THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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A Salute to the Pioneers
On Their Golden Anniversary
One of the ways of knowing that Alaska is growing
up is when organizations founded in the territory start
having golden anniversaries.
Today we congratulate Igloo No. 1, mother Igloo
of the Pioneers of Alaska who celebrate their fiftieth
year in Nome.
This organization, founded in 1’907, first limited
•itself to men who arrived before 1900, but from time
to time have extended /the date to include those who
arrived prior to 1924 and have made Alaska their home.
The organization spread from Nome throughout
the Territory as pioneering souls ventured farther and
farther into the unblazed and unknown parts of the
vast northland seeking to stake out new lands for their
homes. Some came to mine, some to fish, others to farm
■or to enjoy the freedom of a frontier.
These people make Alaska what it is today, still
a frontier country striving to take its place among the
States of the Union, asking no more than equality with
other Americans and all rights of their citizenship.
Their courage and achievements never cease —
We salute the pioneers of the past 50 years and the
pioneers of today!
Administration of
Indian Loan Act
Under Survey
JUNEAU, (if) — A Congression
al investigation of the Alaska Na
tive Service’s administration of
the Wheeler-Howard Indian loan
act in the Territory was called
for in a memorial today in, the
Territorial Senate.
The memorial was introduced
by Democrats Frank Petrovich
of Klawock, Robert Ellis of
Ketchikan, William Beltz of
Nome, John McNees of Nome, A1
Owen of Anchorage and J. Earl
Cooper of Anchorage.
The memorial alleges that
“questionable practices” have
been forced by the federal agency
on native businessmen, including
a requirement that they do all
their purchasing through an Alas
ka native industries cooperative
which imposes freight costs.
It also charges that the ANS, a
branch of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, is putting native fishing
boats on the block and “indicat
ing a disposition to negotiate the
leasing” of salmon canneries
owqed by native villages “to per
sons other than Indians . . . with
out bid of limitation.”
Solons’ ‘Lawbreaking’ All
A Slip of the Lip!
CHEYENNE, Wyo., UP) — Radio
announcer Keith Ashton’s tongue
slipped a little during his news
broadcast.
“The 34th Wyoming Legisla
ture is now in its final week of
lawbreaking,” he said. After a
short pause he backtracked: “Ap
parently that should be law
making.”
693 APPLY FOR SS BENEFITS
Since August first, the date
when the most recent amend
ments to the social security pro
gram became law, 693 persons in
the district served by the Juneau
social security office, have ap
plied for benefit payments.
In making this announcement
today, Mr. James G. Browne, dis
trict manager for the Social Se
curity Administration, said that
in the nation as a whole seven
billion persons age 65 and over
were getting old-age or survivors
insuranc payments by the end of
November. With 2 million bene
ficiaries under age 65—children
under 18 and wives, widows, and
aged parents—the total number
of beneficiaries of the Federal
insurance system will go past 9
million during this month. This
represents an increase of 1 mil
lion since last January.
Wien Loses Appeal
In Suit of Husband
Bereaved in Crash
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SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — The
Wien Alaska Airlines Inc., Mon
day lost its appeal from a dam
age judgment for the loss of a
woman passenger’s life in a crash
near Barrow, Alaska,
i The Fairbanks Federal District
I Court had awarded $11,500 to
j Samuel Simonds whose wife was
; killed when the plane crashed
; Oct. 10, 1951. He sued in behalf
1 of himself and the six children
! left motherless by the crash.
The U. S. Court of Appeals
upheld the award.
Mt. Markham, highest known
peak on the Antarctic continent,
is approximately 15,100 feet.
Three Nights More of
Basketball League Play
With three more nights of play
remaining in the basketball
league schedule, the standings
show that this season the play
has been the tightest that Nome
fans have witnessed for some
time. With the exception of the
High School, which still ha^ to
win their first game, the four
other teams have yet to decide
who will take away the trophy.
