THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879
A CHALLENGE TO THE CLASS OF 54
The Class of 1954 will be graduated tomorrow
from the Nome High School. We congratulate these
students, for they have spent twelve years preparing
for this day.
It would be nice to be able to hand them a well
balanced world with peace throughout and jobs enough
for everybody.
Instead, we give them a challenge to help build
Alaska into an empire that does not have to beg for
equality or ask favors of other Americans who do not
know what it is to be governed without the privilege
of voting.
Most of the graduates come of pioneering stock
and have the heritage of courage and faith in the future
of Alaska
We believe all of them will be useful and good
citizens, a credit to Nome, their country and their God.
BRITISH PAPER COMMENTS ON FRANCE
From the MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, England
“France excites our admiration and our despair.
Culturally it is supreme among the Western nations,
while governmentally it is the weakest link in their
alliance. Today, the dilemma over France is acute.
Every friend of France abroad must be anxious lest
the strains within the country after the defeat at Dien
Bien Phu^ay bring the government down again.
“If the government were to fall, negotiation at
Geneva would be rendered futile, and France would
be left without a policy in Indochina or in Europe.
And even if it survives, the government is likely to be
so precarious that it cannot speak with assured author
ity in the world.
“The remedies do not lie with France alone.
People in the United States should overcome their
fear of negotiating with the Communists—which need
not mean capitulation; and people in Britain should
realize that if Europe sinks, they will sink, too.”
RESURRECTION !
Since the dawn of the Christian Era, and probably
for centuries before, man has dreamed and debated and
speculated on the existence of a life after death. That
there is such a thing is an article of faith in most
religions, but those who have crossed the River Styx
can not come back to tell us their experiences.
But for the past eight years—only eight years out
of the untold centuries of human yearning—there has
been a way for us to know that we can still live after
the Grim Reaper has cut us down. Whether we are
entitled to a hereafter or no, it is ours for the asking
—so long as we have the blessed gift of vision.
Today, thanks to the Eye Bank for Sight Restora
tion, thousands of people who once were blind are
seeing through the corneas of those who no longer*,
have use for them. Since its founding in 1946, more
than four thousand eyes have been donated to the
Eye Bank, 210 East 64th St., New York 21, N.Y., and
the branches in Boston, Chicago and Winston-Salem.
But more and more are needed, and will be needed
through the years. Your doctor can tell you how to
make the greatest bequest that is anyone’s to give.
When your eyes are closed in death they can
open a new life to another!
Good advice to girls is never to play ball with a
man unless he furnishes the diamond.
The Significance
Of The Poppy
Next Saturday little red poppies
will bloom on millions of Coats i
throughout America. As the an- j
nual day for the wearing of the :
poppy draws near, it is well to
bring to our minds the signifi
cance of this little flower. Why
do we have a Poppy Day?
First, we wear the poppy once j
a year to express the feeling of
reverence that is always in our
hearts for the men who died for
America in the two World Wars.
The poppy is their flower. It grew
on the battle-fields in France and
Belgium where so' many of them
fought and died; it grew over
their fresh graves—the one touch
of beauty and life in all that
region of destruction and death
known as the front. Nothing can
symbolize our remembrance of the
World War dead in so fitting a
way as the wearing of the poppy.
Second, we wear the poppy to
help lighten the burden for those
who are still undergoing suffer
ing and hardships because of the
wars, the disabled veterans and
the families of the dead and dis
abled. Making the poppies gives
employment to hundreds of dis
abled men who otherwise would
be unable to earn anything to
ward the support of themselves or
their families. If you have never
visited the men making poppies in
the hospitals, it will be difficult
for you to realize that having
these little flowers made by the
disabled is one of the largest
pieces of welfare work done by
the American Legion Auxiliary.
What form of aid could be more
effective than helping the dis
abled men help themselves by
worthwhile work?
