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, Wednesday, August 17, 1949
BRITISH HIRE LAWYER FOR NAZI
(HugoS. Sims) , j
Fritz Erich von Manstein, Nazi Field Marshal during
the recent war, goes on trial this month for war crimes.
One of the charges involves mass murder.
Two eminent British lawyers have been assigned to
prosecute the case and, in view of this, prominent Bri
tish leaders, including Winston Churchill, have sub
scribed to a fund to provide a leading British attorney
to assist the German attorneys scheduled to conduct his
defense.
Lord Dd L’isle, who won the Victoria Cross in the
war, has taken the lead in raising funds for the defense.
He says that he is not concerned with whether the for
mer Nazi is guilty or not. that if he had met him during
the war he would have shot him but that a suitable ad
vocate should be available so that the defense would be i
unhampered by the poverty of the accused.
The British peer declares that “I want Britain’s repu
tation upheld.” The declaration and the fund attest to
the world the vast difference between Anglo-Saxon con
ceptions of justice and those which obtain in other areas
where the accused are not granted the safeguards, in
connection with trials, that English-speaking nations,
accord them.
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MYSTERIOUS, BUT POTENT
Advertising is a mysterious but none-the-less potent
force in modern business.
Whether the advertising be done in the colmuns of
The Nome Nugget or in some other medium, there is, it
seems, an indefinite benefit that flows to the intelligent
user of this modern business developer.
There are business men in Nome who believe that ev
erybody knows them and what they have to sell and
that, consequently, they do not need to advertise. It
would seem logical to draw such a conclusion but the
fact remains that people often lose sight of the obvious
and that repetition is the only way to assure permanent
supremacy in any field.
Every reader can instantly name products that are
known from one end of the, United States to the other, j
A little reflection will reveal that every one of them is
a well-advertised product and a little observation will
reveal that the advertising is being continued by the
wise men that operate the business.
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U. S. POPULATION GROWING
Nine years ago the population of the United States
was 131,669,275 persons, but officials of the Bureau of
the Census expect that the count to be taken in 1950
will show more than 150,000,000 residents in the con
tinental area.
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The 19,000,000-increase, which is expected, will be
the largest in the history of the country. The next larg
est growth occurred between 1920 and 1930 when 17,
000,000 people were added to the number of residents.
Incidentally, the count next year is expected to show a
female majority in the United States for the first time.
The count of heads will cost the United States about
$70,000,000. Something like 150,000 canvassers will
work for a month or two and an additional 10,000 ex
perts will be needed to operate complex machines
which correlate the information obtained by those who
visit the homes in the nation.
CAN U. S. INVESTIGATE U. N.?
Let’s take a peek at the protest of Acting Secretary
General of the United Nations, American-born Byron
Price, complaining about testimony before a Senate!
sub-committee to the effect that communist agents put
Start Huge Housing
Project For
Anchorage
SEATTLE, (/P) — Lewis Con
struction Co., preparing to start a
$10,000,000 housing project at An
chorage, announced yesterday that
a $6,000,000 similar project be
ing planned for Fairbanks..
Harry Lewis, company presi
dent, said officers and counselors
of the company and their wives
will fly to Anchorage Sunday to
participate in ground-breaking
ceremonies for the Anchorage pro
ject. The 34 buildings in the An
chorage project will include 686
units of which 264 are for the in
terior department and for use by
the Alaska Railroad. The balance
will be built for the army. Work
will start Monday.
The buildings will be of frame
and reinforced concrete construc
tion. Units will range from one to
three bedrooms each.
Lewis said some specialized labor
will be transported to Anchorage,
but that the labor supply in the
Territory is generally good.
Officers and counsel leaving
Sunday include Lewis, Myer Lu
rie, vice president; Alfred Schmid,
general manager, and F. M.
Reischling, attorney.
GUNNISON, Colo. I/P)—There’s
no profit in re-selling stamps so
the First National Bank is glad its
out of the “postQffice” business.
Tellers were "puzzled by a flood
of tourists asking for stamps,
mailing schedules and such until
one visitor finally noticed that an
arrow sign, intended to point to
the postoffice around a corner,
had been moved by the wind until
it pointed directly at the bank.
Gen. MacArthur
Declines Congress’
Bid To Testify j
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WASHINGTON, — General
Douglas MacArthur has formally
declined an invitation to return to
the United States to give Congress
a report on the Far Eastern situa
tion.
