THE NOME NUGGET
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DON’T FORGET THE MAIN PROBLEM
IKE BARS EXECUTIVE WAR
President Dwight D. Eisenhower made a signifi
cant promise to the nation recently when he pledged
the Executive Department of the government not to
involve the United States in a war without a declaration
of war from Congress. Though the President’s an
nouncement was not considered major news by some,
it is a highly significant executive pronouncement.
The statement’s most immediate imolieatinn is a
pledge from the President not to involve this country
in a war in Indochina without action from Congress.
Several Congressmen have expressed fears in recent
weeks that a piecemeal commitment of aid to Indochina
would eventually lead to the .involvment of small U.S.
forces, which, in turn, might lead to serious consequen
ces.
The President, in effect, has promised that this
would not be allowed to happen. He said, very clearly:
“There is going to be no involvement of America
in war unless it is a result of the constitutional process
that is placed upon Congress to declare it. Now, let
us have that clear and that, is the answer.”
GRASS ROOTS OPINION
Dr. William Fletcher Russell,, president of Teach
ers College of Columbia University, in speaking at
Mercer University, Macon, recently, stated that, “On
every hand it is obvious that something is wrong in
the education of the citizen. Too few vote, too few
take part in politics, too many condone corruption;
too many look elsewhere, particularly to the Federal
government for direction and for financial handouts.”
—Waterboro, S.C., Press and Standard
Statisticians say many women are getting men’s
wages nowadays—a fact married men have always
known.
The man is the richest whose pleasures are the
cheapest. —Thoreau
J.Howard Ralbv, Jewish rabbi, says: “Our nation
is built upon the Gibraltar of true religion.”
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the late Presi
dent, says: “Senator McCarthy is dangerous to Amer
ica because he has created fear throughout the country
without any enlightenment.”
Rabies Is Always
Fatal Once It
Develops
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skunks, horses, and wildcats.
“DUMB” TYPE—This type oc
curs in about 20 percent of cases,
and is more difficult to recognize.
The symptoms of excitement
and irritability are absent or so
slight as to be unrecognized. The
progress of the attack is more
rapid than is the furious type, and
death from paralysis usually oc
curs within 2 or 3 days from the
onset of the disease.
IN M A N—The characteristic
symptoms of rabies in man are
readily recognized by physicians.
Death results from exhaustion
and paralysis.
Treatment
Once symptoms have developed,
the disease cannot be cured.
The prevention of rabies is con
sidered under the following four
heads:
1. Treatment of Wound—
Wounds produced by the bite of
a rabid animal should be thor
oughly cleaned at once with soap
and water, preferably green soap
| solution. Use a syringe to apply
the soapy water with force to the
depth of the wound.
2. Pasteur Treatment for Pre
vention—In all cases where the
| animal is known to be rabid, or
when it cannot be caught and ex
amined, and when the physician
believes that actual exposure has
occurred, the patient should re
ceive the 14 daily injections
known as the Pasteur treatment
as soon as possible. This treatment
is useless if begun after symptoms
appear.
3. Control of the Disease in
Dogs—Compulsory impounding of
all stray dogs, the humane de
struction of ownerless dogs, and
the intelligent restraint of all oth
ers are essential steps in the eradi
cation of the disease. The mass
vaccination of dogs is recommen
ded and is necessary if the disease
is to be eliminated.
4. Fox Rabies Control—Where
fox rabies is serious, the fox pop
ulation should be reduced by trap
ping, poisoning, and shooting.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, cf Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued cloudy with inter
mittent light snow and fog. Warm
er tonight. Winds light and vari
able today becoming south to
southeast 25-30 mph late tonight
and Tuesday.
Lowest ’ temperature expected
tonight 16, highest Tuesday 29.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
24, low 8. Max. wind 20 mph from
the southwest. Sunrise 5:56 a.m.,
sunset 6:24 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 8, low -11. Extremes this date
since 1907: highest 36 in 1924, low
est -32 in 1928.
