Women Active Here
The Women’s Club of Nome,
member of the General Federation
of Women’s Clubs, held its month
ly meeting last night at the home
of Mrs. Maurice Kelliher, with
Mrs. Don Hoover presiding.
I he group voted to participate in
the big event next Tuesday when i
about 50 high ranking officials
from foreign countries will visit
Nome, by presenting each of them
with souvenir jars of Nome jelly.
This action was taken due to the
fad that this group of distinguished
visitors chose Nome as their only
official stop in Alaska, and it was
felt that civic groups other than
the Chamber of Commerce should j
express their welcome.
This active group started plan
ning definite projects toward get
ting a museum for Nome, as in
order to get funds from many
sources the community must have
definite building plans. The pos
sibility of a recreational site at
the location of the first gold dis
covery at Anvil was also consid
ered.
An interesting program on beau- ;
tifving the home was given by
Mrs. Harold Kelley and Mrs. Ernie
Hansen.
Congress has been getting more
generous to U. S. Presidential wi
dows. All it voted Martha Wash
ington was the right to mail let
ters and packages free during her
lifetime Mrs. Abraham Lincoln .
got a $25,000 award and a pension
of $3,000 a year, later increased to
$5,000. Presidential widows now—
there are none living — are en- j
titled to $10,000 a year.
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Nome Represented at
Anchorage Sorority Meet
The Ninth Annual state-wide
Convention of Beta Sigma Phi Sor
ority convened in Anchorage last
week. Attending as delegates from
the two chapters in Nome were
Betty Gustafson, Mary Honsberger
and Ruth McLean. Also attending
were former Nome members Eu
nice Berglund, now of Homer; El
len Spear and Elsie Walker, now
residents of Anchorage.
John J. Ross, executive vice
president of the organization, and
son of the founder, represented
the international office, which is
in Kansas City. Beta Sigma Phi
was founded in 1931, and is now
the largest Greek letter organiza
tion in the world. There are 150,
000 members in 14 countries, and
22 of its 7,000 chapters are in Alas
ka. Mr. Ross participated in the
daily forums during the Anchor
age convention, and was its main
speaker.
In addition to the forums on
Beta Sigma Phi purposes and aims
and chapter activity reports, many
social events were arranged for
the delegates. These included a
cocktail mixer at the Moose Hall,
international smorgasbord at the
Edgewater Inn, luncheon and style
show at the Fort Richardson Offi
cers Club, formal banquet Satur
day evening and Sunday morning
brunch in the Alaskan Room of
the Anchorage-Westward Hotel.
Each area brought souvenirs and
the delegates received a packet
of dried salmon strips from the
Nome chapters. Kappa and Xi
Kappa also presented the hostess
city council with an ivory gavel,
carved and suitably etched, by
Ernest Koonuk, one of Nome’s Es
kimo craftsmen.
Along with the full convention
schedule, the Nome delegates were
able to visit with many former
Nomeites now living in the An
chorage area, and to drive down
the Seward Highway as far as
Portage Glacier to enjoy the
wooded countryside, now in bright
fall colors.
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Chicago Mother Jumps
With Two Babies
CHICAGO [Jf) — A mother’s mel
ancholy was blamed today for the
deaths of her two young sons and
herself in plunges from a high
building.
Police said the mother, Mrs. Ann
Scott Tunnell, threw Scott, 1, from
a window on the 21st floor of a
South Side apartment building,
then, they added, she leaped with
Lawrence, 2, in her arms.
The widower and father, Air
Force Capt. Lawrence E. Tunnell,
told police he was doing some
washing in a laundry area on the
first floor at the time.
“Anna had been taking treat
ment for a mental condition,” he
told investigators. “She was ter
ribly despondent and lately it got
worse.”
Capt. Tunnell told Detective
James Hogan that, when he went
to the apartment he saw the win
dow was open and the screen re
moved.
He saw the bodies on the grass
far below. He went down, and was
leaning over his wife’s body when
military police arrived.
Byer Steps Into
Anchorage Council Seat
ANCHORAGE — Former An
chorage Mayor George Byer won
election Tuesday to the City Coun
cil here, leading 17 candidates in
a race for three seats on the mu
nicipal governing board.
Byer polled 2,039 votes to win
a three-year Council term, joining
lawyer Clifford J. Groh and fur
rier David Green as new members
of the Council.
Groh polled 1,558 votes and
Green won election with 1,427.
Voters in the city and the An
chorage Independent School Dis
trict also approved a bond issue
of $7.5 million to meet school con
struction needs, but rejected a pro
posed 2 per cent sales tax levy
designed to raise money for gen
eral school purposes.
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Senate Okays Act To
| Seize Foreign Vessels
Invading Coastal Waters
JUNEAU — The U.S. Senate
passed legislation yesterday pro
viding penalties, including seizure,
for foreign vessels invading U.S
territorial waters or taking re
sources of the continental shelf
claimed by the United States.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett, one of the
authors of the measure, reported
its passage in a wire to the Asso
ciated Press at Juneau.
Bartlett attributed speedy pas
sage of the bill to the “strong sup
port of all of those interested in
preserving the integrity of our ter
ritorial waters and protecting our
fishery resources.”
