THE NOME NUGGET
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__HIS GOLDEN STATE _
Nome School Hot Lunch Program
Must Be Self Supporting
The Nome School Hot Lunch Program is scheduled
to start January 3, 1956. The program is planned for
three months and will be extended if it is financially
possible.
In previous years the Hot Lunch Program has been
sponsored by various organizations and financed by
donations and house to house solicitations. This year,
the program is sponsored jointly by the School Admin
istration and the PTA. The School Board has advanced
funds to secure necessary supplies which must be pur
chased in advance, due to our far north location and
lack of economical winter transportation. These funds
are not a donation. Every effort must be made to make
the program self sufficient.
The Nome School Hot Lunch Program is now eligi
ble under the National School Lunch Act for federal
reimbursement for lunches served. However, this
amounts to only a few cents per lunch. Also, surplus
commodities are offered to help make it possible for a
hot lunch program such as ours to be self sufficient. Due
to our far north location and lack of economical winter
transportation, relatively few of these commodities
have been obtained for this year. This offers possible
economic security for the Hot Lunch Program in the
future but is not available now.
The crowded school building does not have space
for a lunchroom. As a result, expenses for heat, lights,
water and scavenger service must also be considered.
The economy of this area, with many employed
only in the summer months, is such that many of the
people with large families are unable to pay the full
cost of the lunches.
Realizing this situation, many organizations of the
community are contributing to the purchase of meal
tickets for these children. The Hot Lunch Program must
be self supporting if it is to continue.
Failure of Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Sets Off New Round in Cold War
GENEVA, UR—East and West*
squared off Thursday for a new
round of the cold war for Ger
many.
Closing statements at the Big
Four foreign ministers conference
Wednesday left no doubt that the
struggle, concentrated for three
weeks in the Palace of Nations
here, will be transformed into a
wider conflict of international pol
itics and propaganda directed
from Moscow, Washington, Lon
don, Paris and Bonn.
The foreign ministers’ confer
ence ended with the spirit of Ge
neva, born four months ago at the
summit conference here, torn to
tatters. There was no decision to
hold another session.
Each side blamed the other for
the total failure of the talks to j
Former Empire Editor
Says He Wrote Articles
That Caused Libel Suit
KETCHIKAN, (4*1 — The former
managing editor of the Juneau
Empire testified yesterday he
wrote news articles now figuring
in a $400,000 libel suit without
consulting Mrs. Helen Monsen,
publisher of the newspaper at the
time the suit was filed.
Jack Daum, the former editor,
said he wrote the news stories and
editorial comment that are the
basis of the suit against the Em
pire by three former territorial
officials.
A deposition by Mrs. Monsen
was read into the record by agree
ment of counsel and later she
took the witness stand for cross
examination, which was to con
tinue today.
Mrs. Monsen testified she did
not supervise editorial writing on
the Empire and frequently did not
know what was to be published
until the paper was printed.
She mentioned instances in
which the Empire took issue with
former Governor Gruening, one
of the plaintiffs, but insisted she
held no animosity toward any of
them. The others bringing the
libel suit were Henry Roden, for
mer treasurer, and Frank Met
calfe, former highway engineer.
Bob Hope’s Jokes
On Royal Romance
Upset Some Canadians
HOLLYWOOD, W— Bob Hope
says he’s astonished some Canadi
ans were so upset over jokes he
made on television about the Prin
cess Margaret-Peter Townsend ro
mance.
“I admire Pete’s nerve,” Hope
5 told his TV audience Tuesday
night. “Imagine trying to sell roy
alty the Townsend plan.”
The British-born comedian re
ferred to an old-age plane auth
ored by Dr. Francis Townsend
which became popular nationally
during the depression.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
said it received complaints about
the jokes referring to the princess
and the group captain. The Cana
dian press Wednesday quoted Wil
i liam A. Wecker, president of Gen
eral Motors of Canada, as saying
his company would not have spon
sored the show if the contents of
the script had been known.
Hope said the princess was a
good friend and added, “I’d be the
last one to say anything deroga
tory about Princess Margaret.”
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produce any constructive agree
ments on German reunification, a
European security pact, atomic
disarmament, and the removal of
Iron Curtain barriers.
The departing diplomats left
behind them this central question:
which side won?
The most authoritative comment
possible from the Western side
was that it will take weeks, possi
bly months, to tell. Much more
was at stake at the meeting than
agreement on the points directly
at issue. From this broader per
spective, several results can be
listed before the final score is in:
1. The Soviet government was
shown to be following a much
tougher line in relations with the
West than at the summit confer
ence in July.
