AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving Wednesday were D. H.
Peck, V. W. Knight, V. H. McDan
iels, S. R. Kelley.
W. H. Ullrich was a departing
passenger for Unalakleet.
Arriving yesterday were Nor
man Carlson, William Ullrich, W.
Munz, A. Bensell.
George Beacom and Dan Nas
suk departed for Anchorage on the
xetum flight.
Palmer Airport
Deal Hearing Next
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per cent of the land cost and 75
per cent of the improvements cost.
During the controversy in Alas
ka officials involved in the trans
action defended it as one which
had the approval of civil -aeronau
tics officials.
The committee counsel saia uie
Alaska Aeronautics Commission
listed itself as owner of the Pal
mer site in applying for a federal
airport grant. That application
was cancelled after Territorial of
ficials .rejected it on the ground
the commission did not own the
site. Then, he said, a new applica
tion was filed, saying it would
cost $150,000 to buy the land.
The counsel said that after the
federal government put up the
$150,000, the land was purchased
and the Territory turned back to
the Alaska commission $145,000.
' He said those called as witness
es for the Jan. 18 hearing are
George Schwamm, director of the
Alaska Aeronautics Commission;
Stanley McCutcheon of Anchor
age, its counsel, and Roland Snod
grass, secretary of the Palmer
Aeronautic Committee.
ANCHORAGE (/P)—A wire re
ceived yesterday from Senator
Hoey (D.-N. C.) said army engin
eer corps employees who surveyed
the Palmer airport sites and as
sertedly set prices of $120,000 and
$125,000 will be asked to appear
at a Jan. 18 hearing in Washing
ton. Holey is chairman of the Sen
ate investigating sub-committee i
that has scheduled the hearing
into the controversial Alaska air
port deal.
Earlier, Rep. Stanley McCutch
eon had charged that the hearing
was being “rigged” with an eye
toward damaging the Alaska state
hood movement.
McCutcheon gave this explana
tion yesterday of the transaction:
“Three men residing at Palmer
were first to appraise the land for
the Territory. The lowest value
any of these three set was $160,
OOO. The Territory placed it at
$150,000 and proceeded on that
basis.
“When Senator Butler (R.-Neto.)
came up with his charges the CAA
enlisted the aid of district engin
eer to make a new appraisal. Sur
veys were made and all facts on
land values compiled.
“ The engineer came to the con
clusion the value was $120,000.
“Subsequently, the Portland of
fice of the Corps of Engineers
challenged the appraisal and or
dered a new one.
“Another engineer, a federal
employee, and a crew man spent
many days resurveying the air
port, computing land values and
the work performed. They came
tip with a value of $125,000 which
was an increase of $5000 over the
first appraisal.”
These two engineers are the lat
F orecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Friday, January 12, 1951
Forecast Nome: Slow increasing
high cloudiness. Moderate north
westerly winds becoming fresh
easterly tonight. Lowest tempera
tuer tonight —22, highest temper
ature Saturday —8.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7:00 a.m. today:
Precipitation, none. (Total this
month, trace.)
Temperatures: high e s t —18,
lowest —31.
Maximum wind '19 miles an
hour from the NNW.
Sunrise at 9:41 a.m., sunset at
2:41 p.m.
Comparative Data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 25, lowest 15.
Extreme temperatures on this
date since 1907: highest 34 in 1944,
lowest —31 in 1951.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barro*w • —27 Clear
Point Hope —24 Clear
Kotzebue —24 Clear
Shishmaref —20 Clear
Wales —19 Blowing Snow
Gambell —15 Clear
Nome —29 Clear,
Unalakleet —30 Clear'
Bethel —30 Clear
McGrath —25 Partly Cloudy
Anchorage • 5 Snow
Fairbanks —21 Snow
Whitehorse 15 Cloudy
Edmonton 15 Partly Cloudy
Juneau 34 Rain
Ketchikan 40 Cloudy
Seattle 43 Cloudy
WEATHER SUMMARY
FOR DECEMBER
General Summary — December
was quite sunny for Nome with 12
clear or partly cloudy days. 12
inches of snow fell during the
month and considerable drifting
occurred on sereval of the more
windy days. No severe storms
passed Nome however and the
greatest snowfall in any twenty
four hour period was 2.4 inches
on the 4th.
