THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
ALL SIAMESE TWINS
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325,000 SCHOOLROOMS SHORT
A recent survey, made public by the Office of
Education, showed that 325,000 schoolrooms are needed
in this country. U.S. Commissioner of Education Earl
J. McGrath, commenting on the survey, says that pre
sent state building programs will not make up the
deficit.
Mr. McGrath suggests a Federal- aid program
which would provide matching funds for states in the
building of new schools. Such a program has worked
successfully in the field of hospital construction and
also in the field of highway construction.
McGrath further stated that there was not a
single state or territory which did not have a school
housing problem. He advocates abandonment of obso
lete school houses and the construction of new plants,
based on the anticipated need as indicated by the num
ber of babies bom in recent years.
The 83rd Congress may or may not take action
as Commissioner McGrath proposes. However, the new
suggestion—for the construction of the nation’s ele
mentary and secondary public schools — has merit.
Such a matching fund would not carry with it Federal
control or direction of the policies in actual school
operation. Many states seek to avoid Federal inroads
into schopl operations and this plan would not neces
sarily carry with it this objectionable feature.
Wartime Head U. S. Navy
Proposes Blockade And
Bombing Of Red China
WASHINGTON, UB—'The head
of the American wartime navy,
Adm. Ernest J. King, proposes
blockade and bombing erf Red
China to step up pressure on the
Communist adversary in Korea.
The retired fleet admiral also
said, in a copyrighted interview
published Tuesday by the maga
zine U.S. News & World Report,
he believed President-elect Eisen
hower would “come up with a
workable solution” to end the
stalemate. .
King added, “Don’t forget the
foot soldier must be there to take
advantage of the results of the
bombing,” but he did not elabor
ate as to whether he meant United
States or Chinese Nationalist
troops.
Fairbanks Bakers Up Price
Bread Nickel to 50 Cents
FAIRBANKS, UfV-The cost of
a large loaf of bread has gone up
to 50 cents in this northern city
of high costs and high wages. <The
going scale for bakers is $175 a
week).
The price went up five cents a
loaf. The OPS okayed it on the
basis of increased costs for in
gredients since the last price
boost three years ago.
The price for a regular loaf
was boosted from 30 to 35 cents.
Some bread prices recently
were cut five cents a loaf in An
chorage, Alaska’s other major
boom city. Bakers here said the
Anchorage cut resulted from a
“price war.” They also say bakers
get from $25 to $40 a week less
pay in Anchorage.
Alaska Motor
Vehicle License
Regulations
The Territorial License Officer
announces that 1953 automobile
license -plates are now available
at the local branch office of the
Department of Taxation.
The attention of vehicle owners
is called to the several new pro
visions of the 1952 Motor Vehicle
Act as follows:
§ Regular passenger car plates
will be issued only to private pas
senger cars.
§ For Hire plates will be issued
only to taxi cabs.
§ Plates with the letters C-TR
will be issued to all other vehic
les, such as pick-ups, all other
types of trucks, buses, etc. These
vehicles are licensed by unladen
weight, at the following schedule
of fees:
3500 pounds or less .$15.00
3501 pounds and not over
12000 pounds .$25.00
12001 pounds and not over
18000 pounds .$50.00
18001 pounds and over ....$75.00
§ T h e registration certificates
(plates receipt) shall at all times
be carried in the vehicle to which
it refers.
§ Owners dismantling or wreck
ing any registered vehicle must
immediately surrender the title
certificate card to the Motor Ve
hicle Division of the Department
of Taxation.
§ Whenever a vehicle is sold, the
plates remain with the car, and
title certificate and registration
slip must be transferred to the
new owner.
§ Whenever a change of motor or
body for a vehicle occurs, the
certificate of title previously is
sued has to be changed for a new
title at a cost of $2.00.
§ Before issuing title to a vehicle
purchased from Government Sur
plus Property, an Affivadit of
Physical Inspection must be ob
tained. This is necessary to ascer
tain the correct motor number
which is not always given on the
bill of sale.
To facilitate the issuance of
license plates, all applicants
should bring with them the 1952
license plates receipt.
Drivers licenses in Alaska ex
pired on Dec. 31, 1952 and must
now be renewed. Licenses to op
erate motor vehicles are now is
sued for a two-year period at a
cost of $2.00. Application blanks
are available at the Territorial
Tax Office located behind Wien’s
building on First Ave.
TRUMAN PREDICTS . . .
(Continued from Page One)
Their conclusion was that, if gov
ernment and business move wise
ly and promptly to expand mar
kets, the [post defense] dip can
be held to proportions they termed
“manageable.”
