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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Monday, October 1, 1951
CUTTING OFF ONE’S OWN NOSE
The proposal to grant Alaskans the right to elect
their governor is nothing more than a sop designed
to head off statehood.
It is a sop craftily conceived by the anti-statehood
group of which Sen. Hugh Butler of Nebraska is the
mouthpiece. He introduced the legislation despite the
fact that a few years ago when he was chairman of a
Senate committee he rejected similar legislation intro
duced by Alaska’s Delegate Bartlett.
Obviously, Butler refused to approve an elective
governor bill when Alaskans wanted it. But now that
Alaska is on the verge of winning statehood, he would
rather use the old proposal as a sop.
The measure has a certain enticement for the
unwary because electing the governor is one of the
rights Alaskans ought to have. Under statehood they
would get it with all the other rights inherent to full
American citizenship. As it is proposed in Congress
now, it would be a right in lieu of all the other rights.
Enactment of the elective governor legislation
would be hurtful so long as Alaska must remain a
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territory.
This is not speculation. It is a statement of a cold
fact.
As long as Alaska retains its territorial status,
Alaskans are wards of the government. A ruling of the
U.S. Supreme Court has held that the federal govern
ment is responsible for the welfare of the people in
its territories. , j
At present Alaska has two connections with the
federal government. One is the governor who is ap
pointed by the President. The other is the delegate to
Congress who is elected by the people.
By eliminating the governor as a federal appointee,
Alaskans would be losing one of their two vital con
nections in Washington. Instead of being a representa
tive. of the President of the United States, he would be
a local Alaskan with no special standing in the eyes
of the various federal departments.
Under the present system, the governor is in
Alaska because the President of the United States
sent him here. When the governor goes to Washington
and thumps on someone’s desk and asks for action to
help Alaska, he thumps as the President’s representa
tive. The bureaucrats hesitate to ignore him.
If the governor is displeased with the federal
activity he can get the President’s ear.
“See here, Mr. President, you sent me to Alaska to
do a job. Now you must see that I have something to
work with, or else you can have your old job,” the
governor might well say, in effect, to the President.
But if an Alaskan went back to Washington as the
elected governor, he could thump on the federal desks
and merely arouse the question, “Who are you? Oh, the
governor of Alaska, eh? We’ll get to your problem
when we can.”
Much of the present day pressure for the elective
governor stems from those persons who have real or
fancied complaints. But the legislation pending in Con
gress stems from the anti-statehood element.
The sponsors hope that the right to elect the
governor would take the pressure off of the statehood
movement. Obviously, they are willing to weaken
Alaska even as a territory in order to avoid statehood.
A sensible looking girl very often is not as sensible
as she looks, because a sensible girl has more sense
than to look sensible.
The next time you get mad with somebody just
ask yourself how important the quarrel will be in
about ten years.
Alaska Railroad Cancels
Freight Rate Increases
Scheduled For Oct. 15
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — Increases
in Alaska Railroad freight rates
which were scheduled to go into
effect Oct. 15 has been cancelled,
General Manager John P. Johnson
announced yesterday.
Johnson said the volume of traf
fic has exceeded expectations be
tween July and September and
earnings indicate the present rates
can be continued for the time
being without incurring a deficit.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving from Anchorage were
M. V. Spalding, Billy Johnson,
Molly Lonac, Margaret Howarth,
Mrs. Knudson, Bill Knudson,
Minnie Ableamagalik, Gerald
Deetz, Dorothy Williams, Kaare
Berkland, S.Thompson, Lee Bloom,
Adam Habler, Geo. Bartlett, James
Mitalaf, Daniel Smith, David
Zweibel, Mrs. M. Powell and in
fant, Tom Meville, D. J. Sedrer
strom, Ray Tentier, Billy Vuicich,
and H. Nichdson.
Departing for Anchorage were
Roy Buster, Robert A. Wetzel,
Ernest A. Wetzel, Frank Piloner,
H. Porter, and James M. Leer.
OVER A HUNDRED GUESTS
ENJOY TEACHERS TEA
Over a hundred guests enjoyed
a sociable evening in the Nome
School auditorium last evening at
the informal tea given for the
teachers by the parents.
Chairman of the party was
Mrs. Paul Carlson, who made the
plan and promoted the idea. De
licious cup-cakes made by a group
of the mothers were served from
centrally located serving tables
decorated with beautiful Nome
grown fresh flowers.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Noel Vogen, Carl
Hayes, Robert Apok, and Eugene
Olsnna.
