THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at ‘.he postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, December 17, 1948
BUDGET ESTIMATES LEAVE LARGE DEFICIT
Estimates of all Territorial Departments and boards
totaling $17,403,341.24 for the 1949-50 biennial period
have been approved by the Territorial Budget Board ex
actly as submitted, it was announced recently.
The Board estimated tax and miscellaneous revenues
under current tax laws for the same period at $6,640,
000, leaving a deficit of $10,763,271.24.
This does not take into acount an estimated $800,000
shortage of funds in the general fund to meet outstand
ing vouchers at the end of this month, and about $2,225,
000 suspended appropriations for school construction
and repairs, roads, etc., made by the 1947 Legislature
and “frozen” by the Territorial Board of Administration
almost two years ago because of the lack of funds in the
treasury.
The three major expenditures are—(1) Education,
$11,125,235.45; (2) Public Welfare, $2,840,000, (3) Pub
lic Health, $981,400,000.
These three departments’ estimates constitute about
82 per cent of the total budget estimates.
The itemsized budget follows:
Office of the Governor .$ 36,600.00
Emergency Appropriation .; 5,000.00
Office of Attorney General . 62,500.00
Office of the Auditor . 124,023.06
Office of the Territorial Treasurer . 114,600.00
Enforcement of L:c»u ir Regula ions 50,000.00
For Support of Schools 7,435,639.02
Office of Commissioner of Education 130,126.26
University of Alaska . 3.559,270.00 l
Office of Highway Engineer . 40,120.00
Maintneance of Telephone Lines—Shelter Cabins . 5,000.00
Territorial Building-*-Insurnnce, Repairs . 1,500.00
Commissioner of Mines . 100,000.00
Assay Offices and Sampling Plants . 218,500.00 !
Alaska Historical Library, Museum . 38,750.00
Pioneers’ Home—Sitka, Goddard . 399,980.00
Rescue and Relief of Lost Persons . 10,000.00
Aid to Public Libraries . 7,500.00
Livestock Inspection . 1,500.00 i
Primary Elections . 20,000.00
General Elections . 1,000.00
Bounty on Wolves and Coyotes . 75,000.00
Bounty on Hair Seals . 50,000.00 j
Fisheries Experimental Commission . 54,000.00
Alaska Communications Commission . 47,890.00
Territorial Department of Labor . 105,924,80
Alaska Industrial Board . 28,524.80
Department of Public Welfare ... 240,000.00
Old Age Assistance . 1,100,000.00;
Relief of Destitution . 500,000.00
Juvenile Code ..;. 250,000.00
Allowances for Dependent Children . 7.10,000.00
Department of Agriculture and Veterinarians .=. 113,016.30
Health and Sanitation .250,000.00.
Tuberculosis Hospitalization and Control . 715,400.00
Hospital Inspection and Licensing .,. 1,000.00
Hospital Survey and Construction Supervision . 15,000.00!
Department of Taxation . 221,042.00;
Alaska Development Board . 500,000.00.
Territorial Banking Board . 7,000.00
Board of Optometry . 395.00 ^
Board of Pharmacy . 3,000.00 :
Board of Medical Examiners .. 1,200.00;
Board of Accountancy . 600.00
Board of Cosmetology . 1,850.00
Board of Chiropractic Examiners . 500.00
Board of Dental Examiners . 2,500.00 ;
Board of Basic Sciences. 1,990.00
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$17,403,341.24 j
Approved Estimates 1949-1951 ...#.$1*7,403.341.24
Anticipated Revenue 1949-1951 . 6,640,070.00 I
Difference .$10,768,271.24'
Committee Says
Red Spy Ring
Still Continues
WASHINGTON, (>P>—Congres
sional spy hunters yesterday
promised new and up-to-the-min
ute sensations. Now that the cele
bra ed Hiss-Chambers case shifts
from Capitol Hill to a federal
court room.
Wednesday’s federal grand in
dictment of Alger Hiss, former
high state department official, on
two counts of lying under oath sat
isfied the House un-American ac
tivities committee that it has
nailed down evidence of a pre
war Soviet espionage ring.
Now the committee intends to
prove, members insist, that Red
spying still is going on in the gov
ernment.
They claim that a man still
working for the army as a civil
ian, stole secrets of the famous
Norden bomb sight and passed
them along to Russia in 1938.
But even as the committee
switched its main efforts away
from the Hiss-Chambers case, it
turned loose 26 more documents
it said were among those Cham
bers claimed he got from Hiss.
These covered such then top
secret information as a possible
trade treaty with Germany, Jap
anese troops movements, efforts
of some top Nazis to persuade Hi -
ler not to move prematurely
against Czechoslovakia and Jap
anese efforts to raise money in
the United States.
Only two of the documents were
reproduced from the microfilm
Chambers fished out of a pumpkin
on his Maryland farm two weeks
ago.
The rest were among papers
Chambers turned over to attorneys
preparing for the trial of Hiss’
$75,000 libel suit against him.
The paper dealing with a possi
ble German trade treaty—a mem
orandum which referred several
times to the approaching 1938 and
1940 elections—was cited by Rep.
Mundt <R.-S. D.», acting commit
tee chairman as proof of his con
tention that American policy
sometimes is influenced by do
mestic politics.
