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VOL. LIII No. 61_NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1951_Per Copy—15^
Concert To Honor Juanita Fagerstrom
The concert to be presented at the Community Methodist Church
next Tuesday by Corporal Barksdale White, pianist, and others, will
be in honor of Miss Juanita Fagersfcrom, organist and pianist of
(the church for the past year.
“Bunny,” as she is known by her friends all over town, received
her first training from Miss Constance Erickson, who was the Meth
odist Deaconess here in Nome for five years, and for part of that
time was Pastor of both
the Mission and the Fed- B
erated Church. Since that g
•time when she began j|
playing the hymns for S
Miss Erickson, Bunny has fl
been playing regularly fl
for her church and for I
many churches and or- fl
ganizattons around town. I
She intends to go to the fl
States this fall for nurses I
training, and 'the contri- fl
buttons received at the I
concert wi}l be made into I
a purse to be given to her fl
as a gift in recognition of
her generous service, and to be<
used in any way she wishes for
her further training.
Juanita will play a duet with
Corporal White in the concert.
One of -the Nome High School
graduates this year, a loyal cheer
leader of the past year’s cham
pionship basketball team, one of
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the friendly voices who lor several
years has been saying “Number
please,” and soon to be a member
ol Northern Commercial's office
force, “Bunny,” by her happy and.
generous spirit h a s certainly
earned this mark of appreciation
from her community.
General Bradley Asserts
There Is Danger of Russia
Starting Aggression In Iran
WASHINGTON, (/P) — General
Omar Bradley said today “there
is danger of the Russians moving
into Iran and starting another ag
gression.”
Senator Brewster asked Bradley
what consideration the chiefs of
staff have been giving “to the
apparent imminence of trouble in
Iran,” with relation to the desir
ability of ending the Korean war.
Bradley replied, “The longer the
problem in Korea keeps up, the
less we are prepared to meet any
movement anywhere else. I would
prefer not to say as to Iran, be
cause I am not sure that has too
much application in our case.
“There is a danger, of course,
of the Russians moving into Iran
and starting another aggression.
Whether or not that is any more
dangerous than Yugoslavia or
Indo-China or some other place,
I am not prepared to say; but
certainly it is a point of danger
and we would like to be in a
better position to meet any further
aggression if it occurred.”
Bradley was before the Senate
Armed Forces and Foreign Rela
tions Committees for the sixth
day.
Pacific NW Girl Scout
Executive Meets With
2nd Division Leaders
Dorothy Petron, regional direc
tor of the Girl Scouts for the Pa
cific Northwest and Alaska arrived
yesterday for a meeting with
scout leaders in Second Division.
Miss Petron has already visited
Ketchikan, Juneau, Fairbanks,
and Anchorage and stated that the
growth of scouting in Alaska was
overwhelming and calls for more
organization to keep up with it.
In two year’s time Girl Scouts
in Alaska have grown from 400
to 2,000 girls, and professional
leaders are needed throughout the
Emma Willoya Toi
Attend Arts, Crafts
Meeting In Utah
Emma Willoya, who heads the
Nome Skin Sewers Association,
has been invited to attend a meet
ing of the Arts and Crafts Depart
ment of the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs being held this year at Brig
ham, Utah, early in June.
Mrs. Willoya, who has been a
conscientious worker with t h e
Nome Skin Sewers since it was
organized, is taking an exhibit of
' Eskimo handicraft with her. The
exhibit includes a rabbit parka,
j seal parka with fancy trim, muk
! iuks and mitts to match, and other
| intricate fancy fur sewing which
i is turned out in the Swin Sewers’ j
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shop. She also said she is taking
i a small display of ivory.
1 This will be Mrs. Willoya’s first
trip to the States and she re
marked this morning that she will
: be a “cheechako out there.”
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$155,000 Jewel Theft
i LOS ANGELES, (/P)—The theft
; of $155,000 worth of jewels has
I been reported to police by Mrs.
I Malcolm McNaghten, daughter of
| the founder of a Los Angeles de
; partment store.
Detective Lieut. Grover H. Arm
19trong said Mrs. McNaghten re
| ported the jewels included an
oriental pearl necklace with dia
mond clasp value at $100,000 and
a platinum brooch, with diamonds
and emeralds, valued at $25,000.
: territory to keep pace with the
i growth.
In Second Division alone there
are Scout groups in six communi
ties. Nome has three troops and
; there are other troops at Unala
kleet, Kotzebue, White Mountain,
Candle and Barrow.
Miss Petron leaves this after
| noon, returning to Anchorage with
! Alaska Airlines.
Hints At Bigger
Atomic Explosion
WASHINGTON, (iP) —Hints of
still another and even bigger
aitomic explosion at the mid-Pa
cific nuclear weapons proving
grounds were current (today.
For one 'thing the Atomic En
ergy Commission so far had not
issued its customary brief an
nouncement on the conclusion of
a series of 'tests. The commission
was still standing on its announce
ment of more than a week ago
that “we are engaged in a test
program” at Emwetok.
There seemed reason to believe
that toe final shot of toe current
Eniwetok experiments, whenever
made, was expected to be the most
powerful set off.
The next atomic test series is
looked for, perhaps early next fall,
in toe Aleutian Islands. There
the weaponeers hope to find what
'happens when an atomic blast is
set off underground.
