THE NOME NUGGET
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Schools Must Fight ‘Political Illiteracy’
Former Governor Gruening, in his address at the
University of Alaska where he received an honorary
degree last week, stated some facts that all educators
should consider seriously and take steps to be sure the
curriculums of our schools overcome the deficiency
pointed out.
He stressed that there is at this time a “political
illiteracy” and that if people are to rule they must be i
informed with a thorough understanding of the ma
chinery of government, learn the difference between
state and federal functions, between a territorial senate
and the United States Senate.
He stated that if he were in charge of a college
curriculum he would require every candidate for a de
gree to be able to speak and write English correctly
and pass an examination in civics which would disclose
an intelligent interest in the affairs of government, the
tools with which to make a democracy work.
Two Americans Arrested
In East Berlin Fracus
Turned Over to Soviet
BERLIN —Reports from Com
munist East Berlin say two Amer
ican soldiers arrested after a street
fight have been turned over to
Soviet military authorities.
A U.S. Army spokesman said
the Russians had made no reply
yet to an American inquiry ad
dressed them after the East Berlin
press and radio reported the ar
rests Wednesday.'
U.S. Army officials said they
were “pleasantly surprised” the
two men had been turned over to
the Russians. They said that they
feared the East Germans might
make a test case of the incident
and the Soviets would back them
up. Arrest of the soldiers had led
to speculation that East Germany
might seek to assert its newly
claimed “sovereignty” by trying
them before its own Red court.
The Reds recently have declared
East Berlin is a sovereign capital
of the East German state and that
Berlin is no longer under four
power control.
SANTA CLAUS BANNED
FROM CHRISTMAS PARADE
HENDERSON, Nev., MV—Santa
Claus has been banned from the
annual city - sponsored Christmas
parade Dec. 24.
Jolly old St. Nick won't be rid
ing on one of the floats because
several Henderson religious lead
ers objected to him as “a pagan
symbol,” recreation director Dr.
Earl Gould said yesterday.
Gould said several religious
leaders threatened to withdraw
floats depicting biblical scenes if
Santa Claus was included in the
parade.
BENNY IS REALLY 62—NOT 39
DENVER, (jP>—Just for the rec
ord: Comedian Jack Benny an
nounced—in public—he will be 62
next Feb. 14. Benny spoke at a
$100-a-plate dinner raising funds
for General Rose Hospital here
last night.
THE BLUEBELL BROWNIES
At our last meeting we made
some Christmas presents. And we
learned two new singing games.
They were, “Jump Jim Crow” and
“The Train Song.” There were 17
Brownies present.
Randy Lee Asbridge, Scribe
Fine Job Printing at The Nuggei
Tongay, Aquatot’s Father,
Tries Suicide In L.A. Jail
LOS ANGELES, UP — Former
swimming instructor Russell Ton
gay, sentenced to Florida prison
for manslaughter in the death of
his Aquatot daughter, is in a pad
ded cell here today.
He made what a jailer termed
“an insincere suicide attempt.”
The jailer said he found Ton
gay, 39, with both wrists slashed,
apparently from a double-edged
razor blade. A note nearby in
cluded a Bible quotation. But the
jail physician said the cuts were
superficial.
The jailer reported Tongay had
been despondent since his arrest
here on Nov. 21, eight days after
he escaped from a prison guard
in New Orleans. He is awaiting
return to Florida.
Chandelier In Restaurant
Kills Elderly Diner
SAN MATEO, Calif., UP) — A
50-pound wrought iron chandelier
broke loose from the ceiling of a
restaurant banquet room last
night and killed a 74-year-old
woman diner.
The victim was Mrs. Chrisline
B. Atwater, widow of the late H.
Kent Atwater, former mayor of
Burlingame. •
Beluga Whales Found
To Be Salmon Predators
JUNEAU—In the stomach of
one beluga whale, as many as 185
downstream salmon fry have been
found in the Bristol Bay area,
stated Amos Burg, who spent the
summer there as official photog
rapher for the Alaska Department
of Fisheries.
Burg also said that one whale
harpooned at Bristol Bay had 14
full-grown upstream salmon in its
stomach, swallowed whole.
During November and Decem
ber, Burg will assist a marine
predator biologist on a survey of
sea lion rookeries to determine the
extent of sea lion predations on
the commercial fisheries.
Nationalist Say Communists
Installing Guided Missile Bases
TAIPEI, Formosa, l/P)—The Chi
nese Nationalist Tatao news.agen
cy said without confirmation that
the Chinese Communists are
building a guided missile base
near the coast capable of bomb
arding Formosa.
Russians Slaughter
Off Bering Sea
Walrus Herds
FAIRBANKS, UP! — The Rus
sians are putting the rush on the
walrus in the Bering Sea and St.
Lawrence Island Eskimos have
had to turn to whales to save
themselves from starvation.
This was reported by the Rev.
