HE NOME NUGGET
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Wickersham Day . . ,
gress for four successive Congresses, 1909 to 1917.
He was one of Alaska’s great men who boosted
Alaska and started the fight for statehood as far hack
as 1912.
In addition to his political achievements, he was
a historian and ethnologist. His library, most of which
belongs to the state, is a rich source of Alaskan ma
terial of all kinds.
He came to Nome in 1901 as Judge of the U. S.
District Court and also presided at Eagle, Valdez,
Rampart and Juneau.
He is an important part of Alaska’s history and
although those who actually knew him and worked
with him and worked with him are becoming fewer
with the passing years, his name and achievements
will remain for ever.
Secret Service Agents
Seize $250,060 in
$20 Counterfeit Bills
WASHINGTON UPl — Nearly
$250,000 in counterfeit $20 bills
and the engraving plates used in
making them were seized Satur
day in Chatham, Va., the Secret j
Service reported.
The discovery followed the ar
rest here of Morris Leon Chaney, j
20, who was charged with poe
aeion of nearly $30,000 worth of
the counterfeit bills at the time
he was apprehended by police.
The Secret Service said the sub
sequent raid on Chaney’s home
in Chatham uncovered the bills
and plates — two for each side of
the bills — in two jars in the
basement. State Police and
sheriff’s officers joined Secret
Service agents in the raid.
Chaney was identified as the
owner of the Piedmont Publish
ing Co. at Chatham.
Taken into District Court on
possession charges, he asked time
to obtain an attorney and his ar
raignment was postponed until
Aug. 20. Bf»*i wjss fixed at $10,
000, which Chaney was unable
to post immediately.
Kennedy Signs Bill
Dealing With Sale of
Public Lands in Alaska
WASHINGTON — President
Kennedy has signed into law a
bin dealing with the sale of cer
tain public lands in Alaska.
The measure, by Rep. Ralph
Rivers would eliminate a dif
ference .between the law govern
ing the sale of isolated and dis
connected tracts of public land
in Alaska and that governing the
rest of the public land state. It
would permit such isolated and
disconnected tracts in Alaska to
be sold subject to a reservation
to the United States of coal, oil
and gas rights.
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FEMALE FAGIN . . .
DIJON, Prance UP> — Police
have jailed a housemaid accused
of being « female fagin. Officers
said Mrs. Raymond Gueanaoui,
37, taught her four children 8
to 12 years old to be pickpockets
and they lifted wallets contain
ing a total of |400 in the last
few months.
Superas* Bond Typing Paper
For 8aIo at the Nugget
Allas Stands Ready
On Pad to Send
Man Into Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL UPi — An
88-foot Atlas missile stands on a
launch pad here ready to provide
the thrust for an all-out United
States effort to send a man into
orbit before the end of the year.
Within a few days it is sched
uled to blaze into the sky in an
attempt to place an unmanned
project Mercury 9pace capsule in
to orbit for the first time. The
test will be a vital one.
If all goes right, the capsule
automatically will return to earth
after one 110-minute pass around
the globe. It will reach an alti
tude of 154 miles.
Then a chimpanzee will be in
serted in another capsule for a
three times around-the-world
trip. If he comes back safely, an
American astronaut, will take the
same journey — to follow the
trail already blazed by the Rus
sians Yuri Gagarin and Gherman
Titov.
Some officials of the National
Aeronautics and Space Adminis
tration say the manned orbit test
can be accomplished before next
Jan. 1. Others, less optimistic, be
lieve it will be at least early
1962.
The Space Agency Friday clear
ed a possible obstacle to manned
orbit flight this year when it
cancelled any alditional sub-or
bital rocket rides like those of
Alan Shepard Jr. and Virgil Gris
som.
NASA said detailed evaluation
of these two- 15-minute up-and
down flights “revealed no prob
lems which would require addi
tional sub-orbital flights.” The an
nouncement said the space task
group “will now devote its full
energies and resources to the or
bital phase of Project Mercury and
to follow-cn flight programs.”
Two more bedstone rockets re
mained for sub-orbital flights. If
they had been used, scores of
capsule, instrumentation and
tracking personnel would have
been tied up. Now they are free
to work on the orbital program.
Navy Considers to Freeze
Ship in Arctic Ocean
WASHINGTON — The Navy
is considering freezing a ship in
the Arctic Ocean icepack lor a
three-year study of sea, ice,
weather and other conditions.
