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VOL. LVI No. 37 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1954 Per Copy—151
Billion Dollar Cut In Federal Sales
Taxes Assured of Senate Passage
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WASHINGTON, UPl —A cut of'
about a billion dollars yearly on
a wide range of federal excise or
sales taxes seemed assured Fri
day with Senate passage of a
$1,034,000,000 reduction bill.
The cuts will take effect next
Thursday.
It was sent to a Senate-House
conference which cannot take
place before next Monday after
noon, since both branches are in
recess until then.
But Sen. Milliken (R-Colo),
head of the Senate negotiators,
said Tuesday he is confident the
conferees will act speedily and
rush the measure to President
Eisenhower. The deadline for the
President’s signature is next Wed
nesday midnight.
Both branches voted identical
cuts on many items, so they are
certain to be in the final version.
They include furs, jewelry,
handbags and luggage, cosmetics,
sporting gocds, train-bus-plane
passenger fares, telephone bills,
telegraph charges, mechanical
pens and pencils, Jighters and
electric light bulbs.
Milliken and other Republican
leaders predicted the President
will sign the bill, although the
administration urged against the
excise cuts.
The billion dollar less in rev
enue will add that much to the j
$2,SCO,000.000 deficit already fore
cast for the new financial year
starting July 1.
—
Wm. Holden and
Audrey Hepburn
Win Film ‘Oscars’
HOLLYWOOD, UP) — William
Holden, the movies’ favorite guy,
and Audrey Hepburn, its favorite
princess, Friday held Hollywood’s
top acting Oscars.
The movie, “From Here to
Eternity,” tying the all-time rec
ord of eight awards, was named
the best picture of 1953 as the
26th annual Academy Awards
presentation made movie and
television history Thursday night.
Holden, 36, who played a semi
heel in the movie “Stalag 17,”
was both happy and upset about
his first Oscar. He was happy, of
course, for winning the top hon
ors but said he was “very upset”
for having to hurry his accept
ance speech due to the television
time commitments.
“They told me to say ‘thank
you’ and get off,” Holden said.
Miss Hepburn, in stage makeup
for her Broadway role of a water
nymph in the play “Ondine,” re
ceived her award in the New
York portion of the show. Her
first movie starring role was that
of a princess on the loose in “Ro
man Holiday.”
The sex and violence-filled “Et
ernity” a story of the pre-Pearl
Harbor regular army, captured
awards for sound recording, film
editing, cinematography, screen
play, direction and supporting
actress and supporting actor in
addition to best picture. The eight
Oscars tied the former record
held by “Gone With The Wind.”
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Dewey Goodrich
2nd Vice President
Of Alaska C. of C.
McKINLEY PARK, UP) — Tor
mod (Tommy) Bie of Seward was
elected president of the Alaska
Chamber of Commerce Thursday
night at opening sessions of the
Chamber’s annual meeting here.
Robert Groseclose, Fairbanks,
was named first vice president;
Dewey Goodrich, Nome, second
vice president, and George Shar
rock, Anchorage, secretary-trea
surer.
Bie, a veteran seaman, was
made a unanimous choice after
Ralph C. Bailey, president at a
director’s meeting, stressed the
importance of having officers
from smaller member towns.
Notified of his election, Bie told
delegates:
“Unity is our key. What is good
development for any part of Al
aska is good for all and it is
our .business to aid every part of
the territory. First we must unitc^
then get a fulltime manager who
will understand and work for all
of Alaska.”
Resolutions to be introduced in
clude one strongly urging con
struction of a paved coastal route
through Canada with tributary
feeder roads where needed to
promote trade and industry in
northwest Canada and Alaska.
The resolution said a road from
Hazelton, B. C., via Telegraph
Creek to Atlin would be cheaper
to pave, would serve an area
favorable to development, would
pass through highly mineralized
areas to open potential sources
of needed strategic minerals, and
would enhance national defense
as an alternate Alaska Highway
route.
Anchorage Basketball
Squad Downs Sitka 52-50
In First Game For Crown
SITKA, UPi — The Anchorage
high school basketball team
staved off a final period scoring
rush by Sitka to win the opening
game of the All - Alaska Prep
championship last night 52-50.
