was too far in the future to antici
pate any clash of interest with the
British and French and their South
Pacific possessions.
James commented with regard
to Alaska that the interior depart-*
ment will seek to develop the Ter
ritory’s commercial fisheries by
the clearing of spawning streams,
after which efforts will be made
to stock inland waters with game
fish, as food for the natives and
sport for the tourists.
“If the available spawning
grounds can be increased by 10
per cent and the salmon stocks in
crease proportionately,” Krug
wrote, “the expenditure of a few
hundred thousand dolalrs now
wilt add more that $5,000,000 to
the commercial fisheries of the
Territory.”
WATTS RESIGNS FROM
FIRE AND POLICE DEPT.
George Watts, who has been
utility man on the force during
the past few weeks, resigned the
position last Friday. He stated that
he expects to leave Nome in a few
days, possibly for his home in
Avalon, Pa.
1
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pint; r*n<sta£je
and tax
Hank Miller
Phone Black 153
Box 114 Nome, Alaska
Communication
•
Juneau, Alaska.
January 29, 1947.
Bill:
If I pretended to the public that
I owned and operated a newspa
per, I’d have the guts to run it as
such! I’ll never overlook your
“dirty dig” although I know you
had nothing to do about it.
CDA
... it was good advertising, re
gardless! Now poor Tony and the
Governor must have another play
thing at the expense of the peo
ple!
—
Dear Tony:
It gives me exceptional pleasure
in advising that it was not neces-:
sary for ANDERSON to take the!
necessary steps for the abolition ol'
the Alaska Planning & Develop
ment Board as someone beat me to
it. Your free trips to Juneau in
this score are OVER and your
friend Sundborg can find else- j
where to write books, etc.
The article Sundborg wrote you
for the Nugget is still a “pending”
issue and someone is going to be
asked a few questions. I find your
friend Rogers now in the Gov’s of
fice. He was the best assistance we
had in the recent hearing.
Sincerely,
Andy.
C. D. Anderson.
Mr. A. Polet
Nome, Alaska.
FATHER OF STAN BARTLETT
PASSES ON
Stanley Bartlett, local manager
for the Pan American left yester
day for Seattle, having received
the sad news of the death of his
father.
BRIDGE WINNERS AT
BERING SEA CLUB
Lucky bridge players at the Ber
ing Sea Club Tuesday evening
were Henry Miller, Agnes Galvin
and Mrs. Henry Miller.
WALLACE TAXI
NOME, ALASKA ' Phone RED 55
You are invited to attend a
PUBLIC DANCE
at the
High School Gym
Saturday, February 8
Admission: Gents $1.00, Ladies 50c
BASKET-BALL GAME at 8:00 P.M.
NOME HI vs. VETS
DANCING at 9:00 P.M.
This Dance is being given to raise funds
to send our High School Basket Ball Team
to the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Inter
Alaska Basket Ball Tournament.
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COME OUT AND SUPPORT
THE HOME TOWN TEAM
Soviet Lend Lease
Canneries Compete
With U. S. Firms
Special Washington Service) I
WASHINGTON, </P) — Alaskan 1
salmon packers declared today a
dozen lend-lease floating c mnev s
are being operated in Rus: ian i
cil'ic waters and const tutt a
threat to their industry.
The statement was madt by W. I
C. Arnold, managing dire tor <1
the Alaskan Salmon Indust y, Inc.,
in urging the committee for rtci
procity information to approve i
continuation of the present 25 pc
cent duty on salmon impor’s. Tn.
committee is gathering informa
tion for state department use ,n j
negotiating new trade treaties.
Arnold added that Russian op-‘
erators of the lend-lease canneries,;
turned over to Russia in 1944 are
using Japanese fishermen who
formerly worked north Pacific
waters for Japan.
"We can’t compete with an im
portation of that kind,” Arnold de
clared. He added "Of course, 1
don’t think the Canadians can
either.”
Arnold, who said he has spent
20 years in Alaska, described the
Bering Sea, separating Alaska
Rom Siberia, as "sitting on top of
the world like a huge gold fish
bowl on top of a pedestal.”
"Out there, the Russian ques
tion is a living question,” not an
academic one,” he said.
Protection of the Alaska salmon
industry also was urged by Rear
Admiral Frederick A. Zeusler (ret.)
of the Coast Guard, who said Alas
kan canneries are of military and
naval importance to this country.
Before 1942, he said, salmon
fishing boats were about the only
patrol craft the navy has in Alas- j
kan waters. They were responsi
ble, he said, for the sinking of the
first Japanese submarine there.
"If we hadn’t had these facili
ties, which were self supporting,
we would have been in a pretty
bad fix,” he continued. “They are
of vital importance, and we feel j
they should be protected.”
Eskimo Pair Want
To Fly In Alaska
—
SEATTLE—A pair of young Es-j
kimos who still remember whatj
hunting from skin boats is like
want to go back to Alaska as a r-i
plane pilots.
