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VOL. LX No. 113 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1958 ~ Per Copy—15^
Statehood Brings Alaska Increased
Participation -- About $1 Million In
Federal Fish and Wildlife Refunds
By FRANK W. VAILLE <
WASHINGTON, UP) — Alaska’s
admission to the Union will 'bring
about a cutback in fish and wild
life Activities carried out by most
of the other 48 states under two
federal programs.
Raymond E. Johnson, chief of
the Federal Aid Branch of the
Fish and Wildlife Service’s Bur
eau of Sport Fisheries and Wild
life, said the reduction would
come about by Alaska’s qualify
ing for increased participation.
The two programs are financed
under the Pitman-Robertson Act
which provides an 11 per cent ex
cise tax on sporting arms and am
munition for wildlife restoration,
and the Dingell-Johnson Act,
which sets up a 10 per cent excise
tax on various types of fishing
tackle for the purpose of restoring
sport fishes.
The money is apportioned
among the 48»states, territories
and possessions, with the state al
locations determined by a formu
la which utilizes land area as well
as receipts from hunting and fish
ing licenses.
At present, Alaska is treated
as a territory under both acts
with no consideration of its im
mense land area.
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With Statehood, however, John
son said, its participation would
increase from $90,000 to approx
imately $800,000 under the Pit
man-Robertson Act, and from
$75,000 to roughly $200,000 under
the Dingell-Johnson program.
The extra money which Alaska
receives, -he said, will come from
the other 48 states an'd Hawaii
which, although it still seeks
Statehood, was given Congres
sional approval several years ago
for consideration as a State under
the programs.
Because the amount of money
available under the programs var
ies from year to year, the exact
amount that individual states
will lose by Alaska’s admission
can’t be determined definitely.
Although Alaska will not offi
cially take over jurisdiction of its
fish and wildlife resource with
Statehood, Johnson said the Inter
ior Department solicitor has ruled
that for purposes of the two aid
programs it will be fully quali
fied for participation as a state.
The change won’t affect allo
cations still to be made under
the programs for the year which
began last July 1, but will come
into play with allocations made
next year.
Republicans Issue ‘Truth Fact Sheet’
Following Truman Campaign Speeches
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Ke-'
publican National Committee to- j
day accused former President
Harry S. Truman of what it
called five distortions and false
hoods in three campaign speeches
last week.
GOP Chairman Meade Alcorn
at the same time challenged the
No. 1 Democratic campaigner to
explain to northern audiences
“why southern Democrats are
closing public schools rather than
obeying the law.”
The Republicans, reacting to
Truman’s utterances last week in
Albany, N. Y., Atlantic City,
N. J.t and New York City, issued
what they called a “Truman vs.
the Truth Fact Sheet.”
“Harry Truman hit the cam
paign trail last week and, as us
ual, left behind him in each city
a mountain-sized pile of distor
tions, half-truths and outright de
liberate falsehoods designed to de
ceive Americans.” Alcorn said in
a statement. He said the sheet
was issued “to correct Mr. Tru
man’s major misstatements.”
The GOP document listed the
following Truman statements and
Republican^ retorts:
TRUMAN—The Republicans in
Washington are following eco
nomic policies designed to pre
vent full nroduction.
REPUBLICANS — Even after
the mild spring business down
turn, America’s gross national pro
duction in this peacetime year is
about 100 billion dollars more
than at the height of the Truman
Korean war year of 1952.
TRUMAN — They want a. little
unemployment. It helps “keep la
bor in its place.”
REPUBLICANS — More Amer
icans are at work today earning
more than at any time under a
Democratic administration, and
this has been accomplished with
out the periodic Democratic stim
ulus of a major war.
TRUMAN—They want to hold
wages down. They think it makes
for higher profits.
REPUBLICANS — Personal in
come is now at a record peak,
more than 26 per cent above Tru
man’s best result.
TRUMAN — The idea that
Democrats are extravagant and
that Republicans are economical
is a myth.
REPUBLICANS — In 20 years
the Democrats zoomed the na
tional debt by 234 billion dollars;
as for spending, the last session
of the Democratic 85th Congress
set several records.
TRUMAN — Vital research pro
grams for missiles were held up
for years.
REPUBLICANS — Truman is
right, but he is the one who held
up research programs.
