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THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
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THE MAY QUEEN ^ _
JK30C.S
ARBOR DAY IN NOME
By proclamation, Governor Heintzleman has set
aside May 14th as Arbor Day for Alaska.
The observance of Arbor Day started in Nebraska
in 1872 for the purpose of planting and cultivating
trees and the idea spread all over the States.
Our governor stated in his proclamation that
“Arbor Day has a far-reaching effect in developing
good citizenship and that the Arbor Day tree is a
symbol, standing for civic pride and community spirit,
for appreciation of good living and for faith in the
future—the future when the tree itself will grow up
and reach its greatest value.”
This may sound like it doesn’t apply to northern
Alaska—but it does. It has been the goal of some of
the members of this community to plant trees along
the side of the road through the cemetery, as the
ground is thawed there and small trees planted by
individuals have flourished through the years.
If some organizations could arrange cooperation
through one of our airlines to bring a couple of small
spruce from Council or White Mountain, Nome could
proudly participate in this worthy observance of Arbor
Day.
President Signs Bill
Authorizing $963 Million
For Highway Aid to States
WASHINGTON, UP)—President
Eisenhower Thursday signed a
record size highway aid bill and
expressed the hope that road con
struction can be stepped up to an
even more rapid pace.
With a congressional delegation
looking on at a White House cere
mony, the President put his name
to a measure authorizing 966 mil
lion dollars in federal aid for
highway building in each of two
years. The money will be used to
assist the states in the construc
tion.
Eisenhower used six pens to
sign the .bill. He finished signing
his name with the sixth and said
with a grin:
“By golly, that’s about all the
pens I can use unless I use one for
a period.”
And he did.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a
Special Municipal Election shall
be held JUNE 8. 1954, for the pur
pose of submitting Ordinance No.
367 for ratification.
Ordinance No. 367 is entitled,
"An ordinance of the City of
Nome, Alaska, vacating a portion
of Third Avenue, between West B
Street and Division Street as a
public thoroughfare, giving unto
said vacated portion a block and
lot designation, and providing for
an election submitting said ordi
nance to the voters of the City of
Nome for Ratification."
The south twenty (20) feel of
Third Avenue, located NORTH of
the school and playground and
between West B Street and Divi
sion Street is required for the
proposed school addition that was
favorably voted upon by Nome
property holders October 19, 1953.
Any qualified elector can vote at
this election.
CITY OF NOME
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk.
Publ. May 7, 14, 21, 28, 1954.
jDemo Candidates Get 70% of Votes
For House, 61% for Senate, 83%
For Delegate, Contrasting With 1952
By JIM6 HUTCHINSON
Associated Press
Alaska Legislative Correspondent
The swing of Alaska’s voters;
into the Democratic primaries last:
week saw more than 70 percent |
of the total votes go to the Demo
cratic candidates for the Territor
ial House of Representatives.
Democrats polled about 61 per
cent of the total tabulated vote in
the four divisions for candidates
for the Territorial Senate.
At the same time, the Demo- j
era tic candidates for delegate to j
Congress polled 83 percent of the j
vote, compared with 54 percent in '
the 1952 primary. However, it is)
acknowledged generally that some j
of the comparatively small vote j
for Neil Moore in the Democratic !
congressional race was actually j
an anti-Bartlett vote instead of an
indication of the voter swinging to
the Democratic side on his ballot.
The one-sided percentages stood
out boldly Thursday as an elec
tion figures survey went to work j
on an assessment of the returns in i
comparison with the 3952 primary.
The figures compare with 54
percent for Democratic Senate
candidates in the 1952 primary
and barely over 50 percent for
Democratic candidates for the
House.
There may be some solace in
those figures for Republicans who
say their party’s hopes for the
legislature will rise or fall on an
aggressive and effective campaign
before the October general elec
tion. It worked for them in 1952—
but the primary election odds did
n’t run nearly so heavily against
them then.
While the Republicans polled
only 46 percent of the votes for
Senate candidates in the 1952 pri
mary, they ended up by getting
six Republicans elected to the
Senate to the Democrat’s three.
And after getting a shade less
than 50 percent o‘f the total vote
for House candidates in the pri
mary, they sent 20 members to
the Territorial House while only
four Democrats were elected.
The sharpest reversal in pri
mary results between 1952 and
1954 occurred in the Fourth (Fair
banks) Division Senate nomina
tions. The Republicans polled 68
percent of the votes for Senate
candidates in the 1952 primary
and the Democrats polled about
57 percent this time.
But the Third Division (An
chorage) Division has been the
chameleon of the two-year cycle.
