THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
. post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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FATHERS DAY
The 48th anniversary of Father’s Day comes on
Sunday. Last year the only lady Senator, in Con
gress Margaret Chase Smith of Maine insisted that
Congress legalize the third Sunday of June just like
it had done for mothers recognition in May.
She stated that singling out one of our two
parents and omitting the other was a most grievous
insult. She was right. The fathers in Congress
were just too modest:
This is the one day of the year when father,
uncle, grandfather, can be given special attention.
One good way is to cook him all the special things
he likes to eat. He deserves it.
A Million Govt.
Workers Get 10 pet.
Retroactive Hike
WA -HINGTON, UP) — The Sen-,
ate passed today a compromise
bill g'ving a 10 per cent pay
boost to the government’s 1,021,000
civil service and other employees.
Action came by voice vote
adoption of a report agreed up
on yesterday adjusting Senate
and House differences over the
legislation.
The bill’s annual cost is about
542 million dollars. But the first
year cost will be closer to 800
million dollars since the boost is
retroactive to Jan. 1.
Sen. Olin D. Johnson said the
bill will give all employees equal
treatment. Sen. Ralph Yarbor
ough said the pay increase was
modest compared to those given
workers in private industry.
But Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va)
said it was “very bad policy” to
grant retroactive pay increases.
And Sen. Frank Lausche said
Congress was contributing to in
flation and setting a pay raise ex
ample for private industry.
The bill covers not only reg
ular classified civil service em
ployees but also employees of
Congress, federal courts, foreign
service, Atomic Energy Commis
sion, and Veteran Administra
tion medical service.
The bill permits creation of 580
new super-grade jobs. These pay
from $13,000 to $19,000.
It also gave the full 10 per
cent raise to 67,000 scientists and
engineers who had recently re
ceived raises because they were
in hard-to-hire categories.
Tim Tam’s Racing
Career Ended
NEW YORK, UP) — Tim Tam’s
racing days are over, trainer Jim
my Jones said Thursday. The
Calumet Farm 3-year-old star
will be sent to the University
of Pennsylvania for an operation
on his injured ankle.
“I have no hopes he’ll ever
race again,” Jones said of the
colt who won the Kentucky Der
by and the Preakness. Tim
Tam missed the triple crown
when he broke a sesamoid bone
in the Belmont Stakes last Sat
urday and finished second to
Cavan.
“He’s ruined, and about all we
can do is save him for the stud.”
Jones declared after examining
latest x-rays of the right fore
foot. '
Alaska Centralized
Buying Results In
$20,000 Saving
JiUNEAU, Of) — The purchas
ing agent for the territory re
ported yesterday that in the nine
months that centralized buying
has been in effect a direct saving
of more than twenty thousand
dollars has resulted.
Paul Gagnon, who is chief of
the three-man Purchasing Divi
sion in the Departmeht of Finance
told the Governor’s Council the
cost of operating his office
through July 1, 1958 will be
slightly over $19,000 but ex
plained there are “many intan
gible advantages as well as di
rect savings” to be expected
from its existence, listing the de
velopment of trained purchasing
personnel, standardization of sup
plies, and an advantage to ven
dors.
Gagnon said that to date 63
per cent of the approximately
two million dollars worth of pur
chases made since last September
were obtained in Alaska.
The U. S. Navy commissioned
68 submarines in the year 1944
alone.
a health checkup
once a year
every year. ..
make it a habit
... for life.
American Cancer Society 5
Legislative Council Is
Guest Of Chamber
By RUTH McLEAN
The territorial Legislative
Council members who recently
held public hearings in Nome as
part of their regular meeting
were guests at the Monday
luncheon of the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce.
James A. von der Heydt intro
duced the attending council
members: Seaborn J. Buckalew
Representative from Anchorage
and acting chairman, Senator
Frank Peratrovich from Kulwock,
Senator Vic Rivers of Anchor
age, Representative George Mc
Nabb from Fairbanks, Henry J.
Camarot, executive director from
Juneau, Jack C. Doyle, research
analyst and assistant executive
director, and Senator John Mc
Nees of Nome. Mr. von der
Heydt also introduced speakers
who were to appear before the
Council: Perry Taft, Association
of Casualty and Surety Compan
ies; Lou Dischner, representing
the Territorial Federation of
Labor; James Fitzgerald, city
attorney from Anchorage who is
representing the League of Alas
ka City; and Augie Reetz, vice
president of the Anchorage Bus
inessmen’s Association. Observ
ers at the Council hearings in
elude Herbert Faukner of Juneau,
Daniel Doswell of Alaska Pulp
Company in Sitka and A. M.
Brooks of the Ketchikan Pulp Co.
Other guests at the Chamber
luncheon meeting were Mrs.
Higgins of Los Angeles, an of
ficial tourist, Mr. and Mrs. Hough,
Bureau of Public Roads, Mr. and
Mrs. Burand, Bureau of Mines,
Flora Camp of the DuBarry
Company, Dudley Beck of the
Northern Commercial Company,
Sgt. Nigro of the local AFRS
station, Mrs. Vic Rivers, patrol
man and Mrs. Carter and Roscoe
Wilkie.
Chamber President Jerry Man
ning asked Mr. Camarot to out
line the agenda for the- Legis
lative Council and * also remind
ed the members of the public
dinner on Wednesday evening in
honor of the visitors.
Boyd Harwood reported briefly
on the city-wide clean-up pro
gram now in the second and
final week. Johnny Stephen
son detailed the full calendar for
the first annual Midnight Sun
Festival for the weekend of June
21st. Extensive plans are now
being completed by the active
Chamber tourist committee.
Stewardesses Get Married
While Air Lines Strike
LOS ANGELES, {JR — While
Western Air Lines was idle, its
stewardesses weren’t.
Forty of them got married
during the 108-day strike that
grounded the line. Now Western
has to replace them. There’s
a company rule against married
stewardesses.
The line resumed its service
Tuesday with 20 per cent fewer
stewardesses than before.
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AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
ON NOT RAISING HOGS
A letter which was printed in the Weekly Live
stock Reporter, of Fort Worth, Texas, recently, is
worth repeating in editorial form. It expresses our
sentiments so effectively no further comment, other
than the reprint, is needed:
Secretary of Agriculture,
Department of Agriculture,
Washington,25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Secretary:
My friend Bordeau over in Terrebonne Parish,
received a $1,000 check from the Govt., this year
for not raising hogs. So I am going into the not
raising-hogs business next year. What I want to know
is in your opinion, what is the best kind of farm not
to raise hogs on and the best kind of hogs not to
raise? I would prefer not to raise razorbacks but
if that is not a good breed not to raise I will just as
gladly not raise Berkshires or Durocs.
The hardest work in this business is going to be
in keeping an inventory of how many hogs I haven’t
raised. My friend Bordeau is very joyful about the
future of this business. He has been raising hogs
for more than 20 years and the best he ever made
was $400 until this year when he got $1,000 for not
raising 50 hogs, then I will get $2,000 for not raising
100 hogs.
I plan to operate on a small scale at first, hold
! ing myself down to about 4,000 hogs which means
I will have $80,000. Now another thing: These
hogs I will not raise will not eat 100,000 bushels of
corn. 1 understand that you also pay farmers for
not raising corn. So will you pay me anything for
not raising 100,000 bushels of corn not to feed to the
hogs I am not raising? I want to get started as soon
as possible as this seems to be a good time of the year
for not raising hogs.
Sincerely
Octave Broussard
P. S. Can I raise 10 or 12 hogs on the side while I
am in the not-raising-hogs business — just
enough to get a few sides of bacon to eat?
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