2 THE NOME NUGGET Wednesday. March 7, 1956
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WHERE BIGNESS HELPS
(Jessen’s Weekly)
With gold in the doldrums, it is refreshing to note
the continued operations of the U.S. Smelting, Refining
& Mining Company in Alaska. While many smaller
gold mining concerns have been forced by necessity to
turn to other forms of enterprise that are less of a losing
game, the big company has so many varied mining
interests over the world that more profitable operations
elsewhere can absorb losses, if any.
We sincerely hope that politicians in Washington
will soon awaken to the necessity of a return to the
gold standard and a free market for gold as the only
solution to the. growing problem of inflation. In the
meantime, most mining ground owners find it more
profitable to leave their gold in the ground than to have
it buried at Fort Knox.
By continuing to operate its dredges, the U.S.
S.R. & M. Co. is contributing greatly to the economy
of Alaska.
Home Arts Club Hears
Visiting Psychologist on
Mental Health Bill
The Home Arts Club, of the Al
aska Federation of Women’s
Clubs, met at the home of Mrs.
Boyd Harwood with Mrs. V. Wal
tersen as co-hostess.
Mr. James Parsons, clinical
psychologist for the Territorial
Department of Health, gave a
very comprehensive talk on the
mental health bill up to date and
interesting data leading up to the
present time.
He explained to the group,
which has been very active in
urging and supporting this im
portant legislation now before
Congress, what action will be
necessary after the bill is passed.
The growing importance of
mental health; he stated, is best
shown in the State of New York,
where 25 percent of state monies
go toward mental health. When
Alaska has its own hospital and
people can be treated properly, a
higher percentage of full recov
ery will result.
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RUSSIA CLAIMS
DISCOVERY OF HUGE
DIAMOND DEPOSITS
MOSCOW, (if)—P. Y. Antropov,
minister of geology of the U.S.S.R.
claimed today large diamond de
posits have been discovered in
Siberia.
He declared they “may equal
the fabulous diamond deposits of
South Africa.” He hailed it as a
major discovery and said the dia
monds could provide a valuable
means of obtaining foreign ex
change and be useful for Soviet
industry.
Antropov said the deposits are
located on the territory of the
Yakutsk Republic which is north
of Lake Baikal. He did not pin
point the spot more closely. Pre
viously large diamond deposits
have been unknown in the Soviet
Union.
Antropov also reported the dis
covery of other valuable mineral
deposits: titanium-zirconium ores
in the Ukraine, iron ore in the
Belgored region of the Ukraine
and in Kazakhstan, extensive new i
oil reserves in the Volga-Urals!
area, potassium salts in Belo
russia and others.
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NEWS LETTER
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. Bartlett.
Deleca'e to Congress from A’aska
In appearing last week before
the Roads subcommittee of the
House Public Works Committee
considering legislation authoriz
ing appropriations for continu
ance of construction of highways
throughout the country, Delegate
Bartlett urged an amendment to
include Alaska under a special
formula which would result in the
federal allocation of about $16,
347.000 for Alaska roads in the
1958 fiscal year and rising every
year on a scale which would pro
vide an allocation of about $22,
341.000 in the 1969 fiscal year.
The amendment would allow
Alaska to share in the Federal Aid
Highway Program which extends
to the States, Puerto Rico, Hawaii!
and the District of Columbia but
in a mannei; which would allow
calculations for allocations based
.on one-half of Alaska’s area to
determine the area factor used in
approtioning funds.
The amendment further pro
vides for the transfer of all road
building functions of the Alaska
Road Commission to the Bureau
of Public Roads, including per
sonnel, with the roads to be built
determined through cooperation
with the governor and the terri
torial highway engineer.' The al
located funds would apply to both
construction and maintenance,
with the Territory of Alaska con
tributing not less than 10 percent
of the federal funds apportioned
each year.
Under this formula, a total of
$17,982,000 would thus be avail
able under the program for Alas
ka roads in the 1958 fiscal year,
$16,347,000 of which would come
from the federal government and
$1,635,000 from the territory.
Rising approximately $500,000
each year the federal allocation,
for example, in the 1963 fiscal
year would be $19,072,000 with
the $1,907,000 contribution from
the territory resulting in a total of
$20,979,000. The 1969 fiscal year
federal allocation would be $22,
341.000, the territorial contribu
tion $2,234,000, for a total of $24,
575.000.
Over this 12-year period the
federal allocations would total
$232,129,000, the territorial $23,
213.000, for a grand total of $255,
342.000.
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Two U.S. Pilots Survive
Crash of Their C - 47
H;gh on Mt. Fuji
MT. FUJI, Japan, UP)—Two U.S.
pilots who crashed high on Mt.
Fuji two days ago finally got
down safely late today with the
U.S. medical paratrooper and two
Japanese climbers who went to
their rescue.
An Air Force spokesman said
all five reached the base of the
12,397-foot mountain after an all
day descent, made hazardous by
huge drifts, windswept icy ledges
and foul weather.
A medical officer at Camp Fuji
reported all in good physical con
dition but “extremely tired and
worn out.”
Both pilots—Maj. John Allen
Fowle of Lake Worth, Fla., and
Capt. Earl Preston Kelley of
Clearspring, Md.—walked away
virtually unhurt when their C-47
cargo plane crashed Monday into
20-foot deep snow at the 11,000
foot level. One lost a tooth and
the other cut his leg. Both men
made their way to a nearby Jap
anese weather observatory.
Yesterday T. Sgt. Robert T.
Elliott of Humboldt, 111., and two
Japanese climbers with snow res
cue equipment reached the ob
servatory shortly before nightfall.
NEXT WAR WILL BE COSTLY
Another world war would cost
the United States four trillion dol
dolars—that is four thousand bil
lion, according to Capt. L. Smith
of the U.S. Navy. The cost would
approximate ten times that of
World War II, according to Capt.
Smith, who based his estimate on
the average increase in the cost
of each of the nation’s wars since
the Civil War.
States Suffer in
Tornadic W inds
By the Associated Press
Violent March storms struck
! devastating blows in many parts
! of the nation today and last night.
Tornadic winds and thunder
storms killed at least one person,
injured more than 30 others, and
| caused extensive property dam
I age in three midwest states last
' night, swept thru the Ohio Valley
I today.
The storm, accompanied by hail '
in advance of a strong cold front,
brought warnings of tornadoes to
many midwest and south-central
areas.
The vicious storms in the mid
continent, striking most damaging
blows in communities in Indiana,
Illinois and Missouri, were blamed
on the clashing of extremely
warm air from the Gulf of Mexico
and freezing air spreading across
the Great Lakes and the northeast.
Heaviest hit by the twisters
was Marion, Ind., a city of 30,000
papulation. One person was killed
and 25 others injured and hospit
alized. Damage was estimated at
between 1 and IVz million dollars.
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