Aircraft Industry Better
Able Fill Military Needs
Than Since End of WW 2
LOS ANGELES — The U. S.
aircraft industry is better able to
day to fill the nation’s military
aircraft requirements than at any
time since the end of World War
II, according to' Adm. DeWitt C.
Ramsey, president of the Aircraft
Industries Assn.
Writing in Planes, official publi
cation of AIA, Adm. Ramsey said
the industry is now pressing de
velopment of “revolutionary types
upon which our national security
will rely in future years.”
He listed recent developments
, as indication of the industry’s
production strength:
1. Every combat airplane now
being built for the Air Force is
jet powered, and all USAF fighter
wings already are completely
equipped with jet planes.
2. All Navy fighters now in pro
, duction are powered by jets, with
. many of the new carrier aircraft
: capable of delivering nuclear
; weapons.
3. An entire family of new
. supersonic military planes is in
production, including one fighter
' capable of flying “much faster”
than sound and the world’s first
known supersonic bomber.
4. Development is underway on
a variety of new engines with
power output ranging up to al
most 25,000 pounds of thrust.
New Secretary of AVA
Is Author of Book, “The
Very Thought of Thee”
JUNEAU — Mrs. Bernice Mor
gan, widely-lcnown Alaskan au
thor and business executive has
been named Executive Secretary
of the Alaska Visitors Associa
tion following the resignation of
Mary B. Barrar, according to an
announcement from O. F. Bencke,
treasurer of the association.
Mrs. Morgan who has been a
resident of the territory for the
past 14 years received an inter
national publisher’s prize for her
book, “The Very Thought of Thee”
which describes her life in Fair
banks during the war years. She
has recently completed an Alas
kan novel which is expected to be
published soon.
During the past 20 years her
articles and feature material have
appeared in various national mag
zines nd newspapers throughout
[ the U.S., England and Mexico.
Beer-Drinking Horse
And His Owner Spend
Night In “The Jug”
ST. ALBANS, W. Va„ UP) —
Police arrested a beer - drinking
horse and its owner here Monday
when both were seen weaving
down the street near a tavern.
Homer Carpenter, 50, ol' the two
and three-quarter mile creek area
in Kanawha County was confined
at the city jail. The horse was
taken to the city garage. Police
said both were intoxicated.
Arresting officers said Carpen
ter admitted giving the wobbily
lcgged horse "about two quarts
of beer.”
Carpenter paid his fine yester
day morning, picked up his sober
ed horse and departed.
The Talcott St., Church at Hart
ford, Conn., was built in 1819 by
Negroes who said they had
"grown tired of sitting in the
galleries of white people's
churches.”
Then there is the old fellow
who is sure he is getting old
... all the girls look good to him.
Letter-Size File Folders For
Sale At The Nome Nugget Office.
Air Force May Question
Soviet “Mata Hari”
On Romance with Airman
WEISBADEN, Germany, l/TI —
The U.S. Air Force said today that
“if necessary” it will question
Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt, a
convicted Soviet spy, about her
romance with an American Air
Force intelligence officer.
The Air Force is investigating
whether there was any improper
conduct which would form the
basis of “administrative or dis
ciplinary action” in the case of
Miss Schmidt, 24, who was sen
tenced to five years in prison for
betraying American defense se
crets to the Soviet command.
The Air Force said in a state
ment on Dec. 22—'the day after
Miss Schmidt was sentenced —
that “exhaustive investigation”
indicated none of its personnel
gave her any classified informa
tion. But it added that an in
vestigation of any “impropriety
of conduct” of Air Force person
nel was continuing.
Flooded rice fields often are
used for'growing fish and farm
ers find that the presence of the
fish often increase the yield of
rice.
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High School Jrs. Lose To
Gooney Birds as Nanooks
Swamp New ACS Team
Last night at the school gym
the Air Force Gooney Birds nosed
out the Baby Nanooks by the
score of 24 to 23. The scoring was
very even throughout the game
with just one basket being the
difference at any time.
In the last 20 seconds of play
the Gooney Birds sank a field
goal which put them ahead, and
it was just a split second after
the final whistle blew that Ner
shak dropped in a long shot.
The game brought out indica
tions of some promising material
for a future high school varsity
team. ,
High scorers for the Gooney
Birds were West and Dickinson
with 12 and 8 points respectively.
For the Baby Nanooks, Titus
and Nershak made 11 and 6 re
spectively.
In the second game of the eve
ning the Nome High Nanooks
downed the new ACS team by the
lop-sided score of 62 to 26. The
High School opened with their
fast break that netted them 10
points before the ACS found the
range to score.
From then on the High School
had little trouble and substituted
freely.
For being newly organized and
not having much practice the ACS
team turned in a creditable per
formance.
High-point men for the Nan
ooks were Milton Willoya, Her
man and Summers with 19, 12 and
11 respectively. For the ACS,
LeRoy, Olsen and Roberts scored
7, 6, and 5 respectively.
The game was transcribed and
broadcast over AFRS Tuesday
night after the game.
Japan’s Population Hits
88.290.000 With More
Men Than Women
TOKYO, UPI—Japan’s population
hit an estimated total of 88,290,
000 last Oct. 1, the government’s
statistics bureau announced today.
This was an increase of 1,260,
000 over the 1953 estimate. Men
outnumbered women in the new
estimate—44,910,000 males and
43.380.000 females, the govern
ment said.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
486 First Ave. West. Nome. Alaska
10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No, 140
Charles F. Lewis, W.M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and Sir’ Thursday each month.