THE NOME NUGGET
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‘Quo Vadis’ Sets New Mark for
Screen Spectacle; Thousands in
Cast of Drama Set in Pagan Rome
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Rev. Gould of Methodist
Church Visiting Here
Rev. Gordon Gould, formerly
head of Methodist work in Alaska,
and now with headquarters in
Philadelphia, is visiting the terri
tory in connection with work to
ward the building of the Alaska
Methodist Church. While in Nome
tie is visiting with many friends
made while stationed in the ter
ritory. He says he may remain I
until Sunday.
$7 FOR BITE OF HAMBURGER
OKLAHOMA CITY, Robert S.
Popejoy, 18, was fined $7 yester
day for taking a bite out ofg a
stranger’s hamburger.
Officers said Popejoy walked
over to a booth at a cafe, took the
sandwich off a plate, took a bite
and put it back. He said that he
thought he knew the hamburger’s
owner, but he turned out to be a
stranger.
The judge told him: “A man
has the inherent right to peaceful
ly enjoy a hamburger—especially
at today’s prices.
Eight Egyptians Killed
In Express Train Wreck
CAIRO, Egypt, Uft—Bails weak
ened by the widening of a canal
gave way beneath a passenger ex
press train early today and eight
Egyptians were killed.
The wreck occurred 180 miles
south of Cairo, near Maghagha.
The train was bound from Cairo
to Aswan, Egypt’s major winter
resort on the Upper Nile 360 miles
south of the capital.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Don Smith,
Douglas Swalm, H. B. Snyder,
Patrick Gamer, Nick Rauch, Lor
rin Garret, Lester Rorick, R. M.
Norton, Mrs. Roger Briggs, Clay
ton Rasmussen, Ken Marquiss,
J. E. Jones, Walter Merrill, S/Sgt.
R. Plymale, Edwina Jones and
infant, R. G. Blodget, Ray Wil
boume, Lewis Tomesi, Arnold
Isaacson, Gene Maas, Irving
Hunter, Jim Frazier, Albert Da
vidson, Allen Watts, N. Taddeo,
Salvatore Ricotta, Robert Barnes,
George Billick, Irwin Huber, Rob
ert Ralousek, Gerry Bickerstaff.
To Anchorage: Wm. Finch, J.
Farr, Robt. Oravetz, Pfe. H. Birk
tiolz, Regina Doyle, H. Anderson,
Charlie Curtis, Roy Showers, Don
Yeaman, T. Messall, Bob Oliver,
Enid Moses, Peter Charles, Keith
Swanson.
To Kotzebue: Patricia Garner.
To McGrath: Henry Knutsen.
To 'Unalakleet: Miss Jolly.
From Unalakleet: Russell Her
mann, Sig Krogstad, Henry Knut
sen.
The full name of Gertrude
Lawrence, well known English
actress, was Gertrude Alexandra
Dagmar Lawrence Klasen.
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Never in the history of motion
pictures has a picture been
brought to the screen with the
breathtaking spectacle, scope, gi
gantic cast, color and pageantry as
that presented in M-G-M’s much
heralded Technicolor production
of “Quo Vadis,” coming soon to
The Theater of Nome, with Robert
Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Deo Genn
and Peter Ustinov heading a cast
of thousands.
Based on the celebrated novel
by Sienkievicz, filmed against the
grandeur of historic Rome in a
prodigious undertaking which re
quired more than 12 years of
preparation and actual filming,
this thrilling drama of the birth
of Christianity in a pagan world
and' the love of a Roman warrior
for a beautiful Christian hostage
is unfolded with glittering splen
dor and tremendous dramatic im
pact.
Here we have the corrupt and
extravagant imperial court of the
Emperor Nero brought to life in
scenes of staggering immensity,
with its spectacles of thousands of
triumphant warriors, led by Mar
cus Vinicius, making a triumphant
entry into Rome .along the gar
landed Appian Way; the scenes
of the populace saluting the vestal
virgins as they pay homage to the
40-foot-high statues of the pagan
gods; the bacchanal in Nero’s or
nate palace as the Emperor holds
a banquet in honor of the victori
ous Vinicius; the burning of Rome
in spectacle scenes never before
equalled on the screen as they de
pict the terrified populace scream
ing and trampling on each other
in their frenzied attempt to flee
the city; the racing chariots; the
martyrdom of the Christians as
they are torn apart by lions and
burned on crosses; and the final
gripping climax, in which the
Christian hostage, Lygia, is saved
from being killed by a ferocious
bull when her giant bodyguard,
Ursus, kills the beast in a blood
curdling show given by Nero in
the huge Circus Maximus.
tteta Sigma Phi
Beta Sigma Phi met at the
home of Anita Mays last evening
with Mary Honsberger acting as
hostess. The program given by
Anita Mays was “Nature’s Land
scape," followed by members re
sponding with “the loveliest spot
I know.”
