THE N '' '! E NUGGET
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-GEORGE WASHINGTO
George Washington’s Birthday
The American people always observe the anniver
sary of the birth of George Washington, the first Presi
dent of the United States, with great respect and
reverence, and thus do themselves great credit.
George Washington was exceedingly wise and
sound in his judgments concerning the future of the
country, 'and the American people.
He served his country with wisdom and under
standing and is honored with respect and reverence.
We can’t help but feel that if he' were around today
he would be a strong advocate for statehood, realizing
that a vast country of loyal Americans were being
deprived of their full rights of citizenship. It is our
belief that he would place the importance of giving
them full rights under the American flag ahead of
international alliances.
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Other February birthdays remembered because of
their courage and determination, their ceaseless and
selfless vigilance include Abraham Lincoln and Susan
B. Anthony. She was as dedicated to the cause of eman
cipation of women as Lincoln was to the emancipation
of slaves. Both gave justice and human dignity to the
progress of this free country.
Capital Holiday
Features Parades,
Big Store Bargains
WASHINGTON, Iff) — George
Washington’s birthday was ob
served in a variety of wavs in the
nation’s capital today — with ev
erything from commemorative
ceremonies and a parade to the
usual bargain sales.
The most spectacular event
scheduled was a parade in Alex
andria, Va., just across the Poto
mac River from the District of
Columbia.
Parade officials predicted up
wards of a quarter of a million j
persons would gather in the his- I
toric Virginia city for the after-1
noon event, which 'boasted 200
i pretty girls, 80 bands and 32
I floats.
The holiday gave government
| workers a three-day weekend.
Both houses of Congress were
set to mark the occasion in their
customary manner by having
Washington’s farewell address
read.
Other scheduled events, in
cluded morning wreath-laying
ceremonies at the Washington
Monument in the District of Co
lumbia, and an afternoon cere
mony at the Interior Department.
Merchants lured customers
with special birthday bargains,
some of them limited quantity
items like 99-cent typewriters
and one-cent automobiles. These
usually were grabbed off by bar
gain hunters who had been lined
up since last night.
Report Army
Orders Prohibit
‘Dating’ Germans
GOEPPINGEN, Germany, UP) —
Some of the officers of the U. S.
Army’s 8th Infantry Division
have been dating German maids
employed in Army households,
and the division commander has
passed the word to stop it.
An Army spokesman said an
officer, for example, might take
hio girl friend to an Army cock
tail party attended by her em
ployers.
“It might be embarrassing to
both tne maid and to her em
ployer,” an Army spokesman here
said. “We believe it would be in
apropriate for an officer to date
c. maid, who is wording in an
American housing area.”
A division headquarters spokes
man denied a report on the new
fraternization hub-bUb carried by
the Overseas Weekly, an inde
pendent English-language publi
cation primarily for U. S. service
personnel. The paper quoted Col.
Lyrn D. Smith of Carlisle, Pa.,
division chief of staff, as having
■toid his junior officers:
“it is forbidden to go out with
anybody who works for a living.
This includes ribbon arid stock
sales clerks at the PX, snack bar
employes — anybody who is be
low your social level.”
The spokesman said Smith
made no such statement and
added:
“Any allegations that the Army
is agamst working girls is abso
lutely absurd. After all, we work
for a living, too.
Breaks Leg on Stilts at 67
CHARLESTON, W. Va., UP! —
Mrs. Amma Haddox, immobilized
but cheerful, reflected today on
the hazards of walking on stilts
at the age of 67.
Mrs. Haddox, recovering from
a broken leg at a Charleston hos
pital, could still proudly recall
that as a girl of 17 she was the
champion stilt walker in her
neighborhood of Roane County.
When some kids were playing
an stilts in her driveway last Sat
urday, Mrs. Haddox said she
couldn’t resist the urge to try
her skill.
After the fall, she said:
“The embarrassment was worse
than the pain.”
“I’m not going to be old until
I get old,” she added.
She has four grandchildren.
Painting of Gov’s.
Mansion O-K’d in
House Action
WASHINGTON, UP) — With
some misgivings, the House Ap
propriations Committee yester
day approved spending $8,250 for
repainting and repairing the Gov
ernor’s house at Juneau.
The Committee, reporting a
money bill to finance Interior De
partment agencies for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, noted
that $30,670 have been spent on
repairing the Governor’s house
in the past 14 years, including
$15,000 in 1953.
Other appropriations recom
mended by the Committee for
Alaska included:
Fishery research laboratory at
Juneau, $400,000.
For research on fish migration
over dams and administration of
Alaska Fisheries, $416,925.
Alaska Pubiic Works, six mil
lion dollars.
he Northland’s Largest Machinery Deaie
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ments are easy to make.
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LINCOLN
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SAUERMAN
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minimum by literally floating on the material to the discharge
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WITTE
Diesel Engine
Generator Units
Wj* For installations where
r ' dependable, 24-hour-a
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and operate on low-cost diesel fuel. There are many generator
unit models for either direct or alternating current, and Witte
diesel engines from 4 to 12.5 horsepower.
NC "CAT” DEPT.
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