The lead changed hands con
tinually from the opening whistle,
with the hometown Sitka team
managing to lead at the quarter
mark, 12 to 10, and Anchorage at
the half, 21 to 19.
In the third period, Anchorage
pulled away through the sharp
shooting of Bill Burkher and held
a 38 to 33 edge.
Smooth and cool playing by the
Eagles payed orff in the final per
iod as they refused to get flus
tered while the Baranof Island
five crept up. John Abell, lanky
scoring ace, just was preparing to
shoot what could have been the
tying score as the final gun
sounded.
Sitka appeared more nervous
and lacked ball control while
finding it difficult to penetrate
the Anchorage defense.
The two teams meet again to
night at in the second game in
the best-of-3 series.
Covenant Church
Conference Meets
Here This Week
The Evangelical Mission Cove
nant Church of Nome is host to
the 44th Annual Native Confer
ence of the 12 Mission Covenant
Churches of Norton Bay. This is
the first native conference to be
held in Nome. The meeting con
vened on Thursday evening and
will continue through Sunday,
with 'services at 10:00 a.m., 2:00
p.m. and 7:00 o’clock each eve
ning. The business meeting will
be held on Saturday afternoon
at 2:00 p.m*
The Rev. H. Roald Amundsen
led the opening service under the
conference theme, “Partners With
Christ in World Missions.” Steve
Andersen, mayor of Nome, wel
comed the overflow crowd to the
city. Host pastor Paul B. F. Carl
son and conference chairman
Harry Soxie, Shaktoolik, also ex
pressed their welcome. The pro
gram also featured special num
bers in Eskimo and English. The
Rev. Robert A. Honnette, Chicago,
promotional director for the Ev
angelical Mission Covenant
Church of America, brought the
evening message. Mr. Honnette is
in Alaska taking 16 mm movie
film for a promotional picture
portraying the missionary work
in the territory.
Pastors, delegates and visitors
started arriving Thursday by dog
team and plane. There were 50
dogs in town by Thursday eve
ning. Twenty-three persons from
Unalakleet chartered an Alaska
Airlines plane and constitute the
largest group ever to attend an
annual conference from any one
village. Rev. Roald Amundsen
brought some of the delegates to
Nome in the missionary plane.
Approximately 50 delegates are
expected for this conference.
The lower Yukon Native Con
ference meets next week-end at
Scammon Bay.
Villages represented here to
day include Shaktoolik, Koyuk,
Unalakleet, Candle, Golovin, Wht.
Mountain and Solomon.
Nome USO Will Be
Located On 1st Ave.
West of Nome Motors
The USO community project
met Tuesday evening with Acting
Chairman Boyd Harwood vacat
ing the chair due to other obliga
tions which he felt took up his
time. Russell Hermann was chosen
chairman of the group.
A nominating committee was
named to plan for a regular elec
tion and included Betty Alexan
der, Helen Fagerstrom, Bob Scott
and Russell Hermann.
It was announced that the lease
has been secured on a lot west of
the Nome Motor Co., and City
Clerk Carrie McLain was advised
by Major K. Swisher that the pro
posed building from Nome Field
will be moved very soon to the
lot.
The National USO is advancing
$3,000 for the project, Nome to
provide an additional $2,000, ac
cording to the plan underway, as
well as a committee to direct the
activities of the organization.
Delegates Bartlett and Farrington
Flatly Reject Proposal Territories
Be Given Commonwealth Status
Mental Health Bill
May Affect Senate
Vote on Statehood
WASHINGTON, Iff)—Sen. Cor
don (R-Orel predicted today that
a proposed Alaska Mental Health
Act will have repercussions in the
Senate’s consideration of state
hood for the territory.
His remarks, made at a session
of a Senate Interior subcommit
tee, were directed at provisions
under which the federal govern
ment would continue indefinitely
to finance a major part of the
mental health program.
“You can’t say Alaska is ready
for statehood,” he declared, “and
at the same time that Alaska is
not competent financially to' han
dle its insane.”
He said he would predict that
Alaska’s statehood supporters
“will be hearing from this on the
Senate floor.”
