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Some Thoughts on Seward Day
Today is Seward Day, the anniversary of the day
. in 1868 when Russia ceded Alaska to the United States
for $7, 200,000, or about 2<; per acre.
The development of the territory has been a
■political football but little by little it has forged ahead.
One-fifth the size of the entire United States, Alaska’s
size and its vast reservoir of hidden wealth has made
progress a ponderous task. Although newspaper and
magazines feature articles continually and although
hundreds of books have been written about it, still
the ignorance of those who attempt to direct Alaska’s
destiny continues to hinder the development of this
American empire.
Looking back to Seward Day 10, 20 and 30 years
ago gives Alaskans courage to look ahead, for much
progress has been made. It cannot go back unless these
pioneering Ameriacns let it be cut in half and into
military reservations. The people of Second Division
will have to speak up and voice their protests if they
want their full rights as citizens.
Goodbye to a Great Outfit
Detachment E (T-23) will officially close its doors
today and move to other parts of the country.
The officers and enlisted men of the outfit wish
to express to the people of Nome, through the Nugget,
their appreciation for help and cooperation while they
were stationed here, stated a spokesman today.
This group has been very active in many ways in
the community and has distinguished itself with a top
rating basketball team which helped train the Nome
High team into champions recently.
This unit also produced the Nome Nugget Quar
tette, which recently distinguished itself as the best
in the U.S.A. in an all-Army contest.
Members of this group assisted in helping organize
the outdoor baseball league last summer; helped in
several churches in the community; with their talents
provided music for dancing; raised funds for radios at
the hospital; and in many ways promoted good will
between the military and civilian population.
They leave many friends behind who wish them
happy landings and the best of luck wherever they go.
New Alaska Legislative
Council Named by Solons
A new Alaska Legislative Coun
cil was named by the Alaska
Legislature shortly before the
the Senate and House adjourned
the 22nd session last week.
The Senate appointed Senators
James Nolan of Wrangell; How
ard Lyng, Nome; J. Earl Cooper,
Anchorage, and Ralph J. Rivers,1
Fairbanks.
House appointees were Repre
senatives Burke Riley, Haines;
Edith Bullock, Kotzebue; Wendell
Kay, Anchorage and Richard
Greuel, Fairbanks. Greuel was a
member of the former and first
Council. Senators Nolan and Lyng
were members of the Legislative
and Examining Committee, dis
banded by action of the present
legislature. In another action by
the legislature investigative au
thority was extended to the pow
ers of the Legislative Council.
Retiring members of the Coun
cil are Senator Doris M. Barnes,
Wrangell; Charles Jones, Nome;
former Sen. Paul Robison; Rep.
Charles Fagerstrom, Nome, and
former Rep. Fred Eastaugh, Ju
neau. I
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: George Baar,
Evelyn Tweet.
From Unalakleet: May Joule
and Reggie Joule.
To Anchorage: Sgt. R. Mullins.
To Moses Point: Don Renterow.
Passport Withdrawal
Asked for Former Head
Of Alaska Railroad
WASHINGTON, (J*)—The Jus
tice Department said yesterday it
has asked the State Department
to withdraw the passport of John
P. Johnson, former general man
ager of the government-owned
Alaska Railroad, who is under
indictment at Anchorage.
The department said its infor
mation indicated , Johnson is now
employed at Bogota, Colombia.
Johnson resigned as manager of
the railroad in October, 1953. A
two-year-old sealed federal grand
jury indictment, opened at An
chorage two weeks ago, charged
him with illegally holding an in
terest in a private cornoration do
ing business with railroads while
he was managing the government
property.
Appropriation . . .
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appropriations bill.
Rep. Ken Johnson made the
main appeal for the bill, declar
ing “We have to attach the prop
erty tax to the appropriations bill
if we are to have a chance to get
it through.
“I even offered to bring the tax
on mining claims down to 10
cents,” Johnson declared heated
ly, “and they won’t even accept
that.”
He added: “I’m fighting for the
Alaska of today, tomorrow and
the future.”
The main opposition to the tax
proposal came from Democrats
Greuel, McNabb and McNealy of
Fairbanks, and Rep. McLean, Ju
neau Republican, who said the
property tax enactment would be
scraping the bottom of the barrel”
j in the tax field.
The Democratic arguments
ranged from contentions that it
would slow up passage of the vi
tal appropriations bill—which is
needed to pay for territorial oper
ations starting April 1—to the
contention that the mining indus
try would have a heavy burden
and the property tax was omitted
from the Democratic platform last
year.
Supporters of the bill aimed
some of their main argument at
the mining regions in the attempt
to win the mining district repre
sentatives over, although their
votes were not needed to carry
the bill through the House.
Mrs. Irene Ryan 'D-Anchorage'
contended it was a mistaken idea
that the tax would hurt mining.
