THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
postoffice at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879
THE BLEMISH
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Nome School’s Budget
Compares Favorably
The school budget, which was presented to the
City Council at its last meeting, sounded like a stagger
ing sum as the city’s share is almost $50,000.
However, when it is analyzed and compared to
other communities in the territory it will be found that
the cost per pupil in the Nome school is lower than
other schools of similar scholastic standing.
The cost per student in Fairbanks is $487.96 per
student; in Anchorage, $346.29; in Seldovia it jumps to
$671.24; in Valdez, $425.82. Good management and
planning is evidenced here, as the Nome average is
$320.82.
A good education usually makes a good citizen,
and it is better spent in helping raise the standard of
living in the territory this way than by caring for them
later in hospitals and prisons.
New Books At KK Library
Another group of new books
has been received at the Kegoa
yah Kozga Public Library. They
are:
Mask of Alexander, Martha Al
hrand; Satchmo, Louis Arm
strong; Man in the Green Hat,
Coles; Three Roads to a Star,
David Garth; Forest Lord, Ger
son; Shadows in the Dusk, Jen
nings; Black Italian, Stephen Jep
son; McCall’s Make It Book; Pray
for a Brave Heart, Helen Macln
nes; The Healer, Slaughter;
Strong Box, Howard Swiggett;
Flamingo Feather, Laurens Van
der Post.
REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB
PLANS REGIONAL MEETINGS
WASHINGTON, (JV—The Na
tional Federation of Republican
Women is planning a series of 10
regional conferences for GOP wo
men next fall.
The schedule of the meetings is
to be announced by September.
Members of the federation’s ex
ecutive committee who will serve
as regional directors include Mrs.
Joseph R. Farrington, delegate to
Congress from Hawaii. Her area
also covers Alaska, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands.
The swordfish’s sword is near
ly half as long as the fish itself.
B.C. Halibut Fishermen
Hard Hit By Falling Prices
VANCOUVER, B.C., (^—British
Columbia halibut fishermen face
financial difficulftis because of
sagging prices and poor weather,
a spokesman for the fishing in
dustry said here today.
The spokesman said a number
of small boats in the halibut fleet
had stopped fishing because the
owners could not make enough to
cover expenses.
The big carryover from last
year’s halibut catch combined
with stiff competition from other
fish products was blamed for the
lower price level, the spokesman
said. He estimated the carryover
. at between 5,000,000 and 6,000,
000 pounds.
Prices to fishermen in Vancou
ver last week ranged from eight
to 10 cents a pound, compared
with about 17 cents last year.
Buyers at Prince Rueprt, B.C.,
are paying about 1.5 cents below
the Vancouver price.
The first ironclad war vessel
was built by Admiral Yi Sun Sin
of Korea in 1594, 270 years before
the Monitor and Merrimac of
' Civil War fame.
Eisenhower .Comments on Released
Airmen, Vaccine, Politics, Air Power,
And Auto Strike at Press Conference
WASHINGTON, MW—President*
Eisenhower said Tuesday Com
munist China has implied that it
released four imprisoned Ameri
can airmen in an effort to relax
tensions in the Far East.
But the President told a news
conference the situation needs to
be watched carefully. He cau
tioned against what he termed
any hit or miss conclusions with
respect to the intentions of Red
China.
Asked about the prospects for
release of other Americans held
by the Chinese Communists, Eis
enhower replied he had nothing
on that at this time.
Eisenhower opened his session
with newsmen by noting that the
Communists had released the four
American fliers early that day.
He said the airmen were at the
moment enroute to Honolulu and
that members of their families
would be flown to Hawaii to greet
them.
Eisenhower, tanned from a hol
iday weekend of golf, also dealt
with these other topics:
Polio Vaccine—The President
said it looks now as though there
will be enough Salk vaccine with
in 30 days to handle the program
calling for inoculation of first and
second graders. He added the pro
gram for those age groups should
be completed in 60 days.
Politics—The President said he
does not like politics in what he
termed the derogatory sense of
the word. He added, however, that
the presidency is fascinating when
considered in the sense of striving
for such things as world peace
and minimization of the chances
of war. The opportunity to meet
thousands of people also makes it
interesting, he said, adding that
some phases of the political as
pects of being President are, to
say the least, intriguing, even if
fatiguing.
But as for politics in the derog
atory sense, he repeated, no—he
had no liking for the game in that
sense.
The discussion of politics also
touched on the selection of Rich
ard M. Nixon to be his vice presi
dential running mate in 1952.
Eisenhower said that shortly
after he was nominated and the
question of a vice presidential
candidate came up, he wrote out
the names of five or six younger
men whom he admired. Nixon’s
name was among those, he added.
He did not say how Nixon hap
pened to be picked from among
the five or six.
Standby Wage-Price Controls—
The President said he feels it
woulcf be psychologically unwise
for Congress to vote him standby
authority to impose wage and
price controls in time of emer
gency.
