THE NOME NUGGET
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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, February 15, 1950
NOME HIGH PLAYING FINE BASKETBALL
With a perfect score of 14 wins and no losing games
tho Nome High School basketball team is making prepa
rations to take off for Anchorage next week to compete
with high school teams from all over the Territory.
Their coach Lud Urick, who joined the teaching staff
here last fall and a former athletic star himself, is con
fident that the team will make a good record at the
conference and is justly proud of what they have al
ready accompnished.
It has been a long time since Nome has had such a
team and the community’s interest is well expressed
by the increasing attendance at the games each week.
Tomorrow evening they play their last game before
leaving for Anchorage. Let’s all turn out and give them
a good send-off at the gym whether we are basketball
fans or not.
The Nugget is arranging for daily reports of their
progress while the conference is on in Anchorage.
DANIELS—In the Lion's Den
(Valley Frontiersman)
Let’s all work together to organize a tourist’s bureau
that will stress establishment of a spring and winter
travel season in Alaska, the Northwestern Chamber of
Commerce at Nome suggests. And in this writer’s opin
ion, we think Nome’s got something.
We do invite our visitors to the Territory at a time
when we can least accommodate them. We urge,
through leaflets and advertising material, that tourists
see the land of the far north in the summer. Why should
we, I wonder?
All of our advertising, much of our magazine material
and our news stories Outside make much of the “land
of the ice and snow, the long winter nights, the frigid
winter temperatures and’ the wonderful Aurora Bore
alis.’* And then we invite company to come in a season
when they can’t possibly enjoy any of these natural
wonders.
Frankly, we can’t see too much difference between
Alaska in summertime and any of the Pacific northwest
country. And certainly it would be quite a bit cheaper,
and possibly a whole lot more comfortable for a tourist
to do his sightseeing there than to make the long trek
north just to look at more dusty roads, and to experi
ence the bite of a bigger mosquito. We suspect that the
Pacific Northwest variety of either would do equally
as well.
Certainly, our towns and cities take on a much more
pleasant appearance under a winter blanket of conceal
ing snow. Our lack of garbage dumps, our overgrown
dooryards and our general unkempt appearance isn’t
nearly so evident in the winter-time.
And for the purely tourist brand of visitor, there’s
certainly a lot more to do in the winter. There’s no hunt
ing, it’s true, but then most of our plain everyday tour
ists haven’t the cash to put into a non-resident hunting
license and guide’s fees anyway. Ice fishing can be as
much fun, and is certainyl much more novel, than the
summer stream fishing. A visit north in the winter
would pre-suppose some skiing, skating and snowshoe
hiking, but we can’t think of many places where a tour
ist could enjoy these sports in the summer. Opportuni
ties for the amateur photographer are unexcelled the
year ’round, but we think no one will deny that our
winter sunrises and sunsets top anything we’ve ever
seen.
Then, too, the opportunity for purely man-made fun
is confined mainly to our winter and spring months.
We’ve jotted down just a few items that we thought of
off-hand, which we feel visitors ought to have an oppor
tunity to enoy. Yet there isn't a single one of these af
fairs that occurs later than May. The events we thought
of include the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, the Fair
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
The Chamber of Commerce
held their regular Tuesday noon
meeting yesterday and discussed
several important matters.
The Pamphlet committee gave
! a tentative report stating that
they would be having something
soon to offer.
A genera! meeting was an
[ nounced for next Tuesday evening
when the new officers of the
Board will be elected.
The sum of fifty dollars was al
located to the tourist committee
for advertisement in the Travel
Agent, magazine which is spon
soring an Alaskan edition. Addi
tional funds for the committee to
be solicited from merchants. i
i
C. A. B. APPROVES NEW
FREIGHT RATES TO ALASKA
FOR NORTHWEST AIRLINES
I
The Civil Aeronautics Board to-1
day permitted Northwest Airlines,
Inc., to establish for a period of
90 days specific commodity rates
from Anchorage, Alaska, to va- j
rious United States points equiv
alent to approximately 12 cents a
ton mile, and to establish rates
on various commodities from
United States point to Alaska that |
will yield approximately 16 cents \
a ton mile.
The board pointed out that
these rates, which represent sub
stantial reductions from the*cur
rent rates, are to be established in
lieu of lower rates proposed by
Northwest Airlines. The rates are
to be established in an effort par
ticularly to develop air cargo traf-!
fic between Minneapolis-St. Paul I
and point East thereof, and Alaska
over Northwest’s direct route be
tween the Twin Cities and Alas
CAP NEWS
Last Sunday Major Bronson of
the CAP accompanied by observer
Tom Prout were on a nemergency
mission in search of two men
who with their dog team had been
reported missing for two days on
the ice of Bering Sea. The missing
men were Steve Dickson of M. A.
