths 'to 10
years, visiting Mike’s mother,
Mrs. Vuka Stepovich, who lives
in this mountain suburb 40 miles
south-southwest of San Francisco.
Her husband the governor,
had called her long-distance
from Washington just after she
heard of the Senate’s vote on the
radio.
“When Mike took office a little
over a year ago he said at his
inauguration he hoped he would
be the last appointed governor
of Alaska,” she said.
“He’s been too busy working
for statehood to decide whether
he’ll run for the governorship.”
Alaskan Statehood
Forces Texas To
Change Its Tune
FORT WORTH, Tex.,' (^—Wil
liam J. Marsh kept busy Tues
day answering excited telephone
callers who demanded to know:
“What are you going to do about
that line?”
“We’ll have to do something,”
Marsh told them in a Liverpool
accent that has resisted western
speech for 54 years he’s lived
here. The voice was a little sad
today.
For Marsh is the author, with
the late Gladys Wright, of the
official state song, “Texas, Our
Texas.”
That third line died Monday
when Congress passed the state
hood bill.
A reporter asked Marsh if
people could wink at the sta
tistics and sigh for the good old
days when Texas was the largest
state and go on singing the line.
“For a while anyway,” said
Marsh, noting that Alaska isn’t
officially a state.
“I think you can say the com
poser feels the word ‘brightest’
should be substituted,” Marsh
said.
He declared the chorus and last
two verses of the song will stand
as written. They recall the
state’s history in glowing terms
and bespeak a bright future.
And the last two lines partic
ularly will remain, he said firm
ly: “Texas, our Texas! All hail
the mighty state!”
“Texas, our Texas! So won
derful, so great!”
It became evident Alaska’s en
try as the largest state probably
will not dampen Texans’ exuber
ance greatly.
Man-on-the-street comment ran
like this:
“Sometimes one mile in one
place is worth a half a dozen
somewhere else,” said R. L. Mil
ler of Dallas.
“Of course you know Alaska
isn’t really as big as Texas—not
when you melt all the ice,” said
J. U. Sutter, Grand Prairie.
“Doubter Williams”
Loses Bet On
Statehood Bill
BOISE, Idaho. UP) — They some
times called Alaska’s Attorney
General “Doubter Williams” be
cause he was so pessimistic
about the territory’s chances for
statehood.
In fact, J. Gerald Williams was
so positive Congress wouldn’t
clear Alaska statehood this ses
sion he offered to push a peanut
120 miles with his nose if it did—
from Alaska’s Tok Junction to
Big Delta.
The Senate sent the statehood
bill to the President Monday, as
Williams visited friends in Boise.
His reaction? Unfettered joy, of
course. But then a rueful:
“Maybe I’d better get my nose
in shape.”
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Congress Wartts To
Adjourn By Aug. 2
WASHINGTON, UP) — Sen.
Styles Bridges (R-NH) said to
day Republicans would like to
see Congress wind up its work
I and go home Aug. 2.
I Sen. Mike Mansfield of Mon
i tana, acting Senate Democratic
1 leader said it might be possible to
| conclude the session at that time
| unless unexpected controversy
crops up over some of the major
legislation yet to be acted upon.
Bridges, who heads the Senate
Republican Policy Committee,
said that with the Alaska state
hood bill out of the way, he does
not believe there will be extended
Senate debate on any remaining
measure.
U.S. Is Prepared To
Send Troops To Lebanon
If The Need Arises
DETROIT, UP) — Gen. Nathan
F. Twining says the United States
is prepared to send troops into
Lebanon if the need arises.
“I don’t think it would start
an all-out war,” he said.
But he added:
BEIRUT, Lebanon, UP) — Presi
“If we go into Lebanon, we go
for a purpose and we are pre
pared for any eventuality. We
are ready for any eventuality—
! all-out war or limited war—right
j now.”
dent Camille Chamoun says Leb
anese rebels under Syrian com
mand may launch a strong attack
on the Northern port of Tripoli at
any moment.
But if this attack and one from
the area southwest of Beirut are
“beaten completely, the Armed re
bellion will collapse as a military
movement,” the pro-Western
president said.
Anchorage Fire Chief
Burns Inquires About
The Statehood Bonfire
WENATCHEE, Wash., UP> — A
tourist visiting here from Alaska
Tuesday was anxious to learn
all the news of the statehood
celebration popping across his
territory.
But most of all, George Burns
was interested in the big cele
bration bonfire at Anchorage.
He noted with satisfaction it had
not gotten out of control. Burns
is the fire chief of »An chora ge.
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