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.
IN THE ROUGH .. _.
Eisenhower Tells Congress to Cut His
$72 Billion Budget—If They Can
WASHINGTON, WV-President
Eisenhower said today Congress!
has the duty to cut his $72 billion
budget if it can do it.
Eisenhower said he agrees with j
Treasury Secretary Humphrey
that federal spending should be
cut if possible.
A reporter recalled that Humph
rey said last week that govern
ment spending should be cut, that
unless the government stopped
taking so much out of the econ
omy there would be a “hair-curl
ing depression.”
• Humphrey expressed the hope
that Congress would be able to
cut the budget.
Eisenhower was asked whether
there were any differences be
tween Humphrey and him on
these points.
Eisenhower said Humphrey’s
remarks did not deal with the im
mediate future, but rather with
the long-range picture. He said
there is no indication the nation
is about to face a depression.
Bandits Raid Meeting
Of Businessmen, Escape
With $5,000 in Loot
PHILADELPHIA, . Pa. Four
bandits with stockings pulled over
their faces and brandishing rifles
held up 20 businessmen attending
a meeting last night and escaped
with about $5,000.
The holdup men entered the
second-floor assembly room of
the Wynnefield Civic League in
West Philadelphia shortly before
midnight. They forced the busi
nessmen to lie on the floor, then
took their wallets, rings and
watches.
The thugs then ripped the tele
phone wires from the wall and
escaped into a heavy fog in an
old station wagon.
One of the businessmen told
police he lost $1,600, a ring and
a watch to the bandits.
He also expressed the view that
the nation probably never again
would be confronted with a de
pression such as the one in the
1930s.
At his first news conference
since last Nov. 14, the President
also spoke out sharply against
any division of his Middle East
program into separate military
and economic aid packages.
Some Congress members have
talked of splitting the Eisenhow
er program into two measures,
instead of one resolution as asked
by the President.
Any such division, Eisenhower
said emphatically, would destroy
what this government is trying
to do—prevent any aggression by
the Soviet Union in the Mideast.
He drew a chuckle from the 265
newsmen present when he asked
with a smile whether anyone
wanted to put any questions to
him.
At one point after the opening
round dealing with Humphrey’s
views regarding the budget, Ei
senhower was asked if he intends
to continue contacts with report
ers. That obviously was an allu
sion to the fact that he had not
held a news conference for about
10 weeks.
He replied that events during
the period since Nov. 14 made it
impossible for him to get together
with newsmen, but that he plans
to see them once a week unless
something interferes.
Temperature Jumps 94°
After Record Cold
BOONVILLE, N, Y., UP>—The
temperature climbed 94 degrees
in less than a week in this Adir
ondack Mountains community.
The mercury plunged to 55 de
grees below zero last Tuesday, an
official all-time low for the state.
The cold wave broke Monday.
The temperature was 39 above.
IN DISTRICT COURT
A divorce was granted tc John
M. Murphy from Peggy Wilke
Murphy in U.S. District Court
yesterday.
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Raymond Wood of Kotzebue
was sentenced toy Judge Walter
Hodge to two years on two counts
in a federal jail for breaking and
entering a dwelling. The sentenc
es are to run concurrently.
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Three criminal cases have been
set for Jan. 31st, with Fred Crane,
attorney from Kotzebue, bo act
as attorney for all three, who are:
Clarence Rucker, charged with
assault with a dangerous weapon;
Floyd Cobb, assault with a dan
gerous weapon; and John Coffin,
charged with killing a reindeer.
The following special petit jury
has been called for the three
cases:—
William Jones, Little Creek.
Nome
Thomas Payenna
Thomas Pushruk
L. E. Fagan
Paul Tuilana
Charlotte Bahnke
Vera Nelson
Edna Nelson
Jacob Ahwinona
L. E. Nicholson
George A. Morin
Andy Miller
Mrs. R. W. Oliver
Grace Tocktoo
Lily Walker
Ann Eyuk
Margaret Russell
• James Rand
Charles W. Frazier
Harvey Pootoogooluk
Mrs. Elsie Ball
, Grace Edman
Dorothy Young
Isaac Eben
Sid Champion
Caroline Coons
William Hoogendorn
John Belobraidich
Steffen Andersen
Charlie Dickson
Paul Dryden
Betty Doyle
Luther Dunbar
Mabel Dowd
Mrs. John Muller
Elizabeth Hodge
Mrs. John Reader
Elsie Kugzruk
Edwin Katongan
Mrs. E. L. Mulch
Barbara Mecklenburg
Carrie M. McLain
Wallace Johnson
Willie Senungetuk
Elsie Sanders
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favor of partition.
