TIIE NOME NUGGET
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ST. VALENTINE S DAY
Despite popular conceptions in various sections
of the country, there is no general agreement as to
the origin of St. Valentine’s Day as we observe it today.
Perhaps the most logical explanation of how the name
Valentine came to be connected with a day on which
lovers send tokens to one another lies in its connection
with a prevalent belief in Europe in the Middle Ages.
Literature of this period, beginning about the time
of Chaucer, shows that the popular conception was
that the birds began to mate on February 14. Thereafter,
English literature frequently mentions the day as a
sacred one for lovers. This was how the day was con
nected with lovers. The name itself could have come
from either of three great Valentines.
One was a priest in Rome, another a bishop in
Terni, and a third of which very little is known. Perhaps
various people connected various saints with the day,
but the day was always February 14, and the connection
with the lovers probably began during the Middle
Ages with the popular belief about the birds’ mating
season.
From this beginning, the custom of observing St.
Valentine’s Day has grown into one of the most beauti
ful customs, especially for younger people, in the
United States and elsewhere.
Probably the largest valentine ever known was
presented to the United States on February 14, 1912.
■It had an area of 113,598 miles and it became the 48th
state in the Union. It was the former Territory of
Arizona, now known as the Grand Canyon State. It
could well be called the “Valentine State.”
If all New Year’s resolutions were laid end to end
they wouldn’t reach to the first of February.
Angry Taxpayer
Pa vs Silver Dollars
With Blood In Tub
DES MOINES, Iowa, (tfV—An
irate taxpayer, who paid part of
a $13,542 federal tax claim with
a tub full of silver dollars oCer
which he poured two buckets of
blood, threw the U.S. tax office
into a furor here Wednesday.
The taxpayer, Robert Friel, 27,
of Council Bluffs, said he staged
the dramatic incident to “raise
hell” with tax collectors because
he said they had harassed his
parents during an investigation of
his finances.
He drew the ire of Iowa Internal
Revenue Director Frank Halpin
who accused Friel of defacing U.S.
money. But after the Secret Ser
vice ruled that the silver dollars
were not defaced unless they were
permanently damaged, Halpin
agreed to accept the payment.
However, he insisted that Friel
count it. That took Friel more
than two hours. The payment add
ed up to $4,997.
Friel, who has announced his
candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for Congress from the
7th Iowa District, showed up at
the revenue office with over a
hundred bags of silver dollars.
As curious women employees
of the income tax division milled
about the corridor, he dumped the
money into a wash tub. Then he
sloshed over the money two one
quart buckets of blood which he
said he got from a packing house.
I
; Scotland Yard Spreads
Nationwide Dragnet For
Strangler of Two Women
LONDON, IJ’)— Scotland Yard
spread a nationwide dragnet Fri
day for the brutal strangler of a
prim little great - grandmother,
“Lady” Menzies, and her red
haired daughter at their sedate old
folks’ home.
A police alert went out for two
men known to have frequented
the many-gabled 12-room mansion
tucked away in a quiet Victorian
style London suburbs. Airports
and seaports got the descriptions
of a middle-aged man and a hand
some, bearded young man with
pierced ears. Police said they
wanted to question them.
The 68-year-old Mrs. Mary
Menzies, known to the 19 aged
residents of the home she ran as
“Lady Menzies,” was found beat
en and strangled in front of a
cold hearth Thursday.' The half
clothed body of her daughter, Mrs.
Isobel Chesney, 42, was found
submerged in an upstairs bath
tub.
It was believed the women were
murdered late Wednesday night
while the old folks slept peace
fully. So quietly did the strangler
strike that not even Mrs. Menzies’
two dogs barked a warning.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Lily Savok, Don de
Lima, Jane Perkins.
Discharged: Mildred Mayokuk,
Daniel Oxerak.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
McCarthy Ignores
Ike’s Advice In
Blast At Demos
WASHINGTON, UP)—Fresh Sen
atorial charges that Democrats
had consorted with Communists
indicated Thursday that President
Eisenhower’s advice to Republi
cans to soften their political blows
may be ignored outside his own
cabinet and staff.
Reiterating his characterization
of Democratic administrations as
“20 years of treason,” Sen. Mc
Carthy said he will not, to win
Democratic support for parts of
Eisenhower’s program, change his
tactics.
“The price is too high,” he told
a Lincoln Day audience of some
6,000 persons in San Mateo, Calif.,
Wednesday night. Referring to the
Democrats, he declared that “We
can’t whitewash them or we
would be guilty of a crime worse
than theirs.”
McCarthy and Sen. Jenner, in
sisting they are only reciting the
facts, said they intend to continue
to do so.
Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell
of the Democratic National Com
mittee said at Portland, Ore., that
I Eisenhower did not go far enough
when he said he would advise his
official family to avoid extreme
partisanship.
Eisenhower said the times are
too serious for such tactics.
Sen. Monroney (D-Okla» said
the President “failed to mee-t the
issue.” Monroney said “we don’t
mind the extreme partisanship,
but it is the extreme treason”
! which he said some GOP speakers
| have- been attributing to Demo
I crats.
