THE NOME NUGGET
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Congratulations to
Pacific Northern Airways
From a one-man, one-plane operation in 1932 to
a 550-man operation and’a fleet of Constellations,
DC-4s and DC-3s is the fabulous story of Pacific North
ern Airways which celebrates its 25th year of operation
in Alaska this month.
Starting as Woodley Airways with A. G. Woodley
as pilot, it still retains the founder as the company’s
chief executive—which is quite a record.
Although PNA does not operate out of Nome, it
connects with Alaska Airlines in Anchorage for daily
service to this area. Many Ncmeites are included in
the total of 617,833 passengers flown during those 25
years of operation, and much Nome cargo is included
in the 23,942,000 tons carried during that period.
Mail for Nome and northern Alaska helped make
up the mail ton-miles, which total 4,694,045.
May the next twenty-five years reflect the same
continued growth for PNA and all Alaska.
Alaskans Denounce
Plan to Withhold
Wildlife Control
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, OP)—A move to
withhold from the proposed State
of Alaska any control over its fish
and wildlife resources for a five
year period was described by
Alaskans yesterday as a violation
of the whole principle of state
hood.”
The territory’s official and un
official congressional delegation—
Delegate Bartlett and provisional
“Senators” Ernest Gruening nad
William Egan and “Rep.” Ralph
J. Rivers—-strongly denounced the
proposal and pledged an all-out
effort to defeat it.
The five-year delay in transfer
of fish and wildlife resource con
trol was written into the Alaska
statehood bill at a closed door
session of the House Territories
Subcommittee Wednesday on a
voice vote.
It was substituted for an earlies
proposal by Rep. Westland (R
Wash’ that federal control of the
resources be continued for 10
years after Alaska becomes a
state.
Gruening, former Alaska gov
ernor, described the action as
“without precedent” and said it
had “no justification ... in any
shape or manner.”
“It illustrates the power of the
absentee interests which have
dominated Alaska for 90 years,
who have opposed statehood hith
erto and under whose absentee
control the fisheries have been so
gravely depleted that the problem
of restoring them is extremely
difficult,” Gruening said.
He said the restoration of Alas
ka’s fisheries will be “further re
tarded if after statehood there is '
to be a further five-year control
by the same interests and regu- <
latory agency under which it has ]
sunk almost to the vanishing <
"GLASSY-EYED" LOOK
LEADS TO ACQUITTAL
PHOENIX, Ariz., (J>>—-The ar
resting officer testified Nick Joe
Martinez was “glassy-eyed” after
his automobile struck and killed
a pedestrian. *
In his final argument Wednes
day, Defense Atty. John J. Flynn
asked Martinez to show the jury
why.
Martinez reached up and re
moved a glass eye from its socket.
He was acquitted of a charge of
negligent homocide.
RUSSIA SEEKS
JET ROUTE
TO JAPAN
TOKYO, UP)—The Soviet Union
reportedly wants to establish a
jet airline passenger route from
Copenhagen across Russia and
Asia to Japan.
An official of the Japanese
Transport Ministry’s Aviation Bu
reau said the report came from
sources close to the International
Civil Aviation Organiation (ICAO)
in Montreal. He emphasized the
Soviets have not approached the
Japanese government for landing
rights.
The Soviets are now flying
from Moscow to Peiping. There
has been talk of the government
subsidized Japan Airlines flying
some day to Moscow and Europe
via Peiping under a reciprocal
agreement.
MODERN LIVING
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP)—The I
Oklahoma Legislature is looking j
out for the comfort railroad
section hands.
Gov. Raymond Gary signed into
law Wednesday a bill requiring
railroad track motor cars to have
tops and electric windshield l
wipers.
point.”
Egan said the action would cre
ate “hordes of disillusioned resi
ents of Alaska who have been
trong statehood supporters.”
Jayne Mansfield
Steals the Scene
At Lindbergh Show
By JAMES BACON
HOLLYWOOD, Uft—W arner
Brothers premiered “The Spirit
of St. Louis” Last night, but
Charles Lindbergh would have
had to land his plane in the thea
ter lobby to steal the show from
Jayne Mansfield.
The voluptuous actress, wear
iny a far from plain gown that
had fans and photographers in a
j spin, put on a show seldom seen
| in the dignified Hollywood of to
day.
Assisted by her boy friend,
muscleman Mickey Hargitay, one
time Mr. Universe, Jayne even
autographed programs for the
fans in the top row of the bleach
, ers. Hargitay, in a performance
that resembled a circus act, lift
! ed his blonde girl high in the air
j so that she could reach bobby
i sox ers in the back rows.
Jayne explained that she and
Hargitay had practiced the pose
at home because i.t resembled an
airplane in flight.
“And isn’t this what this pic
j ture is all about?” she asked.
Six major TV network shows
| quickly switched their cameras
j away from such sedate stars as
I Greer Garson, James Stewart and
! Gary Cooper.
The Egyptian Theater premiere
of the movie, depicting Lind
bergh’s famout 1927 nonstop flight
to Paris, attracted one of the big
gest turnouts of stars in recent
memory. More than 300 attended.
But as far as the fans were con
cerned, it was a Mansfield show.
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
i By OLAF HALVOHSON
On the east side of Hercules lies
the constellation Lyra. In legend,
it is represented by the sweet
toned harp which belonged to Or
pheus.
The brightest star in this con
stellation is the blue one called
the “Harp Star,” or Vega. Because
of the procession of the equinoxes,
in less than 12,000 years Vega
will be the nearest bright star to
the pole. Vega will hold this posi
tion for 3,000 years.
The constellation of Lyra and
that of Hercules are of particular
interest because they mark that
part of the universe to which our
sun is traveling at the rate of 12V2
miles a second. Some day, in half
a million years, this gorgeous star
of Vega, which is 100,000 times
more brilliant than our sun, will
glow upon us.
In 12,000 years, when our North
Pole points to Vega, the -great
Northern Cross with its bright
stars Deneb and Altair will never j
set.
Sonic Boom
Blamed for
Explosion
CEDAR CITY, Utah, W)—A
sonic boom was blamed yesterday
by residents of this southwestern
Utah community for an explosion
which shattered an estimated 100
windows.
One man was knocked down by
the blast; a woman was cut in the
face when a storm door shattered;
a boy was hit by flying debris.
But miraculously, officers said,
there were no serious injuries.
There was no official explana
tion for the blast, in late after
noon Wednesday. Most specula
tion was, however, that it was
caused by a jet plane breaking
the sound barrier. Many residents
said they saw a jet plane in the
area during the afternoon.
The nearest Air Force Base to
Cedar City is the Nellis Aid Force
Base at Las Vegas, Nev., about
150 airline miles to the southwest.
A spokesman at the base said a
Son of Murdered
Druggist Kills Bandit
HOUSTON, Texas’ OH—Claude
F. Newsom Jr., whose father was
stabbed to death six years ago by
a holdup man, shot and killed a
masked bandit who tried to rob
his drug store Wednesday night,
he told police.
Newsom was creased in the
head by a bullet from the 'bandit’s
gun, but was not seriously hurt.
The dead youth, a mask still
wrapped around his neck, was
identified at a hospital as Rudolf
Cortinas, 18, of Houston. The
youth’s companion told police the
pair had held up a package store
earlier in the evening.
team of investigators would be
sent to the scene.
Ralph Thomas, utility company
manager, said he saw a jet plane
fly in from the southwest “at a
low altitude and doing acrobat
ics.” He said the craft climbed
over the town, dived straight
down dhd climbed again sharply.
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