THE NOME NUGGET
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
DRILLING IN SOLID ROCK
RAISE FOR 4,725,000
Some 4,725,000 persons now receiving Old Age
and Survivors’ insurance checks under Social Security,
will receive hikes in payments, beginning October 3,
the Federal Security Agency has announced. Total
monthly Social Security payments will rise from $168,
400.000 to $190,500,000, it was said.
This increase ^represents 13 percent increase to
retired workers and their families and to dependent
survivors of workers. Persons now getting monthly
benefit payments need take no action to get the in
crease, since the increase is automatically provided by
a new law passed in the recent session of Congress.
Republicans have charged that the Administra
tion timed the Social Security increases to coincide
with the election this year and the Democrats have re
torted that the raises were provided by Congress and
did not represent a political effort.
Whichever is true, the fact that 4,725,000 persons
receiving federal old age and survivors’ insurance
checks*are getting increases on the eve of the election
might have some effect. The $22,000,000 to be added to
the monthly payments is likewise certain to be felt in
he business world. The economic effects, however,
"’ill not be realized in time to exert any influence on
the November 4th election.
,000 Paratroops To Take
' rctic Training in Alaska
SMYRNA, Term., (/P) — More
n 3,000 Alaska-bound soldiers
the 11th Airborne Division be
n taking off from Stewart Air
Perce Base Tuesday.
The soldiers, elements of the
‘03rd Regimental Combat Team,
arrived here from Ft. Campbell,
Ky., in t\yo motor convoys Mon
day night, division officers said.
They left here fully equipped
for battle maneuvers in Arctic
temperatures, but they will not
parachute from the big C-119
planes on arrival. Before they
make jumps during the Alaskan
maneuvers, the men will undergo
Arctic survival training.
The 80 planes will stop twice
enroute to Alaska, at fields in
Kansas and Canada. The soldiers
will return the same way in mid
November.
Air Force Lifts Off-Limits Ban
On English City After Gangs
Attack American Military Police
MANCHESTER, Eng., (/P)—'The
U.S. Air Force today lifted a four
day ban'on visits to Manchester
j by airmen from the big U.S. Air
Force base at Burtonwood, 21
miles away.
The big manufacturing city in
north England was put off limits
after two -attacks last week on
American military police by what
appeared to be organized gangs
of men.
The Air Force announcement
gave no reason for lifting the ban.
NOTICE
Sales Tax Reports on retail
sales, services and rentals for the
quarter ending Sept. 30, 1952,
must be in the City Clerk's office
Thursday, Oct. 30, 1952.
Carrie M. McLain,
Nome City Clerk
Publish Oct. 20, 24, 29, 1952.
LOOKING
AKKAD
GEORGE S. BENSON
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Sdrcy. ArkaMscs
A NEW GAME:
"THE SHADOW"
Here’s a new game to play in
your home. It could be called
“The Shadow.” For materials you
will want an outline map of the
United States. Be sure you draw
in, roughly, the borders of the
individual 48 states. Johnny’s or
Suzy’s geography book will be
helpful in shiping the states and
locating their borders. When the
outline map is completed, take a
black pencil and make a black
blotch over the lower two-thirds
of the state of California.
Now give your wife (or hus
band f children) the privilege of
guessing the meaning of the sha
ded area in California. If you
want to make it more of a game,
let the participants ask 10 ques
tions, like they do on the radio
program “Twenty Questions,” to
get clues on the correct answer.
If they guess it, fine; if not, you
tell them. The answer is: The
shaded area in California repre
sents what total federal govern
ment expenditures were for the
fiscal year 1929 in terms of the
total income of people. In other
words, the federal government in
1929 spent for all purposes a total
budget that could have been paid
by taking the total incomes of
! the people in the lower two-thirds
| of California.
The Shadow Spreads
Now take the black crayon
again. Black out the rest of Cal
ifornia, and these states too: Ore
gon, Washington. Nevada, Utah,
Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Ari
zona, New Mexico, Wyoming,
North and South Dakota, and the
upper half of Nebraska. Ask your
living room audience the meaning
of this bigger shaded area which
now looms as about half of the
land area of the U.S.^.. After
they’ve had their guesses, give
them the answer: In 1939 the fed
: eral government spent an amount
' equal to the total incomes of all
the people living in this big
blocked-out area!
