THE NOME NUGGET
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' MAY THIS BE A MASTERPIECE
BELATED HONORS
There are few parks or village squares in the na
tion without monuments to soldiers and statesmen, and
most every school-child can tell you that Eli Whitney
invented the cotton gin, and Robert Fulton the steam
boat; that Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity
and Thomas Edison put it to work, that Henry Ford
invented the $5-a-day minimum wage.
But, if you were to ask, who makes it possible for
us to enjoy the benefits and comforts, the richer life
that science, invention and productive genius have
brought about, the answer might not be so ready:
Obvious as it is, most of us would scratch our heads
before realizing it is the storekeeper who is the ultimate
hero in our lives. It is the merchant, and the whole
saler who sells to the merchant, who devote their lives
to learning what is new and worthwhile, who risk their
money to stock what they think their customers will
want, who broaden the areas they serve so that more
people will know about these good, new things, and,
through increased volume, buy them for less money.
It is to honor these unsung heroes of distribution
and to make the world see, rather belatedly, how essen
tial their contribution to progress, that Chicago’s Mer
chandise Mart has instituted a “Merchants of America
Hall of Fame.”
On June 30th the new Hall of Fame will be opened
in the Merchandise Mart and will reveal bronze busts
of America’s most famous merchants. The recipients
of this unique honor are to be chosen by the nation’s
top merchandising authorities and business and finan
cial editors from a panel of ten outstanding names
among the hundreds nominated by leading retail exec
utives. The ten who are still in the running are: Mar
shall Field, Edward A. Filene, Felix Fuld, George Hunt
ington Hartford, J. L. Hudson. Julius Rosenwald, Rich
ard W. Sears, Isidor Straus, John Wanamaker and F.
W. Woolworth.
We think this is a good idea, and only wonder why
it has taken America, a business nation, this long to
extend recognition to this vital group of our citizenry.
We not only applaud the Merchandise Mart, but think
the idea might well be localized. There’s no reason
why we shouldn’t make June 30th “Merchants’ Day”
—and every reason why we should. No community
■has more reason than ours to honor its public-spirited
storekeepers, past and present.
PHOEBE CIRCLE TONIGHT
The Phoebe Circle will meet
tonight at the old building at 7f30.
Sewing on the Alaska Jacket,
which was started some time ago,
will be the feature of the evening.
The cache and dogs for the back
are ready to be appliqued.
Refreshments will be served by
Mrs. James Oksoktaruk and Mrs.
Fritz Carlson.
Tornadoes In Michigan And Ohio
Leave 139 Dead, Damages In Millions
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Hawaii Statehood Bill
To be Considered in Senate
Separate From Alaska Bill
WASHINGTON, WPI—Sen. Gor
don (R-Ore) said today the Haw
aii statehood bill would be
brought before the Senate Interior
committee again as soon as it
completes action on legislation to
govern administration of the con
tinental shelf.
Gordon, acting chairman of the
committee, will be too busy to
have a meeting on the statehood
bill this week.”
He echoed the prediction of
Sen. Knowland that the Hawaii
bill would be reported to the Sen
ate without the Alaska statehood
bill attached to it.
The Oregon senator declined to
say what member of the commit
tee had changed his position. The
committee voted 8 to 7 a month
ago to merge the two statehood
bills and have a hearing on the
combined measures.
WASHINGTON, Itf) — Senator
Knowland said after a meeting of
the Senate Republican Policy
Committee yesterday he expects
the Senate to take up the House
passed statehood bill at this ses
sion of Congress—without the Al
aska statehood rider being at
tached.
The Interior Committee voted 8
to 7 a few weeks ago to merge
the Hawaiian bill with another
measure to grant statehood to
Alaska and to hold hearings on
the combined legislation.
Knowland predicted that the
Hawaiian bill would be reported
by the committee without the Al
askan measure.
Brownies To Have Outing
The Brownies (little Girl
Scouts) are going to spend a day
at the Scout Camp next Tuesday
with their leaders.
They will meet at the school at
about 10 o’clock in the morning
and transportation will be pro
vided, it is reported. There are
30 Brownies who will participate
in the outing, stated Mrs. Enix,
one of the leaders.
FLINT, Michigan, (jP)—Six roar
ing tornadoes, their black-clouded
funnels dealing multi-million-dol
lar destruction, ripped furiously
through parts of Michigan and
Ohio Monday night, killing 139
and injuring 750.
The most deadly of the shriek
ing windstorms flung full force
against Flint, a heavily industrial
ized city of 163,000 about 70 miles
north of Detroit. In Flint alone at
least 113 persons were killed.
Forty homes in one Flint street
were flattened like pancakes.
Many mangled bodies were found
Tuesday in the wreckage of homes.
The tornadoes shot the nation’s
spring twister toll to 358 dead.
Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma
have been hit hard recently.
Flint hospitals were filled with
the injured—many crowded into
corridors still stunned by the
swift destruction that hit their
homes.
The Flint tornado killed many
in homes on Coldwater Road and
Kurtz Street before it hedge
hopped eastward through Michi
gan's “thumb” toward Lake Hur
on.
It was so powerful it tossed
huge trailer trucks off highways
and smashed brick homes as tho
they were matchboxes. One eye
witness said:
“It sounded like the rumbling
of a train.”
State officials said the Flint
disaster probably was the greatest
in Michigan’s history.
Donald S. Leonard, Detroit po
lice commissioner, said the twister
damage was worse than he saw in
London during the “Blitz.”
Cleveland suffered property
damage estimated at $3,000,000.
One resident reported picking up
hail stones as big as oranges in
New Baltimore, Ohio. The twister
knocked cars and trucks alike off
roads, and left trees looking as if
a major battle had been fought
in the area.
Titanium is the fourth most
common metal in the earth’s
crust.
Navy Will End
Oil Exploration
At Point Barrow
WASHINGTON, UP>— Rep. Gavin
(R-Pa) said Monday the Navy is
closing down its oil exploration
project at Point Barrow, Alaska,
as quickly as possible.
Gavin, who has termed the pro
ject “unsound from its inception,”
told the House he got this infor
mation in a letter from Secretary
of the Navy Anderson.
Anderson, the Congressman said,
informed him “the present sched
ule calls for the placing of the
satellite camps at Umiat and the
main camp at Point Barrow in a
caretaker status on June 30 and
October 1, respectively.”
Gavin, who represents an oil
producing district in western
Pennsylvania, estimated that clos
ing the project would save the
government — in reclaimed and
unexpended appropriations — be
tween $15 and 20 million.
Approximately $45 million has
been spent on the project since its
inception in 1945, Gavin said and
added:
“It has been a great haven for
scientific men — geologists, petro
leum experts and others — and it
is questionable whether the little
oil or gas found would economic
ally justify this tremendous
amount of money expended.”
He suggested that the Defense
Department “stay out of the oil
exploration business.”
Anderson’s letter said personnel
are being released gradually and
that “the close-out is progressing
in an orderly manner.”
He added: “The information ob
tained during the exploration will
be recorded and will consist of
much data of general scientific
value trr of specific value for oil
exploration in the Arctic areas of
the North American continent.”
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Maphis and
son are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Ullrich. Mrs. Maphis is
the former Margaret Ullrich of
Nome and sister of Bill Ullrich,
and this is her first visit to Nome
in about 12 years. The Maphis
family comes from Edmonds,
Washington.
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