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Nome, Alaska, Friday, February 16, 1951
BUY EASTER SEALS—AID CRIPPLED CHILDREN
By proclamation the Governor of Alaska, Ernest
Gruening, urges the people of Alaska to purchase
Easter Seals from the Alaska Crippled Children’s Asso
ciation annual drive.
He commends their work as a most praiseworthy
work in the rehabilitation of unfortunate stricken per
sons suffering from paralysis and other crippling dis
eases, and the hospitalization and needed treatment of
so many through the efforts of this outstanding Alaskan
organization.
He especially calls to mind that the scourge of infan
tile paralysis which struck our Territory this past year
brings the disease, as never before, right to our own
doorstep.
Every Easter Seal purchased helps toward further
work of helping the crippled.
SPONSORING “BUY IN PALMER” CAMPAIGN
The Chamber of Commerce of Palmer is sponsoring!
a “Buy in Palmer” campaign during February.
The purpose of this campaign is to acquaint the com
munity with the importance of making Palmer dollars
work for Palmer.
One comment made was that “if all the purchasing
power that is in Palmer remained in Palmer it would
be a wealthy little town.” It was also noted that empha
sis would be placed on what benefits could be derived
by both consumer and merchants.
All merchants are offering weekly specials during
the period, as well as valuable prizes during the last
week of the campaign.
Palmer merchants are wise in this decision of making
the people conscious and alert to their dependence on
each other and demonstrating that the Community
must pull together before it can make any important
stride toward development. We know other towns in
Alaska where the program would also be advantageous.
ALL LOOSE DOGS WILL BE SHOT I
Due to the fact that loose dogs are now traveling in
bands, foraging for food and complaints have been re
ceived where they have molested people and are becom
ing a menace, the Council decided at its last meeting to
take drastic action immediately before some serious ac
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military transportation.
He urged all seventy of the
guests present to write a personal
letter to Delegate Bartlett to have
this all-important road re-instat
ed in the budget for 1951.
John McNees, defined “faith in
the future of this Division was
expressed most eloquently with
the words, ‘The future of N.W.
Alaska, which means a boundary
of Barrow to the north, Ruby to
the east, and as f&r belcrw ground
as we care to go is so great that
it would take a long time to an
alyze, and there is much more
than can be seen*.
“I am willing to gamble my fu
ture,” he said, that the Second Di
vision some day will be Division
Number One in the eyes of the
world.” . . . “but we will have to
have faith in the future and stick
to it a while longer.”
H. F. Harper, head of Civilian
Defense gave a complete outline
of the important functions of that
agency, stating that the office
maintained by them would be
open day and night in the City
Bldg.
He urged that all present attend
the open meeting on Friday eve
ning
Acting Mayor Bronson reported
or. the improvements in the com
munity in the past year, including
city garbage dump, breakwater,
street clearance, cemetery im
provements, extension of fire
mains, financial aid to Civilian
Defense, harbor maintenance, im
proved school, etc., and called at
tention that this was achieved
with a lowering erf the city tax
rate, due to the sales tax now in
effect.
Sammy Mogg asked for the sup
port of the Chamber in re-estab
lishing the reindeer herd in this
area. He stated that the deer can
be obtained from the government,
but that financial help will have to
be obtained from the Territory for
corrals and other expenses. He
stressed that the economy of the
natives as well as whites would
be helped by the meat supply, furs
for clothing, as well as the sale of
sled deer for exhibition and racing,
which are greatly in demand.
Accountant Don Hurlbert tack
led the subject o’f hvdro-electric
power and cited the well-known
fact that three sites have been
surveyed here, the nearest being
Salmon River, which it is estim
ated could supply 5 to 20 thousand
kilowatts at an estimated 4 cents
per kilowatt.
He figured that even a new
comer like himself, could see what
such a project could do for the de
velopment of mining in the area
and how it could be financed, as
well as providing a controlled
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cut him off if we want.”
Rep. Andrew Hope (D-Sitka)
contended' the whole proposal was
improper.
“If we wanted tol invite an out
i
! sider to appear it should have
I been when we were discussing in
vestigation bills,” Hope declared.
“There is no reason for it now.”
Rep/George Miscovich (R-Flat),
speaking for Jensen’s appearance,
told the House that “it’s time to
clean up some of the dirt that
has piled up.”
Rep. Jack Scaveniu sD-Anchor
age) argued against calling Jen
sen in. “Taxpayers are getting
sick and tired of the House wrang
ling over minor matters,” he said.
That brought Rep. Mike Stepo
vich (R-Fairbanks) to his feet with
the retort, “I assume you mean
a 11 those memorials from the
Third division.”
j The House joined the Senate in
an afternoon recess after the Jen
sen issue was decided.
