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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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WITH HUMBLE THANKS
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Nor Want Nor Waste . . .
IN NOVEMBER, 1621, the Pilgrims of the Plymouth
Colony were unanimous in their thankfulness to
God. Their gratitude was based on a few assets
which, by today’s standards, would be held very slight
cause for thanksgiving. They had weathered a hard
year in a hostile New World. But they were thankful
for their log cabins, fuel for fireplaces, game in the
woods, and a crop of com.
Those of us who live in this nation todav have a
lot to be thankful for too, although we do not labor for
a bare existence. We are free; our economy is stand
ing up well; our standard of living and our health
improves; we have the right to attend the church of
our choice, and the right to express our thoughts and
opinions.
Alaskans take time this year to be thankful for
the achievement of full citizenship, which becomes
theirs under statehood.
By being thankful, we must not become com
placent — but must continue our efforts to make
Alaska a better place in which to live. A higher
standard of housing for the people; water and sewer
age for better health conditions, and the development
of an economy where there is neither want nor waste,
are goals to which we must all aspire.
Your Fourteen Bushels
From the Milwaukee Journal
IF YOURS IS AN AVERAGE FAMILY, you had an
investment interest of $131.89 in surplus farm
commodities as of December, 1958. In case you’d
like to know what you owned on that date, “The Mag
azine of Wall Street” has figured it out.
You had 14 bushels of wheat, 21 bushels of corn,
300 pounds of grain sorghum, a'fifth of a pound of
tobacco, a peck of soybeans and a bushel of barley.
Since then your wheat holdings have risen by
■more than 50 per cent, for the government’s store
by summer had risen by 370,000,000 bushels. You’ve
lost a couple of bushels of com because the stocks
have fallen by about* 100,000,000 bushels. You’ve
added another 200 pounds or so to your stock of grain
sorghum. Your soybean horde has been cut by about
35 per cent. But your barley bushel is overflowing
by a gain of about 20 per cent.
Fortunately, you don’t have to store your share
at home. But you are helping pay storage elsewhere
— to the tune of $1,000,000 a day for the nation.
G-M Will Recommence
Operations December 7
DETROIT, UP—General Motors
Corp., its automotive assembly
lines shut down since November
11 by a steel shortage, will begin
passenger car assembly again on
December 7.
John F. Gordon, GM president,
said assembly plants to start up
13 days hence are Cadillac at
Detroit, Corvair at Willow Run,
Mich., and Chevrolet at Janes
ville, Wis., Norwood, Ohio, and
Flint, Mich.
Enough components will be
available to operate these plants
four days during that week, the
company said.
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A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the President of
the Unilod States, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, in accordance with
our nation's long-established
tradition, has declared Thurs
day, November 26, 1959, to be
a day of national thanksgiving,
and
WHEREAS, in addition to the
blessings which the Almighty
has bestowed upon our nation,
the people of Alaska have a
very special cause for which to
be thankful, for in this year we
and our sister State of Hawaii
were granted the rights and
privileges of Statehood, thus
achieving full status in a nation
long regarded as the bulwark
of free men.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wil
liam A. Egan, by the authority
vested in me as Governor of the
State of Alaska, and in accord
ance with the law of this
State, do hereby declare Thurs
day, November 26, 1959, a
State holiday, and I especially
urge all Alaskans to take part
in or attend those services and
observances which mark this
as THANKSGIVING DAY
And I further urge that as
we partake of the bountiful
gifts which Nature has be
stowed upon us, we remember
those multitudes throughout the
world who have not been
blessed as we have, and that we
share with them our blessings,
to the degree that it is in our
individual capacity to do so.
(Signed)
WILLIAM A. EGAN,
Governor of Alaska.
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
(Signed)
HUGH J. WADE,
Secretary of State.
Births Head for Record
WASHINGTON, UP)—Births ap- ;
parently are headed for a record j
in excess of 4,325,OGO this year.
A Public Health Service spokes- i
man yesterday said that estimate
is based on statistics showing
there were a record 3,188,000 reg
istered live births during the first
nine months of 1959.
The previous annual record
4,308,000 in 1957.
Democrats Gather
Here to Outline
1960 Platform
The Northwestern Alaska Dem
ocratic District annual convention
was held November 18 at Nome
City Hall.
William Beltz of Unalakleet
was elected president for the next
year, Lester Bronson, vice presi
dent, and Carrie McLain, secre
tary-treasurer.
The following were named
members of the District Commit
tee for 1960 and as Delegates to
the State Democratic Convention
to be held in Ketchikan on Jan
uary 16, 1950:
William Beltz, Unalakleet;
Frank Degnan, Unalakleet; Nor
val Hegland, Teller; Robert Blod
gett, Teller; James Wells, Noor
vik; Donald Nusunginya, Bar
row; Alfred Hopson, Barrow;
Donald Hunter, Fortuna Ledge;
Neal W. Foster, Kotzebue; Rod
ney C. Lincoln, Kotzebue; Doug
Sheppard, Mountain Village;
Pearse Walsh, Nome; Lester Bron
son, Nome; Clarence Katchatag,
Shaktoolik; Robert Scott, Nome;
Lawrence Paquette, K w i g u k;
Lorena Gray, Nome; Charles Fa
gerstrom, Nome; Carrie M. Mc
Lain, Nome; John A. McNees,
Nome.
Neal W. (Willy) Foster of Kot
zebue was named to a vacancy on
the Central Committee, resulting
from the resignation of James von
der Heydt, who has been vice
chairman. The Dollars for Demo
crats finance drive is underway
until December 15. All Democrats
and Precincts are urged to send
their contributions to Mrs. Mc
Lain, Secretary-Treasurer, or to
give it to one of the finace com
mittee members — Lester Bron
son, Lorena Gray, Willy Foster,
Rodney Lincoln, William Beltz,
Eben Hopson, or John McNees.
The meeting was attended by
Representative and Mrs. Robert
Giersdorf of Fairbanks.
John McNees, Platform Chair
man, said precincts or individuals
wishing to submit planks to be
included in the District or State
Platform, are urged to send their
recommendations to him imme
diately.
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