2 THE NOME NUGGET Friday. August 27, 1954
THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME WELCOMES WELFARE BOARD
Nome welcomes the members of the Territorial
Welfare Board next Monday when it holds the first
meeting here since the Board was organized many
years ago.
This publication has recorded for many years the
departure of delegates and representatives of various
organizational meetings and territorial board meetings
and it is a pleasure for Northwest Alaska to extend
its hospitality to the First, Third and Fourth Division
members of this board so that they may see and under
stand the problems of the more remote part of Alaska.
If other boards follow the example of the Welfare
Board in the future and plan every fourth meeting in
Nome, Alaska will be taking another step forward
toward unity and better understanding among Alas
kans. We congratulate the members of the Welfare
Board for thier wisdom and foresight.
Hoover To Be Guest
Of Eisenhower at Ranch
In Colorado Rockies
DENVER, UPt—President Eisen
hower and former President Hoo
ver, a couple of experts with a
trout rod, are going fishing to
gether next week in the Colorado
Rockies.
The summer White House an
nounced Thursday that Hoover
will be Eisenhower’s guest “for
several days” at a ranch retreat at
Fraser, Colo., 70 miles northwest
of here on the western slope of
the Continental Divide.
The vacationing Eisenhower
plans to fly back to Washington
Monday to address the American
Legion national convention, and
Hoover will return to Denver
from the capital with the Presi
dent that evening.
Appeals Court Reverses Treason
Conviction of Former Army Sgl.
NEW YORK, (An—'The U.S.
Court of Appeals today reversed
the treason conviction and life
sentence given former Army Staff
Sgt. John David Provoo.
The court said Provoo should
not have been tried in New York,
and also the government had no
right to cross examine him on a
collateral issue of homosexuality.
Provoo, a former San Francisco
bank clerk, was convicted «f aid
ing the Japanese after the fall of
Corregidor in the Philippines.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Grace Wy
man, Lila Potts, Gene Stracner,
Sig Krogstad.
From Unalakleet: C. A. Van
Ellen.
To Anchorage: Blythe Hark
ness, Billy Young, Jack Wichels,
C. C. Whitehead.
To Unalakleet: Maurice Kelli
her.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Edith Mandeville and
Michael O’Connor.
Polio victims need help NOW!
_AUGUST 16 TO 31_
British Government
Thwarts Russian Plan
To Give Britains Vodka
LONDON, UP)—The British gov
ernment has thwarted a Russian
plan to hand out free vodka to
thirsty Britons.
A Russian trade delegation
brought the vodka here to help
put a kick into next month’s Brit
ish Food Fair. Recently keen to
win friends and influence the
British, the Soviets have rented
the biggest stand at the show.
The British Board of Trade,
however, has granted only a tem
porary import license for the vod
ka. That means it can enter Brit
ain but can’t enter Britons.
“Unless your officials change
their minds, the vodka will have
to be shipped back once the fair
is over,” a spokesman of the del
egation said.
8 Airmen Killed In B-25 Crash
SACRAMENTO, UP)—Eight air
men were killed when their twin
engine B-25 hit a mountain in
rugged northern Napa County
yesterday. The bomber had left
nearby Mather Air Force Base
Wednesday evening on a routine
| training flight.
The Mather PIO said the cause
of the crash had not been deter
j mined.
Early Return To Work Predicted
For Striking Lumber Workers
OLYMPIA, Wash., W)—An agree
j ment calling for an early return
i to work of thousands of striking
Pacific Northwest lumber workers
was up for ratification today and
two governors who arranged it
j said acceptance would “get many
of the people back on the job by
next Monday.”
June and Robert Dunbar left
on a trip to Wainwright where
they will visit their sister, Mrs.
Pete Hahn, who is teaching school
there.
40 ANCHORS AWAY
LONG BEACH, Calif., —It’s
anchors away, not aweigh at the
Alaska Pipe and Salvage Co.
The firm told police yesterday
that somebody stole 40 anchors,
each weighing 40 pounds and val
ued at $20, from its storage yard.
Brazilian Police
Crack Down on
Communist Party
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, UP)—
Police cracked down on the out
lawed Communist Party Thursday
after 48 hours of riots and dem
onstrations touched off by the
suicide of President Getulio Var
gas.
Amid increasing evidence the
Reds played a strong hand in
sparking the riots, aimed in part
against the United States, mofre
than 1,000 Communists were un
der arrest. One was accused spec
ifically of burning a police car.
