THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY ... Production Manager
Telephone: Main 125 $1.50 PER MONTH
P.O. Box 618 $16.00 A YEAR
Subscribers not receiving tneir papers by 5:30 p.m. call
Main 125 for special delivery. Alter 5:30 call Black 102
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
postoffice at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879
AFTEyiN YEARS
/
>
I
Seattle Suburb To Honor j
Juneau In Annual
• “Sourdough Days” Event j
SEATTLE, Uft—One of Seattle’s!
suburban communities is prepar- j
ing an unusual honor for Juneau j
this summer.
The area known as “North!
City” has scheduled a Sourdough I
Days celebration for July 6 thru
July 10 as a sort of community
fair. Juneau will be the honor
-city.
A ‘feature of the celebration
will be selection of a “Dan Mc
Grew” and a ‘Lady Lou,” harking
back to the famous Robert W.
Service poem. They will be pick
ed by drawing names and the
prize will be a free vacation trip
to Juneau.
ANCHORAGE COLLECTOR OF
CUSTOMS DIES AS RESULT
OF AUTO WRECK IN TEXAS •
AUSTIN, Tex., UP) — Jennings
Everson, 43, deputy collector of
U.S. Customs at Anchorage, di,ed
in a hospital Tuesday of injuries
received here in an automobile
accident last Saturday.
Everson was hurt when his car
collided with another at a street
intersection.
Survivors include his wife, his
mother, Mrs. Marie Everson; and
a brother, Hilliard Everson, all of
Sitka.
PANSY BROWNIES NEWS
We had a Mother’s Day party
Wednesday. These are the moth
ers who were there: Mrs. Arnold,
Mrs. Norbert, Mrs. Oman, Mrs.
Oksoktaruk, Mrs. Swim, Mrs.
Eisgrau, Mrs. Heath, Mrs. Moses,
Mrs. Cannon, Mrs. Carlson, Mrs.
Tungwenuk, and our leader, Mrs.
Doyle.
We said our Promise and our
Pledge. We sang “America” and
“Alaska, My Alaska.” Karen
and Jeanne sang a song. Gloria
played a hymn on the piano.
We had ice cr£am, cupcakes,
cookies and Kool-Aid.
—Alice Arnold, Scribe
FRESH FLOWERS FOR
MOTHER'S DAY —U.S. MERC
Sen. Magnuson Criticizes
Policy of Holding Back
Pacific Power Production
WASHINGTON, M*—Sen. Mag
m*son (D-Wash) Wednesday criti
cized administration power policy
which he said is forcing purchase
of aluminum abroad while hold
ing back power production in the
Pacfic Northwest which could re
sult in increased aluminum out
put.
The question of aluminum pur
chases came up in a discussion of
the government’s mineral stock
piling program at a hearing Mag
nuson is conducting on appropri
ation asked by the General Ser
vices Administration.
Fay Dalzene, one of the well
known pioneers of Nome, who
was among the famous old sweep
stake racers and who has made
his home in California since leav
ing Nome, passed away in San
Francisco about two weeks ago.
NOTICE
Written applications shall be
received at the City Clerk's Of
fice until 5:00 P.M. MONDAY.
MAY 9, 1955, for the following
positions at Nome Fire and Police
Departments:
Chief of Fire Dept., at $500
per month.
Chief of Police Dept., at $5Q0
per month.
Utility Man at $575 per month.
Nome Common Council
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish April 27, May 2, 6, 1955.
| Nome Laundry
& Cleaners
| CALL MAIN 29
FOR PICKUP
Joe Amarok, Proprietor
“Rube’’ Cremer Writes
From Pioneer Home
Sitka, Alaska
May 2, 1955
To the Nome Nugget:
I have been here since the 15th
of April. I have been rather ane
mic and not much ambition. That
is why I haven’t written before.
This letter is intended for the
benefit of all my friends, if you
care to publish it.
My reception by Supt. Leslie
Yaw and staff was just marvel
ous. We are all treated as tho we
were Royal Guests. For the past
15 days it was all sunshine. The
(Pioneer) Home and surroundings
can’t be beat anywhere. No won
der the Russians chose it as the
capital. The view from the Home
with its thousands of islands is
lovely—flower - decked lawns,
snow-covered mountains, and the
waterways. Planes land right in
the front yards.
To think I wasted years in a
sticky place like Seattle.
All the old Sourdoughs I have
met appear to be happy. The old
Alaskan spirit seems to prevail.
You see many sad cases here. But
the staff and nurses are just mar
velous. A helping hand is extend
ed everywhere to all that need it.
I have a room all by myself on
the lower floor—with a view of
the ‘front lawn. I can see the
planes land, all the planes land,
etc. Something you can’t get in
any city.
ine meals are good—ana plen
tiful. Sunday we had chicken,
mashed spuds, asparagus tips,
cake, ice cream, bananas, and
milk or tea.
You’re furnished with every
thing—except cigarets and liquor.
A good place to land when you
get old. The hospital in charge
of Dr. Charteris is well-equipped
with all the modern devices. And
I am glad I am, Home.
Regards to all the Nome
Friends.
W.E.H. (Rube) Cremer
MAGPIE BROWNIES NEWS
Wednesday we had our Moth
er’s Day party to finish up the
year. The guests who came were:
Mrs. Emmons, Mrs. Nagozruk,
Mrs. Amundsen and Timmy, Mrs.
Towner, Mrs. Chambers, Mrs.
Wilkie, Mrs. Olson, Ellen Mulvi
hill, and Charlene Hudgins.
