THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
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NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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THE NEW PROMPTER _____
INAUGURATION DAY TOMORROW
Alaska joins the 48 states in celebrating Inaugu
* ration Day tomorrow. Never has Alaska been more
hopeful or has its future been more bright than it is
today with the inauguration of a President who has
already shown his personal interest in this vast terri
tory and its many unique problems and needs.
The fact that he came, saw and conquered the
hearts of Alaskans when he visited here brings him
closer, to us than to any other President. He became
one of us while visiting Nome when he accepted hon
orary membership in the Pioneers of Alaska Igloo
No. 1. He has seen with his own eyes our proximity
to Russia, he has seen the vast areas of rich mineral
land and farmlands which need roads to make them
accessible to new pioneers and an enduring lifeline
connecting all of Alaska to its future sister States.
Working with our delegate, Bob Bartlett, whose
experience through the past 12 years will serve him
well under the new administration, Alaska is looking
forward to a new era.
The Nugget, for the people of Northwestern
Alaska, sends best wishes to President Ike and Mamie
as they step into their new job, knowing they will both
do what is best for the nation and for our Northland.
SMOOTH RIDING DUE
FOR U.S. SENATORS
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senators
are going to be riding to and
from their work more smoothly
this year but that isn't guaranteed
to smooth the business of law
making.
The easier riding will be on
newly laid tracks for the sen
ator’s 700-foot monorail subway
line which connects their office
building with the Senate wing of
the Capitol.
The new rails have just been
installed at a cost of $7,500. They
are the first complete track re
placement since the monorail
system was installed 40 years ago.
Time had thinned the rails and
rotted the ties.
NOTICE
First meeting of the Nome Ju
nior Police will be held Jan. 20
at 4:00 p.m. at the City Hall.
Clyde Glass.
Chief of Police |
Costello Asks For Parole
WASHINGTON, 0?) — Frank
Costello, the imprisoned one-time
reputed czar of big-time gambling
Saturday asked for parole and a
hearing.
Costello, 61, is in the Milan,
Mich., federal correctional insti
tution serving an 18-month term
for contempt of Congress. His
conviction was based on his re
fusal to answer questions before
the Senate crime investigating
committee.
NeW trouble developed for Cos
tello in New York when the gov
ernment filed tax liens against
any of his assets to collect $486,
722 alleged unpaid taxes. The
sum covers government claims for
1941 through 1945, with interest
and penalties.
ARCTIC
Native brotherhood
Meeting Monday — 7:30 p.m.
A.N.B. Hall
Election of Officers
Tundrabirds Score 13th
Win As Nome Nanooks
Bow to 23rd Eclats 37-34
By HERB WILLIAMS
The 32nd Tundrabirds stretched
their current winning streak to 13
games as they downed the CAP
45-32 last Friday night in the first
game of the doubleheader,
i The Nome Nanooks fell before
the 23rd Eclats in the second tilt
37-34.
Les Bronson’s CAP team made
a game of it for three quarters
before losing out to the mighty
32nd. The score was tied 8-8 in
the first quarter, but the Tundra
birds edged ahead by halftime
20-15. Midway in the third quar
ter the 32nd broke the game wide
open with several quick baskets
and then in the final period hit
for 13 points while limiting the
CAP to 9 as they won 45-32.
McCarty paced the winners
with 12 points followed by Walton
with 8, Howell 7, Iorio 6, Litman
5, Donnelly 4 and Goodwin 3.
For the CAP, Kliest 8, Dann 7,
Harrison 5, Longley 4, Levesque
and Kramer 3 each, McClure 2,
Dumbacker one.
The Nanooks jumped to a quick
8-3 lead in their tilt with the 23rd
Eclats and where ahead 16-15 at
the half. Then in the third quar
ter as they cooled off, the 23rd
got hot and grabbed the lead
29-22. In the final period the
Nanooks made their bid to win
but fell short by a 37-34 margin.
Freer led the 23rd with 10,
Baumgartner 9, Cooper 7, Lezar
5, Allen 4, and Lenen 2. For the
High School, Swanberg 9, Larsen
8, Bell, Sahlin and Willoya 4
points each, Olsen 3 and Greene 2.
Tuesday’s game at 7 will see
142nd Radar vs. the 23rd Eclats
and at 8:15, Lomens plays the
Tundrabirds.
Pfc. Harold K. Reece
Ends Tour In Europe
VERDUN, France — Army Pfc.
Harold K. Reece, whose wife,
Patricia, lives in Nome, is return
ing to the United Staees after 17
months, in Europe.
