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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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VISIT OUR HOSPITAL THURSDAY
THIS IS HOSPITAL WEEK and the Governor of
Alaska urges all Alaskans during this week to
visit the hospitals of their communities, thereby be
coming familiar with the humanitarian services which
are available to the sick and disabled members of our
population.
Maxine Book, acting superintendent of the MMM
Hospital, states that Thursday afternoon from 2:30
until 4:00 coffee will be served to those wishing to see
the medical, surgical and other realms of the hospital
pertaining to the care of the sick and disabled. At this
time the staff will be pleased to answer questions and
explain the hospital program.
When Britain Cried ‘Enough!’
OF ALL THE FREE COUNTRIES, England has had
the widest experience with the wefare state, and
with the widespread socialization of enterprise that
invitably accompanies that institution. Following the
last world war, when the Labor Party was returned
to power, there was good reason to believe that
England was embarked on a course that could only
lead to virtually total socialism
Yet today further nationalization of enterprise is
a dead issue in Britain. The emphasis now, under the
MacMillan government, is on the encouragement of
private enterprise and private investment both at
home and abroad.
Experience has taught a majority of the British
that Socialism, whatever the theoretical claims made
for it, leads to a dreary morass of higher taxes, inflated
prices, lessened liberty, bureaucratic dictation, and a
loss of national vitality all along the line. In the last
election, Britain cried “Enough!” in decisive terms.
The drive for more socialism goes on. Let us hope
that the people of the United States will profit from
the example of the ally with which we share a common
language and much of our heritage.
From the Duluth, Minn., Publicity: “The U. S. income
tax was 47 years old on Feb. 25. Does anyone want
to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to celebrate the joyous
occasion?
“Wl*n it was born in 1913, few people foresaw
how the rax would grow. It started with a nibble of
one to six per cent. Now it gabbles 20 to 91 per cent.
“The result has been to eat up savings and capital
and stunt the growth of the national economy.”
Coghill Raps
Democrats In
Convention Speech
ANCHORAGE, W> — State Sen.
John Coghill (R-Nenana) blistered
“big government” Democrats and
said Republicans must adhere to
the philosophies of Abraham Lin
coln so they can return control
og government to the people.
Coghill keynoted the three-day
GOP state convention which open
ed Friday.
The Nenana lawmaker charged
the Democrats with:
Rigging the state election code
to keep themselves in power.
Spending the state into deficit
financing, with income from state
sources being 15.5 million dollars
under outgo.
Stacking the supposedly non
partisan court system with Demo
crats.
Failing to give the state direc
tion for sound economic growth.
Coghill said the theme of the
1960 campaign must be “We must
return Alaska to a sound two
party system.”
He said this could toe done if
the people elected a government
“not to build political power, but
‘a government of the people, by
the people and for the people.’
“Our basic policies must be a
belief in the personal freedom and
dignity of the individual, the im
portance of free enterprise, a fight
against the establishment of class
distinctions, a solvent govern
ment, an elective government
starting with the smallest unit
possible and a government that
does only what individuals can
not do for themselves,” he said.
“The Democratic legislature vio
lated a basic right when it de
prived the people of their right
to choose their type of govern
ment in the Fairview issue,” Cog
hill added.
He asked Republicans to aid
Northwestern Alaska. “The rein
deer herds have been depleted,
roads have not been built and the
full potential of the jade has not
been developed,” he said.
Coghill challenged the GOP to
“work hard” — the next election
may be too late to correct many
of the evils.”
He called for the election of
Vice President Nixon to the White
House and Dr. Lee McKinley to
the U.S. Senate.
'DID HE, WHO MADE THE
LAMB, MAKE THEE?'
SALT LAKE CITY, (M—Shasta
the liger, the most famous animal
at the Hogle Zoo here is 12 years
old today.
Shasta is the daughter of an
African lion and a Bengal tigress
— hence the name, “liger.” She
is one of the few living hybrids
of those two species.
