THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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Soviet Peace Talks Walkout Will Be
Regarded as Ominous War Threat
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UPt—
Australia declared yesterday that
Russia’s threatened boycott of
U.N. disarmament talks will be
regarded by many as an “ominous
threat to the future peace of the
world.”
The Australian representative,
Ambassador E. Ronald Walker,
charged the Soviet Union was in
reality trying to intimidate mem
bers of the U.N.’s 81-nation Polit
ical Committee who intended to
vote for a Western disarmament
resolution.
But, he said, the Soviet move—
following so closely after the
launching of the two Sputniks—
would be interpreted by ordinary
people everywhere as much more
serious.
The committee debate was re
sumed amid widespread fears the
whole disarmament effort faced
complete collapse as a result of
Russia’s refusal to take part in
further negotiations unless they
were widened to include more
U.N. members.
There was no indication that
the Russian walkout would force
the West to reconsider the Rus
sian proposal for larger-scale
talks. The West considers any
such idea an unrealistic, unwork
able propaganda move.
■Delegates were shocked by the
Soviet decision to quit both the
U. N. Disarmament Commission
and its five-nation subcommittee.
U.S. Delegate Henry Cabot j
Dodge voiced hope the Kremlin |
move was “just a passing thought j
and wiser counsels will prevail.” I
“We do not believe any nation j
wishes to stand for all future time
... as the nation which broke up
humanity’s efforts to achieve a
disarmament agreement,” Dodge
said.
$110,000 Grant Approved
For New Anchorage
Mental Hospital
ANCHORAGE, UP*—A $110,000
•federal grant has been approved
for planning of a mental hospital
here.
Construction of the $6,500,000
200-hed hospital is scheduled to
start in April 1959.
Walker Mason, deputy housing
administrator of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency, said the
HHFA has recertified Anchorage’s
slum-elimination program.
The recertification means the
city continues eligible to apply for
federal assistance for a long
range urban improvement pro
gram.
ON THE ROCKS
PORT ARANSAS, Texas, UP*—
The Coast Guard answered a
shrimp boat’s plea for help yes
terday, pumped all the water out
of the “Scotch and Soda” and
sent her on her way.
Young Chinese Girl
Wins Race With Time
By Entering U.S.
SEATTLE. UP*—“Happy and ec
static” that she had won her race
against time, a Chinese girl, Kam
Ling, stepped off onto U.S. soil
last night at the end of a dramatic
flight that brought her here from
Hong Kong just before her 21st
birthday, the deadline for enter
ing the United States.
Miss Young, daughter of a Hon
olulu Chinese, left the plane here
just three hours before her 21st
birthday and met the 20-year age
limit for Chinese immigration.
She underwent the required I
medical examination and tenta
tively planned to leave Friday to
fly to Honolulu to join her father.
A Southern Baptist Mission
■worker had reached deep in the
mountains and was holding an im
promtu Sunday school class. To a
pert 15-year-old lass he asked:
“Ruthie, tell us, who was the
first man?”
The mountain girl’s eyes blazed
as she retorted, “I'd druther die
first.”
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Two Young Brothers
Die in House Fire
BELLINGHAM, Wash. UPi—Two
young brothers perished early to
day in a fire that swept thru their
two-story frame house.
They were Richard Johnson Jr.,
10, and his brother, Billy, 4, whose
father is in business in Anchorage.
Firemen found the bodies in
the boys’ bedroom. They said the
two boys suffocated.
The mother, Mrs. Patricia John
son, 32, was sleeping in the living
room. She awakened to find the
flames leaping high and yelled at
at the boys to get out. They either
had been overcome already or
were trapped.
Mrs. Johnson ran next door to
call the fire department, returned
in a vain attempt to save her sons.
She was hospitalized for bums,
cuts and shock.
The Johnsons are divorced.
The house was enveloped in
flames when firemen arrived from
a station just a little more than a
block away.
WHAT WESTONE IS
Westone is a chemical floor
treatment in liquid form which is
antiseptic, aromatic, stainless and
transparent. Its ingredients pene
trate and blend with the floor
material to form a hard-wearing
and water-proof surface which
helps to prevent grit, sand or dirt,
in any form, from being ground
into the floor by foot traffic. It
prevents dust from being kicked
up by traffic and thus is greatly
efficient in maintaining a room
atmosphere free from harmful
foreign matter. It is a powerful
antiseptic. Paid Adv.
Galena, the name of a common
lead ore, has given its name to
towns in five states of the United
States and one in Alaska.
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New Rockford, N.D., Kiwanis Club Sends Greetings to
Nome Chamber in News Letter From Carrie McLain
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New Rockford, N.EJ.
Here I am ready to leave on to
night’s Great Northern for Chi
cago after spending a good seven
weeks in this peaceful community.
The train pulls into Minneapolis
tomorrow at 6:30 a.m. and I plan
to stop a couple of days there
with Mrs. Marx and Ethel Vogen.
This is a railroad town and a
county seat. The population is
about 2,000 and the school enroll
ment at 500. The town services a
large farming population for miles
around. In every direction one
drives past large wheat and flax
farms, a section and more in ex
tent. Fall weather here was not
too favorable for harvesting and
flax still stands in some of the
fields.
