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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, jnder Act of March 3. 1879
QUITE A TWIST
BAD RECORD
In 1955 the state legislatures set a new record—
and one which is bad news for the taxpayer. According
to the Tax Foundation, possibly as many as 3,000 new
tax laws were passed. A large proportion involved in
creases in taxes—on personal incomes, on business, on
gasoline and motor vehicles, and so on.
Hope is held out for some reduction in federal taxes
this year. That will be of small cheer if it is offset, or
largely so, by increased local taxation. The point is
that we must keep a weather eye on the state house and
the city hall—as well as the national capital.
2,500 Marines Get
Liberty in San Diego
After Aleutian Maneuvers
SAN FRANCISCO, UP—The 1st
Marine Division’s 2,500-man First
Battalion arrived Sunday from
Alaska where it undei'went frigid
combat exercises.
The task force left San Diego
Jan. 5 for the Aleutian Islands
area. Amphibious landing maneu
vers were held on Adak and Um
nak Islands.
The Marine Corps said the lib
erty for the 2,500 Leathernecks
was the largest organized Marine
combat unit ever to land in the
bay area. They re-embarked today
for San Diego and their home
base, Camp Pendleton.
British Sub Ducks
Just in Time to Miss
Freighter in Its Patli
PORTLAND. England. 1.1^—The
British submarine Scorcher sur
faced off Portland saw a big
freighter smack in its path.
Lt. Maurice Ingram immediate
ly ordered a “crash dive” and the
Scorcher slithered back under the
waves as the freighter sliced away
the top half of the sub’s periscope.
Fifty men were aboard the sub
for a training cruise.
“Another 30 inches and he’d
have hit the conning tower,” said
Ingram.
The Scorcher docked Friday
night, had a new periscope fitted
and continued its cruise.
Federal Judges in Alaska
Wearing Black Robes
For More Court Dignity
JUNEAU—Time and progress
caught up with jurisprudence in
Alaska this week when the three
federal judges in the territory ap
peared in court clad in the tradi
tional black robes of justice.
The decision that Alaska judges
no longer would appear in court
dressed in their business suits was
made in Anchorage recently.
Judge Hodge, now in Juneau,
explained that wearing of the
black robe would add to the dig
nity of the court. In the old days,
when Alaska was a rugged pio
neer country, it was felt the robes
were too formal.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: E. H. Wade,
John and Milly Apangalook, Fred
Sehellenberg, Herbert Dodoridge,
John Bristol, James George, Stan
ley Bingston, Walter Farral, Max
Boni.
To McGrath: Emma Bourdon.
To Unalakleet: Warren Tiffany.
From Unalakleet: Sig Krogstad.
To Anchorage: Darrell Trigg,
Wm. P. Bell. Capt. B. Holta, Maj.
Stanley Szumski, Capt. John Mc
Entee, Geo. B. Ammann, Ray
mond Weyanna, Myrtle James.
Seven states are visible from
the top of Lookout Mountain in
Tennessee: Alabama, Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee
New Constitution
Finest Document
Of Its Type
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ators every four years.
After each census, an automatic |
reapportionment plan is provided
using a formula that is written
into the constitution. A board is
provided to assist the governor in
Carrying out this reapportion
ment. Legislators have nothing to
do with it and cannot block it to
save their own seats as is now
done in many states.
' JUDICIARY
The judiciary department is left
independent of political branches.
Judges are appointed by a Ju
dicial Council, which consists of
three laymen named by the gov
ernor, three attorneys named by
the state bar association, and the
seventh and presiding member,
who is the chief justice of the su
preme court.
But the people are given a pow
erful check on the judicial system.
The constitution specifies that
three years after appointment,
each superior court and supreme
court judge must go on a nonpar
tisan ballot and the people can
retain or reject him.
Thereafter, each superior court
justice goes on the ballot every
sixth year, and each supreme
court justice each tenth year. The
judges do not have to run against
anyone. Their names are merely
submitted to the people for re
tainment or rejection.