The Senate foreign relations
and armed services committee had
voted 13 to 1? to ask MacArthur
to come home from Tokyo to tes
. I
tify in connection with the admin- ,
| istration’s $1,450,000,000 foreign
! arms aid bill.
Secretary of defense Louis
Johnson yesterday made public
the text of a reply from MacAr
1 thur in which the general said:
“For the best reasons set forth
in my public statement of Aug.
11th, I believe 1 can best serve
the national interest by remaining
at by post of duty here.”
Johnson had forwarded the re
quest of the Senate committee to
MacArthur and vice admiral Os
car C. Badger, also wanted for
testimony on the Far Eastern sit
uation.
Johnson did not order either to
return.
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MacArthur in his reply to John- I
son said that this statement of ,
Aug. 11 was as follows:’
“I could not help but be deeply \
appreciative of the honor reflected
in the desire expressed by certain
distinguished members of the U.
S Senate that I proceed to Wash
ington to give my views for con
sideration by the Congress on the
issue of United States arms aid to
the government of China.
No reply has been received
lr'om Admiral Badger.
undue pressure upon some of the U. N. staff.
Mr. Price points out that the U. N. cannot hope to be
an international agency if it is to be answerable to com
mittees of national legislatures. This is undoubtedly
correct but we are not certain that the purpose of the
committee inquiry is to subject the U. N. to the author
ity of Congress.
If Mr. Price is protesting against the committee’s ac
tion in taking the testimony of a witness, regardless of
his statements, then he is wrong. The U. N. has nothing (
to do with any inquiry conducted by any agency of the
United States, though any agency has the right to seek
information about the U. N. for the purpose of deter
mining the policy of the United States toward the U. N.
Tt does not have the power, however, to compel employ
ees of the U. N. to appear and testify.
. THE PLACE FOR li
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$7,500 Donation
Big Boost To
Orthopedic Fund
The building fund of the Chil
dren’s Orthopedic Hospital, Seat
tle, was given a handsome boost
recently with the gift of $7,500 by
the Pacific American Fisheries,
Inc., of Bellingham, bringing the
over-all total of the $2,000,000
campaign goal to $903,102.
Mr. Archie W. Shiels, chairman
of the executive committee and
former president of the company,
in presenting the check comment
ed, ‘This gift of money will be ear
marked for the construction of a
(room in the new hospital in ap
preciation for all the Orthopedic
Hospital has given to and done for
the hundreds of Alaskan patients
who have been sent to the Ortho
pedic over a period of many years.
“The willingness with which
the Orthopedic in Seattle has ac
cepted the children from the
north and the special services
cnuaren nave received is Known
throughout Alaska from the farth
est north American community on
the continent, Point Barrow, to
the southern tip of Alaska, the
Prince of Wales Island.
“Many of these children are
walking today for the first time in
their lives and only due to their
trip or trips to the Orthopedic
Hospital. Yes, the hospital is very
close to the hearts of Alaskans
and the Orthopedic’s plans for the
building of a new and larger hos
pital is a need that should be sup
ported by all.”
In the forty-two years of the
Orthopedic Hospital 437 patients
have come from Alaska. From
1947 through 1948 there were 29
patients. Many of these have been
long time patients, some of them
remaining for% a number of years.
Among the many cities and
towns in Alaska which have sent
patients the Juneau, Valdez, Kodi
ak, Ketchikan, St. Paul Island,
Fairbanks, Petersburg, Karlak,
Teller, Point Barrow and others.
Mrs. Truman Guilt
less In Accepting
Freezer As Gift
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thy said:
“I feel there is nothing in the
record suggesting that there was
anything even remotely improper
on the part of Mrs. Truman. She
is the type of lady who is incapa
ble of doing anything improper.
‘‘I don’t think she knew any
thing about the perfume com
pany’s connection with John Mar
agon.
‘‘I am sure, for example, she
knew nothing about the attempted
smuggling activities on the part of
an employee of this company.”
Maragon is a former Kansas
City bootblack who once had a
White House pass and who lias
said Vaughan is a good friend of
his.
Two weeks ago the committee
began investigating a report th \t
Maragon was involved in a cus
toms duty incident in 1946.
The committee based its inves
tigation on a story which appeared
in the New York Herald Tribune.
The newspaper said it was re
ported that Margaon had been
charged $1,600 duty on a supply
of valuable perfume essence he
was said to have brought back
from France. The paper said the
customs charge was made after
an alert customs guard had dis
.‘overeu the essence.