THE NOME NUGGET
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A L!TTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE
I
Good Reasons for Giving Thanks
When you bow your head and give thanks tomor
row, whether it be at church or at your home table,
there is one thing for which you can give thanks and
share with 150 million others—thanks for being an
American with freedoms and food far more abundant
than any other place in our world.
The founding fathers who landed at Plymouth
came to the New World to set up some kind of co,r?rn
ment to avoid the dangers of anarchy or dictator. Their
compact agreed to “submit to such government and
governors as they should by common consent agree to
make and choose.” We, the people of Alaska, benefit
in an indirect way and, being typical Americans, look
forward to the time when we may help in the choosing
of the leaders of our nation.
In the meantime, we must express thanks for the
gift of American citizenship, the full rights of which
will someday bo ours.
If you have difficulty finding the right words to
make that prayer we recommend the following by
General Jonathon Wainright, hero of Corregidor, who
wrote it on his first Thanksgiving at home since Pearl
Harbor:
“O God, our Father, today we give Thee
thanks fcr the things we take for granted, for free
dom, for security of life, for food and shelter and the
presence of loved ones. We thank Thee that men long
denied these blessings have through sacrifice and pain
once more attained them.
“We thank Thee that once again men may have
hope, opportunity to work and plan for a better future,
a chance to secure peace and an ampler, life for them
selves and their children. *
“Keep us humble in the day of victory, make us
wise in the presence of great problems, strong and
brave in face of any danger, and sympathetic and gen
erous as we face the appalling need of a war-torn world.
“In gratitude for all those who paid the price of
victory, we now ask Thy guidance as we dedicate our
selves to that cause for which they gave their last
whole measure of devotion. Lord of Hosts, be with us
yet, lest we forget! Amen.”
Eisenhower’s
News Conference
Highlights
WASHINGTON. Wi—President
Eisenhower, at his Tuesday news
conference, dealt with the fol
lowing subjects in addition to
relations with Russia:
Red China Debate—Differing
with the superintendents at West
Point and Aqnapolis, Eisenhower
said he would be inclined to trust
the judgment of the cadets and
midshipmen and let them publicly
debate—to their hearts content—
the question of whether the Uni
ted States should recognize Red
China. The superintendents ruled
out debate of that question, which
had been posed as one for college
debaters to tackle this year.
Big Four Meeting—The Presi
dent said he would not favor a
Big Three meeting with Russia
until: (1) the London and Paris
agreements have been ratified,
i2' there is promise that such a
conference would have real fruit
fulness, and adequate prepara
tions had been made for such a
meeting. He made those remarks
in commenting on the proposal by
French Premier Mendes - France
that a Big Four conference be
held next May—after ratification
of the London and Paris agree
ments.
The President said emphatical
ly, however, he wanted to repeat
that whenever the United Stales
has any real reason to believe any
country wants to talk earnestly
about peace, the talks will be held.
Security—Eisenhower said Sec
retary of State Dulles gave much
prayerful study to the Jqhn Paton
Davies case before deciding to fire
the career diplomat for lack of
judgment.
As for whether the Davis case
indicates any need for overhaul
ing the administration’s security
program, the President said he is
studying the matter all the time
but is not certain what kind of a
move he should make with re
spect to any re-examination of the
program. He added nothing will
stand in the way of revision of
the program if he finds such ac
tion is warranted:
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
NOTICE TO MOTORISTS
The City of Nome has posted a
Full Stop sign mandatory twenty
four (24) hours of the day, at
the corner of B. St. and 3rd Ave.
alley (commonly called Third
Ave.) near the Nome Public
School. The great number of
small children coming to and
from school has necessitated this
additional precaution.
City of Nome,
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
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simple to keep this road open.”
But, said the joint committee:
“The record indicates that what
actually existed was merely a
tractor or bulldozer trail.” The re
port stated that $63,000 in federal
funds and $16,000 from the Al
aska Road Commission “have
been spent to date to make ser
viceable a road which the applic
ant stated was ‘an excellent
road’.”
2. The water supply. It was de
scribed in the application as “an
excellent, constant supply of
water ... 120 gallons per min
ute and never freezes.”
