THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
oostoffice at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
AIR SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT
Several months ago, the Aeronautical Engineering
Review, while calling for “constant vigilance and con
tinuing research,” pointed with some pride to airline
operating records for the preceding five years: “During
this period, the scheduled airlines of the United States
have flown 99.99 percent of their passengers without
accident. (A pilot flying one of these airliners for 1,000
hours a year would have a life expectancy of 400
years.)”
The unremitting engineering efforts to make Am
erica’s reliable and high-performance aircraft the
world’s safest have sometimes been overlooked—pri
marily because it is the aggregate of innumerable gains
which results in the spectacular safety records achieved
by air transportation.
Most of these mechanical and technological ad
vances are not apparent to the casual observer because
they cannot be seen by the untrained eye. They include
such important airborne and ground developments as
automatic feathering and reversible pitch propellers,
anti-skid braking, steerable nose wheel, high-strength
nylon cord tires, very high frequency (weather-proof)
communications, omni-range navigation, ground con
trol approach, instrument landing systems, thermal
anti-icing systems, electrical windshield de-icing and
de-fogging, underwing refueling, evolutionary improve
ment of engines, cockpit standardization advances, im
proved exterior lighting, fire detection and extinguish
ing systems, non-flammable hydraulic fluid, fire-resis
tant materials, and a host of others.
Each of these developments has added its impor
tant bit to the continuing increases in aviation safety.
TIME TO BE BRAVE
Senator John J. Williams, Republican of Delaware,
whose personal investigations led to revelation of the
wholesale tax scandals in the Internal Revenue Bureau,
and the wholesale firing of tax officials during the
Truman Administration, is back in the news again.
Sound fiscal policy, he thinks, will get the Eisen
hower Administration more support at the polls next
fall than “tax reduction at the expense of borrowed
money.” In other words; Senator Williams, who is a
member of the Finance Committee, has not forgotten
that pre-election promise of a balanced budget, and sus
pects the people haven’t either. But he believes it’s still
possible to fulfill that other promise too, and go through
with scheduled tax reductions ... if the Congress has
what it takes to cut appropriations.
But every appropriation is somebody’s pet. You
might' think about that next year.
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Gouzenko Agrees
To Meet With U.S.
Senate Committee
OTTAWA, UPi — Igor Gouzenko
has agreed to a secret meeting
with representatives of the United
States Internal Security subcom
mittee, the Canadian press report
ed Thursday.
Gouzenko is the former code
clerk in the Russian embassy here
who turned himself over to Can
adian authorities in' 1945 with a
mass of evidence which broke
open a spy ring with ramifica
tions in Canada, the United States
and Britain. Since then he has
been living under the protection
of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police.
Canada approved Gouzenko’s
meeting with the U.S. Senate sub
committee headed by Sen. Jenner
with the provision that the session
be held under Canadian auspices
; and that this country have the
power of veto over what informa
tion would be made public as a
result of the questioning.
Gouzenko has been quoted in
various interviews as saying that
he had valuable information for
the U.S. investigators, and alter
nately that he had no new in
formation to offer.
It was not know when the ques
tioning will take place. It may be
held in Ottawa, but this is not
definite.
A Pole!, general chairman of
the Roof Garden Committee says
everything is in readiness for
the big event; all the sub-commit
tee chairmen reported last night
that not even the minutest detail
he been overlooked. Tony says;
"It looks like the greatest Roof
Garden celebration in the history
of Nome and I never missed par
ticipation in any of tkem." Pd. Ad.
ATTENTION
JUNIOR POLICE PATROL
All Junior Police Patrol mem
bers will be guests of the man
agement of the local theater Sat
urday afternoon at the matinee.
Boys must have membership
cards with them in order to be
admitted free of charge.
Clyde Glass, Leader
NOTICE
The Nome Common Council
shall sit at a Board of Equaliza
tion between the hours of 7:30
and 8:30 p.m., Dec. 15, 16, and 17,
1953. Taxpayers have this oppor
tunity to make adjustments in
their Real and Personal Property
assessments.
Nome Common Council
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish Dec. 11, 14, 16
Strike May Force Aleutian
Charterers Out of Business
SAN FRANCISCO, — A
spokesman for the Hawaiian-Pa
cific Line, operators of the strike
bound SS Aleutian, said Wednes
day the company might be forced
to go o’ut of business if the juris
dictional dispute is not settled
quickly.
He said, however, the company
still had “strong hopes” of settling
the dispute so the passenger ves
sel could sail on its maiden voy
age to Honolulu.
Pickets of the Independent Ste
wards Union kept marching at
Pier 56 where the Aleutians was
tied up.
Puerto Rico raises about a mil
lion tons of sugar annually.
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Tenth Annual
Worldwide Bible Reading
The Scripture selections for
Worldwide Bible Reading follow:
11 . I Corinthians 13
12 . I Corinthians 15:1-22
Universal Bible
Sunday .. Psalms 119:41-56
14 . Psalms 119:105-120
15 . Galatians 5
16 . Ephesians 4
17 . I Thessalonians 5
18 . Hebrews 11:1-16
19 . I John 3
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