THE NOME NUGGET
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MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY
Daniel Webster said, “God grants liberty only to
those who love it and are ready to guard and defend it.”
Memorial Day is the day set aside to honor those
who have given their lives for their country and Ameri
cans everywhere pay tribute on this day to those who
gave their lives that freedom might live.
Memorial Day in recent years has taken on more
than a military aspect as families take this opportunity
to decorate the graves of their loved ones in tribute
of their tender devotion.
Memorial Day is a beautiful day blending the
past with the hopes of the future.
The upkeep of this last resting place should be a
permanent part of civic planning, well kept through
out the year and instead of being neglected all the rest
of the year.
NOME WELCOMES ROTARIANS
The June convention of Rotary International
brings together men of recognized standing in their
own communities from almost every country in the
world where men are still free.
Rotary has been defined as “a way of business
life that values “Service Above Self.”
As an international organization of leading busi
ness men it wields a powerful influence for better un
derstanding among men of many nations and creeds.
Nome welcomes delegates from 14 States who will
visit here before and after the Seattle convention, and
is proud of the type of men who make up the local
■ Rotary Club.
New Haven, Mo., Leader: “In a recent study made
for Pathfinder ... by the National Research Bureau,
Inc., to find out ‘Who Really Runs America’ ... it was
found that it is the 51 percent of Americans who live
in cities and towns under 10,000 and on farms, in what
Pathfinder terms ‘Country-side America.’ ‘Country
side’ strength will be surprising to most. For example,
it controls far more than half of the seats of Congress.”
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NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS
CLEAN-UP WEEK
A community is judged by visitors by its general
appearances and even without a proclamation by the
mayor, citizens have been cleaning up their property
of the accumulation of winter debris.
This is a time for everyone to take pride in the
appearance of homes and businesses and a project in
which all must enter into if it is to be successful.
City and Federal officials warn the public, how
ever, that they must confine their dumping to the
regular dumping area at the east end of town. Anyone
found dumping trash or garbage along the side of the
roads or on the breakwater will be penalized severely.
We have thousands of visitors throughout the sum
mer months. Let them take back a report of a clean
thriving town. A clean town is a healthy town.
Five Seniors Graduate
From Nome High School
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ther absent or tardy, 46 in all, and
were presented with certificates.
Invocation was given by Father
Neil Murphy. Music was under
the direction of Robert Heath
with selections by the Glee Club
and Chorus and a saxaphone solo
by Mary Jeanne Boucher.
Four of the five graduates plan
on higher education.
Following are the 46 students
who had perfect attendance for
the school year.
Cherie Galvin, Maggie Paneok,
Ralph Luke, Richard Miller, Eve
lyn Wheeler, Linda Lenert, Hele
na Marie Wheeler, Steffen Leon
Andersen, Charlotte Oscarson,
Robert Oman, Donald Outwater,
Elizabeth Louise Cavota, Alice
Pazaganna Atuk, Lawrence Os
carson, Stanley Senungetuk, Rob
ert Summers, Bruce Russell, Ar
lene J. Muller, Geraldine Fager
strom, Charles W. Fagerstrom,
Richard Munz, Suzie Savok, Dale
Morton, Rose Marie Cavota, Helen
Ann Moses, Simon Jack, Percy
Outwater;
Ernest Ailak, Eileen Wheeler,
Dorothy Russell, Ruth Towner,
Alfred Moses, Daniel Rockne, Jo
Ann Aukon, Richard Atuk, Carol
Doyle, Nicky Longley, Charles
Wheeler, Suzanne K. Fagerstrom,
Ruth Glavinovich, Charlene J.
Hudgins, Thomas Smith, Jimmy
Foster, Andrew Clarence Miller
Jr., Tony R. Martin, Neil Richard
Foster.
MEMORIAL DAY WREATHS
— AT CAVOTA'S
Bennington Disaster May „
Have Been Caused by
Catapult Room Fire
QUONSET POINT, R.I., UP)—
The word “catapult” bobbed up
Thursday in eyewitness accounts
of the horrible disaster which
killed at least 91 men and injured
201 Wednesday on the aircraft
carrier Bennington.
And the catapult room of the
big ship may come under investi
gation after the Navy Board of
Inquiry met for the first time
yesterday at this naval air base.
Last October, 37 men died in an
explosion on the carrier Leyte as
she was -being overhauled at Bos
ton. A naval board of inquiry
concluded that the blast happened
when someone accidentally ignit
ed oil in a catapult tube.
In explaining the location of the
explosions and fire that whipped
the Bennington while she was 75
miles offshore, her skipper, Capt.
William F. Rabom Jr., of Okla
homa City, said the damaged area
was below the third deck; that
damage was done to the No. 1 fire
room, the port catapult room and
the living quarters of the general
service crew.
Japanese Hamper
Crab Fishing of
American Boats
SEATTLE, UP) — Japanese fish
ing vessels hampered crab fish
ing operations of American boats
in the Bering Sea, Capt. J. E.
Shields, owner of one of the three
American vessels which have
been in the area, said today.
Capt. Shields’ trawler, the Nor
dic Maid, is the largest trawler
under the American flag.
“The Japanese steamer Tokei
Maru and her 12 fishing boats
have succeeded in driving every
American crab-fishing boat from
the Bering Sea banks,” Captain
Shields said.
“They placed a spy vessel
alongside the Nordic Maid to
watch how much were in the nets
when we took in our nets. If
the net had a fair catch, the
Japanese immediately started up
their radio and inside half an
hour a vessel arrived and com
pletely surrounded the American
vessel with tangle nets.
“The tangle nets are about half
a mile long, and the men on the
Tokei Maru reported that they
had 17,000 miles of them. The
American boats were thereby re
duced to merely hunting for crabs
and as soon as they found any, the
Japanese took them in the tangle
nets.
“The Japanese have announc
ed they are staying until the .end
of September, complete masters of
the fishing grounds in Bering Sea.
“The Japanese expedition con
sists of 380 men on board the
Tokei Maru, a 10,000-ton steamer,
besides crews for the 12 fishing
boats.”.
ARMY ENGINEERS TO ASK
BIDS ON ALASKA PROJECTS
PORTLAND, US’!—Army Engi
neers will invite bids on north
west and Alaska projects esti
mated to' cost nearly 32 million
dollars before the end of this
year.
Col. Louis H. Foote, North Pa
cific Division engineer, said today
the Alaska District will call for
bids on 49 projects costing about
25 million dollars between June
and December.
ALASKA B'CASTING SYSTEM
SEES 30th ANNIVERSARY
SEATTLE, UP)—The Alaska
Broadcasting System and William
J. Wagner, its owner and dean of
Alaska radio station operators,
observed their 30 th anniversary
Thursday.
On May 27, 1924, Station KFQD
at Anchorage, the first ABS sta
tion, went on the air with a power
of 100 watts and operated about
two hours each day. It was silent
on Sundays.
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