THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone Main 125 $1.50 PER MONTH
PO. Box *18 $16.00 A YEAR
E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY ... Preduction Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscribers not receiving their paper by 5:80 p.m. call
Main 125 for special delivery. After 5:30 call Black 102.
THE LAUNCHING PAD
Dulles Terms Announcement Of
Russia’s Ban of Nuclear Tests
As Only A Propaganda Gesture
WASHINGTON, UP> — Secre
tary of State Dulles disclosed to
day President Eisenhower con
sidered stealing a march on the
Russians by announcing a U. S.
suspension of atomic tests but re
jected the whole idea as a propa
ganda gesture.
Dulles conceded at a news con
ference that the Soviet Govern
ment won a certain propaganda
victory with Monday’s announce
ment of suspension of Russian
nuclear tests.
He labeled the gesture, how
ever, as entirely propagandist.
But the United States, Dulles
said, cannot operate as the So
viet Union can, because it works
in the presence of a free press,
an alert political opposition, a
properly critical public opinion
and allied governments which are
not just dummies like the Soviet
satellites.
Dulles se forth his views
as other officials predicted Rus
sia will follow up the announced
ban on tests by proclaiming an
end to production of nuclear
weapons.
Dulles said the U. S. has no
details of the operation of the
announced test suspension.
He said the United States has
always been willing to halt tests
as part of a program leading to
the elimination of nuclear weap
ons from the arsenals of nations.
Dulles conceded a propaganda
victory and said it had not sur
prised United States leaders.
In fact, he went on, top officials
of the government had a meeting
with Eisenhower recently—with- j
in the last 10 days—and seriously i
discussed the prospect of such a j
move by the Soviet government. '
They went into the matter of
whether the United States should
get in ahead of the Soviets by sus
pending its own nilclear tests,!
Dulles went on.
The decision, he said, was that
unless this country could get
agreement leading to the heart of
a nuclear disarmament program,
then it should go ahead trying to
make smaller and cleaner tacti
cal weapons.
Eisenhower and his advisers,
Dulles added, decided they could j
not in fairness to the American
people and perhaps in fairness to
humanity desist from a testing
program which they believe to
be sound.
2,028,000 Cigarettes Go
Up in Smoke Thursday
At Elmendorf AFB
ANCHORAGE, — The ultimate
in protecting the Air Force against
strange lung diseases, cancer, blot
chy skin, red-rimmed eyes and
smoker’s hack was seen Thurs
day at Elmendorf AFB as
2,028,000 cigarettes went up in a
single puff of smoke.
The filter-tip bonfire destroyed
cigarettes with a retail on-base
sale value of approximately
$20,028.00, and resulted in a to
bacco tax refund ordered for the
cigarette companies of about
$8,000.
Cigarettes from Elmendorf and
other Air Force bases in the 10th
Air Division around the territory,
were hauled to Anchorage for the
smoke-fest at the Elmendorf gar-1
bage dump.
A total of 10,140 cartons, said j
by the Air Force to be “overage”
from “over-purchases” by the
bases were ordered burned.
" Mler-size and legal file folder j
available at The Nome Nugget
Washington
News - Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Seci«iary to E. L. Bartiert,
Delega e 'o Congress from Alaska
ALASKA ROADS
The staff committee of the
Senate Committee on Public
Works is studying Delegate Bart
lett’s proposal to increase the
formula for road allocations to
Alaska under the Federal-Aid
Highway System.
In 1956 Alaska for the first
time in its history was brought
under the program of allocation
of federal funds for so-called
primary, secondary and urban
roads. One-third of Alaska’s area
was set for the computation of
allocations but a special advan
tage was accorded to the Terri
tory in that funds allotted may
be used for both construction and
maintenance with the territorial
government contributing 10 per
cent of the overall federal grant.
Under the program the States
put up maintenance funds and
share in the program through
State grants far in excess of the
contribution required of the Ter
ritory. The authorization for the
primary, secondary, urban pro
gram in the country is due to ex
pire with the end of the 1959
fiscal year. Under the alloca
tion for the 1959 fiscal year, Alas
ka is due to receive $13,448,108
under the formula.
The House has passed a bill
continuing the road program for
the 1960 and 1961 fiscal years un
der which Alaska’s share would
amount to $13,902,000 for 1960
and $14,288,000 for 1961.
