THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second c'.a-s matter October 14. 1943, at the
jv>st office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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Classrooms Urgently Needed . . .
WITH TWELVE CLASSROOMS urgently needed
by fall if the growing school population is to
get enough school hours in a day for a good education,
it behooves those who are responsible for getting this
space to look around the community at several places
which could be made available for the time being.
This would materially help keeping the school on its
high standard.
It would also be worthwhile for organizations
having property which is not in use much of the time
to find out if what they have is suitable for school
rooms so that if acceptable they could be readied by
the time school starts.
These rooms scattered throughout the community
might be inconvenient and not as modern as our re
frigerated school, but at this time sufficient space
seems to be more important.
Confeetion-afely Yours
Mother’s Day’s a-coming. Now what kind of gift
Can Fathers buy Mothers that’s sure to give a lift?
There’s no problem there, men . . . nothing’s quite as dandy
As a great big, handsome box of candy.
But be careful where you hide it—young ones have big eyes—•
And should they spot your secret cache, you’re in for a surprise.
The candy’ll be all eaten and Mother’s special treat
Will be knowing that her Junior is mighty, mighty sweet.
Juneau (1 of (1
Plans Goodwill
Tour to Nome
JUNEAU — The Juneau Cham
ber of Commerce is organizing
a Southeast Alaska Goodwill Tour
to Anchorage, Nome and Fair
banks for May 24th through 28th
at a cost of $200 per person in
cluding transportation, hotels and
three major meals. The number
will be limited to 44, the capa
city of the F-27 prop-jet which
will be chartered for the tour.
Letters have been written
Chambers of Commerce in other
Southeast Alaska cities urging
participation and it is hoped at
least one person each from Sitka,
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg,
Haines and Skagway will be able
to join the tour.
A luncheon or dinner will be
scheduled with members of the
Chamber of Commerce in each of
the cities visited and arrange
ments can be made for side trips
to other communities.
The proposed schedule calls for
leaving Juneau May 24th shortly
after noon with arrival in An
chorage before the dinner hour.
May 25th would be spent in An
chorage with departure for Nome
early May 26th. The tour would
visit Nome and reach Fairbanks
the evening of the 26th, spend
the 27th in Fairbanks and depart
for Juneau early the 28th.
Havana Radio Says U.S.
Planes Made “Threatening
Flights” Near Santiago
KEY WEST, Fla. UP — Havana
radio, quoting its correspondent
at Santiago De Cuba, said today
an American aircraft carrier had
fired several shots within two
miles of Playa Siboney, near San
tiago.
The radio said five jet planes
took off from the carrier and made
“threatening flights” over Playa
Siboney, which is about 40 miles
due west of the U. S. Naval Base
at Guantanamo Bay.
The radio called this “another
act of Yankee imperialist aggres
sion.”
The broadcast, monitored here,
did not mention the name of the
American carrier allegedly in
volved. ,
In Washington, the Navy said
it has no knowledge of such an
incident. It said the Navy opera
ting areas in that vicinity are in
international waters and added:
“Ships are conducting refresh
er training operations as a matter
of routine.”
Pamela Mulvihill Invited to
Attend Summer Science Session
Pamela Mulvihill, daughter of
Mrs. Ellen Mulvihill has been in
vited to attend the summer
session for secondary school stu
dents at Whitworth College in
Spokane, Wn., and plans to leave
with her mother after school is
out next week.
Pamela, who is a high school
sophomore, was also invited to
puarticipate in a summer session
of music at Northwestern Uni
versity.
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Grapevine Rumors Say U.S. Is Holding
Survivors of Abortive Cuban Invasion
(Editor’s Note—'For 16 days
during and after the anti
Castro invasion of Cuba, AP
reporter Bern Price worked in
the sensitive listening post
of Guantanamo Bay Naval
Base. The following account,
based on his findings there
and elsewhere, sheds light on
some intriguing problems.)
By Bern Price
WASHINGTON iff* — There is
reason to believe that the United
States is holding survivors of the
Cuban invasion forces incom
municado—'prisoners, if you will—
on a Caribbean island.
And there is evidence that the
U. S. troubles with Communism
in Central and South America are
just beginning.
The first rumor about the U. S.
held survivors of the invasion,
some of whom reportedly are
wounded, reached the U. S. Naval
Base at Guantanamo Bay soon
after the military effort collapsed.
Grapevine Report
The grapevine there is so ef
ficient that reports of activities
in Havana, 600 miles west, some
times reach the base before they
are broadcast by the Castro
regime.
Within hours after the grape
vine report of U. S.-held survivors
reached the base, the Castro cap
tives from the abortive invasion
—who were being interrogated in
Havana on television—began talk
ing of a particular island, Vieques.
They had said they had been
trained for the invasion at the
U. S. Marine Base at Vieques,
which is just a 30-minute heli
copter ride from San Juan, Puerto
Rico.
While the rumor about the
Vieques prisoners was seeping
into Guantanamo, it was also cir
culating in San Juan and New
York.
A Navy officer talked by radio
to the Naval Station at San Juan,
asking if newsmen wanting to
check on the rumors could be ad
mitted to Vieques.
The answer was that no one
would be admitted to the base
without special permission from
Washington.
On the assumption that train
ing bases are normally open to
visitors, efforts were made to
gain access to Vieques through the
Central Intelligence Agency and
the White House.
CIA Noncommittal
The CIA was noncommittal. A
White House spokesman said it
would not assist in the matter of
entry.
While the Vieques operation
was kept secret, the New York
Times has reported the story of
Dr. Rodolfo Nodal Tarafa a law
yer and member of the anti
Castro invasion forces.
Nodal said he and 16 other vol
unteers had been held captive at
gunpoint in Guatemala by CIA
agents because they refused to
serve in the invasion forces un
der a man they described as a
murderer in the regime of Dicta
tor Fulgencio Batista.
One consequence of the invasion
flop apparently has been a great
upsurge in Communist activities
in Central and South America.
Early this month a chartered
Cuba airliner landed at King
ston, Jamaica, to refuel. Out
stepped 35 Communists, including
two women, who said they had
departed from Recife, Brazil, for
Havana to learn how Fidel Castro
carried Cuba into the Soviet orbit.
THE WEATHER
Fair today and cloudy tonight.
Low tonight 30, high tomorrow
40-45. In the last 24 hours: High
of 35, low of 23. Sunrise at 2:53
p m., sunset at 9:06 p. m. A year
Bert McCarthy arrived today
from California where he has been
for the past several months and
will be back at his old job with
Lomen Commercial Co. for the
summer.
City Ally. Virgil Vochoska re
turned from Anchorage last night
where he attended the meeting
of the Alaska Bar Assn, and other
business.
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