JUDGE TO DECIDE ON NUDES
; TAIPEH, Formosa, (/PI—More
than 100 reproductions of Mari
lyn Monroe’s celebrated nude cal
endar picture today awaited the
pleasure of Taipei’s chief of po
lice. X
Police seized the nudes from
Ping Kao-Hong’s photo supply
shop, terming them lewd. Ping
insisted they were works of art
and demanded them back.
It’s up to the police chief to
rule.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
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Alaska Steam To Be
Allowed To Buy Square
Knot and Square Sinnett
WASHINGTON, UP) —A bill to
permit Alaska Steamship Co. to
buy two small - draft freighters
was introduced by Rep. Tollef
son (R-Wash).
They are the SS Square Knot
and the SS Square Sinnet. Both
are now in the Alaska service
under charter from the Maritime
Administration.
Tollefson said the vessels would
cost the company approximately
$460,000 each under the formula
used by the House Merchant
Marine Committee in approving
previous such sales.
A similar bill was introduced
in the. Senate earlier this week
by Sen. Magnuson (D-Wash>.
Prince Rainier’s Car
Taps Another; Woman
Has Neck Brace Fitted
HOLLYWOOD, UP>—Prince Rai
nier III of Monaco has discovered
that southern California traffic is
difficult.
The Prince said his car “lightly
tapped” the car in front while he
was driving to see his fiancee, Act
ress Grace Kelly, Tuesday night,
and that after exchanging address- (
es he drove on.
Mrs. Nancy Kauffman of Mali-;
bu, a passenger in the other car,
said she suffered neck injuries.
She said the car of her husband,
Albert Kauffman, was struck by
the Prince’s while it stopped for
a boulevard stop sign. She had,
her neck treated and a neck brace j
fitted, pending X rays.
The accident occurred ip Bel
Air, where the Prince has rented
a mansion.
GIRL SCOUTS
We ate making things out of
steel or tin. On Feb. 14 we are go
ing to have a Valentine party.
We drew names for Valentine
cards.
We played hide and seek and
beast, bird or fish.
—Joy Weyer, Scribe
"4-on" Duplicate Receipt Books
at the Nugget
Filings in 4th Division
In the Fourth Division, the four
Democrats who have filed for
the House to date are Frank
Wirth, Lotus Ptter, James Mc
Guire and Warren Taylor.
Sylvia Ringstad has filed on
the Republican ticket.
For the Senate, John Butrovich,
Mike Stepovich and Herbert Gil
bert have filed.
GUESTS AT ROTARY
Guests at the noon luncheon of
the Nome Rotary Club yesterday:
Rev. Thomas Knudson, Mr.
Poole, laboratory technician of
the MMM Hospital, Mrs. Judy
Morris, chairman of the Nome
Girl Scout Committee, and Mrs.
Ruth Brady, who spoke on the
Girl Scout program and her pro
gram of leader training.
BOSTON, Iff)—Lawrence Gam
ble, 40, was sentenced to six
months in jail Monday for what
a court officer described as a
“social error.”
Gamble was convicted of at
tempting to pick the pocket of a
policeman.
BOSTON, Iff)—The Massachu
setts House yesterday killed a
proposal to raise the marriage li
cense fee from $2 to $3.
In opposing the measure. Rep.
Louis Glaser asserted “it would
be a tax on love.”
SCOKCHY SMITH
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News of Nomeites
(The Alaska Weekly)
Sylvain J. Lazarus, 80, who
practiced law in Nome during the
gold rush of 1900, and engaged in
mining and merchandising, died
Jan. 4 in San Francisco.
He was a beloved judge, having
been drafted in 1920 by the San
Francisco Bar Assn, and Civic
League to run for the office of
police judge at a recall election.
In 1930 he became judge of the
criminal division of the munici
pal court and in 1936 was ap
pointed to the Superior Bench.
He retired Jan. 2, 1951.
* * *
Mrs. Ross J. Kinney, former
Nomeite of Bellevue, who has
been confined to the house with
a broken ankle, is beginning to
get into Seattle now and then.
He * *
Mrs. Edna Lomen, formerly Ju
neau librarian, is enjoying her
work in Pasadena with a whole
sale book concern.
* * •
Tom Shaw, former Nomeite
now living at Edmonds, Wash.,
enjoys visits from his oldtime
friends. He has one of the finest
gardens in the country which will
soon be getting back “into action"
as the days lengthen. He is noted
for his fine berries and flowers.
♦ He ♦
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Johansen
spent the past month with their
daughter and family in Chicago.
They found good weather and
“no floods.” On his way to Ari
zona, Sam Godfrey called on the
Johansens at their home, 1301
Foster Road, Napa, Calif.
He * *
Esther Birdsall Darling, form
erly of Nome and author of “Bal
dy of Nome,” writes from Au
burn, Calif., that the winter “just
ran off our steep hills, but not
even the warmth of a huge log
fireplace and all the beauties of
the holiday decorations could
keep our minds off the victims of
the flood disaster in other parts
! of our state.” They have had so
much rain that she fears they will
catch up with “old Noah with his
40 days record.”
THIEF TIRED OF WAITING
SHIZUOKA, Japan., UP)—Since
! last November police have been
: looking for a 400-year-old clock
stolen from a Shinto temple here.
Last night they found it. The
clock, a gift from a king of Spain
to a Japanese shogun, was on the
temple steps. It was Wrapped in
newspaper and had a note at
tached
The police are a “pack of slow
pokes, said the note.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
George Bayer, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGSAM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st & 3rd Monday of each month
Betty Edwards
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Harry A. Lewis. W.M. . .
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month