THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
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DR. JEKYLL HASN’T HAD MUCH CHANCE
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POWER FROM THE ATOM
Great progress can be expected in the development
of atomic energy for peacetime purposes, such as elec
tric power production. The fact that private enterprise,
as well as government agencies, will participate in the
work is assurance that the nation will get maximum
results in a minimum of time.
However, there seems to be an idea in the public
mind that the atom will revolutionize the electric busi
ness in the relatively near future. And this idea, to
experts active in the field, just isn’t tenable.
One such expert recently said that while total
electric generating capacity in this country is expected
to reach 200,000,000 kilowatts by 1965—double the
present figure—it is doubtful if more than 3,000,000
kilowatts will come from atomically-fueled plants.
What will be the effect of atomic energy on oil
and the oil industry? The head of one of our leading oil
companies has made a study of that highly important
matter and concludes that the atom will not displace
oil as a source of energy in the foreseeable future. Man’s
needs for energy will be so great that all presently
known sources will be hard-pressed to meet them.
On top of that, so far as civilian markets are con
cerned, oil and nuclear fuel will be direct competitors
in he field of electric power generation only. And power
generation now represents but three percent of total
U.S. oil use.
Many other authorities have expressed similar
views. They do not minimize the potential importance
of atomic energy. But they are convinced that the
changes it will bring about will be less revolutionary,
and will occur over a much longer period of years than
many people now believe.
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P.T.-A. Will Ask
School Board Aid
In Lunch Program
A representative group of par
ents and teachers attended the
monthly meeting of the Nome
P.-T.A. meeting Tuesday night at
the High School Assembly room.
The Nome P.-T.A. went on
record as favoring the continua
tion of the USO program in
Nome after the closing of Nome
Field this fall.
A committee was appointed to
consult with the Nome School
Board on action to be taken by
the P.-T.A. toward an expanded
school hot lunch program next
year.
The subject will be brought up
for discussion at the next School
Board meeting, which will be
open to the public.
Federal aid is available for
schools having an integrated hot
lunch program and it is for this
reason that the P.-T.A. feels that
the school board should conduct
the program.
Mrs. Wm. Barber of the Hot
Lunch Committee read a report
on the past winter’s activity.
A nominating committee was
elected to prepare for the election
of officers at the May 17 meet
ing. They are: Margaret McDon
ald, Mrs. James Walsh, Mrs. Lou
Oliver, and Sam Mogg.
Following the business meet
. ing, Isabell Miller of the Welfare
I Office gave a talk on the services
rendered and those available
through her office and in con
junction with the Public Health
Nurse and school authorities.
Several girls in one of Miss
Miller’s Welfare classes present
ed a skit on baby-sitting, depict
ing some of the more unwhole
some qualities both by the sit
ters and by the parents.
Concluding the progam the
Nome Eskimo Dancers entertain
ed with several impromptu per
formances.
675 Halibut Boats Prepare
For Season’s Start May 12
SEATTLE, —Halibuters from
both American and British Col
umbia ports are trimming their
craft in readiness for the run
north for the start of fishing on
May 12.
The estimated 675 regular fish
ing boats are in addition to the
big fleet which will fish to the
eastward of Cape Spencer, will
head north about next Monday,
with boats leaving for nearer
grounds a week later. The U.S.
fleet will number about 420 and
Canadian boats about 255, based
on last year’s records.
The halibut grounds yielded a
70 million pound catch last year.
But the controlling Internation
al Halibut Commission expects a
possibly slightly smaller take this
year, as the special August sea
sons have been cut down. The
industry also looks for lower
prices, trade sources say.
FORMER GOVERNOR OF
CALIFORNIA MERRIAM DIES
LONG BEACH, Calif., UR—For
mer Gov. Finley Merriam, elder
statesman of California Republi
cans, is dead.
The 89-year-old Merriam died
last night at his Long Beach
home.
He stepped into the governor
ship in 1934, when, as lieutenant
governor, he succeeded Gov.
James Rolph Jr., upon Rolph’s
death. His greatest victory came
the same year, when he opposed
novelist Upton Sinclair, Demo
cratic Nominee, in a gubernatorial
campaign which* drew national
attention.
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Five Men Killed In
Underwater Explosion
At Navy Testing Station
NEWPORT, R.I., UP — Three
men were killed and five in
jured in an explosion of the
Navy’s Underwater Ordnance
Station Tuesday, Rear Adm. J.
H. Wellings announced. All were
civilians.
The blast was caused by high
ly compressed air and fluid used
in testing torpedo heads.
It occurred in the dynamo
meter room of a building at Cod
lington Cove overlooking Ferry
Landing.
About 20 persons were at work
in the building, a cement affair
about 150 feet long.
The dynamometer room is used
for testing torpedo parts, espec
ially propulsion parts.
A dynamometer is a testing
device for measuring the output
strength of any engine. In a test,
torpedo propulsion engines would
be hooked up to the dynamometer
and run at high speeds to test it.
Alaska Night Club Gives
Las Vegas Competition
In Bidding For Talent
HOLLYWOOD, UP —Alaska is
giving Las Vegas some serious,
if sub-zero, competition.
Singer Kitty Kallen got a let
ter this week from an Alaskan
promoter who offered her $15,000
plus all expenses, for six per
formances in Fairbanks. She said
the offer included a chartered
plane.
She had to turn it down be
cause of her movie debut in Uni
versal-International’s “The Sec
ond Greatest Sex.”
“I thought my Las Vegas deal
was terrific,” said the recording
star, “but this Alaska offer tops
it.”
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Ruby “Blue Babv”
Recovers From
Critical Operation
SEATTLE, iJV—Linda Brittell,
daughter of a Ruby, Alaska school
teacher, is recovering here from
a critical operation at Mayo Clinic
in Rochester, Minn., April 9.
Linda, who is 12 years old to
day, had been a “blue baby” since
birth. An obstruction in the pul
monary artery prevented the nor
mal flow of blood from the. heart
to the lungs necessary for proper
purification of the blood stream.
For years, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth ' Brittell, Linda’s parents,
sought medical help for their
daughter. A few months ago they
learned of a new operating tech
nique that might give Linda a
chance for normal living.
Linda’s schoolmates and teach
ers and other individuals and
groups pitched in to help defray
some of the expenses and to pro
vide moral support. Linda and her
mother left for Rochester Apr. 3.
Ten days after the operation
Linda walked out of the hospital.
The large scar curving around
from her shoulder blade almost to
her hip wTas almost completely
healed.
“I feel real good,” Linda said.
“Better than ever before.”