and better off than they could
ever be under some kind of to
^ talitarian government—any kind.
Whether you call it benevo
lent monarchy, socialistic state
ism, facistic totalitarianism, total
dictatorship, or just plain com
munism—if the economic system
of a country is not left free, then
neither are the people free. There
are times when nations have to
choose. Will our people always
stand on the side of freedom?
The attitude we have right now,
and tomorrow, will say much a
bout whether our nation will re
main great and free. Choosing
freedom of enterprise, Belgium
has shown wisdom.
PVT. RONALD AILAK. IN
INFANTRY AT FORT ORD
Private Ronald Ailak, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Ailak of this city,
has completed a basic training pro
gram in Company M of the 3rd
Battalion, 22nd Infantry at Fort
Ord, California. He now has the
rating of marksman with the M-l
rifle. He enlisted in the U. S.
^ Army for a three year period.
ANNUAL "POLARIS" FOR
| CLASS OF '47. 1st IN 10 YEARS
I The graduating class of 1947
i have completed distribution of
1 their annual “POLARIS,” a blue
leather-covered book of 26 pages,
full of photo-pictures and feature
stories. Mr. Olaf Halvorson, who
was in charge of the publication,
which was ordered through the
Nome Nugget, states that it is the
first of the annuals of the Nome
High School to be published in
ten years.
The 1947 class now have a last
ing history of their high school
days, including pictures of ath
letic teams, class room pictures and
a picture of the school.
The publication used a new sys
tem of photo-finishing.
THOMAS MENADELOOK. 17.
JOINS THE ARTILLERY
Thomas Menadelook, 17-year-old
Nome boy, who enlisted for 3
years in the U. S. Army, after at
tending the White Mountain Vo
cational School at White Mount
ain, is now with the Coast Ar
tillery at Fort Ord, California.
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Tension Eases
UNDATED INTERNATIONAL,
—(/P)—Finland will retain her pol
itical independence and will grant
no new bases to Russia on Finnish
soil under the terms of a proposed
new treaty negotiated in Moscow,
informed sources in Helsinki re
ported today.
The Finnish foreign office an-i
: nounced that Finland’s delegation
! to Mosow had agreed with the
Soviet Union’s negotiators on the
contents of Russian-proposed trea- i
ty of friendship and mutual as
sistance. Finland’s parliament,
majority opposes military ties
with Russia, must ratify the pact
if it is to be effective.
Four-power tension eased some
what in Berlin with an official;
and public Russian apology for
the crash of a Soviet fighter into
a British transport' plane Monday.
Fifteen persons, including two A
mericans and a Soviet pilot, died j
in the crash.
Special investigators arrived:
from London for an inquiry dc- j
manded by British occupation au
thorities.
Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky;
promised that allied aircraft will
have unhindered access to Berlin
henceforth. The British and Am-1
ericans said this reply to the pro- i
test was satisfactory and ca’led
off plans to assign fighte" escorts
to Berlin-bound transpo 'is.
In Washington, president Tru
man was expected by nightfall to
name an administrator for the
multi-billion dollar foreign aid
program aimed at stemming the
westward tide of communism.
This would be the final step to-j
ward putting the program in op
I eration.
Washington also moved to bol
ster up the United States’ arctic I
defenses and indirectly to strength-1
1 en Norway’s hold on strategic pol
1 ar islands. The army, navy and
, airforce have joint plans to re
I strict a string of the Aleutian'
islands to military use.
| Five thousand U. S. troops with
| full field equipment yesterday in
| Trieste to celebrate American Ar
my Day. About 100,000 lined the
route, shouting “viva America.”
The Italians learned through
1 the official press today that the
interior ministry will assign 400,-1
000 wratchers to the polls April1
,18, in the crucial election test
between communists and anti-1
communists, uaiy races a nation
wide pre-election strike Thursday.
The communist-led confederation
of labor said the strike will be
called unless a missing Sicilian
labor leader is found.
It was learned officially in Rome
that president Truman has sent;
a personal letter to Pope Pius XII. I
Myron C. Taylor, the president’s]
special representative in the holyi
see, declined to comment on a
communist newspaper report that
Mr. Truman had assigned him “the
duty to coordinate electoral act
ivities of pro-Americans, Italians
and the Vatican.”
Egypt crushed a police strike
in Alexandria, Cairo and the Suez
Canal zone. The strikers an
nounced they will return to work
at once, after a government ul
timatum. Wild rioting and arson
had claimed 22 lives.
The communists made new pro
gress in China. Their drive to
ward Kweisui, capital of Suiyuan
Province, Inner Mongolia, was
acknowledged in pro-government
military reports.
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The state department, with Tho
mas Jefferson as its head,- started
with five employees.
Sen. Fred Craw ford
Speaks in Defense
Alaska Statehood
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need them in that area, and we
need them as quickly as we can get
them there.
“I have no patience at all with
the argument to the effect that
the Alaskan people cannot afford
to pay for the state government
which the Alaskan people will im
pose upon themselves. I have no
patience with the argument to
the effect that the people of the
United States are able to do these
PETER BLATCHFORD
IN COAST ARTILLERY
Peter Blatchford, of Golovin,
Alaska, is now at Fort Ord, Cal
fo-nia, having enlisted for a 3
year hitch in the Coast Artillery.
, he has won a marksman rating.
! Peter is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
CJharles Blatchford of Golovin,
Aiaska.
things in the world and yet we
are unable to finance a new state
hood in Hawaii or finance a new
statehood in Alaska. So I think
we had better drop that argument
that some people have been using
in recent months.”
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FRANK A. METCALF
CANDIDATE FOR
TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER
FRANK A. METCALF, of Juneau, who is seekinq the Demo
cratic nomination of Territorial Highway Engineer has been a
resident of the Territory continuously since 1913. He holds a Mas
ter's Degree in Civil Engin
eering and has License No. 1
of the Territory registered
engineers.
Upon coming to Alaska he
worked for the Bradley in
lerests until the First World
War when he was commis
sioned in the 20th Engineers.
In the summer of 1919 Mr.
Metcalf went into business
for himself following Gener
al Engineering and making
mineral and non-mineral
patent surveys. He served
four limes as City Engineer
of Juneau. At the outbreak
of World War II he was ap
pointed Director of Civilian
Defense and Secretary of
Local Draft Board. In 1942
Mr. Metcalf joined the en
gineering staff of Siems
Drake and had charge of the
dredging of Sitka's harbor.
In 1945 he went to Adak as Chief of Party. In the fall of 1947 he
was appointed to fill out the term of the late Leonard Smith as
Territorial Highway Engineer, the office he now seeks. Few men
in the Territory are better equipped by education, experience
and professional ability to handle the work of Territorial High
way Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works.
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