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.
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COST OF THE STEEL STRIKE
According to one estimate that has come to our
attention, the steel strike costs the workers about $7
million a day in wages, the industry about $2 million
a day in profits, and the government between $3 and $4
million a day in taxes.
The inability of management and labor to agree
has stopped 88 percent of the steel production in this
country. Unless the strike is ended by August, our
arms program will be in serious trouble.
The interest of the public in this matter will soon
far outweigh the interest of both labor and manage
ment.
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IS CLEMENT GOTTWALD NEXT ?
We are sure that Tito of Yugoslavia watches with
a great deal of interest the reward and punishment
dealt out to the various Red leaders in the Communist
countries behind the Iron Curtain. Certainlv, the re
cent demotion of Ana Pauker of Rumania came to his
attention.
Another person who was undoubtably concerned
over the fate of Ama Pauker is Klement Gottwald of
Czechoslavakia. Gottwald is the only Red leader still
in the 1948 Cominform manifesto outlawing the Tito
regime. Incidentally, Ana Pauker signed the manifesto.
PROSPECTS OF THE 53-CENT DOLLAR
The fact that the dollar today is worth only about
53 cents as compared with 1939 will come in for con
sideration as the various national candidates express
their views in an effort to favorably impress the voters
of this nation before the election this fall.
The Republican line is, of course, that the white
collar workers and others who are unorganized and
unable to get wage raises as fast as prices go up are
suffering from the Democratic Party inflation. People
living on pensions or other kinds of fixed incomes are
certainly not being treated fairly by an administration
which apparently encourages continuous inflation.
The Democratic candidates take the position that
this sponsored inflation has prevented a depression
and urge the voters not to take a chance on changing
the administration and bringing on a national depres
sion.
There are a number of forces at work today that
will affect the worth of the future dollar. People are
buying cautiously now and this has a stabilizing effect
on the value of our currency. Another thing that indi
cates no runaway inflation is the large supply of goods
on hand.
Ike Pledg 68 I
To Help Elect
GOP Congress
CHICAGO, (/P) — Gen. Eisen
hower, Republican nominee for
President, greeted scores of Con
gressmen Saturday and pledged
himself to help elect Republican
Congress in November.
Among those visiting Eisen
hower’s Blackstone Hotel suite
were a number who1 actively
backed Senator Taft for the nom
ination. They included Senators
John W. Bricker of Ohio, Eugene
D. Millikin of Colorado, and
Homer Ferguson of Michigan. .
Rep. George Bender of Ohio,
who led the convention floor dem
onstration after Taft’s name was
put in nomination, appeared
wearing a button on his lapel
which read “I Like Everybody.”
Sen. Smith of New Jersey told
reporters “If ever there was a
man that can bring people to
gether it was Ike Eisenhower —
whether it is organizing for col
lective security abroad or organ
izing the Republican party for
victory in November.”
Sen. Cain of Washington called
the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket “An
excellent combination — an all
American team which will' win
for us.”
PAA "CIRCUS" SHIPMENT
SEATTLE, (/P) — Shipment of
animals by air is not unusual.
Nevertheless, the Seattle cargo
crew of Pan American World Air
ways was moved Saturday to
comment, “What is this — an air
line or a circus?” Reason: An
Alaska-bound shipment including
two skunks, a mink, a monkey
and two wild geese.
Out of consideration for pas
sengers travelling north aboard
the same clipper employes made
certain the skunks were of the
deodorized variety before ac
cepting them.
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Communists Adinit
Record Casualties In
Allied Air Strike
TOKYO, (JP) — The Communist
Pyongyang radio said Saturday
the United Nations’ record air
strike against'the North Korean
capital Friday left in its wake
2,000 dead, 4,000 injured and 250
missing.
The broadcast said an unknown
number of captured Allied sol
diers in a Red’s prisoner of war
camp were killed and wounded.
Tokyo observers said the Com
munist admission of air raid cas
ualties was the greatest they re
called in the Korean war.
The United Nations high com
mand said all targets were mili
tary installations. The Commun
ist broadcast said the death toll
was heavy among ’’women, chil
dren and old persons.”
HOSPITAL CASE OF
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
ATLANTA, Ga., (JP) — Alberta
Favors, 28-year-old Negro woman,
said a strange Negro man entered
her apartment Friday night,
plunged a knife into her side,
looked surprised and said:
“Excuse me, I thought you was
my wife.”
He then fled and she went to
a hospital for treatment of the
wound which is not expected to
be fatal.
The bewildered victim told po
lice she never had seen the man
before.
ANCHORAGE BOND BILL
SIGNED BY TRUMAN
WASHINGTON, (>P)—President
Truman signed a bill Friday in
creasing the authorization for the
issuance of general obligation
bonds by Anchorage, Alaska, from
five million dollars to 12Vfe mil
lion.
The red color of California’s
redwoods is caused by chemicals
which are not believed to exist
in that combination any other
place in nature.
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Announcing New DC-3 Schedule
EFFECTIVE MAY 4, 1952
EACH MON., WED., THURS., SAT. & SUN.
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