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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.
Nome, Alaska, Monday, March 10, 1952
HOW WILL THE WILD MARCH WINDS BLOW ?
STATE DEPARTMENT FLEET
The State Department recently commissioned its
first major sea-going vessel. It is a sailing Voice of
America radio station, designed to frustrate Soviet
jamming by moving the transmission site constantly.
The first State Department vessel is the Courier,
a 5,800-ton converted freighter, that will be manned
by a Coast Guard crew. Three Voice of America en
gineers will be aboard and officers of the Coast Guard.
Converting the ship, which was in mothballs and a
wartime Navy cargo ship, cost the State Department
about $2,000,000.
The ship provides the U.S. with a 150,000-watt
medium-wave transmitter (three times as powerful as
the largest American broadcasting station), two 35,000
watt short-wave transmitters and a complicated cargo
of other communications equipment, all floating and
movable to almost any trouble spot in the world.
This is a new venture by the State Department,
costing considerable money, but one which the State
Department is enthusiastic about—so much so that
it is planned that the sea-going radio ship will be ex
panded into fleet. Congress is being asked to provide
two more of these ships, at a somewhat higher cost.
The taxpayers will certainly be interested in the results
obtained from operations of the first ship, which was
commissioned just a few days ago and has not as yet
begun its bombardment of foreign countries with its
deadly cargo—the truth.
2 MILLION UNACCOUNTED FOR
Taken as prisoners by the Russians in World War
II and unaccounted for today are about two million
Japanese, Germans and Italians. Continuous efforts
have been made by the United Nations and by the Uni
ted States to find out what has happened to these peo
ple, but all of these efforts have been to no avail.
It is expected that the Commission on Prisoners
of War set up by the United Nations and now in session
in Geneva, Switzerland, will make another effort to
get some information on the missing millions.
Most public speeches involve a tremendous waste
of time on the oart of audiences.
Communi 'ation
Nome, Alaska
March 7, 1952
To the Nome Nugget:
In the Anchorage Daily News of
February 21st, there is an UP de
spatch which states that the Mili
tary denied charges that they in
tended to defend only one quarter
of Alaska.
We, who live in Nome, KNOW
that if we were IF NOT DENIED
DEFENSE, to say the least were
left UNDEFENDED. The nearest
Defense Posts being Fairbanks
and Anchorage with such Military
Equipment available and in use
at that time. It would require at
least two hours to make the trip
to Nome.
We know that thousands of
planes had flown to Siberia from
the local field and that when some
of them had to turn back, due to
bad weather over the Siberian
field, that they seldom were out
for three hours, mostly an hour
and one half.
•No guns were here; anti-air
craft, and none other than those
which the few men stationed here
carried.
I hesitate to state that the Mili
tary Authorities made false state
ment when they stated that they
had not planned to defend but a
limited area. All of their plausis
try, sophistry and distortion of
facts cannot change the FACT—
THAT NOME WAS LEFT UNDE
FENDED, THAT ANY DEFENSE,
BY AIR, FROM EITHER FAIR
BANKS OR ANCHORAGE, HAD
NOME BEEN TAKEN, BY AN
ENEMY FORCE, WOULD HAVE
RESULTED IN OUR BEING
BOMBED BY OUR OWN AMER
ICAN PLANES.
In 1947, as a Senator from the
Second Division, I saw a letter to
the head of the Alaska Road Com
mission directing him to make
NONE BUT ABSOLUTELY UP
KEEP REPAIRS OF ANY FUNDS
OF THE ALASKA ROAD COM
JVySSION ANYWHERE OUT
SIDE THE DEFENSE AREA.
In legal terms of MILITARY
LANGUAGE, that may not be
construed as defining a limited
DEFENSE AREA. I do not believe
that the AVERAGE ALASKAN
will accept that interpretation.
Except for some listening posts,
we still have no defense weapons
here and are OUTSIDE the DE
FENSE AREA, which is ALONG
THE ALASKA RAILROAD AND
ON DOWN TO KODIAK.
I resented their actions at the
time and STILL DO.
Yours truly,
(Signed) Chas. D. Jones
Identification Cards
Required for All Airmen
Release from the Office of Avia
tion Safety, C A A, Anchorage.
All airmen, including pilots,
mechanics and others, must have
their identification cards on their
person at all times while per
forming their duties, Charles F.
Horne, administrator of Civil Aer
onautics, warned last Friday.
CAA aviation safety agents in
the field have begun more specific
checking on this requirement, and
the administrator urges all airmen
to comply with the law to avoid
being cited for violation.
Agents will ask to see the air
man’s certificate, his medical cer
tificate where required, and his
special identification card, recent
ly required by the CAB at the re
quest of the military authorities.
If a person is performing air
man duties without having the
proper proof of his qualifications
on his person, he will be cited for
a violation which may involve a
.firyfr. _.... .
High School Frosh
Trounce Grade Schoolers
For Big-Little Title
The Hahn-coached Nanook Cubs
made up of the high school fresh
men won the miniature Nome
City Championship as they
knocked off the Williams-tutored
■f
Mustangs from the grade school
46-36. This seventh and deciding
game in the big-little series was
played last Friday afternoon be
fore a cheering crowd of Nome
students.
Milt Willoya paced the winners
with 19 points as the Nanook
Cubs took the odd game of the
series. Sam Mogg, Jr., and Robert
Herman scored eight points each,
Dave Bell seven and John Hurl
bert four points.
For the losers — Don Newton
11, George Kost 10, Sam Atuk 7,
Don Miller 5, William Willoya 3.
The high school led throughout
the game and at the half held a
32-16 margin.
Young Men’s Institute
Of San Francisco To Tour
Alaska Next Summer .
SAN FRANCISCO, (If) — The
San Francisco Young Men's In
stitute has announced plans for a
15-day Alaska tour this summer.
The Institute, a Catholic or
ganization, said the tour will be
gin Aug. 31 by car.
The members will go to Alaska
on the Canadian Pacific ^steamer
Princess Kathleen. Stops are
scheduled for Ocean Falls, Ketchi
kan, Wrangell, Juneau, Menden
hall Glacier, Skagway and Glacier
Bay.
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Old Newspapers For Sale
At The Nugget Office
St. Patrick’s Day Party
Sponsored By Men’s Club
Of St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph’s Church, Men’s Club
and the Holy Name Society are
hard at work on plans for their
annual St. Patrick’s Day Party.
Each and every citizen of Nome
is invited to the Pioneer Hall next
Monday night, March 17, at 8 p.m.
Those desiring to play cards
may do so. A three-piece orches
tra will provide dance music and
other entertainment will be pro
vided. Paper hats will be fur
nished and shamrocks (now en
0
route) flown from Dublin, Ireland,
will be given to each guest while
the supply lasts. Coffee, cake and
sandwiches will be served buffet
style.
Proceeds from the ticket sale
I will help defray expenses of
bringing Catholic Sisters to Nome
this summer to teach catechism
classes for the children of St. Jo
seph’s Church.
FORGERY EASY IN US.
♦ BELFAST, Ireland, {/P}— Forg
ery is easier in the U.S. than in
Britain, says Dr. Cecil L. Wilson,
of Queen’s University, Belfast.
Dr. Wilson, an expert on forg
ery, recently visited the FBI in
Washington, where he was shown
checks worth millions of dollars
—all forged.
“In the United States,’ said Dr.
Wilson, “people are so anxious to
do business and salesmanship is
of such a high-pressure nature
that a check will be accepted al
most from anyone. In Britain, a
check is more difficult to cash,
hence check forgery is much less
common.’’
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