Crew Enroute To Thin
Pribilof Fur Seal Herds
SEATTLE, <£*) — The Penguin
II, supply ship for the Pribilof
Islands, sailed from the King
County dock in Lake Union
Thursday for the fur-seal islands
in the Bering Sea.
Thirty - two passengers, going
north in preparation for the an
nual thinning of the fur-seal herd,
were aboard the heavily laden
vessel.
Six more passengers will board
the ship at Sitka. They will in
clude Clarence L. Olson, general
manager of the Pribilof Islands
fur-seal operations, who was to
go from Seattle to Sitka by plane
to complete preparation for the
ship’s call there.
Col. Seeman Predicts
1952 Will Be Busiest Year
For Alaska Construction
ANCHORAGE, {JP)—A govern
ment engineer predicted Saturday
that 1952 will be Alaska’s busiest
year for heavy construction.
Col. L. E. Seeman, head of the
Alaska District for the Army,
Corps of Engineers, reported re
sumption of construction has
started after a partial winter shut
down on 74 projects begun last
year.
Seeman said bids will be re
ceived this year on 76 projects
costing approximately 170 million
dollars. This brings the total value
of government construction under
way or in immediate planning to
more than $360 millions.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Adopted by the Second Division Democratic
Convention at Nome on December 28, 1951.
1— We endorse the present Democratic Administration under
the leadership of Harry S. Truman.
2— We urge the President to clean house within the Democratic
Party, so as to remove those elements within it which have
precipitated a nationwide outburst of intense criticism and
discredit.
3— In accordance with American principles of self-government
and to secure our rights in National Affairs, we urge pass
age of legislation by Congress enabling Alaska to become
a state.
4— Pending enactment of statehood legislation, we stress the
right of the people of Alaska to elect their Governor.
5— We urge that Congress enact a speedy settlement of abor
iginal tribal claims as necessary for expediting the develop
ment of Alaska, with just compensation to the Native
People in settlement.
6— We oppose establishment of land reservations in Alaska by
the administrative method without specific action by Con
gress.
7— We affirm our belief in ihe American principle of equality
of opportunity for all people, with fair and equal treatment
regardless of race, creed, or color.
8— We consider improvement and expansion of our Second
Division road system to be of fundamental importance to
the orderly progress and development of the Second Division.
9— We urge the position that the Territory should stay out of
business commonly conducted by private enterprise.
10—We urge the rapid completion of all presently projected
airfields within the Second Division, and in addition, that
three more DC-3 fields be built as soon as possible to further
bolster the economy of the Second Division.
11— We urgently request the Federal Government to render all
possible aid so as to help revive gold mining in the Second
Division, its principal business.
12— We believe also that with proper encouragement from the
Federal Government, which has almost complete control
of Alaska, the Second Division's tin fields, and areas con
taining rich deposits of many other strategic minerals, can be
successfully developed for our country in this time of need.
13— We urge and recommend that particular consideration be
given to Education to the end that the high standard now
in effect in Alaska might be maintained and improved upon.
SENATORS—
HOWARD LYNG
ED ANDERSON
FRANK DEGNAN
REPRESENTATIVES—
TED DUFFIELD
CHARLES FAGERSTROM
JAMES WELLS
Senator Russell Opens
Presidential Campaign
Amid Cheers, Confusion .
ATLANTA, (/P)—The campaign
of Sen. Russell for the Democratic
presidential nomination was laun
ched Friday night with cheers,
confusion and a stand for inter
nationalism and states rights.
There were two versions of the
speech Russell was to deliver at
the $50-a-plate dinner formally
opening his campaign and the
senator followed neither through
out.
While Russell made a strong ef
fort in both version, distributed to
newspapermen, to rise above sec
tionalism, just before he went on
a radio network, James S. Peters,
Georgia Democratic Executive
Committee chairman, declared:
“The south will sit at the head
of the table or I will be damned
if we will sit at all.”
The 54-year-old junior senator
from Georgia was forced to edit
sharply whichever copy of the
speech he was using, to avoid
running beyond his allotted 30
minutes radio time.