Elmer E. Parker who has return
ed here after five months at a
Presbyterian mission on the re
mote island 35 miles from Rus
sian Siberia.
The Rev. Parker said the Es
kimo villagers reported the Rus
sians are engaging in a large
scale slaughter of walrus for food
and other unexplained purposes.
As a consequence the Eskimos
no longer hunt walrus for food
as was their ancient custom. The
missionary said he was shocked
at the resulting poor economic
condition of island natives.
He added, however, “ice was
coming in when I left last Week
and they were getting a few
walrus.” •
He said the Eskimos had saved
themselves from starvation this
summer by consuming a small
number of whales brought in by
native hunters last spring.
They have refrained from hunt
ing a shrinking herd of reindeer
introduced to the island by Pres
byterian missionaries a half cen
tury ago.
Juneau Tries Out Machine
To Collect Parking Fines
JUNEAU, (F—Tfeis capital city
of Alaska is trying out a new
gimmick for collecting the $1 fines
from overtime parkers.
The Police Department has in
stalled 10 “fine-o-meters” on a
90-day trial basis. An envelope is
attached to the new style park
ing tickets. The violator can slip
his $1 into the envelope and drop
it into one of the 10 boxes around
town. The idea is to save motor
ists a trip to the City Hall.
German Wife Gets Six Years
For Trying To Disfigure Hubby
HAMBURG, Germany, (F—Mrs.
Kerda Thimm, 22, has been sen
tenced to six years in prison for
mistreating her husband and try
ing to poison him.
Mrs. Thimm was convicted of:
1. Dropping — on 13 nights —
hydrochloric acid into the ears of
her sleeping spouse.
2. Placing a splinter of a razor
blade under his eyelid.
3. Placing rat poison in his bed.
“I wanted to make him look
ugly because he flirted with other
women,” she told the court.
OLDTIMER FIGHTS LOSING
CAMPAIGN IN CITY TRAFFIC
SAN FRANCISCO, (F—Albert
Goudal, 93, who claims service in
Indian, Spanish - American War,
and Pancho Villa campaigns, came
to San Francisco Hospital as a
! traffic casualty.
Goudal, knocked down by a car
Monday, had a broken arm, a
black eye, and lipstick prints on
his bald head.
Explaining the lipstick, Goudal
said, “I was just having a night
cap in the neighborhood tavern.”
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Henry Ford II Criticizes
Fund for the Republic
DETROIT, GP>—The national
commander of the American Le
gion Thursday applauded Henry
Ford II for criticizing some actions
of the Fund for the Republic. But
an industrialist who heads the
Fund defended its activities.
Legion Commander J. Adding
ton Wagner, a critic of the Fund,
said Ford’s criticism “strikes a re
assuring note for every American
who is concerned with the nation’s
security.”
Industrialist Paul G. Hoffman,
who is chairman of the board for
the Fund, issued a statement in
Los Angeles declaring an examin
ation of the record of the fund
shows it has “made important
contributions” to the country.
The Ford Motor Co., president
is chairman of the trustees of the
Ford Foundation, which sponsors
the Fund. Ford made his criticism
in a letter to a Syracuse, N.Y.,
Legionnaire.
The Fund was set up in 1952 by
a $15 million grant from the Ford
Foundation to promote principles
laid down in the U.S. Constitution
and Bill of Rights.
Operations of the Fund have
been criticized in some circles as
left-wing.
Couldn't Tell It From Real Thing
TOKYO, GP> — At precisely 1:05
a.m., yesterday, scientists touched
off two tons of buried TNT in an
elaborate artificial earthquake ex
periment. Just 25 seconds later,
test instruments were jarred into
hopeless confusion by a real
earthquake.
Merchants Upset
Favored Nanooks
48-46 in Fast Game
Last night’s court action at the
high school gym saw the Nome
Merchants bounce back to life
afler three losses and upset the
favored Nanooks 48 to 46. It was
a fast-moving game all the way
with plenty of ace ball handling.
The Merchants appear to have
plenty of help now in the form of
Big John Bell, and with men like
Nershak, Ahkolik, Castell and
Larsen wearing the old maroon
anything could happen.
Can the Merchants stop the
“Green Death”? That’s the ques
tion now, and next Friday night,
Dec. 16, should be the game of the
season.
Hustling Pete Larsen was the
Merchants’ big gun last night,
with 26 counters. Clyde Nershak
hit for 8. Bob Dunbar was the
man for the Nanooks with 18, and
Chuck Fagerstrom racked up 8.
In the other game, the Air Force
squad downed the ACS Signaliers
50 to 39. Bill Vitcenda dropped in
16 points, Chuck Parris 14, and
Bob Hinson 11.
Captain Bob Ellis was high for
the Signaliers with 13, Jim Mah
len and Gary Penix got 11 each.
Dec. 16 will bring the Polar
Hornets and the Merchants to
gether in the first game, and the
Nome High Nanooks clash with
the Signaliers at 845. This one you
shouldn’t miss.
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