THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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4 CIVIL DEFENSE NEWSLETTER published
on September 1 announces that its staff can be
doubled, without additional cost to the State, and
thereby step up the Alaska Civil Defense program.
At present Vernon Metcalfe is the CD director
with headquarters at Juneau with an Administrative
Secretary at Anchorage. Four additional employees
will be added if Alaska qualifies for federal aid, stated
the newsletter.
And where will the additional deputies be lo
cated? At Fairbanks and Anchorage!
Is the program branching out to help in ALL
parts of the state?
Can any program administered from Anchorage
or Fairbanks, without a paid administrator in the
area, be successful? The answer is No, of course!
If the Civil Defense is going to be of any value
to the people who are closest to an unfriendly foreign
country, one of the additional staff had better be
stationed at Nome, Alaska!
GERALD TRIGG TAKING
TRAINING AT FORT ORD
FORT ORD, Calif., —Army Pri
vate Gerald Trigg, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Trigg of Nome, is
undergoing the first cycle of basic
infantry training here. When he
has completed the eights weeks of
instruction he will go on to ad
vanced infantry or specialist
training. He entered the Army on
Aug. 29.
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NATIONAL JAYCEE V.P.
IS GUEST OF NOME CLUB
The Nome Jaycees held a ban
quet last evening at the North
Star Sea view Room. About 30
members attended to hear Corky
Corbett Jr., of Burns, Ore., vice
president of the United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
who was the guest of honor.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Elton Outwater, Don
ald McKay, Silverio Ruiz, Karon
Tungwenuk, Donald Johnson.
Discharged: Lawrence Katexac,
Gilbert Taxac, Robert Potkaylook,
Isabel Arnold, Irene Apassingok,
Mary Walker, Merle Williams.
Pioneer Women Meet Friday Nile
The Pioneer Women of Alaska
meet Friday at the Pioneer Igloo.
All members are requested to at
tend as delegates to the Pioneer
Convention being held in Seward
on Oct. 13, will be elected at this
time.
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NSA Code Clerks
Turn lip in Moscow
By STANLEY JOHNSON
MOSCOW. IJ)—Two young code
i clerks from the super-secret U.S.
! National Security Agency turned
up in Moscow with tales that the
United States is spying even on
its allies under a policy they feel
will lead to World War III.
I Bernon F. Mitchell, 31, Eureka,
Calif., and William H. Martin, 29,
Ellensburg, Wn., announced they
have defected to the Soviet Union
and intend to become Soviet citi
zens.
“We would attempt to crawl to
the moon if we thought it would
lessen the threat of an atomic
war, ” they said in a statement.
The Russians put the two on
display under television lights in
the gilt - ornamented Journalists
Club. The two detailed complaints
against the United States and
spilled to newsmen what they
said were NSA communications
intelligence secrets. They said the
United States had broken the
codes of friendly nations and even
planted a spy in a friendly em
bassy.
Mitchell and Martin, bachelor
friends since service in the U.S.
Navy, refused to tell how they got
to Moscow from NSA headquar
ters at Ft. Meade, Md. They are
known to have come by way of
Mexico City.
“That might prevent others
from taking the same route,” they
said.
The two left Ft. Meade in June
on vacation, ostensibly to visit
relatives on the West Coast.
Mitchell and Martin professed
to believe that U. S. policy may
lead to World War III. They com
plained chiefly of American re
connaissance flights over Soviet
territory and the rim of Red
China, but said nothing about the
May Day U2 flight for which the
Russians gave Francis Gary Pow
ers a 10-year sentence.
“It is a difficult and painful
experience to leave our native
country, families and friends. Yet
we feel that the United States
government, in carrying out pol
icies dangerous to world peace,
should not be allowed to rely on
these emotional attachments to
guarantee the loyalty of its citi
zens.”
Discussing U.S. hostility toward
Communism, their statement said:
“Perhaps U.S. hostility toward
Communism arises out of a feel
ing of insecurity engendered by
Communist achievements in
science, culture and industry. If
this is so, such feelings of inse
curity are a poor excuse for en
dangering world peace.”
The top secret agency with
which they worked was a defense
unit engaged in intercepting radio
signals and in communications in
telligence.
They said the United States had
planted a code-clerk spy in the
Turkish Embassy (presumably in
Washington) and was deciphering
secret messages of more than 40
! countries at a cost of half a bil
I lion dollars a year.
