PACIFIC NORTHERN AIRLINES
CELEBRATES 25th ANNIVERSARY
SEATTLE, UR—President A. G.|
Woodley of Pacific Northern Air
line declared Wednesday that de
nial of permanent certification for
Pacific Northern Airlines’ States
Alaska service is seriously ham
pering needed expansion of the
company’s facilities.
Woodley addressed a Chamber
of Commerce aviation division
luncheon celebrating PNA’s 25th
anniversary.
He said jetliner service to Alas
ka and construction of a large
hangar at Seattle-Tacoma Inter
national Airport are being ob
structed by the federal govern
ment.
The aviation division unani
mously reaffirmed its support of
a Chamber resolution adopted in
February 1956, urging permanent
certification of all States-Alaska
air carriers.
This primarily would affect
Alaska Airlines and Pacific
Northern as Northwest Orient
Airlines is permanently certificat
ed to Anchorage and Pan Ameri
can World Airways to Fairbanks,
but it also affects NWA’s “inside”
route from the twin cities to An
chorage. President Nelson David
of Alaska Airlines moved the re
affirmation.
“There should be jet service to
Alaska in four or five years, and
the time is coming when we
should build a new hangar here,
but we can’t finance them with
out permanent certification,” said
Woodley.
“Pacific Northern first asked
for an Anchorage-Juneau route in
1940 as a stepping stone for ser
vice to Seattle,” Woodley said,
pointing out that the company
gradually has extended its coastal
route to serve many Alaskan cities
between Anchorage and Seattle.
“But 17 years later we still don’t
have permanent certification.”
Legislation now is pending in
Congress to make permanent the
routes of Pacific Northern from
Seattle to Anchorage, and of
Alaska Airlines from Seattle to
House Approves
British Request
To Postpone Debt
WASHINGTON, UP)—The Brit
ish government, hoping for con
gressional approval of its bid to
postpone payments on a big debt
to this country, could hardly have
picked a worse moment to an
nounce a tax cut at home.
The ink was barely dry on
newspaper stories about the $280
million British tax cut when
House members began debate
Wednesday on a bill to allow
Britain to postpone up to seven
annual payments on her $4,372,
000,000 loan, made in 1946.
The House finally passed the
bill 218-167 and sent it to Presi
dent Eisenhower—but not before
plenty of talk about enriching
Britain at the expense of U. S.
taxpayers.
In Ottawa, the Canadian House
of Commons took a similar action
on repayment terms of Britain’s
$1,185,000,000 postwar lean from
Canada. ,
Under the bill, Britain, which
has been hard-pressed economic
ally, could put off annual interest
and principal repayments for up
to seven years. These could total
around a billion dollars, but Brit
ain would still have to pay it all
back, starting in the year 2001.
Fairbanks.
Woodley reported Pacific North
ern flew 117,000 passengers on its
entire system last year and had
gross revenue of $10 million. He
said it is the “largest carrier”
serving Alaska in point of service
if not in size.
“The past 25 years were not!
easy,” said Woodley, who started
at Anchorage in 1932 with a cne
man, one-airplane bush operation.
“I am confident the future will be
considerably easier if we get per
manent certification. Alaska is a
rapidly expanding, thriving com
munity with unlimited resources.” j
Modern Laundry & Dry Cleaners
FIRST AVE. & LANES WAY PHONE MAIN 113
EIGHT-HOUR SERVICE
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NOME NUGGET
In Step with
Alaska Progress for
25 YEARS
»
Am Alaska institution since 1932, Pacific -Northern Airlines serves more major
Alaska points than any other carrier. Because it stands to participate in the
growing economy of Alaska, Pacific Northern has done more to stimulate
air transportation for Alaska than any other airline. PNA is, first in passengers
carried... first in scheduled miles operated. Because Pacific Northern is not
buirdened with the problems of unrelated world routes, the fortunes of Pacific
Northern can and will be devoted only to the benefit and the enrichment of
the Territory. This is Pacific Northern’s destiny as The Alaska Flag Line.
■ I\ I
MAKE PNA RESERVATIONS WITH
* CONVENIENT CONNECTING AIRLINES ff
Plan your next trip to Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, I
Denver, Salt Lake, Chicago and all points in the East with PNA. 1
Pacific Northern Airlines I