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Nome, Alaska, Monday, January 15, 1951
SPAIN DEMANDS RETURN OF GIBRALTAR
Since 1704. the British have occupied Gibraltar, the
fortress on the Mediterranean. Prior to that time, it be
longed to Spain.
The British have expended considerable money in
preparing the defenses of the fortress. During both
World Wars, it added strength to the fighting power of
the Allies and helped to protect the vital sea lanes
through the Mediterranean.
Recently, Generalissimo Franco has publicly demand
ed the return of Gibraltar to Spain. He admits that it
has no value whatever, says that its goegraphical situa
tion puts it at the mercy of Spain and that “the truth is
that Gibraltar is not worth a war.” Moreover, he says it
is a fruit “that some day must ripen and fall.”
The timing of the demand raises some speculation as
to the purpose behind it. Practically nobody expects the
British to hand it back as a gift, and, consequently,
there are various interpretations as to what General
Franco expects to get by making the demand.
INDIA ASKS TONS OF GRAIN
As an indication of what the United States may ex
pect in the future, we call attention to a request of the
Indian Ambassador for two million tons of United
States food grains to make up shortages in this country.
This is no significant amount, even in a country with
abundant food supplies. We do not know the basis of the
official approach to the State Department but certainly
this country would be setting a dangerous example if it
attempted to supply sufficient food to relieve the short
ages that exist in all mass-populated areas.
HERE’S OUR LIAR’S STORY
(Daily Alaska Empire)
We think we can top the Burlington, Wis., Liar’s
Club story—at least with an Alaska angle. Here is our
story:
There was the fellow who discovered the source of
the Northern Lights beyond Point Barrow, mined it out
n chunks and sold them for batteries. It is said that he
made a fortune before the income tax boys caught up
. with him.
LET’S FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS
The annual March of Dimes will soon be upon us, to
gether with other efforts to raise money for the fight
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President Has Big
Plans For Alaska :
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lie works, the Alaska Communica
tion system and the Indian Serv
ice in Alaska are not itemized in
I the budget.
The road program includes a
road “of high military priority”
connecting the military airport at
Naknek with the ship port. Other
projects include beginning of hard
surfacing of the Tumagain Arm
i road; partial reconstruction of <the
remainder of the Seward-Anchor
age highway, and construction of
a new bridge to replace a danger
ous structure at Fairbanks.
Funds estimated for the coming
i 12 months also will permit com
pletion of improvement work on
the Tok Cutoff road in preparation
for surfacing, advancing work on
the new road from the Alaska
Highway to Eagle, building 25
miles of the Richardson Highway
Mount MoKinley Park road and
20 miles of local farm and indus
trial roads.
Estimates for the Alaska Rail
road include $17,500,000 for oper
ation and maintenance, $1,000,000
to complete the $75,000,000 reha
i bilitation program for the rail
! road begun in 1945 and $1,500,000
| for the purchase of a river boat
and two barges and improvement
of marine ways at Nenana.
The $10,000,000 for public works
is a part of a $70,000,000 five-year
program authorized by Congress in
1949. With $500,000 allotted for
administration, the program for
the coming year calls for letting
construction contracts totaling $9,
500,000 for 31 projects for such
public facilities as schools, hospit
als, streets and water and sewer
! systems.
The reclamation bureau’s step
i ped up program for the Eklutna
; power project calls for completion
of preconstruction surveys, exca
i vating about half of the tunnel, re
locating the Anchorage-Palmer
Highway adjacent to 'the power
house site, completion of the trans
mission line to Palmer, and prep
l arations of designs for the power
house and switch yards.
President Truman said he will
! ask Congress to include $3,500,000
‘ in a supplemental appropriation
j bill immediately and make an
i other $3,500,000 available July for
forest highways in the Tongass
National Forest. The highways are
1 essential, he said for the develop
ment of timber resources.
Airport construction by the Civil
Aeronautics Administration at
Fairbanks and Anchorage is ahead
of schedule, the ‘budget message
said, and will be completed before
next Jan. 1. The budget proposes
$221,286 for construction at An
chorage, $50,000 for Fairbanks,
$90,894 for administration and
$450,000 for operation and main
tenance of the airports.
Other Alaska items in the bud
get include:
Wrangell Narrows Kiver and
harbor project ctf the army engin
eers, $2417,000; public health serv
Sen. Russell Was
“Misunderstood”!!
He’ll Defend Alaska
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insist upon “defense of the Terri
tory and people of Alaska against
any foreign foe exactly to the
same extent that I insist upon it
for any State of the Union and
its people.”
Russel’s original stat e m e n t,
made November 30 in the Senate,
expressed opposition to “making
of new States which will fix an :
obligation to defend their rights
in case of a great emergency.”
