THE NOME NUGGET
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NEW ERA FOR YOUR DOLLAR
That dollar of yours has taken a fearful beating,
so far as purchasing power is concerned. But things
are looking up, in the view of Sylvia Porter, a widely
syndicated writer on business affairs.
In one of her late columns she said: “It’s a new
era for your dollar. For the third consecutive year,
the dollar you are earning, saving, spending, borrow
ing, lending or investing is a ‘stable’ dollar. Its buying
power no longer is being slashed by vicious inflation—
soaring prices, increasingly shoddy goods, black mar
gets. Your dollar is holding its own. It is buying
better quality goods and greater variety of products
... It is becoming worthwhile to save because its
value in the marketplace has steadied. At the same
time, it is becoming more worthwhile to spend because
it commands higher quality and variety of goods at
stable prices.”
We can see this situation in our retail stores today.
Naturally, the dollar doesn’t buy what it did in past
times—current wages, taxes and other costs preclude
that. But its value isn’t going steadily downhill either.
As Miss Porter also observed, “ . . .it has regained
respect and respectability.” Let’s all pray it keeps
those characteristics.
J. EDGAR HOOVER S CREED
The New Egypt. N.J., P ress says: “The other day
I re d what J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal
Bur'eau of Investigation, states is his creed of life. It is
so good, honest, and so definitely what all Americans
should follow that we give it here: ‘Believe in God
and the inherent dignity of man. Trust in our demo
crat :c principles, and be confident that truth will over
come the menace of dictatorship which today seeks
to destroy our freedoms. Strive always to do your
best. Make your life purposeful. If each of us in a
spirit of self-dedication will do his share we can create
a better world. That must be the spirit of 1954—the
spir t of love, humility and justice.’ ”
Rare Praise From
Soviet Official for
Britain and U.S.
MOSCOW, (j*P>—Marshal Georgi
K. Zhukov, commemorating the
World War II victory in Europe,
conceded Sunday that Britain and
the United States played a heroic
wartime role. But afterwards, he
charged, America turned toward
a policy of aggression.
A lengthy article toy the first
deputy defense minister was dis
played prominently in Pravda, the
Communist Party organ, to mark
V-E Day (May 8, 1945). The piece
was considered an event because
prominent officials seldom write
for Soviet newspapers and such
praise for the West is rare.
Zhukov paid particular tribute
to President Eisenhower and
Britain’s Field Marshal Viscount
Montgomery, saying, “it was un
der their leadership that the Uni
ted States and British forces re
peatedly routed the German
•fascist troops.”
Assailing America’s later “ag
gressive foreign policy,” he said
U.S. ruling circles “have created
a large number of military bases
and various military blocs di
rected against the Soviet Union
and the Peoples' Democracies.”
Zhukov said Russia was undis
mayed, however, because it has
the world’s best army.
He said that the people of Eur
ope and Asia “do not want to be
cannon fodder” for the United
States and never will accept her
“anti-democratic ideas.”
FRENCH B-26s BLAST REDS
IN RED RIVER DELTA
HANOI, Indochina, OP)—Squad
rons of French 3-26 bombers to
day plastered the Vietminh rebels
inside the Red River delta, which
France has put on the top danger
list in the Indochina War.
The warplanes smashed bases
of the Communist-led rebels in
the limestone hills of the southern
areas of the delta—keystone of
the French-held bastion around
Hanoi and the port of Haiphong.
Infiltering rebels continued har
assing action, the French reported,
blowing up two freight and pas
senger trains about eight miles
east of this tense north Indochina j
capital. The French said the rail- I
road was restored to operation
soon afterward.
Col. Schwable Assigned
To Take Refresher Course {
WASHINGTON, (51—The Marine
Corps Tuesday assigned Colonel
Frank H. Schwable to take a flight
refresher course. Schwable was
the principal in the corps’ recent
inquiry into his signing of a false
germ warfare confession while he
was a prisoner of war in Korea.
The decision of the inquiry
court was not to file charges
against the flier.
Upon completion of the course
at the Cherry Point, N.C., Marine
Base, Schwable will be assigned
to duty in Washington as Marine
representative in the Navy flight
safety program.
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Rebel General Agrees
To Evacuation of
Wounded French Forces
SAIGON, Indochina, UF)—Rebel
Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap broadcast
over the Vietminh radio Tuesday
his agreement to a meeting with
French army representatives on
the airfield at Dien Bien Phu to
arrange for evacuation of the
wounded from that fallen fortress.
Giap agreed to the quick evacu
ation of the fortress’ 1,300 wound
ed after Gen. Henri Navarre,
French Union commander, had
addressed a message to him which
was dropped on the battered fort
ress by a French plane early yes
terday afternoon.
The Vietminh agreed at the
Geneva Conference Monday to
permit the French to fly out 1,300
seriously wounded Union troops
the Reds claimed were in the Dien
Bien Phu bunkers when they cap
tured the fortress.
Giap’s message said his field
agreement was “in conformity
with the humanitarian policy of
President Ho.” He referred to the
Moscow-tutored Vietminh leader,
Ho Chi Minh, who claimed to be
President of the phantom govern
ment he has set up in the Indo
chinese jungles.
Dulles Says U.S. Wants
Southeast Asia Alliance
To Fight Red Aggression ^
WASHINGTON, (ff)—Secretary
of State Dulles said Tuesday the
United States wants a Southeast
Asian alliance which would pledge
member nations to1 fight if openly
challenged by Communist aggres
sion.
While Dulles said he hopes such
an alliance will cover all of Indo
| china, he asserted firmly that the
loss of some or all of that country
would not necessarily bririg the
loss of all Southeast Asia.
The secretary noted that Presi
dent Eisenhower once advanced
the theory that Southeast Asia
might go down like a row of dom
inoes if Indochina falls. Dulles
went on to say that in conversa
tions with friendly nations the
United States is trying to create
a situation in which this will not
happen.
NOTICE
Phoebe Circle meets tonight at
7:30 in the Old Church building.
There will be sewing on jackets
and members are asked to bring
their own sewing also.
Mrs. R. Amundsen
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