THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
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THEJWAVERING KEEPER OF THE KEYS
THE FARMER FEEDS MORE PEOPLE
In 1910 the average American farm consisted of
138 acres and each farmer produced enough food for
eight people.
Today the average acreage has increased to 215—
and each farmer feeds 15 people. And we have better
and far more varied foods now than in the earlier era.
This is spectacular progress. It is the result,
naturally, of a number of factors—improved seeds,
effective pest control, better land practices, use of
machinery and more efficient distribution and process
ing methods. Of all the factors, none is more important
than farm machinery, starting with the tractor and
going through the long list of other machines and
attachments that make it possible for the farmer to
produce more, to conserve and improve his land, and
to do his work with a great deal less labor and physical
effort than was the case in the past.
Machinery has also been responsible, in large part,
for turning farming into a business, It is estimated
that a typical corn-belt grain farmer utilizing 160 acres
has a machinery investment of more than $11,000. It
is substantially greater if he raises livestock or milks
a dairy herd. That is a large investment—but the
return from it is tremendous in the light of today’s
labor costs.
By 1975 each farmer will have to feed 20 people
-—which means that still more and better machinery
will be needed.
GRASS ROOTS OPINION
Bedford, Ind., Daily Times-Mail: “Newspapers
(in 1953) reached new heights in circulation and
advertising, giving them the largest volume in their
history in both of these categories. This means that
in spite of competition from television, radio and mag
azines for both the readers’ time and the advertisers’
dollars, newspapers have been given a tremendous vote
of confidence.”
Hagerstown, Md., Morning Herald: “With the
advent of the New Deal . . . the Government took over
the direction and in large part the operation of our
economy. It began to spend money, to provide jobs,
to redistribute income. The trend toward socialism
began—and this in face of the fact that no free people
in history had ever prospered or could ever prosper
under this form of government.”
Warren Back at
Work; Indictment
Is Still in Effect
FAIRBANKS, UP)—Negro jazz
drummer Johnny Warren, last
living principal in the Cecil Wells
slaying case, was reported Tues
day to be back in Oakland, Calif.,
plying his old trade.
Warren, free on $5,000 bond,
left here recently after his murder
trial was taken off the federal
district court calendar on agree
ment of U.S. Atty. Theodore Ste
vens and Warren’s lawyer, Ever
ett Hepp.
Warren had been working in a
grocery store since his return to
Fairbanks from Oakland, where
he went after Wells was slain on
October 17.
The indictment against Warren
remains in effect, however. The
postponement of the trial was
asked by Stevens in light of “new
developments” turned up by two
lie detector police experts from
Seattle, Capt. Clyde V. Dailey
and Sgt. Wendell Paust.
Dailey and Paust were called
into the case by the Wells estate.
Crippled Children Benefit
Friday Night At Bering
Sea Club By Comedians
The Two Eddy’s are coming to
town! These well-kno'wn comedi
ans have appeared all over the
territory for the benefit of the
Alaska Crippled Children’s Assn.
They are scheduled to be at the
Bering Sea Club on Friday even
ing for a special Chippled Chil
dren’s benefit and all proceeds,
states Manager Paul Mandeville,
go to this worthy cause.
The Two Eddy’s are being
brought by Wien Airlines from
Kotzebue, where they are putting
on a show Thursday evening.
They recently did a show in the
well-known Bubble Room of the
Baranof Hotel in Juneau.
Virus Infection Causes
Closing Juneau Schools
JUNEAU, Lfl — Juneau’s public
scho’ols closed yesterday because
of more than 450 absences due to
illness.
The widespread ailment has
been diagnosed as a “virus in
fection of the respiratory tract.”
School officials decided that class
es were too inefficient with so
many absences.
Actually, it is a two-day closure
because Thursday and Friday
would be Easter vacation days.
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
WANT ADS
FOR SALE — Shakespeare cast
ing rod, Regal guitar. Call Lola
Ost.
Want to rent a house or apart
ment? —See George Hite.
WANTED—Man’s bicycle. Call
the Nugget.
FOUND—Tabby tomcat in vicin
ity of 2nd Ave. Call Main 15.
FOR SALE—1940 Do'dge coupe.
See at 490 1st. Ave. West. 46
F O U N D—Partial plate. Owner
may have same by paying for
ad.
