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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1941!, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, !fl79.
I nited Nations Day
NIT ID NATIONS DAY comes this s ?ar at a time f another
crisis in the history of this free nation. Our President has
issued a warning that is eloquent with the feeling that free nations
do not look for trouble, do not seek war, but will fight if pro
voked to keep peace.
The l nited Nations was founded as the world's hope for
peace. I he l nited Nations has done much since it was organized
17 years ago to strengthen that peace and give the people of the
world, through the General Assembly, a chance to tell their troubles
so that all people everywhere may hear.
Ihe United Nations has not only been a clearing house for
grie\ antes, but has taken tremendous strides in setting up tech
nical assistance projects for backward nations and providing food
and health programs as well.
W hile the eyes of the Free World are centered on Cuba these
days and the hundred miles which separates eastern America from
that Communist-dominated country, let not our military powers
forget that Northwestern Alaska is just as close to Siberia as
Cuba is to Florida; that strong military forces are building up
just across the Bering Sea and that offensive defenses up this way
are nil. There is no wisdom in repelling an enemy with the right
hand and inviting him with the left.
Nome was not included in the population centers of the state
when the Civil Defense program was announced. Even the regular
defense communications is denied the people of this area, who are
excluded from Air Force Radio Station.
Both extremities of our nation must be protected with equal
diligence, if we will have the respect of the world in keeping the
peace.
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Washing Hands Before
Eating Is One Way To
Escape Getting Hepatitis
Due to tin- announcement of a
hepatitis epidemic in Savoonga
public health officer Dr. Robert
Fenstermachcr has made the fol
lowing statement:
"Infectious hepatitis is caused • >>
a virus passed from person to per
son. To prevent infection, the
hands should always be washed
before eating."
"This is not only important for
children, but also for adults, since
all ages can acquire this disease.
Pure water and proper sewage dis
posal is important and lack of
proper care in these areas can
lead to epidemics."
AIRLINE FLIGHTS
SUSPENDED TO CUBA
MIAMI, Fla. i.-P — Airline flights
to Cuba were suspended Tuesday
until further notice.
The Cuban government notified
Pan American Airways and KLM,
the only lines with Havana flights,
that the airport there was closed
to civilian traffic.
Pan American had two flights
daily, and KLM, two weekly. They
brought about 1.600 Cuban re
fugees weekly.
TO THE ALASKAN VOXELS
I am opposed to the election of
Ernest Omening to the Senate and
Ralph Rivers to the House and here
with are my reasons for my opposi
tion and s"b-*n -.tinted facts as to my
opposition.
The Enabling Act creating a Ter
ritorial Legislature, stated the num
ber of Senators and House members,
j set the day of election and the date
j they were to be sworn in.
The law set the number of days
that the legislature was to sit in
session at tin days with a provision
that the governor might again cal!
them in session for a period not ex
ceeding 30 days.
j In December. 1048, the Secretary of
| the Territory upon instructions from
Gov Omening, at that time in Wash
ington. called an extraordinary ses
sion for 16 days ahead of the regular
, session.
He included in this call members
who had been elected but who were
| not to take office until 20 days later.
[ was a holdover Senator from the
1 47th legislature so I had to attend.
. When the members had been sworn
j in. by the Secretary of the Territory,
i and the Senate organized. I asked
I for and was granted the privilege
of the floor and asked that Attv
1 General Ralph Rivers be brought be
f-iro the Senate for questioning as
to the legality of seating members in
j >7 spec al session, when the law speci
fi —ally stated that the governor might
j again call them, stating at the time
that there were six members who
I had been sworn in with whom I had
never sat in a session with P.EFORE
So how could I be sitting with them
AGAIN?
His reply was to the effect that I
was confusing tenure of office with
f term of office -and went on to say
that the call was perfectly legal—I
replied I was not confusing tenure
nor tr-’-Tii of office at all. but stating
my whole action on that word
AGAIN. I have never sat with these
six people REFORE so under any
lnterp-fdation T could not be sitting
with them AGAIN.
Later in the session a test was
made before Judge Folta. whose de
cision and reasoning published in
Alaska Reports No. 1?, upon pages
440 and 441; in which he stated as
follows: “Obviously the word again
in the foregoing provision would be
meaningless if any extraordinary ses
sion of the legislature was called
subsequent to the issuance of the
certificates of election or before the
convening of the regular session
—accordingly it is my opinion tha'
the extraordinary session was not
constituted in accordance with law.”
