THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone: Main 125 P. O. Brx 618
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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, 1379.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, June 20, 1952
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A FEW OPTIMISTIC SIGNS
Despite the business let-down in recent months,
there are a few signs which currently point to better
business in the near future. One thing is the passage
by Congress of a bill raising the pay of servicemen.
This will amount to a substantial boost in consumer
spending, since the armed forces are now at about
3,500,000 strength
Also expected to have some effect is the increase
in veterans’ aid recently voted by Congress. More than
3,000,000 veterans and families are in line to get in
creases in pension checks. The raises, as with veterans,
are intended to meet the higher cost of living.
Pay raises recently granted to unions will also
tend to boost the money in the hands of consumers in
the near future. Government statistics also show that
jobholders in the United States now total 60,000,000
for the first time this year. Add to these factors the
statement of Ellis Arnall, price controller, that the
peak has not yet been reached in defense spending and
you have a picture of better business ahead.
Businessmen have generally complained in recent
months that consumers have the cash but were not
buying. S tatistics have shown that the everage Amer
ican is saving money rather than buying goods with it
at present and that savings, as a result, have risen to
a new high.
Increases in veterans’ and military payments and
in pay to laborers will prove of some help to business.
Just when another buying spree or another sellers’
market will arrive no one can say, but sooner or later
such an event will occur, since the public is now well
loaded with money and the stores well loaded with
goods.
FACTS ?
An actuary we know has computed that if you are
age 70 you have consumed during your lifetime a total
of 150 head of cattle, 225 lambs, 26 sheep, 310 swine,
2400 chickens, 26 acres of grain and 50 acres of fruits
and vegetables. — Leave it to an actuary !
“Mutual Moments”
Tomato juice, which was a novelty on grocery
shelves in 1920, points out the Department of Agri
cuture, now is a staple food product. In 1929 the pack
was 231,000 cases whereas in 1936 34,900,000 cases
were packed.
Bering Sea Club Girl’s
Rifle Team Shows ANG
Team How To Hit Target
In their first scheduled match
of the year, the Bering Sea Club
Annie Oakleys handed the Na
tional Guard a surprise drubbing
at the rifle range Wednesday
night.
Led by the sharpshooting of
Louise Hay, who posted a possible
in the prone position, and closely
followed by Gwenn Harwath of
the Merc, with an aggregate of
95 for the two positions, the
Guard was too badly outclassed to
stage much of a come-back after
the gals had posted their total
scores. The Bering Sea lassies
fired in the prone position and
also sitting against the Guard
who fired prone and offhand.
The scores: Bering Sea Women:
Louise Hay 50 — 47; Gwenn
Warwath 49—46; Helen Goodlund
50—44; Mary Jencik 42 — 46;
Helen Russell 42 — 44; Lillian
Lehto 43—40.
For the Guard: Gordon Os
borne 50—41, Isaac Larsen 50-41;
Bernard Kaxatac 49—30: Michael
Okpealuk 46—28; Fred Kingik 47
—21; Larry Okpealuk 46—16.
According to a current rumor
there is a match in the offing be
tween the Bering Sea Club and
the Polar team with a side bet
between Joe Wallace and Keith
Hedreen for a dinner for the win
ning team. The date will be an
nounced and a good turnout is
expected.
If the gals do as well as they
did in their warm-up match there
should be a very smug and wel
fed bunch of lassies around town
after this match.
Methodist Laymen Start Fund
For Purchase Electric Organ
A fund to purchase a modern
electric Hammond organ for the
Community Methodist Church
was started several weeks ago
and has met with overwhelming
success.
The drive was instituted by
laymen of the church who said
they will so'on have sufficient
funds and that they believe the
plan well launched.
It is hoped that the fund will
be big enough by early fall to
be able to make a substantial
down payment so that the instru
ment can be shipped on the last
boat. i
Scene of Bloodiest
POW Riot Cleared of
7.000 Pro - Communists
KOJE ISLAND, Korea, (JP) —
Compound 62, scene of Koje Is
land’s bloodiest prisoner riot, was
emptied peacefully Thursday of
some 7,000 pro-Communist North
and South Korean civilian inter
nees.
