THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
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NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879
Good Citizenship Needed in Playfield
For twenty years one of the most civic-minded
women’s organizations, the Home Arts Club, has direc
ted its efforts and resources toward recreation facilities
for the youth of the community.
Through their efforts the playfield was made
possible for the children, with hundreds of dollars
spent annually for gravel and equipment as well as
an equal amount of labor and gravel donated by local
citizens.
Whenever funds permit they have added new
equipment to the -playfield, all of which has been
donated to the city.
One of the most popular items of the playfield
has been the merry-go-round, which is about four
years old and should have lasted many years with
proper care. However, the children have practically
destroyed it, have carried away the teeter-totters and
broken swing seats repeatedly, have removed ball
bearings from the giant stride and broken sand boxes.
The sponsoring organization would like to add j
more new equipment but must have the support of the |
children. The only way the children can learn to take
care of these things provided for their pleasure is by
home and school instruction. Parents who have chil
dren frequenting the playfield should explain the im
portance of respecting public property to their children
as an important part of good citizenship.
Road Markers Needed
A motorist complained of being lost in the Nome
foothills recently. He was the owner of a new car and
was given vague directions for finding the Sunset
Road, which was recommended to him for its scenic
beauty. He complained that he took several unmarked
roads but always ended up in the vicinity of the old
Army hospital.
It is fun to explore the hills, but we, too, have
wondered why a few simple signs have not been
erected designating where the roads go and the mileage.
It is not always convenient to carry a guide.
FBI Investigating Bribe
Attempt of House Group
For Postal Workers’ Raise |
WASHINGTON, UP)—Chairman |
Rees (R-Kan) said Saturday the
House Post Office Committee
would “leave to the FBI” an in
vestigation of a reported attempt
to bribe a member of the commit
tee.
Rees declared himself “stunned”
by the report, but said he planned
no independent inquiry because
“it’s a matter for the Department
of Justice.”
A tty. Gen. Brownell late Friday
verified widely circulated rumors
that the FBI was looking into a
report that a committee member
had been approached in a pur
ported attempt to influence his
vote on legislation to raise the pay
of postal workers.
TWO CHILDREN DIE
IN MEASLES EPIDEMIC
ANCHORAGE, UP)—R e p o r t s
reaching here Saturday said two
children have died and 42 cannery
workers have been stricken ill in
an epidemic of measles at Port
Graham, at the tip of the Kenai
Peninsula.
The reports said almost one
third of the population of the iso
lated cannery village some 20
miles south of Homer had been
stricken with the disease.
Historic Copper Mine
Producing Again
MAMMOTH, Ariz., B-—An his
toric copper mine called Old Reli
able is producing again—35 years
after being abandoned.
The mine is hidden in a canyon
45 miles northeast of Tucson,
Ariz., in a copper creek.
Established during the Civil
War, it enjoyed a boom in 1907
and another during World War I.
Now, revived by Lewis W.
Douglas, former U.S. ambassador
to England, the mine is turning
out 80 to 90 tons of copper daily.
WARDROBE CUT TO BITS
LOS ANGELES, B—Mrs. Lois
Beth Huard, 28, had a divorce
decree Saturday on this testimony
against here husband, Dr. George
Stedman Huard, 31, a physician:
“He cut my entire wardrobe
into little bits ... he kept me like
a prisoner. I was not allowed to
use the automobile or even leave
the house . . .”
Mrs. Huard also testified Friday
her husband smashed her valu
able figurines and poured her
perfumes down the bathtub drain.
Tails of comets always point
away from the sun and scientists
believe this is caused by the pres
sure of light on the material in
the tail.
Sec. McKay Tells Alaskans
Territory Must Work for
Full Civilian Economy
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the responsibilities for developing
their own resources.
“The federal government can
no1 longer maintain its colonial
role,” McKay said.
He told the Anchorage chamber
that with the deduction of funds
for Alaskan military projects, the
territory must work toward “full
development of a civilian econ
omy.” '
“The old philosophy eft dictating
this development from Washing
ton . . . has not succeeded,” he
said.
“What the Eisenhower" Admin
istration seeks “is a working part
nership with you,” McKay said,
based on a program which has the
endorsement of most Alaskans.
He ticked off half a dozen ma
jor goals he said should be in the
forefront of Alaskas growth and
development.
They included the return of
more land to the public domain
dess than 2 percent of Alaska was
privately owned in 1952); rehab
ilitation of the Alaskan fishing
industry; development of Alaskan
oil lands on which intensive ex
ploratory work already is under
way by private companies; luring
more tourists to Alaska; attract
ing new industries; turning more
services over to the territory from
federal jurisdiction, and extension
of the joint federal-local public
works program.