! Thomas Richards, 23, of Kotze-i
bue, a veteran of Coast Guard'
service, who was wounded in the
Solomons, and Reginald Joule, 24,1
j who fought in the Italian cam-!
paign, are taking flying lessons at |
Boeing Field.
“We want to get our commer-^
cial licenses, buy our own plane
and get into the flying business
up north,’’^Richards explained to
day. “Flying is very important up
there—they carry ever y t h i n g
around by air.”
They are probably the only Es
kimos learning to fly undei the
GI Bill of Rights, Veterans Ad
ministration officials here
Eskimo fliers in Alaska are very
rare.
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MRS. MILDRED HERMANN
COVERS LEGISLATURE
FOR THE NUGGET
j Mrs. Mildred Hermann, former
OPA executive, is giving The Nug
| get special coverage during the
meeting of the Legislature. Her
column will be featured in all is
sues of the Nome Nugget during
that period.
Duroc Boar Lti«n<£> ivecord Price
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pc- n~nnr— -t in iDf—n.viinni—it-t - W'WWWPPW-v
WASHINGTON, ILLINOIS — New hog history was made here
when Tazewell Ace, a Duroc fall yearling boar, sold for $4,250, a
record price since the boom days of World War I. This boar, shown
above in the Tazewell Farm sale ring, previously had been crowned
junior and reserve grand champion boar of the 1946 Illinois State
Fair. Buyer was Wynn Faim Company of Wynnburg, Tenn.
Magnuson Seeks
Relief For
Alaska Shipping
(By Charles D. Watkins)
<(#*) Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman’s request to Congress for
extension of provisions of the war
powers act for another year was
held out today by Senator Magnu
son (D.-Wash.), as offering relief
for Alaska’s shipping problems.
Under the present law the powe*
of the maritime commission to op
erate the Alaska Steamship lines
expires February 28. Private op
erators have said they will not
take over unless they are given
rate increases.
Magnuson contends that freight
and passenger rates to Alaska al
ready are too high and that the
Territory cannot stand another in
crease.
“Extension of the war powers
act to give the maritime comm
sion permission to operate steam
ship lines where needed for an
other year,” Magnuson told a re
porter, “will give us time to find
a solution to Alaska’s shipping
problems.
“If Congress approves the ex
tension asked in the esiae.u’s
message Monday we can then
plead Alaska’s case with the mar
itime commission.
“The service wouid continue to
the Territory without interrupt on
and meantime Congress could get
to work on a solution.
“Congress granted an ex.e 1 ion
last year so the Alaskan serv ce
could be continued and the . itua
tion is more crtical now.”
Senator Magnu^on and Delegate
Bartlett, said they would urge ap
proval of the extension and appro
priation of money needed for gov
ernment operation of the sir >
lines. The operation is n w lo ia
with the companies acting as
agents for the commission.
“Extension of the war powers
act,” Bartlett also told a reporter,
“will solve the critical situation
for the time be ng and we may be
able to work out a solution.”
After a conference between the
ship owners and a House mer
chant marine committee last week,
Bartlett quoted the owners as say
ing that if Alaska protested pro
posed increased rates, demanded
Congress Sends
One Bill In Month
Of Work
(By William F. Arbogasl)
WASHINGTON, (ff) — Finally
organized after a full month in
wnich only one bill was sent to
. resident Truman, the 80th Con
gress geared itself today to the
No. 1 business of law making.
“Growing pains” resulting from
the Congressional reorganization
act of last year contributed large
ly to the slower-than-usual start
of the legislative machinery.
Among other things, that act com
pletely realigned the committee
structure of both chambers.
ijut with the realignment now
complete two major measures may
come up for consideration in the
Senate and the House during the
latter part of this week:
1. Republican leaders are hope
lui that the House will get to a
vote on legislation limiting the
tenure of any President to two
terms.
2. Senate pilots are planning a
quick show-down on the House
passed war time excise tax rates
indefinitely on liquor, furs, cos
metics and omer so-called luxuries
as well as such things as travel
tickets and telephone service.
.'•either branch has considered
the Presidential limitation mea
sure, but the Republican high
co. miand has scheduled it for a
House vote Thursday. It proposes
that the question of putting a limit
>n White House occupancy be de
c ded by the states in the form of
i constitutional amendment. Thir
ty-six states would have to ratify
t before it could become law.
Passage of the excise tax bill is
virtually certain once it gets
'’round to a vote. The House ap
nroved the measure overwhelm
ingly last week.
hearings and delayed putting them
into effect, the owners would stop
service to the Territory immedi
ately upon taking over the lines.
The Alaska legislature voted
yesterday to intervene in the rate
case and demand hearings on the
justness of the proposed new tar
iffs.
This would have the effect of
suspending the rates until after
maritime commission hearings.