Truman’s message dwelt on
economic progress since 1929, the
year of boom-and-collapse. Only
once did he call attention indir
ectly, to the fact that the period
coincided roughly with that of his
party’s tenure in the White House.
Recalling President Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s second inaugural ad
dress in January, 1937—“I can see
one-third of a nation ill-housed,
[ ill-clad, ill-nourished” — Truman
added:
“Since then, the one-third has
been reduced to one-fifth, or may
be less, on the old standards.”
He called for further progress.
Within 10 years, he said, it is
feasible to increase consumer in
come by 40 percent, providing an
average income of $2,000 for each
man, woman and child.
Divorced Man Blows Self
Up with Sticks Dynamite
In Magistrate’s Office
WESTON, W. Va., MB — ‘<Look
what’s going to happen here,”
said Raymond McCray. He dis
played five or six sticks of dyna
mite strapped to his waist.
As five persons, including his
divorced wife, looked on in horror
Tuesday, he touched two small
batteries to wires leading from
the dynamite.
McCray was blown to bits and
his wife and her lawyer, Charles
N. Bland, were critically injured.
The other three witnesses—Mag
istrate W. S. Fultz, Linn Mabel
Brannon, and 78-year-old J. N.
Osborn—escaped seriou^ injury.
State Trooper Robert Elliott
said the explosion came just as
the magistrate had concluded a
property settlement in his office.
■McCray, 47, and his wife were
divorced last September. They
had six children.
Oregon State Senate To
Memorialize Congress
Pass Statehood Legislation
SALEM, Ore., UP) — The four
man Democratic minority of the
Oregon Senate introduced a mem
orial Monday to ask Congress to
grant statehood quickly to Alaska
and Hawaii.
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger,
Portland author who has written
about Alaska and the Northwest
for many national publications,
was the chief sponsor of the
memorial.
The memorial said that state
hood for the two territories would
free them “from existing mono
polies which often prevent their
logical development.”
It points out that ex-Gov. Mc
Kay of Oregon, who will become
Secretary of the Interior Jan. 20,
supported statehood for Alaska
and Hawaii when he was gover
nor of Oregon.
65,915 Passengers On PAA
Alaska Routes In 1952
Break 21-Year Records
SEATTLE, (ff) — Pan American
broke 21-year-old traffic records,
carrying 65,915 passengers on Al
aska routes during 1952, D. E.
McMorran, regional traffic and
sales superintendent said here to
day.
The year’s passenger traffic was
approximately 13 percent higher
than 1951, the previous biggest
year since Pan Am started Alaska
services in 1932.
Continued growth of the terri
tory, paced by defense expendi
tures around Anchorage and Fair
banks and industrial develop
ments in Alaska as a whole, is
expected to maintain travel in the
far north at a continuing high
level during 1953, McMorran said.
Actress to Auction Her Services
As Secretary For One Day As
Contribution to March of Dimes
HOLLYWOOD, (ff) — Buxom
Marie Wilson is auctioning her
self to the highest bidder who
wants a secretary for one day.
The amount of the winning bid
will go to the March of Dimes
to fight polio.
Last year the movie and TV
comedienne served her day as
secretary in Forth Worth, Tex.,
after a bottling company contrib
uted $5,000 to the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis.
ED’S BARBER SHOP
• Ed Dalilak -
(Back of Alaska Airlines)
Haircut . 1.25
Shave . 75
Open Every Evening
Except Sunday 8c Monday
6:15 to 8:00 pun.
VFW FIGHTS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 — SCHOOL GYM
I
TOMMY WATT, Breakers Bar, 148 lbs.
SGT. DONOVAN, Air Force, 155 lbs.
II
HAROLD PERKINS, Anchor Tavern, 170 lbs.
WILLIAM BLOWERT, Air Force, 165 lbs.
III
ROSCOE ROSS, Polar Bar, 160 lbs.
JAKE GREEN, Air Force, 163 lbs.
IV
(Semi-Final)
STRIKWEDRA, Air Force, 165 lbs.
McCALLUM, Air Force, 165 lbs.
v
(Main Event)
SGT. WILLIAM MILLER, Air Force, 195 lbs.
REINO KANGAS, Board of Trade, 220 lbs.
Master of Ceremonies, ‘Hap” Lancaster
- Referee, Lester Bronson
Judges: Jim McLean, Clyde Glass, Sgt. Fulton
Timekeepers: Bob Renshaw and Chubby Douglas
Fight Manager, Denton Howard