THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
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THE ONE PLATOON SYSTEM THIS YEAR
* WHO PULLS THE STRINGS ?
(Christian Science Monitor)
Reports indicate that Germans are profoundly un
impressed with the abracadabra proceeding from Mos
cow about turning over to the East German government
33 industrial plants and mills which have been under
operation by direct representatives of the Soviet Union.
These establishments originally were confiscated by the
Russians from corporate and private owners.
The plants produce large quantities of war materiel
—which they will continue to turn out for the Red
army. Even a uranium mining enterprise is to be made
a joint Soviet-East German company. But it is safe
to say the atomic ore still will be shipped to the U.S.S.R.
And although wages and working conditions will be
set nominally by East German Communists instead pf
Russian Communists, one moment’s recollection of Wal
ter Ulbricht and “Red Hilde” Benjamin tells how these
will be rigged against the toilers. It’s not only who runs
the factories, but also who runs the people' who run
the factories.
Airman Killed In Crash
Of B-29 Weather Plane
FAIRBANKS, UP)—A B-29 weath
er reconnaissance plane attempt
ing to limp back to Eielson Air
Force Base with crippled engines,
crashed Friday two miles north
of the field, killing one crewman
and injuring 10 others.
The plane had taken off from
the field a few minutes earlier on
a regular weather observation trip
to' the North Pole. A short distance
out, the pilot reported his engines
were failing and he was turning
back.
The big craft plowed into the
ground short of the field. None of
the men was critically injured,
air base officials said.
The plane, attached to the 58th
Vreather Reconnaissance Squad
ron, was the first of the big con
verted bombers to crack up in
more than five years of weather
mission flights in polar areas.
Personal and Legal Size File
Folders on Sale ai the Nugget.
SITKA TO CELEBRATE
86th ANNIVERSARY
OF ALASKA PURCHASE
Members of the Alaska Day
Festival Committee in Sitka are
extending and invitation to all
Alaskans to the Sitka celebration
commemorating the 86th anni
versary of the transfer of the
territory from Russia to the Uni
ted States.
Sitka is the natural site for the
celebration of this memorable
event—not only because of the
rich historical and cultural back
ground of the community, but al
so because it is the last home of
so many of the courageous men
and women who pioneered this
magnificent country—the Alaska
Pioneers’ Home.
Beards for the men, and period
costumes for the women from
Oct. 16 through the 18th will be
mandatory—with kangaroo courts
for those who do not obey the
rules — and really worthwhile
prizes for the successful contend
ers in many classifications.
Herald Stringer Charged
By D.A. With Conduct
Unbecoming An Attorney
ANCHORAGE, UP) — Herald
Stringer, Anchorage attorney who
is Alaska’s Third Division Repub
lican committeeman, was charged
in a complaint filed Friday by
U.S. District Attorney Seaborn
Buckalew with conduct unbecom
ing an attorney.
The complaint was filed after
the withdrawal of a secret infor
mation filed last week by Bucka
lew. It accuses Stringer of solicit
ing “excessive fees” totaling $2,
550 from former cab driver Robert
Lee Kemp concerning a felony
charge filed against Kemp in the
U.S. Commissioner’s Court.
Stringer denied the charge, tell
ing the Times: “I am not disposed
to try the case in the newspapers.
The charge is without merit. It is
completely unfounded, unwarran
ted. At the proper time and place
I will tell my side of the story.”
Stringer, as Republican commit
teeman, endorsed William Plum
mer for Buckelew’s job.
The penalty for misconduct by
an attorney ranges from repri
mand to disbarment. Stringer has
10 days in which to file an answer
to the information.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
NOTICE * IS HEREBY GIVEN
that, in accordance with the Act
of Congress of May 28, 1936 (49
Stat. 1388), and an Act of Con
gress of August 25, 1949, (63 Stat.
627) authorizing the City of Nome,
Alaska, to enter into an agree
ment to purchase from the United
States a school addition and alter
ations and repairs to the existing
school structure, provided pur
suant to said Act of Congress of
August 24, 1949, to pay therefor a
purchase price of $250,000, incur
indebtedness, issue general obli
gation bonds, and in accordance
with Ordinance No. 360 of said
City of Nome passed and ap
proved September 25, 1953, for
the submission of the hereinafter
stated proposition to the qualified
electors of said City of Nome
whose names appear on the last
tax assessment roll of said City
of Nome for municipal tax pur
poses that being the roll prepared
for the calendar year 1952, a
special election will be held in
the City of Nome, Alaska, on
Monday, the 19th day of October,
1953, between the hours of 8
o’clock a.m. and 6 o’clock p.m.
