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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, January 22, 1951
AUDOBON CENTENNIAL WEEK
Honoring John James Audobon who has made dis
tinguished contributions to American life and art
through his paintings of American birds and mammals,
Governor Gruening has declared the week of January
21-27 as Audubon Centennial Week in the Territory and
urges that observance of this week be made by all in
terested organizations and individuals as part or a na
tion-wide tribute..
Alaska is fortunate in still possessing important spe
cies of wildlife, and in fact every species present here
since the acquisition of Alaska in 1867, states the proc
lamation of the Governor and by paying tribute to this
great man Alaskans express their desire to continue the
campaign to conserve our natural resources for future
generations.
“PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY”
It might be a good idea not to overlook today, the an
niversary of Woodrow Wilson’s “Peace Without Vic
tory” address to the Congress of the United States.
A little more than two months before this country en
tered the great struggle Mr. Wilson sought to avoid a
peace forced upon the loser which would leave a sting,
a resentment and a bitter memory. Such a peace, he as
serted, would rest upon “quicksand.”
The accuracy of his perception was demonstrated
some years later by Adolf Hitler and his stooges. It is
being re-emphasized today as this country faces a doubt
ful future and, consequentyl .prepares for war.
PROPOSES SPIRITUAL ALLIANCE
A spiritual alliance of the Moslem and Christian
world is proposed by Abdul Azzam Pasha, secretary
general of the Arab League, who concludes that such a
group would unite more than half of the men of the
earth against a common enemy.
The Arab leader says that the two religions “are
founded upon an exquisite high spirituality” and are
menaced by the same enemy, “atheistic materialism.”
He thinks that a spiritual allance would present “an im
mense force” able to defend “the supreme moral con
ceptions of both religions” and “the peace of the world.”
The stock market ended the year 1950 with higher
prices than expected which seems to indicate that busi
• ness, despte its howl, has not been wrecked.
"SOMEONE WISH TO SPEAK WITH ME ?”
;Truman Asks
$104,285,066 For
Gov’t Civilian
Activities In Alaska
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quests for other military func
tions.”
Information on the military
funds “is not now available for
publication,” he explained in his
weekly news letter.
The $60,683,041, proposed for
the interior department’s Alaska
program in the year starting July
1 accounts for over half of the
money listed for civilian activities
in the Territory, Bartlett said.
He also called attention to these
items in the budget request:
$21,700,000 for road construction,
including $8,000,000 to pay fcrr
1 contracts authorized last year;
$3,300,000 for maintenance of
roads; $10,000,000 for about 31
public works construction pro
jects, such as schools, hospitals,
streets and water and sewer sys
tems; $2,500,000 for the Alaska
Railroad rehabilitation program.
Breaking down the funds asked
for the interior department, Bart
lett said they include:
$1,986,037 for the fish and wild
life service, including $1,298,111
for management of fish and wild
life resources, $364,458 for re
source investigations, $128,600 for
construction and $104,963 for gen
eral administration.
$10,194,141 for the Indian Bur
eau, including $7,09,956 for health,
education and welfare; $433,685
for Indian resources management;
$2,409,000 for construction of
buildings and $262,500 general ad
i ministrative expense.
$2,752,000 for the geological
survey, including $1,800,000 for
topographic surveys and mapping,
$665,000 for geologic and mineral
surveys and mapping; $250,000
for water resource investigations;
$28,000 for classification of lands
and $9,000 for supervision of min
ing and oil and gas leases.
$22,600 for the Alaska field
staff; $763,763 for the bureau of
land management; $5,996,400 for
the bureau of reclamation, includ
ing $5,761,400 for partial construc
tion of the Eklutna hydroelectric
project and $235,000 for general
investigations; $512,000 for the
bureau of mines; $410,384, for the
national park service; $96,140 for
the Governor’s office; $502,141 for
the care and custody of Alaska’s
insane and $46,435 for adminis- j
tration of Alaskan affairs within
the department.
In funds asked for the agricul
tural department these would be
for Alaska:
$230,000 for a special agricultural
research program; $56,740 for ex
tension service work; $113,548 for
experiment station work; $608,930
for forest service activities; $110,
000 soil conservation; $47,284 for
production and marketing work;
$175,000 for aid to homesteaders
by the Farmers Home Administra
tion; and $4,000,00 for .the rural
electrification loan program.
The commerce dep artment
would spend $23,303,000 in Alaska,
including $13,099,000 for the Civil
Aeronautics Administration, $124,
000 for the Civil Aeronautics
Board; $3,138,000 for the coast and
geodetic survey; $5,250,000 for the
public roads bureau and $1,692,000
for the weather bureau.
An appropriation of $247,000 is
proposed for continuing dredging
of Wrangell Narrows and $51,2Q0
would be provided for maintenace
dredging at Nome.
Other requests Bartlett listed
Recess Indefinitely
Palmer Airport
Deal Hearing
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McCutcheon frequently crossed
with the committee and its coun
sel during his testimony.
' At one .time, while reading ex
cerpts from his diary, McCutcheon
admonished committee members
sharply: “Now pay attention!”
