SCOUTS O*.,-c 45th BIRTHDAY
OFFICIAL BOY SCOUT WEEK POSTER
Boy Scout Week, Feb. 6 to 12,
-'•■arking the 45th anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America, will
be observed throughout the na
tion by more than 3,660,000 boys
and adult leaders. Since 1910,
more than 22,750,000 boys and
men have been members.
“Building for a Better Tomor
row” is the birthday theme.
Members of 95,000 Units, through
demonstrations and exhibits, will
dramatize the purpose r* ~
Sugar Occupies Nixon
On Tour of Twelve
Caribbean Countries
HAVANA, Cuba, GP — Sugar
and Communism occupied the
chief attention of Vice President
Nixon today as he began the
first round of official calls on his
12-stop Caribbean tour.
Accompanied by his wife and
Henry Holland, assistant secre
tary of state for inter-American
affairs, Nixon arrived here from
Washington 40 minute late last
night after one of his plane’s
four engines went out of com
mission.
His four-week itinerary also in
cludes Mexico, Guatemala, El
Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Panama, the Virgin
Islands, Puerto Rico, the Domin
ican Republic and Haiti.
Nixon announced Holland was
flying on today to Rio De Jahiero
“to continue negotiations on var
ious economic projects which
have been pending for gome
• time.”
Sugar, on which Cuban econ
omy largely depends, was the
major topic for discussion be
tween Nixon and his hosts.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
! ing and the rich heritage it has
in this country.
Boy Scout Week marks the
completion of the National Con
servation Good Turn the organi
zation has undertaken at the re
quest of President Eisenhower.
Units which have qualified will
receive National Conservation
Good Turn Certificates of Merit
awarded jointly by the Secre
taries of Agriculture and the In
terior, Ezra Taft Benson and
Douglas McKay, respectively.
Eisenhower Meets With
Henry Cabot Lodge on
Formosa Cease - Fire
WASHINGTON, UH—President
Eisenhower Saturday charted new
moves toward obtaining a cease
fire in the Formosa area as a
clash between American and
Communist jet fighters over the
Yellow Sea injected fresh ten
sions into the Far Eastern crisis.
Eisenhower met for about an
hour in a breakfast conference
with his chief representative at
the United Nations, Henry Cabot
Lodge Jr. Lodge told newsmen
on leaving the White House that
he had reported to the President
on developments at the U. N.,
that new steps were being con
sidered and that something might
be announced this week.
Red China rejected Thursday
an invitation to send representa
tives to the U.N. Security Council
to discuss pending resolutions for
a Formosa cease-fire.
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Holy Cross Mission
To Be Partly
Evacuated •
ANCHORAGE, (£>—A $2,000,000
Alaska Catholic consolidated
school system is planned for Cop
per Center.
The announcement came from
Father John Buchanan of the So
ciety of Jesuits, who is one of
several Jesuit leaders in Alaska
in charge of planning the new
educational center.
Work already has started on
the campus located at the junction
of the Tazlina and Copper Rivers
about eight miles from the village
of Copper Center.
More than 10 buildings, includ
ing classrooms, dining halls and
dormitories will be constructed,
providing facilities for 200 Alas
kan children.
At the same time, it was an
nounced that the historic mission
at Holy Cross, one of the first in
the territory, will be partially
evacuated, with many of the chil
dren to be brought to the Copper
Center school when it is com
pleted. '
The Holy Cross mission, built in
1888, is located 400 miles north
west of Anchorage on the Yukon
River.
The Order of Sisters of St.
Anne who staff the mission will
also move to Copper Center.
Deterioration or buildings at
Holy Cross and the high cost of
upkeep led to the decision to es
tablish the new school at Copper
Center, which is also more ad
vantageous from a standpoint of
transporation, accessibility and
supplies.
The day school at Holy Cross j
will be continued.
Both elementary and high school
classes will be conducted at the
new mission, which is expected to
be ready by the fall of 1956.
Eventually, it is planned to ex
pand facilities at Copper Center
to provide for Alaska’s first Cath
olic college.
BETA SIGMA PHI
The Beta Sigma Phi met last
Thursday night at the home of
Marilyn Asbridge. The program
topic was conversation, which is
truly an mteresting study.
It was decided not to meet on
the 17th, the next regular meet
ing night as it is too close to
the date set for their Valentine
Dance.
The hostess served refresh
ments after the meeting.
25 ABOARD PLANE IN
EMERGENCY LANDING
KODIAK, —A Navy R-4D
plane with 21 passengers and four
crewmen aboard made an emer
gency landing here Thursday
morning when it encountered en
gine and landing gear trouble.
No one was hurt. An examining
board is investigating.
The plane was based at the
Kodiak Naval Station.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued clear and cold with
light variable winds through to
morrow. Lowest temperature ex
pected tonight -32, high Tuesday
-20.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
-20, low -31. Max. wind 14 mph
from the north. Sunrise 8:26 a.m.,
sunset 4:07 p.m.
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Alaska Statehood Committee Backs
Bill for 1956 Statehood Convention
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, liW—Alaska’s State
hood Committee went on record
here Friday for a statehood con
vention, as called for in a bill now
before the territorial legislature.
The bill would provide for a
1956 convention.
Chairman Robert Atwood of
Anchorage expressed the opinion
President Eisenhower has modi
fied his outlook on statehood for
Alaska to the extent “ho could
sign” if a statehood bill is ap
proved by Congress.
Atwood based his opinion on
the President’s objection last year
on military grounds and his
change this year to tacit approval
of statehood for the northern ter
ritory at such time as “complex
problems” are ironed out.
New stumbling blocks in Con
gress were cited at the session of
the statehood committee here,
however. They are resolutions
which would require a two-thirds
approval of statehood by Con
gress and subsequent ratification
by three-fourths of the states.
One New York congressman
even has proposed legislation, At
wood said, which would allow the
granting of statehood with a pro
viso that no U.S. senator, or only
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j one, could be specified.
Atwood, who has just returned
to the territory from a trip to tfce
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
said in an • interview that he is
fully convinced after his observa
tions and interviews with political
leaders on the island, that the
commonwealth proposal is a will
o’ the wisp suggestion for Alaska.
He said the widely discussed
new incentives are only for new
businesses coming in; that a fed
eral tax-free status for Alaska as
a commonwealth is a futile mir
age; that Puerto Rico, with low
priced labor and a few natural
resources, and Alaska, with high
cost labor and a wealth of natural
resources, have little ground in
common. *
The Statehood Committee voted
“up to $3,000” to expand its pub
licity program. Barrie White of
Anchorage, president of “Opera
tion Statehood,” said his organiza
tion is being constantly asked for
more information on the state
hood question.
He said “nearly every library
in the country” and people abroad
are requesting material for study.
At wood suggested there also is
a need for more “education at
home,” in Alaska.
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Jesus shall reign where'er ihe sun Psalm 47
Does His successive journeys run; Psalm 19:4-6
His Kingdom spread from shore io shore. Psalm 72:8
Till moons shall wax and wane no more Psalms 72:7 R.V.
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