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Celebrates
Anniversaries
PULLMAN, Wash., (/P)—It was
just another day for Harry Day,
though he and Mrs. Day were ob
serving their 62nd wedding anni
versary.
At an age when most persons
are ready to relax for verbal
“chinning,” Day went out to his
garage yesterday for his daily ex
ercises on his bar.
He will be 85 tomorrow.
NEW MEAT MARKET OPENS
’ AT U. S. MERCANTILE STORE
Mrs. June K. Williams opened
her new meat market today in the
U. S. Mercantile Store with Roy
Williams as manager.
This new market has the dis
tinction of probably being the first
meat market to be shipped entire
ly by air. Refrigerated meat case,
scales, electric slicer, cash register,
walk-in box* uniforms, and all
other necessary . equipment was
flown from Seattle to Nome di
rectly by air by Pan American
Air ways. All varieties of fresh
meat arrived last evening and it
is stated by the owner, will con
tinue to arrive twice a week and
will not be frozen meat.
Anvil Lodge F. and A. M. has
announced its annual George
Washington Birthday Party to be
held next Saturday in the Masonic
Temple. Plans are being made to
use the new addition to the lodge
room recently completed and now
being decorated.
The new part of the building
will be used as a dining room and
is also planned for dances.
Royal Couple In
Minor Accident
LONDON, (yP)—Princess Eliza
beth and Prince Philip escaped
unscratched today when their
limousine and a taxi bumped near
Buckingham Palace.
Court sources said the king and
queen were uneasy over the acci
dent. They recalled King George’s
warning to Philip about his driv
ing after his car crashed, without
injury to himself, before the royal
wedding last November.
Philip was driving today from
Kensington Palace to the admiral
ty, where he has a desk job.
Like a common motorist, Philip
told a traffic policeman the street
was congested and I’m sorry it
happened.”
The cabbie apologized upon
recognizing the rayol couple. He
said the few dents in his fender
were nothing.
TO OBSERVE WORLD DAY OF
PRAYER FRIDAY NIGHT
Friday evening at the Federated
Church the World Day of Prayer
will be observed with the follow
| ing churches taking part co-oper
atively: Nazarene, Lavinia Wal
lace Young Mission and the Fed
erated Church. Those leading the
services are Mrs. L. Hudgins, Mrs.
Robert Baldwin, Mrs. T. E. Mc
Grew, Mrs. R. Amundson, Mrs.
M. Day, and Mrs. Luther Dunbar.
Everyone in the community is
invited in this world wide pro
gram being sponsored locally by
the Ladies Aid Society of the Fed
erated Church and by the United
Council of Church Women inter
nationally.
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Reds Establish
North Korea Govt.
And Army
SEOUL, <JP) — The U. S. army
reported yesterday two of its liai
son officers were manhandled and
! placed under temporary arrest at
Pyongyang in Soviet occupied
north Korea.
They were trying to watch a pa
rade of the newly disclosed north
Korea’s people’s army.
( They are Major Daniel G. Cos
tello, Imogene, Iowa, and Major
j Richard C. Briggs, Berkeley, Cal.
1 A spokesman for U. S. occupa
tion headquarters said the incident
occurred Sunday. The same day a
radio broadcast from Pyongyang
announced establishment, with
Russian approval, of a north Ko
rean government with an army.
ine spokesman said the Ameri
cans were taken in custody of the
Korean constabulary while Rus
sian officers looked on. The two
were released unharmed — and
without explanation—about 30
minutes later.
Costgllo said a civilian pointed a
pistol at him. His camera was
1 taken. He protested to Soviet au
[ thorities.
i The incident was reported to
both the army and state depart
ments.
Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, U. S.
occupation commander, comment
ed only that Soviet liaison officers
in Seoul “have complete freedom
of movement,” and can take pic
tures, including those of military
parade.”
(Monday’s U.S. army announce
ment indicated that establishment
of the government in the Russian
zone was a new development. It
further said a constitution was not
to be ratified by the peoples coun
cil there until mid-March. This
would be in violation of interna
tional agreements on Korea.
(In New York Monday, chair
man K. P. S. Menon of the United
Nations Korean commission said
he was “astonished” to hear of es
tablishment of the puppet govern
ment and army in North Korea.)
