THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone: Main 125 P.O. Box 618
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY ... Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED
GOT A MEGABUCK ?
Tire Department of New Words had one tossed on
its desk the other day that deserves consideration. It
comes from the Atomic Energy Commission, which
is used to dealing in scientific terms and millions of
dollars.
The AEC cross-bred its interests in the cold, pro
fessional laboratory and came up with the term “mega
buck,” loosely translated by those in the know as one
million bucks.
Learned students explain that “mega-” means
large or very large, and that in radio frequencies a
megacycle is one million cycles. Easy to see. When the
AEC speaks of a new larboratory, for instance, they
may say it will cost fifteen megabucks. That’s $15
million. Any questions?
Frankly, the new word fills a gap. Anyone who
wrestles with government budgets these days can use
a short way to say million. He could use a short word
to say billion. What’s that, a macrobuck? Anyway, the
days when one thousand bucks was a major figure in
government are long past. So there’s no danger some
one will start using kilobucks. But the buck itself has
got to a point where it seems like a microbuck.
—Hartford Courant
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Airman Convicted
For Stealing* From
Nome Base Storage
FAIRBANKS, OH — A general
court martial at Ladd Air Force
Base Wednesday found Airman
Josephus P. Tester guilty on a
charge of stealing government
property from the Nome Air Force
and selling it without authority.
Three civilians were convicted
in the Second District federal
court recently and given fines or
prison terms for participation in
the thefts.
Tester was assigned to the cold
storage section of the Nome base
and shortages discovered by the
officer in charge led to an investi
gation and Tester’s arrest.
Acting under a search warrant,
a number of business establish
ments in Nome were investigated
and butter, canned milk, bacon,
sugar and coffee taken from the
Air Force were found.
Tester was sentenced to a year
in prison and a dishonorable dis
charge.
He was one of three men who
made an unsuccessful attempt to
escape from the Ladd Air Force
stockade Monday.
Memorial by Ted Duffield
Asks Road from Lost River
To Alcan Hwy. Via Nome
•By the Associated Press>
A bill to forbid the sale of jew
elry with imitation gold nuggets
unless clearly labeled was passed
unanimously by the Alaska House
Wednesday. It amended to in
clude also jade and ivory. Authors
of the bill were Barbara Dimok
(R-Anchorage) and John Coghil
(R-Fairbanks'.
Theodore Duffield 'D-Nomei
said it was becoming a problem
because imitations were made in
the United States and sent to
Alaska as genuine.
The House approved two mem
orials by Duffield, one asking a
highway from the Lost River tin
deposits to the Alcan Highway via
Nome and the other asking the
Coast Guard to station a float
equipped helicopter at Nome for
hazardous sea rescues.
CORDOVA WATER SYSTEM
TO GET IMPROVEMENTS
JUNEAU— Improvements to the
Cordova water system will go
under construction this spring by
the Carson Construction Co. of
Helena, Mont., it was announced
this week by officials of the Alas
ka district branch of the public
works division of the office of
territories, an agency of the De
partment of the Interior.
The Montana concern, with a
bid of $149,025.50, was low bidder
in competition with six other
firms, the Juneau officials said.
The successful bidder is now as
sembling equipment and supplies
for shipment to Cordova.
PAROLES DENIED COSTELLO
AND BENJAMIN DAVIS
WASHINGTON, UP) — The U.S.
Parole Board announced today it
has denied paroles to Gambler
Frank Costello and to Benjamin
Davis, one of the convicted top
members of the American Com
munist Party.
Costello is serving 18 months
for contempt of Congress, for re
fusing to answer questions before
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee. Davis, a Negro, is
serving five years on charges of
conspiracy to advocate violent
overthrow of the government.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by tile
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy with occasion light s now
Cloudy with occasional light
snow tonight -and Saturday. Mod
erate easterly winds. Lowest tem
perature expected tonight 22, high
Saturday 30.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
29, low 22. Max. wind 20 mph
from the east. Sunrise 8:06 a.m.,
sunset 4:28 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
highest -6, lowest -22. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 43
in 1927, lowest -28 in 1907.
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -21 Blowing snow
Kotzebue 18 Part cloudy
Wales -1 Cloudy
Gambell 7 Snow
Nome 22 Snow
Unalakleet 20 Part cloudy
Bethel 18 Part cloudy
McGrath 16 Cloudy
Anchorage 23 Cloudy
Fairbanks • 18 Fog
Whitehorse 23 Cloudy
Edmonton 30 Cloudy
Juneau 36 Cloudy
Ketchikan 41 Cloudy
Seattle 40 Cloudy
San Francisco 51 Part cloudy
IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT
Dave Esholdt was given a six
month suspended sentence by the
U.S. Commissioner for non-sup
pcrt of his children in the Cove
nant Children’s Home at Unla
kleet.
M'CARTHY BEGINS HEARINGS
AMONG VOICE OF AMERICA
WORKERS FOR SUBVERSION
NEW YORK, UP) — Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy, Wisconsin Republi
can, began New York hearings
Friday into what he called pos
sible “mismanagement, subver
sion and kickbacks” among em
ployes of the Voice of America.
“The vast majority are good
Americans, but a sizeable number
may need some attention,” Mc
Carthy told newsmen.
The senator said he could not
elaborate on his remarks about
“kickbacks.”
TO 75 POINTS IN ALASKA
ALASKA AIRLINES TO TAKE
RAILWAY EXPRESS FREIGHT
SEATTLE, UP) — Starting Feb
ruary 24 Alaska Airlines will han
dle all Railway Express Agency
air express between the United
States and 75 points in Alaska
which it now serves. The service
will be routed through the points
of Portland, Seattle, Fairbanks
and Anchorage.
In U.S. District Court
Bail was set in district court at
$ 3, 5 0 0 for “Johnnie” Martha
Owens Stephanson pending ap
peal.
Mrs. Stephanson was sentenced
to two years for purchasing stolen
merchandise from Nome Field
and has been released.
Pluto, the outermost planet of
the sun, was discovered in 1930.
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Departure Time from Nome — 10:30 a.m.
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