THE NOME NUGGET
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U of A Now Has
Recordings By
Pioneer Alaskans
COLLEGE, Alaska — Today or
500 years from now the Alaskan
pioneers of the 1890’s and early
1900’s will divulge in their own
voices the territory’s rich and
colorful past for history research
ers at the University of Alaska
library.
This was made possible this
month by the Midnight Sun
Broadcasting Company’s gift of a
large collection of recorded inter
views with the old-timers. Their
ranks have thinned even more
since Alvin O. Bramstedt, general
manager of the company, started
the series in 1940. Bramstedt pre
sented the collection to Dr. Ernest
N. Patty, university president,
and Librarian, John Mchler.
“I started the series because I
believed the considerable avail
able material should be collected
while it still was possible to do
so,” Bramstedt explained. “I
knew radio audiences would be
interested in hearing the pioneers
relate from their own lips their
background and experiences. I
also felt that these first - hand
accounts should be made avail
able to posterity. When I began
the records in 1946 I planned to
give them to the University of Al
aska so they will be available to
researchers on Alaska history.”
Among the recordings is the one
of Rev. Fr. Bellarmine La For
tune, his deathbed account of his
missionary life among the natives
dating from his arrival in Alaska
in 1903. The Jesuit was best
known for his work in the vicinity
of King Island and the Diomedes.
The recording was made in 1947
while the 78-year-old priest lay
on his deathbed in St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Fairbanks.
Four Inherit $700,000
Apiece But Must Wait
Until They Are 50
LONDON, (#) — Four adult
grandchildren of the late million
aire shipowner Sir James Caird
learned yesterday they will in
herit 250,000 pounds ($700,000'
apiece—when they are 50 years
old. The oldest is now 31.
The will of Sir James, who
■was 91 when he died, specified
that his estate be divided equally
among Viis granddaughter and
three grandsons when they reach
the half century mark.
Mrs. Sylvia Caldwell-Smith, the
granddaughter, will have the long
est wait. She’s only 24. Her bro
thers are Hugh, 28; Edward, 30;
and James, 31.
BLAZE FROM GASLINE LEAK
KILLS 7 KOREANS, INJURES 32
SEOUL, OP) — Gasoline leaking
from a U.S. Army pipeline was
ignited by a discarded match this
morning and the resulting flash
blaze killed seven Koreans and
injured 32, 15 of them seriously,
the national police reported.
B.C. Government Will
Resist Ottawa Interference
In Columbia Dam Project
VICTORIA, B.C., (iP—Any at
tempt by the Canadian govern
ment to interfere with plans of
the Kaiser Aluminum Co. to
build a Columbia River dam near
Castlegar.B.C., will be resisted in
the courts, British Columbia
Lands Minister Robert Summers
said Thursday.
Sommers said the British Col
umbia government will take the
necessary legal action “to pre
vent infringement on our rights."
The American Aluminum firm
and the B.C. government recent
ly reached a provisional agree
ment under which Kaiser would
build a 25 million dollar low level
dam near Castlegar to regulate
the flow of water to power plants
south of the power. Under the
agreement, British Columbia
would receive 20 per cent of the
increase in electricity resulting
from the dams.
A news dispatch from Ottawa
last weekend indicated, however,
the government at Ottawa frowns
on the proposal and is planning
new legislation which would stop
the dam.
Sommers said if the Ottawa
government does step in, British
Columbia may build the dam it
self with Kaiser backing.
President Confident
Fair Pay Program Will
Pass A GOP Congress
WASHINGTON, l/P) — President
Eisenhower said today he is con
fident a fair pay program for fed
eral employes “can and will be
enacted in the next Congress” if
Republicans retain control.
Eisenhower made the comment
in a letter to Republican Reps.
Joel T. Broyhill of Virginia and
DeWitt S. Hyde and Frank Small
Jr., of Maryland.
All three congressmen repre
sent districts bordering Washing
ton with large numbers of fed
eral employes. They are under
fire from Democrats because the
President vetoed a bill passed by
Congress earlier this year giving
a pay raise to most federal work
ers.
How Now Died Brown's Cow?
BOISE, Idaho, dP) — Someone
shot and killed Mrs. C. R. Brown’s
cow with a shotgun Wednesday
night. Pheasants and ducks are
the principal game being hunted
with that firearm in this area
now.
“Impossible,” replied a Fish
and Game Dept, spokesman, when
asked if it were possible the cow
was mistaken for a pheasant.
“Must have been in self-defense.”
COOPERATION COMPLETES
CITY DOG SHELTER
The shelter for dogs being built
by the city, at the east end of
town, is being finished today,
stated Herb Jenks, through the
cooperation of dog lovers and
material supplied by Herk Ed
wards.
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New Alaska Native
Cooperative Head Named
SEATTLE — John J. Lichten
walner, a veteran of 42 years of
government service, will become
new manager of the Alaska Na
tive Industries Cooperative Assn.
The post has been vacant since
Louis C. Peters was removed as
manager about a year ago by the
Interior Department.