And now the last step in the
game. With the black crayon blot
out the remainder of Nebraska
and these additional states: Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Mississippi, and half the
state of Alabama. When your
guesses are all in, give the cor
rect answer: If all the income of
•all the people residing in this
huge area of the U,S.A. were to
talled up, it would be just enough
to pay the present expenses of
the federal government!
That’s “The Shadow!”
' If unified action is not taken
by the citizens now there is dan
ger that we shall all be engulfed
in the spreading black shadow
of powerful, freedom-killing gov
ernment.
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Council Meeting Notes
Quincy Benton, local attorney,
presented an ordinance at the
City Council meeting Monday
night, prepared in accordance
with the new rules for the handl
ing off explosives.
The Council endorsed a letter
prepared by the mayor opposing
the closing of the White Mountain
School, copies of which will be
sent to the proper authorities in
Washington, D.C.
The Council has been investi
gating the possibility of the city
obtaining the a bandoned Road
Commissioner buildings and right
of ways in the city and have been
advised that this can be done by
act of the Territorial Legislature.
Water bids for the city were
submitted by both the Pioneer
and Bronson Water companies.
As both bids were identical, the
council agreed to divide the busi
ness between the two companies.
Ralph Lomen, who heads the
Cemetery Committee, has asked
the city to match the r'tizens’
fund which he expects will top
$1,000 and that by ordinance a
plan be set up to have all graves
of standard size and a permanent
record be kept in a business-like
manner.
The case of the City vs. Albert
Adams, child who was injured
by a city truck, in 1949, has been
settled in Fairbanks, it was an
nounced, with the payment of
$5,000 by the insurance company
plus an additional $1,000 by the
city. This does not include at
torney’s fees.
The City Police force will have
three additional patrolmen on
Hallowe’en for the protection of
property within the city, it was
arpiounced.
McCarthy’s Charges
Against Gov. Stevenson
'By the Associated Press)
McCarthy made these charges
[ against the Illinois governor:
1. That Stevenson is surround
ed by some left-wing advisers.
2. That the Democratic nominee
“would continue the suicidal,
Kremlin-dictated policies o'f this
nation.”
3. That Stevenson, assigned the
; task of formulating post-war U.S.
policy in Italy, prescribed a plan
“foisting Communism” on the
Italians.
4. That Stevenson is “part and
parcel” of the Acheson-Hiss-Lat
timore group.”
McCarthy had not concluded
his speech when his broadcast
time of 30 minutes ended. After
he went off the air, he charged
that Stevenson had the endorse
ment, in effect, of the Communist
Daily Worker.
In his prepared text, McCarthy
said “I do not state that Steven
son was a Communist or a pro
Communist, but I must believe
something was wrong some
| where.” However, in his speech
before the nation-wide audience,
| McCarthy deleted this sentence.
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES
GOES BACK TO PRIVATE
OWNERSHIP 'FOR $18,360,000
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A.P.L. As
sociates, Inc., a Texas-New York
West Coast financial combine,
Tuesday bought the controlling
interest in the American Presi
dent Lines for $18,360,000.
This offer — topping two other
sealed bids — returned the San
Francisco firm, one of the world’s
major shipping concerns, to pri
vate hands after 14 years of gov
ernment control.
Heading A.P.L. Associates is
Ralph K. Davies, president of the
American Independent Oil Co. of
| San Francisco.
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The Republicans
elected Roosevelt.
Now it's the
Democrats’ turn.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
CEMETERY FUND
Noon, October 29
Previously reported .$765.00
Estate of Jos. McDougall.... 20.00
Helen and Cherry . 5.00
Clyde Glass . 10.00
E. D. Bellows . 5.00
James von der Heydt . 5.00
Carrie McLain. 5.00
Total .$315.00
Thanks to' John McNees for the
Coca Cola furnished to the work
ers.
Don’t forget the small jars now
in all public places.
Read the editorial in the last
issue of the Alaska Weekly.
Committee
NOTICE
Women's Society oi Community
Methodist Church meets Friday at
3 p.m. at the W. B. McCarthy
residence. Mi's. McGiffen of Ha
waii will be guest speaker.
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