Chamber Petitions For
Sound Mineral Policies
For Alaska Development
The Northwestern Alaska Cham
ber of Commerce passed a resolu
tion yesterday petitioning the
American Mining Congress, the
secretary of the interior, Alaska’s
delegate to Congress and other
officials to take action to stabilize
and regulate with a sound pro
gram the mineral policies so that
the economic development of this
part of Alaska can have a more
sound development and private
.capital can attempt to produce de- J
posits of strategic minerals and
continue to search for it.
The resolution reads:
“In order to be informed on the j
potential of our domestic tin fields
and to help stabilize the industry,
it is proposed that the Congress of
the United States enact legislation
to bring domestic tin into the
same category as other strategic
metals. Such legislation should
extend over a term of years suffi
cient to allow ample time for pri
vately financed exploration and,
thereafter, development and pro
duction from the existing depos
its and other deposits which may
be found. It should further pro
• vide fof the purchase of tin in
concentrate form by the govern
ment at a price which would stim
Wien Airlines Change Schedule
Wien Airlines has announced a
change in schedule to give Nome
ites better service.
The change has been anounced
for a flight on Thursday instead
of Friday, insomuch that Pan Am
erican now comes in on Fridays.
All other pai'ts of their schedule
l-emain the same.
Petit Jury Completes Its Work
The petit jury completed its
work yestei'day with the Jacob
Carter case, bi'inging in a vei'dict
of guilty of assault.
The jury was dismissed and the
out-of-town jurors are returning
to their homes today.
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MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Rose Cohen.
Discharged: Sophie Wall and
daughter, Herbert Kagoona, and
Vincent Ahkolik.
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ulate exploration and at a ship
ping point which permits expedi
tious sale of the product by the
producers.”
The report of the Nome Utili
ties was read by Dewey Goodrich
and appears in another part of
this issue.
Russell Hermann gave a report
on the recent actions of the legis
latui-e and pi'esented some of the
| bills of.interest in this area.
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NOTICE OF CITY ELECTION
Notice Is Hereby GiVen that the
annual Municipal, School Board,
and Utilities Board Election will
be held APRIL 5. 1955, at the
City Hall, Nome, Alaska, for the
purpose of election the following
officers, namely:
Mayor, three members of the
Common Council. City Treasurer,
City Clerk, one member of the
Nome School Board, and two
members of the Nome Utility
Board.
Polls will open at 8:00 o'clock
a.m. and close at 6:00 o'clock p.m.
Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish March 23, 25, 28, 1955.
NOTICE
Declaration of Candidacy forms
for the forthcoming City Election
may be obtained in the City
Clerk's office. Candidates must
file for office not later than 5:00
o'clock p.m. of March 30, 1955.
Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish March 23, 25, 28, 1955.
Boy Scouts Change of Meeing
Explorers will meet tonight at
I 7:30 at the Scout Hall and the
! Boy Scouts will meet Friday at
; 7:30 p.m.
Fred Dingledy. Scoutmaster
WA NT ADS
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j Get Our Prices:—House level
ing, Carpentering & Painting by
the hour, day or contract. Phone
Red 25. 37c
! FOUND — Kitten, in vicinity of
Steadman and Front St.. Call
Police Station.
FOUND—Barrows key in front of
Pofetoffice. Inquire at Nugget.
SHOWING AT
j THEATER |
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Starting 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
-Starting 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.——
TEN
AGAINST
TEN
THOUSAND!
COLUMBIA PICrURtS
Dfesents
! T.HMl'Pl'THi i
— Plus Serial —
THE PURPLE MONSTER
STRIKES AGAIN
Five Entries To Date
In Nome River Race
j There are now five entries in
the Arctic Club Nome River |
Derby scheduled to be held April j
3rd, weather permitting.
The latest entry is Milton |
Adams, a musher who had experi
ence many years ago in the Safety
Marathon and other sweepstakes
races, but who has not raced for
many years. He has been operat
ing the Safety Ferry for the past
two years.
Registration closes on Saturday
and all those planning to enter
should let Col. W. Borden, in the
A.N.G. office on the thii’d floor
of the Federal Bldg., know about
it before that time. If this race
is successful there will be others.
Few Register For City Election
The City Clerk reports that reg
istration has been very slow for
the forthcoming municipal elec
tion and reminds voters that the
.registration books will close on
Saturday, March 26. To date only
50 voters have registered.
J. C. Fricke writes from Rivero,
Calif., and sends greetings to his
many Nome friends. Although he
enjoys the beauty and green
scenery the year round, he would
like to feel up to making a trip
into the foothills and do a little
prospecting.
Fricke spent 24. years here
and always thinks of Nome as
home.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Anchorage: Rev. Havens, Lt.
Wm. Lorenz, Capt. Lloyd Webb,
Bruce Erickson, Capt. B. Holta.
To Unalakleet: Lincoln Milli
grock, Vernon Auliye.
From Unalakleet: E. Bradley.
To Anchorage: Sgt. T. Smith,
C. L. James, Wm. P. Shanahan,
Paul Walter, Bruce Erickson, Sgt.
C. J. McEvoy.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Mostly clear tonight, slowly in
creasing cloudiness Thursday
with light variable winds becom
ing easterly 8 to 12 mph. Low
temperature expected tonight -5.
high tomorrow 21.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest tempera
tue 10, lowest -10. Max. wind 6
mph from the south. Sunrise at
5:52 a.m., sunset at 6:27 p.m.
A year ago today: high temper
ature 30, low 22. Extremes this
date since 1907: highest 32 in
1908, 14, 32, 40; lowest -31 in
1938.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -1 Blowing sno
Kotzebue -2 Cloudy
Wales -1 Fog
Nome -5 Clear
Unalakleet 9 Clean
Bethel -2 Part cloudy
Nenana 5 ' Cloudy
McGrath 20 . Cloudy
Anchorage -3 Part cloudy
Fairbanks 3 Clear
Whitehorse 27 Clear
Juneau 29 Clear
Ketchikan 44 Part cloudy
Seattle 54 Cloudy
San Francisco -4 Part cloudy
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Attention Junior Police Rifle Club
Nome Junior Police Rifle Club
merhbers will hava target shoot
ing and instruction at the Alaska
National Guard Target Range, on
Saturday evening, March 26, at
8:00 p.m. Every member is urged
to be on time.
—George R. Goshaw, Director
— FOR RENT —
Houses and Apartments
Furnished and Unfurnished
George Hite—Main 123
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
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