THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by The
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W. A. and EMILY BOUCHER.Editors
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at
March S3°f?W9at Nome’ Alaska* under the Act of
Friday, August 3, 1945
SURPLUS AIRCRAFT
(Washington Post)
The Surplus Property Board has found
the most sensible use—perhaps the only
sensible use—for the tremendous quan
tities of obsolescent aeronautical equip
ment now in the possession of the armed
services. Much of this equipment is al
ready in the surplus category; much
more will be declared surplus as newer
weapons are brought forward for the at
tack on Japan. The board’s Regulation
No. 4 authorizes certain classes of sur
plus aeronautical property to be disposed
of at nominal prices to educational insti
tutions for classroom, research and other
nonflight educational activities. Planes,
engines and aviation instruments will
thus be made available for study by the
fliers of the future. They should prove
valuable aids in aviation instruction and
in research into various phases of aero
dynamics.
The prices to be set on this surplus
property will not amount to much more
than the cost of handling and prepara
tion for shipment. A surplus dive bomb
er, for example, will be sold for a mere
$100, a twin-engined fighter for $150.
Even one of the mighty flying fortresses
will cost no more than $350. But these
engines of destruction can have little or
no commercial value once the war is
ended. They are not suitable for com
mercial airline use or for private flying.
And so far as the armed forces are con
cerned, outmoded surplus planes are
concerned, outmoded surplus planes are
worse than useless, for possession of
them might retard the acquisition of
new and more effective equipment.
There have been suggestions, born of
this fear, that surplus Army and Navy
planes be dumped into the ocean. The
Surplus Property Board is to be congrat
ulated on having hit upon a much more
satisfactory method of disposal.
THE PAX ROMANA
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
The glory of Augustus was not that he
had found Rome a city of brick and left
it a city of marble. His real glory was
the Pax Augusta, which later grew into
the Pax Romana, which gave the empire
and the world the longest period of quiet
and prosperity ever known to mankind.
That peace showed periodic wars are not
necessary. They need not be a fixed or
der of existence.
It is the splendid model of the Pax Ro
mana which should be an inspiration to
the modern world when at last the time
comes to lay deep and strong the founda
tions of a new rule and a new order. It is
often said the Pax Romana rested upon
the power of the Roman legions. That is
not the case. It was Roman law, dispas
sionate justice, which was administered
without fear or favor. That was the
strength of the great Pax. All men knew
they were under the protection of law.
_._ APPROACHING TOTAtrry
HOLLYWOOD
STAR-LITES
By CHUCK COCHARD
The Hollywood dictionary is in
deed a true masterpiece of literary
effort.
To be a success in Hollywood
one must conquer it by memory
first . . . Excerpts follow: The
Worry Dictionary.
Executive: The man who wor
ses about the company stockhold
ers.
Producer: The man »or woman*
who worries about a picture from
the time the story is conceived un
til it finally reaches the theater.
Director: The man who worries
from the time the first tests are
made until the last retake is in
the can.
Screen Writer: The man who
worries about how to get the
“Forever” and “Amber” out of
“Forever Amber” so the censors
will pass it.
Film Editor: The man who
causes actors to worry by leaving
their faces on the cutting room
floor.
Photographer: The man who
worries about getting the wrin
kles out of the star’s face.
Press Agent: The man (or wo
man) who worries about all the
worries of those named about and
below.
Star: The man (or woman) who
worries about everything.
* * *
Ingrid Bergman wears not a
trace of make-up of#any sort as
the nun in “The B*ells of St.
Marys” ... Pat O’Brien’s real
name is William Joseph Patrick
O’Brien. . . . Lana Turner will
•wear an all-white California
wardrobe, including a white bath
ing suit that is slightly out of this
world (WHEW) in “The Postman
Always Rings Twice” . . . And
who could blame him if Lana
Turner was on the route!
♦ * *
Abbott and Costello have final
ly had a feud after all these years
too bad . . . Friends are trying
to get the pair to go back together
again—otherwise it means the end
of the comedy team of Abbott
and Costello . . . Myrna Loy’s
next, picture will not be opposite
William Powell . . . Bette Davis,
always generous to scene stealers,
has a real rival in “The Corn Is
Green” for acting honors—Joan
Loring, who plays the trouble
some brat, is terrific in the role
. . . Donald Cook is well-named—
as he’s one of the best amateur
chefs in Hollywood . . . Greer
Garson would like to play in a
musical film.
* * *
Only In Hollywood Can Thi*
Happen — Barry Fitzgerald i s
really pouting ’round town be
cause they’re going to star him in
a film entitled, “Third Avenue”
and he doesn’t want to be a star.
. . . He wants to remain a featured
player.
* * *
Pulling II Briefly—Gene Tier
ney gets two of the biggest roles
of the year—first she scored with
“Laura” and then she appeared
in “Dragonwyck” recently re
leased, and now she gets the
choice role in “Leave Her to
Heaven.”
— — ■ —
It is es imated the African ani
c*: «‘ i — • *
Medic Eases Pain
Of Unseen Patient
By Remote Control
AT A COAST GUARD BASE
IN ALASKA (Special)—An ans
wer to a faint distress call from a
small fishing vessel more than
200 miles offshore in the storm
lashed North Pacific, a Coast
Guard radio onerator and a Pub
lic Health Service doctor brought
relief from extreme pain to one of
the crew members.
The dash-dot signal, picked up
by Guy B. Delp, Coast Guard Ra
dioman, first class, of Huntsville,
Ala., reported that the fisherman
had been injured and that his jayv
had locked in a wide-open posi
tion. The craft was several days
from the nearest port.
Delp quickly summoned Lt. (jg)
Harry F. Kaack, U. S. Public
Sealth Service, of Clinton, Iowa,
and Lt. (jg) Edward Nugent, U.S.
C.G.R., of Bad Axe, Mich., execu
tive officer of the unit, several
hundred miles north of here
Using Lieutenant Nugent as a '
patient, Dr. Kaack demonstrated
the proper manipulation required
to snap the jawbone back into
place. Delp, meanwhile, main
tained his difficult contact with
the vessel, and radioed the step
by-step procedure.
After a period of tense waiting
in the radio room, a weak but
gladening message from the dis
tant vessel broke the silence.
It said—“Your instructions car
ried out. Man is now O. K.”
MRS. GUY BOYD
REPORTED DOING NICELY
Mrs. Guy Boyd, who left Nome
on the Baranof last month, is in
a Seattle hospital where she has
undergone an operation. She is
reported as doing nicely.
GARNET MARTIN RETURNS
PROM STATES
Garnet Martin, owner and man
ager of the North Pole Bakery,
returned last evening on the
P.A.A.
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