THE NOME NUGGET
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"JUST NEEDS A BIT OF POLISHING, WHAT!”
GETTING THE RIGHT LETTERS
(Christian Science Monitor)
Once a year the skill of the nation’s typesetters
(and copy editors) is tested by a news story on the
national spelling championships. This time the prize
has been carried off by 14-year-old William Cashore of
Center Square, Pa., with a correct rendition of the
word “uncinated.”
In case you also are reaching for a dictionary, the
word means “hooked; bent at the tip like a hook.”
Looking back over accounts of previous contests, we
find that last year an Arizona girl won by correctly
spelling “soubrette” after her last rival had tripped
over “spermaceti.” In 1952, “farraginous” was the
key word.
In 1951 Irving Belz of Memphis casually rolled
out “insouciant” to clinch the national spelling title
after having bested his runner-up on “cuisine.” But
probably the most appropriate finish to such a contest
came in a sixth-grade spelling bee in Baltimore two
months ago when the winning word was “succeed.”
We hope we have succeeded in spelling correctly
the words in this editorial, but we can’t claim to be
insouciant about it.
DATE LINE IS NOT BOUNDARY
(Arctic Weekly)
“Many people do not know the difference between
the International Date Line and the Russia-Alaska
Boundary. The former is only three miles from Gam
bell on St. Lawrence Island, whereas the latter is about
20 or so miles away in the middle of the channel be
tween St. Lawrence Island and Russia, so is west of
the Date Line there, whereas it is east of it north of
Bering Sea. In Bering Strait the two are coincident.
South of the Aleutian Islands and a hundred or
so miles north of Bering Strait the treaty boundary
disappears.
Bering Sea is thus not part of the international
high seas like the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans but it is
all in either Russia or Alaska.
The wisdom of the new look in defense will not
be tested immediately, unless there is a war, and if
there is one the new look had better represent some
wisdom.
Make Deliberate Mistakes
To Cause Trouble Between
Congress and White House
WASHINGTON, Iff) — Rep.
Clardy (R-Mich) said today he is
convinced some members of the
Eisenhower administration make
“mistakes deliberately to start
trouble between Congress and the
White House.”
Clady called for a “cleanup”
in executive agencies as a re
sult of confusion earlier this week
about the administration’s atti
tude toward a government pen
sion for Alger Hiss.
The Michigan Republican told
newsmen they were “fully justi
fied” in interpreting the publicly
stated position of two top federal
agencies to mean the administra
tion opposed legislation to deny
Hiss and other convicted felons
the right to' collect federal re
tirement pay.
Eisenhower’s press secretary,
James C. Hagerty, said the exact
opposite was true.
Virginia Hill Indicted
For Income Tax Evasion
LOS ANGELES, UR—An indict
ment charging income tax evasion
has been returned against Vir
ginia Hill, 39, one-time girl friend
of slain gangster Bugsy Siegel,
but there appears little the gov
ernment can do if she remains
out of this country.
A federal grand jury indicted
the statuesque brunette on charg
es of evading $80,180.02 in taxes
foT the years 1944 through 1947.
In 1950, Miss Hill married Hans
Hauser, an Austrian-born ski in
structor, and they have been liv
ing in Kloster, Switzerland and
are now at Salzburgn, Austria. He
is her fourth husband.
Papa Buys A New Car,
Mama Gets Mink Stole
NEW YORK, UR — Sometimes
the fur flies between husband and
wife concerning whether they
should buy a new car or get
a mink for mama.
A Bronx auto agency, claims it
has solved this problem thus: Buy
a new car and get a mink stole
valued at $786.
Martin W. Franklin, agency
sales manager, says the offer is
effective until July 15.
How’s it going? — Three stoles
have already gone out with cars,
and there have been two dozen
telephone cars seeking further in
formation.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Closing Juneau Office
JUNEAU, UR—Canadian Pacific
Railway officials announced to
day they are closing the local
steamship office after the last
scheduled southbound sailing on
Sept. 21.
After that date, only one
freighter weekly will be in serv
ice on the run from Vancouver,
B.C. to Skagway. The CPR closed
its winter passenger service three
years ago.
Increasing competition from
airlines may force further curtail
ment of summer service, CPR of
ficials said.
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Two Light Planes Land
Pick-a-Back—Unintentionally
SHAWNEE, Okla., UB — Two
light planes landed simultaneous
ly—one on top of the other—at
the Shawnee municipal airport
last night.
The pilots escaped with cuts
and bruises. The planes were
damaged heavily.
“If you ever had the world
drop in on you, you know how
I felt,” said H. E. Reding, pilot
of the plane on the bottom.
|-AS MANY AMERICANS --1
as now'living in 14 Western States
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_____ \J UNLESS WE ACT NOW
Property Owners Owing Penalties
Urged to Pay Before July 1st
Since Jan. 1, 1954, approxM
mately 1,900 property owners in
Alaska have filed their statement
of ownership under the Alaska
Registration Act of 1953. The ex
piration of the filing period was
Dec. 31, 1953, and filings made
after that date for property
owned in 1953 are subject to a
late filing penalty of $5.
The Territorial Dept, of Lands
has sent penalty notices to all
owners on record of late filing and
the land commissioner estimates
that approximately 50 percent of
the number of penalties will be
paid by June 30, 1954. The penal
ties that are not paid by that date
will constitute a lien against the
land which will be subject to fore
closure as provided for in the law.
The first step in the foreclosure
action will be the compilation of
the list of owners and a descrip
tion of their property on which
the lien has attached. This will be ^
sent to the clerk of the courts in
each division as soon as it can be
prepared after July 1 of this year
for appropriate action.
The attorney general and the
land commissioner urge those who
have not paid the penalties for
late filing to comply with the
special notices sent them prior to
July 1. After that date it is quite
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probable that they will face a
more complex procedure if they
desire to protect their ownership.
Ownership statements should be
filed by the new owner for each
transfer or purchase of property
made during the current year.
There is no' penalty for filing
this statement if it is made on or
before Dec. 31, 1954. It is impor
tant to show on the filing state
ment that it is for a 1954 trans
action.
Due to lack of funds for admin
istering the Registration Law, the
ownership statements that have
been filed cannot be indexed and
a record compiled of all reported
areas at this time. The owner of
private land for which ownership
statement has not been filed is,
however, subject to the penalty
and lien for failure to file or for
late filing.
All property for which filing
has not been made or for which
the owner has failed to pay the
late filing penalty is subject to
the lien and foreclosure. This
constitutes a cloud against the
title. Title insurance and abstract
companies generally require this
cloud to be removed before they
will issue title insurance or com
pile a complete abstract.
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