U. S. And Red China
Hold Third Peace Talk
WARSAW, Poland, UP) — The
United States and Communist
China renewed here today nego
tiations American leaders hope
will lead to a cease-fire in For
mosa Strait. It was the third
meeting in talks which opened
a week ago.
Today's talks lasted an hour
and 45 minutes. The next meet
ing was scheduled for Thursday.
SUNDAY BASEBALL RESULTS
• National League
Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 5.
Los Angeles 2, Chicago 1.
American League
Baltimore 3, New York 2.
Boston 2, Washington O.
Cleveland 3, Detroit 2.
Chicago 2, Kansas City 1.
WEATHER FORECAST
Occasional rain tonight and
Tuesday. Low tonight 32, high to
morrow 45.
Ted Williams
Fined $50 For
Flinging His Bat
CHICAGO, (J"> — American
League President Will Harridge
today fined Ted Williams $50 for
his bat throwing incident in Bos
ton yesterday.
The fine was the fourth levied
against the Boston Red Sox slug
ger by the American League.
Earlier this year he was fined
$250 for a spitting episode in Kan
sas City. On May 15, 1957, he
was assessed $25 for bat tossing
in a game with Detroit in Boston.
On May 24, 1949, he was fined
$50 for bat throwing in a Detroit
Boston game.
In the latest of his tempera
mental outbursts, the 40-year
old Boston slugger, angered by a
called third strike, flung his bat
which caused a contusion over a
woman’s left eye.
Mrs. Gladys Hefferman, the
60-year-old victim, by coincidence
is housekeeper for Red Sox Gen
eral Manager Joe Cronin.
A staunch Williams fan, Mrs.
Hefferman said “I felt awful sor
ry for him after it happened.”
Williams said he felt just plain
awful. Fan reaction was mixed.
Cronin made it plain no club ac
tion was planned.
Ted’s anger Sunday was di
rected at himself for taking a good
pitch and for the 9th straight
time going without a hit in his
bid for a sixth league batting
crown.
But the possible consequences
became far more serious when the
bat sailed to the seats 75 feet
away.
Williams rushed to the box seat
railing where Mrs. Hefferman
told him: “Don’t worry about me,
Ted. I’m all right. I know you
didn’t mean it.”
The crowd of 9,785 booed when
Williams ran out to his left field
position, but reaction was mixed
after that, and when he doubled
home a run in the sixth inning,
he was loudly cheered. He wound
up with a l-for-3 day and held
his average at .314-nine points be
hind league pacesetter and team
mate Pete Runnels.
British Buyers Clean
Out Seattle Salmon Stocks
SEATTLE, (A — British brok
ers, free to make unrestricted pur
chases of canned salmon for the
first time since 1940, nearly swept
shelves bare of Puget Sound
canned sockeye here last week,
trade sources reported over the
weekend.
The British government re
moved all licensing regulations
last week on canned salmon pur
chases under a “free trade”
program. f
“The immediate result was a
terrific buying movement from
the United Kingdom on Puget
Sound sockeye halves,” said the
Seattle firm of McGovern & Mc
Govern.
The brokerage company said
some packers were entirely sold
out of sockeye Vi pound and Va
pound cans.
British buyers had been unable
during nearly all of the past 18
years to acquire more than 25
per cent of their needs. British
Columbia’s- longshoremen’s strike,
preventing immediate shipments,
directed much of the buying for
England to Seattle sources.
THE GIRL SCOUT Party sched
uled for this evening has been
canceled until further notice.
Swick Sees No Change In Allocations
For Completion OF $40-Million Hiway
The Chamber of Commerce met*
this morning with E. H. Swick,
regional engineer of BPR, Eric
Erhart, chief of BPR operations
from Washington, W. H. Johanson,
head of this area with offices in
Fairbanks, and his assistant, Frank
Morris, for an informal discus
sion on the projected road devel
opments of Nome and vicinity.
Fred Pankratz, in charge of
road construction for BECK Con
struction Co. 9n Highway 97, was
also a guest.
Mr. Swick outlined the work
now being done as requested by
the Chamber President Jerry
Manning, and stated that there
would be no change in the amount
of allocation of funds for this
area, which is now $600,000 per
year.
