2,000 Federal Employes
Evacuate Washington
In Mock A-Bomb Raid
WASHINGTON, OR—N early
2,000 key federal employes, in
mock flight from an atomic raid
on the capital, Saturday “oper
ated” the government from 30
emergency headquarters sites in
side a 300-mile radius of Wash
ington.
President Eisenhower stayed on
the job at the \Vhite House, but
arranged to take part in the drill
by communicating with some of
the emergency offices from an
underground bomb shelter.
All 10 cabinet members and a
score of other agencies were put
ting in a six-hour day at secret
rendezvous points in at least four
nearby states in a test of the
“continuity of government” under
enemy attack.
All but one of the agencies—the
exception was not named—have
picked out emergency cities from
which they will operate if and
when orders arrive to evacuate
Washington. All but one have
cached away important records, at
or near the rendezvous site, in a
repository unlikely to be a target
for enemy bombers.
AUSTRALIANS ARREST
3 JAPANESE PEARLERS
CANBERRA, Australia, Uf) —
Australian authorities have ar
rested the crews of three Japa
nese boats in a renewal of the
annual dispute with Japan over
pearling rights off northern Aus
tralia.
GLUE POT
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CIGARS, CIGARETS
l TOBACCO
I CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
. MRS. EISENHOWER’S
OWN RECIPE FOR
PUMPKIN CHIFFON PIE
Ingredients: 1 envelope unfla
vored gelatin, % cup firmly
packed light brown sugar, Vi tea
spoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon,
Vi teaspoon nutmeg, Vi cup milk,
Vi cup water, 3 eggs (separated),
lVi cups cooked pumpkin, V* cup
granulated sugar, baked 9-inch
pie shell, whipped cream.
Method: Mix gelatin, brown
sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg
together thoroughly in the top of
a double boiler. Stir in milk and
water. Beat in egg yolks with a
fork or a whisk, then the pump
kin. Place over boiling water and
cook, stirring often—especially
around sides of pan—until mix
ture is heated through, about 10
minutes. Remove from heat; chill
until mixture begins to set—a
spoonful of it dropped back will
hold its shape well in a mound.
Beat egg whites until stiff but not
dry; gradually beat in granulated
sugar until very stiff. Fold gelatin
mixture into egg whites. Turn in
to pie shell; chill until firm. Gar
nish with whipped cream.
Note: Canned pumpkin is fine
for this filling. % cup milk may
be used instead of the Vi cup milk
and V4 cup water called for. This
pie may be made a few days
ahead of time it is to be served
and frozen (without the whipped
cream garnish); to thaw, allow to
stand at room temperature for
three hours.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: George Bren
nan, John Outwater, Gerald Shat
tuck, Boyd Harwood, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Snyder, Roy Snyder Jr.,
Chas. Snyder, Wm. Angell, Capt.
Grossman, Eva Sears, Clara Sears,
Mrs. A. Pinkston.
To Anchorage: Francis Doulin,
Carey Ahsoruk, Carl and Helen
Topkok.
To Unalakleet: Oscar Koutchak.
To McGrath: Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Smith, Major McNeil, Sgt. Smith.
From Unalakleet: Lt. Powell,
John Williams.
From McGrath: Lt. Omer Pow
ell, William S. John.
Peron Imprisons
Two Catholic Priests
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, UPI
—Two priests were sentenced to
five days imprisonment Friday in
the toughest action yet taken in
President Juan Peron’s campaign
against Roman Catholics he has
accused of trying to undermine
his regime.
Nome Businesses Asked
To Post Their Mail Early
For Most Efficient Service
Businessmen dissatisfied with
the delivery of their mail should
n’t place all the responsibility for
delay on the Post Office Depart
ment. Many business firms them
selves contribute to the delay of
mail deliveries, and needlessly, at
that.
In an effort to expedite deliv
eries, postal authorities are urging
business firms to deposit their
out-going mail two or three times
a day. They urge business firms
to deposit their out-going mail at
noon, and again at mid-afternoon,
explaining that it makes little
sense to allow a letter written at
10 a.m. to sit around in a basket
for seven hours until it is posted.
Most business firms who like to
contrast their own efficient, time
saving methods with government
incompetence will continue their
practice of making one 5 p.m. mail
deposit a day. Yet, by cooperating
with the government, they could
help improve its efficiency. In
many similar cases, government
inefficiency could be reduced with
citizen assistance. Many people,
however, apparently would rather
complain about the government
than cooperate with it.
