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, January 16, 1952
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GIRL SCOUTS HONORED BY GOV. GRUENING
Governor Ernest Gruening has proclaimed by pro
clamtion 1952 as Girl Scout Anniversary Year and ur
ges all citizens to give the Girl Scouts now and in the
coming year the fullest cooperation and support in
order that increasing numbers of girls may join the
ranks of the Girl Scouts as part of a great and growing
force for freedom.
He states in his proclamation that there are now
almost a million and a half girls and 400,000 adults
pledged to “do their duty to God and country, to help
other people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout
laws”.
Since their founding in 1912, the Girl Scouts have
rendered continuous service to their country and com
munity. The people of Nome are well aware of the
fine work of the local group, which has steadily grown
since it was started just a few years ago.
We are also appreciative of the work of the Girl
Scout leaders, who give freely of their time that the
young people may have proper guidance.
AT THIRTY, YOU’RE AVERAGE
The Census Bureau reports that the average Am
erican is thirty years old, married and the father or
mother of two children. The Bureau says that this
average American owns his own home, in partnership
with the mortgage company, an automobile, a radio
and a telephone.
The fact that the average American today owns
these conveniences demonstrates the difference be
tween the Amrican standard of living and the stand
ard in other parts of the world, and also the difference
between the U.S. standard of 1950 and the U.S. stand
ard of earlier decades.
Although the Census Bureau has not completed
its study on education, there are indications that the
average American today has had at least one year in
high school—which is somewhat higher than earlier
educational averages.
The United States is still a country in which mat
erial possessions can easily be increased by a corres
ponding increase in the educational standard. While
the two might not always go together, progress made
in the field of education and in living standards are
onmnlpmpntarv achievements.
Communication
To the editor of the Nome Nugget
and to the Honorable Mayor and
Councilmen of the City of Nome—
Dear Sirs:
It has come to my attention,
while convalescing in the MMM
Hospital that our Chief of Police
and his assistant have become
subjected to uncalled-for abuse
by some of the drunks of Nome,
and that said drunks have also
been handled in a very inhumane
manner during the process of
making an arrest.
Upon viewing this last case
where the Chief of Police had
broken his night stick over the
head of said drunk, blinding him
in one eye with a tear gas bomb,
that if he would in turn do1 like
wise over the head of each Coun
cilman that voted to relicense the
liquor establishments in Nome
that we might be able to pound
some sense into their heads as to
the detrimental effect liquor has
in our community.
Twenty years ago, when I first
came to this fair city, we had no
liquor problem. The past seven
teen years the situation has grown
steadily worse. Now, therefore, as
chairman of the Police Commit
tee, I make the following recom
mendations:
First, that all liquor licenses be
cancelled in Nome, effective im
mediately, and each establishment
remove its stock outside of the
city limits within thirty days and
if not removed said stocks be
confiscated and destroyed by the
officials of the city at the end of
said period. If so removed, 90%
of taxes paid to the city be refun
ded to said parties and any un
paid taxes cancelled.
Second, to send to the States for
eight hard boiled Policemen, or
the equivalent of one for each
bar, and. under the supervision
of Chief of Police Glass and his
assistant, police the bars and city
like it is supposed to be policed,
and thus relieve the local Chief
and his assistant from taking the
uncalled-for abuse authorized by
the present council.
Therefore and furthermore,
since I have served the purpose,
for which I was appointed, acting
as councilman in order that the
city can continue to maintain
quorum until such a time they be
come of full strength, which they
have at present, unless the coun
cil sees fit to act immediately on
one or the other of the aforemen
tioned recommendations, I here
by tender my resignation, effec
tive immediately. I cannot feel
justified in affiliating myself with
such a weak-kneed council.
Prayerfully yours,
(Signed) Hank Miller
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Senator Quits To Speak
“Frankly and Bluntly”
During Election Year
BALTIMORE, (JP) — Senator
Herbert R. O’Conor (D-Md), said
| Monday night he was leaving
public office this year “to be free
to speak frankly and bluntly . . .
without appearing to be ungrate
ful to any party or supporters.”
And in the seven-minute ad
dress over a Baltimore television
station, he criticized what he said
were:
1. “The trend toward socialism
... It is stronger than ever.”
2. “The idea of security through
government handouts.”
3. “ Government intervention
into the daily lives of its citizens,
and government usurpation of ec
onomic activities.”
He did not mention the national
administration by name. He re
ferred only to the “government”.
Lyng First To File
In Second Division
Howard Lyng, long time Nome
resident, y has filed for another
term in Alaska’s Senate from the
Second Division on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Senator is the dean of the Al
aska Legislature, being its oldest
member in years of service now
active. He served 12 years in all
—6 years in the House of Rep
resentatives, of which he was the
speaker in the 1939-40 session,
and 6 years in the Senate. His
present term expires next Octo
ber.
During his years of service to
the Second Division and to the
Territory, Senator Lyng has in
troduced and sponsored a great
deal of constructive and beneficial
legislation.
Last session he was chairman
of the powerful Rules Committee
and one of the four members o‘f
the Senate Finance Committee,
, which did such an outstanding
job in placing the Territory’s fi
nances on a solid basis and within
its income for the present bi
ennium.
Mr. Lyng is Alaska born and
raised, the owner of extensive
mining property in the Nome,
Koaigarok and Candle areas, a
member of the Executive Com
mittee of the Alaska Statehood
Committee, and is just completing
eight years as Democratic Nation
al Committeeman for Alaska.
Soviet Press Asserts
U.S. To Establish 50
Military Bases In Japan
MOSCOW, (/P) — The Soviet
press reported Wednesday the
United States will have 50 army,
navy and air force bases in Japan.
An article published in the
major Russian papers said John
Foster Dulles, during his recent
visits to Japan obtained from
Premier Shigeru Yoshida a writ
ten authorization for that number
of American bases in that coun
try.
The article said tha^ in the areas
of the bases, all Japanese author
ities and population would be
under American jurisdiction and
all port facilities, railway stations,
roads and means of communica
tion would be at American dis
posal.
36 Die in Airline
Crash in East River
NEW YORK, (/P)—Fog, which
may have caused the crash of a
Northeast airliner Monday, halted
efforts Tuesday to raise the two
engined plane from the treacher
ous waters of the East River.
The plane plummeted into the
river while coming in to La
Guardia Field for a radar landing
in murky weather. All 36 persons
on board, at least two of them
seriously hurt, were rescued. The
plane was bound for New York
from Boston.
After night-long operations a
diver succeeded in fixing two
slings under the aircraft and it
had been raised half out of the
water when the weather closed in.
Investigators are waiting to view
the wreckage to determine the
cause of the crash.
Investigators want to know
why the plane’s image flickered '
off a radar screen at the field as
it was being guided through a
routine bad weather landing.
Radar, considered one of avia
tion’s top safety devices, is used
by ground crew who watch an
approaching plane on the screen
and guide its pilot by voice on his
landing.
LIFE RAFT SURVIVOR
IS CANDIDATE FOR HOUSE
BURLINGAME, Calif, (JP) —
James C. Whittaker, who with
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker sur
vived 21 days on a life raft in the
South Pacific in World War II,
wants to go to Congress.
The Burlingame contractor, a
Republican, announced his candi
dacy Tuesday for the new San
Mateo County district.
The life raft experience oc
curred in 1942, after their plane
had to be ditched.
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