THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY ... Production Manager
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome. Alaska under the Act of March 3, 1879.
THE MOON LOOKS DOWN ON THE HARVEST
CONFIDENCE IN NOME’S FUTURE
The owners ef the North Star Grill show a real
pioneer spirit with the announcement that they will
start building a modern and new bakery on their con
crete foundation as soon as possible.
Ernie Gustafson states that he has full confidence
that Nome’s future warrants the construction of a
modern plant. Although he has been here for only a
short time he wants to make Nome his permanent home.
“Nome has been good to me,” he says, “and it has a
future that I would like to share in.”
It is this faith in the future and faith in a commu
nity that gives it healthy growth and gives confidence
to others who have not the same courage to meet dis
aster and rise above it.
ONE SIREN NOT ADEQUATE
Business people appreciated the alertness of the
operator on duty at the fire station who put in a triple
alarm so they could be on hand should the fire get out of
* control.
The city has asked that the phone be kept for
TTolunteer firemen and emergency calls only so that
the siren may not be the only means of contact. If an
r:her siren could be strategically placed so that the
T”hole town could hear the alarms,, better results could
bo obtained.
FOREIGN AID CUTS
(Coatesville, Pa., Record)
The United States can help its allies in the struggle
rgainst world Communism only if we ourselves remain
economically strong. The bankrupt aiding the bank
rupt would be as ineffective as the blind leading the
Blind.
This is why both houses of Congress voted for big
cuts in the funds for foreign aid. We can help our
cllier most by gradual reduction of trade barriers. Our
rdies can help themselves most by improving their
r'lling methods and competing vigorously in the Amer
ican market.
As a creditor nation, the United States must be
to admit foreign goods to close the dollar gap
r' d imnmve the access of foreign producers to Ameri
c:m markets. #
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Mrs. Cecil Wells
Volunteers For
Lie Detector Test
FAIRBANKS, W) — A six-man
inquest jury probing the death of
Cecil Wells, killed in his apart
ment the morning of Oct. 17, re
turned a four-part findiqg Wed
nesday, including a decision Wells
died at the hands of “a person or
persons unknown.”
The decision conformed with a
recommendation made earlier by
the district attorney but which
the jury had ignored in a previous
meeting.
The four recommendations made
by the six men were:
1. That investigating officers
proceed with a lie detctor test of
Well’s widow. Mrs. Wells was
badly beaten on the morning her
husband was killed and she told
officials the beating had been ad
ministered by two men who inva
ded the Wells apartment and ap
parently had killed her husband
after she was beaten unconscious.
Mrs. Wells volunteered to' take the
lie detector test.
2. That all law enforcement
agencies be called immediately
on all cases involving a felony
and that no one agency or office
assume the sole responsibility of
gathering evidence.
3. That in all cases of death that
appear to be unnatural, the coro
ner be called immediately.
4. That the investigation be con
tinued by the various law en
forcement agencies now working
toge.her and that all evidence and
clues be reviewed by them so
that the person or persons respon
sible for the crime will be appre
hended.
The highlight of the testimony
before the jury came when Wal
ter Sczudlow, attorney represent
ing Diana Wells, the widow,
clashed with the district attorney.
Sczudlow said local authorities
had failed to apprehend the two
men guilty of the crime and were
making what he termed “obvious
attempts” to implicate Mrs. Wells.
He said he had advised her to
stand on her rights and refuse to
answer questions which were de
signed to incriminate her.
However, Mrs. Wells answered
the only two questions asked by
the jury in her third appearance
on the stand. She said she was
willing to take a lie detector test
under oath and that she did not
know of any person who had ever,
threatened her husband’s life.
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Second Meeting In
1954 To Preserve
Alaska’s U.I. Fund
JUNEAU, (ff)—The Alaska Em
ployment Security Commission
Wednesday ended the first phase
of a fact-finding hearing, called
to consider ways of preserving
the territory’s Unemployment In
surance fund, and scheduled an
other meeting to be held at An
chorage after the first of the year.
Robert J. Jemberg, Ketchikan
E.S.C. chairman, said the second
hearing will be held in February
“or as soon after the first of the
year as 1953 statistics of unem
ployment insurance fund opera
tions are available.”
Witnesses representing labor
and industry aired their views at
the two-day hearing here. Some
speakers criticized past adminis
tration of the benefit fund and
warned it eventually will be
wiped out if the territory con
tinues to make payments to sea
sonal workers who spend the
winter in the states.
In the final sessions, Jernberg
said the fund is being depleted
at an alarming rate in the years
of Alaska’s greatest prosperity.
Frankie and Ava Finally
Pftt, For Good This Time
HOLLYWOOD, (ff)—It’s all over
for Frankie and Ava.
Glamorous Ava Gardner says:
“It’s final this time” and she’ll
sue crooner Frank Sinatra for
divorce.
“There’s no chance for recon
ciliation,” the shapely star said
Thursday.
The reason? Frankie said there
was career trouble but Ava denied
this and couldn’t say what caused
the split. There’s no third party
involved, however, she declared.
It’s the third Ava Gardner mar
riage to hit the rocks.
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Church Services
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Between 3rd and 4th Aves. on B St.
M. IREDALE, LEADER
Phone Main 110
SATURDAY *
10:00 a.m. — Sabbath School
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m. Prayer service & Bible study
THE EVANGELICAL MISSION
COVENANT CHURCH
Front St. and West B
REV. PAUL B. F. CARLSON AND
REV. ROALD AMUNDSEN, PASTORS
* SUNDAY
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Worship Service
7:30 p.m.—Evening Service
MONDAY
Covenant Navigators
TUESDAY
Cottage Prayer Service
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m.—Prayer Service at Church
FRIDAY
Services and Songs in Eskimo Dialect
COMMUNITY METHODIST
CHURCH
and LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
COMMUNITY CENTER
Second Avenue at West C Street
REEVES C. HAVENS, JR., MINISTER
MISS ESTHER MCCOY
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY CENTER \
SUNDAY
9:45 Sunday School.
11:00 Worship service. Anthem by
the choir. Sermon topic by the pastor:
“The Desire for Security.’
3:30 Hospital service.
7 p.m. Gospel Hour with singspira
tion and showing of one of the Moody
Science Films, “The God of Creation.”
8 p.m. Youth Hour will be held at
AFRS to record next Sunday’s devo
tional broadcast to be given by the
Fellowship.
WEDNESDAY
7:00 Senior Choir rehearsal
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m. Prayer service and Bible ,
study in the old parsonage.
ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH
Steadman and Third Ave.
REV. NEIL MURPHY, S. J. |
SUNDAY MASSES
8:00 and 10:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m. at Air Force base chapel
DAILY MASS
7:00 a.m.
SATURDAY CONFESSIONS
4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
at Third and Division
LEWIS I. HUDGINS, PASTOR
SUNDAY
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship
6:30 p.m.—N.Y.P.S. Young
People's Meeting
7:30 p.m.—Evangelistic Service
TUESDAY
7:30 p.m. — Cottage Prayer Service
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p.m.—Midweek Prayer Meeting. I
Come with your Bible and friends. *
You are invited to enjoy with us »
any and all of these services.
THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
WITH THE SINGING TOWER
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Third Avenue West
HARRIET E. BROWN, MISSIONARY IN CHARGE
SUNDAY
10 to 11:45—Combined Sunday School
and Morning Worship
7:45 p.m. — Evening Service
TUESDAY
7:30 p.m.—Cottage Prayer Service
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m.—Bible Study
EVERYBODY WELCOME—Heb. 10:25
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