THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A HERO RETURNS
(Christian Science Monitor)
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The safe return of a “pfc” is as important to him
self and his family as is the safe return of a major
general. But there are things about the story of Gen.
William F. Dean which have made him the symbol of
all men of all ranks listed as “missing in action.”
In part, to be sure, this has come about because
he was the highest-ranking member of any of the
UN forces captured by the enemy—just as a chief of
state comes to symbolize a whole nation. But it has
come about also because of the character of the man
and the circumstances of his capture.
General Dean is the antithesis of the all-too
common swashbuckling professional soldier. He is a
quiet man. He neither drinks nor smokes. What his
men think of him is exemplified by the “monument”
of blasted enemy tanks they left in Taejon, each bear
ing the inscription:
This enemy tank was knocked out of action at the express
wish of our esteemed commander, Maj. Gen. William F. Dean
CG 24th Division.
The 24th, on Kyushu Island, was the first division
rushed to Korea, and its commander equipped, em
barked, and threw it into action within a week. While
it was staging a fighting retreat near Taejon, General
Dean went forward to the firing line from his com
mand post to rally his mefi, who were being cut off.
He remained to help carry out wounded, was cut off
himself, and wandered for 20 days without food be
hind enemy lines before being captured.
General Dean has already been awarded the Con
gressional Medal of Honor. He will learn more, as he
journeys back to home and family, of how his country
men thank him for exemplifying the best they look!
for in their fighting men.
Western Powers May Give
Reds Assurances Against
More German Aggression
WASHINGTON, WV— Secretary
of State Dulles said Tuesday the
United Spates is discussing with
Britain, France and West Ger
many the possibility of giving
Russia assurances against revival
of German aggression.
Dulles also told a news confer
ence that the United States, in its
search for solutions to East-West
conflicts in the atomic age, would
be glad to give Russia assurances
that it would not use either Korea
cr Austria for aggressive purposes.
In response to other questions,
Dulles told reporters that recent
evidences of the Kremlin attitude
toward getting along with the rest
of the world have not been en
couraging.
He cited in this respect Russia’s
negative response to Western pro
posals for an Oct. 15 meeting on
Germany and Austria, as well as
Ked China’s refusal to reply to
American proposals for setting up
Korean political conferences.
A problem child was becoming
too well-acquainted with the prin
cipal’s office. One day the princi
pal showed his annoyance. “This
makes the fifth time I have pun
ished you this week. What have
you to say for yourself?”
"I’m glad it’s Friday.”
Tersonal and Legal Size File
Folders on Sale at the Nugget.
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LETTER SAVES LIFE
MOUNT DORA, Fla., (JV—Paul
H. Johnson figures a letter he
hadn’t mailed may have saved his
life, like this:
He was driving to the postoffice
when a windstorm felled a tree
on his car. He grabbed the door
handle but received a severe
shock from live wires the tree
had pulled on to the automobile.
He used the letter as an insula
tor, opened the door and stepped
out just as the car roof caved in
from the tree’s weight. He escaped
with a sprained back and minor
cuts.
New power developments at
Niagara Falls will operate at night
and in the off season to cut the
flow over the falls to about one
fourth of the normal volume, -but
will permit almost full flow when
sightseers are likely to be present.
NOTICE TO VOTERS
REAL property and PERSON
AL property owners, whose names
appeared on the 1952 Assessment
Roll of the City of Nome, and
who are qualified electors, are
eligible to vote at the forthcoming
Special Election, OCT. 19, 1953.
No qualified voier shall be per
mitted to vote who has not regis
tered at the City Clerk's Office
prior to the election.
CITY OF NOME
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 16.
Eisenhower Says Peace Can Be Won
Only With Defenses Against H - Bomb
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., UP> —<
President Eisenhower declared
Tuesday that peace can be won
“slowly and tortuously”—but only
if the western powers “build,
maintain and pay for” the mili
tary might that would secure them
from an H-bomb attack.
With Russia dedicated to “world
domination,” Eisenhower said, the
free world is “forced to concen
trate on building such stores of
armaments as can deter any at
tack against those who want to
be free.”
