THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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All His Fault...
STRONGLY INFLATIONARY PRICE INCREASES
over the last 12 years, according to a report pre
pared for the House-Senate Economic Committee,
are the fault of the steel union, steel management and
the Federal Government. It seems the union got “an
extraordinary rise in wages,” management raised
prices, and the Government pushed both of them !
If we dared to take issue with the scholarly
economists who compiled this revelation, we would
say it was all the foult of the people whp insisted
on buying steel.
... It’s Superman!!
VEWERS OF FLYING SAUCERS may now feel
at least somewhat vindicated. Whether or not
such an airborne vehicle has yet flown outside a
hangar might be difficult to prove, but at least there
IS such a thing. It is still in thp Toronto factory,
where it was buiilt for the U. S. Army, and is now
about ready for test flights.
But don’t expect any viewer to believe that this
is the first one!
Bronson Urges Chamber
Review Borough Ideas
Senator Les Bronson spoke at
length to the Chamber of Com
merce Monday noon, urging a
committee be named to start
thinking about getting a city char
ter, and recommending a change
of thinking on boroughs. The
Chamber had gone on record
along with the City and other
local groups for an unorganized
borough for the time being. Bron
son also explained why he fav
ored the Employment Security
Commission bill, which puts the
burden of taxation on total wages
for businessmen in the state.
Bronson stated he planned to
work hard toward a B.I.A. school
for higher education and voca
tional training, which is so badly
needed in this area. He left Tues
day for Juneau.
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Protest of Higher Freight
Rates Gains Support
Of Oregon Senator
WASHINGTON, UP> — Senator
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore)
joined this week in the protest
of Alaska Senators against the
■recent 10 per cent increase in
Alaskan water freight rates.
Neuberger said he served in
Alaska in World War II and has
visited there often since. He said
whenever any one asked about
the high prices ip Alaska the an
swer always was “It’s the fregiht
rates.”
“If this great frontier is to
prosper and develop, something
has got to be done about these
ever increasing freight rates,”
Neuberger declared.
THE NORTHERNERS, recently
formed women’s group of the
Community .Methodist Church,
will hold a regular meeting Sat
urday evening at 7:30 p.m., at
te home of Constance Erickson. 1
Bartlett Offers Extension |
For Canadian Carriers
WASHINGTON, W) — A bill af
fecting water transport of freight
and passengers in parts of'Alaska
was introduced by Senator Bob
Bartlett Monday.
The bill, Qo-sponsored by Sen
ator Warren G. Magnuson (D
Wash), would extend until June
30, 1961, permission for carriage
of passengers on Canadian ships
between ports in Southeastern
Alaska and of passengers and
freight between Hyder, Alaska,
and ports in Southeastern Alaska
and the other states.
Current law allowing this is due
to expire June 30.
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Pete Walsh. Station Mgr.
Castro Scorns U.S.
Protests on Private
Property Seizure
HAVANA, Wl — Fidel Castro’s
regime has rejected a U. S. pro
test against tactics used in seiz
ing American property in Cuba
and said it would speed up op
eration of its land reform pro
gram against both Cubans and
foreigners.
Property owners were told to
take their complaints to the
Cuban courts.
U. S. Ambassador Philip'Bonsai
delivered a State Department
note Monday complaining that
lands and buildings of U. S. citi
zens ^in Cuba had been seized
without court orders and frequent
ly without written authorization.
The State Department said in
many cases no inventories were
made, no receipts given for the
seized property and no indication
given that payment would be
made.
Acting Foreign Minister Mar
celo Fernandez issued a state
ment which said the State De
partment “does not take into con
sideration the basic situation but
rather relates a number of sup
posed deeds which are qualified
as ‘violations’ of the agrarian re
form law.”
Fernandez said that while a
formal reply would be made later,
Bonsai had been told the “firm
position of the revolutionary gov
ernment is accelerating the work
of agrarian reform, applying
measures of expropriation and in
demnification to Cuban nationals
and foreigners equally, and re
ferring all doubtful cases to com
petent Cuban courts.”
The State Department said it
had n<j immediate comment on
the Cuban statement.
The U. S. note was the third
to Cuba on the subject in seven
months. It was drawn up during
conferences in, Washington from
which Bonsai returned on Sunday.
The note declared that Castro’s
seizure of American private prop
erty violated both Cuban and in
ternational law. But the summary
released to the press made clear
it did not protest the principle
of land redistribution but com
plained about the manner in
which it is being carried out. The
U. S. government recognizes the
right of foreign countries to ex
propriate lands and other prop
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Sen. Gruening Lt
Iceland Trawler Lost In
North Atlantic Gale
HALIFAX, N? S., UH — A big
Icelandic trawler with 28 men
aboard has been missing for near
ly two days in an Atlantic gale
about 70 miles off the Newfound
land north coast. ,
Search and rescue headquarters
of the Royal Canadian Air Force
said Tuesday it received a re
quest from the Icelandic Coast
Guard to set up a search for the
656-ton trawler Uranus, unre
ported since Sunday afternoon.
An alert to all ships in the
area was issued by marine radio
stations in Newfoundland. Air
craft were to go into the search
when weather improves.
The RCAF said Uranus’ last
radio contact said the 10-year-old
vessel was in “very severe
weather.”
Air Force Chief Says
U. S. Stronger than Reds
WASHINGTON, UFi — The
United States is much stronger
than the Soviet Union in military
power and may have a slight edge
in war missiles, General Thomas
D. White says.
The Air Force Chief of Staff
told a National Press Club audi
ence Monday there may be no
certain way of knowing which
country is ahead in missile
strength. But he added that the
United States “may now have a
slight edge in military missiles.”
At another point he said the
Strategic Air Command now has
“the ability to« destroy the war
making capacity of any aggres
sive nation, no matter how power
ful, and to achieve military vic
tory.” 9
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vided fair and speedy compensa
tion is made.
American property seized so far
was estimated in Washington at
five or six million dollars. U. S.
investments in Cuba are estimated
at about a billion dollars.
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Sen. Ernest Gruening, of Alaska, leads the 1960 New March of
Dimes with support from his two grandsons in Juneau, Bradford. I.
Gruening (left) and Winthrop H. Gruening. New March of Dimes
funds now are fighting three cripplers: birth defects, arthritis and
polio.