2 THE NOME NUGGET Monday November 30. 1953
THE NOME NUGGET
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SAINT NICK’S MODERN SLEIGH
A modern train could scarcely be mistaken for the
classic conception of Saint Nick’s sleigh. Yet, in many
ways, the trains that roll over this continent might well
be considered modern Christmas sleighs. That’s be
cause of the mountains of mail, express and merchan
dise freight they move throughout this busy pre-holiday
period.
Take mail alone. Last year, during the 25 days
preceding Christmas, the railroads moved more than
five and a half billion pieces of mail between our cities.
That tremendous load, which averaged some 35 gifts
and greeting cards for each person in the United States,
was enough to fill almost 61,000 standard-size mail
cars. These cars, in turn, could have made up more
than 5,000 solid mail trains of 12 cars each.
We might well wonder what a burden such a load
would impose on Saint Nick’s sleigh. Plainly, without
the railroads, 'the old gent would be in for some mighty
tough sledding!
The railroads deserve the place they have won
alongside the faithful letter carrier whom Herodotus
praised in these memorable words more than 23 cen
turies ago:
“Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays
these couriers from the swift completion of their ap
pointed rounds.” *
Father, Two Daughters,
Killed In Blast That
Wrecked Their Home
PITTSBURGH, UP—A 26-year
old man and his two young daugh
ters were killed in a pre-dawn ex
plosion and fire Saturday that de
stroyed their four-room bungalow
in the Mt. Washington section of
this steel city.
The dead are Byron R. Martin,
and daughters Cheryl, 5, and Car-'
ol, 4.
Mrs. Ann Martin, 24, his wife;
Byron Jr., 2, and six-month-old
Edna, escaped with minor injur
ies.
A neighbor, Lois Bodine, who
spotted the fire before the blast,
atempted to warn the Martin fam
ily but was tossed to the sidewalk
when accumulation of natural gas
apparently exploded in a room
adjacent to the bedrooms.
Fire Chief Stephen Adley said
an investigation will be made im
mediately.
Syngman Rhee Calls For
Conference Of Anti-Red
Southeast Asian Nations
TAIPEH, Formosa, UP— South
Korea’s President Syngman Rhee
called Saturday for a security
conference of anti - Communist
Southeast Asian nations and hint
ed that his government and Na
tionalist China may sponsor such
a conclave.
Rhee addressed a joint session
of Nationalist lawmakers shortly
alter he and Chiang Kai-Shek an
nounced in a joint statement that
t : ey “stand firmly united” in the
tight against Communism and
called for a united Asiatic front.
“Unless we are united, and or
ganized just as our enemy is uni
ted and organized we cannot be
s.ung,” the South Korean Presi
dent said in his speech.
Grateful Truman Will
Campaign For Demos
In Coming Elections
CHICAGO, 3—Former Presi
dent Truman said Saturday he’ll
campaign for Democratic candi
dates in next year’s congressional
election “if they feel like I can do
them any good.”
Truman told a news conference
he’ll let the Democratic National
Committee decide the extent of
his participation in the campaign.
“I won’t campaign on my own
hook,” he declared.
Truman said he wants to take
an active role in the elections be
cause he is “grateful” to the Dem
ocrats “for what they did for me.”
Malenkov Confers With
British Ambassador
LONDON, — Soviet Premier
Georgi Malenkov Saturday con
ferred with British Ambassador
Sir William Hayter, Moscow Ra
dio reported.
A terse anonuncement credited
to the official Tass News Agency,
gave no indication what the talk
was about but reported that Soviet
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
was present.
Hayter took over the Moscow
post only last month. He present
ed his credentials Oct. 10 to one
of Molotov’s deputies.
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Experts From Six
Nations To Plan
Unity of W. Europe
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands,
UP)—West Europe's foreign minis
ters Saturday instructed a six
nation group of governmental ex
perts to draft the basis for politi
cal, economic and military union
of France, West Germany, Italy
and the Benelux countries within
the next four months.
Winding up their three-day con
ference here, the ministers agreed
■that their deputies should meet in
Paris as quickly as possible to
write the constitution of a future
continental “political community”
to control the proposed European
Defense Community.
These deputies, the ministers
said, should finish their work by
March 15 and report to another
ministerial session in Brussels on
March 30. They are to base their
work on agreements reached re
cently at Rome which won official
backing in the sessions here.
French Foreign Minister Geor
ges Bidault made a belated ap
pearance at the conference Sat
urday.
Fresh from his government’s
narrow parliamentary victory in
Paris, Bidault arrived by train
while ministers were discussing
economic and military integration
of France, West Germany, Italy,
Belgium, Holland and Luxem
bourg.
