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LET US BE THANKFUL
The people of Nome have a lot for which to be
thankful this year, among which is the long fall season
which has kept the various projects open and has given
a good working season for many families; many more
miles added to the road which, in the not too distant
future, will unite us with the rest of North America;
new buildings to house our needs; a new school expan
sion to educate our children with a competent staff
to see that they are better prepared for this fast
changing world.
There is also the security of a well-equipped hos
pital headed by a doctor who makes more friends
every day; telephone communications to any place in
the world; a front row seat for watching the wonder
•of the year, Sputnik; and stores full of all the good
things to eat that should satisfy any and all.
This is just a starter—we will let our readers add
thanks from their own personal experiences as they
•enjoy with Americans everywhere this festive and
happy holiday.
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HOW THE DAY WAS MADE NATIONAL
In 1827 Sarah J. Hale, a magazine editor in Boston,
began a campaign urging the adoption of a uniform
day for the observance of Thanksgiving throughout
the country. She wrote editorials and personal letters
to the governors of all the states and to the President.
“Would it not be a great advantage socially,
nationally, religiously,” she wrote, “to have the day
of our American Thanksgiving positively settled? Put
ting aside the sectional feelings and local incidents
that might be urged by any single state or isolated
territory that desired to choose its own time, would
it not be more noble, more truly American, to become
national in unity when we offer to God our tribute
of joy and gratitude for the blessings of the year?”
Her campaign was successful. On October 3, 1863,
President Lincoln issued the first national Thankgiving
Proclamation, setting apart the last Thursday in No
vember as Thanksgiving Day.
Today, it is a legal holiday in all states, the Dis
trict of Columbia, Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands and Alaska.
END OF SPUTNIK I ROCKET
UPDATED TO NEXT SUNDAY
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Iff)—'The
final-stage rocket that launched
Sputnik I, history’s first man
made satellite may make a flam
ing plunge to its death next Sun
day, Dr. Fred L. Whipple, director
of the Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory, said yesterday.
Dr. Whipple said Sunday is the
most likely day, altho it may be
a day earlier or a day later.
The calculations were based on
new moonwatch sightings report
ed last night and the day before
from more than 65 stations in the
United States. The new calcula
tion advances the expected day
for the death of the Russian rock
et by more than a week. The ob
servatory had originally estimated
it would be within the period of
three days either side of Dec. 11.
Dr. Whipple said the rocket
should burst into flames when it
hits the denser atmosphere about
35 to 40 miles above the earth
and will make a spectacular sight
if the final plunge comes at night.
Since the low point of the rock
et-satellite’s orbit around the
world is in the Northern Hemi
sphere, there is a greater possi
bility that it will fall in the “up
per” half of the world, Dr. Whip
ple said.
Launched Oct. 4 by Russia
when it fired Sputnik I into an
orbit, the rocket always has been
a more brilliant object for view
ers than the sphere, Sputnik. Al-j
tho its dimensions have never
been officially announced, Smith
sonian officials assume it is about
as large as Sputnik II, which the
Old Diary Tells of
Pilgrims’ First
Feast of Thanks
It is very interesting to read
Gov. Bradford’s original “Diarye
of Ye Oulde Blymouthe Colonye.”
It particularly describes the first
Thanksgiving dinner, held during
the Pilgrims’ first harvest season.
The diary describes an Indian
boy bringing a deer over his
shoulders into the campsite. This
was followed with other Indians
and their chillren bringing birds
and fruit. One of the new de
lights of tasty foods to the Pil
grims was maize, which we now
call corn. During the summer the
Indians had shown the Pilgrims
how to grow it.
There are several items on the
Thanksgiving tables of 1957 which
are directly traced to the year
1621. Our domestic turkey has as
its background the wild turkeys
which Chief Samoset and his
braves brought to Capt. Miles
Standish.
On the very shores where the
Pilgrims first landed grew the
cranberries which they later
picked to help garnish their feast.
The Indians also shower the
Pilgrims how to make a pudding
of ground corn, spice and sweet
ening. To this day this is still
called Indian pudding; it is also
the forebear of our pumpkin pie.
Our Savior’s
Lutheran Church
On B Street
Thanksgiving
Service
11 A.M. THURSDAY
The Public Is
Cordially Invited
Soviets said weighs more than
half a ton.
The original rocket-satellite is
now orbiting the world in 90.4
minutes, compared with its orig
inal time of 96.2 minutes. Dr.
Whipple said had gained about
360 miles per hour over its orig
inal 18,000 miles-per-hour veloc
ity due to the increased tug of
gravity as it sinks lower.
Mining Expert Finds
Roof Garden Nugget
Unique in Experience
Earl Pilgrim, widely known
mine operator in the Kantishna
District, geologist, mining consul
tant and metallurgist, on being
shown the huge gold nugget to be
given away at the Roof Garden,
had this to say:
"Never in my long and varied
experience have I seen such a
rare and precioul specimen of
gold.” Paid Adv.
Share Small Nuclear Weapons
With Allies, Says Former AEC Man
WASHINGTON, UP—A former:
Atomic Energy Commissioner ad- !
vocates sharing smaller nuclear ]
weapons, and information about i
them, with U.S. allies. But he fa
vors excluding H-bombs and the
bigger A-bombs from any such
arrangement.
Thomas E. Murray yesterday
lined up to some degree with
president Eisenhower, who has
suggested revising the law which
now bans giving any foreign na
tion information on design or fab
rication of nuclear weapons.
Murray, now a consultant to
the Senate-House Atomic Energy
Committee, often differed with
the Eisenhower Administration on
policy matters when he was with
the AEC.
In a report of his own views
made to the committee, Murray
criticized the secrecy aspects of
the nation’s atomic energy law,
saying that “secrecy cannot halt
Soviet progress.”
He urged new legislation based,
on a principle of “unity of the
free world in nuclear affairs.” He
said such legislation should foster
exchanges of nuclear information
and some weapons, and “an inte
grated international program of
nuclear research and develop
ment.”
Some members of Congress have
indicated they have reservations
about any dropping of secrecy re
strictions in the atomic law.
There have been suggestions
that the security systems of some
allied countries may npt be air
tight, and thus mi^ht permit some
of *the U.S. information to fall
into Communist hands.