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LET’S NOT MISS THE TOURIST BOAT
It’s getting around to tourist season again and
what progress has been made in increasing our tourist
attractions.
Foresighted leaders of the community have
worked toward the development of the tourist indus
try for many years before it became a territory wide
movement.
“You’re missing the boat if you don’t capitalize on
the tourist attractions you have,” stated a pioneer resi
dent of Florida who claims Miami started its tourist
trade (now reaping millions annually) on far less nat
ural attraction 'than Nome has.
“You’re missing the boat if you don’t play up
your gold rush background and show the visitors
where Rex Beach got his start, where the first million
dollars in gold came from, where they fought over those
fabulous mining claims,” stated a well known Wash
ington, D.C., executive a few months ago.
“You’re .missing the boat if you don’t publicize
your winter tours.” Here history and gold rush lore
take second place to beauty and majesty of winter
surpassing Switzerland where Americans spend mil
lions every year, stated former Sen. George Bender
who was a recent visitor here.
Wien Airlines has done a tremendous job in pio
neering the tourist industry which requires more and
bigger planes each year. Other airlines are following
suit. Before the 1958 season gets under way, Nome’s
No. 1 project should be an all-out effort to make
Nome the town that is a must on the itinerary of all
tourists. Your cooperation with the Tourist Committee
r of the Chamber of Commerce would be appreciated.
“Frank Gannett, one of the better known pub
lishers of the United States, died the other day, and
included in his will a comment to the effect that he
“felt a deep concern over the freedom of the press”
. . . referring, of course, to the growing trend among
public officials to refuse to give newspapers informa
tion to which the public is entitled ... a continuance
or enhancement of such a policy, wrote Gannett in
his will, will void freedom of expression and “democ
racy will perish.” —Barstow, Fla., Democrat.
Reporters Press Hagerty For
4Justification’ For President’s
Jaunt To Phoenix, Arizona
CAB Denies Alaska
Airlines Guaranty
For New Planes Loan
WASHINGTON, WV-Sen. Mag
nuson (D-Wash) says the Civil
Aeronautics Board has denied the
application of Alaska Airlines for
a loan guaranty on the purchase
of new equipment. The CAB de
clined to comment.
A trade publication, Aviation
Daily, also said CAB chairman
James R. Furfee favored approv
al of the loan, but a majority of
three members—Harmar Denny,
Chan Gurney and Louis Hector—
voted against it.
Alaska was the first airline to
apply for a loan guarantee under
new legislation adopted by Con
gress last year. The airlines asked
for approval of a three million
dollar loan for the purchase of
two four-engine DC-6ll planes.
During debate on the Senate
floor Wednesday over proposed
capital gains legislation Magnu
son said the Alaskan airline had
been negotiating for 9 or 10
months in an attempt to get new
planes.
“A bank said it would lend 50
per cent of the money, but at a
pretty high interest rate,” Mag
nuson said.
The CAB was asked to approve
the loan, but turned it down.
“Apparently even the CAB was
not impressed with the financing
features of the guaranty.”
i Skeleton Found Under
Prison Floor Ends 19-Year
Search for Missing Convict
NASHVILLE, Tenn., UP — A
skeleton found under a concrete
floor at the state prison has end
ed a 19-year search for a missing
convict and opened a nation-wide
hunt for a fellow prisoner on a
murder charge.
Jack Youngblood, who finished
a six-year highway robbery sen
tence in 1940, was charged with
killing Paul Joe Payne, 21, after
a dice game in the prison metal
shop in 1939.
Members of Payne’s family
have contended for years Payne
was slain inside the penitentiary.
Prison officials listed him as an
escapee and 'put out the usual
bulletin for his pickup.
The tip that broke the case
came last Friday. A suburban
policeman received information
by telephone which opened a new
probe and led officers to the con
crete grave.
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THOMASVILLE, Ga., Uf> —
President Eisenhower was to visit
Phoenix, Ariz., Sunday for about
eight hours. He was taking his
wife there for a vacation at a
fashionable beauty resort.
Asked at a news conference
whether she was planning any
beauty treatments at the swank
Main Chance farm operated by
cosmetics manufacturer Elizabeth
Arden a few miles from Phoenix,
Hagerty shot back:
“I don’t think she needs any.”
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty announced the Eisenhowers
.jvould be accompanied from here
to Phoenix by the first lady’s sis
ter, Mrs. Gordon Moore of Wash
ington, and Mrs. Ellis D. Slater
of New York, wife of the former
board chairman of Frankfort Dis
tilleries. They were to fly in the
President’s private plane, Colum
bine III.
Hagerty became incensed when
reporters asked “justification”
for use of the President’s Air
Force plane to take Mrs. Eisen-1
hower and^the other two ladies to J
Phoenix for a vacation.
Another reporter wanted to
know why the President had de
cided to go to Phoenix instead
of traveling directly back to
Washington and letting his wife
go to Arizona. Clearly angry,
Hagerty snapped:
“I think when the President of
the United States wants to go
any place with his wife, that is
his business and nobody else's.”
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Democrats Condemn
Senator Knowland
For Statehood Stand
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
Democratic National Committee
adopted a resolution Friday con
demning Sen. Knowland (R-Calif)
for what it termed a demand that
Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills
be acted upon at the same time
and not separately.
(On Feb. 11 Sen. Knowland
said he hoped the Democratic
majority Policy Committee would
schedule the Alaska statehood bill
for action and when the Senate
has acted on that bill, immediate
steps would be taken to take up
the Hawaiian. He did not say he
wanted the bills combined).
The resolution, sponsored by
Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Mon
tana, Alaska and Hawaii mem
bers, said Knowland “is obvious
ly attempting to prevent a vote
on either during this session of
Congress.” The resolution adopt
ed unanimously, said the Alaska
bill “is in a position to be passed
promptly by Congress and we
strongly urge that action.”
RUNS IN THE FAMILY
LONDON, UP) — The Duke of
Kent is nursing facial cuts and
bruises, a black eye and a bruised
shoulder blade after falling off a
horse.
The Duke was spilled at Aider
shot, where he is taking an army
course in riding. His uncle, the
Duke of Windsor, was well known
for his falls while he was Prince
of Wales.
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