Nome High School
Rated Among
Alaska’s 5 Best
Five school systems in Alaska
had their high schools unquali
fiedly approved for accreditation
by the Northwest Assn, of Secon
dary and Higher Schools, while
12 others were accepted this year
with reservations, Commissioner
Don Dafoe of the Territorial De
partment of Education has been
advised by the association.
The five high schools rating
“approved” are those of Anchor
age, Ketchikan, Kodiak Naval
Station, Nome and Wrangell.
The other 12 high schools ac
credited fell into three lower cat
gories as follows:
Approved with comments: Doug
las, Juneau, Kodiak, Palmer, Pe
tersburg, Seward, Sitka, and
Skagway.
Advised: Cordova and Sheldon
Jackson at Sitka.
Warned: Fairbanks.
Pupils from accredited schools
in Alaska may transfer to high
schools or go on to colleges in the
Pacific Northwest or in other
areas with which the Northwest
association has reciprocal rela
tions and have their credits ac
cepted at face value, Dafoe said.
The commissioner, who serves
on an Alaska committee of the as
sociation along with Superinten
dent Sterling Sears of Juneau and
Superintendent William Zahrad
nicek of Palmer, said the rating
leading to accreditation by the
association is not an official func-'
tion of his office. He and the
others were appointed to the Al
aska committee by the associa
tion. Lester Wingard of Peters
burg will replace Sears on the
committee this year.
Dafoe explained that schools
must meet rigid qualifications set
up by the association to win the
highest rating. Any deviation re
sults in their being placed in the
“with comments” category the
first year the deficiency is noted
and then being demoted one
grade each-year until the matter
is corrected. If a school in the
“warned” category does not re
move the deficiency by the next
year, it is dropped from the ac
credited list.
House Group Would
Let Alaska Legislators
Serve as Delegates
WASHINGTON, IA*»—Members
of Alaska’s legislature would be
eligible to serve as delegates to a
constitutional convention this fall
under terms of a bill approved
Wednesday by a House territories
subcommittee.
Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska>
said Alaska’s Organic Act now
forbids a legislator from election
or appointment to an office cre
ated by a legislature of which he
was a member.
The recent legislature has
called a convention for this No
vember to draft a constitution for
Alaska as a state.
A Billy Graham and Palermo
Brothers musical film, “Chal
lenge of Missions” will be shown
at the Assembly of God Church
this evening at 7:30.
AT ROTARY THURSDAY
' An impressive film entitled “A
New Look at the H-Bomb” was
shown to Rotarians. Guest- was
Charles Esch of Seattle.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Floyd Walluk, Mary
Mogg.
Navy Asks $220,000 for Further
Oil Exploration at Point Barrow
Air Mileage Between U.S.
And Tokyo Set At 5,078
For Mail Rate Purposes
WASHINGTON, UH— Over the
protest of Pan American World
Airways the Civil Aeronautics
Board yesterday set the standard
mileage, for mail purposes, be
tween the U.S. and Tokyo at
5,078 miles.
Pan American objected because
its shortest normal flight — San
Francisco-Honolul-Wake Island
Tokyo—is 6,688 miles.
The 5,078 - mile standard was
chosen by the CAB for mail-rate
purposes is that normally flown
by Northwest Airlines between
Seattle and Tokyo, by way of An
chorage and Cold Bay, Alaska.
The CAB said it must equalize
the mileage in this manner to
“enable the Post Office Depart
ment to distribute the mail be
tween the two carriers with the
maximum flexibility for its op
erators, giving sole consideration
to the service and capacity offer
ed in determining the appropriate
distribution of mail.”
The Post Office Department
had estimated that, with a stand
ard mileage Pan American would
carry 13,476,000 ton-miles of mail
in the fiscal year starting next
July 1, and Northwest would
carry 12,750,000 — roughly, a
50-50 distribution.
