Ill E NOM E NUGGET
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EkUWA1 J!°W MUCH TIME ?
GUARANTEE OF VALUE
Ah of us naturally like to find bargains. All of us,
when shoop;ng, try to get top return for each dollar
spent. And in the long-run, the surest way to achieve
that is to patronize established merchants who are
concerned with the future—not just today’s sales.
That was the theme of an editorial in the Garner,
Iowa, Leader. The paper advised its readers: “In anv
hometown, the reputable merchants and dealers will
be the kind of people that you like and trust. This
editor does not think you will lose any peace of mind
of monev if you relv on them for good values at a fair
price. I am sure that you will find this procedure is
much safer and simpler than searching for bargains
in strange places.”
Manv a “bargain,” bought at an alleged big dis
count from some fly-by-night operator, has proven
worthless. The established local merchants, chain and
independent, have to protect their reputations—and
that’s your best guarantee of value.
BEST SOURCE OF PROTEIN
Americans are hearty meat eaters. We consume
65.000.000 pounds of it every day—enough to fill 2,500
railroad refrigerator cars. Our annual per capita con
sumption is 76 pounds, which is well ahead of most
other countries.
Many authorities think that within the next 10
years American beef consumption can and should rise
to perhaps double the current level. The American
National Cattlemen’s Assn, is now engaged in a nation
wide beef promotion program, and packers and retail
ers are cooperating. .The program’s theme is “Beef is
your best source of protein.”
That is much more than just an attractive slogan.
It’s a matter of scientific fact. One of the major dis
coveries of recent years in the field of dietetics is that
beef, because of its high protein content, contributes
greatlv to the mental and physical health ^nd vigor
of individuals. It also has been found valuable in
aiding the treatment and recovery of people suffering
from many forms of illness. And it is a food which
the average person can eat once or more a day and still
find palatable.
NOME NUGGET ADS PAY BIG DIVIDENDS
Canadian Plan to
Tap Yukon Balks
Alaska Project
(By the Associated Press)
A Canadian company's plan to
tap the Yukon River watershed
for power for a huge metallurgi
cal industry may deprive Alaska
of a proposed 400 million dollar
aluminum industry.
This development appeared last
1 week when Frobisher Ltd. applied
to the British Columbia govern
ment for water rights license to
the B.C. section of the Yukon
watershed.
In Pittsburgh, an official of the
Aluminum Company of America
said:
“We are not interested if Fro
bisher goes ahead. If they develop
something there, it looks like
we’ll be out.”
Two years ago ALCOA an
nounced it would build a 400
million dollar aluminum-smelting
plant near Skagway. The plan
was contingent upon the acquisi
tion of land and, equally impor
tant, depended upon obtaining
water power from Canadian
sources.
ALCOA considered damming the
Yukon River at Miles Canyon,
near Whitehorse, to obtain the
vast quantities of electric power
required for processing aluminum.
On Jan. 13, 1953, the Canadian
government announced it had re
jected ALCOA’s application for
water and said it was its responsi
bility to see that the waters were
used for the “maximum benefit”
of Canadians.
The Frobisher Company’s appli
cation was the first step toward
converting a northern wasteland
into a power supply for a 270
million dollar metallurgical indus
try. The vast enterprise plans to
harness the watershed extending
200 miles north and 300 miles east
and west in north B.C. and the
southern Yukon.
The watershed can develop
4,300,000 horsepowc-r, a potential
twice as great as the energy to’ be
developed by the St. Lawrence
Seaway project.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Col. M. Kun
itz, Major D. A. MacKenzie, Ar
thur Jane, Alfred Sahlin, William
Lincoln, Harry Bard, L. Darrigan,
N. Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Woods, Richard Woods, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Gilbert.
From Unalakleet: Harry Strand,
Matilda Jones.
To Anchorage: Dan Fritz, A. F.
Peterson, S. Erickson, S. H. Hilde
gaard, Glen, Maybelle, and Linda
Lenert, Isabel Miller, Helen Gil
bert, Verne Gilbert, Capt. Harry
Bard, Sgt. N. Potter.
To McGrath: Jo'hn Paden, Gene
Roguszka, Frances Seelook.
To Koyuk: Olga Charles, Ray
mond Dougles.
To Golovin: Sigfried Aukongak.
TWO NOMEITES TO ATTEND
CHILD WELFARE CONFERENCE
Mrs. Isabelle Miller o'f the Wel
fare Office and Omie McCarthy of
the Territorial Welfare Board
were scheduled to leave today to
attend a Child Welfare Confer
ence scheduled for Aug. 3, 4, and
5 in Anchorage.
The agendy for the conference
will consist of a review of the ini
tial conference setting minimum
standards for institutions and le
gal custody of children, adoption
as well as insurance plans for in
stitutions and other related sub
jects.
Soft-shelled reptile eggs often
increase in size after being laid
as the embryo stretches the shell.
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1. DON’T GET OVERTIRED
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2. DON’T GET CHILLED_ 3. DON’T MIX WITH NEW GROUPS
4. BUT DO KEEP CLEAN
MARCH OF DIMES FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED.
GIVE TO THE EMERGENCY MARCH OF DIMES THIS MONTH!
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Climbers Killed in
Avalanche They
Were Warned Of
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta, Wl—
Four of seven members of a near
ly all-woman Mexican mountain
climbing party were swept to
their deaths Friday by an ava
lanche high on a glacier they had
been warned to avoid.
Six women and a man were in
the group. The man is believed to
be one of the four whose bodies
were recovered. No identifications
were yet available.
The Mexicans were caught in a
roaring mass of snow and ice
while descending to the head of
Victoria Glacier, near here in the
Canadian Rockies. Peaks in the
area average 11,000 feet.
A rescue party of Alpinists
reached the scene four hours after
the accident.
Guides had refused to accom
pany the Mexican party because
of frequent avalanches at this
time of year in the glacier region,
and had warned the climbers
against the venture.
The tragedy was witnessed by
several persons watching the pro
gress of the party through binoc
ulars.
Cliff Co’alpitts, who had his
glasses on the climbers, said the
awesome avalanche broke loose
without warning and thundered
down on the climbers as they
were moving in two groups across
a perilous traverse.
The leading four, roped togeth
er, were engulfed in the avalanche
and carried to their death down
the glacier. The other three were
caught in the fringe of the slide
but managed to hold on.
lArmy Sergeant Required
Pay for Support of His
Divorced Wife’s Children
HOUSTON, Tex., W)—A former
Army sergeant who testified his
divorced wife is the Seattle secre
tary of the Communist Party, was
ordered by District Judge Spur
geon Bell Friday to pay $50 a
month toward support of his two
children.
McAllister Hargrave, 37, said in
court he was discharged in 1953
after 20 years of military service
when federal agents discovered
his former wife, Mrs. Fortuna
Hargrave, was a Con^munist.
Hargrave testified he did not
know of his former wife’s Com
munist activities until he was so
informed by FBI agents while
working on radar installations at
Fairbanks, Alaska.
He told Bell that difficulties in
finding permanent employment
employment since his discharge
have made it impossible for him
to pay the $96 monthly payments
ordered by a Seattle court for
support of his children at the time
the divorce was granted.
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Bill Changes Boundaries
Between Second and
Fourth Divisions
WASHINGTON, OP)—A bill
changing the boundaries between
Alaska’s Second and Fourth Judi
cial Districts and six others auth
orizing land exchanges in Alaska
were approved Friday by the Sen
ate Interior Committee.
All have passed the House.
The boundary change is designed
to conform more closely to geo
graphical features. It involves no
inhabited areas.
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