That division had a 54 percent
vote for Democratic candidates
for the House in the 1952 primary,
then swung about by general elec
tion time and elected nine Repub
licans and one Democrat to the
House. Then in last week’s pri
mary the pendulum swung again
and 68 percent of the vote for
House candidates went to Demo
crats, who outnumbered the Re
publicans in the running.
It’s such changes as those that j
make it difficult to draw any hard j
and fast line from primary elec
tion to October.
It led the top vote-getters in
each party in the Third Division ,
House races to give sharply dif
fering estimates.
“I’m not as pessimistic as some
Democrats think I should be,”
commented Rep. Dorothy Prior of
Anchorage. “I don’t think there
will be a tremendous Democratic
victory in the fall.” She expressed
the belief that developments on
the national level and the appeal
of individual candidates, especial
ly to' the “large non-partisan vote”
in the Anchorage area, will be
major factors.
Ray Plummer, Democratic na
tional committeeman who polled
more votes than any other House
candidate ever received in Alaska,
expressed the differing opinion:
“We are confident that the strong
trend indicated last Tuesday will
carry over into the general elec
tion and that the voters will re
turn the Democratic Party to
power in Alaska in 1954.”
PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Henry Carriker to Luther Dun
bar, one half of the east 25 feet
of Lot 13 in Block 53.
Mariam Blattler to James
Kealiher the east 21 feet of Lot
14 in Block 13, and all of Lot
15 and Lot 16 in Block 13.
Sailor Burns to Death in
Bremerton Barracks Fire
BREMERTON, Iff)—One sailor
burned to death in a fire that
forced 48 others to jump for their
lives early Thursday from the
second floor of a barracks build
ing the Navy’s Keyport Torpedo
Station.
Six men were brought to the
Navy hospital here with fractures,
burns or shock.
The fire, which started shortly
before 2 a.m., flared through the
men’s sleeping quarters so quick
ly the men were unable to save
any of their belongings.
The cause of the fire was un
known.
Rotary Elects Officers
New officers elected at Rotary
Thursday were: president, Ben
Young; vice president, George
Bayer; secretary, Joe Kroninger;
board members, Dr. Fred Lang
sam and William Barber.
Visiting Rotarians were: J. C.
Lewis of Seattle and Allen Smith
of Fairbanks.
Guests were Dr. Fratianni of
Nome Field; Robert Behai, An
chorage; Irving Selberg, Anchor
age; Maj. Brice, Ladd AFB; Lt.
Kummer, Nome Field; and Fran
cis Fay, Vancouver, B. C.
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FOR RENT—House with 2 bed
rooms. Call Main 123.
FOR SALE—King trumpet. Ex
cellent condition. Call Rev. R.
Havens, Main 50. 55
FOUND — Half - frame plastic
glasses. Call Nugget.
FOR LEASE—Nevada Grill Bldg.
$200 a month or will sell build
ing and the lots. Phone Mrs. W.
W. Tuttle, Black 147 or write
to: Mrs. Harry Gabrielson, 522
5th Ave. West, Seattle, Wn. 58
FOR RENT — 2 - room modem
cabin. Call Black 29 57c
WANTED TO BUY—Used porta
ble typewriter. Alice Hudson,
Main 36. 57
FOR SALE—2 white nylon uni
forms size 16 at $7 each. Call
Alice Hudson, Main 36.
Tasty Tip for
Quick Meals!
MACARONI AND CHEESE
(tome/ cocW Ut7 wtuuctei
with Kraft Dinner is a
timesaver and a
KRAFT menu-maker! Stock
® ^ ^ ^ ^ ® up today — it costs
for that through' only pennies. So
aad-through handy for school
cheese flavor lunches, emergency
meals. And good
eatin’ always!
INome-Maid |
BREAD I
Pound and a half Loaf I
50c !
BARB'S GRILL!
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DON’T FORGET MOTHER’S DAY |
SUNDAY, MAY 9th |
TAKE MOTHER TO DINNER AT THE ?
BERING SEA CLUB
OLIVES PICKLES f
CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP, CRISP CRACKERS |
MOLDED VEGETABLE SALAD
Spring Chicken a la Maryland .$3.00
Baked Premium Ham with Pineapple . 2.50
Roast Young Tom Turkey, Cranberry Sauce . 3.00
Blue Ribbon New York Cut Steak, Melted Butter. 5.00
U.S. Choice T-Bone Steak, French Fried Onion Rings 5.50
WHIPPED POTATOES VEGETABLE j
WHIPPED POTATOES VEGETABLE
HOT ROLLS BUTTER & JELLY TEA OR COFFEE |
TARTS ICE CREAM S
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