Some of the goals are being
achieved, he said, but warned the
“cooperation and understanding”
of Alaskans is needed, in addition
to “wise administration and pa
tience in Washington.”
The secretary cited the -pro
posed transfer of some activities
of the Alaska Native Services,
which handles the territory’s pro
gram of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, to the territorial govern
ment.
He said this will include trans
fer of ANS schools to territorial
operation under contractural
agreements and transfer of re
sponsibility of all ANS public
health activities to the territorial
government as rapidly as feasible.
McKay praised the administra
tion of Gov. B. Frank Heintzle
man. “Fortunately we have a gov
ernor here who believes in Alas
ka,” McKay said, “not as a tem
porary job, but as an opportunity
to make this territory strong and
prosperous. He merits the cooper
ation and united support of all
Alaskans in the important job he
is doing so well.”
He will leave here by automo
bile tomorrow for Palmer, and
then swing north to Mt. McKinley
Park. Wednesday he will reach
Fairbanks, and fly from there on
Thursday to Point Barrow and
Kotzebue where he will be guest
at a buffet dinner featuring whale
meat.
He will reach Nome Thursday
night, and leave there Friday for
the return to Fairbanks. On Sat
urday he will fly to Juneau, re
main there until Monday when he
will visit Sitka, Petersburg,
Wrangell and Ketchikan.
II.S. Indians received more than
15 million dollars in bonuses,
royalties and rentals from Indian
lands leased for gas and oil de
velopments in 1952.
'
Released Soldiers
Says Reds Tried
To Get Secrets
FUERTH, Germany, UP!—Seven
American soldiers held for 12
days in Communist Czechoslov
akia said Saturday their captors
threatened them with imprison
ment if they did not reveal U.S.
military secrets.
Capt. Jack Davis, 31, of Ray
town, Mo.—one of the captives—
said Czech army officers told the
men “after a year or so (in prison)
you will probably give better an
swers.”
Davis, speaking for the others
at a news conference in an Army
military courtroom crowded with
photographers and newsmen, said
they were never bodily harmed or
threatened with physical violence.
Davis, chubby freckled medical
officer, said the men went to the
border July 4 “to take a look,”
and that they were captured by a
roving Czech border patrol of
about 20 armed men.
He said that the Czechs fired
several warning shots at the men
“so they could capture us.”
After they were captured, Davis
said he protested and explained
that they were only on a holiday.
WEATHER FORECAST •
High thin clouds with increas
ing low clouds tonight. Cloudy
and fog Tuesday with cooler S.E.
winds 10 to 15 mph. Low temper
ature expected tonight 52, high
tomorrow 58.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: high temperature
65, low 50. Maximum wind 9 mph
from the S.W. Sunrise at 2:21
a.m., sunset at 9:52 p.m.
A year ago today: high temper
ature 49, low 46.
Extremes this day since 1907:
highest 68 in 1916, low 34 in 1913.
Over 2,500 species of dragon
flies are known. j
WIEN AIRLINES
To Fairbanks: Mrs. Dickerson,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Nelson, Mr. and
Mrs. Bentz, Dr. Dean Clark, Dr.
Joe Stockland, Virginia Insley,
Ruth Freeman, A. W. Medlin, Mr.
Poore, Jack Whaley, Bertha Fort
ner.
From Kotzebue: Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Resden, Alfred Zinke.
From Fairbanks: Don Tarpen
ning, Lt. Crimmens, Bertha Fort
ner, Robert Riders, Loreen White,
E. C. Adams, Sister Theresa
Frances, Sister Clair, Mr. New
berry.
To Rainbow: Jack Whaley and
daughter.
To Utica: Florence Willoya and
children.
From Kotzebue: Dr. and Mrs.
J. Tetrov and Joel, Eunice Adams,
Katherine Hess, and 75 tourists
going through for the weekend.
To Fairbanks: Loreen White,
Mr. and Mrs. Rizden, Mr. Zinke,
Salvator Panarelle.
MUNZ AIRWAYS
Arriving from Lost River: Her
bert Esenituk, Gussie Walters, R.
T. Ferko. To Lost River: Mr. and
Mrs. John Thunes, Everett Hotig
land, Thomas Colahan.
Arriving from Wales: C. Mar
shall Jr. To Wales: Capt. Roy H.
Hopkins.
Arriving from Teller: Elmer
Okboak. To Teller: Mr. and Mrs.
Silverio Ruiz and family. To
Golovin: David Amuktoolik.
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