THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
TWISTING HIS ARM
Realistic Protection
By J. EDGAR HOOVER, Director of the F. B. I.
THE QUESTION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT has
sent a storm of controversy thundering across our
Nation — millions of spoken and written words seek
to examine the question so that decisions may be
reached which befit our civilization.
The struggle fior answers concerning the taking
of men’s lives is one to which every American should
lend his voice, for the problem in a democracy such as
our is not one for a handful of men to solve alone.
As a representative of law enforcement, it is my
belief that a great many of the .most vociferous cries
for abolition of capital punishment emanate from
those areas of our society which have been insulated
against the horrors man can and does perpetrate
against his fellow beings. Certainly, penetrating and
searching thought must be given before considering
any blanket cessation of capital punishment in a time
when unspeakable crimes are being committed. The
savagely mutilated bodies and mentally ravaged
victims of murderers, rapists and other criminal beasts
beg consideration when the evidence is weighed on
both sides of the scales of Justice.
At the same time, nothing is so precious in our
country as the life of a human being, whether he is a
criminal or not, and on the other side of the scales
must be placed ail of the legal safeguards which our
society demands.
A judge once said, “The death penalty is a
warning, just like a lighthouse throwing its beams
out to sea. We hear about shipwrecks, but we do not
hear about the ships the lighthouse guides safely on
their way. We do not have proof of the number of
ships it saves, but we do not tear the lighthouse down.”
Despicable crimes must be dealt with realistically.
To abolish the death penalty would absolve other
criminals from fear of the consequences for commit
ting atrocious crimes. Where the death penalty is
provided, a criminal’s punishment may be meted out
commensurate with his deeds. While a Power trans
cending man is the final Judge, this same Power gave
man reason so that he might protect himself. Capital
punishment is an instrument with which he may
guard the righteous against the predators among men.
We must never allow misguided compassion to
erase our concern for the hundreds of unfortunate,
innocent victims of bestial criminals.
Egan Invites
Alaska Extension
of Proposed Rail
VANCOUVER, B. C., UR — Gov
ernor William Egan says his state
would be “sympathetic” to plans
for extension of the proposed
Pacific Northern Railway to the
49th State.
In a letter, Governor Egan also
expressed hope that he would be
invited to discuss the railway de
velopment, but “to date the State
of Alaska has not been ap
proached officially in this
matter.”
The newly-formed PNR is re
ported to have already spent one
million dollars on initial surveys
for a 700-mile route from Prince
Rupert to the B. C.-Yukon bor
der and application has been made
to the federal government for a
right-of-way through the Yukon
to the Alaska border.
Such a develoment would give
Alaska an overland rail link with
the rest of the United States.
In response to a query from The
Vancocver Sun, Governor Egan
wrote the newspaper that it is
expected the B. C. and Alaska
government will discuss the pro
posed railway at a July 19 con
ference in Victoria.
He said the Alaska government
is making studies to determine po
tential freight and passenger traf
fic on such a rail connection, but
findings are not expected until
the end of this year.
If negotiations do begin for an
international rail connection, said
Governor Egan, it probably will
be at the federal level.
In Victoria, meanwhie, B. C.
Transport Minister Lyle Wicks
said the PNR, backed by Swedish
industrialist Axel Wenner Gren
interests, has been granted the
right to issue $1,000,000 worth of
1 $00’shares as an interim financing
measure.
A borrowing power of $2,000,
000 has ben set for the railway,
Wicks said, and “the present fi
nancing will come from the rail
way itself.”
The money would enable the
PNR to make formal application
to the Public Utilities Commis
sion for a certificate of public
convenience.
Voodoo Jet Collision
Kills Two Test Pilots
CARROLLTON 111., UR — Two
F101-B Voodoo jets collided in
mid-air, exploded and crashed in
flames today, killing two of the
four test pilots aboard.
The sleek planes, capable of
more than 1,000 roies per hour,
plunged to earth about seven
miles south of this southwestern
Illinois community.
The dead were engineer pilots
employed by the McDonnell Air
craft Corp. of St. Louis.
Tiheir identities were withheld
pending notification of next of
kin.
The other two pilots, identified
as Lt. Cmdr. Albert Moro and
Lt. Cmdr. John Ebersbaker, both
of the Navy, parachuted to safety.
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House Committee OK’s
Lifting Restrictions on TV
Booster Operation
WASHINGTON, OW — A House
subcommittee yesterday aproved
legislation designed to help the
nation’s isolated and sparsely
populated regions receive televi
sion service.
The bill, passed last year by the
Senate, would authorize the Fed
eral Communications Commission
to legalize and regulate television
booster stations now in operation.
The bill, backed by the FCC,
would permit the agency to waive
present requirements that the
boosters be manned by a licensed
operator or that a permit be is
sued before construction is begun.
Some 1,000 TV boosters are now
in operation, most of them in
Western states. Backers of the
bill said the boosters provide the
most practicable means of relay
ing TV signals into isolated areas
of the West.
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Employer Quits when—*.
Ordered to Negotiate
OLYMPIA, Wash., UP) — The
owner of a firm with 16 employes
said today he’s quitting business
because the National Labor Rela
tions Board ordered him to stop
discouraging them from joining
a union.
"If I can’t run my business as
I see fit, and get the men I want
to do the kind of work I want,”
said W. E. Dolman, “the hell with
it, I quit.”
The NLRB ordered Dolman to
reinstate a discharged employe
and to bargain with the Teamsters
Union.
Dolman’s firm, the Olympia
Specialty Co., is a wholesale dis
tributor of health and beauty aids,
toys and notions.
A Teamsters organizer said the
union complained to the NLRB
when Dolman threatened to shut
down after the union began or
ganizing efforts.
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