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Denali Broadcasters To Begin
Monitoring Iron Curtain Radio
Nome Gospel Broadcasters was
renamed Denali Broadcasters,
Inc., last weekend. The Board of
Directors of the group met in
Nome to set goals for future radio
activity in Alaska.
The new organization decided
to study the feasibility of broad
casting by international short
wave into iron curtain countries.
In order to test technical as
pects of the project, Denali
Briadcasters will set up monitor
ing equipment in Nome and Fair
banks. Through monitoring radio
signals from behind the iron cur
tain, the group will determine
how far and into what areas radio
signals from Alaska would reach.
Also, Denali Broadcasters ex
pressed interest in establishing
small broadcast band stations in
some needy areas of Alaska. The
cities of Nome and Kodiak were
mentioned as early possibilities.
In the Monday morning session
of the conference, lawyer James
von der Heydt received the final
draft of the group’s articles of
incorporation. Within a month,
the articles should be on file in
Juneau, making Denali Broad
casters a non-profit corporation
under the laws of Alaska.
Officers elected were James;
Harshaw, president; Glynn Dean, j
vice president; Richard Palm
quist, secretary; Dohald Sauer,
treasurer; Everett Bachelder, mis
sionary advisor; John Miller,
technical advisor.
Miller and Sauer are residents
of Fairbanks, the others of Nome.
When Is Federal
Cost-of-Living
Allowance Taxable
SEATTLE, IT)—Certain kincts of
the added 25 percent on cost-of
living allowances for federal em
ployes in Alaska are subject to
federal income tax and others are
not, L. E. Hallowell, chief of the
audit division of the Internal
Revenue Service, said here today.
Terms of the appropriation law
which provide the funds general
ly spell out which ones are tax
free and which ones are not, he
added.
“It seems like an inconsisten
cy,” Hallowell said.
He commented on the reported
planned protest at Juneau by
Henry Camarot, a former assis
tant U.S. attorney there, against
an IRS order seeking $450 in back
income taxes.
Camarot, who is now executive
secretary of the Alaska Legisla
tive Council, said he was paid the
added 25 percent salary differen
tial during 1954 and 1955 while
working for the Justice Depart
ment. The differential is exempt
from federal income tax levies, he
said, but he has been informed
that his tax exempt claim has
been disallowed.
Hallowell read from a tax man
ual that the cost-of-living allow
ances are not taxable.
However, he added, the manual
also states that the 25 percent dif
ferential provided under the ap
propriation law of Nov. 26. 1940,
is not a cost-of-living grant under
the generally accepted meaning.
Another section, he continued,
says that increases in the basic
salary of a division court clerk
in Alaska, to offset increased liv
ing costs, are not tax-exempt.
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Work Begins on
6 DEW Line Sites
In Aleutians
ANCHORAGE, OP)— Desola te
beaches along a 1,000-mile
stretch of the fog-shrouded Aleu
tian chain are coming alive to the
sound of heavy construction
j equipment starting a $25 million
I job—building six vital new links
| in America’s radar warning sys
; tern.
i From Port Heiden c>n the Alas
! ka Peninsula to Nikolski on Um
1 nak Island, more than 900 miles
south and west of here, the stac
cato roar of diesel exhausts and
clang of back-up alarms shatter
the stillness of areas deserted
since World War II construction \
days.
The six new radar stations are I
being constructed in Operation |
Stretchout, which will extend the
far northern fence of Distant
Early Warning stations known as
the DEW Line along the stepping
stones of the Aleutians which ex
tend far out into the Pacific.
Moving west from Alaska’s
mainland the new DEW Line sta
tions will be: Port Heiden, to he
built by Chris Berg, Inc., Seattle,
under a contract for $3,548,130;
Port Moller, to be built by S. S. 1
Mullen Co., Inc., Seattle, under a
$4,010,000 contract; Cold Bay and
Cape Sarichef, both to be built
by Manson-Osberg Seattle, with
a total contract of $7,246,724;
Driftwood Bay, a joint venture of
Patti-MacDonald Construction Co.
of St. Louis, and Morrison-Knud
son of Boise, for $4,915,052; and
the Nikolski station, to be built
by the Baker and Ford Co. of
Bellingham, Wash., for $4,643,647.
