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ment covering the gist of his tes
timony.
Among the developments which
he said brought a tightening of
armaments and defense, Johnson
also mentioned:
“The fall of China, the serious
situations in southeast Asia, the
break of diplomatic relations with
Bulgaria and deteriorating rela
tions with other satellite countries
the Soviet assumption of control
over the armed forces of Poland,
Soviet naval expansion, the in
creased Soviet pressures in Ger
many, the recent attack on a na
val aircraft in the Baltic, and the
recent Soviet demands relative to
Trieste.”
The secretary said the present
record peacetime defense costs
probably will grow larger after
the next year.
The additional money already
approved bring to $14,261,127,300
the amount now in the defense
budget which the House will be
gin debating this week.
The money will probably be
added to a $29,000,000,000 one
package appropriation bill before
the House.
67,000 NEEDLESS DEATHS
One of every three cancer
deaths last year could have been
prevented by early detection and
prompt treatment, the American
Cancer Society says.
Alaska Statehood
Bill May Be
Re-Written
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the federal government.
Allen told the committee the in
ternational fishery situation al
ready is complicated by various
laws and treaties and that the
proposed Statehood bill “instead
of attempting to clarify the pic
ture just adds more confusion.”
He said one such example of
confusion is the international fur
seal agreement, covering the
catch of seals on the Pribilof Is
lands. The bill originally gave
control of the catch to the pro
posed States, but the Interior De
partment asked that it be amend
ed to give Alaska 50 per cent of
the net proceeds from the sale of
seal furs but to leave control with
; the federal government.
“Washington and Oregon,” Al
len said, “are just as much en
titled to a share of the proceeds
of seal fur sales as Alaska. I
should think the Senators from
thase States would look into
that.”
Rear Admiral Ralph Wood, re
tired, former Commander of the
17th Naval District, in which
Alaska is located, said he believed
the question of whether national
defense would be aided by state
hood was not pertinent to the
statehood question. He said state
hood in itself would have no ef
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Col. John R. Noyes, present
head of the Alaska Road Commis
sion, can stay in the army and
still head Alaska’s road work, it
was decided recently by the comp
troller-general of the United
States.
Colonel Noyes has been on loan
to the ARC from the army since
August, 1948. Under his direction,
roads in Alaska have been length
ened and improved, In line with
military needs, as well as to open
new agricultural and mining
areas.
feet on national defense.
W. C. Arnold, managing direc
tor of the Alaska Salmon Indus
try, Inc., opposed the bill.
He testified that his association
j feared taxes on the salmon indus
try, the only fully developed in- |
dustry in the Territory, would be- |
come prohibitive under statehood
because there would be nothing
else for the Territory to tax. He
said this was true because the bill I
would give the State only 1,273,
283 acres out of a total of 365,
000,000 acres of land in the Terri
tory.
“It takes more than an amend- j
ment to this bill to cure the diffi
culty,” Arnold said. “It takes an
amendment—and a drastic one at
that—of the policy of the federal
government toward Alaska.
“You know, the Constitution .
provides that new States shall be
admitted on an equal footing. No
State was ever admitted to the i
Union under such conditions as
are proposed here, and I think no
State would want to be.
“If the equal footing clause
means anything at all, it means
that if and when Alaska becomes '
a state it should receive a percent
age in quantity and quality of its
public land resources comparable
with the received by other public
land States.
“Statehood on any other basis
is a mockery.”
Moscow, lS.
Celebrates !V1a\ l)av
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MOSCOW, Idaho </P)—The Boy
and Girl Scouts and Campfire
Girls of Moscow, Idaho, aren’t
taking a back seat to the bigwigs
in Moscow, Russia, today.
In the U.S.S.R.’s Moscow, May
Day, the traidtional Soviet holi
day, is being celebrated with mil
itary parades, acres of red bunt-,
ing, speeches and mass homage to
portraits of Stalin, Lenin and
members of the politburo.
In the U. S. A.’s Moscow, the
boys and girls are setting up
booths on Main Street and pass
ing out badges saying the wearer
likes being an American and be
lieves in democracy.
This is the first year this col
lege town of 10,000 is celebrating
May 1 in this fashion. The badge
idea was fostered by the cham
ber of commerce.
Chamber secretary Don F. Wil
son explained that America’s Mos
cow thinks it should have some
answer to the big goings-in in the
other place on May Day.
The chamber is giving away the
badges as a counter-event affirm
ing “friendship and democracy,”
he said.
YOUTH AND CHILDREN CON
FERENCE FRIDAY NIGHT
Last Friay evening a group of
civic leaders met with the Mayor
or Nome, Steve Anderson, to dis
cuss the program for the -Mid
century Conference on Children
and Youth. A questionnaire of
several hundred questions was
filled out as part of the- initial
step in the program concerning
the social welfare, health, recre
ational activities, school, etc., of
the young people of this commun
ity. Joe Hunt was appointed per
manent chairman of the commit
tee, who will act as part of the
Alaska Commission.
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FAREWELL PARTY HONORS
REV. HUDGINS' FAMILY
Friday evening over a hundred
friends and well-wishers of the
Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins family,
tendered them a surprise farewell
party at the Nazarene Youth Rec
reation Hall on Division Street.
The evening was pleasantly
spent with community singing led
by a group of Girl Scouts; and
various specialty numbers, among
which were Bible verses by Mrs.
Helen Olsen’s Sunday School
class, duet by M/Sgt. and Mrs.
Vaughn; quartette by the Fager
strom sisters, Juanita, Ruth, Ger
aldine and Lucy Ann; solo by Mrs.
Green “God Be With You Till We
Meet Again,” sung in both Eng
lish and Eskimo; solo on the mus
ical saw by Sgt. Vaughn; Duet by
Bunny Whittington and “Hillbil
ly” Whittington; solo by Miss Lil
lian Ruppert, who played her
own accompaniment on the man
dolin.
Mrs. Effie Baldwin gave a short
farewell address, which included
an anonymous poem eulogizing
to Hudgins family. This was fol
lowed by a presentation address
by Mrs. Helen Olsen, who pre
sented Mrs. Muriel Hudgins with
a farewell gift of cash.
Mrs. Hudgins gave a short
touching acceptance speech.
The program was followed by
delicious refreshments of cake
and ice cream.
Rev. Hudgins and family will
be leaving some time, this month
for a year’s furlough in the States,
after spending five years in Nome.
He started from scratch and has
erected a fine church, parsonage,
club room, and the latest building
the new Youth Recreation hall,
has just been completed and dec
orated, and will be greatly en
joyed by the young people of
Nome.
The Hudgins family has en
deared themselves to a host of
friends in Nome who will miss
their smiling faces and good
works, though they are glad that
the Hudgins’ will have their well
earned furlough and will be
awaiting their return one year
hence.
During Rev. Hudgins’ absence
the pulpit will be filled by Rev.
Clark H. Lewis, of Kansas City,
Mo., who will arrive with his fam
ily some time this month.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walsh left for
Watertown, South Dakota, having
been called there suddenly due to
the sad news of the death of Mrs.
Walsh’s father there.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Stanley R. Morgan. Prat.
Ron Broussaau. Secy.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meats First and
Third Thursday
each month
STANLEY R. MORGAN. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
ORDER OF THE
WALRUS
NOME, ALASKA
WES WELCH, Pres.
A. L. WALKER, Secy.
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40