THE NOME NUGGET
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“Melody and Mirth” Help Fight Cancer
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY is conduct
ing its fund raising crusade in Nome by giving
the community a wonderful treat in the way of en
tertainment on Tuesday evening when Capt. Robert
Faulkner, the magician, puts on a full evening’s show
with his “Magic, Melody and Mirth Show.”
The American Cancer Society is an organization
driven by a sense of urgency. There are more than
a million Americans alive today who have been
cured of cancer. There are 45 million Americans now
alive who will die of cancer if greater advances are
not made. The American Cancer Society wants to
see these lives saved, to see cancer conquered and
then to go out of business.
The public support of this organization’s pro
grams is about $30 million annually. A must for all
of us is to help the American Cancer Society which
is currently supporting 651 research grants at a cost
of $17,661,470.
This is your opportunity to give your donation.
Be prepared to contribute to the fund during the
free show tomorrow so generously supplied the com
munity by Capt. Faulkner and the Starlighters of
the Eielson “Farthest North Air Base Band.”
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Army Advertises
Port of Whittier
Up For Lease
| ANCHORAGE UP> __ The U.S
I Army Engineer District. Alaska,
j began advertising for bids today
on the leasing of the Port of
Whittier.
i Thomas E. Smith, head of the
| real estate division of the District
! Engineers, said that the bids will
: appear in the Wall Street Journal
j and Business Week.
The lease proposal prepared by
; the District Engineers will also
; be advertised in Alaska, Smith
j said.
The bid opening is scheduled
for Sept. 15.
Owned by the Federal govern
ment, the Port of Whittier facili
j ties are valued at some $33 mil
lion. The all-weather port is lo
cated about 60 miles south of An
chorage on the Alaska Railroad
spur line from Portage.
First word out of official circles
on the leasing of Whittier appear
ed in Sen. E. L. Bartlett’s News
letter.
Clearance for the leasing has
been obtained from the U.S. Sen
ate and House Armed Services
Committees who were informed
by the Army that it proposes to
enter into a lease or leases at
not less than the appraised mar
ket rental value of the facilities.
The Port of Whittier was es- J
tablished in 1943 on 4,479 acres
of land for military purposes. In
1946, the Army withdrew from
the port, keeping only 1.01 acres
for the Alaska Communications
System.
In 1947, the Army resumed its
operations at Whittier using
about 1,330 acres. Construction
amounting to $31,887,357 follow
ed with the facilities now includ
ing a supply terminal headquar
ters, a 14-story building for fam
ily housing and facilities for
cargo handling and storage.
The Army discontinued its op
erations at Whittier last Septem
ber, continuing to handle only
petroleum from the port.
Grenade Thrown at Car of
Ambassador to Viet Nam
SAIGON, South Viet Nam UP—
A grenade was thrown at U. S.
Ambassador Frederick Nolting’s
car today, but it failed to ex
plode and no one was hurt. Au
thorities believed the assailants
were Viet Cong Communists.
A. U. S. Embassy spokesman
said the ambassador went quietly
home for lunch after the incident,
which took place a few blocks
from his residence.
Two men riding a motorcycle,
believed to have been waiting
earlier at a street corner, sudden
ly appeared, and threw what was
described as a home-made gre
nade at the rear window of the
car.
A bodyguard in the car fired
three times at the assailants, but
they apparently were not hit and
escaped.
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Tractors Committee To
I Return Unopened All
Mail to Contributors
DETROIT UP — The Tractors
for Freedom Committee have de
cided to return unopened all mail
from contributors to the ill-fated
project to swap 500 farm tractors
for 1,197 Cuban invasion prison
ers.
Nearly 70,000 letters have piled
up at the Detroit post office, and
most of them are thought to con
tain contributions.
The committee, which has dis
banded, said in a statement:
“Since we could not conclude
an agreement with Dr. Fidel Cas
tro, those who have contributed
to this cause are entitled to a
return of their total contributions
to the Post Office Box Freedom
in Detroit. The only practical
method is to have the Post Office
return them unopened.”
The committee was headed by
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, honorary
chairman, Walter P. Reuther, and
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, and
Joseph M Dodge.
Mrs. Roosevelt had suggested
that each contribution be return- :
ed with a note of thanks and an
explanation why the deal with
Cuban Premier Castro did not
come off.
But the committee decided it
would be unnecessarily compli
cated and costly to reply to each t
donor individually.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's
Brooklyn Church Designated
National Historic Landmark
NEW YORK UP*—The Brooklyn
church from whose pulpit the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher thun
dered against the evil of slavery
more than a hundred years ago
has been designated a national
historic landmark.
The Plymouth Church of the
Pilgrims, founded by the Rev.
Mr. Beecher in 1847, is among 255
sites recently named as land
marks by the Department of the
Interior.
A confirmed foe of slavery, the
Rev. Mr. Beecher encouraged
churchmen to fight the evil and
disobey the laws that required
fugitive slaves to be returned to
their owners.
“Honest statesmanship,” said
Abraham Lincoln, “is the wise
employment of individual mean
ness for the public good.”
Alaskans Paid $851,866
In Jobless Benefits In May
JUNEAU — Labor Commission
er Gil Johnson has reported that
$851,866 in unemployment insur
ance benefits were paid to Al
askans in May.
Johnson said Labor Depart
ment figures showed $737,321 of
the total was paid out under the
State-financed unemployment in
surance program. Unemployed
former Federal government work
ers drew $90,456 in jobless bene
fits from a wholly Federal pro
gram, and unemployed ex - ser
vicemen drew $24,089 in benefits
from a special Federal program.
The two cities with the largest
amounts of money returned to its
economies were Anchorage with a
total of $350,433, including $294,
575 under the State program, and
Fairbanks with a total of $265,600
including $230,898 under the State
program. Nome had $14,498, in
including $11,105 in State money.
Kodiak had the least return,
$4,975 with $4,643 State money.
Pioneering Access Roads
JUNEAU — Some 35 miles of
Pioneering Access roads, costing
$160,000, were completed during
the first year of the Alaska Divi
sion of Highways, and another 79
miles of pioneer roads, costing
$373,000, is in various stages of
completion.
In addition, according to T. D.
Sherard, director of the Alaska
Division of Highways, $82,000
worth of the access roads have
been approved, $200,000 worth of
the roads have been authorized
for examination, and another
$150,000 road is under investiga
tion.
Sherard said that four roads
which have been authorized for
examination and report to Com
missioner Phil R. Holdsworth of
the Department of Natural Re
sources, include a three-mile road
from Barrow to its water supply,
a 10-mile road from Shaktoolik
to the new village site, a three
mile route from Kotzebue to its
water supply and a six-mile road
from Alakauk to Kwiguk.
More than IVz million Ameri
cans are named Smith, and John
is the favorite first name in the
English speaking world. But the
most popular name on earth is
Mahommed, spelled in many
ways.
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