They said Britain and Canada
cooperated in the program and
were closely involved.
Martin, a heavy-set blond, ap
peared pale but confident. The
bespectacled Mitchell was some
what nervous. Both read their
j statements rapidly but sometimes
I stumbled over a word or sentence.
They parried questions as to
their feelings about alleged So
ed with the opening of the lanes
they make a direct reply when
asked whether secret Soviet mes
sages were among those which the
United States had been success
fully deciphering.
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SEADRAGON FETED LABOR DAY
From U.S.S. Seadragon
To His Honor the Mayor of Nome
The ship’s company will remember always
the wonderful welcome and hospitality of the
people of Nome. Please convey our special thanks
to Mr. Walsh and all the others who worked so
hard to make our brief stay so pleasant. Aloha.
Signed
Commander George P. Steele
U. S. S. Seadragon
The USS Seadragon arrived at
Nome Monday morning about 10
o’clock and was met at the USCG
Northwind by a delegation from
all over the state, many of whom
had arrived earlier in the mor
ning.
At 7:15 a.m. the local recep
tion committee headed by Mayor
Steffen Andersen and President
Pearse Walsh of the Chamber of
Commerce met the official plane
from Elmendorf and later the
plane from Kodiak. Adm. H. H.
Caldwell inspected the color
guard of the Alaska National
Guard. The entire group boarded
the Northwind to meet the Sea
dragon.
In addition to the Coast Guard
escort the local Eskimos were out
to greet the newest ship afloat
with their own primitive oomiaks.
Rear Admiral H. H. Caldwell,
USN, Commander of the Alaska
Sea Frontier, escorted the com
mander of the Seadragon to the
deck' of the Northwind where
welcoming ceremonies were held.
Mayor Andersen presented a key
to the City of Nome to Com
mander George P. Steele and
President Pearse Walsh presented
a sealskin plaque of welcome.
Later, following the Chamber
luncheon, Commander Steele pre
sented the City of Nome and the
Chamber of Commerce with com
memorative plaques from the
Seadragon.
Guests from both ships as well
as from Kodiak were presented
with gold mining certificates and
vials of gold dust and urged to
return annually to perform their
assessment work by Mayor An
derson at the luncheon.
The management of the North
Star presented a cake to the crew
of the Seadragon.
Guests aboard the Northwind
were invited aboard the Seadra
gon and as many townspeople as
possible were later invited out
as long as time permitted.
The Seadragon weighs 3,000
tons and measures 260 feet in
length. As the Seadragon floated
alongside the Northwind it was at
its maximum flotation—as high
out of the water as it ever is
except when in drydock. It was
launched Aug. 16, 1958 and was
commissioned Dec. 5, 1959.
On behalf of the crew of the
Seadragon for their enjoyment of
I the Eskimo dances, Commander
I Steele presented the King Island
| ers with a Seadragon plaque. In
return the islanders grave him a
beautifully carved ivory cribbage
board which, Cmdr. Steele said,
would be reserved aboard the
undersea craft for the playing off
of championship cribbage games.
Commodore O. C. S. Robertson.
; of the Royal Canadian Navy:
“Since 1496 men have been look
i ing for the Northwest Passage,
i Many have tried it but the route
1 was not usable until the Sea
dragon charted a route which can
be used the year around.
“The Seadragon passage is some
thing for the future. The basic
job is now done—there is now a
usable Northwest Passage.”
Dr. Waldo Lyon, head of the
Submarine Arctic Research
Branch, San Diego Naval Labora
tory.
“Twelve years ago I came to
Nome for the first time from the
I Arctic where we had made under
ice experiments. This is the cul
j mination of what we have been
trying to do for a long time—it
is a shining moment.”
Commander George P. Steele,
USN, commandering officer Sub
i marine Seadragon:
“The preparation for the trip
under the ice started in March of
! this year, namely a trip from New
i Hampshire base to Hawaii, the
j new base for the USS Seadragon.
! The actual trip under the ice
| started on August 1st and the
DAILY FLIGHTS
TO FAIRBANKS
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Fairbanks to Nome (direct)
— FLIGHT 311 —
Lv. Fairbanks 8:00 a.m.
Arr. Nome 9:10 a.m.
Nome to Fairbanks (via Kotzebue)
— FLIGHT 312 —
Lv. Nome 1:00 p.m.
Arr. Kotzebue 1:50 p.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 2:45 p.m.
Arr. Fairbanks 5:40 p.m.