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THANKSGIVING, 1952
As Americans observe Thanksgiving Day on the
27th of this month, they will be giving thanks for their
blessings the sixth time in eleven years with the nation
at war. Since Thanksgiving of 1941, which was before
the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the nation has
witnessed eleven Thanksgiving Days, including this
year’s and on most of them, American boys have been
dying on battlefronts in faraway corners of the world.
Thanksgiving is perhaps the most American of all
our holidays. The first New England day of thanks for
the harvest was probably in 1621, and observed: by
order of Governor Bradford. The colonists reportedly
went out into the v/oods and shot several turkeys and
brought them back to the settlement to be cooked for
dinner. The Indians heard of the celebration, according
to the story, and entered the settlement with several j
deer. The settlers and Indians feasted together.
The first Thanksgiving proclamation issued by any j
President was issued by Washington in 1789, and set
aside a day of thanksgiving for the adoption of the Con
stitution. As a national holiday and religious obser
vance, Thanksgiving probably dates from 1863, when
Abraham Lincoln — acting on the suggestion of Mrs.
Sarah J. Hale — issued a national Thanksgiving Pro
clamation. Lincoln set aside the last Thursday in Nov
ember as the day to be observed.
Perhaps it is fitting that the people of the United
States should observe Thanksgiving more thoroughly
than most of the nations. We in this country enjoy
more of the blessings of life than do any other people.
Indeed, we have more to be thankful for than any
other people on earth and it is well for us all to remem
ber our blessings — not only on the last Thursday of
November, but on every day of the year.
Having been blessed with comparative prosperity,
with progress and good living conditions, and — in
addition — good harvests for many years, we, in the
United States, have many reasons for thanksgiving.
In observing Thanksgiving Day this year, we can
only hope that by the time Thanksgiving Day, 1953,
rolls around, the war in Korea will have been ended
and the tragic loss of life among our young men will
have come to a halt.
Only to a child is pure happiness possible. After
ward it is tainted with knowledge that it will not last,
and the fear that one will have to pay for it. —a. a. Milne
PROCLAMATION
Thanksgiving Day, 1952
WHEREAS, the President of the
United States, Harry S. Truman,
has issued the following proclam
ation:
“In the cycle of the seasons,
another year marked by the
abundance of God’s gifts is
nearing its end. At such a time
we are wont to turn to Him and
with humble hearts to offer
thankfe as a Nation for His man
ifold blessings.
“We are moved by the inspir
ing autumnal beauty of our
land, which uplifts the hearts
of men. We are thankful for
the natural and human resour
ces which have enabled us not
only to enjoy high material and
spiritual standards ourselves
but also to help others in the
effort to achieve or protect their
well-being.
“We are grateful for the priv
ileges and rights inherent in
our way of life and in particu
lar for the basic freedoms,
which our citizens can enjoy
without fear. This year it is
e£pecially fitting that we offer
a prayer of gratitude for the
spirit of unity which binds to
gether all parts of our country
and makes us one nation indi
visible.
“NOW, THEREFORE, I, HAR
RY S. TRUMAN, President of
the United States of America,
conforming to our hallowed cus
tom, and in consonance w’ith
the joint resolution of Congress
approved on December 26,
1941, do hereby call upon all
our people to celebrate Thurs
day, November 27, 1952, as
Thanksgiving Day. On that day
let us, with a full awareness of
our privileges and a deepening
sense of the obligations which
they entail, each in his own
way, but together as a whole
people, give due expression to
*our thanks, and let us humbly
endeavor to follow the paths of
righteousness in obedience to
the will of Almighty God.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BURKE
RILEY, Acting Governor of Al
aska, do hereby urge appropriate
observance of Thanksgiving Day
in Alaska.
in Witness thereof, i
have hereunto subscribed my
hand" and caused the Seal of the
Territory of Alaska .to be affixed.
