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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, Wednesday, October 10, 1951
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SITUATION WANTED . . .
‘DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE)
From all reports, the woods are full of candidates
for the Second Division judgeship recently vacated by
Secretary Kehoe. Although we have been unable to
verify any of the reports, we’re passing them along
for what they’re worth.
Three Anchorage attorneys have their eyes on the
Nome job among them Harold Butcher, onetime OP A
attorney, J. Earl Cooper, U.S. attorney for the Third
Division and Wendell Kay, of the firm of Cuddy and
Kay.
Kay’s candidacy is interesting in view of the fact
that he co authored House Memorial No. 4 in the re
cent session of the legislature. HM 4, you will recall,
was the brainchild of the Third Division Democrats in
the House, who urged that, if statehood be not im
mediately forthcoming, Alaska declare absolute inde
pendence from the Government of the United States
and form the “Republic of Alaska.”
Fourth Division aspirants are reported to be U.S.
Attorney Everett Hepp and Fairbanks attorney War
ren Taylor, unsuccessful candidate for the Territorial
Senate in the last general election.
Here in the First Division, rumor has it that At
torney General J. Gerald Williams has been given to
understand that his application would receive favor
able consideration. Todate, Williams has been non
committal.
Williams would be our pick out of the entire lot,
although we’d much rather see him stay on the job as
Attorney General.
However, there may be a dozen more names in
the hopper before any appointment is considered so
we’re not going out on the limb with any predictions
at this early date.
A news device records the heat of a candle 15
miles away. We are wondering if it can register the
warmth of a Soviet diplomat’s smile?
One look at the inflation balloon is enough to con
vince us that our scientists are now fooling around with
the law of gravity.
Blessed are the map-makers. They are the only
people wh can draw nations closer together.
Chamber of Commerce
Hears Norman Stines
On Price Of Gold
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and thirty-six dollars per fine
ounce. It was then that the Con
gress of the United States passed
a law legalizing the* price of gold
at the United States treasury and
sub-treasuries at $35.00 per fine
ounce. This rise came due wholly
to the then existing world condi
tions.
“It took several years for the
prices of commodities and wage
rates to increase due to this
change in the purchase price of
gold. About 70 percent of the rise
in prices -and wages since then
have been due to this change in
the price of gold.
“I am against any increase in its
price now. Our exchange—the val
ue of the dollar in relation to the
currencies of all other countries—
' rate is all in our favor. This is
not due to the price of gold but
wholly due to the productivity of
the United States industrial econo
my—its great productive capacity.
There is no need to raise the price
of gold for home production now.
To do so would only mean higher
commodity prices and higher
wages within a very short time.
These would have to* correspond to
the" new price for gold in the
United States. That would short
ly be followed by another wave of
lowering the exchange rates in all
foreign countries to equalize their
currencies with that of this coun
try.
“In 1940 our gold production
was worth about $120,000,000. If
conditions were favorable today,
that is about what it would be.
Our total dollar value erf our econ
omy is now rated as worth some
thing over $270,000,000,000. There
fore the ratio of the gold produc
tion in that economy would be as
12 is to 27,000—about 0.044%. In
other words to benefit that small
proportion of the economy of the
United States, the remaining
99.956 % would have to be penal
ized. That corresponds to having
the one or two hairs on the end
of a dog’s tail wagging the whole
dog! How absurd it is.”
(Signed) Norman C. Stines
Leonard Newman, writer for
Colliers magazine, and his bride,
who are on a Canadian-Alaska
photo trek, were also guests of the
chamber. Mr. Newman is well
known here, having acted as in
terpreter during World WTar II.
He stated that this trip started
on July 29 and will probably con
I tinue until about Christmas. His
feature article for Colliers, some
time in January, will be the re
sult of several "months of work
and research in the interest of
presenting Alaska from an Alas
kan point of view. So much has
been written about Alaska by
people who make an overnight
stop in the territory, that there
is much to be done in a thorough
manner, Mr. Newman added, es
pecially from the military stand
point.
Mrs. Newman is a photographer
and plans to have many inter
esting illustrations with the Col
! lier article.