FOR SALE—Admiral refrigera
tor. See Mrs. Glass c
Alaska - Hawaii Statehood Bill
Held Up in House But Optimism
Grows for Chance for 2 New States
WASHINGTON, UP)—1The Hawaii<
Alaska statehoo'd bill ran into a
snag in the House Mc/nday But
its backers voiced growing opti
mism that the two states can be
brought into the Union at this
session of Congress—even if Al
aska has to be split up first.
A single objection—offered by
House Democratic Leader Ray
burn of Texas Monday—prevent
ed the holding of a Senate-House
conference on statehood legisla
tion.
This means that the Senate-ap
proved Hawaii - Alaska bill can
come to a vote in the House only
if (1) the Rules Committee gives
it a special ruling, or (2) a vote (
is petitioned in writing by 218 J
House members.
There has been strong senti
ment in the Rules Committee |
against statehood for Alaska. The |
committee has pigeonholed a sep- j
arate Alaska statehood bill.
Chairman Miller (R-Neb) of the j
House Interior Committee told i
reporters, however, it is “quite
possible” the rules body now will
approve sending the combined
Hawaii-Alaska bill to a confer
ence with the Senate.
Miller said there seems to have >
been a “softenihg up” of the Eis- i
enhower Administration’s opposi- I
tion to immediate statehoo'd for j
Alaska.
President Eisenhower has ur- i
gently recommended statehood i
for Hawaii in time to let the !
islanders send representatives to I
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Congress in the next election.
The President has been against
statehood for Alaska at this time,
but said recently' he would look
at the question differently if state
hood were confined to the popu
lated southern part of the terri
tory.
Here is how the present im
passe came about.
The House passefd a bill grant
ing statehood to Hawaii last year.
The Senate took up this bill a few
weeks ago, and finally voted tcf
put Alaskan statehood in the same
measure.
Monday Rep. Saylor <R-Pa)
moved that the bill be sent to
conference, so a committee of
Senate and House members could
try to come up with a measure
satisfactory to both houses.
Such a motion requires unani
mous consent, however. And Ray
burn made the objection which
blocks it. He told the House he
would continue to object because
the Senate measure “isn’t the bill
that passed the House.”
Miller asked Speaker Martin
(R-Mass) what way remained
open to1 get further action. The
speaker said he could “try to per
suade the rules committee” to
grant a special rule.
Miller wrote the committee a
letter asking for such a rule.
There seemed no chance of any
action before the House ends its
Easter vacation April 26.
Death Toll at Five After
Mysterious Explosion in
Downtown Goldsboro
GOLDSBORO, N.C., UP!—Rescue
workers probing the wreckage of
a mysterious downtown explosion
recovered two more bodies Tues
day, raising the death toll to five.
About 15 persons were injured
in the unexplained explosion that
was centered in the Edwards and
Jernigan furniture store a half
block from the heart of Golds
boro’s business district. Two ad
joining stores also were wrecked.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Forecast Nome: Continued fair
tonight and Thursday with little
change in temperature. Winds
light and variable. Low tempera
ture expected tonight 0, high to
morrow -24.
Data last 24 hours as of 7 a.m.
today: high temperature 23, low
-2. Maximum wind 9 mph from
the N. Sunrise at 4:32 a.m., sunset
at 7:34 p.m. ,
BILL MUNZ NAMED
2nd DIVISION MEMBER
AERONAUTICS BOARD
From the Office of the Governor
J U N E A U—Acting Governor
Waino E. Hendrickson Tuesday
announced the appointment of
William Munz of Nome as Second
Division member of the Aeronau
tics and Communications Com
mission.
Munz replaces Neal Foster of
Nome, who tendered his resigna
tion when he filed in the primary
for the territorial senate.
Munz is a former member of
the senate from the Second Divi
sion.
The acting governor also' an
nounced the appointment of Dr.
L. W. Hines of Anchorage to the
Board of Examiners in Optome
try. Dr. Hines replaces Ted Ober
man, formerly of Juneau, who has
now moved to the States.
Chicago handles more water
borne traffic than does the Pan
ama Canal says the National Geo
graphic Society.
BERING SEA CLUB I
RESTAURANT l
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK m,
FROM 6 A.M. TO 2 A.M. DAILY *£:
UNTIL 3:00 A.M. SATURDAYS S|
Come In For After-Show Snacks! j|
Featuring Home - Made Pies ||
SPECIAL ATTRACTION! B
"THE TWO EDDY'S," who have been featured at pjj
Juneau's "Bubble Room"' will entertain Friday evening lj|
at a special CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S BENEFIT DANCE ■
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE |j
ALASKA CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION 9