THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
LETTERS FROM HOME
(Christian Science Monitor)
American soldiers in Korea, interviewed as to
what they would like for Christmas, have asked for all
the things one would expect: camera film, food, candy,
reading matter—even for a spaghetti dinner and a
popular movie actress. But quite a few of them have
asked for—letters from home.
If ever a man needs to feel “wanted” it is when,
separated from family and old friends, confronting
desperate danger or dull routine, passing long days in
a strange world isolated from all the familiar joys of
home and country, he feels himself reduced to being a
very small, expendable cog in a very large, impersonal
machine.
Actually he is never that, and many a man has
found himself more fully under those unpromising con
ditions than when surrounded by all the comforts and
complacencies of the familiar. Yet for everyone sent
out into the barbarism of war the need for love isj
great—and the need to feel that he still “belongs” in j
a more normal world. That is why letters from homei
can mean so much more than any other gift. They help!
to give a man back to himself.
Alaska Steam Announces !
Schedules Thru Jan. 30
SEATTLE, </P)—Sailing sched
ules through Jan. 30 were an
nounced Saturday by the Alaska
Steamship Co., after a superior
court judge declared he would
sign an injunction against water
front picketing.
Passenger sailings were sched
uled every Friday, with the Den
ali and Baranof alternating.
The freighter sailing schedule
will include: Susitna, Dec. 30;
SailoT’s Splice, Jan. 2; Iliamna,
Jan. 6; Square Knot, Jan. 13;
Coastal Rambler, Jan. 16; Nadina,
Jan. 20; Susitna, Jan. 27; Coastal
Rambler, Jan. 30.
This is in addition to the “re
lief ship” sailings announced be
fore the waterfront tieup ended.
Meat Packers Indicted
For Defrauding Army
On Salmon Shipments
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — A
federal grand jury indicted Jo-*
seph "Romeo and the Romeo Pack
ing Co., Half Moon Bay, Calif.,
Thursday night on 12 counts of
-defrauding \he government on
three shipments of frozen salmon
sold to the Army in 1951.
The indictment accused Romeo
of cheating the government of
from $12,000 to $24,000 on three
40,000-pound shipments of frozen
salmon to the Army’s Quarter
master market center at Auburn,
Wash.
Assistant U.S. Atty. Robert J.
Drewes said main points of the
indictment were: the fish was
low'-grade chum salmon, not sil
ver salmon as specified in bids;
much of it was decomposed; it
was adulterated, and it had been
brought in from Canada despite
a contract provision calling for
domestic fish.
Romeo denied the charges, de
claring “we have been the vic
tims of circumstantial evidence.”
There is a distinction between
mentally deficient persons whose
minds are not sufficiently devel
oped and the insane who minds
are diseased or abnormal.
Lillian Crosson, Widow of
Famed Bush Pilot, Asst.
Mgr. of Seattle C. of C.
Lillian Crosson, wife of the late
Joe Crosson, one of Alaska’s
most famous bush pilots, has been
named assistant manager of the
Alaska Division of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, it was an
nounced recently by Chamber
Vice-president and general man
ager, Don M. Follett.
Mrs. Crossen, well-known in all
sections of the Territory, has re
cently returned to Seattle from
Fairbanks, where she was Secre
tary of the Fairbanks Chamber of
Commerce, and opened the first
full-time office for that, organiza
tion. Prior to that she was with
the Fairbanks News-Miner.
“The Seattle Chamber of Com
merce is extremely fortunate to
have Mrs. Crosson on the staff of
the Alaskl Division,” said Fol
lett. “In addition to her excellent
and thorough knowledge of the
territory which will be invalu
able, her presence will allow us
to give extended services to Alas
kan communities as well as to
Chamber members.”
A native of Cordova, Mrs. Cros
son attended the University of
Alaska, and spent most of her
adult life in and around Fair
banks. Her father, George Os
borne, is well-known in Cordova,
where he was in the jewelry
business for many years, and now
resides in Juneau. He was one
of the early - day residents of
Nome.
NO SCHOLASTIC HONORS
OTTUMWA, Iowa, (IP)— The
Ottumwa Board of Education
stirred up a tempest when it de
cided recently to do away with
scholastic honors at future high
scho'ol commencements. No more
valedictorians or salutatorians.
The board reasoned that class
grades are not compiled early
enough to make a fair distribution
of honor awards. Ottumwans who
disagreed engaged in a flurry of
letter-writing. The board has
stuck by its guns.