The Pioneers of Alaska are
really putting on a banquet to
night to celebrate their anniver
sary. George Gemalis, cook, had
to take the turkeys to the Nome
Grill to roast, as they were too
big to get into any private ovens
in town, it is reported.
A fine program including musi
cal, specialty dance numbers and
old time favorites has been an
nounced by the committee with
Charlie Jones acting as toastmas
ter for the occasion.
Over eighty guests have regis
tered for the dinner.
Alaska Statehood
(Jets First Hearing
In Congress
(Continued from Page One)
abount this:
Statehood means Alaska’s 90,000
people would have two Senators
in Congress, the same as, say, New
York state’s 13,000,000 people.
Since the Senate has only 96
members now, two more would be
important in any close vote.
Alaska would be entitled to one
representative in the House. But
since there are 435 House mem
bers, one more wouldn’t make
much difference.
• About one-third of Alaska’s vot
ers are against statehood now. The
reasons for this will be gone into
later in this story.
The United States bought Alas
ka from Russia in 1867 for $7,200
000. But this government didn’t do
much to bring law and order there
until 1884.
Then it sent in a federal judge
i and some other officials. The
Klondike gold rush of 1898 drum
med up interest in the place. Set
tlers followed the miners.
In 1912 Congress made Alaska a
Territory, Which meant the Pres
ident appointed a governor and
; the people could elect their own
j legislature, House and Senate,
j And the Territory has a delegate
j to Congress. He can’t vote, but he
represents the people of Alaska.
Output of industry runs over
$70,000,000 a year. It’s concentrated
mainly in three businesses: furs,
fishing, mostly salmon, and min
ing—gold, coal, platinum.
The people pay federal income
taxes, but Alaska has no income
taxes of its own, for persons or
i corporations, and no general prop
erty tax.
The Territory has one railroad,
I owned by the U. S. Government.
It was opened in 1923.
Some of the arguments against
statehood for Alaska—a number
of Alaskans have protested to
Congress—go like this:
The population is too small now
for statehood. The majority of the
60.000 white people live in the
towns and cities. Alaska, which
gets a lot of money help from this
government while it’s a Territory,
couldn’t afford to run itself as a
state. Alaska is too far from the
United States to have the same in
terests and problems.
The House sub-committee lis
tened to all those arguments
against statehood and brushed
FATHER AND SON BANQUET
VERY SUCCESSFUL
The Boy Scouts, Troops No. 66<S
held their lather and son banquet
last evening in the scout head
quarters under the sponsorship of
the Rotary Club with about sixty
in attendance.
John McNees, president of Ro
tary, was toastmaster and Car)
Glavinovich, acted as chairman of
the scout committee in the absence
of John Hudert who is away on
business.
Tenderfoot awards were made
to Carl Smith, John Willot, Gor
don Swanberg, George Beltz and
Paul Amarok. Second Class Scout
awards were presented to -John
Hudert, Ralph Bingham, Law
rence Okpealuk and Johnny Bell.
Johnny Hudert, Ralph Bing
ham and Max Gray were appoint
ed as patrol leaders and Lawrence
Okpealuk as scribe.
The charter for the troop was
presented by the Rotary Club to
the Scout committee which is
composed of John Hudert. Cart
Glavinovich, Wilfred Boucher, Lt,
I Stanley Morgan, Bud Harper and
Bert Bell.
After a wonderful chicken din
ner the boys put on several shor’
acts exemplifying the principles o)
: scouting which was followed by r
knot tying contest.
Father and son boxing matche
culminated the evening’s enter
; tainment.
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Frank Whaley, who has bee
Hying for Wien Airlines left Mon
day for the States to visit with hi
mother, affectionately known t
many Nomeites by the name c
“Ma” Whaley, who has been i
poor health in Virginia where sh
resides with her sister.
them aside. Some arguments f<
statehood go this way:
The small size of the populatic
is no argument against statehoo
Twelve states had smaller popul
tions when they were admitted
statehood. Alaska now is a strat
gic part of the United States.
As a Territory, Alaska is su
ject to the whims of Congrc
which can pass any law it wish
about Alaska. As a state, Alas
w’ould have*to be treated by Co
gress as any other state.
The sub-committee says oth
Territories were able to ra
money to pay their w’ay when th
became states so there’s* no reas
why Alaska couldn’t.
Besides, Alaska has tremendc
resources which are waiting to
developed.
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