The bill, co-sponsored by nine
Senators, received strong support
from Gov. William A. Egan and
all federal agencies involved, Bart
lett said.
It was Sherwood Anderson who
observed, “The true history of life
is but a history of moments. It is
only at rare moments that we
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Comment from the Capital --
RIGHTS FROM WRONGS
by Vant Neff
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Mob violence, rioting in the
streets and wide-spread defi
ance of law and order are no
novelties, certainly, in today’s
topsy-turvy world. We almost
accept them as routine in such
places as the Far East, say, or
Africa.
But now, suddenly, we’re con
fronted with an ugly new rash
of civil disorder that’s disturb
ingly different. This time, it’s
not happening 10,000 miles
away. It’s happening right
here. In our country—the good
old U.S.A.
What we’re talking about is
the way things are going in the
civil-rights crisis. The Negro,
in his struggle for equality, has
lost patience with the courts.
Now he’s taking his problems
out into the streets and mob ac
tion is a dangerous substitute
for peaceful appeal.
We’re very much in sym
pathy with the Negro’s cause.
And so are most thoughtful
people. But, we’re terribly
afraid that these new tactics
might change much of this
friendly support into resent
ment. And friendly support
from the whites is something
the Negro needs to achieve his
goals.
It seems pretty obvious that
the Negro has good reason to
be dissatisfied. Simply because
his skin happens to be black, he
comes out a poor second in
, housing, jobs, and schools. And
\ not just in the South, but all
; over the country.
| Imagine for a few seconds
that you are a Negro. If you’re
hungry, you’d better think
1 twice about where you go for a
sandwich. A lot of lunch coun
; ters won’t serve you — no mat
ter how manv medals vou won
r during the war.
. Need a haircut? You can run
into trouble there, too.
And you can be sure that
you’ll get the same treatment
; from hotel desk clerks, employ
j ment agencies and transporta- <
\ *10n ticket salesmen. (
!* The phrase “second-class cit- :
i izen” isn’t empty rhetoric. It’s
. an accurate statement of what !
it s like to be a Negro.
Unquestionably, the Negro i
has a right to d*mand that c
these injustices be corrected. I
After all, he’s been kicked
around ever since the Emanci
pation Proclamation, over a
hundred years ago, and it’s high
time something was done about
it promptly.
But there are right ways and
wrong ways to fight racial dis
crimination. Contempt for law
and order can lead only to new
trouble — both for the Negro
and the country.
Abuse of the right to picket
is an example. When pickets
block roadways and building
entrances, they violate the
lights of others to free pas
sage. Moreover, they violate the
law. Lawlessness breeds law
lessness, and the eventual re
sult is violence and anarchy.
Responsible Negro leaders
are aware of these dangers.
Roy Wilkins, Executive Secre
tary of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
WHICH ONE WOULD WIN VOIR SUPPORT ?
Colored People, had this to say
to a southern Negro audience:
“We are not fighting white peo
ple. We are fighting for an idea
... the idea of freedom. You
don't have to be discourteous,
or rude, or militant, or even
stubborn. When we have won
the fight for freedom, we must
be prepared to live with white
people.”
Other leaders, however, are
less wise and more impatient.
They want results — and right
now! How? By “direct action.”
That includes mass sit-down
demonstrations, a nation-wide
campaign of civil disobedience,
and even threats of violence.
One direct action advocate
put it this way: “Until now the
Negro has been discriminated
against. The time has come for
discrimination in favor of the
Negro.”
The statement ha^ ominous
implications. What it acids up
to is this: “To pot what you
want, you’re going to have to
walk over other people. What
really matters is your rights,
not theirs. In other words, any
thing goes.”
The viewpoint expressed is
clearly irresponsible. But many
Negroes feel that it's the only
way. Their faith in the courts
is fading. And they’re tired of
waiting.
Many white sympathizers
aren’t quite so sure. A recent
poll among them shows that
disenchantment has already se
in. Typical com m e n t was
“Breaking the law is no way to
win respect.” Significantly
enough, many of the ones who
felt that way were the very
ones who marched alongside
Negro pickets and helped out
the most.
Another development — and
one that has many whites and
Negroes out-and-out scared —
is the growing strength of a
lunatic fringe—the Black Mus
lim hate cult. What they preach
is not Negro equality, but
Negro dominance, and they’re
both anti-white and anti-Sem
itic. So far, they haven’t been
very active in the civil-rights
struggle, but it’s rumored that
they’re only waiting for the
strategic moment. If they gain
in numbers — watch out !*
It’s deplorable that peaceful
and legitimate means have
largely been abandoned. In the
iederal courts, for example,
Negroes have won rights re
peatedly. The growing power of
the Negro vote offers other pos
sibilities. And, persistent ap
peal to decency and fairmind
edness is undoubtedly still the
best weapon of all.
Let’s face the cold hard facts.
There’s no quick, easy solution.
The problem is far too touchy
and far too complicated.
And it’s going to take a lot
of patience, understanding and
enlightenment on both sides.
But won’t it be wonderful
when every man can stand on
his own two feet and face the
world squarely, without being
slapped down because of his
race or color.