THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
The thing most often said of George Washington,
when his birthday is observed, is that he warned his
countrymen against letting their government involve
them in foreign entanglements.
Judging from the record of our national exper
ience, his countrymen have been more inclined to
talk about his advice than to take it.
Within the present century we have been in two
great wars, in consequence of getting mixed up in the
the affairs of ether countries.
From what we have read and learned about
George Washington we don’t think he would have
kept native Americans from every state of the Union
begging year after year for the full rights of citizen
ship through statehood, as has been the case of Alaska.
For many years there was a large and noisy em
inent in America that said George Washington had
been dead a long time and that his ideas had been
dead just as long.
Right now the trouble we are in because of doing
the things he advised against make his ideas look
better and better all the time.
This being the time for our annual observance
of his birthday, we could spend it very profitably by
reflection upon how wise he was rather than upon
how long he has been dead.
George Washington could not have talked with
better sense about the problems we have today if he
were living today.
He said that if Americans ever mixed into the
troubles of other nations they would soon have those
troubles on their own hands—and if that does not
describe the fix we are in right now, we will have
to wait until a better description comes along than
anybody now living is capable of making.
George Washington was right, and America would
be better off today and more free of the fear of war
if our people 'had given something more substantial
than lip service to the honor in which his name is held.
Churchill Improved In
Battle with Pneumonia
Roquebrun-Cap-Martin, France
tff) — Sir Winston Churchill has
shown “very definite improve
ment” in his battle with pneu
monia and pleurisy, his physi
cians reported today.
A terse medical bulletin added:
“There are signs, the pneumonia
is resolving. After a good night
he is more comfortable, and his
progress is so far satisfactory.”
The medical bulletin was
signed by Lord Moran, his per
sonal physician who flew from
London, and Dr. David Roberts,
his physician on the Riviera.
Dr. Fuchs’ Party 400
Miles From Scott Base
WELLINGTON, N.Z., UP) — Dr.
Vivian Fuchs and his British
transantarctic party today were
reported 400 miles from their
goal and making better than 25
miles a day despite soft snow and
treacherous whiteout conditions.
Fuchs, guided by Sir Edmund
Hillary, is making for New Zea
land’s Scott Base, on McMurdo
Sound. He reported he hoped to
reach his next supply dump, 129
miles ahead in two or three days.
The party is steering by mag
netic compass in the whiteout.
Old Newspapers—25c a Bundle
For Sale at the Nugget
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It Cost This Gal $12
To Be Married By Phone
PENSACOLA, Fla., UP) — Lora
Cutrer has a new name and a $12
telephone bill today.
She is now Mrs. George R.
Blakeman. The $12 is what it
cost for her long-distance mar
riage to the 31-year-old Navy
Machinist based at Adak, Alaska.
The 23 - year - old Gulfport,
Miss., bride was married in a
proxy ceremony performed yes
terday by City Clerk Byrd Sims.
The 15-minute ceremony went
off beautifully after an earlier
attempt Tuesday night had failed
because of bad circuits to Alaska.
The pretty, brown-haired bride
came to Pensacola for the cere
mony because Mississippi does
not recognize proxy weddings.
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COMMUNITY METHODIST
Second Avenue at West C Street
WILLARD MECKLENBURG. PASTOR
ana uAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
COMMUNITY CENTER
MISS ESTHER MCCOY, DIRECTOR
SUNDAY
9:45—Church School
11:00—Morning Worship
3:30—Hospital Service
7:30—Evening Worship
WEDNESDAY
7:00—Choir Practice
THURSDAY
Personal Conferences
1 to 5 p.m.—By request
OUR SAVIOR'S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
On West B St. betw. school & hospital
THOMAS A. KNUDSON. PASTOR
PHONE RED 9
FRIDAY
7:30 p.m.—Council meets with Pastor
Solberg at the Church.
8:00 p.m. — Senior Lutheran League
meets in Quanset.
SATURDAY
10:00 a.m.—Confirmation instruction.
SUNDAY
9:45 a.m.—All Sunday School Classes
meet ’ in Church.
11:00 a.m.—Divine Worship with the
Rev. Clarence Solberg as guest
speaker.
7:30 p.m.—Divine Worship Service.
TUESDAY'
7:30 p.m.—Ladies Aid meet in Quanset
NOME COVENANT CHURCH
Front lit end West B
REV. ROALD AMUNDSEN, PASTOR
SUNDAY
Morning Service—10 to 11:45 a.m.
Even,rig Service—7:30 p.m.
AiONDA i
Covenant Navigators
TUESDAY
Cottage Prayer Service
WEDNESDAY
Phoebe Circle—7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
i:30 p.m.—Prayer Service at Church
| Services and Songs in Eskimo Dialect
SATURDAY
7 p.m.—Singspiration
ASSEMELY OF GOD
Third Ave. West
Harriet Shown, pastor
SUNDAY
10:00 p.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship
7:30 p.m.—Evangelistic Service
TUESDAY .
2:00 p.m.—W.M.C.
