A Note
From Mexico
By Mary Land Dillon
Foreign Correspondent
Mexico is delighted to have Mr.
and Mrs. G. R. Jackson playing a
return engagement, after such a
long absence!
The Jacksons you know well.
They are on an indefinite vaca
tion, and have visited New York,
Florida and Havana already. How
delighted they are with the Mex
ico of today!
In Havana, they felt the prices
of everything very unreasonable,
but the prices here delighted their
hearts! As for the service in the
hotel . . . “it is right now!” said
Mrs. Jackson. Can't you just hear
her? But both were overcome to
have a suit of Mr. Jackson, al
tered the same day, by a little
tailor in the calle.”
Mrs. Jackson, who was secre
tary for the Chamber of Com
merce, you remember, said that
she wished that I were interview
ing her on Alaska. I did learn a
lot ’ more about your fascinating
country . . . tho’ I had seen gor
geous pictures years ago, hs my
husband was on the First Alaskan
Aerial Expedition in 1926. Again
my interest was stimulated to see
for myself the glories of Alaska.
Mr. -Jackson told me that he
went to Alaska in 1904, and Mrs.
Jackson later.
The Jacksons had a lovely suite
at the Hotel Reforma ... I had. to
laugh, for the last time I was in
it was years ago to meet King
Carol and Mme. Lupescu. I was
here diplomatically at the time.
Just to show how vague I can
be . . . Barbara Hutton was there
with the name of Countess some
thing or other, which was diffi
cult, and I just did not take the
trouble to master, so when I was
introducing people, I just had to
keep asking her name. Later at
a dinner a PAL?? said that I
took first prize, for I had asked
the famous Barbara Hutton her
name five times, to his certain
knowledge. I had no idea who
she was, without a hat, tool (Did
hear later that her suitcases had
been lost, poor child!) Countesses
were a dime a dozen here during
the war, you know. The Jacksons
enjoyed that little tid-bit. Also
told me that it was cheaper for
them to travel than to stay at
home! Imagine that!
The best of everything, they
have enjoyed. The friendliness of
the Mexicans and their gentleness,
very much impressed them. The
food is excellent; the climate ideal
—no high-pressuring from any
one. The tremendous growth and
modernness of Mexico astounded
HIGHWAY PAVING WILL COST
ALASKA $11 MILLION IN 1952
JUNEAU—Highway paving by
the Alaska Road Commission in
the Territory this year will total
$11,000,000.
Recently a news account attrib
uted to Wm. J. Neimi, chief en
gineering of the Alaska Road
Commission, stated that this
year’s road building program
would total $95,000,000. As Mr.
Neimi clearly indicated in releas
ing his announcement the $95 mil
lion sum represents the total of
a long-range program started by
the Alaska Road Commission in
1949 which has transformed most
of western Alaska’s principal
roads nnto a vast network of mod
ern paved highways.
Total estimated cost of the pro
gram for rehabilitation and pav
ing of 1,060 miles was $95,000,000.
Now in its fifth year, 610 miles
of asphalt is in place and the
program as a whole is 73 per cent
completed.
Anchorage Skiier Wins
Oregon Cross-Country Race
EUGENE, Ore., OP—Sven John
son of the Anchorage, Alaska ski
club won the third annual John
Craig Memorial cross country ski
race yesterday.
His time for the 19-mile course
in the McKenzie Pass area was 2
| hours and 14 minutes.
| The event sponsored by the
| Eugene Tri-Pass Ski Club, is held
i in memory of a pioneer mail car
rier who died in a blizzard during
the 1870’s.
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them. The beauty of the buildings
and Diego Rivera’s murals im
pressed them greatly. They have
planned to see University City
. . . you saw it in “Time” not long
ago, I am sure. It is, truly, fabu
lous!
The Jacksons have a good guide,
and insist that tourists cannot go
wrong in any way, with the prop
er guides . . . they also have had
fun exploring on their own. They
are in Acapulco now, basking in
the sun. ‘Tis pretty warm there
now, I am told by all and sundry!
However, there are breezes to be
found, so if you come be sure to
locate one!