Mr. Gruening as governor and Tvtr.
Rivers as attorney general had taken
the oath of offi-c to uphold and d<
j fend the laws of the United States
as we legislators had done.
In my opinion it was a gross vio
lation of their oath of office when
they undertook to get around the
law to accompbsh some purpose of
their own. If Mr. Rivers, as an at
torney. did not know that what he
I had stated was illegal, it would in
! dicate he was not versed in law.
If he yielded to pressure from
Gov. Gruening motivated by actions
to give him stricter hold on the leg
islature, then Gov. Gruening was
guilty of not living up to his oath
of office and Mr. Rivers of not stand
ing up to him.
| A man is known by his acts — any
citizen can go into the law library,
take this volume, and read Judge
! Folta’s decision.
To me a lie is a statement made
| to deceive one entitled to know the
facts. All I ask is that when you
i come to vote, do not be led to vote
for them for party reasons nor ridi
culing of the opponents, but to
* judge them by what is a proven
fact as what they did.
I have lived at Nome for 62 years,
know many of you personally, and
at no time in my life have I ever
j knowingly lied to you. I swear that
the above statements are true—so
let sense, not sentiment, rule your
actions and vote for the best in
terests of Alaska.
Sincerely and respectfully vours,
— CHAS. D. JONES
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Many Church
Dignitaries Are
Poor, Very Poor
VATICAN CITY \T Every
day the Ecumenical Council is in
session, a battered Volkswagen
sneaks its way through Rome’s
congested streets.
Crammed inside are two or
three bishops, gingerly holding
their three-cornered purple bi
rettas.
"They asked for a ride to St.
Peter’s." explains the German pre
late at the wheel. "They don't
want to waste money on a taxi.
They are poor, very poor."
Many, possibly half, of the 2,700
church dignitaries attending the
Ecumenical Council get financed
assistance from the Vatican treas
ury. They themselves could hardly
pay the travel cost, let alone all
the expenses of their stay here.
Vatican sources say. These sources
are quick to add that this does not
mean that the Vatican has money
to spare.
The Vatican itself gets an assist
from the Catholic churches in
wealthy countries. Contributions
come especially from the American
and European countries.
| "There are not many which • an
j afford such contributions," said Dr
i Carl Joseph Leiprecht, the Bishop
of Rottenburg, Germany.
How much will the council cost?
"Nobody could know, not even
the Holy Father, because he doe
j not know ho v long the council
: .vill last." says Msgr. Walter
Kampe, Auxiliary Bishop of Lim
burg, Germany.
Bishop Kampe said he personally
, guessed that the total cost for the
1 stay of the council fathers and
their more than 5,000 advisers and
j aides would reach about $2 5 mil
lion for the first session period of
60 da\s.
"This is based on a daily ex
pense of $5 for food and lodging—
I think this is adequate." the
bishop added.
He estimated that travel costs
total about $190,000 and technical
preparations about $1.25 million.
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the best known dentists in history.
When he was an unknown author
first trying to peddle his cowboy
stories, a publisher told him he
had absolutely no talent for writ
ing popular fiction.
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NEW PRECAUTIONS SET UP
FOR WHITE HOUSE TOURS
WASHINGTON ?
House reported mere
telegrams about he
speech on Cuba, with, comment
running about 111 to 1 in favor of
K.< onedy's stand.
Touri 4s still were 1 m . al
lowed to go through, the War
House, but under new pienu
1 tions set up by the Seen ■ Service,
All cameras and packages w .■
i must be checked in outside the
i east gate where the Whip I! m
. tour starts.
I White House policemen wei w
lengthened shifts.
Postpone TV Showing of
Berlin Wall Tunnel Escape
NEW YORK (/P — The National
Broadcasting Co. has postponed
i mdefiniteh a televised program
showing construction of a B. rim
Wall tunnel and the escape of East
: Germans.
! NBC said the' program was pe-4
1 paired because of the critical in
ternational situation that has de
veloped in the last 24 hours.
The value of gold production in
South Africa during 1962 will
reach an estimated $889 million
—more than double the figure foi
a decade ago. A new gold pro
c!u;".on record, S76.ol5.240
reached in August, the sixth rec
| erd in eight months.
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