THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Monday, August 13, 1951
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TOO DUMB TO UNDERSTAND
By DeWitt Emery
President of the National Small Business Men’s Association
In a series of statements and speeches since the
outbreak of the “police action’' in Korea, President
Truman has told us what we must all do, working to
gether to avert the danger of inflation during this cru
cial time when defense production must have first call
on our economic resources.
The Department of Defense doesn’t seem to have
taken the President’s advice very seriously. Here are
a few examples which will show why I make that
statement.
Since the start of the Korean campaign, with less
than two million men under arms, the Army has pur
chased 68,000,000 can openers.
During the nine months ended March 31, 1951, the
quartermaster corps bought 1,917,000 pounds of black
pepper. Maybe this is a new weapon which is used by
sneaking up on the Reds and throwing it in their eyes.
The Army set up requirements of 4,636,000 web
belts for 1951. This is approximately three belts per
man although only one belt is issued per man per year.
On combat boots the Army requirement for 1951
was set at 11,753,000 pairs, of which it expected to use
4,800,000 pairs during the year.
Last January while the quartermaster was buying
5,000,000 pounds of oleomargarine at 25VL^ per pound,
the Department of Agriculture was selling 5,500,000
pounds of surplus butter to Italy at 15^* per pound.
What effect did this large scale “scare” buying
have on prices? Since June, 1950 the price of Army
blankets has risen from $7.82 to $16.00 each. Combat
boots went up from $6.03 to $11.63 per pair, army mat
tresses from $7.83 to $13.42 each and so on and on
throughout a list longer than your arm.
LINE LOGIC
Honesty is hard put to meet the competition of
propagandists.
One of these days, there will be a way to discover
the truth. Meanwhile, we must grope for it the best
way we can.
The problems of life are usually those matters
which, after all, do not amount to very much.
Stephen 1. Early
FDR’s Right-hand
Man Passes Away
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Stephen
T. Early, 61, press secretary and
intimate to the late President
Roosevelt died Saturday. He suf
fered a heart attack last Tuseday
and died at George Washington
hospital shortly before noon (EST)
Saturday.
Since he left the White House
after eight years in the press of
fice, Early had been vice presi
dent of the Pullman Standard Car
Manufacturing Company.
He took time out from that post
for a stint as Deputy Secretary of
Defense, an office from which he
resigned shortly before General
George C. Marshall took over as
head of the department.
Friday morning Early was re
ported improving but he took a
turn for the worse Friday night.
He was fforn August 27, 1889,
and was in the thick of history
making events throughout the
tempestuous era of Franklin D.
Roosevelt. The intimate familiar
ity he gained with top-level gov
ernment operations as an aide to
Mr. Roosevelt caused President
Truman to impress the former
newspaperman into service again
—and again Early gave of his tal
ents at a personal sacrifice.
After Mr. Roosevelt’s success
ful race for the Presidency in
1932, Early became one of his
right-hand men, a relationship
that continued until the Presi
dent’s death 12 years later. Their
acquaintance dated from pre
World War I days, when Mr.
Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary
of the Navy and Early was a re
porter for the Associated Press.
Early said he “went broke”
while serving on the White House
staff. He was anxious to accept
a more lucrative post in private
employment, but some emergency
kept arising to keep him where he
was.
In mid-1945, Early entered the
production and selling fields as
vice president of Pullman, Inc.
Early had been back in pri
vate life only a comparatively
short time when, in the spring of
1949, President Truman sum
moned him back into public serv
ice. This time is was to fill the
new post of Under-Secretary of
Defense. Outbreak of the Korean
war forced him to remain and he
served 16 months in all before re
turning to his civilian position.
Less than three months later.
President Truman “drafted” Early
again for temporary service as
his press secretary, due to the
sudden death of Charles G. Ross.
He served briefly until a successor
to Ross was chosen.
Alcide de Gasperi Heads
Seventh Italian Cabinet
ROME, (/P)-—Premier Alcide de
Gasperi won a 291 to 175 vote of
confidence Friday for his govern
ment in the Chamber of Deputies
after a stormy session in which he
denounced both communists and
fascists.
A brief but stormy battle of
fists broke out after the premier
completed his address asking con
fidence in the seventh government
he has headed since the war’s end.
Communist Fausto Gullo, appar
ently stung by the Christian Dem
ocratic premier’s remarks, rose
and accused him of having
“broken the moral unity of the
Italian people in the moment of
their liberation.”
De Gasperi, in his speech,
vowed to defend Italy from both
fascism and communism.
Ten Minerals Now Exempt
From Price Controls
WASHINGTON, .(/P)—'Ten ores
and materials vital to defense pro
duction are now exempt from
price controls.
The Office of Price Stabilization
Friday exempted, effective im
mediately:
Raw asbestos, beryl ores, cobalt
ores and metal, chrome ores,
columbite-tarrtalite ores, natural
graphite, kyanite and related ores,
manganese ores, acid grade flour
spar and domestic mercury.
Largest Military
Program Is Now
I Before Congress
WASHINGTON, (#>)—A squab
ble over a proposed Air Force
i installation in President Tru
, man’s home county in Missouri
| has temporarily delayed House
; action on a record $5,768,000,000
! military construction bill.
The House may reach a vote
! next Tuesday on the measure
I which aims chiefly at keeping the
! United States safe from any Rus
! sian atomic attacks.
But first, the House must take
j a roll-call vote on a $19,019,000
project to expand the Grandview,
i Mo., airport in Jackson County,
near the Truman family home in
Independence.
Quick passage is expected Tues
day for the bill which authorizes
^ the largest single military con
, struction program ever presented
to Congress in peace or war.
The bulk of the money in the
bill—$3,480,000,000—would go to
the Air Force to strengthen its in
stallations in this country and
overseas. The Army would get
$1,368,000,000 and the Navy $768,
000,000. The balance would go for
joint armed services welfare and
j recreational projects.
Exploration Mt.
McKinley Finished
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BOSTON, <JP)—This summer’s
expedition into the unexplored
west face of Mt. McKinley, North
America’s highest peak, has com
pleted exploration of the moun
tain, Bradford Washburn, direc
tor of the Boston Museum of
Science, announced today.
•He said the expedition com
pleted a three-fold purpose of
finishing a map of McKinley
being prepared by the Museum,
getting a complete photographic
record of the west face, and con
ducting a thorough geological sur
I vey of the area.
The director said the expedi
tion benefitted so from lessons
learned on the last one in 1947
that there were no casualties this
time.
The difficult part of the climb,
Washburn said, was from 15,000
to 17,200 feet. For a third of a
mile the advance party had to
shovel through waist-deep snow.
At times the fo’g was so thick,
Washburn said, the party had to
use instruments on the ascent.
Washburn said that at Denali
Pass, where the new western
route joins the usual Muldrow
Glacier route, a thermometer had
registered 59 degrees below zero.
WIEN AIRLINES
Passengers from Kotzebue to
Nome: Irene Tannenbaum, Nancy
Dutro, Paul Praderio, James Chin,
i Mrs. J. W. Wiederholdt.
To Fairbanks: Capt. Mordecai,
| Robert Zimmerman, Wm. Mulli
gan, D. G. Bowles, Father Pat
rick Moore, Ruth Wallace, R. A.
Harrison, Mike Hanley, George
Fiedler, Estaleah Baker, Mrs. J.
W. Wienderholdt.
To Kotzebue: Jim Wade and
Brownie Whaley.
To Candle: Evans Thomas and
! Johnny and Andrew Sunno.
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