THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the postoffice
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Nome, Alaska, Monday, March 5, 1951
ENCOURAGE BUSH PILOTS IN ALASKA
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WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER (From the report of the Congres
sional Committee)
My Mary Lee Council
“The Civil Aeronautics Board and the Civil Aeronau
tics Administration should do everything within their
power to encourage and develop commercial aviation
Within the Territory. Regulations that are designed to
meet the requirements of commercial flying in that they1
are designed to meet the requirements of commercial
flying in interstate commerce in the United States
should not be applied within Alaska unless ldc'di Chnidi- j
tions indicate that they are desirable. The spirit of the
bush pilot should be encouraged by all means possible.”.
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FOR ALL-OUT FOREIGN POLICY
“Let’s make up our minds and then let’s tell the world
the answers,” suggested Governor Thomas E. Dewey,
of New York, who adds that then “nobody Will ever
have an excuse to drag us into an accidental war,”
1 The New York Governor/'twice the nominee of hiis
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party for the Presidency, continues.to state his views
which are entirely antagonistic "to those "exfiiessed by
former President Herbert Hoover and Senator Robert
A. Taft, of Ohio. Mr. Dewey insists ‘ that isolationism,
which he opposes, has twice before led thlSCOTttttry/un
armed and unprepared, into bloody conf Jicts. •• - • - - ! _ j
Not onyl would Mr. Dewey extend assistance to the -
nations that signed toe North Atlantic Treaty but he
proposes that this policy be extended along the MecLter-’
ranean Sea arid beyond its eastern shores td other land
areas where the Russians might have designs.' / V . r
Governor Dewey specifically urged that Greece and
Turkey be brought into, the military pact and indicated
his belief that the United States should be ready to give
full military support to Iran, Iraq, Israel and Saudi
Arabia in order to prevent the oil supply of the Near
East from falling into Russia’s hands. He wanted the]
twenty-two armored divisions of Spain and the thirty
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NEWS IN BRIEF
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placed on sale March 13.
Farrell said this is the second
bid call for sale of the vessel. He
said earlier bids were turned
down because “the government
felt it should receive more money
for the ship.”
The veteran of Arctic service
has been replaced by a modem
steel Ships which also has been
named Nbrth Star.
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WASHINGTON, {JP)~-The Sen
ate has approved the nomination
of Arlene A. Webster for Post
master at Platinum, Alaska.
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SEATTLE, (/P)— Aided, by a
strong tail wind, a Northwest'Air
lines stratocruiser flew from An
chorage to Seattle Saturday night
in 4 hours and 1 minute; clipping
nearly two hours of the schedule
for the fCin. ;***• »
The day before a sister ship set
what is believed a record for the
1,500-mile flight with a time of
3 hours and 42 minutes.
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NEW YORK, James A.
Farley, former Democratic nation
al chairman, said it was widely
known among political leaders
that (President RooseVelt was a
dying man when he was nomi
nated in 1944 for a fourth ten*.
F riOy’s statement; in a letter
to the editor Of the New York
"times, was pronipted bjr adoption
of the 22nd Atriendriieht, setting
a limit of two terms iri' the presi
dential office.. ‘
said her;raised the issue “at
considerable political risk to my
self in 1940/’ and that he still
was glad he took his stand then
“even against the advice of some
of my closest frie/ids and sturdy
supporters frohi all over the
world.. .
, CHICAGO, (IP)— Little Jimmie
Carco, not quite fpur years old,
died Friday of a brain tumor.
Neighbors knew of.the trying time
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Jimmie’s folks had during the six
months h e was sick, so they
helped, out by collecting $625, for
a funeral.
The parents, James Carco, 18,
an insurance salesman, and his
wife, Marietta, 28 hid the money
in a garment bag in* a closet.
..Last, night, they were at the
funeral home, preparing for the
funeral seryices at Our Lady of
the Angeles Church’ tomorrow.
When they returned to their
home in a west side factory area,
they founds the* door tampered
with—and" the $625 gone.
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WASHINGTON, {/PMames E.
Curry, Washington attorney who
said he represents between 20 and
30 Indian grotps, reported Satur
day Secretary of Interior Chap
man ftas upheld four of his Con
tracts with EskimbS in Alaska and
Indians in Washington State, Mon
tana and* Nebraska. r r *
Curry said Indian Commissioner
Dillon S. Meyer'"had disallowed
these four and nine other agree
ments, but the action was over
ruled on appeal to Chapman.
Curry said' contracts upheld in
33-Year-Old Finger
Print Solves Year
Old Sea Mystery
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—A 33-year
old fingerprint and a persistent
deputy U.S. marshal have cleared
up some of the mystery surround
ing the fate of crew members of
the fishing vessel Midget of Seat
tle. - * • • •
A body found last summer near
Cape St. Elias has benn identified
as that of Capt. John Erickson,
master of the ill-fated vessel.
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The Midget and its crew of 3
disappeared late in May, 1959,
while ehroute to Cbrdove, Alaska,
from Seattle. No trace was fotifid
of the vessel during a subsequent
widespread sea and air search.