2. A demonstration of Russia's
no-compromise attitude, even on
minor problems of East-West re
lations, can be expected to count
eract the softening influence of
the Geneva spirit on Western pol
icies.
3. An equally uncompromising
attitude of the West on basic
problems such as German unity
and disarmament controls showed
Russia the West is not willing to
buy a settlement with the East
at the cost of large concessions.
4. The cold war is still on—and
seems likely to continue for a long
time—in the sense that Russia
seeks to drive the Western powers
out of Germany and the United
States out of Europe, while the
West wants to roll back Soviet
power.
NATO Chief Warns
Western World to
Keep Guard Up
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
OR—One of America’s top military
men says Russia’s attitude of
“sweetness and light” has caused
a “tendency to let down” among
the countries of western Europe.
Gen. J. Lawton Collins made
the statement Wednesday in a talk
to the Associated Press Managing
Editors Assn, whidh is holding its
annual convention here.
Collins, U.S. representative in
the North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation staff, said Russia is trying
to destroy NATO by fostering
complacency among the 13 nations
; in the alliance.
He said the Communists feared
i NATO, not because of any threats
of a military attack, but because
the organization gives western
Europeans strength and courage
to withstand the pressure from
Russia.
Collins quoted Nikita Khrush
chev, general. secretary of the
Communist Party, as having said
anyone who has believed Russia
has abandoned the teachings of
Marx, Lenin and Stalin is badly
mistaken.
Not only must NATO’s defen
sive military strength be sus
tained, Collins said, but economic
aid to western Europe must be
continued as well.
He told the managing editors
they have a responsibility to re
port news that shows “we do
make progress” in strengthening
unity among the NATO countries.
DEAN ★ JAGGER
Destiny in his hands !
Disabled Greek Freighter
And Tug Expected To
Make Adak For Repairs
VANCOUVER, B.C., UP> — The
crippled freighter Makedonia may
make it to Vancouver under her
own power, but the 8,200-ton, ship
won’t be alone for a minute of the
time,” a tug company official said
today.
The Makedonia, in tow by the
diesel tug Sudbury, was expected
to reach Adak, on Attu of the
Aleutian Island chain, early this
morning.
The Makedonia wallowed help
lessly in North Pacific swells for
12 days before the Sudbury cov
ered the 3,200 miles to reach her
and get a tow line secured.
The two ships were lashed by
50 mile an hour gales yesterday,
but made good speed once out of
the high winds.
Meanwhile, the tug Island Sov
ereign was towing the Panama
nian freighter Adamas, which ran
out of fuel about 500 miles west
of Victoria.
The Adamas, like the Make
donia, was traveling to Vancouver
from Japan in ballast.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Nome to Anchorage: Kenneth
Marquiss, Paul Ringsmith, George
Van Kleeck, Sophie Tuckfield, Eli
Knox, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Denny
and infant, and M. L. Reagan.*
From Anchorage: Vern Hirsch,
Cas Kunnawisz, Tom Beltz, Doris
Wilkey, James Parsons, Major
James M. Pierce, Captain James
Lankford, George H. Ford, James
W. Potter, Daniel P. Hodges, Wil
bert E. McDonald, Billy J. Main
old, A/2c Harold Walker, Kenneth
J. Marquiss, Thomas J. Joyce,
Donald V. Hilscher, James H. Car
ter, Gordon Bond, M/Sgt. Frank
Lee, Ac3c Gerald Thomas, Alex
ander Chapman Jr.
To Northeast Cape: Airmen 3rd
Class B. J. Austin, A. H. Galloway,
J. J. Jaroszewski, E. L. Douglas;
Airmen 2nd Class E. H. Conditt,
R. A. Hatfield; A/lc C. W. R.
Duckworth, Sheldon Meislish, Bill
Zuback, Maj. Brown, Ross Wilson,
Charles Stahlman, Don Mangan,
A/2c J .L. Beasley, 2nd Lt. Herbig.
From Unalakleet: Mr. Beamis,
William Cowine. From Kotzebue:
Sophie Tuckfield, Eli Knox, Janet
Kagoona.
Son Born Yesierday To Rev.
Andersons of While Mountain
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Anderson
of White Mountain are the par
ents of a son born yesterday at the
hospital and weighing 8 pounds,
7 ounces. The Andersons are with
the Mission Covenant Church.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy, windy and warmer
with snow and blowing snow to
day and Saturday. Southeasterly
winds 15-25 mph. Low tempera
ture expected tonight 15, high to
morrow 20.
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