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NO GOUGING !
“The Storekeeper Doesn’t Gouge You.”
That is the headline of an editorial appearing in a
recent issue of the Coatesville, Pa., Record. It points
up the low margin of profit realized by the food chain
industry in its effort to provide better living at a lesser
cost. It observes: “With increased mechanization and
better ways of manufacturing, prices have not increased
as rapidly as have wages. Nor has the retailer taken
advantage of the workers by attempting to get from
them all the money they have received in increased
pay”
Then the editorial deals with the annual financial
report of a food chain operating markets in various
parts of the country. The report, the Record says,
“shows that out of a sale of $10, profit after taxes comes
to 18 cents, or 1.8 percent of income. Of this, the stock
holders received six cents, and 12 cents was plowed
back into the business for new stores, modernization,
new equpment and job opportunities.”
The situation is comparable in the other branches
of retailing—variety and department stores and the
rest. Due to such factors as seasonal and style changes,
profits must be somewhat higher than in the staple food
business. But they are almost invariable less than most
people believe—three or fuor cents out of each dollar
receved in sales.
The storekeeper couldn’t gouge you if he wanted
to—for his competitors would take his trade away.
U.S. GETS FALLOUT FROM
BUSSIAN NUCLEAR TESTS
WASHINGTON, UP—'The Atom"!
ic Energy Commission says re- j
cent Russian tests of nuclear wea- j
pons have produced radioactive1
fallout in the United States—but
at levels “far below” the danger
point.
The Soviet government con
firmed last Friday an earlier AEC
report that it had set off another
big nuclear explosion.
Miss Irene Cornue, hostess at
the Wien Airways Hotel in Kofze
bue last summer, left Seattle last
week for a trip to South America.
She went via San Francisco and
Dallas and will visit Buenos Aires,
Santiago and Lima before return
ing in time for the holidays with
ber family in the East.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
(J.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy and colder tonight
and Thursday. Low temperature
expected tonight -11, high Thurs
day 10.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a m. today: High temperature
17, low 5. Max. wind 17 rnph. from
the NE. Sunrise at 9:22 a.m., sun
set at 2:18 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 32, low 8. Extremes this date
since 1907: high 34 in 1950, low
-39 in 1948.
Mrs. Pete Sandyik and children
left for Kiana to spend the
Thanksgiving' vacation. Mrs.
Sandvik’s father operates the
Blankenship Trading Post there.
Eielson jet Crash
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spewed gasoline over#five others
and set infernos raging.
The scene around the holocaust
was a tragic one as Air Force men
who lived in the buildings search
ed frantically for some trace of
wives and children.
The flames and confusion were
increased, some witnesses said by
bursting oil tanks scattered from
the buildings
Miss Pamela Harris, 21, dfio
lived at the base, said the oil
tanks burst like bombs and she
saw the flames engylf one group
of school children. She said she
never learned their fate.
Fred A. Sorri, a plumber work
ing at the base, said the impact of
the crash “actually knocked four
apartments right out of that build
ing.” There are bathtubs and
plumbing fixtures resting half a
block away.”
He told of finding a sewing
machine 300 feet from where a
woman had been sewing on it.
A total of 500 or 600 volunteers
were fighting the wildly spread
ing flames as soon as they could
reach the scene. Fire units rushed
over the more than 20 miles of
ice-covered highway from Ladd
Air Force Base, on the outskirts
of Fairbanks to join in the fight.
Aircraft set up a shuttle ser
vice to take the burned and crip
ple?! to the Ladd hospital.
Eskimos' Decayed
Teeth Laid to
Civilized Foods
DETROIT Mfl—A Nebraska den
list who studied a band of Eskimos
said that substitution of a white
man’s diet for natural foods has
“raised havoc” with teeth that
previously had no decay.
Dr. Carl H. Henckelmann of
Lincoln told of his studies at a
dental review of the Detroit Den
tal society.
He said that when he first saw
the 70 inhabitants of a village at
Anaktuvuk Pass in Alaska “they
had had practically no contact
with civilization.**
“Their teeth were crooked and
dirty, but they had no decay,” he
said. ►
“They were Jiving on a diet of
wild berries, willow tips, rose hips
(seed-bearing, fruit of wild roses),
caribou, moose, squirrel, marmot,
fish and ptarmigan.
“A white trader moved into the
village in 1949 and began bringing
in white flour, oatmeal, tooacco,
corn meal, candy and white sugar.
Five years later, I was able to ex
amine 22 of these people and
without the aid of X rays found
68 cavities.”
Fine Job Printing ai The Nugget
ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH
Every evening this week at 7:30,
devotions in preparation for the
Feast of Immaculate Conception of
Blessed Virgin Mary.
Christmas Choir Practice Wed
nesday at 8 p.m.
Friday Mass 7 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
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GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
Aviation Council Makes
5 Proposed Changes in’
Pilots’ Phonetic Alphabet
WASHINGTON, UH—Pilots the
world over are studying the five
changes proposed this week in the
phonetic alphabet they use to spell
out words over their radio tele
phone curcuits.
The changes w^ere proposed by
.he International Civil Aviation
Organization. They would affect
the Alfa, Bravo, Coca alphabet
which ICAO put into effect for
global use four years ago in place
of the familiar Able, Baker,
Charlie alphabet developed during
World War II.
In three of the changes, ICAO
would return to the earlier alpha
bet—Charlie instead of Coca for,
the letter C, Mike instead of Met
ro for M, and X ray instead of
Extra for X.
The other two changes would
replace the new code word for
N—Nectar—wdth November, and
that for U—Union—with Uniform.
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ICAO said the changes would
become effective next March 1
unless a majority of its 66 member
nations object.
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Little Boy Finally
Makes His Catch
At Roof Garden
Once Upon a Time there was a
little boy named Johnny and what
he wanted more than anything
else in the world was to catch a
fish.
In the summertime, his daddy
took him to Dexter and he didn’t
catch a fish. He went out to Sun
set and he didn’t even have a bite
on his line. He even went all the
way to Council and the mean fish
didn’t like the taste of the bait on
Jehnny’s hook.
When it was wintertime, he
bon owed a friend’s codfish hole
in the jetty and thought, “I will
surely catch a fish now.” But he
didn’t.
Then it came the big night of
the Pioneer Roof Garden and
Johnny went with his mama and
daddy to the big festival. There,
they had a Fish Pond, and Johnnjr
realized his big wish. He caught a
Fish on the first try. He used a
pole and a line and a hook and on
the first try he caught a “fish,”
which was really a wonderful,
little toy. Even after he grew up,
he remembered when he caught
his first fish. S
Remember, the Pioneer Roof
Garden will be Saturday, Decem
ber 11, in the high school gymna
sium. There will be a wonderful
stage show starring local talent,
followed by games for the whole
family to enjoy, including a Fish
Pond where ^very child will
“catch” a prize.
Paid Adv.
Letter-Size File Folders For
Sale At The Nome Nugget Office.
PUBLIC NOTICE
by
Territorial Board of Public Accountancy
Notice is hereby given of forthcoming examination as follows:
For certification as “Public Accountant”
December 19 and 20, 1955
Anyone wishing to take the above examination should make *
application to A. van Seventer, Secretary of the Board, P.O.
Box 859. Anchorage, Alaska, on or before December 9. 1955.
Due to the illness of George
Goshaw, the Nome Market will be
closed for the winter.
, We wish to thank the people of -
Nome for their patronage. If Mr.
Goshaw s health will permit, we plan
to reopen in the spring, when we
hope to have the pleasure of serving
our customers again.
—Della Goshaw