THE NOME NUGGET
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CHURCHILL REFUSES TO RETIRE
Sir Winston Churchill confounded his friends, and
some of the political forecasters, when he recently
announced widespread changes in his government. The
aging Prime Minister placed the emphasis on youth
and made 24 major personnel changes in his govern
ment.
It has been widely anticipated that Sir Winston
would step down and turn over the reins of his gov
ernment.
It had been widely anticipated that Sir Winston
would step down and turn over the reins of his gov
ernment to Anthony Eden but Sir Winston once again
refused to step down. He let Mr. Eden remain at the
post of foreign secretary, and moved two dozen young
men into new positions. The average age of the new
officials of ministerial ranks is something under 41
years, while the average age of those leaving is over
60 years.
As he is the best friend the United States has in
Great Britain, it is with undisguised pleasure that U.S.
officials greet the latest Churchill move. Even at 80
years (this Nov. 30) Churchill is vigorous enough to
be of tremendous value to the free world.
TWO CENTS ON THE DOLLAR
When you spend a dollar in a department store,
how much of it is kept by the owners as profit? A
new surveys covering stores with an aggregate sales
volume of $4,200,000,000, provides the answer — and
it will be a highly surprising answer to many of us.
In each of the years 1952 and 1953, the profit was
just 2.3 cents for each dollar of sales. That is the low
est level of earnings percentage-wise in more than 20
years, with the exception of 1938.
The reason for such small profits, the survey says,
•is found in soaring operating expenses, especially the
payroll.
If you think your shopping dollar doesn’t go as
far as it should, that’s your right. But you certainly
can’t blame the situation on retail profits.
After November 2nd there will be little doubt
in the minds of political leaders whether the present
Administration’s labor and farm programs are popular
or not.
Little Girl Finds Bank
Better Than School
MEMPHIS, Term., M—A little
girl marched into a branch of the
big Union Planters Bank Friday
and handed a teller a dollar bill.
“Would you change that to
nickels?” she asked.
Taking her nickels over to' a
table, she counted them carefully,
and returned.
“Would you change these into
dimes?”
Back she came a few minutes
later to get the dimes changed
into quarters.
When she returned with them,
too, curiosity triumphed over
banking reticence and the teller
I asked: “What in the world are
you doing?”
“Learning to count money,” she
said briskly, and retired with her
half dollars.
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Ordinarily the bright planets
are not seen to twinkle because of
their large disks. They maintain
a general average of brightness.
At a given altitude, white or
blue stars twinkle most. The stars
called Procvon. Sirius, and Vega
are in this group. Yellow stars
have a medium amount of twinkl
ing. Prominent yellow stars are
Capella, Pollux, and Rigel. Red
stars have the least amount of
twinkling. Typical red stars are
Aldebaran, Anlares, and Betel
geux.
In observing stellar or star
colors, the objects should be high
above the horizon. The greater
thickness of the atmosphere at
low altitudes absorbs the blue
rays and tends to give all stars
more of an orange tint.
Colors are easier to detect in
double stars because their respea
tive colors may complement one
another, that is, produce a white
light when combined.
Beta Sigma Plii
The girls of the Beta Sigma Phi
Sorcfrity met at the home of Mrs.
G. R. Jackson Thursday evening
to hold their formal ceremonies.
Jean Bordon and Barbara Mar
tin, who had completed the six
month pledge training and tests,
received their Ritual of Jewels.
This was followed by the Pledge
Ceremony. The girls taking the
pledge vows were Nancy Good
rich, Annita Mays, Marilyn As
bridge and Louise Gooch. May
belle Lenert sang sorority songs
for both ceremonies, being accom
panied by the phonograph.
Refreshments of coffee, apple
cider and cookies were served
afterward. The table was decor
ated with fresh yellow roses, the
sorority flower, and the cookies
also were each frosted with a
| yellow rose. These were made by
| Jean Bordon. The lovely gowns
j present prompted Mrs. Jackson
to take colored pictures, and she
showed the pictures she had taken
at the Hat Party three weeks ago. j
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Wildlife Service Couple
Head for 2-Year Duty
And Isolation on St. Paul I.
j SEATTLE, OR—Mr. and Mrs.
! Gatch Cohoe said good-bye to
i friends Friday and headed north
l with 15 Christmas trees and a
, year’s supply of groceries,
j The two were among passen
j gers on the moto'rship “Penguin,”
1 Fish and Wildlife Service supply
| ship, and are headed for another
two-year stay on St. Paul Island
in the Bering Sea.
Cohoe, an all-around craftsman,
is in charge of maintenance for
the St. Paul Island Weather Bu
reau.
That includes everything from
bulldozing a road through the
snow to pumping water from a
lake in minus zero' weather,” he
said.
“People always tell us that we
must be lonely up there in the
Bering Sea. But, actually, we have
a wonderful time.”
A mail plane from Anchorage
about once a week, the year i
around, helps combat the isola- J
tion, he added. Cohoe went to St.!
Paul in 1944 as Fish and Wildlife j
Service employe. He returned in j
1950, taking Mrs. Cohoe with him. '
The Christmas trees will pro
vide o'ne for each government .
family there. i
Canadian Praises Texans
For Experienced Help
In Developing Alberta Oil
CLEVELAND, O. I/PI—Canada’s
minister of public works, Robert
H. Winters, says his country may
have more uranium deposits than
any other nation in the world, and
is the “last undeveloped frontier.”
Besides uranium, Canada has
untapped resources of petroleum
and minerals awaiting exploita
tion, and a tremendous potential
for hydroelectric power, Winters
said.
Speaking at a meeting Friday of
the Cleveland Engineering Socie
ty, he praised the role Americans
were playing in the development
of Canada.
He said an example of outstand
ing contributions by American
engineers could be found in the
Alberta oil fields, “where oilmen
from Texas quickly adjusted
themselves to a northerly climate
and have given Canada the ad
vantage of their many years of
experience.”
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