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, Friday, April 25, 1952
GENERAL EISENHOWER’S RETURN
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in announcing he
would return to the United States around June 1st,
adopted a strategy that was only partly in accord with
the wishes of his campaign managers. Eisenhower’s
political advisers had urged the General for many
weeks to return home as soon as possible and get into
the thick of the political fight.
The General, however, said in his announcement
only that he would return around June 1st and that
he would resign his .permanent Army rank if nomin
ated by the Republican Convention in July. This means
that the General will not be completely free to speak
out on the issues of the day until after the Republican
Convention, since he will. still be a member of the
armed forces, although on inactive status.
This decision is in line with his statement several
months ago that he would not actively campaign for
the nomination while also representing a partial ad
herence to the advice of his political supporters, who
urged that the General return to the United States
before the Republican Convention. It appears that
General Eisenhower has made his own decision as to
how he will attempt to win the Republican nomination
and that he, himself, is directing his political campaign,
as much or more so than his campaign managers in
the States.
The General makes it clear that the Republican
Party will have to draft him and that he will not en
gage in an all-out campaign for delegates.
Civil Defense Director
Satisfied with Alaska
Community Programs
ANCHORAGE, (JP> — Alaska
civil defense problems are far dif
ferent from those in the States or
the nation’s other territories or
possessions, Frank Carroll, of the
Federal Civil Defense Administra
tion, Washington, D.C., said here
Wednesday.
Carroll, accompanied by Col.
James Crockett, Alaska Civil De
fense director, arrived here from
Fairbanks to survey the greater
Anchorage area and meet with
civil defense officials.
“We found Nome has a well
formed civil defense for a small
community and that Fairbanks
has a well laid out organization
and an active, interested Civil
Defense Council that meets each
week,” he said.
He has been impressed, he
added, by the work of amateur
radio operators throughout the
territory in aiding the program.
Carroll is director for posses
sions and territories of the Fed
eral Civil Defense Administration.
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Unalaskans To Vote On
Dissolution Incorporation
Residents of Unalaska will go
to the polls Wednesday, May 21,
to vote on whether they want to
continue as an incorporated city.
Judge Anthony J. Dimond ruled
today that the election be held
that date, after he had received a
petition signed by many of the
residents asking for dissolution of
•the incorporated city. Also, the
city council had passed a resolu
tion asking for disincorporation,
and later, another resolution ask
ing that it not be put to a vote.
Red Troops and Artillery
Get Full Treatment Of
Bombs, Rockets, Napalm
SEOUL, UP) — Allied fighter
bombers swept in low over the
Korean battle line Friday bomb
ing and strafing Communist front
line positions a second consecu
tive day.
Dense clouds blanketing North
Korea gave the Reds n temporary
respite from aerial bombardment
of hard-hit railways and supply
facilities.
But Communist troops and ar
tillery concentrations got the full
treatment of bombs, rockets, jel
lied gasoline and muchinegun bul
lets.
The heavy cruiser St. Paul de
stroyed seven Communist bunkers
and otHer Red facilities on the
eastern end of the battle line on
Thursday.
Carrier-based planes cut rail
lines at 115 places in northeastern
Korea Thursday.
NOTICE
K. K. Public Library will be
closed Friday as all librarians
are going to see the High School
Play. Library will be open Sat
urday from 2:30 until 4 p.m. as
usuaL
N O T I C E
Wien Alaska Airlines is here
by authorized to transport all
freight, which is consigned to Lost
River, to and from Nome, to Lost
River.
The above authorization serves
notice to all suppliers of this
community to ship freight to Lost
River via Wien Alaska Airlines.
United States Tin Corp..
Paul M. Sorensen.
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Huber Reports On Visit
To Diomede, Sishmaref
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plane activity around Big Dio
mede for ages, I was told. It’s
highly unlikely there could have
been any the Little Diomedans
would not have seen, for the ice
undoubtedly is jagged on the “out
side” side of Big Diomede.
