THE NOME NUGGET
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WE CAN HOPE, CAN’T WE?
THIS YEAR’S TOY CROP
Robert D. M. Barton, president of the Toy Manu
facturers of the U.S.A., recently estimated the manu
facturers’ value of playthings sold this Christmas season
will exceed $450,000,000. The most encouraging word
from Barton, however, was his estimate that prices
would be the same, or lower, than they were in 1952.
Parents will welcome this news, as well as Bar
ton’s report that toy makers have concentrated on
tool-kits for early training and the development of
hobbies. Such kits as television repair kits, plumber’s
kits, tire-changing tools, and many others, are about
to go on the market in large numbers.
For the girls, there are kits with cooking utensils,
laundry equipment and cleaning kits. Perhaps, the
most interesting to Pop, however, are the new acces
sories for electric trains. There are coal-loader railroad
cars and overhead storage bins, all with automatic
controls and many other separately-working devices.
Altogether, toymakers expect 1952 record sales to
be exceeded this year by as much as ten percent.
THIS WINTER’S WEATHER
The Farmers’ Almanac for 1953, which is “Atomic
Year 9,” says that the last two weeks of December will
br.'ng more moderate weather than the first two weeks
and that, on Christmas Day, there will be more clear
lawns than snow-covered lawns.
The Almanac, which is in its 161st edition, con
tains weather predictions, food recipes, a bit of philo
sophy. and many other items. Each year the Almanac
predicts the weather.
So far this year, the predictions have been fairly
accurate. November was supposed to start off cool
and stay that way for ten days, with storms coming
toward the end of the month. The first two weeks in
Dscnmber were supposed to be bad, and January is
predicted as “nearly normal.” A long spring is said
to b° in store for us after a rainy and stormy March, in
which an unusually bad storm is to appear the week
of the 15th. That’s what the man says!
If you have something to sell during the Christ
mas season, the surest way to to sell it is with good
advertising.
Dulles Answers
‘Perfumed Notes’
Charge of McCarthy
WASHINGTON, UP) — Secretary
of State Dulles, in an evident re
tort to Sen. McCarthy, said Tues
day President Eisenhower and he
“do not propose to throw away”
the assets of Allied cooperation by
blistering and domineering meth
ods.”
Dulles did not mention McCar
thy by name but he said he was
commenting on widely publicized
criticism to the effect that the
United States speaks in too kindly
a manner to its allies and has sent
them “perfumed notes instead of
using threats and intimidation to
compel them to come to our bid
ding.”
McCarthy used the words “per
fumed notes” in criticizing admin
istration foreign policy in his na
tion-wide radio - TV address of
Nov. 25.
In a news conference statement,
Dulles said the administration re
jected “arrogant” methods and the
use of demands which the United
States would turn down if such
demands were made upon it.
He said it is bases shared with
allies which make possible the
peace-keeping threat of atomic re
taliation by the United States
“against the vitals of Russia.”
The secretary of state said he
spoke with the support of the
President, who was aware of the
statement he made.
Gouzenko, Former Russian
Embassy Clerk, Believes
World War III Near
ST. LOUIS, (jP)—Igor Gouzenko,
former Russian embaggy. clerk
who disclosed a Russian spy ring
in Canada, told the Post-Dispatch
Tuesday he believes World War
III is near.
Donald Grant of the Post-Dis
patch, in a copyrighted dispatch
from Toronto, reported Gouzenko
“does not believe the atomic bomb
provides any real security for the
West.”
“He believes it is deathly im
portant for the western allies —
including the United States and
Canada—to stop bickering and
stand together,” Grant reported.
Gouzenko said he is interested
in catching Russian spies—not in
1945, or at any other date in the
past, but now, before it is too late.”
NOTICE
All persons interested in the
Community Christmas Tree Pro
gram are asked to meet at the
City Hall, Thursday evening at
8:00 p.m.
Steve Andersen, Mayor
NOTICE
The executive Committee of the
Roof Garden will meet after the
regular Pioneer meeting Wednes
day evening at the Pioneer HalL
The committee is composed of
Fredrik Bookman, M. J. Walsh,
George Waldheim, James Walsh,
George Geamalis. Pearse Walsh,
and A. Polet, chairman.
ATTENTION REPUBLICANS
Meeting will be held at the City
Hall Friday evening at 8:00 p.m.
Borgne Reader, Secretary
ATTENTION ALL MASONS
Forbes Baker, deputy of the
Grand Master of this district, will
be here Thursday, Dec. 3.
There will also be election of
officers and refreshments will be
served.
All visiting brothers welcome.
—Boyd Harwood, W.M.
Fairbanks Police Chief
Resigns In Interests
Of ‘Local Harmony’
FAIRBANKS, UP)—Police Chief
E. V. Banforth, the officer who led
the investigation of the Cecil Wells
slaying and immediately became
embroiled in a controversy, re
signed his post here Monday.
The chief said he was taking
his action in the interests of “local
harmony.”
Banforth was charged with
“hogging” the investigation of the
case and pushing the territorial
police and the federal marshal’s
office out of the picture.
George Waldheim says he will
give away the finest corn-fed
Iowa turkeys; milk-fed chickens;
suckling pigs, hickory-cured hams
and an assortment of other valu
able gifts— at The Roof Garden.
Mrs. Axel Edman left for ARC
headquarters in Juneau on official
business, after which she will visit
with her husband who is an engi
neer working on the Haines pipe
line project.
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Parole Jumper
Preacher Gives
Himself Up
TACOMA, Of)—.It took the law
seven years to catch up with pa
role-jumper Nelvin Ellison.
That’s because nobody expected
to find the one-time forger preach
ing sermons every other Sunday
in the Pierce County jail.
In fact, while on the “wanted”
list, Ellison also had preached in
the Oregon State Penitentiary, the
Multnomah County Jail and the
Vlackamas County Jail.
Prison officials never guessed
for a moment that the frail, little
man who preached the word of
God with such conviction was
wanted by the authorities.
Ellison, 38, might have kept his
secret forever if he had wished.
“But I knew that in order to feel
right in my heart I would have to
give myself up to the parole
board. It was a terribly hard de
cision to make because I had bro
ken completely with my past life.”
The decision was made, though,
and with the Rev. L. C. Montgom
ery of the Apostolic Faith Church
of Tacoma at his side, Ellison
walked into the parole office and
informed the startled officials he
was ready to take his medicine.
Amazed at the transformation
in the man who once wrote checks
“because it was an easy way to get
money,” the officials voted unani
mously to reinstate Ellison’s
parole.
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