THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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UNENVIABLE POSITION
News-Miner Publisher Makes Strong
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Case for Alaska Statehood to Congress
WASHINGTON CD—A Fairbanks®
newspaper publisher asked Con
gress yesterday to give Alaskans
“a fighting chance to prove their
worth and our ability to develop
our great territory as a state in a
sound economic climate which we !
must depend on you to provide.” |
The request came from C. W. j
Snedden, publisher of the Daily |
News-Miner. In his prepared j
. statement, Snedden told the com-1
mittee statehood is “absolutely i
essential” to the welfare of Alaska i
and the nation.
He assailed the territorial form
of government as “un-American,
■un-democratic, stifling to free en
terprise and damaging to the mor
ale of the people who are being
administered.”
Alaska’s vast wealth, he said, j
’“will never enrich America to its
full potential so long as the Unit- ,
ed States hampers private enter- :
prise, discourages good citizen-1
ship, and treats ambitious pio-1
neering people as powerless wards
of the federal government.”
Speaking as a businessman,
Snedden described to the commit
tee the various handicaps faced
t>y Alaskans under existing situa- j
Hons.
Among these, said Snedden, are
higher shipping rates, financing
-charges and interest rates on com
munity bond issues, and the need
for maintaining operating capital
of from two to six times that re
quired by a stateside businessman
because of the “long and slow
lines of supply.
His own supply of newsprint,
Snedden said, must—because of
laws requiring use of U.S. vessels
—be shipped from the Powell
River in B.C. down to Seattle, re
loaded on a U.S. vessel, and then
moved back past B.C. to Alaska.
“I have received estimates from
xatrng experts, who I believe to
be reliatble,” he said, “to the
effect that this little roundtrip
sea voyage . . . adds approximate
ly $17.70 per ton to the freight
Boat Club Has 70 Votes
But is Without a Paddle
PAWTUCKET, R. I., UP) — Be
cause it was forced out of its
present home by bridge construc
tion, the Vederan’s Boat Club
asked the license commission to
transfer its license to a new
location.
During the proceedings a coun
cilman asked club president Jo
seph M. Almeida: “How many
boats to you have.”
“About 70,” replied Almeida.
Later, a reporter asked Almeida
if the organization really has 70
boats.
“Boats?” asked Almeida. “We
don’t have any boats — I thought
he said votes.”
Pan Am Adopts
ij New Schedule i:
On April 1, Pan American will
adopt a new schedule for the
Nome service. It will be quite
similar to the one operated last
year.
This new schedule provides for
an increase in the frequency from
one to two flights per week—on
Tuesday and Saturday.
The flight between Seattle and
Fairbanks will be operated with
Strato-Clipper equipment, and the
travel time on that sector is only
six hours of extremely comfort
able flying. Excellent connections
both north and south are provided
at Fairbanks. Because of the air
port conditions, the DC-4 equip
ment will be used between Fair
banks and Nome.
Paid Adv.
cost.”
This is the case, he said, altho
Canadian ships maintain regular
weekly schedules between West
over, B.C., near Powell River,
and southeast Alaska ports.” I
NWA CHAMBER
SEEKS TO BOOST
MEMBERSHIP
, The membership committee,
consisting of L. Galvin, C. Frazer,
Rev. Knudson and Ben Young,
stated that 52 members of the
NWA Chamber of Commerce are
paying up their 1957 dues and the
membership committee is making
a drive for additional members.
They stated every person inter
ested in taking an active part in
the progress and growth of his
home town, which in turn will re
sult in a growth in his business,
can do so by joining the NWA
Chamber of Commerce. Member
ships start at $7.50.
At the regular weekly luncheon
yesterday, Jerry Manning acted
as chairman of the business meet
ing and welcomed guest Lloyd
Draper of the Department of Pub
lic Welfare. Correspondence was
read from Rep. James von der
Heydt, Delegate Bartlett and the
office of the Governor concerning
stands the Governor has taken on
current bills before the Territorial
Legislature. Russell Hermann led
a discussion of proposed tax meas
ures and other bills pending in
Juneau.
Virginia Brown from The Thea
ter asked for suggestions con
| cerning the use of the proceeds
of the annual style show which
is a community affair planned for
Easter week. The suggestion made
by Stan Morgan that the proceeds
be turned over to the hospital for
i needed equipment or supplies was
favored by the Chamber members.
Dr. Langsam stated that the com
munity would be advised of how
the money was spent, in the event
the hospital received such a gift.
PLANS FOR NEW
RADIO STATION
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immediate work for the city con
cerns obtaining the necessary
$10,000 for the engineering of the
project which is being sought
through FHA.
The police department reported
27 arrests for February with $147
in fines collected. 47 complaints
were investigated during the
month.
Five fires were reported during
February, with no serious dam
age. $175 was paid in volunteer
firemen fees.
The City Clerk announced that
city elections would be on April
2, at which time a mayor, 3 coun
cilmen, treasurer, clerk, school
board member and utility board
member would be elected.
— STATEHOOD —
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that a portion of the hearing might
be transferred to Walter Reed
Army Hospital in response to an
invitation by Secretary of the In
Interior Seaton.
Hospitalized by a back ailment
last week, the secretary, still was
confined yesterday when his state
ment endorsing Alaska statehood
was read by Assistant Secretary
Hatfield Chilson.
Seaton’s proposal, which he said
was drawn to implement Presi
dent Eisenhower’s position, called
for statehood for all of the pres
ent Territory of Alaska.
It included also the right of
the President to set aside national
defense reservations in an area
north and west of the Porcupine,
Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers.
Chilson described the proposal
as an “insurance policy to the
military permitting it to adopt
procedures which might be much
less than martial law.”
Chilson said it was his belief
that under the proposal it would
not be necessary for a gold miner
or an Aleutian cattle or sheep
raiser to stop using land in a
withdrawn area unless the military
situation was such as to require
evacuation.
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