The International Bankers’ Con
vention is meeting here next
week. Hope that they will return
for it. Should be interesting.
Be prepared to hear many in
teresting stories when the Jack
sons return, for they are enjoying
everything to the fullest and will
have plenty to tell. We wquld
like to keep them here, but then,
you would not like that!
I do so enjoy talking about
Mexico, that I would like to tell
you more some time!
Seventh And Most
Powerful A-Bomb
Is Detonated
LAS VEGAS, UB—One of the
spring series’ most brilliant and
powerful atomic bombs exploded
with golden brilliance before
dawn Saturday as 16 congressmen
and 2,650 troops from all over the
nation looked on.
Shortly after the blast, touched
off from a 300-foot tower at 4:30
a.m. Troops climbed from their
trenches 4,000 yards from ground
zero and advanced in a tactical
maneuver.
The shot, in the Atomic Energy
Commissiion’s Yucca Flat test site
75 miles northwest, was a thing
of beauty as seen from here. As
it flared a skyful of fleecy clouds,
invisible in the darkness an in
stant before, were momentarily
printed with gold.
Observers at the control tower,
where the congressmen were sta
tioned, 10 miles from ground zero,
said the shock wave at their van
tage point was the strongest of
the series. It broke light bulbs
and window panes in outbuild
ings. J
The flash was seen as far away
as San Francisco—600 miles dis
tant.
A Navy AD-2 Skyraider drone
plane, flown into the churning
atomic cloud, crashed. Such craft
carry instruments to obtain scien
tific data, which is relayed to the
ground by radio.
Fifty-two aircraft, including six
B-47 Stratojets and six B-50s,
were in the air on various mis- j
sions.
The Army said there were no
casualties.
The troop maneuver in this, the
seventh explosion of the series,
was one of the largest ever held
at the proving ground.
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
TERRITORY OF ALASKA ) „„
CITY OF NOME )
I, G. D. Hurlbert, being duly employed by the Mayor of
Nome, as City Auditor of the General Fund of the City of Nome
for the year ended April 17th, 1953; do hereby state that the
audit has been performed and the records found to be correct.
The Receipts, Disbursements, and Cash Balance of the General
Fund were found to be as follows:
RECEIPTS
Taxes, Real and Personal.$ 37,639.19
Taxes, Special and Delinquent. 2,001.39
Penalties and Interest. 140.39
Liquor License Refunds and Harbor Refund. 13,175.00
Territorial License Refunds. 7,125.08
City Sales Taxes. 50,369.40
Miscellaneous ....1. 1,583.39
Municipal Fines. 7,208.00
Pound Fees. 38.00
Motor Vehicle Licenses. 3,810.00
Drivers Licenses. 434.00
TOTAL...$123,523.84
DISBURSEMENTS
Fire Department.$ 15,513.08 *
Police Department. 18,050.49
Street Department. 28,279.12 ?
Health Department. 2,167.19
City Clerk and Office Expenses./.... 6,148.§3
Miscellaneous . 2,765.25 i
School Board.|..„. 38,798.50
Insurance . 573.91
Bond, Int. and Redemption Fund. 4,485.79
Harbor Maintenance. 2,500.00
Special Claims against City. 1,000.00
TOTAL.;..$120,281.86
GENERAL FUND INCREASE FOR YEAR.$ 3,241.98
BANK RECONCILIATION OF GENERAL FUND
Treasurer’s Book Balance 4/19/52.$38,754.11
General Fund Increase for Year... 3,241.98
Treasurer’s Book Balance 4/17/53.$41,996.09
Outstanding Warrants 4/17/53.$ 616.05
Balance per Bank Statement 4/17/53.842,612.14
' Respectfully submitted
G. D. Hurlbert, City Auditor
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of April, 1953.
My Commission Expires: Carrie McLain,
June 18, 1954. ^ N6tary Public for Alaska
Funds not included in audit, are as follows:
Breakwater Fund.$26,015.55
Bond, Int. and Redemption Fund. 663.74
Community Xmas Tree Fund. 513.14
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BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
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