Other Stations, 7 a.m. Today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -9 Part cloudy
Kotzebue 0 • Cloudy
Wales 8 Cloudy
Nome 13 Fog
Unalakleet 23 Cloudy
Bethel 24 • Cloudy
McGrath 4 Part cloudy
Anchorage 28 Cloudy
Fairbanks 10 Part cloudy
Whitehorse 22 Part cloudy
Edmonton 34 Cloudy
Juneau 37 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 42 Cloudy
Seattle 48 Part cloudy
,San Francisco 51 Part cloudy
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U.S. Marines “Recapture”
Mt. Suribachi In
Operation Flag Hoist
IWO JIMA, Iff)—American Ma
rines Monday" “recaptured” his
toric Mt. Suribachi as air, sea and
land forces practiced the United
States Pacific Sunday punch.
Gen. John C. Hull, U.N. Far
East commander, stood ato'p the
r®cky summit as Marines clam
bered up during the second day
of “Operation Flag Hoist” — the!
biggest amphibious maneuver in!
the west Pacific since World War
II.
An estimated 32,000 “friendly”
and “aggressor” troops and sail
ors are taking part in the exercise
on volcanic Iwo Jima, which first
fell to the Marines nine years ago.
Suribachi was taken in a final
plunge beneath curtains of smoke
grenades and blank fire from
rifles and machine guns. The
slopes of the mound-like hill were
at times obscured by the realistic
smoke.
The commander of the 3rd Regi
ment, Col. Robert H. Williams,
was executive officer of the 28th
Regiment which seized Suribachi
in the original assault against the
Japanese.
“These ‘aggressors’ seem to
sho'ot a lot less than the Japa
nese,”' Williams said. “This is a
lot easier.”
CAB Examiner Against
Shorter Route To Alaska
For Northwest Airlines
ANCHORAGE, ITPi — A Civil
Aeronautics Board examiner has
recommended against renewal of
Northwest Airlines authority to
fly the inside route from the east
to Anchorage.
This route, 270 miles shorter
from the east to Anchorage than
the route through Seattle, operates
via Minneapolis and St. Paul, Ed
monton and White Horse.
The examiner, Thomas Wrenn,
said however that Northwest
should be allowed to continue this
inland service until a decision has
been reached in the case now be
fore the board on air service be
tween the United States and Al
aska.
A Northwest official said the in
land route is shorter but because
of equipment limitation it is not
faster now. Because of the length
of the runways at Edmonton, he
said, it is not possible to use
Strarocruisers on the inland route.
Consequently, E>C-4s ,are used on
the once-a-week schedule and it
is as fast and more comfortable,
he said, to go by way of Seattle.
C-47 Transport Vanishes
While Looking For
Floating Ice Island
ST. JOHN’S Nfld., *UP> — U.S.
Northeast Air Command head
quarters here said Saturday a
vast Greenland ice island near
where an American transport
plane disappeared Friday has
been under investigation as a pos
sible air base.
The twin - engined C-47 van
ished while looking for the gigan
tic ice cake known as “Fletcher’s
Island.” Five of the seven persons
aboard were military personnel
and two were reported to be Am
erican civilian scientists.
The pilot radioed he had run
short of fuel and would try to
land near the village of Etah on
the west coast of Greenland.
There has been no further word.
Fletcher’s Island is so thick and
wide there often has been specu
lation that it would serve as an
other link in the chain of U.S. air
defense bases across the sub-Arc
tic regions. The C-47 was based at
the Greenland air base of Thule.
Anchorage Plumbers
Reject 15-cent Pay Hike
To $4.25 Per Hour
ANCHORAGE, OP)—AFL Plumb
ers and steamfitters Saturday re
jected a 15-cent hourly wage in
crease offer and contractors said
the action likely will lead to
closing down of operations at mid
night tonight.
Some hope for a settlement was
seen when members of the union
Local 367 instructed their officials
to continue negotiating for a 1954
contract but this was remote in
view of the announcement by the
contractors.
A management spokesman said
the Monday night deadline was
set for acceptance and the “offer
will be withdrawn” at that time.
The offer would have increased
the scale to $4.25 an hour. The
contract expired March 1 and the
union had asked a 40-eent an
hour increase to $4.50.
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