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FINNISH FLAME-OUT
The Finnish tanker Aruba lies peacefully at anchor
in Colombo, Ceylon, at this writing, while her owners
are asking Far-Eastern Enterprises, of Hong Kong,
what to do with the 13,000 tons of jet fuel sloshing
around in her tanks. Gringinally, of course, it was in
tended for the Red Chinese planes that would, accord
ing to Chou En-lai’s plans, help restore Formosa to the
Chinese People’s Republic.
It is interesting to note, however, that her elimina
tion as a potential torch that might touch off large
scale war off the China coast, was accomplished not by
the U.N., but by her crew. While Finland rejected the
U.N. resolution calling on both members and other
countries not to export weapons or strategic materials
to Red China, she could not ignore the sailors when
they refused to complete the hazardous voyage.
They are protected by Finnish law—which is the
kind that Finns believe in.
BRITAIN AND THE* ATOM
, (Christian Science Monitor)
Britain’s plan to build 10 commercial nuclear
power stations in the next 10 years throws a glaring
flash of light as far as the year 2000.
For by then certainly we shall have moved from
coal and oil to the nuclear age. The British initiative is
a historic point of reference.
Cheap industrial atomic power is crucial to Britain.
Perhaps this explains why it is ahead of the United
States in near-future cost projections and apparently
in technique.
, The United States has a submarine plant and is
spending about a half billion dollars on power plant
development in the next three years. But the British
have been going all out, with an occasional look over
their shoulder at the coal crisis.
Again the United States might look hard at any
tendency to be smug about its own scientific and tech
nical abilities. The Russians, particularly in aviation,
and now the British, have shown that there is no
American monopoly of ideas.
The once almighty dollar has become about 40
per cent almighty.
Yugoslav’s Letter
To Ben Gillette
Asks Prospect Aid
Last year the Saturday Evening
Post published an article by Sally
Carrighar on Ben Gillette and his
mining operation on Anvil Creek.
Since then he has received hun
dreds of letters from all over the
world from people interested in
gold mining. The following letter
is an entire example of how far
reaching is printed matier:
Milan Jakovljevic
Bukovacka cesta 121
Zagrab, Yugoslavia
March 17th, 1955.
Dear Mr. Gillette:
The American Magazines are
not very common in our country,
yet some * Issues go sometimes
astray, and so it happened that I
got Saturday Evening Post of Jan.
1954. So I saw the article about
your successful mining and your
picture. And dear Sir I simply
j could not resist the temptation to
write to you. I will try to explain
to you my reasons in the hope you
will understand my motive, in
which case I can be sure that you
will not find my letter annoying.
I am living on the circumfer
ence of the town Zagrab, the cap
ital of Croatia, one of the Repub
lics in Yugoslavia, and I am a
very small farmer <5 acres) work
ing in my vineyard and garden.
I am 55 years old, married, with
out children. I am not a peasant
by profession, as I was formerly
owner and manager of a small
factory (water meters).
Through many happenings which
took place in my country after the
war I had to give it away and so
I lost my property and my work
of 30 years. Now I am a peasant,
but I do not complain, although
I must work very hard to earn a
very small living (farming here
is not the same as in America; it
is rather like as centuries ago,
with spade and hoe), yet I am
closer to nature and I like it.
In my dreams in the youth, in
fluenced by reading American
books about West and Alaska. I
dreamt about prospecting, finding
gold, etc. in my country. You
know it best, how it comes in
one’s mind. And that wish never
left me! Yet my life went other
ways, and I never had time to try
prospecting.
There have been found many
precious minerals in our country,
yet nobody does here any pros
pecting except for official re
searches. Only in one of the bigger
streams (Drava, Drau> there are
a very few who wash out gold as
a by-profit.
Now I have more time, the
more I intend to move out of
town to another region where I
shall be surrounded with moun
tains and streams and I would
very like to try some prospecting.
But my knowledge is very small.
I know in America there are
many good and practical books
for instructing beginners, yet how
could I get them without having
someone abroad send them. There J
is also not any possibility to pay
for these books abroad.
And that is, dear Sir, the reason
for my writing, that I beg you to
do me the favour and to send me
instructions—books—and if it is
possible, the necessary kit for
examining. I admit, dear Sir, that
my begging could look as to be
bold, yet more because I really
have not any possibility to pay
my debts off, except for my grati
tude. Please [accept my apology
for] my letter to you and do not
take it as a. molesting, because it
was not so meant. [I] apologize
for my bad English; I have very
seldom the occasion to speak or
read it, and it is a language not
very common in my country.
I will be very glad if I get some
answer of you, which I will very
appreciate and it will make a
very great pleasure to myself.
Sincerely yours,
M. Jakovljevic
Arthur Naguzruk Awarded in Court
For 35 Years Service as ANS Teacher
In a special ceremony Fridays
afternoon at the U.S. Court room
Arthur Naguzruk was presented
with a Certificate of Award for
Meritorious Service in the Alaska
Native Service.
Judge Walter Hodge explained
the citation to an assembled group
of friends and civic leaders stat
ing that the citation by the Alaska
Native Service, Bureau of Indian
Affairs and the Department of the
Interior is for 35 years of service
as a teacher during which time
he gave faithful service “beyond
the call of duty.”
Judge Hodge also reviewed the
service which started in 1907 at
Wales and took him to Nunivak
I Island, Noatak, King Island and
back again to Wales where he
retired last year.
Judge Hodge said that it is the
first time the honor has been con
ferred on an Eskimo and was
awarding Naguzruk because he
not only taught what was pre
scribed as a teacher but helped
to raise the standard of living of
his own people, instituting better
government in the villages, and
maintaining government buildings
in a way that taught the natives
to care for and improve their
own homes.
“May your leadership be an
inspiration t o those you have
taught who follow you,” stated
Judge Hodge.
Jack Jenkins, representing Wm.
Olson, area director of A.N.S.,
presented Nagozruk with his Cer
tificate of Award as well as a
medal and lapel button. In addi
tion to the awards, a life-time
pass to all national parks was
was presented the well-known re
tired school teacher, who now
makes his home in Nome, with
his wife and children.
The Nagozruks have nine chil
dren, one of which is adopted.
Their oldest son, Arthur Jr., is
following in his father’s footsteps
and is a teacher at the ANS
school at Buckland. Two other
sons are now in service and six
children are living here with their
parents.
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