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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV No. 49 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1953 Per Copy—
Community Clubs Would
Boost Gasoline Tax to
Build Alaska Roads
ANCHORAGE, UP—’The Central
Alaska Council of Community
Clubs has petitioned Gov. Heintz
leman to call a special session of
the legislature to boost the gaso
line tax and obtain money for
building territorial roads.
The council, representing eight
Anchorage and one Chugiak club,
took the action after learning of
the slashes in Alaska funds made
by the House Appropriations Com
mittee in Washington.
Contractors Want
More Bids Open
On ARC Projects
WASHINC-IPN, UP— Congress
has been told that contractors feel
the Alaska Road Commission is
doing too much work on its own
and that it should be required
to put more projects up lor com
petitive bidding.
Although Congress limited the
commission to 20 percent force
account work last year, Burt L.
Knowles, chief engineer for Asso
ciated General Contractors of Am
erica, Inc., testified before a House
Appropriations subcommittee that
the association believes the limit
ation is being exceeded.
“Of course,” he added, “we have
no access to the figures and can
not prove it, but we have a pretty
good idea about it.”
When contractors protest to the
commission, he said, it points to
its equipment and says it should
be used.
“We do not see that this is a
justification to upset the economy
in Alaska and to deny the con
tractors the work up there for
which they are amply equipped
for the sake of using that equip
ment,” Knowles said.
He suggested to the subcommit
tee that the limitation on the
amount of work which the com
mission may do itself be reduced
again this year to 12 percent “be
cause we think it would keep
these men more in line with the
principle of free enterprise.”
John L. Lewis Asks
Repeal of All Labor Laws
Passed In Last 21 Years
WASHINGTON, W — John L.
Lewis asked Congress Friday to
strike- from the law books “lock,
stock and barrel” all labor laws
passed.in the last 21 years.
The burly, 73-year-old mine
workers’ chief in a prepared state
ment told the Senate Labor Com
mittee:
“This proposal is seriously made.
The ever-rising tide of industrial
strife in recent years and the re
peated governmental interferences
. . . under existing law and the
bitterness engendered thereby in
all segments of our population
justify the Congress in stripping
the statute books of both the Wag
ner and Taft-Hartley Acts.”
CAB To Consider
Merging Of All
Alaska’s Air Lines
WASHINGTON, Wl — The Civil
Aeronautics Board yesterday or
dered an investigation into air
services in Alaska to determine
whether the airlines operating
within the territory should be
merged—possibly into two sys
tems.
The board also decided to look
into the possiblity of merging
either Pacific Northern Airlines tor
Alaska Airlines with Western Air
lines. The first two concerns oper
ate between the States and Alas
ka; Western now operates only
within the States.
The board said in a statement
air service in Alaska needs “com
prehensive review,” the purpose
of which would be to improve
service, and ultimately lower
charges.
The board said its investigation
would look into the possibility of:
1. Suspending the passenger and
property routes which parallel
mail routes.
2. .Eliminating competition be
tween certified airlines operating
over regular routes.
3. Rearranging the so-called
“bush” operations of the certified
airlines.
4. Ultimately merging all the
airlines within the Alaskan inter
ior.
5. ..Suspending the irregular
route authorizations of the certi
fied Alaska airlines.
6. Amending the regulations to
eliminate the prohibition of trans
portation by Alaskan pilot-owners
between towns having three or
more scheduled flights weekly by
the certified airlines of Alaska.
ANCHORAGE, (A>i—Fire gutted
the mess hall at Ft. Richardson
yesterday causing damage estima
ted at $5,000.
New Council Sworn In
The Nome City Council held its
change - over meeting last night
with the new members, Bill Gillis,
Carl Glavinovich, Dan Jones and
Elmer Straub being sworn in by
the City Clerk, Carrie McLain.
Mayor Steve Andersen was not
in town to take over his offiical
duties.
Standing committees for 1953
were announced as:
Finance and Building — Gillis
and Straub
Fire and Water — Glavinovich
and Nelson
Police and Jail — Nelson and
Jones
Law, Ordinance and Printing —
Straub and Hedreen
Sheets, Alleys and Lights — Hed
reen and Glavinovich
The financial report of the city
was read as prepared by the
auditor, G.D. Hurlburt, and will
be published in Monday’s edition
of the Nugget.
MacArthur Says Threat
To Strike Red China
Might End Korean War
WASHINGTON, UP — General
Douglas MacArthur declared that
a U.S. threat to strike at Red
China might force Russia to settle
the Korean War “and all other
pending global issues on equitable
terms.”
Vigorously renewing the contro
versial program which led in part
to his ouster by former President
Truman as the Allies’ Far East
Commander, MacArthur said in a
letter made public today:
“We still possess the potential
to destroy Red China’s flimsy in
dustrial base and sever the ten
uous supply lines from the Soviet
...” Such a threat, MacArthur
said in a letter dated April 19 and
addressed to Sen. Byrd, would
face the Communists with a pos
sible “Red China debacle.”
VISIT OF WALSH FAMILY TO EMERALD ISLE
DESCRIBED BY JAMES WALSH AT ROTARY
Jimmie Walsh was speaker at
Rotary Club yesterday noon and
gave a wonderful report on the
trip which received an ovation
from the members present.
It was so well told that Jim was
requested to prepare in part his
report on his trip to Ireland.
_
The purpose of our short visit
to the Emerald Isle was to aid in
the promotion of “An Tostal,”
Gaelic for “Ireland at Home.”
This festival was designed to
encourage Irish who had emmi
gruted to other parts of the world
to return home for a visit and
entice others to spend their vaca
tions in Ireland. This is the first
year it was tried.
