C apt. John Backland
Pilot of Arctic Expeditions
Dies of Heart Attack
SEATTLE UP! — Capt. John
Backland, 58, who formerly plied
the Arctic and Bering Seas in the
famed four-masted sailing schoon
er C. S. Holmes, died of a heart
attack Sunday night at his Bain
bridge Island home.
A native of Birmingham, Eng
land, Backland went to sea at the
age of 14 with his father, Capt.
John Backland, Sr., a pioneer
mariner in the Arctic.
At 26, when his father became
ill, Backland skippered the sail
ing ship to Point Barrow. Until
1942 he sailed the schooner on an
nual northern supply voyages.
During World War II as a Naval
reserve captain he handled some
landings in the Mariannas. Later
he became chief ice pilot of the
Navy’s Arctic expeditions.
LAW ENFORCEMENT . . .
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. UR —
A $25 fine was levied against a
milk store salesman who yielded
to a customer’s pleas to sell him
two loaves of bread Sunday “so
his children could have some for
breakfast.”
A city law forbids Sunday food
sales.
The customer was an off-duty
clerk in the city police depart
ment. Officers arrested the sales
man a few minutes after the sale.
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SERVICE
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“Ice Bloc” Being Sold a Bill of Goods
For Construction of Vocational School
JUNEAU (yP) — Rep. James C.
Parsons told the “Ice Bloc” on
j the floor of the House yesterday
; that it was being “sold a bill of
: goods” in the $1.5 million bond
! bill for the construction of a Vo
! cational School north of the Yu
I kon River.
The bill passed by a vote of
38-2, with Reps. Forbes L. Baker,
| an outspoken foe of bonding,
: joining Parsons in opposition.
Parsons said that the $1.5 mil
lion would not begin to build
and maintain an adequate school
such as that planned.
“It would take at least $10 mil
lion to staff and maintain such
a school,” Parsons said. “The
money appropriated here would
probably build only a very nice
basement.”
No Adequate Study Made
Parsons charged that no ade
quate study had been made on
the school, and that the State De
partment of Education had not
been consulted as to its plans.
He said that experts say that
the secondary level of education
should be kept as close to home
as possible, and that such voca
tional training should be part of a
comprehensive force of study such
as that offered by regular high
schools.
Proponents argued, however,
that the measure would provide a
long overdue start on a great need
among the native people of the
Interior.
“I realize that it is easy to
spend borrowed money, and hard
to pay it back,” said Rep. R. W.
Stratton, Jr.
“But the northern people were
getting along fine before we
moved in. And now I think we
should do all we can to pay them ’
back.”
“We all know this is not
enough,” said Rep. Nusunginya.
“But at least it will break the
barrier.”
But the most poignant remarks
came from Rep. Jacob Stalker,
who closed the 35-minute debate
on the bill.
“I never had more than a 6th
grade education,” said Stalker.
“Every day when I study these j
bills, Mr. Parsons knows I must
borrow his dictionary, because
mine isn’t big enough.
“I will be very glad to see this
school started.”
COL. GEORGE F. ROGERS
NEW COMMANDER OF ACS
SEATTLE — In a weekend
change of command, Col. John R.
White replaced Col. George F.
Rogers as head of the Army’s
Alaska Communication System.
Col. White had been deputy
commander of the headquarters
U. S. Army Signal Command in
Europe. Before that he was chief
of the security branch in the of
fice of the chief signal officer,
Washington, D. C.
Before his Army service start
ing in 1941, Col. White was with
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co. in Oklahoma.
Col. Rogers plans to retire from
active duty.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
HIGH SCHOOL
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BAND CONCERT
Thursday, March 30 -■ 8 p.m.
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM — NOME SCHOOL
TICKETS NOW ON SALE
BY BAND STUDENTS
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1962 Band Festival Fund
“Help The Students Help Themselves”
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