Alaska Democrats
To Pick Delegates
To *56 Convention
By D. HAROLD OLIVER
WASHINGTON, OD—Democrats
from Alaska will hold a conven
tion this weekend to pick the first
delegates in either party to the
presidential nominating conven
tions of 1956.
The convention Jan. 7-8 will
choose a six-vote delegation to the
Democratic National Convention
starting in Chicago Aug. 13.
The first delegation to the Re
publican National Convention that
opens in San Francisco Aug. 20 !
will be completed in an Oklahoma
convention set for Feb. 6.
Alaska Republicans and Okla
homa Democrats will name their
delegates at later conventions, the
dates for which have not yet been
fixed.
Alaska Democrats sent an unin
structed delegation to the 1952
Democratic National Convention,
but it east all of its six votes on
all three ballots for Sen. Kefauver
of Tennessee.
There will be 1,372 votes in the
1956 Democratic National Conven
tion, with twice as many delegates
if each state and territory ttkes
advan‘age of a new party rule
permitting them to allot one-half
vote to each delegate.
The Republican National Con
vention this year will have 1,323 1
votes and as many delegates.
Eighteen states, Alaska and the
District of Columbia will hold
two-party presidential primaries
this year. Three of the states and
Alaska actually pick delegates in
conventions.
Seattle Attorney Chosen
For Appointment as
First Division Judtje
JUNEA'U—A former Seattle at
torney, Ford Q. Elvidge, has been
chosen for appointment as district
judge in the First Division as suc
cessor to the late George W. Folta.
This was reported on reliable
authority last week by the Juneau
Independent.
Elvidge was reported to have
won the endorsement of Republi
can Party officials and approval
of the Justice Department. He is a
protege of Gov. Arthur Langlie of
Washington and is at present serv
ing as governor of Guam.
The Seattle man’s name is ex
pected to be submitted for nomin
ation by President Eisenhower
soon after Congress convenes. El
vidge is reported to have said he
will refuse an interim appoint
ment. In other words, he will not
serve until and unless he is con- :
firmed by the Senate.
What Eisenhower
Said on Statehood
For Alaska, Hawaii
WASHINGTON OP)—Here is what
President Eisenhower had to say
in his State of the Union message
yesterday about statehood for Al
aska and Hawaii:
“One particular challenge con
! fronts us. In the Hawaiian Islands,
East meets West. To the islands,
Asia and Europe and the Western
Hemisphere, all the continents,
have contributed their peoples and
their cultures to display a unique
example of a community that is a
| successful laboratory in human
brotherhood.
“Statehood, supported by the re
peatedly expressed desire of the
islands’ people and by our tradi
tions, would be a shining example \
of the American way to the entire
earth.
“Consequently, I urgently re
quest this Congress to grant state
hood for Hawaii.
“Also, in harmony with the pro-,
visions i last year communicated
to the Senate and House Commit
tees on Interior and Insular Af
! fairs, I trust that Congress will
make progress toward statehood
for Alaska in this session.”
Destruction Bay Camp
Suffers Heavy Damage
In Winds of 50-90 MPH.
OTTAWA, UP—High winds last,
week badly damaged an Army En
gineers’ maintenance camp at De
struction Bay on Kluane Lake,
once a dangerous waterway for
gold-seeking prospectors in the
Yukon.
Winds of 50 mph. gusting up to
90 mph. ripped roofs off buildings,
blew down power lines and top
pled a wall of the engineers’ gar
age. About 25 soldiers and civil
ians, their wives and families, live
at the camp, 1,083 miles northwest
of Dawson Creek, B.C.
The engineers do maintenance
work on the Alaska Highway.
DIRTY THIEF TAKES BATH
TULSA, Okla., (*>—Ralph Mu
rano has complained to police that
every weekend while he and his
wife are out of town some dirty
prowler enters his home.
However, Murano told officers,
the intruder fakes only one thing
—a bath. He knows, because the
bather leaves a ring in the tub.
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
PHONE RED 181
Reaction to State
Of Union Message
By Legislators
By and large, Republican legis
lators had little but praise and ap
plause for the message, although
some were not embracing it in its
entirety. •
And comments from both Dem
ocrats and Republicans made it
plain that hopes for a tax cut were
still riding high.
Sen. Young (R-ND’ said there
were “considerable discussion “at
a meeting of Republican senators
of the President’s tax views. He
said the GOP senators generally
agreed there could be no decision
as to cutting taxes until after the
April tax receipts are known.
Sen. Dirksen (R-Ill) said he felt
the President’s language “permits
some latitude” and leaves the tax
question open pretty much for
what action Congress may decide.”
On the Democratic side, Sen.
Magnuson of Washington gibed
that the message “doesn’t set out
any change in the administration
policy of favoring big business.”
Rep. Kirwan of Ohio, chairman
of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee, said that he
found “nothing much” in the mes
sage that hadn’t been proposed by
President Truman “and that the
New Deal hasn’t been pounding
for 20 years.”
Calvin Poole Is New
Juvenile Board Director
JUNEAU, OR—Dr. Joseph O.
Rude, chairman of the Board of
Juvenile Institutions, said here
Wednesday that the salary of the
new director of juvenile institu
tions will be $8,500 a year.