But the report stated: “There
is ample indication that it was
general knowledge among com
pany officials that the water sup
ply was inadequate . . . Records
show that the company spent
thousands of dollars and nearly
1V4 years in their excavation and
drilling in an all-out effort to
reach an adequate supply.”
Word Still Awaited
From St. Lawrence Island
On Election Count
■J U N E A U— Alaska’s general
elections canvassing board is
awaiting word from several out
standing precincts before making
final totals on the official ballot
count to be completed, according
to Secretary of Alaska Waino E.
Hendrickson, member of the
board, and in whose office the
canvass is being made.
Still to be heard from and
where it could be possible changes
in the vote totals might occur,
particularly in the close race for
the commissioner, of labor, is the
Eskimo village of Savoonga on
St. Lawrence Island out in the
Bering Sea. It is estimated about
75 ballots should have been cast
in the village.
Three other precincts also have
yet to report: Venetie, in the
1 Fourth Division, and Palmer pre
cinct No. 2, Iguigig and Port Als
worth in the Third Division.
Mrs. Russell Hermann Elected
President Kogoayah Library Club
Mrs. Russell Hermann was
elected president of the Kegoayah
Library Club last Monday and
Mrs. Robert Heath as secretary.
This group sponsors the public
library which has been in opera
tion since the fire in 1934 which
destroyed three large libraries.
The group went on record sup
porting the Library Bill scheduled
to be presented to the Legislature
this session and which is planned
to unify the library system for
the territory in a manner similar
to that of all states in the union.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Walsh left
yesterday for the States for a
short and unexpected visit and
plan to return in time for Christ
mas.
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Eisenhower Chides Demos
For Holding Up Action
On Some Nominations
WASHINGTON, UP)—President
Eisenhower gave the Democrats
a mild chewing Tuesday for hold
ing up action on some of his nom
inations.
Eisenhower told a news confer
ence he doesn’t think it serves the
country’s interests to defer con
firmation of key appointees when
there is no real or deep contro
versy over them.
Eisenhower was asked for com
ment on the Democrats’ decision
to put over until the next session,
when they will control Congress,
Senate consideration of any po
tentially controversial appointees.
One of the nominations delayed
is that of John Marshall Harlan
to be a Supreme Court justice.
The failure to fill this vacancy
prompted the Supreme Court on
Monday to postpone its scheduled
arguments next month on how to
put into effect its decision striking
down public school segregation.
450,000 Federal Workers
Get Permanent Status
By Executive Order
WASHINGTON, UPl—President
Eisenhower Monday signed an
executive order giving permanent
career status—or in some cases
“conditional” career status—to ap
proximately 450,000 federal work
ers now serving on an indefinite
basis.
The White House said the order,
effective Jan. 23, “will establish
a career-type appointment system
in the competitive civil service for
the first time since 1950.”
Philip Young, chairman of the
Civil Service Commission, told a
news conference in response to a
question that his guess was that
about half of the 450,000 employ
ees affected have been hired since
the Eisenhower Administration
took office in January, 1953.
The President’s order also is
designed, the White House , said,
to strengthen a civil service regu
lation which prohibits political
considerations in appointments to
jobs in the competitive civil ser
vice.
Aviation Executive Says
Air Force Must Induce
Men To Re-Enlist
KANSAS CITY, UPl — An air
plane executive says the Air
Force is losing 180,000 men a year
at a cost of “two and a half
billion dollars a year.”
Speaking to members of the Air
Force Assn, in Kansas City yes
terday J. E. Shaeffer, vice presi
dent of the Boeing Airplane Co.,
said “this loss iin personnel) can
be cut by making the services
more attractive to bring about a
higher percentage of re - enlist
ments.”
Schaeffer said “the Air Force
now invests about $14,000 for
training each enlisted man,” and
it takes “five years and costs
$608,000 to train a triple-rated
B-47 pilot.”
“The finest equipment being
produced today for America’s
military needs will fail in its mis
sion to protect our freedom unless
we have qualified personnel of
high morale to operate and main
tain it,” Schaeffer said.
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