JUNEAU
NEWS LETTER
From the Office of the Governor
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Harold D. Strandberg of An
chorage has been appointed by
Gov. Heintzleman to the Alaska
Board of Road Commissioners
which was created by the 21st
Legislature.
Strandberg will represent the
Third Division cm the board and
takes the place of Edgar L. Holt
of Valdez, who resigned upon
moving to California.
Other members of the Board
of Road Commissioners are Irving
Reed, highway engineer; P. C.
McCormack of Wrangell; Ben
Young of Nome; and Cecjl Wells
of Fairbanks.
Mrs. Marjorie Thornquist has
been named First Division mem
ber of the Alaska Library Board.
She succeeds Mrs. Ellen MacMil
lan of Ketchikan, who has served
on the board for past four years
and declined a reappointment.
DIRECTOR OF TERRITORIES
COMPLETES VISIT
William Strand, former Alaska
newspaperman, has completed his
first official visit to Alaska since
taking over the duties of director
of the Office of Territories, a div
ision of the Department of the
Interior.
The Office of Territories was
established July 28, 1950, and was
made responsible for all Interior
Department matters pertaining to
territorial affairs.
In Alaska the departments dir
ectly under the Office of Terri
tories, in addition to the govern
or’s office, are the Alaska Rail
road, the Alaska Ro'ad Commis
sion, Alaska Public Works and
the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation
Corporation.
Enroute south after a swing
through the interior, Director
Strand conferred with Gov. Heint
zleman on proposals for future
projects of the Interior Depart
ment in that area. These include:
The rehabilitation of the Sew
ard-Anchorage section of the Al
aska Railroad, new construction
for rail and truck use at Seward,
construction of the Copper River
Highway with a branch to the
Bering River coal fields and Kat
alla, roads between Fairbanks and
Nenana and Livengood and Ram
part, possible new access roads
to places of potential oil and other
mineral development, the contin
- uation of the snow removal pro
grams on present roads, and pow
er development at several points
in the interior area.
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Dewey Goodrich Tells
N. C. History to Rotarians
Rotarians enjoyed an interest
ing discussion presented by Dew
ey Goodrich on the historical de
velopment of department store
merchandising. Goodrich also gave
a few facts about the local North
ern Commercial store which he
manages, stating he had been with
this pioneer Alaskan corporation
for 14 years.
The Nome branch, one of the
N.C. Company’s more recent pur
chases, now has 21 employees
and a payroll and operational ex
pense account totaling over $15,
000 a month.
Guests at the meeting were:
Dick Benson of the N.C. Co.,
Jack Hogan of Anchorage, and
Robert Heath, one of the new
instructors of the Nome School.
Visitors to Nome
Only Wisconsin and the District
of Columbia scored visitors to
Nome on Wien’s plane that ar
rived Wednesday. For the fall
season’s first change of weather
flakes of snow assured the trav
ellers that they were in the arctic
and not sweltering in the heat
waves which blapket the States
east of the Rockies.
Mr. and Mrs. K. O. Peters were
glad to escape the unusually hot
days at the Capital City. They
hope that by the time they return
fall weather would be their wel
come. Mr. Peters is with the Rural
Electrification Authority and he
would be pleased to be assigned
to Alaska as he has become very
fond of the territory.
From Milwaukee came Dr. and
Mrs. C. W. Harper, who, *as they
say, are “gypsying” in Alaska, go
ing to and remaining at places of
interest. They travelled via Alaska
Steamship through the always in
teresting waters of the Inside Pas
sage to Seward, enjoying every
day the comforts of the ship’s
excellent service and the choicest
meals.
Another citizen of Milwaukee,
a close friend of the doctor who
had visited Nome earlier this sum
mer, advised him to travel in Al
aska. In Nome, the Harpers en
joyed a fast cab tour of the city.
They were happy to hear the Mil
waukee Braves had taken the first
two games of the present four
game series with the National
League leading Dodgers of Brook
lyn.
Dr. and Mrs. Harper *are now
headed for Eagle Hot Springs out
of Fairbanks instead of our own
Pilgrim Hot Springs. The united
efforts of Nome’s business firms
should go all out to establish the
Pilgrim resort as a popular place
to visit in 1954.
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June or January
June or January, whether the
climate calls for swim suits or
parkas, a new and revolutionary
auto battery will provide un
matched power and longer life
because it is essentially “two bat
teries in one.”