Nome Merchant Hoopsters
Run Win Streak To 16
Straight Last Night
Bv knocking over the winless
Air Force Five 49-25 last evening,
the Nome Merchants stretched
their win streak to 16 games in
the first game of a doubleheader
which was to have been played
tonight, but due to the Valentine
Dance was shifted to Thursday.
The Nome Nanooks had to fight
from behind to down a stubborn
Lomen Commercial team 41-35 in
the second tilt.
The Air Force made it a tough
fight through the first quarter for
the Merchants before fading in
the remaining three quarters as
they held a slim 8-7 lead. The
winners rallied however and led
19-12, 36-19 and the final 49-25.
Harold Bell paced the team
with 12, George Bell and Gary
Longley 9 points each, Arnie Cas
tel 8, Roy Luke 6, Clyde Nershak
3 and A1 Sahlin 2. For the losers,
Stapleton 9, Tuccillo 8, Doyle 4,
Hamilton and Anderson 2 each.
Lomen made it tough for the
Nanooks all evening before the
high school managed to salvage
a victory which gives them an
even break in the season at 8
wins and 8 losses. The Commer
cials were behind in the opening
period 4-1, then hit for a couple
of baskets to lead 7-4, maintain
ing a three-point bulge at the
half 21-18. They also held a three
point spread at the close of the
third quarter 35-32. 0
Through the final quarter, time
ly baskets by Swanberg, Herman,
Kost and big Jake Muller clinched
the game for the high school,
Buzzy Swanberg topped the
scoring with 15, Bob Herman 10,
George Kost 8, Sam Mogg 6, and
Jake Muller 2. For Lomens, John
Schellenbach 11, Vince Ahkolik 9,
Perry Kagoona 7, Larry Okpealuk
and Frenchie Forte 4 each.
Senator Butler Starts Action To
Op CB Alaska’s 49 - Million - Acre
Petroleum Reserve To Public Use
By FRANK W. VAILLE <
WASHINGTON, UP)—Sen. Butler
(R-Neb) Thursday asked Secretary
of Interior McKay to begin action
toward opening the Navy’s 49
million-acre petroleum reserve in
northern Alaska for private devel
opment.
In a letter to the secretary, But
ler said the Senate Territories
subcommittee has been advised by
the Navy that it “would interpose
no objection to returning the re
serve to the public domain under
the administration of the Interior
Department.”
Butler is chairman of the Senate
Interior Committee, parent group
of the subcommit.ee.
He quoted the Navy further as
saying that “insofar as the oil
potential of this territory is con
cerned, the Navy is primarily in
terested in its ultimate economic
al development whether by pri
vate or governmental interests.”
In view of this statement, But
I
| Egyptian Government
Auctions Karouk’s Things
CAIRO, Egypt, OP! — The sing
song chant of an auctioneer rang
out in three languages through the
tapestried halls of ex-King Far
ouk’s Koubbeh Palace Friday.
The sharp crack of a marble
gavel marked the beginning of the
sale of the deposed monarch’s
fabulous and fantastic collections
by Egypt’s military - run govern
ment.
First on sale Friday was Far
ouk's hoard of postage stamps.
London’s big stamp house, H. R.
Harmer Ltd., which catalogued
the collection expects the six-day
stamp auction to bring in 100,000
pounds <288,250).
All told, the government hopes
to get more than five million dol
j lars from Farouk’s auction which
| has brought loud protests from
J Farouk in exile. Farouk claimed
the sale was illegal and threatened
to sue any buyers of his “pro
perty,” but President Naguib’s
government retorted it would
guarantee title to all goods sold.
17 States To Get 21 New
Federal District Judges
WASHINGTON, (iP)—Seventeen
states will get 21 new federal
district judges under legislation
signed by President Eisenhower
Wednesday.
Three additional U.S. circuit
judges are also authorized: two
in the Western (89th) Circuit and
one in the Southern (5th) Circuit.
The bill also provides for six
more temporary district judges
in six states and makes permanent
three district judgeships previous
ly classed as temporary.
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ler said, “I believe the Naval pet
roleum reservation should be can
celled immediately and that area
be opened up to private develop
ment under the Mineral Leasing
Act.
“I am writing to urge that this
be done at the earliest possible
date. I hope you will initiate ac
tion toward that end.”
Butler said the Navy’s views
had been obtained in the course
of the territories subcommittee in
quiry—during deliberations on the
Alaska statehood bill—on whether
major portions of government land
in the territory could be released
for disposal to private use.
The Naval petroleum reserve,
Butler noted, comprises 49 million
acres—“almost exactly equal to
the entire land. area of my state
of Nebraska.
In Alaska, he said, the reserva
tion “is taken as a symbol of a
federal policy which has stifled
all development there. This out
i worn policy, far from fostering
true conservation, has simply
locked resources up in a state of
non-use. Prompt revocation of the
orders establishing this reserva
tion would have a tremendous
effect in convincing the people of
Alaska there has been a marked
change for the better in Washing
ton.”
In view of the Navy’s statement,
the senator said, “any attempt to
keep this gigantic area in reserva
tion status any longer would be
completely indefensible in the
eyes of the Alaskans.”
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