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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
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FIREWORKS DON’T ALL GO OFF ON THE 4TH
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
“All men are created equal; they are endowed
by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that
* among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness”—so says the Declaration of Independence which
made Americans a free people.
It seems that some of these free people are tread
ing rather injuriously on a large group of Americans
when a single spokesman for a .union of workers in
San Francisco can destroy the economy of a large part
of America, called Alaska, and disrupt the businesses
of other free people, Alaskans.
The Declaration further states that ‘‘governments
are instituted among men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed.” It would seem that
those in the Territory of Alaska are being governed
without their consent and the voice of the people is
going unheeded.
The Declaration further states that “when
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a long train of abuses — evinces a design to reduce
them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is
their duty to throw off such government and to pro
vide new guards for their future security.” Over a
period of twenty years, Alaska has been faced and
handicapped by crippling strikes through no fault of
their own, but the present strike is the most devas
tating in its history.
Its seriousness is clearly shown when leaders of
the Republican party and anti-administration Demo
crats have thrown aside their political and personal
differences and pledged themselves to assist Governor
Gruening because they know he is sincere in his efforts
to relieve the distress throughout Alaska. j
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One clause of the Declaration is particularly fit
ting to the present situation — “for cutting off our
trade with all parts of the world.” That over 100,000
innocent Americans must suffer through no fault of
their own,'is un-American and breeds contempt. We
hope that those who have sponsored the injury will
recognize the fact they are losing face before all Am
ericans, and will change their policy immediately.
An efficient executive is one who can handle not
only his job, but other jobs and other people in them,
and put the right people in the right job.
Curiosity is the key to all knowledge.
Kotzebue News
Sgt. and Mrs. Jay Maley and
daughter Catherine have arrived
in Kotzebue where Sgt. Maley/
will replace M/Sgt Russell Har
ris who has been in charge of the
ACS station for the past four and
a half years. Sgt. and Mrs. Maley
came from the Aleutians where
he was in charge of the ACS sta
tion at Shemya. Sgt. and Mrs.
Harris will leave about July 15
for re-assignment.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Fisher, for
merly- of Portland, Ore., arrived
in Kotzebue recently with Dr. R.
M. MacKenzie, dental director for
the Alaska Native Service. The
Fishers are stationed in Kotzebue
for the opening of a permanent
dental clinic for this area, as part
of the expansion in the ANS oral
health program. This is the third
clinic opened since November.
Dr Fisher's territory embraces
all the villages of the Arctic, in
cluding Barrow, and all those
south of Kotzebue which are not
included in the Bethel district,
covering the same area as the
medical services originating from
the Kotzebue ANS Hospital.
After several days in the vil
lage, Dr. MacKenzie was flown
to Barrow by Pete Peterson on a
field trip. Immediately after this
Pete flew three carpenters from
Shungnak to Naknek where they
will work on the new ANS Hos
pital at Kanakanak. Carroll J.
Hughes, teacher and assistant at
Shungnak, for the past several
years, is enroute to Kanakanak as
construction foreman on the same
project.
* * *
John Cooley, head of the Alas
ka Road Commission for the Sec
ond Division, Capt. Hunter G.
Harvison, newly appointed Army
instructor for the National Guard
in this area, Alaska Linck of Pan
American and Kay Kennedy of
the News-Miner, both of Fair
banks, were guests at the last
Arctic Circle Chamber of Com
merce meeting where the main
topic was the distressing road
situation in Kotzebue.
Major Cooley was helpful in
making a road survey of the vil
lage in company with Frank
Whaley and Andy Anderson.
No funds have ever been allot
ted for road work north of the
Arctic Circle since the days of
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CCC, and the Chamber is making
every effort to secure recognition
and consideration in future road
planning. An important feature
of road planning is extension of
a road beyond the CAA to Sadie
Creek for water supplies. The
village is entirely dependent upon
catching rain water for drinking
and cooking purposes during the
summer months, except for Noa
tak River water, which is brought
into Kotzebue in meager quanti
ties by boat.
Other Chamber topics covered
cleanup week and reports from
those in charge of the big Fourth
of July celebration. By a slight
margin the members voted for
universal military training in re
sponse to a request for a vote on
this vital question from each
Chamber which is a member of
the National Chamber of Com
merce.