Their transfer to more manage
able groups of 500 raised to 70,
000 the number of inmates re
located since Operation Breakup
started 10 days ago. Koje holds
80.000 prisoners.
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Civil Defense Equipment
Approved For Alaska
' The Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration submitted approval
on Alaska’s requests for commu
nications equipment, 2 rescue ve
hicles, 20 back-pack fire exting
uishers and 25 air raid warning
sirens, it was announced recently
by Bert Barrer, Information and
Education officer for the Terri
torial Department of Civil De
ense.
This equipment, along with the
recently approved requests for
medical supplies, 4 fire trucks
and 20 jeep pumpers, and smaller
requests for training and educa
tion aids, is being purchased by
the Territorial Department of
Civil Defense on the matching ba
sis of 70 percent federal govern
ment and 30 percent territorial
funds. The cities and towns re
ceiving Civil Defense equipment,
in turn, pay half of the territory’s
cost.
“The public must realize that
Civil Defense is based primarily
on self-help. Learning self-pro
tection is necessary first of all
for survival, then use can be
made of the material things,”
Barrer said.
Lt. Hendershot, of ANG,
Leaves for Reassignment
Lt. Donald Hendershot. who
has been attached to the 1st Bat
talion of the Alaska National
Guard for the past two years as
Army instructor, leaves Sunday
with his family for re-assignment
in California.
He is being replaced by Capt.
Hunter G. Harvison, who arrived
several days ago. Capt. Harvison
is new to the territory and this
is his first assignment to the Na
tional Guard.
Lt. Hendershot extends appre
ciation for the “wonderful co
operation received while in Nome
and the fine friends made” and
hopes that Capt. Harvison will
receive the same treatment.
SHUFFLING OF PRISONERS
ON KOJE IS COMPLETED
KOJE ISLAND, Korrea, (JP) —
The Army said tonight all major
shuffling of Red prisoners of war
on Koje Island is complete.
The Koje command, under
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner,
said well over 70,000 prisoners
had been shifted in 11 days.
This United Nations POW camp
holds 80,000 captives—overwhel
mingly pro-Communist.
Young Koreans Break Up
Meeting of Group Feuding
With President Rhee
PUSAN, Korea, (/P)—Some 50
young Koreans today broke up a
meeting of educators and civic
leaders called to protest “dicta
torial measures” of President
Syngman Rhee.
Several elderly opponents of
the president were bloodied as
the shouting intruders broke
down the door of the Internation
al Club restaurant, smashed
chairs and used the kindling for
clubs. .
The outbreak came during at
tempts to compromise South Ko
rea’s political crisis before Mon
day’s showdown date.
Rhee is feuding with the As
sembly over the provision in the
constitution which calls for the
Assembly to elect a president on
June 23. He insists on an amend
ment providing election by the
people.
ALLIED NEGOTIATORS TO
RETURN TO PANMUNJOM
AFTER SECOND WALKOUT
MU NS AN, Korea, iJP) — Allied
negotiators return to the Korean
armistice conferences Saturday to
learn if their second walkout has
convinced the Communists to
change their minds.
The meetings at Panmunjom
have been stalled almost two
months by Communist refusal to
accept the Allied declaration that
100,000 Red war prisoners do not
want to go back to Communism.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Ronald Komok, John
Jack, Patricia Ahkolik, Walt
Simon.
Discharged: David Jemewok.
T: L. SMITH, ATTORNEY
HERE ON BUSINESS
Talmadge L. Smith, attorney
from Kodiak, is in town on busi
ness and staying at the Polaris
Hotel. Although he has been in
the territory for 15 years, this is
his first visit to Nome.
He stated that he is acquainted
with Earl Cooper, recently nomi
nated as district judge for Nome
and recommended him highly.
Mr. Smith told of a new source
of ivory being used in Kodiak.
He explained that every king crab
has two big, long teeth that are
beautiful ivory and that bracelets
and other novelty jewelry items
are being made from this part of
the crab.
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