THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO WATCH
We Must Have A Court At Nome
(An Editorial)
The Public Administration Service report on the
proposed organization of the State of Alaska shows by
chart that they recommend the new State have three
judicial divisions instead of four.
What it would mean to the people of this area is
explained clearly in a statement by the District Attor
ney, Russell Hermann, in a state-*
ment made to a Legislative Coun
cil sub-committee which was in
session here last week. We quote:
“A court must be maintained at
Nome by the State. The argument
sometimes advanced is that it is,
not economical considering the j
size of the case load. This argu
ment is not true and it is not a
proper consideration to take con- j
corning the administration of
justice.
“The cost of transporting wit
nesses, jurors and defendants to
Fairbanks for criminal trials
largely outweigh any economy
made by not having a court at
Nome. It has been my experience
that transportation of witnesses!
and jurors to Nome has been high i
enough to prove the fallacy of \
moving the court to an even more J
remote place. In addition to these j
expenses must be added the ex
pense the police department would
incur in conferring with the state’s
attorney relative to prosecution
opinions and such. It has also
been my experience that where it
is possible to give swift justice
the cost is generally much less
than if matters became prolonged.
HOT LUNCH MENUS
FOR NEXT WEEK
Monday — Baked beans, greens, ]
fruit jello, bread, butter and milk.
Tuesday — Biscuit with pork;
and gravy, string beans, blueberry j
cobbler and milk.
Wednesday — Spanish rice,
peas, peaches, bread, butter and
milk.
Thursday — Vegetable soup
with meat, peanut butter sand
wich, rice custard pudding and
milk.
Friday — Baked seafood, green j
beans, cherry cobbler, bread, but-j
ter and milk.
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“It has been frequently true in
the past that the judge at Nome
has been shared with the other di
visions when the workload indi
cates such an economy. This has
aiso been the case of other mem
bers of the court staff from time
to time. So far as I know, this
factor has never ben considering
when figures have been computed
concerning the cost of the court
at Nome.
“In addition to the economic
consideration we must also con
sider the equitable and legal prin
ciples which the law serves. The
cost of litigation to residents of
this area will probably become
prohibitive if a court is not main
tained here. The ‘due process’
clause of the Constitution says
that every man is entitled to his
i day in court and we cannot serve
I this Constitutional right if we
make the cost of justice pro
hibitive.
“Many recent decisions of the
Supreme Court have heartily
condemned delays in justice where
individual liberty was involved.
The attitude of the Court in this
l respect .is that the cost of justice
offers scant excuse for depriving
! a citizen of his constitutional
j rights. The Constitution and the
| American Flag must remain to
I gether and cannot be separated
by pecuniary reasons. The State
j of Alaska has a solemn obligation
I to afford ‘due process of law’ to
ALL, of its citizens on an equal;
basis.”
Northwestern Alaskan residents
will have to get together and stand
j together in their demand for
equality and justice. Individuals
| should indicate their feelings by
: letters to this paper, to the new
| Governor, and the Legislature,
1 soon to meet.
EASTERN STAR
INSTALLATION ON MONDAY
Members of the Order of the
Eastern Star will hold an open
installation on Monday evening,
following a short business meet
ing The ceremony for Eastern Star
members and their guests is sched
uled for 8:30 p.m.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Frank Cowden, Alice
Kosgnac, Irene Green.
Discharged: Tommy Blatchford.
SIXTH GRADE B-SQUARE
MEETS TO ELECT OFFICERS
j Last week Mrs. Dunbar’s Sixth
Grade class held a meeting of
our club.
These officers were elected to
lead our B-Square Club for 2H>
months: Linda Linert, President;
Ellen Steele, Secretary; Robert
Fennell, Treasurer; Fred Tocktoo,
Sergeant-at-Arms; Joel Craft and
June Pederson, Librarians, and
Mary Pasquan, Reporter.
We will exchange our Library
books with those books in Mr.
Draper’s Sixth Grade for the sec
ond semester. We received over
a dozen new books this school
year for our class. Some children
have bought Arrowhead Book
Club pocket books at a very reas
onable price.
Our room had a visitor, Mr.
Arthur Bleich, a New York pho
tographer, taking pictures for four
magazines. He has about 6.000
pictures of Alaska, and has tra
veled all over our State to take
them. He gave us a very inter
esting talk about the New York
subways, cabs, gangs, and schools.
Two weeks ago we had an in
teresting talk from Mrs. Jim Au
trey (Lois Overbough), who told
us about California, Arizona, Tex
as, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska,
places where she has lived. She
will be living in Madrid, Spain,
soon, for three years.
— MARY PASQUAN, Reporter.
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Alakaimk Village Council Asks
Assistance In Obtaining Airstrip
The Nugget has received the
following letter from the Village
Council of Alakanuk:
“We, the members of the vil
lage Council of Alakanuk, are
hereby requesting your help in
building a DC-4 type airfield on
the Lower Yukon. By Lower Yu- !
kon we mean somewhere on the !
Yukon between Marshal and Alak-1
anuk.
“As things are now, we have an j
enormous distance covered by1
two small eingle engine planes
that are totally inadequate for the
job. If we had a DC-4 landing
daily around here, these Advan
tages would follow:
1. We would be sure of a good
mail service.
2. Traveling by air would be |
much cheaper; also freight rates i
which now are exhorbitant.
3. Emergencies for the Bethel :
Hospital would be taken care of j
better. As it is noir, often a pa- j
tient can’t be hospitalized in time, i
4. As progress develops, so does J
the number of passengers who are j
now doomed to get stranded all j
along the line for lack of trans- ;
porta tion. Also more people would :
travel if they had the facilities.
It is the roads that open up a
country. As there are none here,
we depend exclusively on the
planes to move around.
5. We are informed that a big
DC-4 field would save the Post
Office Dept, about 50 per cent of
the present expenses, and also
that it would mean a big saving
for the Airlines.
6. The population of this area
is growing by leaps and bounds
and it needs more facilities to
cope with their legitimate de
mands.
7. Building and maintenance of
such a field could mean more jobs
that would help to improve con
ditions in this area.
“So, we are hereby requesting
that you give proper considera
tions to these facts and help us
l in securing this much needed
field.”
The letter is signed by Clement
Joseph, Chief; Damian Keatok,
Secretary, and Anthony Shelden,
rank Alstrom and Paul Duj^ .
Tlie powerful hydraulic arrest
ors aboard the Navy’s newest air
craft carrier USS Independence,
will stop 70,000 pound jet planes
within 150 feet after they hit the
deck at better than 100 miles
per hour.
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