We had a little program for
our mothers. We gave the flag
salute, sang “America” and “Al
aska, My Alaska.” We also gave
j the Brownie Promise and the Girl
■ Scout Law, which we have all
learned, as we will be Tenderfoot
Scouts next fall.
Marjorie, Jeanette, Jo and Car
ol D. recited a beautiful Mother’s
Day poem and Carolyn played
some piano pieces. Then we
served refreshments.
We have finished our quilt,
which will be on sale at the Girl
Scout Bazaar.
—Carol Doyle, Scribe
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued clear with little
change in temperature. Light var
iable winds. Lowest temperature
expected tonight 27, highest Sat-1
urday 39.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today. High temperature
42, low 29. Maximum wind 13
mph from the NNE. Sunrise 3:13
a.m., sunset 8:45 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 43, low 39. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 50 in 1953,
low -1 in 1952.
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 4 Cloudy
Kotzebue 17 Cloudy
Wales 8 Fog
Nome 36 Cloudy
Unalakleet 43 Part cloudy
Bethel 44 Part cloudy
Nenana 41 Clear
McGrath 42 Part cloudy
Anchorage 42 Cloudy
Fairbanks 47 Clear
Juneau 42 Rain
Ketchikan 44 Rain
Seattle 55 Part cloudy
SanFrancisct 66 Part cloudy
Survival City Gets Atomic Blast
IV2 Times Hiroshima A-Bomb
Two Major Strikes
Far From Settlement
(By the Associated Press)
The nation’s two major strikes
seemed farther from settlement
today after a striking railroad
carman was shot to death and
the mayor of Knoxville- issued
“shoot to kill” orders to a special
police squad assigned to protect a
struck telephone company’s pro
perty.
Four non-striking employes of
the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road were arrested Thursday after
Charles E. Wright, a striking
worker, was found shot through
the head near his wrecked car
near Mount Pleasant, Ten.
Word of the shooting broke up
a mediation session in Washington
seeking an end of the 54 - day
strike. Bitter statements came
from both sides blaming the other
for the violence.
Knoxville Mayor George Demp
ster’s “shoot to kill” order to a
machine gun and tear gas equip
ped police squad followed two ex
plosions that wrecked Southwest
ern Bell Co. telephone cable dis
tribution boxes in the area Thurs
day.
Son, Missing Since 1924,
Wants I.D. Papers Only
DETROIT, UP) — One night in
1924 Thomas E. Josephs had an
argument with his 16-year-old
son, Bernard, over the boy’s com
panions and late hours.
The next day Bernard ran
away. A police search failed to
locate him.
As the years went by, Ber
nard was all but forgotten by
everyone but his father, a widow
er with no other children than
his son.
Yesterday, the police missing
persons department called up
Josephs, now a building care
taker, to tell him they’d received
a letter from a Bernard Josephs,
age 47.
After discharge from the Army
in 1947 he had landed a job with
the Military Transport Service in
the Pacific and needed papers to
prove his citizenship. He asked
police to get the papers from his
father.
Did his son ask about hirr^ Jo
sephs wanted to know.
No, said police, that’s all the
letter said.
PASTOR AND WIFE ATTEND
ANCHORAGE CONVENTION
OF NAZARENE CHURCH
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hudgins of
the Nazarene Church are attend
ing the fifth annual district as
sembly and convention of the
Nazarene Church at Anchorage.
They will also attend the dedi
cation of a new church in An
chorage.
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
I ALASKA CAB |
1 MAIN 170 RED 41 I
=z r=
1 “ SEE US FOR SIGHTSEEING ” ■
> SURVIVAL CITY, Nev., ur —
Atomic fury at least one and a
half times as powerful as the
blast that leveled Hiroshima
struck at this tiny test town on
the desert. Thursday.
It knocked out the 250-watt
radio station located less than a
mile from the heart of thfe great
nuclear explosion, and probably
caused extensive damage to the
four homes along Doomsday
Drive, only 4,700 feet from the
blast tower.
The huge device packed a fire
ball lasting 25 seconds and a
power of between 30 to 35 kilo
tons—30 to 35 thousand tons of
TNT.
ine great wnite nasn irom tne
explosion was seen throughout
the southwest and 500 miles
northwest at Klamath Falls, Ore.
It also lighted the sky across the
Mexican border from San Diego,
Calif., and was sighted in Los
Angeles, San Francisco, .Salt Lake
City, Utah and Phoenix, Ariz.
The scattered little test oity
here—it might be a suburb in
any part of the United States—
lay completely enveloped in dust,
some of it radioactive, a few min
utes after the detonation. An
hour later Atomville still was
completely obscured from the
view of observers in News Nob,
eight miles back.
The shock wave, a jolting wal
l lop unequalled by any previous
public test, hit observers in *
trenches at 2,600 and 3,500 yards
and GI’s and newsmen in tanks
at a distance of only 3,100 yards.
It was felt as a sharp earthquake
by newsmen jnd other observers
on the Nob.
The dust pall filled all of Yucca
Flat—20 miles long and 10 miles
wide — within an hour and a
quarter after the blast.
Army tanks started to roll for
ward, skirting the area some four
minutes after the detonation. The
500-foot tower was completely
vaporized.
Six women in a Civil Defense
trench and two others in an
Army trench, both at 3,500 yards,
withstood the blast. It was the
first time women had been in
j trenches.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
Nome Bakerv
J
and Restaurant
Daily-Fresh Soft, Darigold
PIES ICE CREAM
$1 each 75c qt.
Nome Maid Br?ad 50c
7
Fresh Doughnuts .... 75< doz.
Frosted Doughnuts 90c doz.