THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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A Long Way To Go
DURING HIS VISIT to America, Soviet Premier
Krushchev made it clear that one of his primary
goals is a Soviet economy which will out-produce that
of the United States. And the intimation was'that
this will bp accmoplished in the foreseeable future.
If the Premier is correct, he will have produced
a miracle of the first water.
U. S. News & World Report has summed up
comparative data, based on official sources, concern
ing pay and output here and in the Soviet Union.
Highlights are:
Average U. S. factory pay is $4,700 — In Russia
it is about $1,000 based on buying power. The average
American farmer produces enough for himself and 20
others, with much to spare as the huge farm surpluses
prove — while the average Russian farmer produces
enough for himself and only four others, with nothing
to spare. And the output of the U. S. factory worker
is 2 M> to three times that of his Soviet equivalent.
. The magazine says:: “So the Khrushchev problem
boils down to this: inefficient farming, meaning a
limited supply of workers for other jobs ... a shortage
of modern equipment, as well as manpower, for non
farm production . . . low productivity of the work
force . . . defense needs that strain the country’s
capacity to produce.”
Capitalism, with its competitions, its incentives,
its freedoms and opportunities for all, has done more
good things for more people than any other system
ever devised by man.
GRASSROOTS OPINION
From the Anaheim, Calif,, Bulletin: “The Federal
gasoline tax has gone up another cent from three to
four cents per gallon in order to keep the Federal
Highway Program going. But the increase is only
for a 22-month period. After that the tax will drop
back again to three cents. However, the odds are
10 to 1 that 22 months from now, and even 22 years
from now, motorists will still be paying that addi
tional one cent tax. If you have any doubt about it
just consider the fact that the federal gas tax was
first imposed during World War II strictly as a tem
porary war measure. But was it dropped after the
conflict? No, indeed. Instead it was increased and
now is being increased again. It all adds up to the
fact that there is no such thing as a temporary tax —
at least, not as far as Uncle Sam is concerned.”
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New York Attorney Hunts
Alaska Gold Prospector
JUNEAU — The Governor’s
Office has been contacted regard
ing the present whereabouts or
fate of one Frank M. Strang. Mr.
Strang, who formerly lived »in
Westchester County, New York,
went to Alaska in 1905 in search
of gold. He was last heard from
in 1910 or 1912. He is reported
to have owned mining ground on
Gold Run Creek* in the Teller
area northwest of Nome.
Those having any information
about Mr. Strang should contact
Floyd M. Gtant, Attorney at Law,
31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White
Plains, New Yorls.
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‘March of Panama
Sovereignty’ Spans j
U. S. - Held Zone
By RICHARD G. MASSOCK
PANAMA, UP) — About 150
Panamanians in a “March of Sov
ereignty” crossed the U. S.-leased
Canal Zone peaceably Saturday,
easing fears of a new clash with
American Zone police and sol
diers.
Canal Zone police followed the
caravan of two buses and 10 auto
mobiles as it drove across the
zone into the capitol. The demon
strators silently waved Pana
manian flags.
The caravan had driven in from
David in western Paname for this j
big celebration of the 136th an
niversary of Panama’s indepen
dence from Spain. Thirty cars
began the drive Friday but many
dropped out.
U. S. and Panamanian officials
had feared the demonstrators
might cause trouble in the zone at
a time when resentment runs high
in Panama against U. S. policy in j
the Canal Zone.
The caravan began honking
horns and scattering leaflets as
soon as it passed through the
zone into the capitol. Scores of
Panamanians, out for the coun- j
try’s Independence Day holiday, I
applauded. The leaflets called for
Panama to denounce the 1903!
treaty which gave the United j
States a perpetual lease on the |
Canal Zone.
President Ernesto De La Guar
dia Jr. endorsed the rally but'
urged the participants to refrain
from violence such as occurred
November 3 when nationalist
crowds tried to plant the Pana
manian flag in the zone. About
80 demonstrators were hurt in
clashes with Canal Zone police
and U. S. troops.
The United States recognizes!
Panama’s nominal sovereignty
over the zone but exercises all
the rights of sovereignty under
the treaty signed between the
two countries in 1903. Panama
receives a yearly rental from the
United States of $1,900,000.
Panama wants the treaty re
vised to meet what it considers
present day conditions.
Marshal View of
Service Bickering
Termed False
WASHINGTON, Uft — General
George C. Marshall’s recently dis
closed account of Army Navy bick
ering over the use of aerial tor
pedoes during World War II has
been called “utterly false” by a
retired admiral.
Marshall, in an interview pub
lished posthumously by U. S.
News & World Report, said the
Navy balked at supplying torpe
does to Army Air Corps members,
and then deliberately provided
inadequate instruction in their
use.
As a result, he said, the Army
fliers never did learn how to arm
the torpedoes so they would
explode.
Retired Rear Admiral Leslie E.
Gehres, Naval Air Commander in
the Alaskan Theater at the time,
has given his own account of the
incident in the current issue of
U'. S. News & World Report.
Gehres said the idea to equip
land-based B-26 bombers with
torpedoes for use in the Aleutian
Islands originated with Army and
Navy pilots based together at Ko
diak. Far from balking, he said,
the Navy command gave unhesi
tating approval and worked hard
to make the plan succeed.
The Army bombers lacked the
special equipment of the Navy
torpedo planes, he said, making
launching difficult, and the Army
pilots proved slow to learn the
special techniques required.
VETERAN ACTOR WILL
BE IN ROSE PARADE
SANTA MONICA, Calif., UP) —
“I never felt better in my life,”
says Leo Carrillo. And to prove
it, he’s going to ride a horse in
the Tournament or Roses Parade
at Pasadena New Year’s Day.
The veteran actor is a familiar
figure on his golden palomino '
with silver saddle and Spanish
trappings.
Carrillo said Friday he is fully
recovered from major surgery
performed September 2.
Doctors hate termed his re
covery remarkable.
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