THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, May 14, 1952
All THE MAKINGS OF A LIVELY PARTY
I AM AN AMERICAN DAY
Attention is called to “I Am an American Day” by
Governor Ernest Gruening in a proclation reminding
the people of Alaska that May 18 is the 14th annual
observance of that occasion.
The proclamation reminds us that “This is a special
opportunity for Americans to give recognition to the
great blessings which their American citizenship con
fers upon them,” and that Alaskans, living as they are
in a part of the continent once ruled by an-absolutist
Czarist government would, if the old sovereignty had
continued, now be under the heel of an even more op
pressive totalitarian tyranny than then, and that we
should be eternally grateful for the historical events
which led to our coming under the Stars and Stripes.
The proclamation also points out that, due to our
geographical position, we should “feel a specific sense
of responsibilty to be alert and vigilant and make our
democracy a living faith and a shining example of
what government by consent of the governed'signifies
in terms of human happiness.”
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving from Seattle were
Charles Eddy, Larry and Jimmy
Fagan, Doyle Lathrum, Mrs. E.
Myntti, Mrs. L. Oliver, Clyde
Smith, and Otto Wihl.
Arriving from Fairbanks were
Harold Leinbach, Soren Ander- |
s o n, v Mrs. Flora Lee, Norman
Stines, Sgt. Collier, Mr. and Mrs.
L. Bronson, Jack Fick, Georrge
Wilkes, William Douglas, and Da
vid Blunt.
Departing for Fairbanks were
Charles Krogel, Earl D. Alexan
der, Janet G. Alexander, R. L.
Reed, L. A. Griffen, Rev. O. A.
Lee, and Bob Peterson
Departing for Seattle were
Mrs. Anne Tveter, Carl, Paul, and
Elizabeth Anne Tveter, Mrs. Don
ald Lyle and Donna Lyle, Mrs.
Paulos, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Cham
pion, Glen Caldwell, Bessie Mc
Cafferty.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Marine Fighter Plane
Breaks B-29 In Two
3 Miles High Over Pacific
LOS ANGELES, (/P)—Five sur
viving B-29 crewmen told Wed
nesday of the terrific impact
which knocked four of them un
conscious when their big bomber
and a Marine fighter plane col
lided Tuesday nearly three miles
above the Pacific Ocean.
Altogether six members of the
crew parachuted to safety and
seven are missing. One Marine,
presumably the pilot of the Ma
rine Corsair fighter plane, was
killed. Those rescued suffered
only minor injuries.
Witnesses said the big bomber
appeared to break in two, the for
ward section exploding into
flames.
Navy and Coast Guard vessels
continued searching southwest of
Santa Catalina Island for any sign
of additional surwiors.
Washington News - Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett
Delegate in Congress from Alaska
Housing
The Senate Banking and Cur
rency Committee heard the Rev.
Paul C. O’Connor, SJ., and Dele
gate Bartlett testify this week in
favor of a $10 million increase
in authorization for the Alaska
HousingAuthority revolving fund.
The provision, which would
raise the revolving fund authori
zation from $15 million to $25
million is contained in a bill seek
ing amendments to the Defense
Housing Act.
Father O’Connor of Hooper Bay
is chairman of the Alaska Hous
ing Authority, which administers
the revolving fund for which Con
gress has appropriated the full
$15 million authorized in the Al
aska Housing Act of the 81st Con
gress.
The fund was provided to assist
in developing housing in the ter
ritory whereby the Housing and
Home Finance Agency of the fed
eral government purchases bonds
of the Authority to finance pre
construction loans to private con
tractors for purchase of materials
and equipment, construction loans
otherwise unavailable in Alaska
for individual homes; direct con
struction in smaller towns where
no private sponsors can be found
and small so-called character
loans to natives for construction
of minimum standard housing in
remote areas.
Father O’Connor made special
mention to the committee of the
success of the remote dwelling im
provement program which en
ables the Alaska Housing Author
ity to make rehabilitation loans
up to $500 for natives, pointing
out that improved housing in some
of the native areas is responsible
for reduction in infant mortality
of well over 50 percent.
Swan Lake Project
Delegate Bartlett has urged that
necessary reviews of the proposed
Swan Lake power project near
Ketchikan be expedited in the
hope that there will be time to
try to obtain congressional auth
orization before the session ends.
The report favors a single-pur
pose power project at Swan Lake
near Ketchikan with a capacity
of 13,500 kilowatts at an estima
ted cost of $13,562,000. The cost
would be returned to the govern
ment in 50 years with 2Vz % /in
terest.
Alaska Communication System
Chairman Vinson of the House
Armed Services Committee, at the
request of the Department of De
fense has introduced a bill author
izing $4,517,000 for construction
of living quarters, operational
buildings and utilities at 30 sta
tions of the Alaska Communica
tions System, including $162,100
for Nome.
“This program of rehabilitation
and new construction,” the re
quest stated in speaking of the
program started in 1948, “was
necessary in order to replace the
inadequate, temporary wartime
and prewar construction, in many
places consisting of merely tar
paper-covered shacks. The pro
gram has now progressed to the
point that its conclusion is in
sight. The present proposal in
cludes construction of living quar
ters for 64 families, troop hous
ing, operational buildings and
utilities.
A queen bee sometimes lays as
much as her own weight in eggs
during a single day.
I
Famed Kusko Steamer
Saved From Oblivion.
By Robert Knox
(Anchorage Daily News)
The last of the colorful paddle
wheel steamers on the Kusko
kwim river is scheduled to make
one more trip down the river as
soon as the ice goes out.
The Northwestern, a proud old
wood-burning, stern-wheeler, will
be moved from McGrath down the
r ver to Bethel where it will be
moored permanently to serve as
a roadhouse and tourist attraction.
Ray Peterson, president o f
Northern Consolidated Airlines,
announced recently that his firm
has purchased the Northwestern
— rescuing it from the “bone
yard” final resting place of the
paddle-wheel ships which pio
neered transportaticm on the river.
Peterson said the ship will be
used to replace the airline’s road
house at Bethel which was de
stroyed by fire last winter.
The company has not yet de
cided whether the Northwestern
will be moored in the river at
Bethel or pulled up on the beach.
However, the ship will be kept
COMMUNISTS RESENT
"POSTER" STORY
VIENNA, (/Ph-The owner of a
bookstore in Brattislava, Czecho
slovakia advertised four Russian
books in her window and almost
immediately was arrested by po
lice, the Vienna newspaper "Wie
ner Kurier" reported Wednesday.
The bopkstore proprietor had
written the titles on a poster in
the following order:
"We Want to Live"
“Far From Moscow"
"In the Shadows of the Sky
scrapers"
“Under A Foreign Flag"
intact to give tourists in years to
come an accurate picture of the
pioneer river boats.
The Northwestern was built in
Portland, Oregon, in 1912 and first
saw service hauling newsprint
for some pulp plants.
Many famous pioneer rivermen
captained the Northwestern on
its numerous runs up and down
the Kuskokwim. They included
C.W. Adams, famous Yukon River
skipper; Eli Walker, Peter Snow,
and the ship’s most recent cap
tain, Roy Atkins.
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