F. B., and Ulysses Fleener.
In a short time they were lo
cated and found to be in excellent
health and on their way home
from their hunting expedition.
While in the air they observed
that the Crown City, the army
transport which went aground
during the war while trying to
pass between Sledge Island and
shore, has been disintegrating
this winter due to the action of
the ice, and the bow has disap
peared completely.
Major Bronson announced that
there would be an Officer’s Staff
meeting on February 15th at the
City Hall at 8:00 p.m. A general
meeting is scheduled for all mem
bers on Feb. 22nd.
ESKIMO GROUP WILL ENTER
TAIN AT FUR RENDEZVOUS
Arrangements were completed
today for a group of Eskimos to
be guests of the Fur Rendezvous
in Anchorage.
The group which is headed by
Sam Mogg, will take an exhibit
of their native crafts, demonstrate
the methods used as well as enter
tain while they are there with
Eskimo dances. Included in the
group will be George Ahgupuk,
well-known Eskimo artist. They
plan to leave Monday or Tues
day with Alaska Airlines.
ka. Some rates arlos are to be es
tablished between Anchorage and
Seattle.
banks Ice Carnival, the Nenana break-up celebration,
the Seward Potlatch, Nome’s Fair, and Palmer’s Colony
Day.
We believe that the ultimate objective of every one of
these affairs is to cultivate good will and stimulate
business relationships. We can’t think we’re doing such
a good job of either, if we keep them all in the family,
so to speak.
Therefore, we recommend that the Valley Chamber
of Commerce wholeheartedly support Nome’s plan. We
think it’s a good idea, worthy of support. We’re sorry
someone in the Valley didn’t think of it first, for we
feel the suggestion points out the fundamental flaw in
our bid for tourist trade, and we think that Nome is
going to get the credit for originating the idea that revo
lutionized Alaska’s tourist industry.
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Mar‘ley Shaweross spoke of the
horror of the planned new wea
pons and said “we must continue
to seek agreement" with Russia.
Shaweross has been mentioned
as a successor to foreign secretary
Ernest Bevin, who is ailing.
Wednesday, February 15, 1950
After nearly two months of ne
gotiation, the Soviet Union and
the Chinese communist republic
have signed a 30-year treaty of
friendly alliance directly affect
ing 700,000,000 people of the two
countries.
The pact is said to be aimed at
strengthening the economic and
cultural ties of the two nations. It
provides for a Russian loan of
$300,000,000 over the next five
years which will be used by China
to buy machinery and supplies
from Russia.
The alliance promises either
nation will come to the aid of the
other if she is attacked by Japan
or nations directly or indirectly
allied to Japan or using Japan for
aggressive aims.
The pact also provides that
Russia will hand over to China
within two years the South Man
churian Railway, which the Sov
iets now operate.
Russia also promises to hand
over the port of Darien and to
withdraw troops from Port Ar
thur. These were provisions of the
1945 Russo-Chinese pact which
now comes to an end.
In Washington observers said
the interesting part of the new
treaty is what it does not say,
rather than what is committed to
paper.
The published agreements are
silent on reported Chinese desires
for planes and ships to send
against Nationalist-held Formosa.
The published version appears
to be an attempt to cut the ground
from under any American policy
toward China based on a hope of
conflict of Soviet-Chinese interest
over North China, and particular
ly Maffchuria.
Diplomatic authorities in Wash
ington are convinced the docu
ment made public does not repre
sent the extent of agreement
reached in the long talks between
Prime Minister Stalin and Red
China’s leader Mao Tze-Tung.
In Toyko observers expressed
surprise over the comparatively
small loan Russia is making her
ally. It is only a fraction of the
amount China needs for machin
ery and supplies to rebuild her
war-shattered industries.
Chinese Nationalists on For
mosa said secret terms of the new
treaty provide that Chinese com
munists take the leadership of
communist aggression in South
east Asia and Russia is to get se
cret nav^l and air bases in China.
Tory chieftain Winston Chur
chill has interjected the hydrogen
bomb discussion into the British
election campaign. Without men
tioning the bomb by name Chur
chill called for talks between
western leaders and Stalin in a
final effort to stop the atomic
arms race.
It was interpreted as a Conserv
ative attempt to convince Britons
Churchill is the man to talk with
Stalin instead of Labor Prime
Minister Attlee.
| Attlee, in reply to a Quaker
suggestion recently said a meeting
I among the leaders of Russia, Bri
1 tain and the United States to set
I tie major differences would be
useless at this time.