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VOL. UII. No. 8 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1951 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
RICHMOND, </P)—They all fall
for the ladies of the Virginia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs—even
the governor.
At a federation board meeting a
year ago, Leslie Cheek Jr., sud
denly toppled to the floor when
his chair slipped off the speaker’s
platform.
The speaker at last night’s board
meeting was Virginia’s governor
John S. Battle.
He promptly duplicated Cheek’s
performance.
WASHINGTON, <#)—Maj. Gen.
Lewis £. Hershey yesterday asked
9 Congress for an indefinite exten
sion of the draft law with author
ity to induct men from 18 through
25 years.
“This is not an emergency shot
in the arm,” he told the Senate
armed services preparedness sub
» committee.
Hershey, who has operated the
selective service system for 10
years, gave full support to the
broad universal military service
and training bill sent to Congress
late Wednesday by Secretary of
State Marshall.
• It is the best act we can hope
for at the present time,” he told
chairman Lyndon Johnson (D.
Tex.) of the Senate group.
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The Air
Force announced yesterday it is
immediately calling up “a major
t portion” of the Air Reserve and
the National Guard and large num
bers of volunteer Air Reservists.
The call involves about 150,000
men and is designed to increase
Air Force manpower to 971,000 as
soon as possible.
The Air Force said it will call at
least 12 additional National Guard
Wings, 21 Air Reserve Training
Wings, most of the ground support
ing units and volunteer reserve
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«. Truman Hopes
Congress Will Ap
prove; But Will Act
On Own If Not
WASHINGTON, (£>)—President
Truman said yesterday he will ap
preciate it highly if the Senate ap
proves sending more troops to Eu
rope, but repeated he will da
f whatever is necessary to meet the
world situation.
He told his news conference he
is not asking the Senate to take
such action. However, he said he is
happy the Democratic majority is
working on an affirmative resolu
tion expressing approval of the
use of U. S. troops in Europe un
der Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
new Western defense command.
The President last week insisted
he has Constitutional authority as
commander in chief to send addi
tional troops to Europe with or
* without approval of Congress. The
Democratic move to back him up
developed after Senator Wherry
* of Nebraska, Republican floor
leader, offered a resolution to bar
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TO THE MEMBERS OF |
THE 20th LEGISLATURE
JUNEAU, ALASKA
The following report has -been
prepared by the Legislative Com
mittee of the Chamber of Com
merce and will be presented to the
Legislators who convene next week
in Juneau.
The committee is composed of
T. Duffield, chairman; A. Polet
and Gordon Osborne.
* i
i We respectfully submit to you:
for your consideration and support
the program for Alaska and espe
cially the portion that deals with
the Second Division.
| This program has been careful
! ly considered and studied by com
mittee; it has been adopted at a
regular meeting and endorsed in
our public forum.
Our Chamber has assembled a
| large amount of data <md facts in
j support of these measures, but in
the interest of brevity we have
adopted this short form, we know
that the detailed information, ref
erences and the laws of the Terri
tory are available to you in Jun
i eau, we know that the material
facts are in your possession.
Should you be in need of any spe
cial detailed information on any
■ of these measures as they come up
jfor consideration, or our opinion
on any bill, wire us collect and we
will furnish the information glad
, ly at our own expense.
Before proceeding with the
compilation of the needs of North
western Alaska, we wish to make
the following observations.
Nome and Northwestern Alaska
are justified in the pessimistic at
titude which has prevailed this
fall due to the action of our Mili
tary leaders, but since the organ
ization of our Civil Defense and
National Guard units, and follow
ed by the large and enthusiastic
and responsive attendance, a new
spirit has developed.
The pessimistic and fearful few
have either drifted away or have
adopted an optimistic air and will
ingness to help and co-operate.
We are therefore convinced that
a supreme effort should be under
taken and <a constructive program
should be adopted and presented
to carry out in this coming Ses
sion.
NEEDS OF NOME AND
NORTHWESTERN ALASKA
The Second Division is facing a
very much complicated situation.
Our wants are many and our prob
lems have not been urged or pro
perly presented for consideration.
We hope that at this time we may
succeed in obtaining your undi
vided support for the good of our
Division.
We have been promised by all
of our Legislators who will be
sworn in this Session that they
will forget personal, party and
frivolous disagreements, and look
after the vital interests of our Di
vision. We wish to point out that
we do not expect for you to waive
the magic wand and cause every
one to stand aside and get us all
we want; we know that you will
be against a stiff opposition. All
Divisions have needs and prob
lems, our are Just as urgent and
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“No-Tax” Session
Predicted For
1951 Legislature
(By Jim Hutcheson)
SEATTLE, {JP) — The Senator
who is likely to be the Republican
leader in the new Alaska Legis
lature predicted today that the
1951 session will be a no-tax ses
sion.