Copies of Imprensa Popular, the
Communist newspaper that pub
lishes openly despite the ban on
the party, were seized by police
in Rio De Janeiro. The newspaper
headlined its account of Wednes
day’s demonstrations: “ ‘Down
with Americans,’ Rio residents
shout indignantly in streets.”
A dispatch from Port Alegre
said police raided an allegedly
Communist paper there and ar
rested the editor.
This capital city’s commercial
life gradually returned to normal
cy Thursday. Public offices, banks
and shops reopened. A few troops
still were to be seen on the streets
but the heavily reinforced patrols
of the past two days were called
in.
Joao Cafe Filho, the new Presi
dent, cast about for someone to
fill the ticklish job of finance min
ister in the inflation-plagued gov
ernment he inherited.
Oldest Combat Veteran
Of World War I Dies
DANVILLE, 111., UP)—John E.
Newcomb, 93, oldest combat vet
eran of World War I in the Am
erican Legion and an honored
dignitary at national legion con
ventions, died Wednesday night.
Also a veteran of the war with
Spain, Newcomb became the old
est surviving Legion veteran upon
the death in 1948 of Gen. John J.
Pershing, commander of the Am
erican Expeditionary Force. At
Legion conventions, Newcomb
perennially was assigned to the
honor guard of the colors.
WIEN AIRLINES
From Kotzebue: Hugh Overby,
Everett Cummings, F. R. Dona
hue, John Wichels, Donald Cud
del, Morris Thompson, Dennis
Vanderpool, Keith Collins, James
Berger, Millard Secur, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Baltessar, Dr. Cecil
Larson, Carl Aho, Lt. E. R. Mi
gell.
From Fairbanks: H. S. Mitchell,
Everett Mauger, Harry Hough.
From Candle: Rachel Gregg.
To Candle: Don Moto, Alice
Moto, Willie Jones.
To Kotzebue: Emily Brown,
Robert Morgan, Ralph .Cunning
ham, June and Robert Dunbar.
To Fairbanks: Nelson John, Mr.
Pope, Glen Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs.
Baltessar, Dr. Cecil Larson, R.
W. Coghill, Robert Mayokok,
Robert Hanson, Capt. Alleman.
Twenty-eight through tourists
visited in Nome for a few hours.
—i
Nome Laundry
& Cleaners
CALL MAIN 29
FOR PICKUP
Joe Amarok, Proprietor
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Automatic heating
plant complete, including boiler
filled with Preston, Modine,
burner & Controls. $300. Phone
Red 181. 103
FAMILY house available, three
bdrms. Call G. Hite, Main 123
FOR SALE—One davenport and
chair, oil heater. Call Main 44
after 6 p.m.
FOR SALE—Nat’l Communica
cations receiver (NC183). Prac.
new. $250. 45 rpm. player &
collection, $25. Call Ed Plunkett
at Main 26. lOlp
WANTED—Sunday cook at MMM
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Elimination of
Health Ships
Recommended
The Legislative Examination
and Investigation Committee cre
ated by the Territorial Legislature
in 1953 for the purpose of im
proving the quality and reducing
the cost of the territorial govern
ment, has released a report on
their findings concerning the Al
aska Board of Health.
They recommend that the Board
of Health take appropriate action
to liquidate the marine units op
erated by the department and
dispose of the MC Health, MV
Hygiene, the Hazel B, and the
Yukon Health as they feel that
better service at less cost can be
done by air transportation. Air
also serves more of the isolated
villages than the boats and can
serve them faster.
The need for better water and
sanitation programs to sustain
these needs that are practical
were also stressed by the com
mittee.
The committee also recommen
ded that the commissioner pre
pare a “budget which can be
readily understood and which re
flects clearly the amounts and
sources of funds, actual and antic
ipated available to the depart
ment.”
Sen. Howard Lyng is the Sec
ond Division representative of
this committee.
Interior Dept. Takes Over
McKinley Park Hotel
ANCHORAGE, (J>>—1The U.S. De
partment of Intreior took over
control of the government-owned
McKinley Park Hotel Wednesday.
The change-over was reported
here by Evander Smith, attorney
for W. E. Laussen, who has been
managing the resort hotel as pres
ident of McKinley Park Services,
Inc.
The Interior Department last
week asked the Justice Depart
ment to take action for reposses
sion of the hotel because of dis
satisfaction with its operation.
KOTZEBUE
SERVICE
DC-3 DEPARTS
MONDAY at 11:45 A.M.
*
BUSH FLIGHTS
WEDNESDAY at 9:00 A.M.