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.
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Nome, Alaska, Monday, March 17, 1952
(STRONGEST DARN CAMEL’S BACK WE’VE EVER SEEN*
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WE WANT TOURISTS
Of signal importance to Alaska is the advertising
program launched this year by the Alaska Visitors
Association.
For the first time, advertisements chronicaling the
charms of the territory as a vacationland are appearing
in Time, Newsweek and other magazines with national
circulations. They are general in that they cover all
of Alaska and are not aimed toward developing busi
ness in. any particular line.
This program has been undertaken without great
fanfare. It did not just happen. Like all things that
are worth while, men had to make it happen.
The last territorial legislature gave the project
impetus by appropriating $40,000 to be used for nation
al advertising. The law made the money available to
the Visitors Association with the proviso that an equal
sum be raised by subscriptions for matching purposes.
Much legwork had to be done by volunteers to get
the subscriptions lined up. Local groups pondered the
problem and found approval of the project was, uni
versal. Hundreds of small donations by business firms
made up the matching fund that enabled the first
advertisements to become a reality. Additional sub
scriptions will be necessary if the program is to be
continued and the full amount of the $40,000 to be
used.
• Response to the ads has been such that those in
charge are optimistic that the program is productive
and should be extended.
It is well known that the interest in Alaska is
tremendous among millions of Americans throughout
the nation. The millions would like to come to Alaska
by air, sea or automobile to enjoy the marvels that are
here.
The Alaska Visitors Association program has
inched open the door toward the new development. It
should be opened wide and kept open.
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VIEWS AND REVIEWS
LeRoy Johnson, Congressman from California, fa
voring UMT: — “Too long have we been frittering
away our manpower like fat bacon on a hot skillet.”
Harold E. Stassen, candidate for Republican presi
dential nomination: — “I am impelled to do everything
in my power to change American foreign policy.”
Women Of Nome
To Help Red Cross
In Drive Mar. 24*28
; The Nome Chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross met Tuesday after
noon and completed plans for the
annual contribution drive.
Although it is usual to Wave
a house-to-house drive, the chap
ter found such a ready response
to its plan of last year of having
a booth in the foyer of the post
office, that it is repeating the
method this year.
Representatives from many of
the women’s organizations in town
have assented to have a pair of
workers at the desk throughout
the week of March 24-28. Some
of the organizations contacted in
clude:
The Order of Eastern Stars,
Midnight Sun Rebekah Lodge,
Beta Sigma Phi, Covenant Wo
men’s Organization, Woman’s So
ciety of the Methodist Church,
the Home Arts Club, and CAA
wives. Other groups are expected
to volunteer.
A review of the chapter’s activ
ities during the past year shows
that the Red Cross has been active
in many ways. A total of $975.00
has been loaned to servicemen in
the community under the head of
emergency assistance and $400 of
this amount has already been re
paid. Twenty-nine wires were sent
for families of servicemen, mostly j
Nome boys.
Assistance was also given in
the housing of three servicemen’s
families.
The First Aid Committee, head
ed by Robert Hall and Fred Par
sons of CAA, reported that three
first aid classes were completed
during the year and another was
starting soon as well as four class
es which were conducted for Jun
ior Red Cross and the Explorer
Scouts.
Two home nursing courses were
completed at White Mountain and
an instructors course in home
nursing was given in Nome with
several completing the course.
Early in April Mrs. Mozee will
start home nursing classes at the
Public Health Center.
It was also announced that an
other first aid class will start soon
at CAA and civilians interested
in taking the course may partici
pate.
The goal for Nome and Marks
Air Force Rase this year is $600.
E. A. Anable Appointed
Procurator for Alaska
The Rev. E. A. Anable, S.J.,
pastor of the Fairbanks Catholic
Church and formerly of Nome,
has been appointed procurator of
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the Catholic missions of Alaska.
Father Anable’s office will be
in Fairbanks, where he will con
tinue to be pastor. He will leave
shortly for the States to purchase
this year’s supplies for the mis
sions and to lecture about Alaska
in the cities of the Northwest.
He succeeds the Rev. Frank J.
Kane, S.J., treasurer of Seattle
University, who has been procur
ator of the Alaska missions for
several years.
Cheerful breaks in the mono
tony of long hospital hours are
often a major factor in quicker
recovery of patients. That is
why medically - approved Red
Cross recreation programs are
a vital part of treatment in
military hospitals. Help the
tedious hours of convalescence
move faster for hospitalized
servicemen by supporting the
1952 Red Cross Fund Campaign.
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i 17 Red Prisoners
I Shot In U.N. Camp
By Rok Guards
KOJE ISLAND, Korea, </P) —
A U.S. captain said Saturday that
he tried frantically Thursday to
stop South Korean security sol
diers from firing on Communist
war prisoners.
Twelve North Korean prisoners
were killed and 26 wounded in
that fresh outburst of violence.