Built-in “Cijmate Control,” hand
adjusted by means of a small key,
adapts the Weathermaster to the
extreme demands of both summer
and winter driving. Altering the
battery’s water capacity gives
maximum resistance to hot weath
er deterioration, and more power
and top cranking ability for cold
weather service.
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RADIO PROGRAM
ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE — NOME FIELD .
Friday
4:05—Baseball Game
5:30—Bud’s Bandwagon
6:00—News
6:15—Sportscope
6:30—Rev. Romp, Requests
7:30—American Heritage
8:00—Father Knows Best
8:30—Doris Day
9:00—People Are Funny
9:15—Bell Ring
9:30—Texas Rangers
10:00—Requestfully Yours
11:00—World News
11:15—Jo Stafford
11:30—Music Master Works
12:00—One Night Stand
12:30—Music from the Nite
1:00—Sign Off
Saturday
6:26—Sign on
6:30—Rhythm Ranch
6:45—Rise and Shine
7:00—News
7:15—Rise and Shine
8:00—News
8:05—Rise and Shine
8:30—Morning Devotions
8:45—Nat “King” Cole
9:00—Let’s Pretend
5:30—Hot off R’cord Press
9:30—You Name It
10:00—Symphonies 4 Youth
10:05—You be Weatherman
10:30—Tarzan
11:00—Meet Corliss Archer
11:30—Space Patrol
12:00—Piano Playhouse
12:30—Platter Parade
1:00—Eddie Fisher
1:15—Hillbilly Jamboree
2:00—News
2:15—Personal Album
2:30—2000 Plus
3:00—Orchestras of West
3:30—America Calling
4:00—News
4:05—Baseball Game
5:30—Jubilee
6:00—News
6:15—Sports
6:30—Rev. Romp, Requests
7:30—Gene Autry
8:00—Mr. & Mrs. North
8:30—Grand Ol’ Opry
9:00—Amos ’n Andy
9:30—Broadway’s my Beat
10:00—Requestfully Yours
11:00—World News
11:15—Polka Time
11:30—One Night Stand
12:00—Rhythm Concert
12:30—Sat. Nite Dance Date
1:00—Yawn Patrol
Sunday
7:58—Sign On
8:00—News
8:15—Morning Melodies
j 9:00—Religious
9:30—Music We Love
j 10:00—Religious
10:30—Greatest Story Told
11:00—Children’s Chapel
11:15—Fisjt Jubilee Singers
11:30—Week’s Best
12:00—America Calling
12:30—Howard Barlow
J 1:00—Radio Theater
| 2:00—N. Y. Philharmonic
3:00—Fellowship Hour
3:30—Robert Armbruster
j 4:00—News
4:05—Baseball Game
i 5:30—Big Time
6:00—News
6:15—Sports
6:30—Phil Harris
7:00—Jack Benny
7:30—H’wood Star Plah’se
8:00—Charlie McCarthy
8:30—Our Miss Brooks
9:00—Twenty Questions
9:30—Night Beat
10:00 Music in the Air
10:30—Music with the Girls
11:00—Music from America
11:30—Symphonette
12:00—One Night Stand
12:30—Music from the Nite
1:00—Sign Off
Monday
6:26-—Sign on
6:30—Car’lina Cotton Calls
6:45—Rise and Shine
7:00—News
7:15—Rise and Shine
8:00—News
8:05—Rise and Shine
8:30—Morning Devotions
8:45—Ronnie Kemper
9:00—Jack Kirkwood
9:15—Bell Ring
9:30—You Name It
10:00—John Conte
10:05—You be Weatherman
10:30—Lucky U Ranch
10:55—Solitary Singer
11:00—Curt Massey
11:15—Music from S. A.
11:30—Piano Portraits
11:45—the Bob & Ray Show
12:00—This I Believe
12:05—Bob Hope Show
12:30—Platter Parade
1:00—Strike It Rich
1:15—Hillbilly Jamboree
2:00—News
2:15—Charleen Hawks
2:30—One Old One New
3:00—Syncopation Piece
3:30—Meet the Band
4:00—News
4:05—Baseball Game
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NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
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its appointment by the General Electric Com
pany as authorized agent and distributor for
power apparatus in the Alaskan Territory.
The complete line of G-E apparatus now available includes . . .
Motors Outdoor Lighting
Controls Industrial Heating
Generators Capacitors
Transformers Instruments
"NC" MACHINERY BRANCHES—NOME, Phone Main 22
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Whitehorse, Dawson