I have spent a wonderful seven
weeks with Elizabeth and her
family, attending many . coffee
parties which are such only in
name as you sit down to a regular
big luncheon and do all your gos
siping at the table. - The coffee
hour is at 3 p.m. and by 5 p.m. the
women are hustling home to their
families. We attended a smorges
bord at a country church last
week and a handful of farming
women supplied enough food for
over 300 people. The women do
nate the food and their time. The
proceeds all go to the upkeep of
the church. You might know all
the good food that was served. I
watched a woman carve one of
the biggest hams I had ever seen.
Recently I showed my slides
and pictures in three classrooms.
And the Kiwanis Club president
asked me to show the slides and
talk on Nome at their meeting a
couple of days ago. There were 50
members present and after a sub
t stantial lunch as only this country
can provide, and after, a high
school quartet of boys sang a num
ber of selections ^1 obliged the
members with a sort of factual
talk on Nome. They thoroughly
enjoyed the talk and slides and |
no one left before 1:45 p.m. The j
president sends greetings to the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Commerce and the Rotary Club.
(The Kiwanis Club is much like
the Rotary—a Junior Chamber of
Commerce once existed here.) I
have more than one North Dako
tan convinced that he must see |
Alaska after he retires.
Two weeks ago, we had occa
sion to visit the Rolfson Farm in
western North Dakota. In that di
rection the farms are even more
extensive and their harvest was
very good as the fall weather was
dry and warm. On the way we
stopped at Bismark, the captial,
with a population of 25,000. It is
a wonderfully clean town with
lovely homes. I did not have time
to visit the. museum as we had to
be on our way.
As we neared the “badlands,”
we came to Medora, a small town
located close to the chateau of the
Marquis de Mores, which is a sort
of shrine visited by tourists. Tho
the place was closed, we were
able to see much of the interior
thru the large windows. The en
tire place remains just as it was
left by the Marquis and his wife
when they left in 1897. He was
killed in Africa fighting the Ar
abs. He was a cattle-man here in
North Dakota, establishing this
site in 1883. The place held partic
ular attraction for me as my hus
band back in 1890 stopped' over
night as a young lad on his way
by horseback to some cattle town,
all the way from Glendive, Mont.
The chateau sits on a hillside
overlooking the picturesque “bad
lands,” but what a lonely spot it
must have been for the wife, Me
dora, and her retinue of servants
from France.
Going thru the “badlands” re
minded me of what the Grand
Canyon must be, only this is on a
far smaller scale. By sundown it
is a pretty and awesome sight.
More farming country lay ahead
of us, with a liftle church stand
ing all by itself or a small one
room country school, apparently
miles from anywhere. When we
reached the Rolfson ranch night
fall set in and the quietude of that
rolling country could be felt—no
passing cars, nothing to break the
silence. This is a real farm of the
old style, but electricity has facil
itated the work in many ways.
The highlight of this visit was an
old handmade trunk brought from
Norway, made in 1320, filled with
wooden plates, spoons and some
made of horn, used 300 years ago
in Mrs. Rolfson’s home in Norway,
which has been ancestral home
since 1300. A red and white woven
tablecloth with a facsimile of
Martin Luther had the year 1632
woven in and the cloth is so dur
able, still, that it should be good
for another 300 years. When we
started back for New Rockford,
with a seven-hour drive ahead of
us, we passed the oil wells in the
Williston Basin 30 miles away.
Here one could see flames where
the natural gas was set afire until
such time as the gas is piped. We
also stopped at Riverdale to see
the Garrison Dam, a stupendous
undertaking, that holds great
promise for North Dakota irriga
tion.
Though we had a little snow
and frost here, once the sun comes
out it is regular Indian summer
weather. However, I was led to
understand that there are about
five months of snow andvthe ther
mometer drops to 30 below zero.
It is a bit frightening to be on
the way east and meet up with
traffic in Chicago and New York.
Hope I live through it. I do not
expect to have any restful mo
ments until I get to Connecticut
where my cousins live out in the
country.
The people here have little idea
of Alaska and far less of Nome. I
believe as I go eastward this fact
will be more pronounced. I’m out
to educate them.
Best of wishes,
Sincerely,
Carrie McLain
! Nome Laundry
& Cleaners
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GOV. KNIGHT
TO RUN FOR
U.S. SENATE
WASHINGTON Gov. Good
win J. Knight of California yes
terday pulled out of the race for
re-election and announced he will
run for the U.S. Senate next year.
Knight made his announcement
after a 25-minute conference with
President Eisenhower at the White
House and a 30-minute talk with
Vice President Nixon at the Capi
tol building.
Knight said he reached his de
cision after long and careful con
sideration “that the best and most
constructive course of action in
the interest of my state and my
party would be to run for the
United States Senate.”
Knight said the decision is his
own and is based on “much broad
er considerations than my own
personal ambition.”
The major reason, Knight said,
is that national and state GOP
leaders became convinced a pri
mary contest between Knight and
Sen. William F. Knowland for the
governorship “would split the
party so badly that it would, in all
probability, lead to loss of the
state to the Democratic Party at
the general election.
A young matron resigned her
secretarial job, saying, “My rea
son will soon be apparent, and so
will I.”
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