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fot thie inClUder ;.;
v <: 1 • i Atomic bomb tests to date
have beta* couducted only in fa
vorable "weather conditions in
dfoastihlike those which would
be Pogifcal A-bomb targets in a
war With Russia.
2. The area already is owned
.by the government and controlled
by the military. There is no need
for a transfer of authority or to
•enter an agreement with another
nation, as would be the case if
Arctic tests were made in barren
northern Canada.
3. Any of the Aleutian islands
is easiiy reachable by sea\.trans
port which presumably would be
needed to. get in the extensive and
S -f;
h e a y y equipment needed for
building installations to house
instruments and other material.
4. By coincidence, the present
overall commander in Alaska is
the former commander for air at
the Bikini test, Lt. Gen. William
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E. Kepner.
Dallas, Texas, is the largest Am
erican city not on navigable water. ]
Requirements. Raised for
Comm, of Education
JUNEAU, (#*)—Gov. Gruening
yesterday signed a bill amending
the law governing the qualifica
tions required of a commissioner
of education.
At the same time, he disclosed
receipt of many letters and tele
grams opposing the measure. The
contention of those opposing the
neasure was that it lowered the
standards required orf a commis
sioner.
In signing the bill, however,
the governor declared that the
act actually raises the require
ments. He said that under the new
act u commissioner must have
broad administrative experience,
a sound and workable educational
philosophy and high academic
attainment.
From such persons under con
sideration, he added, a suitable
selection can be made under re
quirements eft the act.
During the coming biennium
the commissioner will have $10
million available for educational
purposes.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
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G-E Automatic Roaster - G-E Hotplate
G-E Washing Machine - G-E Sun Lamp
G-E Electric Clock - G-E Mazda Lamps
Wiring Materials
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APRIL FOOL
Dinner Dance
Bering Sea Club
Sat., March 31, 1951
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OPA Ready to
Cover 60% of foods
WASHINGTON, W—The gov
emment was ready today to order
a new system of price controls on
about 60% of the food in your
grocery Store.
After weeks of restling with
problems involved, the Office of
Price Stabilization (OPS) has com
pleted two retail food orders and
one wholesale food order.
The changeover will give the
American public some price roll
backs and some price increases
.within the next few weeks—and
Price Director Michael V. Disalle
has predicted that the rollbacks
will outnumber the increases.
SS. Victoria to Sail
On Seward Run
In what is scheduled to be her
..earliest sailing in five years, the
famed 81-year-old Alaska Steam
ship Company steamer Victoria is
to be commissioned Monday, Mar.
26, for a March 30 trip to Seward,
Alaska, H. N. Peterson, company
general traffic manager, said
today.
“The ‘Vic’ is being taken out of
layup to handle a special cargo
development to the Alaska Rail
belt, beyond the capacity of our
regularly scheduled vessels,” Pet
erson pointed out. “Of the several j
ships in our reserve fleet ready to
meet unusual traffic demands, the
‘Vic’ is particularly well-suited
for the type of packaged cargo
that has developed this week.”
Captain Ben Aspen, who just
returned with Mrs. Aspen from
an Alaskan vacation cruise on the
steamer Baranof, will command
the ‘Vic’ this voyage, which will
mark the beginning of another
season in the colorful historical
career of this vessel.
Built for the Cunard Line in
1870 and launched as the Parthia,
the ‘Vic’ helped make Alaska gold
rush history and was a familiar
sight to sourdoughs of that era. It
was not uncommon then for her
to handle as much as two million
dollars in gold per trip from the
Seward Peninsula.
For years the Victoria was the
first to reach Nome after the ice
break-up in the Bering Sea and
the last to leave before navigation
closed in the fall.
NOTICE
Petitions circulated by candi
dates for the forthcoming Muni
cipal and School Board election
must be filed in City Clerk's Of
fice by 5:00 p.m., March 29, 1951
86,2 Carrie M. McLain
Cily Clerk
WANT ADS
ORDER RUBBER STAMPS at the
Nugget Office.
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COMMERCE
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• Three of the candidates for city
election responded to the invita
tion of the Chamber of Commerce
to discuss city problems yester
day noon at a specially prepared
i luncheon. It was a disappointment
! to this active civic group to have
only three out of eleven attend
the meeting, although several had
legitimate excuses.
Those attending were Mrs. Joe
Hunt and Lester Bronson, candi
dates for mayor, who responded
capably on their views of what
should be done. Carrie McLain,
City Clerk, presented pertinent
facts relating to the outstanding
budget program.
A. Polet, Dewey Goodrich and
Arvo Sarario talked on phases of
preparedness in relation to the
tourist season which will start
soon.
Ted Duffield suggested a “Town
Hall Tonight” program in con
1 nection with City Council meet
ings. I
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FOLK GAMES
TONIGHT
METHODIST CHURCH
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FAIRBANKS WEDDING
A wedding of wide interest
throughout Ulterior Alaska took
place on Valentine’s Day when
Mrs. Laura B. Hagberg and Dallas
A. Wright were united in mar
riage by UJS. Commissioner Clin
ton B. Stewart.
Mrs. Wright, mother eft six chil
dren, was bom in Candle and is
the daughter of Mrs. Susit Beltz
of Selawik in thesKobuk country.
She traveled to the United
States for the first time in 1947 as
winner of the Central Labor Coun
cil’s Labor Day Contest.
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