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DRAWN—AND QUARTERED
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Admin. Should Fit Needs Of Northwest
The public administration service,
which has been preparing a plan for the reorgani
zation of the new State government, has. presented
its report to our newly-elected Governor, William A.
Egan.
Some of the recommendations are excellent, and
others are not representative of the people of ALL of
ALASKA. The proposed plan calls for three adminis
trative regions with headquarters at Juneau, Anchor
age and Fairbanks. This would mean that road appro
priations, department appropriations, agency depart
ments, etc., for the whole northern coastal area would
be administered from the office in Fairbanks.
Central and Interior Alaska have an abundance
of problems, without adding those of Northwestern
Alaska to their administrative burden, which problems
are very different in many respects.
The Constitutional Convention apportioned the
Territory into four voting districts, and this basic
,pattern, upon which ALL the people of the new State
voted, and do accept, should be the pattern for State
regional administration as well.
Alaska is going to grow. Everyone accepts that
as fact. There is no reason to hamper that growth by
starting our new administration with confusion, with
regions for voting following one pattern, regions for
administration following another pattern.
Our newly elected Governor must be made aware
of how we, the people of Northwestern Alaska feel.
He is anxious to do what is right by all of us. All or
ganizations and individuals are urged to petition him, J
NOW, before he accepts the proposed (PAS) plan, to
make the necessary alteration to fit the needs of each
part of the new State.
Don’t leave it for the other fellow — write today !
GRASSROOTS OPINION
NEW PLYMOUTH, IDAHO, SENTINEL: “The gov
ernment takes over an Indiana farmer’s tractor to col
lect judgment for overplanting wheat and a lot of
farmers across the nation realize for the first time that
government handouts have claws under the green
backs. ... We trade a little of our liberty and freedom
every time we invite government to solve a problem for
us, whether it’s in the city, on the farm or super high
ways to join the two.”
Shivering Tribal Chief
Gets Electric Blanket
ROCK HILiL, S. C., UP) — It
was Boy Scouts to the rescue of
an Indian chief — with an elec
tric blanket.
This they gave to Chief Samuel
Thunderbird Blue, 86-year-old
patriarch of the York County tribe
of the Catawba Indians.
The ailing chief, wrapped in
four quilts and crouched close to
a brisk wood fire at his home,
Shivered in the bitter winter
weather.
The Boy Scouts conducted a
blanket-for-the-Chief drive.
Dressed in his tribal head
dress the chief accepted the gift,
a sky-blue electric blanket which
he draped over his prized cere
monial robe containing pieces of
buffalo hide more than 100 years
old.
A Rock Hill civic club presented
the chief with a second electric
blanket for his 77-year-old squaw.
Covenant Church Plans
Christmas Activities
The first of the Christmas pro
grams at the Covenant Church will
■be presented Sunday evening, De
cember 21 at 7:30 p.m. Those par
ticipating will include,the young
folks in the Sunday School from
the sixth grade up, and will be
heard in a play entitled, “Christ
mas in Deed,” piano selections
and recitations.
The Beginners and Primary De
partments will give their program
at 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve, De
cember 24th.
A traditional Scandinavian early
morning service will be held on
Christmas Day at 6 a.m., using
the English language.
The choir of the church will pre
sent an evening of Christmas mu
sic on Sunday evening, December
28th, at 7:30 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to enjoy
these special programs prepared
for this holiday season.
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Our beautiful morning star,
seen in the southeastern sky is
the giant planet Jupiter. The
markings on Jupiter run parallel
to its equator. Bright zones, evi
dently regions of maximum cloud
iness, alternate with dark belts.
The broad equatorial zone is
bordered by the dark north and
south tropical belts. Beyond them
a succession of dark and bright
streaks extend to the polar re
gions. 'Patches appear, having a
variety of shades. The markings
change in form, and often quite
rapidly, which proves that they
are atmospheric markings.