Earlier the House voted to re
move Governor Gruening from
three more territorial boards.
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Friday, February 16, 1951
i JUNEAU, (/P) — Kodiak bears
and former Rep. Marcus Jensen
shared the legislative spotlight
late yesterday. Both were no de
cision affairs.
Whether the Legislature should
recommend a year-around open
session on Kodiak Island bears
comes up for the second round to
day.
Whether the Legislature will
hear an investigative report and
possible accusations against indi
viduals comes up for the fourth
straight day today, with both
Houses now on record as favor
ing giving Jensen the floor.
Indications were that Jensen
probably would appear behind
locked doors this afternoon either
in a joint Senate-House session or
before the Senate only.
The House voted yesterday to
ask the Senate for a joint session
but there was a strong sentiment
among the Senators to rebuff the
House. They favored a “Senate
only” session on the grounds the
House had the first chance to hear
Jensen and passed it up.
There was a good chance, how
<In a message received just be
fore press time, the Senate voted
today 9-7 to meet with the House
in closed joint session at 3 o’clock
today to hear Marcus Jensen).
McCutcheon, who has been one
of the main targets of Jensen’s
blasts, suggested Jensen “be com
pelled to answer questions.” Mc
Cutcheon refrained from voting on
two previous House ballots, one
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supply of water for mining during
the dry seasons.
cident takes place.
Due to the fact that these wild dogs cannot be caught
they will have to be shot without being caught, accord-1
ing to the ruling of the City Council. All owners pf pets
are urged to keep their dogs tied up until the strays
have been eliminated for the safety of all. The City does
not wish to destroy pets, but if they are mixed with a
pack of strays they may have no choice.
A man may fall several times in the battle of life but
can’t be considered a failure until he starts saying some
body pushed him.... Nobody has ever made a law that
will prevent a man from making a fool of himself-—if he
has* a wife, though, he can’t do it without knowing all
about it.... Ever notice how much more it costs to spu
port one good habit than many bad ones?
Seek to Save Seven
War Criminals
LANDSBERG, Germany, (iF)-—
A last-ditch fight for life in a fed
eral district court in Washington
yesterday staved off the scheduled
hanging of seven German war
criminals at a U. S. prison here.
Col. W. R. Graham, prison com
mandant, said that as long as the
U. S. court considers a habeas
corpus action filed by an attorney
j for the seven condemned men, the
executions will be stayed.
The seven former SS officers
and concentration camp officails
accused of the murder of thou
sands of civilians during World
War II—originally were to have
gone to the gallows Tuesday night.
The hanging was put off until
Wednesday night, then postponed
again because of the men’s legal
struggles.
The U. S. court denied a habeas
corpus writ on Tuesday. Wednes
| day attorney Warren Magree filed
an appeal in Washington appeal
ing this decision.
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of which was for hearing Jensen,
and the second reversing the deci
sion, but he said today “I want
Jensen here.”
The House action and McCutch
eon’s statement came after the
Senate voted, 10-6, to hear Jensen
in open session late yesterday, then '
saw the proposal barred by Sen.
Frank Barr’s (D.-Fairbanks) no
tice of reconsideration of the vote.
Barr had voted with the majority.
That put the issue over until to
day.
Jensen is a Douglas business
man who served, in the House in
vestigating committee last session.
He is a Democrat but at odds with
the pro-Gruening party majority.
He was defeated for re-election
last fall.
He wrote the Senate about “be
ing heard on matters pertaining to
the Territory,” but disavowed any
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intention to “go witch hunting or
make any false statements. I do,
however, believe that for better
government, Senators should hear
the evidence.”
It has been one of this session’s
hottest issues.
The Kodiak bear matter came
up on a memorial by Reps. C.
Chester Carlson (D.-Cordova) and
Jack Scavenius (D.-Anchorage) to
federal officials. It asks wide open
hunting on the island because of J
the menace to the cattle industry.
The memorial stated there are
plenty of other protected Kodiak
brown bears on the Alaska Penin
sula.
The hearing brought a clash in
testimony by Karl Brunstad, rep
resenting the Kodiak Stock Grow
ers Association, and Clarence
Rhode, Alaska director of the fish
and wildlife service.
Brunstad said depredat i o n §
against cattle have been heavy
and threatened the industry.
Rhode contended that most cat
tle casualties are due to weakness
at the end of poor forage and that
investigations show only a few
actually have been killed by
bears.
Rhode predicted an open season
would eventually extermin ate
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bears on the island and destroy
one of Alaska’s major attractions
and source of revenue for guides
and others.
*The vote on the memorial was^
postponed late in the day when
Rep. Amelia Gunderson ^Ketch
ikan) said “We have heard about ^
nothing but bears since morning.
I don’t want to vote now. I want
to think about them.” *