THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
WELCOME GOVERNOR HEINTZLEMAN
Independence Day, 1953, is a day of double cele
bration for Nome as it welcomes its governor, B. Frank
Heintzleman, on his first official visit to the community.
His many years of work in Alaska as Regional
Forester have made Governor Heintzleman a foremost
authority on Alaska timber. His promotion of the de
velopment of the timber resources is now bearing re
sults as the first pulp mill starts operation in Ketchi
kan and plans for other mills get under way.
We have no forests in Northern-Alaska, but we
are confident that it will not take our new governor
lpng to grasp the need for roads in this part of the
territory and to grasp the tremendous potentiality it
has in mineral wealth.
AH Alaskans who choose Alaska as their perma
nent address and those of the native races look forward
to the day when Alaska can be self-sustaining, with an
economy for permanent growth. Until the northern
coastal area is tied to the international network of road
systems of North America by a road from Fairbanks
to the Bering Sea, the rich mineral lands containing
so many of the scarce strategic minerals must remain
inaccessible as-even the cost of prospecting is prohibi
tive.
As the governor flies over Little* American Dio
mede and Big Russian Diomede Island and sees how
simple it is to pass through the undefended, unpro
tected northern gateway to or from Siberia, he cannot
help but protest with us that the front line of defense
must be on this coast ready for aggression and not
behind the mountains in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Nome-based planes should be the reception committee
for foreign visitors arriving or departing without
authority.
We welcome our governor and share in celebrating
the 177th birthday of a free nation that has survived
through many sacrifices and great courage. May we
keep it that way through a united strength and faith
in our country.
WELCOME TO THE “FIGHTING FOURTH”
Nome extends a welcome once again to the “Fight
ing Fourth” and its band as they join with us in the
celebration of this day of Independence on the northern
Alaskan frontier.
The Fourth Infantry is one of the oldest and most
distinguished units in the United States Army and is
the most decorated of all fighting regiments, having
become a regular Army regiment in 1812. In June,
1942, the Fourth Infantry destroyed the Japanese at
Attu—it might have been Nome. We’re glad it wasn’t.
We’d rather celebrate the Fourth of July with them.
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SCENIC EXCURSION FLIGHTS
Twin-Engine, 8-Passenger Grumman Goose
see ...
ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND ... KING ISLAND
VISIT ...
SLEDGE ISLAND . . . DIOMEDE ISLAND
, and
SALMON LAKE . . . FOR FISHING
O. W. TOSCH — Wallace Hotel *— or Wien Airlines
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Navy Patrol Plane
With 12 Men Aboard
Down in Bering Sea
KODIAK, iff) — A twin-engined
Navy patrol seaplane with 12 men
aboard went down Thursday in
the Bering Sea near Adak in the
Aleutian Islands. Hours later,
search planes sighted only an oily
slick and floating debris.
A spokesman for the 17th Naval
District said the plane’s pilot ra
dioed at 8:50 a.m. that one engine
had failed and that he was at
tempting an open-sea landing in
heavy fog and a 50-foot ceiling.
The pilot gave his position as
near Great Sitkin Island, about
30 miles northeast of Adak and
1,000 miles southwest of here.
The Navy said the plane, a
Martin Mariner, was on routine
patrol at the time it went down
in the frigid sea midway between
Alaska and Siberia.
Alaska GOP Committee
Takes Action for Justice
Department Appointments
JUNEAU, UP!—Ray Beach, sec
retary of the Republican General
Committee, said Wednesday the
territorial party organization has
taken action “both on the political
and administrative levels” for
Justice Department appointments
in Alaska.
He made the statement after
reports quoted E. L. Bartlett, the
Democratic Congressional dele
gate, as having been informed by
reliable sources that there had
been no recommendations for such
appointments.
“John Manders has been rec
ommended both to the Republican
National Committee and to the
Department of Justice for the fed
eral bench at Anchorage,” Beach
asserted.
He also said that definite rec
ommendations have been made
for judgships in the Second and
Fourth Divisions, as well as for
U. S. marshal appointments in the
Second, Third and Fourth Divi
sions.
He did not identify the recom
mended persons.
400 ANTI-RED POWs RETURN
TO S. KOREAN ARMY CENTER
PUSAN, UPi — About 400 anti
Red North Korean war prisoners
recently released from the U.N.
stockades reported to the South
Korean army replacement center
near Pusan Tuesday.
More of the POWs remaining in
Pusan were expected to follow
suit.
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Welcome
To Nome
GOVERNOR
B. FRANK
HEINTZLEMAN
from
Your Fellow Pioneers
Igloo No. 1
I Only n hours by Clipper* to |g
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3 P.M. every Wed., Sat.
For reservations, phone ^^ 12
593 First Avenue, Nome m
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One Third of Anchorage Eateries
Grant Wage Raises To Workers
ANCHORAGE, UR — Twenty
seven of Anchorage’s 77 eating
places signed Wednesday with the
Hotel and Restaurant Workers
Union (AFL), granting a 10 per
cent wage increase which kept
them open while the others shut
their doors.
Those which remained ope®
also granted other fringe benefits
in addition to the wage increase
but none was made retroactive.
Wage scales in the restaurant
range from a minimum $12 to $23
for an eight-hour shift. The union
had asked a 20 percent increase
in pay and the owners had count
ered with an offer to renew the
old contract.
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NO HEAT RELIEF
FOR PAROLED REDS
NEW YORK, OW — A federal
judge says—heat or no heat—the
12 second-string Communists free
on -bail pending appeal of their
conspiracy convictions cannot go
to Coney Island.
They asked Wednesday through
counsel if they could get some
heat relief by traveling to Coney
Island beaches via subway.
Judge Sylvester J. Ryan denied
the application. He said Coney
Island is part of Brooklyn—in the
eastern federal district of New
York—while the 12 were convict
ed in Manhattan, in the southern
federal district.
More than 75,000 persons work
in the production of dairy pro
ducts in North Carolina.
AMERICAN LEGION
4th OF JULY
DANCE
8 p.m. Native Dancers
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9 p.m. Exhibition of
Roller Skating Dances
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SGT. AND MRS. JIM MEYERS
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Dancing to the Music
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4th INFANTRY REGIMENT BAND
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