THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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HARMONY AMONG ALASKANS, ANYWAY
(Anchorage Daily Times)
Battles between cities, as well as between airlines
were being fought in the Civil Aeronautics Board hear
ings held last week in Anchorage.
The hearings were held for the purpose of record
ing the desires of each city in the way of air transpor
tation. The testimony will be considered when the
board decides which airlines will continue to operate,
and whether or not there should be changes in the
transportation patterns.
Because transportation is a dominating factor in
the growth and prosperity of every community, a keen
interest is shown.
The attitudes of the cities are especially interesting
as they present their arguments. Some communities
seek more transportation because of their local needs.
Others seek to do more than build up themselves. They
would throttle their neighbors by preventing them
from having the same advantages, thus hoping to gar
ner more business for themselves.
Anchorage has asked for a continuation of the
present airline operations and also for the addition of
a third air carrier operating the coast route from the
States to Alaska. This request was based on statistics
showing the needs of this area. It was not in conflict
with the interest of any other community.
Nome wants daily one-carrier service from Seattle
on the grounds that its economic needs are sufficient
to justify it. No city has taken exception to its case.
Ketchikan took a stand that was unique in that
the city not only asked for continuation of its present
service but designated the airline it wants to operate.
None of the other cities expressed particular interest
in which airline serves it, leaving that decision to the
Civil Aeronautics Board. %
The battles broke out, however, between Seattle
and Portland. Both Anchorage and Fairbanks asked
for continuation of present arrangements under which
some airliners operate to Portland as well as Seattle.
Portland asked the same. Seattle didn’t like it.
The Seattle witnesses argued that their city should
be the southern terminal and all airliners of Alaska
should end their flights there, and nowhere else. The
reason is obvious. If the planes go nowhere else,
Seattle stands to enjoy a monopoly on all the business
‘from Alaska.
The Seattle argument is a selfish one. It ignores
the wishes of Alaskans. It seeks to control economic
development for the benefit of Seattle instead of allow
ing the natural laws of economics and competition to
follow their normal course.
Anchorage could have adopted that type of attitude
had it chosen to do so. This city might have urged the
adoption of air patterns that would force Fairbanks,
Nome, Kodiak and other cities to channel all their air
transportation through this city. Anchorage might
have sought to build itself up as the “gateway” for
everything moving to and from the States.
Alaskans can be proud of the fact that such selfish
considerations have not beep given a place in the am
bitions of their communities.
Instead of greed, the communities have displayed
an enthusiasm for the desires of each. Every city is
hopeful that every other one can get what it wants and
needs.
One example of this spirit is in the efforts of
Kodiak to get direct service from Seattle. Success in
tl s effort would eliminate Anchorage as a gateway
for Kodiak. At present, all the Kodiak traffic is forced
to come through Anchorage. Yet the Anchorage pres
IF THEY’D JUST COME DOWN TO EARTH
entation included nothing that might be an obstacle
for Kodiak to realize its ambitions.
Alaskans frequently deplore the sectional interests
that mar the relations of their communities, especially
in the field of politics.
They don’t approve of one group bettering itself
at the expense of others. They don’t approve of one
man building up his prestige or wealth at the cost of
another.
They are inclined to help the little guy who is
trying to climb to the heights of success in any worthy
venture.
They can be proud that their communities are
demonstrating a healthy and wholesome attitude in
the matter of transportation. Their economic ambi
tions are free of the taint of selfishness such as marks
the efforts of Seattle to monopolize Alaska’s business to
the exclusion of other Pacific Northwest communities.
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6,000 Soldiers and Airmen
Break Strike of London
Gasoline Truck Drivers
„ LONDON, GP)—Striking tanker
truck drivers trickled back to
work today as 6,000 soldiers and
airmen, working around the clock,
brought London’s gas and oil sup
plies back to normal.
“From the standpoint of the or
dinary motorist, the crisis is
over,” said a spokesman for the
Automobile Association, “traffic
on the roads leading into London
this morning is nearly back to
normal.”
But while the return to work
movement gained momentum,
some 470 London bus drivers and
conductors walked off the job in
sympathy with the wildcatters—
and in protest against the govern
ment’s use of troops to keep oil
and gasoline flowing into London.
ARTHRITIS ?
I have been wonderfully blessed
in being restored to active life
after being crippled in nearly
every joint in my body and with
muscular soreness from head to
foot. I had Rheumatoid Arthritis
and other forms of Rheumatism,
hands deformed and my ankles
were set.
Limited space prohibits telling
you more here but if you will
write me I will reply at once and
tell you how I received this won
derful relief.
Mrs. Lela S. Wier
2805 Arbor Hills Drive
P. O. Box 2695
Jackson 7, Mississippi
Million Dollar Suit Filed
Against Bing Crosby
LOS ANGELES,' UP)—Three per
sons filed suit yesterday for $1,
051,400 damages from Bing Cros
by, alleging he was “under the in
fluence of intoxicating liquors”
when his car and theirs collided
about 5:30 a.m. Oct. 11.
Crosby’s $12,250 Mercedes-Benz
sports car was damaged in the
crash at Wilshire and Sepulveda
Boulevards and he suffered a
wrenched back.
Deputy District Attorney George
H. Johnson told a reporter: “In
vestigation by our office and by
the California Highway Patrol has
produced no evidence to indicate
any criminal offense on the part
of either driver involved in the
Crosby accident.”
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Airline Official Foresees
Airplane Becoming
‘Newsboy Of The Air’
ANCHORAGE, Wi— An airline
executive said Saturday he fore
sees the plane becoming a regular
“newsboy of the air,” serving
coast-to-coast routes for scores of
daily newspapers in all parts of
the country.
The idea was projected by L. C.
Burwell Jr., vice president of the
Flying Tiger Line, which is in
process of merging with Slick
Airways.
Both companies, exclusively car
go carriers, are among those peti
tioning the Civil Aeronautics
Board for permits to participate in
the Post Office Department’s ex
perimental air lift for first class
surface mail.
This plan, as conceived by
Postmaster General Summerfield,
would eventually include daily
newspapers which, under their
classification as “preferential
mail,” are eligible for expedited
handling.
Spider On Windshield,
Woman Driver,
Broken Utility Pole
SEATTLE, l£)—A spider prob
ably won’t face charges, but it
was blamed Sunday for causing
an automobile to collide with a
utility pole.
Mrs. Jane G. Clrakson, 18, of
Clayton, Missouri, was driving the
car. Her mother, Mrs. Jane Gard
ner, 50, also of Clayton, was with
her.
“I was brushing the spider off
the windshield and the next thing
I knew I hit the pole,” Mrs. Clark
son told police.
The pole broke off from the
impact and toppled atop the car.
It took Seattle Transit System and
City Light employes quite a while
to remove the pole so normal
traffici could resume.
Mrs. Clarkson and her mother
are oq their way to Anchorage,
Alaska, police say. Neither was t
hurt seriously.
You Live Your Life,
I’ll Live Mine
By Lillian Cohen
You live your life, I’ll live mine:
Who am I to say
That I won’t do tomorrow
What I condemn today.
How can I then not condone
Or say, “I’m holier than thou.”
Flesh is weak and I may some day
Humbled be as you are now.
The greening tree perhaps can see
God’s thoughts in heaven di
vine,
But I’m just human, so I say
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE,
I’LL LIVE MINE.