NWA Chamber Legislative
Recommendations Get
Favorable Comment
An editorial in Juneau's Daily
Alaska Empire gives further pub
licity to Second Division needs in
reporting on the Northwest Cham
ber of Commerce pamphlet and
Senator Lyng's expressed pleas
ure with it. Excerpts from the
editorial follow.
2nd DIVISION ENTERPRISE
“Senator Howard Lyng is proud
of the Northwest Chamber of
Commerce and its action of print
ing in pamphlet form recommen
dations to the Territorial Legis
lature.
“The recommendations are sub
mitted for consideration and sup
port of the legislators as a pro
gram for Alaska and ‘especially
the portion that deals with the
Second Division.’
“Many of the measures recom
mended by the Second Division
group have already reached the
legislature, but Senator Lyng is
pleased with the enterprise of the
group from his division and proud
of the attractive pamphlet with
its gold-colored cover that was
printed by the Nome Nugget. It
should, he believes, help get some
votes for the legislation it recom
mends.
•“Responsible for the North
western Alaska Chamber of Com
merce pamphlet are these mem
bers: Boyd Harwood, president,
and Dewey Goodrich, Larry Gal
vin and Ben Young, legislative
committee.”
House Passes Measure
To Reduce Penalty for
Taking Car for Joyride
JUNEAU, —A bill to reduce
the penalty for taking a car for
joyriding was passed by the Alas
ka House of Representatives Fri
day. It would reduce the offense
from the category of a possible
felony under which youthful of- j
fenders could lose their citizen
ship rights, to a misdemeanor.
The vote was 18 to 5.
The present law provides pun
ishment of up to two years and
$2,000 fine for taking a car with
intent to “temporarily deprive”
the owner of its use. That maxi
mum would put it into the felony
class. The bill would cut the max
imum punishment in half—to not
more than a year and $1,000 fine.
The bill now goes to the Senate.
In the 14th Century, some
fashionable Englishmen wore
shoes so long the toes were fas
tened to their knees.
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SERVICE
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CAB Position Questioned in View
Of Alaska Airlines Traffic Growth
Russia Repeats
Plan for World
Armament Freeze
MOSCOW, —Reiterating her
nine-year-old stand on arms ques
tions, the Soviet Union has called
for a world freeze on armaments
and the immediate destruction of
all atomic and hydrogen weapons.
The Russian declaration was
issued Friday night, a week be
fore the scheduled reopening of
disarmament discussions in Lon
don by a United Nation subcom
mittee. It announced that Deputy
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromy
ko and Jacob Malik, Russian am
bassador to London, would repre
sent the Soviet Union in the talks.
Insisting that the western pow
ers were intensifying the arms
race and the production of atomic
weapons by pushing for the re
armament of West Germany, the
statement said:
“The Soviet government con
siders atomic weapons should be
banned and effective internation
al control established for the pro
hibition of atomic weapons and
the reduction of arms and armed
forces, first of all off the major
powers.
“An important step in that di
rection would be an international
agreement under which the states
would make a solemn pledge to
refrain from using such weapons.”
Despite the Soviet statement
that they favored “effective inter
national control,” Washington of
ficials said the Russian proposal
did not give an inch toward the
Western demand for ironclad con
trols through inspection to see
that written pledges are observed.
United Nations circles in New
York and U.S. State Department
officials said the Russian state
ment appeared to be primarily
another Soviet attempt to head!
off West German rearmament.
Acceptance of the Soviet pro
posal would prevent the Bonn
government from contributing a
single soldier to Western defense.
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8:00—Bud’s Bandwagon 1:00—Adven. in Research 8:30—Ronnie Kemper
8:30—Jack Carson 1-15—Hillbilly Jamboree 8:45—Tennessee Ernie
9:00—News 2:00—News 9:00—Coffee Concert
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6:30—Rise and Shine 8:30—Meet Corlis Archer 12:30—Platter Parade
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8:15—Morning Devotions 9:30—Theater Royal 2.oo New*
8:30—Ronnie Kemper 10:00—Music fr. America J
8:45—Tennessee Ernie 10:30—Martin Block
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10:00—News 11:15—Jack Wagner 4:00—News
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(AFRS program schedules subject to Change without notice.)
f In discussing the States-Alaska
case, Nelson B. David, president
of Alaska Airlines, Inc., called at
tention to a recent letter from Al
i aska Delegate E. L. Bartlett to
! the Civil Aeronautics Board, in
j dicating that on tlje States-Fair
banks route, the number of pas
sengers increased 192 percent be
tween 1950 and 1953; at the same
time cargo increased 83 percent
as the Fairbanks area population
was increasing by 87 percent.
In citing these figures, David
said it was hard to understand
the hesitancy of the CAB in re
certifying Alaska Airlines because
of the tremendous growth in traf
fic and the degree of permanency
assured by the growth in popula
tion.
As to his own company, David
stated that, while they had not
made any commitment as to the
type of new equipment to be used
on the States-Alaska run in event
of certificate renewal, he quoted
figures to indicate that Alaska
Airlines has enjoyed a heavy in
crease in revenue, particularly
over the past six months and that
the company’s balance sheet for
the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 1954
indicated a net profit of over
$400.
Further, the first quarter of the
present fiscal year, net profits
were in excess of $200,000 com
pared with $35,148 reported for
the same period last year. David
said these figures were indicative
of the company’s ability to fi
nance any equipment required.
Alaska Airline’s traffic for Jan.
1955 has increased far and above
that of Jan. 1954. The mail ton
miles increased 21 percent, pas
senger traffic 20 percent, and car
go traffic increased 79 percent.
David further stated that the
recent action of the Civil Aero
nautics Board cutting back sub
sidy requirements of Alaska Air
lines by over $200,000 annually
had not affected the company in
earning a profit in excess of $85,
000 during the month of Jan. 1955
compared with a loss of $1,421
during the same month last year.
Of special significance is the
fact that the company estimates,
based on its operating results for
the current fiscal year, that with
in three years the major portions
of its routes will be subsidy-free.
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Sale At The Nome Nugget Office.
Ice Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice has gone
out at Nenana as follows;
1917— April 30 .11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11. 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11.10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11. 8:42 aon.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.m.
1923— May 9. 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6. 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5. 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10... 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8. 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
! 1935—May 15. 1:32 p.nu
1936— April 30.12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12. 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6. 8:14 p.m.
1990—April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 pan.
1941— May 3. 1:50 a.m.
1942— April 30 . 7:28 p.m.
1943— April 28 . 7:22 pan.
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m.
1945— May 16. 9:41 ami.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3. 5:53 p.m.
1948— May 13.11:13 pan.
1949— May 14.12:39 pan.
1950— May 6. 4:14 pan.
1951— April 90 . 5:54 pan.
1952— May 12. 5:04 pan.
1953— April 29 . 3:54 p.m.
1954— May 6. 6:01 pan.
Lissome, lovely Queen Carol of the Seattle Seafair pre
pared for her reign as queen of National Canned Salmon
Week, February 23 to March 1, by "fishing" foe salmon—
canned salmon, of course.
As she netted her "catch" in the not-so-likely locale ef an
indoor swimming pool, her royal smile proclaimed her delight.
Canned salmon is a major product of Alaska, Puget
Sound and the Columbia River, and the canned salmon
industry dales back even before the while settlers, E. B.
McGovern, National Canned Salmon Week chairman pointed
out. The Indians preserved salmon by their own crude
methods before the arrival of the frontier Americans.
National Canned Salmon Week is sponsored by the
Conference of Pacific Coast Canned Salmon Brokers, assisted
by 85 area committee chairmen located in every major
market center of the United States.
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