APPORTIONMENT
The consultants present when
the constitution was signed agree
that the apportionment provided
for in the constitution gives Al
aska the first truly representative
legislature in its history.
Alaska is apportioned into 24
election districts from which 40
members of the House are select
ed. These are merged into 12 Sen
ate districts from which one sena
tor each is elected.
Then the 12 senate districts are
merged into four larger districts
roughly corresponding to present
divisions with two senators at
large being elected from each dis
trict. Senate apportionment is
based on area and population.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local government in Alaska is
invested by the constitution in
cities and boroughs. Actually, a
borough is a streamlined form of
county government. There are in
corporated boroughs where ihe
citizens provide their own lota l
government and unincorporated!
boroughs where citizens assume
limited local responsibility while
the state provides whatever as
sistance is needed. The constitu
tion leaves to the future legisla
ture the task of establishing the
boundaries for boroughs.
The governing body of the bor
ough will be an assembly which
shall include one or more mem
bers of whatever city council that
exists within the borough’s boun
daries. Thus the governing of the
borough will be done jointly by
the city and the county or the
borough.
RESOURCES
The state retains residual rights
to all lands and resources and
wherever possible all use of Al
j aska’s resources must be on a
sustained yield basis. Permits arc
granted to make use of Alaska’s
resources but no title is granted
to anything on the public domain.
Separate permits may be issued
to exploit various resources on
the same acre of land and each
must respect the other’s rights.
The constitution states explicit
ly that the state does not intend
to interfere with any Indian claim
or federal property.
Hand Hurts More Than
Five Court Charges
HARLAN, Ky., IP)—Matt Clark,
43, laced five court charges Sat
urday, but what hurt even more
was his hand.
Deputy Sheriff John Gilly shot
a pistol out of Clark’s hand when
he arrested him Wednesday. The
bullet burrowed into the wooden
handle and the splintering action
wounded the hand.
Clark pleaded guilty Friday to
being drunk but denied the other
four charges, including one of
shooting into his brother-in-law’s
house.
Eisenhower Salutes
Boy Scouts on Eve of
46th Anniversary Week
NEW YORK, IP)—President Eis
enhower Saturday saluted the
Bqy Scouts of America on the
eve of Boy Scout Week, Feb.. 6-12,
marking the 46th anniversary of
its founding in the United States.
Eisenhower, honorary president
of the organization, said in a mes
sage to the Scout National Coun
cil the growth of the Scouts gives
“heartening assurance that . . .
our nation will continue to have
citizens prepared in body, mind
and character to serve it and to
further its strength and progress.”
ARMY DIVISIONS WILL
SWAP STATIONS, HOMES
FT. LEWIS, Wash., IP—A 15
man advance planning group
from the 2nd Infantry Division
will fly to Alaska tomorrow to
discuss a personnel exchange
project with officers of the 71st
Infantry Division.
Under previously announced
Army plans, thousands of officers,
enlisted men and their families in
the two divisions will exchange
duty stations and homes for a 33
month period. The project, start
ing next July and August, will be
called Operation Gyroscope.
HOLY WATER USED
TO DOUSE CHURCH FIRE
PUEBLO, Colo., (P—When a
small fire broke out near the altar
of St. Patrick’s Church, Mrs. Pa
tricia Coudayre was Johnny-on
the-spot. She doused the flames
with holy water.
Firemen said children playing
with vigil lights apparently had
started the blaze.
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Bodies of Four Airmen
Found in B-29 Wreck
In Mountain Snows
SAN BERNADINO, Calif., UP—
Missing since Jan. 27 on a flight
from San Angelo, Tex., to Norton
Air Force Base here, a, B-29
bomber has been found wrecked
in the snow at the 10,500-foot
level on San Gorgonio Peak. The
four-man crew apparently per
ished.
A ground search team from the
42nd Air Rescue Squadron, March
AFB, reached the scene Friday.
The plane’s tail assembly protrud
ed from an eight-foot snowbank,
but they did not have time to
dig out the wreckage before dark.
They started in again the next
day after spending the night at a
lower level.
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