THE NOME NUGGET
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Ski Competition
In F airbanks Soon
FAIRBANKS, UP—Spectators} at
the annual Gold Nugget Ski Races
this coming weekend will see
some of Alaska’s finest skiers in
action.
Some of the names to reckon
with are Jack Gould, Sam Pitka,
Jim Carr, Art Stubbins, Preston
Dartez, Norm Rivard, A1 Paige,
Harvey Turner, Hans Fisher, Bob
Ferko and Bud Neidhold.
' The first event of the Fairbanks
Ski Club competition will be Fri
day at 10 a.m. at the University
of Alaska, when the grueling cross
country race on a 10-mile course
will be staged.
Slalom and downhill races will
toe held Saturday and the spectac
ular jumping competition Sunday.
In the racing there will be Class
A, B, and C, and a women’s classi
fication if there are sufficient en
trants.
EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCER
TEACHES ART TO CHINESE
CAIRO, UP—Egyptian dancer
Hurriya Mohamed agreed yester
day to teach a visiting Chinese
■ballet troupe belly dancing. The
Chinese troupe forms part of a
cultural mission now visiting in
Egypt.
BOB BALDWIN ATTENDS
MEETING IN FAIRBANKS OF
TERRI. BOARD OF EDUCATION
Robert Baldwin, Second Divi
sion member of the Territorial
Board of Education, left yesterday
to attend a meeting of the board
being held at Fairbanks.
Both federal and territorial of
ficials will be at the meeting in
cluding Wm. Olsen, director of
the Alaska Native Service, and
Donald M. Dafoe, commissioner
of education.
Many of those who attended the
teachers conference held in Fair
banks last week remained for this
meeting.
Thirteen Persons Die
In Sweden Train Wreck
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, UP>—
Thirteen persons were killed to
day in a train wreck in northern
Sweden, police reported.
A freight*train collided head-on
with a railway diesel car between
Arvidsjaur and Moskosel, about
700 miles north of Stockholm.
The diesel was crowded with
workmen and with some tourists.
The collision buckled the pas
senger vehicle and hurled occu
pants to the snow-covered fields.
At least ten were injured ser
iously.
Gov. Shivers Challenges Rayburn
For Control of Texas’ Delegation
(By the Associated Press* ,
Differences within the major
parties in Texas and North Da
kota took some political attention
'today away from the Democratic
contest for the presidential nom
ination.
In Texas, Gov. Allan Shivers
challenged House Speaker Sam
Rayburn to a finish fight for con
trol of the state’s delegation to
the Democratic National Conven
tion. There was no immediate
comment from Rayburn.
North Dakota’s Nonpartisan
League appeared ready to with
draw at its biennial convention in
Bismark from the Republican
Party, with which it has been af
filiated for 40 years while oppos
ing many GOP policies. The group
seemed ready to switch over to
the Democrats at the convention
today .and tomorrow.
0
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes
see, campaigning for votes in the
June 5 California presidential pri
mary, urged a White House con
ference to meet a challenge from
Russia in the fields of science and
technology.
Speaking at Van Nuys, Kefau
ver ^said that ‘‘if federal aid is
called for, such as through the
provision of scholarships or ade
quate research activities, we must
see that this is done.”
Adlai Stevenson, the Democrats’
unsuccessful candidate for the
presidency in 1952, arranged to
fly' from Chicago to California to
day. He seeks to reverse in the
primary there Kefauver’s upset
victory over him in Minnesota last
week.
A poll published by the Los
Angeles Mirror-News indicated a
big lead in that city for Stevenson
but with Kefauver gaining on him
rapidly.
Shivers, who supported Presi
dent Eisenhower in 1952, threw
down his challenge to Rayburn in
response to the Speaker’s sug
gestion that Texas Democrats en
dorse Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson as
a “favorite son” and name him to
head their delegation to the Dem
ocratic Convention.
“A cynical and calculated effort
to divide the conservative Demo
crats in Texas,” Shivers called
Rayburn’s move in a speech to a
crowd of 2,000 cheering backers
at Houston last night.
Shivers praised Johnson’s rec
ord as Democratic leader of the
U.S. Senate, but he called Ray
burn’s suggestion a “trump card
... to take over the state conven
tion, the Texas delegation— and
Johnson.”
Both Rayburn and Johnson
supported Stevenson in 1952.
In London, the tabloid Daily
Mirror—a politically independent
paper which usually supports La
bor Par v policies—urged Eisen
hower in a front page editorial to
reconsider his decision to run for
a second term.
Calling him a “spent man” fol
lowing his heart attack, the paper
said Britain has put its old leaders
“out to grass.” I
ANG Units Will
Train in States
For First Time
FORT LEWIS, Wash., Units
of the Alaska National Guard and
the Territorial Army Reserve Or
ganization are scheduled to begin
two weeks of training here this
weekend.
