THE NOME NUGGET.
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone Main 125 $1.50 PER MONTH
P.O. Box 618 $16.00 A YEAR
E. P. BOUCHER .:.. Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the *
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscribers not receiving their paper by 5:30 p.m. call
Main 125 for special delivery. After 5:30 call Black 102.
A ROSE AMONG THE THISTLES
mm ._..... ..
19 And 20-Year-Olds Are Allowed To
Vote In August 26 Primary Election
The Alaska State* Constitution
provision that 19 and 20-year-old
Aiaskans may vote applies to the
August 26 primary election at
which the statehood referendum
will be decided.
There have been reports cir
culated that 19 and 20-year-old
ci.izens may not vote until after
the primary election. This is
not true.
According to the Alaska State
Constitution, Article 5, Section 1:
“Every citizen of the United
States who is at least 19 years of
age, who meets registration re
qr-'rements which may be pre
scribed by law, and who is
qualified to vote under this
article, may vote in any state or
lor-al election . . .”
The Executive Order issued by
Gov. Mike S*epovich authorizing
the August 26 primary election
and the November 25 general
election states:
• Every person who is entitled
to vote at the general election
shall be entitled to participate
in the primary election.”
Gov. Stepovich’s Executive Or
der further sets out the qualifi
cations for voting in the first
state election:
“All citizens of the United
States, nineteen years of age and
over, who are actual and bona
fide residents of Alaska, and who
have been such residents con
tinuously during the entire year
. immediately preceding the elec
tion, and who have been resi
dents continuously for thirty
days next preceding the election
in the precinct and District in
which they vote, and who are
able to read and write the Eng
lish language . . . and who are
not barred from voting by any
other provisions of law, shall be
qualified to vote.”
General voting qualifications
for all Alaska State elections, in
cluding the August 26 primary
and November 25 general elec
tions, are:
1. If a person is unable to read
and write the Ehglish, he shall
still be qualified to vote if:
a. He legally voted in the gen
eral election of November 4, 1924.
b. He is unable to read and
write because of physical disa
bility.
2. No person convicted of a
felony involving moral turpi
tude may vote, unless his voting
right has been restored.
3. Pre-election registration in
order to vote is not required.
The Executive Order 'for the
August 26 and November 25 elec
tions provides for absentee voting.
Excerpts from the Executive Or
der say:
1. Any elector of the territory
who believes that he will be un
avoidably absent from his home
on election day, whether within
the territory or not, and more
than two miles from the voting
place at which he is qualified to
vote, may vote at the primary
and general election by absentee
ballot.
2. A voter may secure an ab
sentee ballot from the U.S. Com
missioner of the recording dis
trict covering the voting place
at which he is qualified to vote.
3. If the voter is more than
five miles from the office of the
Commissioner, he may secure an
absentee ballot from the post
master in that locality.
4. Absentee ballots may be ap
plied for in person not more
than 40 days before the election
and not less than one day prior
to the election.
5. Applications by mail for
absentee ballots must be post
marked not more than 90 days
and not less than four days prior
to the election.
6. Any qualified voter who is
unable to go to the polls because
of physical disability may apply
for an absentee ballot providing
his application is accompanied by
a statement of disability from a
licensed physician.
Will law enforcement and in
vestigation by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation be terminated by
Statehood?
The answer is no.
According to a spokesman for
the Anchorage FBI office, State
hood will have no effect on the
jurisdiction of the FBI.
The spokesman said:
“The jurisdiction of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation applies
wherever the laws of the United
States apply. Statehood will not
change or affect the jurisdiction
of the FBI in Alaska.”
Letter To
The Editor
I would like to take this op
tunity of congratulating the
Nome Nugget on its Statehood
editorial appearing in the issue of
Friday, August 1. Now indeed
is the time to stand up and be
counted, and I am pleased to be
counted among those who are
heartily in favor of Statehood.
Rather than a handicap, I believe
Statehood will benefit all the
residents of Alaska whether
native or not. I believe all of us
should take advantage of this
period to go to all reliable sources
available and obtain all the in
formation possible on these mat
ters. I will be happy to try to
answer questions for any of you
with whom I come in contact,
with reference to my views on
Statehood and any of the prob
lems it may bring.
