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, December 19, 1949
LITTLE SENSE IN THE CENSUS
(Anchorage Daily Times)
The area supervisor for the United States census is
quoted in a Seattle newspaper as asserting that interior
valleys of Alaska will be impassable in April and for
that season the count will be made February 1.
The gentleman is in charge of the count for Washing
ton, Oregon. Idaho, Montana and Alaska. He is impress
ed with the problem of taking the census in Alaska.
“The vast area of the Territory makes door-to-door
enumeration at so much a name impractical, eve if the
enumerators could converse with the Indians and Eski
mos. So Gene H. Harris is depending mainly upon the1
teachers and nurses of the Alaska Native Service for the
count in the northland." the newspaper said.
The Fish and Wildlife Service and other federal agen
cies will fill in at some spots not covered by the Native
ScnNffee personnel. Staff enumerators of the Census
** Bureau will operate only in areas which these services,
well acquainted with the Territory, are not able to
cover.
Several problems are presented in taking the Alaska
census ,Harris says. One is the migratory nature of
much of the population. Fishermen and cannery work
ers who go to Alaska just for the summer won't be cred
ited to Alaska, according to the area census chief.
“But if a bona fide resident of Alaska is counted in the
Territorial census in February and moves to Seattle
during March, he won’t be counted again in his new
residence when the Seattle census is taken during
April."
The interview displays a rather surprising lack of
knowledge of Alaska.
The original premise—the interior valleys will be im
passable in April—is subject to challenge. What interior
vaileys will be impassable in April? Name one! If there
should be one, what bearing would it have on the tak
ing of the census? If a valley is impassable the natives
are not in it.
me supervisors assertion tnat aoor-to-aoor enumer
ation is impractical seems to discredit his own project.
How can a census be conducted other than by personal
interview? It was done in previous census years and it
can be done again.
The supervisor seems to be worried about Alaskans
who are counted in the Territory in February and then
move to Seattle in April. He has his worry in reverse.
Hundreds of Alaskans will be in the States in Febru
ary. They will be home in the Territory by April. It
looks as though they won’t be counted in either place.
All the information released on the 1950 census pre
sent sa dismal picture as far as Alaska is concerned. It
indicates a slip-shod and half-hearted attempt will be
made to compile some sort of a figure, with accuracy of
secondary importance.
Preparations for the census show that federal officials
are following the usual custom of discriminating against
Alaska is favor of the States.
The Bureau of the Census has a certin amount of
money to spend. The money has been apportioned to the
various regions of the nation. Alaska, being a part of a
region consisting of four states and the Territory, is
going to get ony a few crumbs of financial support for
its census.
Most of the area’s funds will go into the four States,
represented by eight Senators and 18 members of the
House. These States are populated by more than 1,500,
000 people who vote for President and the members of
Congress.
It was decided at Washington that federal employees
in Alaska would take the census, thus saving substan
tial sums of money for diversion to the various States.
If the officials are sincere in seeking an accurate
count of the Alaska population thpy need not distort the1
Hungarians Arrest
U. S. Relief Worker
VIENNA, (A1)—Israel Jacobson,
director of the American Joint
Distribution committee in Hun
gary, has been arrested by Hun
garian police, it was learned here
Saturday.
Hungarian officials confirmed
his arrest, but refused to specify
the charges against him.
Harold Trobe, Vienna director
of the American Joint Distribu
tion committee, a Jewish relief
agency, said Jacobson was ar
rested Thursday when he return
ed to Budapest after a six-week
leave in the United States.
Trobe said he knew of no possi
ble reason for Jacobson’s arrest.
Jacobson’s home was formerly
Rochester, N. Y., but a few weeks
ago his family moved to Chicago.
His wife, Florence, worked in'the
Chicago office of the “Federation
CITY COUNCIL
The Board of Equalization of
the Nome City Council completed
I their three sessions of Tuesday,
| Wednesday and Thursday with
few complaints and adjustments.
Real and personal property,
| evaluated to the amount of $4,261,
i 728.64. was assessed at the rate of
I 1 Va cents from which the city is
scheduled to derive $53,271.60.
