2 THE NOME NUGGET Monday, October 5. 1953
THE NOME NUGGET
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CAST ADRIFT
NOME’S CONSERVATIVE SCHOOL PROGRAM
A partial survey of what other towns in Alaska
are doing to keep up with the Increase in the enroll
ment in the public schools, shows that the Nome School
Board has been very conservative in its program to
meet the needs of the community, as will be explained
at the meeting tonight at the school auditorium.
Juneau has set its needs at a $2,000,000 high
school for 500 students; Anchorage is asking for over
a million dollars; Sitka has asked $662,000 for addi
tions; Seward, $951,000 for high school additions, and
there are many more. All are taking advantage of the
Alaska Public Works program set up for this purpose
snd the Federal government pays half the expense at
two per cent interest. The A.P.W. program has only
another year to go and the voters are urged to author
ize the bond issue on October 9.
A large crowd is not expected at the meeting as
most people in the community are in accord with the
program. The School Board and the City Council are
to be commended for their earnest endeavors to get
the best for the community. They will endeavor tonight
to answer any uestions for those who have doubts
es to the need for the bonding issue and for the present
plan of construction.
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
This is Fire Prevention Week and a very appropri
ate time of the year to check sooty pipes, hazardous and
leaky oil connections and to dispose of accumulations
of trash.
Nome has experienced many serious fires, some of
which could have been avoided had everyone cooperat
ed in taking the necessary care of home and business
property.
Fire losses in 1952 destroyed $784,953,000 Worth of
property in the United States.
The President of the United States has proclaimed
this week to emphasize the need for every citizen in
the country being made aware of the tragic loss of life
and wasteful destruction of irreplaceable natural and
created resources through preventable fire. He has
c ailed upon every citizen to accept individual responsi
bility to exercise greater thoughtfulness and caution
to prevent the suffering and devastation resulting from
i res.
Jet Fighter Planes
Authorized For
Alaska Air Guard
HEADQUARTERS, Alaska Na
tional Guard—Jet-powered fighter
planes have been definitely auth
orized for the 144th Fighter-Bomb
er Sqadron at Anchorage, Brig.
Gen. John R. Noyes, adjutant gen
eral, Alaska National Guard, an
nounced last week.
Gen. Noyes said word received
from the National'Guard Bureau
in Washington, D.C., assures the
delivery of nearly a score of jets,
within two months. The authori
zation calls for fifteen F-80C air
craft for use as fighter bombers
by the Alaska Air National Guard
unit. In addition, several T-33,
two-seater jet training planes will
be delivered to the Anchorage
squadron.
The unit at Anchorage already
has several propellor-driven train
ing planes of the T-6 class and
one C-47 transport,plane. At pres
ent young men are being sought
to fill part time and full time pos
itions as air crewmen, radio and
radar technicians, mechanics and
other skills. Some pilot vacancies
also exist. Qualified young men
receive training at Anchorage and
in Air Force service schools in the
States, Gen. Noyes stated.
Interested persons are asked to
contact the 145th Fighter Bomber
Squadron, Alaska Air National
Guard, 129 Fourth Ave. Anchor
age.
Navy Patrol Squadron 57
Welcomed Home After
Six Months Far East Duty
WHIDBEY ISLAND Naval Air
Station, —Navy Patrol Squad
ron 57, which has many Washing
ton State men in its ranks, was
welcomed at this naval station
Sunday after six months of war
patrols in the Far East.
Heading the squadron is Cmdr.
V. J. (Jack) Coley, who led the
Navy’s “Operation Ski Jump”
flights in the spring of 1952 from
Barrow, Alaska, over the polar
wastes to T-3 ice island near the
pole.
Squadron 57, attached to Fleet
Air Wing 4, was trained at Whid
bey. For the past six months it
fad been based at Atsugi, Japan,
for patrol flights over the Korean
War theater.