“I doubt seriously if any new
taxes will be enacted,” Territorial
Ben. John Butrovich of Fairbanks
said. He expressed the belief there
is no need for new ones and that
there certainly is no desire for
them on the part of the public.
The 1951 session opens at Jun
eau Monday with Democrats sol- j
idly in control of the House and
an even eight-eight split of the
two parties in the Senate.
Butrovich, who has been hos
pitalized here for surgical treat
ment, expects to fly to Juneau
Sunday. _
“The budget is the big problem;
I think it is the only real prob
lem/’ declared the businessman
who played a key role as chair
man of the 1949 Senate finance
committee in drafting the budget
under which the Territory now is
operating.
Butrovich said he thinks “it will
be a very peaceful session—once
we get organized.”
He predicted the major con
troversy will be over “side issues”
—such items as the disagreements
that figured prominently in the
election campaign.
But he acknowledged the or
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Is Gravel Mineral?
Fate Of Alaska’s
School Lands Rests
On Decision
ANCHORAGE, {fP)—Is gravel a
valuable mineral? Does its pres
ence on school seotion lands per
mit the staking of mining claims?
O nthose questions may hinge a
court decision that could affect
Alaska’s financial structure and
deprive schools of large anticipat
ed funds.
The issue came to light Wed
nesday when Lowell 'Puckett, re
gional administrator for the bur
eau of land management, disclosed
that four well-known Alaska fam
ilies had staken placer claims on
640 acres of valuable school land
east of Anchorage.
The reaction was violent An
chorage school district officials
conferred with attorneys on ways
to void the claims. The city plan
ning commission began a study of
the situation. City Manager Robert
Sharp reported the interior depart
ment in Washington, D. C.,: had
taken the matter under advise
ment.
The land, on the outskirts of
this rapidly growing Alaska city,
has 'been estimated as worth more
than $2,000,000 if divided into
3,200 lots. Similar lots are bring
ing $700 a piece.
The families contend they dis
covered gravel in the area, and
mining laws allow filing of claims
on school sections if they contain
valuable minerals.
Mining authorities here say pre
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Buried Filing Cabinets
Are Inspired By Atomic Bomb
<AP) Newsfeatures
"COME DOWN to my office"* sometime may really mean down# if
atom fears materialise. Here is an artist's drawing of an under
ground storehouse for business records as designed by H. G. Mil
ler, Ji*4 of the American Photocopy Equipment Co^ Chicago. He
says when records are destroyed 40 per cent of firms involved
have been unable to continue operation. He's for buried duplicates.
Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
Thursday# January 18# 1950
(By The Associated (Press)
Strong Red Chinese force fights
blazing 'battle with probing U. N.
troops inside Kumyangjang on
West Korean front. Allied forces
fall back to evade Red trap. In
creasing signs of communist offen
sive buildup all across the penin
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sula.
The threat of an all-out com
munist push coincided with Red
China’s rejection of United Na
tions’ cease-fire proposals. An
emergency meeting of the U. N.
political committee has been call
ed today to consider Peiping’s re
jection of the peace bid.
The United States delegation
prepared to introduce a resolution
• which would condemn communist
china as an aggressor. The Ameri
cans fear a collapse of the collec
tive security principal if aggres
sion is allowed to go unpunished.
There were indications the U. N.
course of action on Red China
threatens to split the free world.
In Washington, secretary of state
Dean Acheson and other top offi
cials are said to be keenly aware
of the dangers of a showdown and
are proceeding with caution to
draft in cooperation with other na
tions a U. N. resolution indicting
the Reds.
In Paris yesterday, India’s prime
minister Jawaharlal Nehru, a pow
er in Asia, said that to brand China
as an aggressor “would bolt and
bar the door to peaceful settle
ment” in the Far East.
This indicated that India and at
least a part of the bloc she leads
might not go along with the U. N.
anti-communist bloc in further di
1 rect action against communist
China.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower con
fers with Italian Premier and de
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“Is U. S. Going To
Construct Concrete
Plant In Canada?”
Tollefson Asks
(By Frank W. Vaille)
((£>) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, <£>)—Rep. Tol
lefson (R.-Wash.) posed a series ot
questions yesterday for Charles E.
Wilson, defense mobilization di
rector, Concerning. ‘.‘a. rumored
proposal to expand; United States
funds for the construction of an
aluminum plapt~4n Canada.”
The proposed aluminum devel
opment in the Kitimat area of the
northern British Columbia wilder
ness has come under fire in Alas
ka. Published reports in . Alaska
have said the Canadian project
will knock out, for the preesnt at
least, the planning for a possible
project at Skagway.
The Anchorage, Alaska, Times
said editorrially last week that
the plan to use United States
funds for the Canadian project
“has all the badges of a double
cross.” It said the setback to the
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