There will be no basic change
in the Nome operation other than
that the accounting office will be
located in Fairbanks and may re
sult in a small reduction of staff,
one at the most. “There will be
no change in service or payroll
calculations.” With the change
over from Alaska Road Commis
sion to BPR, the BPR is getting
out of construction as fast as pos
sible, he stated, as is their policy,
but it won’t affect Nome inasmuch
as the same work will be done by
contractors.
Answering questions presented
by local persons, Swick stated
that it costs about $100,000 per
mile on Highway 97, and the
whole projected road to Fairbanks
will be a 40 million dollar invest
ment, which will take some time
to complete. On the Fairbanks
end of the road, it is completed
to Eureka (about 150 miles from
Fairbanks), and on the Nome end
to the Kougarok by next season.
Three crossings of the Yukon
are now under study, and an
aerial study is now under way,
with the cooperation of the U. S.
Geological Survey, and it is
hoped to be able to point out on
the map by spring just where the
road is to be built.
The next leg on the Nome end
of the road is expected to be to
Haycock, Swick stated, but just
when was indefiniate.
The hiring of local people by
BPR was one of the questions
raised, and it was stressed by both
Swick and Johanson that the dif
ficulty was not so much in using
local labor as in getting the local
people to complete the necessary
civil service forms so that they
are properly registered. They
urged that early in the year all
those who desired employement
should get in their applications.
When challenged with the state
ment that the military was dicta
ing how road money should be
allocated, Mr. Swick explained
that allocations were made on a
formula involving the number of
cars in the area, gas tax and need,
and smilingly indicated that Nome
was not the only place protest
ing allocations — all four divisions
are doing the same thing.
The Cushman Street bridge in
Fairbanks, destined for the Kuza
trine River crossing, is being
sent by railroad to Seward, then
to Seattle, and will come to Nome
in the spring by Alaska Steam
ship vessel, as this was found to
be considerably cheaper than
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Burton I sland
Returns From
Arctic Cruise
SEATTLE, UP) — Mild weather
off the north coast of Alaska dur
ing the summer made navigation
easy for the Navy’s icebreaker
Burton Island, its skipper said
after the ship’s return to Seattle
Saturday.
Cmdr. H. J. Brantingham, com
manding officer of the Seattle
based ship, said ice conditions
this summer were never bad
enough to cause any real prob
lems.
The Burton Island left Seattle
June 26. She reached Point Bar
row July 14 and operated in that
area until September 9, when the
vessel began its return trip.
Brantingham said the Burton Is
land went north to a latitude of
73 degrees 34 minutes, within
90 miles of the North Pole.
The Burton Island had been to
a southern latitude of 77 degrees
on its Antarctic voyage earlier
this year.
The Burton Island worked with
ships taking supplies to northern j
outposts and carried several scien- j
tists who conducted research
projects.
Crewmen hoisted a new flag
over the Will Rogers-Wiley Post
monument near Point Barrow.
Earlier, at Kodiak, the Burton
Island had joined in the celebra
tion of enactment of the Alaska
Statehood law.
Brantingham said his men all
agreed it was “good to be home.”
The ship probably will be in port
here for two months or so before
getting a new assignment, he said.
Southern Third of Texas
Soaked By Severe Flooding
ORANGE, Tex., UPi — Down
pours soaked the entire southern
third of Texas Sunday, causing
severe flooding here and scat
tered flooding east and south
across the state.
Fourteen inches of rain fell on
this southeast Texas city in nine
hours, virtually isolating the town
and chasing about 150 persons
from their homes.
No deaths and only one minor
injury were reported.
Water on some downtown
streets rose nearly to the tops
of some parking meters.
A serious flood situation also
built up in Beaumont, about 30
miles west of here. About 90
homes were flooded up to five
feet deep as water slopped over
a levee on a canal. National
Guardsmen took families from the
area.
Fairbanks C of C Group
Arriving Here Thursday.
Plans are shaping up for the en
tertainment of the 40 members
of the Fairbanks Chamber of
Commerce who are scheduled to
arrive here on Thursday. As the
plane, which is going by way of
Barrow and Kotzebue, is not an
ticipated to arrive until about 6
p.m., the dinner has been an
nounced for 8 p.m.
The party plans to leave Fri
day morning for McGrath and
Anchorage, although part of the
group will remain to participate
in the three-day AVA maeting.