THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
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AFTER THE BULLDOZER —
Give to the Disaster Relief Fund
The history of Nome shows that the people
who live here have known disaster by flood and* by
fire and understand full well the misery of the catas
trophe which has taken lives and demolished homes.
Older residents here know that a disaster of this kind
calls for instant and unsparing aid.
All parts of the nation gave unselfishly to us
during our disasters through the Red Cross. Now is
the* time to respond with donations during the present
special campaign.
The American Red Cross, in keeping with its finest
traditions, moved immediately to the relief of the suf
ferers with food, shelter, clothing and care for the sick
and injured. The long job of rehabilitation and rebuild
ing is ahead. It cannot be done overnight. It takes
thousands of man-hours of work and millions of dollars.
E. Roland Harriman on August 24 told Red Cross
chapters throughout the country that needs continue
to grow and estimated more than 10,000 families would
look to Red Cross for assistance. The national chairman
of the Red Cross said this assistance will require funds
in excess of eight million dollars.
We may be sure that every effort is being made to
supply all needs. We are all under inescapable obliga
tion to give help, and to give both generously and
gladly, through our local chapter of the American Red
Cross. Follow the example of President Eisenhower,
who gave his donation after urging all to contribute to
the Disaster Relief Fund. He said: “The heart of Amer
ica is not going to stand still while other Americans
are in distress and in need of help.”
Monday, September 12th is the day! The Federal
Building is the place.
Save a Life on Trip to States
Lucie Okpealuk sends an appeal from the Tacoma
Indian Hospital for Alaskans to join Washington resi
dents and be blood donors when they travel in the
States. She states that the patients of Tacoma Indian
Hospital are very much in need of blood to replenish
their exhausted supply which has overdrawn the local
blood bank by 300 units. This, she states, is due to the
fact that chest surgery has become an important part
of the treatment of tuberculosis and many Alaskans
receive this treatment.
She says “It takes only a few minutes to give a
pint of blood and is done harmlessly. Your donation
can save a life. Put a smile on a lot of faces.”
Geneva Progress:
Red China Frees
Nine Americans
GENEVA UPi—Communist China
notified the United States yester
day that nine American civilians
detained in China, including six
women, were now free to return
home.
Red Chinese Ambassador Wang
Ping-nan told U.S. Ambassador
U. Alexis Johnson at this 13th
meeting that two other Americans
could leave at once if they asked
for exit permits and a third could
leave within two or three months.
The two ambassadors have been
meeting at intervals since Aug. 1,
negotiating the release of 41 Am- j
ericans imprisoned in China or
denied exit permits.
The announcement by Wang
was the first positive result of the
talks since they began.
There was no indication when
the Chinese Reds would release
the 29 Americans not mentioned
on Wang’s list but the ambassa
dors agreed to continue their se
cret talks on Saturady.
In the group were industrialists,
missionaries, a nun, and Bishop
Edward Walsh, head of the Ro
man Catholic Bureau in Shanghai.
The American spokesman said
Johnson would refuse to discuss
the second item—other practical
matters at issue between the two
sides—until Item One had been
liquidated by release of all Amer
ican civilians.
EAGLES PRESIDENT WILL
ORGANIZE ALASKA AERIE
KETCHIKAN, GW—M a u r i c e
Splain, recently elected grand
president of the Fraternal Order
of Eagles, will arrive in Ketchi
kan Sept. 16 for a tour of Alaska,
according to word received by A1
Daniels, past president of the local
aerie.
Splain’s tour is for the purpose
of organizing a territorial aerie
lor Alaska. There are six aeries
or local units of the order in Al
aska.
430 American Motorists Die During
Three-Day Labor Day Weekend
By the Associated Press 4
A heavy toll of traffic accident
deaths was made by American
motorists during the three-day
Labor Day weekend, exceeding
advance predictions and the toll
for the 1954 holiday.
Reports still trickling in showed
430 persons died in traffic mis
haps between 6 p.m. local time
Friday and midnight Monday.
This compared with a record
traffic high of 461 and record
overall total of 658, both set in
1951. The 1954 traffic toll was
364.
Ned H. Dearborn, National
Safety Council president, said in
a statement:
“The toll, thank heaven, stayed
below the all-time record for La
bor Day. It is of small comfort to
anyone who sincerely believes
that this wholesale slaughter on
the highways need not and must
not be tolerated.
“We hope and believe that ex
tra effort on the part of everyone
between now and Christmas will
hold down the year-end holiday
toll.”
Safety Council statistics show
that 32 other persons are injured
for every traffic death. Also, for
every three persons killed, a
fourth dies later of- injuries.
North Dakota reported no vio
lent deaths of any kind attributed
to the holiday; and Maine, Mon
tana, Vermont and the District of
Columbia liad no traffic fatalities.
Some safety experts contend
the high holiday tolls in recent
years can be attributed in part to
an inadequate road network to
handle the large number of auto
mobiles in operation.
The National Saftey Council
estimated 60 million motorist
were on the highways Monday
afternoon and night in 25 million
vehicles.
72 Canadians Die Violent
Deaths Over Weekend
OTTAWA, Iff)—Seventy-two
Canadians died violent deaths
during the three-day Labor Day
weekend. Highway accidents took
the lives of 49. Eleven drowned*
and 12 died from various other
causes.
The death count was almost
double the 38 who perished over
Labor Day last year but consider
ably under the 96 killed during
the three-day Dominion Day holi- !
day earlier this year.
Four Hunters Missing;
Wrecked Boat Found
KODIAK,- Uf)—Four men who
went on a deer hunting trip Aug.
30 are missing. Their wrecked
boat was found on the beach of
Palega Bay, about 15 miles from
Kodiak.
The men were Roy Arneson,
owner of the boat; Paul Saleen,
formerly of Heron Lake, Minn.;
Eugene L. Lightfoot, vice presi
dent of Kodiak and Aleutian Is
land Historical Society, and John
Sheill, a construction worker who
recently arrived from Portland,
Oregon. ,
Search for the quartet is being
carried on by the Navy, Coast
Guard, civilian and Fish & Wild
life Service planes and boats, and
hiking parties.
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TO ALL VOTERS IN THE TERRITORY
OF ALASKA
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 46, Session Laws
of Alaska, 1955, a SPECIAL ELECTION will be held on
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1955' for the purpose of electing
delegates to the
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
OF ALASKA,
to be convened November 8, 1955. The conduct of the election
will be in a manner generally similar to that provided by the
general election laws. |
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B. F •ank Heintzleman
Governor of Alaska