Tornadoes, Storms, Rain
Strike Midwest U.S.
I By The Associated Press)
Cloudy and wet weather was
reported in wide areas of the
country today after a series of
violent storms in sections of the
midwest.
Tornadoes, severe thunder-!
storms and heavy rains struck
areas in Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota. Illinois and Iowa, but
no deaths or serious injuries were
| reported.
RESTRICTIONS ON WALRUS
; HUNTING IN N.W. ALASKA LIFTED
WASHINGTON, UR—Walrus
trophy hunting off the north
western coast of Alaska again be
came legal today for the first time
in 16 years.
Asst. Secreatry of Interior Ross
L. Leffler announced regulations
for a hunting season extending to
Aug. 15. He acted under author
ity of a law enacted last year.
The regulations also will per
mit the export of walrus hides by
natives, with a firm market ap
parently assured for about 200
mature hides each year under a
commitment made by a firm in
! Portland, Ore..
Both trophy hunting and'export;
of the ’ ies were banned in 1941. |
Howev , Congress was told last 1
Local Women
Protest Spacing
In Boardwalks
At the Nome Council meeting
Monday evening, Virginia Brown,
representing a group of , local
women, presented a petition urg
ing that the boardwalks of Nome
be planked closer together so that
the women may wear high heels
without the present danger of
losing their heels.
Mrs. Brown, who spearheaded
the movement, had no trouble
getting signatures to the petition
as it involves not only local
women but tourists who visit the
community. The matter was
turned over to the street commit
tee.
Another request referred to the
Street Committee was that of
Mr. and Mrs. Coplin of the Now
Lincoln Bar, who would like the
sidewalks extended to Mettler
Way.
Playground Rehabilitation
The rehabilitation of present
playground equipment, which has
been given to the city by the
Home Arts Club over a period of
years, was put into the hands of
the Building and Finance Com
mittee.
During the construction of the
new addition to the school the
equipment was torn down as the
playfield was in the area now oc
cupied by the new building. A
new playfield has been provided
north of the school and in addi
tion to the equipment on hand
the Home Arts Club is providing
new equipment to give the city.
Council Hearing Tonight
A hearing was held on the peti
tion of the Alaska Telephone and
Telegraph Co., concerning their
request for an increase in tele
phone rates. Another meeting is
scheduled for this evening when
a more detailed report of the last
five years’ operation will be pre
sented.
John Marvik, who has been
patrolman for the past two
weeks, has been named by the
City Council as the new fire and
police chief. Marvik, a former
police chief of Gig Harbor, Wash.,
was chosen over 15 other appli
cants.
Harry Johnson was re-appoint
ed as utility man for the city.
Lomen Commeijcial Co. sub
mitted the low bid on the lumber
needs of the city with an offer
of $141.05 per thousand board
feet.
At the City Council meeting on
Monday night Nome’s clean-up
weeks were announced for May
26 to June 8.
year the walrus population had
been stable for many years and,
since the walrus is a polygamous
animal, regulated hunting of bulls
would not endanger the species.
The regulations permit walrus
hunting and allow the hunter to
bring back the head and hide, but
he must donate the meat to the
inhabitants of the native village
nearest the point of kill for use
as food.
Natives may take walruses at
any time for food and clothing
for themselves. Hides from these
walruses may now be exported.
Hides from mature animals, for
use primarily in industry for
buffing wheels to polish silver,
are expected to yield from $100
to $120 each.
$78 Million for Road Construction
Knocked Off Alaska Statehood Bill
President Defends
$38 V2 Billion in
Defense Budget
WASHINGTON, UP>—President
Eisenhower resumed the fight for
his spending budget today—de
claring he does not see how an
honest cut of $2Vt billion can be
made in the $38Vi billion ear
marked for defense.
Eisenhower told his news con
ference the country is going to be
in trouble if Congress trifles with
defense spending.
This followed up a speech in
which he told the nation last night
that any great spending reduction
in the face of Soviet might would
amount to “a gamble with the
safety of our country.”
