THE NOME NUGGET
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SPEAKING OF DISCRIMINATION
SWISS WOMEN S PLACE’
The familiar argument over woman’s place in
society is being heard again in Switzerland, one of two
remaining European outposts against woman suffrage
(Lichtenstein is the other). Those who would keep
women theoretically in the home recently won a close
victory by defeating n a natonal referendum a constitu
tional amendment establishing the obligation of Swiss
women to do civil defense work about their dwellings, j
Underlying this vote was the suffrage controversy, j
now before the Swiss Parliament in the form of a,
proposal by the government for a constitutional amend
ment granting women full political and voting rights
in federal affairs. If civil defense service for women
had been accepted, this would have indirectly estab
lished women’s right to vote. All Swiss men must do
military service, and a major argument against woman
suffrage has been that women were exempt from such
service.
Swiss women are said to be almost evenly divided
over whether they want political rights. Those in the
industrial areas tend to say yes; those in the agricul
tural regions, where the traditional concepts of wom
an’s place are strongly entrenched, tend to say no.
One argument of the opponents is that the Swiss
political system entails so much government by refer
endum, with frequent trips to the polls, that Swiss
housewives wouldn’t have time to function as citizens, j
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WEATHER REPORT
Continued fair tonight and to
morrow with the low temperature
expected tonight in the 30’s and
the high tomorrow in the 50’s.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
46, lowest 33. Max. wind 15 mph
from the ESE. Sunrise at 2:49
a.m., sunset at 9:09 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 40. low 25. Extremes this
date since 1907: highest 55 in
1953, lowest 4 in 1937.
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Youth Talent Displayed
At Saturday Matinee
The Children’s Matinee on Sat
urday morning had a new emcee, j
Wayne Russell, who, according to
reports, did a fine job.
Outstanding talent of the ses
sion were Wayne Russell with a
pantomime guitar number and!
Don Outwater and David Davis1
doing a pantomimed guitar and i
washboard number.
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16 Rescued From
Another Service
Plane Accident
iBy The Associated Press)
An 80-ton Navy Tradewinds
flying boat virtually plummeted
to an emergency landing in the
shallow waters of lower San Fran
cisco Bay Friday. It was the
fourth since Wednesday in a series
of accidents to service craft from
Japan to the Azores.
Only five men of the 41 in
volved in the four mishaps have
not been rescued.
All 16 crewmen aboard the
tradewinds counted themselves
lucky after a running-wild pro
peller forced the landing—at over
180 miles an hour—and only- five
men suffered minor injuries. All
were rescued within minutes.
Repairs crews patched the hull
of the $2 million transport.
At Honolulu, 10 crew members
of a Navy Neptune patrol bomber
were brought in by a submarine,
which picked them off a raft
after the plane was forced down
175 miles southwest of that city
Thursday night.
The men, unhurt and in good
spirits, stood on the sub’s decks as
it docked at Pearl Harbor. They
waved and smiled at a crowd of
about 100.
Five men still were missing in
the crash of an Air Force tanker
plane 100'miles southwest of To
kyo. Japanese rescue crash boats
picked up three crewmen.
Bad weather Thursday forced
another Air Force tanker plane
to ditch in the Atlantic 200 miles
southwest of the Azores. All seven
crewmen were rescued.
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U.S. F-82 Thunderjet
Crashes of English Coast, j
Leaving No Sign of Pilot
HOLBEACH. England, W)—A
U.S. Air Force F-84 Thunderjet
fighter crashed into the sea off
the English coast today.
Royal Air Force and U.S. res
cue craft flew over the wreckage
and reported there was no sign
ot the pilot, the only man aboard.
Fifty miles to the north, an
RAF Vampire jet fighter explod
ed during a thunderstorm and
sent wreckage showering on a
housing estate at Gainsborough.
The body of the pilot was flung
thru the roof of a house. None of
the residents of the housing estate
was injured.
Standard Oil Markets
New Auto Lubricant
To Check Sludge
Standard Oil Co. of California
recently announced the market
ing of RPM Supreme Motor Oil,
a new automotive lubricant the
company said effectively checks
engine sludge and deposits undei
all types of driving conditions.
The new oil, with an exclusive
detergent-action compound, is a
radical departure from ordinary
motor oils now available and vir
tually halts the excessive sludge
and wear that occurs in autos us
ually driven in stop-and-go ser
vice, the company reported.
Technical representatives of the j
company predicted the new prod-1
uct would reduce sludge and wear
to the point where an engine lu
bricated from the start by RPM
Supreme could outlast the life m
the car itself.
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Special Awards Given at
School Band Concert
For Solos, Achievements
The Nome School band concert
was presented yesterday after
noon in the multi-purpose room
of the school under the direction
of the music instructor, F. J. Gor
man. !
Solos were by flutist Joey Bar
bar; trumpet duet by Fritz Cham
bers and Ray Arnold, and bari
tone horn by Earl Towner. These
boys received special awards for,
soloing.
The most unusual number pre
sented was “Night Beat” which
required ciose attention to the
director for proper interpretation |
and it appealed to the imagina
tion. Audience applause showed
that “Polka Time” was the most
popular selection of the concert.
Special achievement awards
went to three students: Pamela
Mulvihill, Beverly Bohrer and;
Ricky Young.
Other awards were given for
attendance.
Small Talk Boring,
Says Elevator Operator |
—All About Weather
MIDDLETON, Conn., (JV—What
do people talk about in elevators?
The weather—and it’s getting
pretty boring, says Harry Scionti,
Municipal Building elevator op
erator.
Yesterday he produced this
chart of things people said in his
elevator in one day and how many
times it was said:
“Boy, it’s hot.”—14 times.
“Pretty warm.”—11.
“We’re sweating it out today.”
—twice.
“Good day for the beach.”—22.
“We sure need rain.”—13. j
“Hottest day of the year.”—6. i
“It’s the humidity.”—5.
“I can hardly breathe.”—2.
Army Chief Bows
To Order Giving
ICBMs to Air Force
By FRED S. HOFFMAN
WASHINGTON, UP)—The na
tion’s top-ranked soldier says he
has bowed to an order giving the
Air Force control over long-range -
missiles.
Gen. Maxwell Taylor, the Army
Chief of Staff, made it clear yes
terday he is taking no part in an
Army-Air Force squabble grow
ing out of the order by Secretary
of Defense Wilson last November.
Taylor, questioned during a TV
interview (NBC’s Meet the Press),
said “Army spokesmen, including
myself, defended before the Sec
retary of Defense last November
the need for a 1,500-mile missile
for the Army,” adding:
“We had our day in court, we
argued our case and we lost it. So
far as I am concerned, that settles
the issue upon that point.”
Taylor said Wilson was "‘a com
petent superior and I accepted
his decision.”
In his November order, Wilson
specified that the Army should
have responsibility for missiles
with ranges of 200 miles or less.
At the same time, he assigned the
Air Force authority over longer
range weapons. These would in
clude the intermediate range bal
listic missile (IRBM>, planned to
travel 1,500 miles, and the
intercontinental ballistic missile
(ICBM), which would have a
5,000-mile range.
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