Condition of Roads
In Alaska Menace ,
To U. S. Security
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• (A5) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, The vital
importance of Alaska highways
and the Alaska railroad to national
security was emphasized today by
the House appropriations commit
tee.
Reporting the interior depart
ment appropriation bill to the
House, the committee recommend
ed expenditure of $4,353,000 for
road work in the Territory and
$4,000,000 “to bring it to a safe op
erating standard,” the committee
also recommended that contract
authorization be allowed for an
other $15,000,000 worth of work.
The report said the committee
was advised that the highway con
struction is necessary in “connec
tion with development of new
sources of strategic raw materials,
vital requirements to national de
fense.”
The committee said it was ad
vised that the Alaska Railroad is
now in such condition “that it is
difficult to operate without many
serious derailment^, delays in traf
fic, and the always imminent dan
ger of a serious accident which
will result in loss of life.”
Maj. Gen. W. H. Arnold of the
war department general staff told
the committee that in the opinion
of the war department the present
condition of the road “jeopardizes
national defense.”
“In order to bring the railroad
to a safe operating standard, the
committee is advised that a reha
bilitation program must be under
taken at an ultimate cost of $34,
000,000,” the report continued.
“The program would extend
over a period of five years ... in
view of the military necessity for
the program as submitted to the
committee, the total estimate of
$4,000,000, together with a contract!
authorization in the sum of $15,
000,000, has been included in the
bill. Of the direct appropriation
of $4,000,000, $600,000 is required
for operating cost during the fiscal
year of 1948, the remainder—$3,
400,000—being provided for the
rehabilitation program.”
LILLIAN McGEE RETURNS
TO FAIRBANKS
Lillian McGee, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Martin, who has
been visiting here for the past -two
weeks with her family, returned to
Fairbanks last Friday evening
where she now lives.
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NWA Fair Ends
A Grand Success
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apparel which were so gracefully
modeled by the capable ‘ manne
quins.” The revue also included
comical interludes.
Wearing apparel modeled was
loaned from our local stores. Those
modeling: in the children’s cloth
ing were Carolyn Hyndman, Su
sanne Galloway, Nina Whaley,
Alice Ann and Helen Marie Gla
vinovich, Barbara Jean Mawhar,
Mary Jeanne Boucher, Patsy and
Freddy Love, Paul, Carolyn and
Ruth Glavinovich and Kay Coul
thard.
Adult models were Mesdames
Frank Whaley, Ben Hyndman,
Stanley Bartlett, Conrad Yenney,
Gordon Osborne, Kirk Jackson,
William Angell; Camille Guimond,
Edith Robertson, Marion Gray,
Lola Larson, Elizabeth Seiffert,
Leone Jonish, Dora May Homberg,
Mary Roell, Rita Tavis, Elvira
Juska.
Comedy skit was given by Phyl
lis Roell and Jane Scott.
Friday’s program was brought
to a close with two well-received
musical selections sung by the
Girl Scout group under the direc
tion of Frances Richter.
The costume ball on Saturday
evening was a big success with a
large turnout of “Gay 90” person
alities ranging from can-can girls
to bustled and bonneted ladies
wearing authentic costumes of the
early gold rush period. The eve
ning’s festivities were highlighted
by the grand march directed by A.
Polet and led by the king and
queen of the evening, Mrs. M. J.
Walsh and Mr. Ole Hay who are
two of Nome’s favorite pioneers.
Mrs. Walsh holds the title for
the longest period of residence in
Nome for the ladies.
Toward the close of the festive
and gay evening Queen Clara who
reigned for the Arctic Club carni
val drew those lucky numbers for
the “B:g 3 Raffle.” Winners being
William Cameron, who chose the
radio, Harry Lewis, who took the
Frigidatre, and Walter D. Thomp
son. who got the washing machine.
The door prize was won by Mar
garet Bjornstad, who received the
collecti n of beautiful gold nug
gets.
Tiie refreshment booth was open
every evening of the Fair where
varied and delicious food was
served. Those persons devoting a
great deal of time and work to this
department were Mrs. Ann Gillis,
Mrs. Grant, and the home econo
mic girls of the high school.
Decorations for the Fair receiv
ed many compliments and a beau
tiful job was done by Jim von der
Haydte, assisted by Peggy Kelli
her, Mr. and Mrs. James Adams,
Tom McAllister, and Curtis Ja
cobs, Jr.
The reindeer department of the
Fair provided unique and interest
ing events under the supervision of
Herbert C. McClellan, assisted by
Chester Seveck, U. S. government
herder. Deer owned by York Wil
son and Henry Weber were also
used in addition to the govern
ment herd.
The dog racing events which
were under the auspices of the
Arctic club with prize money
j raised by both the NWA Fair Assn,
and the Arctic Club were super
vised by John McNees, with Bill
Boucher the official timer.
So ends a gay and enlivened
Fair marking another memorable!
event for Nome, and Northwestern
Alaska.
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Yugoslavs Demand
Part of Austria
MOSCOW, i/P)—The council of
foreign ministers hear a demand
today that a large slice of Austrian
Carinthia be turned over to Yugo
slavia in any peace settlement.
The four-power council’s first
morning meeting of this confer
ence was addressed by Yugoslav
vice premier Edvard Kardelj, wh -
repeated his nation’s prev. us
charges that a third of the German
army which fought in Yugoslavia
was Austrian; that there were 30
Austrian generals in the German
army, and that an Austrian gen
eral commanded the air forces
which bombed Belgrade at the
war’s start.
Austrian foreign minister Karl
Gruber has insisted that his gov
ernment never would sign a treaty
ceding southern Carinthia. Gruber
has American support. The Yugo
slavs are supported by Russia.
Kardelj, in a long speech, pre
sented figures he said showed that
for 100 years Slavs have outnum
bered Austrian in Slovene Carin
thia. Kardelj, stating that one
could not separate the German and
Austrian settlement, suggested
eight points for the treaty, closely
paralleling Soviet proposals, re
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W allace Headlines
STOCKHOLM. Sweden, i/F) —
Henry A. Wallace, former Demo
cratic vice president of the United
States, left by plane for Oslo, Nor
way. today after a 36-hour stay
which evoiced much publicity but
little editorial comment in Swedish
papers.
"a-old a. Stassen, candidate for
‘he 1948 Republican nomination
r President of the U. S., replaced
al'.ace in the headlines here. The
*wo did not meet in Stockholm.
Tr.e *'feasibility remained, however,
r. ..t they might do so in Oslo,
/.here S‘as.sen is going tomorrow.
MR. AND MRS. D. J. COX
RETURN TO NOME
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Cox return
ed last Friday evening to make
their home here for the summer.
Mr. Cox has been employed by the
Service Barber Shop.
garding the war criminals and the
outlawing of Pan-German prose
included one demand for com
plete demilitarization of the Aus
1 trian frontier with Yugoslavia to
a depth of more than 10 miles.
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