The balance required to meet
the budget which is set at about
$92,000.00 must be derived from
other sources such as fines, liquor
licenses, dridvers licenses, car
stamps, refunds from the Terri
tory, etc.
The sales tax ordinance was read
for the last time on Friday, De
cember 16th, and copies of the or
dinance will soon be available.
of Jewish Charities.”
Mrs. Jacobson was with him in
Budapest before they left three
months ago on their trip to the
United States.
entire project by starting it two months before the count
in the States. The April 1 date for the entire nation
could well be applied to Alaska. The native problem, if
it is a serious one, could be handled efficiently and with
reasonable accuracy on Easter Sunday, April 9. Natives
all attend church on that day and the enumerators could
compile reasonably accurate records at the church door,
whether interior valleys are impassable or not.
STALIN KNEW THE RISK
(Seattle Times)
Evidently Marshal Stalin had some idea as to how far
he could go in bossing Marshal Tito around long before
the break came between the two Communist leaders,
but the Soviet dictator still couldn’t hold back.
In Edward R. Stettinius’ newly-published book on
Roosevelt, the Russian and the Yalta conference, the
late American Secretary of State tells of some delicate
questions that arose at Yalta as to Yugoslavia. Then he
quotes Winston Churchill as remarking that “if Mar
shal Stalin said two words to Marshal Tito, the matter
would be settled.”
And then this from Stettinius’ book which shows that
even at the time of the Yalta conference, Stalin knew
his Tito:
"Stalin replied that Tito was a proud man, and that
now that he was a popular head of a regime he might re
sent advice. The Prime Minister (Churchill) answered
that he felt Marshal Stalin could risk this. Stalin replied
that he was not afraid to advise Tito.”
But now he know what happened when one dictator
undertook to tell another where to head in.
THESE WOMEN! By d’Alessio j
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I Dear Editor:
I want everybody in Nome to
read this letter so I am writing to
the Nugget. I remember the paper
since I was eight years old when
i I had a news paper route.
I have gone to school in the
I States and have played basketball
I for the school and was lucky
enough to play on winning teams
in the States. Wherever we play
ed, our team always had a good
following, that is the school and
the town gave us 100% backing.
I am writing this letter because
I have seen three High School
games and the boys have won ev
ery game and won with ease be
cause of fine team work, not be
cause of having two or three
sharpshooters on the team.
There is one boy on the team
however that could make a col
lege team without half trying
should he go on to school. He does
] not play as a star now however,
but as a team man.
This town has been looking for
outside publicity. What better ad
vertisement can you get than a
winning basketball team to repre
sent Nome in the all high school
meet at Anchorage.
Nome High played a league
game with the Nome Beverage
las4 Thursday and although the
score was 52-28 the boys had to
work to win.
Now this is the rub—there were
only about 40 paid admissions and
how are we going to send a team
to Anchorage when nobody is in
terested enough to watch the
games a1 homo. A good team in
Anchorage, whether it wins or not
is as good as any Chamber ?>f
Commerce paid advertisement.
The boys have tied with the
fire department of the Base for
, first place with 5 wins and no
losses aaginst their score of 5 wins
and no losses.
I So I am asking every citizen in
Nome, the next time the boys play
go out and root for them and show
them that you are interested and
want them to compete in Anchor
age by your admission fee.
I have never met Mr. Urich but
I want to thank him through your
paper as he is really the man who
made the team and like I said ear
lier in the letter you can’t win un
less you have teamwork and the
boys sure have it.
Sincerely,
SAM MOGG.
I
Fairbanks Wants
More Elbowrooni
FAIRBANKS, (#*) — A district
court hearing has been scheduled
for Jan. 18 on a move to bring 360
I acres of land south and west of
Fairbanks within the city’s boun
daries.
The date was set by the court
late last week after annexation
proceedings were filed by the city
council. The tract is in th city
owned portions of the Richert
and Day homesteads, and includes
the Weeks Field subdivision where
multiple housing projects are
planned. The council said the land
no longer is needed for the Weeks
Field municipal airport and should
be mode available for homes, busi
nesses, schools and playgorunds.
The Fairbanks planning com
mission recently established po
tential boundaries in the Weeks
subdivision for 256 multiple hous
ing units scheduled to be built by
the Bayview Development corpo
ration.