Optimism for Future Evident In Yearly
Northwestern Alaska Chamber Reports
Jerrjh Manning was re-elected
President of the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce, it
was announced at the smorgas
bord annual meeting held Friday
evening at the North Star Dining
Room.
Other newly-elected officers of
this important civic group in
cluded Russ Hermann, vice presi
dent; Ruth McLain, secretary;
Roy Walker, treasurer. Other
members of the board are Carl
Glavinovich. three-year term;
Pearse Walsh, two-year term; Joe
Kroninger, two-year term; Paul
Mandeville, one-year term, and
Don Hungerford, for two years.
Optimism keynoted the several
annual reports given by commit
tee chairmen.
Ben Young reported on the pro
jected extensions of Highway 97,
telling of the important bridges
which are to be installed this sum
mer. Possibilities of new road
funds under the new state system
were also brought out, and the
need for the Chamber to be alert
and ready with facts and figures,
as other parts of the state want
our share of road moneys.
M. J. Walsh of the Mining Com
mittee gave a summary of gold
mining since the price of gold
was raised to $35 in 1934, and what
that raise in price did for North
western Alaska, stating that if
each and every member of the
Chamber would write to Congress
men of their choice concerning the
importance of backing the Mur
r-’v-Gruening bill for a better
price on gold, this area would once
again become a booming mining i
town.
Russ Herman, of the Civic Af- !
fairs Committee and the Legisla
tive Committee, told of the tre
mendous amount of work these
committees have accomplished!
during the past year, and the
need for another active year’s
time to give Nome its rightful
place in the new State as projec
ted by the Constitution of Alaska.
These committees must keep
abreast of what is happening in
the First State Legislature in or
der to get the best for the north
western part of the new tSate.
A glowing account of the prog
less in transportation was pre
sented by Pearse Walsh, who de
scribed plans of Wien Airlines for
new F27s soon to be put into op
eration, and of Alaska Airlines
to serve Nome Field with DC-6s.
He also reviewed how this season
Three Alaskans Flown
To Canadian Hospital After
Alcan Highway Crash
EDMONTON, Alta., UP) — Three
Americans from Alaska were tak
en to a hospital here Friday night
after p 725-mile mercy flight from
, Watson Lake, Y. T., near the
Yukon-British Columbia boun
dary.
Mrs. Robert Webb of Elmcndorf
AFB and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Moyer of Fairbanks were injured
in a two-car collision Friday at
Lower Post, B. C., near Watson
Lake.
A Canadian Army doctor who
accompanied the three on a fed
eral transport DAOTA plane said
Mrs. Webb was the most severely
injured.
Information here was that both
cars were believed northbound on
the Alaska Highway when the
crash occurred.
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saw the Alaska Freight Lines in
port, and that B & R Tug and
Barge of Kotzebue are expanding
their service.
Increased membership was re
ported by Boyd Harwood, who
voiced a hope to see the present
total of 60 members increased to
200 this year. He expressed a need
for a better understanding with
the Fairbanks Chamber of Com
merce, particularly in getting to
gether for an early completion of
Highway 97.
Reporting on tourism was Don
Hungerford, who gave credit for
the success of last year’s program
to Johnny Stephanson and her in
genuity, and voiced a hope that
this year’s committee would fol
low the pattern set last year with
a Midnight Sun Festival and other
fund-raising projects.
Jim von der Heydt, usually a
quiet and conservative speaker,
gave a real pep talk on what the
Chamber means to the communi
ty, reviewing all the big things
coming our way in the near fu
ture and how important it is to
the whole community for every
one to do part of the work — not
just a few. “We are on the thresh
hold, the very doorstep, of big
things. Let’s get ready to take
advantage of those things which
will make this community more
important than it ever has been
before,” sad the Nome attorney.
Music was offered by some of
ih,e members of the Nome School
Band, for the enjoyment of those
attending. Mary Jean Longley and
Ruth Towner presented two clar
inet duets followed by a brass trio
including Charles Burnett, Ray
Arnold, and William Bixby, music
director of Nome School, which
was heartily enjoyed by the group.
Ice Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice has gone
out at Nenana as follows:
1917— April 30 .11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11. 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11.10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11. 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.m.
1923— May 9. 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6. 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5. 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10. 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
3 933—May 8. 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15. 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 .12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12. 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6. 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1943—April 20 . 3:27 p.m,
1941— May 3. 1:50 a.m
1942— April 30. !:28 p.m
1943— Apr;l 28 . 7:22 p.m
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m
1945— May 16 . 9:41 a.m.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3. 5:53 p.m.
