THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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CHAMBER NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT
Tonight the Chamber of Commerce has its annual
dinner meeting. The Chamber needs every business
person in town as a member, every professional and
any and every person who has civic interest in the
future of Nome.
The Chamber of Commerce is the oldest civic
group in the community and its functions are many.
Its committees, which work continuously, do so without
any compensation except the satisfaction of working
for the good of the community.
This past year the members have been active in
improving the incentive for more tourists; stressing
the importance or roads whenever and wherever they
felt action was needed; obtaining the new school, set
ting up a building and fire ordinance; sponsoring Col.
Williams Day; working toward a USO for the commu
nity, etc. We could fill a page with activities of the
Chamber of Commerce.
We urge all business people to take time out and
decide to take part in next year’s activity and to express
appreciation to those who have given their time during
the past year. «
PRICE OF RCA RECORDS CUT
The announcement recently by RCA that it was
slashing prices of classical records by about one-third
set the record industry on its ear. The announcement
d:d not affect prices of popular recordings but only
classical records.
There are predictions the decision will put many
retailers out of business. That is, the loss taken by
retailers who bought their stocks at old high prices
and now must sell at the lower prices will be consider
able, depending on the amount of stock held.
Unfortunately, retailers are going to be hurt, just
as automobile retailers have been hurt the last six
months. But we do not believe the RCA action is
going to be the only one of its kind. Other manufactur
£ as, in other trades, will follow suit.
Statistics show that clergymen live longer than
anyone else—evidenty they are the best risks here
ar 1 hereafter.
Political parties make a platform to fit the people
and then alter a candidate to fit the platform.
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Indictment Names
,Ex- Congressman
For Ships Disposal
WASHINGTON, UP) — Attorney
Gen. Brownell announced Tues
day a federal grand jury returned
five additional indictments charg
ing 18 individuals and seven cor
porations with diverse offenses in
connection with the disposal of
surplus ships from World War II.
Among individuals was former
Rep. Joseph Casey <D-Mass).
The indictments, Brownell said,
were voted by a grand jury here
last April 23, but were kept
sealed until the government
reached the conclusion that some
of the defendants, living abroad,
are unlikely ever to return to the
United States.
The indictments announced yes
terday, which are part of a series
of such indictments, named Casey
for a second time during the
series. The ex - lawmaker, who
once headed a group alleged to
have made immense profits in
surplus ship transfers, was ac
cused of conspiracy to breach a
purchase contract with the gov
ernment by sales of stock in the
purchasing company to others
without approval of the Maritime
Commission.
Tuesday’s indictments similarly
charged Julius C. Holmes of New
York City, former United States
minister to London, who was al
leged to have participated in the
Casey transactions.
Other indictments announced j
early this month named Casey
and Aristotle S. Onassis, a fabu
lously wealthy resident of Argen
i tina who runs a worldwide ship
ping business headquartered at
Monte Carlo. Those indictments
charged them with conspiring to
defraud the government.
All of the indictments involve
charges that surplus U.S. govern
ment ships were purchased in the
names of Americans and illegally
tunneled to aliens through cor
porate transactions.
Alaska Union Leaders
To Appeal NLRB Ruling
Against Job Preference
ANCHORAGE, UP)—Union lead
ers, rocked by a National Labor
Relations Board examiner’s rul
ing that they cannot enforce con
tracts giving job preference to
Alaska residents, said Tuesday
night they will appeal the decision
to Washington D.C.
The reaction followed the rul
ing by Trial Examiner David F.
Doyle that it is unfair and illegal
under the National Labor Law to
set up job preference by resi
dence.
James Swann, Anchorage attor
ney who represented Carpenters
Local 1281 in the case, said the
fight now will go before the NLRB
in the nation’s capital for its final I
ruling. If the NLRB rules against
the union, he said, the courts will
be appealed to.
He said the ruling will affect
every union contract now in exis
tence in Alaska.
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Japanese Crabbers Leave
For Alaska In April
TOKYO, (#) — Japan’s second
postwar crab fishing expedition to
Bristol Bay off western Alaska,
will leave early in April, Kyodo
News Service said Tuesday.
The expedition will include six
catcher boats and one factory
ship. Last year’s expedition to the
same fishing grounds returned
with 57,000 cases of canned crab
and 5,000 cases of inferior grades
of crab which were not suitable
for canning.
The expedition is to return in
late August.
Russian Ship In Naples
NAPLES, Italy, (J’l—A second
Russian ship put in Wednesday
for lengthy repairs in this NATO
southern European headquarters
port, increasing concern over pos
siblev Red spying on strategic
Western bases.
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Woman Makes Heroic But
Fut’le Effort To Save Tot
ANCHORAGE, GP)—A woman’s
heroic tout futile effort to save a
tiny tot from freezing water that
left her numb and helpless in 20
below zero weather was reported
here yesterday.
The victim was 2-year-old Sher
man Clayton Smith III. He broke
through thin ice of the Kenai
River near Cooper’s Landing last
week.
Mrs. Jack Coppock, a neighbor
of the Smiths in the Kenai Lake
homestead area, was the heroine.
She pulled the boy out tout he al
ready was dead of exposure. Mrs.
Coppock quickly became so numb
in the sub-zero cold that she was
unable to get out of the stream
without aid.
Another son was bom to the
Smiths in a Seward hospital a few
hours before the tragedy.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
modern installation of standby power and steam generating equip
ment for Northern Commercial, Fairbanks. The Caterpillar D337 electric
set furnishes power and light. The D337 is rated at 125 KW. Voltage is
4160. The two Clayton 75 steam generators are oil fired and produce 75
horsepower each. The BTU output is 2,510,000 each. Inspection of this
installation is invited.
A standby power or heat installation
protects your building and content*
An interruption in the sources of power or heat can be
a serious and costly experience for retail businesses, res- .
taurants, movies, apartments, hospitals, manufacturers and
other commercial institutions.
A modest investment in a standby electric plant, a steam
generating system or both, is a wise expenditure for most
every Alaskan business or service enterprise . . . and North
ern Commercial is the place to go for advice, facts, figures
and equipment.
For Northern Commercial can furnish standby electric
£ plants from Vz KW to 315 KW. You have your choice of
S Caterpillar diesel electric sets, Kohler gasoline light plants,
\ Witte Dieselectric plants or Hallett air-cooled diesel light
, plants. Here is a range of power plants wide enough to fit
t every situation.
And, for steam generation, the famous Clayton steam
generators are available from 15 to 100 horsepower. Clayton
steam generators are compact, require no stack, are ex
plosion and shock proof and have high efficiency with low
operating cost. Within 5 minutes, from a cold start, quality
steam of less than 2% moisture is available at full working
pressure.
Protect your investment... your buildirig, contents, good
will . . . with standby power or heat equipment. We will be
glad to survey your needs, suggest the right equipment to
meet your situation and give you details of cost and instal
lation. See us without delay ... a power or heat failure could
happen tomorrow.
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