Bid To Bring Alaska Statehood To
Floor of the House Gains Support
WASHINGTON, UP)—The House
Rules Committee met on Alaskan
statehood legislation Thursday
amid mounting pressure for early
action.
The bill has been before the
committee for clearance for
House consideration since last
June. Only one meeting—a brief
half-hour session last month—
has been held.
A move to bypass the Rules
body unless it acts quickly and
favorably gained important
strength Wednesday in the per
son of House Speaker Sam Ray
burn.
Rep. Enfle <D-Calif) quoted
the Speaker as expressing will
ingness to recognize Engle for a
motion to bring the Alaska bill
directly to the House floor if the
Rules group doesn’t act promptly.
Statehood advocates contend
that action by the Rules Commit
tee is being delayed by Chair
man Smith (D-Va), who opposes
the bill.
At the brief March hearing
Smith was the only committee
member to question the lone wit
ness to appear, Rep. O’Brien
(D-NY), chairman of the House
Territories Subcommittee.
At that time, the Virginia
Congressman questioned the wis
dom of granting Alaska’s 200,000
population equal Senate repre
sentation with the 3V& million
i residents of his home state. He
j questioned also whether land
grant provisions of the bill would
j not constitute a ma;or giveaway
I of natural resources which he
I said belonged to all residents of
the United States.
"4-on" Duplicate Receipt Books
at The Nugget
NOTICE
Sales Tax Reports on retail
sales and services for the quarter
j ending March 31, must be in the
] City Clerk's Office by Wednesday,
April 30. 1958.
Robert F. Scott
City Clerk
‘Publish April 21-23-25-28-30,
Nenana Pool
Prize Set At
$104,506 This Year
NENANA, (Special* — The
winning time of the Neriana Ice
Classic will receive $104,500.00.
The knife that cuts the line to the
clock thus stopping it has been
sharpened and set up in the
tower ready to go. The clock is
still locked in the sale and will
not be installed in the watch
man’s shack until the ice begins
to show signs of going out.
This knife that cuts the line
stopping the clock has operated
on well over a million dollars in
the past. So the people around
Nenana call it the million dollar
knife. Fred Mueller who does
the rigging says he got the idea
from the French guillotine. In
fact the knife is nothing but a
well sharpened meat cleaver
with a weight attached to give
it plenty of force. Plane pilots
flying between Nenana and Fair
banks report that the river looks
solid, no open holes anywhere.
It has been freezing every night
so far. Everyone around Nenana
now predict a May breakup.
Cast of “Born
Yesterday” Due
Here Montlay
Tho University of Alaska Drama
Vk-'-^rp "roun of nine players
aro scheduled to arrive here Mon
r3r -■ 'orn’o ro*- ,vio perfrmance
of “Born Yesterday” to be held
Ttmsdav evening at the school
aud;torium.
The «st oc eieM students and
'ho-:r dir°«*tor Tme "alibury will
a”s" with five local members
of tho cast v'hos" oames will be
•m-oyncod Monday. These have
been choson by Mrs. Cameron who
Is a"sis*?”g here with the group
and seating arrangements.
Tho ^otsrv o”ub ancj the Home
Arts committees headed by F.
R'ir'to, Dorothv Grant, Joan Lam
brecht and Emily Boucher re
ns-t that accommodations have
have been arranged for the cast
as "."'ll as arrangements for feed
ing the group through the co
operation of members of both, or
ganizations.
The cast will be guests of in
dividual members of the Cham
ber of Commerce Monday hoon
and guests of the Rotary Club on
Chrysler Corporation
Reports $15 Million
Loss Already In ’58
NEW YORK, (JPl — The Chrysler
Corp. reports a net loss of $15,
139,802 in the first quarter of
this year.
The company, which is among
car makers hit hardest by the
tightened auto market, also re
ports a 53 per cent drop in sales
for the first three months of
1958.
Chrysler’s condition was re
vealed yesterday as the directors
cut the quarterly dividend from
75 to 25 cents a common share.
The dividend, the lowest since
1938, is payable June 13.
The net loss, by the company
and its wholly-owed subsidiaries,
j reported by president L. L. Col
bert, was in sharp contrast to
Chrysler’s net earnings of $46,
545,521, or $5.34 a share, in the
similar three months of las year.
] Tuesday mon. Rotary Ciuo ha.,
set up their regular noon lunch
eon meeting to Tuesday for this
purpose.
The committee report that re
served seats are still available
at the Drug Store or by phone
reservation at the Nugget office.
This is the first time that a
centre floor stage will be used
here with the audience sitting all
around the players.
This comedy of a girl intellec
l tually “born yesterday”, whose
conscience stirs as her mind
sharpens, was the outstanding
laugh-provider of the post-war
Broadway stage, running con
tinuously in New York for nearly
four years. Paul Douglas and
Judy Holliday rose to their pre
sent fame by performances as the
irascible junk-dealer and his il
literate blonde.
Alma King is to be seen in the
part of the brassy ex-chorine
who, under special tutoring to
have her dumbness filed on, not
only learns to nibble a canape
daintily, but also picks up a
social conscience in the process.
In the leading man’s role opposite
her will be Spence Blake, as the
illiterate junk-dealer grown rich
through war-time profiteering
1 who makes the mistake of having
| his ex-chorus-girl companion ex
posed to some education.
The tutor in the case is to be
played by Bill Boucher, and Ron
ald Buzby is acting the part of
Ed Devery, the once-promising
attorney who now sells his tal
ents (at a high price) to the
vulgar, domineering tycoon.
| Elva Ahmasuk and
Gene Amidon Are
Wed Wednesday
Elva Ahmasuk, daughter of
Harold Ahmasuk became the
bride of Gene Amidon Wed
nesday evening in a lovely cere
mony at Our Savior’s Lutheran
Church with Rev. T. Knudson
performing the ceremony.
The bride in white nvlon lace,
carrying a white Bible was given
, in marriage by her father and
j her attendants were Lorena Hor
ton and Hannah Ahmasuk both
in gowns of soft blue carrying
talisman roses. The ring bear
er was the little brother of the
bride Daniel Ahmasuk.
The groom was attended by
IK. P. Horton and Art Sandstrom
as usher.
Appropriate music was played
on the organ by Alex Mclnnes.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held at the Bering
Sea Club for the many friends
of the couple.
The groom who has been sta
tioned here with the U. S. Air
Force was scheduled to leave
today for re-assignment. The
bride will leave soon for Fort
Shaw, S. C., and join her
husband after a visit with her
j new relatives in Wisconsin.
CHARLES D. JONES
FOR THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
ALFRED K. MAZONNA
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION ON APRIL 29
We are Republicans from principle and believe that Government should not interefere
with individuals nor should it engage in competition with private enterprise. T Ye are opposed
to a General Property Tax, and in fact will work for some measure of tax reduction.
FOR SENATORS
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CARL S. GLAVINOVICH
CLINTON GRAY
ARTHUR W. JOHNSON