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.
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Gov’t Book
Lists Interesting
Facts & Figures
SEATTLE—Uncle Sam, for the
78th time, has published a “Sta
tistical Abstract of the United
States. The new 1957 edition is
now off the press, Philip M.
Cnawford, Seattle manager of the
US. Commerce Department Field
Service, has announced.
Fact seekers, those who like to
win arguments, and others will be
especially interested in the new
information in the new edition.
The following are samples of
the data found in the 92 new
tables:
SMOKING BEHAVIOR—Among
persons 18 years old and over,
about 25 million men smoke cig
arets regularly (every day) as
against 13 million women.
MEDICAL COSTS—A house
visit by the local M.D. in San
Francisco will set you back $7.25
as compared to $4 charged in
Boston. In Los Angeles, the pain
involved in an obstetrical case I
may be aggravated by the aver
age medical bill of $165. In Scran
ton, Pa., obstetric bills are cheap
er by more than half ($72).
LENGTH OF LIFE—In 1900
the average life expectance was
46.3 years for a male and 48.3
years for a female. In 1955 the
average expectancy was 66.7
years for a male and 72.9 years
for a female.
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES—Dur
ing the last national elections, the
major political parties and other
groups reported over $33 million
of direct expenditures and over
$18 million of receipts for the
yttr
New Shoulder Patch for
Alaska National Guard
JUNEAU—Army units of the
Alaska National Guard will be
wearing a new shoulder patch,
according to an announcement
made recently by Col. Elvis M.
Farmer, acting adjutant general.
The new shoulder sleeve in
signia depicts the Big Dipper with
the white stars on a field of blue
and a white border as approved
by the Army’s Heraldic Branch.
The shield-shaped patch has
been worn by the Headquarters
and Headquarters Detachment
heretofore but has now been ap
proved for all Army Guard units
in Alaska to replace the polar
bear patch now worn along with
the members of the regular Army
in Alaska.
America’s oldest cow is the
Holstein.
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Dulles Warns
Russia Is Risking
War in Mid-East
By MAX HARRELSON
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., iff)—
Secretary of State Dulles told the
U.N. yesterday the Soviet 'Union
was risking armed conflict in the
Middle East by sending arms to
Syria and other Arab countries.
Turkey, he said, already is
faced with a “growing military
danger” from the Soviet buildup
in Syria and in Russia. And he
warned that Soviet aid to Middle
East countries, together with in
flaming Communist propaganda,
might lead the recipients of the
Soviet arms “into acts of direct
aggression.’'
The Secretary of State called
on the 82-nation General Assem
bly to give the Soviet actions a
full airing in an attempt to halt
what he called a policy of Middle
East domination by the Commu
nists.
Syrian Delegate Jawdat Mufti
quickly denied his country posed
any threat to any country.
“The West knows very well,”
he told a reporter, “that Syria is
in no position to threaten any
body. And it has no intention to
threaten any of its neighbors.”
Touching on the disarmament
problem, Dulles told the U.N. the
Russians had no monopoly on
space weapons.
“The Soviet Uniop has an
nounced that it has discovered a
way to use outer space to wreak
vast destruction anywhere,” he
said. “That is no new discovery.
The United States too knows how
that can be done.”
Former Nome Judge
Will Return on Visit
After Grand Igloo Meets
Pioneers from all over Alaska
are looking forward to the meet
ing of the Grand Igloo on Sept.
27, 28 and 29 in Fairbanks.
Coming from Ketchikan will be
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gore. Mr.
Gore, who is president of the Pio
neers at Ketchikan, was district
judge here in the ’thirties and is
an attorney in Alaska’s southern
city.
Mrs. Gore is a member of the
Pioneer Auxiliary. After the
meeting they plan to visit in
Nome before returning home.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
Louis Armstrong Snubs Government
Trip to Russia Because of Way
Negro Is Being Treated in the South
GRAND FORKS, N.C., UP)—
Trumpet player Louis (Satchmo)
Armstrong says he is dropping
plans for a government-sponsored
trip to Russia “because the way
they are treating my people in
the South, the government can go
to hell.”
“It’s getting almost so bad a
colored man hasn’t got any coun
try,” said Armstrong.
Armstrong said President Ei
senhwoer is “two-faced,” has “no
guts,” and is letting Arkansas
Governor Orval Faubus “run the
country.” He said Faubus is “an
educated plow boy.”
The Negro trumpet player,
shown a published copy of an in
terview in which he made those
remarks, said, “That’s just fine.
Don’t take nothing out of that
story. That’s just what I said and
still say.” \
Armstrong said use of National
Guardsmen to prevent school in
tegration at Little Rock was “a
publicity stunt led by the greatest
of all publicity hounds.” He add
ed such things could affect rela
tions with other countries.
“The people over there ask me
what’s wrong with my country.
What am I supposed to say?” he
asked. He added that if he should
go to Russia, he would travel on
his own.
“But don’t get me wrong,” he
told a Grand Forks Herald re
porter. “The South is full of in
telligent white people. It’s bad
the lower class people who make
all the noise, tho” [sic].
Officials in Washington said
Soviet propagandists undoubtedly
would seize upon Armstrong’s
words because the Reds already
have been pounding away at inte
gration troubles as indicative of
American intolerance to Negroes.
Canadian Dollar Slips
Two Cents in Value
To Government’s Relief
OTTAWA, tin—'The Canadian
dollar has slipped from its high
perch and perhaps no group is
more relieved than the govern
ment of Canada.
But the nature of the decline—
by about two cents in less than a
month—indicates it may be only
temporary.
Main anxiety was that the high
premium would curtail exports—
one of the economy’s major props.
The dollar last Aug. 20 reached
a record $1.06Vfe in relation to
U.S. currency. Importers rejoiced;
exporters despaired.
The decline was caused by a
variety of factors. Officials said
recent Canadian borrowings in
the U.S. were not as heavy as in
the past.
Another factor is the increased
stability of the European finan
cial situation.
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