Settlement of Estate Holds
Up Acquiring of Property
For School Playground
At the regular Council meeting
Monday evening Ben Young,
president of the school board,
asked the council what plans were
being made for adequate playfield
grounds adjacent to the hew
school. He was advised that the
city had made definite steps to
purchase and acquire property to
the north of the school but had
been delayed due to some estate
technicalities, and was given as
urance that there would be an
area sufficient for this purpose.
A letter was received from Rep.
O’Brien of the House Insular Af
fairs Committee who visted here
last month, expressing apprecia
tion and thanks for the hospitality
shown the committee while here.
Fred Cavota requested to buy,
lease or rent 11 feet of Steadman
Ave. east of his store but the
matter was not decided .and will
be discussed again.
Two bids were received to
supply water to the City Hall.
Pioneer Water Delivery was
awarded the contract at $47 per
month for hard water.
The report of the public health
nurse for August and September
showed no communicable diseases
reported; five cases hospitalized
in each month; four admitted to
sanatariums for each month; two
cases of V.D. in August and six
for September; 162 x rays taken
in August and 158 in September.
Salk polio, vaccine second shots
were given to second and third
graders who received their first
shots last spring. One child was
sent to an orthopedic hospital.
A report from the City Power
and Light Utilities showed a net
gain of $32,000 for the past nine
months including a net gain of
$3,626.54 for September. It was
also reported that the USSR and
M Co., was supplying power to
Belmont Point making it possible
for residents to enjoy their radios.
One resident was reported now
able to use a furnace which has
been inoperable for the past five
years due to low voltage.
Subscribe to the Nome Nugget
__■ x
STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE ACT
OF AUGUST 24. 1912, AS AMENDED
BY THE ACTS OF MARCH 3, 1933,
AND JULY 2, 1946 (Title 39, United
States Code, Section 2331 SHOWING
THE OWNERSHIP. MANAGEMENT,
AND CIRCULATION OF
THE NOME NUGGET, published tri
weekly at Nome, Alaska, for October,
1954 to October, 1955.
The names and addresses of the pub
lisher, editor, managing editor, and busi
ness managers are:
Publisher — Emily Boucher, Nome,
Alaska.
Editor—Emily Boucher, Nome, Alaska.
Managing Editor — Emily Boucher,
Nome, Alaska.
Business Manager — Emily Boucher,
Nome, Alaska.
The owner is Emily Boucher, Nome,
Alaska.
The known bondholders, mortgagees,
and other security holders owning or
holding 1 percent or more of total amount
of bonds, mortgages, or other securities
are: none.
The average number of copies of each
issue of this publication sold or distrib
uted# through the mails or otherwise, to
paid subscribers during the 12 months
preceding the date shown above was:
600.
(Signed) EMILY BOUCHER
Managing Editor
Sworn to and subscribed to before me
this 6th day of October, 1955.
(SEAL) CARRIE M. McLAIN
(My commission expires June 18, 1958
Nome Laundry
& Cleaners
CALL MAIN 29
FOR PICKUP
Joe Amarok, Proprietor
Retired General Regrets
He Recommended Russia
Be Brought Into War
OMAHA, (JO—Albert M. Wede
meyer (ret) is sorry he recom
mended Russia be brought into
the war against Japan.
“I wish now that I hadn’t,” he
said at a news conference yester
day. “I did not know about the
availability of the atomic bomb i
and the success of our orthodox
bombing against the Japanese
homeland.”
Gen. Wedemeyer was com
mander in China - India - Burma
during World War II.
Just before the Yalta confer
ence, Gen. Wedemeyer said, he
was asked his opinion by Gen.
George C. Marshall, then chief of
staff. He urged Russian entry “in
order to conserve American lives.”
Letter-size and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
Pvt. Ronald Senungetuk
In Germany as Member
Of 4th Infantry Division
4TH DIV., Germany—Army Pvt.
Ronald Senungetuk, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Senungetuk, Nome, is a
member of the 4th Infantry Div
ision in Germany.
Training received by the “Ivy”
division, part of the U.S. Seventh
Army, includes intensive maneu
vers and realistic field problems.
Pvt. Senungetuk, assigned to
Company A of the division’s 12th
Regiment, entered the Army in
September 1954 and was last sta
tioned at Fort Jackson, S. C.,
where he completed basic train
ing.
He was graduated in 1952 from
Mt. Edgecumbe High School at
Sitka and attended the Rochester
(N.Y.) Institute of Technology.
The present geologic area is es
timated to have extended over a
time period of 50 million years.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
STOVE OIL FURNACE OIL
Ben Young
Authorized Standard Oil Dealer
We Check Your Tank Regularly
Office Phone: BLACK 76 Residence: MAIN 52
BERING SEA CLUB I
COFFEE SHOP 8
THE BEST FOOD IN TOWN
Now Open Every Day
6:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. 8
29 Plymouth models, including an all-new line of Suburban station wagons in 3 low price-ranges, all with fabulous new Aerodynamic Styling.
.. . . _ __ __ _ __fe
PUSH-BUTTXHV 0/7/1/7/VG / Now Plymouth brings it
to the lowest-price field! A finger-tip touch on a button selects your
.driving range — easy as flicking a light switch. After that, Power
Flite and new 90-90 Turbo-Torque Power take over. Try it!
Choice of 5 Power Ratings. 200 V-8 hp avail
able with PowerPak in all 4 lines —Belvedere, Savoy,
Plaza and Suburban. Or choose 187 hp in Belvedere
and Suburban lines. In Savoy and Plaza lines you get
180 V-8 hp. If you prefer the super-economy of
Plymouth’s PowerFlow 6 —also available in all 4 linee
—yo\i get 125 hp, or 131 hp with PowerPak.
All-new Aerodynamic
. mm
LARRY GALVIN
Front Street, Nome, Alaska