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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_
VOL. LX No. 51 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1958 Per Copy—15^
OUR SAVIOR S LUTHERAN CHURCH
DEDICATED IN INSPIRING SERVICE
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
which opened its doors last Oc
tober • was formally dedicated
Sunday with an inspiring ser
vice which started at eleven in
the morning and lasted until the
middle of the afternoon.
Dr. Fredrik Schiotz, president
of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church and outstanding Lutheran
leader in many fields, gave the
dedication address with Dr. H. L.
Foss, president of the Pacific Dis
trict assisting in the rite of ded
ication.
Rev. Thomas Knudson, local
pastor who was assisted in the ser
vice by Rev. Norval Hogland of
Teller who it will be remem
bered was marooned at Sinnok
for a couple of days with his
plane. Rev. John Maakestad, pas
tor of the Shismaref church who
was to have participated in the
ceremony but was delayed by
weather made a dramatic en
trance late in the afternoon near
the close of the ceremony, bear
ing gifts for the distinguished
guests from the Shishmaref
church.
Six handmade sealskin plaques
were presented to become part
of the permanent background of
the sanctuary and were made by
the women of the Shishmaref,
Teller and Nome churches. They
represent six Christian symbols;
Holy baptism, Lord’s Supper,
Word of God (open bible) and the
Trinity represented by a hand,
palm downward for the father,
the cross for the Son and the dove
for the Holy Spirit.
Over a hundred Lutherans
came from Fairbanks. Anchorage,
and Seward including pastors;
Glen O. Groth of Spenard and
A. H. Mjorud of the Central
Lutheran Church in Anchorage.
The guests were housed through
the cooperation of the tourist
committee of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Among the special guests were
Helen Frost, better known to res
idents of Northern Alaska as
Sister Helen who came from Sit
ka where she now works with
young people, but who spent
many years in Teller and Marys
Igloo; Bertha Stedje who has
worked in Nome but now sta
tioned in Teller; Noreen Paul
son of Juneau and formerly of
Teller Mission.
The visitors brought their own
choirs which blended with the
local choir into an ensemble of
voices that filled the church
with inspiring music.
Dr. Foss said “We are very
pleased with the work and the
progress of the church here under
the ministry of Rev. T. Knudson
and have high hope of soon being
able to complete the construction
of parsonage, educational unit
and social rooms.”
“The Evangelical Lutheran
Church expresses sincere thanks
to the people of Nome, the Cham
ber of Commerce, the press, all
Churches in the community for
all the help they have given us.”
Eisenhower Again
Proposes Aerial
Inspection to Reds
AUGUSTA, Ga.,UP — Presi
dent Eisenhower called on Sov
iet Premier Khrushchev today
to join the western allies in an
Arctic region aerial inspection
program against massive sur
prise attack.
The President, in a brief new
note to the Kremlin leader, also
appealed for Soviet Union re
consideration of the Eisenhower
April 8 proposal for study of
nuclear test ban controls by
technical experts. Russia last
rejected .that proposal.
In calling on the Soviet Union
to join western allies in an Arc
tic area aerial inspection program,
the President pointed out to
Khrushchev that the United States
already has announced its in
tention of bringing up the matter
in the United Nations Security
Council tomorrow.
“I am sure,” Eisenhower wrote
Khrushchev, “that with the grow
ing capabilities in the Soviet
Union and the United States of
massive surprise attack, it is
necessary to establish measures to
allay fears.”
Eisenhower said agreement on
such an inspection program would
be a significant first step toward
disarmament.
Half Million
Workers Exhaust
E. S. C. Benefits
WASHINGTON, UR — Secre
tary of Labor Mitchell says more
than 500,000 workers have ex
hausted their unemployment
compensation benefits. He urged
speedy enactment of an admin
istration plan for extra pay
ments “so these workers . . . may
have money to live on.”
Mitchell’s statement was issued
as the Labor Department’s Bur
eau of Employment Security re
ported that during the week end
ed April 12 unemployment among
workers insured for jobless bene
fits rose by 49,000 to a record
3,363,200.
This report showed the rate of
unemployment among insured
workers rose that week to a rec
ord 8.1 per cent. Some 43 mil
lion workers, about two-thirds
of the nation’s labor force, are
covered by unemployment com
pensation.
The total of insured unemploy
ment—representing workers on
the sidelines at least a week—was
about 100,000 bigger in mid-April
than in mid-March.
This data indicated the over
all unemployment total for April
probably will be close to the
5,200,000 level of March. Nor
mally at this time of the year un
employment drops sharply as
outdoor work picks up.
Vote Tommorrow
Tomorrow is election day and
qualified voters will exercise one
of their freedoms by voting for
the candidates of their choice.
For Delegate to Congress they
have the choice of re-electing
Bob Bartlett who is unopposed
as a Democrat or a choice of
two Republicans; Walter H.
Fierce and Paul Robinson.
For Commissioner of Labor
there is one Republican, John
Van Housen. Three Democrats
are opposing one another Dale
Hirt, Thomas Moore and Russell
Young.