In the pared-down version the
bachelor senator, a veteran of 20
years in Washington, asserted,
“We must preserve our constitu
tional government” and “protect
the sovereign states against over
concentration of powers in the
federal government.”
Beads seem to have almost uni
versal use among the peoples of
the world.
Calls On Ike To
Discuss Specific
Campaign Issues
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, 0<P) — Senator
Dirksen (R-Ill) called on General
Eisenhower Saturday to be “rea
sonably specific” in discussing
presidential campaign issues when
he returns to the United States.
“I don’t think the American
people would be at all satisfied
with a discussion in only broad
terms,” said Dirksen, who is sup
porting Sen Taft for top place on
the Republican ticket.
Sen. Lodge of Massachusetts,
heading the campaign to win the
GOP nomination for Eisenhower,
said in a speech at Marblehead,
Mass.,
“He will be completely frank
with the American people, as he
was when he was president of
Columbia University. He will not
hook a private car on the back of
a train for a whistle-stop tour. He
will be himself, remain in char
acter, do things in his regular
way.”
Taft supporters are circulating
petitions addressed to Eisenhower
demanding that he state his posi
tion on 21 matters they describe
as issues.
Eisenhower is scheduled to
make a major speech June 4 in
his home town of Abilene, Kan.,
and will have one of his first
opportunities then to talk about
campaign issues.
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Announcing New DG3 Schedule
EFFECTIVE MAY 4, 1952
EACH MON.. WED* THURS.. FRI.. SAT. & SUN.
leave Fairbanks 8:00 aon. arrive Kotzebue 11:30 pan.
leave Kotzebue 12:15 pan. arrive Nome 2:00 pan.
leave Nome 7:00 pan. arrive Fairbanks 10:30 pan.
THIS MEANS A 5-HOURS LAYOVER IN NOME
ON MONDAY AND THURSDAY
leave ' Nome 2:45 pan. arrive Kotzebue 4:00 pan.
leave Kotzebue 4:45 pan. arrive Nome 6:00 pan.
OUR NEW MAIL SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 21
By Cessna 170. 195 and Norseman
EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
leave Nome 7:00 a.m.
arrive Dee ring 8:15 a.m.
leave Deering 8:45 a.m.
arrive Candle 9:00 a.m.
leave Candle 9:30 a.m.
leave Kotzebue 11:15 a.m.
arrive Candle 12:00 N
leave Candle 12:30 p.m.
arrive Deering 12:45 p.m.
leave Deering 1:15 pjxi.
--
arrive Nome 2:30 p.m.
PAUL SPURLOCK, Station Manager
SCORCHY SMITH ACE OF THE AIR S TRIPS
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THIS ASTARIAN FLOATING IN REWARD
SPACE.' CLAIMS HE TRIED TO SPECTACULAR
SABOTAGE THE ASTAR SHIP FAILURE,
.FOR US
W. W. “Chief” LAWS i
Republican Candidate
for
THE SENATE
• •
Primary Election April 29, 1952
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MARYS IGLOO
SCHOOL CLOSED
The Territorial Board of Educa
cation has decided to discontinue
having a school at the village of
Mary’s Igloo, according to Calvin
Scougal, who taught the Eskimo
children at that remote settlement
this past winter.
The teacher said that the prin
cipal reason for the discontinu
ance is because the population of
Mary’s Igloo is fast dwindling,
due to the attraction for the male
residents to the high wages offer
ed by various construction firms
in the Seward Peninsula area.
Nome Directory
Nome Toastmasters Club
Thursdays—6:30 pjn.
B O T—Firelite Room
Dinner Meeting
(Reservations for other than members
must be made before Wednesday noon.)
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
WILL M. GTLLIS, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Dorothy Young,
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen,
Secretary
Meetings 1st Sc 3rd Mondays
NOME
CIVIL AIR PATROL
Meetings — 1st and 3rd
Wednesdays — 7:30 pwnu
Phone Black 191 Federal Bldg.
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
W. H. Cameron, Pres.
Dewey Goodrich, Secy.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40