THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska,.under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, February 15, 1952
REMARKS OF SEN. O’MAHONEY OF THE SENATE
INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
AT STATEHOOD HEARING
“A glance at this map, Mr. President,” Senator
O’Mahoney said, “makes it clear that Hawaii and Alas
ka are the arms of Uncle Sam stretching toward the
Pacific. Are they going to stretch forward carrying the
torch of liberty and freedom, or is the Congress of the
United States going to say, by rejection of the statehood
bills, that we do not actually believe in the principle of
self-government and freedom about which we talk?
“We promised statehood when we incorporated
these territories. We have promised repeatedly state
hood in our political platforms. The arguments against
statehood are as thin as air; the arguments for state
hood are unassailable . . .
“Other senators have come onto the floor since the
discussion began, and I should like again to bring out
the point that the march of liberty and freedom has
been westward across the face of the globe, and now it
has reached Alaska and Hawaii. It has reached an iron
curtain, a curtain which has been lowered not alone by
the totalitarian dictators of the Kremlin, but by some
of us here at home who do not comprehend what has
been transpiring in the world. The progress of freedom
may be stopped unless we carry it forward. . .”
Dr. Moore Says
Alaska Needs More
Business Pioneers
SEATTLE — Dr. Terris Moore,
president of the University of Al
aska, said recently there are three
basic economic needs for the de
velopment of Alaska:
“New inventions and techniques
applicable to the territory, ener
getic businessmen who can carve
an empire out of America’s last
frontier and freedom from bu
reaucracy.”
Moore told the Seattle chamber
of commerce that in addition, a
free gold market would be a valu
able incentive to progress in Al
aska.
“We need a center for new in
ventions and techniques applic
able to Alaska as a frontier terri
tory,” Moore said, “and naturally,
the university would be an ideal
center from which to apply the
practicality of new methods.
“Also, I think Alaska should
have freedom from federal bu
reaucrocy. If Alaska had a couple
of senators, then some of the evils
of bureaucracy could be weeded
out.”
Referring to a free gold market,
Moore said, “When communistm
has been done away with, we
should have free gold. The people
are entitled to it. After all, gold
is just a commodity like anything
else.”
Dr. M sys A1 nds more Cap Lath
Auto Court Deaths
Suggest Foul Play
VANCOUVER, B.C., (^—Blood
stains and a missing suitcase con
taining gold Thursday indicated
the possibility of foul play in the
mysterious deaths of two men in
the gas-filled cabin of an auto
court here.
The badly decomposed bodies
of Paul Rousseau, 62, and Martin
Lepine, 54, were found in Cabin
27 Wednesday by proprietor Jo
seph McIntyre when he went to
collect the rent.
The bloodstains were found un
der the bed on which Rousseau’s
naked body was lying. McIntyre
said that when he found the bod
ies, Rousseau was wearing a ban
dage on his head that was not
there when the two men regis
tered Feb. 4.
A1 Champagne, a relative of
Lupine, said Lepine was expec
ting delivery of a suitcase con
taining gold which was to have
been sent to him from Seward,
Alaska.
He said he had not paid much
attention to Lepine’s story of the
suitcase but recalled him saying:
“It will be worth $16,000 fo me.”
The suitcase has not turned up.
The gas heater in the cabin was
turned on full but there was no
flame. There was a strong smell
: of gas though two windows were
j partly open.
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Di Salle to Quit Price Post
To Run for Ohio Senator
WASHINGTON, (;P)— Michael
V. Di Salle, the little fat man
from Toledo, Thursday neared the
end of 14 months’ service as the
nation’s price boss with a fare
well pat on the back form Presi
dent Truman for a good job done
by “a wonderful guy.”
• Further, the president told Di
Salle, ‘‘I hope you will succeed
in helping the Democrats to retire
a distinguished Senator” in Ohio
this fall.
Truman referred to Sen. John
W. Bricker (R-Ohio) whom Di
Salle hopes to unseat. The former
Toledo' mayor quits the price post
today to go home to Ohio to begin
his campaign for the Democratic
i senatorial nomination. If he wins
that, he’ll oppose Bricker in Nov
ember.
Take a Bath a Day, Asks
Fairbanks City Engineer
FAIRBANKS, </P)— Fairbanks
residents have been asked by their
city engineer to take at least one
bath a day.
It’s not that he thinks they’re!
too dirty. In fact, he doesn’t give
a hoot about their cleanliness.
Here’s the reason:
The extremely cold winter, in \
which temperatures were more
than 50 below zero for days left
the ground frozen as deep as ten j
feet. The frost is beginning to''
affect the city’s drain pipes.
The engineer says that if resi
dents keep lots of water running
down the drains maybe the under
ground sewer system won’t freeze
up.
ALASKA VISITORS
ASSN. TO HOLD FIRST
ANNUAL MEETING
Jim Chadwick, executive secre
tary of the Alaska Visitors Asso
ciation, announced recently that
the first regular annual meeting
of the association will be in Fair
banks on the 19th and- 20th of
February. Mr. Robert Ellis, tem
perary president, will preside.
The association is dedicated to
the promotion and encouragement
of tourist travel to Alaska. A
nationwide advertising and pub
licity campaign was inaugurated
the first of the year and present
plans will carry the campaign
through the coming season.
All individuals, organizations,
and business firms were extended
a cordial invitation to join the
organization and assist in the
campaign. “It’s an investment .in
one of Alaska’s biggest potential
Truman Undecided
Whether Or Not To
Seek Reelection
WASHINGTON, (A>)—President
Truman described himself Thurs
day as undecided whether or not
to seek reelection.
*
He told a news conference he
faces a difficult decision in de
ciding about his political future.
When he is ready to make an
announcement, Truman said, he
will make it himself. It won’t
come second-hand, he asserted.
This was an indirect reference
to the long series of statements
made by White House visitors
and Democratic leaders saying
either that Truman would or
would not run.
industries,” Chadwick said, “an
industry in which our resources*
will never be depleted,”
Offices of the new organization
are being established in Juneau.
PIONEER CARD PARTY
Saturday, February 16
* ' •
PIONEER IGLOO — 8:00 P.M.
PRIZES - REFRESHMENT - FUN
Everybody Welcome : : Admission $1.00
CAPTAIN ALASCO by ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
(The Patient Mariner) ... *
Not complaining — just stating facts!
I GUESS EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ^
A80UT THE INCREASED COST OF
EVERYTHING-.,,. DUST RAN ACROSS
ONE OF MY EXPENSE RECORDS FOR
OUR CLASS OF SHIPS LIKE THE
'FLEMISH KNOT" FOR. 1947 . SURE
BEEN A LOT OF INCREASES'
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f TAKE STEVEDORING FOR EXAMPLE...
ABOUT 40% OF OUR OPERATING COSTS
ARE IN LOADING- AND UNLOADING
SHIPS. THESE COSTS ALONE WENT
^ J°9°/l<’ BETWEEN 1947 AND 1951.
[ DURING THE SAME PERIOD WAGES FOR
SHIPS' CREWS INCREASED 71 % AND
GENERAL VESSEL EXPENSES FOR MA1NTEN
-ANCE. STORES, ETC, INCREASED 40%
(
[EVEN THE COST OF SUBSISTENCE
FOR THE SHIPS CREW HAS TAKEN
A 66% INCREASE. IN FACT THE
TOTAL COST OF OPERATING- THE SHIP
HAS JUMPED 184$ .
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