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BARTLETT — FATHER OF STATEHOOD
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the articles I have read in magazines and newspapers
recently concerning Alaska Statehood undertake to
glamorize other individuals in the Alaska picture to
such a degree that an uninformed reader migaht well be
left unaware of Mr. Bartlett’s great contribution.
Members of this body are well aware of the mar
vels of the press agentry in these times. We see strange
and wonderful manifestations of that art, but I think
others here share my bewilderment at reading that
Statehood for Alaska was brought about by this or
that individual, when many of us who cast the votes
that admitted Alaska had not even met those referred
to, much less having been persuaded by them.
Of course many people in the Congress and out
side it helped to bring about Statehood for Alaska. The
author of the bill, the gentleman from New York (Mr.
O’Brien), was an outstandingly able and effective ad
vocate for the cause to which he so unselfishly dedi
cated his time and efforts, and justly has earned a place
in history. But I know he would be the first to ack
nowledge that his task would have been almost impos
sible but for the reservoir of good will toward Alaska
and the solid support for Statehood that Delegate
Bartlett’s own efforts had achieved over a period of
many years in this House.
Delegate Bartlett is indeed the father of Alaska
Statehood. It shall be a monument to him for all time
to come. We who have served with him here shall
never forget his dedication to the cause in which he
so deeply believed. We congratulate him on its accom
plishment and wish him all success in his future service
to his beloved State and the Nation.
NWA Plane
Crashes At
Minn. Field
MINNEAPOLIS. MV- A North
west Orient Airlines DC6B with
41 persons aboard crashed in a
farm field moments after takeoff
Thursday.
All passengers and crew mem
bers got-out alive before the big
plane was consumed by flames.
At east 49 persons, among them
the four crew members, were
taken to hospitals. Most of them,
including Rep. Don Magnuson CD
Wash.), suffered minor cuts or
bruises.
The four-engine plane appar
ently developed trouble just after
clearing the runway. It struck a
wire fence, tore a path through
a cornfield and smashed into
three farm buildings. The wreck
was on fire as passengers strug
gled to safety through a hole in
the airline’s side.
The flight had originated in
Washington, with stops at Pitts
burgh, Cleveland, Detroit and
Milwaukee.
MINNEAPOLIS. UP) — Friday.
— Investigators today probed
charred wreckage for clues to
what caused a Northwest Orient
Airlines plane to crash and burn
on takeoff early yesterday.
The 58 passengers and 4 crew
aboard all escaped safely after
the big DC6B bounced and
skidded nearly a mile to a flam
ing stop in a farmyard near the
airport.
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GAMEELL
News Letter
“Seward’s Icebox”
Bv CLARENCE M. IRRIGOO
W'hen Seward first bought
Alaska from Russia, no one
dreamed that 91 years later the
“Ice Box” would become a
“Jewel Box.”
Words only cannot express how
we rejoiced to see out first 49th
State tourists who flew in from
Nome on August 16th, to explain
to the natives what it will mean
to all of us when Aaska becomes
a State. The group was headed
by John McNees of Nome. Dele
gate Bartlett who was among the
group, thought it wise to meet
his Eskimo supporters these past
14 years, enjoyed giving a talk
on the Statehood of Alaska in an
unscheduled meeting -which was
held in the sanctuary of the New
Presbyterian Church of Gambell.
Loudspeakers installed on the
church roofs to call the village
worshippers on Sundays, were
used to summon the townspeople
to a “town meeting.” Within min
utes,. the sanctuary was filled to
capacity. Because this tour was
limited, lengthy speeches were
not used. Local Pastor who saw
fitting that such a meeting must
begin with a prayer closed it
with Benediction.
Enroute from Nome their plane
the “Alaska Airlines” flew low
and circled over the village of
Savoonga some 40 miles east of
here. It was too soon for snow
to fall, but something started
coming down from the clear
skies. What their beautiful brown
eyes saw was a sight to behold—
“Cards and leaflets drooped from
the plane.” One villager ex
claimed, “we were deluged with
politician’s cards and referen
dums about the state-hood of
ALASKA.
So goes the news from the top
of the world.
REPUB. DIVISIONAL
CONVENTION HERE
IN OCTOBER
Pursuant to the Call of the Republican
Central Committee. Call is herewith
made for a Divisional Convention of
the Republican Party of the 2nd Divi
sion to be held in Nome on August
29th for the purpose of electing six (6)
Delegates and six (6) Alternate Dele
gates to the Territorial Convntion to be
held at Anchorage on October 17, 18
and 19, 1958, and for the purpose of
transacting any other business as may
properly come before it.
