THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
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Like The Coin-Clippers of Old
AS EVERYONE KNOWS, wage rates have under
gone big advances since WWII. For instance, the
average U.S. production worker’s gross weekly earn
ings increased from just under $54 in 1948 to about
$83 last year. But that doesn’t mean that this worker’s
purchasing power has shown anything resembling
such improvement. For, as the Tax Foundation points
out, inflation “shadowed his almost every advance.”
In 1951, the wage earner’s weekly pay was $4.28
over that of 1950. But increases in prices and taxes
more than offset this gain, and he actually lost 31
cents in purchasing power.
In 1958, weekly pay was up $2.17 over 1957. But
the inroads of inflation again more than wipes out
the gain, and the worker’s purchasing power was
down 6 cents.
All in all, says the Foundation, in 9 of the 11 years
since 1948, “inflation, like the coin-clippers of old,
has taken its toll of these wage boosts.”
The Foundation makes this point: “There is no
way to survive inflation . . . except to stop it, and the
first step in stopping it is for the Federal govern
ment to stop spending the money it does not raise in
taxes, i.e., through deficit financing — and to use
some of the tax money it does raise to help reduce the
national debt.”
Deficit financing and the national debt may seem
far removed from the average family. But they aren’t.
They largely determine what every dollar is worth
—in terms of food, rent, shoes for the children, and
everything else.
Alaska’s school teachers are well paid, according
to the Congressional survey which compiles such stat
istics. The average salary for Alaskan teachers is
$6,400 a year, with California and New York, Dela
ware and New Jersey next in line.
One the other end of the compilation is Missis
sippi with an average annual salary of only $3,070.
“Let us develop the resources of our land, call
forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all
its,great interests, and see whether we also, in our
day and generation may not perform something
worthy to be remembered.” —Daniel Webster.
Humphrey Makes
First Bid for
Nomination
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senator
Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota
formally entered the race for the
Democratic Presidential nomina
tion yesterday, just one year be
fore the party’s national conven
tion in Los Angeles.
The announcement of his entry
— making him the first major
contender to fling his hat in the
ring—came from Senator Eugene
J. McCarthy *D-Minn) and Gov
ernor Orville Freeman of Minne
sota.
McCarthy, at a news confer
ence here while holding an open
telephone line to St. Paul with
Freeman on the other end, said in
response to a question as to whe
ther Humphrey approved of the
move:
“The candidate knows we are
making this formal announcement,
and of course approves.”
McCarthy said Humphrey is
ready to compete in Democratic
Presidential primaries but is “dis
posed to concede” primaries where
genuine favorite sons are entered.
Asked whether Humphrey
would enter the Wisconsin pri
mary April 5, McCarthy said he
could not say definitely but indi
cated that Humphrey desired to
enter it. Wisconsin is expected to
pose one of the key primary tests.
None of his likely competitors
appears inclined to follow quickly
on the heels of Humphrey’s ice
breaking leap.
Senator John F. Kennedy <D
Mass) expressed surprise at Hum
phrey’s early public' unveiling* of
his ambitions. But the Massachu
setts senator said this will make
no change in his own plans.
Kennedy, who has been unoffi
cially beating the bushes for con
vention delegates for months, said
he will decide at the end of this
year or early in 1960 whether he
will become an active candidate.
Few doubt that he will.
Letter-size agd legal file folders
at The Nugget
NOTICE
TO PROPERTY OWNERS
Real and Personal Property Taxes
for the year 1958 become delin
quent after July 15, 1959. Penalty
of 5 per cent and interest of 6
per cent will then be added.
ROBERT F. SCOTT,
City Clerk.
Publish July 8, 10, 13, 15, 1959.
SEN. GRUENING S OFFICE HELPS ANCHORAGE
OLD TIMER FIND BAGGAGE LOST ON BUS TRIP
WASHINGTON — Sen. Gruen
ing was called on this week to
render aid of an unusual kind to
a constituent. William C. Wilson,
longtime resident of Anchorage,
appeared at the senator’s office
to ask help.
While traveling by bus from
Milwaukee to Chicago two weeks
earlier, two of his three pieces of
baggage were lost. Wilson had had
no success in trying to have the
missing luggage traced.
He asked for the help of the
Gruening office because (1) all of
his identification and official
papers were in one of the lost
bags, (2> his arthritis medicine
was similarly misplaced, and <3)
one of the missing bags contained
$2,100 worth of gold nuggets. Wil
son has gold mining property in
the McGrath area.
By a call to the executive office |
of the Greyhound Bus Co., the I
senator’s staff got attention to the
old timer’s plight at a high level.
A call was also put in to Dr.
James O’Malley at Anchorage to
learn what was in Mr. Wilson’s
medicine so it could be replaced.
Two days later the bags were
found in Milwaukee and for
warded to Washington. Wilson
found the contents intact except
that one of the jars containing the
gold had broken and spilled small
nuggets and dust through the bag.
Wilson was able to “pan it out”
without loss.
This constituent’s good luck in
getting back his luggage had been
matched earlier this year. Wilson
was one of those picking the exact
minute of the breakup on the
Tanana River and collected a
little over $8,000 from the Nenana
Ice Pool. Two other years he had
been within one minute of the
correct time.
FLIGHT SCHEDULE
of
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES, Inc.
Two Dailv Flights from Fairbanks
Including Sunday
EFFECTIVE JUNE 21, 1959
FLIGHT 311
Leave Fairbanks .... 8:00 a.m. Arrive Nome .10:00 a.m.
FLIGHT 312
Leave Nome . 2:00 p.m. Arrive Kotzebue .... 3:10 p.m.
Leave Kotzebue . 4:10 p.m. Arrive Fairbanks .... 7:45 p.m.
FLIGHT 309
Leave Fairbanks .... 3:00 p.m. Arrive Kotzebue .... 4:45 p.m.
Leave Kotzebue .... 7:00 p.m. Arrive Nome . 8:10 p.m.
FLIGHT 310
Leave Nome . 9:00 p.m. Arrive Fairbanks .... 1:00 a.m.
BUSH FLIGHTS TO KOTZEBUE
Tuesday & Friday via Candle & Deering
main ,8 W ien Alaska Airlines sm™. m».
phone: <■ Firs( In Alaska” PeteW,d*h
1 —— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —%
INFLATION COST
the people of WASHINGTON
IM7-W35
TIMES MORE THAN WAS SPENT FOR
SCHOOLS
(CAPITAL OUTLAY, ’47-'59)
OfS* jffmtL TIMES MORE THAN
OR 23«0 HOSPITALS
(TOTAL ASSETS, 1957)
—
TIMES ESTIMATED COST
• ^ HIGHWAYS
(INTERSTATE l DEFENSE)
*“ - — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
or 2*7 TIMES TOTAL ofahthreei
SOURCE- National Assoc, of Manufacturers, Stanford Research Institute, Western Highway Inst.,
America Hospital Assn., Inst, for Social Science Research (Freeman! NEA.