Shasta has the 300-pound body
of a lioness, and the faint, partial
markings of the tiger.
Since she was born May 6, 1948,
about two million visitors have
seen her.
She has never been sick and eats
the same diet fed to the other big
cats at the zoo.
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GSA Officials To Inspect
Installations In Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP) — Officials
of the General Services Adminis
tration, the government’s house
keeping agency, will be in Hawaii
and Alaska for inspections and
other business in the next two
weeks.
Aides of Sen. Hiram Fong (R
Hawaii) said officials due in Hon
olulu are:
C. D. Bean. Commissioner of
the Federal Supply Survice; Karl
E. Wallace, Commissioner of Pub
lic Buildings Service, and George
Phillips, GSA Region 9 Commis
sioner.
Bean and Wallace will arrive in
Juneau May 15 to spend about a
week in Alaska, according to the
office of Sen. Gruening. In Alas
ka the officials will arrange for
the opening of a district office,
possibly at Anchorage, inspect
public buildings, check federal
supply and procurement programs,
and look into surplus property
disposal activities.
150 Homeless, 335 Jobless
After Fire Destroys
Shoe Factory
DERRY, N. H., UP) — An esti
mated 150 persons were made
homeless, and 325 without jobs
when flames destroyed 14 tene
ment houses and a big shoe fac
tory Saturday.
Most families lost all their pos
sessions in fleeing for their lives
Friday night.
Nobody was in the plant when
the fire started. Fifty families liv
ing on the perimeter of the fire
were evacuated, but their homes
were saved, and they were per
mitted to return. Governor Wesley
Powell called out the National
Guard and 200 men were assigned
to prevent looting.
The loss was estimated unoffi
cially at $500,000. A general alarm
brought more than 200 firefighters
from 15 nearby communities.
JAPANESE CROWN PRINCE
WILL TOUR AMERICA
TOKYO, UP) — Japanese Crown
Prince Akihito and Princess Mi
chiko will tour the United States
in September to help mark the
100th anniversary of relations be
tween the two countries.
The couple , will be President
Eisenhower’s guests in Washing
ton Sept. 7-29, and will tour sev
eral American cities.
WHAT A KICK!
TORONTO, UP) — Jerry Kalosz
kay, 11, of suburban York Town
ship must get rid of the tame rab
bit he’s had for three years be
cause of a township rule that out
laws rabbits, skunks and chickens
as household pets, but allows
horses and mules.
Khrushchev Said to Raise
Soviet Wages, Reduce
Hours, End Income Tax
MOSCOW, (jPI—Premier Khrush
chev’s program for lowerign taxes
and working hours was enacted
into law Saturday toy the Supreme
Soviet at its closing session.
The move was described as part
of “an extensive program for
raising the living standards of the
Soviet people. Measures are being
taken to raise and adjust wages
and to increase considerably the
output of consumer goods.”
Factory and ofifce workers will
be the principal beneficiaries. The
news agency Tass said the new
law will end their income taxes
toy 1965 as well as those on un
married taxpayers and those with
small families.
Working hours for factory and
office workers will be reduced to
seven hours a day by the end of
the year, the new law said.
New Coast Guard Rear
Admiral, C. J. Knapp,
To be Based At Juneau
SEATTLE, UPl — Capt. Christo
pher C. Knapp, who will become
a rear admiral in the Coast Guard
July 1, has been assigned to com
mand the 17th Coast Guard Dis
trict, the Coast Guard said last
week. His headquarters will be
in Juneau.
Knapp, who has been stationed
in Seattle as chief of operations
of the 13th District since 1958,
will take over his new command
June 1.
Before coming to Seattle, Knapp
was commanding officer of the
Coast Guard Officer Candidate
School at New London, Conn. His
last command at sea was as com
manding officer of the Honolulu
based cutter -Kukui, engaged in
establishing a Loran chain in the
area of the Philippines and Japan.
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