The new director is Calvin
Poole, county juvenile probation
officer at Bremerton, Wash. Poole
formerly held several public jobs
in the territory.
The board concluded meetings:
here Wednesday night, reviewing
problems of juvenile delinquency
in Alaska.
HIS HALF, PRESUMABLY
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., UR—Wil- j
liam Gene Shelton of Little Rock
Wednesday waived his right to
contest a divorce sought by his
wife, Peggy Lou, but he asked
chancery court to force her to give
him half of their wedding picture.
OCTOPUS OUT. POPCORN IN
TOKYO, OR—Popcorn is gaining
favor with young Japanese movie
goers, a survey of theater owners
showed today.
Previously, movie fans with an
urge to munch had favored dried
octopus.
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Constitution Convention Reconvenes
With Clash on Initiative, Referendum
By FLORENCE DOUTHIT <
FAIRBANKS WV-Alaska’s Con
stitutional Convention reconvened
after a 15-day recess Wednesday
and delegates collided head on
with a holdover problem—the ini
tiative and referendum section of
the proposed state constitution.
For major attempts to change
the proposal failed and the day
ended with the heavily-amended
article still before the convention.
One move to permit the future
legislature through a vote of two
thirds of the full membership of
the Senate and House to repeal a
law initiated by the people, failed
to receive the required majority.
As that provision of the consti
tution is now drawn, the governor
may not veto an initiative law’ and
the legislature may not repeal it
for two years. However, the legis
lature may amend it at any time.
Maynard Londborg, Unalakleet
minister, spearheaded a move to
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require that, of the 10 percent
voter signatures needed on an ini
tiative or referendum petition, 3
percent come from each of at least,
two thirds of the election districts
of the state. The move failed, 31
to 17.
Unless reopened, the matter has
been settled in this manner:
An initiative or referendum pe
tition must be signed by qualified
electors equal to 10 percent of the
number of voters who voted in the
preceding general election. Signa
tures must come from at least two
thirds of the election districts.
There is no requirement on the
specific number of signatures.
“Moral turpitude” was subject
ed to a going-over in a motion by
John Hellenthal of Anchorage. He
wanted the phrase deleted from a
section reading: “Grounds for re
call for elected public officials are
malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfea
sance or conviction of a crime in
volving moral turpitude.”
Hellenthal argued elected offi
cials “should be subject to recall
for the slightest offense, not just
moral turpitude.”
Hypocracy and inefficiency
should be valid grounds for recall,
he said.
George McLaughlin of Anchor
age told the delegates the legisla
ture might, if Hellenthal’s motion
were adopted, define the word
“crime” to cover minor violations,
such as traffic tickets.
“They (public officials) should
be like Caesar’s wife, and the
sooner they realise it, the better,”
Hellenthal retorted. His motion
failed by voice vote.
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
A planet which has made itself
visible and brilliant within the
last few weeks is Venus. It is now
extremely bright in the southern
and southwestern sky at four or
five o’clock in the evening.
Planets move about and because
it is now on the east side of the
sun it is called an evening star,
being visible only in the evening.
Venus is the brightest of the
planets and outshines all celestial
bodies except the sun and the
moon.
Venus has been called the
“Earth’s Twin Sister” because it
closely resembles the earth in size,
mass, and distance from the sun.
Gravity at its surface is 85 per
cent of its value at the earth’s sur
face. The velocity of escape is high
enough to retain an atmosphere.
There is evidence that Venus has
an atmosphere comparable in
amount with that of the earth.
Twilight effects have been ob
served and the reflecting power of
the planet is high.
RECORD EARNINGS BY
FOOD CANNING FIRM
NEW YORK UP>—Libby, McNeill
& Libby reported Thursday earn
ings of $4,056,236 for the six
months ended Nov. 6. It was the
highest for any comparable period
in the company’s history, said C.
S. Bridges, president.
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LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
NOME, ALASKA
WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS
IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE THE MANY LINES WE REPRESENT
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. . Tractors, Pumps
Belt Drives, Electrical Equipment
Baker Manufacturing Co. .... Dozers and Plows
DeLaval Steam Turbine Co. Pumps
Detroit Diesel Engine Die. ........ Diesel Engines
Gar Wood Industries . ’Dozers
Gates Rubber Company . Belts
Hobart Manuflcturing Company . Welders
Hydraulic Supply Mfg. Company . Pipe
Jaeger Pumps, Compressors, Concrete Mixers
A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. Wire Rope
Lincoln Engineering Co. Greasing Equipment
Mallory .-. Blocks
Onan .. Light Plants
Owalonna Tool Co. Hand Tools
Power Machinery Co. . Power Saws
S K F Industries . Bearings
Smith Welding Equip. Corp. Welding Tools
Thew - Lorain Shovel Co. .... Cranes & Shovels
Thor .Pneumatic Tools, Electric Saws
Timken Roller Bearing Co. Bearings
Willard Batteries . Batteries
Wisconsin Motors . Motors
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LIGHTERAGE AND COASTWISE WATER TRANSPORTATION
Modern Laundry & Dry Cleaners
FIRST AVE. ft LANES WAY PHONE MAIN II)
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NAMES OF OUR SAVIOUR FOUND IN SCRIPTURE
Can the Lord Jesus be referred to as being |
a “child still?
ANS. ACTS 4:27. 30