THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
DOStoffice at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
IF IT ONLY LOOKED AS FORMIDABLE FROM HERE
Christmas Tree Program Continues Nome Tradition
The Community Christmas Tree program is a
tradition which started back when dog and horse sleds
brought trees to Nome.
The same spirit that prompted the people to share
for an evening with their neighbors regardless of age,
color, politics or creed in the middle of the winter while
completely isolated from the world, prompts the resi
dents of Nome today to share this evening of enter
tainment with Christmas songs, stories and gifts for
all the children, as well as baskets for the needy.
It has taken many volunteer workers to make the
entertainment possible, starting with those who took
time to solicit the funds, to organize and produce the
program, to fill the hundreds of Christmas stockings,
to decorate the tree and last but not least the citizens
who donated so generously to make the event possible.
The Alaskan frontier is fast disappearing but as
long as the spirit of Christmas prevails among the
people as it does today, there is hope that someday the
whole world will take time to celebrate together and
peace and serenity will be for all people everywhere.
Fall Run King Salmon
Eggs Planted Near Juneau
In Fisheries Experiment
JUNEAU, UP\ — Fifty thousand
eyed eggs from fall run king sal
mon were planted in Montana and
Spring Creeks near Juneau, Dec.
13. The eggs were donated by the
Washington State Department of
Fisheries after they had incubated
to the eyed stage at the hatchery
near Seattle.
The eggs were air-freighted to
Juneau the day before planting
and mild weather helped the
planting.
Purpose of the project is to de
termine whether or not fall run
king salmon can adapt themselves
to the small rivers in the territory.
At present, there is no fall run
king salmon in Alaska.
If the young king salmon can
thrive to maturity — eluding
stream enemies and man — the
return from the planting should
occur in the fall of 1954.
Wreckage of Navy Patrol
Bomber Sighted On
Iceland Glacier
LONDON. UP — The broken
wreckage of a missing American
Navy patrol bomber was sighted
on a bleak Iceland glacier Friday.
First reoprts said there were sur
vivors among the nine-man crew.
U.S. Air Force headquarters in
London said an Icelandic ground
rescue party will be rushed by
plane to a small airfield at the
foot of the glacier.
The P2V bomber was on a
round-robin training mission from
Keflavik Airfield, near Reykjavik
when it disappeared. It last con
tacted its home base by radio yes
terday afternoon. It was then
some 100 miles south of Iceland.
All aboard were Navy fliers.
The weather was vicious, with
heavy rain and snow cutting visi
bility to near zero during the
early part of the day, but was im
proving later.
Churchill Hopes The West Will
Offer Russia Security Guarantees
At Big Four Meeting In Berlin
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Methodist Church
Christmas Concert
Sunday Evening
The Community Methodist
Church will have its annual com
munity Christmas concert on Sun
day evening at 8 o’clock under
the direction of Mrs. 'William
Cameron.
It has been announced that the
offering taken will be put in the
Organ Fund, which is to help pay
for the wonderful Hammond Or
gan which has been in use for the
past year, with Robert Baldwin
as organist.
An afternoon concert will be
held at 3:00 p.m., especially for
the children as it is desired that
all children under 12 will attend
at this time so that more seats
will be available for adults at
the evening concert.
Following - are members of the
choir:
Ada Scrivner, Rita Harper, Elda
Jones, Jerry Havens, Carolyn Gla
vinovich, Mary Louise Lyle, Ger
aldine Fagerstrom, Margaret Mc
Donald, Carrie McLain, Bobbie
Mathis, Marguerite Glavinovich,
Hanna Kangas;
Nancy Tripp, Katherine Bjom
stad, Lucy Fagerstrom, Robert
Heath, Harlan Tripp, John Shu
maker, Herb Williams, Harold
Salisbury, Dan Fritz, Ray Tveter,
Dick Small.
Christmas Activities Of
Mission Covenant Church
The Christmas activities of the
Mission Covenant Church will
mark its beginning with a special
service this Sunday evening at
7:30. Flannelgraphs depicting the
first Chirstmas will be shown
with correlating recitations and
music interspersed by the Junior
and Intermediate Departments of
the Sunday School.
• The public is invited to attend
these services.
Further preparations are being
made for other programs during
the holiday season. The younger
children of the Sunday School,
together with the translated class,
will present their program on
Christmas Eve. “Jul Otta,” an
early morning service will be held
in the church on Christmas Day.
The mixed choir will feature a
post-Christmas concert on Sunday
evening, the 27th, at 7:30 p.m.
Buddy Rogers Brings
Troupe To Alaska For
Christmas Service Shows
Charles “Buddy” Rogers, well
known motion picture star and
musician, will head an all-star
cast of variety entertainers who
will play military installations in
Alaska during the Christmas-New
Year season.
