THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone Main 125 $1.50 PER MONTH
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Pr»duction Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
SHADES OF JOHN L. SULLIVAN
Stop Fires Before They Start!
“The fire was of undetermined origin,” they say.
It’s a common phrase in news reports of a fire. In
the charred and gutted shell of what used to be some
one’s home, it is sometimes difficult to figure out im
mediately where the first wisp of smoke curled up—
where the first tiny flame licked out.
But given a little time, trained and experienced
men can usually reconstruct the situation. A late party
—people smoking—a cigaret that fell unnoticed among
the sofa cushions and smoldered there. An open fire
left burning—sparks that jumped out on the rug or a
piece of furniture. Oversize fuses in the fuse box—
overloaded electrical wiring that burst into flames.
, Whatever happened, it’s past remedying. It mat
ters only as a guide to the future. But to a fire victim,
what matters most is the present.
Everything is gone: family heirlooms—cherished
mementos—clothing, jewelry, furnishings, valuable
papers—all the things that went to make up one
family’s daily life.
This is Fire Prevention Week. It’s easy to think
about the future now—but it’s hard after a fire!
PA A
WINTER SCHEDULE
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EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 29th
EVERY FRIDAY
Lv. Fairbanks 9:30 a.m.
Ar. Nome 11:30 a.m.
Lv. Nome 1:30 p.m.
Ar. Fairbanks 5:30 p.m.
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Djilas Sentenced
To 7 More Years
For New Book
By BORIS BOSKOVIC
SREMSKA MITROVICA, Yu
goslavia, UP)—Milovan Djilas, for
mer vice pre^dent and wartime
comrade-in-arms of President
Tito, was sentenced Saturday to
seven more years in prison.
He was convicted of creating
hostile propaganda against Com
munism and the Yugoslav govern
ment abroad by writing and by
smuggling out of Yugoslavia his
book, “The New Class.”
The book, published in New
York in August, depicts Commu
nism as a system in which the
masses are exploited by a bureau
cratic upper class.
Djilas, 46, already was serving
a three-year prison sentence on
charges of conspiring against the
Yugoslav government. After a
one-day closed trial, the five-man
court, which included two judges,
decided to link his previous sen
tence and Saturday’s into a new
term of nine years. He could
have received a maximum sen
tence of 20 years and has the
right to appeal.
Djilas, wearing a blue suit and
marked by prison pallor, told the
court he stands by every word he
wrote. He listened unmoved to
the sentence.
In a long explanation of the
verdict, presiding Judge Nikola
Nikolin said Djilas was found
guilty for writing the book with
the aim of undermining “the peo
ple’s authority, defensive power
and economic power.” He de
clared Djilas “consciously want
ed to compromise socialism (Com
munism) as an idea.
Maybe it’s only skin deep, but an
itchy rash can be pure torture. Ask
the housewife with dishpan hands,
the lad with poison ivy itch, the
baby with prickly heat, the worker
with occupational rash, or anyone
with hives or an allergic rash from
food, cosmetics, wool or other fab
rics.
Most of these cases come under
the medical heading of “contact
dermatitis”,
..V;,;.v rtK which simply
means an inflam
'/ )p: Mrg/i mation of the skin
V r\ \ causec^ by contact
V'’ J! y} , V | with or over-ex
axI'YJ ,1 i posure to an irri
{VfpYjfel tating agent.
^ W Besides the no
W\ torious poison ivy,
most common aggravators among
plants are the sumac and the ap
propriately-named cocklebur and
sneeze weed. Of the foods, tomatoes,
citrus fruit, onions and celery are
worst offenders.
Maddening as they are, skin in
flammations can be the easiest dis
eases to clear up with proper atten
tion. Your doctor may suggest one
of the new fast-acting ointments
such as Magnacort which contains
a relative of the hormone hydrocor
tisone. Dr. Ashton L. Welsh, Cin
cinnati dermatologist, recently re
ported that Magnacort proved suc
cessful in 40 out of 41 of his pa
tients suffering from 15 different
skin diseases.
Once the itchiness, the rash and
inflammation are relieved, your doc
tor can get to the bottom of the
trouble, the cause of the outbreak.
Meanwhile, an ounce of preven
tion: Before your family starts
pitching into the backyard autumn
leaf-burning ceremonies,’ remind
them of the classical poison ivy
warning, “leaflets three’ turn and
flee."
Letter-size and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
Mountainside Collapses on Road
In Cascades, Killing Three Men
SEATTLE, L?*)—Hundreds of
thousands of tons of rock tower
ing above a main cross-state high
way in the Cascade Mountains
broke away with but a few sec
onds warning Friday and snuffed
out the lives of three road work
ers.
Another man was injured crit
ically but a score or more of mo
torists escaped because an alert
flagman saw dust spurting from
the mountainside and trees
“swaying in a crazy pattern.”
The giant slide of rock broke
loose at 5:09 p.m. at a point 60
miles east of Seattle on a section
of U.S. Highway 10, known as the
Snoqualmie Pass Road.
It was at a point where traffic
was limited to one-way movement
because construction of a new
section has been going on for
some time. Workmen had quit
four hours before the slide but
some men still were on mainte
nance and other duties.
Killed by the grinding chunks
of rock were Clarence Sluder, 35, j
a road crew foreman; Knute j
Johnson, about 40; and Carson R. j
Mundis, 44, a truck driver.
• Neil Wallace,, 22-year-old flag
man, said a line of westbound
cars had just passed his station
and he was about to wave on a
line of eastbound cars when he
looked up and saw puffs of red
dust shooting from cracks in the
rocks.
“Then those big trees about 50
feet or so above us started danc
ing and swaying in a crazy pat
tern and I waved everybody back,
shouting ‘Something’s going to
happen’.”
“Then the whole mountainside
came down, huge chunks of rock
the size of an automobile shooting
forward and the trees falling
every which way.
“It sent up a tremendous roar
which lasted maybe 30 seconds. A
great cloud of dust . . . spread out
over the area and made it as dark
as night.
Road equipment, trucks and a
bulldozer disappeared beneath the
rubble and the workmen were
caught before they could scurry
to safety.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Why Worry ? — Call us and Relax !
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WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
Report of the Financial Condition
of *he
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
1st day of October, 1957.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts ..$ 862,903.04
United States bonds and securities . 620,954.21
Other bonds and warrants . 43 900.00
Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 22 370.85
Cash on hand and due from banks . 562 917.56
Other Assets . 44,239.96
Total .$2,di7,285.62
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . 100,000.00
Surplus fund . 50,000.00
Undivided profits . 95,720.32
Due to other banks . 22,949.31
Demand deposits . 1,413,661.37
Time deposits . 458,367.76
Cashier’s and certified checks . 16,586.86
Total .$2,157,285.62
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
TERRITORY OF ALASKA ) SS
SECOND JUDICIAL DIVISION )
I, W. W. Tuttle, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. ' W. W. TUTTLE, Cashier
(CORRECT ATTEST)
JAMES G. MANNING
(NOTARIAL SEAL) Executive Vice President
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
4th day of October, 1957.
BEVERLY A. MORGAN
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires November 10, I960.