THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY ..... Production Manager
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1379.
THE MAYOR OF NOME
lyome is fortunate in having a man like Steffen
Andersen to head its city affairs.
Holding office as mayor for the past seven years,
his vision and courage have sustained him to over
come the many obstacles which have hindered and
retarded the development of Nome. The average
man would have been discouraged long ago.
The office of mayor takes many, many hours
each week without monetary compensation. His
only payment is the satisfaction of knowing that there
is a job that must be completed, and seeing that it
is done.
Last year he centered hi$ attention on the many
details involving the city for the badly needed school
addition. This year he has focused his attention on
the long awaited water and sewerage system.
With quiet dignity and faith in the future of
Nome, our mayor commands respect wherever he
goes and encourages co-operation of those who work
with him.
Our best wishes to “Steve” for another big suc
cessful year.
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City Clerk Retiring
After 14 Years’ Service
£ARRIE McLAIN, City Clerk and City Magistrate
for fourteen years, is retiring.
Her honesty, cheerfulness and scrupulous atten
tion to her many duties which have multiplied with
the years, have endeared her to the many who work
with her.
She was never too busy to answer the many
questions from strangers about Nome of the stampede
days, as her wonderful memory has made it possible
for her to hand out information which has never been
recorded.
As a magistrate she was noted for her tolerance
in meting out justice.
We know that she will not be idle in her retire
ment and continue to work for the community where
she has been actively associated for almost sixty
years.
ISN’T THIS WHERE WE CAME IN?
Truman Says He
Doesn’t Believe in
Cabinet Gov’t
NEW YORK,, OP)—Former Pres
ident Truman declared with em
phasis today that “if you’re Presi
dent, you’re President” — and
that he’d never let the Cabinet
determine a question of com
petency.
“I know I wouldn't let the Cab
inet pass on my competency if
I were President of the United
States,” Truman asserted.
He added that “the hardest
thing in the world is for a man
to decide for himslef if he’s com
petent” but said he did not believe
in Cabinet government.
Truman’s comment was made
when reporters asked his view
on President Eisenhower’s rec
ommendation that the Constitu
tion be emended 1o permit the
Cabinet to determine when the
vice president should assume the
duties of a disabled President.
Truman and his wife arrived
Friday for a visit with their
daughter, Margaret, now Mrs.
Clifton Daniel, who is expecting
e baby in July.
Taking his customary early
morning stroll about the streets
of Manhattan, he received the
customary interview in transit by
newsmen also on foot. Some of
his other observations:
Union funds should be regu
lated by federal law.
“Peace can be won in the Middle
East if the United States “would
assume the leadership, but the
United States has not done so.”
If he should have a grandson,
he would advise the boy to enter
politics. “It’s a very fine career.”
There is no rift on his part
concerning President Eisenhower.
If there is any rift, it is all on
Eisenhower’s part.
B-52 Explodes,
Killing Two
TULSA, Okla., UP) — A giant
B-52 jet bomber, costing $8 mil
lion, exploded in a “bright ball of
flame” Friday, killing two crew
members as it crashed into a
farm pasture about 15 miles north
of here.
Two other crewmen parachuted
to safety. Both were hospitalized,
one of them in critical condition.
All were Boeing civilian em
ployes on an experimental flight
from Wichita, Kan.
MuchTraveled Bishop
Describes Life in Alaska
BALTIMORE, UP)--The Rt. Rev.
William J. Gordon Jr., Episcopal
bishop of Alaska who uses an
airplane to cover his territory,
spoke at the Cathedral Church of
the Incarnation yesterday.
Bishop Gordon, 38, who lives
v/ith his wife and three children
in Fairbanks, said life in Alaska
“is pretty much like it is here—
parking meters, television and
all.” He also said most Eskimos
live in sod huts, have never heard
of ice houses.”
Bishop Gordon flies more
than 4,000 miles a year — in a
plane bought through the United
Thank Offering of Episcopal
v^omen—visiting 51 Episcopal
missions among the Indian, Eski
mo and white people of Alaska.
He used to cover 6,000 miles by
dogsled, he said.
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