THE NOME NUGGET
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AND MAKE IT FAST !
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THIS LITTLE FISH GOES TO TOWN
Every fisherman who has ever thrown one back
will raise an eyebrow at the idea of a $20,000,000 a year
industry based on fishes that are much too small for
any sportsman to take home.
But that’s actually what the sardine business is, up
along the Maine coast, where it provides a livelihood
for over 9,000 fishermen and cannery workers—and
gives the rest of us an energizing, vitamin-packed deli
cacy at a price that leaves something in your pocket
for the bread and butter and coffee—and maybe even
a doughnut.
The State-of-Mainers, we understand, inherited
the sardine fisheries from the Indians, and still use
much the same methods in trapping the elusive little
fishes along the coves and inlets. But off-shore, the
age-old seining operations are reinforced • with ultra
modern engineering and scientific aids. Radar and
depth recorders are used in hunting down the shimmer
ing undersea horde. Via ship-to-shore telephone the
fishermen report their catch to the canneries, and fast,
modern carrier vessels are dispatched to load the still
live minuscule millions by suction pump—perhaps 10
to 20 thousand bushels of them—and race back to the
cannery.
In Maine, where the cold waters of the Atlantic
produce as tasty a marine morsel as any spot in the
world, they take a thrifty view of American sardines,
caught in American water and packed in sanitary, state
inspected American canneries. Why,” they ask, “pay
for the sardines’ passage when they’re already swim
ming along our own coastline?”
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
“I reject as unjustified the dangerous view that
potential aggressors don’t want war and won’t pre
cipitate war.” — Matthew B. Ridgway
Never take yourself seriously. The world is too vast.
We are now enjoying that era of plenty at “rea
f nable” prices, according to those who urged the
abolition of price controls.
“Without Germany, no European unity is possi
ble.” — Rober Schuman, French Foreign Minister
Slaying of 9-Year
Old Girl In Japan
Stumps Army CID
SAGAMIHARA, Japan, (A*) —
Army investigators said today
they were stumped by the vicious
slaying of the 9-year-old daughter
of an American colonel.
The killing left a haze of fear
over this huge U.S. Army housing
area, which usually rang with the
shouts and laughter of .playing
children.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday for pretty, red - haired
Susan Rothschild, whose gagged
body was found in a drainage
ditch shortly after dark Saturday
by her father, Col. Jacquard H.
Rothschild.
Her face and neck had numer
ous bruises and scratches, Army
doctors reported after an autopsy,
but “there was no evidence of
rape or attempted rape.”
Investigators for the Army’s
Criminal Investigation Division,
however, did not discount the
possibility of an attempted sex
crime by a killer frightened away
before he could violate the child.
Meanwhile, frightened parents
in this suburban type housing de
velopment were convoying their
children to and from school, mak
ing them stay indoors or within
the confines of their own yards.
One Army source pointed out
that “crimes such as this against
children are very rare in Japan.”
It was a veiled indication that
investigators may be searching
for an American youth or man as
the killer.
Although many brilliant men
have large brains, some outstand
ing men have had very small
brains.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that a
special municipal election will be
held November 24, 1953, at the
City Hall, in the City of Nome,
Territory of Alaska, for the pur
pose of submitting to the qualified
electors of Nome, the following
proposition, to wit:
"Shall the City of Nome, Alaska,
purchase and acquire that cer
tain public utility supplying the
City of Nome and its inhabitants
with light and power, known as
the Northern Light and Power
Company, Inc., and its property
and business, for $200,000.00
cash, and to finance such pur
chase price, and for working
capital, issue and sell revenue
bonds not exceeding $235,000.00,
the principal and interest there
on to be paid and retired within
20 years, solely from unpledged
revenues of the said public util
ity, including future additions
and improvements, as author
ized by the Act of Congress of
March 6. 1946 (48 U.S. Code,
sections 44f-44i), and as pro
posed by the resolution of the
Common Council of the City of
Nome, Alaska, passed and ap
proved October 30, 1953?"
Polls shall be open at 8:00
o'cloek A.M. and close at 6:00
o'clock P.M.
Witness my hand and official
seal of the City of Nome, Alaska,
this 2d day of November, 1953.
, Carrie M. McLain
City Clerk
Publ. Nov. 6, 13 and 23, 1953.
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Allies Demand Reds Turn
Over To Indian Custody
POWs Still Retained
PANMUNJOM, iff)— The Allies
Saturday accused the Communists
of holding back some prisoners of
war and told the Reds to turn over
to Indian custody immediately
“all those POWs you still retain.”
Maj. Gen. J. K. Lacey told Com
munist members of the Military
Armistice Commission that three
Korean soldiers who sought ref
uge at an American sentry box
Thursday were South Korean War
captives who had been forced into
the Red Army.
The chief Allied member of the
Armistice Commission told news
men the ROK soldiers provided
evidence that the Communists
“have forcibly retained prisoners
after they had certified that all
prisoners had been turned over to
the NNRC (Neutral Nations Re
patriation Commission .”
Test Pilot Scott Crossfield
Flies Douglas Skyrocket
Twice Speed Of Sound
LOS ANGELES, OPI—Research
Pilot Scott Crossfield flew the
Douglas Skyrocket twice the speed
of sound Friday, it was announced
Saturday.
Crossfield attained a speed of
more than 1320 miles an hour,
which the National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics said was
actually 2.01 times the speed of
sound. This is the fastest man has
ever flown.
Army Goatnaps Navy’s
Mascot Billy XII
WEST POINT, N.Y., UP) — The
whereabouts of Billy XII, the
Navy’s goat mascot who was goat
naped from Annapolis, was
shrouded in secrecy over the
plains of West Point today.
Nobody was talking around the
Army camp although Col. E. W.
Richardson, West Point public in
formation officer, finally admit
ted:
“A goat has appeared here but
its whereabouts is unknown.” He
would not comment on a report
that a ransom note was prepared.
Billy XII appeared Sunday at
mess hall as the cadets cheered.
Army plays Navy in the annual
service football classic Saturday
at Philadelphia, and the Middies’
goat and Cadet’s mule play a big
part in the colorful proceedings.
Army wasn’t saying, but it was
certain the guard had been
doubled at the quarters of Hani
bal and Pancho, the West Point
mascots.
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