7:30 p.m.—Prayer Meeting
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m.—Bible Study
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Chiistians gathered unto the name
o) the Lord Jesus Christ
Friday, 4:00 p.m.—Girls’ Class
Saturday, 7:u0 p.m.—Fellowship Groups
Lord’s Day, 9:00 a.m.—The Lord’s Supper
10:15 a.m.—Family Bible Hour
2:00 p.m.—Sunday School «.
7:00 pun.—Gospel Meeting
Monday, 7:00 p.m.—Sky Pilots
Wednesday, 7:15 p.m.—Bible Study
in the Homes
Thursday, 3:30 p.m.—Children’s Hour
3:30 p.m.—Children’s Hour
7:00 p.m.—Prayer and Bible Study
VERSE FOR THE WEEK
“ . . . Testify that the Father sent the
Son to be Saviour of the world.”
I John 4:14
ST. JOSEPH S CHURCH
Steadman and Third Ave.
REV. LAWRENCF a. WEVUE. S.J.
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8:00 and 10:00 aim., 6:00 p.m.
CONFESSIONS—
Saturday 4-5 and 7-8 p.m.
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
at Third and Division
KDCAB BIBB, PASTOR
10:00 a m.—SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 aim.—MORNING WORSHIP
6:30 p.m.—JUNIOR SOCIETY
6:30 p.m. YOUNG PEOPLE’S Society.
7:36 p.m.—Evening Worship.
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p.m.—Prayer Meeting.
THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
WITH THE SINGING TOWER
BAHA'I WORLD FAITH
Baha’i Center, 304 Steadman Ave.
Red 142 or Red 183
“This is the day in which it is incom
bent upon all the peoples of the world
to reconcile their differeneces and, with
perfect unity and peace, abide beneath
the shadow of His care and loving kind
ness . . . He. the Glory of God. Now is
the time to cheer and refresh the down
cast through the invigorating breeze of
love and fellowship and the living
waters of friendliness and charity.”
MONDAY
Adult Discussion—7 to 9 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Adult Discussion—7 to 9 p.m.
SA DAY
Teenage Discussion—7 to 8:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
Children’s Class—3 to 4 p.m.
All Races Cordially Invited
No Charge or Collection
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
SUND4Y SERVICES
Home of E. T. Pettijohn, 6S3 First. Ave.
Home Sunday School—11 a.m.
Cottage Meeting—3 p.m.
Call Main 188 or Black 154
Chamber Insists ...
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Alaska. But they still feel, from
personal experience, that nothing
can take the place of “one car
rier service” from the states to
Nome.
Delegate Bob Bartlett, in a mes
sage to the president of the NWA
Chamber of Commerce said that
he would carry Nome’s message
to the CAB and see what help
could be given in this important
issue.
Ed Swofford said this morning
that his company was “sentimen
tal about the Alaska routes, hav
ing pioneered air transportation
in this area.”
He said as much as PAA dis
liked asking to discontinue the
Nome flight they felt it was
necessary since they have been
off subsidy since October, 1956.
He explained that it is necessary
to have a load factor of 55 per
cent to break even and last year
the load factor to Nome averaged
only 35.5 per cent.
He also said if PAA’s request
for suspension is not granted his
company will of necessity ask
for a federal subsidy to maintain
the route.
Swofford concluded: “Our
plans with Wien Airlines should
give just as good service as you
have been getting, and it will be
more frequent too.”
Branch Rickey Has Heart Attack
PITTSBURGH, UPI — Branch
Rickey, board chairman of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, is hospitalized
as the result of suffering a mild
heart attack.
The 76-year-old former general
manager of the Pirates suffered j
the attack late Wednesday night, i
He was stricken shortly after i
returning home from Washington
where he had attended a meeting
of President Eisenhower’s com
mittee on fair employment prac
tices, of which he is a member.
ARCTIC
SANITARY
SERVICE
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For Dependable
Pickup
Hearings on Water
Freight Rates
Increase Near End
SEATTLE ,W1 — A Federal
Maritime Board hearing on water
borne freight rates to and from
Alaska neared an end today but
a decision on a requested 15 per
cent increase may be weeks away.
Board Examiner, Arnold Roth,
who has been hearing testimony
since Feb. 11, will give opposing
sides an opportunity to file briefs
before he makes an initial de
cision.
Alaska Steamship Co., Coast
wise Line and Alaska Freight
Lines, which were granted an
emergency 7Vfe per cent rate in
crease effective Jan. 30, have pre
sented a procession of witnesses
and exhibits in support of the
request for 15 per cent.
The Territory of Alaska, sev
eral government agencies and
shipping interests sought to show
the 15 per cent was not war
ranted.
The General Services Adminis
tration, which does much busi
ness in Alaska, was represented
as generally opposed to the re
quested increase.
Much testimony and cross ex
amination centered on prospects
for future freight tonnage to the
territory. Long discussions ensued
over interpretation of statistics.
An Alaska Steam attorney con
tended at the opening of the
hearing last week that even a 15
per cent increase actually was in
sufficient to provide a fair re
turn on capital outlay.
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