on said day, the polling place for
which shall be the City Hall in
said City of Nome. At said elec
tion will be submitted to the qual
ified registered electors of said
City, whose names appear on the
last tax assessment roll for said
City for the calendar year 1952,
the following proposition:
Shall the City of Nome, Alaska,
incur indebtedness in the sum
of $250,000, for the purpose of
acquiring the following work of
a permanent nature: Construct
and equip a school addition; re
pair and alter existing school
structure, to be constructed by
the United States of America
and sold to the City of Nome at
a price not in exces of $250,000,
said indebtedness to bear inter
est at 2% per annum, to be
evidenced by a Project Con
struction and Sales Agreement
between the City of Nome and
the United States and by gen
eral obligation bonds to mature
in not to exceed twenty years,
secured by a pledge of the full
faith and credit of the City of
Nome, Alaska, and to levy a tax
or taxes sufficient to pay the
interest and principal of said
bonds when due, all as provided
by Ordinance No. 360 of the
City of Nome, passed and ap
proved the 25th day of Septem
ber, 1953, and assume the ob
ligation to operate and main
tain said public work in per
petuity?
The polls will be open during
the hours above stated and the
following persons to wit: All per
sons whose names appear on the
tax assessment roll of the City of
Nome for municipal taxation for
the year 1952, who are otherwise
qualified electors of said City of
Nome and are registered shall be
entitled to vote at said election.
WITNESS my hand and official
seal of the City of Nome, Alaska,
this 25th day of September, 1953.
Carrie M. McLain,
(SEAL) City Clerk
Seed Gifts To
Philippines Help
Fight Communism
SAN FRANCISCO— American
contributions of vegetable seeds
to the people of the Philippines
totalled over 500,000 packets as
of Aug. 31, Seeds for Democracy
headquarters announced here re
cently.
Many gifts of seeds have come
from Alaska,” said John M. Reed,
director of the Seeds program
which is currently ill progress
throughout the United States.
The seeds are destined for the
gardens of Filipino rural families
and farmers. Climatic and soil
conditions in the Philippine Re
public inhibit the reproductive
capacity of most vegetables. Al
though fine vegetables will grow
there, new seed is needed yearly
until strains of each vegetable are
developed which will thrive in
that tropic country. Agriculturists
are presently working to develop
suitable varieties.
Seeds most needed in the Phil
ippines this year are squash, to
mato, mustard, eggplant, cabbage,
pea, bush, pole, and soy bean and
Chinese cabbage. Cash contribu
tions are welcome and are used
exclusively for the purchase of
seeds. Gifts and requests for addi
tional information may be ad
dressed to Seeds for Democracy,
San Francisco, California.
North Korean Pilot Who
Flew MIG To Seoul
Leaves Korea
SEOUL, (tf)—The North Korean
pilot who flew a Russian-made
MIG 15 jet fighter to a Seoul air
base Monday was reported Satur
day to have left Korea.
His whereabouts could not be
learned but one unverified report
said he was flown to Okinawa to
advise American pilots who will
test fly the MIG.
The Communist plane was dis
assembled and placed aboard a
C-124 transport last Tuesday. It
was enroute to the United States
for detailed study when it was
stopped on orders from Washing
ton.
There were unofficial reports
earlier Saturday that the MIG had
been taken to Okinawa.
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
V
U.S. AND SPAIN
SIGN 20-YEAR
DEFENSE PACT
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Uni
ted States and Spain Saturday
signed a 20-year defense agree
ment giving this country the right
to develop and use naval and air
bases on Spanish soil and assuring
Spain of military equipment from
the United States..
The historic action brought
Franco’s Spain, long shunned by
the victors of World War II, into
partnership with the United States
in the West’s defense against the
danger of Soviet attack.
Ambassador James C. Dunn and
Spanish Foreign Minister Alberto
Martin Artajo also signed eco
nomic assistance and mutual de
fense assistance agreements, the
latter spelling out the specific
conditions under which Spain will
receive military aid.
The State Department released
the text of the three agreements
together with a statement saying
that assistance to Spain totalling
$226 million will be supplied un
der the Mutual Security Program
during the fiscal year ending next
June 30.
The announcement said that $85
million will be for defense sup
port assistance—meaning various
uses in some way contributing
to the development of military
strength—and $141 million dollars
for actual military equipment.
A major aim of the U.S. aid to
Spain is to modernize, in some
degree and over a period of years,
the Franco government’s army
and naval forces.
The army is now estimated to
include 30 divisions.
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