Later, when committee counsel
Barney Flanagan broke in during
the middle of a statement, Mc
Cutcheon cautioned, “Now Mr.
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Flanagan, if you won’t interrupt
me, I won’t interrupt you.”
When Flanagan asked if Mc
Cutcheon had discussed with
Chris Lample CAA administrator
of Alaska public airports, an
agreement between the Territorial
! commission and the tPalmer Air
port Association for return of
$145,000 of the $150,000 purchase
price, the Alaskan rose in his
chair and declared:
“My dear Mr. Flanagan, I'll say
we did.”
McCutcheon was rebuffed toy
the committee in his effort sto tie
the airport invesftigation to the
statehood question, and also was
denied permission to real a lengthy
answer to charges which he said
had been made concerning the air
port applications during the state
hood fight on the floor of the Sen
ate. His answer was accepted
however for inclusion in the rec
ord.
Closing witnesses were David E.
Duncan, chief appraiser for the
Alaska district, army engineers;
Dick Darnielle, North Pacific Di
vision reviewing appraiser for the
engineers; and Joseph H. Patton,
chief geologist for the engineers.
They testified concerning meth
ods they had used in conducting
separate appraisals of the proper
ty.
Wallace Says
World Needs
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International PWA
BOSTON, (yP)—What the world
needs for peace is “a really big
PWA project” costing $10 billion
a year and open to iron curtain
countries if they behave so as to
deserve it.
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That’s the new plan announced
yesterday by former vice presi
dent Henry A. Wallace who said
his idea is not appeasement but
“A-peace-ment.”
Wallace told an audience at the
non-sectarian Community church:
“I would spell out a really big
PWA project for the whole world
in terms of _specific dams, roads,
bridges, electrification for towns
and farms, irrigation ditches and
fertilizer factories in definite
spots.” ;
The $10 billion would be spent
through the United Nations and
some of it could go behind the iron
curtain on these conditions listed
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by Wallace:
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“Park the Atom bombs, discon
tinue fifth column activities and
build a U. N. police force stronger
than -the Aimed might orf any indi
vidual nation.”
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are: $1,234,000 for control and in
vestigation of sanitation; $2 000,
000 for naval. petroleum reserve
No. 4; $206,000 for the customs
bureau; $6,359,000 for .the coast
guard’s Alaskan activities; $111,
000 for the bureau of internal rev
enue and $4,709,323 for post office
activities in the Territory.
Korean Situation *
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resolution condemning Red China.
The resolution faced Soviet-bloc
opposition, a move by 12 Arab
Asian countries to try another
peace appeal and a fear in Euro
pean countries that the UjS. would
become so involved in Asia that
they would be left open to attack.
Monday, January 22 1951
Four Allied tank-led columns
range deep into Red territory
along 50-mile sector of the west
ern front. They meet little resis
tance in the area where the Chi
nese are reported building up for
a huge offensive. They penetrate J
Osan, Kumyangjang, and then
withdraw. The U. S. Eighth army
clamps a security blackout on the
west front news. On the central
front, a powerful Allied patrol
seizes Wonju airstrip and pushes
Reds off nearby heights.
The United States delegation at
Lake Success made a forthright <
public statement of American pol
icy as U. N. delegates assembled
for another session of the politi
cal committee this afternoon. The
diplomats who are trying to work
out a new formula for peace in
Korea were told by Ernest A.
Gross, deputy U. S. representative
that the United States wants the 4
Nationalist Chinese government at
any conference on the future of
Formosa and that the problem
must be settled ‘in a way com
pletely consistent with our (the
American) national interest and
security.”
Gross also said the U. S. will
continue to oppose seating com
munist China in the U. N.
American ambassador John Fos
ter Dulles leaves Washington for
Tokyo today with state and de
fense advisors to lay the basis for #
a Japanese peace treaty. Washing
ton observers said he would deal
with Japan on a basis of equality
and has been directed by Presi
dent Truman to get a treaty draft
ed, signed and in force as rapidly
of passible. A treaty may be put
into force before the year ends.
Moscow over the week-end sent
notes to Britain and France charg
ing that those two countries with
the United States by “preparing a
direct military alliance” with the
West German Government, are
creating a “serious threat ter the ^
peace.” Russia sai dthe plans to
rearm West Germans violated her
alliance with Britain and France
but she did not void these treaties
signed during World War II.
The enemy stepped up its air
attacks. Twelve Soviet-built MIG
fighter jets made a half-hearted
swipe at four U. S. (F-84 jets over
north Korea and then turned tail
for the safety of the Manchurian
border. A total of 54 Russian^vpe
jets were spotted in the air Sun- *
day.
LUD URICK SEEKS NOME
SCHOOL-UNIVERSITY CAME
Lud Urick, former coach for the
^Nome High School Basketball
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team, and now coach and director
of athletics for the University of
Alaska, writes that he would be
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interested in having his team play
a Nome team early in February if
any of them are interested.
He stated in his communication
that he believed that the people of *
the Territory are interested in
what the University is doing and
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that the people of Nome might en
joy seeing the University team in
action. may fee contacted di
rectly by interested groups.