The CAB said that without
standardization of mileage, the
Post Office and Defense Depart
ments would use the shorter and
lower-cost routing to and from
Tokyo—that of Northwest.
Pan American had objected
that the standardization of mile
age would actually be a mail rate
cut for it but not for Northwest,
since PAA planes would still be
operating 1,610 miles more on
each Pacific flight than the stand
ard mileage would indicate.
Queen’s 29th Birthday
WINDSOR, England, (4*)—Queen
Elizabeth II celebrated her 29th
birthday Thursday with a brisk
canter in Windsor Great Park. To
take the ride in the park near
Windsor Castle where she is stay
ing with her husband, the Duke
of Edinburgh, and their two chil
dren, the Queen had to tear her
self away from a big stack of
| greetings, letters and telegrams
I from many nations.
I
MRS. ROOSEVELT HONORED
NEW YORK, UO—Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt is the recipient of
the sixth annual Philip Murray
Award, a plaque, and $5,000 for
“a lifetime of service in behalf
of many people.”
WET TRACK
PORT MARNOCK, Ireland, M
—Racehorse trainer Tim O’Sulli
van was thrown by a skittish
two-year-old he was exercising
on the beach Wednesday.
O’Sullivan fell into the Irish
Sea, was swept out by the ebbing
tide and drowned.
THURSDAY BASEBALL
American League
New York 14, Baltimore 2
Washington 1, Boston 0
Chicago 9, Detroit 1
National League
Brooklyn 14, Philadelphia 4
Cherry’s
Barber Shop
Open Evenings
SOFT WATER
Shower Baths — $1
' WASHINGTON (A*—Despite ex
penditure of $46,898,930 without
a nickel’s return, the Navy is not
writing off its Alaska oil explor
ation as a loss.
Capt. Albert S. Miller, director
of Naval petroleum reserves, gave
assurance of the Navy’s contin
ued hope for the venture to a
House appropriations subcommit
tee in testimony made public yes
terday. Miller appeared before
the group in support of a $220,
000 appropriation for its northern
Alaska program of Naval Petrol
eum Reserve No. 4.
Miller said potential military
value of the arctic reserve “has
not been completely determined
since the possibility of finding
substantial oil reserves still re
mains. Evaluation of the report
of the exploration, now being
prepared, may well indicate that
it would be advisable to attempt
further exploration.”
He said the possible release of
adjacent lands, now closed to oil
and gas exploration, may also
lead to discoveries indicating the
presence of oil within the reserve.
Miller said the explorations in
Alaska, carried on from 1945 un
til 1953, resulted in limited dis
coveries of oil and gas.
“We have found one small oil
field,” he said. “However, it
would not be considered to be
commercial due to its location
and the type of production.”
Ross G. Tracie, consulting en
gineer for the program, said the
drilling of 36 wells in the north
ern reserve brought in not more
than five or six wells producing
from 20 to 200 barriels a day.
He said some wells brought
in would be considered “very
good” in the United States but
because of the lack of transporta
tion in Alaska the cost to get the
oil would be excessive.
The $220,000 sought by the
Navy for the Alaska program in
cludes $20,000 to maintain a cus
todial force at the reserve and
$200,000 for continued work by
the Geological Survey on the re
port of the explorations.
WET RULES IN DRY STATE
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP!—T h e
Oklahoma Criminal Court of Ap
peals-has ruled that liquor drink
ing by jurors during a trial recess
is not grounds for mistrial unless
they get drunk.
However, the court held that
any drinking after the case has
been submitted to jurors is
grounds for a mistrial.
Oklahoma is constitutionally
dry.
Shatters Mile
Record
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W AUSTIN, TEXAS—Wes Santee
of Kansas, running in the Texas
Relays at Austin, shattered the
American mile-run record with a
time of 4.00.5 but failed to join
the ranks of four-minute milers
John Landy of Australia and
Roger Bannister of Great Britain.
In the event Santee lowered his
own American mile-record of
4.00.6 which he had set last June
at Compton, Cal.
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