THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
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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.
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THE JUNE WOOERS COULD GET TOO ENTHUSIASTIC
TAFT
A NEW IMMIGRATION LAW
It is expected that in the not too distant future the
United States basic immigration law, which has not
been substantially changed since 1924, will bg revised.
There are three bills in Congress which have ‘consider
able backing: the Walter Bill, the McCarran Bill, and
the Humphrey-Lehman Bill.
Under the Walter and McCarran Bills, the present
immigration quota of approximately 150,000 would not
be increased substantially, while the Humphrey-Leh
man Bill would allow 60,000 additional aliens to enter
this country.
The quota system under the Walter and McCarran
Bills is based on national origin in the census of 1920,
while the Humphrey-Lehman Bill uses the census tak
en in 1950. All three bills remove the barrier in the
present law against naturalization for Japanese, Indo
nesians, Burmese, Siamese, and natives of certain Pac
ific islands.
It should be pointed out that under our present
immigration law with its national origin plan, only
about one-half of those who are eligible to come to the
United States from northern and western Europe have
made the journey in the past twenty years.
A good example of a country where the people
fail to use a sizable portion of the annual quota is
Great Britain, with an annual quota of more than
65,000.
POLITICAL BUTTONS
Turning out political buttons is becoming big busi
ness this year. Two companies report that they are in
their third million of “I LIKE IKE” buttons, and that
Senator Taft’s supporters are matching the Eisenhower
boosters order for order.
Kefauver is setting the pace in the Democratic
race if button orders tell the whole story. It is true,
however, that Russell and Harriman buttons ate popu
lar too.
Businessmen are learning that people buy accord
• ing to their degree of optimism and not according to
their cash on hand.
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The main purpose of education is to teach people
to think.
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“Signing of Alaska Treaty” Presented to University
Elkin Morris, Fairbanks elec
trical contractor, points out fea
tures of the “Signing of the Pur
chase of Alaska Treaty” painting
which he found in a Seattle auc
tion house, and has presented to
the University of Alaska.
The important art treasure is
one of the five known lithograph
ic reproductions of the painting
by William Luetze.
In the painting Baron von Stoe
kel, Russian ambassador, is shown
at the globe pointing out Alaska’s
position while William Henry
Seward sits at the desk with pen
in hand. In the lower left corner
next to the frame is pasted a let
ter in Seward’s handwriting pre
senting the lithograph to a con
temporary friend of the Secretary
of State.
“It is important that the Uni
versity of Alaska receive histori
cal documents, art treasures, and
books dealing with the territory,”
said Elkin Morris.
“I hope that more Alaskans will
join in the movement of present
ing worthwhile collector’s items
to the university. It is one way of
building up the importance of our
territorial university,” Elkin Mor
ris said.
The lithographic reproduction
of the “Signing of the Purchase
of Alaska Treaty” is hanging in
the Skinner Historical Library
.Room on the campus.
Pribilofs, Mt. McKinley,
Mosquitos and Dust
Impress Actress Blyth
SEATTLE, (/P) — Actress Ann
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Blyth, and a Hollywood troupe ar
rived in Seattle last night from a
four-day Alaska junket with 'but
a single thought—sleep.
The group is winding up an
8,000-mile tour in connection with
Miss Blyth’s latest film, “The
World In His Arms,” which will
have its stateside premiere here
Tuesday night. The world pre
miere was at Anchorage.
Miss Blyth and ten others
staged about 30 shows in four
days for an estimated 15,000
troops in Alaska.
Miss Blyth, reviewing here Al
aska impressions, said she was
fascinated by the views of the
Pribilofs Islands and Mt. McKin
ley.
Two Alaska memories Miss
Blyth did not treasure were mos
quitoes and dust.
“Everything I’d heard about Al
aska’s mosquitoes was true,” 9he
said, gingerly rubbing her arm.
“And as far as the dust — well,
when we landed at the Seattle
Tacoma airport and drove here,
we couldn’t get enough of that
wonderful fresh air and green
scenery.”
Ann Blyth and party were at
Nome Field Saturday evening for
a personal appearance in connec
tion with the showing of her pic
ture.
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Ocean Van Lines Start
New Common Carrier
Service To Alaska
SEATTLE, (/P) — Ocean Van
Line and Ocean Tow, Inc., Sun
day announced a new common
carrier shipping service to Alaska
from Seattle and Tacoma in
which general freight is to be
transported aboard motor vessels
in trailer vans.
Loaded with cargo, the trailer
vans will be lifted from their
wheels at departure points and
stowed aboard ship. At destina
tion, the trailers will be swung
over the side of the ship and set
on waiting truck chassis.
If rail shipment is involved, the
loaded trailer van is transferred
to' a flatcar.
The first vessel to leave the
States for Alaska will be the
Alaska Cedar, which is scheduled
to sail from Seattle July 8 for
Seward and Anchorage.
Felix Schlickeisen, general
manager of Ocean Van Line, said
in most instances the trucking
ashore will be handled -by regular
van lines.
MIDDLE NAME? — NONE
It took a registrant of Texas
Local Board 72, in Greenville,
quite a while to establish the fact
that he really did have a middle
name, although he had to argue
about it quite a while with the
kindly b u t painstaking board
clerk.
• His middle name is “None.”
Seems as how he was “given”
it by a board clerk who filled out
his registration card during World
War II and liked it so well he’s
been using it ever since.
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COOKIES — ROLLS — HOMEMADE BREAD
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—JULY 3, 1*52—