This evening at 7:30 the Nome
Merchants face the Air Force
Panthers in a crucial contest that
could keep them on top or in
a tie for first place in the league.
Both teams are playing very good
basketball and so the contest
should be a good one.
The second game will have the
Nome High Nanooks lined up
against the North Stars. Although
the North Stars should control
the game by reason of their height
the plucky Nanooks are never to
be disregarded and the game
should prove an interesting: one.
A week from tonight a spe
cialty game will be played be
tween the High School Junior
Varsity and last year’s popular
B.T.’s. The latter have: been prac
ticing diligently and are out to
show the younger High School
team some remnants of how the
game used to be played. A. sec
ond game on that night will have
the High School girls playing the
Alumni Girls in the second meet
ing of the two teams.
Don’t miss any of these final
games, as the competition will be
keen.
League Standings
(with three more nights of play
remaining).
W L Pet.
Merchants . 7 2 .778
Hornets . 7 3 .700
N. Star . 5 4 .555
A. F. 5 5 .500
H. S. 0 10 .000
GEORGE BELL WINS HONORS
George Ball, education sopho
more from Nome, is on the fall
semester honor roll at the Uni
versity of Alaska, Dean Neil W.
Hosley disclosed today.
The honor student is the son
of Mrs. Lydia Bell, Box 494,
Nome.
Progress is Theme of
C. Ox C. Dinner
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Boyd Harwood, Dick Miller, Har
ry Gabrielson, Bill Gtolden and
Geo. Weyer; loursl, Wilbur Ar
nold, Virginia Brown, Tom Mar
tin, Charles Reader, Paul Mande
ville; publicity, Don Hungerford,
Clinton Gray, Ruth McLean, j
membership. Larry Galvin, Rev. |
Knudson, Ben Young.
The new president, said “Nome
is on the threshold of great prog
ress, pending statehood, sewerage
and water system to change our
standard of living; Highway 97 ’
| to connect us with the rest of
j North America; rehabilitation of
; the airport for faster and bigger
aircraft. It is up to us to seek
1 year-round industry.”
Attention was called by Ben
Young, president of the School
Board, to the need of individual
i effort to legislators to work;
; toward the passage of the depart
ment of education bill and bud
! get, as the school needs are vital
to the citizens of tomorrow.
i Much praise was given to presi
dent Stan Morgan for his out
standing work with the Chamber
the past year, and his continuing
efforts for Nome.
White Meat Tuna
Research Shows
Aversion to Cold
WASHINGTON, UP) — Take it
from the Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice—the albacore, source of
choice white-meat tuna, doesn’t
like cold water.
The service said Tuesday its re
search shows the albacore ac
tually is “fenced in” in the Pa
cific by am “isotherm,” a “ther
mocline,” and a food boundary.
The research was designed to
help fishermen know where to
look — and where not to look —
for the fish.
Water colder than 57 degrees
apparently has no appeal to the
albacore, for none was found
on the cold side of the 57-degree
isotherm, a meandering, unstable
| line marking that temperature.
Researchers also reported that
j the albacore stays above the ther
mocline, an imaginary sheet
which separates the warm waters
of the surface.
The third established limit is
the food boundary. The service
said this is the barren water
where few microscopic animals
—the basis for fish food—exist. It
added that this boundary can
sometimes be recognized by the
color of the water and sometimes
only through study of water
samples with a microscope.
Gun Safety Measures
Sought In Colorado
Denver, UFi—The gun that’s un
loaded before it’s put in a oar
“doesn’t fire six months later
when it’s in the closet at home.”
That’s the way State Sen. T.
Everett Cook describes the think
ing behind his bill to make it il
legal to have a loaded weapon
in an automobile.
The senator, who hunts moun
tain lions and big horn sheep,
says the two main causes of fatal
accidents with guns occur (1)
when guns are being removed
from automobiles, and (2) when
children find them hidden away
in the house.
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