The funds .derived from the
poppy sale constitute the largest
source of revenue for the Rehab
ilitation and Child Welfare work
of the Legion and Auxiliary. The
dimes, quarters and dollars drop
ped in to the contribution boxes
on Poppy Day enable the Legion
Po'sts and Auxiliary units to carry
out a constructive program of aid
to the disabled and to the de
pendent families of veterans thru
out the year. Poppy Day is the
one day when the public is priv
ileged to contribute toward this
great work.
When you buy your poppy Sat
urday, think of the disabled vet
eran in a hospital or convalescent
workshop who has»fashioned the
little blood-red flower. Think of
the fatherless family whose strug
gles during the coming year will
be lightened by the coin you drop
into the poppy worker’s box.
Think of the brave American boys
who lie beneath the waving pop
pies in France. Think of these
things and you will understand
the true significance of the poppy.
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NAVY VIKING ROCKET
SHOT UP 158 MILES
WHITE SANDS PROVING
GROUNDS, N.M., (JPl — A Navy
Viking rocket reached 158 miles
skyward Monday, 22 miles higher
than any previous firing of a mis
sile of that type.
White Sands officials said the
missile reached a top speed of
4,300 miles an hour.
Reaction Motors, Inc., Rock
away, N.J., which designed and
produced the engine, said it was
powered with liquid oxygen and
a mixture of alcohol and water.
Its power, the firm said, was
roughly the equivalent of 2,300
average 1954 autos.
The rocket record is 250 miles.
It was set by the Army’s WAC
Corporal, fired from a German
V-2 aloft.
Defense Dept. Converts
Overseas Military Script
To Block Counterfeiters
FRANKFURT, Germany, (10 —
The U.S. Department of Defense
issued a surprise order today con
verting its military script at bases
all over the world. Army officers
here said it was to smash a
counterfeit ring operating in
Japan.
The move affected a half mil
lion Americans in Europe, who
were suddenly notified to turn in
their old military script by noon.
The Army said the issuance of
new scrip, of a different color,
was expected to be completed by
noon.
Scrip is the paper equivalent of
greenbacks, 50-cent pieces, quar
ters, dimes and nickels. It is used
by U.S. military personnel in all
post exchanges and recreation
centers abroad.
The latest previous conversion
was June 21, 1951. That was also
intended to smash counterfeiting.
Thousands of black market op
erators also have been wiped out.
They are not eligible to exchange
their scrip. Such black market
operations, at least in Germany,
have dwindled to a ^trickle.
The Nome Fire Department
was called out to the residence
of Jim von der Heydt yesterday
afternoon where an overheated
smokestack was the cause of the
alarm. No damage resulted.
> SEATLLE — The spiraling cost
of commodities and services
which has prevailed in recent
years has necessitated an increase
in rates for telephone calls be
tween Alaska and the United
States, Col. M. R. Kunitz, com
manding officer of the Alaska
Communication System, announ
ced Tuesday.
The new rates, which will be
effective July 1, 1954, will reflect
the first increase since 1945.
Four civilian employee wage in
creases since World War II, in
creased shipping and transporta
tion costs to and within the terri
tory, and the high cost of main
taining a communications system
under adverse weather conditions
and in rugged terrain, were in
dicated as factors which contrib
uted to the necessity for a rate
increase at this time.
The telephone user in Alaska is
also obtaining better quality and
faster long distance telephone
service as a result of recent ex
pansion of facilities and modern
ization of telephone plant by ACS
as a considerable cost.
The rate adjustment will
amount to a twenty-five cent per
minute increase in the rates for
long distance calls between Alas
ka and the United States. How
ever, the present maximum rate
of $9.00 for a three minute call
will not be changed.
It was pointed out that the
reduction in the federal tax from
25 per cent to 10 per cent, effect
ive April 1, 1954, practically neg
ated the impact of the rate in
crease.
Col. Kunitz further stated that
since 1945 the price of most ev
erything people buy in Alaska has
gone up over 35 per cent, whereas
this telephone rate increase will
amount to an average of about 11
per cent to the using customer—
far lower than the increased cost
of most other products and ser
vices Alaska residents buy.
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