Air P o w e r—Eisenhower left
open the question of whether it
will be necessary to increase air
power’ budget allotments as a re
sult of Russia’s display of new
long-range jet bombers. He com
mented that the number of such
planes displayed by the Soviets
has been greater than was antici
pated.
The President noted the U.S.
Air Force already has authorized
a setup in production of B-52 jet
intercontinental bombers.
Auto Strike—Asked whether the
government might find it neces
sary to intervene if there should
be an automobile industry strike,
Eisenhower said the executive de
partment of the government as
such should not project itself into
such situations. The government
does have mediation facilities to
handle such disputes, he noted.
Minimum Wage—In reply to a
question, the President said he
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believed he recommended that
Congress consider broadening the
coverage of the minimum wage
law, in addition to increasing the
minimum from 75 to 90 cents an
hour.
Big Four—Eisenhower said it
might be more' useful for Con
gress members like Sen. George
(D-Ga), chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, to
sit in at a conference of repre
sentatives of the United States,
Great Britain, France and Russia
after conclusion of the proposed
meeting of the chiefs of state of
those nations. The western pow
ers have proposed to Russia that
the foreign ministers meet after
a session of the chiefs of state.
The President repeated that he
believes any meetings of the
chiefs of state should explore
methods and procedures for deal
ings with problems, rather than
attempting to solve the problems.
In response to another question,
the President said there has been
no decision yet as to when and
where the proposed Big Four con
ference would be held.
Civil Defense—Eisenhower said
he does not know at this point
whether it will be necessary to
increase civil defense funds.
Quemoy and Maisu—A reporter
told the President that a news
paper poll of former military
leaders had shown that a major
ity of those asked believed sur
render of the Chinese Nationalist
islands of Quemoy and Matsu, off
the Red China mainland, would
not ease tension in the Far East.
The President said first that he
felt the poll amounted to indulg
ing in a bit of a guessing game.
Then he added that he person
ally does not see how abandon
ment of those islands would help
the U.S. situation in the Far East.
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Baldwin, J.D. Crawford,
R. Ludwig, Mrs. Glen Johnson,
Neva Hanson, Gerald O’Connor,
M. Willoya, Hannah Robinson,
Judy Morris, Jack Morris, Laura
Nagozruk, Grace Lucier, Paul
Loree, Elmer Grogan, G. R. Jack
son, Anne Walsh, Don Stewart,
Lloyd Holt, Lillian Wright, Olaf
Lundborg, Lester Cox, Mr. and
Mrs. Pearse Walsh and two sons,
Loretta Gartley, Frank Peogh,
Commander C.J. Bernes, Mor
retta Shirley, Emmett Shirley.
From Kotzebue: Russell Her
mann, E. Knoll, James Lanham, j
R. Kearnes, Lewis McDaniel.
From Candle: Solveig Xavier.
From Deering: Herbert Jones,
Stan Koykaeyak.
To Kotzebue: Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Jackson, C. J. Bernes, D.
K. Boswell, Marie Swanson, Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Elam, Arlene
Hawk.
To Fairbanks: Mrs. # Elmo
Wright and three children, Joe
Michel, Ray Blastervold, Carl
Carlson.
To Galena: B. Ober, J. Coon.
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Concessioniare Sought
To Operate Mount
McKinley Park Hotel
WASHINGTON, (M—The Inter
ior Department announced Tues
day that the McKinley Park Hotel
in Alaska will open as usual by
June 15.
But Director Conrad L. Wirth
of the National Park Service also
said there is no assurance it can
be operated beyond September
“unless some qualified person or
firm with adequate finances ap
pears with a satisfactory proposal
for future operation.”
Wirth said the hotel will be
operated this summer by National
Park Concessions, Inc., a non
profit distributing corporation
which is the concessionaire at a
number of national park areas.
He added that efforts to find a
satisfactory person or corporation
interested in operating the hotel
under a long-term concession con
tract had been unsuccessful.
The hotel is on the Alaska Rail
road at the entrance of Mount
McKinley Natiosal Park.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy to cloudy with
occasional showers. Little change
in temperature. Northeast winds
10-15 mph. Lowest temperature
expected tonight 37, highest to
morrow 45.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
45, low 37. Max. wind 14 mph.
from the SE. Sunrise 1:52 a.m.,
sunset 10:09 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 55, low 39. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 66 in 1943,
low 22 in 1933.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 28 Snow
Kotzebue 38 Part cloudy
Wales 31 Drizzle
Nome 42 Cloudy
Unalakleet 46 Cloudy
Bethel 40 Rain
McGrath 43 Cloudy
Anchorage 46 Cloudy
Fairbanks 56 Cloudy
Whitehorse 48 Cloudy
Edmonton 49 Rain
Juneau 47. Rain
Ketchikan 48 Rain
Seattle 53 Cloudy
San Francisco 67 Clear
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