The outfits are the 207 th and
208th National Guard Battalions
and the headquarters and head
quarters detachment of the Re
serve.
Alaska’s National Guardsmen,
like their counterparts in the
States, are citizen-soldiers. This is
the first time the annual training
encampment has been held out
side the territory.
The contingent coming to Ft.
Lewis dobs not include the Eski
mo Scout Battalions, which are
composed of natives in the far
north and western Alaska. They
have their annual field training
in the late fall and winter.
Pan American Airways
Adopts New Schedule
For Spring and Summer
Effective April 3, Pan Ameri
can Airways will inaugurate a
spring and summer schedule for
service to Nome from Seattle and
Fairbanks.
With this schedule, Nome will
once again have twice-weekly ser
vice by PAA from Seattle and
Fairbanks.
An added feature of this new
schedule is that connections will
be made at Fairbanks with the
pressurized DC-6B aircraft for
Seattle. Travel time will then be
reduced to 11 hours elapsed time
between Nome and Seattle.
The present fare between Nome
and Seattle is $227.70, tax includ
ed, round trip.
For military personnel traveling
on furlough the fare is now
$170.83, tax included, round trip.
Director LeRoy Sets
A Casting Precedent
When M-G-M’s spectacular Tech
nicolor production of “Quo Vad
is” went into the casting stage in
Rome, Italy, Director Mervyn Le
Roy set a precedent by personally
interviewing a greater part of the
30,000 extras used in the epic
drama, to be shown at The Thea
tre starting Saturday.
After the candidates for the
extra assignments were screened
by Mel Ballerino, head of the
unit’s casting department, who
then designated the scene in which
each man or woman would be
used. The procedure was consid
ered revolutionary by Italian mo
tion picture extras, who are used
to being herded into groups of 100
or more and being selected with
out screening of any sort.
Robert Taylor and Deborah
Ken- head the giant cast of “Quo
Vadis,” with 110 players appear
ing in speaking roles.
The JOHNSONS are coming!
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Letter to the Editor
CAP Cadet Leader Explains Program,
Appeals to Parents to Cooperate
In the past few days there have
been numerous rumors and dis
cussions pertaining to the activi
ties of the Civil Air Patrol Cadets.
As commandant of Cadets, I
would like to speak in behalf of
the organization.
One of the main topics of dis
cussion are the dances held on
Saturday evenings. The Cadets
hold one dance each month, on
the second Saturday unless some
other activity warrants having it
on another date. This dance is
held at the council room of the
City Hall and is chaperoned by
myself and Mrs. August. It is
hoped that we can obtain at least
two more couples to help out.
We allow absolutely no drink
ing at these dances. Anyone who
I consider has been drinking is
not allowed to enter.
A dance held any other night at
any other hall cannot be eoncid
ered a Cadet dance.
It is not our object to create a
meeting place for teenagers so
they can get away from their
homes, but it is our object to get
them together to teach them how
to be good citizens. To do this we
have to be able to get them to
gether once a week, which is our
regular Civil Air Patrol Cadet
meeting. Secondly, we have to
have an organization. Third, we
have to have instructors.
We do have our meetings once
a week. It it held at the high
school gym and anyone who wants
to see our squadron can do so any
Thursday evening between 7 and
9 p.m. Entrance is by the boiler
room door.
Mr. Carl Liebig of the school
staff is one of our instructors. We
are still looking for reliable in
structors.
We do have an organization. It
is an organization recognized by
the government of the United
Slates through a charter granted
by the unanimous vote of the
Senate and House of Representa
tives by Act of 1 July 1946 (Pub
lic Law, 79th Congress).
The Civil Air Patrol Cadet pro
gram is basically set up to teach
our young people to be air-mind
ed, which today promises one of
the greatest outlooks in future
achievements the world over.
Besides this, I am working with
my Cadets to fight juvenile delin
quency in Nome. One man cannot
do this alone. He must have the
support of everyone. He must
have the support of the parents
themselves.
There are rumors to the effect
that too many dances are being
held. If the parents think this, it
is their duty to say to their child
“You go to the dance tonight tout
you will stay home tomorrow
night.” It is not mandatory that
the teenagers attend each and ev
ery dance. It is the duty of the
parents to control their children.
Set a time for them to be home
and enforce that rule. Make a set
of rules for your children and en
force them.
There is an old rule that says
“Spare the rod and spoil the
child.” It seems to me that there
is a lot of sparing the rod. Think
this over. It is »a good thought for
the day, any day.
What do you say—‘parents, teach
ers, city departments, civic groups
and individuals—let’s get together
and talk this problem over. Let’s
see if we can’t make a place for
these young people to have their
fun.
After working with 50 teenagers
for five months and seeing how
sincere they are, I am sure if we
do something for them they will
not let us down. We can lick this
juvenile problem hands down, if
we just put in a little effort.
Sgt. Richard August
Commandant of Cadets
Nome CAP Squadron
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