THE NOME NUGGET
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IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY
Armed raids on a British military camp have
brought the activities of the I.R.A. into the editorials
of nearly every newspaper of Britain today.
The Manchester Guardian traces the history of the
Irish Republican Army from the troubled days of 1916
and says the I.R.A. of today is a new organization no
longer suspected of being financed by Berlin or Moscow
but still considerably in debt to the United States and
increasingly dependent on the subscriptions of Irish
workers drawing high wages in British industry.
The Guardian points out it is excellently informed
about it. The newspaper thinks most I.R.A. activities
. in Britain could be stopped overnight if the Irish police
passed this information -on to Scotland Yard, but the
I.R.A. hopes to achieve by terrorism what the Irish
Government claims it will achieve by peaceful methods.
So the Manchester Guardian thinks the full infor
mation is not likely to be forthcoming even if it were
asked for.
The Daily Telegraph dismisses the main declared
aim of the I.R.A.—a united Ireland—as unobtainable’
in any conceivable circumstances and unjust by its j
own standards. The newspaper claims that among other j
aims of the I.R.A. is the hope of making Britains look |
like asses and in consequence provoking us into unduly
harsh retaliation.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy to part cloudy tonight
and Thursday. Winds N to NE
10 to 20 mph. Lowdst temperature
expected tonight 36, high tomor-!
row 50.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
50, low 36. Max. wind 27 mph.
from the NNE. Sunrise -4:40 a.m.,
sunset 7:22 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 51, low 45. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 65 in 1923,
low 26 in 1919.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Catherine Ahkinga,
Donna Koutchak, Annie Kunayak,
Daisy Gault, Esther Stony, Ger
aldine Kiyetelluk.
New Townsites Surveyed
For Teller and Tanana
JUNEA U—New towns are
springing up all over Alaska—
well, at widely separated points,
anyway.
Regional Cadastral Engineer
Leonard Berlin of the Bureau of
Land Management said one of his
survey parties is now surveying
a townsite at Teller at the request
of local inhabitants. Another par
ty recently "completed a townsite
survey at Tanana, also in response
to local request.
Other townsite work this sea
son has included surveys for ex
tensions to the Fairbanks and
Sexman townsites.
Vitamins are produced by j
everything that lives.
Canadian Official
Denies Any Gap
In DEW Line
OTTAWA, Uft—Canadian defense
officials know of no gaps in the
Distant Early Warning radar line
between Greenland and Alaska, a
Defense Department spokesman
said yesterday.
He was commenting on a state
ment made Saturday at Lake Ste
vens, Wash., by Sen. Henry Jack
son (D-Wash) that a critical hole
has been found in the DEW line
and the U.S. Defense Dept, is
taking rapid steps to plug it.
The $250 million line is being
paid for by the United States.
“We don’t know of any basic
change in the line,” the spokes
man said. “Construction is pro
gressing favorably and on sched
ule. Anyway,” he added, “you
can’t have gaps in something that
doesn’t^ exist.”
The line is not yet in operation
and probably won’t be until 1957.
Another official said effective
ness of the DEW chain won’t be
known positively until it is in full
operation.
It is sometimes found in prac
tice that there are a few blind
spots in radar coverage from cer
tain sites and these are fixed if
and when they occur, he added.
Alaska Airlines
Shows Increase in
Revenue Traffic
Alaska Airlines announces an
increase in revenue traffic on its
States-Alaska route for the first
six months in 1955 or 78 percent
over the first six months of 1954.
The increase in traffic within
the Territory of Alaska follows
the same pattern. The mainline
routes between Anchorage and
Fairbanks show an increase of
10.6 percent, first six months of
1955 over 1954 and between An
chorage and Nome, 66 percent.
This information was released
by Ralph W. Starkey, vice presi
dent of traffic, who stated that he
thought the prevailing economic
situation between the States and
Alaska and within the territory
would indicate that the increase
of business realized in the first
six months of 1955 would not only
continue through 1955 but would
also continue throughout 1956.
July statistics for the Nome sta
tions for inbound and outbound
traffic are as follows:
Passengers: in, 194; out, 201.
Mail: in, 36,256 lbs.; out, 8,877 lbs.
Freight: in, 85,584 lbs.; out, 6,962
lbs.
It is interesting to note that the
inbound freight increased about
30,000 pounds over June freight,
stated Margaret Heller, local man- j
ager.
IN THE PROBATE COURT IN AND
FOR THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT, j
TERRITORY OF ALASKA. SECOND
DIVISION.
Notice of Hearing
on Final Report
and Decree of Distribution
No. 927
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JAMES C. PIERCE. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Bertha
Aukon (Adsuna», Administrator in the
above entitled estate has filed herein
the final report of her administration to
gether with a Petition for a Decree of
Distribution and her discharge as Ad
ministrator and that Wednesday, the 19th
day of October, at the hour of 18:00 a.m.
in the office of the undersigned. Federal
Building, Nome, Alaska, has been estab
lished as the time and place for such
hearing and all persons interested* there
in may appear at said time and place
and show cause, if any there be, why
the said report should not be approved
and the Petition of the Administrator
granted.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, this 16th day
of August, 1955.
Herbert J. Jenks
(Seal) United States Commission
er and Ex Officio Pro
bate Judge.
Publ. Aug. 17, 24, 31, Sept. 7, 1955.
U.S. Pilots for Japanese
Air Lines May Quit
To Escape High Tax
' TOKYO, Most of the Am
erican pilots now flying Japan
Air Lines’ international flight
may quit at the end of this year
rather than pay Japan’s new and
higher income taxes, a Tokyo
newspaper said Tuesday.
About 40 American pilots now
work for JAL, with salaries from
$1,500 to $1,800 a month. On Jan.
1, these wages will be subject to
taxes up to 60 percent.
The airline has no Japanese
pilots qualified to fly internation
al routes to the United States.
Man Breaks Wife’s Back
Following Drinking Bout
LUMBERTON, N.C., Ut)—A 31
year-old man was being held
without bond today in what Sher
iff Earl Hendrix said was the
most cruel-assault of its type he
had ever known.
Police said August Revels of
Shannon knocked his wife down
Sunday after a drinking bout,
placed her head between his
knees and applied pressure until
he broke her back.
Mrs. Revels, the mother of 10
children ranging in age from five
months to 14 years, was reported
in “satisfactory” condition at a
hospital here.
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