For Nome, outbound mail must
be posted by 10:00 a.m. to meet
to meet the day’s deadline, states
Postmistress Margaret Boyer.
Bed Reader Not Disturbed
As Man Jumps to Death
OXFORD, England, W—John
Adams was reading in bed. Sud
denly the door opened, a man
rushed across the room, plunged
through the window and fell 35
feet to his death.
Adams went on reading.
The dead man was John Grady,
a 26-year-old Irishman who lived
in a hostel here. At an inquest
Friday, Adams said: “I just stayed
in bed reading. There was nothing
I could do and it was none of my
business.”
Recording an open verdict, Cor
oner T. E. Gardiner said it was
extraordinary that a man should
remain in bed unconcerned .when
someone he knew had fallen out
the window. Gardiner added,
however, that Adams “could not
have saved Grady.”
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
Beta Sig Basket Social
Saturday Night Nets $200
For Service Projects
Beta Sigma Phi raised over $200
for their service projects last Sat
urday evening with a basket so
cial held at the Arctic Club. Half
of this amount will be contributed
to the School Hot Lunch Program.
Entertainment was provided by
the T-23 male quartet called the
Nome Nuggets, composed of Dick
Jacobs, Direk Burleson, Bob
Greenfield and John Schpmaker.
There also was a comedy skit,
“Hill-Billy Wedding,” with Jim
von der Heydt, Walt Borden, Mr.
and Mrs. Asbridge taking part.
Chairman for the party was
Terry Jackson, assisted by all
members of the club, stated Pres
ident Betty Gustafson.
Cracked Freighter '•
Reaches Port
SEATTLE, UP) — The cracked
freighter P & T Trader reached
haven at Prince Rupert, B.C., to
day after limping shoreward since
she was damaged in an ocean
storm last Wednesday, Coast
Guard headquarters reported.
The Trader, which split across
the deck and down the port side,
was escorted to Prince Rupert by
the Coast Guard cutter Klamath,
and for the past two days by
the tug Salvage Chief of Astoria.
The Pope and Talbot freighter,
with a crew of 48, was inbound
in ballast for Yaquin Bay, Ore.,
when the crack developed about
800 miles offshore.
MAGPIE BROWNIES NEWS
Oct. 24, we had a party. We had
a scavenger hunt. The winning
side could fix the refreshments.
The losing side had to do K.P.
Mrs. Tucker gave us 3 doz.
cookies for the party. We wrote
a thankyou note to, her.
Nov. 2 we elected new officers.
Jo Chambers is President. Mar
jorie Outwater is Treasurer. Di-»
ane Wilke is Scribe. Carol Doyle
is Secretary. Margaret N. is jani
tor.
Carol Doyle won the Star
Spangled Banner Contest. It was
one dollar.
We finished one present and
started another.
Coal seams are the buried re
mains of massive jungles which
grew millions of years ago.
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Red Bureaucrats
Get the Axe in
Economy Reform
LONDON, Ml—Wholesale dis
missals of Soviet government bu
reaucrats were under way Satur
day with thousands of white col
lar workers banished into factor
ies and farms.
■Moscow Radio said the big
cleanout was brought about by a
decision of the Communist Party
and the government to face up to
“serious shortcomings” in admin
istration.
Commenting on the situation,
the party newspaper Pravda said
government payrolls have become
so inflated they are costing mil
lions of unnecessary rubles and
are actually “embarrassing.”
Included in the purge, it added,
will be many bureaucrats and red
tape artists who, instead of carry
ing out the decisions of the party
and the government, spend their
time in drafting “various and nu
merous directives, resolutions, ref
erences, letters and accounts.”
Government workers who have
the misfortune of being hustled
off to “logging camps in the nor
thern areas, Siberia and the Far
East,” will receive three months
pay, the broadcast said.
The dismissals suggest many
far-reaching implications.
The Soviets revealed last month
that troops were being used in
distant lands where new ground
is being turned into crop areas.
The sending of large numbers of
government workers to these re
gions reflects, among other things,
the trouble the Kremlin is having
in getting its citizens to pioneer
the new country.
Use of white collar workers in
such places as the logging camps
of the far north and Siberia also
could mean trouble with forced
labor, which usually mans these
camps.
Earthquake in Sicily
ALCAMO, Sicily, W)—A strong
earthquake shook this Sicilian
city Saturday sending terrified
residents rushing into the streets.
No damage or casualties were re
ported.
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.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE At STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
486 First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — PX). Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.
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