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Show ALASKA WILL ASK FOR STATEHOOD WASHINGTON, Nov. S A bill pro-vldlng pro-vldlng for the admission of Alaska Into In-to the I'nion xvlll be Introduced on the opening day of the1, December session (f congress by Delegate James Wick-erihain. Wick-erihain. Mr. Wlckershatu said lodax : "Alaska ha- more to Justify the granting of statehood than ha I Arizona, Ari-zona, New Mexico. Nevada or Call fornla at the time of their admission. admis-sion. Alaska has mote qualifications than Nevada just now. Alaska has more commerce, more people, more geld, more coal and more of everything every-thing else that is worth having than ai,y of these states possessed when they were admitted." |