1948— May 13.11:13 p.m,
1949— May 14.12:39 p.m.
1950— May 6. 4:14 p.m.
951—April 30 . 5:54 p.m,
1952— May 12. 5:04 p.m.
1953— April 29 . 3:54 p.m.
1954— May 6. 6:01 p.m.
1955— May 9. 2:13 p.m
1956— May 1.11:24 a.m.
1957— May 5. 9:30 a.m.
I 1958—April 29 . 2:56 p.m.
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Any Price’ Feeling
Is Big U. S. Threat
CINCINNATI, UP) — Retired
Admiral Arthur W. Radford says
he believes a “busines as usual”
complacency is one of the big
threats to America’s future.
The former chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday
night:
“The things that will destroy
America are prosperity-at-any
price, peace at-any-price, safety
first insteaci of duty-first, the love
of soft living, and the get-rich
quick theory of living.”
In an address at the fifth an
nual International Affairs Confer
ence, he said the soundness of the
dollar may prove in the long run
to be more important than the
Atlas, Polaris and Titan missiles
rolled into one.
Friday Basketball Results
Last Friday night, in the first
game, the Merchants handily won
over the Hornets, 76 to 45. The
victors moved ahead at the start t
and kept increasing their lead
throughout the game. For the win
ners Hahn Was way out in front
with 32. While George Bell, and
George Kost both followed with
18 apiece. For the Hornets, Ner
shak, Luke and Parker scored 19,
13 and 11 respectively.
The second game proved-an ex
citing contest as the High School
was ahead of the National Guard
for the first half, and only yielded
the lead in the second half, when
the heighth and dead-eye accu
racy of Drake brought the Guard
a final victory score of 40 to 25.
For the National Guard the point
makers were Drake, Dave Bell,
Black, Caldwell and Sahlin, with
18,. 5, 4, 4 and 4. For the High
School, Fagerstrom, Maloney and
Kungesuk accounted for 13, 6,
and 6.
A ■ '
Democrats Plan Expanded Defense
Budget, To Match Soviet Missile Power
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON, UP) — A Demo
cratic atempt to accelerate de
fense spending appeared likely
Saturday after Senate testimony
that more money is needed to
match Soviet space and missile
advances.
Two days of a wide ranging
Senate inquiry into the status of
U. S. preparedness touched off
speculation that Senate Demo
crats may try to expand President
Eisenhower’s defense budget.
Eisenhower is recommending
slightly over 40 billion dollars in
defense spending for the fiscal
year beginning July 1. Both he
and Secretary of Defense McElroy
contend this is adequate to cope
with any Soviet threat.
As the Senate inquiry went into
xecess until the middle of the
week, Chairman Overton Brooks
(D-La) of the House Space Com
mittee announced hearings paral
leling the Senate’s would begin
on Monday.
A possible hint to Democratic
plans for defense spending came
as Majority Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson (D^J[ex) recessed the in
quiry by th'& combined Senate
SPEECHLESS GOVERNOR . . .
BONNER SPRINGS, Kans., Itfl
— Governor George Docking was
the featured guest as the South
west Democratic Club installed
officers last week. He sat on the
platform during the ceremonies
awaiting his turn to speak. But
the master of ceremonies, flustered
at having such an important
guest, misread the program and
closed the meeting. The governor
was left speechless.
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Space and Preparedness Com
mittees.
Johnson, chairman of both
groups, said public testimony so
far by top defense, space and mis
sile officials indicate there are de
ficiencies which must be explored
behind closed doors becaus of mil
itary secrets involved.
Johnson said the next phase
will cover “informatipn as to the
aggressive forces that might be
thrown against us.”
Roy Johnson, director of the
Pentagon’s Advanced Research
Projects Agency, which handles
military missile and space pro
grams, said he could use an addi
tional 300 million dollars above
budget estimates.
He said this would speed up
developments of powerful booster
engines needed to put bigger pay
loads up for space vehicles and
satellites.
CAR CRASHES COHEN CHAIR
LOS ANGELES, Ufl — Mickey
Cohen got bumped off Sunday —
bumped off a chair, that is.
The dapper ex-gambler was
struck by a neighbor’s car that
lost its brakes and careened into
the driveway of Cohen’s home.
Cohen was sitting in a wicker
chair in the driveway with his
back to the street.
The car 9hoved Cohen and his
chair 20 feet into a fence.
“You never know when fate is
going to come around after you,”
said Cohen, shaken but unhurt.
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