Dodger Fans’ Hopes
Revived By Victory
NEW YORK, UP) — A Brooklyn
tabloid came out Friday with a
giant front-page headline: “World
Series Starts Today,” and as far
as Dodger fans are concerned, it
did.
The all-but-deceased hopes of
the beloved Bums stirred, then
sat bolt upright, revived by a
3-2 victory over the New York
Yankees in as fine a series game
as anyone could ask to see.
It was mounting drama from
the start, until a record Ebbets
Field crowd was limp and ex
hausted by the steady drain on
the nerves.
BRING YOUR WATCH
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EXPERT REPAIRS
Pojpe Pius XII Urges Unjust Wars
Be Punished By International Law
Southeast Alaska National
Guardsmen To Train At
Ft. Richardson Oct. 17-31
JUNEAU, UP)—Juneau’s Nation
al Guardsmen will join with citi
zen-soldiers throughout Southeast
Alaska and the Railbelt this month
to attend field training of infantry
units at Fort Richardson for two
weeks from Oct. 17 to 31.
Units will attend from Ketchi
kan, Sitka, Metlakatla, Hoonah,
Angoon, Kake and Haines, as well
as from Juneau. They form the
208th Infantry Battalion (separate)
under the command of Maj. Laur
is (Larry) Parker of Juneau. The
Southeast Alaska troops will be
joined by the 207th Infantry Bat
talion (separate) from Anchorage,
Seward, Fairbanks and Fort Yu
kon, under the command of Lt.
Co'l. George M. McLaughlin of
Anchorage.
Camp Denali, the National
Guard training site at Fort Rich
ardson, is a greatly improved fac
ility this year, Brig. Gen. John R.
Noyes, adjutant general, Alaska
National Guard, says.
Alaska Day will be observed at
Camp Denali Oct. 18 with a suit
able camp ceremony. On Satur
day, Oct. 24, the public will be in
vited to a review of troops, as
guardsmen observe Governor’s
Day.
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Airline List Reveals
Sen. McCarthy And Bride
Honeymooning In Nassau
MIAMI, Fla., W) — Government
regulations have disclosed that
Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his
bride are honeymooning in Nas
sau.
The Republican senator from
Wisconsin had said most of his
honeymoon with the former Jean
Kerr would be spent in his home
state, but rumors at their wed
ding reception in Washington said
they would head for an Arizona
inn.
The Miami Herald said the
couple came to Miami and board
ed plane for Nassau. McCarthy
left instructions with the flying
service that the information was
not to be given out.
But he overlooked one impor
tant detail. Passenger lists of
planes going to foreign countries
must be filed with the govern
ment. A reporter saw McCarthy’s
name on the list.
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ROME, (tf) — Pope Pius XII
urged the nations of the world
Saturday to adopt a code of in
ternational law that would punish
crimes having international con
sequences. Chief among these, he
said, would be an unjust war.
The Pope spoke to delegates
from more than a score of coun
tries, gathered in Rome for the
sixth International Congress of
Criminal Law.
The pontiff placed at the top,
crimes with international conse
quences which he said should
come under international law:
“The criminal of a modern war
. . . that provokes ruin, suffer
ing and unimaginable horror.”
The pontiff said no person
should be able to bring this about
with impunity.
“Such perils,” he added, “com
pel all people to hold themselves
ready for defense.
“But that absolutely does not
alter the fact that unjust war
must be put in the first place
among the gravest crimes that in
ternational law should punish
with the heaviest penalty.”
The Pope said “Even in just war
—that is, in a war of defense—
not all means (of war) are ac
ceptable.”
He then listed as unacceptable
mass executions of innocent per
sons for reprisal, the execution of
hostages, massacres for reasons of
hate or race, mass deportations,
violence against women and chil
dren, .and roundups of men for
forced labor, or more exactly,
“slave labor.”
These, he said, indicate what
crimes should be dealt with under
international law.
The Pope said those guilty of
such crimes should not be able to
evade punishment.