In that test, the bomb makers
and the military will seek some
answers to questions like these:
How much destruction can be
produced against an underground
installation such as a military
command post or a subterranean
factory? How far out will the
damaging effect of a man-made
earthquake reach? How poisoned
by radioactivity will be the debris
arid earth tossed up by toe ex
plosion? How deep into toe ground
would an atomic bomb or guided
missle with an atomic warhead
have to be sent to bring good
results?
Another question which may be
posed—although not intentionally
is:
How will Russia react to an
atomic explosion experiment run
off 90 close to her Siberian
frontier?
House Votes 12^2
Per Cent Raise In
U. S. Income Taxes
WASHINGTON, (/P) — In a
stormy, shouting session, the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee voted today for a flat 12Vfe
per cent increase for individual
income taxpayers and for a boost
in the excess profits tax on cor
porations.
Both revisions were agreed upon
by straight party line votes, and
the Republican members of the
committee declared angrily that
the changes were “railroaded
through.”
“I resent legislating by party
caucuses,” Rep. Simpson (R-Pa)
told reporters.
The flat 12V£ per cent increase
in everybody’s income tax was
substituted for the committee’s or
iginal plan of a raise of three
percentage points in the rate in
/
each tax bracket.
Staff aides said about the same
amount of additional revenue
would be raised under either sys
tem—$2,845,000,000 in a full year’s
operation.
WASHINGTON, (^—President
Truman nominated George W.
Folta today for another term as
U. S. District Judge for the First
Division of Alaska.
Communist Troops Making
“Hasty But Orderly”
Withdrawals In Korea
Communist troops retreated
along an 8(1 mile front in Korea
today before northward 'thrusting
Allied tanks and infantry.
The entire U. S. 10th Corps
opened a counterattack across the
east cetnral front and gained up
to 3Vi miles. In the attacking (force
were the Second Infantry and
First Maxine Divisions and other
unidentified units.
On the east front, Allied forces
slashing through rugged moun
tains, cut off the spearhead of the
last Red offensive force of their
seoond spring drive.
On the west central front, an
Allied spokesman said Red forces
were making “hasty but orderly”
withdrawals.
In the far west, South Korean
troops pushed within four miles
of the Red Korean border.
Attacking Leathernecks rescued
six wounded Americans who had
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lived through six nightmarish
days in a pretty little valley that
Chinese had turned into a scene
of death.
CAB RENEWS TWO PERMITS
FOR IRREGULAR CARRIERS
OUT OF ANCHORAGE
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Civil
Aeronautics Board renewed the
operating authority of Jack Carr
Service, Inc., of Anchorage, Alas
ka, for another year Monday.
Carr has a permit ter operate ir
regular air routes out of Anchor
age to all other points in Alaska.
At the same time, the Board
granted United Airmotive, Inc., of
Anohorage a one-year permit to
operate irregular service between
Anchorage apd any point within a
100-mile radius of that city.
Battleship New
Jersey Hit By Reds
TOKYO, </P)—Communist shore
fire hit -the 45,000-ton battleship
New Jersey and the Destroyer
Brinkley Bass off the northeast
Korean port of Wonsan, killing
three and injuring nine sailors.
Vice Adim. C. Turnery Joy said
today one man was killed and
three were injured Sunday when
a shell exploded near the New
Jersey. The mighty basttlewagon,
sister ship of the Missoini and
just recently out of mothballs, had
fired her first shot in the Korean
action only the day before.
One man was killed outright on
the destroyer and seven were
wounded. One of the wounded
died Monday. Two others still
were in serious condition.
In Washington the Navy said
the itwo ships were a t anchor shell
ing shore installations. A Navy
spokesman said ships usually keep
moving while firing on ground
targets, but sometimes anchor
when (they have the best field of
fire on fixed positions.
One Bed shell scored a direct
hit on the No. 1 turret of the New
Jersey but did no damage to the
heavily-armored ship. The fatal
near-miss landed next. It did no
damage to the battlewagon but
took a toll of seamen.
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Sian McCulcheon, president of
Alaska Airlines and active civic
and political leader of Anchorage,
arrived this morning with Pan
American on a business trip in
Second Division.
Mr. McCutcheon, who has been
a senator from the Third Division,
comes of a family which was in
Nome during the gold rush days
and later went to Cordova.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Class of 1951
NOME HIGH SCHOOL
NOME. ALASKA
THURSDAY, MAY 24
8:00 P.M.
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Processional..Grand March from Aida—Verdi
(Kay Coullhard)
Invocation.....Rev. Robert S. Treat
Salutatory...John Bell
Song.Cloud Ships—Gustav Klemm
Valedictory.Juanita Fagerstrom
Graduation Address.John McNees
Presentation of Class Superintendent W. L. Angell
Presentation of Diplomas.Raymond H. Tveter
(President of the School Board)
Song.:.Without A Song—Vincent Youmans
(Katherine Bjornstad)
Benediction.Rev. Robert S. Treat
Postlude.Grand March from Tannhauser
CLASS OF 1951
Vincent Ahkolik Juanita Jane Fagerstrom
John W. Bell Lois Beverly Swanberg
EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES
Harold Amasuk Donna Clarrissee Lyle
* Norman Atuk Dean Martin
David James Bell Sammy Mogg, Jr.
Julia Ruth Brown Jack Muller
Carolyn Glavinovich Madeline Piscoya
Robert Herman LeRoy Reader
John Hurlbert Robert Allen Summers
Lois Ann Joe Diane Marie Swanberg
Milton Willoya