Right now, Mundt told news
men, the commit ee has two objec
tives:
1. To determine “the full part
of that the communist party in
America plays as an adjunct of
foreign espionage agents.”
2. What new laws are needed
to make continuing espionage “an j
the employment of disloyal peo
ple impossible.”
Mundt took back some of the
nasty things he had said about .the
justice department’s handling of
the spy case. “I congratulate the
a torney general’s office and the
rand jury on their diligent devo
tion to duty,” he said . .
But he took a fresh dig at Presi
dent Truman, who long has been
critical of the committee. Mundt
wound up a statement on the in
dictment last night with these
words:
“In conclusion may 1 express
the hope that nobody will ever
again refer to this case as a red
herring.”
INDIA PLANS SCHOOL
CALCUTTA, ■(^P)—‘India's gov
ernment has announced plans to
set up a technical institute mod
elled on the Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology. The plans call
for an initial expenditure of
$2,500,000. The government of
West Bengal has donated 1,000
ac~es of land for the project.
‘•Give RR. Workers
Less Work, Same
Pay”—Committee
w
WASHINGTON, (A*)—A Presi
dential emergency board today
recommended a 40-hour work
week without loss in pay for the
nation’s million non-operat i n g
railroad workers.
The workers now are on a 43
hour week.
The three-man board recom
mended that present basic pay
rates for the workers be increased
by 20 per cen. to provide ‘‘the
same basic earnings in 40 hours
of work as now are paid for 43
hours.”
The workers had asked a cut in
the work week to 40 hours, with
out any reduction in “take home”
pay, and—on top of that—a 25
cents an hour wage increase.”
The so-called “non-operating”
railroad workers are those who do
not operate trains.
The board’s recommendations,
made today o President Truman,
are not binding on the carriers or
unions.
The board said htat it felt the
non-operating rail workers should
get the 40-hour week because ‘‘all
other interstate industries have
had the 40 hour week since 1938
when the Fair Labor S andards
act was adopted.”
The board recommended that
‘he railroads be given until Sep
tember 1, 1949, to prepare for in
auguration of the shorter work
Heek
Meanwhile, it said, an immedi
ate seven cents hourly wage in
crease should be granted retroac
tive to October 1.
SUP Will Strike
Unless Pay Hike
Is Forthcoming
SAN FRANCISCO, (JP) — The
AFL Sailors’ Union of the Pacific,
demanding increases, has raised
the possibility of a new west coast
shipping strike if its demands are
no' met.
The union filed a routine 60
dav strike notice with the labor
department Monday. Harry
Lundeberg, SUP executive secre
tary. said the notice was presented
‘’s a safeguard—just in case we
have to take the hard way.”
The saliors has asked monthly
increases ranging from $20 lo $60
to a top rate of $350 for boats-1
wains, and the Pacific American .
shipowners’ assocaition has offer->
ed $16 to $20. No meetings have
been held since Monday, although
negotiations are subject to re
sumption on call of federal con
ciliator Omar Hoskins.
The SUP was not a party to the •
95-day strike of five unions end-!
ing December 6. But with its con- i
elusion, Lundeberg announced j
that “the faucet is open” and his •
union intended to get wage boosts.!
SEAMAN A8K6 $36400 DAM- !
AGES FOR INJURIES
SEATTLE, <#)—Burns he suf
fered in an explosion and fire
aboard the cannery tender Miss D
in Alaskan waters damaged him to.
the extent of $25,000 Anton An
tonson, 52 yehrs old, said in an ad
miralty complaint filed yesterday
in District Court.
Antonson, an able-bodied sea
man and cook aboard the vessel,
•Iso asked $425 for the loss of per
sonal property against the William
R. Gilbert company, Seattle oper
ators of the Miss D.
CHURCHES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday—
Masses at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. I
At the Base Chapel at 4:30 p.m..
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastors - Rev. H. R. Amundsen
and Rev. Theran McGrew
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service.
Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. - Chil
li: en’s Miracle Book Club.
Thursday - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer
Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
v?
aunaay
10:00 a.m. Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship, led
by Denny Ost.
PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
GOD
Third Avenue West
Pastor A. E. Capener
Sunday—
Sunday School.10:30 a.m.
Evening service .7:45 p.m.
Wednesday—
Bible Study .7:45 pm.1
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lewis I. Hudgins
“It is not Christmas without
Christ.”
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
day School classes.
11:00 a.m. Morning message.
7:00 p.m. Young People’s Meeting.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and special
music.
8:00 p.m. Evening message.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody and
Prayer.
You are ever welcome to attend <
ti e.-e services.
Come and bring your Bible.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
\ of
Alaska Evangelization Society
Rev. Vern Rimling, Pastor
Sunday:
2:00 p.m. Sunday School for
boys and girl3. *
Preaching service in the Eskimo
language by James Savok.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday:
7:30 p.m. Prayer and Testimony
Thursday:
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Bible Club for
Boys and Girls.
Friday:
7:30 p.m. Bible Study. b
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
SEN VICES
at
Pastor's Residence, corner el B St.
between 3rd end 4th Are.
Sabbath School—10 a.m. Saturday
Morning Worship—ll a.m. 4
Visitors welcomed.
Frod H. Wagner. Pester
K.K.
Public Library.
Opon
Friday*—?:30 to 8:00 PM.
Saturday*—2:30 to 4rOO P.»C.
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