THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME. ALASKA
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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, Monday, May 15, 1950
A FREE PRESS MUST BE REAL
There is a vast difference between the right to a free
press and the existence of a free press, as will be dis
covered if the people of the world accept the idea that
constitutional or treaty provisions can insure a free
press.
It is necessary, of course, that the peoples of all coun
tries get the news of the world. This means that their
governments must permit uncensored news dispatches
to be freely sent to all lands. It requires the freedom to
print news dispatches, uncensored, from other coun
tries.
The naked right to send dispatches and to print them,
however, does not establish a free press, upon which the
future peace of the world largely depends. There must
be capable and courageous journals, ready and willing
to print the news, as fully and impartially as possible.
It may be presumed that in international affairs the
newspapers of every country will naturally gravitate to
the support of their government. It is difficult to imag
ine these newspapers giving much space to the argu
ments advanced in other nations against our policies.
Some of them will print some news items from the for
eign nation but not much space will be given to matters
that undermine the American conviction.
Upon the editors and owners of the newspapers of
the world and the magazines and radio stations) will
devolve a tremendous duty if we are to develop that
understanding of other peoples which makes us sympa
thize with their difficulties and anxiously desirous of
obtaining settlements just to all.
FAIRNESS TO THE DP’s
(Christian Science Monitor)
With the Senate’s passage of a bi-partisan bill to lib
eralize the admission of displaced persons to the United
States, Amercans can feel they are closer to discharging
a long-overdue moral obligation.
There is particular gratification in the fact that the
Upper House finally pinned down the chairman of its
Judiciary Committee, Senator Pat McCarran (D) of
Nevada, on his year long stalling tactics and brought
the subject to a vote.
There is further gratification in the fact that the Sen
ate was not fooled by his misleading bill, but substituted
for it, point by point, the much more genuine measure
sponsored by Senators Harley M. Kilgore (D) of West
Virginia, Homer Ferguson (R) of Michigan, and 16
others from both sides of the aisle.
The bill as passed permits a total of 344,000 admis
sions, compared to a quota of 205,000 immigrants under
the 1948 law.
SHOOTING MAY START IN BERLIN IN MAY
United States infantrymen, with fixed bayonets,
staged a practice attack upon a theoretical mob of Com
munists in Berlin. The exercise, witnesses by high
American army officials, was ont of a series of tests of
western allied military preparedness to cope with pos
sible disorders in May.
The disorders are expected because of a demand of a i
youth organization, organized by the Communists in
eastern Germany, that they be permitted to demon- j
strate in Western Berlin on May 28. The communists
claim that some 500,000 young persons wish to stage an
“orderly demonstration” to emphasize their demands
for peace, national unity and the independence of Ger
man/.''
In the United States, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
taking part in ceremonies marking the shipment of food
to Berlin, expressed the belief that the Allies in Berlin |
will come closer to a shooting war on May 28 than at
anytime since the fighting stopped in 1945. He praised
the effort to send concentrated food supplies to Berlin.
Truman Signs Vital
Homestead Law
The President on April 29 sign
ed one of the most vital homestead
laws passed in recent years, it was
announced by the Bureau of Land
Management.
Settlers on both surveyed and
j unsurveyed public domain in
I Alaska must record their claims
with the proper U. S. Land Office,
under the terms of this new law,
Lowell M, Puckett, regian admin-1
istrator, Bureau of Land Manage
ment, said. Heretofore, all such
claims were first filed with Untied
States Commissioners and no re
cording with the land offices was
acceptable until the claimants
were qualified to apply for survey
of their land, the announcement
| stated.
' The long-range purpose of the
new legislation is to give the land
offices information that will en
able them eventually to advise po
tential homesteaders and others
where settlement has taken place
and where there appears to' be
land available for occupancy,
Puckett explained. Another objec
tive is to stimulate those who
have occupied land for many
years to perfect their title, the re
gional administrator said.
1 One of the most important sec
! tions of the new act requires
j those who have neVer recorded
| their claims with the United States
[ Commissioners to file notice of
! their claims within ninety days of
| the date the bill was signed or
lose credit for residence and cul
tivation prior to the time that the
claims are brought officially to
! the attention of the U. S. Land Of
fice.
! This law affects homesteads,
homesites and business sites, but
not mineral claims or leases un
der the small tract law. These no
tices must carefully describe the
land as to approximate latitude
and longitude if it is unsurveyed,
and by metes and bounds, tying
in the claim to some natural ob
ject or permanent monument.
They must give the name of the
settler and date of settlement.
Two copies of each notice should
be sent to the appropriate land of
fice.
