THE NOME NUGGET
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Construction of Trans-Canada Hi way
Launched by Queen Elizabeth
By CINTHIA LOWRY
OTTAWA, (iP>—Queen Elizabeth
11 yesterday pressed a button and
•et off a dynamite charge, launch
ing construction of the “Queens
Way” section of the Trans-Canada
Highway.
The young monarch, looking a
kit wan on her fourth day in Can
ada, was accompanied by her hus
band, Prince Philip.
They also visited the city hall
of French-speaking Hull, across
the Ottawa River. Thousands
lined the 16-mile route as the mo
torcade rolled by.
Polite Crowd
The crowds cheered their queen
and waved hands and flags, but it
was all in a polite, relatively quiet
key.
It was queen’s weather again—
fcright sunshine and crisp autumn
air.
Winding up their Canadian visit
before leaving for the United
States tomorrow, the Queen and
Philip arranged to plant a tree at
Government House, where they
are staying.
They and other distinguished
visitors are planting a row of ma
ples, oaks and elms along the
driveways of the 88-acre residen
tial grounds.
Queen Speaks French
At Hull’s city hall, Elizabeth
spoke only French.
BELIEVE IN SIGNS?
LONG BEACH, Calif., UR—-An
out-of-control car jumped a curb
and hit a sign. The sign knocked
down ar pedestrian, Esau Wilson.
While being treated yesterday
for a broken ankle, Wilson was
fchd that the sign read: “Stop For
Pedestrians.”
Pin* Job Printing at The Nugget
The slim young queen signed
her name with a flourish, then ex
amined her fingers to see if any
ink had got on them. It hadn’t.
Philip used his own pen.
At Ottawa’s Hurdway Bridge
Elizabeth set off a loud explosion
and a 40-foot cloud of black and
white dynamite smoke by simply
touching an electric button.
Laughed Like a Schoolgirl
She lost her tired look momen
tarily. As the blast went off 100
yards away, she jumped, clapped
her hands and laughed like a
school girl.
It was Prince Philip’s day to
step into the limelight with a ra
dio speech on the conference he
sponsored at Oxford last year on
the human problems of common
wealth industrial communities.
Philip told Canadians even in
a world of high pressure industri
alization, the family still is the
central and important unit of so
ciety. “Industry is only a means j
to an end and not an end in itself," j
he said. I
“It’s the people that cdine first. 1
Their life in and out of working j
hours is the only really important
thing—particularly in any coun-1
try that professes to be demo-1
era tic.”
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Federal Electric Radar
Technician Drowns In
Lagoon Near Wainwright
Lyman Henry Dexter, 27-year
old radar technician for Federal
Electric, drowned last Friday in a
lagoon near Wainwright.
Reports state that he was driv
ing a vehicle across the lagoon
when the; ice gave way and the
vehicle sank with him trapped
inside.
Dexter had been in Alaska for
five weeks. He is survived by his
father, Henry L. Dexter, of Lan
caster, N.H. He was % a military
veteran, having been in the serv
ice from 1951 until 1954.
i The remains will be shipped to
Lancaster for burial.
Widow Wins
$25,090 for Old
Cookie Recipe
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., UPV—
| An old family cookie recipe has
won $25,000 for a French-born
I Widow.
I “I used an American twist—
aluminum foil,” said Mrs. Gerda
Roderer, who was awarded first
prize last night in a $100,000
baking contest.
Her entry, a butter cookie with
shortbread flavor, took top hon
ors among all the goodies turned
out by 100 amateur cooks from
36 states and Hawaii.
A commercial artist, Mrs. Ro
derer lives in Berkeley, Calif.,
with her son, Frank, 24. She came
to this country from France four
years ago.
Mrs. Roderer said she will use
the prize money for her son’s edu
cation and for traveling around
the United States.
Her cookie was named “Accor
dion Treats.” after the pleated
aluminum foil in which the cookie
was baked.
The contest was sponsored by
Pillsbury Mills and General Elec
tric, who furnished the stoves
used by contestants.
TROUT—U.S. MERC—49c lb.
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Hydroelectric Power One of Alaska s
Major Needs, Says Heintzleman
TACOMA, —Former Alaska
Gov. B. Frank Heintzleman says
one of the major needs in the ter
ritory is development of more
hydroelectric power.
Heintzleman, one of 10 Alaska
delegates to the Pacific North
west Trade Associations fall con
ference here, said efforts are be
ing made to attract private financ
ing for power development.
New Pulp Mills
He pointed out that construc
tion is just beginning in Sitka on
a $50 million pulp mill project,
financed four-fifths by Japanese
capital.
Heintzleman listed two other
major Alaska industrial develop
ments—a $50 million pulp plant
at Ketchikan, which is in produc
tion and a pulp project at Juneau
of similar size which is now in
the negotiation stage.
, Heintzleman said the new Sitka
plant, to be completed in two
years, will produce high-grade
wood pulp material for use in
Japan’s synthetic fabric industry.
American Personnel
Altho financed mostly by Jap
anese money, management and
working personnel of the industry
will be American, Heintzleman
i explained. One-fifth of the financ
ing will be American. He said
Japan lost its former source of
pulp to Russia as a result of the
war.
The new pulp projects will be
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Alaska’s biggest industries, Hemt
zleman said.
Since retiring as governor Hefeit
zleman has been working to se
cure major industries for Alaska.
He spent four months last winter
in Washington, D.C., helping with
legislative matters affecting the
territory.
High Price Problem
Another Alaska delegate, Mayor
Cyril A. Coyne of Skagway, said
Alaska has lost its chances to get
a $400,000,000 aluminum company
project because of rising costs in
the territory.
“High prices are our greatest
single problem,” Coyne declared.
He estimated it costs 50 percent
more for a family to live in Alas
ka than it does in Seattle.
Coyne favors a 100 percent de
ferral of federal income taxes to
attract needed capital.
Statehood, as presently pro
posed, would prove to be more
costly than many people expect,
Coyne said. Alaska should en
courage winter recreation in or
der to take up some of the season
al slack in its economy, he added.
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