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Nome, Alaska, Monday, April 30, 1951
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TOMORROW IS LOYALTY DAY
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Tomorrow is Loyalty Day, a day set aside for
special observance by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The motto they have adopted for this year is
“Loyality to one ‘ism’—Americanism!”
The goal of the organization is to emphasize
Americanism in all of its finest aspects and to help
Americans reaffirm their faith in the principles on
which it was founded.
THE TOURIST DOLLAR
The tourist dollar has been closely analysed by
the Washington State Advertising Commission who
figure that out of the 2,400,000 visitors the state had
last year, $6,000,000 was contributed to tax revenues
for the state.
They have broken down the tourist dollar to the
following statistics: 32 cents out of every dollar went
for food, 23 cents for lodging, 20 cents for transporta
tion, 8 cents for clothing, and 12 cents for miscellaneous.
ALASKA GOES TO THE ORIENT
(JUNEAU EMPIRE)
It is interesting that a Totem Pole carved in
Wrangell back in 1922 will stand in one of Tokyo’s
public parks as a memorial to the First Japanese Trade
Fair which will be held in Seattle June 17 to July 3.
The totem pole was donated by the Alaska Steam
ship Company and it made its trip across the Pacific
by American Mail Line.
Its formal dedication by Senator Warren G. Mag
nuson on his present trip to the Orient was an event
accompanied by invitations to high Japanese officials
to attend the opening ceremonies of the Japanese
Trade Fair.
The choice of a totem pole for a memorial in Japan
was made because it has long been symbolic of the
friendship and trade between Alaska and Seattle, the
Gateway to the Territory, and the Japanese Trade Fair
is a sincere attempt to reopen the traditional Seattle
Gateway to Japan and the Orient, according to Her
bert S. Little, chairman of the Fair. “We chose the pole
as symbolic of both of Seattle’s great maritime gate
ways,” Mr. Little said.
SOMETHING “SMELLS”
(KETCHIKAN NEWS)
Touting Gunnard Engebreth, president of the Sen
ate, for delegate to run against Bob Bartlett as the
next delegate from Alaska, indicates that all is not
well between the Democratic machine and Bartlett.
Robert Atwood, editor of -the Anchorage Times,
a Republican, who has supported the Gruening Demo
cratic machine, is sponsoring Engebreth. It is likely
he also will have the blessings of the McCutcheons of
the Third Division.
' Atwood s&ys support of Engebreth is “among lib
eral Republicans.” Also that Engebreth in the recent
legislative sessions “often crossed party lines tto vote
with a majority of the Democrats and two other Re
publicans — Anita Gamick of Jujneau and Percy
Ipalook of Kotzebue.” .
Now what puzzles us is why efforts are set in
motion to give Delegate Bartlett the heave-ho by the
“gang.” Was it his refusal to go along with the Gruen
ing gang to try and purge Jim Nolan of Wrangell and
his possible refusal to help get Lew Williams?
Whatever the reasons, they would be interesting
to know definitely, and it shows a definite split in the
Democratic party, the old-line Democrats vs. the So
cialist Democrats.
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Stassen Pleads For
Reconciliation Between
Truman and MacArthur
WASHINGTON, (IP) — Repub
lican leader Harold E. Stassen
wrote President Truman that “For
the good of America there should
be a reconciliation between you
and Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
In his letter, Stassen said:
“If the disagreement runs its
bitter course to the end, what
ever its outcome may be, it can
do no good for our country.
“I therefore ask with humility
that you consider extending an
invitation to Gen. MacArthur to
meet and confer with you.”
Stassen, president of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, told a
news conference he delivered the
letter to the White House.
At the same time Stassen said, |
he sent a telegram to MacArthur
in New York.