The shooting lasted several min
utes at Compound 92 — one of
Koje’s toughest camps — after
a rock - throwing fight between
fanatic Red prisoners and a work
ing party of other North Korean
prisoners passing along a nearby
road.
The workers, who had re
nounced Communism a few days
previously, sparked the disorder
by taunting the Red die-hards and
waving Republic of Korea flags.
They also were singing a Rok
marching song.
Stones hit an American captain
and knocked him down when he
rushed forward to quell the out
break. He was the only American
injured.
Against his orders, he said, Rok
soldiers and guards opened fire
on the men in the stockade.
Jumping up, the captain—with
blood streaming down his face—
ran along the road knocking down
the rifles and shouting: “Chung
ji!”—“Stop it.” t
He said one guard was kneeling
with his gun aimed “point-blank
through the fence.”
The firing stopped as suddenly
as it began.
The International Red Cross has
been asked to investigate the inci
dent and the U.N. Command is
making its own inquiry.
JACK WHALEY'S DAUGHTER
DIES IN SEATTLE
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whaley’s
small daughter, known to Nome
friends as Corky, who has bee©
ill for the past two years, passed
away in Seattle last Friday eve
ning. Burial will be in Fairbanks
as soon as the family returns, it
is reported.
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With Truce Negotiators
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, (JP) — Com
munist truce negotiators Monday
accused the U.N. Command of
carrying out another “criminal”
aerial attack on a prisoner of war
camp in North Korea.
The Reds said a British soldier
was wounded when an Allied
plane strafed a camp near Chang
song before dawn Sunday.
A second group of negotiators
working on truce supervision be
gan the thorny job of picking five
ports of entry for troops and ma
teriel on each side of the battle
line after Communist acceptance
of a U.N. “package deal” Sunday.
An Allied staff officer said ap
proval of the five-point plan rep
resented “the most progfess in two
months.”
Chinese Col. Tsai Cheng^Wen
said the Allied plane opened fire
on the Changsong prison camp
despite “conspicuous markings” on
the tents. He admitted under ques
tioning, however, that the camp
was not lighted.
NOTICE TO VOTERS
The Poll Book for the registra
tion of voters for the forthcoming
Municipal and School Board elec
tion shall close Saturday, March
22, 1952.
Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish March 12, 14, 17, 10*2
U.S. Military Confident
Of Victory In Event
Of Commuitist Offensive
WASHINGTON, American
military officials confidently be
lieve Communists in Korea will
be badly beaten if they drop truce
negotiations and gamble on a new
offensive.
This was brought out during
the weekend in statements by Sec
retary of Defense Lovett and Air
Secretary Thomas Finletter, and
in interviews with Pentagon ob
servers just back from the Ko
rean battlefront.
Lovett said: “During the past
six months United Nations forces
established a very strong defen
sive position . . . Any resumption
of the offensive by the enemy will
involve him in critical losses of
men and materiel.”
Finletter, in the same report,
said the most significant aspect
of the air war in Korea is “the
mounting intensity of air-to-air
struggle with ever - increasing
numbers of the Soviet-built MIG
15.” But he said “our airmen, al
though greatly outnumbered, have
better than held their own.”
The Korean War Front
By GEORGE A. McARTHUR
SEOUL, Korea, (/P)—American
Shooting Star jets sprayed front
line Communist troops and artil
lery positions with rockets, bombs
and bullets Monday.
Pilots reported killing more
than 75 Red soldiers, destroying
15 guns and 28 troop bunkers and
damaging a tank.
Sunday Sabres destroyed three
MIGs, probably shot down two
and damaged eight in the first air
battle in four days.
Communist shore guns hit the
superstructure of the battleship
Wisconsin, flagship of the U.S.
Seventh fleet, off Korea’s east
coast Sunday. Three sailors were
slightly injured. Damage was de
scribed as superficial.
One Allied division marked St.
Patrick’s Day by firing green
smoke shells at the Reds.
Valley Forge and Antietam
fliers ripped Communist rails in
199 places and attacked supply
installations, anti-aircraft batter
ies, bridges, rolling stock and
buildings.
International CIO P:ard
Acts to Free Ford Local
Of Communists
DETROIT, (£>) — The inter
national executive board of the
CIO United Auto Workers Satur
day set up a board of adminis
tration for its giant Ford Local
600 and directed it to fire any
officers found to be “members of,
or subservient to” the Communist
Party.
The unprecedented action fol
lowed an all-day session, which
broke up shortly after midnight,
at which Carl Stellato, president
of the local, and his staff had
been ordered to show* cause why
they should not be ousted.
UAW President Walter P. Reu
ter, chairman of the new six-man
board of administration, had
charged Stellato, Vice - president
Patrick F. Rice, Recording Secre
tary William R. Hood and Treas
urer W. G. Grant of Local 600
of failing to abide by the UAW
constitution, which prohibits Com
munists from holding office with
in the union.
Hot stars like the sun are be
lieved to maintain their heat by
the conversion of hydrogen into
-helium, the same process that may
someday be used in the hydrogen
bomb.