The proposal submitted by Del
egate Bartlett would increase the
formula for Alaska by permitting
one-half rather than one-third of
its area to be used in reaching a
determination of Alaska’s share.
This would amount roughly to an
additional $6Vfe million based on
prior allocations.
AIR FORCE ACADEMY
Under the new appointment
system for the Air Force Acad
emy to be effective with the class
entering in June of 1959, Alaska
has been delegated an annual
vacancy, as has each Senator,
Representative and Hawaii and
Puerto Rico.
Each member, including Dele
gate Bartlett, may nominate af
ter June 1 of this year 11 candi
dates for the one vacancy as
signed for 1959.
Delegate Bartlett would wel
come applications from interested
Alaska boys. Applicants must be
at least 17 and must not. have
reached their 22nd birthdays by
July 1 of 1959. Any boy who
desires to apply should write to
Delegate Bartlett at 1013 House
Office Building, Washington 25,
D.C., sending his full name and
date of birth.
MODERN
Laundry
and
Dry Cleaners
★
Complete Dry Cleaning
and
Laundrv Service
★
"DO IT ALL
WITH ONE CALL"
★
Jim and Ruth McLean,
Proprietors
★
Telephone Main 113
Krushchev Makes First
Appearance In Hungary
Snce Becoming Premier
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Iff) —
Nikita Khrushchev flew to Buda
pest today and said the Soviet
Union and Hungary are firmly
united against the “Imperialists.”
Hungarian Communist Party
Chief Janos Kadar, installed in
power by the Russians troops
who crushed the 1956 anti-Russ
ian rebellion, replied with praise
of the Russian offer to halt
nuclear weapon tests. He said it
was “one of the greatest acts of
peace of our age.”
A crowd of about 4,000 persons
welcomed the Soviet leader on
his first trip abroad since he be
came Premier of the Soviet Union
Monday. Heavy security forces
lined the 10 miles of highway
from Budapest to the airport.
The woods along the way were
thick with Hungarian soldiers,
armed with tommyguns.
The official purpose of Krush
chev’s trip was to attend the.
celebration Friday of Hungary’s
World War II liberation from the
Germans by the Red Army .He is
expected to remain in Hungary
eight days.
Careful!
WASHINGTON, Iff)—President
Eisenhower told his news con
ference today the government
must give very careful thought
to the idea of an anti-recession
tax cut. He added forcefully
that if we don’t approach the
problem of the business slump
very seriously, we will build
trouble for ourselves in the future.
Such trouble, the President said,
would make the current recession
look small by comparison.
DEWEY GOODRICH BETTER
The many friends of Dewey
Goodrich will be glad to know
that he is now out of the hospital
and recuperating at his apart
ment in the Exeter in Seattle.
PIONEER
WATER
DELIVERY
Phone Black 150
Hull of Aircraft
Carrier Cracked In
Storm In Atlantic
NEW YORK, (A — The air
, craft carrier Corregidor suffered
j crack in her 'hull in heavy seas
I in the Atlantic last night. She
took in some water but was re
ported in no immediate danger
of sinking.
The carrier was limping today
toward the Azores for emergency
repairs. Aboard were 20 offi
vers and 150enlisted men.
The Navy’s military sea trans
portation service, operator of the
vessel, said she was about 420
miles northeast of the Azores
and was expected to reach the
islands in about two days.
Now serving as an aircraft
and cargo carrier, the Corregi
dor w&s enroute from Barcelona
to Pensacola.
Alaska Airlines
Unalakleet to Nome: Dr. Robt.
Fraser, Anna Marie Jack, A1
Doyle
Anchorage to Nome: Fred Be
mis, Robert Mattel, Ed ohnson,
A. Brawn, Arthur Adams, E.
Iyapana, A1 Schneider, Eld Hol
burk, Mrs. J. Walker and inf.,
J. Lawson, John Reidel, Gerald
Shipman, John Krug, Edward
Henderson, James Driscoll, Har
old Bowes.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with occasional light
snow today and Thursday.
Low tonight 15 to 20, high to
morrow 30.
Letter-size and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
I
TREAT
Your Family To
-Easter Sunday
Breakfast
or
Dinner
Seaview Dining
Room
Open 9 a.m. — 9 p.m.
| EASTER '
SMART ACCESSORIES
FOR SPRING
Jade and Ivory Brooches
Jade and Ivory Bracelets
Charm Bracelets
Easter Bunny Earrings
Delicately Carved Alaskan
Bird Collections