DONE at Juneau, the capital,
this seventeenth day of November
in the year of our Lord Nineteen
Hundred and Fifty-two.
(SEAL' s/ Burke Riley
Acting Governor of Alaska
ALLIED PLANES DUMP
JELLIED GASOLINE ON
RED CONCENTRATIONS
SEOUL, (JP) — Allied fighter
bombers slammed high explosives
and flaming jellied gasoline on a
sprawling Red troop and supply
concentration near Wonsan on the
Communist east coast Wednesday.
Pilots said the whole area burst
into flame. Dense clouds of smoke
rose thousands of feet. Five large
secondary explosions were touched
off, indicating direct hits on am
munition stores.
At the battlefront, U.N. infan
trymen hurled back an assault by
about 120 screaming Chinese Reds
who stormed their central front
positions on the southern slopes
of Jackson Heights. The savage,
close quarters fighting raged for
four hours.
U.S. Sabre jets and Communist
Mig-15s clashed deep over North
Korea. Allied pilots made no
claims of damage or destruction.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
Baby Sitter Strangles
Four-Month-Old Baby
When it Won’t Stop Crying
SEATTLE, (A?)—A high school
girl who said she lost her temper
when a baby she was tending
wouldn’t stop crying choked a
four-month-old boy to death with
a cloth she stuffed in its mouth
last night.
The girl, Ellen Noreen Fern, 15,
was caring for Garry Payne, son
of her next door neighbors who
had gone to the grocery store.
Garry started crying soon after
the Paynes left the house, she
said in a statement to detectives
C. F. Kirschner and R. W. Waitt.
“I took him into the bedroom
and laid him over and everything
but he wouldn’t be quiet.
“I then lost my temper and
grabbed a striped cloth, similar
to the pajamas on the bed. I had
such a headache, and to keep him
quiet I pushed with my fingers
and shoved the rag down his
throat.
“He shut up all of a sudden and
just gurgled. He was so still and
didn’t say anything or cry. It had
seemed like ages that the rag was
in his throat before he quit crying.
When he quit crying I pulled the
rag out.”
The girl is held by police as
“delinquent.”
U.S. POPULATION GROWING
OLD, CENSUS FIGURES SHOW
WASHINGTON, (/P)—'The pop
ulation of the United States is
growing older fast, according to a
survey by the Census Bureau.
The bureau said Friday about
one in 12 persons in the United
States was 65 years of age or
older July 1, 1951.
Fifty years ago the number was
one in 25.
Wreckage Sighted on
Route of Missing Plane
ANCHORAGE, (ff) — Unidenti
fied airplane wreckage has been
sighted in high mountain country
on the route of a plane which
disappeared Saturday with 52
persons aboard.
Air Force officials said last
night that a search pilot had Re
ported the wreckage in an inac
cessible spot near Whittier, ap
proximately 50 miles south of
here. This is in almost a direct
line of flight from McChord Air
Force Base, Wash., where the big
Globemaster started its trip to
Elmendorf Air Force Base here.
Maj. C. W. Hinkle, public in
formation officer at Elmendorf,
said the wreckage might possibly
be that of other missing planes.
Ore is a jet fighter which disap
peared 11 days ago with 20 men
aboard and the other is a jet
fighter which dropped from sight
last month.
The pilot who spotted the
wreckage could not remain in the
area as darkness and clouds closed
in and he had to return to his
base.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving this morning on the
delayed Fan American plane were
Howard Green and Lucille Dahl.
Departing for Fairbanks were:
Mr. and Mrs. Ralf Reat, Fred
Walker, I. T. Reynolds, I. Cha
maris, B. Martinson, Ray Smith.
For Seattle: Bryan Davis, Gun
nar Kaason and Hilding Larson.
NOTICE
Community Christmas Tree
meeting for all citizens interested
in having the annual program and
entertainment. City Hall Sunday
afternoon, 2:00 p.m., Nov. 30th.
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