Homesteaders on unsurveyed
land who have already recorded
their claims with the United
AMERICA'S GRASS
MISSIONARIES FROM NORTH '
VISIT NOME •
Rev. D. Westbrook, flying pas
tor of the Friends Church, with
headquarters at Kotzebue, was a
visitor Saturday. He stated that
his church has nine missions in I
the Second Division north of
Nome which are served by him
and his airplane. He stated the
day of traveling to these stations
with dog team is over and is far
too expensive anyway.
With him was Rev. Wilson Eck
els of the mission of Noorvik.
When queried about James
Wells, candidate on the primary
election, who ran high for repre
sentative, Rev. Wesbrook stated
that the young man was a relig
ious leader in his community, of
good character and family and a
leader among the people of Noor
vik.
Mr. L. C. Ferguson, who is as
sisting Chas. Traeger, trader of
Unalakleet, is in Nome. He has
spent a month in Seattle but will
return to Unalakleet this week
for an indefinite stay. He reports
that Mr. Traeger is making a slow
but steady recovery from his ill
ness of last winter.
States Commissioners are given
some leeway as the law requires
them to re-record their claims
with the land offices within two
years of the effective date of the
new law. All others such as set
tlers on homesites and business
sites, must get their claim notices
into the land offices within the
next ninety days.
The new law doesn’t change the
requirements of actual occupancy
of the land, as the mere filing of j
a notice in the land office does not [
in itself establish a right to the |
land. Non-veteran homestead set
tlers are required to cultivate one- j
sixteenth of the land during the
second year, one-eighth the third
year and reside on the land seven
months each year for three years. !
Veterans with more than nineteen j
months service and an honorable 1
discharge don’t have to cultivate
their land, provided they live on
the land seven months during the
first year, erect a habitable house
and apply for a free survey by
the end of the first year if the
land is unsurveyed. If it is sur
veyed, final proof should be of
fered by the end of the first year.
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li. S. Has Powerful
^Bahv*’ A-Bombs
WASHIN GTON, (A3) — The
United States has baby n-bombs
small enough to be carried by iet
fighter-bombers yet possibly as
powerful as their king-s i zed
brothers.
Detailed information on the
bombs is a carefully guarded se
cret. In fact, there has been no
official announcement as yet that
they exist.
The first definite indication that
such weapons are in production
was gleaned by a reporter seek
ingformation on discussions among
military leaders over the possibil
ity of arming this country’s North
Atlantic allies with atomic wea
pons.
The discussions were said to be
based on the possibility of usin£
“lightweight” bombs as tactical
weapons to replace expensive
ground forces in Europe.
While the size of the “baby” a
bombs is secret, the fact that they
can be carried by jet fighter
bombers give some hint of their
weight. The Republic F-84 Thun
derjet, a tyuical jet fighter-bomb
er now in use by the air force, can
carry two 1,000-pound bombs, one
under each wing.
9
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR
CHARLES DALQUIST
Charles Dalquist, well known
old-timer of Nome and Safety,
passed away last week and is to
be buried this afternoon from the
Federated Church under the aus
pices of the Pioneers of Alaska,
with Rev. R. Treat officiating.
Mr. Dalquist who operated the
Safety ferry since about 1910 un
til a few years ago when he sold
out due to his age and health was
born in 1878 near St. Paul, Minn.
At an early age his family re
turned to Sweden from where Mr.
Dalquist came to Alaska in 1902.
He was an active teamster for the
Wild Goose Mining Co., as well as
Billy Rowe before taking up his
residence at Safety. He is sur
vived by a daughter Mrs. George
Tucker of this city, and a son
Thomas who is in the States.
DISCIPLINARY BOARD MEETS
AT MARKS AIR FORCE BASE
Marks Air Force Base — The
Armed Forces Disciplinary Board
convened at Marks Air Force
Base Thursday, May 11. Repre
sentatives from the army, navy
and air force from Fort Richard
son were present.
Also attending the conference
were civilian officials from Nome,
The board discussed the correc
tion and prevention of previous
incidents that have occurred in
which military personnel were
involved. Plans for the provision
of more adequate recreational fa
cilities for younger airmen were
brought to the attention of the
representatives.
Albert Kulowiyi, native dentist
of St. Lawrence Island, is enroute
to Cincinnati to attend the gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
Church. He is the official delegate
from the Yukon Presbytery and
Is being taken there by Miss Alice
Green, missionary at Savoonga
on St. Lawrence Island for the
past five years, who is on a year’s
furlough in the. States.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. (Bill) Wood.
who were here for the past two
years with the Alaska Steamship
Co., are the parents of a son,
.Tames Arnold, who was born on
May 8th at Seattle, weighing
seven pounds.