THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING GO.
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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Nome Shriners
Get Charter
Monday evening, Shriners and
32d Degree Masons and their la
dies were guests of Nile Temple
at a dinner at the Seaview Dining
Room at which time the charter
for the Nome Shrine Club was
presented.
An outstanding local Mason,
Norvin Lewis, Fast Master and
Secretary of the local Anvil
Lodge for many years nd the
only local 33rd Degree Mason,
■was among the few missing eli
bles to the party as he is hos
pitalized. A special greeting was
prepared for him noting his ab
sence and signed by all present
as a tiken of appreciation for his
work for the order.
The charter was presented to
Jack Reed, President of the Nom'e
Shrine Club, and Lawrence Jef
feries was initiated into the local
club.
The Shrine is a great humani
tarian society which operates
17 hospitals throughout America.
They take orthopedic cases for
those who cannot afford to pay.
The Nile Temple Potentate and
party were to be guests today at
Rotary Club, and leave for Fair
banks today. Each of the five
guests received nugget and jade
tie pins from Nome Shrine Club.
Reclamation Bur.
Continues- Work
WASHINGON. UP — The Rec
lamation Bureau plans to contin
ue its investigations program in
Alaska.
An official said yesterday this
is true even though the Alaska
Statehood Act does not designate
the potential new state as one of
the states coming under the rec
lamation act.
Preliminary budget requests
prepared by the bureau for the
fiscal year starting July 1, 1959
include funds to continue the
Alaskan work, he said.
This year Congress voted $225
000 for bureau investigations in
Alaska.
These funds are being devoted
to these potential developments:
the 450,000-kilowatt Devil Can
Snettisham project; the 13,500
yon project; the 65,000-kilowatt
kilowatt Swan Lake project, and
irrigation possibilities for the
Matanuska Valley,
project; the 65,000-kilowatt Snet
tisham project; the 13,500-kilo
watt Swan Lake project, and ir
rigation possibilities for the Mat
anuska Valley.
British Songwriter
Passes On
LONDON. UP — Ralph Vaughan
Williams, dean of British compos
ers. died early yesterday. He was
85. Vaughan-Willias, one of the
20th Century’s leading composers,
was writing music at his London
home up to Monday.
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New Star For
Old Glorv-Wliere?
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WASHINGTON. (#>—Od Glory
will boast another star next year
to' represent America’s newest
and biggest state, Alaska.
,But where the star will be
placed in the national flag has
not been officially decided.
Congressional sources say Pres
ident Eisenhower may announce
a study on how best to rearrange
the 48 stars that have represented
the states. However, Presidential
Press Secretary James C. Hager
ty said h knows of no plans for
such a study.
By law enacted in 1818. an
other star must be added to the
flag next Independence Day —
the first July .4 following admis
sion of the new state.
There has been no established
procedure for rearranging the
flag. In 1912 President William
Howard Taft approved the pres
ent 48-star design which was
recommended by an Army-Navy
board after Arizona and New
Mexico joined the Union.
During the session of Congress
just ended, the House passed a
bill by Rep. Emanual Cellar (D
N. Y.) spelling out general pro
cedures for rearrangement of the
flag. The measure died in the
late rush for adjournment.
The bill would have called on
the President to take steps to
ward effecting any necessary re
design.
Supporters of the legislation
said there should be no obstacle
to the President proceeding even
without Congressional authoriza
tion.
Incidentally, citizens won’t
have to throw away their flags
First Nuclear
Attack Would’nt
Cause Defeat
WASHINGTON. UP — Presi
dent Eisenhower today asserted
it is silly to say the United States
could be defeated in a first blow
nuclear attack.
Eisenhower was asked at his
news conference if he believed
the United States could be d
feated by nuclear attacks and
necessarily must take the first
blow.
Eisenhower said he doesn’t see
any reason why the United States
must necessarily take the first
blow. He added it is silly to say
this country would be defeated
in one blow.
Because of the nation’s retal
iatory power, Eisenhower said,
any other country would be fool
ish to attack. If it did. he said,
the aggressor would be destroyed.
The President made his obser
vations in connection with the re
cent furor in Congress over re
ports that the Defense Depart
ment was considering the possi
bility of surrender as the result
of an attack.
The Pentagon said it was mere
ly making a general survey of
conditions under which other
countries could be expected to
surrender. Nevertheless, the Sen
at voted to deny any additional
funds for such a study.
after next July 4 if they are not
of the new 49-state variety.- A
Presidential order allows flags
on hand when a new state is ad
mitted to be used until they be
come unserviceable.
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