And if the Russians landed be
tween the island they would have
had to do it in the fog—and who
is trying anything like that just
to keep it secret from Little Dio
medans? Nobody we know.
The people on Little Diomede
were happy over the taking of a
white whale that had supplied
every family on the island with
plenty of muktuk. Thanks to this
circumstance, Tommy Richards
and I enjoyed muktuk as the en
tree when we had lunch with
Mr. and Mrs. David Trantham,
Jr., the schoolteacher and his
wife.
There were pork chops, too, but
Tommy and I like mifktuk when
we can get it. We left the pork
chops and took the muktuk.
The Little Diomedans also
were happy over the increased air
plane service this winter. Wien
planes have been there four
times and Gene Joiner of Kotze
bue once, we understood.
Wiens are planning weekly
flights as long as the -4ce holds
between the islands. That will be
until the end of May unless the
Russians pull their end loose
sooner.
We asked about' the report that
Russian radio broadcasts had been
drumming give-us-back - Alaska
talk into Alaskans’ ears, as was
credited to an Anchorage editor.
“Nothing to it,” said the Trant
hams, who have a very fine radio
receiver. “We hear Radicf Moscow
plenty—it comes in when we can’t
hear anything else—but we never
have heard them say a word about
Alaska.”
After two hours’ pleasant visit
at Diomede, Richards and I flew
down over the walrus herds again
and on to Shishmaref, where the
Eskimos have formed the farthest
north Eisenhower-for-President
Club.
I talked with Vincent Tocktcro,
Alex Weyiouanna and Charlie
Okpowruk—president, vice presi
dent and secretary—and they are
plenty steamed up over Ike’s in
creasing strength in the State
side primaries.
In addition to the regular bush
plane service running to Shish
maref via Wien Alaska Airlines,
there is plenty of authentic dog
team 'traffic there, too. While I
was there one team arrived and
two took off for Ikpick, half way
to the cape; and two teams ar
rived overland from Teller.
George Goshaw, trader who has
been at Shishmaref since 1924, is
still there going a lively business
— his store the center of the
community as usual.
More On Truman
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Russia’s continued occupation of
Iran.
“As you probably recall,” Tub
by said, “the Russians withdrew
their troops from Iran in May,
1946.”
Gov. James F. Byrnes of South
Carolina, who was Secretary of
State at the time the note to
Russia was dispatched, said in a
statement he was “confident” Mr.
Truman “did not mean a threat
to use force.”
Italy has a million licensed auto
mobile drivers of which only
40,000 are women.
T.I. To Stage Public
Charter Presentation
May 1 At B.O.T.
The Nome Sunset Chapter of
Toastmasters International will be
presented before the public in a
Charter Presentation Night on
May 1 in. the Firelite Room of
the Board of Trade at 7:00 p.m.
This organization, made up of
leading men in the community,
was organized over two months
ago and has a total membership
of 25 members.
With the principal aim in mind
of helping each other to become
better public speakers, Toast
masters International is taking a
long step forward on this night.
At this time is is the most north
erly club in the organization
which has headquarters in Santa
Ana, California.
An interesting program has
been planned and principal speak
LEGION AUXILIARY PLANS
MOTHER'S DAY FOOD SALE
The American Legion Auxiliary
met Wednesday evening to discuss
plans for their forthcoming Mo
ther’s Day food sale to be held at
the N.C. Store on the Saturday
before Mother’s Day. One of Mar
garet Russell’s famous fancy
cakes has been promised and will
be given away.
Membership is gradually in
creasing in this newly organized
unit. The ladies are looking for
ward to receiving into their or
ganization, all other non-member
wives, mothers and sisters of Am
erican Legion members.
A new member was welcomed
(to the meeting, Mrs. Dan Jones,
who has just returned from the
States.
ers for the evening will be Ash
ley Craft, Dan Fritz, Larry Gal
vin and Fred Parsons.
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