Returning Scientists Say
Juneau Icecap Might Be
Developed For Skiing
JUNEAU, (A— Members of a
scientific expedition to the Juneau
Icecap returned with the opinion
that it might be developed as an
attraction for summer ski enthu
siasts.
But, they warned: “Stay off the
icecap after Sept. 15. It is no
place to be caught by any except
scientists who are also mountain
eers.”
Members of the expedition, who
met one nine-day delay because
o‘f a blizzard, were: Maynard Mill
er, geologist and veteran of icecap
studies; Ira Spring, Seattle photo
grapher; and Irving Herrigstad,
radio technician.
CARTOONIST DIES AT SEA
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., (A —
Cartoonist Milt Gross, whose
work included the newspaper
comic strip “That’s My Pop,” died
at sea aboard the liner Lurline
yesterday while returning from a
two-day vacation in Hawaii.
Herrold Gross, one of his sons,
received word that his father had
died of a coTonary occlusion. The
58-year-old artist and author, also
famed for his “Nize Baby” and
“Dunt Esk” stories and drawings,
retired eight years ago because of
a heart condition.
Reward Paid N. Korean
For Flying Mig To Allies
TOKYO, (A— A North Korean
airman who turned a Communist
Mig jet over to the Allies has been
paid a $100,000 reward.
The money was presented to
Senior Lt. No Kum Sok, who
landed his Russian-built fighter
at a South Korean air base last
summer and was granted asylum.
ATTENTION ALL MASONS
Forbes Baker, deputy of the
Grand Master of this district, will
be here Thursday, Dec. 3.
There will also be election of
officers and refreshments will be
served.
All visiting brothers welcome.
—Boyd Harwood, W.M.
Elmer Ipalook Wins Full
Tuition Scholarship At
Sheldon Jackson School
(Jessens Weekly)
Announcement of the award of
a full tuition scholarship to Elmer
Ipalook at Sheldon Jackson Junior
College in Sitka was made recent
ly by the Sitka Alumni Assn.
Elmer, who has been on the
honor roll each semester he has
attended the school, was granted
the scholarship on the basis of
his outstanding work at the col
lege.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Ipalook of Kotzebue. His
father graduated from the college
with the class of 1930.
George Marshall Credits
American People For His
Winning Of Nobel Prize
NEW YORK, UP)—Gen. George
C. Marshall said Saturday he re
garded the Nobel Peace Prize,
awarded him, as a tribute to the
whole American people.”
He said the bi-partisan policies
of the late Sen. Arthur H. Van
denberg (R-Mich) were respon
sible more than anything else for
the success of the European re
covery program, known as the
Marshall Plan.
Marshall, who is convalescing
from a flu virus, sailed Saturday
for Europe to accept the Nobel
award in Oslo.
CAB Suspends Reduced
Fares Proposed By
Northwest Airlines
WASHINGTON, Of)—The Civil
Aeronautics Board Saturday sus
pended reduced fares proposed by
Northwest Airlines for group trav
el between the United States and
Canada, and ordered an investi
gation of them.
American Airlines and United
Air Lines asked that the fares be
suspended and investigated as
possibly unlawful or discrimina
tory.
Northwest proposed to carry
groups of 10 to 24 persons for 90
percent of the first class fare one
way, or 170 percent percent round
trip. For groups of 25 or more, the
fares would be 85 percent of first
class one y/ay, and 160 percent
round trip.
— Pioneers’ Meeting —
Wednesday, Dec. 2
Pioneer Igloo
8:00 P.M.
American Theater
Mourns Death Of
Eugene O’Neill
BOSTON, UP) — The American
theater Saturday mourned the
loss of one of its greatest play
wrights.
Eugene O’Neill, whose dramatic
writings captivated audiences for
two decades, died quietly Friday
night at his home of bronchial
pneumonia. He was 65.
The playwright, a Nobel Prize
winner and three-time Pulitzer
Prize winner in literature, had
roamed the world- for material
until recent years when he was
stricken by Parkinson’s disease.
The ailment—a form of palsy—
gradually cut down his activities
until writing became impossible.
At his bedside Friday night
were his third wife, the former
Carlotta Monterey, his physician,
Dr. Harry L. Kozol, and his nurse.
Dr. Kozol said death was caused
by bronchial pneumonia.
High point in his long career
was in 1936 when he was award
ed the Nobel Prize in literature.
The awarding committee did not
cite any particular work but
O’Neill considered his play
“Mourning Becomes Electra” a
strong factor in the choice.
Churchill is 79 Years Old Today
LONDON, [R\ — Sir Winston
Churchill reached his 79th birth
day today, bearing on his bowed
old shoulders the rising hopes of
the British people for a lasting
peace with Russia.
The great old statesman arrang
ed a day of business as usual.
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