Atomic Power Plant For
Submarine In Operation
At AEC Testing Station
WASHINGTON, WP) — The
world’s first known version of an
atomic power plant to propel a
submarine has been placed in op
eration, the Atomic Energy Com
mission announced Tuesday.
The device — a working model
of one that eventually will power
the Navy’s atomic sub, the USS
Nautilus—was set in operation on
dry land at the AEC’s testing
station in Arco, Idaho.
The AEC said the “protoype”
power plant — that is, the land
docked version of a seagoing type
— has “successfully entered its
first phase of operation.”
This was the first word that
atomic scientists had actually
achieved power in a reactor of
the type that is expected to allow
a submarine to travel many thou
sands of miles without refueling
and to stay submerged for great
lengths of time.
The commission said' the atomic
power plant had entered a phase
known as “criticality” — that is,
the atomic fuel used in it has been
brought to a point where it is
sustaining a chain reaction and
yielding atomic energy that can
£ harnessed for a submarine.
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Chamber Luncheon Notes
A request was made at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
yesterday for transportation for
school children to the Nome Field
theater Saturday morning, as it
has been announced that the base
theater will be host to all public
school children at a special pre
Easter show.
Children and available cars are
to be at the Nome School at 9:30
Saturday morning. A full house
is expected.
H. F. Harper, director of civ
ilian defense, announced that a
100 per cent attendance of depart
ments heads for civilian defense
met Monday to reactivate the
Red Cross chapter for Nome
which has become inactive for
want of officers. A meeting has
been called for Wednesday eve
ning at the City Hall to get the
local chapter operating again.
George Goshaw, Stan Morgan,
and Carl Glavinovich were ap
pointed official greeters for the
Friday arrival of from 24 to 48
Anchorage school teachers who
will visit here and stay overnight.
Chairman Dewey Goodrich re
ported having conferred with Nel
son David of Alaska Airlines, on
the possibility of establishment of
a through flight from the States
to Nome with produce and other
perishable merchandise. He was
informed the matter would be
studied.
Dr. Maxwell Kennedy was wel
comed back by the Chamber and
reported on his extensive travels
which took him through the
Caribbean, to Spain and other
European countries for the past
six months.
The keynote of his remarks cen
tered not on the wonders of for
eign countries but the desire to
let Americans know that they
don’t appreciate the freedoms they
enjoy and take for granted the
necessities of life which the peo
ple of foreign countries so sorely
lack.
He expressed how happy he is
to be back in America and at
home in Nome.
Mr. C. M. Ambrose of the Liqui
fied Gas Corp. was a guest of
the Chamber.
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WE CARRY A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINE
Out-of-Town Orders Carefully Handled
CAB Obligated To
Preserve Existing
Scheduled Airlines
WASHINGTON, UP) —Chairman
Oswald Ryan, of the Civil Aero
nautics Board says that board’s
obligation is to preserve the
scheduled airline system and “not
to destroy it by issuing grants
for operation authority to- the ir
regular carriers.”
The CAB chief testified Monday
before the House Commerce Com
mittee which is surveying federal
agencies dealing with commerce.
Some members of the commit
tee had said they were concerned
over a decline in the number of
non - scheduled operations, es
pecially in Seattle-Alaska service.
Ryan said the board is required
to “guard very closely” against
widespread increase in operations
by tl\e non-scheduled airlines in
violation of their operating au
thority, and must also' examine
with great care any proposal to
increase or broaden the operating
authority of non-scheduled lines.
A witness for 40 non-scheduled
air lines said meanwhile that the
CAB has tried to eliminate rather
than regulate such carriers.
Hamlin B. Johnston, general
manager of the Aircoach Trans
portation Association, said that
the only reason any non-scheduled
airlines are still operating is that
the Defense Department uses their
services.
He said the board ignored the
public interest in wiping out all
of the 15 large independent lines
serving Alaska.
“This elimination was accom
plished in the face of a statement
by the governor of this strategic
territory that the CAB’s policies
so far as Alaska is concerned has
been disastrous and despite multi
tudinous protests from the terri
torial government of Alaska, civic
and commercial groups, and in
dividual citizens,” Johnston said.
COMMUNICATION
To the Nome Nugget:
We are so often prone to accept
the “every day” without due ap
preciation!
This letter is written with the
thought that perhaps the good
people of Nome would like to
know and have brought to their
attention their appreciable part,
by having provided the President
of the Senate, in the territorial
legislature during this session just
completed.
For his equitable judgment, un
impeachable integrity, and force
ful dignity; for his enduring
search for truth and practical pur
pose in its finding, his sympath
etic understanding and impartial
administration, to say nothing of
his ready wit, Charles D. Jones
has endeared himself in his cap
acity unmatched and unparal
leled.
Nome can well be proud !
Ashley N. Doak, Mgr.
Mendenhall Corporation
Juneau, Alaska
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U.N. Command
Wary of Red Offer
To End Korea War
TOKYO, OP) — A wary United
Nations Command told the Com
munists to get down to business
if their startling new offers to
end the Korean fighting are sin
cere.
Gen. Mark Clark, U.N. Far East
commander, said he would agree
to reopen the suspended armistice
talks if the Reds agree to details
of exchanging sick and wounded
war prisoners.
And the U.N. in effect told the
Reds to come up with an official,
detailed version of Monday’s
night’s radio proposal by Red
China’s premier, Chou En-Lai, to
compromise the standoff on vol
untary repatriation of war prison
ers.
The unyielding U. N. demand
that POWs have the choice of re
turning to their native lands was
the only issue blocking an armis
tice and it broke up the talks last
Oct. 8.
Chou offered to send home
those POWs who want to go back
and send the others to a neutral
state where both sides can talk it
over with them.
But he didn’t say what the U.N.
wants to hear — whether, even
there, the prisoners would have
the final choice. For the U.N., that
has been a must.
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V.F.W. FIGHT CARD
NOME SCHOOL GYMNASIUM
SATURDAY, APRIL 4 - - 8 p. m.
Three 2-Minute Rounds—or less
—1—
Clyde Nershak, 140 lbs. vs. Gil Ozenna, 145 lbs.
—2—
Guy Ryan, 145 lbs. vs. McClure, 150 lbs.
—3—
Denton Howard, 165 lbs. vs. Sgt. Rogers, 180 lbs.
—4—
Harold Perkins, 170 lbs. vs. Chas. Sindelar, 180 lbs.
—5—
Larry Minix, 216 lbs. vs. Sgt. Dick Miller, 195 lbs.
—TAG WRESTLING MATCH—
Four Grapplers to be Announced Later
Boxing Referee Judges
Les Bronson Ernie Gustafson
Wrestling Referee Luther Dunbar
Ray Blastervold Jim McLean
Timekeeper
v Art Paulos
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