WILLIAM A. CASTLETON
PASSES ON IN SEATTLE
The funeral of William A. Cas
tleton was held in Seattle last
Monday.
Mr. Castleton is well known
here having managed the Sunset
Mines for several yars and had
other mining interests on Seward
Peninsula.
Mr. Castleton is survived by his
wife who has also been in Nome,
and four daughters and ten grand
children. He was a Mason and a
member of the Alaska Yukon Pio
neers.
est to be called to appear at the
Washington hearing.
“Again the appraisal was chal
lenged in the Portland office,”
McCutcheon continued. “An offi
cial from there was sent here to
make a third appraisal.
4<He made a quick trip, without
use of surveys or instruments, and
decided the land was worth only
$31,985*!’
McCutcheon said that figure
seemed to be what officials in
Washington wanted and no fur
ther appraisals were ordered.
“There is great evidence that
heavy political pressure was
brought from Washington to over
rule any finds tending to substan
tiate Alaska’s claim,” McCuctheon
told Senator Hoey by telegram.
PUBLIC LAND BIGHTS
OF KOREAN WAR VETERANS
FULLY PROTECTED
(Bureau of Land Management)
Persons who are homesteaders
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or claimants on public land in
Alaska may rest assured that
their rights pertaining to these j
lands will be fully protected if
they are called into active mili
tary service, Secretary of the In
terior Oscar L. Chapman has ad-!
vised Lowell M. Puckett, Regional
Administrator, Bureau of Land
Management, at Anchorage.
In addition the secretary point
ed out, veterans of military action i
in Korea are entitled to the same
i
rights and privileges concerning
homesteads and other land acqui
sitions as veterans of World War
II. !
“The laws and regulaitons
which provide certain rights and
privileges to veterans of World
War II in connection with public
land disposals still apply to serv
icement and women who are hon
orably discharged from the mili
tary services at the present time,”
Secretary Chapman said. This is
due to the fact that the last war
has not been officially ended.
Those claimants whose rights to
public land were initiated or ac
quired prior to their entrance into
the armed services, he added, will
have their rights protected during
their period of service.
Bureau administrators empha
size that homesteading is not an
easy way of acquiring land or of
earning a living. “It is our policy,
.however,, to encourage legitimate
interest in homesteading and other
land entry,” Associate Director
Roscoe E. Bell has stated.
Briefly stated, the requirements
that muse be met to earn title to
a homestead are: residence on the
land (tor exclusion of a home else
where) for three years, with not
more than two absences a year,
totaling not more than five months
absence a year; cultivation of at
least one-sixteenth of the area of
the land entered by the second
year, and at least one-tighth of the
land each year thereafter until
submision at satisfactory final
proof of three years compliance
with the law; and the construction
of a habitable house. Generally,
the rights and privileges of veter
ans result in a relaxation of these
requirements. Folders giving these
rights and privileges in greater
detail may be obtained from the
Land Office at Anchorage, Nome,
and Fairbanks, and from the Bur
eau of Land Management, Wash
ington 25, D. C.
Olympia Brown, who was or
dained in 1863, is believed to have
been the {first woman minister in
the United States.
MIDNIGHT SDN NEBEKAH8
| HOLD INSTALLATION
Midnight Sun Rebekah Lodges
No. 3-A held installation of offi
cers at their meeting Wedesday
evening, January 10th. It is very
much regretted that Mra.' Billee
Frye, Nofole Grand for the past
year was unalble to ibe present, as
she is staying for awhile with her
father in California following the
death of her mother.
Elective officers were Mabel
Jonish, noble grand; Helen Dun
bar, vice grand; Rosa B. Hagen,
treasurer; and Lennie Mae Ner
land, secretary.
Appointive officers present for
installation were Beverly A. Mor
gan, warden; Grace Edman, con
ductor; Edith Yenney, chaplain;
Helen Dunbar, musician; Anne T.
Jenks, right supporter of noble
grand; Lyda Rohn, left supporter
of noble grand; Helen Bockman,
right supporter of vice grand; and
Albin Poison, outside guardian.
District deputy president Len
nie Mae Nerland was installing of
ficer assisted by Grace Edman,
Maude Taff, Anne T. Jenks, Helen
Bockman and Rosa B. Hagen—all
past noble grands.
Following the ceremonies Mrs.
Taff and Mrs. Jenks served de
licious refreshments and an enjoy
able hour was spent visiting.
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