For Territorial Treasurer there
is one Republican Karl Dewey;
one member of the new Alaska
Party, Niilo Koponen, and three
Democrats; Leonard Peck, Dor
othy Tyner and Hugh Wade.
For Second Division Senators
there are a choice of two Demo
crats William Beltz and James
von der Heydt and two Repub
licans Carl Glavinovich and
Chas. Jones.
For Representatives Republi
cans Alfred Mazonna, Arthur
Johnson and Clinton Gray. Dem
ocrats are Frank Degnan, Les
ter Bronson, Keith Hedreen and
Eben Hopson.
If you are a citizen of the
United States, can read and write,
have lived in the territory for
one year and in this precinct for
30 days you are a qualified voter
and should do your duty tomor
row—VOTE.
Federal Subsidies
Proposed For
Copper, Lead, Zinc
WASHINGTON, UR—'The Eisen
hower administration today pro
posed federal subsidies for do
mestic producers of copper, lead,
zinc, acid-grade fluorspar and
tungsten.
Secretary of the Interior Fred
| Seaton told a Senate Interior
Mining Subcommittee President
Eisenhower had endorsed the
stabilization payment plan for
depressed mining industries. He
said proposed legislation to carry
out the five year plan will be
sent to Congress soon.
The payment program would
cost $161,090,000 the first year,
Seaton estimated. The cost would
drop after the first year “as pro
duction responds to demand and
as our economy resumes its long
term health and vigor,” he said.
Under the plan the government
would pay producers the differ
ence between the domestic mar
ket price and a stabilization price
specified for each mineral.
Election Day
Tomorrow Is
Legal Holiday
JUNEAU UR — Primary Elec
tion Day will be observed in Alas
ka as a legal holiday.
All territorial offices and most
financial institutions will be
closed. Bars and taverns will be
closed while the polls are open,
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Opponents Stall Alaska Bill to
Postpone House Consideration
Until Too Late to Pass Senate
WASHINGTON, W> — Alaska
statehood legislation was “down”
on the agenda of the House Rules
Committee today—way down.
The statehood bill, which chair
man Howard Smith (D-Va) is j
frank to admit he’s filibustering,
was listed sixth and last on the
committee’s program for today’s
consideration at morning and
afternoon sessions.
The Alaska bill went to the
Rules Committee last June but
gathered dust until late March
when the committee held a half
hour hearing. Another session
was held last Thursday.
In the two sessions the commit
tee heard only two witnesses.
Chairman Engle (D-Calif) of the
House Interior Committee ac
cused the bill’s opponents last
week of “stalling” in an effort to
postpone House consideration
until too late to obtain Senate
action at this session.
Meanwhile, news media in the
nation’s capitol received over the
weekend a copy of a letter sent to
Smith by O. E. Darling, head of
a Seward commercial company
and a leading advocate of Com
monwealth status for Alaska.
In it, Darling said the firm
which he now heads has written
off more than a quarter million
dollars worth of accounts re
ceivable during its life in the
territory “because it would not
stand by and see Alaskans go
hungry and cold.”
He continued:
“Many thousands of veteran
Alaskans and their issue now
scattered widely over the entire
territory remember and appreciate
this and look to us for guidance
on Alaska’s economic and social
problems. We feel paternally
obligated to give them guidance
and leadership for Alaska now
on two basic grounds:”
“First, Alaska is not ready for
Statehood because it does not
have a self-sustained economy and
cannot afford to support the
added costs of statehood.
“Second, and of paramount
social importance, the Consti
tution that has been written for
Alaska in preparation for state
hood is not an instrument of
democracy but one of oligarchy
that would impose a vicious
slavery on the rank and file of
politically naive and immature
Alaskan citizens.”
Darling asked that Smith have
a thorough study made of the
proposed state constitution—which
he called an “invidious instru
ment”—before the Rules Commit
tee acts on the statehood bill.
The proposed state constitution
was drafted by a 55-member
constitutional convention auth
orized by the Alaska legislature in
1955. It was approved by Alas
kan voters on April 24,1956, by
better than a two to one mar
gin, 17,073 to 8,060.
SUNDAY BASEBALL SCORES
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 5-8, Portland 0-4
Vancouver 1-0, Spokane 0-1
Salt Lake City 8-2, Seattle 0-3
Phoenix 4-2, Sacramento 3-6
National League
Philadelphia 6, Milwaukee 2
Chicago 5, San Francisco 4
Los Angeles 10, St. Louis 3
American League
Boston 7, Washington 5
Detroit 6, Cleveland 5
"BARBER, WHAT WILL YOU TAKE TO CUT HIS
THROAT?" Ed Devery (Ron Buzby, left), asks, as Harry Brock
(Spencer Blake, seated), reacts violently in this University of
Alaska Drama Workshop rehearsal scene for "Born Yesterday."
Looking on interestedly are Paul Verrall (Bill Boucher) and the
barber (John Elliott). The Rotary Club and Home Arts Club
are sponsoring the play tomorrow night at 8:00 at the school.
C JiY mTTn X^\ 5 U 8 o’clock Tuesday Evening
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A Cometty in Three Acts presented by the University of Alaska Drama Workshop, Sponsored by Rotary Club and Home Arts C’ >