June Rotman celebrated her
18th birthday with Jack and Jer
ry, the Dufresne twins, who were
14. A number of friends were
entertained with dinner and danc
ing in the Rotman apartments.
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Mrs. Harry Holt and son Harold
of Anchorage were recent visitors
after several weeks’stay in Wales.
Mrs. Hoyt is a member of the
Board for the Alaska Crippled
Greyhound Bus Crash
Kills Eight, Injures 20
, WINNIPEG, Man.. UP) — A
Winnipeg - bound Greyhound bus
plowed into a halted semi-trailer
transport truck just before dawn
Thursday killing eight persons
and injuring 20 others, some ser
iously.
The big bus, sheared open like
a tin can, spewed dead and in
jured on the. highway. Passen- j
gers in the first half-dozen rows
of seats took the terrific impact.
Some were hurled 50 feet down
the road. Some bus seats were
ripped loose and tossed 60 feet.
Shattered crates of farm machin
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ery parts from the truck littered ,
the road.
A flat tire had halted the semi
trailer truck on a straight stretch
of highway. The driver told news
men he had pulled the truck to
the edge of the' road, placed warn
ing flares and had just started
to change the tire when the bus
crashed. He escaped injury.
Children’s Association, and in
meeting members of the* local
chapter congratulated the group
on tho results of its activities for
the past year.
* * *
Mrs. C. Buchanan and children
have returned to Kotzebue after
almost a year’s stay in the States.
Mr. Buchanan, pastor of the
Pentecostal Mission, is flying his
plane in and will arrive shortly.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lawrence,
who' have acted as missionaries
during Mr. Buchanan’s absence,
are leaving shortly for Nenana
where Mr. Lawrence will take
over the church there.
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Johnny Schaeffer, Willard Hun
nicutt, Charley Reich, Thomas
Ipalook, and Thomas Arey, spon
sored by individuals in the vil
lage, were the lucky boys to leave
June 22 for the Scout encamp
ment at Eielson Field which in
cluded a pack trip into Mt. Mc
Kinley Park.
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Outboard motor boats, loaded
with gear and fuel, were pulling
out of Kotzebue shore as soon as
broken ice allowed for beluga
hunting. The white whales are
very much in evidence and the
hunters are returning with many
carcasses. These are cut in strips
for drying, with blubber removed
for rendering the oil. Little of
the animal is discarded, even the
tendons being pulled for scarce
sinew.
* * *
York Wilson and family have
returned from reindeer camp, re
porting a good farm crop and new
grazing ground above Noorvik.
* *• *
With withdrawal of shipping
date for the one yearly freighter
into Kotzebue Sound, the Cham
ber of Commerce appealed to Gov.
Gruening and the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce Lifeline Com
mittee to arrange for movement
of vital footstuffs and materials
to the Arctic village where freight
is discharged for a number of
other far-northern points for re
shipment. Residents of Kotzebue
and the many additional villages
affected by the crippling of this
transportation feel deep concern
over the uncertainties of the pre
sent situation.
GOP Committee
Fights Over 13
Delegates from La.
CHICAGO, (JP)—si 'bitter fight
between Taft and Eisenhower
forces for 13 Louisiana delegates
exploded Thursday before the Re
publican national committee.
With Senator Taft’s supporters
solidly in control, the Eisenhower
faction just about abandoned in
advance any hope of getting a
committee vote in favor of seating
its delegates in next week’s nom
inating convention.
But they opened a slashing at
tack, anyway, on Taft faction tac
tics in Texas, Georgia, and other
states in addition to Louisiana.
And they declared they would
try again in the convention itself
to get the challenged Taft dele
gates thrown out and the gen
eral’s supporters seated in their
place. They contend there’ll be a
marked swing in sentiment to
ward their candidate once rank
and file delegations start stream
ing into Chicago.
While the delegate scrap con
tinued, Taft conferred with Gov.
John S. Fine of Pennsylvania.
Fine, who controls a segment of
Pennsylvania’s 70-man delegation
and has not yet announced his fa
vorite, spent 45 minues in Taft’s
presidential suite in the Congress
hotel “discussing the whole field
of issues.”
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