Delegate Bartlett contended it
was not a matter of competency
by the territory to do the job. He
noted that Congress has reserved
to itself control over the Alaska
mental health program and said
he felt it would be too much
of a burden to shove off on the
territory all at once.
He suggested that if the fed
eral government could build the
mental institution, Alaska could
take over administration of the
program.
Jon Lindbergh, Son of
“Lindy” Marries Former
Miss Barbara Robbins
CHICAGO, Iff) — The marriage
last Saturday of Jon Morrow
Lindberg, adventurer son of the
famed “Lone Eagle” of the 1920’s,
Charles A. Lindbergh, and a
Northwestern University co-ed,
was disclosed today.
The bride is the former Miss
Barbara Robbins, at one time a
classmate of young Lindbergh at
Stanford University, Palo Alto,
Calif., and until recently a stu
dent at Northwestern. Mrs. Lind
bergh is 21, the same age as Jon,
who is the eldest of the five liv
ing Lindbergh children. They met
at Stanford four years ago'.
Jon Lindbergh, who is a lic
ensed pilot, a mountain climber,
an explorer, a skilled seaman,
an honor student and a promising
biologist, was one of the nation’s
most carefully shielded children
while he was growing up. His
parents withdrew almost com
pletely from the public eye after
the kidnap-slaying of their first
son, Charles Augustus Jr.
At' Stanford, young Lindberg
has shunned the usual social life.
He lived alone in a tent in the
Coast Range foothills about seven
miles from the campus.
His bride shares his interest in
outdo? life. She spent her early
years in Alaska where her father
managed mining properties.
S> WASHINGTON, LB —The top
elective officials of both Alaska
and Hawaii yesterday flatly re
jected a proposal that the terri
tories be given commonwealth
status instead of statehood.
“We reject this move absolute
ly .. . we want none of it,” Dele
gate Bartlett told a national
Democratic Women’s club lunch
eon.
“Right,” interjected Delegate
Farrington of Hawaii.
A few moments later, Oren
Long, former Democratic gover
nor of Hawaii, referred to the
proposed tax exemptions offered
along with commonwealth status
and declared:
“We’re not for sale.”
Long said Hawaiians are “all
for statehood now and will not
accept any substitute.” He label
led the commonwealth proposal,
advanced by statehood opponents,
as “foreign to this country.”
Bartlett said acceptance of
commonwealth status “would be
a step backward instead of
ahead.”
Admitting that “a lot of per
sons undoubtedly will be beguil
ed” by the prospect of exemption
from federal taxation, Bartlett
said that tax levels in Puerto
Rico, already a commonwealth
with federal tax exemption,
“closely approximate” that of the
combined state-federal tax level.
The proposed commonwealth
amendment, he declared, express
ed only a “vague intent” of Con
gress to provide a further measure
of self-government.
He said it spells out in detail
nothing about giving Alaska con
trol of its land or resources.
As a backdrop to the luncheon,
presided over by Mrs. Dorothy
Gruening, wife of Alaska’s for
mer governor, hung a flag with
with 50 stars. It had six horizontal
rows of seven stars divided by a
central row of eight.
Marilyn Atwood, daughter of
Anchorage publisher Robert At
wood, modeled a parka of rabbit
and white fox fur prior to the
speeches.
9 Alaskan Mothers
Nominated For Title
Alaska’s 1954 mother will be
chosen late this week by a judg
ing committee with at least nine
women to vie for the title, accord
ing to Mrs. Elmer Sellin, territor
ial chairman for the contest spon
sored by the Golden Rule Foun
dation.
Although the contest officially
ended with the entry deadline last
Saturday, this week will be al
lowed for late mail and possible
additional entries, Mrs. Sellin
said.
The nine nominated mothers
are Mrs. W. B. McCarthy, Nome;
Mrs. I. M. C. Anderson and Mrs.
Jack Harrison, Anchorage; Mrs.
M. D. Snodgrass, Palmer; Mrs.
William C. Erwin, Seward; Mrs.
Edward A. Rasmuson, Skagway;
Mrs. Marcus Jensen, Douglas;
Mrs. Henry Chapman, Sitka; and
Mrs. Allen Peterson, Kenai.