Art Johnson
Republican Candidate
For State Senator
B.C. Firefighters
Hopeful of Rain
VANCOUVER, B.C., Iff) — Hard
pressed fire fighters Saturday
looked to the skies over B.C. with
hope that extensive rain would
come at last to assist them in
their fight against nearly 400
fires burning in the province.
Lower temperatures and higher
humidity gave firefighters a
measure of assistance Friday.
Thirty-six new outbreaks were
reported, most of them blamed on
lightning strikes, but none was
considered serious. About 100
men moved from base camp
early Saturday to resume battle
against a big blaze in the Buttle
Lake District of Vancouver Is
land, where an estimated $3 mil
lion worth of finfe Douglas fir
has been destroyed.
Late Friday a crew succeeded
in driving back a fast-moving
bush fire which had threatened
homes and industrial plants on
the south side of the Fraser
River, just outside New' West
minister.
A fleet of seven water-carrying
aircraft and a specially-equipped
helicopter were being used in the
Vancouver forest district to fight
85 fires.
Most of the new outbreaks
ware in the inland Nelson and
Kamloops district.
WHY WORRY?
CALL US
and RELAX!
Residence: Main 52
Office: Black 76
— Automatic Service —
ARCTIC OIL
DELIVERY
the new mmmm
Of THE
NATIONAL fOUNPATfOi
—
polio"
VIRUS DISEASES
ARTHRITIS
BIRTH DEFECTS
CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM DISORDERS
-S
Research
Yes
Yes
Yes
~Yes I
i
Yes !
'
-—™
Professional
Education
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
$ Patient aid for children through t$ is
being developed for the near future. : -
Bush Pilot Not Lost—He
Just Went Back In Bush
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., UP)—
Former Alaska bush pilot Edwin
Bratton isn’t lost after all. He’s
back in thet bush country.
Bratton had been unaccounted
for after taking off July 23 for
a flight from San Bernidino to
San Francisco. Police and sher
iff’s offices throughout the state
had been on-the lookout for him.
But last Saturday his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Bratton of
nearby Muscoy, called a halt to
the search. They announced re
ceipt of a telegram from Bratton
in Brooks’ Brook, Y.T.
The 40-year-old flier said he
took advantage of good weather
and flew his light plane farther
than he’d anticipated. The wire
said his probable destination was
Anchorage, Alaska.
CUSTER'S MEN TO
BE REBURIED
BILLINGS, Mont., UP) — Three
of Custer’s cavalrymen who died
in the Little Big Horn were buried
Friday at . Custer Battlefield
National Cemetery.
Their skeletons were found re
cently by an archaeological party
exploring the site where 82 years
ago Custer and his troop were
massacred by the northern Chey- i
enne, Sioux and Blackfeet In
dians.
Michigan Soldier Killed
On Glenn Highway
ANCHORAGE, (At — A Flint,
Mich., soldier stationed at Ft.
Richardson here was killed Fri
day in a one-car accident 59
miles north of Anchorage on the
Glenn Highway.
Specialist 3/c Elgin E. Com
stock, 2f5, of the 24th Ordnance
Co. at Ft. Richardson was killed
outright when his car catapulted
120 feet through the air and then
pitched twice that distance down
to the bottom of a steep bank.
A companion, Specialist 4/c
Dennis E. Wilson, (no hometown
age available) escaped injury.
Comstock was the son of Glen
Comstock of Flint.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
Nome Laundry
& Cleaners
CALL MAIN 29
FOR PICKUP
JOE AMAROK, Proprietor
Success Usually Begins With Saving.
And Saving Begins With a Plan at the
MINERS & MERCHANTS
RANK OF ALASKA
NOME, ALASKA
WE WILL BUILD NOME WITH YOU
POLARIS DINING ROOM
Charcoal Broiled Steaks
REINDEER A SPECIALTY
SERVING 5 to 11 p.m. DAILY