WEATHER FORECAST
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Generally clear tonight becom
ing partly cloudy tomorrow. Nor
therly winds 10 - 15 mph. Low
temperature expected tonight 42,
high tomorrow 53.
In last 24 hours as of 7:00 a.m.
today: high temperature 57, low
39. Maximum wind 17 mph from
the north. Sunrise at 3:50 a.m.,
sunset 8:23 p.m.
A year ago today: high temp
erature 58, low 32. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 79 in 1926,
low 32 in 1952.
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ARMY SEEKS 1,346 ACRES
ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM
FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT RANGE
ANCHORAGE, UP)— The‘Army
is seeking 1,346 acres along the
north shore of Turnagain Arm
near Anchorage for construction
of anti-aircraft facilities, Col. Ray
mond P. Tarr Jr., chief of staff for
the Army in Alaska, said Wed
nesday. i.
He said 828 acres of the land
is privately ofwned and the rest in
the public domain. Congress ap
propriated $345,000 recently for
acquisition of the land and other
phases of the project.
The colonel said the range
might not be ready for use before
late in 1955.
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“Little Man” Will
Have Voice In
Statehood Hearings
DENVER, (fl)—President Eisen
hower Thursday created a new
government committee to help
prevent any hiring and firing dis
crimination on jobs covered by
federal contracts.
At the same time, Eisenhower
abolished a somewhat similar
committee which former President
Truman set up Dec. 5, 1951.
The President signed an execu
tive order at his vacation head
quarters establishing a 14-mem
ber government contract commit
tee.
The committee, to be named
soon, will be made up of repres
entatives of these agencies:
The Atomic Energy Commis
sion, Commerce Department, De
partment o'f Defense, Justice De
partment, General Services Ad
ministration, and the Labor De
partment.
The other eight members will
represent the public generally and
will be named by Eisenhower.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said there will
be some Negroes in the group rep
resenting the public.
In his executive order, the Pres
ident said it is the policy of the
government “to promote equal
employment opportunity for all
qualified presons employed err
seeking employment on govern
ment contracts because such per
sons are entitled to fair and equit
able treatment in all aspects of
employment on work paid for
from public funds.”
Congressional Delegate Bartlett
indicated a pick-up in interest in
U.S. Casualties in Korea
WASHINGTON, tfl—'The De
fense Department Wednesday an
nounced a new total of 142,294
U.S. battle casualties in what may
be the next to last weekly sum
mary of the Korean War.
The breakdown showed:
Killed in Action..:. 22,706
Wounded . 105,980
Missing .*. 13,608
Total . 142,294
More Than 1500 Visitors Have
Registered At NVA This Yeare
The official Nome Visitors As
sociation thermometer posted in
the window of the Nome Nugget
shows more than 1500 registered
tourists have passed through the
city this season. There were many
more who might have been added
to the list but who have not reg
istered, having been guests of
friends in town or who arrived
miltary or private planes.
Northwest Airlines Sued
ANCHORAGE, UP) —Northwest
Airlines was sued Thursday for
$250,000 by Enola Mullan of Ko
diak for the death of her son, Carl
Neilsen, in a crash near Benton
Harbor, Mich., July 23, 1950.
Mrs. Mullan charged the airline
was guilty of negligent operation,
stating that the pilot pursued a
course over a route he knew was
crossed by turbulent air. Neilsen
was traveling from New York to
Anchorage when killed. He was 17
years old.
the U.S. Senate committee state
hood hearing here Tuesday.
He said Thursday the commit
tee will have to limit testimony if
it is to hear all the witnesses in
Juneau who have expressed in
tentions of testifying.
SCORCHY SMITH
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finds
THE SECRET ENEMY
SPACE BASE BY
HITCHING A PIPE
ON AN INCOMING
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CREW DETECT THEM
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Still Less Spending
Called For In New
Federal Budget
WASHINGTON, (B—A new fed
eral budget for the current fiscal
year, with spending figures
marked down below the levels ap
proved by Congress, was reported
in the making Thursday.
It was learned Budget Director
Joseph Dodge plans to get the
new spending estimate out late
this month. He has already or
dered stringent money-conserving
measures to go into effect imme
diately and has told government
departments to plan budget slash
es tc/r next year at least as deep
as this year’s.
These steps were disclosed Wed
nesday when a secret Dodge letter
to all government department and
agency heads came to light. It
was dated July 9, more than a
month before President Eisen
hower publicly called for all gov
ernment executives to “take ev
ery possible step” to cut spending
immediately.
Dodge not only ordered econo
mizing up and down the line, but
directed government executives
to look for programs and projects
the government could drop. He
directed heads of federal lending
agencies to reduce lending and
swell Treasury coffers where they
can by selling government-held
mortgages to private business. He
told service agencies to charge
higher fees so as to put their of
fices on a self-supporting basis.
Gen. J. Lawton Collins
Gets Belated Medal
WASHINGTON, UP)— The Navy
decorated Army Gen. J. Lawton
Collins Friday for his perfor
mance as commander of the 25th
Division during the Guadalcanal
campaign in the Pacific 10 years
ago.
Navy Secretary Anderson said
in presenting Collins with a Gold
ij Star in lieu of his third. Legion of
Merit that “this should have been
done long ago.”
St. Lawrence Island was re
served as a reindeer station by
President Teddy Roosevelt on
Jan. 3, 1903. ' (GRG)
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
James Walsh, Pres.
George Bayer, Secty.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. I
Order of Eastern Star
Dorothy Young
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen
Secretary
Meets the third Monday of each month.
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
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Nome, Alaska
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
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Karl F. Dewey, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month