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
Truman’s Remark
Shocks, Puzzles
Eisenhower
By DON WHITEHEAD
HONOLULU, i/P) — A reliable
source said Saturday President
Truman’s “demagoguery” state
ment cut President-elect Dwight
Eisenhower deeply and just about
killed any chance o‘f friendly re
lations between the two in the
future.
This reaction was disclosed a
short time before Eisenhower was
to leave Hawaii bound for New
York City which he left secretly
just two weeks ago for Korea.
It was learned that Eisenhower
was shocked and puzzled by
President Truman’s blast at his
Korean trip. Informants said the
President-elect felt the Truman
statement was uncalled for, un
dignified and should be ignored.
The informants said Eisen
hower would continue along the
course he has set to find a solu
tion to the Korean conflict, in
cluding a study of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur’s proposals.
The once-friendly relationship
between Eisenhower and Truman,
it was said, had been bady strain
ed by accusations made during
the heat of the presidential cam
paign — but the new incident
points to a coldly formal relation
ship in the future.
“This looks like the finish of any
informal across-the-desk meet
ings by the two,” this source said.
“If there is another meeting, it
probably will be a cold affair.”
Truman told a news confer
ence Thursday that the Eisen
hower trip to Korea was a “piece
of political demagoguery.” It is
known here that Eisenhower
thinks this was a low blow which
he did not deserve from the Presi
dent.
Also, Eisenhower is represented
as thinking that the Truman
statement was poor psychology
for the troops in Korea who had
received a lift in spirits from his
visit to combat units.
The President - elect considers
Korean trip—and the conferences
that followed with his top ad
visers — a worthwhile venture
that already has paid good divi
dends in the formation of future
policy. !
The general held his final
major conference with his advis
ers Thursday evening before most
of them left Hawaii to return to
the mainland.
IKE AND MAMIE SING
CHRISTMAS CAROLS AT
UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE
NEW YORK, VP)—Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower sang Christmas
carols last night at the doorway
of his Columbia University resi
dence in a traditional candlelight
ceremony dedicated to the head
of the University.
Twenty-two students of Barn
ard College, a woman’s unit of
Columbia, began singing carols
outside the President - elect’s
home.
Eisenhower, coatless and hat
less, came out to greet the stu
dents in the chilly air and join
in the singing. His wife put on
a coat and came out to hum along
with them.
NEW YORK, (JP) — A nation
wide audience Friday watched
the lighting of the Rockefeller
Center Christmas Tree, one of
New York Cty’s most spectacular
emblems of the holiday season.
"4-on Duplicate Receipt Books
at the Nugget
ADVISORY BOARD NAMED
TO AID LVW COMM. CENTER
An advisory board has been or
ganized to aid ,in the Lavinia
Wallace Young Community Cen
ter program. It.is hoped that such
a board will help the Center to
achieve a more effective service
to Nome and maintain continuity
in its program. It is also hoped
it will bring about a closer co
operation between agencies in the
community which are working to
raise the social, economic and
spiritual standards.
Members of the board include
Mrs. Carrie McLain as represen
tative of the city; Mrs. Fred
Bockman, Public Welfare; Mrs.
Helen Fagerstrom and Mrs.
Emma Willoya to represent the
community at large; Mrs. Andrew
Nerland, the W.S.C.S.; Mrs. Ted
Duffield, A.N.S. It is also planned
to include a representative from
the Public Health Department.
This group will work with Miss
Esther McCoy who is now in
charge of the Community Center.
All Seamen Saved When
Norwegian Freighter Sinks
In San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO. </PJ — The
Norwegian freighter Fernstream
sank inside the bay Thursday
shortly after colliding with the
freighter Hawaiian Rancher, but
the Fernstream’s crew escaped in
lifeboats.
The crash occurred just west
of Alcatraz Island in a murky fog
and drizzle.
The Hawaiian Rancher immed
iately flashed an S-O-S and the
Const Guard hurriedly dispatched
three rescue boats to the scene.
The Coast Guard later reported
that the Fernstream’s crew of 42
men had taken to the lifeboats
when their ship began to go
under.
The 12 passengers on the com
bination freight and passenger
vessel also escaped safely before
the Fernstream sank, stern down,
and disappeared in about 100 feet
of water. Not a trace of the ship
showed above the bay.
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