Last June 16 the Coast Guard
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| vessel North Wind found a body
near Cape St/ Elias and took it to
Seward for burial.
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• No identification was possible
from the clothing and the body
was badly decomposed. However,
I Deputy ‘ Marshal Irwin Metcalf
I managed to take a fingerprint,
j which was forwarded to the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation. The
FBI confirmed yesterday that the
/ *<f m r.Vd those taken of Er
ickson when he entered the Army
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Jo • rs a o.
Captain Erickson was 62 at the
time oi his - death. His widow,
Mrs. Anna Erickson, lives at Win
slow, Wash.
Nothing has been heard from
two other members of the Midg
et’s crew since the vessel **■'< v"u .
They were Albert and Ralph Pe
terson, brothers' Of Mrs. tester
Wilkins of Cordova.
eluded:
A 10-year contract with the Es
kimo village of Unalakleet, Alas
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! upheld involve handling of claims
against the government.
WASHINGTON, <£>)—Delos W.
Rentzel, chairman of the CAB,
will be nominated as undersecre
tary of commerce for transporta
tion, the Washington Post said to
day. The nomination is expected
this afternoon.
Rentzel would replace Maj.
Gen. Philip B. Fleming, slated to
be nominated for the post of Am
bassador to Costa Rica, the Post
said. * ■ ■■
...The Commerce department job
is. expected to be broadened so
that Rentzel would, in effect, be
in charge of mobilization pf civil
ian aviation for national defense.
CASA BLANCA, French Mor
rocco, *(iP)—Informed sources to
day flatly denied Cairo press re
ports of anti-French disorders in
Morrocco. They said French au
thorities are considering an inves
tigation of the reports described
|here as fantastic and untrue. The
! reports alleged that the city of Fez
| had been bombarded and that the
| French populace' ‘was being read
ied for evacuation by army trucks.
Yesterday passed as peacefully
in 'Morrocco as in any tropical
French community, sources here
declared.
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divisions of Yugoslavia “on our side.”
Mr. Dewey makes clear the,possibility that this coun
try cannot count on the support of South America if
Europe comes under the control of the Communists. He
points out that their economic dependence on trade with
Europe is greater than with the United States. He advo
cates a clear-cut declaration as to our policy, backed by
sufficient military strength‘to make the declaration
mean something.
Roads and Mining
(By Richard E. Lea)
(Part I)
At the annual Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
dinner held at the Bering Sea
Club banquet room in Nome on
Feb. 14th, I presented a talk on
the subject of “Roads in the Sew
ard Peninsula Area and Their Im
portance to Our Economy.”
I An outline of the text of the
I talk follows, emphasizing tne
great need and showing the almost
complete lack of road transport
facilities throughout the entire
Second Division. *
I In a talk delivered by Dan
Jones, Territorial Mining Engin
eer, preceding that of my own, a
very comprenensive ua^yo.o of
the mineral deposits of all classi
fications other than gold, was pre
sented, having in mind the pres
ent needs of the United States in
critical metals and the availability
of a long list of those important
metals that are urgently required
1 in the present crisis, all of which
are found in minable quantities In
and around this area. Mr. Jones'
report indicates the vast potential
ities of the mineral resources ly
ing, known and available, through
out Sewoird' Peninsula,' awaiting
only the construction of roads into
these areas to open up a veritable
treasure-house 6f wealth. ‘' ’ *c u
Beginning at the westernmost
end of Seward Peninsula, around
the Cape Prince of Wales district
is an area rich in tin deposits, but
developed only on the fringes of
sea coast, confined there be
cause of lack of road facilities
into the interior. The Burau of
Mines and Geological Survey have
indicated the presence of rich de
posits of tin extending for 1a dis
tance of nearly a hundred. miles
inland from the sea-coast.
Continuing east, near the Imruk
Basin, north of Nome, is found
large deposits of high grade graph
ite, exceedingly minable and
awaiting only roads to make it
. sensible....
Found in the same area is the
metal Beryllium, used as an alloy
in hardening steel and copper.
Lying close by, just to the south
ward toward Nome,* has been
found a large rich deposit of al
most pure Bismuth,, awaiting only
a road to start immediate develop
ment and mining of this valuable
and strategic metal.
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- Antimony,, another strategic
metal is found close to the vicin
ity of the bismuth deposits. Two
mines have been in operation and
had taken out considerable ton
nage, but again the operators
found it impracticable to continue
due to lack of road facilities for
transportation.
Surrounding he vicinity of Nome
and including in particular that
large and undeveloped area be
tween Nome and Solomon lies an
other storehouse of minerals that,
according to geologists contains
wealth of such potentialities that
would most certainly justify ex
penditures for construction of a
road opening up this large area for
development. This entire area is
considered one of the richest pla
cer mineral deposits in all of Alas
ka, containing not just one but
; many minerals and metals import
ant to the economy of the United
States.
(To be continued)
The Baluchitherium, now repre
sented only by fossils, is believed
to have been the .largest land
mammal that ever lived, having a
shoulder height. of !8 fe^t and a
weight of about IQ tops'
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