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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
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Nome, Alaska, Monday, May 5, 1952
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THE WHALE-STEAK FAD
A dozen Norwegian whale-hunters recently gath
ered in New York to celebrate the beginning of the six
months whale-hunting season in the Arctic, but this
year they were also celebrating another event, which
they estimate to be more important than the begin
ning of the whale-hunting season.
That is the trend in the United States toward eat
ing whale-steaks. The group was enthusiastic about
this trend, one of them saying: “Your people are so
enthusiastic about whale-meat that we expect to sell
up to 10,000,000 pounds of the mammal here between
now and October.”
The hunters explain that the eating whale is not
the same as the sperm whale, and that the eating whale
contains a far better quality of oil than that found in
the sperm whale. In Scandinavia, it was said, the oil
of the eating whale is used in margarine. This is against
the law in the United States.
President And
GOPs Exchange
Hot Words
(By thy Associated Press)
Political ears burned Saturday
from a crossfire between Presi
dent Truman and Republicans
that shimmered with hot words
like “political gangsters/* “worse
than Communists** and “smear
tactics.
Truman started it Friday night
with a speech, aimed at Repub
licans, to the 70th anniversary
meeting of the National Civil Ser
vice League in Washington. He
defended government workers*
reputations and the loyalty re*»
view program.
The President said “political
gangsters** who he said lie under
cover of congressional immunity
are besmirching the character of
federal employes. Such accusers,
he said, are “wo*%e than Commun
ists’* and threaten to undermine
the country.
He mentioned no names, but he
has similarly criticized members
of Congress, like Republican Sen.
McCarthy of Wiscosin, who con
tends Communists and Red sym
pathizers have worked their way
into government jobs.
Republican reaction was quick
and blunt:
Senator Nixon of California —
“Smear tactics for political pur
poses.”
Senator Karl Mundt of South
Dakota—“Reckless charges which
are controverted by the facts.”
Senator McCarthy — “I don’t
like to talk about the deadf.”
A Democrat, meanwhile, issued
a statement in New York in which
he criticized his party’s leadership.
James A. Farley, former party
national chairman and former
postmaster general, said, “Now is
the time for the Democratic party
to stand up and acknowledge it
has been guilty of grave errors of
commission and omission. These
mistakes have not come through
any weakness in party principles,
but rather from weakness and
vanity in the party’s leadership.”
Helicopters have been used to
lay high voltage electric cable
across difficult terrain in Eng
land.
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There is no place in England
more than 18 miles from a rail
way line, says the National Geo
graphic Society.
Ex-Revenue Commissioner
Declines to Answer
Congressional Questioners
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Former
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Joseph Nunan declined to answer
a series of questions about his
personal financial dealings fired
at him by a congressional com
mittee Monday.
Nunan based his refusal to an
swer on constitutional grounds,
arguing that the questioning was
designed to force him to testify
against himself.
The questions involved $161,60$
in unexplained income which in*
vestigators traced to his accounts
between 1945 and 1$5Q, which
they said did not appear on his
income tax returns.
At the outset of the hearings
Nunan read a five-page statement
asking that the committee refrain
from questioning him about mat
ters he said he understood were
to be the subject of a grand jury
investigation.
Chairman King (D-Calif) of the
House tax investigating subcom
mittee rejected Nunan’s request
and ordered the questioning
started.
U. S. Fun Menaces Culture
TOKYO, (i^P)—A Japanese book
dealer says “this Americanism is
destroying Japanese culture.”
Saburo Matsumura, says Tokyo
had 1,500 second-hand stores be
fore the war and only 830 now.
He says the business is near col
lapse.
He blames two American im
portations, pin-ball machines and
commercial radio. “Nowadays,”
he says, ‘Uhey don’t bother to
read, but just tune in foolish com
mercial radios or play pin-balls
like morons.
“Some of my colleagues bowed
to it and switched to the pin-ball
business, and they paid back all
debts in three months.”
Federal Reserve Board
Drops Voluntary Credit
Restraint Program
WASHINGTON, <A>>—The Fed
eral Reserve Board Monday drop
ped its voluntary credit restraint
program designed to curb lending
and help fight inflation.
The board said the program is #
being suspended “in the light of
current circumstances” but will
be held on a standby basis ready
for use again if needed.
Under the program, banks and
other lending institutions were en
couraged to make loans only for
defense or essential civilian pur
poses. Regional committees were
set up to screen loan applications
to see if they complied with the *
program.
In the 13 months since the cred
it restraint appeal was' made busi
ness loans have increased only a
little over one and a half billion
dollars — and two-thirds of this
increase has been due to defense
loans.
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Oil Workers Strike
Causes Air Force
Curtail Air Activity
DENVER, (/P) — The Air Force
has issued orders slicing flying
hours outside the Korean theater
because of the strikes of about
80,000 refinery and pipeline oil
industry workers.
“Because of the strike in the
petroleum industry,” a two-sen
tence statement from the Air
Force read, “The U.S. Air Force
has issued orders curtailing flying
activity.
“Due to Air Force stock levels,
ell flying outside the Korean
theater is restricted to the mini
mum required to continue train
ing, perform essential command
missions and perform absolutely
essential administrative flights.”
Some commercial airlines re
portedly had less than 30 hours
supply of aviation gasoline on
hand when the strike of 22 CIO,
AFL and indepndent unions began
at midnight Tuesday.
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Kotzebue 57 35 54 14 15 14 36 48 32 35 35 34 22 50 73 32 39 22 29 12 60
Unalakleei 51 9 29 3 2 10 25 28 4 31 55 7 3 9 7 16 42 7 14 4 38
Lost River 20 5 22 4 4 9 5 17 9 4 5 5 14 21 11 21 16 5 12 5 5
Deering 34 3 27 0 1 13 23 28 1 19 11 2 6 32 3 13 22 6 8 3 35
Gambell 35 21 42 9 9 12 20 26 .25 24 11 12 43 14 12 28 16 15 32 21 27
Candle 13 4 13 1 3 4 7 15 3 8 7 7 4 16 5 10 14 4 2 5 IS
Wales 15 15 22 4 15 4 7 10 20 7 9 17 21 6 20 9 12 7 23 6 11
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Andreafski 20 2 22 2 2 8 13 12 10 5 9 9 12 10 11 10 9 9 4 12 11
Alakanak 7 37 17 6 15 5 4 9 24 4 9 24 31 3 10 4 6 25 ' 17 22 9
St. Michael 11 8 13 1455 95 7 14 683 5 10 13 4 7 5 13
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