The President pictured for a
churchwbmen’s assembly the sud
Why School Bond
Must Be Approved
(Continued from Page One)
two shifts daily. One group of
children would go to school from
8 a.m. until noon and a second
shift from 1 until 5 p.m.
COST TO TAXPAYER?
The proposed school addition
will not cost the taxpayer any
more than he is paying today, as
it will be paid by the tobacco tax
which now brings into the school
about $20,000 a year.
The tobacco tax cannot be-used
for maintenance. If we do not
build, the community loses its
share of this tax money which the
territory provides. As put by Bob
Baldwin, “Whether we build or
not, we still pay the tax.”
ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE?
Because the maintenance of a
school in Alaska is paid with 75
percent territorial money and only
25 percent by. the city, a study in
statistics prepared by Ben Young
shows only about $2,000 increase
in the city budget for the new
addition.
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THE OLD ANS SCHOOL?
Alaska Public Works turned
down any possibility of making a
school loan for rehabilitation of
that building and condemned it
for school use.
WHY A CONCRETE BUILDING?
To obtain a federal loan certain
building specifications must be
met and this is one of them. The
loan could not be ootained on a
frame building. New building
methods should take care of foun
dation problems.
ADDITIONAL HEATING?
The present Lea dag system is
more than adeq_e to take care
of the new buik.„ \
WHY VOTE Thio i EAR?
This is the lar* ar that Alas
kan communities r : take advan
tage of this APW io-’-i at 2 percent
to be paid back _* a period of
20 years.
ARCHITECT'S FEE.
The architect ;e paid $7000
regardless of wh -r the voters
accept or reject new school,
for the work he bos done oh the
plans which have met with APW
approval.
Catherine Francis Elected
Youth for Christ President
The Youth for Christ business
meeting was held October 5 at the
Assembly of God parsonage. The
following officers were elected
for the coming year.
Catherine Francis, president;
Howard Slwooko, vice president;
Eleanor Holm, secretary; and Opal
Peterson, treasurer.
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den mass destruction which would
accompany atomic war.
“This horror must not be,” he
said, adding:
% “This titanic force must bev re
duced to the fruitful service of
mankind.
“If it is within the power of
your leader^ with God’s help, it
will be done.”
Eisenhower had flown to Atlan
tic City to address the sixth na
tional assembly of the United
Church Women of the National
Council of Churches of Christ.
The country’s firmness of faith
and soundness of family life, he
said, are the foundations on which
its world leadership depend.
The President said the unique
physical security of American
homes “has almost totally disap
peared before the long - range
bomber and the destructive power
of a single bomb.”
“We must certainly make sure
that all the world comprehends, in
simplest terms, the paramount al
ternatives of our day.” Eisenhower
declared.
“The first of these alternatives
is a wasteful and devastating con
test in the production of weapons
of inconceivable power.
“The other alternative, is a
world ever advancing in peace
and prosperity through the coop
erative effort of its nations and j
peoples.” i
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Alaska Salmon Pack
Prices Up, Catch Down
SEATTLE UP\ — A few bright
spots in an otherwise unhappy
picture of the Alaska salmon fish
eries and salmon canning situa
tion were reported by the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer in a summary of
the 1953 season. They expected,
by and large, to be just as un
profitable as a year ago, if not
more so, the newspaper said.
Furthermore, the industry was
reported to have experienced a
plant mortality that reduced the
number of operating units to the
lowest in many years.
Specifically, the Post - Intelli
gencer said, the Fish and Wildlife
Service’s latest count shows only
94 canneries were in operation, a
mortality of 15 since last year
and 27 fewer than two years ago.
However, the account contin
ued, packers have pointed out that
in most instances the decline in
the number of active canneries
does not represent mergers, it
represents a move by operators to
effect economies by selling their
catch to stronger canneries, or
having the stronger canniers pack
their fish on a custom basis.
The practice was reported to
have resulted in cost-cutting for
both.
Despite this, the newspaper’s
account said, the territory’s over
all catch was so small that unit
costs on the whole reached new
highs for many operators. Some
sources say it may prove to be
the smallest Alaska salmon catch
in 21 years.