Eisenhower said today that he
thinks he has grown more conser
vative since 1952, when he sharp
ly criticized the level of govern
ment spending during his first
successful campaign for the pres
idency.
A House appropriations sub
committee was reported today to
have agreed tentatively to cut the
Administration’s military budget
! by about $2t^ billion. Committee
I members have insisted that secur
I ity will not be sacrificed by their
action.
Eisenhower, however, said in
response to a question that he
didn’t see how the committee
I could have made an honest cut
of that size.
Likewise, he characterized as
a grave mistake congressional
slashing of funds he said the U.S.
Information Agency uses to wage
peace. He was told that the House
had voted a $40 million cut in
USIA funds and that a Senate
committee is proposing to up the
reduction to $90 miiyon.
Last night he said the defense
portion of the budget represents
a proper dividing line “between
national danger on the one hand
and excessive expenditures on
the other.”
RUSSIA’S NEW
OPEN SKIES’ PLAN
STILL UNDER STUDY
WASHINGTON, Oft—President
Eisenhower told his news confer- j
ence today the whole matter of j
Russia’s limited “open skies” dis
armament proposal is still under j
earnest study.
Eisenhower’s remarks were
keyed to Secretary of State Dul
les’ suggestion yesterday that
Alaska, northern Canada and Si
beria might be a good starting
place for testing an aerial inspec
tion agreement with Russia.
As Dulles did. Eisenhower said
this government so far has taken
no official position regarding the
matter.
The original Russian proposal
would have opened up Alaska
and most of the western part of
the U.S. to aerial inspection in
trade for large sections of Siberia.
Dulles said the two areas could
not be equated.
LITTLE SQUIRT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.,
Soda Popp, 5, has been enrolled
for kindergarten here next year.
Soda is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Popp.
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BULLETIN
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WASHINGTON, WV-A House
territories subcommittee today
knocked $93 million from the
Alaska Statehood Bill and set
May 23 for a decision on it.
Chairman O’Brien (D-NY) told
reporters he believed the sub
committee’s action would help the
bill’s chances in the House.
Eliminated were authorizations
for future appropriation of $78
million for road construction and
maintenance over a 15-year per
iod and $15 million for land sur
veys.
While deleting the road money,
O’Brien said the subcommittee
wrote into the bill a provision to
assure Alaska’s continued partici
pation in the Federal Highway
Aid Program.
Elimination of the road money
has been requested by the Budget
Bureau largely because Alaska
for the first time is now included
in the highway aid program.
O’Brien said the subcommittee
would meet again Friday and
would vote the bill “up or down”
on May 23.
Heintzleman Proposes
Bonding Program for
1 Juneau Utility District
JUNEAU, OP)—Former Gov. B.
| Frank Heintzleman is back in the
territorial capital after a three
| month trip to Washington, D.C.
! and his family home in Pensyl
vania.
He said again yesterday he
plans to devote his retirement to
the promotion of industrial devel
opment of Alaska.
Heintzleman proposed a bond
ing program to finance a public
utility district in the Juneau area.
The utility would be organized
to develop the power potential of
Lake Dorothy, 40 miles south of
the territorial capital.
The former governor proposed
the sale of the revenue bonds be
based on a long-term power con
tract with the Georgia-Pacific
Co., which is considering con
struction of a pulp or paper mill
near here.
Heintzleman said a federal
power project in the Dorothy
Lake region doesn’t seem likely
in the near future, but “We have
to have power and we have to
have development—We c a n’t
wait.”
Charles F. Willis Named
Alaska Airlines President
SEATTLE, (A1)—Charles F. Wil
lis Jr. has been named president
and director of Alaska Airlines,
succeeding Nelson David, who
will become a consultant to the
airline.
Homer W. Robinson, chairman
Willis served 2 Vz years in the
White House as special assistant
to President Eisenhower, respon
sible for presidential appoint
ments and personnel and aviation
matters.
He served as a Navy combat
pilot in World War II. After the
war he became founder and pres
ident of Willis Air Service, Inc.,
Teterboro School of Aeronautics
and the Willis-Rose Corp.
He resigned his White Hous--'
post in 1955 to become assistant
to the chairman of the board of
directors of W. R. Groce & Co.
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