THE NOME NUGGET
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VANDALS DAMAGE NEW SIGNS
In the last issue of the Nugget an expression of
-of appreciation was given to the Q Cab for their work
in putting up signs pointing out places of interest
in the community.
Before the ink was dry, vandals had destroyed
one of the signs by throwing well-aimed rocks at
several places on it and had succeeded in breaking
off the arm of “Mr. Billiken.”
The City authorities will no doubt place a severe
fine on the culprits when caught and it will be well
deserved. Junior Police are being alerted to see that
no further destruction is done.
West Prepares for
Conference on
SE Asia Alliance
High-level moves by both the
East and West came swiftly yes
terday on the heels of the Indo
china settlement at Geneva.
The United States and Britain
and their allies outlined plans for
an international conference to
■draw up a defensive alliance to
protect ncm-Communist Southeast
Asia areas against Red conquest.
The Soviet Communist Party
organ, Pravda, called for United
Nations membership for Commu
nist China and new Korean nego
tiations.
High diplomatic sources in
Washington said an official an
nouncement of an international
conference between the Western
powers was expected shortly.
Some officials told a newsman
the meeting would be held late
next month in the Asian area. The
makeup of the projected meeting
remains to be determined.
A Southeast Asia Treaty Organ
ization of 10 nations originally
was proposed by the United
States. The 10 nations were the
United States, Britain, France,
Australia, New Zealand, Thailand,
the Philippines and the Indochi
nese states of Vietnam, Laos and
Cambodia.
The Geneva agreements restrict
defensive alliances, however, by
the Indochinese states.
Pravda, meanwhile, hailed the
Indochina settlement and said
public opinion demands new neg
otiations on reuniting Korea.
Widow Follows Soldier
Husband in Death After
Trip To Her Bedside
GREAT LAKES, 111., Wl — The
widow of a former Fort Richard
son soldier, died Thursday in the
Great Lakes Naval Station hos
pital just a day after her hus
band died of injuries suffered
shortly after he was transferred
bere to be at her bedside.
Mrs. Lila Fauskin, 42, had been
critically ill and had not been in
formed of the death Wednesday
in the same hospital of her hus
band, Sgt. Stanford Fauskin, 41,
of Fargo, N.D.
Sgt. Fauskin had been trans
ferred from Alaskan duty to be
near his wife. Fauskin suffered a
head injury Tuesday night when
he tripped and struck his head on
a curb in nearby Waukegan.
Indochina
Peace Settlement
Was Best Possible
Under Conditions
WASHINGTON, UD — Under
secretary of State Walter Bedell
Smith, who represented the United
States at the Geneva conference,
said today the Indochina peace
settlement was “the best which
we could have possibly obtained
under the circumstances.”
Smith made the statement at
the airport after flying back to
report to President Eisenhower
and Secretary of State Dulles on
the Geneva meeting, as well as
the talks he had in London last
night with Prime Minister Chur
chill.
The United States and Britain
are making plans, in consultation
with other friendly governments,
for an international conference in
about a month to draft a south
east Asia defense pact.
The Indochina settlement which
Smith called the best possible, di
vided the state of Viet Nam be
tween the Communists and the
non - Communists and left Laos
and Cambodia under their present
governments.
Smith was asked whether he
thought, as some congressional
critics have suggested, that the
peace agreement was a kind of
Far Eastern “Munich.” This re
ferred to an agreement reached
by the western powers at Munich
before World War II in an effort
to block Hitler’s further conquest
by bowing to some of his de
mands.
“Munich,” Smith growled, “is
a damn poor term. At Munich
things were given away when
there was no fighting. This is a
war.”
THURSDAY BALL SCORES
American League
New York 4-11, Chicago 3-1
Cleveland 6-5, Boston 3-2
Washington 3, Baltimore 2
Detroit 9, Philadelphia 4
National League
Brooklyn 8, Cincinnati 5
Chicago 13, New York 5
Milwaukee 3, Philadelphia 2
St. Louis 3, Pitsburgh 2
Pacific Coast League
Oakland 4, Los Angeles 0
Hollywood 9, San Francisco 3
Sacramento 6-5, Portland 3-1
San Diego 14, Seattle 11
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Max Lieb, Nominated
For ANICA Manager
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own man for manager of ANICA
because we are convinced that we
must have a man who knows our
people, our needs, and our ways
of life. We have discussed many
men and have finally decided that
something should be done about
hiring an ANICA manager and
that same should be done now.