MISSING PERSON—
George F. Cummings is seek
ing information about his mother
who was known to have been in
Nome. Her name was Kate Noo
! nan, Kate A. Horton or Kate
Westgate. Any information about
this woman may be given to the
City Clerk.
There’s one thing about mone3r
—it talks, but it never gives itself
away.
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1335 Feet Per Second!
PITTSBURGH—A 22 calibre bullet with a muzzle speed of 1,335
feet per second or about 909 miles per hour is fired at a piece of
Multiplate %-inch thick in tests conducted by the Winchester Repeat
ing Arms Company laboratories.
This %-inch piece of glass, made by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Company, stopped all 22 calibre bullets used in the tests. Four cameras
and two microflash lights were used to record the tests and the cameras
were actuated by a photo electric cell.
Two Seamen Off Navy
Ship In Harbor Drown
Late Monday Night
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| as fast as they could on the jetty
; and sought aid rat the first resi
| dence they came to, which had
lights on, which was the home
of Donald McDonald, Alaska Air
lines pilot. It is reported that it i
I took about 15 minutes before the
i i
two were sufficently warmed to
tell what had happened. Immedi
ately upon learning there were
still two men in the water the
Port Officer was alerted, as well
as city and federal officials.
Powerful searchlights from all
the ships in the harbor searched
the waters for the missing men.
Prosoff’s body was picked up by
the Lomen Commercial Co. tug
Margo, captained by Henry Luke,
about 10 feet east of the east
jetty and rushed to the hospital
in the hope that he was still alive
although he had been in the water
for over an hour. He was found
to be dead by the doctor.
The body of Byrne was not re
j covered. A coroner’s jury brought
in a verdict of accidental drown
ing yesterday afternoon.
Warren Austin Enters
Controversy Over Jessup’s
: Appointment To The U.N.
| WASHINGTON. :/?)•— United!
; Nations records placing Ambassa
dor Philip C. Jessup in New York
i Feb. 5, 1949—instead of at o
j White House conference as Har
; old E. Stassen has contended—
i
! stirred fresh controversy in Con
gress to'day.
The dispute over President Tru
i
man’s nomination of Jessup as a
U.N. delegate was sparked anew
by a message to the State Depart
| ment that Jessup was some 225
; miles from Washington *at the
1 precise hour of the conference
j here.
The message came from Warren
| R. Austin, chief U.N. delegate to
| the U. N., and the department
made it public last night. Stassen,
in Philadelphia, could not be
reached for comment.
$4 V4 Million Voted For
Alaska Housing Loans
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Sen
ate voted late Monday night to
provide four and a quarter million
dollars for Alaska housing loans.
It previously had decided to ap
prove only $3,750,000 for that pur
pose, but then reconsidered and
voted the higher figure.
The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee had suggested $5,000,000
for the purpose.
The action came during con
sideration of a bill providing $6,
751,197,000 for a score of govern
ment agencies.
The House had voted $3,500,000
to provide a revolving fund for
such loans. Before final congres
sional action, the Senate and
House will have to work out a
compromise on this and many
other items in the bill.
Steve Vukovich, 61,
Dies of Heart Attack
FAIRBANKS, (TP)—Steve Vuko
vich, 61, prominent Juneau busi
nessman and a former represen
tative in the territorial legislature,
was found dead in his room in a
local hotel Monday.
Death was attributed to a heart
attack.
Vukovich operated a clothing
business with headquarters in Ju
neau. Born in Danilograd, Yugo
slavia, in 1890, he had lived in
Alaska 37 years.
He is survived by his widow in
Juneau and one son.
PRES* ASSN. PRESIDENT
TAKEN ILL IN URUGUAY
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, (TP)—
Tom Wallace, president of the
American Press Association, was
taken suddenly ill Tuesday, after
a tumultous convention session
here at which members of the
Argentine delegation walked out.
Wallace, editor emeritus of the
Louisville, Ky., Times, slumped
over in his chair unconscious. He
was taken to -a hospital. A physi
cian said Wallace’s illness was
due to extreme fatigue.
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