Discharged: H. Ahwinona, Roy
Gasasuk, Susanne Fagerstrcrm,
George Attatayak, Elvira Olson.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
has made application Nome 01038
for the conveyance to the Alaska
Aeronautics and Communication
Commission, the following de
scribed tract of public land, pur
suant to the provisions of Section
16 of the Federal Airport Act of
May 13, 1946 <60 Stat. 179; 49
U.S.C. 1115), for the construction,
operation and maintenance of the
Kotzebue Municipal Airport,
Alaska:
From U. S. Survey corner
marker No. M.C. 9 for U.S. Sur
vey No. 2645 (a brass plate set
in an iron post) go N 36° 30' W
for 140.0 feet; thence S 52°30'W
along a pole line for 1728.0 feet
to a point coincident with sta
tion 9-31.00 on the Kotzebue
Municipal Airport proposed
east-west landing strip, N. 79°
15' W for 981.0 feet along the
proposed landing strip center
line to a point, thence N 10°
45' E for 6.10 feet to the point
of beginning, thence N 10°45'
E 871.9 feet to a point; thence S
79° 15' E 1639.85 feet to a point;
thence S 72°45' W 1857.2 feet to
the point of beginning, de
scribing a tract containing 16.4
acres more or less.
The purpose of this notice is
to give persons claiming an in
terest in the land or having bona
fide objections to the convey
ance to file with the Regional Ad
ministrator, Bureau of Land Man
agement, P.O. Box 480, Anchor
age, Alaska, within 30 days after
the first publication, a protest to
gether with evidence that a copy
of the protest has been served on
the applicant.
Lowell M. Puckett
Regional Administrator
Publish Sept. 17,24, Oct. 1,8, 1951
Eighth Army In Korea
“Ready To Strike Hard”
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, (/P) — The
Eighth Army is “prepared to
strike, and strike hard” in Korea
if the Reds want all-out war.
That warning was issued to
night in Tokyo by Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway’s public information
office.
It came as Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley, America’s top military leader,
and Ridgway toured command
posts on the eastern front where
the United Nations’ autumn of
fensive got under way last Tues
day.
South Korean troops in that
mountainous sector bared their
bayonets Monday and drove 500
to 600 Reds of the third crest of
q ridgeline west of Heartbreak
Ridge. They won the other two
peaks Sunday night.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving with Pan American on
Friday evening were Paul Koaco,
Ray Dowple, Ray Emerson, Eric
Gedlof, G. Hoffman, Robert Mack,
William Mclvor, John Ratcliffe,
Boyd Southard, Frank Wipride,
Gordon Osborne, Martin Peter- j
son, Ted Wirenskie, Alvin Polet, ,
Mr. and Mrs. John Pilafian, Bryan |
Roonek, and A. Penayak.
Departing were Mrs. Helen
Bockman, Walter West, Arthur
Nessett, Mrs. Paul Sarv, E.E. Ross, !
Andrew Bradwick, for Fairbanks; i
for Juneau, Martin Holmes, Harry j
Strickland, John Freeland; for Se
attle, Art Johnson, John Talmadge, !
Sam Turpin, W. H. Webb, H. P.!
Bade, Milton Traillae, C. A. Burns,
O. B. Bell, A. Wilson, E. Kidder,
Jack Squarebridge, Joe Cummings.
It’s hard to teach children good
manner when they don’t see them
at home.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commerce,
Weather Bureau
Mostly cloudy with occasional
light snow* tonight and Tuesday.
Moderate NE winds. Lowest tem
perature expected tonight 37, high
est tomorrow 39.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Precipitation .01 in.
Temperatures: highest 40, lowest
25. Maximum wind 20 mph. from
the west. Sunrise at 6:11 a.m., sun
set at 5:30 p.m.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 23 Cloudy
Point Hope 32 Snow
Kotzebue 36 Cloudy
Wales 32 Cloudy
Gambell 34 Snow
Mome 32 Cloudy
Unalakleet 35 Rain
Bethel 34 Part cloudy
McGrath 34 Rain
Anchorage 42 Part cloudy
Fairbanks 33 Snow
Whitehorse 35 Clear
Edmonton 54 Cloudy
Juneau 45 Cloudy
Ketchikan 52 Rain
San Francisco 65 Showers
Seattle 56 ~ Showers
Growl all day and you’ll feel
dog tired at night.
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