At this Divisional Convention, each
precinct shall be entitled to one dele
gate and one Alternate Delegate for each
25 votes, or fraction thereof, cat in such
precinct for te Republican Delegate to
Congress at the last preceding Terri
torial General Election. Each Delegate
so chosen shall be a qualified voter in
such precinct, and shall have declared
himself a Republican at the last pre
ceding Territorial Primary Election.
Such delegate shall attend the Divisional
Convention in person or by proxy; pro
vided, however, that not more than one
proxy may be given to any one per
son, and such person shall be a quali
fied voter in the precinct for which he
is a delegate by proxy and shall have
declared himself a Republican at the
last preceding Territorial Primary Elec
tion or qualifies by sworn oath of cer
tification by the Precinct Committeeman.
Signed: ffl
EDITH BULLOCK,
Divisional Committeewoman.
W. W. Laws.
Divisional Committeeman.
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ARCTIC OIL
DELIVERY
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Bankrupt Alaska
Telephone Corp.
To Reorganize
SEATTLE. UP)—A federal judge
formally approved a reorganiza
tion plan yesterday for the bank
rupt Alaska Telephone Corp..
under which six Seattle business
men will acquire the firm by
paying creditors $230,000.
The plan is to be submitted to
creditors for their approval with
in 60 days. The firm began bank
ruptcy proceedings nearly three
years ago.
United States District Court
Judge William Lindberg signed
an order he approved orally ear
lier. However, under the formal
order signed Thursday, the
amount to be paid creditors was
increased $10,000 from $220,000.
The transaction involves tele
phone systems at Seward, Wran
gell, Petersburg, Haines and
Skagway.
NWA REVENUE UP
ST. PAUL, Minn. UP) — North
west Orient Airlines reported
record earnings and revenues for
July.
Net income from the month
was $859,127, compared with
$471,329 in July 1957. Total op
erating revenue amounted to
$9,722,373 vs. $7,921,976 in the
year-ago month.
NOTICE
The Nome City Council will
take action for collection of all
delinquent property taxes that
are not paid by August 30, 1958.
NOME CITY COUNCIL
By Robert F. Scott
City Clerk
Publish Aug. 1-8-15-22-25-27-29.
Communists Step Up
Artillery Attack
TAIPEI, Formosa. UP) — The
Chinese Communists stepped up
their artillery attack on the Tan
Islets in Amoy Boy today, hurl
ing a blistering 720 shells into
the 136 Nationalist-held acres in
an hour.
It was the heaviest concentra
tion in the nearly four years of
vest-pocket war in the Formosa
Strait.
The bombardment heightened
speculation that the Communists
soon would try to take the islets.
Only 2Vz miles from their port
of Amoy, they are used by the
Nationalists as. lookout posts
from which to alert naval forces
blockading Amoy.
The Nationalist island fortress
of Quemoy, 15 miles out from
Amoy, got off relatively lightly.
The Nationalist defense ministry
said the Reds fired 783 rounds at
Quemoy during a four-hour
period beginning at dawn.
NOTICE
There will be a fire, electrical
and health inspection of the City
of Nome, starting first week in
September. The cooperation of
all property owners will be ap
preciated.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
By Robert F. Scott, City Clerk.
3t
$28 Million For
Alaska Military
Projects In ’59
WASHINGTON. Uft—President
Eisenhower signed a military
bill carrying $28,001,000 for Alas
ka projects in the fiscal year
which started July 1. The bill
carries a total of $1,350,000,000.
The amount is $376,653,000 less
than was asked by the Adminis
tration. Of the total, the Army
will get 230 million dollars, the
Navy 295 million, and the Air •
Force 785 million.
The remainder is divided
among classified programs and
for expenditures at unspecified
National Guard and Reserve fa
cilities.
Alaska projects include: Air
Force — Bethel Station $304,000,
and Unalakleet Station $411,000.
CHARLES PERSUN
VISITS BIRTHPLACE
Born in Nome in 1905, Charles
Persun, architect, of Pittsburgh,
Pa., has longed to return for a
visit and picked the day Nome
voted 7 to 1 in favor of state
hood to be here.
The Persun family left Nome
in 1911, but an uncle remained
until smetime in the 30’s. Several
of the older residents remember
Mr. and Mrs. Elwd Persun who
i mined in this area for many
years.
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