THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act ®f March 3, 1879,
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Armed Forces Day
The people of America annually take time out
from peacetime activities to express their thanks to
the men and women of the Armed Forces for the job
they are doing and have done and will do for the
protection of our country.
For the past few years Nome has enjoyed a display
of military equipment and a colorful military band to |
celebrate Armed Forces Day.
This year, we will express our appreciation ^
through a group of CAP Cadets who will participate!
in the Armed Forces Day celebration at one of Alaska’s!
military centers, Fairbanks. Nome can be proud ofj
the fine-looking group and their leaders.
A display of the flag of our nation from business
houses and homes will remind us that keeping our
defenses up in time of peace is just as important to
the American people as winning wars,
STAGGERING PROSPECT
U.S. News & World Report points out that, under j
the proposed new budget, $14 billion a year will be i
spent for welfare activities—as against $3.2 billion j
10 years ago. And that doesn’t count the programs for I
aiding veterans and farmers whch, together, will come i
to $10.5 billion more.
This is the situation in an era of record employ-j
ment, record incomes, and a record gross national!
product. What would happen if there were even a
moderate down-turn in business activity and a conse
quent drop in tax revenues? The prospect is staggering.
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“Barnyard Golf” j
Tournament Is
Planned Soon
Everyone can play — clubs, >
lodges, women’s organizations, J
church groups, business houses,;
neighborhoods and individuals j
may enter .the horseshoe tourna- i
ment “barnyard golf” being or-,
ganized here now.
Set up a court in your neigh- j
bcrhood now and practice up to j
enter the tournament—challenge j
another neighborhood, or indiv-1
idual.
Courts will be constructed on
or near Front Street where the
final playoffs will be held.
The only cost involved will be
about $5, which is the price of a
pair of regulation tournament
shoes.
i A team consists of two players,
however four can play with two
cn each side.
Registration books have been
placed at Morgan & Son and at
Nome Hardware and everyone in
terested is invited to register. A
time and a place will be an
i nounced soon of a meeting to plan
I the rules end other details of the
tournament.
Information as to size of courts
t and rules of the game can be
! obtained by calling: Polaris Grill,
i Bering Sea Club, Morgan & Son,
! N.C. Co. Hardware Dept., Nome
j Hardware, and the Polar Bar.
“Girls, this beats Tafon,” says
J ac.c Reed who is spearheading
I the movement.
i
Pacific Northern Airlines
| Revenues 11% Ahead
i Of First Quarter of 1956
, SEATTLE, Uft—Shareholders of
i Pacific Northern Airlines were
| told at the annual meeting here
j today that revenues of more than
| $2,000,000 in the first quarter of
j 1957 were approximately 11 per
! cent ahead of the like period in
| 1956, with the best gain in the
j passenger field.
President Arthur G. Woodley
said 1957 operations will exceed
; $10,000,000.
j He reported PNA has acquired
| another Constellation from BOAC
! —paying $1,200,000 for it.
■!
Political Battle Over Korean War
Started Between White House and
Former State Secretary Acheson
WASHINGTON. UP)—A new po
j litical battle over the Korean War
j raged today between the White
I House and former Secretary of
S'ate Dean Acheson.
President Eisenhower mentioned
| the subject of pre-war U.S. mili
iary strength in a speech Tues
i nay night. Acheson, a member of
the Truman Cabinet, Wednesday I
i lied the President’s remarks “in
bad grace.”
And the White House promptly
retorted, “Apparently Mr. Ache
son missed the entire point . . .”
In a speech seeking support for
his legislative program—particu
larly the defense phases—Eisen
hower said:
“Even after what World War II
should have taught us about un
preparedness, our armed forces
became so starved and depleted
that by 1950 we had to withdraw
our military strength from South
Korea . . . The tragic results of
I hat woeful weakness are too
' close to us to need recounting
I now to the families of America.”
I Acheson, in a statement distrib
I uted by the Democratic National
j
Jets and Bomber Buzz
Utah Town in Test of
Civil Defense Readiness
TOOELE. Utah, (Ab—A B-52
j bomber and three jet fighter
j bombers buzzed this northern
Utah community Wednesday and
I dropped smoke bombs in a test
of civil defense preparedness.
There were 100 mock “casual
ties.”
And there was a man who cut
his hand, a boy who fainted when
he saw realistic “wound” makeup,
a young war widow who fainted
as the jets buzzed overhead, and
the man who thought the smoke
was caused by a fire on his prop
erty.
MEMORIAL WREATHS
AVAILABLE AT CAVOTA'S
Committee, said Eisenhower “did
not mention . . . that the recom
mendation to make this with
drawal (from Korea) was trans
mitted to the State Department
under date of Sept. 25, 1947, over
his own signature as then Chief
of Staff of the Army. . . .”
“The State Department at the
I time protested protested Gen. Ei
senhower’s recommendation but
eventually bowed to the insistent
views of the military.
“Whether or not it was wise
for the State Department to have
so bowed, it would come in bad
grace for the man who made the
recommendation to imply such
criticism.”
Newsmen then looked to the
White House for comment. Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty said
the two men were discussing two
different matters.
Hagerty added Wednesday:
“The starving and depleting of
our armed forces was a political
decision, not a military one, over
which the President—then Army
Chief of Staff—had no control. As
a matter of fact, he protested fre
quently over gradual weakening
of the armed forces.”
Hagerty said Acheson was re
ferring to a decision to withdraw
U.S. forces from Korea. The Pres
ident, Hagerty added, was talking
about a “political” decision prior
I to 1950 which Eisenhower said led
to depletion of military forces.
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