THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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THANKS FROM CHURCH YOUTH
The teen-agers have asked us to express their
appreciation to Bob Havens, summer youth leader of
the LWY Community Center, for his leadership this
summer and to the Arctic Club for sponsoring the
roller skating program.
The LWY program throughout the summer with
its wide variety of entertainment for the young people,
including mountain climbing, beach parties, commun
ity sings, square dancing and other activity under
excellent leadership was a new venture in the com
munity and met with hearty response by the young
people as well as their parents. These activities, along
with supervised roller skating proves the importance
of directed activity for all the older young folks. Those
who have observed the results of the program hope
that this summer’s activities might be a prelude to
a program for next year.
STIRRING THOUGHT
While the government is holding a billion dollars
wor'h of surplus wheat, it is feverishly building more
storT rr~i capacity for the additional quantities it must
cor>' "ue buying to support the price to the farmer.
To make the picture worse, the outlook for using
it at home is pretty bleak, according to the nation’s
flour mlilers. In fact, the jolly miller has become less
jolly year by year since 1948 as the domestic demand
for flour has kept shrinking. Today, they report, 162
mills, totalling a quarter of the nation’s capacity for
making flour, are shut down.
The reason is simple to state—we don’t eat enough
bread. In the Gay ’Nineties, the average American
ate 225 pounds of flour in his bread, rolls, cake, macar
oni—if he could get that much. Today he is putting
away less than 130 pounds.
The solution is simple, too, according to Vice Presi
dent Herman Steen, of the Millers’ National Federation.
All we have to do to make the miller jolly again is to
eat two more slices of bread a day. For example, that
would just about use up the 126 million bushels of
wheat Kansas expects to harvest this year—and Uncle
Sam wouldn’t have to buy any of it, either.
It is as easy to deceive one’s self without perceiving
it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their
finding it out. —Rochefoucauld
Indications Are Reds Will
Free 500 More Americans
Than The Original 3,313
PANMUNJOM, tff) — Another
150 Americans, mostly sergeants
and officers, were freed today
amid indications the Communists
may send back up to 500 more
Americans than the 3,313 origi
nally promised.
One of the Britons to be handed
over Tuesday will be Lt. Col.
James P. Carne, top ranking Brit
ish officer held by the Commun
ists, Red newspapermen said.
Lt. Maxey H. Hall, Jr., of In
dianapolis, Ind., said 290 Ameri
can officers were at Kaesong. He
said he had no idea how many
enlisted men were being held
there.
Sgt. Earl Dantzler of Richmond,
Va., said more than 500 non
commissioned officers, mostly
Americans, are awaiting return at
Kaesong.
Other repatriates reported that
many of the Allied prisoners
awaiting repatriation were sol
diers who had been sentenced to
jail terms for alleged offenses
while in captivity. The Reds pro
mised Saturday to return all U.N.
POWs who want to go home in
cluding any convicted on Red
charges.
A defiant group of 2,400 North
Koreans were delivered to the
Reds by the U.N. Command.
Twice their return was halted
briefly—once when a Red hurled
a handful of rice at an American
and shouted, “Give this to your
starving people,” and the second
time when another tried to read
a protest.
Should Have Stayed in Bed
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz.,
UP)—Second Lt. Don A. McMillian,
a student pilot from Ketchikan,
Alaska, crash-landed his F-84
Thunderj.e£ in a cotton field.
Minutes later, an Air Force hel
icopter arrived to pick him up.
The helicopter developed mech
anical trouble in takeoff. It
crashed from five feet in the air.
“I should have stayed home in
bad,” said Lt. McMillian.
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Turkish Correspondent
And Photographer From
Istanbul Visit Nome
Wien’s Saturday plane carried
among its visitors to Nome, two
world travelers, Mr. Karakurt, the
eminent and well-known corres
pondent for Yenisbah, Turkey’s
famous newspaper published in
Istanbul, and Mr. Gunsev. Gunsev
is a photographer, and his pic
tures will illustrate the stories
Mr. Karakurt will write about
Alaska on his return to Turkey.
Mr. Karakurt said there here in
Nome he felt at home, because the
people are so friendly and help
ful, knowing that he and his
companion are strangers in a
strange land and need guidance
and advice. He knows well that
his country, Turkey and our
United States are united in a
common bulwark against Red
Communist in his corner of the
world. He related that not so long
ago he spent 15 days in Moscow,
a very costly city and one, he
said, which he was very happy
to be leaving to the Russians to
enjoy.
While here they were fortunate
in meeting Isador Chameris as
he conversed with them in their
native language and also in
French. They enjoyed a fast tour
of the city courtesy of Q Cab
with Chameris as their guide.
The two Turkish newsmen ex
pressed thanks for a grand time
in Nome.
Other visitors were Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Rogers, Portland, Ore.
Mr. Rogers is almost an Alaskan
for he has been building highways
in interior Alaska for several
years. He earnestly looks for
ward to the time when he will
become better acquainted with
Nome when his company assists
in the construction of the Nome
to-Fairbanks Highway.
He says that only by such a
trunk-line road, will this section
of Alaska .prosper and its long
stored mineral resources be de
veloped with year - around pay
rolls. From Nome, freight ton
nage out of Seattle would increase
as merchandise and equipment
could be trucked into the interior
serving all of the Koyukuk dis
trict. He further stated that every
effort should be made by the
Chambers of Commerce, Rotary
and all other organizations, to
keep active on this highway mat
ter—that even though the Second
Division would be greatly bene
fited, the rest of Alaska would
also reap.
The Rogers claim Alaska as the
place for their second home.
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Visitors to Nome
Nome was well “shot up” Fri
day by a group of visitors to
Nome from Juneau. Front Street
shots and King Islanders were
the top favorites. .
On their way to Nome, all of
these Wien travellers were extra
happy as the fog, which had cov
ered Bering Straits for the past
few days, lifted, affording a view
of Cape Prince of Wales, the Dio
mede Islands and a glimpse of
Siberia.
Gladys Knight, Ruth D. Brooks,
Edith Moore and Flora Wood
worth carried a heavy cargo of
pictures, mental and otherwise, of
their vacation trip back to Juneau
to be enjoyed many times this
winter, when to friends they ex
claim, “That’s me, on Front Street
of Nome, Alaska’s first great gold
producing camp.”
Other visitors were Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Sipple, Portland, Ore.,
Mrs. Victoria M. Alford, and Mary
A. McCormack, Los Angeles.
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