2 THE NOME NUGGET ‘ Monday. August 17. 1953
THE NOME NUGGET
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IT'S SAFE TO BE AN EX’
(Christian Science Monitor)
One index of the degree of political civilization
a nation has attained lies in whether its top officials
can leave public office in safety and comfort,
In Moscow, Lavrenti P. Beria awaits in prison a
trial at which his execution as a traitor will almost
certainly be demanded. He is not a figure to compel
pity since in his arrogant, cold-eyed days as head of
the Soviet secret police he sent more people to death
or starvation than most persons would like to dream
about. His crime was to strive for power—and come
out second—in a totalitarian state, where such a con
test can be carried on only by intrigue backed with
guns.
By comparison, a certain man has been wandering
about from country to country who last year figured
in a struggle for position and authority in the United
States. His name is Adlai Stevenson. He aspired to
the presidency in the only way one can seriously con
tend for that office in the United States: a contest of
ballots. But his only encounter with machine guns
took place recently in the Soviet sector of Berlin.
Mr. Stevenson was not in exile, as some might
assume. When he presented his passports at New York
he was readmitted to the country where former Presi
dents Hoover and Truman enjoy widespread respect
even though their official policies underwent reversal.
The difference lies, of course, in whether policies
can be separated from personalities. In one kind of
regime, any opposition is regarded as treason, because
the basic difference is not over policy but power. It
would be unfortunate if the political climate in America
dropped back in that direction. For one of America’s
greatest resources is the tradition of tolerance in which
policies can be changed without revolt and even men
can be changed without having to be destroyed.
ITEM NUMBER ONE
....--- _
NO TRUCE HERE
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Hunger, disease, homelessness and destruction ob
serve no truce in Korea. #
The figures alone are appalling:
There are 9,000,000 homeless; 300,000 widows.
100,000 orphans; 80 percent of all hospitals destroyed;
no schools, books or teachers; 1 in 20 persons has
tuberculosis, 1 in 50 leprosy.
To start the tremendous job of restoring to Korea
some measure of civilized life, President Eisenhower
has sponsored the American-Korean Foundation. Am
ericans are being asked to contribute $5,000,000.
Acting on ' their own, American servicemen in
Korea have already contributed $13,000,000, an average
of $20 per man. Many of our soldiers are the sole sup
port of hospital wards and orphanages.
Surely, the generous nation that rushed to Korea’s
help in the battlefield can now help make the tragic
consequences of war more bearable to its civilian vic
tims. Contributions may be sent to Aid to Korea, in
care of your local postmaster.
COMMUNICATION
The Nome, Alaska,
Fan Club
Hollywood, California
August 12, 1953
Mr. George Goshaw
Nome Visitors Association
Dear George:
While we are all still together
we want to express to you, Bob
and Charlie Curtis, Paul Mande
ville and his Edie, Bob Renshaw,
Ernie Gustafson and Art, Ralph
and Vella Lomen, Mr. A. Polet
and Sam Mogg, Orville Tosch,
Mrs. Boucher, Judge Cooper, Col
onel Williams, Rev. Reeves Ha
vens, Boyd Harwood, Angello
and the Alaska Flag Bus Line, and
all our other friends in Nome our
gratitude for the most unique
and exciting adventure of our
combined six lives.
This happy sextet, who now
claim citizenship in the Territory
of Alaska, City of Nome, talked
on our return trip of nothing but
the new set of friends we have
made in the Northwest frontier.
We have talked of nothing but
Nome since returning to Holly
wood and we feel you will be grat
ified and happy to hear how truly
interested all are in our account
of this dream trip to Nome. These,
by the way, number into the hun
dreds and are multiplying like
lemmings all the time.
There is probably no way we
can ever thank you but we will
never stop trying. We want to
thank you for the use of your
halls, your gold mines, your air
planes and other transportation,
your flophouse (The Wallace),
your saloons, your kitchens, your
stores, your scenery, and above
all—your tremendous hospitality
and friendliness.
