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.
1952 INFLATION
The government has released figures which show
ihat a worker making $3,000 in 1950, before the Korean
War, is now making approximately $3,500. The gov
ernment also has released figures showing that this
ame worker must pay about $524 today in increased
prices if he buys the same goods and services he bought
.n 1950.
Therefore, despite a $500 salary raise, the aver
age worker has actually lost $24 because of inflation
since 1950. Some politicians and some economists are
saying this is a major tragedy and also warning that if
ihe inflationary trend is not stopped, the American
dollar will become worthless.
There is no doubt much to their argument, al
though when one takes into consideration the increase
in taxes which the average worker, and everyone else,
piust pay, it becomes apparent that a tax reduction
will give the average worker more buying power today
chan he had in 1950.
Iowa Boy Killed
By Dynamite Cap
MONTICELLO, Iowa, (/P) — A
dynamite cap exploded in a
schoolroom here, killing Ronnie
Mowrev, 11, who had traded a
notebook for it.
The blast shook the fifth grade
classroom just as school was about
to be dismissed for the day, Wed
nesday. None of the other pupils
was injured.
Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis said
the boy apparently was trying to
pry the cap open with a pocket
knife. Several boys found the cap
at the city dump last week and
traded it to Ronnie for a notebook,
Dreibelbis said.
The death was ruled accidental.
Civil Defense Training
Manual Sent To
Alaska School Principals
JUNEAU, Sept. 18 — A Civil
Defense training manual for
schools recently completed by
Kenneth S. Clem, formerly with
the Territorial Department of Ed
ucation, has been sent to princi
pals of every school in Alaska, it
was announced today by Bert
larrer, information officer for the
Department of Civil ‘Defense.
The main purpose of the man
ual is to help local schools
throughout Alaska plan their own
•rograms for Civil Defense in ac
cordance with the best informa
tion available at the present time.
Local Civil Defense directors
should be consulted in preparing
he school program so as to co
ordinate with the local commun
..y Civil Defense Plan, it was
pointed out.
- PAN AM TO GO ON WINTER
SCHEDULE ON TUESDAY
Pan American World Airways
will adopt its winter schedule on
Sept. 30. Departure time from
Nome will be at 1:30 p.m. Arrival
ime Seattle will be at 5:30 a.m.
Flight days remain the same,
Tuesday and Friday.
The element selenium which
transmits more or less electricity
according to how much light falls
on it, is the basis for photo elec
tric eyes.
Sabres Shoot Down 56
MIGs So Far This Month
| SEOUL, (/PWJ. S. Sabre jets
Friday shot down tour Commun
ist MIG jets in the first air battles
in four days, the U.S. Fifth Air
I Force said.
The blazing dogfights boosted
| the September toll of Russian
i built iets to a record 56 destroyed.
The U. S. Eighth Army said
Communis: troops probed Allied
; outposts north and northeast of
j the Punchbowl on the eastern
front Thursday night and early
Friday. Six times the Reds fell
back under withering U.N. mortar
fire.
Allied fighter-bombers renewed
i
their attacks on the Communist
supply system. Land-based U.S.
Marine planes bombed Red mili
tary targets on the western front.
Korean War Enters 28th Month
SEOUL, (^P)—The Korean war
entered its 28th month Thursday
with ground and air action cur
tailed by chill, autumn rain.
Gen. Mark Clark spent the day
conferring with his top command
ers at a corps headquarters be
hind the front.
Clark called off a scheduled
flight over the front lines because
of heavy rain. He arrived Wed
nesday after spending two days
with the U.S. Seventh Fleet off
the east coast.
Foul weather sharply cut the
pace of the Allied air offensive.
Extra Fingers and Toes Removed
CORDOBA, Spain, (/P) — Gines
Caballera Zurita, 18, will walk
better after an operation.
He had nine toes on each foot
and six fingers on each hand. The
operation was to relieve him of
the surplus. The young chair
maker never has been able to
wear shoes.
THURSDAY BASEBALL
National League
New York 3—Boston 2
St. Louis 4—Cincinnati 3
American League
New York 3—Boston 2
Detroit 3—-St. Louis 2
MMM HOSPITAL
Discharged: Edith Simmons and
infant daughter, George Ramstead
and Billy Muller.
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Stevenson To Report On
Supplemental Fund
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a virtual failure, and (2) there is
no need for Universal Military
Training so long as the Korean
war continues the necessity for
the military draft.
Although placing primary blame
on administration politicians for
failure of the defense program,
the general also criticized some of
his old cronies in and out of the
Defense Department for “lack of
foresigh ted direction.”
He said the administration’s at
titude “encouraged the military,
accustomed to famine or feast, to
try to take advantage of crisis.”
The military, he said, reacted
with “disorder and duplication
and waste.” He said, for example,
the Air Force bought 20,000 super
deluxe chairs at $10 above stand
ard models, the Navy “laid in a
50-year supply of anchors,” and
the Army bought “enough front
axel gaskets for jeeps to last a
full century.”
He promised, if elected, to cut
Pentagon spending.
\
W. W. “Chief” Laws Chas. D. Jones
FOR SENATOR FOR SENATOR
WE PLEDGE OURSELVES AS FOLLOWS :
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1— To repeal the Property Tax.
2— For a more equitable distribution of road funds.
3— To maintain our schools at the highest possible standard
consistent with our tax program.
4— A continued program of construction . of landing fields
throughout the Division.
5— To encourage in every way possible the mining develop
ment and industry and a completely equipped Assay Office.
(>—To keep taxes to the lowest possible figure to efficiently
handle the affairs of the Territory.
As Gold Mining is of the utmost importance in our Division
we pledge ourselves to do all in our power to have gold freed
from the crippling regulations imposed upon it.
I Sammy Mogg
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Edith Bullock
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Richard E. Lee I
FOR REPRESENTATIVE I