Lichtenwalner has been head
of the supply purchasing division
since 1948. He has spent part of
his 42 years in government ser
vice in Alaska as chief clerk of
the General Services Administra
tion purchasing department. In
1943 he became chief officer in
charge of purchasing for all Al
aska agencies.
Mr. and Mrs. Lichtenwalner
have four children and five
grandchildren.
Life Sentence Of
Cpl. Claude Batchelor
Reduced To 20 Years
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., UP)—'The
life sentence given Cpl. Claude
Batchelor, convicted of collaborat
ing with the enemy in Korea, to
day was reduced to 20 years.
The announcement was made
by Lt. Gen. I. D. White, com
manding general of the 4th Army.
A review of Batchelor’s court
martial has been made. The ver
dict that he was guilty of collab
orating with the enemy while he
was a prisoner of war in Korea
was upheld. The dishonorable
discharge and forfeiture of all
pay and allowances also were up
held.
Miss Barbara Earling, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Earling,
formerly of Fairbanks, has com
pleted her work with the State
Department in Paris, and has re
turned to the States. She is teach
ing this year in the Helen Bush
School for Girls in Seattle and
greatly enjoying her new work.
COMING SOON TO
THE THEATER
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YOUNG
BESS
STARRING
DEBORAH CHARLES
KERR • LAUGHTON
Kiy WAISH • Guy ROLFE • Kathleen BYRON
Cecil KE11AWAY - Leo CARROLl
NOTICE
Sales Tax reports on retail sales
and services for the quarter end
ing Sept. 30, 1954, must be in the
City Clerk's Office by October 30,
1954.
Publ. Oct. 20, 25, 29, 1954
ATTENTION
ANYONE interested in helping
with the Pioneer Roof Garden
show—either as performer, musi
cian, designer, costumes, lighting,
recording, etc., contact Jack Blal
ller at the U.S. Merc.
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SERVICE
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Dept, of Labor Official Suggests Alaska
Employed Persons Contribute Toward
Terri. Unemployment Insurance Fund
ANCHORAGE, UP) — A Seattle
Department of Labor official sug
gests persons employed in Alaska
should be required to contribute
one per cent of their pay to the
the territory’s unimployment in
surance fund.
Daniel L. Goldy, who heads the
government’s Employment Secur
ity Department at Seattle, also
suggested in an address here yes
terday that benefit payments
from the fund should be liberal
ized.
The fund is now in such a con
dition that under the present Al
aska law payments may have to
be curtailed, Goldy said.
“Some increase tin contribu
tions) is necessary to protect its
solvency,” he explained. “And if
benefits are to be liberalized it
is even more important to in
crease such contributions.”
Besides the one per cent em
ploye contributions, Goldy also
suggested the fund could be en
larged by:
1. Increasing the employers'
contribution rate, which is now
2.7 per cent on the first $3,000
paid, o'r:
2. Expanding the wage base so
that employers would continue to
pay 2.7 per cent on the $3,600,
$4,200 or even $4,800 of the wages
paid.
Goldy advised repeal of a terri
torial law requiring a cutback in
employment compensation to $20
weekly when the territory’s fund
reaches the 2 million dollar po'int.
He said Congress established a
200 million dollar loan .fund for
states and territories whose un
employment insurance reserves
are nearly exhausted. Under its
terms Alaska would be eligible
for a loan, if, on January 1, the
fund is below 2 million dollars.
Goldy said he felt the Legisla
ture should consider eliminating
provisions for dependency allow
ances and raise the weekly bene
fit rate to a percentage of the
average weekly wage in the terri
tory.
He pointed out that the Labor
Department has recommended in
creasing benefits to 60 to 67 per
cent of a state or territory’s aver- I
age weekly wage rate.
In Alaska this would bring the
benefits to $73 to’ $80 a week
based on an average wage of $121
for employes covered. The pres
ent maximum is only 29 per cent
of the average weekly wage.
While Alaska’s maximum dollar
payment is higher in relation to
the states it is next to the lowest
among all the states when com
pared to the average weekly
wage, Goldy said.
He cautioned the delegates to
the Territorial Federation of
Labor that it is as much the re
sponsibility of labor to be con
cerned with eligibility require
ments and the prevention of
abuses as to seek benefits.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving Thursday were: Rev.
Williamson, Charles D. Jones, Mr.
Adams, Mrs. Clyde Godsbe. John
Hixson was a round-trip passen
ger.
Outgoing passengers were: Mr.
and Mrs. Walt Sipprell, Captain
Pitts, Sam Ahwinona, Clarence
Trigg, Don Engstrom.
Mrs. Clyde Godsbe, who has
been visiting with her mother and
friends in the States, returned
yesterday via Pan American after
a month’s absence.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Anchorage: Fred Kingik,
Fred Pushruk, John Luke, Marlott
Trigg, Stanley Ahkvaluk, Frankie
Nunooruk, Patrick Omiak, Dean
Martin, J. P. Malone, Mr. Kemp
ton, Herman Porter, W. E. Hixon,
Gene Raguszka, Mrs. and Mrs.
Gerald Williams, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Sherman, Sarah McDonald.
From Anchorage: Thomas Kel
liher, Charles Fagerstrom.
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