She said if the property tax had
'peen in effect through the yes|rs
there would now be roads thru
out the mining regions and the
industry would be a healthy one.
She admonished that the tax
should be put on the books before
a major oil industry develops in
the territory.
House Speaker Wendell Kay
(D-Anchorage) contended the peo
ple in the Fairbanks division
could not be so violently opposed
to the tax, as the legislators from
there indicate, because the voters
defeated all the Republicans who
voted two years ago to repeal the
property tax and the lone Fair
banks member in the House who
voted against repeal of the former
tax led the ticket in 1954.
He was referring to Greuel, the
majority floor leader, who spoke
and voted against the bill on the
argument the Democrats excluded
it from their territorial platform
despite a fight he made for it at
the 1954 convention.
Rep. McCutcheon added that
“not a single wire in protest
against the property tax has been
received b\ the House.”
He said one thing the session
had done was make the people
conscious of the need of taxes,
and he added:
“It is not a question any more
of whether there should be new
taxes—but only what taxes.”
—
LeRoy Reader Awarded Ribbon
Fcr Membership In Outsanding
ROTC Drill Platoon at U of A
LeRoy Reader, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Reader of Nome, last
week received a drill ribbon from
the University of Alaska ROTC
detachment for his membership
in the outstanding drill platoon.
Cadet Reader is a Mining
freshman at trie University. His
award followed competition be
fore the public in the University
of Alaska Gymnasium.
Lt. Col. Thomas T. Kilday, pro
fessor of military science and tac
tics and senior detachment com
mander, presented the ribbon to
Cadet Reader in a special awards
ceremony.
Will Demand Return of Sakhalin
TOKYO, (41 — Prime Minister
Ichiro Hatoyama said today Japan
will demand that Russia return
South Sakhalin and the Kurile
Islands—given to the USSR at the
Yalta Conference in 1945.
Nolan and Kay Get
Traditional Gifts
From Legislature
Alaska’s legislators made the
traditional observance honoring
the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House in the
closing hours of the 22nd Legis
lature last Friday.
Senate President James Nolan
of Wrangell and Speaker of the
House Wendell P. Kay of An
chorage, were each presented with
a Ziegler painting. Presentation to
Nolan was made by the Senate
majority floor leader, Sen. How
ard Lyng of Nome. In the House,
the legislator’s gift to Speaker
Kay was presented by majority
floor leader Stanley McCutcheon
of Anchorage.
Senator Lyng also presented
lapel pins of silver and Alaska
gold to Senate Secretary Kather
ine Alexander and Assistant Sec
retary Martha Wendling, the gift
of the senators in recognition of
their service to the Senate dur
ing the legislative session.
_
Yearling Moose Gives
First Fire Alarm
ANCHORAGE, (JP>—A yearling
moose turned in the first fire
alarm on a $6,000 Spenard air
craft repair shop fire yesterday.
Charles Parsons, operator of the
shop, told Spenard volunteer fire
men it was the animal’s frantic
antics that first attracted his at
tention to the blaze.
Parsons said he first noticed the
young moose grazing when he
went to the shop to light an oil
stove.
He returned to his home nearby
to eat breakfast and a few min
utes later looked out the window
and saw the moose galldping mad
ly away wrom the vicinity of the
shop.
Investigating to determine what
had frightened the animal, he
found the shop engulfed by
flames. He relayed the alarm to
the Spenard Fire Hall, but the
building was lost before firemep
could quell the blaze.
Fine Job Printing at The Nuggej
BILL BOUCHER GRADUATES
FROM BASIC MILITARY
TRAINING AT LACKLAND AFB
Wilfred A. (Bill) Boucher, son
of Mrs. Emily Boucher of Nome,
has graduated from basic military
training at Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Texas, and
has been selected to enter the
USAF aviation cadet training
program.
In the near future he will be
assigned as a member of a class
of the USAF Pre-Flight School at
Lackland for completion of the
initial 12 - week phase of cadet
training. Upon graduation from
the Pre-Flight School, he will
enter a six-month primary train
ing course at one of the bases of
the Flying Training Air Force.
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: Andrew Bod
ner, James Whaley, Walter Blan
kenship (enroute to Kiana), Joe
Thompson, Charles Casperson and
Miro Mihelich.
To Kotzebue: Raymond Stoney,
Frank Snell, A1 Guthrie.
To Fairbanks: O. Wilson, J.
Lyons, Maj. A. Lyon, Joe Thomp
son, Richard Witton, John Umg
hire, Robert Street, Wm. Camp
bell, Art Anderson, Clinton Mos
ley, Sherwood Cotton, Lawrence
Malmos, O.D. Osgood, Perry Huff,
Jack Adams, Wm. Hostler, James
Stoker, Linn Whitmore, Helen
Stevens. R. Corley, Leo Pesek.
From Kotzebue: Elmer Greene,
C. W. Krosanski, John Osborne,
Peter Sedrlook, Jim Riley.
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