The Alaska Statehood commit
tee criticized Russell’s statement,!
terming it an invitation for attack
“by aggressors only 54 miles
away.”
his wire to Harris, Russell
explained “I always have sought
to defend Constitutional and polit
ical rights of sovereign states
against encroachment of federal
power I also recognize the consti- i
tutional obligation of the federal
government to protect states, ter
ritories and all its citizens from
foreign aggressors. The fact you
and members of your organization
do not understand the distinction
between these two principles
should explain doubt existing in
the minds of many members of
Congress also to the wisdom of
admitting Alaska to statehood.
“At this time I am happy to as
sure you that I shall insist upon
defense of the Territory and peo
ple of Alaska against any foreign
foe to exactly the same extent that
1 insist upon defense of any state
and its people. I ne-7er expressed
any other view.”
Mr. and Mrs. George Vukich
(Nancy Lehmann) are the parents
of a son Joseph Robert, berm on
January 2, weighing 5 pounds and
six ounces.
The Vukich’s live at Monticel
lo, Washington, near the new
grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thor
ulf Lehmann, Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Liese and
their four little daughters, left
this morning for Juneau where
they been transferred by the C.1
A. A.
ice disease and sanitation investi
gation and* control, $1,234,000; ad
ministration of the Prilbilof Islands,
including management of the ur
Seal herd, by the fish and wild
life service, $1,014,000; general in
vestigations of the reclamation
bureau, $235,000; agricultural re
search, $280,000; payments to ag
ricultural experiment stations in
Alaska, $90,000; maintenance of
! roads, $3,300,000; care orf the in- j
sane, $502,141; salaries and ex
penses of the governor’s office,
1 $96,140.
The fish and wildlife service
said it proposes to construct hous
| ing and other facilities at two un
named points in Alaska as part of
| a plan ito tighten up on enforce
ment of game laws.
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against infantile paralysis.
We don’t know how you happen to feel but the pic
ture of little children, broken and crippled for life, wor
ries us. Anything that the people of this country can do
to prevent such tragedies, regardless of cost, is worth
while.
We hope that the people of Nome, despite the many
calls that come to them for financial help, will not over
look the importance of their contributions to the war
against this dread scourge of childhood.
A.F.R.S.
MARKS AIR FORCE BABE
NOME. ALASKA
Monday, January 15, 1950
5:00 p.m.—Beulah
5:15—Art Baker
5:30—ClUb “15”
5:45—Light Up Time
6:00—News
6:15—Requestfully yours
7:00—Mr. President
7:30—People Are Funny
8:00—Opera Concert
8:30—Greatest Story Ever Told
9:00—Twenty Questions
9:30—FBI In Peace and War
10:00—Name It For A Song
11:00—News
11:15—Words with Music
11:30—One Night Stand
12:00—Sign Off
Tuesday, January 16# 1950
9:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
9:15—Mon .ing Devotions
9:30—Hospital Requests
10:00—Eddie Albert
10:30—Red Foley
11:00—Jack Berch
11:15—^Science Magazine off Air
11:30—I & E Special
Noon—-Luncheon Turn-Table
1:00—Yesterday’s Best
1:30—AFRS Ranchhouse
2:00—Bookshelf of The World
2:30—Guest Star
2:45—Jack Smith
3:00—Matinee Melodies
3:30—Show Time
4:00—News
4:15—At Ease
4:30—Curt Massey
4:45—Massing Parade
5:00—Beulah
5:45—Special Troop Instruction
5:30—Club “15”
5:45—Light Up Time
6:00—News
6:15—Requestfully Yours
7:00—<Halls of Ivy
7:30—Bob Hope
8:00-^Sports I. Q.
8:30—Greatest Story Elver Told
9:00—Life of Riley
9:30—Mr. Keen
10:00—Name It For A Song
1 1 Npwc
11:15—Words With Music
11:30—One Night Stand
12:00—Sign Off
Wednesday, January 17, 1950
9:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
9:15—Morning Devotions
9:30—Hospital Requests
10:00—Eddie Albert
10:30—Red Foley
11:00—Jack Berch
11:15—Just Between Us
11:30—I & E Special
Noon—Luncheon Turn-Table
1:00—Yesterday’s Best
1:30—AFRS Ranchhouse
2:00—Book Shelf of the World
2:30—Guest Star
2:45—Jack Smith
3:00—Matinee Melodies
3:30—Hollywood Music Hall
4:00—News
4:15—At Ease
4:30—Curt Massey
4:45—Guest Star
5:00 p.m.—Beulah
Alaska Airlines
Suing Insurance
Firm For $5,000
(Anchorage Times)
Failure of its insurance com
pany to cover a loss sustained by
the Alaska Airlines when an em
ployee misappropriated funds, re
sulted in the filing of a $5,4I3;37
damage suit in district court. The
General Casualty Co. of America
is named as defendant.
According tb the complaint the
airline entered into an indemnity
agreement with the insurance
firm June 1, 1945. Between that
time and Dec. 23, 1947, Rex Lang
ham, the airlines general manager
at Nome, “misappropriated monies
and other properties” amounting
to the sum of the suit.
Although, the complaint states,
the defendant company has been
asked repeatedly to make the loss
good, they have not done so.
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