THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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THE HERITAGE
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CHARLES CODE AND THE DREAM THEATER
“Once an Alaskan, always an Alaskan” is proven
over and over again as former Alaskans gather and
enjoy each other’s company wherever they happen to be.
An outstanding example of the loyalty of those pio
neering Alaskans who no longer make their home in
the far north is that of Charles Code, veteran pioneer
in show business in the territory, who started making
plans to rebuild the Dream Theater within a few hours
after it was destroyed by fire on February 28, just as
he did in 1934 when fire destroyed the downtown dis
trict.
Reinvesting in Alaska where he started 50 years
ago, Mr. Code proves that although he is eighty years
young his vision for the future development of northern
Alaska has not wavered, and proves also that Alaskans
never grow old in spirit.
FORD ON FREE TRADE
Henry Ford II recently asserted that Congress
should pass legislation assuring the quickest possible
elimination of all tariffs, which would be the first
major step in leading the world back to free trade. This
is a significant statement from one of the leading busi
ness men of the country, who is now president of the
Ford Motor Company.
It will be remembered that Great Britain was
the champion free trade proponent for many years and
abandoned the system only reluctantly after many of
the other countries of the world set up all sorts of trade
barriers, such as tariffs, quota systems, barter agree
ments and other restrictive bilateral and unilateral
trade agreements.
The result of the race to •more and higher trade
barriers, which culminated in the 1930-32 world depres
sion, came in the United States with the passage of the
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
Mr. Ford’s idea is to give our friends abroad a
crack at the American market and he no doubt feels
that American automobile manufacturers could make
suitable progress if given free access to the markets
in the various foreign countries. We are inclined to
agree with Mr. Ford in theory, although it must be
kept in mind that the automobile industry is perhaps
• our most ideally suited industry from the standpoint
of competing with foreign producers.
Hardening of the heart ages people more quickly
than hardening of the arteries.
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Senate Approves
Tax Incentive Bill
For New Industries
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, Uft—The Senate com
pleted legislative approval Satur
day afternoon on a tax incentive
bill for new industries while the
House was killing an incentive
bill for mineral prospecting.
The Senate unanimously passed
a bill to allow cities, school dis
tricts and other taxing units to
grant special property tax exemp
tions to new industries for devel
oping natural resources. The bill
now goes to the governor.
The measure allows full exemp
tion from taxes up to three years
during construction, then exemp
tion from half of the normal tax
up to 10 years.
Prospectors' Aid Bill Killed
A bill by Rep. Edith Bullock,
known as the aid to prospectors
bill, died on a 13-11 House vote.
Mrs. Bullock explained the
$30,000 measure was intended to
finance strategic explorations by
a hand-picked group of 10 pros
pectors. The bill provided that the
territory outfit the prospectors.
Mrs. Bullock said the mining
department proposed to have a
supervisor in the field with the
10 prospectors, directing explora
tions.
The main opposition to Mrs.
Bullock’s measure came from
House Speaker George Miscovich,
Flat mining man, who left the
chair to make his most lengthy
argument of the session. He
branded the proposal as unneces
sary and a waste of money and
said the miners were against it.
Raise For Teachers Certain
The Senate took up a bill pro
posing an $300 annual increase
in teachers’ salaries but didn’t
push it to a final vote.
The teachers are almost certain
to get an increase but many legis
lators are leaning toward the Ter
ritor’al Board of Education’s pro
posal for a $300 flat increase plus
$50 more for each year of teach
ing ir. Alaska.
Report on Kotzebue’s
Community Building
(From “The Brace and Crutch”)
We know that you all are inter
ested in how the community
building at Kotzebue is progress
ing. You will recall that an aban
doned army building from Cape
Spencer was obtained free of
charge and the B & B Barge Co.
is to take the building from Cape
Spencer to Kotzebue.
The B & B Barge Co. is owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Bullock (the sec
retary of our Kotzebue chapter)
and though they only have iron
barges at present, which are not
suitable to move the building,
they hope to have a wooden barge
this spring with which to make
the transfer.
They have encountered much
difficulty in the undertaking, ac
cording to Mrs. Bullock, who'
wrote us on Nov. 11.
They had a wooden barge be
longing to the Army which they
planned to use, and had sent it,
with a tractor and two men to
Cape Spencer. But they were told
by the Port Commander that it
had to- go immediately to Nome
because of the jongshoremen’s
strike.
Mrs. Bullock writes that they
feel very badly about the delay
as they realize the importance of
a community building in Kotze
bue for supervised social activi
ties, particularly for the young
sters.
Earthquakes Reported
In Alaska and Norway
SEATTLE, Wl — An earthquake
which took place in the Kurile Is
lands or near the Kamchatka Pen
insula, Alaska, was recorded at
1:09 p.m. on the University of
Washington seismograph Mar. 5.
It was described here as being
of “moderate” intensity. Vibra
tions continued for an hour. The
quake was computed at the Uni
versity of California as 6% in a
scale of 10.
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OSLOW, Norway, —An earth
quake—a rare occurrence in this
part of the world—was felt in
the Oslo area about 9:45 p.m. last
night. It was the strongest shock
recorded here since 1904.
No serious damage was reported
although windows and doors rat
tled and pictures fell to the floor.
The War in Korea
Saturday
SEOUL., (A) — Chinese Commu
nists hurled two company-sized
assaults at Allied outposts on the
Korean western front Saturday
and then withdrew, leaving on
estimated 106 dead on the muddy
battlefield.
The Reds hit southwest of Kelly
Hill with two separate raids —
each with about 175 men.
South Korean soldiers cut down
the charges with withering rifle
and machinegun crossfire, while
heavier guns in the rear pounded
the oncoming Chinese. The Reds
retreated after an hour’s fight.
Chilling rain reduced most other
ground activity.
The Air Force said three Allied
planes went down behind Red
lines in the week ending Friday,
but none were lost in air battles.
Sabres Bag 6 MIGS
In Two Days Over Korea
SEOUL, UF) — U.S. Sabre jets
bagged three more Russian-built
MIG-15s today and ran their two
day toll of Red warplanes to six,
the Fifth Air Force announced.
Sunday’s score was three MIGs
destroyed, one probably destroyed
and one damaged. One of the kills
was by Col. Royal Baker, whose
record is 11 Red jets and one
prop-driven plane destroyed. His
11 MIGs destroyed, ties the mark
of Maj. George Davis of Lubbock,
Tex., who has been missing, pre
sumed lost, more than a year.
There was no major action
along the ground, but opposing in
fantrymen clashed in bitter pre
dawn patrol fights.
Three Bodies Found In
Wrecked Car Uncovered
By Tide at Kodiak N.S.
KODIAK, UFi—Bodies of three
young men missing since Friday
were found Sunday in the wreck
age of a late model station wagon
which plunged into the sea.
The discovery was made when
a receding tide uncovered the
wreck, inside the boundaries of
the Kodiak Naval Station.
One of the victims was Benny
Parker, 16, son of C. B. Parker, a
civilian employe of the Navy here.
The other two were Marines, one
18 and the other 22, stationed at
the naval base.
The station wagon apparently
had hurtled off the end of a plane
runway into the water.
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