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4 NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON— i/P) —Walter
Reed hospital authorities report
Maj. Gen. Walter Short, U.S.E.,
retired, who was awaiting his turn
to testify before the Pearl Harbor
, investigating committee, is suf
fering an “acute respiratory” ail
ment. not yet diagnosed as pneu
monia. Gen. Short commanded
the Army’s Hawaiian department
at the time the Japs struck Pearl
Harbor. He was relieved of his
f command and placed on the re
tired list soon thereafter.
VATICAN CITY— UP) —Pope
Pius in his Christmas broadcast
said hatred and devastation of
war will long remain impressed
on the worlcf. He said for the first
time in six years Christmas was
^>eing celebrated in peace, but it
was not a real peace.
WASHINGTON— (JF) —Presi
dent Truman will fly to Missouri
tomorrow to spend his first Yule
tide as Chief Executive, with his
family. Before leaving he will
walk out on the south lawn of the
White House and light the nation’s
community Christmas tree. The
i big living fir remained dark the
last four wartime Christmasses.
Then he will broadcast a brief
Christmas message to the nation.
BATAVIA— (/P) —British para
chute troops fought into five dis
tricts in Batavia, where Indone
sian attacks since Friday have
caused eight deaths and nine other
casualties. The Dutch News agency
Aneta, said, quoting a British
^headquarters communique, said
engineers had demolished three
houses in one section where con
siderable opposition had been en
countered. In another district
three bodies were found. In clear
ing Bandoeng, 75 miles southeast
of Batavia, the British took 75
prisoners.
• MOSCOW— (£>) —The end of
the Big Three Foreign Ministers
conference is in sight, informed
sources said. Good news may be
expected to be announced. Inform
ants stated the accomplishments
achieved would probably be an
nounced simultaneously from Mos
cow, London and Washington. Al
though the conference has reached
the final stage, both Byrnes and
Bevin will be in Moscow until
Christmas morning at least. Mean
u^Jjile it is reliably reported that
Russia has not been let in on any
jKcrets about the atomic bomb, al
though the foreign ministers are
Hear jjfolfeg:
I see the sparkling Christmas tree at home,
The decorations hung with wistful care,
And know that as you fastened each in
place,
You wished (as much as I) that I was there.
But as the family is gathering
I To celebrate this holy Christmastide,
I, too, will be engrossed in contemplation
Of the Star, still serving as a guide.
For duty's call has brought me overseas
And I will stay until the job is done;
But we who serve a road have come to
know
Preserving our traditions can be fun.
And so you bravely trim the tree at home,
And I can see it, though we're far apart,
For through improvisations over here
I feel its warm reflection in my heart.
T/4 Alice E. Hesse > Allied Force Headquarter*, Italy
COMMUNITY XMAS
PROGRAM WELL
ATTENDED
The Community Christmas pro
gram, which has become a tradi
tional part of Nome’s Christmas,
was held last Friday night in the
Territorial School Auditorium.
The auditorium was filled to ca
pacity, and not even standing
room was available part of the
time. A splendid program by the
grades and high school, as well as
the Native Choir and United Cho
rus, put everyone in the Christ
mas spirit. The program was cul
minated by the arrival of Santa,
who handed out a mountian of
Christmas stockings, to all the
“good little boys and girls.”
said to have discussed United
States, British and Canadian pol
icy on world control of atomic en
ergy.
Gen. Patton Buried
At Luxembourg
HEIDELBERG, Dec. 24— (JP) — j
Funeral service for Gen. George
Patton, Jr., were performed with
striking military simplicity. The
remains of th ecloorful command- *
ing warrior were buried among
ten thousand white crosses in the I
American cemetery at Luxem- j
bourg.
Two army chaplains conducted
the Episcopal service, marked by
the singing of one of the general’s
favorite hymns: “Son of God Goes
remains of the colorful command-1
Forth to Work.” There were no |
eulogies. Mrs. Patton and her j
brother Frederick Ayer, of Boston,
were the only family members to
attend.
Alaska To Have
Veterans Office
(Special to The Nugget>
JUNEAU, Dec. 24—The follow
ing message was received today
from Governor Gruening in Wash
ington: “General Bradley inform
ed me today that the Veterans Ad
ministration will establish a re
gional office in Alaska.”
TREES DECORATED
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Twinkling Christmas tree lights
can be seen in the homes all along
First Ave. and Front Street; also
from the spruce tree which grows
in the Frank Whaley lawn. This
is Nome’s only live outdoor dec
orated tree and adds much to the
holiday spirit.
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UNITED CHORUS
PROGRAM WELL
RECEIVED
Sunday afternoon a large crowd
turned out to hear the Christmas
program of the United Chorus in
the auditorium of the Nome Ter
ritorial school. The program,
which was published in the last is
sue of the Nugget was given by a
group of 23 voices, who have been
trained under the leadership of
Emma Grill. The entire program
was beautifully rendered and
showed much work and skillful
training.
Last evening the chorus sang at
the evening services of the Feder
ated church, and will also present
a program at the Air Base on
Christmas morning at 11:00
o’clock. The program will be
broadcast over WXLN.
The chorus members are Mes
dames McLain, Cheesebrough,
Capener, Whisenhunt, Dunbar,
, Amundsen, Thompson, Larson,
and Thompson, Jr. Misses Martha
Ellen Thompson, June Dunbar,
Olga Hay, Juanita Fagerstrom,
Mary Ellen Sprowl. Messrs. Bu
chanan, Carlson, Capener, Amund
sen, Grill, Kelly, Lee, Whaley.
Mrs. Earl Towner and Mrs. Dor
othy Thompson were piano and
organ accompanists and Cpl. Aris
totle Gavrias played the violin ac
companiment.
It is interesting to note that our
United Community Choir repre
sents many churches in a true
community spirit of co-operation.
The following churches were rep
resented: Covenant, Methodist.
Lutheran, Catholic, Nazarene, As
sembly of God, Pentecostal, Corv
gregational, and Seventh Day Ad
ventist.
Carolers Sing To
Quarantined GIs
PORTLAND, Ore — (/P) —A bit
of Christmas was shared by 1763
Pacific veterans quara n t i n e d
aboard the troopship Grundy, be
cause one has smallpox. A harbor
tug, bearing a glittering Christmas
tree in its bow, anchored thirty
yards off the vessel, and for an
hour Red Cross volunteers, carol
ers from a girl’s college, stood on
the deck in the rain and sang hol
iday songs. The GIs yelled their
gratitude from the Grundy’s rails.
A 50 per cent expansion in the
circulation of $100 bills in 1943
was attributed by some authori
ties to black market operations.