BUSINESS CLUBS,
CITY COUNCIL,
DISCUSS HOSPITAL
^he Hospital project received
the hearty approval of Nome’s two
principal business groups in gen
eral meeting with a committee
from the Nome City Council.
The Rotary Club of Noipe met
to discuss a proposal made by the
club to allocate certain properties
on “B” street near the edge of
town, where they have taken op
tions on lots one to ten in block
109. The property is partially
thawed and has good drainage and
the probability of obtaining water
is excellent, as has been shown in
the past by at least one well and
one drill hole in the vicinity.
This tract of land has been of- j
fered for a hospital site to the
Methodist Mission Board (Wo
men’s Division), which operated
the recently destroyed Maynard
Columbus Hospital on Second and
West “C”.
The Rotary Club is to send a
communication to the City of
Nome, stating their position in the
matter of obtaining the property
for the new hospital site and the
conditions pertaining thereto. The
meeting was adjourned.
Immediately following the fore
going Rotary meeting the board
<5f directors of the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
met to hear the report of the hos
pital committee and the report on
the activities of the Rotary Club
and City Council regarding the
proposed hospital site. It was re
ported that the Rotary Club had
taken up the project more than a
year ago and took up options on
the ten lots in block 109, with the
possibility that the other two lots
might become available. The com
mittee stated that the property
has been offered to the Women’s
Division of the Methodist Mission
Board should they be interested in
the construction of a new hospital
in Nome. TJie proposals were
made to the Mission Board before
the recent fire which destroyed
the only hospital in Nome. The
Chamber went on record as ap
proving one bjundred per cent the
proposed site and heartily en
dorsed the actions of the Rotary
Club in their proposal. The meet
ing adjourned.
All of the members of the two
foregoing meetings and members
of the Nome Common Council and
other citizens of Nome then met
in general session with Russel G.
Maynard, Territorial Welfare head
from Juneau, who is here to make
a survey of the situation for the
U. S. Public Health Service, and
his department, with the view to
assisting on obtaining funds to as
sist the new hospital project.
Mr. Maynard stated that upon
his arrival he began a study of the
conditions and that he was pre
paring a statement of same for
dispatch to Juneau, so that infor
mation can be obtained directly
from the office of the Mission
Board in New York by phone.
Carl Glavinovich, reconstruc
tion supervisor for the temporary
ho-nital made a report on progress
to date, saying that the building
could possibly be ready by the end
of the week at a cost estimated at
$3,500 to $4,000. Work is going
ahead rapidly, with the electrical
and plumbing crews getting things
ready for the finish carpenters
and painting crews.
The finance committee made a
favorable report on the collections
from the business people and the
amounts offered by several organ
izations will make the fund suffi
cient to take care of all reconstruc
tion planned to date. The drive is
now stopped until it becomes
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — The
first official meeting of a United
Nations agency on the Pacific
coast since the UN charter was
signed here in 1945 is scheduled
here May 13-15. Alaska, Hawaii,
and California, Arizona, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Oregon and
Washington will be represented in
the conference called by UNESCO,
educational, scientific and cultural
organization of the U. N.
necessary to ask for additional
funds. The drive to date has net
ted a total of $2,800, which with
the other amounts pledged will
bring the amount sufficiently to
take care of expenses to date
Stop-Communism
Fight At A Glance
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pressed Greek villagers at a camp
in Romania. A similar camp was
reported previously in Yugoslavia.
A communist deputy in Prague
said President Eduard Benes has
promised never to fight commun
ist policy. U. S. officials in Ger
many said 1,500 Czechs had fled
into the American zone since the
communists seized power. The
United States pressed in the U. N.
for fullest inquiry into the com
munist grab, which it charged
Russia with engineering.
Coal Miners Reject
Government Offer
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rejection by the UMW would force
him to turn the dispute over to
President Truman.
That would open up the emer
i gency steps available to the Presi
! dent under the Taft Hartley act.
That law provides first for ap
1 pointment of a board of inquiry—
which Mr. Truman could an
nounce. After the board makes its
study—a matter of a week or ten
days—a court injunction could be
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Small air
craft, grounded the last few days
oy high winds, took to the air
again yesterday to search for Tex
Morrow and Neil Holdren, trap
pers missing since March 7.
A few larger airplanes had
managed to keep up the aerial
search during the bad weather pe
riod but none has sighted the trap
pers.
sought by attorney general Clark
to halt the strike. A heavy fine
could be imposed on Lewis and his
Unied Mine Workers union if they
did not obey the court order.
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Several of us have just returned from our nation’s capitol. We went at the invitation
and suggestion of men who face the responsibility of trying to determine a fair and workable
solution to the difficult problems involved in Alaskan water transportation.
We believe the people of Alaska are entitled to know exactly what our thinking is.
We have only one objective—to find a solution, fair to the people and the business of
the Territory.Only under a program with your best interests as its goal can the best interests
of Alaska Steamship Company be sustained.
Our problems are not separate nor in conflict. They are common to us both. We want
to serve the Alaska trade with such rates that will help the Territory grow and prosper—not
hinder or hold back. We are willing to work under any plan which will attain that goal and
which will allow the company the opportunity of earning a reasonable profit on the capital
risked.
The entire nation has a stake in Alaska. It is certainly a fact that the ability of the
American Merchant Marine, which served the Alaska trade prior to World War II, con
tributed tremendously when the crisis came on December 7, 1941, and then handled itself
valiantly throughout the war. It is, therefore, fair that the nation should carry some share
in solving the Alaskan problems. It is so doing under the interim agreement and should do so
under any future permanent plan.
Once our government has worked out a suitable permanent plan, we are ready to risk
considerable new capital, in addition to that required for obtaining the necessary ships. This
money would be expended on improvements and new equipment for handling and stowing
cargo, both afloat and ashore. It is felt that these improvements would pay for themselves
through the savings they should effect. However, it must be evident, following sound financial
principles, that we cannot be expected to make the substantial investments required by such
a program until a permanent plan has been developed.
The Alaska Steamship Company can live and prosper only in direct relation to the
progress and prosperity of the Territory of Alaska, itself.
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It is on such a premise that we hope a permanent plan for Alaskan water transportation
will be developed.
Sincerely,
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