The festival opened April 5 and
was to continue to April 21. Dur
ing this time each village and city
in Ireland was to have a program
of events such as sports, dancing,
music festivals, industrial exhibi
tions and fairs. An An Tostal com
mittee was formed for each com
munity. Pan American was. large
ly instrumental in devising this
program and fostering it.
Our party consisted of Mother
and Dad, my brother Pearse and
his wife, Mary Ellen, my wife
and myself. We left New York
April 3 on Pan American’s Rain
bow Service, a DC-6B Clipper.
This plane has a pressurized cab
in and a seating capacity of 80.
On this flight there were 72.
Due to adverse weather in the
Gander, Newfoundland, area, it
was necessary to divert the flight
to Bermuda and the Azores, thus
adding about 1,000 miles to the
flight. An altitude of 17^000 feet
was maintained all the way across
the Atlantic.
Upon arrival at Shannon Air
port we secured a car and drove
to Cobh. This is a distance of ap
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proximately 75 miles and, of
course, we had to drive on the
left-hand side of the road. This
was, indeed, a unique experience.
This was an English - made car
and we were able to get 55 miles
to the gallon. The roads we found
to be in excellent condition, the
majority of them are black-topped
and very well marked.
Opening ceremonies of the Cobh
An Tostal festival were held on
Easter Sunday and Mr. DeValera,
the president of the Irish Free
State, gave the address. It was
our great pleasure to later make
his acquaintance. It appears that
he is a very popular man, and
though in imminent danger of los
ing his sight, continues to work
hard for the little country.
From Cobh we drove to Ban
don'and the little village of Bal
linadee where my father was
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Appropriations Group Recommends
Heavy Cuts in Proposed Expenditures
For Alaska Road Construction
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Originality and
Hilarity Promised
In “Rest Assured”
Don’t forget! The play entitled
REST ASSURED will be present
ed at the High School Auditorium
by the Nome High students to
night at 8:00 p.m.
It is a brand new, high-powered,
screamingly hilarious farce-com
edy. You will find it is entirely
away from the beaten track with
fresh and original situations.
The three principal parts are
taken by Le Roy Reader and
Carolyn Glavinovich1 (as Mr. and
Mrs. Morlock), and Jack Muller
(as Luigi Lanconi, the Italian
meat cutter).
Other members of the cast are:
Lucy Fagerstrom (as Mary Mor
lock), Geraldine Fagerstrom (as
Jessica, Mary’s sister), Dean Mar
tin (Joe Lanconi, Mary’s fiance),
Beatrice Havercamp (Mildred, the
maid), Diane Swanberg (Miss
Akers, secretary to Mr. Morlock),
Robert Summers (George Plew,
financial adviser), Jim Roth (Lu
cifer), Helen Glavinovich (Martha,
Luigi’s departed wife), Alfred
Sahlin (Dr. Brown, family doctor),
Mary Jeanne Boucher, (Lucifer’s
companion), Elmer Greene (Mr.
Black, the friendly undertaker),
and Donna Lyle (Mrs. Fink, the
German washwoman).
Some Of the High School girls
are offering a free nursery on the
night of the play for those who
have children too small to leave
home alone. The nursery will be
| in the Assembly Room, upstairs.
> WASHINGTON, MV-The House
Appropriations Committee Thurs
day recommended heavy slashes
in proposed appropriations for
the Alaska Railroad and territor
ial road construction.
The recommendations, given to
Congress today proposed Interior
Department expenditures in Al
aska during the 12 months be
ginning July 1 of $30,712,100 as
compared with $53,772,000 for the
'same items contained in the bud
get submitted to Congress by for
mer President Truman.
The committee axe fell heaviest
on the Alaska Railroad.
In recommending this program be
cut back from $16,311,000 to $2,
715,000, the committee said its re
duction would eliminate improve
ment of the Seward-Portage por
tion of the railroad, the construc
tion of a new dock at Seward and
$4,000 proposed for railroad
equipment.
Road construction was cut back
from $18,400,000 to a flat $10 mil
lion. Although the committee said
it is convinced an adequate roads
construction program is a neces
sary development in Alaska, it
said it felt a greater share of the
burden of building roads and
maintaining them in Alaska
should be borne by the govern
ment of Alaska.
It noted the recent Alaska leg
islature adjourned without adopt
ing proposed legislation to provide
increased revenues for roads, and
observed:
“In view of this fact* the com
mittee sees no reason for contin
uing the construction program
with federal funds at the level of
recent years.”
In contrast with its sharp cuts
in some phases of the Alaska pro
gram, the committee added one
item which had not been request
ed in the Truman budget. This
was $12,500 to provide for re
painting of the Jesse Lee orphan
age in Seward. (See article P. 5).
Other committee recommenda
tions (Truman request in paren
theses) include:
Alaska Public Works and Gen
eral Administrative Funds $15,
000,000 ($14,325,000); Roads, op
eration and maintenance, $3,000,
000 ($3,400,000); Governor’s of
fice, $100,000 ($102,000); care of
insane, $559,000 ($559,000).
OFFICIALS VISIT ALASKA
TO SEE INSTALLATIONS
ANCHORAGE, tff>— Forty-five
high-ranking military officers and
government officials from Wash
ington are to arrive here Saturday
for a three-day Arctic orientation
tour.
The group will be composed of
faculty and students of the Na
tional War' College. They will go
to the Orient after looking over
Alaska installations.
t^Dprim 7* C!OT TDTTV5 Tonight at 8 p.m- at School Gym
X . iiOOU3-Act Comedy - - Admission $1.00