THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, undei; Act of March 3, 1879.
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QUANTITY AND QUALITY
More than 200 years ago Thomas Fuller remarked
that to sell cheaper means that either quality or service
must be cut. Of course, this principle was laid down
before mass production and its partner, mass distribu
tion, existed, and these two forces have changed mat
ters enormously.
Another statement by Fuller, however, is as com
pletely true .today as it was then: “A fair profit must
be made or one does not last long.”
The modern retailer, chain and independent, has
brought down prices by trading in greater volume. By
this means, goods can be sold cheaper and still be of
quality. By the same means, the standard of service
can remain excellent and a “fair profit” can be made.
Thomas Fuller and the retailers of his day would
(have considered the percentage of profit earned under
modern merchandising methods fantastically small.
Mass merchandising jias out-moded the old theory
that in order to sell cheaper, quality or service must
be cut.
Los Angeles Twins
Handcuff Judge In
Citizens’ Arrest
LOS ANGELES, UP — The 42
jrear-old Finn twins, Charles' and
George, have done it again —
handcuffed a public official.
This time the object of their
attempted citizens’ arrest was
Superior Judge Kenneth N. Chan
try. In 1954, they put the cuffs
on U.S. Atty. Laughlin Waters.
For that they were sentenced to
jail. They staged a three - week
hunger strike before getting out.
The twins, embroiled in years
iong litigation over ownership of
a surplus World War II plane,
seized Judge Chantry on the City
Hall step6 Monday.
They said they were arresting
him for “conspiracy to steal our
airplane through fraud and trick
ery.”
Judge Chantry had presided for
one day last July in a suit
brought against the Finns.
Police persuaded one of the
twins to surrender the key to the
handcuffs and the judge was
freed. District Atty. William Mc
Kesson said there was no basis
for the Finn’s demand for a com
plaint against the judge.
Seizure of the plane by the fed
eral government was the reason
the Finns handcuffed Waters
three years ago.
Letter-size and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
ARCTIC
SANITARY
SERVICE
NEW MANAGER:
WILBUR ARNOLD
Phone — Black 65
P. 0. Box 12
Challenge Validity
Of Transportation
Parochial Schools
SAN FRANCISCO, UP — The
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals j
reinstated Monday a Juneau tax- i
payer’s suit challenging validity
of a 1955 Alaska law providing
public transportation for paro
chial school pupils.
The circuit court reversed the
Alaska Federal District Court’s
dismissal of Woodrow W. Rey
nold’s injunction suit against Don
M. Dafoe, Alaska Commissioner
of Education, and the Territorial
Board of Education.
Judge William E. Orr’s opinion
said general fund financing of
transportation for non - public
schools placed a burden on Al
aska taxpayers.
“We conclude an Alaska tax
payer should be allowed to chal
lenge alleged misapplication of
funds, either municipal or terri
torial, in order that the taxpay
ing public may have recourse to
a prompt remedy to prevent ir
remediable injury,” Judge Orr
wrote.
U.S. Agrees To Evacuate
Air Base In Greenland
COPENHAGEN, UP> — The
United States has agreed in prin
ciple to pull out of Narssarssuaq,
southernmost U.S. base in Green
land, foreign ministry officials
have disclosed.
The sources said a private Dan
ish group, Danish Arctic Contrac
tors, will act as caretakers of the
base, one of three included in the
Danish-U.S. Greenland base ag
reements concluded after the war.
The Danish air force will super
vise maintenance.
The U.S. authorities had in
sisted that American technicians
stay on the base to keep it ready
for use in case of war.
Danish' authorities went the I
base as a landing field for mili
tary and civilian planes.
“Wild Comet” Discovered!
By Swiss Astronomer
BERN, Switzerland, UP> — The i
discovery of a new comet was
announced Tuesday by the Astro
nomical Institute of Bern Univer
sity.
The comet was first sighted last
Friday night. It was named “Wild
Comet,” after its discoverer, 32
year-old Paul Wild, of Bern, a
former student at. Mt. Palomar
Observatory in California.
The comet is rapidly moving
southeastward about 6,210,000
miles from the earth.
University astronomers said it
is moving out of view in the
northern hemisphere, but should
be eaisly visible with binoculars
from points in the southern hemi
sphere within the next few
nights. It has a short tail.
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costs are frequently lowered from 30% to
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absorber increases speed of penetration even
in difficult formations. More snap in the
drilling action gives more shattering blows.
More blows per minute mean more footage per shift. Faster
and easier moves and set-ups give more drilling time. Larger,
faster drilled holes provide better fragmentation. And longer
rope life plus other operating and maintenance economies
reduce costs. Many sizes and types from which to choose.
CATERPILLAR
Crawler
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ment intended for similar work. They will stay on the job
longer and give a full day’s work every day. Caterpillar Diesel
Tractors will operate with a minimum of down-time, and
require no coddling regardless of weather, terrain or soil con
ditions. All "Cat”-built tractors are built to stand the stresses
and strains of hard use. Five models from which to choose.
Coforpillor and Cal are Registered Trademarks of Caterpillar T roc tor Co.
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Industrial
Rubber Goods
rrrja Goodyear industrial rubber goods are designed to do a
* particular job in the most efficient, economical way.
Goodyear industrial rubber goods are as varied as their uses_
included are transmission, agricultural, conveyor and V belt
ings as well as industrial hose for a variety of purposes having
the best combination of flexibility, strength, safety and wear
resistance. Also available are Goodyear corrugated matting,
sheet packing and rubber sheets and slabs.
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shops and other hard-to-heat places is an Herman Nelson
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absolutely safe portable air heaters. There’s no carbon monox
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