THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
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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LTFS ALL CLEAN UP NOME
C’ean-up week starts Monday and more emphasis
is b^-g put on the campaign headed by the Rotary
Club f1ian you may realize.
W? all know that the departure of the winter
snow has left refuse everywhere, in your yard arid
your neighbor’s yard and much of it you did not
drop 'here. But there it is and the time has come
to ge1- rid of it again.
This is scheduled to be a big season for visitors
and ceveral territorial meetings are planned for the
summer months so let’s give Nome a “new look.”
In addition to the small clean-up around the
hem-5, heavy equipment has been acquired to get rid
of unsightly large abandoned items which have been
askirg to be carried away for many years.
When your block inspector calls, be ready to co
operate and do your share towards clean-up in Nome.
Be Sure To Get Your Polio Shot
We Americans were generous when we con
tributed millions of dollars to fight paralytic polio.
We were triumphant when, after years of re
search, our scientists developed a vaccine against it
and the number of cases dropped 47 per cent last year.
Now we are shocked to hear that, acording to a
recent estimate, 58 million Americans under 40 who
should get this simple, effective protection have
neglected to do so.
What is the word for this neglect? Polio author
ities, like the National Foundation for Infantile Paral
ysis, call it apathy. The dictionary defines apathy
as “lack of interest” or “indifference.”
But can anyone afford to 'be indifferent about
polio? When it strikes it leaves ruin in its wake—
crippled bodies, disrupted homes, wage-earners un
able to go on with their chosen work.
'Indifference in the face of this kind of risk is
folly. Better roll up your sleeves and vaccinate be
fore it’s too late!
We’ll meet you at the Federal Building 2-4 or 7-10
Monday evening.
Man Forced To Join
Communist-led Union
Or Lose His Job
WASHINGTON, UP) — A sheet
metal fabricator told Senators
Thursday he is faced with the
choice of joining a union he re
gards as Communist dominated
or losing his job.
LaRue I. Berfield of Sinnama
honing Pa., testified at his own
request before the Senate In
t e r n a 1 Security Subcommittee.
He appealed for protection of his
constitutional right to freedom
of association.
Berfield said the United Elec
trical Workers Union recently
has been certified as collective
■bargaining agents for employees
at Sylvania Electric Products Co.
plant at Emporium, Pa. He has
worked there for 19 years except
for a four-year hitch in the Air
Force.
Under a union shop contract
entered into by the company,
Berfield testified, he has to join
the UE, expelled from the CIO
in 1949 as Communist dominated,
or be discharged from his job.
The 38-year-old witness said
he felt he- couldn’t join the union
without violating loyalty oaths
he has taken as a director of the
Gibson Grove Independent School
District and as a member of the
local Civil Defense organization.
“As I understand it,” he said,
“Communists are in the union
and hold some of the key offices.”
The UE has been called Com
munist dominated by the Internal
Security Subcommittee. Pro
ceedings against it before the
subversive activities control board
have been initiated by the At
torney General. i
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USED Credit Union
Loans To Employees
Pas ses Million Mark
/nCHORAGE—The one-mil
lion-dollar mark in loans to em
ployees has been passed by the
Federal Credit Union of the U. S.
Army Engineer District, Alas
ka, the board announced recent
ly
Since the Credit Union was
started in 1949, to date 3,520
loans ranging from $10 to $6,000
have been approved to help em
ployees in all parts of Alaska.
Loss on the loans “has been neg
ligible.”
Some of the larger loans have
been for purchases of real es
tate, home remodelling and fur
nishing, purchases of autos and
even an airplane. Other em
ployees have borrowed to con
solidate smaller bills, meet hos
pital and medical expenses, for
vacation money, insurance pay
ments, educational funds, other
emergencies or desires. Most of
the loans have been spent in
Alaska and the Anchorage area.
Letter-size and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
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