“I would like to offer the name
of Mr. Max Lieb for your consid
eration for manager of ANICA.
Max Lieb is an Eskimo who was
born at Point Hope, Alaska, and
who was raised on the west coast
of Alaska. He speaks Eskimo and
English fluently. Max is experi
enced in business, having been
Bethel manager for Northern Con
solidated Airlines, having worked
for various traders in the Bethel
area and having successfully op
erated his own business for sev
eral years. Max is an outstanding
community leader in Bethel and
of course is very active in Cham
ber of Commerce affairs. He is
honest and is well respected by all
who know him. He is familiar
with both the fishing and fur in
dustries as these apply to our
economy. At one time he served
as an advisor to the Kipnuk Na
tive Store which made nice profits
during his stay at Kipnuk but has
since gone broke. A few years
ago Mr. Lieb borrowed money to
open a business in Bethel; he paid
this loan in full in two years,
which testifies to his business
ability. He now owns and operates
a roadhouse, a soft drink fountain,
a restaurant, and a general store.
He does not have to have this or
any other job but would be will
ing to take the manager’s job be
cause he says it would provide
him with a chance to help his own
people. Mr. Lieb is forty-four
years of age and is married to a
well known Eskimo lady, Sophie
Lieb, who is well though of by all
people from Bethel to' Barrow.”
How to Profit With
No Capital Taught
By FHA Officials
WASHINGTON, (IP)—A Los An
geles builder told investigating
senators Thursday that Federal
Housing Administration officials
taught builders exactly how to
profit from a postwar govern
ment-backed housing program
without putting up “any capital.”
The witness, Arthur B. Weber,
said he couldn’t remember the
name of the FHA man he said
came from Washington to tell him
and other builders how to make
money from the government pro
gram.
Weber, testifying under oath,
said that he cleared $387,543 on
two projects and later sold his
interest in them for an additional
profit of $125,000.
Sen. Capehart (R-Ind), chair
man of the Senate Banking Com
mittee which is conducting the
housing investigation, asked Web
er: “Do you fell that you were
promoted in this” by the FHA?
Weber replied: “There is no
question about that. Frankly, I
wish we had never seen them. We
acted in good faith. Our hands
were tied.”
Earlier, Sen. Maybank (D-SC),
senior Democrat on the committee
said FHA officials should act at
once to “cut back on windfall
profits and reduce the inflated
rents of tenants who are paying
for them.”
“Everybody’s made money in
these housing project deals ex
cept the tenant,” he said. “He’s
the guy who’s been paying for it.”
Stevenson Brushes Aside
Query on Whether He’s
Hoping To Be President
FAIRBANKS, UR—Adlai Steven
son good-naturedly brushed aside
Wednesday a query whether he
will seek the presidency again in
1956.
A reporter asked him at a press
conference for comment on a
statement by a local shoe shine
parlor operator that Stevenson
was “hoping” to become the cotin
try’s next President.
The 1952 Democratic standard
bearer replied:
“I’m afraid Jimmy’s enthusiasm
as a former Chicagoan and a
member of the Democratic Club
has got the 'best of him.”
He referred to Jimmy Johnson,
who said after shining Steven
son’s shoes Wednesday that the
Democratic leader had high hopes
of winning in 1956.
Turning to the subject of Alas
ka, Stevenson told newsmen that
“I don’t see anything but hope
for your territory . . . your prob
lem is to create year-around em
ployment for the increasing popu
lation.”
Hydroelectric Plant Built
Inside Mountain to Power
Huge Aluminium Smelter
VANCOUVER, B.C., OB—Fur
naces of the Aluminum Company
of Canada’s giant smelter in Brit
ish Columbia will be fired soon
by power from a great hydroelec
tric plant built inside a mountain.
The story behind the power de
velopment began three years ago
when the company started to
build a plant that would light and
power a city the size of Vancou
ver. To do it, contractors hollowed
out Mount Du Bois, made a river
flow backwards, and built a huge
lake.
The project was built at a cost
of 38 lives and 160 million dollars.
Now the power plant is almost
ready. Soon resident engineer
Karl Roestad will throw the
switches that will send power
humming over a twisting, 80-mile
transmission line to1 Kitimat.
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