Compulsory
Military Training
Urgent Necessity
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The na
tion heard from a commission of
nine prominent civilians today
that the compulsory training of up
to 950,000 American youths a year
is an “urgent military necessity”
in this world of insecure peace.
The alternative to that and other
multi-billion dollar outlays for
national defense is to invite “ex
perimentation,” President Tru
man’s advisory commission on
universal training declared. The
group painted this bleak picture
of the future if its warning goes
unheeded:
For a few years—from four to
ten—“our monopoly of the atomic
bomb” and the availability of bat
tle-trained veterans of World War
II may serve as insurance against
a sneak assault on the American
homeland.
Rut the precipitate drop in the
nation’s state of readiness—“our
military forces are a hollow shell”
—will encourage “those to whom
weakness on the part of peace lov
ing nations is a passport to aggres
sion.”
Other countries who share our
democratic ideals will lose faith.
And then:
“The mantle of totalitorianism
will spread its darkness over still
larger sections of the earth, in
creasing the peril to us and nar
$1,000,000 Theater
Opens, Anchorage
—
ANCHORAGE, </P)—The lat
est milestone in the 51-year Alas
ka career of Austin E. (Cap.) La
throp, —the Territory’s first mil
lion dollar theater— drew a crowd
of several thousand at open house
ceremonies Friday.
Many visitors were still arriving
by plane Saturday and telegrams
of congratulation came from
prominent persons in the United
States.
Four large bas relief memorials,
a 16-panel assembly of Alaska
flora and fauna, and a large re
production of the late Sidney Lau
rence’s oil painting of Mount Mc
Kinley are among the costly deco
rations.
Construction of the theater, be
gun in the spring of 1941, was de
layed by the war and when near
ly completed last year was again
handicapped by the Maritime
strike, so that trucks had to carry
materials over the Alaska High
way.
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rowing the company of those on
whose aid we can count in th«
search for lasting peace.”
The document was drafted and
signed unanimously by the nine
members of the commission headed
o.v Dr. Karl T. Compton, scientist
and president of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
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A stout man got on a street oar
and sat down beside a very skinny
man, squeezing him against the
window.
They ought to charge by weight,
grumbled the thin man.
The fat man looked at him and
said: “In that case it wouldn’t be
worth their while stopping to pick
you up.”
NOTICE
Any person who desires to pur
chase a High School Annual for
1947 please send in your name to
the High School Annual, Box 261.
Nome, Alaska. Orders must be
sent within the next two days. The
annual will range in price from $2
to $3. It will contain twenty photo
pages.
CLEANUP NOTICE
May 26th to June 9th, 1947, has
been designated as Clean-up Week
by the Health Committee of the
Nome Common Council.
Property owners are requested
to clean up their premisse in this
specified time and place debris,
boxed up or sacked near the side
walk where it can be picked up
by truck through City accommo-'
dation. It takes your co-operation
to make your City a place of
healthful and pleasing surround
ings. A tour of inspection shall be
made by the Health Committee.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL,
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk.
Publish May 21, 26, June 2, 6.
NOTICE
Regular meeting of Arctic Na
tive Brotherhood. Monday, June
2, 7:30 P.M., at Native Club House.
NOTICE
Bids will be accepted till 5 P.M.,
June 14 for moving St. Joseph's
Hall to Odd Fellow lot on 3rd Ave.
and placing on foundation. Hall to
be moved by August 1. For plans
of foundation see S. David Mazen.
ODD FELLOW-REBEKAH
BUILDING ASSN.
Robert F. Baldwin, Secty.
Publish 64 to 71.
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FOR SALE—3-Room House, com
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FOR SALE—1934 Ford parts, tires,
wheels, etc., also 2" Sterling
pump with 5-hp Wis. motor, sil
ver plates. Call Main 155 after
5 p.m. 65-2tp
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
For Good Printing Call Main 125
DREAM
THEATER
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1 Show, June 2 and 3, 7:30 P.M.
Monday and Tuesday
"OBJECTIIVE BURMA"
Errol Flynn James Brown
Also "Arabian Rockies"
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1 Show, June 4 and 5, 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday and Thursday
"MISS SUSIE SLAGLE'S"
Sonny Tofts Veronica Lake
Also "Popular Science." No. 1
Rotary Club
Entertains Wives
Saturday evening the Rotary
Club entertained their wives at a
party given at the ACS recreation
Hall. The women brought beauti
fully and cleverly decorated lunch
baskets which were auctioned off
the the highest bidder.
The special program of the eve
ning was a movie show, courtesy
of Stan Morgan, officer in charge
of the Alaska Communications
System, which was enjoyed by all
This new recreation center is
complete with game tables, bar,
dance floor, etc., for the use of
the ACS personnel and is located
at the transmitter station site at
the end of Stedman Ave.
During the evening the Boy
Scout fund was made richer
through the auctioning off of a
large potato and six fresh eggs
which were donated by Stan and
Beverly Morgan. The lowly potato
bringing a price of $6.90 and the
six eggs $6.10. Mrs. Joseph Kehoe
carried home the potato while
Chris Roust carefully guarded his j
prize eggs. A good time was had
by all.
THE STRAW POLL BEGAN AS
an intermittent practice of U. S.
lournalism in 1824, according to
the Encyclopaedia Britannica. In
that year the Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania sent out reporters to inquire
among citizens whether they were
going to vote for Henry Clay, An
drew Jackson, John Quincy Adams
of William H. Crawford for Pres-;
ident.
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Police Raid
Chinese Students
CHANGHAI, (£*)—Chinese po
lice and army forces circled in on
university students in wide areas
of the country today amid rumors
of a« planned Communist-led up
rising against the central govern
ment.
Chinese newspapers told of po
lice raids in seven major cities. At
Chungking, two students are said
to have been killed when garrison
troops raided the university there
at midnight and arrested more
than 1.000 persons^.
The new disorders and the re
taliatory measures by the govern
ment were seen as a preliminary
to a nation-wide demonstration in
China demanding an end to the
civil war. The mayor of Peiping
warned of an expected fifth col
umn Communist uprising. As a
precautionary measure, police and
the military placed national Pe
king university under a quaran
tine, freezing both pedestrian and
motor traffic in an area one mile
square.
EAST END FIRE SUNDAY
QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED
Late last evening the fire de
partment was called out to ans
wer an alarm from the east end
of town.
The fire which was in the cabin
of Ed Jones, employee of the
Nome Motors and located in the
front stormshed and quickly ex
tinguished by the prompt arrival
of the fire department.
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REMAINING
in present location until
New Quarters and Completed
Reeailers of
ESKIMO ARTS AND CRAFTS
FURS AND FUR GARMENTS
I
Establishing
Wholesale Facilities
As Soon As Possible
Mail Orders Given Prompt
attention
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BUSINESS AS USUAL
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