THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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IF NO BARGAIN—WHY?
Many a home owner has been faced with a decision
such as this: Should he expend $300 now and again
next year to purchase an improved heating plant or
storm windows on the strong probability that he would
save that amount in fuel, at $40 a year, within 15 years?
But imagine a situation in which for expenditure
this year and next of $300 this same home owner
would be reasonably assured of saving some $4,800 a
year out of his income for an indefinite time. Would
•he then balk at spending the $600?
This latter supposition resembles the actual oppor
tunity which lies before the American government.
The “Cordiner Committee,” appointed as an advis
ory group to the Defense Department,, estimated some
three months ago that at a cost of $300 million a year
fpr two years the United States could save $5 billion
a year from then on.
This would be accomplished by revising the bases
of pay in the armed fci^es to include recognition of
skills and technical proficiency as well as length of
service, and thus cut down the fabulous cost of con
tinually training new men to replace the trained men
lost to industry.
The top military men seem to be for it. The econ
omy minded Chamber of Commerce of the United i
States is for it. The Conference of Governors has en
dorsed it. The Administration has been opposing it—
for now, at least—presumably because it would in
crease the budget figures.
But Uncle Sam is not a householder who might
sell his present house in a few years. And his bank
balance is not so low that he must pass up such a bar
gain. If there are other reasons, let’s have them.
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PLANS ARE AFOOT for the Department of Agri- j
culture to grade Christmas trees—like beefsteaks!
The trees will be US Premium, US No. 1, and
US-No. 2. Inspectors, inspectors of inspectors, graders,
taggers, enforcement agents, etc., etc., will doubtless
be needed to relieve you from having to use your own
judgment.
Now, do you believe in Santa Claus?
Experienced Pilot Killed
When Private Plane
Hits Trees During Pass
FAIRBANKS—Burton M o o r
head, 32, a captain with Wien
Alaska Airlines, was killed in
stantly in the crash of a private
plane near Beaver village last
week.
Moorhead, wjao.was on a fishing
trip, was making a pass over the
Beaver Field to drop a tire to
another Wien pilot, also in the
region for fishing, when he hit
the trees at the end of the run
way. The plane crashed and burst
into flames.
The aircraft, a Super Cub on
floats, was owned by Merrill
Wien, son of Noel Wien, one of
the founders of the airline. Moor
head was alone at the time of the
fatal crash.
Barge Carrying Jet Fuel
Burns at Nenana Dock
A barge owned by the Yutana
Tug and Barge Line and loaded
with aviation jet fuel blazed at
the dock in Nenana Saturday in
Nenana making it hot for the
residents who packed up their
belongings.
Two freight cars loaded with
drums of gas were on the rail
road siding ar^d could not be
moved due to the heat, it is re
ported. The barge is reported to
have 3.000 gallons of fuel in its
eight compartments.
Waterfowl Regulations
In Alaska Amended
WASHINGTON, UP)—Amended
waterfowl regulations and sea
sons in Alaska have been an
nounced by the Interior Depart
ment.
The Alaska season for water
fowl and coots will be Sept. 1
Nov. 29. The Wilson’s snipe sea
son \frill extend from Sept. 1 thru
Oct. 15.
The daily bag limit and posses
sion limits: ducks 7 and 14; geese
3 and 6; coots 15; brant 3 and 6;
and Wilson’s snipe 8.
The department also announced
certain exceptions to the season
dates. In wildlife management
units 8, 9, 10 and 16 thru 26, old
squaw, harlequin, scoter and ei
der ducks and American and red
breasted merganser ducks may be
taken from Sept. 1 thru Dec. 15.
Soldier Drowns
In Lake Spenard
ANCHORAGE UP—Ralph Hunt,
20, a soldier stationed at Fort
Richardson, drowned Saturday in
Lake Spenard about two miles
from here.
Two young boys on a raft in
the lake saw' Hunt go down and
signaled to an airman from El
mendorf AFB w'ho was at the
lake. The airman, David Nichols,
dove into the water and pulled
Hunt’s body from the lake.
Attempts to revive the soldier
were unsuccessful. It is not
known w'hether Hunt hit the bot
tom of the lake or had an attack
of cramps.
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Northwest Orient Airlines Gets
Seattle-Anchorage-Tokyo Route,
Pan Am Denied Seattle Fares
WASHINGTON, UF—By execu
tive decree of President Eisen
hower, Northwest Orient Airlines
has permanent authorization to
fly between Seattle-Portland and
Tokyo by way of Anchorage,
The same presidential order is
sued Friday authorizes Pan
American World Airways to op
erate between San Francisco and
Los Angeles over the great circle
route to Tokyo. However, the
order denied Pan American’s ap
plication to use the great circle
route to Tokyo out of Seattle and
Portland.
The presidential orders ap
proved decisions previously an
nounced by the Civil Aeronautics
Board.
Pan American now serves To
kyo from San Francisco and Los
Angeles by way of the central
Pacific with stops at Honolulu,
Midway, Wake Island or Guam.
The new order gives the airline
authority to operate nonstop to
Tokyo over the great circle route.
It may land for refueling as re
quired without taking on or dis
charging passengers at the refuel
ing stops.
In denying Pan American per
mission to fly out of Portland and
Seattle, the CAB said if authority
were granted it would divert an
estimated $11 million in revenue
form Northwest Orient Airlines.
At Seattle, President Joseph E.
Gandy of the Chamber of Com
merce said that body would pro
test strongly to the CAB over its
denial to Pan American of service
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north Pacific route.
“Seattle is shocked by failure
of the Civil Aeronautics Board
and President Eisenhower to
i grant us the additional passenger
service we need and deserve,”
Gandy said.
“Their decision to permit Pan .
American to land here for gaso
line but not at the same time to
embark or debark passengers is
ridiculous and uneconomic. Seat
tle is the closest and hence the
most logical gateway to the
Orinet.
“The CAB, with President Ei
senhower’s approval, has
slammed that gateway shut in
our faces, so far as Pan American
service is concerned,” Gandy con
| tinued.
i “Unwarranted favoritism has
! been shown the California cities,
J already exclusive gateways for
I the central Pacific route to the
| Orient.
“This north Pacific route deci
■ sion is a tragic mistake and a se
| vere blow at Seattle business. We
j wcn’t take it lying down.”
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have something in common, as
both work with the pantatonio,
or five-tone scale.
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