The ship would drift with the
pack, but would have standby
propulsion to be used in moving
about when the openings in the
ice occurred, the Navy said Fri
day.
The Navy sees an advantage
over the floating island stations
which have been used in the past.
The ship would provide a greater
safety for personnel and better
laboratory facilities.
The idea, is not new. The Nor
wegian ship Fram was used that
way in the late 1890s, followed by
another in 1920. The Soviet ice
breaker, Sedov, drifted in the
Arctic ice pack from 1937 to 1940.
Call . . .
ARCITC OIL
1,500-Man Battle Group
Moves Out to West Berlin
WASHINGTON UP — A 1,500
battle group, under orders from
President, moved out from its
base early Saturday to a truck
convoy headed through Soviet
dominated East Germany to rein
force the Allied garrison of West
Berlin.
The Pentagon said the 1st Bat
tle Group, 18th Infantry Regi
ment of the 8th Infantry Division
climbed into trucks with full bat
tle equipment at its base in Sand
hofen, near Mannheim in West
Germany.
The 1st Battle Group is com
manded by Col. Glover Johns Jr.
Kennedy issued the order to re
inforce the Berlin garrision Fri
day after conferring with Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk and other
advisers.
The Allied garrison in the Red
surrounded city of West Berlin
numbers about 11,000 men, of
whom are 5,000 Americans. The
size of the U. S. buildup would
put it in the category of a tokei.
expansion.
(Sailor Jack) Domey,
Alaska Pioneer, Dies at 89
CQRlDOVA UP — John (Sailor
Jack) Domey, 89, one of Alaska's
most colorful pioneers, died Thurs
day night at the Cordova Com
munity Hospital.
Born in Ireland, Dorney left
home as a boy to work on the
sailing ships.
He came to Alaska during the
gold rush and remained to work
as a prospector, miner, railroader
and fisherman.
The ability of old folks to vote
themselves what they want grows
year by year. In 40 years the per
centage of the population 65 or
over has grown from 8.1 to 15.4.
NOTICE
Anyone having information
about the owner or home port o<
a GREEN painted Boot No. 8854.
about 15 feet long, equipped with
a 5 horse Evinrude outboard motor
is asked to forward such informa
tion tc Bob Oliver. Chief of Po
lice. City of Nome.
The boat and motor were found
on the beach. Just east of Sinrock
River Sunday afternoon by Al
vin Kayouktuk and party.
Due to the condition of the out
board motor it was removed from
the boat and brought to Noma and
is now located at the City Police
Station.
Bob Oliver.
Chief of Police,
Winston Churchill
Leaves Airport Officials
Spluttering and Choking
LONDON Ut) — Sir Winston
Churchill left London today in
a cloud of blue cigar smoke that
left airport officials spluttering
and choking.
The elder statesman arrived at
the airport with his usual thick
cigar firmly wedged between his
lips. The cigar was unlit.
As he walked up to his plane
to fly to Nice for a two-week va
cation, Sir Winston lit up. Blue
smoke billowed around him.
Airport officials, who hold that
smoking on the Tarmac is a car
dinal offense, stared aghast. They
choked in the smoke but not one
said a word.
The smiling 86-year-old Sir
Winston passed within inches of
the jet airliner’s wing and a fuel
overflow pipe.
As he ascended the gangway, he
stopped, turned around and non
chalantly flicked the cigar to the
Tarmac.
As dumbfounded officials back
ed off, a photographer rushed
forward, stamped his foot on the
smouldering cigar and put it out.
Said a policeman on duty:
"We are always concerned about
Sir Winston’s cigar when he flies
out and in on the airport. But
who would dare tell him to put
it out? It was a bit worse than
usual this time."
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for Sale
Government Surplus
Building
The U. S. Army Engineers
.District. Alaska, is now issuing
invitations for seeled bid* (Inv
61-20) offering one (1) military
type building for sale at Nome
Radio Station. Nome, Alaska.
DESCRIPTION
Bldg. No. T - 203. Supply
building, wood frana* con
crete floor, wood walls, 400
sq tU 20'3" x 20'3" Fuel
tank not included.
Bids to bo opened at 2:00
pjn. IS September lOO’l.
Further information and bid
forms may bo obtained by call
ing at Room 7D« Bldg 21-700.
Ebnendeef Air Force Base, or
by writing to the U.S. Army
Engineer District, Alaska. P.O.
Box 7002. Anchorage. Alaska.
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