We found a few nuggets on the
Bering Sea shore but we really
struck gold last Saturday night at
the Bering Sea Club and the
Lomen household.
Most sincerely,
Dorothy Arnold Lynn Bowers
Girl Gold-Digger Girl Cheechako
Michael O’Shea Danton Walker
Boy Guide and Boy Columnist of
Explorer Distinction
Michael Rayhill Peter Perri
Boy Singer Boy Photographer
American Indians Get
More Political Equality
In Bill Signed by President
DENVER, {B)—President Eisen
hower Saturday pocket - vetoed
three bills and signed 15 others
into law, completing action on the
big batch of measures Congress
sent to him shortly before it ad
journed.
The three bills the President
vetoed at his vacation headquar
ters here deal with claims against
the government filed by private
individuals, and in one case by
the city and county of Denver.
In a statement, Eisenhower said
he has “grave doubts as to the
wisdom of certain provisions” in
one of the measures he signed, but
was approving it “because its
basic purpose represents still an
other step in granting complete
political equality to all Indians in
our nation.”
The bill confers jurisdiction on
the states of California, Minneso
ta, Nebraska, Oregon and Wiscon
sin with respect to criminal of
fenses and civil causes of action
committed or arising on Indian
reservations in those states.
The three vetoes brought to a
total of nine the measures rejec
ted by the President during the
first session of the 83rd Congress.
Excavations continue on the site
of ancient Pompei in Italy which
was buried by lava. One-third of
the city remains to be uncovered.
Adults & Kids—Here’s a
Chance to Win $50 by
Designing Police Badge
JUNEAU, (J’' — A. P. Brandt,
superintendent of the Territorial
Police Department, Friday an
nounced the start of a contest for
the design of a new officers badge
for the department.
The $50 first prize to be award
ed for the best design was per
sonally offered by Brandt and
Capt. Wesley L. Gilmab. Their
choice must receive the approval
of the police commissioners be
fore it is accepted officially.
“The ideas are more important
than the drawing or the design,”
Brandt explained. “We can get
a professional artist to perfect the
winning design later.”
Brandt said the badge design
was needed immediately but that
it was decided to leave the con
test open until Sept. 15 to allow
school children to participate after
they return to classes. Most Alas
ka schools will start fall semes
ters Sept. 8.
A decrepit old gasman, named
Peter,
While hunting around for the
. meter,
Touched a leak with his light;
He rose out of sight—
And, as everyone who knows any
things about poetry can tell
you, he also ruined the
meter.
11 Liberated Americans
Land in Honolulu
HONOLULU, (jPi—Eleven liber
ated American war prisoners
landed at Hickam Air Force Base
Friday night, homeward bound
from North Korean prison camps.
They were aboard the second
home-bound POW plane from
Japan since the exchange of pris
oners began 10 days ago.
The group included two Hawaii
an boys who were swept into the
arms of waiting families.
Seven of the men, looking thin
and tired after their Red captivi
ty, were carried off the plane on
stretchers. Two Red Cross nurses
draped flower leis on them as the
litters were carried to a waiting
ambulance.
Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas D.
Harrison of Clovis, N.M., who lost
a leg in the crash of his jet fighter
in North Korea, hobbled off the
big military transport plane on
crutches. He looked tanned and
strong. He is the highest ranking
POW freed.
Aboard the plane were 23 other
sick and wounded Americans.
In ancient Rome it was the
custom for a girl to offer her dolls
on the altar of Diana when she
reached maturity.
Some flowers have an odor that
is nauseating to man but which
attracts certain flies which poli
nate the flowers.
SUMMER SCHEDULE
DAILY DC-3 FLIGHTS
Fairbanks — Kotzebue — Nome — Fairbanks
leave Fairbanks 8:00 a.m. arrive Kotzebue 10:30 a.m.
leave Kotzebue 11:15 p.m. arrive Nome 12:50 p.m.
leave Nome 6:00 p.m. arrive Fairbanks 9:30 p.m.