Some of the markings are of
surprisingly long duration. The
Great Red Spot is a well-known
example. This elliptical brick-red
patch 39,000 miles long has been
observed for at least three quar
ters of a century.
Jupiter’s swift rotation on its
axis explains the pronounced
bulging at its equator.
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“Let us keep in mind that the
most beautiful gift that we can
give to our children, the best gift
that we can give to our nation,
the' greatest gift we can give to
humanity is to send forth the gen
eration of children for whom we
are responsible, with their hearts
filled with the joy of living and
serving. Then truly will they bear
the song of the Christmas angel
and — then will our Christmas
giving descend to their children’s
children.”
—Kentucky Parent-Teacher.
Spiritual Truths
Contributed By
Nome Gospel Home
London's Worst Scare
In 300 Years
Wlhen the alarms and sirens
clanged from the Tower of Lon
don a few weeks ago, the whole
city was thrown into panic. The
King’s crown is kept there, which
has in it the priceless famous
Culinan Diamond, as well as 3,000
other diamonds, pearls and sap
phires. When the flying squad
from Scotland Yard arrived at
the Tower, the chief guard con
fessed that he had set off the
alarm just to see “how well Eng
land’s crown jewels are being
guarded.” When the detective
asked why the chief guard had
not warned the stirred city that
it was all a practice, the answer
was snapped back . . . “What’s
the use of having a test if it’s
not carried out properly?”
There is a divine warning
against the loss of something far
more valuable than the crown
jewels; and oh, that it were
heeded! The loss of one’s soul
would be such a loss, and as
Shakespeare put it . . . “The
soul, mine eternal jewel.” . . . The
Scriptures add these words of
truth . . . “For what shall it profit
a man if he gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul.” (Mark
8:36).
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Geneva Talks
End In Failure
GENEVA, UP! — The 10-nation
conference on prevention of sur
prise attacks ended yesterday in
complete failure.
The talks never got down to a
serious discussion of a surprise
attack alert system because East
and West were in total disagree
ment on the very purpose of the
conference.
The Soviet bloc made a vain
effort at the 4Vt-hour final meet
ing to have January 5 — or any
other date — fixed for resump
tion of the talks.
The Western group, led by Wil
liam C. Foster of the United
States, fimjly told the Soviet bloc
it was useless to reconvene unless
an agreed basis for the discussions
could be established.
The United States, Britain,
France, Italy and Canada repre
sented the North Atlantic Treaty
powers; and the Soviet Union,
Poland. Czechoslovakia, Romania,
and Albania the East bloc.
The conference opened Novem
ber 10, and became bogged down
from the start in procedural ar
guments.
LESTER BRONSON BECOMES
MEMBER OF PIONEERS
Members of Igloo No. 1, Pion
eers of Alaska, conferred a mem
bership degree Wednesday even
ing on Lester Bronson, who,
through 30 years’ residence in
Alaska, became eligible this past
year to become a member of the
“Old-Timers.”
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ALASKAN
BOOKS
The Gift' That Lives On . . .
A Wonderful Selection from which to Choose
This Christmas —
DAUGHTER OF THE GOLD RUSH — By Klondy Dufresne.
LORD OF ALASKA — Out of print for several years, and
available now in 5th Printing.
STATE OF ALASKA — Senator Ernest Gruening.
ALASKA SOURDOUGH — Morenus.
NORTH AMERICAN HEAD HUNTERS (With Chapter on Polar
Bear hunt in this area).
PRINCESS SOPHIA — Edison Marshall.
REMINISCENCES OF CAPTAIN BILLY MOORE — By Will
• Chase (A collector’s item).
KLONDIKE FEVER — A complete story of the Gold Rush.
MOONLIGHT AT MIDDAY — By Sally Garrigher.
GO NORTH WITH ME — Balchen.
Also a variety of Alaskan Children’s Books
and a Wide Selection of Little Golden Books.
IGLOO TALES — POKER TALES
— And Many More — At