Rose Silverman was welcomed
back and told of some of her ex
periences while traveling.
Plans were discussed for the
annual Founder’s Day Banquet.
The members were given a
“sneak preview” of some of the
beautiful aprons already finished
and ready for the apron sale to
he held tomorrow at the Beta Sig- j
ma Phi apron sale at the N. C.
Store. The sale starts at 10:00 in |
the morning.
ANS Cuts Welfare
Aid to Jobless
Alaska Natives
JUNEAU, Mar. 17, UP)—Welfare
assistance to unemployed Alaska
natives has been cut 40 percent—
in some cases eliminated entirely
—by the Alaska Native Service
because of shortage of funds, it
was learned here today.
The across-the-board cut on as
sistance for unemployment pur
poses became effective March 1.
Assistance to unemployed, un
married persons was cut off en
tirely.
Word of the slice was received
from William L. Paul Sr., presi
dent of the Alaska Native Broth
erhood, who said native welfare
recipients have been notified of
the order. ANS officials here con
firmed the facts of the story but
refused to make an official an
nouncement on the matter.
The cut does not affect those
who are receiving other types of
welfare assistance, it was learned.
The welfare grants are made on
the basis of need and range from
$70 a month to as much as $250
for parents of large families.
Acting Gov. Waino Hendrick
son has informed Gov. B. Frank
Heintzleman, who presently is in
Washington D.C., of the cut.
The governor has been asked by
the Alaska Native Brotherhood to
seek a special grant of $100,000
from the Bureau of Indian Affairs
to tide the natives over until the
summer work season.
LIBRARY CLOSED TONIGHT
The KK Public Library will be
closed this evening for the Con
stitution presentation being held
at the school.
The library will be open as usu
al tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 p.m.
Defense Spending
Criticized . . .
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they sort of drift into it ... all I
can tell you is that one way and
another we are trying to get hold
of the thing.”
The investigators said there
have been substantial improve
ments in procurement practices
and policies in recent years but
“no successful purpose would be
served by documenting those re
sults in this report.”
They complained that in all
three services, the greatest portion
of high cost procurements are ac
complished through negotiated
contracts rather than through
competitive bidding.
Concerning two contracts with
Western Electric Co. for a total of
more than $20 million, the inves
tigators said “the contractor dic
tated the terms and price” with
little indication of any intensive
negotiations on the part of the
government.
They said Western Electric dic
tates its terms to the Signal Corps
“on a take it or leave it basis.”
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Kefauver Tries
For California’s
68 Delegate Votes
(By the Associated Press'
Sen. Estes Kefauver arrived in
San Francisco Thursday fresh
from his trouncing victory over
Stevenson in the Minnesota Dem
ocratic primary election.
Arriving from Great Falls,
Mont,, and Portland, Ore., Kefau
ver set about campaigning for
California’s 68 votes at the Demo
cratic National Convention.
“We are behind here in Califor
nia and it will be an uphill fight,”
Kefauver told newsmen.
In Portland he authorized his
supporters to undertake a write-in
campaign in the Oregon Demo
cratic presidential primary set for
May 18. “If they wish to under
take such a campaign, it will be
alright with me and I will appre
ciate it,” he told reporters.
No Democrat is entered in the
Oregon primary. The state’s 16
convention delegates will be re
quired to support the candidate
getting the largest number of
write-in votes.
Kefauver referred in a Great
Falls speech to a Lincoln Day talk
by Vice President Nixon who, Ke
fauver said, “bragged about the
Republicans providing the biggest
tax cut in history.”
“They didn’t,” he told a Demo
cratic dinner, “tout let me point
out that without the tax cut we
could have had a balanced budget
every year of the Eisenhower Ad
ministration. We could have made
a substantial reduction in the na
tional debt and we could have had
an air force superior to any in the
world.”
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