THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
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THOSE THINGS UPSET SO EASILY
MAIL BY ROCKET
The American Rocket Society recently heard
Harry F. Guggenheim, of New York, predict that
within a few years mail will be sent by rockets from
New York to San Francisco in less than an hour.
Guggenheim said jet planes, which fly only five
or six hundred miles an hour, will not be able to com
pete with rockets, which could fly 3,000 miles an hour
or even faster. He also believes the cost of mail trans
portation, via planes, will be much higher than the
cost of mail transportation by rocket.
Guggenheim, who is president of the Daniel and
Florence Guggenheim Foundation, says that rocket
flight can be accomplished very economically, since
rockets require fuel only for short distances, perhaps
80 or 90 miles upward, after which they coast along in
the ionosphere without fuel while the earth rotates
beneath them.
This prediction may well be an accurate one.
There are those in Europe who have already begun to
experiment with rocket-delivered mail.
However, we are inclined to believe that rocket
delivered mail is a little further away than Mr. Guggen
heim believes. At any rate, we would certainly not like
to be residing in San Francisco when the first mail
rockets arrive there.
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Second Pilot Suffers
Fatal Heart Attack While
In Flight in Virginia
ROANOKE, Va. UP—A second
airplane pilot to suffer a fatal
heart attack while in flight in
Virginia in a week died upon
reaching the hospital here last
night.
He was Lacy L. Sutton, 36, of
Norfolk, piloting a Piedmont Air
lines DC-3 from Norfolk to Cin
cinnati. He became ill between
Lynchburg and Roanoke. He took
off from Roanoke but almost im
mediately complained of sharp
pains in his chest and requested
permission of the tower to return
to the field.
After landing and taxiing to the
loading ramp, he was driven to a
hospital but dropped dead in the
emergency ward.
Pioneers at Sitka Home
Each Got Gift of $35
From Christmas Fund
A financial statement has been
received from Leslie Yaw, super
intendent of the Pioneer Home,
showing that $6,794 was donated
to the Christmas fund for the
Pioneers in the Home, which, pro
rated to each individual, was a
Christmas present of $35.
From Nome was a check from
the Pioneers of Alaska and also
the annual Lichtenberg Estate do
nation of over $1,000.
Pioneers in the home from this
part of the territory include Louis
Erickson, John Forsberg, Richard
McLean, John Pearson, Edward
Gross, Peter X. Peterson, Wallace
Poi’ter, Edwin Rohn, and Hans
Samuelson of Unalakleet.
: Byrd Welcomes Russia to Antarctic
With Reminder U.S. Got There First
By SAUL PETT
ABOARD U S S WYANDOT,
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, UP—
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd has
welcomed the Russians to the
Antarctic’s Wilkes Land with a
subtle reminder the Americans
got to much of it first.
The director of U.S. antarctic
programs disclosed he had sent a
message to the leader of the So
viet expedition aboard the ship
which reportedly reached the
Knox coast Jan. 8.
Byrd’s message was a courtesy
gesture. But it was also clear the
Russians were being told Ameri
can fliers of Operation Deep
Freeze already had flown over
the area assigned to the Soviets
under the International Geophys
ical Year’s program of scientific
observation.
This could be significant when
and if the United States lays
claim to the large slices of the
Antarctic it has explored in re
cent weeks. Thus far the U.S
says it has made no claims—and
recognizes none.
“I welcome you to Wilkes
Land,’’ the message read. “Hop?
you are having good luck finding
your icy base site. We recently
flew over interior in vicinity of
your planned inland bases. Sur
face does not appear rough but
glacial plateau ranges between
11,000 to 13,000 feet elevation. We
1 would like to exchange weather
! information . . .”
I U.S. Navy fliers flew four mis
Alaska Residence Not Required for
Department Heads of Alaska State
(Fish and Wildlife Service*
FAIRBANKS, dP—The Alaska
Constitutional Convention wound
up consideration of the constitu
tion’s executive article Monday
after a warm exchange of views
on the validity of residence re
quirements for officials of the
state-to-be.
The last hurdle was this phase
of the Executive Committee’s re
port: “The heads of ail principal
departments shall be citizens of
the United States and residents of
the State (of Alaska* for a least
three years . . .
Leading the opposition, Burke
Riley told the convention that he
feared such a restriction would
ban from public service in Alaska
qualified men with a desired
background of specific knwol
edge.
Since the convention started,
any requirement for residence in
Alaska as a basis for public ser
vice has brought lively debate. In
every case, many Alaska - born
delegates have favored deleting j
Alaska residence as a qualifica- i
tion. And yesterday's case was no
exception.
Riley’s amendment striking the |
three-year requirement won, 3B
to 16.
“Sourdoughs” Ada Wien of
Fairbanks and R. D. Stewart of
Juneau spoke in favor of drop
ping the residence requirement.
“Let’s draw specialists from the
States,” said Nome-born Mrs.
Wien.
Defending the residence re
quirement, Victor Rivers of An
chorage told the convention:
“We would have, without resi
dence requirements, a govern
ment of Alaskans, for Alaskans,
and toy Ohioans, Californians, or
what have you. The department
heads should know Alaska. It is
conceivable to imagine that de
partment heads coming from out
side Alaska would bring in their
own underlings, also outsiders.”
But the feeling prevailed that
qualified specialists should not be
barred from service in Alaska and
the residence requirement was
dropped.
The executive article, as finally
approved, stipulates:
The governor of Alaska shall
be at least 30 years old and seven
years an Alaskan. He may serve
only two four-year terms in one
stretch. His salary will be set by
the legislature and may not be
lowered during his tenure unless
by a general law applying to all
salaried officers of the state.
The governor will appoint all
state officials, except the secre
tary of state. He will delegate the
functions of government to a
maximum of 20 principal depart
ments. Heads of the department
will be single executives, unle s
otherwise provided by law.
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cions deep into the unexplored
area where the Russians are
scheduled to set up their bases.
Ohe of these flights, on Jan. 5,
went all the way to the Knox
coast.
Operation Deep Freeze closed
the book on its program of long
flights for this season with three
weekend missions deep into the
interior of the continent. The ex
pedition’s four long-range planes
—two twin-engine Neptunes and
two four-engine Skymasters—will
fly today to New Zealand enroute
home.
One of the weekend flights was
the longest ever made here. Cmdr.
William "Trigger” Hawkes pilot
ed a Neptune all the way across
the continent to the Wedell Sea
and back. The round trip of 3,450
miles took 19 hours.
At Little America No. 5 a small
tractor party began a 500-mile
journey deep into Byrd land,
where a U S. base will be set up
next year.
Four of the 17 buildings to be
erected at Little America are al
ready up and being used. Eighty
percent of the total cargo for the
base now has been unloaded.
The expedition suffered one
setback at McMurdo Sound. Ice
floes pinched the tanker Ne.-pel
en. As a result, 107,000 gallons of
aviation gasoline leaked into the
sea or were contaminated by
water in the hold.
GIRL SCOUT TROOP 68
Mrs. Judy Morris, Ann Noyakuk
and Ida Cabinbov visited our
troop. We had a play. We all took
part in it.
Alice Toektoo is going to Teller.
We hope she comes back.
Our new president, Catherine
Siegwart, presided at our busi
ness meeting.
—Edith Ailak, Scribe
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