ACS Construction
Program Okehed
WASHINGTON—Congress put
its stamp of approval on a $7,663,
212 contsruction program for the
Alaska Communication System
when the House passed on the last
day of the session a Senate author
ization bill similar to one spon
sored by Delegate Bartlett on the
House side.
The bill authorizes family hous
ing and buildings for equipment
and operation at the following
places in the Territory: Adak,
$175,000; Anchorage, $800,000;
Anchorage-Fairbanks tat a point
between!, $175,000; Anchorage
Fairbanks tat three locations be
tween!, $545,550; Bethel, $20,000;
Big Delta, $354,579; Cathedral
Bluffs, $350,684; Cape Fanshaw,
$175,000; Cold Bay, $83,500; Cor
dova, $28,400; Eielson Field, $307,
255; Fairbanks, $1,407,220; Haines,
$60,500; Juneau, $23,340; Kotze
bue. $30,000; Lena Point, $149,900;
Mile 33, $46,400; Mitchell Point,
$175,000; Naknek, $480,600; Nar
row Point, $175,000; North way,
$377,204; Nome, $289,000; Peters
burg, $74,000: Point Agassiz, $175,
000; Portage, $100,000; Skagway,
$91,900; Thane, $175,000; Ketchi
kan. $157,800; Kodiak, $12,580;
and Seattle, $436,500.
The authorization, which must
be followed by appropriations to
become effective represents a part
of the $16,800,000 five-year pro
gram started in 1949 to provide
permanent buildings and quarters
to replace temporary quarters con
To Hold Fisheries 1
Hearings In Seattle
SEATTLE, (/P)Le. L. Bartlett, j
Alaska Delegate to Congress, said
here Monday that a “snowballing”
awareness of the need for north -
land defenses has paved the way
for starting work on many pro
jects in the current fiscal year.
He told the Alaska division of
the Seattle chamber of commerce
that $96,186,922 has been appro- j
priated in cash and contract au
thorization for defense construc
tion in the Territory.
Of this amount, he said, the
army will receive $46,083,355, the
navy $25,414,000 and air force
$24,689,567.
Bartlett was the only one of four
House sub-committee members to
arrive in Seattle for a scheduled
hearing yesterday on the proposed
elimination of Alaska fishtraps.
He said the sub-committee of
the House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries will attempt
to hold the hearing in Seattle on
the group’s return from Alaska.
He held a brief session Monday
afternoon with Joseph T. Flakne,
chief of the department of interi
or’s Alaska branch, and John
Drury, committee counsel, to take
the names of persons who had
hoped to testify.
A referendum in Alaska heavily
favored gradual elimination of the
fishtraps more than a year ago.
structed before and during the war
for the Alaska Communication
1 System.
WE CARRY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FINE LIQUORS. BEER AND WINE
Out-of-Town Orders Carefully Handled
THE NOME LIQUOR STORE
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
For BETTER EFFICIENT
WATER SERVICE
CALL MAIN 24 or MAIN 70
BAKERY GOODS
FRESH EVERY DAY
Prices Reasonable
NOME GRILL
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Northwestern Alaska !
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE '
DINNER
Thursday, Oct. 27, 7:00 P.M.
PIONEER HALL
Reservations must be in by Thursday noon at
Nome Motors or Vi’s.
Nor thlanri Girls
Enthusiastic Over
Girl Scouting
Mrs. L. M. Browning, repre
sentative of the Girl Scouts of
America returned from a trip to
the north enthusiastic about the
response she met for Girl Scout
ing and the interest of the girls
and their leaders in the places she
visited.
In Kotzebue two troops have
been formed. 20 Brownies and 25
in an itnermediate group. Leaders
are Helen Lundborg, Evelyn
Reich. Mrs. D. Westbrooke, and
Esther Ipalook. Committee for the
group is Alice Sheldon and Albert
Reed. The groups will meet in the
Alaska National Guard building.
In Candle Mrs. Browning found
a group well under way under the
capable direction of Solveig Xav
ier. This group is particularly in
terested in cooking as a special
project.
In White Mountain, Mrs. Flor
ence Feldkirchner, a former Girl
Scout leader from Arizona, has
just organized a group of 14 girls
who will center their activities
around music and dancing.
Another interesting project they
are starting is exchanging letters
with a Girl Scout group in Ala
bama, who have raised enough
funds by themselves to take a trip
to England next year. The White
Mountain group hope to get some
good ideas from them and possi
bly plan a trip to the States for
themselves.
Mrs. Browning leaves today for
Unalakleet to invest the troops
which were organized on her way
to Nome two weeks ago.
In Nome there are now a senior
group, two intermediate groups
and a brownie group. Leaders are
Dorothy Gallagher, Marilrite Gla
vinovich, Joy Galloway, M.
Urick.
The committee for the local
group consists of Mrs. A. Stien
wandel, public relations; Mrs.
John Hudert, organization; Mrs.
R. W. Fricke, scrap book and Mrs.
Luther Dunbar, chairman.
While in Nome Mrs. Browning
states she has given a nine-hour
training course to leaders and
committee member sto help them
in the work to be done with the
local groups.
Mrs. Browning was most pleas
antly surprised at the number of
girls of scouting age in Nome and
their interest in the various phases
of the program.
BRIEF
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query yesterday from a New York
newspaper about providing on
the-spot coverage of the new Yu
kon River gold-seeking rush.
Ketchikan is the Alaska city most
distant from the scene—about
1.200 airline miles.
CHICAGO, </P)—A one-time Ta
coma, Wash., housepainter was
held by police last night after a
woman was found shot and killed
in a west side Chicago hotel room.
The man identified himself as
Arthur Barstow, 44, and told Lt.
John J. Cogger the woman was
his wife, Yvonne, 39.
Barstow, bleeding from a slight
scalp wound when arrested, said
he shot his wife for “unfaithful
ness.”
He told Det. Arthur Paleznynski
later that they had separteed in
Tacoma six months ago. He went
to Annette, Alaska, and she to
Chicago. He came here three
weeks ago to attempt a reconcilia
tion.
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