Stassen told MacArthur about
his letter to Mr. Truman and said
he had made it clear that “I had
FOOL’S GOLD SOUGHT
BY BIG INDUSTRY
In years past many a prospec
tor’s heart momentarily has beat- j
en faster at the appearance of out- I
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crops of yellow metal, only ta dis
cover on closer investigation it
v/as comparatively worthless fool’s
gold. Today, however, large de
posits of this mineral may bring
real gold into the pockets of the
Territory’s prospectors, it is re
ported by the Alaskan Develop
ment Board.
A large industrial firm in the
eastern United States has written
the Development Board asking
for information about deposits of
iron pyrite and other sulphides in
the more accessible regions of
Alaska. If sufficiently large de
posits are found the company will
have an engineer examine them
with the view toward establish
ment of an important new in
dustry in the Territory.
The potential value of this min
eral recently was described to the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce by
Ernest N. Patty, former dean of
the University of Alaska’s School
of Mines, who told the group that
Alaska’s pyrite deposits may be
of high strategic importance.
Prospectors knowing of iron py
rite or other sulphide deposits in
the Territory are asked to write
the Alaska Development Board,
Box 50, Juneau.
"4.©n" Duplicate Receipt Book!
at the Nugget
Menzies Government
Returns To Power
SYDNEY, Australia, {/P) — The
coalition government of Prime
Minister Robert G. Menzies ap
peared to have been returned to
power despite gains made -by the
labor opposition in Friday’s par
liamentary elections.
At the close of counting, in
complete returns showed that a
slight trend toward the Labor
Party, led by former Prime Min
ister Joseph B. Chiefly, would
cost the 16-months old liberal
country coalition government
about five seats.
not spoken to you directly or in
directly but that I was confident
from my knowledge of you over
a period of years that if such an
invitation is extended you will
accept.”
The White House confirmed re
ceipt erf the Stassen letter, but j
said there would be no comment. !
Forecast And
Weather Report;
Compiled by XJM. Dept, of Commmce,
Weather Bureau
Monday, April 30, 1951
Forecast Nome: Continued clou
dy with occasional light snow to
night and tomorrow. Light and
variable winds. Lowest temp, ex
pected tonight 28, highest tomor
row 20.
Nome data laft 24 hours as of
7 aJBtt. today: Precipitation, trace.
Month total, 0.64 inch. Tempera
tures: highest 27, lowest 17. Maxi
mum wind 17 mph. from the W.
Sunrise at 3:35 a.m., sunset at *
8:26 pan.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
21, lowest 5. Extreme temperatures
on this date since 1907: highest 48
in 1941, lowest —3 in 1949.
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Data for other selected stations
as of 7 ajn. today:
Station Tamp. Weather 1
Barrow 19 Fog
Point Hope 10 Partly cloudy
Kotzebue 19 Partly cloudy
Wales 7 Partly cloudy
Gambell Id Snow
Nome Id Cloudy
Nenana 41 jtoin
Unalakleet 25 Snow
Bethel 22 Snow
McGrath 26 Cloudy
Anchorage 34 Snow
Fairbanks 36 Rain «
Whitehorse 37 Partly cloudy
Edmonton V7 Rain
Juneau 41 Rain
Ketchikan 42 Cloudy
San Francisco 52 Partly cloudy
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PREMIUM LIST
School Exhibit Continued from Friday
Division B
Rural Schools Exhibit
Mr. Emil Fisher, Superintendent
Best General Exhibit of Rural Schools
$20.00—First Prize $10.00—Second Prize
$5.00—Third Prize
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Division H
ART
Mrs. Ellen Lyle, Superintendent
1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes in each class
Class L Oil Painting
Class 2. Water Colors
Class 3. Miscellaneous
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Amateur Photography
Phil Lancaster, Superintendent
1st, 2nd, 3rd Prize in each class
Class 1. Snapshots
Class 2. Enlargements
Class 3. Tinted Pictures and Color Photography
Division K
FLOWERS
Mrs. Bettie Anderson
Lot 1. Potted Plants
Lot 2. Cut Flowers
Lot 3. Wild Flowers
Lot 4. Flower Arrangements