The troupe of nine entertainers
will arrive at Elmendorf Air Force
Base today and conclude their
Alaskan tour Jan. 4
In addition to Anchorage, Fair
banks and Kodiak areas, the show
will perform at several small out
lying military installations. Shows
are scheduled for Kodiak, Adak,
Elmendorf, 5005th Hospital, Fort
Richardson, Ladd AFB, Eielson
AFB, and Big Delta.
One Army helicopter company,
operating in Korea during the pri
soner repatriation and truce oper
ations, carried more than 10,000
passengers in their versatile
“choppers” in a single month.
LONDON, UP)— Prime Minister
Churchill said Thursday he hoped
the West would offer Soviet Rus
sia security guarantees at the
forthcoming Big Four foreign min
isters conference in Berlin.
At the same time Churchill dis
closed he had warned the French
a<t the Bermuda conference of the
“gravity of the situation” which
would develop over failure to rat
ify the European Army plan.
Opening a one-day foreign affairs
debate in the House of Commons,
Churchill threw his full support
behind the position taken by U.S.
Secretary of State Dulles. Church
ill delared:
“When the safety of France, in
deed of Europe, depends upon the
policy of the United States, all the
possible consequences of abandon
ing EDC (European Defense Com
munity) should be placed square
ly before the French people.”
Britain is ready, he said, to keep
troops on the continent “at least
as long as American troops were
kept there.”
“I used the opportunity of the
conference to emphasize the view
which I expressed here on May 11
that the Soviet Union is • entitled
to assurances against aggression
after what she suffered at Hitler’s
hands.
“I think I was successful in
passing upon my colleagues at
Bermuda the justice and advan
tage of such a course, even though
Russian strength is so vast.”
He added: “It is my hope that
from the Berlin meeting there may
emerge some means to provide
Russia with a sense of security
arising from other facts than mere
force.”
Churchill drew cheers from all
sides of the House as he declared
“The whole world is in need of
that.”
But Churchill pointed out the
Russians had failed to reply so
far to the West’s invitation for a
meeting of foreign ministers in
Berlin Jan. 4.
Alaska Steam To Bring
Eight Locomotives In
One Shipment to Alaska
SEATTLE, W) — The largest
single shipment of railroad loco
motives ever to go to Alaska
aboard one ship will leave Seattle
about mid-January.
Eight locomotives with a com
bined value far above a million
dollars will sail north aboard the
special railroad carrier Gadsden.
.The Alaska Steamship Co. has
chartered the Gadsden for one
round trip and will deliver six
locomotives to Seward for the Al
aska Railroad and two to Whittier
for the U.S. Air Force.
The six locomotives for Alaska
Railroad alone are valued at more
than a million dollars. Averaging
115 tons apiece, three of the
1,500-horsepower locomotives are
intended for freight - passenger
service and three for passenger
train use alone.
The two Air Force locomotives
average 85 tons apiece.
On the Gadsden’s return trip
she will carry seven Alaska Rail
road locomotives back to Seattle.
The Gadsden was originally de
signed to carry loads of rolling
stock in her holds from the U.S.
to Arabia.
Sharks, barracudas and other
dangerous sea animals seldom at
tack divers, although they may
i uac > surface swimmers says the
National Geographic Society.
Value of 775 Indian
Claims Against U.S.
Is Incalculable
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, UP) — The In-'
dians have come a long way since
1626 when Peter Minuit put out
$24 in trinkets for Manhattan Is
land.
The modern Redman, who went
on a hard cash basis about the
time he doffed his feathers, has
taken another look at some other
early transactions. He obviously
hasn’t liked what he’s seen.
Indians of the United States and
Alaska now have 775 claims pend
ing against the government in the
Indians Claims Commission.
Their value is incalculable.
William Langston, commission ad
ministrative officer, says only 244
of the claims seek a specified sum
and these alone total three billion
dollars.
Others merely seek unspecified
compensation. The California
tribes, for example, want payment
for nearly the entire west coast
state—a pretty valuable hunk of
real estate. They base their claim
on aboriginal rights — the tradi
tional use of the land by their
forefathers before the coming of
the white man.
Other claims originate out of al
leged abrogation of treaty rights
—such as construction of a fed
eral dam over an Indian fishing
site— or a request for review of
a sum agreed to in a treaty to
determine whether the Indians
received “fair and honest” treat
ment.
It could be as much as 10 years
before all these claims are re
solved. It’s obvious they won’t be
cleaned up by the 1957 legislative
deadline under which the Com
mission now operates.
Third Div. Republicans
Have Not Requested
Special Session
JUNEAU, UP) — Gov. Heintzle
man says he has received no re
quest from Third Division Repub
lican members of the legislature
for a special session.
It was reported in Anchorage
Monday that the Republicans had
sent a formal request for a special
session to the governor. It asked
for the meeting as soon as possible
after Jan. 1.
The governor, in commenting
on the report of the request, said
he has not yet made any decision
about calling a session but said if
he does it will not be held until
after January.
The Seward and Ketchikan
Chambers of Commerce have ex
pressed opposition to a special
session.
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