THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, November 30, 1951
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DEFENSE COSTS $280 PER YEAR PER PERSON
In the last sixteen months, or since the beginning
of the Korean War, the government of the United
States has obligated or paid out about $420 for each
man, woman and child in its defense effort.
While our rearmament bill for the year preceding
the outbreak in Korea was $13,200,000,000, the vast
sum of $62,900,000,000 has been spent or obligated in
the stupendous rearmament program set in motion
when the North Koreans began their aggression.
These figures do not include the money spent or
appropriated for economic or militatry aid to friendly
nations. They do not include, of course, an expected
request for $8,000,000,000 before next summer to meet
defense costs not already covered by appropriations.
Nor do they include the money to provide increases in
military pay scales that have already been requested.
Of the amount, the Defense Department estimates that
between five and six billion dollars will be necessary
for the war in Korea alone, the total depending upon
the intensity of the conflict.
Of the $420 that each American citizen will theo
retically pay for rearmament of the last sixteen months,
nearly two-thirds will go for planes, ships, tanks,
weapons, ammunition, electronics and other major
military equipment. About thirty per cent will go for
military pay and allowances, research and develop
ment and other actvties. The balance will go for petrol
eum, clothing, food and for construction.
FOOD PROSPECTS GLOOMY
In presenting its annual survey of food conditions
and crop prospects, the United Nations Food and Agri
culture Organization, sitting in Rome, Italy, presents
a gloomy picture for the Western world but reports
that food and crop conditions in Russia, her European
satellites and in Communist China, are better than in
most of the other parts of the world.
The report expresses apprehension lest the war
in Korea and the rearmament program slow up world
production and adds that progress in agriculture must
be speeded and intensified. Dr. Norris E. Dodd, direc
tor of the agency, insists that agricultural require
ments must not be overlooked.
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Howard E. Kershner, preacher: “No great civiliz
ation has long endured solely on good intentions.”
Public Welfare Representative To
Leave Dec. 12 Rut Nome Promised
Replacement As Soon As Available
Mr. Henry A Harmon, Director
of the Department of Public Wel
fare announces that Miss Eileen
Uttech, District Representative
for the Second Division, is leav
ing her position in Nome, effec
tive Dec. 12, 1951, to complete her
training in the Graduate School
of Social Work, University of
Minnesota.
The District Welfare Office in
Nome will remain open. Mrs. Ber
neice Hunt, secretary, who is
familiar with the work will re
main in the office to accept all
requests for public welfare serv
ices or assistance. A Social Work
er from either the Anchorage or
Fairbanks Office will visit Nome
for several days each month to
supervise the work, until the De
partment is able to secure a re
placement for the Nome position.!
Thus, services to the District will !
continue, although the services |
made available will necessarily j
be limited.
Mr. Harmon states the Depart
ment of Public Welfare feels
very fortunate in having had Miss ■
Uttech in the office in Nome for
the past two years. He would like
to take this opportunity to ex- I
press sincere appreciation to the
Agents -and to the people of the
Second Division for the wonder
ful cooperation and support
which they have extended to the
Unsung Heroes Who
Make Aviation Safer,
On Rotary Program
Locked in decompression cham
bers, fired from test ejection
seats, dunked in freezing water,
the airmen who have undergone
the Surgeons General tests fo*r
anticipated possible flying con
ditions, are men who have tre
mendously advanced modern avi
ation. The doctors and nurses
working with this branch of our
government have been working
for the past 40 years, probing
ahead so that the 'human body
could withstand and properly
function with the rapidly-improv
ing trends of modern flying.
Robert Hall, station manager
for the Nome CAA, a guest at the
Thursday Rotary luncheon, pre
sented the film showing the
genuine care our nation has taken
to give aviators the best possible
chance for survival. Dan Jones,
program chairman for the day,
introduced Mr. Hall, saying he
had spent 11 years in the CAA
in China, the South Pacific, and
Hawaii.
Les Bronson, of Bronson Water
Delivery, became a new Rotarian
at Thursday’s luncheon, joining
the new members admitted last
week: Clarence Filly, C.O. of the
Nome ACS, and James von der
Heydt, U. S. Commissioner for
Nome.
Guests were Ray Gaasland, a
former member of the club, and
Walter A. Baker, both of the
Gaasland Construction Co., orf
Bellingham, Wash.
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Department and to Miss Uttech,
and feels assured that the people
will continue their fine under
standing.
He explained that Miss Uttech
accepted the Nome assignment
with the understanding that she
would serve there for approxi
mately two years. She is leaving
at this time in order to spend
the Christmas holidays with her
family in Fulda, Minnesota, be
fore entering school in early
January. Miss Uttech will return
to the Territory in the summer
of 1952 to continue her employ
ment with the Alaska Depart
ment of Public Welfare.
The Department maintains a
continuous program of recruit
ment of social workers for the
Territory, and during the past
six months every effort has been
made to secure a District Repre
sentative for Nome. According to
the applications which have been
received, it seems probable that
the Department will be able to
employ a District Representative
for Nome within the next few
months.
Urges Well Water For
Use In Case of Attack
ORLANDO, Fla., (/P) — Water
wells for emergency use in an
A-bomb attack, are needed in all
large cities, the National Water
Well Association was told at the
opening of its annual convention
here.
Harold J. Ruttenberg, president
of the Keystone Driller Co., said:
“Civil Defense authorities have
been organizing large cities
throughout America to combat
the dire effects of an atom bomb
attack, but they are overlooking
ways to supply water, the most
essential staff of life to a stricken
city.”
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stage bulletin board at the theater
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are now divorced.
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“Reason: Woodie Wilson nat
ural-born bad husband material.
“Those wishing to send con
gratulations may contact Barbara
at the Riverside Hotel, Reno.”
Who posted the notice? Woodie
Wilson, star of “The Drunkard.”
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Fruit Cakes For Servicemen
CHICAGO—C. J. Burny (left),
Chicago, a governor of the Ameri
can Bakers Association, and Bern
Godde (right), former mayor of
Battle Creek, Mich., and presi
dent of the Associated Retail
Bakers of America, receive help
from Hildegarde as they prepare
a shipment of fruit cake for Pri
vate Odell Lipscomb, serving over
seas with the 93rd Engineers con
struction battalion, somewhere in
Korea.
Pvt. Lipscomb wrote the ABA
saying he misses “cake from
Stateside.” The shipment, pro
vided by Purity Bakeries of Chi
cago, was sent from the cake
branch session of the annual con
vention of the American Bakers
Association here.
Hildegarde included a note
which read: "I hope you will en
joy the fruit cake — as I have. It
is sent with appreciation and love
for all you are doing for us. God
bless you and your buddies. Love,
Hildegarde.”
Now a $25 million per year
business, fruit cakes made in the
U. S. consume 2,000,000 lbs. of
flour, 2,000,000 lbs. sugar, 1,300,
000 lbs. shortening, 1,500,000 lbs.
eggs, 57,500 lbs. non fat milk,
4.500.000 lbs. raisins, 2,000,000
lbs. pineapples, 2,500,000 lbs.
cherries, 1,500,000 lbs. almonds,
2.500.000 lbs. pecans, 1,500,000
lbs. citron, 500,000 lbs. lemon and
orange peel, 600,000 lbs. water,
60.000 lbs. salt and 20,000 lbs.
spice.
Fruit cake preserves well, car
ries perfectly in shipment and
will stand the long journey over
seas to any part at the world.