His last assignment was in
Verdun, France, where he served
with the 39th Ordnance Medium
Armed Maintenance*Company as
a truck driver.
Reece has been in Europe since
June, 1951.
He was employed by Bon
Marche of Seattle, Wash., before
entering the Army in May, 1951.
Grand Jury Reports
Washington Has Critical
Narcotics Situation
WASHINGTON, Of) — Washing
ton has a critical narcotics peddl
ing situation, a federal grand jury
says. «
The jury reported to the U.S.
District Court, after sitting al
most a year. Speaking mostly of
conditions before it began its
work, it said narcotics were being
sold on some street corners “as
openly as the daily newspaper.”
The Federal Bureau of Narcot
ics was criticized for “lax” en
forcement and the metropolitan
police narcotics squad for “inade
quate” measures.
In recent months a million-dol
lar-a-year peddling organization
was smashed and its leaders con
victed. The chief of the police
department’s narcotics squad and
his chief aide have been indicted
on charges of bribery and con
spiracy.
“The situation remains criti
cal,” the jury said.
Many of the dwellings of primi
tive man both in the very ancient
past and today are fashioned of
sticks plastered with mud.
Alaska Float Gets
Shirley Burnett
To Ride Dog Team
FAIRBANKS, W) — Alaska will
have more than a sled and a dog
team to represent it at .President
elect Eisenhower’s inaugural pa
rade in Washington, D.C., next
Tuesday . . . but it took a lot
of last minute scrambling.
A nip and tuck fight against
a rigid airline schedule started
when businessmen here decided
late Friday night that'the Terri
tory’s float should have more in
teresting decorations than a dog
team and a musher.
So, they decided, why not send
Shirley Burnett, a comely young
miss who had won a number of
beauty contests around the terri
tory?
But the financial picture looked
dark. The businessmen got busy,
and with less than four hours to
go before the last Pan American
plane was due to leave here, they
started a campaign for the cash to
send Shirley on her way.
They made it in the nick of
time. In fact, Pan Am held up
the plane five minutes while Shir
ley packed and rushed aboard.
POLAR POOL TOURNAMENT
CHAMP TO PLAY EXHIBITION
GAME WITH AL LAMEREAU
The annual Polar Bar Pool
Tournament has been announced
to start this Saturday night at
the Polar Bar.
Last year’s tourney winner,
Vern Perry, will be on hand to
defend his title, and this year’s
winner will play an exhibition
game with A1 Lamereau.
It is urged that all entries be
in by Saturday evening.
JOE KEHOE BACK
AT LAW PRACTICE
JUNEAU—Joe Kehoe, until re
cently Secretary of Alaska, began
his private law practice again
recently by announcing sale of
19 acres of land in Skagway,
owned by Father Gallant, to a
group of Fairbanks men. The
property was sold by the priest,
his client, for $30,000, he said.
Hungary Arrests Leader
Of Jewish Community
BUDAPEST, Hungary, (JB—
Hungary announced Saturday the
arrest of Lajos Stoeckler, presi
dent of Hungary’s Jewish com
munity.
A one - sentence communique
said police “found a considerable
quantity of dollars and Swiss
francs” in the home of Stoeckler,
who was described as “a former
industrialist.”
Stoeckler had headed the Jew
ish community in Hungary since
the end of World War II. It is
understood the community ad
ministered the funds of the Am
erican Joint Distribution Commit
tee since the Jewish Welfare
Agency ceased to exist as an in
dependent body three years ago.
Hungarian newspapers told the
nation two days ago the nation’s
danger from “undermining activ
ities” by the AJDC, known as
“Joint” in Europe, was greater
than in the Soviet Union.
The newspapers here recalled
that Israel G. Jacobson of Buffalo
N.Y., last director in Hungary in
AJDC,was expelled in December,
1949, but said his banishment did
not mean all traces of the organ
ization’s activities had been re
moved.
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At the time of the expulsion,
the Hungarian government said
Jacobson had been guilty of in
descretion but “was not quite a
spy.”
Jacobson himself said his only
activities consisted of feeding re
fugees.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Jack Peck,
John Cooley, Pvt. Wm. Schroder,
; Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, Mr.
I and Mrs. Donald Yager, M/Sgt.
Leroy Adams.
From Unalakleet: Henry Bahr,
Clarence Lockwood.
To Anchorage: Don Sullivan.
Lawrence Williams, Edgar Rus
sell, O. C. Dwyer, Ray Lewis,
Jack Peck, J. Strong, Wm. Miller,
Ed Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Duf
field, Mr. and Mrs. E. Green
I algh, Wm. Brookins.
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