New York City Will Sue i
The General Electric Co.
NEW YORK. UB—Mayor Robert
F. Wagner said the city will sue
the General Electric Co. for triple
damages for what he called over
charges on heavy equipment
bought from the company.
General Electric was one of a
number of electric companies sen
tenced in Philadelphia Tuesday
on charges of illegal price fixing
and bid rigging.
Wagner said city corporation
counsel Charles Tenney had noti
fied Ralph Cordiner, G-E board
chairman, of the city’s intention
to sue in the federal courts.
The specific amount for which
the city will sue was not indi
cated.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
RECEIVES PERMISSION
TO WITHDRAW A BILL
JUNEAU UP) — Rep. Dora
Sweeney of Juneau Tuesday asked I
and received permission of the
House to withdraw a bill which
would have exempted persons over
the age of 65 from payment of the
State School Tax.
"HEADS UP" . . .
NEW YORK UP) — “Heads Up”
has become one of the calls heard
most often by New Yorkers since
the weekend’s massive snow
storm.
Long icicles hanging from the
city’s skyscrappers and apartment
buildings fall as the temperature
rises.
There have been no serious in
juries, but police report several
close calls.
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Northern Lights are
Like a Billion Fireflies
IOWA CITY, Iowa UP> — The
Northern Lights were described as
like billions of fireflies turned
loose in the earth’s atmosphere.
The description came from
noted space scientist Dr. James
Van Allen in an analysis of data
from four U. S. satellites and two
deep space probes.
Northern Lights, or Aurora
Borealis, are brilliant spectacles
of flashing light occasionally seen
over the Northern Hemisphere.
Van Allen, 46, head of the State
University of Iowa physics depart
ment, said, “the first thing that
happens is a solar flare, a big
explosion on the sun that throws
out a big plume. Billions of parti
cles are sent zipping through
space.
“Data sent back by the satellites
show that within a day or a day
and a half after the solar flare
there is a big chance in the shape
of the outer radiation zone
around the earth.
“The intensity of radiation
within the zone drops way down
and at the same time extraordi
nary Northern Lights are seen
across the north part of the
United States.”
Earlier observations by Van Al
len have led to naming two radi
ation belts in outer space after
him.
Van Allen said it is within the
realm of possibility that the North
ern Lights can be predicted in the
future.
RESOLUTION FOR
BREAKWATERS INTRODUCED
JUNEAU Uf) — A resolution
calling on the Army Corps of
Engineers to construct break
waters at Unalakleet, Shaktolikn,
Bethel and Kotzebue was intro
duced in the Senate today by Sen.
Bronson.
The resolution replaces a joint
resolution withdrawn by Bronson
yesterday.
(CALL MAIN 65 for
Arctic Sanitary
Service
EQUAL PAY STATUTE . . .
SAN FRANCISCO UR — Cali
fornia women doing men’s work
for less pay had reason to hope
for improvement.
Marjorie Freeman, until recent
ly a publicist for the Bank of
America, won her case in the
State Division of Industrial Wel
fare. She charged that her $465
a month at the bank was $215 a
month less than that of two fel
low publicists — males — in the
same department.
Marie Melrose, a field agent for
the division, held that Mrs. Free
man’s performance was equal, if
not superior, to that of the men.
Mrs. Freeman was the first worn- 1
an to successfully invoke the 1949
Equal Pay Statute.
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Kennedy Pleads for
“Prompt Consideration” of
Minimum Wage Boost Bill
WASHINGTON UP) — President
Kennedy Tuesday sent to Con
gress — with a plea for “prompt
consideration” — a bill to boost
the $1 minimum wage to $1.25
and give 4.3 million workers the
protection of a wage floor.
The higher minimum, Kennedy
said in a message to House Speak
er Sam Rayburn would be
aohieved by a series of annual
rises “to which employers can
readily adjust.”
“Our nation can ill-afford to
tolerate the growth of an under
privileged and underpaid class,”
the letter said.
“Substandard wages lead neces
sarily to substandard living con
ditions, hardship and distress.
“Since the last increase in the
minimum wage both living costs
and productivity have increased
to such an extent that the pro
posed bill merely reflects an ad
justment to keep pace with these
factors.”
MRS. DAN WALSH LEAVES
FOR FAIRBANKS TODAY
Mrs. Dan Walsh is scheduled to
leave today for Fairbanks to par
ticipate in a leader’s training
course for Girl Scouts. The course
is given under the sponsorship
of the Farthest North Girl Scout
Council who provide the trans
portation. Mrs. Walsh who is the
Intermediate Girl Scout Troop
Consultant will in turn direct the
training in the fall for new lead
ers in the local groups. She ex
pects to return on Saturday.
EARLY RISER . . .
BRASILIA, Brazil (IP) — Presi
dent Janio Quadros, an early
riser, showed up for work in the
executive palace Tuesday at 6:20
a. m. Messengers and elevator
operators weren’t there yet. He
ordered them to report for work
at 6 a. m. every day.
Nome Directory
Nome
Shrine Club
Werner Bohrer, Pres.
H. M. Crinklaw, Sec.
Meets First Thursday
Of Each Month
Masonic Hall
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Don Hoover, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
A. E. BOHRER, W. M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Robert Grant
President
Dusty Rhode
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
MINA BACHELDER, President
JANE FOSTER, Secretary
—VISITORS WELCOME—
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Wm. H. Cameron, Pres.
Chas. D. Jones, Secty.