Capt. A. B. Bruck, from the
Adjutant General’s office of the
Alaska National Guard, was a
guest. He explained various de
■ tails in connection with the pro
posed armory for Nome.
Tentative plans call for a drill
hall the size of a regulation bas
ketball court which would also
seat between 450 and 600 persons,
two classrooms for meetings, and
a small kitchen. Offices for the
1st Scout Battalion, lockers and
showers, and public toilet facili
ties would also be included in the
tentative plans.
The estimated cost of such a
building would be $582,000, 75
| percent of which to come from
! federal funds and 25 percent from
territorial funds. The facilities in
the armory would be available to
local organizations for a nominal
rental fee and such rental would
be governed by a board with rep
resentatives from the community
and from the Alaska National
Guard.
Other guests included Mrs.
Thomas A. Knudson,, Dr. H. L.
Foss, Rev. Clarence Solberg, John
| F. Frey of the Alaska National
i Bank of Fairbanks, and Major
| Crawford.
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NEW YORK’S MAD BOMBER’
CAPTURED, SIGNS CONFESSION
WATERBURY, Conn., UP)—A j
clean-cfit man in a blue suit told |
calmly Tuesday^ of 25 years of j
suffering and of hatred boiling up i
inside him. Then he confessed he
is New York’s “mad bomber.” j
George Metesky is his name.:
He is 53, stocky and gray-haired. I
He said he made a vow a long
time ago to go on planting bombs
in New York until he either got
caught or died.
“This is® the man,” said New
York Deputy Police Commission
er Walter Arm. “We know him
by his admissions. Secondly, we
know him by a check of his hand
writing.”
Held Some Grievance ,
A number of letters and cards
written by the bomber during the
years indicated he held some
grievance against New York’s
Consolidated Edison Co., but
painstaking searches of company
records brought no due.
Del. Bartlett Proposes
Minerals Amendment to
Mental Health Act
WASHINGTON, UB—Delegate
Bartlett yesterday proposed an
amendment to the Alaska Mental
Health Act which would permit
Alaska to take its pick of lands
already under mineral lease by
the government. ,
A law enacted by Congress last
year gave Alaska the right to pick
a million acres of land from which
to use the revenues as an aid to
! supporting the health program, j
It was not, however, permitted to !
select land already leased by the
government for mineral develop
j ment.
Bartlett’s bill would remove!
that prohibition.
The Alaskan also reintroduced
a bill to eliminate from immigra
tion procedures a requirement
i that travelers between the United
j States and Alaska undergo immi
I gration screening.
Getting nowhere after 16 years
of fruitless efforts to nab the
bomber, police recently decided
to appeal for public aid and made
available practically all the in
formation they had.
Front Page Pleas
Newspapers gave prominent
display to the material and one.
the New York Journal-American,
published a series of front page
pleas to the bomber to surrender.
The bomber, in turn, began
writing letters to the paper, mak
ing ‘ further references to his.
grievance against Consolidated
Edison. The information caused
police to examine utility files re
lating to employe injuries. Mon
day they spotted one pointing to.
George Metesky.
Held Under $100,000 Bail
Charged with being a fugitive,
Metesky waived extradition in a
special city court session. New
York police said he would be held
here, under $100,000 bond, until
warrants arrive from New York.
Arm said Metesky signed a
written statement saying he is the
man who, because he felt he got
a raw deal from the company he
used to work for, planted at least
32 bombs in public places in New
York City since 1941.
• Several of the bombs exploded.
The toll: 15 persons injured, none
critically.
Six Men Collapse in
Kansas City Snowstorm
KANSAS CITY, W—Six men,
ranging in age from 62 to 71, col
lapsed and died at various places
in Kansas City yesterday during
a four-inch snowstorm.
All had histories of heart ail
ments and Dr. Hugh L. Dwyer,
city health director, said the
snowstorm probably was a factor
in their deaths.
“It is generally accepted,” he
said, “that snow and cold can
overburden a damaged heart.”
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